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Adams Index villaris or, An alphabetical table of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, and private seats, in England and Wales
Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for the author, 1680 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Poor with No dust jacket as issued
Leather cover very worn, hinges cracking, bottom of spine freyed. Pages 83-252 have been torn out or removed, but 1-82 and 253-412 are clean and bright. Poor condition due to missing pages, otherwise very good. Title page and dedicatory page in good condition. ; Tables; tall folio ; 412 pages
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Albanov, Valerian & Linda Dubosson; Roberts, David & Jon Krakauer & Alison Anderson In the Land of White Death An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
New York Modern Library 2000 0679641009 / 9780679641001 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Signed by Author
Inscribed "I hope you enjoy this true adventure, Christmas 2000" and signed. The signature could be of author or just someone gifting the book. Jon Krakauer is the writer of the preface and author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air. Dust has been price clipped otherwise in new condition. In 1912, six months after Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men came to grief in Antarctica, a thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator named Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prove even more disastrous. In search of new Arctic hunting grounds, Albanov's ship, the Saint Anna, was frozen fast in the pack ice of the treacherous Kara Sea-a misfortune grievously compounded by an incompetent commander, the absence of crucial nautical charts, insufficient fuel, and inadequate provisions that left the crew weak and debilitated by scurvy. For nearly a year and a half, the twenty-five men and one woman aboard the Saint Anna endured terrible hardships and danger as the icebound ship drifted helplessly north. Convinced that the Saint Anna would never free herself from the ice, Albanov and thirteen crewmen left the ship in January 1914, hauling makeshift sledges and kayaks behind them across the frozen sea, hoping to reach the distant coast of Franz Josef Land. With only a shockingly inaccurate map to guide him, Albanov led his men on a 235-mile journey of continuous peril, enduring blizzards, disintegrating ice floes, attacks by polar bears and walrus, starvation, sickness, snowblindness, and mutiny. That any of the team survived is a wonder. That Albanov kept a diary of his ninety-day ordeal-a story that Jon Krakauer calls an "astounding, utterly compelling book," and David Roberts calls "as lean and taut as a good thriller"-is nearly miraculous. First published in Russia in 1917, Albanov's narrative is here translated into English for the first time. Haunting, suspenseful, and told with gripping detail, In the Land of White Death can now rightfully take its place among the classic writings of Nansen, Scott, Cherry-Garrard, and Shackleton. Dust jacket now in Brodart mylar protective (clear) cover.; Signed by Author
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baedeker, k Paris and Environs With Routes From London to Paris Handbook for Travellers
K. Baedeker, 1894 Eleventh Edition; First Impression Hardcover Fair with no dust jacket
Red cover with gilt lettering. Cover has chipping around edges and minor discoloration due to age. Spine has chipping at bottom and top edges. Text is clean and bright, binding tight. 396 pages. Overall condition is fair to good, in archival sleeve to maintain condition.. Eleventh (11th) revised edition with 12 maps and 33 plans. Published 1894. map endpaper has tear and hinge is weak but not separated. We provide delivery tracking to all US orders. ; Maps, illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 396 pages
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Baskin, Eino Raudeesriide taga Behind the Iron Curtain
Perona 1993 First Edition; First Impression Paperback Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
Written in Estonian. Numerous photos of Drama scenes, actors, and actresses.Appears to be some history of drama and acting in Estonia during the time of the Iron Curtain. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages
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Crespo, A.C. Gonclaves Novo Almanach (1885) De Lembrancas, Luso brasileiro
Lisbon Livraria de Antonio Maria Percira 1884 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Fair with no dust jacket
Tan cover shows some discoloration, spine is bug damaged as is the frontspeice with holes in the page. Writing inside front cover. Front and rear covers in very good condition. Looks to be a souvenir almanac for brazil for the year 1885. Nice collectors item. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Cretzianu, Alexandre (editor) Captive Rumania . A Decade of Soviet Rule
