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1700 Miles in Open Boats : The Story of the Loss of the S.S. Travessa in the Indian Ocean, and the Voyage of Her Boats to Safety. 2d ed.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Martin Hopkinson, 1926,

Seller ID: 34872

FOSTER, Cecil, Master Mariner. 1700 Miles in Open Boats : The Story of the Loss of the S.S. Travessa in the Indian Ocean, and the Voyage of Her Boats to Safety. L: Martin Hopkinson, (1926). Second Edition. Pp 177, frontis., 14 pages of plates, folding chart at rear. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering at spine. A precise account of the loss of the 5000 ton steamer Trevessa andof the consequent open boat voyage of her passengers and crew, based on a log kept by Foster, her Captain. Very slightly rubbed, owner's faint signature to top edge, owner's inkstamps, else vg. 100.00
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1700 Miles in Open Boats: The Story of the Loss of the S.S. Travessa in theIndian Ocean, and the Voyage of Her Boats to Safety. 1st ed.

By: FOSTER, Cecil

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Martin Hopkinson, London, 1924,

Seller ID: 38567

FOSTER, Cecil, Master Mariner. 1700 Miles in Open Boats : The Story of the Loss of the S.S. Travessa in the Indian Ocean, and the Voyage of Her Boats to Safety. L.: Martin Hopkinson, 1924. First Edition. Pp 173, frontis., [29] leaves plates, [2] leaves maps, folding chart at rear. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering at spine. A precise account of the loss of the 5000 ton steamer Trevessa and of the consequent open boat voyage of her passengers and crew, based on a log kept by Foster, her Captain. Slightly rubbed with very slight wear to extremities, edges specked, one plate loose, occasional spots...
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A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions. Reprint in dust jacket.

By: BARROW, John LLOYD, Christopher (intro.)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: David & Charles Reprints, Newton Abbot, 1971 : 1971

Seller ID: 28040

ISBN-13: 9780715349519

BARROW, John. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions (1818) ; Undertaken chiefly for tthe purpose of discovering a North-East, North-West Passage or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. A Reprint with a new Introduction by Christopher Lloyd. (Newton Abbot) : David & Charles Reprints, (1971). "Printed in Great Britain by Latimer Trend & Company Limited". Pp. (i)-x, [4, including 1 folding map], (1)-379, (1)-48, [3]. 8vo (145 x 221 mm), blue cloth, with light blue cloth title panel to spine, with gilt lettering to spine. Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., F....
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A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. First Edition in dust jacket.

By: TURNER, R.L. School of Oriental and African Studies series

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, London, 1966, : 1966

Seller ID: 73982

TURNER, R.L. A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages. London : Oxford University Press, 1966. First Printing. "Printed in Great Britain". Pp [i]-xx,[1]-841,(3). Double column. Large, thick 8vo (228 x 285 mm), green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Sir Ralph Lilley Turner, M.C., F.B.A. (b. October 5, 1888, London – d. April 22, 1983, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England) This was his magnum opus. "Indo-aryan is the term applied to that branch of Indo-European languages which was brought into India by the Aryans and of which the oldest recorded form is to be found ...
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A Handbook of Indian Art. First Edition

By: HAVELL, E.B.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: John Murray, 1920, : 1920

Seller ID: 22180

HAVELL, E.B. A Handbook of Indian Art. With Illustrations. London : John Murray, 1920. First Edition. "Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England". Pp (4),v-xvi,(2),3-222,(2) + frontispiece + 76 plates.. 8vo (160 x 227 mm), maroon cloth, with black lettering & decoration to front, with gilt lettering & decoration to spine. Ernest Binfield Havell (b. September 16, 1861 Reading, Berkshire, England - d. December 31,1934, Oxford). Preface. Section I. Architecture : 1. The Origins of Indian Art - The Stupa, or King's Monument. 2. The Vedic Chandra Cult and th...
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A Handbook of Indian Art. First Edition

By: HAVELL, E.B.

Price: $180.00

Publisher: John Murray : 1920

Seller ID: 45962

HAVELL, E.B. A Handbook of Indian Art. With Illustrations. London : John Murray, 1920. First Edition. "Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England". Pp (4),v-xvi,(2),3-222,(2) + frontispiece + 76 plates.. 8vo (160 x 227 mm), maroon cloth, with black lettering & decoration to front, with gilt lettering & decoration to spine. Ernest Binfield Havell (b. September 16, 1861 Reading, Berkshire, England - d. December 31,1934, Oxford). Preface. Section I. Architecture : 1. The Origins of Indian Art - The Stupa, or King's Monument. 2. The Vedic Chandra Cult and th...
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A Leader of Light Horse : Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse. First Edition

By: TROTTER, Lionel J., Captain HODSON, William)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1901, : 1901

