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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
#[33227]London Thomas Tegg 1809. Sm.8vo. Modern boards. With folding aquatint plate depicting the 'wreck of the Hindostan East -Indiaman on the Wedge Sand near Margate January 11-1809' mounted. 28 pp. Extracted from the collection Mariner's marvelous Magazine or wonders of the ocean containing narratives of the most noted shipwrecks and disasters at sea. - The East Indiaman of the East India Company Hindostan sailed from Gravesend for India January 2 1803 passed the Nore and anchored in the Queen's Channel off the Wedge Sand. There a terrible storm struck her and she drove on the sandbank and broke up. A small boat of Margate rescued 129 out of 143 on the Hindostan; the dead were drowned or frozen. The ship was carrying a good deal of specie much of which was saved from the wreck Huntress p.53. - Rare popular edition. Huntress 153C. hardcover
1788PHO-1087Chez Le Jay et Maradan, A Paris 1788, 2 volumes reliés en un , in 8 , (4) 282pp. et (4) 274pp. (3),, relié demi cuir , dos lisse avec titre illustré d’un portrait de Wilson en frontispice, une grande carte dépliante , 15 planches hors texte, petites rousseurs , léger frottements .
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original cloth. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 142 p., b/w ills. Özege 17027.; TBTK 8231. Only one copy located in OCLC 1030747796 (Orient Institut in Istanbul). First Edition, thus. It's an abridged translation into Ottoman Turkish but the first illustrated edition in the Ottoman / Turkish literature. According to the preface written by a translator named Mehmed Ali, whose biographical information could not be found in the literature, it is understood that he was a primary school teacher in the Ottoman period. He stated that during his teaching period, he translated some selected books from western literature from their original languages ??and read them to his students. His students said that they liked Robinson Crusoe the most, and Mehmed Ali translated and published the entire book upon his students' request. (Sources: THE SHAPING ROLE OF RETRANSLATIONS IN TURKEY: THE CASE OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, Asli Emekçi.; OSMANLICADA ROBENSON, Ayse Banu Karadag).
1837bn1014Paris, Didier Libraire-Editeur,quai des Augustins, 47 Relié 1837 Deux volumes in-8 reliés plein veau, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre rouge et pièce de tomaison, premier volume : faux titre (au verso liste des livres de madame Tastu), frontispice, puis frontispice de tome, titre, dédicace puis avis de l'éditeur, 396 pages, 24 gravures hors-texte, cul de lampe et te de chapitre, second volume : faux titre (au verso liste des livres de la collection de la bibliothèque d'éducation dirigée par Guizot), frontispice, puis frontispice de tome, titre, 384 pages, 24 gravures hors-texte ; absente de Gumuchian cette édition ornée de 50 gravures, frontispices inclus est particulièrement charmante, le bibliographe a répertorié une édition de la même tradcution chez le même éditeur mais en 1850 (notice 4859), mais celle-ci est moins importante elle ne comporte que 20 planches. Coins usés, quelques cahiers du premier volume sont déréglés, coiffe du premier volume restaurée, intérieur frais, agréable exemplaire dans une reliure strictement d'époque. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
First edition, 8vo, [6], 288 + terminal errata slip, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 hand-coloured plates, some light browning to title and occasionally to text (as usual), cont. full calf, spine gilt, joints rubbed.
#[36142]'s Gravenhage Algemeene Landsdrukkerij 1882. Large 8vo. Original printed boards. With folding plate depicting the Adder and folding plate depicting the probable location of the wreck. II181 pp. The Adder was a Dutch ram monitor who sank on the North Sea off the coast of Scheveningen on Wednesday evening 5 July 1882. All 66 people on board were killed. The wreck was never recovered. There was a lot of criticism because it was delayed until Saturday before sending a ship to locate the Adder while the monitor was expected to be in Hellevoetsluis on Wednesday afternoon. This exceptionally slow course of action on the part of the Navy Department has been heavily criticized. A monitor was a relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armored but carried disproportionately large guns. They were designed for shallow waters and served as coastal ships and used by some navies from the 1860s. - It is the largest peacetime loss of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Added 11 newspaper clippings from 1882-1883 on the shipwreck including 1 of the Bataviaasch Handelsblad. Cat. NHSM I p.483. hardcover
38197A Paris, au bureau du Journal, place de la Bourse, 1836 et 1837. Format 16x25 cm, broche, 256 et 200 pages. Exemplaires neufs, non coupes, complets de leurs cartes depliantes, sous couverture papier, en attente de reliure. Tres bon etat.
