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Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers; With 10 maps and 30 plans
by Karl Baedeker (Firm)
- Condition
- Used - A very good+ copy with minor external war. Tight and clean inside. All maps present. Small folding tear to front map.
- Edition
- 7th ed. "Remodeled and Augmented"
- Published
- 1881
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$68.00
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Leipsic [Leipzig]: K. Baedeker;, 1881. 7th ed. "Remodeled and Augmented". Hardcover. A very good+ copy with minor external war. Tight and clean inside. All maps present. Small folding tear to front map.. 12mo in limp red cloth with gilt titles; xi, 392, 28, [1] p. incl. front. (tab.) illus. 10 maps, 30plans. 16 cm. Travel guides, 19th Century.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Triggerfish
by Brothers, Betty; Kline, Netannis (illustrator)
- Condition
- Used - Very gentle wear to spine head & foot, moderately rubbed & clipped bottom corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Big Pine Key, Fla: Litoky, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Very gentle wear to spine head & foot, moderately rubbed & clipped bottom corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).. White octavo; 154 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. Uncommon. || Fiction. Florida. Ocean life. Seashore. Dolphins. Fishing.
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$18.00
Forest of the Pygmies [signed]
by Allende, Isabel ; Peden, Margaret Sayers (trans)
- Condition
- Used - Tight fine clean copy in a fine DJ
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060761967
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$23.00
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New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Tight fine clean copy in a fine DJ. Smaller octavo in a dark forrest green DJ (grey spine title) ; 296 p. ; 20 cm. Author signed title page // Elephants -- Fiction -- Grandmothers -- Travel -- Adventure -- Forrest -- Nature.
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$23.00
Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino : (Op. 6)
by Butler, Samuel
- Condition
- Used - Minor sunning to slightly worn spine, very faint spotting to front cover; thus a nice older copy
- Edition
- New and enl. ed. / with author's revisions and index, and an int
- Published
- 1913
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$22.00
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London: A.C. Fifield, 1913. New and enl. ed. / with author's revisions and index, and an introd. by R.A. Streatfeild. Hardcover. Minor sunning to slightly worn spine, very faint spotting to front cover; thus a nice older copy. Red octavo (reddish gold spine) ; 335 p., [1] leaf of plates : illus, music ; 20 cm. Piemonte (Italy)… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.00
Savor San Francisco :; recipes from San Francisco's top restaurants with wines from California's best wineries
by Alain, Elizabeth
- Condition
- Used - A fine bright clean copy, in a fine DJ
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780967218687
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Seattle, Wash: Sea Script Co, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine bright clean copy, in a fine DJ. Quarto in sky blue DJ ; xii, 204 p : color illus ; 29 cm. Restaurants -- California -- San Francisco -- Guidebooks.
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$18.00
Haute-Savoie, France
by Vollmer, Veronica,; 19..-Â
- Condition
- A fine new copy
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9782742413270
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$22.00
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Paris: Nouveaux-loisirs, 2004. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A fine new copy. A white octavo paperback; 1 v, (324 p) : illus ; 23 cm. France -- Maps -- Travel.
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$22.00
Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 :; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government : including an account of the manners and customs of the aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans
by Eyre, Edward John
- Condition
- Used - Select corners bumped, white marks to rear board of volume one, faint marks to boards and fore edge of volume two, bright pages
- Edition
- Facsimile edition
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$62.00
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Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Select corners bumped, white marks to rear board of volume one, faint marks to boards and fore edge of volume two, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.. Two brown-cloth octavo volumes; xviii, 448 ; v, 512 p, [23] leaves of b&w plates, b&w illus/maps; 22 cm. Australia… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.00
An account of the discoveries made in the South Pacifick Ocean
by Dalrymple, Alexander; Fewster, Kevin; Cook, Andrew S.
- Condition
- Used - Very faint marks to spine, else fine.
- Edition
- First edition thus (stated)
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781875567133
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$93.00
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Sydney: Hordern House, 1996. First edition thus (stated). Hardcover. Very faint marks to spine, else fine.. Multicolored octavo (dark blue leather spine); xxxi, 103 p, [7] folded leaves of plates : b&w illus/map ; 22 cm. This edition is limited to 950 copies. || Polynesia -- Description and travel.
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$93.00
Isles of the South Pacific :; Papua and New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville
by Cockcroft, John
- Condition
- Used - Bumped corners, slight wear to spine head and spine foot fold, few wear spots to edge and rear board, bright pages; binding is t
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$22.00
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Bumped corners, slight wear to spine head and spine foot fold, few wear spots to edge and rear board, bright pages; binding is tight. Very good.. Red brown-cloth quarto; 136 p, b&w illus (some color); 28 cm. Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel.
