Resultados de búsqueda: Travel from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Burlington, Ontario: Welch Publishing Company, Inc., 1990 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red softcover. The parents of the author were missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The half-title page is signed by Robert B. McClure, who was elected Moderator of the United Church of Canada in 1968. 152 pp..

Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1979 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yellow cloth on boards. Travel and the American Identity. Foreign Travelers in America. American Travelers Abroad. Exploration and the American Naturalists.Travel and Exploration as a Theme in American Literature. No writing or damage. 205 pp..

Honolulu: Caledonian Society of Hawai'i, 2000 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1959 Book. Illus. by Photos, Maps, and Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Library cancellation. Mylar jacket over DJ. "See the pyramids along the Nile" and a whole lot more ! This book contains a wealth of photos and maps from one end to the other. Laid in are two notes from a previous owner. 256 pp. with index..

Key Porter Books, Limited, 1991 Book. Illus. by Dudley Witney. Very Good. Hardcover. First(Number Line Ends in 1). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue paper boards. A conversational tone and intimate perspectives make this book a welcoming look at the Maritimes. No writing or damage. 120 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage..

Saint John, N.B.: Livingston Productions, 1981 Book. Illus. by Patti Livingston. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Patti Livingston. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green cloth on boards. Colour photos by Patti Livingston. Poetry by William H. McDermott. Approx. 78 pp..

Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1983 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Laminated, illustrated boards. A book about Holland in six languages, telling of its people, its cities, its land, and its industries. Large format might need extra postage. Wrinkling to rear of DJ. English, French, Dutch, Spanish,Japanese, and German. 160 pp..

Waterloo, N.S.W., Australia: Australian Universities Press, Ltd., 1974 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth boards. Colour photos and explanatory text highlight this presentation of Tasmania. 64 pp..

London: Blackie & Son, Limited Book. Illus. by E. W. Haslehust. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White paper boards. Price-clipped dust jacket. 12 colour scenes with descriptive text. 56 pp..

London: Blackie & Son, Limited Book. Illus. by E. W. Haslehust. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White paper boards. Descriptive text and 12 colour plates. No writing. 56 pp..

London: Blackie & Son, Limited Book. Illus. by E. W. Haslehust. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White paper boards. Price-clipped DJ. 12 Colour scenes and descriptive text. 56 pp..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938 Book. Illus. by The Author. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige cloth on boards. Previous owner's initials. The artist/author finds his preconception of Africa to be faulty. He describes it as "a marvelous virgin reservoir of incomparable inspiration."- p. xl. Heavy book will need extra postage. 299 pp. plus biography..

London: Arthur Barker, Limited,, 1936 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. No marks or damage. Map endpapers. A conducted tour and general information. 105 pp..

New York: John Day Company, 1970 Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige cloth on boards. Plastic wrapper over DJ. Heavy shelf wear and library evidence. Reflections over several years, from the 30's to the 60's. 305 pp..

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864 Book. Illus. by Maps. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Gift note. A local pastor shares his impressions of the Holy Land with his parishioners. He has little good to report of the Ottoman rulers or of the Bedouins, and the Dead Sea he describes as "volcanic productions, bitumen, sulfur, and salt are scattered round about." - p. 177. There is a small nick in the edge of each cover, and a binder's label, Edmonds and Remnants, inside the back. Endpapers and maps show foxing, but all is legible. 253 pp. plus Appendix..

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1972 Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Superb photographs. The second edition of a book first published in Centennial Year. Historical, philosophical text by author Hugh MacLennan. 126 pp. plus bio and photo credits. DJ worn head and foot..

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893 Book. Illus. by F. Border, et al. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Previous owner's name in pencil. Hinges cracked. A native of Scotland, Mungo Parks was employed by Sir Joseph Banks to explore the Niger River. After two years in preparation, during which he learned the Mandingo language, he set out in 1795. During a second trip in 1805 he was killed by natives. 392 pp. Note: Cover shows name as Parks, while title page omits the "s"..

Carson City, Nevada: Self-published, 1999 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing Stated. 8 1/2 x 11 in.. The editor has a long career as city planner. 224 pp..

New York: Duffield & Cimpany Book. Illus. by A. Hugh Fisher, A.R.E.. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Copper cloth on boards. Translated from the French by George A.F. Inman and edited by Robert Harborough Sherard. Estimated date 1910-1920. Light foxing to several gutters and edges, not affecting text or illustrations. No writing. 283 pp. with index..

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1957 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First - First Published in 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original orange cloth on boards. A small island in the South Atlantic, a bit closer to Africa than to South America. A Scots soldier claimed it in 1817, and stayed on. Shipwreck-stranded sailors and missionaries came and went. Fifteen male settlers were lost as they rowed out to a supply ship in 1885. At the time of the author's first arrival in 1942, there were about 200 persons living on the island. 196 pp..