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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 160 pages. Illustrated. Chesapeake Odyssey: An 18- foot Sailboat Follows the Course of Captain John Smith around This Spacious Bay of History, Commerce, Sea Food, and Nautical Lore Nicknamed the bathtub because of its small size, an 18- foot sailboat explores the many inlets of the Chesapeake Bay. Rio Panorama: Breath- taking Is This Fantastic City amid Peaks, Palms, and Sea, and in Carnival Time It Moves to the Rhythm of Music Against a backdrop of rocky peaks and dense jungle, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's capital, is a city of lively cafes, colorful carnivals, pulsing music, and popular beaches. Old and New in Persia: In This Ancient Land Now Called Iran a Modern Sugar Factory Rears Its Head Near the Palace of Darius the Great Tiled mosques rise from the desert of Iran. Though the country is speckled with new roads and factories, Iran still protects its ancient Persian treasures. Life's Flavor on a Swedish Farm: From the Rocky Hills of Smaland Thousands of Sturdy Citizens Have Emigrated to the United States A third of all Swedish emigrants to the United States once lived on the highland plateau of Smaland, where residents spin wool, cut hay, plant rye, and spend countless hours hauling rocks from their farms.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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Half-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. 4to. 160 pages. Well illustrated throughout with black and white and colour plates and drawings. Good map and numerous pages of relevant adverts. This is the 1933 annual with blue pictorial textured card covers which are bound in a most attractive unworn black half-leather hard covers. The annual itself is in virtually mint condition - a delightful item. Near Fine. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprinted. xv, [3], various paginations. Fold-out. Index. Pressure flow feed system diagram laid in. Some pencil underlining noted. Cover has some wear and soiling. Stamp of former owner inside front cover. along with pencil notes on members of a marine engineering class. Illustrations and diagrams (some with color). The primary function of any marine engineering plant is to convert the chemical energy of a fuel into useful work and to employ that work in the propulsion of a ship. Other functions include the production of power for steering, lighting, ventilating, heating, cooking, refrigeration, operation of various types of electrical equipment including radio and other electronic devices, and, in naval vessels, the power for loading, aiming, and firing the ship's guns.This work is a descriptive treatment of the stem engines and machinery to be found aboard ships of the Navy. The subject matter has been treated to emphasize the construction details and the operating principles.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | In 1825 Captain Francis Bond Head retired from the army to take up a post with a mining company to survey and report on mining opportunities in Chile and Argentina. This mission earned him the nickname "Galloping Head" as a result of his travels back and forth across the continent and gave him the material for this book, which was much admired by Charles Darwin on his own journey from ocean to ocean six years later.

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | In 1825 Captain Francis Bond Head retired from the army to take up a post with a mining company to survey and report on mining opportunities in Chile and Argentina. This mission earned him the nickname "Galloping Head" as a result of his travels back and forth across the continent and gave him the material for this book, which was much admired by Charles Darwin on his own journey from ocean to ocean six years later.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated Second Edition. Three-quarter leather binding. Rubbing to leather along sides of spine. Residue of bookplate on front endpaper. Name on title page.

264 pp. 12mo, old blue boards backed in sheep. First US edition. Old bookplates on pastedown partially removed; label removed from half-title; text block cockled due to dampness but not stained; joints cracked with some splitting to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original paper covers mounted on to tan boards with quarter leather spine; 8vo; 119pp; illustrated with color frontispiece after painting (w/ tissue guard), b/w photo plates plus drawings. The 1st volume of this short-lived 12 year run (1928-1939) dealing with pig-sticking and boar hunting in India. This copy in good condition with cloth label on spine, light cover wear, occasional foxing spot with more on edges of text block, covers slightly bowed, internally clean. Mounted to front pastedown "With the Editor's Compliments" slip. The uncommon 1st volume.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 9.75 x 7.5 inches approx. Original illustrated light brown paper covered card boards with plain cloth spine, shows two riders on horseback chasing a hog: Advertising endpapers, and adverts xvi, 136 pages, followed by xvii-xxxiv of advertising. Some foxing to closed page edges, generally very good condition, clean and fully readable. The main opening title page states Volume I, no immediately obvious reason for discrepancy between Vol II on front board and Vol I inside. Full page coloured plate opposite the Contents "Prag of Cawnpore" , Coloured plate and other plates and illustrations throughout, photographs, sketches etc. No inscriptions, clean and tight.

