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Helsinki [Finland]: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava / John Nurmisen Säätiö. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 951-1-13985-1 . Blue cloth boards, gilt emblem and lettering front, gilt spine lettering, endpapers with b&w illustration, profusely illustrated mostly in color, with maps, charts, engravings, photographs, text in Finnish. Dust jacket with wrap-around color image, lettered in b&w. This copy with gift plate pasted on half-title page--from Mrs. Anneli Taina, Minister of Defense of Finland to The Honorable William J. Perry, Secretary of Defence, dated April 9th, 1996. Note that this book is heavy. It has been priced to include USPS Media Mail shipping within the continental U.S. for the normal shipping charge. Shipping to other locations or by other methods will cost more. ; 10" x 13-1/2"; 287 pp; Book with no wear of note. Jacket very slightly edgeworn (faint creasing without tears). .

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1996. Softcover. 0-87770-583-6 . Reprints, in one binding, of New Travels to the Westward by Decalves, A History of the Voyages and Adventures of John Van Delure, and Narrative of a Voyage from Amsterdam to China and from there to the Western Continent of North America by Vanleason. Stiff white wraps, perfect bound, List of Illustrations precedes text. Introduction by Jim Dowd. Publishers Note by Glen Adams. ; 5-1/2" x 7-3/4"; 44, 96, 45 pp; The publisher writes that "The knowledgable reader will soondiscern that these writings are in essence ficticious, but are of such a rarity that they deserve attention." ; Mild wear to rear cover.. .

Switzerland: Editions Gilles Attinger. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First English Edition. Hardcover. 2-88256-024-9 . Photographs by Ernest Schneider. English translation (from the original French) by Christine Adams. Pictorial dust jacket covers golden yellow cloth boards, endpapers reproduce 1769 Plan de Neuchatel. Beautifully illustrated with color photography. Heavy, extra for international postage.; 10 x 12"; 203 pp; A couple of tiny blemishes on the rear of the dust jacket, else fine. .

Helsinki Finland: Helsinki University Library / John Nurminen Foundation. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 952-9745-02-8 . Gilt stampled blue cloth, map illustrates front endpaper, various authors for each of the seven sections of text, well-illustrated with much in color, folding map at rear. Dust jacket with color illustratio n to front and map to rear panel. Large and heavy, extra for international shipping. ; 10" x 13-3/4"; 287 pp; Little wear to book, clean and unmarked. Jacket little worn apart fron a single 2" closed tear along top edge, in clear protective cover. .

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. The bright, informing travel journal of Pauline Stiles; travels to Rome, Paris, London. Publishers blue cloth, front cover with design by Rudolph F. Schaeffer, top stain blue, frontispiece and 17 additional plates are captioned b&w photographs. Uncommon in publishers dust jacket whcih offers design similar to that on the cover. ; 6" x 8-1/4"; vii, 202 pp; A copy in quite nice condition. Very little cover wear, solid hinges, generally even toning to paper, text block clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has small spot to front cover and light toning to spine but very little wear, protected by mylar cover. .

Australia: Griffin Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2011. Reprint. Softcover. Stiff wraps, perfect bound, illustrations include a section of captioned photographs. ISBN 978-0-646-48901-8. ; 6" x 9"; xx, 466 pp; Faint crease on rear cover, clean and unmarked within. .

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Hardcover. Brightly decorated orange cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, all printed on thick paper with all edges gilt, frontispiece illustration is protected by tissue guard, 34 additional plates. ; 7-1/2" x 10"; 135 pp; Covers show light soiling at edges, rubbed along spine, worn at corners, small nick in cloth along right edge, spine a bit cocked, hinges remain solid, pages are unmarked but a few have light soiling (a fingerprint). .

Hartford, Conn.: Columbian Book Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Adventure and sight-seeing in the land of the Aztecs, with picturesque descriptions of the country and the people, and reminiscences of the empire and its downfall. With numerous engravings. Published by subscription only. Marbled paper boards, black leather spine and corners, gilt spine lettering. ; 6" x 8-1/2"; 518 pp; Ex-library (withdrawn) with the usual markings, well-worn, still complete and quite useful as a reading copy -- even one with an interesting past. In front of the book are slips from the Santa Cruz City Free Library, later the Santa Cruz City Free Public Library and still later simply the Santa Cruz Public Library. The covers are well-worn, the binding is cracked in two places at the front (including having the title page partly loose), both hinges remain solid and useful, a fair number of brown stains can be seen on pages though all remains readable, no writing… Leer más

Moscow, USSR / Washington, D.C.: APN (Novosti Press Agency). Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Softcover. Special issue of this magazine devoted to the city of Odessa in the Ukraine. Stapled wraps, front cover with city scene, rear cover offers view of century-old Potemkin Stairway. Odessa section illustrated with Photographs by Alexander Makarov - most b&w, some spot color, some color. Oversized - international shipping may be extra. ; 10-1/4" x 14"; 64 pp; Toning and a small area with thinning to bottom of front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. .

