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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. C J M Carter "Sale and Purchase Activity" / William C Reeves "A Geordie Tramp" / J H Isherwood Ellerman Liner 'City Of Paris' Of 1922" / John Young "Advanced Cargo Vessels for Holland" / W H Webb "Milford Haven Backwater" / E W Argyle "Design from a Banknote" / Contre-Amiral M Adam "French Line to North Africa" / David Cleveland"Pioneer of the Rocket Line" / James Hendrik White "North Wall t .o North Cape" (SL#49).

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: Macmillan. G/G. (1971). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., xxxiv, 306 pp., DJ rubbed, faded, frayed, toned, writing & stamps on ffe, underlining .

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Plus. First US Edition. Dust jacket is price-clipped; overall, an excellent copy. Canadian author's first book (as editor), an anthology of the rabbit and the hare in history, literature and legend: "The magic and mischief, legend and lore of those fleet-footed, randy, roguish, hare-brained, four-footed beasts"; colour and B/W illustrations throughout.

First Edition. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion of wear to spine band. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 592 pages; Description: 5 p. L. , 592 p. Incl. Front. Illus. , ports. , maps (partly fold. ) facsims. 26 cm. Subjects: Missouri. Missouri --Description and travel --Maps. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised edition. 21 pages. 9.26x6.10x0.83 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 190 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion of wear to spine band. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 592 pages; Description: 5 p. L. , 592 p. Incl. Front. Illus. , ports. , maps (partly fold. ) facsims. 26 cm. Subjects: Missouri. Missouri --Description and travel --Maps. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised edition. 21 pages. 9.26x6.10x0.83 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 389 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 418 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 519 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 460 pages. 9.45x6.69x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 516 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 10 volumes. 3851 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits : 24 cm. Marbled boards with blue leather spines & corners. Gilt edges. Contents: V. 1. The cause of expositional celebration 1904 ; The seven cities of Cibola ; wonderful discoveries of Coronado ; De Sotos expedition into Florida ; Indian life as De Soto found it; Indian cities and battles ; Reception by the queen of the Cofachiquians ; exploits of De Ayllon ; Defeat of black warrior, chief of the Alabamas ; De Sotos disaster in the Chickasaw country ; De Soto discovers the Mississippi River ; Death of De Soto ; Explorations of Luis Alvarado de Moscoso etc v. 2. Explorations of La Salle, preceding events ; Father Allouez in the Illinois country ; La Salles career in Canada ; Relations between La Salle and Frontenac ; Ceremonies at the founding of Ft. Frontenac ; La Salles first great expedition ; The first ship on the great lakes ; Founding of Fort Miami ; La Salle on the Kankakee and Illinois rivers ; Founding of forts Creve-coeur and St. Louis ; Romantic excursions of the coureurs de bois ; Coureurs de bois in the Mississippi Valley ; Du Ihut the greatest of the coureurs de bois ; Nicholas Perrot on the upper Mississippi ; Discoveries of father Hennepin on the upper Mississippi etc V. 3. The founding of St. Louis ; The purchase of Louisiana territory ; Transfer of upper Louisiana ; Boundary of the Louisiana purchase ; Louisiana after the session ; Events preceding the Lewis and Clark expedition ; The Lewis and Clark expedition ; Progress and adventures of the expedition ; Passage of the Rocky Mountains ; Characteristics of the northwest Indians ; Passage of the continent completed ; The return trip begun ; Exploration of the Yellowstone ; Subsequent careers of Lewis and Clark etc v. 4. Expositional displays of ancient peoples ; Evolution of the modern fair ; Columbian exposition and its successors ; Exposition celebration Louisiana purchase ; U. S. government participation in the fair ; Ceremonies commemorative of transfer ; Territory allied to Louisiana purchase etc V. 5. Anthropology, a congress of nations at the fair ; Mound builders, Aztecs and Peruvians ; Babylon, Assyria, Carthage, Persia ; Egypt, the wonderful of all times ; India, land of age and mysticism ; Antiquity of the farther east ; Japanese the Greeks of the east etc v. 6. Architecture, its history and culmination ; Typical houses of uncivilized peoples ; Appearance of artistic architecture ; Color scheme of the exposition ; Government buildings ; Worlds Fair exhibit buildings ; Model street and fraternal buildings ; Foreign buildings at the exposition ; State pavilions at the exposition v. 7. The evolution of art ; The course of art after its emancipation ; A summary of art in Europe and America ; How twenty-six countries were represented ; the U. S. exhibit and loan collection ; The French art exhibition ; Germanys exhibition of art ; Exhibit made by English artists ; Austrian art exhibition etc V. 8. Education, its beginning and progress ; The lesson of the education exhibit ; Progress of education shown by statistics etc v. 9. Transportation exhibits ; A history of the art of transportation ; Electric railways and luxury on wheels ; Automobiles and airships ; United States government exhibits ; Introduction to mines and metallurgy ; Processes of extracting and converting ores ; Introduction to the electrical exhibits ; Exposition of the uses of electricity ; Introduction to the machinery exhibits etc v. 10. Agriculture and horticulture displays ; Agriculture as a pursuit ; Missouri at the fair ; New York State at the exposition ; Kentucky at the fair ; Pennsylvania at the fair ; Wisconsin and Iowa at the fair ; New Jersey and North Carolina at the fair ; California and Oregon at the fair etc.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 389 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.81 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.