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AMERICAN POLYNESIA AND THE HAWAIIAN CHAIN.
Edition: First thus.
Honolulu: Tongg Publishing Co., 1942. Hardcover - Originally published in 1941 as "American Polynesia, this revised and enlarged edition adds 11 chapters on the northwestern Hawaiian islands and one on Wake Island, as well as an expanded bibliography. These islands in the Central Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Samoa were mostly uninhabited, and were exploited for guano in the 19th century, but with the rise of air travel and especially the war with Japan in the Pacific they took on added importance. Illustrated with photographs and many maps. Index. 253 pp
Condition: Good overall in green cloth with black lettering (corners somewhat bumped, offsetting to endpapers, but contents are clean)
Book ID: 60419More details Price: $25.00 -
MAPAS ROMPECABEZAS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1994.). A book which combines fun with the map of the United States - by cutting it up into state-sized pieces and using the pieces in many ways - including creating collage-type pictures - with teaching the names and locations of the states. Text in Spanish (en espagnol.) Translated by William Burgos. Index. Oblong format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-35982.
Condition: Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 39074More details Price: $12.00 -
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PLANET EARTH.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Harper Collins, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - A lively, readable trek across the globe answering some of the big questions about the earth - written for older children, mostly in a question and answer format, with amusing anecdotes and fact-filled sidebars. Illustrated with humorous drawings by Tom Bloom. Timeline, glossary, bibliography, index. 144 pp. SIGNED by the author on the title page, with 2001 and a question mark. ISBN: 0-064408345.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 32618More details Price: $12.00 -
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PLANET EARTH.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Scholastic, (2002.). SIGNED - A lively, readable trek across the globe answering some of the big questions about the earth - written for older children, mostly in a question and answer format, with amusing anecdotes and fact-filled sidebars. Illustrated with humorous drawings by Tom Bloom. Timeline, glossary, bibliography, index. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-439-438535.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 43334More details Price: $12.50 -
THE HOME AND ITS RELATION TO THE WORLD: Developed According to the Problem Method.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Condition: Good overall in brown cloth with black lettering, illustration on front cover. Remains of a library pocket on front pastedown, but no stampings or other markings) Uncommon.
Book ID: 63174More details Price: $40.00 -
SOVIET LAND: The Country, Its People and Their Work.
Edition: First edition.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edition - A "comprehensive, non-political account of the land and its people" Illustrate with eighty-five photographs and 141 maps, diagrams and drawings. Index. 324 pp. Map on rear endpapers.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (previous owner's name on front endpapers, dj is price-clipped, has several short tears).
Book ID: 67015More details Price: $15.00 -
NATURE'S IDEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE: A Literary and Geographic Perspective on Its Development and Preservation on Denmark's Jutland Heath.
Edition: First printing.
London: George Allen & Unwin, (1984). Hardcover first edition - Number 5 in the London Research Series in Geography. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography, index. xix, 115 pp. ISBN: 0-047100028.
Condition: Near fine in glossy white boards.
Book ID: 78764More details Price: $30.00 -
POP-UP ATLAS OF THE WORLD: A GLOBE IN A BOOK.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988.). Hardcover first edition - Atlas which shows how the countries, continents & oceans of the world fit together w/the aid of 3 pop-ups of the globe, focusing on the Americas, Europe and Africa, and Asia and Oceana. Illustrated by Phil Jacobs and Mike Peterkin, conceived and designed by Graham Brown, paper engineering by Paul Wilgress. Unpaginated, large format. ISBN: 0-671-658980.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards.
Book ID: 54937More details Price: $25.00 -
A IS FOR AMERICA: An American Alphabet.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover - One of a series of thematic alphabet books - this one uses rhymes, paintings and additional text to highlight all the things that make America, America - K is for "Kitty Hawk and Kansas and Kodiak bears, King Kamehameha, Kellogg's Rice Krispies squares .." Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 1585360155.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50849More details Price: $15.00 -
NAMES ON THE GLOBE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5018958.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear on back cover of dj.)
Book ID: 31812More details Price: $30.00 -
NAMES ON THE GLOBE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5018958.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86367More details Price: $35.00