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HOWARTH, David.
Tahiti A paradise lost. London: Harvill, 1983. First edition. Cloth, 226pp. Fine in d/w. The destruction of Tahiti by waves of European settlement.
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HUNTINGTON, Ellsworth.
West of the Pacific. New York: Scribner's, 1925. Tall 8vo., cloth, 453pp. A fine copy. "This is an account of the journey of a delegate to the Second Pan-Pacific Science Congress held in Australia......" The author also spent time in Japan, Java, China.
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ROBSON, Albert H.
J.E.H. MacDonald. Toronto: Ryerson, (1937). First edition. 12mo., orig. pictorial wrappers, 32pp. Near fine. .
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WAUTERS, A.J.
Stanley's Emin Pasha Expedition.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth with a pictorial gilt panel on the upper cover, xvii, 378, (32)pp.ads dated "January 1890." Inner hinges cracked, the folding map has a five inch tear with no loss o/w a near fine copy.
An account of Stanley's last and most difficult journey. Stanley was put in charge of an army of rifleman formed by the Emin Pasha Relief Committee to secure the rescue of the Emin Pasha. The rescue was undertaken after the fall of Khartoum when it was discovered that the Emin Pasha was holding out against the Mahdi's hordes.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth with a pictorial gilt panel on the upper cover, xvii, 378, (32)pp.ads dated "January 1890." Inner hinges cracked, the folding map has a five inch tear with no loss o/w a near fine copy.
An account of Stanley's last and most difficult journey. Stanley was put in charge of an army of rifleman formed by the Emin Pasha Relief Committee to secure the rescue of the Emin Pasha. The rescue was undertaken after the fall of Khartoum when it was discovered that the Emin Pasha was holding out against the Mahdi's hordes.
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"H.D." (Hilda Doolittle)
Choruses From the Iphigeneia In Aulis and The Hippollytus of Euripides. Translated by H.D.
London: Egoist Press, 1919. "The Poets' Translation Series. Second Set. No. 3." Second edition, first published in 1916 by Ballantyne in the UK,and Clerk's Press in the US. 8vo., card covers with paper wrapper pasted on, (37), (3)pp.ads. Spine darkened, pencilled notes on e/paper o/w near fine.
London: Egoist Press, 1919. "The Poets' Translation Series. Second Set. No. 3." Second edition, first published in 1916 by Ballantyne in the UK,and Clerk's Press in the US. 8vo., card covers with paper wrapper pasted on, (37), (3)pp.ads. Spine darkened, pencilled notes on e/paper o/w near fine.
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'The Times.'
Canada Reprinted from The Canada Number of The Times Published On May 15, 1939. London: Printed and Published at the Office of The Times, 1939. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. stiff printed wrappers, 276pp. Spine and perimeter of the wrappers is browned o/w a very nice copy. Reprinted from a special number of The Times, published on the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for their visit to Canada. This work is divided into four sections, each of which is comprised of several short pieces written by prominent Canadians such as: Lester B. Pearson, Vincent Massey, Marius Barbeau, Duncan Campbell Scott, W.A. 'Billy' Bishop, and Stephen Leacock.
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ABRAHAM, George D.
Mountain Adventures At Home and Abroad. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1910. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, x, 308pp. Cloth a bit speckled o/w a nice copy. Mostly covers climbs in the Alps and the United Kingdom.
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ABRAHAM, J. Johnston.
My Balkan Log.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1921. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. maroon cloth, (viii), 311pp. Some rubbing o/w a very good copy.
An account of the experiences of J. Johnston Abraham, a Scottish doctor serving in the Serbian Army Medical Corp during the Serbian Campaign of 1914-15.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1921. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. maroon cloth, (viii), 311pp. Some rubbing o/w a very good copy.
An account of the experiences of J. Johnston Abraham, a Scottish doctor serving in the Serbian Army Medical Corp during the Serbian Campaign of 1914-15.
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ACKROYD,Peter.
Chatterton. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1987). First edition. 1 of 150 copies signed by the author, for London Limited Editions. Cloth backed boards. Fine in glassine wrapper as issued.
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ADAM, Evelyn.
Behind the Screens An Englishwoman's Impressions of Japan.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sosn, 1910. First edition. 8vo., orig. dark blue pictorial cloth, 277pp. Name o/w a nice copy.
A "record of the observations of six years" that the author spent in Japan, focusing on Japanese society and culture.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sosn, 1910. First edition. 8vo., orig. dark blue pictorial cloth, 277pp. Name o/w a nice copy.
A "record of the observations of six years" that the author spent in Japan, focusing on Japanese society and culture.
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ADAM, G. Mercer.
Toronto, Old and New: A Memorial Volume Historical, Descriptive and Pictorial, Designed to Mark the Hundredth Anniversary of the Passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791, Which set Apart the Province of Upper Canada and Gave Birth to York (Now Toronto)....
Toronto: The Mail Printing Company, 1891. First edition. Tall 4to., full publisher's leather, gilt title on upper board and spine, 212pp. Profusely illustrated. Foot of spine chipped away, some rubbing with a touch of wear to the spine ends but certainly a better than very good copy.
Toronto: The Mail Printing Company, 1891. First edition. Tall 4to., full publisher's leather, gilt title on upper board and spine, 212pp. Profusely illustrated. Foot of spine chipped away, some rubbing with a touch of wear to the spine ends but certainly a better than very good copy.
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ADAMS, A. Leith.
Field and Forest Rambles, With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada.
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with elaborate gilt and black stamped decoration on upper cover and spine, brown e/papers, xvi, 333, 32pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked, some wear o/w very good.
