MAURICE BARING RESTORED.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 444 pgs. Selected works of this English writer, 1874-1945. More
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OF AMERICA EAST & WEST; Selections from the writings of Paul Horgan.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 393 pgs. A selection of writings from earlier books, including The Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History, and selections from Citizen of New Salem, Lamy of Santa Fe and Encounters with Stravinsky. More
ROME ETERNAL.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1959. First printing, limited 255/350. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 196 pgs, b&w photos. A panorama in words and pictures of four periods of Rome's history - Pagan, Early Christian, Renaissance and Modern. This collection of photos was originally shot as motion pictures for a...... More
THINGS AS THEY ARE.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Co., 1964. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 239 pgs. The third "Richard" novel, about a boy growing up in an American Eden and the way that tragedy intervenes. More
THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE.
Indianapolis, IN: Bowen-Merrill, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 452 pgs. A very nice copy of this Hough novel. "How the Star of Good fortune rose and set and rose again, by a woman's grace, for one John Law of Lauriston. " Ex-library with the usual markings. More
HOYLE'S GAMES.
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1845. Hardcover. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2, 269 pgs. A neat old game rule book contains the rules and practice of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Quinze, Vingt-Un, Cassino, Put, All Fours, Pope Joan, Thirty-One, Brag, Commerce, Cribbage, Matrimony, Chess, Catch the Ten, Billiards, Tennis, Goff, or Golf..... More
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO.
New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 337 pgs. Afterword by Nicholas Shakespeare. An Argentinean childhood memoir, among the most magical ever written. More
LES MISERABLES, (The Outcasts); Volume One
New York: Hurst & Company. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 192 pgs. Includes: Fantine; or the Felon and the Fallen, Cosette; or the Detective's Pursuit, and Marius: or the Son of the Revolution. More
THE FATAL SHORE; The epic of Australia's founding
New York: Random House, 1986. Paperback. 5 x 8, 687 pgs, index, sections of b&w photos and illustrations. "A brilliant and enduring achievement.history of the highest order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and thoughtful assessment." More
THE ASCENT OF EVEREST.
London: Readers Union, 1955. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 328 pgs, sections of color and b&w photos. An account of one of the early successful climbs of Mt. Everest. More
THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST.
Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library, 1953. Hardcover. Foreword by H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 300 pgs, b&w photos, maps, index. The story of the British conquest of Everest in 1953, by the leader of the expedition (Hunt) and the first man to reach the summit..... More
THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST.
New York: Dutton, 1954. Hardcover. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 300 pgs, illus/photos and maps. The story of the British conquest of Everest in 1953, by the leader of the expedition (Hunt) and the first man to reach the summit. More
OPERATION NAPOLEON; A Thriller
New York: Picador, 2012. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 328 pgs. In 1945, a German bomber crash-lands in Iceland during a blizzard. Puzzlingly, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try..... More
A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 240 pgs, b&w photos. A charting of the physical and spiritual course of the movement of british mountaineering. More
THE WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING, IN TWELVE VOLUMES, VOL. I.; The Alhambra and Bracebridge Hall
New York: Putnams, 1883. Author's Revised Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, 465 pgs. A couple of very light underlinings and margin notes at back of book. Previous owner's name and notes (in old-fashioned scrolly handwriting) at on front fly and page in front of title page. Two of..... More
LIVING ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA; Stories in the Oral Tradition
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 203 pgs, b&w photos. Stories told by the Koori people and the photo collections of Alick Jackomos and the Museum of Victoria, and the members of the Aboriginal Community of Victoria. Wonderful stories including Phillip Pepper, Lake Tyers Gum..... More
THE TURNED FIELD.
Indiana Wells, CA: McKenna Publishing, 2004. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 201 pgs. True story of Air Force top gun Kyle Kendrick's nearly unsurvivable car crash and his fight to survive after it. A truly unbelievable story of life, death, war and forgotten love. More
DANCING WITH THE WITCHDOCTOR; One Woman's Stories of Mystery and Adventure in Africa.
New York: William Morrow, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 235 pgs. A female private eye's memoir of her work in South Africa. More
SERPENT'S EYE HOSTAGE; Case One: Operation Lynx
England: Miles Kelly Publishing, 2009. First edition. Paperback. 7 1/2 x 9, 145 pgs, color photos and illustrations. First in the Serpent's Eye series featuring an elite group of specialists, hand-picked by an international agency for their youth and talent. More
THE WALK WEST.; A Walk Across America 2.
Carmel, CA: Guideposts, 1981. Later printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 350 pgs, illus/color photos. Part II of A Walk Across American as Peter and Barbara walk from New Orleans to the Oregon Coast. More
ADVANCED SPORT DIVER MANUAL.
Englewood, CO: 1987. Third edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, over 200 pgs, b&w photos and b&w and monotone illustrations. Covers equipment techniques, specialized equipment, boat diving, underwater navigation, limited visibility diving, diver stress, diver rescue, deep diving, etc. Some highlighting. More
MISSING MOUNTAINS; We Went to the Mountaintop But It Wasn't There
Nicholasville, KY: Wind Publications, 2005. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 10, 210 pgs, b&w photos. Kentuckians write against mountaintop removal. More
LIVE TO RIDE; The Rumbling, Roaring World of Speed, Escape, and Adventure on Two Wheels.
Nashville: AtriaBooks, 2010. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 274 pgs. All about the adventure of riding as well as the colorful groups and fascinating that history that goes along with it. Some topics covered include: the history of the motorcycle, beginning more than a hundred years ago when it evolved from..... More
SHOOTING THE BOH; A Woman's Voyage Down The Wildest River in Borneo
New York: Vintage Books, 1992. First edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 256 pgs. A thrilling, touching, and densely instructive book, Shooting the Boh is also a frank self-portrait of a woman facing her most corrosive fears--and triumphing over them--with fortitude and unflagging wit. More
THE 100 BEST STORIES BY 100 WORLD-GREAT WRITERS.
Chicago: Clarkson Publishing, 1950. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 1278 pgs. A collection of complete short stories and essays chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries written by standard authors. A neat old book, though undated...looks like the 1920s. More