Captain Bob Bartlett and the Karluk Adventure. Illustrations by Mel D’Souza. [Stories My Grandpa Told Me
by Young, Ron.
NL, Canada: James Lane Publishing, a division of Downhome Publishing, 2009. Quarto, softbound (slick, full-color illustrated wrappers), unpaginated [56] pp. Fine. Illustrated with photographs and with numerous drawings. From lower cover: It was 1913 and the ship Karluk left British Columbia on a scientific expedition to Canada’s Arctic. At her wheel was Captain Robert Abram Bartlett, the Master Mariner of the North from Brigus, Newfoundland. The Karluk became trapped in the early winter... Read More
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A Bend in the Straight and Narrow: A Woman’s Journey into the Heart of the Florida Frontier.
by Younger, Sarah A.
Published by the Author (2015). First Edition. Octavo, softbound (stiff, black & white photo. illustrated slick gray wrappers), 278 pp. Near Fine. From lower cover: The bravest fighters are often not soldiers. Based on a true story of Civil War era passion and sacrifice, this novel follows the life of Sally Ann Marsh. Born to a poor, but close-knit family, Sally is married off in 1859, at the age of 15, to a wealthy... Read More
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The Mango Industry in Florida. Bulletin 189.
by Young, T. W. and Julian W. Sauls.
University of Florida, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, 1914. Octavo, paperbound (stapled, b&w photo. illus. white wrappers), 70 pp. Fine. Contents: Introduction; History; Uses and Food Value; Botany; Varieties: Classifications, commercial varieties, varities for home planting, classification according to season, develpment of new varieties; Propagation: Rootstocks, seeding, grafting, budding, top-working; Mango Growing Areas in Florida: Climatic requirements, soils, distribution by counties; Cultural Practices: Planting, nutrition, cultivation and cover crops, pruning,... Read More
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Mangrove Roots of Fort Lauderdale.
by Young, Virginia S.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Poinsettia Press Inc., n.d. First Edition. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Octavo, spiral-bound (black, plastic spiral; white, illus. wrappers), 96 pp. Tiny bookworm holes from cover to cover; otherwise, Near-Fine.
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The Botanical Gardens of China.
by Yu Dejun (Yu Te-tsun); Chief Compiler.
Beijing, China: Science Press, 1983. Oblong quarto, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 319 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owners embossed stamp, in a Near-Fine dust jacket with slight rubbing along edges. From jacket: China is well known the world over for its natural plant resources. For the investigation, collection, identification, introduction, acclimatization and utilization of plants, botanical gardens and arboreta have been established throughout the country in the past fifty years or so. Of these gardens... Read More
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A Perfectly Irregular Christmas Tree. [Signed].
by Zabar, Abbie.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., (1991). First Printing, Stated. Signed by the Author. Octavo, full-color illus. boards (hardcover), 39 pp. Charmingly illus. in full color. Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with several small rips. From jacket: Here is a story of Christmas, of the hustle and bustle of New York City, and of a scraggly blue spruce that goes on to outshine the most stately balsam. Abbie Zabar’s delicate... Read More
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The Beneficent Blaze: The Story of Major Lew B. Brown.
by Zaiser, Marion Brown.
New York: Pageant Press, Inc., (1960). First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, yellow cloth (hardcover), 347 pp. Very Good, with heavy darkening to pages; in a Fair, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. From dust jacket: Every automobile license plate in the state of Florida bears the words “Sunshine State.” St. Petersburg, Florida, is as well known by the name “Sunshine City.” The stretch of neighboring communities along... Read More
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German V-Weapon Sites 1943-45. Illustrated by Hugh Johnson & Chris Taylor. Fortress 72.
by Zaloga, Steven J.
Osprey Publishing, 2008. Octavo, softbound (stiff, photo. illus. blue & white wrappers), 63 pp. Fine. From lower cover: The German deployment of missiles in 1943-44 required new thinking about the best way to defend their expensive and complicated launch sites. Based on the favorable experience of protecting U-boat pens on the Atlantic coast, Hitler initially ordered the construction of massive bunkers from which to launch V-1 cruise and V-2 ballistic missiles against London. This book... Read More
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Schwerin, Gestern und heute: Die Neuen Lesehefte.
by Zanger, Horst.
Schwerin: Herstellung, 2002. Octavo, softbound, 116 pp. Photos, illus. Fine.
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Faces of Japan.
by Zeisloft, Norman; MSgt., USAF.
Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1958. Quarto, softbound (stiff, stapled, b&w photo. illus. wrappers), unpaginated. Near-Fine, with former-owner signature.
