ORWELL, George.
Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript. Edited by Peter Davison. With a Preface by Daniel G. Siegel.
London: Secker & Warburg, (1984). First of this edition. Tall 4to., ` cloth. A fine copy in a d/w with a touch of browning to the price clipped d/w but certainly near fine.
London: Secker & Warburg, (1984). First of this edition. Tall 4to., ` cloth. A fine copy in a d/w with a touch of browning to the price clipped d/w but certainly near fine.
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ORWELL, George.
The Road To Wigan Pier.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. Uniform edition (first thus). With the signature of Canadian writer Jack Batten on the e/paper. Covers slightly warped o/w near fine in d/w with some wear but certainly very good.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. Uniform edition (first thus). With the signature of Canadian writer Jack Batten on the e/paper. Covers slightly warped o/w near fine in d/w with some wear but certainly very good.
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OSBORNE, Dennis.
India and Its Millions.
Philadelphia: Grant & Faires, 1884. First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 223pp. Some light wear to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
Philadelphia: Grant & Faires, 1884. First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 223pp. Some light wear to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
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OSBORNE, Milton.
River Road to China. The Mekong River Expedition 1866-1873. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1976. First of this edition. Cloth, 249pp. Fine in d/w. Account of the 1866 expedition on the Mekong River.
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OSSENDONWSKI, Edmund.
Slaves of the Sun. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1928). First English edition. Cloth, 378pp. Inner hinges cracked o/w good. Travels in French west and central Africa.
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OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand.
Oasis and Simoon. The Account of a Journey Through Algeria and Tunisia. English Text by Lewis Stanton Palen. New York: Dutton, (1927). First edition in English. Cloth, vii, 306pp. Small mark at the top of the upper cover o/w fine in a d/w with a 1" strip missing across the top of the spine and upper panel. "Wandering through Algeria and Tunisia, the author looked upon strange people, with challenging customs, Oriental superstitions and practices, and an attitude toward the Occident both enigmatic and startling."
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OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand.
Slaves Of The Sun. Translated from the Polish of..... London: George Allen, (1928). First edition in English. Cloth, 378pp. A good copy only.
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OSWALD, Felix.
Summerland Sketches, Or Rambles In The Backwoods of Mexico and Central America.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth decorated in black, 425pp. Inner hinges cracked, part of pastedown torn from removal of bookplate, there has been something dropped on the upper cover which as removed the color from part of the cloth giving the upper cover a mottled appearance, o/w a good copy.
Covers Colima, the lake region of Jalisco, the western Sierras, the Sierra Madre, la Tierra Fria, the valley of Oaxaca, the deltaof the Sumasinta river, the Yucatan, and the backwoods of Guatemala and Sierra Negra.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth decorated in black, 425pp. Inner hinges cracked, part of pastedown torn from removal of bookplate, there has been something dropped on the upper cover which as removed the color from part of the cloth giving the upper cover a mottled appearance, o/w a good copy.
Covers Colima, the lake region of Jalisco, the western Sierras, the Sierra Madre, la Tierra Fria, the valley of Oaxaca, the deltaof the Sumasinta river, the Yucatan, and the backwoods of Guatemala and Sierra Negra.
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OSWALD, Felix.
Summerland Sketches, Or Rambles In The Backwoods of Mexico and Central America.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth decorated in black, 425pp. Inner hinges cracked, a few small notes in ink on the front e/paper, minor wear to the foot of the spine a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
Covers Colima, the lake region of Jalisco, the western Sierras, the Sierra Madre, la Tierra Fria, the valley of Oaxaca, the deltaof the Sumasinta river, the Yucatan, and the backwoods of Guatemala and Sierra Negra.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth decorated in black, 425pp. Inner hinges cracked, a few small notes in ink on the front e/paper, minor wear to the foot of the spine a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
Covers Colima, the lake region of Jalisco, the western Sierras, the Sierra Madre, la Tierra Fria, the valley of Oaxaca, the deltaof the Sumasinta river, the Yucatan, and the backwoods of Guatemala and Sierra Negra.
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OUIMET, Adolphe and B.A.T. de Montigny.
La Verite Sur La Question Metise Au Nord-Ouest Par Adolphe Ouimet. Biographie Et Recit De Gabriel Dumont Sur Les Evenements De 1885 Par......
Montreal: En Vente Cheq Tous Les Libraires Et Deports De Journaux, 1889. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth, 400pp. Ownership inscription, mark on the front pastedown from the removal of a bookplate, some light rubbing but in fact near fine.
Montreal: En Vente Cheq Tous Les Libraires Et Deports De Journaux, 1889. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth, 400pp. Ownership inscription, mark on the front pastedown from the removal of a bookplate, some light rubbing but in fact near fine.
