GOODRICH, Charles A.

The Universal Traveller

1836. GOODRICH, Charles A. THE UNIVERSAL TRAVELLER: DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE READERS AT HOME TO AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE ARTS, CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS OF THE PRINCIPAL MODERN NATIONS OF THE GLOBE.. Hartford, CT: Canfield and Robins, 1836. 610 pp. Small 8vo. calf with gilt spine lettering/decoration. Very good. Front joint slightly cracked. Endpapers foxed, light to moderate foxing to interior. Block sound. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates. Iceland to New Zealand, including the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. A nice copy. .

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GORDON, Pat

Geography Anatomiz'd: Or, the Geographical Grammar, 12th Edition

1730. GORDON, Pat. GEOGRAPHY ANATOMIZ'D: OR, THE GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR. BEING A SHORT AND EXACT ANALYSIS OF THE WHOLE BODY OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY .. London: Printed for J. and J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, B. Sprint, J. Osborn and T. Longman, J. Brotherton, R. Ford, A. Ward and J. Clarke, 1730. 12th edition, "corrected, and somewhat enlarg'd. And a set of new maps by Mr. Senex." [22] + 416 pp. + 16 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo. boards missing, leather spine chipped. raised bands worn. Lacks front flyleaf. Half title chipped, soiled; half title through preliminary matter has some dampstaining. Rear endpaper creased, chipped. Light foxing in the text and to the plates. Sixteen folding copperplate engraved maps, including the map of North America that shows California as an island. The Preface opens: "My principal Design, in publishing the following Treatise, is, To present the younger sort of our Nobility and Gentry, with a Compendious, Pleasant and Methodical Tract of Modern Geography, that most useful Science .." In two parts: I. A General View of the Terraqueous Globe and II. A Particular View of the Terraqueous Globe. Needs binding. As is. .

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Book number: 85242

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GREGORY, James

Dissertation on the Influence of a Change of Climate in Curing Disease

1815. GREGORY, [James], Professor. A DISSERTATION ON THE INFLUENCE OF A CHANGE OF CLIMATE IN CURING DISEASES. Translated from the original Latin, and enlarged with occasional notes by William P. C. Barton, M.D. Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, William Fry, Printer, 1815. 212 pp. Octavo. 14 x 22 cm. In a worn and rubbed, contemporary leather binding with a red leather spine label. Front joint is cracked. Ex library, with a bookplate, a spine label, and a perforated stamp to title-page and to page 17. Text leaves are clean but for a bit of light foxing here and there. A good copy. (Shaw & Shoemaker 34814). .

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Book number: 86982

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Keywords: Medicine and Science

D'HAUSSEZ, BARON

Great Britain in 1833

1833. D'HAUSSEZ, Baron. GREAT BRITAIN IN 1833. Philadelphia: E.C. Mielke, 1833. First American edition. 255 pp. 12mo. green cloth boards printed in black to white paper lettering piece on spine. Text clean and tight with light foxing; pencil notation to front pastedown. Boards somewhat scuffed and soiled with bumped fore-corners and a part of lettering piece on spine missing; still, very good condition. .

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Book number: 56976

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HITCHCOCK, Edward

Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts in Four Parts

1841. HITCHCOCK, Edward. FINAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN FOUR PARTS: I. ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. II. SCENOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY. III. SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGY. IV. ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY. Amherst/Northampton [MA]: J. S. & C. Adams/J. H. Butler, 1841. xii + 831 pp. + 2 maps and 2 plates on India paper, some hand-colored, and 51 plates, some folding. Ex-library, half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, front board nearly detached, rear board fully detached along with rear flyleaf. Usual library markings (none on plates). Color map frontispiece split in several places, but complete. Rear map has more closed tears/splits but is also complete; folding plates that follow have a few small closed tears. Litho plates: A few of the folding plates have dust soil and nicked edges, but overall clean, pleasing and scarce; wonderful images of Western Massachusetts. Text clean, block sound. Outstanding early reference. .

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Book number: 80730

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Keywords: Medicine and Science

HOFER, PHILIP

Himalayan Reverie

1958. HOFER, Philip. HIMALAYAN REVERIE. Cambridge, Ma.: Crimson Printing Co. 1958. Limited edition of 300, inscribed presentation copy to the writer Theodore Morrison. 12 pp. 8vo. blue stapled paper wrappers printed in black. Light foxing to text. Silverfish damage to wrappers and the first two leaves near the bottom edge resulting in small perforations, but not affecting text. Wrappers are sunned, creased and scuffed. Serviceable. .

