National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Magazine: Vol. 119 Jan-June 1961

Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Bound in blue cloth, spines decorated in gilt with an old sailing ship and shore birds. Old library plate on inside front cover; library name stamped on exterior page edges. The spine is completely free of any library markings whatsoever. Includes all issues for the period but the covers and any supplements are not included. Binding in fine condition and book looks attractive on a shelf!.

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Book number: 175284

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R.A.H. Spiers, comp

Round About 'the Mitre' at Oxford (Episodes of the University, City and Hotel)

Oxford, The Mitre Hotel, 1929. Second Edition. Hardcover. 176p. A gilt green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. The spine is tanned and lightly stained. Bottom corners bumped. Former owner's inscription on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. A history and detailed description of The Mitre Hotel in Oxford, along with information about other buildings surrounding it. Contains many black and white plates. Pages 159-176 contain advertisements. .

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Book number: 142234

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Edmund C. Stedman and Thomas L. Stedman, eds

The Complete Pocket-Guide to Europe

New York/London, William R. Jenkins/Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1905. Leather. 505p. A small, flexible hardcover book bound in black leather. Very good condition overall. Edges and spine visibly rubbed. Old owners' signatures on front endpaper. Folding frontispiece is torn. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. A turn-of-the-century European travel guide featuring two folding maps. Measures approx. 5.2" x 3.75.

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Book number: 174649

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Richard Joseph Stein, ed

Russia

New York, The H.W. Wilson Company, 2010. Paperback. 214p. A softcover book in fine condition. Very slight edgewear; otherwise like new. The Reference Shelf Volume 82 Number 4. Very Good .

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Book number: 205812

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Stella Storck

Original Hand-Written Diary of an Indiana Woman's Tour of Europe in 1973

1973. Hardcover. The travel diary of Mrs. Stella Storck (1908-1993) of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She traveled across Europe in the summer of 1973 both by herself and later with her husband. Mrs. Storck kept a detailed diary of her daily experiences and tipped in numerous mementos of the trip such as tickets, hotel bills, and postcards from various places. She took a trans-atlantic passage by ship to France, then toured Switzerland, Austria, West Germany, and England. Approximately 150 pages, measuring 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Mrs. Storck's name was blacked out in numerous places but not in all, making it fairly easy to identify the album. Otherwise in fine condition. Very good .

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Book number: 1268034

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Charles Swithinbank

Forty Years on Ice: A Lifetime of Exploration and Research in the Polar Regions

Sussex, The Book Guild Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 228p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in near-fine condition. The book is clean and tight. the dustjacket's top edge is slightly curled and creased, but otherwise, the jacket is also in fine condition. Signed by the author on the 1/2 title page. Swithinbank was a British glaciologist; this is his own memoir of his expeditions in the polar regions. Contains both color and black and white photographs. .

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Book number: 144579

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Martha Tarbell

In the Master's Country: A Geographical Aid to the Study of the Life of Christ

New York, Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, 1910. Hardcover. 43p. A burgundy cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned. Edges mildly rubbed. Otherwise clean and tight. A detailed description of the geography of Palestine in Jesus' time, prefaced by a chronology of Christ's life and ministry. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. .

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Book number: 163655

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Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Richard Derby, and Kermit Roosevelt

Cleared for Strange Ports

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 254p. A green cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Small white rub marks on front cover, but otherwise clean and tight. A travel memoir by members of Theodore Roosevelt's family. Illustrated with lots of black and white plates. Very Good .

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Book number: 196478

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Lowell Thomas

Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1933. Hardcover. 311p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Uneven fading on front cover, and corners lightly bumped; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is torn and ragged along the top, but still mostly intact. This is a vintage printing in the same format as the first edition. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 188355

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Manuel Toussaint

Carta de Americo Vespucio de Las Islas Nuevamente Descubiertas En Cuatro de Sus Viajes

Mexico, Imprenta Universita, 1941. Hardcover. p. A hardcover book in good condition. Rebound. Ex-library: label painted on cover, library slips on endpapers, stamp on title page and page edges. Otherwise clean and tight. Includes a fascimile of a publication from between 1505 and 1516 detailing the travels of Amerigo Vespucci. Text in Spanish. Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512) was the Italian explorer from whose name "America" is derived. Fair .

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Book number: 130359

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Keywords: History

Shang Xizhi, comp; Liang Liangxing, trans. and ed

Tales of Empresses and Imperial Consorts in China

Hong Kong, Hai Feng Publishing Co, 1994. Paperback. 573p. A softcover book in very good condition. Mild edgewear; spine a bit scuffed. Otherwise clean and tight. Tales from the Imperial Palace of Ancient China, Volume 2. Very Good .

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Book number: 204236

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Sir Frederick Treves

The Cradle of the Deep: An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1911. Hardcover. 378p. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. A few edge bumps. Spine sunned. Stains on back cover. Stamp on front free endpaper. Both endpapers tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. Stated on title page as "Popular Edition." Contains a foldout map of the West Indies and Spanish Main. Color frontis and many black and white plates. .

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Book number: 143919

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Holman D. Waldron

With Pen and Camera at Niagara Falls

Portland, ME, Chisholm Bros, 1899. Paperback. Ex-library. An oblong softcover book bound with string. Edges dampstained, impacting the interior pages as well as the cover. Corners chipped and large scuff where a sticker was removed. Large piece of clear tape reinforcing top third of spine. Owner's signatures on front cover and library stamps inside. Binding tight. Turn-of-the-century souvenir of Niagara Falls, featuring captioned black and white photographs. Measures approx. 12.25" long x 9" tall. .

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Book number: 178307

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W.H. Walton

Cathedrals Abbeys and Shrines of History & Romance

London, London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, 1900. Hardcover. 184p. A decorated ivory cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cover stained and corners bumped. Interior clean and tight. A guide to the old abbeys and churches along the route of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Illustrated by Reginald Green. Contains a few maps. Undated; ca. 1900. Ill.: Reginald Green.

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Book number: 147467

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Keywords: Reginald Green

Norman Wareham and Jill Gill

Pilgrim Guide to the Holy Land Gospel Sites

Norwich, The Canterbury Press, 1992. Paperback. 158p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Like new except for an owner's stamps on the endpapers. Very Good .

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Book number: 193854

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