LIT9658MRelié, non daté, 552 pages, paru chez J. Hetzel & Cie, livre en très bon état général, tranches dorées, légère décoloration sur la reliure, intérieur frais.
1793PHO-2399Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 vol. in-8 (19,5× 12,5 cm), 2ff.-280pp. & 2ff.-272pp., demi-basane fauve mouchetée, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouges et de tomaison vertes (reliures de l’époque). Plats frottés, petites taches et rousseurs
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1825AQ31290Edinburgh: Published by Waugh & Innes Edinburgh 1825. 78pp. Uncut in original drab boards printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Upper joint split but boards remain firmly attached by the cords. Contemporary ownership inscription to head of FFEP. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library with no indication of such. The Kent a British East Indian Company vessel bound for Bengal and China caught fire in the Bay of Biscay on her maiden voyage. On board were 641 passengers and crew including 20 officers and 344 soldiers belonging to the 31st Regiment of Foot 43 women and 66 children 20 private passengers and a crew including officers of 148 men. The quick- thinking of Captain Cook of the passing Cambria saved the lives of 547 souls. . First edition. 12mo. Published by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh hardcover
37868Portsmouth: Published by John Miller Jun. 1840. First edition 12mo 112 x 65 mm 80 2pp. advertisement leaf at end for relics from the wreck wood-engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates marbled endpapers original morocco-backed wooden boards made from timbers of the wreck of the Royal George boards split but holding firm edges gilt. The Royal George108 guns the oldest first-rate in the Navy was anchored at harbour where she was hove down for minor repair. The officer of the day refused to heed a seaman who warned him that the ship was taking in water through the ports. The ship sank as she took in water and went to the bottom with 1200 people on board including 250 women and children; nearly 900 of them drowned including Admiral Kempenfeldt. The Royal George was launched in 1751 and had served as the flagship for Anson Boscawen Hawke Rodney and Howe. Her hull was finally broken up by exploding gunpowder in 1839-41. Huntress. After the recovery of the timbers from the wreck by Colonel Pasley they were sold to E. & E. Emanuel Goldsmiths to the Queen who reworked them into 'Genuine Relics of the Royal George' i.e. Carved Chairs Tables Work Boxes Walking Sticks Ink Stands etc. Huntress pp. 51 & 145. Portsmouth: Published by John Miller, Jun. 1840 hardcover
188414996Paris, A. Quantin, (1884) ; grand in-8 ; demi-chagrin à coins vert-Empire, dos lisse décoré d'une "chaine" d'ancres dorées aux pointes dirigées vers l'extérieur, reliées par un double pointillé doré, serré et plus lâche dans un double encadrement de filet doré, voilier ancien en fleuron, encadré dessus et dessous de deux ancres dorées, titre et tête dorés, double filet doré sur les plats, plats de couverture conservés, non rogné (reliure de l'époque) ; (4), XII, 429, (3) pp., nombreuses illustrations en couleurs de Poirson au gillotage.
1805PHO-2404Paris, F. Buisson, 1805. In-8 (21,5x13cm),2ff.-322pp., brochage d’attente, couverture papier gris muette moderne, pièce de titre imprimée au dos, non rogné.
1891313258Nantucket Ma 1891. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Light fold lines small tears along vertical fold line. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Snow writes in detail of the sinking of the boat and the subsequent rescue effort. Included is a list of names of those saved and by whom. A charming piece of real-life Nantucket romance. Eberstadt 132:497 unknown
1891313258Nantucket Ma 1891. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Light fold lines small tears along vertical fold line. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Snow writes in detail of the sinking of the boat and the subsequent rescue effort. Included is a list of names of those saved and by whom. A charming piece of real-life Nantucket romance. Eberstadt 132:497 unknown books
1793PHO-1088Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 volumes in-8 (19,5 x 13 cm), veau racinée, roulette dorée en encadrement, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre rouge et de tomaison verte, (reliure époque). Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau, illustrée de 3 portraits gravés Massard, Madame de Gouy et Mademoiselle Jouan, dont ceux du roi Abba Thulle et de sa famille ; et de 13 planches dépliantes (carte, plan, vues et objets ethnographiques), certaines signées par Pierre-François Tardieu.