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PAGET, John.
Paradoxes and Puzzles Historical, Judicial, and Literary.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1874. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, 472pp. A fine copy.
Contains essays "The New Examen" previously published, which includes "Lord MacCaulay and the Duke of Marlborough," "Lord Macaulay and the Massacre of Glencoe," "The Highlands of Scotland," "Lord Macaulay and Dundee" and "Lord Macaulay and William Penn." It also includes several essays collected and published here for the first time. These are, "Nelson and Caracciolo," "Lady Hamilton," "Wigtown Martyrs," "Lord Byron," "Elizabeth Canning," "Campden Wonder," "Annesley Case," "Elements of Drawing," "Rubens and Ruskin" "George Cruikshank" and "John Leech."
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1874. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, 472pp. A fine copy.
Contains essays "The New Examen" previously published, which includes "Lord MacCaulay and the Duke of Marlborough," "Lord Macaulay and the Massacre of Glencoe," "The Highlands of Scotland," "Lord Macaulay and Dundee" and "Lord Macaulay and William Penn." It also includes several essays collected and published here for the first time. These are, "Nelson and Caracciolo," "Lady Hamilton," "Wigtown Martyrs," "Lord Byron," "Elizabeth Canning," "Campden Wonder," "Annesley Case," "Elements of Drawing," "Rubens and Ruskin" "George Cruikshank" and "John Leech."
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PAKENHAM, Thomas.
The Mountains of Rasselas. New York: Reynal, (1959). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 192pp. Name o/w a near fine copy in d/w with some minor wear to the spine ends. Pakenham visits Ethiopia to discover how much truth there was in Dr. Johnson's earlier description of Abyssinia in Rasselas.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1899 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1900.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1899, 1900. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, xii, 380; x, 380pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1899, 1900. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, xii, 380; x, 380pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1903 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1904.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1903, 1904. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 358; x, 402pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1903, 1904. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 358; x, 402pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1905 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1906.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1905, 1906. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 380; viii, 321pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1905, 1906. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 380; viii, 321pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1907 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1908.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1907, 1908. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, viii, 320; x, 343pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w very good.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1907, 1908. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, viii, 320; x, 343pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w very good.
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(PALFREY, Sara H.)
Herman, Or, Young Knighthood. By E. Foxton. (pseud.)
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. In Two Volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, (417), (392)pp. Spines faded to tan which makes the gilt lettering difficult to read, some minor fading around perimeter of covers but o/w a fine copy.
"Sara H. Palfrey, a woman of varied intellectual attainments, shared her fathers interest in liberal theology and was prominent in the social and philanthropic movements of her day. Besides contributing to periodicals she published poems and several novels." (DAB)
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. In Two Volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, (417), (392)pp. Spines faded to tan which makes the gilt lettering difficult to read, some minor fading around perimeter of covers but o/w a fine copy.
"Sara H. Palfrey, a woman of varied intellectual attainments, shared her fathers interest in liberal theology and was prominent in the social and philanthropic movements of her day. Besides contributing to periodicals she published poems and several novels." (DAB)
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PALLISER, John.
Solitary Rambles And Adventures Of A Hunter In The Prairies. London: John Murray, 1823. First edition. 8vo., orig. cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover, (xvi), 326, (2)pp. ads. Bookplate, inner hinges cracked, last page carelessly opened with loss to margin, wear to the top of the spine with a bit of loss in the gutter but this is still a very good copy, much nicer than it sounds.
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PALMER, Eve.
The Plains of Camdeboo. London: Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth, 320pp. Near fine in d/w with wear to spine ends. Four generations of Palmer's family have lived on the Karo; that great plain towards the southern tip of Africa, one of the world's oldest and greatest deserts. There is no aspect of life on the Plains of Camedebook that Palmer has not studied and has put them altogether in this work.
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PALMER, Herbert Edward.
Two Minstrels....
London: Elkin Mathews, 1921. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author and with changes in the text in his hand. On the page facing the halftitle, Palmer has added in his hand, the 5 stanza poem, ?The Scop? with a note at the bottom stating it appeared in the December 1921 issue of ?The Form?. . Orig. paper boards. Boards are faded on the spine, some slight rubbing but in fact a near fine copy.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1921. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author and with changes in the text in his hand. On the page facing the halftitle, Palmer has added in his hand, the 5 stanza poem, ?The Scop? with a note at the bottom stating it appeared in the December 1921 issue of ?The Form?. . Orig. paper boards. Boards are faded on the spine, some slight rubbing but in fact a near fine copy.
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