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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 278 pp + illustrations, in original red cloth. Lower corners lightly bumped, some minor discoloration to spine. A very good copy, in a color photocopy of the rare original dust jacket. As our images show, the jacket was copied from one that had some chips and some spots colored in by hand on the spine. This is the second book in the Bob Flame series. Yeager writes in a brief foreword: "Just as Bob Flame, Ranger told an accurate story of the National Park Ranger in Yellowstone, so does Bob Flame, Rocky Mountain Ranger give a true picture of the men in this park, perched atop the Rockies and straddling the Continental Divide....I have written of mountain men who, it seems to me, have something in common with the mountain men of the early fur trade days. Those of an earlier time blazed the trails for progress, and those of the present day are keeping thise trails cleared that a nation may enjoy its playgrounds.

London, Canada: MacMillan & Co. Ltd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. xi, 530 pp, illustrated with two portraits. Small ink notations on half-title; else fine, in original green cloth. Dust jacket is toned at the spine and has light shelfwear. Wade 211t notes that this was issued in an edition of2800 copies. Three of the introductions in this collection (Yeat's own introduction to these essays; the general introduction for his works, and the introduction for his plays) are published here for the first time.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 288 pp + 44 (publisher's catalogue). Light shelf wear to boards, corners lightly bumoed; contents clean. From the Preface: "The consciousness that new knowledge is threatening with dissolution old views of religion and ethics is wide and deep; and not less so is the desire to get at the gist of the controversy, and to learn what - concerning this question above all others - the new knowledge really has to teach. These Notes are an attempt to meet that desire, and to point out the bearing of Evolution upon Religion, and especially upon Christianity.

London: Lutterworth Press. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated. 190 pp, in original orange cloth; no dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped, one scuff mark on front board. Internals fine. Foreword by H.S. Keigwin. Chapters on marriage, kinship, coming of age, taboos, religious beliefs and practices, etc.

London: Macmillan, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10" x 6.75", xx, 335 pp, with 24 chromolithographed plates, as well as wood engravings and a folding map. Original blue cloth with color illustrations of a globe and flag on front cover, pennants on rear, spine lettered in gilt. A sound and attractive copy with wear to corners and spine ends. Very good or better. Account of a two-year voyage around the world, compiled from the diary kept by the ship's master, Charles Lambert, and the letters home written by his wife. Includes visits to Rio, Montevideo, Valparaiso, the Marquesas, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Malaya, Ceylon, etc.

London: Country Life Ltd, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 146 pp. Moderate general wear to boards (scuffing, minor stains), internally clean and sound. No dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated, with color frontispiece and line drawings in the text.

Seoul: Kyoyuk Ch'ulp'an Kongsa, 1981. Hardcover. Very good. 1944 pp + 14 plates. A very good copy with some general handling wear, in the original plastic dust jacket and worn cardboard slipcase. All text in Korean. Due to size, additional shippng charges will apply for international orders.