New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. First edition. Inscribed. Inscribed by Beebe to E. Mabel Clark, 23 December 1921 with gift inscription. This work describes his life and the life around his bungalow at Kartabo in the Guianas, including army ants, exotic tadpoles, fruit bats and butterflies. Read More about Edge of the Jungle

New York: Feb. 18, 1954. Belafonte's film and singing career was taking off -- in 1954 he landed a role in the film Carmen Jones, and in the year Van Vechten photographed him in this series, Belafonte was starring in the Broadway musical "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", for which he..... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Harry Belafonte in "Almanac"

New York: Beautiful Bermuda Publishing Co, 1947. Tenth edition, revised and enlarged by S.E. Bell and William E. Bell. Inscribed by the editors. Portable illustrated encyclopedia of the history, people, and commerce of Bermuda. Inscribed by the editors to the eminent American justice: “To Judge Harold R. Medina, with greetings..... Read More about Beautiful Bermuda. The Bermuda Blue Book. [At head of title:] The Standard Guide to Bermuda

London: Cassell, [1935]. First Edition. Read More about Beckoning Horizon, The Story of a Journey Round the World

Washington, D.C: Historical Publishing Company, District National Bank Building, 1915. Builder's Edition. Read More about History of the Panama Canal Its Construction and Builders

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1860. First edition. Scarce Bermuda Classic. The classic early study of Bermuda by a British physician whose longtime residence on the island informs an account of the hisory of the island and its development, its flora and fauna, colonial institutions, geography, and its inhabitants. Very..... Read More about Bermuda: Its History, Geology, Climate, Products, Agriculture, Commerce, and Government, from the...

[Bermuda: Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board], 1936. First edition, no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company, Inc. Philadelphia. “Our remoteness from the rest of the world is a wholesome and..... Read More about Residence in Bermuda. [Preface by Hervey Allen

Wellington, N.Z: Printed by Harry Tombs. Limited, 1924. First edition. Read More about The Maori. Memoirs of Polynesian Society. Volume V

New York: June 4, 1964. Aldolfo Best-Maugard (1891-1964) was a Mexican painter and author of “An Approach to Creative Design” (1925). He established and promoted a new drawing teaching method, based on popular art elements and on the study of pre-Columbian forms, that was part of the nationalistic environment of..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Adolfo Best-Maugard

np: nd. RARE SIGNATURE OF PERRY'S PRECURSOR. Commodore James Biddle (1783-1848) made the first attempt to establish formal relations between the United States and Japan in 1846. Biddle, a distinguished naval officer from Philadelphia, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, set out from New York with two warships, the..... Read More about Signature clipped from a document [with] an engraving of Biddle

San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International, 1984. First edition. Read More about Rowland Ward's African Records of Big Game. XIX Edition. Edward R. Bryant, Editor

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1842. Servant's Hall, Windsor Castle. Read More about Mesopotamia and Assyria from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

London: William Phillips, George Yard Lombard Street, 1815. First Edition. Read More about Notes on a Journey Through France, from Dieppe through Paris and Lyons, to the Pyrennees, and...