Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

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THE HISTORY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURES A Survey of the Literatures of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, from Their Origins to the Present Day, Including Scandinavian-American Authors, and Selected Bibliographies

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Dial Press : 1938

Seller ID: 738

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ top front cover partly missing and with some chips to extrems. Illustration pp 35 detached but present; 8vo; 407 pages
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THE RHINE Including the Black Forest & the Vosges. Handbook for Travellers

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Karl Baedeker : 1919

Edition: Seventeenth Edition

Seller ID: 18437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ tanned, rubbed and with ink spot to front cover. Small hole on DJ spine. Boards and endpapers a bit darkened. Writing to front endpaper. Else a very nice copy; With 69 maps and 59 plans. This edition is much more detailed than any edition before. This is the relatively rare reprint from 1919 (of the original edition from 1911) and even more rare with DJ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 554 pages
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UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH

By: Bridges, E. Lucas

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc. : 1950

Seller ID: 20588

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ with a few small, open tears. One corner lightly deteriorated possibly by insects. ; "Uttermost Part of the Earth is the autobiography of a pioneer who spent most of his life in Tierra del Fuego, a superb combination of personal adventure, frontier history and Indian lore... It is a book of permanent importance"; 8vo; 558 pages
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FAIR IS OUR LAND

By: Chamberlain, Samuel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, Peoples Book Club : 1942

Edition: Book Club Edition

Seller ID: 17191

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ browned and with chips ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 252 pages
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LIGHTEST AFRICA

By: Chapman, F Spencer

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus : 1955

Seller ID: 3968

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Open tear and small closed tear to DJ. Slight sunning to boards; How would you like to take your wife, three children (the oldest six) , and their nanny in a small van all the way across Africa for eight months? The Chapman family did it, and a fine story it is ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 288 pages
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MEET THE SOUTH AMERICANS

By: Crow, Carl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1941

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 10637

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ torn and with chipping; B&W sketches; 8vo; 350 pages
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STRANGE LANDS AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE

By: Douglas, William O.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1951

Seller ID: 10347

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Price clipped DJ shows open tears ; Sitting Supreme Court justice Douglas journeys to the Middle East ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 336 pages
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THE PASSION OF SACCO AND VANZETTI A New England Legend

By: Fast, Howard

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Blue Heron Press : 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 19435

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ chipped and browned. Previous owner's name on fore edge ; Nicely SIGNED by Fast on front free endpaper with ink; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages
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SAVE ME THE WALTZ

By: Fitzgerald, Zelda

Price: $354.61

Publisher: London, Grey Walls Press : 1953

Edition: 1st UK Edition

Seller ID: 14797

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Wear to extremities. Boards faded. Spine slightly cocked. Open tear to price clipped DJ with 1/4 of front missing ; Author's first and only novel, written while husband F. Scott was completing Tender Is the Night. US edition published 1932 ; 12mo; 272 pages
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CONQUISTADOR American Fantasia

By: Guedalla, Philip

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers : 1928

Seller ID: 4371

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ browned and a bit soiled otherwise nice copy with uncut fore edge; 8vo; 276 pages
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HEX MARKS THE SPOT In the Pennsylvania Dutch Country

By: Hark, Ann

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott : 1938

Seller ID: 4389

Binding: Hardcover; Third Printing

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Open tears to DJ front. Binding not tight ; All about the mysterious yet charming Pennsylvania Dutch ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 316 pages
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THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST

By: Hunt, Sir John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Company : 1954

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ worn and with top spine and front flap missing; The epic story of the world's highest peak, and the men who climbed it ; B&W and Color Photographs; 8vo; 300 pages
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FIFTH AVENUE

By: James Jr. , Theodore

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Walker and Company : 1971

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16630

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ shows open tears with some tape repair. Front flap taped to front pastedown. Spotting to rear endpaper ; Fifth Avenue! The world's most elegant and renowned boulevard. Lavishly illustrated with vintage photos of the amazing architecture that lined the street, only a few of which remain. Contemporary photos by Elizabeth Baker; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 310 pages
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WATER FOR NEW YORK A Study in State Administration of Water Resources

By: Martin, Roscoe C.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Syracuse University Press : 1960

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16944

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ darkened and with light chipping. Light foxing to top spine. ; With numerous maps and tables; Maps ; 8vo; viii, 264 pages
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THE SIGN OF JONAS The Journal of Thomas Merton