Seller ID: 69796

TROTTER, Lionel J., Captain. A Leader of Light Horse : Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse. Edinburgh : William Blackwood and Sons, 1901. First Edition. Pp. [i]-xii,[1]-396, + 2 folding maps. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Captain Lionel James Trotter. A biography of William S. R. Hodson, one of the key participants in the Indian Mutiny in the 1850s, who served as the leader of the irregular light cavalry in that conflict. This biography sheds some positive light on the brief career of the otherwise controversial figure. Brevet Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson (b. March 19,...
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A Little Memoir : Nita Frances Bompas, 1884-1969. Written shortly before her Death. Third Edition

By: BOMPAS, Nita Frances

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Little Daisy Press, Tancook Island, NS, 1995, : 1995

Seller ID: 61735

BOMPAS, Nita Frances. A Little Memoir : Nita Frances Bompas, 1884-1969. Written shortly before her Death. (Tancook Island, Nova Scotia) : The Little Daisy Press, 1995. Third Edition. "Printed on Tancook Island". Pp. (2),3-27,(1) with 1 b&w photo in the text. 8vo (138 x 216 mm), stapled off-white card covers, with black lettering to front cover. Nita Frances Bompas, née Goode (b. 1884, Port Pirie, South Australia - d. August 25, 1969, Hampshire, England). A short memoir of the Australian author's travels, including seeing merchant ships in harbours throughout the world from Canada, Engl...
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A Stronger Climate: 9 Stories. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer

Price: $35.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., New York, 1968, : 1968

Seller ID: 59324

JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer. A Stronger Climate : 9 Stories. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1968). First US Printing. Pp (14),11-214,(6). 8vo, purple cloth spine with navy blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (b. May 7, 1927, Cologne, Germany – d. April 3, 2013, New York City) was a German-born British and American novelist. A collection of nine short stories by the Indian author. "The nine stories in A Stronger Climate represent her second collection. Once again she proves her mastery as she probes Indian sociey, revealing its comedy, its...
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Acadia Athenaeum. Volume. 60, No. 7, May, 1934

By: Acadia University) RHODENIZER, V. B.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1934,

Seller ID: 111470

(Acadia University). The Acadia Athenaeum. Vol. LX, No. 7, May, 1934. Wolfville : Acadia University, 1934. Pp (8),9-81,(7). 8vo, cream card covers, lettered in blue and red. Contents : Poem—Douglas Angus '34; Easy Money—Berton E. Robinson; "My Vision of Canada" Reviewed by V. B. Rhodenizer; The Crow—Douglas Angus '34; Silverware—Douglas Angus '34; The Case for India—J. Harold Perry '34; The Newspaper's Account—Janet Cox '37; Marco Polo—Charlotte Coombs '36; Poppies—Margaret Le Bas '36; "The Following Freshmen"—Janet Cox'37; "On Such a Night"—Mary Gordon Hughes '35; Spri...
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Account of the Cruise of the St George on the North American and West Indian Station During the Years 1861-1862

By: DENNYS, N.B. Alfred, Prince

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Saunders, Otley, and Co., London, 1862,

Seller ID: 43577

DENNYS, N.B. An Account of the Cruise of the St George on the North American and West Indian Station During the Years 1861-1862. London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1862. First Edition. Pp xi, 267, folding map frontispiece., one plate leaf (opposite p.95). 8vo, orig. half calf with raised bands and marbled boards. Sabin 19602, Hallett, Bermuda in Print (2nd. ed) p.69. Not inTPL or Lande. The author describes his impressions of the voyage on which H.R.H. Prince Alfred was a midshipman, visiting most of the West India islands with good cameo descriptions. The heart of the book consists of the auth...
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Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. reprint

By: DAVY, John GOONERATNE, Yasmine Ceylon Historical Journal, Vol. 16

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, Dehiwala, Ceylon, 1969,

Seller ID: 112121

DAVY, John. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. Complete and unabridged from the original editionof 1821. With an introduction by Yasmine Gooneratne. The Ceylon Historical Journal, Volume Sixteen. Dehiwala, Ceylon : Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, (March 1969). Facsimile Reprint. 8vo, white card covers, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in black and illustrated in red, in a matching dustjacket. Contents : Part I. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and o f its Inhabitants: 1. Name. Geographical outlines. Rocks. Minerals. Soils. ...
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Across Coveted Lands or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland. 1st US. 2 vols.

By: LANDOR, A. Henry Savage

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903,

Seller ID: 30590

LANDOR, A. Henry Savage. Across Coveted Lands; or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland. With 175 Illustrations, Diagrams, Plans and Maps by Author. In Two Volumes. N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First U.S. Edition. Pp. vii, 461; viii,459. Plates + 2 Fldg.Maps. 8vo, dec. redcloth, t.e.g. Spines sunned, else vg-fine. 400.00
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Across Coveted Lands or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland. 1st UK. 2 vols.

By: LANDOR, A. Henry Savage.

