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Modern Turkey (Belgravia Ship's Library)

By: Farley, J. Lewis

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hurst and Blackett: 1872

Seller ID: 008735

Binding: 3/4 Leather on Cloth Boards

Condition: Fair to Good

Original 3/4 leather on red cloth boards. Seal of the Anchor Line in gold. This is the second volume we have listed which was in the library of the Belgravia of the Anchor Line, which sank near Saint John in 1896. The author rose through a career in banking to being appointed consul at Bristol. He has several additional volumes to his credit. Damage appears limited to staining and wear of the covers, the interior being intact and clean. The catalogue of the ship's library is shown in two lists attached inside the respective covers. 353 pp.
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India (Peeps at Many Lands)

By: Finnemore, John

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, A. & C. Black, Ltd.: 1924

Seller ID: 007200

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original grey cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Eight full-page colour drawings. Reading the Contents page impressed upon me the variety of both geography and society in this ancient country. Truly a land of great contrsts ! Some foxing spots to front edges. 92 pp.
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Chicago and A Century of Progress

By: Flader, Louis (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Edward J. Wonn: 1933

Seller ID: 008373

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original gold paper boards with small pastedown. A thorough photographic excursion through Chicago of the 30's, showing dozens of public buildings. An optimistic look at the future, so soon after the stock market crash ! How many of these imposing and expensive structures are still in use after nearly 80 years ? Unpaginated. Approx. 94 pp.
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England and Canada; A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster

By: Fleming, Sandford

Price: $120.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, Rivington: 1884

Seller ID: 001923

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Red cloth, elaborately lettered, on boards. Spine sunned. Library bookplate and spine number. Previous owner's bookplate. Two gatherings loosening, but not separated. Clean and readable. 393 pp. plus long catalog. Spine head chipped.
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A Vagabond Journey Around the World; A Narrative of Personal Experience.

By: Franck, Harry A.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1910

Seller ID: 003995

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original maroon cloth on boards. Frontispiece and attached leaf re-inserted. Young American student circles the globe with very little money, no weapons, and no baggage. Wisely, he took a lot of photos with his "Kodak." Endpapers grubby. 502 pp.
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A Vagabond Journey Around the World; A Narrative of Personal Experience

By: Franck, Harry A.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N. Y., Star Books; Garden City Publishing Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 011773

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Black cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing 1/3. The author travels the world with very little tack. "A man can girdle the globe without money, weapons, or baggage."- P.xv. Actually, he had $104.00 and a camera. His descriptions of people and their behaviour are graphic and funny, as are his frequent lapses into foreign tongues. 502 pp.
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Persepolis; The Achaemenian Capital

By: Ghirshman, R. And Herzfeld, E.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Tehran, Iran, Mirdashti Farhangsara:

Seller ID: 006337

ISBN: 9649163476

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original dark blue paper boards. Unclipped colour photo DJ. Compiled and translated by F. Ghani. Text in English with some Arabic. One tiny chip from front DJ. 122 pp. Photo history of the empire from the Seventh to Fourth Centuries, B.C. culminating in the development of Iran. Heavy book may need extra postage.
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A Motor Scamper 'Cross Canada (Signed)

By: Gomery, Percy

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press: 1922

Seller ID: 012161

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Maroon cloth on boards. An interesting and humorous account of an auto trip from Montreal to Vancouver. Signed on the title page. Might be well worth reading before you attempt to repeat it. 208 pp. plus map.
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Train Journeys of the World; A Spectacular Voyage of Discovery Along 30 of The World's Most Exciting Rail Routes

By: Gordon, Susan (Ed.)