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with elaborate gilt and black stamped decoration on upper cover and spine, brown e/papers, xvi, 333, 32pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked, some wear o/w very good.
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ADAMS, A. Leith.
Field and Forest Rambles, With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada.
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873. First edition, binding variant. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth (darker that usual) with decoration in black on upper cover, blind on rear, with elaborate gilt decoration on the spine, yellow e/papers, xvi, 333pp. Inner hinges cracked, some light wear o/w very good.
The lack of gilt decoration on the upper cover would seem to indicate a later binding but for the curious fact that the elaborate gilt stamped design on the spine is quite different from the other pattern we have seen, as is the decoration on the upper cover. Not what one would usually expect from an attempt to sell off unsold sheets in a cheaper binding. A curious example of a 19th century binding mystery.
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873. First edition, binding variant. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth (darker that usual) with decoration in black on upper cover, blind on rear, with elaborate gilt decoration on the spine, yellow e/papers, xvi, 333pp. Inner hinges cracked, some light wear o/w very good.
The lack of gilt decoration on the upper cover would seem to indicate a later binding but for the curious fact that the elaborate gilt stamped design on the spine is quite different from the other pattern we have seen, as is the decoration on the upper cover. Not what one would usually expect from an attempt to sell off unsold sheets in a cheaper binding. A curious example of a 19th century binding mystery.
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ADAMS, Richard.
The First Archibald Yell Smith IV Lecture at The Baylor School Shattanooga, Tennessee October 27, 1976.
Tall 8vo. orig. cream wrappers, 28pp. Name o/w near fine.
Tall 8vo. orig. cream wrappers, 28pp. Name o/w near fine.
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ADAMS, W.H. Davenport.
Some Heroes of Travel Or, Chapters From the History of Geographical Discovery and Enterprise. With Map. Compiled and Rewritten by...... London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ..... 1880. 8vo., orig. orange cloth with pictorial decoration in black, x, 408, 8pp.ads. Some light rubbing to the spine ends o/w near fine.
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ADDISON, A.C.
The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims. And Its Place In the Life To-Day. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1911. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. light blue cloth with pictorial design of a boat in white, gilt and dark blue, xiv, 192pp. A fine copy in the attractive publishers cloth binding.
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ADDISON, A.C.
The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims. And Its Place In the Life To-Day. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1918. New Edition, With Explanatory Note. Tall 8vo., orig. light blue cloth with pictorial design of a boat in white, gilt and dark blue, xxii, 192pp. Spine slightly darkened, a touch of rubbing o/w a near fine copy.
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(ADDISON, Joseph). AIKEN, Lucy.
The Life of Joseph Addison.
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. tan blind stamped cloth, (xii), 250; (viii), 256pp. Bookplate, library stamp on pastedowns, first page of preface of volume I and the table of contents in volume II, no other library markings; this is in fact, a fine copy in the original cloth.
Lucy Aiken [1781-1864] English writer who began her career at an early age while caring for her father. She submitted articles to various journals for publication. Her first book was an anthology "Poetry for Children" published in 1801. In 1810 she published a book of poetry, "Epistles for Women" which showed her to "be a fine poet in the eighteenth century style." Aiken's "Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth" was designed as a new genre, "the manners of the age, the state of literature and the arts, interwoven with as slender a thread of political history as will serve to keep other matters in their places." Aiken also edited writings for her aunt, Anna Barbauld. In addition to her fiction, Aiken wrote memoirs of her father; Elizabeth Benger; Joanna Baillie and the above live of Addison. Aiken's "Life of Addison" was extremely well received, "as Miss Aiken has not left a stone unturned, that her monument to one of our most polished writers and complete minds may be fair, upright and symmetrical. Her book contains the first complete life of Addison ever put forth. As a literary biography, it is a model; and its pages are besides enriched by many hitherto unpublished letters of Addison."
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. tan blind stamped cloth, (xii), 250; (viii), 256pp. Bookplate, library stamp on pastedowns, first page of preface of volume I and the table of contents in volume II, no other library markings; this is in fact, a fine copy in the original cloth.
Lucy Aiken [1781-1864] English writer who began her career at an early age while caring for her father. She submitted articles to various journals for publication. Her first book was an anthology "Poetry for Children" published in 1801. In 1810 she published a book of poetry, "Epistles for Women" which showed her to "be a fine poet in the eighteenth century style." Aiken's "Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth" was designed as a new genre, "the manners of the age, the state of literature and the arts, interwoven with as slender a thread of political history as will serve to keep other matters in their places." Aiken also edited writings for her aunt, Anna Barbauld. In addition to her fiction, Aiken wrote memoirs of her father; Elizabeth Benger; Joanna Baillie and the above live of Addison. Aiken's "Life of Addison" was extremely well received, "as Miss Aiken has not left a stone unturned, that her monument to one of our most polished writers and complete minds may be fair, upright and symmetrical. Her book contains the first complete life of Addison ever put forth. As a literary biography, it is a model; and its pages are besides enriched by many hitherto unpublished letters of Addison."
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AFRICA). MARRIOTT, Michael.
Desert Taxi The Story of an Achievement by a Veteran London Taxi Cab. London: Longmans, Green, (1956). First edition. Cloth, viii, 150pp. Fine in d/w with wear to the top of the spine. Across the Sahara desert from Algiers to Kano (Nigeria) in a 20 year old London taxi.
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AFRICA). McLYNN, Frank.
Hearts of Darkness. The European Exploration . New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992). First edition. Cloth backed boards, x, 390pp. Fine in d/w. Story of the Victorians who explored Africa; Livingstone, Stanley, Burton, Speke and Baker.
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