Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 203, October 2001).

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2001. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. Pages 289-384 plus ads. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, maps & tables. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are Harpoon guns, the lost Greenland settlement, and penal colonies: George Manby's Arctic obsessions; Contributions of traditional knowledge to understanding climate change in the Canadian Arctic; The Northern Sea Route: 1999-2000; and Wilderness and aesthetic values in the Antarctic. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; HARPOON GUNS; PENAL COLONIES; GEORGE MANBY; CLIMATE CHANGE IN CANADIAN ARCTIC

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 201, April 2001).

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2001. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & the edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. The upper half of the rear wrap is lightly rippled. Pages 97-192. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, diagrams, maps & tables. The top page corners & the bottom corners of the first few leaves are lightly bumped Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are Norwegian use of the polar oceans as occupational arenas and exploration routes; Ice-shelf collapse, climate change and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic; and The influence of L. R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; ICE-SHELF COLLAPSE;CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; L. R.

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor

Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research. Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Volume 41, Number 219, October 2005

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 2005. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 2005. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is bumped with some light creasing to the rear wrap. Pages 281-376 plus inside wraps. Black-and-white illustrations, maps & diagrams. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are "Pioneer Whalers in the Ross Sea, 1923-33. William Barr and James P. C. Watt"; "The men who sailed with Franklin"; and "Nelson and the bear: the making of an Arctic myth", illustrated with historical depictions of encounters between men and polar bears. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & EXPLORATION; HISTORY; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH; JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; PIONEER WHALERS; WILLIAM BARR; JAMES P.

Riley, J. H

Birds from Siam and the Malay Peninsula in the United States National Museum Collected by Drs. Hugh M. Smith and William L. Abbott

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1938. 1938. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1938. 1938. Very good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened & the head & tail of the spine are chipped. There is an ink name in the top corner of the front wrap & there are a few tiny brown marks to the rear wrap. iv & 581 pages, partially unopened. Very good.

First edition.

Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin 172. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDS; FAR EAST; SIAM; MALAY PENINSULA; BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTED BY DRS. HUGH M. SMITH AND WILLIAM L. ABBOTT; J. H. RILEY; COLLECTION; UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEU

Rintala, Marvin.

Two Compromises: Victorian and Bismarckian. (Cover Title).

(London: London School of Economics), 1968. 1968. (London: London School of Economics), 1968. 1968. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. The wraps are slightly darkened along the spine. Pages 207-221. Very good.

Reprinted from Government and Opposition, A quarterly of comparative politics. Vol. 3 No. 2 Spring 1968.

Inscribed [but not signed] by the author above his printed name "A small expression of appreciation from".

Rintala contrasts the effects of the industrial revolution on the relative powers of the ruling class, the middle class and the new proletarian class in England and Germany. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; POLITICS; CLASS; RULING CLASS; MIDDLE CLASS; PROLETARIANS; TWO COMPROMISES: VICTORIAN AND BISMARCKIAN; MARVIN RINTALA; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; REPRINT FROM GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION.

Robertson, Patrick

The Book of Firsts

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. (1975). (1975). NY: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. (1975). (1975). Very good. - Small quarto, red cloth, in dw. 256 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Very good.

Second printing. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: REFERENCE; PATRICK ROBERTSON; HISTORY; ILLUSTRATIONS. (History). THE BOOK OF FIRSTS. Robertson, Patrick.

Robertson, H. Alex.; Gray, H. E.; Felt, E. P.; et al.

Fifty-Fourth Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 1923.

Toronto, Canada: Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1924. 1924. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. 104 pages. Illustrated with tables & a few black-and-white drawings. Very good. Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Among the contents of this report on the Diamond Jubilee meeting of the Society are "The Rose Curculio in Manitoba -- with Notes on Other Insects Affecting Roses" by H. Alex. Robertson; "The Onion Maggot in Alberta" by H. E. Gray; and "Winds and Gypsy Moth Spread" by E. P. Felt. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECTS; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL PESTS; ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; FIFTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1923; DIAMOND JUBILEE MEETING; ILLUSTRATIONS; THE ROSE CURCULIO -- AND OTHER INSECTS AFF

Robertson, J. M

German Truth and a Matter of Fact. By the Right Honourable J.M. Robertson, M. P

London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. 1917. 1917. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. 1917. 1917. Very good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps with a vignette in black on the front wrap. The wraps are darkened & lightly bumped. 10 pages. The contents are very good.

One of a series of "Pamphlets on the War" published by T. Fisher Unwin. The author reports that the Mayor of Nuremberg has revealed as a lie a German claim of acts of aggression by the French, which were used as a pretext to declare war on France. He speculates that since the Mayor's revelation was published in a medical journal, it had escaped the notice of the German censors. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; WORLD WAR I; GERMANS; FRENCH; DECLARATION OF WAR; J. M. ROBERTSON; BRITISH; MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT; GERMAN TRUTH AND A MATTER OF FACT; PAMPHLET.

Roessler, Charles [Charles-Gustave].

Jeanne D'Arc, Heroine and Healer. Documentary Evidences.

Paris: Charles Klincksieck / London: Dulau & Co./Williams & Norgate, 1910. 1910. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is soiled, lightly bumped & a bit darkened with a few small, light stains to the wraps. There is some creasing to the edges of the wraps. [vii] & 128 pages. Illustrated with 4 plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece. 1 of the plates is in color. Also with a few black-and-white textual illustrations. There is some foxing to the fore-edge & a few page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

From the library of A. F. Roessler. Laid in is an ALS in French from the author signed "G." [i.e. Gustave] written on a postcard and addressed to A.F. Roessler in London.

