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Lure of Alaska, The


Franck, Harry A.

NY, National Travel Club, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 306 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 68584


Price: $20.00 

 

Making of the Modern Greek Family, The: Marriage and Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Athens (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)


Cassia, Paul Sant, Constantina Bada

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 282 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Light (erasable) pencil throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition. Relying on matrimonial contracts, travelers' accounts memoirs and popular literature, the authors show how distinctive forms of marriage, kinship and property transmission evolved in Athens in the nineteenth century.

Record # 32241


Price: $38.00 

Man Who Ate His Boots, The: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest PassageBrandt, Anthony
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Man Who Ate His Boots, The: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage


Brandt, Anthony

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 471672


Price: $15.00 

 

Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu [DECKLE EDGE]


Bergreen, Laurence

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2007, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 415 pages, with illustrations. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456082


Price: $12.00 

 

Martha's Vineyard: An Affectionate Memoir (SIGNED)


Graves, Ralph, Illust. by: Ray Ellis

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press Publishers, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Faded spine. Light soil on rear and light foxing to top page block. Signed copy with signatures on title page of both artist, Ray Ellis and writer, Ralph Graves. Tight copy.

Record # 2233768


Price: $38.00 

 

Men in Space


Segel, Thomas, Illust. by: Dmitri Vail

Hardcover. Boulder, CO, Paladin Press, reprint, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 201 pages. Cover and dust jacket have some wear to corners and edges. Inside is clean and bright, with beautiful b&w and color illustrations throughout by Dmitri Vail.

Record # 853248


Price: $20.00 

 

Mexico's Progress Demands its Price


Warner, Louis H.

Hardcover. Boston, Chapman & Grimes, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Library stamping to front end papers otherwise nice condition.

Record # 59027


Price: $28.00 

 

Missions in Hindustan: With a Brief Description of the Country, and of the Moral and Social Conditions of the Inhabitants


Campbell, Rev. James R.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Board of Missions of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, by Geo. H. Stuart, 1st, 1852, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth, gilt title on spine, 239 pages, 6 b&w plates including frontispiece. Covers with light edge wear, previous owner's pencil signature on the front fly leaf, other wise clean.

Record # 412220


Price: $79.00 

 

Modern Traveller, The: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe - India (Vol. 1 Only)


Knight, Helen C.

Hardcover. London, UK, James Duncan, First Edition, 1828, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 359 pages. Hardcover, Volume 1 only. Gilt titles, gilt compartment lines & gilt decoration to maroon leather spine. Stunning marbled boards with moderate wear to edges. Previous owner's bookplate & signature to front, fold out map of India tipped-in to front. Light foxing to edges, soiling to some pages & light toning throughout. A handsome volume in very good shape for its age.

Record # 751472


Price: $50.00 

 

Moscow Kremlin, The: Its History, Architecture and Art Treasures


Voyce, Arthur

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1954, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. B/W illustrations and photographs. Pages and covers show some foxing. End papers decorated with B/W map of the Kremlin. Dust jacket faded. Comes with acrylic cover to protect dust jacket. Very good condition.

Record # 802830


Price: $22.00 

Muhammads People: A Tale by Anthology Schroeder, Eric

Muhammads People: A Tale by Anthology


Schroeder, Eric

Hardcover. Portland ME, Bond Wheelwright, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 838 pages, in a worn, chipped dust jacket.

Record # 412356


Price: $23.00 

 

My Native Land


Cox, James

hardcover. St. Louis, Blair Publishing, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in gilt, 400 pages. Black & white photos and illustrations. Light edgewear and soil to covers. Corners a bit bumped. Black & white photo frontispiece of famous minuteman statue.