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K., The Automobile Association: 1994

Seller ID: 001428

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original plasticized photo cover on boards. DJ very good. Includes the story of each route, no matter how far-flung, with the atmosphere and specially-drawn map. Selections are from all except the polar continents, including the famous Orient Express. Travel tips are included for those who wish to live out parts of the story. 224 pp. with index..
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Inn & Out; Misadventures of a Nova Scotia Innkeeper

By: Gott, Marian "Penny"

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Halifax, Braemar Publishing, Ltd.: 1988

Seller ID: 011599

ISBN: 0-921054-06-8

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Two female veterans of WW II join forces to become innkeepers in Smith's Cove, N.S. 88 pp.
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Covered Bridges of New Brunswick

By: Gregory, Joan

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Moncton, N.B., JIL Productions: 1981

Seller ID: 006143

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original white illustrated soft cover. About two dozen line drawings of covered bridges in New Brunswick, with map of distribution and list of locations. About 48 pp. Previous owner's name on cover, otherwise clean.
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Historic Cyprus; A Guide to Its Towns & Villages, Monasteries & Castles

By: Gunnis, Rupert

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Nicosia, Cyprus, K. Rustem & Bro: 1973

Seller ID: 009087

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original black cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ lightly worn head and foot. Icons and the Greek Church, History of Cyprus, Arrangement of an Orthodox Church, Nicosia, Famagusta, Larnaca, Kyrenia, Limassol, Paphos, Villages, Castles, and Monasteries. Bibliography, Chronology, and Index. First chapter underlined in red. Whole book lightly wrinkled, but dry and lacking odour. Large map attached to back cover is very good. Laid in is news clipping about a 10-year-old boy who found a Hellenistic mosaic in 1996. 495 pp.
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Odessa Says Welcome/ Map of Leningrad

By: Guyvoron, A. A.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Odessa, Odessa Publishing House "Mayak": 1966

Seller ID: 009138

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original white illustrated cover on paper boards. Laid in is a map of "Reconstructed Outskirts of Leningrad" Route and Diagram of Metro Lines. On reverse of this map are "Embankments on the Left Bank of the Neva" and "Nevsky Prospekt." The book has 180 pp. and is unmarked.
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The Story of Scots in Hawai'i

By: Hackler, Rhoda E.A. (Ed.)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Honolulu, Caledonian Society of Hawai'i: 2000

Seller ID: 011582

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Canada

By: Haley, Catharine

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Canada/ Greenwich, CT, W. H. Smith/Bison Books: 1988

Seller ID: 002772

ISBN: 0-88665-451-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Colour photo DJ. A big book on a big country. Some striking photos in this coffee table number. Please inquire for postage. No names or damage. 192 colourful pp.
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The Book of the Thames; From Its Rise to Its Fall

By: Hall, Mr. And Mrs. S.C.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, J.S. Virtue and Company, Limited:

Seller ID: 011756

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Bright red cloth on boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, cover and spine. First free endpaper missing. No writing. Many small engravings. All edges gilt. 460 pp. Rear hinge cracked half its length.
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The Glorious Adventure

By: Halliburton, Richard

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Star Books: 1927

Seller ID: 007559

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Gilt spine titles. Previous owner's name. A privileged New Yorker sets out to duplicate the travels of Ulysses. 354 pp.
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Through Western Canada in a Caravan

By: Hasell, F.H. Eva

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: London, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: 1925

Seller ID: 005996

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original illustrated red cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Front hinge cracked and glued. Two photo pages re-attached. Some dedicated Anglican women from England organize Sunday Schools by vans in Western Canada. A truly remarkable story ! 254 pp.
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Get Yerself a Shin O' Heat

By: Hazel, Fred and the Irish Connection

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Famine 150/Goose Lane: 1996

Seller ID: 006024

ISBN: 0-9680483-0-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original green cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ art by Josh Beutel. A retired Saint John newspaper editor reminisces about Fairville, Ireland, and the way things were. 201 pp.
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The Cornish Riviera (Beautiful England Series)

By: Heath, Sidney

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie & Son, Limited:

Seller ID: 011065

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

White paper boards. Descriptive text and 12 colour plates. No writing. 56 pp.
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