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Danger is My Business Supplement of The Philadelphia Record for August 28th 1938
by John D. Craig
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1938
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- Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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$25.00
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Supplement of The Philadelphia Record for August 28th 1938 Book of the Week Club 16 pages Illustrated with photos. Diving cover. would look great Matted and Framed . A Scarce version of this book.
A very good copy with edge wear, light dust soiling, text lightly toned. See Photos
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MY PARADISE IS HELL: THE STORY OF THE CARIBBEAN
by Balink, Albert
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1948
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- Very Good with no dust jacket
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- First Edition
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$12.80
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New York: Vista Publishing Corporation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Dark beige/light brown cloth with dark brown spine lettering/rules, 331 pages, map endpapers, appendix: the Carribbean islands, the Monroe Doctrine, Treaty of Petropolis; index. VG+ copy [light fraying to spine heel] but lacking the Dust Wrapper. .holly5
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LOST ON EVEREST: THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY & IRVINE
by Firstbook, Peter
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 2000
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- Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 9780809297368
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[London / Chicago]: [BBC Worldwide Ltd / Contemporary Books CB] [2000]. First edition thus. "On June 8th, 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine left their tent high on the slopes of Mount Everest and climbed into history. They were seen at 12.50 p.m. just 790 feet from the summit and 'going strong for the top'. Within minutes,… Read more
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The Long Exile: A Tale Of Inuit Betrayal And Survival In The High Arctic
by McGrath, Melanie []
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 2007
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st American edition
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- 9781400040476
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. . First US edition [stated]. 268+ pages. Remainder dot else Near Fine copy [light spine heel bumping] in Fine Dust Wrapper. .
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THE SECRET OF THE SIERRA MADRE: THE MAN WHO WAS B. TRAVEN [previously published in the UK as THE MAN WHO WAS B. TRAVEN]
by (B. Traven) Wyatt, Will [maps by Rafael Palacios] [Dust Wrapper design by Lewis Friedman]
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN
- 9780385156004
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$14.60
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0385156006 . First US edition. 369 pages, illustrated, select bibliography. Remainder spray else VG+ copy [lower corners bumped] in VG+ Dust Wrapper [some creasing/light wear to the corners, scattered light soiling/staining to the rear panel]. .holly5
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Alpine Circus: A Skier's Exotic Adventures At The Snowy Edge Of The World
by Finkel, Michael
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1999
- Condition
- Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781558219243
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[New York]: The Lyons Press 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 1558219242 . First edition. 210 pages. Near Fine copy in price clipped else Fine Dust Wrapper.
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Almost Home
by Cavagnaro, David
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780910118583
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$14.00
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PALO ALTO, CA: American West Pub Co, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine in Very good jacket. Very light edge wear in jacket with a 2 inch closed tear to edge front panel. Photographs. 711
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The Find of a Lifetime: Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos
by Horwitz, Sylvia L
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780670135752
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278 page biography about the discoverer of the ancient civilization of Crete. Condition: light dust soiling top page edges, else fine in fine dust jacket. k4
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From Vinland to Mars a Thousand Years of Exploration
by Lewis Richard S
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1976
- Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780812906479
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436 pages. A thousand years of exporation. Condition: previous owner bookplate inside front cover, in price clipped dust jacket. See photos k4
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Lessons of the Road: an Overland Journey to the East
by Schiffer, Michael
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780671253806
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From the anatolian Highlands to the Himalayas, a voyage of exploration and a quest to define oneself as aman and an American.
Condition: remainder mark to bottom page edges, light foxing to page edges, in fine dust jacket. 8vo, 252 pages. genfic11
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Let X be Excitement
by Harris Christie
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1969
- Condition
- Good
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- First edition
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$10.99
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NY: Aladdin Atheneum 1969. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Readers crease edge wear, and rubbing to covers, sunning to spine and rear cover, pages toned. Biography of aeronautical engineer and test pilot. bx14
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Critical Choices: a Journey with the Filipino People
by Friesen, Dorothy
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780802803719
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$10.80
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MI: Eerdmans. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1988. Light edge wear 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. trade paperback bx159
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The Perilous Sea
by Silitch, Clarissa (editor)
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780899090610
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$12.99
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Salt-drenched tales of true adventure on the High Seas from the pages of Yankee Magazine.Fine in price clipped, else fine dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover. 6 x 9 inches. 192 pages. tv4
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Red Salmon, Brown Bear
by Meyer Alfred editor
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
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8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Discoloration to pg edges & edges of the blue cloth. Pg margins lightly toned, in like dj with same discoloration, tiny closed tears at spine ends. ; illus with photos .natire4
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In Search of the Primitive
by Cotlow Lewis
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1966
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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Boston Mass: Little Brown & Co. 1966. Green cloth. Very Good in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. light edge wear light soiling to page edges in dust jacket with edge wear, small closed tears and creasing. holly5
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Operation Noah
by Lagus Charles
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1960
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
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$15.99
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NY: Coward McCann. 1960. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stamped on reverse of title page "no longer the property of prov public library" no other library markings very light edge wear 1/2" tear tot he cloth at the rear spine gutter near the head of the spine, in dj iwht light edge wear, light creasing to the head… Read more
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Mountain Passages
by Bernstein, Jeremy
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- revised
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- 9780671682767
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$10.99
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320 page biography of mountains and those that climb them. Remainder mark to bottom page edges. bx39
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The Voyage of the Fox
by McLintock, Fancis L
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1998
- Condition
- Fine
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- first thus
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- 9783829008952
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Columbia, New York: Koneman. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. 12mo-over 5¾"-6¾" Tall. .711
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The Twilight of the Primitive
by Cotlow Lewis
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1971
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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NY: MacMillan 1971. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very Good in Very Good jacket Light edge wear, light dust soiling top page edges in dust jacket with edge wear. 257 pp . Illus with Photos . holly5
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Kayaking the Vermilion Sea: Eight Hundred Miles Down the Baja
by Waterman, Jonathan
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- biblioboy
- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 9780684802428
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$12.99
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New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995 With two slender sixty-pound kayaks, a ten-pound medical kit, twenty pounds of books, triple-digit temperatures, and no contact with the outside world, Jonathan and Deborah Waterman spent two months kayaking in the Sea of Cortes... Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. bx25
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