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New Bern, N.C.: New Bern Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce, [printed by Owen G. Dunn], 1934. Unpaginated. [23] pages plus [23] pages of ads for local businesses and a [2]-page ad index. Illustrated with several photographs reproduced in the text and a full-page map keyed to a walking tour of the city. Original printed wraps. 20.5 x 13.5… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1921. 320 pages, plus color frontispiece and numerous plates, reproducing 115 photographs. Original pictorial cloth stamped in green, white, and blue; top edge gilt. 23 x 15 cm. Spine a little sunned and soiled; a tiny bit of flaking to cover illustration; neat, early gift inscription on front free endpaper; light foxing to margins of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, [1867]. Small 8vo. 406 pages, plus frontispiece portrait. [12] pages publisher's ads. Original purple cloth, lettered in gilt, with single gilt rule on spine and triple blind rules on covers; brown coated endpapers. [19 cm.] Spine faded to tan; some fading and spotting to covers. Faint name on front free endpaper ("George R. Watkins, '67," a… Read more about this item

New York: Dix, Edwards, & Co., 1856. 12mo. [viii], 285 pages plus [8] pages publisher's ads at rear dated Sept. 1, 1856. Original embossed dark purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine. [18.5 cm.] Spine sun-faded and with shallow chips to ends, light spotting to cloth, wear to corners with small areas of the boards showing.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. 12mo. 276 pages, plus [4] pages publisher's ads at rear. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine, and with gilt and blind rules on covers; yellow-coated endpapers. [19.4 cm.] Good only. Head of spine chipped to headband; shallow chip to cloth at base of spine… Read more about this item

Boston: James Munroe and Co., 1844. viii, 373 pages, plus frontispiece, extra engraved title page, and [2] pages ads. Original embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. [18.1 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with very faint reminder of removed call number at base of spine and light internal marks. Tasteful bookplate… Read more about this item

New York and London: Century Co., 1923. vi, 314 pages, plus frontispiece and numerous photographic plates. Original pictorial dark red cloth stamped in black. [19.1 cm.] A fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. An overview of mountaineering techniques, equipment, and training, with discussions of climbs in the Alps, the Rockies, the… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. [xvi], 288 pages, plus frontispiece. Numerous full-page and in-text photographs reckoned in the pagination. Original yellow cloth, stamped in gold. Top edge gilt. [20.3 cm.] Near very good. Spine sun-faded and a little rubbed, some minor soiling to covers. Tight with clean interior. Engraved armorial… Read more about this item