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London: A & C Black, 1909. Book. Illus. by 26 Watercolors & 21 Chapter Head & Tail Pieces. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the scarce dustjacket, intact except for the top inch of the spine. Gilt title on spine is some dulled. Nice travel writing in Ireland, Egypt, Italy and South Africa by the sister of the poet, Alice Mayrell. Pages x, 177. Inman 114 in the 10 shilling series. Very clean inside, with no foxing or browning, and no prior owner marks...
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From Sketch-Book and Diary
by Butler, Elizabeth (and painted by her)
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Haruko's World, A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community
by Bernstein, Gail Lee
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Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no prior owner marks and no edge wear. Dust jacket has slight wear at the corners, and is NOT price clipped. Japanese village farm life seen through Haruko's eyes. Now an uncommon book. .
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Journey to Iceland, and Travels in Sweden and Norwayi
by Pfeiffer, Ida
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New York: G.P. Putnamn, 1852. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An intrepid women's travels in the mid 19th Century when travel there was a rugged challenge, originally a paperback in Putnam's Library for Travellers and the Fireside. Newly bound in Red Cloth with a blacck title label on the front and fresh gilt lettering. The binding is fine, with no edge wear. Inside, no prior owner marks. The original paperback cover is bound in. Occasional stains but the paper is not browned. .
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Listen! The Wind
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. Book. Illus. by endpaper maps by Charles Lindbergh. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Lindbergh's were famous from their aviation exploits, this one covers their flights across the Atlantic to Scandinavia and Russia, down through Europe to Morocco and west on a long, dangerous hop to Brazil. The book won her a second National Book Award. Original red ccloth with no edge wear, and a hint of fading at the top of the spine. Inside very clean and tight with no prior owner marks and no stains or browning. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has chips along the edges. .
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Restless Jungle
by Akeley, Mary
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New York: National Travel Club, 1936. Book. Illus. by 32 pages of photos of Africans and wildlife, endpaper maps. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good original black cloth with a bright gilt title on the spine and no fading. Only a hint of edgewear. Inside, clean and tight, with a stamp on the front free endpaper of a prior owner. This is Mary Akeley's journey through Transvaal, Natal and Zululand, attached to the American Museum of Natural History nearly a century ago. From the fine collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson. .
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Retrospect of Western Travel
by Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876)
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London: Saunders and Otley , 1838. Book. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three-quarter brown calf with marbled boards and matching brown-beige endpapers. Professional repairs to the corners, and volumes one and two have been rebacked. New spine labekls. Solid hinges and inside, very clean pages with no stains, no foxing. I see browning on one page where it appears a clipping left a slight browning scar. Top edges gilt. "Martineau, political economist, philosopher and journalist, was also a serious traveler. Her two-year visit to America (1834 - 1836) was a study tour." (Wayward Women, Jane Robinson). Sabin 44939 .
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Revolution Postponed - Women in Comtemporary China
by Wolf, Margery
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Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by tables. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket is fine. Based on field research and 300 plus interviews, Chinese women are not doing so well. .
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Victorian Lady Travellers
by Middleton, Dorothy
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. Book. Illus. by 12 pages ohotos. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Handsome copy in original black cloth with copper bright title on the spine, one corner bumped but no edge wear. Inside, very clean and tight with no stains or prior owner marks. The dust jacket has some slight edge wear, but no tears and is not price clipped. All the best of the 19th Century intrepid lady travelers are here - Fanny Workman, Isabella Bird Bishop, Mary Kingsley, Marianne North and others. A fine read. .
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