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Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions

By Edwin Abbott

Signed by Ray Bradbury

Illustrated with 14 line drawings and 10 die-cuts by Andrew Hoyem — Signed by Andrew Hoyem

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1980. Tall 4...

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Nemesis

By Isaac Asimov

Signed by Isaac Asimov on the limitation page.

New York, Doubleday, 1989. 24.1cm, [20], 364pp., [6]. 1st Edition (Limited) (ISBN: 0385266197 / 0-385-26619-7). A...

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A Treatise Upon Falconry

By James Cockburn Belany

London, Bedwick Upon Tweed— Printed for the Author 1841, 1st Edition, [vii], 277 pp., 6 pp. on the terms of falconry, engraved frontis showing falconer mounted on h...

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Life and Poems

by John H. Bryant

Signed and Inscribed to Arctic Explorer E.B. Baldwin

Streeter & Co, Illinois, 1899. Sm8vo, pp. 235. 3 Full-page back-and-white photographic plates...

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British Hunts and Huntsmen

Compiled in Conjunction with The Sporting Life

In Four Volumes — the complete set:

The Biographical Press, London, 1908,1909, 1910, 1911 — all First Editions. Folio — 38cm.

...

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The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

Complete in 2 Volumes

By Isabel Burton

London, Chapman & Hall, 1893. First Edition. 8vo. [xxiii], 606; [viii], 664 pages with Index. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white...

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Dark Trails

Adventures of a Naturalist

By George K. Cherrie

New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930. First Edition. 8vo – 24.2 cm., [xvi], 322 pp. Illustrated with 58 photographs and ...

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Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1872-76

under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson. Prepared under the superintendence of the late C. Wyville Thomson. A Summary of the Scientific Results...

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To the Top of the Continent

Discovery, Exploration And Adventure In Sub-Arctic Alaska.
The First Ascent Of Mt. Mckinley, 1903-1906

By Frederick A. Cook, M.D.

Doubleday, Page &...

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The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus

A Critical Consideration of Four Problems

By George E. Nunn

New York, American Geographical Society, 1924. 1st Edition — No.14 in the Research Series of the American Geographical S...

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Select Documents Illustrating The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus,

Including Those Contained In R. H. Major’s Select Letters of Christopher Columbus.
Translated and edited with additional material, an introduction and notes.

By Cecil...

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Nuova Raccolta Colombiana – Columbus Voyages

By Christopher Columbus

Rome, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1990. First English edition. Volumes I-VII, IX, XI-XII in 14 books (4to – 12” x 8 ½”). (Volum...

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British and Irish Salmonidae

By Francis Day

London/ Edinburgh, Williams and Norgate, 1887. Sm4to, [viii], 298pp., (2), Index. with 12 plates including 9 chromolithographs and 52 figures; Index, Errata bound in....

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The Complete Set of the Cliff Janeway Series

By John Dunning

All First Edition, First Printing — All in Fine Condition with Fine Un-clipped Dust Jackets — All Flat Signed by John Dunning

Booked to Die, 199...

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Two O’Clock Eastern Wartime

Manuscript-page Deluxe Edition

By John Dunning
Signed twice by John Dunning

Santa Barbara/New York: Scribner – Santa Teresa Press, 2001. First Edition – Author’s M...

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Highest Andes

A Detailed Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys

By E.A. Gerald Fitz
With Chapters by Stuart...

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The Sailor's Return

Signed by David Garnett and Ray Garnett

Garnett, David

London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. First edition, First impression. 12mo – 19.2 cm. Publisher’s red cloth on beveled b...

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Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice

By Frederick M Halford

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1889. First Edition. 8vo. [xii], 289pp., Frontispiece and 25 plates including several in colour and sepia...

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Floating Flies and How to Dress Them

A Treatise on the Most Modern Methods of Dressing Artificial Flies for Trout and Grayling, with Full Illustrated Directions and Containing Ninety Hand-Coloured Engravings of the Most Killing...

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Modern Development of the Dry Fly

The New Dry Fly Patterns, The Manipulation of Dressing Them, and Practical Experiences of Their Use.

By Frederic M. Halford

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1910. First...

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Das Glasperlenspiel – [The Glass Bead Game]

By Hermann Hesse

Published by Fretz & Wasmuth Verlag AG, Zurich, 1943. True First Edition in the original German in Very Good + Rare dustjackets. Octavo. Light Blue cloth. Lettered in...

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Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia

Baldwin Spencer — Editor
Limited to only 50 numbered sets, and sold out on publication. An impressive set of volumes inside and out.

Corkwood Press, Bundaberg, Australia, 1994 limited ...

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A Handbook of the Birds of Tasmania and Its Dependencies

By Frank Mervyn Littler, F.E.S.

Launceston, Tasmania, Published by the Author.1910. First Edition. [xviii], 242pp, Appendix, Index. Original quarter red cloth and printed still paper...

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Le Morte Darthur

The History of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table

By Thomas Malory — Superbly Illustrated by Russell Flint

London, Philip Lee Warner and The Medici S...

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The Ballad of the Harp Weaver

By Edna St. Vincent Millay

New York, Frank Shay. 1922. First Edition. 20pp., frontpiece and several vignettes.

Original stiff paper wrapper, red dust jacket. Loose in wrapper. A Near...

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An Angler's Garland

Of Fields, Rivers, and Other Country Contentments

By Eric Parker

London, Philip Allan & Co., 1920. First Edition. 12mo. 320pp., including 8-page appendix of authors and...

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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy,...

By Commodore M.C. Perry
Compiled by Francis L. Hawks.

First Edition, Senate Issue. 3 Volumes. Thick 4to, xvii, [1], 537; [6], [2], 414, [4], 14, xi, [2]; xliii, 705 pp. Publisher’s o...

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De re Militari (Latin "Concerning Military Matters")

Libri Quatuor. Sextus Julius Frontini viri consularis de stragematis libri totidem; Aelianus: de instruendis aciebus liber unus; Modesti vocabulis rei militaris liber item unus. Item picturae...

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A Theory of Time and Space

By Alfred A. Robb

Cambridge Univ. Press, 1914 First UK Edition. 8vo, [vi], 373 pp., 2 pp. of publisher’s ads on math and physics, index, 43 illustrations. Publisher’s dark blue ruled cloth b...

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The Little Prince

By Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Reynal & Hitchcock, New York 1943. True First Printing First Edition of this landmark 20th century title. Profusely illustrated by author in black and white...

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The Ascent of Denali (Mt. McKinley)

A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America

By Hudson Stuck

New York, Scribners. 1914, 1st US Edition. 8vo, [xix] 188pp., 34 full page...

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The Ascent Of Denali (Mt Mckinley)

A Narrative Of The First Complete Ascent Of The Highest Peak In North America.

By Hudson Stuck

London, Bickers and Sons, 1914, 1st UK Edition. 8vo, [xix] 188pp., 34 full page...

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The Natural Trout Fly And Its Imitation

By Leonard West

Privately published in St. Helens, Lancashire, ca 1912, First Edition. Large 8mo, 144 pages, 16 plates, 9 being of flies and 4 of feathers in colour, Index; chart...

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The Complete Angler’s Vade-Mecum

Being a Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science …

By Captain T. Williamson

London, Payne and Mackinlay, 1808. First Edition. 8vo, [xi], 316pp., 10...

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Rod and the Gun

Two treatises on Angling and Shooting.

By James Wilson, F.R.S.E.

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, North Ridge, 1840, First Edition. Sm8vo, 439pp. Illustrations throughout....

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