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Item #33080 Two Vagabonds in Albania. Albania, Jan Gordon, Cora J

Two Vagabonds in Albania.

London: John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, [1927]. First edition. The interesting and amusing account of the Gordon's journey through Albania during the summer of 1926, The authors had written other volumes about their journeys in Spain, the Balkans, Languedoc, Sweden and Lapland. Read More about Two Vagabonds in Albania

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Item #231092 Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term of office as President. Argentina

Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman

Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term of office as President.

[Buenos Aires: 1948]. Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman. Inscribed on the mount by Perón in Spanish, on December 23, 1948, to the internationally renowned dentist, Dr. Stanley D. Tylman, "in gratitude for his services to Argentina and the friendliness he has shown me with his exquisite delicacy ....... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term of office as President

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Item #30171 Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen den vereinigten Herren Oesterreichs und...

War with Turkey

Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen den vereinigten Herren Oesterreichs und Russlands, gegen die Ottomanische Pforte dessen Veranlassung und Folgen aus...

Frankfurt am Mann: Verlag der jägerischen Buchhandlung, 1790. Third part. War with Turkey. The continuation of the military history of the Russian and Austrian war on Turkey. Read More about Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen den vereinigten Herren Oesterreichs und Russlands,...

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Item #302108 Voyages de Messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle: Auquel on a joint les Poesies Du...

Voyages de Messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle: Auquel on a joint les Poesies Du Chevalier de Cailly, la Relation des...

Amsterdam: 1708. Second edition. A charming copy of Chapelle's best known work. He recounts a voyage through Provence and Languedoc in both poetry and prose. The work also includes poems by the Kight of Cailly and accounts of campaigns against the Spanist at Rocroi. Read More about Voyages de Messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle: Auquel on a joint les Poesies Du Chevalier de...

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Item #239974 Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and...

"One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill)

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the...

London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill). Back volunteered to search for the lost Ross expedition. Here he describes his trip through north central Canada down the Slave to Great Slave Lake, then to the Great Fish River (which he discovered) and..... Read More about Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the...

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Item #309318 Appel en Faveur d'Alger, et de l'Afrique du Nord, par un Anglais. Saxe Bannister

Appel en Faveur d'Alger, et de l'Afrique du Nord, par un Anglais.

Paris: Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1833. Early response to the French conquest of Algeria in 1830 and subsequent plans for its annexation to France. While the initial hopes of “men of various parties in England” had been that the 1830 expedition would see a favorable outcome from the French administration..... Read More about Appel en Faveur d'Alger, et de l'Afrique du Nord, par un Anglais

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Item #353462 A Voyage to Mexico and Havanna; including some general observations on the United...

A Voyage to Mexico and Havanna; including some general observations on the United States. By an Italain.

New York: Printed for the Author by C. Vinten, 63 Vesey Street, 1841. First Edition. Includes several pages of observations on slavery in Kentucky, along these lines: "one cannot imagine, unless one sees them, how merry they are" (page 126). Also discusses the challenges faced by the Republic of Texas..... Read More about A Voyage to Mexico and Havanna; including some general observations on the United States. By an...

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Item #311222 Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H....

Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq.

London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. "The indefatigable Bartlett was the chief producer of volumes of steel-engraved views. For many years he ranged through two continents making or collecting drawings …. Collectors not seeking representations of familiar scenes will probably find the grandeur of his Swiss subjects most appealing" (Ray)..... Read More about Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq

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Item #305319 Beautiful Bermuda. The Bermuda Blue Book. [At head of title:] The Standard Guide to...

Inscribed by the editors

Beautiful Bermuda. The Bermuda Blue Book. [At head of title:] The Standard Guide to Bermuda.

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

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