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Two scrapbooks documenting the life of Ululani Franklin Lemon
Honolulu. Two folio albums, 16½" x 14½" and 14½" x 12¼", about 200 pp. total, containing ephemera, news clippings, and photographs. Ululani Franklin Lemon - "Uncle Nani" - was born in Honolulu in 1881 to a naturalized Canadian father and a Hawaiian mother. He lived his entire life in Honolulu and died there in 1950. In 1902 he graduated Kamehameha School for Boys as a scholarship student. He had flourished during his school years, establishing himself as a star athlete in gymnastics, track and field...
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£3,286.01
The Right Hon. R. J. Seddon's (the Premier of New Zealand) visit to Tonga, Fiji, Savage Islands and the Cook Islands
by Seddon, R. J
Wellington, N.Z.: John Mackay, Government Printer, 1900. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 445; folding map printed in colors; numerous full-p. illustrations from photographs; spine slightly discolored, but generally a very good, sound copy in original red cloth, gilt-lettered direct on spine and upper cover. An account of the visits made by the Prime Minister of New Zealand to various islands in the South Pacific during his convalescence. Eight appendices record various proclamations and addresses both...
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£140.83
The Thames and Severn Canal
by Household, Humphrey
Alan Sutton. Fine. 1987. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0862994462 . Fine card covers, no inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white photographs maps and drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages .
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£5.00
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THE NIAGARA [RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES]
by Donald Braider, Designed by Ernst Reichl
New York, Chicago & San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. x, 368 pages. Stated 'First edition' on copyright page. Condition of the book is Very Good; exterior excellent, text is very clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Very Good; Very clean, no fading, not price-clipped ($8.95). STK
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£20.41
Underground Australia
by McKernan, Michael
Canberra: National Library of Australia. 2013. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Wraps. Illustrated with Colour and Black and White Photographs. 142 pages. A photographic journey and history of the various sites that the underground occupies in Australian life, from caves, dams and bunkers to drains, mines, houses, prisons and tunnels. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£11.59
Canals for a Nation: the Canal Era in the United States, 1790-1860
by Shaw, Ronald E
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Fine. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0813108152 . Fine card covers, no inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. ; Black & white photographs and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages .
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£8.00
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THE WABASH - [RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES]
by William E. Wilson, illustrated by John de Martelly
New York & Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. xi, 339 pages. Book is first printing of first edition with Farrar & Rinehart 'FR' on copyright page. Condition of the book is Very Good; triangle faded at base of spine, circular blindstamp of private library on half-title and title page, front hinge is cracking with muslin showing, gift message on half-title page, text and illustrations are very clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is...
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£20.41
Know your Lakers of World War I
by Dowling, Edward J. Rev
Marine Pub, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. : 1978 : vii, 120 p. ill. b/w, col. including a painting of Otto Fischer. Shipyards of the Great Lakes contributing to war effort by building ships for ocean service. Very good minus, some creasing of back cover and minor wear on spine. An important record of the Great Lakes ship builders.
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£23.84
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THE YUKON [RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES]
by Richard Mathews, illustrated by Bryan Forsyth, designed by Ernst Reichl
New York, Chicago & San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good +/good +. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. 313 pages. First edition stated on copyright page. Condition of the book is Good+; ex-library with the usual treatments, text and illustrations are very clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Good+; library label on spine, in a mylar wrapper, leading edges of flaps glued to pastedowns, not price-clipped ($7.50). STK
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£24.49
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THE JAMES [RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES]
by Blair Niles, illustrated by Edward Shenton
New York & Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. x, 359 pages. Blue Cloth. Index ends on p. 359 followed by 'Rivers and American Folk' by Constance Lindsay Skinner, which is unpaginated. 'FR' device printed on copyright page (1st printing). Condition of the book is Very Good; spine very lightly faded, circular blindstamp of private library on half-title and title pages ,previous owner's name on half-title page, text and illustrations...
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£20.41
The Allegheny
by Way, Frederick, Jr
Farrar and Rinehart, 1942. 1st. Hardcover. A VG+ tight copy with a VG to VG+ litely edgeworn dj. Rivers of America Series.
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£53.07
The Amazing Mississippi
by Price Willard
New York: The John Day Company, 1963. Willard Price explores the Mississippi River from source to mouth. Here in word and 48 photographs is the story of America's watery backbone, past and present told in the most interesting way. It provides a wealth of history that we should all understand and appreciate. The photographs are by the author and Mary Virginia Price. An index is also supplied. A sound, clean book in a photo illustrated, price-intact dust jacket.. First American Edition. Hard Cover....
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£20.00
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Craft
by Wheat G
Grea Britain: Northern Counties Carriers Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. 8vo. 24 pages. Well illustrated throughout with excellent crisp black and white photographic plates with captions, good double page map and some adverts. In original attractive pictorial card covers which have been partly covered in transparent film. The bottom corner of the rear cover is creased otherwise Very Good. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.
