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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small)
by James Herriot (Alf Wight)
St. Martin's Press, 1992-08-15. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 1st (1992) edition by St. Martin's Press. Dust jacket is clean and glossy; has been wrapped in a protective mylar sleeve to prevent further shelf wear. Boards are sturdy and crisp-cornered. Spine is secure and uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked. Professional packaging and prompt shipping. JB.... Read More
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South Carolina from the Mountains to the Sea (Bicentennial Edition)
by Mary C. Simms
Oliphant Furman, 1972-01-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Pictorial boards have considerable wear. Numerous names are written inside, no marks or notations to the text. Has a good binding. 288 pages. Bicentennial Edition.
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Double-Decker C.666
by Haupt Heydermarck
John Hamilton, 1934. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth boards have minor wear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Foldout map is in very good condition, after text. 207 pages. Plus 3 pages of publisher ads.
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China
by THOMSON, John
Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1829. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 22.5" x 19.75". This impressive map of China was issued in 1817 by John Thomson. It covers all of China including the misshaped island of Formosa or Taiwan. Like all of Thomson's maps, this map notes numerous towns, cities, rivers and other topographical features with... Read More
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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY. THE POPULAR LINE BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND THE WEST. [cover title]
St. Louis [MO]: Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Printers, 1880. Single sheet, 69 x 35 cm., folded to 17 x 9 cm. Map of the Missouri Pacific Through Line and Connections [St. Louis: Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Eng.] occupies one side of the sheet text ads in the margins; verso has 16 panels, including two title panels, time tables,... Read More
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Tall Ships on the High Seas
by COWES, Beken of
New York: Dutton, 1985. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrations, mostly in color. 222 pages. Folio, grey cloth, edge worn pictorial d.w. New York: Dutton, (1985). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. With a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
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All Things Wise and Wonderful
by Herriot, James
St. Martin's Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1977 edition by St. Martin's Press. Dust jack is sound and displays minimal age-related wear and tanning. Has been wrapped in protective mylar sleeve to prevent further wear. Boards are clean, sturdy, and crisp-cornered. Spine is secure and uncreased. Inscription by previous owner on top of front endpaper. Pages are... Read More
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
by Herriot, James
St. Martin's Press, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1974 edition by St. Martin's Press. Dust jack is sound but displays average/ use-related chipping along the top edge and tanning; has been wrapped in protective mylar sleeve to prevent further shelf wear. Boards are clean, sturdy, and crisp-cornered. Name of previous owner of top of front endpaper. Spine is secure... Read More
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A Republic, Not an Empire
by Buchanan, Patrick J
Regnery Publishing, 1999-09-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed. Signed by Buchanan on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition with only minor wear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Third Printing.
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The Papers of John C. Calhoun: Volume XV, 1839-1841
University of South Carolina Press, 1983. hardcover. Very Good. 6x2x9. Dark blue cloth boards, no dust jacket as issued. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 880 pages.
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Logic: The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth
by Isaac Watts
Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 1996 edition by Soli Deo Gloria Publications. Dust jacket is clean, vivid, and crisp-cornered; slight, age-related chipping/ tearing along top edge. Cloth covered boards are clean and sturdy. Name of previous owners on top right corner of front endpaper. Spine is secure and uncreased. Pages are clean and... Read More
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Wooden Boats: From Sculls to Yachts
by GRIBBINS, Joseph; WILSON, Jon, intro
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated abundantly in color. 127 pages. Square 4to, black cloth, d.w. (torn on front cover near spine, repaired internally with tape; lightly wrinkled on upper edges). New York: Grove Weidenfeld, (1991). Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
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The Complete Visitor's Guide to Mesoamerican Ruins
by KELLY, Joyce
Norman: University Press, 1982. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrations in b/w. 527 pages. 4to, two-toned boards with brown graphic, lightly edge worn d.w. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1982). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Photographs by Jerry Kelly.
