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Haggard, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression 1921 on the title page. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Blue boards withdark red- orange titling. 274 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8. Summary "King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir… Read more about this item

Prescott, William H. HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU. IN 2 VOLUMES. Harper & Brothers stated 1847 First Edition. RARE IN THIS FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece with onionskin cover sheet on each volume. Illustrated, Maps. 527 pages Volume 1, lightly foxed. Volume 2, 547 pages, indexed, Lightly foxed. Both volumes are 6 1/8 X 9 ½. CONSIDERED TO BE A HIGHLY… Read more about this item

Doyle, A. Conan. The Lost World.1912 Hodder And Stoughton/George H. Doran First U.S. Edition. RARE. Used. Good condition/ no DJ included. Maroon cloth-covered boards Had red titling at front and spine at one time but titling is no longer visable. Bright pages. Sixteen ochre and white plates (five by 'Maple White' and eleven by Joseph Clement Coll). All plates in… Read more about this item

Elliott, W. Gerald Treasure On The Broads. Herbert Jenkins, London Stated First Printing 1933. Signed and inscribed by British screenwriter Dorothy Greenhill, a co-writer of Mr. Elliott's who formerly owned the book. RARE THUS. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. Orange boards with black titling. 5 X 7 1/2. 312 pages plus adverts. Summary: A mystery story about an… Read more about this item

Beebe, Lucius. Legends of the Comstock Lode. Paperback. 1954, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. By Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. First Edition Thus. USED. VG Condition/ None as issued. 82 pages, indexed. 6 X 9 1/8. Comstock Lode, California Gold Rush, Mining, History of California.

Beebe, Lucius. Comstock Commotion: The Story of The Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News. Copyright 1954, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. Used. VG Condition/ No DJ included. A nice copy. USED. 129 pages 6 ¼ X 9 5/8. California Gold Rush, Mining, Comstock Lode, Virginia City Nevada. Journalism. History of California. 19th Century.

Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a… Read more about this item

Shapiro, Harry L. The Pitcairn Islanders (aka The Heritage of the Bounty) Simon And Schuster, First Clarion Printing Thus, 1968. USED. Good condition. Softcover. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. POLYNESIA, SOUTH SEAS, TAHITI. "An account of the colony which the nine mutineers of the H.M.S. Bounty founded on Pitcairn Island in 1790. Provides an in-depth analysis of culture contact between the English and… Read more about this item

Schatz, Dennis: Uncover A T-Rex: An Uncover It Book. Silver Dolphin Books, 2003, 18th Printing Thus. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. COMPLETE. ACTIVITY BOOK. LARGE FORMAT. 10 1/4 X 11 3/4 X 1. ISBN 9781571457905. DINOSAURS. Ages 8 and up. Small plastic pieces present. Not for children younger than recommended age. Take a three-dimensional look inside a T.Rex! Model sculpted by… Read more about this item

167MarshTitanic Marsh, Ed W. James Cameron's Titanic. Stated First HarperPerennial Edition, 1st Printing thus, 1997. AS NEW. SOFTCOVER. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS. Please see our stock photo. ISBN0060953241. Large format. 4to., 178 pages. An inside look at the making of the blockbuster film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Scarce. $41.95. Domestic US sales only, please.

MacDuff, J.R. : Memories of Olivet. Tales of the Garden of Gethsemane. RARE ANTIQARIAN TITLE. BIBLE. HISTORY. CHRISTIANITY. RELIGION. Illustrated. RARE. 1868 First Edition Published by James Nisbit And Co. Apparently Quite Rare. 5 1/8 X 8. 373 pages plus adverts. Gilt tilting and ornamentation is present remains fairly bright, including spine. Some underlining noted toward end of… Read more about this item

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy… Read more about this item

Perilous Journeys of Hercule Poirot Copyright 1937 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. 1937 DODD, MEAD BOOK CLUB EDITION. 630 pages. HERCULE POIROT OMNIBUS. USED. GOOD/GOOD CONDITION ORIGINAL BRIGHT RED AND YELLOW DUST JACKET. RARE . Stories are: The Mystery of the Blue Train, Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia.

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Gray boards with Clifton Line Drawing on center front board. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by… Read more about this item

They Came To Baghdad (Greenway Edition) Dodd, Mead. States "First published in the Greenway Edition 1970. No number line appears. By Agatha Christie. USED. As New/VG- unclipped $8.95 dust jacket with 12 on dj spine. Spine is sunned. Plot Summary: Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an,… Read more about this item

Come,Tell Me How You Live - The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus, Bantam Books, Inc., NY, November ,1985. Number line stars with 2. By Agatha Christie Mallowan. Biography. Non-fiction. Used. As New. Summary: "Come, Tell Me How You Live, a charming, fascinating, and wonderfully witty nonfiction account of her days on an archaeological dig… Read more about this item

Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee has invited his family home for a good old-fashioned holiday celebration. At least, that's what he told them. In fact, the old man has a mean streak, and insults each and every one of his… Read more about this item

The Shagganappi by E. Pauline Johnson [aka Tekahionwake] (1862-1913). Toronto: First Canadian edition, The Ryerson Press, 1913. USED. Good+/ Fair RARE ORIGINAL SILVER AND ORANGE DUST JACKET. Red Boards. Please see our photos. Not an exlib Item. A clean, solid copy that shows minor foxing. 5 5/8 X 8 ½. Statement of author, Tekahionwake, important tribal historian and member of… Read more about this item

THE DAWNSTONE by Gillian Bliss, Baroness Hemingford writing as Jill Paton Walsh. 1973 1st. Ed. Antelope Book by Hamish Hamilton RARE. Used. VG/VG dust jacket. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale. Summary: Adam finds an implement like a Stone Age axe which he carries everywhere but which appears to give him bad dreams. He gives his treasure to a terrified, caged gorilla,… Read more about this item

Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone… Read more about this item