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London: Faber and Faber, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 235 pp + 24 (illustrations from photographs), with frontispiece, index. Light dust soiling to top edge; else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped with light shelf wear. "Lady Astor has been on the scene of this world for eighty years... Her celebrity rests mainly on what she did between 1919, when she took her seat in the House of Commons (the first woman ever to do so) and 1945 when she retired from politics after representing Plymouth (Sutton Division) for over twenty-five years, the voters' choice in seven consecutive elections" (foreword).
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Nancy Astor, An Informal Biography
by Collis, Maurice
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Nanda Devi
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Third edition. 287 pp, with drawings in the text by Bip Pares. Spotting to fore edge of text block, otherwise clean and sound. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows wear along the top edge. Shipton and Bill Tilman "carried out one of the great pieces of mountain exploration, penetrating the Rishi Gorge to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary." (Neate S63).
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A Narrative of Many Surprising Conversions in Northampton and Vicinity. Written in 1736. Together with some Thoughts on the Revival in New England. Written in 1740. To Which is Added an Account of the Conversion of the Author
by Edwards, Jonathan
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Worcester: Moses W. Grout, 1832. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 382 pp, with frontis portrait of Edwards. Contemporary full leather binding with black spine label, bookseller ticket / label of Abraham Maze, Bleecker St., on front pastedown. (Maze's shop was operational from the 1830s-1870s). Front hinge loosening, significant dampstaining visible on about 50 pp, light foxing throughout. A good reference copy. First edition of this collection, published more than 70 years after Edwards's death. Sabin 21957.
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions: With Illustrations of Their Climate, Geology, and Natural History; and an Account of the Whale-Fishery
by Leslie, Professor [Sir John]; Professor Jameson; Murray, Hugh
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Harper's Stereotype Edition. 373 pp + folding map (frontispiece), 13 engraved illustrations (some full-page). Original pebbled cloth boards show some mild sunning, scattered light foxing. Arctic Bibliography 9945 (referring to the 1830 Edinburgh edition): Contains chapters on the climate of polar regions, the animal and vegetable life, ancient voyages to the north, voyages in search of the Northeast and Northwest Passages and the North Pole....Chronicle of broad scope and appeal intended "to exhibit a complete and connected view of successive voyages to the arctic regions" to the time of publication.
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Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour Through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-Grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians and Final Capture of the Texans, and Their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico
by Kendall, Geo[rge] Wilkins
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. Hardcover. Good+. First edition in first state binding, with 1844 date at base of spine. Vol. I: 405 pp, with 2 lithograph plates and folding map (Texas and Part of Mexico and the United States showing the Route of the First Santa Fe Expedition); Vol. 2: 406 pp, with three lithograph plates. Chipping to head of spine on Volume I, both volumes with light foxing, mild spine lean, a few signatures spring, early ownership markings of W.C. and C.C. Bulkley; good or better. The Texan Santa Fe Expedition was a commercial and military expedition to secure the Republic of Texas's claims to parts of Northern New Mexico for Texas in 1841. According to Jenkins (Basic Texas Books, 116), "not only is this the best account of the Santa Fe Expedition, it is one of the best campaign narratives ever written. Rupert Richardson said Kendell's experiences 'represent practically every element of adventure and peril that could have befallen men on the southwestern frontier.'...George…
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Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823
by Wrangell, Ferdinand [Wrangel]
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. Hardcover. Good+. xvii, 302 pp with folding map, in original binding of leather-backed textured cloth boards. Issued as No. 167 in Harper & Brothers School District Library series. Spine rubbed at edges, light scattered foxing, reinforcement to map on verso. Written on the front free endpaper "School District Library No. 13, Town of Oysterbay." Wrangel "was appointed in 1820 to command the Kolymskaya expedition to explore the Russian polar seas. Sailing from St. Petersburg, he arrived at Nizhnekolymsk on 2 November 1820, and early in 1821 journeyed to Cape Shelagskiy on sledges drawn by dogs. He sailed afterward up Kolyma River, advancing about 125 miles into the interior, through territory inhabited by the Yakuts. On 10 March 1822, he resumed his journey northward, and traveled 46 days on the ice, reaching 72° 2' north latitude. He left Nizhnekolymsk on 1 November 1823, and returned to St. Petersburg on 15 August 1824. He established that north of the Kolyma…
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Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858
by Hind, Henry Youle
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London: Longman, Greene, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. Two volumes, pp. xx, 494 + publisher's ads; xvi, 472, with seven maps (two folding) and one folding profile -- all with hand coloring; 20 chromoxylographic plates; and many additional illustrations in the text. Later full leather with red spine labels, marbled endpapers. Scuffing to extremities, old restorations to half-title and title pages, one map with some foxing and splits at folds, some penciled annotations in the margins. Bindings sound, plates clean and bright. Hind's exploration of the country between Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains was prompted by the need for a land access to the gold fields of British Columbia, as well as the possible establishment of a railway route to the Pacific Coast. His narrative provides a wealth of information about customs, beliefs, and condition of the native peoples. Sabin (31934) notes that he "lived almost constantly among the Crees and Chippeways, whose habits and peculiarities he was…
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Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone During the Years 1791-2-3 Performed by A.M. Falconbridge...
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London: Frank Cass and Company, Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of second edition (1802). vii, 9-287 pp. Red cloth boards are slightly faded and dust soiled; top edge also dust soiled. Binding tight and square, contents clean.
