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Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, 1983, First edition in English. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean. . 8vo [23 x 16.5 cm]; xli [ii], 487pp, full-page illus, maps, bibliog, index. . About 1/4 of the book deals with descriptions of plants, the rest being a description of his travels, including in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Canada, New York, Georgia, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island. This is the first complete translation of this classic of naturalist's travels, first published in Italy in 1790. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Luigi Castiglioni's Viaggio; Travels in the United States of North America 1785-87, with Natural History Commentary and Botanical Observations
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Into Africa
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Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, [1994], First edition. . original cloth backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean, with a loose article on the author from Geo, 2010, with colored illustrations. . 8vo [21 x 16 cm]; [x], 277, [vi] pp, colored photos on plates, maps. . Packer is to lions what Jane Goodall is to chimps, and here describes his experiences with lions and other animals in the Serengeti, Tanzania and in Kenya. Beautifully written and fascinating. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Home from Sea
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London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1963], First edition. . original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (light wear at spine ends, price clipped), name on endpaper, else near fine in good jacket. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 251 pp, frontis and 10 illustrations from photos on plates. . The author of popular novels and travel books, describes her life in South Africa and England, especially the colorful mosaic of South African scenes where she built a house in the Cape area, describes the people, wildlife, whalers, growing nationalism, politics, dangers, various dramatic events, etc, all very well-written. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Colorful Bromeliads; Their Infinite Variety
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Los Angeles, The Bromeliad Society, 1981, First edition. . original brown pictorial simulated leather, dj (chipped at edge, tear), fine and clean in good jacket. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; 112 pp, colored frontis, hundreds of fine colored illustrations from photos, index. . A very well-illustrated survey of this family of plants unique to America, especially found in jungles and rainforests of central and south america including Tillandsias, Vrieseas, Guzmanias, Aechmeas, Billbergias, Noeregelias, Porteas, Navias, and all the rest. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Wild Scenes in South America; or, Life in the Llanos of Venezuela
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New York, Charles Scribner, 1862, First edition. . original cloth with gilt vignette and gilt spine title lettering (dull but visible), rear joint torn, ink name on front endpaper, overall very good with only light foxing on few leaves, else clean. . 8vo [20.5 x 13.5 cm]; x, 502 pp, 34 illustrations including 10 plates including frontis (mostly tinted lithographs, some wood engraved), other illustrations including full-page (complete). . The author, who mentions his meeting with Charles Waterton in England where he received his education, travelled widely in Venezuela, describing nature, the peoples, customs, etc. The plates include a jaguar, view of Caracas, scenes with horses, etc. Welch 257 (citing the 2nd edition). Sabin 58140. There were various later printings, some under different titles, but the later editions had fewer or no plates. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Wild Scenes in South America; or, Life in the Llanos of Venezuela
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New York, Charles Scribner, 1862, First edition. . original cloth with gilt vignette and gilt spine title lettering faded, rear joint torn, spine ends chipped, spine with small hole repaired, interior is clean, unmarked and near fine in good cover. . 8vo [20.5 x 13.5 cm]; x, 502 pp, 34 illustrations including 10 plates including frontis (mostly tinted lithographs, some wood engraved), other illustrations including full-page (complete). . The author, who mentions his meeting with Charles Waterton in England where he received his education, travelled widely in Venezuela, describing nature, the peoples, customs, etc. The plates include a jaguar, view of Caracas, scenes with horses, etc. Welch 257 (citing the 2nd edition). Sabin 58140. There were various later printings, some under different titles, but the later editions had fewer or no plates. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Brazilian Journal
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Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys, [1987], . . original pictorial heavy paper wraps, with title lettering on spine and front cover, slight cover wear, name, very good, interior is clean. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; [xii], 241 pp, color and black and white illustrations from drawings, most full-page, map of Brazil. . The poet author and her husband, Arthur Irwin, ambassador to Brazil, spent several years there in the 1950s, and provides a charming, funny and beautifully written view of life and travel in a Brazil that has rapidly changed since. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Dutch Guiana
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London, Macmillan and Co., 1876, First edition. . original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine a little rubbed, neat repair at spine end, interior clean and unmarked, a very good sound and solid copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; vii, 264 pp, folding hand colored map of Dutch Guiana, Surinam (4 cm tear at fold), folding street plan of Paramaribo, capital of Surinam, showing numerous buildings, market, sites, etc, index. . Welch 124. Cundall 1722. The author, who previously wrote A Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia, describes the topography, the coast, the capital, rivers, Cottica, Bush Negroes, Munnickendam, the colony, etc, with much on overall conditions and people of Dutch Guiana, now called Surinam, which the author calls a "Creole paradise". A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Dutch Guiana
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London, Macmillan and Co., 1876, First edition. . original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, tiny tear at spine end, interior hinge cracked but firm, minor foxing on few leaves, interior clean and unmarked, an unopened copy, very good sound and solid. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; vii, 264 pp, folding hand colored map of Dutch Guiana, Surinam, folding street plan of Paramaribo, capital of Surinam, showing numerous buildings, market, sites, etc, index. . Welch 124. Cundall 1722. The author, who previously wrote A Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia, describes the topography, the coast, the capital, rivers, Cottica, Bush Negroes, Munnickendam, the colony, etc, with much on overall conditions and people of Dutch Guiana, now called Surinam, which the author calls a "Creole paradise". A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Milady's House Plants; The Complete Instructor and Guide to Success with Flowers and Plants in the Home, Including a Remarkable Chapter on the Ideal Sun Parlor