Price: $800.00

Publisher: Macmillan, 1902,

Seller ID: 30373

LANDOR, A. Henry Savage. Across Coveted Lands; or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland. With 175 Illustrations, Diagrams, Plans and Maps by Author. In Two Volumes. L.: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1902. First Edition. Pp. vii, 461; viii,459. Plates + 2 Fldg.Maps. 8vo, red cloth. Spines lightly sunned, spine of Vol.I spotted, foxing to edges, else vg. 800.00
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Advances in Aquaculture : Papers presented at the FAO Technical Conference on Aquaculture, Kyoto, Japan, 26 May - 2 June 1976

By: PILLAY, T. V. R., and Wm. A. DILL (eds.) DILL, Wm. A. FARWELL, M. K. PORTER, T. R.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Fishing News Books Ltd,, Farnham, Surrey, England, 1979, ISBN:0852380925

Seller ID: 115031

PILLAY, T. V. R., and Wm. A. DILL (eds.). Advances in Aquaculture : Papers presented at the FAO Technical Conference on Aquaculture, Kyoto, Japan, 26 May - 2 June 1976. Farnham, Surrey, England : Published by arrangement withthe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, by Fishing Ne ws Books Ltd, (1979). First Edition. Pp (4),v-xviii,1-653,(1). Illustrated.Figures. Tables. Double Column. 4to, green cloth, gilt lettering and decor ation to front board and spine. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ORDERS OUTSIDE CANADA DUE TO ITS WEIGHT. Very good. 125.00 Contents :...
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Adventures of a Naval Paymaster.

By: MARTIN, W.E.R., Paymaster Rear-Admiral.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Limited, London , 1924,

Seller ID: 90000

MARTIN, W.E.R., Paymaster Rear-Admiral. The Adventures of a Naval Paymaster. London : Herbert Jenkins Limited, MCMXXIV [1924]. Pp (4),vii-ix,(5),[1]-306, portrait frontis + 15 leaves of plates. 8vo, green cloth, lettered in black. Contents : 1. Early Days (1867-1889). 2. My First Experiences as Assistant Paymaster (1889-1898). 3. The German Emperor and Other Royalties (1898-1899). 4. Comedy and Tragedy in the West Indies (1899-1903). 5. Some Indian Experiences (1903-1908). 6. Of Snakes and Ships and Sealing-Wax (1908-1914). 7. The Great War – and After (1914-1922). Slightly cocked, cloth rubbe...
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Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art

By: FLOISTAD, Guttorm, ed. Contemporary Philosophy, volume 9

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Springer, Berlin, 2007, ISBN:9781402050688

Seller ID: 75352

FLØISTAD, Guttorm, ed. Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art . Edited by GuttormFløistad. (Berlin): Springer, (2007). Pp. [i]-viii,1-413,(3). 8vo, printed red card covered boards. Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey, volume 9. Contents: 1. Masahiro Hamashita's "Extended meanings of aesthetics and the ethical moment"; 2. D.P. Chattopadhyaya's "Ancient and medieval concepts and theories of art in India"; 3. Anand Amaladass's "Aesthetics and religion from the Indian perspective"; 4. Jean-Godefroy Bidima's "L'esthétique des arts négro-africains: pluralité et historicité de...
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Afterlife of George Cartwright. First Edition., Signed

By: STEFFLER, John CARTWRIGHT, George

Price: $30.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1992,

Seller ID: 3460

STEFFLER, John. The Afterlife of George Cartwright. A Novel. (Toronto) : McClelland & Stewart Inc., (1992). First Edition. Pp (8),1-296. 8vo, art-illustrated trade paperback, with French flaps. See ENL V:301 for Steffler (b. November 13, 1947, Toronto, Ontario). "The Afterlife of George Cartwright, John Steffler's stunning debut novel, transforms the real life of an 18th-century gentleman adventurer into a fictional journey that scales the heights of exotic adventure - from England, to India, to Frederick the Great's Prussia - and eventually to Labrador." - from the cover flap. In ...
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Aging and the Aged in the Third World : Part I and Part II

By: SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (ed.). GLASCOCK, Anthony P. SANKAR, Andrea

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA , 1982,

Seller ID: 78782

SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (ed.). Aging and the Aged in the Third World : Part I. Studies in Third World Societies, Publication Number Twenty-Two. Williamsburg, VA : Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, (December 1982). Pp i-iv,1-174,(2). 8vo, tan card covers. Contents : Jay Sokolovsky - "Introduction, Perspectives On Aging In The Third World"; Marea Teski - "What Can the Industrial World Teach The Third World About Aging?"; Anthony P. Glascock - "Decrepitude And Death-Hastening: The Nature Of Old Age In Third WorldSocieties"; Robert J. Maxwell, Philip Silverman, an...
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Agreement-in-Principle Between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area andHer Majesty In Right of Canada

By: Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Tungavik Federation of Nunavut, Ottawa, 1990, ISBN:066217948X

Seller ID: 99416

(Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area). Agreement-in-Principle Between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area and Her Majesty In Right of Canada. (Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Tungavik Federation of Nunavut, 1990). Pp (6),1-370,(5). 4to, illustrated black card covers. Contents : Preamble; GENERAL: 1. Definitions 2. General Provisions 3. Nunavut Settlement Area 4. Political Development; WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION: 5. Wildlife 6. Wildlife Compensation 7. Outpost Camps 8. Parks 9. Conservation Areas; LANDUSE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: 10. Establishment of Certain Structures 11. L ...
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