1793PHO-1089Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 volumes in-8 (20 x 12,5 cm), veau moucheté, roulette dorée en encadrement, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison , (reliure époque). Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau, illustrée d'un portrait frontispice , de 3 portraits gravés Massard, Madame de Gouy et Mademoiselle Jouan, dont ceux du roi Abba Thulle et de sa famille ; et de 13 planches dépliantes (carte, plan, vues et objets ethnographiques), certaines signées par Pierre-François Tardieu.
1818PHO-1320Paris, Gide, 1818 , Un volume, in-8, de (2) ff., 359 pp., (5) pp. , illustré d’un portrait frontispice et 4 planches h.t. , demi cuir époque , dos lisse avec titre , frottements , coiffe usée .
144 pages. Index. Discography. "The Greatest Singer and Entertainer of the Century - Bessie Smith comes alive again in this unique collection of 30 of her most famous songs. Not just copies of sheet music, here are actual transcriptions of her most famous songs, with piano reproductions and guitar chords... Gunther Schuller contributes notes on her singing style - perhaps the only good critical description of her art. This is the ideal companion to the record set of Bessies's complete recordings." - from back cover. Songs include: It Makes My Love Come Down, Long Road, Jailhouse Blues, Dirty No-Gooder's Blues, Down in the Dumps, In the House Blues, Shipwreck Blues, Safety Mama, Take Me For a Buggy Ride, Blue Blues, Wasted Life Blues, Standin' In the Rain Blues, Squeeze Me, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Pickpocket Blues, Backwater Blues, Young Woman's Blues, See if I'll Care, New Orleans Hop Scop Blues, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Baby Doll, Please Help Get Him Off My Mind, Reckless Blues, My Man Blues, Poor Man's Blues, Hard Time Blues, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, Cake Walking Babies from Home, Gimme a Pigfoot, Gulf Coast Blues. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Eleventh edition, carefully revised, 8vo, 24pp., cont. half calf, marbled boards, upper hinge split, red morocco spine label for each title lettered in gilt, (bound with the below.) FELLOWES (William Dorset) Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Packet The Lady Hobart, on an Island of Ice in the Atlantic Ocean, 28th of June 1803... London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1803. Sixth edition, 46, [2]pp. [MILES (William Augustus)] A Letter to the Prince of Wales, on a Second Application to Parliament, to Discharge Debts wantonly contracted since May, 1787. Printed for J. Owen, [1795.] Tenth edition, [4], xxiii, [1], 83, [1]pp. [STEPHEN (James)] The Dangers of the Country. By the Author of War in Disguise. London: Printed for J. Butterworth, 1807. Second edition, xvi, 163, [1]pp.
14476SAUGNIER Mess. and Brisson. London G.G. J. and J. Robinson1792. First edition in English after the French first edition of 1791. Voyages to the Coast of Africa: Containing an Account of Their Shipwreck on Board Different Vessels and Subsequent Slavery and Interesting Details of the Arabs of the Desert and of the Slave Trade as Carried on at Senegal and Galam. 12mo 21.5 x 14 cm; i viii 500 pp three parts and a narrative First Voyage - To Senegal; The Second Part - Voyage to Galem and Return to France; The Third Part- Commerce of Senegal and Galam; Narrative of the Shipwreck and Captivity of M De Brisson bound in one volume lacking the map recent blue cloth with gilt spine title lettering.<br/>Saugnier was shipwrecked on January 17 1784 near Cape Leven and Brisson in July 1785 at Cape Blanco both in the Spanish zone of Rio del Oro. A fascinating account of shipwreck and slavery from a first hand account including details on the economic aspects of slavery. Faded spine page 31 misnumbered 13 page 85 has an ink stain to it and pages 460 and 461 are misnumbered 444 and 445 although the text is confirmed correct; good solid copy. unknown books
1818CCC-626apla6. edition emery 1818, 2eme edition. Paris, Chez Eymery, Delaunay, Mad. Ladvocat , 1818. In-8 (20 x 12), reliure demi-chagrin marron, 396 pages. Bien complet du portrait en couleurs du roi Zaïde (frontispice) et du plan du Radeau. Photos possibles, bon exemplaire.
19571251651957 Lombard, collection du Lombard - 1957 - In-4, relié, cartonnage illustré, dos toilé rouge - 64 planches en couleurs - Édition originale belge