Shanghai: North-China Daily News and Herald. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1919. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering, text Illustrated with Photographs taken by the author, index follows text, folding map at rear. ; 6-1/2" x 9-1/4"; 153, [2] pp; Lacks front free endsheet and half title pages, both having been roughly excised. Otherwise covers rubbed, edgeworn,solid hinges, mild foxing seen only on first few pages, map with two marginal closed tears. .

Washington, D.C.: Stone Garden Productions. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-9672120-0-6 . Chiefly photographs (all in color) of the people and places of Armenia. Coated paper boards, color cover photograph, black endpapers. Brief text includes sections about the photographs and photographers at rear. This copy signed by both authors (photographers) on the title page. Laid in are three postcards reproducing images from the book; two have no writing, the third notes the price of postcards on the rear. ; 9" x 12"; 183 pp; Signed by All Authors; Slight wear noted at top and bottom of spine, else fine. .

Torino: BANCA CRT / Cassa di Risparmio di Torino. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (2000). Hardcover. Introduction by Angelo Dragone. High-quality production printed on thick paper, well-illustrated in color, text in Italian. Off-white coated paper front board, black lettering front and color cover illustratio n, lavender spine and rear board, gilt spine lettering, lavender endpapers. Housed in matching slipcase with coated paper sides illustrated in color, lavender cloth at top and bottom. Quite heavy, USPS Media Mail as expected, others extra.; 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" (24.75 x 34.25 cm); 383 pp; Very slight wear to top of spine else fine. Slipcase has very minor wear. .

Oakland, Cal.: Pacific Press Publishing Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1890). No edition noted. Hardcover. A volume in the Young People's Library series. Green cloth, front cover and spine illustrated/decorated in black, lettered in gilt, decorative green endpapers, some pages with small illustrations, one full-page b&w illustration. 1890 copyright with no additional dates. ; 5" x 7-1/4"; 160 pp; A nicely preserved copy with but minor faults. Covers little worn, slightly dulled, front hinge is solid, rear hinge shows stress and opens to the last text page-not quite cracked, just a few tiny spots seen on pages, no tears or writing, .

Willoughby, N.S.W.: H. Phillips. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1938]. Softcover. Orange wraps, stapled, photographs on each cover and nearly all pages. Some photographs by H. Phillips, historic photographs received from the Government Printer and Mr. Tyrrell, printed by The Snelling Print Works Pty. Issued to honor the sesquicentennial of the first settlement of Australia. Scarce. ; 10 x 12.5"; [24] pp; Edgewear to covers, staples rusted, pages with no tears or writing and no appreciable wear. .

Helsinki: Viljanteen Kirjakauppa ja Kustannusliike. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1947). Softcover. Ten paper boards, blindstamped decorations to front board, spine lettered, text in Finnish, Swedish and English, mostly full-page photographs, in sepia tone, contents, list of photographers at rear. ; 8-1/2" x 11-3/4"; 92 pp; Covers toned, worn at corners with small losses at top and bottom of spine, waterspots to covers, solid hinges, paper lightly toned, pages are clean and unmarked. .

Santa Monica, CA: Waverly Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2014. Stated First Edition. Softcover. Stiff white wraps, stapled, illustrated with a few photographs. ISBN 9781495452079. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 171 pp; Late 1960s travels through Greece, India, Turkey, Iran etc. This copy with inked and signed presentation inscription from the author to Dee (Longenbaugh, formerly of Observatory Books in Juneau, Alaska) on the first front page. ; Signed by Author; Little wear, clean and unmarked apart from the noted inscription. .

Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1942. Softcover. Rocky Mountain Region, 1942 (Rerun). White wraps, stapled, b&w cover photo, illustrations of each tree. ; 5-1/4" x 8"; 23 pp; Tiny spot on front cover, very little wear. .

John Wiley & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1989). First Printing. Hardcover. 0-471-62082-3 . Light blue cloth, white spine lettering, many b&w illustrations. First printing with full number line. ; 7-1/2" x 9-1/2"; xiii, 354 pp; Slight wear to boards, sound binding, prior owner name inked to front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked. Lacks dust jacket. .

Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Librairie Plon. Original green cloth, front cover with color illustration and red/black lettering, gilt emblem to rear cover "labor omnia vincit improbus", page edges are red, endpapers are blue, each page with text (in French) and a color illustration of a scene from late 19th century Paris life. Undated, late 1880s.; Oblong , 10-3/4" x 9" (27,3 x 23 cm); 48 pp; Boards soiled, worn at top/bottom of spine and at lower right corner. Both hinges are loose, cracked at title page held together only by cords, visibly cracked at rear endpapers as well. Pages show a faint wave along top edge (no staining) and have generally light (though with occasional larger spots of) foxing. No inscriptions or writing apart from old sellers pencil notations inside rear cover. .

San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. (1973). Hardcover. 0-87701-044-7 . Blue cloth, silhouette of two hikers on front cover, black spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, many b&w photographs. Blue dust jacket features color photos of hikers on both panels. On the half title this copy inscribed "To _____" in one hand, and "from one backpacker to another" and signed by Eric Ryback.; 6" x 9-1/2"; 208 pp; Signed by One Author; Little wear to book, unmarked apart from noted inscription. Jacket rubbed along folds, edgeworn including a small loss at top of rear panel, not price clipped ($7.95), in clear protective cover.. .