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SCOTT AND AMUNDSEN: The Race to the South Pole
by Huntford, Roland
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- Used - Very Good+ to Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 9780399119606
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£52.43
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New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1980) 666 pp. Original black covers, very bright and clean. Light soiling to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear; creases to bottom corner of front panel. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ to Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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STORY OF EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA: Altemus' Young People's Library
by Holmes, Prescott
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- Used - Good+ to Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£13.71
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Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Company, 1898. 264+pp. Original brown pictorial cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and a bit rubbed; titles darkened. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, and b/w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Item Price
£13.71
EXPLORATIONS OF AMOOR RIVER: Letter From the Secretary of State, in Answer to a Resolution of the House,Calling for Information Relative to the Explorations of Amoor River,April 7, 1858/35th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 98
by Collins, Perry McDonough/Cass, Lewis/Marcy, W. L./United States House of Representatives
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1858
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£56.46
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Washington, D. C., 1858. 68 pp. Bound in modern gray cloth covers w/ paper title label on spine (rubbed and chipped). Binding lightly soiled. Chipping to edges of front and rear blank endpapers. Faint dampstain at top margin of several leaves. Illust. w/ 3 folding maps in rear, which have some tears.. Good/No Dust Jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
£56.46
HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of Its True Source in a Lake Beyond Itasca
by Glazier, Captain Willard
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- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1894
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£37.91
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Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1894. 528 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt decoration on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed; top corners and spine ends bumped. Light dusting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name on verso of frontis., and on rear blank endpaper. Light scattered foxing. … Read more about this item Item Price
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ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA: Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 65 (Sixty-Five)
by Kidder, Alfred Vincent and Guernsey, Samuel J.
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- Used - Very Good-
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1919
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£37.91
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Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1919. 228 pp. Original olive green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled; rear cover a bit faded. Spine ends bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w plates and figures.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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PEOPLE OF THE FIRST MAN: Life Among the Plains Indians in Their Final Days of Glory; The Firsthand Account of Prince Maximilian's Expedition up the Missouri River, 1833-34
by Zu Wied, Prince Maximilian/Thomas, Davis and Ronnefeldt, Karin (Editors)
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+ to Near Fine
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- Second Printing
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780525177326
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£37.91
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company (1976) 256 pp. Original dark red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ watercolors and b/w drawings. Contents very nice.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine. Illus. by Karl Bodmer… Read more about this item Item Price
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TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
by Verne, Jules
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£17.75
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. 408 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and color pictorial paste-down on front cover. Binding a bit rubbed. Illust. w/ 4 color plates. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by W. J. Aylward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
£17.75
A NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD PERFORMED BY CAPTAIN JAMES COOK: With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods
by Kippis, A.
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- Used - Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£29.84
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Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates (No Date) 424+8 pp. Original decorative purple cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners bumped; light fraying to spine ends. Ex-library w/ minimal expected markings. Edges of leaves age toned. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
£29.84
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA: Or, The Marvelous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil, His Servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner
by Verne, Jules
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good to Very Good-
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£41.94
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New York/Chicago: A. L. Burt Company [1931] 374 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Modest chipping to corners and spine ends. Spine sunned. Illust.… Read more about this item Item Price
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RICHARD HAKLUYT AND THE ENGLISH VOYAGES: American Geographical Society, Special Publication No. 10 (Ten)
by Parks, George Bruner/Williamson, James A. (Edited, with an Introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£17.75
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New York: American Geographical Society, 1928. 290 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled w/ modest rubbing to corners. Spine a bit darkened. Illust. w/ b/w plates and fold-out maps. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
£17.75
BEYOND THE CAPES: Pacific Exploration From Captain Cook to the Challenger, 1776-1877
by Dodge, Ernest S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good-
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£17.75
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Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown and Company (1971) 430 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light sunning to edges. Previous owner's name in ink to bottom edge of, and name stamp on, front endpaper. Compliments card stapled to front endpaper. DJ a bit rubbed w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ a… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE, AND OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN: From the Voyage of Magellan to the Death of Cook
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1840
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£33.88
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. 366 pp. Original brown covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name, and small chip, on front blank endpaper. Light foxing and dampstains throughout. Illust. by numerous engravings. Still a strong, sturdy copy.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
£33.88
AMONG THE INDIANS: Eight Years in the Far West 1858-1866/The Lakeside Classics
by Boller, Henry A./Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.81
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Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1959. 462 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. Illust. w/ b/w plates, a reproduction of the original title page, and a fold-out map. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
£25.81
THREE YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS AND MEXICANS: The Lakeside Classics
by James, General Thomas/Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£21.78
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Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1953. 298 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Top corners a bit bumped. Binding lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. Light foxing to endpapers. Publisher's card laid-in. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of the author, reproduction of original title page, 2… Read more about this item Item Price
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ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55/The Lakeside Classics
by Kane, Elisha Kent/Loomis, Chauncey and Martin, Constance (Editors)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£17.75
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Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1996. 450 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top edge gilt w/ few scratch marks to gilt. Illust. w/ color maps, and b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo… Read more about this item Item Price
£17.75
THREE YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS AND MEXICANS: The Lakeside Classics
by James, General Thomas/Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£21.78
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Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1953. 298 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding a bit rubbed. Top edge gilt. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of the author, reproduction of original title page, 2 maps, and 2 b/w plates. Howes J-49. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
£21.78
THREE YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS AND MEXICANS: The Lakeside Classics
by James, General Thomas/Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£21.78
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Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1953. 298 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding a bit rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of the author, reproduction of original title page, 2 maps, and 2 b/w… Read more about this item Item Price
£21.78
LIVINGSTONE'S TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast, Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi,...
by Livingstone, David
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- Used - Good+
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1858
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£37.91
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New York: Evans & Company, 1858. 446 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ fraying to corners and spine ends. Covers a bit cocked. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of frontispiece. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over… Read more about this item Item Price
£37.91
AFRICAN ADVENTURE: Four Hundred Years of Exploration in the 'Dangerous Continent'
by Severin, Timothy/Waters, Sarah (Picture Research)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780525051107
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- 1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£13.71
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1973. 288 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light rubbing to edges. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ 48 color and over 100 b/w paintings, drawings, and maps. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
£13.71
CAPTAIN SCOTT: And the Antarctic Tragedy
by Brent, Peter/Fuchs, V. E. (Introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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£13.71
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New York, NY: Saturday Review Press (1974) 224 pp. Original purple covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends and bottom corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ has light edge wear. Illust. w/ 16 pages of colour plates and about 100 b/w… Read more about this item Item Price
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