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New York, Toronto, A. T. De La Mare Company, General Publishing, 1929, revised edition, the first edition was 1917. . original pictorial cloth with original mounted colored picture of window garden, title lettering, dj (rubbed at edge, lightly chipped at spine ends), near fine and clean in good jacket. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 176 pp, over 100 illus, almost all from photos, including many full-page, index. . Detailed description of growing flowers and plants indoors with much on table centerpieces, floral decorations, hanging baskets, window boxes, bulb growing, propagation and an excellent chapter on sun parlors, conservatories, solariums. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Rhode Island Tales; Depicting Social Life During the Colonial, Revolutionary Era and Post-Revolutionary Era
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New York, The Purdy Press, 1928, First edition. . original cloth backed boards, flap of dj pasted on endpaper, clean and near fine condition. . 8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; 181 pp, illus. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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1001 Hint's and Tips for the Garden
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London, New York, Reader's Digest Association, [1996], First edition. . original pictorial boards, light wear but near fine and clean. . 4to [26 x 26 cm]; 416 pp, hundreds of colored illustrations from drwgs and photos, index. . One of the best idea books covering all aspects of gardening, with contributions by many experts and very well-illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Shady Gardens; How to Plan and Grow Them
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New York, Prentice-Hall, [1955], First Edition. . original cloth, dj (chipped at spine end, rubbed at extremities, price clipped), else fine, signed by author, with a presentation inscription. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; vi, 282 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos, index. . Very useful book with lists of plants that grow under certain conditions and by type. The book is divided into three sections, growing flowers in the shade, foliage and woody plants, and planning and maintaining the shady garden. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Collins Guide to Roses
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London, Collins, 1956, First edition. . original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering and vignette, very good sound copy with previous owner's notes on roses on blank endpaper and a few tipped-in illustrations of roses from other sources, dj with wear and short tears. . 8vo [21 x 15 cm]; 288 pp, frontis, plus 64 colored plates (complete), plus 16 black and white plates, chart, bibliography, index. . The colored plates are from photos by the author and from paintings by Pamela Freemand, paul Jones and Margaret Stones and show 130 rose varieties. The black and white plates, each with one or more illustrations, show how to cultivate, plant, prune, etc. The author is a long time rose grower and photographer. Stock 2062. Stock lists a number of later printings, each identical to this first printing. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805; Together with Other Documents, Official and Private Relating to the Same Mission, to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park
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London, John Murray, 1815, Second edition, revised and corrected with additions, the first edition was also 1815. . later cloth with gilt spine title lettering, bookplate on endpaper, library inkstamps on title, title page worn, soiled & with short tear, repair on verso map, 2 leaves with repair, lightly foxed on some leaves, but a good sound & otherwise clean copy. . 4to [28 x 21 cm]; xvii, [i, glossary], 373 pp, engraved foldout map showing author's routes in yellow, blue and red, with the section titles, illustrations including one of African bridge. . This is the journal of Park's second African expedition begun in 1805 to explore by canoe and find the source of the Niger, where he subsequently died trying. It is proceeded with a detailed memoir of his life, and Isaaco's journal and Amadi Fatouma's journal at the end of the book, with six appendices. Hilmy II, 93. See Printing and the Mind of Man 253. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Surrey Gardens
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London, B. T. Batsford, 1954, First Edition. . original cloth, dj (lightly rubbed at extremities), else fine. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 259 pp, frontis, illus, index. . The author has spent a lifetime in Surrey and writes here of the over 80 Surrey gardens that are open to the public, describing the wildlife, the pains and pleasures of gardening, previous garden writers and his own garden of Feathercombe. McLaren also illustrated the gardening books of Beverley Nichols. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Highways and Byways in Surrey
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London, Macmillan and Co., 1935, Second edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, minor crease on front cover, else fine. . 8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; xxi, 452, [iii, ads] pp, frontis, attractive illustrations from drwgs, endpaper maps. . The ads list the other books in the Highways and Byways series. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Travels in Central America 1821-1840
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Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1970, First Edition. . original 2 part cloth, dj (price clipped, slight wear at edge), fine clean copy in near fine dj. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xiv, 340 pp, bibliog, map eps. . This book analyzes ten travel books written by North Americans and Europeans on their travels in Central America during the first two decades of Central American independence, with each traveler telling his own story to the fullest including people, places and politics. Included are John Lloyd Stephens, Henry Dunn, Orlando Roberts, James Jarves, Thomas Young and others. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Bird Island in Antarctic Waters
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Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, [1980], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; x, 140 pp, bw & color illustrations and plates from photos and paintings, index. . Bird Island is in South Georgia, where the plentiful bird life provided material for this beautifully illustrated book, with paintings and photos by the author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed In The Years 1819-20, In His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper. With an Appendix, Containing Scientific and Other Observations
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London, John Murray, 1821, First edition. . later half calf & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title lettering on red leather spine labels, decorated in compartments, very light foxing to few leaves, old small repair to stub of map, a fine, clean & unmarked copy in handsome binding, wide margins. 4to [29 x 23.5 cm]; [viii], [i, errata], xxix, 310, clxxix pp, 20 plates, maps and charts (complete) including folding, frontis, landfalls, other illus, tables. . TPL 1206. Sabin 58860. Lande 1751. National Maritime Museum 822. Arctic Bibliography 13145. Hill 225: 'Parry reached Lancaster Sound in July, sailed through and explored and named Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet and Wellington Channel. . . He reached 110 degrees west, earning a reward offered by parliament to the first ship's company that should attain that meridian. He also discovered Melville Island and other of the Parry Islands. After being frozen in for ten months, the ships were released on August 20, 1820. . . on…
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