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FIRST EDITION of a RARE TWO VOLUME record of Sir Austen Henry Layard's first adventurous journey to the East and residence among different tribes of Persia in the years 1840-1842. This book mentioned by the late 19th-century English novelist George Gissing in his diary as 'one of the most interesting books'. The author - Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (1817-1894), was an eminent English traveler, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Contains two beautiful b&w illustrations, two frontispieces and three fold-out maps. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 205x140mm. 490+511 pages [+20]. Olive green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering and red and green patterns on front cover and spine. Text block edges age-stained. Cover yellowing and dirty/stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and worn. Binding slightly visible on inner cover (but still intact). Small sticker on front whitepage. Illustrations and some pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a two-volume illustrated memoir of travels and residence in Persia by an illustrious Late Victorian England personality is in good condition.
In Polish with introduction in English, German, Russian and Yiddish. Contains maps and pints. 23.5x16 cm. 411 pages. Softcover. Cover yellowing. Spine slightly wrinkled. Ex libris sticker on inner front cover. Spine visible between several pages. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
21x16cm. 220 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
22x14.5 cm. 64 pages. Soft cover. Spine is age-stained and slightly scuffed. Cover is faded. Edges of book are slightly stained. Pages are slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
Features: An Artist's Garden in a nutshell; A natural illusion; how to make a showcase garden; building a mini-parquet floor; Hoosier hoopla - a roomfl of mementos; Testor's Visions AirPainter; Miniature collection - cover story; Big projects in small roomboxes; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8"w x 10"h. 88 pages. Light wear to cover.
IN HEBREW. 14.5x21.5 cm. 403 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine edges are chafed. Highlighter and pen markings on many pages. Else in good condition.
23.5x17cm. 34 pages. Hardcover. As new.
Includes black and white plates. 19x13cm. 267 pages. Paperback. Cover edges slightly scuffed. Back cover slightly bent. Back cover slightly stained. Spine edges slightly scuffed. Spine slightly stained. Bindings slightly visible on some pages. Several pages sightly detached. Pages yellowing. Several pages have age stains. Else in good condition.
23x15.5cm. VII+204 pages. Softcover. Spine slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
Contains b&w plates. 225x160 mm. 431 pages. Hardcover. Text block edges slightly age stained. Pages slightly yellowing and slightly age stained. In good condition.
195X125 mm. 204 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine stained and slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly worn. Inner cover and few pages slightly stained - No damage to text. Few page edges slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
78 (1) S. Original Englische Broschur mit Original Umschlag mit illustriertem Deckeltitel. Umschlag mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren und 1 kleinen Fleck. Auf der hinteren Deckelinnenseite mit einer moderneren privaten Farbstiftzeichnung (nicht themenbezogen), sonst gut erhalten. Mit einer Panoramazeichnung und einem Porträt Willy Merkls von Horst L. Weber.