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Thomas Forrest: Renaissance Seaman The James Ford Bell Lectures Number 35
by Schwartzberg, Joseph E. [introductory commentary by Carol Urness]
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
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no place: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Collection / University Of Minnesota. Good. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. First edition [no statement of printing]. Decorated golden wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.75"], saddle-stapled, 35 pages, illustrated, notes. Very good copy with creasing to the spine area save for sunning/fading to the spine area. bx298E Item Price
$12.00
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The Petrified Mariner
by Denys Val Baker
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780718304720
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- 1
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$10.00
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William Kimber London 1972 1st ed. 229pp Nautical autobiography. Very good with foxing to page edges, and endpapers, light wear, in jacket with wear, creasing, closed tear top edge rear panel with creasing. See photos ClphE Item Price
$10.00
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Journey Through Love
by John D Hillaby
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395247754
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1977 Hardcover. 0395247756 . First US edition. 269 pages, illustrated. Top edge foxed/soiled else Near Fine copy [with one tiny spot stain to fore-edge] in very good jacket with light rubbing and soiling to the rear panel. bx214E Item Price
$20.00
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Danger is My Business Supplement of The Philadelphia Record for August 28th 1938
by John D. Craig
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1938
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- SingleIssueMagazine
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$25.00
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Supplement of The Philadelphia Record for August 28th 1938 Book of the Week Club 16 pages Illustrated with photos. Diving cover. would look great Matted and Framed . A Scarce version of this book.
A very good copy with edge wear, light dust soiling, text lightly toned. See Photos
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$25.00
Sea of Glory
by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670032310
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Illustrated with photographs and maps, notes, selected bibliography, acknowledgments, index. Very good with spine end bumping in Near Fine Dust Wrapper with very light wear. bx108 Item Price
$12.50
My Search for B. Traven
by Jonah Raskin
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780416007411
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New York: Methuen 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0416007414 . First edition [stated]. 249 pages, a note on bibliography. VG+ copy [upper corners bumped] in Near Fine Dust Wrapper. .bx213 Item Price
$12.50
Rebellious Ranger Rip Ford and the Old Southwest
by William J. Hughes
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- August 1990
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- Paperback
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- 9780806110844
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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1990 Trade Paperback. 0806110848 2nd printing 300 pages, illustrated bibliography, index. Very good copy spine creased and cocked bx235 Item Price
$12.50
The Lonesome Whistle's Call: Forced to Leave Home, a Teenager Rides the Rails During Depression Years
by Stella E Burns
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1997
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780966024708
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- 1
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This copy has been signed and dated in the year of issue "12/20/97" by the author, Stella E. Burns, on the half-title page, underneath which the subject/author's husband, Scottie Burns has signed, underneath which the illustrator Evelyn Kenyon has signed. "Stella Burns' husband of forty-five years rode the rails when a young teenager.… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Footsteps on Old Floors
by Thomas H. Raddall
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- January 1990
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780919001473
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1987. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 0919001475 Green pictorial wrappers, 221 pages. Near Fine copy with nicking to the spine head rear corner. bx227 Item Price
$12.50
The Secret of the Sierra Madre the Man Who Was B. Traven
by (B. Traven) Wyatt, Will [Maps by Rafael Palacios] [Dust Wrapper Design by Lewis Friedman]
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385156004
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0385156006 . Remainder spray else Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper with minor spine rubbing. ; First US edition. Illustrated, select bibliography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages; bx156 Item Price
$12.50
Winging it! His own story
by Jack Jefford
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780528811111
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$15.00
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Biography [edited from tape recordings made by Jefford] of the FAA Alaskan Region's Chief Pilot 1940-1972. 320 pages, illustrated, index. Near Fine copy in price clipped else Near Fine Dust Wrapper. bx79 Item Price
$15.00
In the Steps of George Borrow
by Bigland, Eileen
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1951
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- Hardcover
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London: Rich and Cowan [1951]. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. "Traces the remarkable career of George Borrow from his boyhood meeting with the gypsy, Jasper Petulengro, to his death in 1881". 355 pages, 28 illustrations, bibliography, index. VG copy spine cocked, light bumping] in worn and chipped jacket with some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Footprints in the Butter
by Harball, Sally
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781561673919
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- 1
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$10.00
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Baltimore: American Literary Press Inc / Five Star Special Edition [1998]. Very Good. 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 1561673919 . First edition. "Examines memories of life on a remote Montana ranch during the 1960s and the rearing of three teenagers while the parents moonlight as a Deputy Sheriff and a school secretary". 179 pages. Near fine with very light wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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MY PARADISE IS HELL: THE STORY OF THE CARIBBEAN
by Balink, Albert
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
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New York: Vista Publishing Corporation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Dark beige/light brown cloth with dark brown spine lettering/rules, 331 pages, map endpapers, appendix: the Carribbean islands, the Monroe Doctrine, Treaty of Petropolis; index. VG+ copy [light fraying to spine heel] but lacking the Dust Wrapper. .
bx 99 Item Price
$12.80
Ice: Stories of Survival From Polar Exploration
by Willis, Clint (editor) Lennard Bickel, Nancy Mitford, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Robert Falcon Scott, Michael McRae, Richard E. Byrd, George W. DeLong, Barry Lopez, Edward Abbey, Marie Herbert, David L. Brainard, Sir Ernest Shackleton, et al
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
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- 9781560252184
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- 1
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New York: Adrenaline / Thunder's Mouth Press / Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 1560252189. 374 pages, illustrated, acknowledgments, bibliography. Fine copy save for a near-vertical fold to the front cover flap. bx308 Item Price
$12.00
LOST ON EVEREST: THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY & IRVINE
by Firstbook, Peter
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Thus
- Published
- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780809297368
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[London / Chicago]: [BBC Worldwide Ltd / Contemporary Books CB] [2000]. First edition thus. "On June 8th, 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine left their tent high on the slopes of Mount Everest and climbed into history. They were seen at 12.50 p.m. just 790 feet from the summit and 'going strong for the top'. Within minutes,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hadj An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca
by Michael Wolfe
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- September 2, 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780802135865
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$14.00
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New York: Grove Press 1998. Trade Paperback. 0802135862 . First paperback printing thus. 331 pages, illustrated with maps, glossary. Fine copy. bx233 Item Price
$14.00
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Fall Out of Heaven: an Autobiographical Journey
by Alan Cheuse
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780879052737
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- 1
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North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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$12.50
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This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This copy has also been inscribed, signed and dated in the year of issue ["9/19/87"] by the author on the half-title page Fine copy in Near Fine Dust Wrapper upper corner crease to the front flap bx48 Item Price
$12.50
Burton: Arabian Nights Adventurer
by Downey, Fairfax
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1938
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Modern Age Books Inc. A Seal Book 1938 1938. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First edition thus. Seal Book #37. Printed wrappers, 155 pages, frontispiece portrait of the subject. Near Fine copy with text paper tanned in Very good jacket with tearing to the ends of the front flap fold. bx294 Item Price
$10.00
The Long Exile: A Tale Of Inuit Betrayal And Survival In The High Arctic
by McGrath, Melanie []
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st American edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781400040476
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- 1
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North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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$11.80
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. . First US edition [stated]. 268+ pages. Remainder dot else Near Fine copy [light spine heel bumping] in Fine Dust Wrapper. .
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$11.80