Two volumes bound in one. Vol. IX published 1936. Plates, a few coloured, illustrations throughout. 4to (9 3/4 x 7 1/2), pages: 126:152, contemporary green binder's cloth. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Foxing to prelims else internally very good. The binding very spotted and rubbed though sound. Pigsticking.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 162+pp. Original gray pictorial wraps w/ blue cloth spine. Edges sunned w/ mild edge wear. Light foxing to front endpapers; edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, and b/w photos and drawings.

Condition: Bueno. THIRD. Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes by Captain Francis B. Head.London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street1828. INGLÉS. Antiguo. alguna mancha de antiguedad y rasguño en el lomo.

xii, 321[1] pp. Contemporary full tan calf, maroon calf gilt spine label, raised bands, gilt border to sides, marbled leaf edges. 19 cm x 12 cm. Leather slightly soiled with some random marks, repair to upper section of front joint, minor rubbing to corners & spine tips, faint marginal age browning to text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Third Edition (stated on title page) (first published in 1826). Hardback copy in half bound burgundy leather, black cloth boards, 5 raised bands and gold gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Not library copy, no inscriptions, small bookshop sticker to top corner of front pastedown, some foxing to title page, rubbing to leather edges. (23/2).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A scarce copy of this illustrated periodical published in British India. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper wraps. Edited by Captain H. Nugent Head and Captain J. Scott Cockburn, both of the 4th Q O Hussars.This periodical gives a comprehensive account of the field sports of pigsticking and boar hunting in India. With chapters on hunting in Agra, Ambala, Baroda, Calcutta, Delhi, Muttra, Nagpur, Roorkee and many other locations. Other articles include the Pipal Pani Tiger, folk songs and legends of the Kanjars, the Kadir Cup, extracts from Indian Sporting Review, and many more. Charmingly illustrated with vignettes throughout, and a frontispiece in colour. Advertisements to the front and rear of the work. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper wraps. Externally, very good, with light soiling to the wraps and light edge wear. Bumping causing small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Light tidemarks to the endpapers and the first few pages of advertisements. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd mark. Very Good. book.

Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). The third edition of Francis Bond Head's entertaining account of his travels in South America and the Andes. The third edition of this work.Francis Bond Head offers an account of his travels in South America, through Argentina and the Andes, in the early 19th century, when he was a young man.He attempted to set up a mining company in Argentina, and rode between Buenos Aires and the Andes twice, from which he was given the nickname "Galloping Head".Rebacked, in a half calf binding. Retaining the original endpapers, which bear former owner's inscriptions. Rebacked, in a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Retaining the original endpapers. Significant rubbing to paper covered boards. Inscriptions to pastedowns and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Loss to title page head, not affecting text. Pages age toned due to paper type, with spotting and significant handling marks. Good. book.

Hardcover. Third edition. (so stated on title). 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth, xii, 321pp. A nice copy. "Travels of Head who was inspecting the gold and silver mines of the province of Rio de la Plata.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: John Murray, 1827, First Edition, SIGNED and dedicated to the Earl of Hardwicke by the Author. Full leather binding, worn marked and unevenly faded, lacking the label to the spine, signed by the author tot the title page, complete with the folding 'Sketch shewing the Relative Situations of the Lodes of San Lorenzo, San Pedro, Ballejos and San Nicolasetc.', misfolded but intact. Captain Francis Bond Head (1793-1875) was an officer in the British Army from 1811 to 1825. He was at Waterloo and after his army careeer tried setting up a mining company in Argentina which, as this book tells, failed. From 1835 to 1837 he was Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. He subsequently wrote a number of books on travel and travellers. Size: 7.5 x 4.75 Inches. Pagination: vii, [i], folding sketch map, 228pp. Provenance: inscriptions by the Author to the Earl of Hardwicke to the title page. Approximately 7 ¾ inches tall (20cm). Condition Report Externally Spine fair condition structurally sound, lacking the title label, gilt lined raised bands, wear and marks. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition structurally sound marked and worn. Page edges good condition all edges deckled, top edge slightly darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound and strong. Paste downs good condition marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned with foxing. Pages good condition tanned, good and tightly bound, some foxing. Binding good condition structurally sound. See photos. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. Original limp buff illustrated bds. 119pp. Coloured frontis. with tissue guard. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Bds. sl. bent, head and tail of spine frayed. VG+.

12mo, pp. xii, [1], 14-264; front free endpaper excised, otherwise complete with the half title; contemporary calf-backed boards; small cracks starting at the joints, but in all, very good. The preface discusses the rise and fall of English mining companies in the region. The author was himself a mining company representative, and he accounts for the commercial failure as ignorance of the English about the country in which they were working. Head was also appointed Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada in 1835, and was later knighted. American Imprints 29183.