New York Praeger 1956 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Book is very rare. Inscribed by Editor " With Best Regards Al. Cretzianu". 412 pages and fully indexed. Contributors include: Boila, Burillianu, Carp, Ciurea, Ionescu, Ionnitziu, Plessia, Ratzin, Veniamin, Visoianu. We provide delivery tracking on US orders. ; Author Signed; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 424 pages; ; Signed by Editor
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Dick, Wm. B. Dick's Irish Dialect Recitations
New York , NY Dick & Fitzgerald 1879 1st Thus; First Impression Hardcover Fair with no dust jacket
Blue cover with gold print. Red spine. Very worn on corners and edging. Front end paper missing but title page and contents complete. Rare if not unique copy. We provide delivery tracking on US orders. ; 16mo; 170 pages
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Filbig, Josef Amberg Stadte der bayerischen ostmark amberg die alte stadt im neuen reich
Germany Gauverlag Bayerische Ostmark 1938 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Good with No dust jacket as issued
Cloth cover soiled and some foxing to end papers. Written in German. Signed by Josef Filbig, mayor of Amberg, Germany. Title translates: Cities in the Bavarian ostmarkamberg the old city in the new reich. A pictorial guide to Amberg Germany published in 1938. Josef Filbig (* born 2 November 1891, died 3 October 1963 ) was a local politician of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP or Nazi) and mayor of the city of Amberg . Filbig was a staunch supporter of the Nazi party and was removed from office by the U.S. military after WWII but re-elected by the people with a 64% majority vote. (The people still supported Nazi (right wing) philosophy?)Amberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate, roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. In 2013, over 41,000 people lived in the town. Amberg missed the destruction of WW II and after the war a U.S. Military installation "Pond Barracks" was established and stayed open until 2009. Rare.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Notable Personage, Related
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Froude, James Anthony The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, 3 vol. set
New York Scribner, Armstrong, and Co. 1873 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Signed by Author
Author inscribed in all three volumes on back of title page the following inscription with his signature. "Charles Scribner & Co. of No 654 Broadway New York have authority from me to publish further all works which I have already written or may hearafter write, J. A. Froude, Author, Jan 29, 1871." Brown cloth cover with gold lettering shows some rubs and wear to top and bottom of spine area. Clean contents and Not X Library. Hinges show some weakness otherwise tight. The first volume says "in two volumes", but author added a third volume which is part of this set. James Anthony Froude (Froude rhymes with rood) (April 23, 1818 – October 20, 1894) was an English historian. He was the brother of the Anglo-Catholic polemicist Richard Hurrell Froude and of William Froude, the engineer and naval architect.The son of R. H. Froude, archdeacon of Totnes, he was born at Dartington, Devon. He was educated at Westminster School and Oriel College, Oxford, then the centre of the ecclesiastical revival now called the Oxford Movement. He obtained a second class degree, but won the Chancellor's English essay prize, and was elected a fellow of Exeter College (1842). "So too, in his English in Ireland (1872-1874), which was written to show the futility of attempts to conciliate the Irish, he exaggerates the bad points of the Irish, touches lightly on English atrocities, and emphasizes the influence of Roman Catholicism." was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine. From his upbringing amidst the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude intended to become a clergyman, but doubts about the doctrines of the Anglican church, published in his scandalous 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith. (Wiki). Extremely rare work with this inscription. ; Author Signed; Signed by Author
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George, Marian (editor) The Plan Book, a Little Journey to Ireland Vol V, No 1, September
Chicago, Il A Flanagan Company 1901 First Edition; First Printing Paperback Very Good with no dust jacket
Original not reprint. Green cover black print. Vol V, No. 1 for Intermediate and Upper Grades. An informative book on Ireland during this poverty period of 1901. Contains historical information, music, map, Poetry, and etc. Rare original. Book now in archival sleeve to protect condition.; Photographs, Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 106 pages;
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Gorham, Maurice Dublin Yesterday
London Fitzhouse Books 1972 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Irish green cover with gold lettering. Introduction and commentaries my Maurice Gorham. Dust jacket now in Brodart mylar protective (clear) cover. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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