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New York: American Heritage Press/Workman Publishing Co., 1971. 924pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Thick Octavo.

Skyhorse, 2009. Book. VG+. Soft cover. Octavo.

New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1870. Book. Poor. Hard Cover (x-library). Fourth Edition. Large Octavo. Gilt titles (with fresh gilt map medallion on front cover) on burgundy cloth. 454pp. Pumpelly, a Harvard Geologist, departed for Asia in November 1861 on assignment to do geological work in Japan and China. His book devotes 10 chapters to each country. Additional chapters cover his geological work in Arizona and Siberia. The Japan section is particularly interesting because Pumpelly asked his friend, John La Farge, to write a chapter on Japanese art. This was the first discussion in print of that subject in the West and the chapter is illustrated with two tone examples of Japanese woodblock print figures. Spine worn and chipped, with 1-1 1/2" reduction on top. Front board detached. Ex-library with usual markings, card pocket rear. Text block is tight and clean and two of the three fold-out maps are present (the map of Southern Yesso on page 143 has been removed)..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover (x-lib). First Edition. Octavo. X-lib with usual markings and labels. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve, taped to boards..

New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Printing. Octavo.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1977. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ Very Good. Small Quarto.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. Large Octavo.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. Large Octavo.

New York: Vintage Books, 1982. Later Printing (7th). Trade Paperback. VG+.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Dust jacket has a 1/4" closed tear on bottom front edge and loss on top rear outside corner. Quite presentable within new clear Brodart sleeve.. 1st Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine (faults). Octavo. Remainder mark bottom Edge.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. 651pp.. Later Printing (4th). Soft Cover. VG+. Wide Thick Large Octavo.

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. 12mo. Lakeside Classics No. 94. Gilt titles on black cloth. 447pp, top edge gilt. In publisher's shrink wrap..

New York: Links, 1973. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Good. Small Quarto.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978. Book. G-VG. Hard Cover (x-library). 1st Printing. Octavo. Ex-library with usual markings and labels, card pocket rear. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve, glued to end papers..

New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1989. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Quarto.

Auburn: Self-published, 1857. Dimmed gilt titles on embossed black cloth. 387pp. Worn extremities, with minor loss on bottom outside corner of front cover. Ffep removed. Owner's note on half-title page.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: William Morrow, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. Large Octavo.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover (x-library). 1st Printing. Thick Large Octavo. Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth.

Bard Books, 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1969. In protective cover.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.