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The Other Side of the River: Historical Cape Coral.
by Zeiss, Betsy.
Published by the Author, (1983). First Edition, stated. Octavo, softbound (stiff blue, black & white photo. illus. wrappers), vii, 215 pp. Very Good, with light edgewear. From lower cover: Until the birth of Cape Coral in the late 1950s, the area was simply known as “the other side of the river” by the homesteaders, loggers, cattlemen, professional fishermen, and sportsmen, whose story is woven in the pages of this book. A one-room schoolhouse, a vast... Read More
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Paintings by Zhou Zewen.
by Zhou Zewen.
Beijing, China: Foreign Languages Press, (1994). Square royal octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), 92 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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Rollins Architecture: A Pictorial Profile of Current and Historical Buildings.
by Zhang, Wenxian. With Eneid Bano and charles Stevens.
Winter Park, Florida: Olin Library, Rollins College, (2009). Octavo, paperbound (slick black, full-color photo. illus. wrappers), 151 pp. Fine (As New).
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How I Hunted the Little Fellows. Translated from the Russian by Djemma Bider. Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.
by zhitkov, Boris. [Zelinsky, Paul O.; illus.].
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1979). First Edition. Octavo, white blind-stamped cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, [60] pp. Near-Fine, with a hint of foxing to covers & page edges, in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket with edgewear. Zelinsky’s first illustrated book for children. From jacket: On a shelf in Grandmother’s house sits a ship with a striped smokestack, rope ladders, and a propeller like a small copper rose. From the moment Boris... Read More
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Amish Barns Across America.
by Zielinski, John M.
Iowa City, IA: Amish Heritage Publications, [1989]. Quarto, softbound, 143 pp. Near-Fine, with slight wear along edges. Illustrated with numerous photographs.
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Auditory Learning. Dimensions in Early Learning Series.
by Zigmond, Naomi K. and Regina Cicci.
Belmont, CA: Dimensions Publishing Co. in Association with Fearon Publishers, 1968. Octavo, softbound, 90 pp. Fine. Contents: An Introduction to Auditory Learning; Development of Auditory Processes; Disorders of Auditory Learning; Teaching the Preschool Child; Teaching the School Age Child; Teaching Materials and References; Bibliography.
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Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Illustrated by Dale A. Zimmerman, Ian Willis, H. Douglas Pratt.
by Zimmerman, Dale A.; Turner, Donald A.; Pearson, David J.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1996). Octavo, orange boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 740 pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. From dust jacket: Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania treats the 1,114 species found within this region. Moreover, as many of these are wide-spread in eastern Africa, the book’s effective coverage is much greater, including 90% of the 1,040 species recorded in TAnzania, 85% of Uganda’s 1,004 species, and a majority of those in... Read More
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Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts. Edited with an Introduction by Harriet Zinnes.
by Zinnes, Harriet; Editor.
A New Directions Book, (1980). First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 322 pp. Fine in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: As a prime mover of modernism, Ezra Pound applied his unflagging energy to an astonishing range of activities. His early associations with Wyndham Lewis and the young sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska are well known. What has been generally overlooked, however, is the degree to which... Read More
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Zorach Explains Sculpture: What It Means and How It Is Made. With 235 Illustrations.
by Zorach, William.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1996). Octavo, softbound (stiff, photo. illus. slick wrappers), 306 pp. Fine. From lower cover: As noted American sculptor William Zorach explains in this practical and inspirational guide, sculpture is a language, as are music and the spoken word. It is one of the great natural means of human expression. In teaching students to explore this valuable medium, he offers lucid, insightful coverage of such topics as form in art,... Read More
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Cuadernos de Historia, 49-50.
by Zvrita, J.
Institucion Fernando el Catolico de la Excma, Diputacion Provincial, Zaragoza, 1984. Octavo, paperbound, 253 pp. Near-Fine, with lightly rubbed edges.
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All New 2nd Edition. The Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing: The Hows and Whys of successful Angling.
by Zwirz, Bob.
Northfield, Illinois: DBI Books, Inc., MCMLXXXV. Quarto, softbound, color illus. wrappers, 256 pp. Near-Fine, with slight edgewear. B & w photos. Contents: Introduction; The Monofilament Mystique; Modern Magic for Super Fish; Of Rocks and Rockfish; Baitfish Imitations; Boats, Motors & What to Do About Them; The Chinese Pongee; Keen Knives for Sharp Anglers; Super Tools for Saltwater; Largemouth, Smallmouth; Creeling Big Trout; Catching the Savage Bluefish; Tar-Heeling for Big Ones; Of Catfish and Carp; Sure-Fire... Read More
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