Lady Duff Gordon

Last Letters from Egypt. To Which Are Added Letters from the Cape

London, Macmillan, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 346p plus 32p advertisements. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine slightly crooked, tanned, and edgeworn, with two closed horizontal tears near the top. Head of spine lightly chipped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cloth lightly stained. 5 newspaper clippings pasted inside; 3 on the front and back free endpapers and 2 in the text. Pen mark on p. xxii. Otherwise unmarked and tight. The English author's acclaimed letters to her husband detailing her observances of Egyptian culture and customs. She spent the last years of her life in Egypt and was well respected among the natives. Also contains a memoir by the author's daughter, "Mrs. Ross. .

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Book number: 162974

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Major General A.W. Greely

The Polar Regions in the Twentieth Century

Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 270p, plates, folding map. A very good hardcover book in the rare dustjacket. The book is tight and unmarked; faint, barely noticible waterstain to the outer margin of the first few leaves else clean and bright. IN THE RARE JACKET which is rather worn but mostly complete. The jacket lacks the top two inches of its spine; it is separated at the folds and has some interior tape repair. The jacket is currently in a protective mylar cover which improves its curb appeal tremendously. A history of the polar explorations in the author's era. Greely was a distinguished US Army general and polar explorer; he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his lifetime achievements. Very good .

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Book number: 1262937

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Lionel Grigson

Wonders of the World

New York, Gallery Books, 1989. Hardcover. 256 pgs. A large hardcover book in fine condition and a like dust jacket. Filled with color pictures and maps. .

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Book number: 202813

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Edward Everett Hale

Tarry at Home Travels

New York, Macmillan, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 429p. A green gilt decorated cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Spine a bit crooked. Endpapers foxed. Otherwise clean and tight. The author was a Unitarian minister. In this book, he describes the prominent people and features of the eastern United States. Top edge of text block gilt. Filled with black and white illustrations. .

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Book number: 145587

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Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels

New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941. Hardcover. 630p. Green cloth, lacking the dustjacket. Rear hinge repaired. A hardcover book in good condition with clean, tight, unmarked text. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Includes Book of Marvels: The Occident and Second Book of Marvesl: The Orient. .

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Book number: 1242739

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Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1960. Hardcover. 640p with numeours b/w photos and drawings. 316p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. The jacket is price-clipped and lightly edgeworn, but otherwise intact. The author was a legendary adventurer and travel writer in his day. This book offers a tour of the world's greatest tourist sites, both natural and man-made. This is the 1960 printing of the one-volume edition containing both THE OCCIDENT and THE ORIENT. Filled with full-page black and white photographs. .

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Book number: 1247614

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Hanan Sher, Moshe Aumann, Edna Marks, and Channa Palti, eds., with Gayle Waxman

Facts About Israel

Jerusalem, Covenant Marketing Associates, Inc. with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1979. Paperback. 243p. A softcover book in very good condition. Private library stamps on title pages. Otherwise clean and tight. A handbook for tourists on the culture, industries, history, government, and religious sites of Israel. Illustrated with black and white photographs, plus some in color. .

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Book number: 169985

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T.R. Harper

Stories of Travel for Young People

Chicago, Monarch Book Company, 1900. Hardcover. 348p. Grey cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Binding shaken, corners bumped, edges of cover worn, photograph on cover slightly chipped, cover dirtied, inside hinge cracked, previous owner's name, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Includes many b/w illustrations. "A Trip Around the Globe..The Paris Exposition..The Passion Play. .

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Book number: 145022

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Francis L. Hawks

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy

NY, D. Appleton and Company, 1856. First one-volume edition. Hardcover. 624p. Includes errata slip, 11 folding maps, and 76 engraved plates. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Interior very good, covers worn along spine edges. Spine lettering dulled. A hardcover book in good, solid condition. The one-volume large octavo edition of Perry's Japan, measuring 7x10 inches. .

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Book number: 1225951

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Sterling Hayden

Wanderer

New York, Norton, 1977. Second Edition. Hardcover. 434p. A very good hardcover book in a good, lightly chipped dustjacket. The jacket is shelfworn along its edges with chipping at the top of its spine. The book is clean, tight, and unmarked. Classic account of the former film star's exploits sailing the South Pacific. Very Good .

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Book number: 300141

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Lafcadio Hearn

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Volume I.

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Hardcover. 342p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in green cloth with silver decorations. Good reading condition. Edges rubbed, sticker on spine, and binding slightly cockeyed, though still tight. Old library markings, bookplate, and card pocket inside, but text itself unmarked, save for light spotting in top margin of pages 18-19. A much-handled but sturdy reading copy. Volume 1 only (of 2). A book on Japanese culture, written by a popular Greek-born writer who eventually settled in Japan. Hearn is perhaps best remembered for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as KWAIDAN. Fair .

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Book number: 189691

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John T. Hitchcock

The Magars of Banyan Hill

New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. Hardcover. 115p. Rebound in green cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: number painted on cover, mark from pocket on endpaper, stamp on endpaper and page edges, stamp on title page, otherwise pages unmarked. Includes b/w photographs. .

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Book number: 151416

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Walter K. Hoffman, comp

A-O-a Hong Kong Guidebook

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hotels Association. Leather. 198p. A flexible hardcover book bound in bonded black leather. Fine condition; clean and tight. A vintage tourist's guide to Hong Kong issued by the August Moon Hotel. Illustrated with lots of photographs, some of which are in color. Undated; ca. 1960. .

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Book number: 180066

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Peter Hopkirk

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia

Amherst, The University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. 1st paperback edition. Paperback. 252p. A softcover book in fine condition. As New .

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Book number: 192991

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Peter Hopkirk

Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet

New York, Kodansha International, 2000. Paperback. 276p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Remainder mark on bottom edge and bottom corners lightly crinkled. Otherwise clean and tight. Very Good .

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Book number: 192842

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