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Grand National: The Official Celebration of 150 Years
by HOLLAND, Anne
London: Queen Anne Press, 1988. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Illustrated in color and in black and white. 223 pages. 4to, mustard cloth, d.w. (lightly dust-soiled/edgeworn). London: Queen Anne Press, (1988). Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
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My Theodosia
by Seton, Anya
Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1941. hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket and book have mild wear. Cloth boards. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. 422 numerated pages. (Fiction, SC)
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History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore; with an Inquiry into its Origin and Treatment: and Suggestions for the Prevention of Future Discontent in the Royal Navy.
by Anon.
London: Thomas Tegg, 1842. Details of the 1797 mutiny, its suppression, and the trials and reforms resulting. The British Channel Fleet refused to sail in the Revolutionary War Against France until the seamen's demands for improved conditions had been met. I believe this to be something of an oddity. The English version of The Family Library, published by Tegg... Read More
Offered by Ten Pound Island Book Co.
The First Five Years of My Married Life.
by Anon. (Roland Mainwaring)
Newcastle (UK): F. Crewe for the Author, 1853. This fancy full leather (unsigned) fine binding sports the gilt, blindstamped image of a ship on the front cover, so that's a clue as to the author's origins. In fact, although Mainwaring was a career sailor who eventually attained the rank of Rear-Admiral, his first 5 years of marriage were also... Read More
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The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, Bart. G.C.B... First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, etc...
by Phillimore, Rear-Admiral Augustus.
London: Harrison and Sons, 1876, 1879, 1880. Perhaps best known as the Commander-in-chief of the East Indies and China Station during the First Opium War, Parker provided naval support at the Battle of Amoy and took part in the Battle of Ningpo, the Battle of Woosung, and the Battle of Chinkiang. He also participated in the capture of the... Read More
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The Travels and Romantic Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, and Western Texas.
by Marryat, Capt. (Frederic)
New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1843. "Harper's edition, without abridgement." Marryat visited America in 1837 and this novel presumably resulted from his travels there. Despite the suggestive title, there is a component of fiction here. Howes calls this work "Incredible adventures of an imaginary Frenchman borrowed from various sources" See Howes M-302. Cowan p. 416. Sabin 44698. Somehow, the 900... Read More
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Steel's Original and Correct List of the Royal Navy, Hired Armed Vessels, Packets, Excise and Revenue Cutters, etc. With Their Commanders and Stations... January - June (and) July - December 1811.
by (Steel, David).
London: David Steel, 1811. "Steel's celebrated 'List of the Royal Navy'... was initially published irregularly, then appeared monthly... What began as an alphabetical list slowly turned into a complete gazetteer which included the Hon. East India Company, the name of naval and other officer connected with the sea service, their pay and pensions, etc." - (Witt) This book consists... Read More
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Impressment Fully Considered, with a View to Its Gradual Abolition.
by Griffiths, Captain Anselm John.
London: J.W. Norie and Co., 1826. Griffiths was an experienced officer who saw action in The Glorious First of June and Cape St. Vincent, among other important engagements. He also wrote a well-received book on seamanship. This is the first edition of his rare treatise against impressment. A very nice copy, bound in half polished calf over marbled boards... Read More
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The Phantom Ship.
by Marryat, Captain (Frederic).
New York: D. Appleton, 1872. Another fun one... An American edition of Marryat's treatment of the famous Flying Dutchman legend, done up as a penny dreadful. Good condition in original illustrated wrappers.. 19 cm. 399, (8 - publisher's ads) pp.
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The King's Own.
by Marryat, Captain (Frederic).
London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.. Here's an interesting diversion... Marryat's classic sea novel of a young orphan whose father was in the Nore mutiny, and his rise through the ranks to nobility, done up as a penny dreadful. Backstrip perished.. 19 cm. 160 pp.
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Falconer Improved and Modernized. The Mariners New and Complete Naval Dictionary.
by Norie, J.W.
London: J. D. Dewick, 1804. This is the third edition of an interesting work, which carries the subtitle "Falconer Improved and Modernized." It expands on Falconers famous Dictionary. Part I is a British dictionary containing a copious explanation of all the technical operation of a ship... together with a full account of every thing relating to masts, sails,... Read More
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