Record # 202444


Price: $20.00 

Naples Declared: A Walk Around the BayTaylor, Ben
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Naples Declared: A Walk Around the Bay


Taylor, Ben

Hardcover. New York, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor dust jacket wear. Price sticker to dust jacket rear. Color images throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471482


Price: $15.00 

National Geographic Magazine  - August 1908  Vol. XIX No. 8National Geographic Society
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National Geographic Magazine - August 1908 Vol. XIX No. 8


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated with b&w photos, maps. Original brown printed beige wrappers, spine with light wear, good to very good. Covers loose. Includes "The Pacific: the Most Explored and Least Known Region of the Globe" by Leopold G. Blackman, Further Notes on Dutch New Guinea by Thomas Barbour, Biskra, The Ziban Queen by Mrs. George Bosson.

Record # 415520


Price: $38.00 

National Geographic Magazine  - June 1908  Vol. XIX  No. 6National Geographic Society
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National Geographic Magazine - June 1908 Vol. XIX No. 6


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated with b&w photos, maps. Original brown printed beige wrappers, spine with light wear, good to very good. Features "One Season's Game-Bag with the Camera" by the Hon. George Shiras, 3rd.

Record # 415522


Price: $44.00 

National Geographic Magazine  - Vol. XXII No. 8 August 1911National Geographic Society
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National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XXII No. 8 August 1911


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated with b&w photos, maps, ads. Original yellow and black wrappers, spine with light wear, good to very good. Articles include: Notes on the Sea Dyaks of Borneo, Tunis of Today, A Journey in Morocco, The Two Great Moorish Religions. Light soil to rear cover.

Record # 415561


Price: $25.00 

National Geographic Magazine  - Vol. XXXV No. 2 March 1919National Geographic Society
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National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XXXV No. 2 March 1919


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated with b&w photos, maps, advertisements. Original yellow and black wrappers, spine with light wear, good to very good. Articles include: The North Sea Mine Barrage, Sarawak- The Land of the White Rajahs, American Berries of Hill, Dale, and Wayside with color plates.

Record # 415563


Price: $25.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XXX July - December 1916 (Six issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines July - December 1916, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Several pages of color plates. Includes color fold-out Map of Mexico, color fold-out painting of the Alaskan Brown Bear. Bright, clean volume. Light chipping to spine labels.

Record # 415543


Price: $44.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XXXIX January - June 1921 (Six issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines January - June 1921, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Several pages of color plates. Includes fold-out of a square-rigged sailing ship in tinted color: The Argosy of Geography, a color folding map of The New Asia (28 x 36"), and a Map of Europe with the new boundaries post-WW1. Bright, clean volume. Light chipping to spine labels.

Record # 415546


Price: $50.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol.XXV January - June 1914 (Six issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines January - June 1914, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Several pages of color plates. Includes a fold-out map of Alaska and another of Mexico. Bright, clean volume. Light chipping to spine labels.

Record # 415547


Price: $50.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. L July - December 1926 (Six Issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines July - December 1926, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Includes: Fold-out color map of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Eastern Tennessee. Clean, bright volume.

Record # 415579


Price: $38.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. LVIII July - December 1930 (Six Issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines July - December 1930, in a green pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Includes: Mexico's west coast; 3 articles on the conquest of Antarctica; Unmapped areas of China, Unexplored areas of the Philippines; Chateau country of France; Yugoslavia; Virgil's Aeneid and Roman Geography; Strange tribes in the Shan States of Burma; The Yukon trail of 1898; Viking life in the Faeroes; and much more. Clean, bright volume.

Record # 415560


Price: $44.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XL July-December 1921 (Six Issues)


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines July - December 1921, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Several pages of color plates. Includes two folding color maps: South America and the Islands of the Pacific. Clean, bright volume.

Record # 415531


Price: $50.00 

 

National Geographic Magazine - Vol. XLII July - December 1922


National Geographic Society

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original magazines July - Dec. 1922, in a maroon pebbled hardcover binding. Magazines are dated and paged, with photographs and maps, but do not have covers, advertisements, etc. Includes two supplemental fold-out maps: Africa and the World. Very good, Clean.

Record # 415527


Price: $50.00 


  
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