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$22.00
Mirror of the Australian navigation
by Le Maire, Jacques; Dalrymple, Alexander
- Condition
- Negligible rubbing to spine foot and board edges (extremely slight), else fine. A very crisp, bright copy. As new
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781875567256
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$149.00
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Sydney: Horden House, 1999. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Negligible rubbing to spine foot and board edges (extremely slight), else fine. A very crisp, bright copy. As new. Multicolored folio (yellow goat-skin spine); 32, [16], 72, [2], 64, [1], [1] double leaf of plates : illus (some color), maps (some color), portraits. (one color); 31 cm. Limited edition of… Read more about this item Item Price
$149.00
Walking through history
by Burton, Anthony
- Condition
- Used - Boards in excellent condition, nice and clean bright pages in tight binding. Fine in Fine DJ.
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780356151397
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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London: Queen Anne, 1988. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Boards in excellent condition, nice and clean bright pages in tight binding. Fine in Fine DJ.. Quarto in green DJ; [192] p : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Historic sites -- Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
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$18.00
Lebanon today
by Morineau, Raymond
- Condition
- Used - Slight wear to edges, clean copy and tighly bound. Near Fine.
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9782852580046
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$19.00
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Paris: Ãditions Jeune Afrique, 1974. Paperback. Slight wear to edges, clean copy and tighly bound. Near Fine.. Quarto, 227 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm. 88 colour photographs, 14 maps and curcuits. Uncommon guidebook to Lebabon with many interesting color photos. Printed on costed stock. 1970s Lebanon. || Lebanon -- Guidebooks., Pre-Civil War.
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$19.00
Afghanistan :; a companion and guide
by Omrani, Bijan; Leeming, Matthew
- Condition
- Used - Slight wear to edges, but very clean and tightly bound, great condition. Very Fine.
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789622177468
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$24.00
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Hong Kong, New York: Odyssey Books & Guides, 2005. Paperback. Slight wear to edges, but very clean and tightly bound, great condition. Very Fine.. Octavo, Stiff paper wraps, 768 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 22 cm. Afghanistan -- History; Guidebooks.
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$24.00
Ocean salvage
by Koster, D. A.
- Condition
- Used - Very Fine in Very Fine DJ
- Edition
- First American edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$24.00
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Fine in Very Fine DJ. Octavo with speckled yellowish-gold boards ; DJ ; x, 195 p. illus. 23 cm., bibliography. An extremely crisp copy. || Ocean and deep sea treasure || Originally printed in Great Britain || Very nice copy with DJ of First American Printing.
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$24.00
Alla Ventura in Terra di Arezzo
by Chianini, Vincenzo
- Condition
- Used - Edges and margins mildly foxed in parts; DJ very lightly chipped; a few l small nick and tear (about .25 inches) to spine crown;
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$28.00
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Firenze: Rinascimento del Libro, 1938. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Edges and margins mildly foxed in parts; DJ very lightly chipped; a few l small nick and tear (about .25 inches) to spine crown; else Very Good and tight.. Medium octavo in offwhite wraps overlaid with original DJ-like printed paper wraps; 233pp. + toc; sepia… Read more about this item Item Price
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Un fisiologo intorno al mondo : impressioni di viaggio
by Fano, Giulio
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine thus with light wear to wraps (a few reading creases to spine)
- Published
- 1899
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$19.00
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Milano: F. Treves, 1899. Paperback. Near Fine thus with light wear to wraps (a few reading creases to spine). Octavo in plain white blank paper wraps (no titles); 455 p. ; 19 cm. In Italian. Scarce; only six copies in WorldCat. || Voyages around the world. Fano, Giulio, 1856- -- Travel. India -- Description and travel. China --… Read more about this item Item Price
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Constantinopoli
by Amicis, Edmondo de
- Condition
- Used - Owner name in pen to title page; else Very Good with mild edge-wear to boards. In a very tight sewn binding. Text block clean.
- Edition
- 25a edizione
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$67.00
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Milano: Fratelli Treves, Editori, 1894. 25a edizione. Hardcover. Owner name in pen to title page; else Very Good with mild edge-wear to boards. In a very tight sewn binding. Text block clean.. Octavo in brown quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt lettering to spine; 577pp. Surprisingly scarce in the earlier editions. Edmondo De Amicis (1846 - 1908)… Read more about this item Item Price
$67.00
Making the most of Marin : a California guide ;; by Patricia Arrigoni ; photographs by Michael Bry
by Arrigoni, Patricia ; Bry, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (presumed; no later printings stat
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780891411086
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Novato, Calif: Presidio Press, 1981. First edition, first printing (presumed; no later printings stated). Paperback. Near Fine. Small octavo in blue, color-illus wraps; vi, 277 p. : illus with b/w photos ; 21 cm; index, bibliography: p. 267-270. Paperback original. Signed and inscribed by the author. A nice copy of an infromativeand now vintage guide to Marin Count… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Australia's Kakadu man, Bill Neidjie
by Neidjie, Bill ; Davis, Stephen ; Fox, Allan
- Condition
- Used - Fine with very light rubbing to bottom board edges; in Near Fine DJ with very faint sunning to spine and faint edgewear.
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780958945806
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Darwin: Resource Managers, 1986. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Fine with very light rubbing to bottom board edges; in Near Fine DJ with very faint sunning to spine and faint edgewear.. Small quarto in dark purple, photo-illus DJ ; 96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Excellent photography, with much on the floral and… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00