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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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Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1871. Hardcover. Near fine. Reprint, complete in one volume. vi, 9-434 pp. Publisher's green cloth with blind-stamped decoration, gilt lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to corners, previous owner's name and date on front flyleaf; otherwise unmarked, clean and sound.
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Nash Family Album, a Pictorial Roll Call of the Passenger Cars Manufactured by Nash Motors and its Predecessor Companies since 1902
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Detroit, MI: Nash Motors. Soft cover. Very Good. Undated, but c. 1952. 70 pp, consisting of 158 historic photographs, with brief descriptions of each car pictured. Comb binding. Comb is damaged at the lower 2 inches, covers have light edgewear. Contents clean.
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Nasser, The Rise to Power
by Joeston, Joachim
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London: Odhams Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 224 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, index. Light sunning to top edge; corners lightly bumped; contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has light shelf wear and creasing. Account of Nasser's life and rise to power, his background, career, character, and politics. Includes detail on the major events of Nasser's career, including the Suez Crisis, the birth of the United Arab Republic, and unrest in Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq.
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Nationalism and War in the Near East (By a Diplomatist)
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxvi, 428 pp + 6 (general appendix). Moderate general wear to boards, light offsetting to endpapers; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Includes sections on Nationalism and National Identity in the Near East, Byzantism, Hellenism, Panslavism, the Macedonian Questions, the Ottoman Revolution, the War of the Coalition, Turkish, Greek and Balkan Militarism, and the War of Partition.
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The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects [First Series, Two Volumes]
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Boston: L. Prang & Company, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, comprising the complete first series Volume I: ix, 192; Volume II: v, 200, with at total of 96 chromolithograph plates (48 in each volume). 10.5" x 7", bound in full leather with decoration stamped in blind and gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Each volume stamped in gilt on the front board with a short title and the name Mary Dow. A brief pencil inscription on the front flyleaf of Volume II reveals this to be Mary Amelia Dow of Carson City, Nevada, who received these volumes as a gift on her 21st birthday (January 22, 1881). Both volumes scuffed at corners and along the joints, slight variation in the color of the leather between the two volumes, typical offsetting from the plates to facing pages, but overall a sound and attractive set. Thomas Meehan (1826-1901) was a British-born nurseryman who moved to Philadelphia in 1848 and rose to prominence as a popularizer of horticultural knowledge…
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The Natural History of Baja California
by Barco, Miguel del; Tiscareño, Froylan; Leon-Portilla, Miguel (Introduction)
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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. 298 pp, with illustrations, map endpapers. Tiny bit of rubbing to corners, else as new. Baja California Travel Series #43. Jesuit Miguel del Barco spent more than 30 years living in Baja California. In addition to its natural history content, this work also provides considerable ethnographic and linguistic information.
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Nature et mouvements de la relation humaine
by Bonvin, Eric; Storms, Edward; Astoria, Sandrine; Fluhault, Francois; Morin, Edgar; Roustag, Francois et al.
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Geneva: Editions Medecine & Hygiene, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. Trade paperback, 189 pp, in as-new condition. First volume in the Collection HypnoseS series. Text in French.
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The Nature of Man and His Government
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Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. Softcover. Very good. Later printing. 87 pp. Wrappers lightly soiled. Libertarian content. "Robert LeFevre was an American businessman, radio personality, and libertarian theorist. LeFevre was the founder of the Freedom School, an institution designed to educate people about libertarian philosophy and free market economics" (Libertarianism dot org).
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The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings; A Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club September 13 - November 4, 2006
by Albert, Neale M.; Juveilis, Priscilla (Introduction)
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New York: The Grolier Club, 2006. Hardcover. New. Hardcover in slipcase. New copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Extensively illustrated with color photographs of the 250 books included in the exhibition.
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New Books and Standard Publications of the Century Co. Season of 1895 & 96
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New York: Century Co. Softcover. Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches, 21 pp, with illustrations, in attractive illustrated wrappers. Light shelf wear, small internal tape repair to spine; text clean. A catalogue of books published by the Century Co., including both new publications and backlist.
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New England Highways and Byways from a Motor Car
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Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 9.5" x 6.25", 327 pp, in original lovely green pictorial binding decorated in blue, white, and gilt. Extensively illustrated with color plates and b/w half-tone photographs, folding map. Touch of wear to corners and spine ends, brief contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper, spine a little dulled, but still a lovely copy. Murphy offers "a motor tour covering in a few weeks the more important shrines and most famous scenery of New England," which is "undoubtedly the most popular motor touring section in the world, and a section where such travel is increasing from year to year.
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The New Gymnastics for Men, Women, and Children. With a Translation of Prof. Kloss's Dumb-Bell Instructor and Prof. Schreber's Pangymnastikon
by Lewis, Dio [Diocletian]
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 274 pp, plus publisher's ads, in original blind-stamped brown cloth. Extensively illustrated with line drawings demonstrating exercises. Spine faded and cocked, some signatures loosening at the bottom. Text quite clean. Gift inscription to Sarah Frances Dorr from her husband in April 1862 on front flyleaf, and another gift inscription dated 1973 on the facing page; small nautical bookplate of E.P. Dorr on front pastedown. The author was "a prominent temperance leader and physical culture advocate who practiced homeopathy and was the inventor of the beanbag" (wiki).
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