By: Merton, Thomas

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company : 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11531

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Boards a bit slanted and with light wear to extremities. DJ with moderate chips and tears ; Covers six years of the theologian's life. Beautiful photogravure endpapers ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages
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SEACOAST OF BOHEMIA

By: Morley, Christopher

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. : 1929

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 14491

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ darkened and torn. ; Author Morley, along with Cleon Throckmorton, Conrad Milliken, and Harry Wagstaff Gribble refurbished and regenerated a theater in Hoboken, New Jersey; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 68 pages
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WINDFALLS Stories, Poems and Plays

By: O'Casey, Sean

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan and Co. : 1934

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11686

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ browned, lightly torn and with light chipping. Browning to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper; A collection of previously little-known work of O'Casey; 8vo; 202 pages
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THE ICEMAN COMETH

By: O'Neill, Eugene

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1946

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 10954

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Open tears to DJ. DJ spine sunned. Wear to extremities. Front flap detached but present; stated first edition of what some feel is O'Neill's masterpiece; 8vo; 260 pages
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BEHOLD THE WEST INDIES

By: Oakley, Amy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Longmans, Green & Company : 1951

Seller ID: 3455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Chipping and small open tears to DJ. Bookplate and previous owner's name in fep. Binding not tight; Thorough if slightly condescending look at the various islands of the west indies including Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica, etc ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 540 pages
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ITALIAN DRAWINGS In the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

By: Popham, A. E. & Pouncey, Philip

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Trustees of the British Museum : 1950

Seller ID: 8207

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Open tears and browning to DJ ; The collection of sketches from Italian artists in the British Museum is large and varied, as can be seen in this volume; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
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THE ROAD TO PANAMA

By: Rodman, Selden

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc. : 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 17582

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ with open tears. Boards a bit sunned; B&W Illustrations; 4to; 224 pages
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SOME FACES IN THE CROWD

By: Schulberg, Budd

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 13339

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ darkened and worn. Loss to back DJ. Front hinge started; Short stories by the author of 'What Makes Sammy Run? ' ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
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THE MANOR

By: Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux : 1967

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 7776

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ rubbed and with two closed tears to front. Former owner's name on front free endpaper ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 442 pages
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JOHN SLOAN'S NEW YORK SCENE From the Diaries, Notes and Correspondence 1906-1913

By: Sloan, John

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row : 1965

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20241

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ lightly chipping and with larger tears to spine ends. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; Edited by Bruce St. John, with an introduction by Helen Farr Sloan. The diaries of the noted illustrator ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 658 pages
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PERSEUS IN THE WIND

By: Stark, Freya

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1949

Seller ID: 20661

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Minor chipping to DJ and with 1" loss to top front. DJ price clipped. ; A series of essays by the author regarding such subjects as happiness, memory, style, love, sorrow, etc. Woodcuts by Reynolds Stone. Freya Stark is a well-known travel writer and pioneer in Persia, Arabia and the Near East. ; Wood engraving; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages
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EXPLORER'S AND TRAVELLERS' TALES

By: Tchernine, Odette (Ed. )

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Adventurers Club : 1963

Seller ID: 1275

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ fraying and with some tears - large part of back missing. Former owner's name to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages
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THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE

By: Thomas, Gordon; Witts, Max Morgan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Stein and Day : 1971

Seller ID: 19832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ chipped. Loss to DJ back top. Edges a bit soiled. ; Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages
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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

By: Thomas, Lowell

Price: $27.37

Publisher: New York, Hanover House : 1956

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 10855

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Slight open tear to top of spine; Noted commentator Thomas discusses the Seven Wonders of the World, both modern and ancient ; Color Photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 413 pages
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TWIN RIVERS The Raritan and the Passaic

By: Wildes, Harry Emerson

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart : 1943

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 19953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ torn and with light chipping. Price clipped. Boards a bit sunned. Minor foxing to endpapers. Front hinge with a bit of play; The Rivers of America; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages
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THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH BED And Other Essays

By: Woolf, Virginia

Price: $90.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company : 1950

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 19565

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ darkened (especially to spine) and with some loss to DJ spine ends. Boards with moderate wear to extremities; The fifth and, according to Leonard Woolf, last volume of the essays of Virginia Woolf; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages
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Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket