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Last Train To Paradise
by Les Standiford
LES STANDIFORD is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, including most recently Bone Key, as well as several works of nonfiction. He has received the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Since 1981 he has lived in Miami with his wife and three children. They are themselves survivors of Hurricane Andrew.
Florida Books & Ephemera
The History of the Caribby-Islands, viz. Barbados, St. Christopher, St. Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis (sic). Antego, &c. in All XXVIII
by ROCHEFORT, Charles de
London: Dring & Starkey, 1666. First. hardcover. near fine. In Two Books. The First Containing the Natural; The Second, the Moral History of those Islands... With a 10 page Caribbian-Vocabulary. Rendred into English by John Davies of Kidwelly. 9 copper engraved plates. (6), 351, (14) pages. Slim 4to, full mottled calf, blind stamped decorations and red and green leather spine labels, marbled edges. First issue of the first English edition. London: Thomas Dring and John Starkey, 1666. A near fine...
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NZ$14,468.70
The Club Pelican Bay: the First Twenty Years, a History
by Michael Biondo
The Club Pelican Bayb, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$115.75
Florida's Past : People and Events That Shaped the State
by Gene M. Burnett
Pineapple Press, Incorporated, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$16.39
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Greenshank [Pl. 346]
by AUDUBON, John James
Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen. unbound. Octavo bird print. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 6 1/4" x 9 7/8"<br/> <br/> Hand colored lithograph depicting a male Greenshank, with a view of St. Augustine, Florida and the Spanish fort in the background. From the First Royal Octavo edition, circa 1842. <br> <br> John James Audubon (1785-1851) was an American naturalist, painter and ornithologist who did extensive field work studying birds before painting...
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NZ$680.88
Zone
by APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME with an English Translation By Samuel Beckett
Dublin/London: The Dolmen Press/Calder & Boyars, 1972. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Author/ Publisher. First Edition. Small Quarto. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies w/ French & English texts presented in parallel (this being #118); translated from the French by Samuel Beckett; specially bound in black morocco over blindstamped cloth; top edges gilt; in original blind-stamped matching slip-case. Signed by both Samuel Beckett and John Calder. Very rare. An excellent copy..
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NZ$1,446.87
The Everglades: River of Grass (Rivers of America series)
by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Rinehart, 1947. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Fink, Robert. Signed by Author. 406 pages. Some wear to the covers and spine tips. Some cracks to the bindings; pages yellowed, a few stains but a decent reading copy still. No jacket. Inscribed and signed by Marjory Stoneman Douglas inside. Illustrator: Fink, Robert. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 212359. .
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NZ$127.66
Everglades-The Park Story
by William B. Robertson, Jr
Coral Gables: University of Miami, 1959. Softcover. Good in color pictorial wraps. 94 pp. with color and black and white photos throughout.
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NZ$25.53
Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida
by Mormino, Gary R
University Press of Florida, 2005. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$11.54
Defenceless Condition of the Southern Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico
by Mercer, C. F. (Charles Fenton)
[Washington, DC]: (n.p.), 1842. First Edition. Ephemera. Very good. An appeal to the federal government to attend to the military defense of Florida. The author, Charles Fenton Mercer, was a former member of Congress who left his post for financial reasons and took a job at a bank in Florida, where he was working when he wrote this plea. Prior to moving to Florida, he was active in the effort to settle free Blacks in Liberia. Soon after this, he left for Texas, where he founded the Mercer Colony....
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NZ$408.53
Five Cyanotypes Views of Lake Worth and the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, 1895
by [Florida]
1895. Five views of Lake Worth Beach and Palm Beach in 1895. The images are: 1) Ferry at Lake Worth with the Royal Poinciana Hotel in the distance. Captioned in the negative, "L.W.B. 9.14.95"; 2) Lake Worth with the Royal Poinciana Hotel in the distance. Captioned in the negative, "L.W.B. 9.24.95"; 3) View of Lake Worth with a pier in the foreground, possibly taken from a boat. Captioned in the negative, "L.W.B. 10.9.95"; 4) Sail boat in front of the Royal Poinciana, captioned in the negative, "Lake...
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NZ$1,225.58
The history of Zephyrhills, 1821-1921
by Rosemary W Trottman
Vantage Press, 1978. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Ex-library hardcover with the usual stickers/stamps/faults. Binding sound, internally clean. This enlightening history of Zephyrhills, Florida, traces the evolution of the community from 1821 to 1921. During that century-long period Zephyrhills progressed from Spanish-Indian ownership to an autonomous municipality known alternately as "The Friendly City" and "The Pure Water City." Author, Rosemary Wallace Trottman is a scrupulous...
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NZ$83.36
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East Bay Street, Jacksonville, Fla. [Stereoview]
by Best Manufacturing
[New York?]: [Best Manufacturing], 1885. Near fine. A stereoview of the Everett Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. This is no. 1336 in the "B" Series, a vast collection of pirated views issued by an East Coast firm with many locations. This view is a single photograph, almost certainly a copy print of another photographer's work. Near fine. Medium contrast; curved back. The image is badly centered, with the right side wider than the left.
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NZ$40.85
![[Original Muster Roll for Louisiana's 99th Regiment, Company I, United States Colored Troops, Serving in the Florida Keys During the Latter Months of the Civil War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/077/991/1527991077.0.b.jpg)
[Original Muster Roll for Louisiana's 99th Regiment, Company I, United States Colored Troops, Serving in the Florida Keys During the Latter Months of the Civil War]
by [Civil War]. [Florida]. [African Americana]
[Way Key, Fl, 1865. Very good.. Partially-printed muster roll completed in manuscript, approximately 21 x 31 inches. Old folds, some separations at crossfolds (as usual), minor wear and soiling. A rare muster roll recording details of the service of an African-American infantry company while stationed in Florida during the final year of the Civil War. The roll details pay from February to June 1865 for thirty-five privates, one bugler, and nine officers, including name, rank, location and date, the...
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NZ$3,829.95
The Building of Castillo de San Marcos
by Albert C. Manucy
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951. Softcover. Near Fine in duo tone illustrated wraps. National Park Service Interpretive Series History No. 1, Department of the Interior.
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NZ$25.53
Indiarum Occidentalium Tractus Littorales cum Insulis Caribicis. / Pascaert van Westindien ende Caribise Eylanden
by DE WIT, Frederick
Paris: Frederick de Wit, 1680. unbound. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand color. Image measures 19" x 22 1/4". c.1680<br/> <br/> This rare and beautiful sea chart of the West Indies is an unrecorded edition by Frederick de Wit. The chart covers Central America, West Indies, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the first state of this map, this variation details the west coast of Central America and the southern coastline of New England. The Chesapeake Bay region is...
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NZ$5,957.70
Naples, Florida
by Lynne Howard Frazer; Naples Historical Society
Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$10.20
The Everglades: River Of Grass
by Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press. Hardcover. 1988. Revised Editio. 8vo 448pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ price clipped. Revised edition of a book that first appeared in 1947. This edition has an additional chapter, 'Forty More Years of Crisis' by Randy Lee Loftis with Marjory Stoneman Douglas .
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NZ$20.02
Our Fascinating Past: Charlotte Harbor, The Later Years
by Williams, Lindsey, and Cleveland, U. S
Punta Gorda, FL: Charlotte Harbor Area Hist.. Hardcover. 1996. 1st Edition. 8vo 480pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Photographs. Bottom corners bumped. DJ has a thin waterstain along top front edge. Small, short and neat ink gift inscription on front free endpaper .
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NZ$25.02
The Palm Beach Profile: Past and Present Story of Palm Beach
by Leone King
Leone King, 1961. First Edition. Unknown. 64 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very good in decorated color wrappers (paperback), stapled. Ink numbers on front cover with some cover soiling.
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NZ$34.04
Southern Shores
by Bansemer, Roger
Orlando, FL: Sentinal Communications Comp. Hardcover. 1989. 1st Edition. 4to . Fine in Fine DJ. Color Illustrations. Brief and neat ink gift inscription on front endpaper . The fine artistry of Roger Bansemer takes you around Florida's coast, to Savannah and Charleston, and points beyond and in between, including a stop in the Virgin Islands. The author is a well-known artist who graduated from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota and lives in Clearwater, Florida .
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NZ$50.04
Tales of Old Florida
Castle Books, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$13.41
Florida Builders Fleetwood Homes Catalog
by Florida Builders
St. Petersburg?: Florida Builders. Very Good-. 1974. Softcover. This uncommon catalog was published by the Florida Builders Co. to showcase their developments in the St. Petersburg area in 1955 and provide prospective buyers with illustrations and floor plans of the Fleetwood Homes that they could construct for them. There are also advertisements by various sub-contractors, landscaping companies, bulding material companies, etc. This provides a glimpse into the 1950's Florida building boom....
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NZ$42.47
![STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF GADSDEN, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE, JOHN W. JONES & W.J. LAURENCE, ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO R.R. HAYGOOD & S.M. FLEISHMANN, IN THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS, FOR THE PAYMENT WHEREOF, WELL AND TRULY TO BE MADE, WE BIND OURSELVES. . . THIS 29TH DAY OF JANUARY [1858] . . . THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, THAT WHEREAS THE SHERIFF IN AND FOR SAID COUNTO [sic], BY VIRTUE OF 2 EXECUTIONS ISSUED FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE COUNTY OF GADSDEN, IN FAVOR OF R.R. HAYGOOD & S.M. FLEISHMANN AGAINST JOHN W. JONES HAS LEVIED UPON THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, TO-WIT: A NEGRO MAN NAMED TOM ABOUT 45 OR 50 YEARS OF AGE. . . AND THE SAID J.W. JONES WISHING TO REPLEVY THE SAME: NOW IF THE SAID J.W. JONES SHALL HAVE THE SAID PROPERTY FORTHCOMING AT QUINCY, IN SAID COUNTY, ON THE 1ST DAY OF MARCH A.D. 1858, AND DELIVER THE SAME TO THE SHERIFF OF SAID COUNTY, THEN THIS OBLIGATION TO BE VOID...;](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/056/219/1323219056.0.m.jpg)
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