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Elegy for Corsica. in dj

By: WAGNER, Geoffrey

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Cassell, London, 1968,:

Seller ID: 62192

WAGNER, Geoffrey. Elegy for Corsica. L.: Cassell, (1968). Pp 181. Illustrated with [1] double page map. 8vo, green cloth. The author and his wife enamored with the French island of Corsica, the birth place of Napoleon, boughtland and settled there. "Somebody once wrote that between Wagner and Corsi ca there was a kind of love affair. "So if " , he concludes, "I have written about Corsica critically or pessimistically, I have done so with he exasperation of affection. The love affair has been long, as well as torrid." -from the dust jacket. Top cover slightly splayed, ow vg ...
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Polar Attack. 1st card covers

By: WEBER, Richard Malakhov, Mikhail

Price: $14.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1996,:

Seller ID: 25837

WEBER, Richard and Mikhail MALAKHOV. Polar Attack : From Canada to the North Pole, and Back. (Tor.) : McClelland & Stewart, (1996). First Printing. Pp222. Illustrated. 8vo, card covers. "On June 15, 1995, Richard Weber of Ca nada and Mikhail Malakhov of Russia made world headlines. They had just beaten all the odds to become the first people to complete a round-trip expedition on foot to the North Pole, without being re-supplied by aircraft or aided by support teams on the ice. It was a journey that for over a century had held the imagination of polar explorers, including the celebrated Ro...
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Maiden Voyage. off-white cloth, red lettering

By: WELCH, Denton SITWELL, Edith (Foreword).

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fischer, 1945,:

Seller ID: 62350

WELCH, Denton. Maiden Voyage. Foreword by Edith Sitwell. NY: L. B. Fischer,1945. Pp. 303, including frontis. 8vo, off-white cloth, with red lettering to spine and front board. An autobiographical novel by the young author, t elling of his leaving public school, his voyage to China to meet with his father and his experiences while there. Spine faded to tan, slightly cocked,pages yellowing, ow vg. 25.00
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Canada and Sea Power. in dj

By: WEST, Christopher

Price: $120.00

Publisher: McClelland & Goodchild, 1913,:

Seller ID: 46066

WEST, Christopher. Canada and Sea Power. Tor.: McClelland & Goodchild, (1913). Pp 172. 8vo, red cloth. Rhodenizer p.181, Spadoni and Donnelly 102. Name, else vg-fine in rubbed and nicked dj. 120.00
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My Life Among the Bluejackets. signed pres. copy.

By: WESTON, Agnes

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Nisbet, 1915,:

Seller ID: 32193

WESTON, Agnes. My Life Among the Bluejackets. L: Nisbet & Co., (1915). 15th(new and rev.) Edition. Pp 373 + 16 pages of plates. Port. frontis. with t issue guard. Illustrated. 8vo, maroon cloth. The autobiography of "Aggie" Weston, missionary, temperance advocate, founder of the journal Ashore and Afloat, and beloved benefactress of sailors' rest homes throughout Britain. Cloth heavily rubbed, paint spatters to front and spine, light foxing to initial leaves, else vg. Signed presentation copy to Captain Guy M. Atkinson to plate on front paste down; also signed on frontis. 65.00
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Rutland of Jutland. 1st UK in dj

By: YOUNG, Desmond RUTLAND, F.J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cassell, London, 1963,:

Seller ID: 20699

YOUNG, Desmond. Rutland of Jutland. L.: Cassell, (1963). First Printing. Pp(10),3-191,(1), portrait frontispiece +4 pages of plates. 8vo, blue cloth. On F.J. Rutland . "[...] biography of a naval officer who became famous fo r courage and enterprise in the R.N.A.S. in World War I - the most noteworthy of the pilots who specialized in flying reconnaissance planes off from the turret tops of cruisers. The circumstances of his arrest and prolonged 'detention', without trial and without charge, in World War II - as well as the refusal of the Home Secretary to give any explanation in the House ...
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Halfway Around the World. 1st US in dj

By: YOUNG, Gavin

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Random House, 1981,:

Seller ID: 20711

YOUNG, Gavin. Halfway Around the World : An Improbable Journey. N.Y.: Random House, (1981). First US Edition. Pp 472. 8vo, green cloth spine. Contents: Piraeus to Jedda; Dubai to Singapore; Singapore to Canton. Vg in dj. 25. 00
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