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The Seigneurs of La Saulaye

By: Abbott, Johnston

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1928

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015531

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean red cloth boards with gold lettering and decorative title box on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with tiny previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. 379 pgs. Clean dustjacket with price intact ($2.50 on front inside flap), some corner clipping to front flap, slight wear to paper at top edge of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An historical French adventure story.
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The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales

By: Ackerman, Diane

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1991

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027904

ISBN: 0394585747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition (first printing, with correct number line) in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean teal boards with dark blue cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 249 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, very slight edge wear with one 1/4" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A splendid, spirited adventure among creatures of the animal world by one of the great nature wri...
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

By: Adams, Ansel (with Mary Street Alinder)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown And Company: 1986

Edition: Third Printing

Seller ID: 026212

ISBN: 0821215965

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautiful as new book and dust jacket. Large book - approx. size: 9" x 11". Third printing of the first edition in clean unworn dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, blind-stamped signature on cover. Clean charcoal gray endpapers. No names, writing or marks. All pages and edges are clean and bright. Illustrated with beautiful Ansel Adams photos throughout (277 illustrations. 400 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket has no chipping or wear, no tears or clipping. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Gift quality. Completed just ...
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The Kingdom and the Cave

By: Aiken, Joan

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1974

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027564

ISBN: 0385030436

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First American Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, quite clean and bright. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean turquoise endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated by Victor ambrus. 160 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderful tale of mystery, fantasy and adventure.
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One Dry Season: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley

By: Alexander, Caroline

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015274

ISBN: 0-394-57455-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean beige boards with clean green cloth spine with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 290 pgs. with bibliography. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no wear, no tears. As new book and dustjacket. Jacket enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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Collector's Luck in France

By: Alice Van Leer Carrick

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1924

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026524

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in somewhat tattered dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with small gold medallion decoration on cover, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 207 pages with Appendix. Dust jacket is clean and bright, upper half of spine is missing, a few short closed edge tears and small chips at top of rear panel, separation at spine fold. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar c...
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Rolling Home: A Cross-Canada Railroad Memoir

By: Allen, Tom

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: 2001

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028494

ISBN: 0670884731

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean gray boards with blue spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps. 298 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Wilderness Wife

By: Angier, Bradford and Vena

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Radnor, Pennsylvania, Chilton Book Company: 1976

Edition: First

Seller ID: 023866

ISBN: 0-8019-6291-9

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with clean bright endpapers; very small previous owner return address label at top inside edge of pastedown. Illustrated with photographs. 177 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one tiny close edge tear, not price clipped, a little light creasing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Himalayan Odyssey: The Perilous Trek to Western Nepal

By: Antin, Parker with Phyllis Wachob Weiss

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Donald I. Fine: 1990

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 011974

ISBN: 1-55611-197-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean dark blue boards with clean pale gray cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers with maps. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on front fly leaf. 291 pgs. with glossary. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, no wear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a major trek around the Himalayas and through the dangerous, remote and largely forbidden country of Western Nepal.
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No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica

By: Arnesen, Liv & Ann Bancroft with Cheryl Dahle

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Da Capo Press: 2003

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010086

ISBN: 0-7382-0794-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean blue boards with white spine, blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 251 pgs. Illustrated with color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Book is as new. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Gift Quality 8vo. Exploration.
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A Syrian Pilgrimage

By: Ascham, John Bayne

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Abingdon Press: 1914

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028712

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, SIGNED by the author. Gray cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. A few minor faint spots to cloth. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper as follows: "To my critique of pure life, John _____ - J. B. Ascham." Color frontispiece of the Garden of Gethsemane. Additional illustrations throughout (black and white photographs). 203 pages with index.
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The Queen's Treasure

By: Ashdown, Clifford (R. Austin Freeman and John J. Pitcairn)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Oswald Train: 1975

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028472

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean navy blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Edited & Introduced by Norman Donaldson. Frontispiece illustration by William Dixon. 238 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no wear, no tears; very faint sunning to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An old fashioned adventure tale, set in Kent during the Edwardian era and f...
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Horseback Honeymoon: The Vanishing Old West of 1907 Through the Eyes of Two Young Artists in Love

By: Ballard, Dorothy

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Two Continents Publishing Group: 1975

Edition: First

Seller ID: 005991

ISBN: 0-8467-0105-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean brown cloth boards with orange lettering on spine. No bumping or wear to boards. Binding is tight, pages are clean (a little age speckling to top edges). No names, writing or bookplates. Endpapers illustrated with photographs and maps. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, with just a hint of edgewear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Adventure.
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Explorations: My Quest for Adventure and Discovery Under the Sea

By: Ballard, Robert D., Ph.D.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Hyperion: 1995

Edition: First

Seller ID: 005946

ISBN: 0-7868-6042-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean dark blue boards with blue cloth spine, red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean, crisp dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8
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Footprints of Travel - Or, Journeying in Many Lands

By: Ballou, M. M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Ginn & Company: 1903

Edition: later printing

Seller ID: 026198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean decorated American trade binding - yellow cloth boards with tall palm trees, pyramids and camel riders on cover, giraffe and palm tree on spine. Tiny spots of wear to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks (previous owner name in very light pencil on front free endpaper). Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook. Illustrated with many nice engravings throughout. 472 pages. A journey to many fantastic places around the world, from Yosemite Valley in California to the Alh...
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Road to Rakaposhi

By: Band, George

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton for Travel Book Club: 1955

Edition: Book Club Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028559

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Travel Book Club Edition (circa 1955), SIGNED by George Band, in original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fading; slight fading to lower board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; map-illustrated endpapers have some tape shadow marks on front and rear free endpaper. Signed by the author on title page: "George Band". Illustrated with maps, black and white glossy plates. All text pages are clean, but tanned. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is bright, unchipped, very slight e...
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The Duke of Puddle Dock: Travels in the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles

By: Barley, Nigel

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Co.: 1991

Edition: First

Seller ID: 011072

ISBN: 0-8050-1968-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean orange boards with beige cloth spine, brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 276 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one tiny edge tear (1/16"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Tracing the travels of Sir Stamford Raffles, colonial adventurer of the British Empire era. 8 vo.. Adventure.
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The Voyage of the Narwahl

By: Barrett, Andrea

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1998

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013452

ISBN: 0-393-04632-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean blue boards with dark blue spine, silver lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, illustrated with maps. No names, writing or marks. 399 pgs. Illustrated. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Part adventure narrative, part love story, this extraordinary chronicle captures a crucial moment in the history of eploration, the mid-nineteenth-century romance with the mystery of the Arctic. 8vo. Historical Fiction.
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Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa

By: Bass, Thomas A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1990

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 022933

ISBN: 0395415020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped jacket, SIGNED by author. Clean orange boards with maroon cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright, with slight dust speckling to text block edges. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: "11-04-90 - Clinton, New York - For a friend in the Kirkland Art Center - with All My Best Regards, Thomas A. Bass." 304 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (20.95 on front inside flap); small...
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The Story of Lindbergh the Lone Eagle

By: Beamish, Richard J.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: International Press: 1927

Edition: First

Seller ID: 001520

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue illustrated cloth boards with gold lettering. Light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. P/O name on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 320 pgs. 8vo. Aviation.
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Keyword:Adventure