The recipient, Armandus Ferdinand Roessler, was born in the town of Havre in 1845. He was the author of a series of journals, illustrated with drawings in ink and pencil, which were written in the last half of the nineteenth century and briefly taken up again between 1901 and 1910. The journals proved to be a treasure trove of information on the history, archaeology and architecture of Havre. They were improbably retrieved from a London trash can and are now preserved in the Bibliotheque muncipale du Havre.

Also laid in are three copies of a two-page leaflet announcing the publication of the Charles Roessler's book.

Rare. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; FRANCE; JOAN OF ARC; JEANNE D'ARC, Heroine and Healer. Documentary Evidences; CHARLES ROESSLER; from the library of a. f. roessler; armandus ferdinand roessler; plates; london edition.

Rudolph, Willi.

Nahrung Und Rohstoffe Aus Dem Meer.

Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, M.B.H. 1946. 1946. - Octavo, rust cloth backed tan paper covered boards titled in black The boards are warped & there are 2 tiny indentations to the spine. 253 & [1] pp. & 1-page ad. The pastedowns are partially unglued & the rear endpaper & ad are chipped. The pages are slightly darkened and some page corners creased. Illustrated in B&W. Good.

A study of "nutrition and raw materials from the sea". The bulk of the book is about fishing, fish and fish products. Other raw materials from the sea such as coral, pearls, dyes, minerals, metals and gases are also discussed. Text in German. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; MARITIME; SEA; FISH; FISHING; FISH PRODUCTS; WHALES; CORAL; PEARLS; DYES; MINERALS; METALS; GASES; GERMAN; WILLI RUDOLPH.

Sadat, Jehan

A Woman of Egypt

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1987). (1987). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1987). (1987). Fine. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. There is a crease to the front fold of the dust jacket. 478 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Fine .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; POLITICS; WOMEN'S STUDIES; JEHAN SADAT; A WOMAN OF EGYPT; EGYPT; ANWAR SADAT; MUSLIM; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Sage, John Hall; Bishop, Louis Bennett.

The Birds of Connecticut.

Hartford, CT: State Geological & Natural History Survey, 1913. 1913. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The binding is soiled & lightly bumped with the spine darkened. 2-page series catalog, [vi] & 370 pages. The bottom edge is lightly foxed. There is a stain & a small piece out of pages 229-230 with very slight loss of text. Good. First edition. The authors were assisted by Walter Parks Bliss. State of Connecticut Public Document No. 47. Bulletin No. 20. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT; JOHN HALL SAGE; LOUIS BENNETT BISHOP; WALTER PARKS BLISS; STATE GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, BULLETIN NO. 20; STATE OF CONNECTICUT PUBLIC DOCUMENT NO, 47; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Salloch, William). Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph

Quellenkunde Der Deutschen Geschichte, Nach Folge Der Begebenheiten Fur Eigene Vortrage Der Deutschen Geschichte Geordnet / Von F.C. Dahlmann

Gottingen: Dieterich'schen Buchhandlung, 1830. 1830. Gottingen: Dieterich'schen Buchhandlung, 1830. 1830. Good. - Small octavo, three-quarter green cloth & decorative green & black paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with the head & tail of the spine chipped. The label is darkened & chipped & no longer readable. There is a small sticker with the author's name on the front cover. Title & 69 pages. There is foxing & staining throughout. Good working copy.

An early volume of an important bibliography of primary and secondary sources of works on German history, issued in parts. The multi-volume work became the standard bibliography of all of German history from the Middle Ages to the end of World War II. The text is in German.

A nice association copy inscribed on the front pastedown to bookseller William Salloch by publisher Albert J. Phiebig; "To William Salloch, / contributor to a 100 years' younger edition of this book / with the compliments of / Albert J. Phiebig 7 Sept. 49". Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; GERMANY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; QUELLENKUNDE DER DEUTSCHEN GESCHICHTE; FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH DAHLMAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ASSOCIATION COPY; WILLIAM SALLOCH; ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER; ALBERT J. PHIEBIG; PUBLISHER.

Sankhala, Kailash

Tiger! the Story of the Indian Tiger

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977). (1977). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977). (1977). Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly chipped & soiled. The head of the jacket spine is torn & the top edge of the rear panel is creased. 220 pages. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge & 1 rear blank is slightly soiled. Black-and-white illustrations from drawings, & color photographic illustrations by the author. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; NATURALIST; NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER; KAILASH SANKHALA; INDIA; TIGER! THE STORY OF THE INDIAN TIGER; HUNTING; CONSERVATION; PROJECT TIGER; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Schouler, James.

Historical Briefs. With a Biography.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. 1896. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. 1896. Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed. The spine is a bit darkened & there is dampstaining to the front edge of the rear cover. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 310 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. A owner's name & date is penciled on the front endpaper. There is foxing to the preliminaries & the dedication page is nearly detached. There is dampstaining to the bottom corners of the leaves in the rear quarter of the book with light soiling to a few other leaves. Good.

First edition.

James Schouler [1839-1920] was an American lawyer and historian. His most important work was "History of the United States under the Constitution, 1789-1865 [7 volumes, 1880-1917]. The publishers of "Historical Briefs" state that the biography was prepared from "fresh and original materials provided by the author himself." . Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; HISTORIAN; LAWYER; AMERICAN; JAMES SCHOULER; HISTORICAL BRIEFS; PRESIDENT MONROE; RHEA LETTER; FRANCIS PARKMAN; PRESIDENT POLK; BIOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.