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£4.50
Grammar and vocabulary of the Lau language, Solomon Islands
by Ivens, Walter G
Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1921. 12mo, pp. 64; frontispiece and 2 plates, ex-Iowa State, with their bookplate marked withdrawn, withdrawn rubberstamp on title-p., preface, 1 plate, and 1 internal page; all else good and sound in later green cloth, gilt lettering on spine.
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£28.17
Suwannee River: Strange Green Land
by Cecile Hulse Matschat
William Hodge, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
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£5.59
Perspectives in Running Water Ecology
by Lock, Maurice A.; Dudley Williams, D. (eds.)
New York and London: Plenum Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good condition. Ex-Library. Library labels on spine foot of dust jacket and on FEP. Library stamps on page block, FEP, title page and at one or two further points. Dust jacket is protected with a clear plastic wrapper. Jacket and wrapper are considerably worn and upper leading corner of rear wrapper is torn. One or two instances of penned and pencilled underlining. Binding is sound, and the contents are clear. AF. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Ex-Library.
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£14.25
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook's first, second, third, and last voyages, undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the southern and northern hemispheres ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c. undertaken, performed, and written by English circum-navigators
by Cook, James, Capt., & George William Anderson
London: Alex. Hogg, 1784. First collected edition of Cook's three voyages, folio, 2 volumes in 1; pp. iv, [4] list of subscribers, [5]-398; [399]-655, [1]; complete with the engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, and with the full complement of 155 engraved plates an charts, but without the large folding world map; clean tear in D2 (no loss; one plate with tear at the top causing partial loss to the imprint and border, a half dozen or so other plates torn, with old repairs on versos and no loss;...
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£3,755.44
The Inland Waterways of England
by Rolt, L. T. C
George Allen. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1970. 5th Impression. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine red cloth and gilt hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. Colour frontis, fold out map to rear in perfect condition. The unclipped dust jacket is reinforced internally ; Black & white photographs.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 221 pages .
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£14.00
Alexander Baranov & a Pacific empire
by Engstrom, Elton, & Allan Engstrom
Juneau, AK: the authors, 2004. First edition, 4to, pp. xvi, 227, [4]; illus. throughout (some in color); fine copy in the dust-jacket. This copy signed by both authors on the half-title-p. Baranov was Chief Manager of the Russian American Company from 1790 to 1818 and was known to Americans as the "Governor of Alaska," during Alaska's earliest era of exploration and commercial development.
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£42.25
Royal Commission on Water Supply Sixth Progress Report (Spring Creek and Mount Remarkable Scheme); together with Minutes of Evidence Appendices, and Maps
by Bice, John George et al
Adelaide: R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. 1918. Folio Size [38x28cm approx]. Very Good condition. Minor nicks to left side where previously stab-bound [now disbound]. Three large fold-out maps/plans. Parliamentary Papers No 49. vi, 79 pages + 3 maps.. This Commission into the construction of reservoirs at Spring Creek, Melrose, Tod River, and other districts was established in 1916. The maps are: General Plan of proposed Spring Creek and Mount Remarkable Water District (coloured); Old and New...
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£31.62
Exploring the deep Pacific
by RAITT, HELEN
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1956. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 272; endpaper maps, illustrations in the text, 16 photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates; a fine copy in the dust jacket. "A woman's story of her adventures in the man's world of an oceanographic expedition" (cover).
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£28.17
Reef Life
by Callum Roberts
First edition (2019). " With a scientist's eye, a poet's turn of phrase, and an explorer's sense of wonder, Callum Roberts brings the underwater world to vivid life. His deep love of the ocean and profound concern for the changes that threaten it cannot be ignored." Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans. The dustjacket is in near fine condition, there is no fading of the vibrant colours and vitually no sign of wear at all. The original retailer's price sticker is on the back and this could be removed if...
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£7.24
History and general views of the Sandwich Islands' mission
by Dibble, Sheldon, Rev
New York: Taylor & Dodd, 1839. First edition, 12mo, pp. 268; orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine ends a little cracked and bare spots neatly inpainted; modest foxing; old library label removed from spine; old manuscript ex-libris on blank flyleaf reading "No. 159 David Whitcombs Apprentice Library, Templeton, 1848; a good, sound copy. Forbes 1141: "The text contains two parts. The first two chapters are on the early history of the Islands up to the visit of Captain Cook. Chapter III,...
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£610.26
The Inland Waterways Manual (Motorboats Monthly)
by Emrhys Barrell
More people use the 2500 miles of navigable waterways in the United Kingdom for boating then ever go on the sea. This book explains all they need to know about how to do it. A guide for newcomers to boating on the inland waterways. It looks at whether it is best to hire or buy, which boat to choose, how much it will cost, and where one can go. Boat handling and techniques are covered, along with maintenance and repair and trailer boating.
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£6.00
The Canals of South and South East England
by Hadfield Charles
Newton Abbot, Great Britain: David & Charles, 1969. First Thus . Buckram. Very Good++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition thus. 8vo. 393 pages including detailed index. This is one The Canals of the British Isles series. Very well illustrated throughout with endless good black and white photographic plates, text illustrations and maps. In original rich blue buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good++ in Very Good+ pleasing pictorial green price-clipped dust...
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£16.00
