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$35.00
xx55pol201997

Four Travel Journals: The Americas, Antarctica and Africa 1775-1874


BEALS, HERBERT K et al (Eds)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2007

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history historical exploration voyages maritime nautical travel diaries journals 18th eighteenth century Americas Antarctica south pole Africa

$16.50
xx55pol202000

Trout and Grayling: An Angler's Natural History


MACLEAN, NORMAN

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1980

KEYWORDS: hobbies angling fly fishing flyfishing trout grayling biology marine life natural history zoology

$25.00
xx55pol202002

A History of Uppsala University 1477-1977


LINDROTH, STEN & TOMKINSON, NEIL (Trans)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) gift inscription in ink to ffep; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Uppsala University / Almqvist & Wiksell 1976

KEYWORDS: education Sweden Swedish universities Uppsala university history Europe 500th anniversary

$38.50
xx55pol202003

Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing


MARSTON, R B

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ellioy Stock 1894

KEYWORDS: first editions history writing prose literature hobbies fishing fish maritime nautical

$16.50
xx55pol202007

Near Eastern Mythology


GRAY, JOHN

Ex-library, quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1982

KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology myths legends near east eastern religion

$25.00
xx55pol202009

Folklore in American Literature


FLANAGAN, JOHN T (Ed) & HUDSON, ARTHUR PALMER (Ed)

LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, imperial octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Row, Peterson & Company 1958

KEYWORDS: literary criticism American literature folklore lore mythology history

$10.00
xx55pol202011

Persian Myths


CURTIS, VESTA SARKHOSH

Ex-library, octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993

KEYWORDS: mythology myths legends Persia Persian folklore lore ancient history

$15.00
xx55pol202012

Scandinavian Mythology


DAVIDSON, H R ELLIS

LACKS FEP, ex-library, quarto hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn Publishing 1969

KEYWORDS: Scandinavia Scandinavian mythology myths legends folklore lore ancient history

$15.00
xx55pol202015

The Dragon: Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature


HUXLEY, FRANCIS

Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1979

KEYWORDS: dragons history culture spirituality religion

$18.50
xx55pol202016

Holy Places of the British Isles: A Guide to the Legendary and Sacred Sites


ANDERSON, WILLIAM & HICKS, CLIVE (Photo)

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British isles travel guides sacred sites ancient history spirituality religious

$16.50
xx55pol202017

Arthur and the Grail


LAMPO, HUBERT & KOSTER, PIETER PAUL

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1988

KEYWORDS: King Arthur history legends landscapes

$15.00
xx35pol202055

'This Wonderful Volcano of Water': Sir Joseph Banks Exploere and Protector if Iceland 1772-1820: Annual Lecture 2003


AGNARSDOTTIR, ANNA

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2004

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2003 exploration history maritime nautical Sir Joseph Banks Iceland

$15.00
xx35pol202056

Fort Yukon: The Hudson's Bay Company in Russian America: Annual Lecture 2005


JACKSON, C IAN

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 2005

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2005 exploration history maritime nautical Fort Yukon

$15.00
xx35pol202057

Untruth and Consequences: Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana and the 'Salting' of the Gold Mine: Annual Lecture 2006


LORIMER, JOYCE

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2007

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2006 exploration history maritime nautical Ralegh

$25.00
xx35pol202058

Voyaging Worlds: Annual Lecture 2007


SALMOND, ANNE

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2008

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2007 exploration history maritime nautical voyages

$22.50
xx35pol202066

Religion and the Rebel


WILSON, COLIN

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) underlining & annotations in ink- quite minor; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions religion Christianity history theology philosophy

$80.00
2s7a/8

Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943


D'ESTE, CARLO

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & Boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, 666pp, maps to rear, Near FINE (v sm scuff to front board)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 battles Sicily operations

$45.00
2s7a/12

Chauvet Cave: The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings


CHAUVET, JEAN-MARIE & DESCHAMPS, ELIETTE BRUNEL & HILLAIRE, CHRISTIAN & BAHN, PAUL G (Fore) & CLOTTES, JEAN (Epilogue)

Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001

KEYWORDS: prehistoric cave art archaeology archeology Chauvet Cave France Ardeche ancient history historical

$120.00
2s7a/16

Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Foto's en Documenten / History of the Second World War in Photos and Documents (20 Vol Set)


JACOBSEN, H A (Collected by) & DOLLINGER, H (Collected by) & HILTERMANN, G B J (Introductory Overviews by)

TEXT IN DUTCH, 20 VOL SET, sm octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering & black numbering to spines, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light curling/creasing to cover edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front eps of each vol)

PUBLISHER: Bosch & Keuning 1962-64

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photography photos military history

$160.00
2s7a/24

The Life of John Marshall 1755-1835 (4 Vol Set)


BEVERIDGE, ALBERT J

4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, subject's signature in gilt to front boards, deckled/roughcut page fore-edges, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1916-19

KEYWORDS: history historical figures John Marshall biography biographies memoirs Americans

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