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$32.50
xx53pol201913

Truth is Stranger than Fishin'


COOK, BEATRICE

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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: William Morrow & Company 1955

KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history

$25.00
xx53pol201914

My Rod My Comfort


LOCKHART, Sir Robert BRUCE; GAASTRA, J (woodcuts)

8vo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; 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: Putnam 1957

KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history

$22.50
xx53pol201915

Dry-Fly Fishing


BRIDGETT, R C

8vo 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: Herbert Jenkins 1922

KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history

$30.00
xx53pol201916

The Gentle Art: Some Sketches and Studies


LAMOND, HENRY

8vo 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: John Murray 1911

KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history

$22.50
xx54pol201922

The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah


MACKINTOSH-SMITH, TIM

Super 8vo 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: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: travel writing travelling Near East Asia traveller journey adventure history

$16.50
xx54pol201924

Live to Ride: The Rumbling, Roaring World of Speed, Escape, and Adventure on Two Wheels


JOHNSON, WAYNE

Super 8vo 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: Atria Books 2010

KEYWORDS: vehicles motorcycles history speed sport

$10.00
xx54pol201926

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: A Sketch


LESKOV, NIKOLAI; CHANDLER, ROBERT (transl)

Paperback (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: Hesperus Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Russian romance fiction social history women

$12.50
xx54pol201930

Voyages and Discoveries: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation


HAKLUYT, RICHARD; BEECHING, JACK (ed)

Paperback (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: Penguin Books 1972

KEYWORDS: English voyages ship renaissance anecdote history Richard Hakluyt

$15.00
xx54pol201936

Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine


STRAUSS, BARRY

Super 8vo 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: Simon & Schuster 2020

KEYWORDS: classical history ancient Roman emperors Augustus Caesar Constantine

$25.00
xx54pol201944

Rare Pacific Voyage Books from The Parsons Collection of David Parson (2 vols)


HORDEN HOUSE RARE BOOKS

2 VOL SET. Imp 8vo hardcover catalogue (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: Hordern House Rare Books 2005

KEYWORDS: rare books antiquarian pacific voyage history historical catalogue

$35.00
xx54pol201946

New Found Land: Maps in the History of Exploration


WHITFIELD, PETER

4to 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: The British Library 1998

KEYWORDS: maps cartology history voyages discovery exploration

$35.00
xx54pol201957

The Great South Sea: English Voyages and Encounters 1570-1750


WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR

Super 8vo 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: Yale University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: English voyages exploration discovery ship history

$40.00
2s2b/3

The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork


TOWNSHEND, DOROTHEA

Super 8vo, grey/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontis. & plates with tissue guards, xvi + 531 pp., plates, VG- (light to moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, moderate 2cm tear to front joint, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, moderate tanning to plate tissue guards, sporadic light soiling & foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, bgd sl sloppy).

PUBLISHER: Duckworth and Company 1904

KEYWORDS: 16th century Earl of Cork England renaissance social history biography life lives esquire gentlemen

$40.00
2s2b/13

Khaki Angels: Kiwi Stretcher-Bearers in the First and Second World Wars


O'CARROLL, BRENDAN

Super 8vo, glossy illus heavy card boards, yellow/white lettering to spine & boards, 208 pp., illus/photos, NF (light rubbing/scuffing to boards, v minor bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning to pg edges, gift inscription to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand World War 1 2 WW1 WW2 I II medics stretcher military history warefare conflict

$45.00
2s12a/5

Prometheus and the Bolsheviks


LEHMANN, JOHN

8vo, red buckram boards, tooled label to front board & spine with gilt lettering & rules, frontis., [12] + 256 pp., plates, foldout map to rear, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate fading to spine, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor foxing throughout), lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1937

KEYWORDS: Soviet Union Georgia Europe 20th century history Russia socialism communism

$22.50
xx55pol201979

Treasure-House of the Language: The Living OED


BREWER, CHARLOTTE

Super 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: Yale University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: linguistics language dictionaries Oxford English dictionary etymology history

$35.00
xx55pol201980

Empire of Words: The Reign of the OED


WILLINSKY, JOHN

Super 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: Princeton University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: linguistics language dictionaries Oxford English dictionary etymology history

$22.50
xx55pol201982

Byron's Journal of His Circumnavigation 1764-1766


GALLAGHER, ROBERT E (Ed)

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: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history maritime nautical John Byron 18th eighteenth century journals diaries voyages

$15.00
xx55pol201983

The Navigation of the Frobisher Voyages: The Hakluyt Society Annual Talk 1997


McDERMOTT, JAMES

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 1998

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual talks past years 1997 exploration voyages Frobisher history historical nautical maritime

$15.00
xx55pol201984

The Impact of Physical, Spiritual & Mental Health on Shipboard Order in the Early English East India Company Voyages, 1601-1611: The Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2018


FURY, CHERYL

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 2019

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual talks past years 2018 exploration voyages history historical nautical maritime early English East India 17th seventeenth century

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