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Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition; To the Island of Madeira--Cape Verde Islands--Brazil--Coast of Patagonia--Chili--Peru--Paumato Group--Society Islands--Navigator Group--Australia--Antarctic Continent--New Zealand--Friendly Islands--Fejee Group--Sandwich Islands--Northwest Coast of America--Oregon--California--East Indies--St. Helena, &c., &c. in One Volume
by Colvocoresses, Lieut. Geo. M.
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- 1853 2nd edition
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SGD 475.05
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New York: R.T. Young, 1853 2nd edition. 371,(1), 10 pages of publishers catalogue. Octavo. Original publishers blind and gilt stamped red cloth. Gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Spine a bit soiled and gilt has oxidized. Light yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated with black and white engraved plates including a frontispiece. The… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 475.05
Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Etc.
by Powers, Stephen
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- 1872
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 175.02
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Hartford, CT.: Columbian Book Company, 1872. xvi, 327pp. Crown octavo. Bound in half dark brown morocco leather and marbled boards; four raised bands and five compartments to the spine stamped with gold gilt lettering and decorations. Dark gray endpapers that look to be newer than the binding, though no other signs of restoration found. Gold gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 175.02
L. E. Stemmler's Company of Bowyers & Fletchers [Catalogue]
by [L. E. Stemmler Company]
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- [1930]
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SGD 125.01
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Queens Village L. I., NY: L. E. Stemmler Company, [1930]. 28[2]pp. Large octavo pamphlet, measuring 180 mm x 230 mm. Yellow and blue illustrated wrappers with black print; mailing label and stamp to the back wrapper. Staple-bound, as issued. Illustrated throughout in black and white with two loose, separately issued, pages with purple and blue text… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 125.01
United States Exploring Expeditions. Voyage of the U. S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842: Together with Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and Other Navigators and Travellers; and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea, Under Lieutenant Lynch
by Jenkins, John S.
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- 1850
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 175.02
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Auburn: James M. Alden, 1850. Octavo. Original dark blue blind-stamped cloth with gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Marbled edges. Illustrated with black and white engravings and a single page map. Some wear to the boards and along the edges of the boards. Toning to textblock edges. Occasional spot… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 175.02
United States Exploring Expeditions. Voyage of the U. S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842: Together with Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and Other Navigators and Travellers; and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea, Under Lieutenant Lynch
by Jenkins, John S.
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- 1853
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SGD 75.01
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Detroit: Kerr, Doughty & Lapham, 1853. xxii,(2),25-517 pp. Octavo. Original brown blind-stamped cloth with gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Textblock edges roughly trimmed. Illustrated with black and white full page engravings. Some wear to the boards and along the edges of the boards, with a few marks of abrasion to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
by Wilkes, Charles
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- 1845
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 200.02
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London: Whittaker and Co., 1845. vi, 372pp. Octavo. The condensed and abridged edition. Original green blind-stamped cloth with gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine. Coated yellow endpapers. Textblock edges roughly trimmed. Some wear to the boards and along the edges of the boards. Very light and minimal water damage to the cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 200.02
1851. Lake Ontario. Express Mail Lines of American Steamers and Railroads.
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- 1851
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 400.04
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Niagara Falls: Express Mail Lines of American Steamers and Railroads, 1851. Advertisement for the Lake Ontario Express Mail Lines, measuring 310 x 140mm, with black print and a square map showing the routes around Lake Ontario on recto side only. Ink notations along the right side of the map and some words have been underlined. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 400.04
Montreal Telegraph Company: Connecting With All the Principal Cities and Towns in Canada and the United States [Price List]
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- nd. (c.1860s)
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 300.03
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Montreal: Montreal Telegraph Company, nd. (c.1860s). Advertisement printed on recto side of a single sheet of green paper, measuring 260 x 200mm, with black print and border. Two faint horizontal fold lines, otherwise near fine condition. The Montreal Telegraph Company was the first Canadian telegraph company of significance. n 1847, early telegraph pioneer Orrin… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 300.03
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American Individualism
by Herbert, Hoover
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- 1923
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 600.06
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. [8],72 pp. 16mo. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine and front boards. Gilding a bit dull. Original printed unprice clipped dust wrapper. Wrapper a bit browned on the spine and the edges. "A Timely Message to the American People" Hoovers take… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 600.06
The McLoughlin Empire and Its Rulers: Doctor John McLoughlin, Doctor David McLoughlin, Marie Louise (Sister St. Henry): An Account of Their Personal Lives, and of Their Parents, Relatives and Children; In Canada's Quebect Province, in Paris, France, and in the West of the Hudson's Bay Company
by Barker, Burt Brown
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- 1959
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 100.01
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Glendale: the Arthur H. Clark Company, 1959. Undetermined. near fine. 1st printing. 370pp. Octavo, in blue cloth with gold gilt lettering and rules to the spine. Blue topstain, deckled fore-edge to text block. Faint white circular mark to front cover, else near fine. near fine Author's warm inscription in blue ink, dated 1961, to ffep. Part of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 100.01
Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845. The Journal of a U. S. Army Expedition Led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers, Artist Extraordinary Whose Paintings of Indians and Their Wild West Illustrate This Book
by Galvin, John [Editor]
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- 1970
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 75.01
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San Francisco: John Howell, 1970. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. xi,77pp. Folio with cream cloth boards and gilt lettering on front and spine. Colour frontispiece, and 26 colour plates and 2 folding maps. Inscription on front endpaper. Mild rubbing to boards. near fine The journal entries of Lieutenant James W. Abert, who recorded life in the early… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.01
![Farmers! Housewives! Children! The President of the United States Appeals to You Personally. [Original Broadside]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/289/359/637359289.0.m.jpg)
Farmers! Housewives! Children! The President of the United States Appeals to You Personally. [Original Broadside]
by U.S. Department of Agriculture/ Woodrow Wilson
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- c 1917
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 250.02
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, c 1917. Undetermined. very good. 30" X 21" (76.2 X 53.3 CM) original wartime broadside. Black and red text on thin beige poster paper. B/W photographs of farming at top and bottom with simple border. Light creases where it was once folded into eight. Light soiling and a few chips/small closed tears to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Le Tour Du Monde En Quartre-Vingts Jours (Around the World in 80 Days) Wooden Puzzle with Lithograph Images
by California E.Chevalier
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- 1923
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 575.06
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Paris: Jouet & Brillard, 1923. Undetermined. very good. Original box with multicoloured litho cover. Box is worn but basically complete. 25 X 35 cm. Box contains 5 separate puzzles depicting scenes from Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. Each puzzle plywood with mounted litho image. Each puzzle has the odd… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 575.06
The Rochester and Monroe Business Directory Containing a General Directory of the Business and Professional Men and Women of the City, and Other Selected Names. A Classified Business Directory of Rochester, and Monroe County. A Tabulated Street Directory; the City and County Officers; and Other Miscellaneous Matter. No. 11
by Drew, Allis, & Company
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- 1890
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- Cloth
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 100.01
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Rochester: Drew, Allis, & Company, 1890. Cloth. 270pp. (including ads)pp. Octavo in original cloth backed paper covered boards with 1 colour plate (ads both sides). Edgewear and rubbing to covers. Front hinge starting else clean copy. Lacking map. 1890 Item Price
SGD 100.01
Sioux Chiefs
by Curtis, Edward S.
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- 1975
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 400.04
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John Andrew & Son, 1975. Photograph. very good. re-strike. Sioux Chiefs. The North American Indian. Portfolio 3, Page Plate 79. From Copyright Photograph 1905 by E. S. Curtis [Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son]Re-struck Photogravure on water colour paper : 21 3/4" X 17 3/4" Image: 15 3… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 400.04
In the Badlands
by Curtis, Edward S.
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- 1975
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 300.03
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John Andrew & Son, 1975. Photograph. very good. restrike. In the Badlands. The North American Indian. Portfolio 3, Page Plate 119. From Copyright Photograph 1904 by E. S. Curtis. [Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son]Re-struck Photogravure on water colour paper : 21 3/4" X 17 3/4" Image: … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 300.03
Our Centennial Memoir. Founding of the Missions. San Francisco de Assis in Its Hundreth Year. The Celebration of Its Foundation. Historical Reminiscences of the Missions of California.
by Thomas, Patrick J.
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 500.05
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San Francisco: P. J. Thomas 505 Clay Street., 1877. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 192pp. Octavo, bound in half leather and cloth, with gilt spine titles, and gilt rules, raised bands and decorations. Brown endpapers, with Armorial bookplate of Dan B. Minor. Bound in original paper wrappers, frontis., large folding map of San Francisco, illus., ports.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 500.05
Twenty-Five Years a Parson in the Wild West Being the Experience of Parson Ralph Riley
by Brown, Rev. John
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- 1896
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- Hardcover
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 300.03
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Fall River, Mass.: Printed for the Author, 1896. Hardcover. very good. 1st privately printed edition. 215pp. 12mo, original dark navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece entitled "Parson Ralph Riley". Tight copy, shows light shelf wear to exterior. very good Adams (Rampaging Heard) 343 - "Experiences principally in Nevada and Texas; ranch and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 300.03
Diomede Boat Crew, Asiatic Shore in Distance
by Curtis, Edward S.
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- 1928
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 700.07
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Suffolk Eng. Co., Cambridge Mass., 1928. Photograph. very good. Diomede Boat Crew, Asiatic Shore in Distance. The North American Indian. Portfolio 20, Plate 705. From Copyright Photograph 1928 by E. S. Curtis. Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co., Cambridge Mass. Original Photogravure on Van Gelden Zonen : 21 3/4" X 17 13/16" Image:… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 700.07
![The Bark Gatherer [Woman in Cedar-Bark Clothing Carrying an Adze]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/378/786/290786378.0.m.1.jpg)
The Bark Gatherer [Woman in Cedar-Bark Clothing Carrying an Adze]
by Curtis, Edward S.
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- 1915
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Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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SGD 600.06
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John Andrew & Son, 1915. Photograph. very good. restrike. The Bark Gatherer. The North American Indian. Intended for Portfolio 11 as Plate 383 from Copyright Photograph 1915 by E. S. Curtis Re-struck Photogravure [John Andrew & Son.]Paper: 21 7/8" X 17 1/2" Image: 15 3/16" X 11… Read more about this item Item Price
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