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Book number: 57572

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DE HOOGHE, Romeyn

Engraved Birds-Eye View of Jerusalem

DE HOOGHE, Romeyn. JERUSALEM EN SYN TEMPEL. Netherlands, 1687. 15 by 21 1/2 inches. A splendid two-page spread showing an aerial reconstruction of ancient Jerusalem, with the Temple in the center. 35 ancient buildings, monuments and Biblical locations are labeled. The lower register shows the Temple's treasures in detail: the "Copper Sea," the Altar of Sacrifice, the Candelabra, the Ark of the Covenant, etc. In the foreground is Gethsemane, with the Betrayal of Christ. De Hooghe (1645-1708), a nephew of the painter Pieter de Hooch, was one of the finest of the Dutch seventeenth-century engravers. Central fold reinforced, with a one-inch repair at the foot, else fine. Text in Dutch on reverse. Ill.: de hooch.

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Book number: 77054

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HOPKINS, G. M.

Atlas of the Town of Brookline Massachusetts

1874. INCLUDES CHESTNUT HILL HOPKINS, G. M. ATLAS OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS. FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS & OFFICIAL RECORDS. Philadelphia: G. M. Hopkins & Co. 1874. Half black morocco, brown pebbled cloth boards stamped in gilt and blind. Spine and corners heavily worn, spine with shallow chips and hand lettered paper spine label. Corners chipped. Folio, 14 double page and one single page color maps with contents page preceding. Maps are clean and fresh. Scarce. .

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Book number: 86048

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HYATT, Alpheus

Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous

1903. HYATT, Alpheus, ed. BY T. W. STANTON. PSEUDOCERATITES OF THE CRETACEOUS: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH XLIV. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903. 351 pp. b/w plates, some folding. 4to. brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially to spine and corners; some age toning to text at edges. Extra postage required. .

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Book number: 83992

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Goverment of IRaq

Maps of Iraq with Notes for Visitors

1929. Goverment of Iraq. MAPS OF IRAQ WITH NOTES FOR VISITORS. Baghdad, London: Goverment of Iraq, 1929. REvised and Enlarded Edition, 1929. Folio. 34pp. Bound in original maroon cloth with gilt lettering to front cover. 8 large folding maps, all required. All printed in 3 colors and produced by the Public Words Department of Iraq. 6th map has one fold with small tears and creases at edges. Head and tail are slightly worn. Includes photo-illustrated frontispiece. .

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Book number: 86709

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JENNESS, John Scribner

Isles of Shoals

1873. JENNESS, John Scribner. THE ISLES OF SHOALS; An Historical Sketch. New York: Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1873. Illustrated, including three foldout maps. 12mo. green cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine and front board, small gilt illustration to front board, t.e.g. Ex-library; all usual markings. Minor rubbing and edgewear to boards; shallow loss to crown. Clean internally. Good plus to about very good. .

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Book number: 76049

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KIMBALL, Richard B.

In the Tropics

1863. KIMBALL, Richard B. introduction. IN THE TROPICS: BY A SETTLER IN SANTO DOMINGO. New York: Carleton, 1863. 306 pp. 12mo. green cloth with gilt spine lettering, blindstamped front cover design. Ex-library with usual markings, inkstamp on title page; small chip to bottom corner of ffep. Very good else, clean, with browning to fore-edge of title and first few pages. The purchase of a Caribbean estancia by a young American. .

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Book number: 78939

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KIPLING, Rudyard

Out of India

1895. KIPLING, Rudyard. OUT OF INDIA: THINGS I SAW, AND FAILED TO SEE, IN CERTAIN DAYS AND NIGHTS AT JEYPORE AND ELSEWHERE. New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1895. 240pp. Bound in original cloth with two-colored illustration and gilt stamping. Only edition of this collection of Kipling's work. Early booksellers description on endpaper, a pen ownership inscription and ownership stamp. A pleasing copy of this scarce title. .

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Book number: 86753

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LEHNERT & LANDROCK

Nordafrika Tripolis Tunis Algier Marokko

1924. LEHNERT & LANDROCK. NORDAFRIKA TRIPOLIS TUNIS ALGIER MAROKKO. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G. 1924. With an introduction by Ernst Kuhnel. Bound in yellow cloth, which has some staining. Red paper jacket has some chips and is soiled along the spine. Interiors are clean and photographs are bright. FPEP bears ownership inscription dated 1929. Very good copy. .

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Book number: 86696

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Keywords: Photography

LEITH, Charles Kenneth

The Mesabi Iron-Bearing District of Minnesota

1903. LEITH, Charles Kenneth. THE MESABI IRON-BEARING DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH XLIII. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903. 316 pp. b/w plates and maps, color folding map in rear pocket. 4to. brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially to spine and corners; light foxing to edges and endpapers. Some age toning to text at edges. Extra postage required. .

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Book number: 83991

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