Coudreau Henri AnatoleMareMagnum
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In quarto grande (29,4x20,2 cm); (8), IV, 614, (2) pp. e una grande c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegata. Bellissima legatura coeva in mezza pelle rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso. Dorso a cinque nervi. Tagli dorati. Un piccolo strappetto senza perdita di carta alla mappa più volte ripiegata. Piccole strofinature ininfluenti e qualche leggerissima fioritura in poche pagine dovuta alla qualità della carta ma nel complesso bellissima copia in bella legatura coeva. Prima edizione di questo celebre racconto di viaggio del celebre esploratore e geografo francese Henri Anatole Coudreau originario di Sonnac. L'autore fu tra i primi ad esplorare la Guyana francese e a risalire il Rio delle Amazzoni. Questo celebre racconto venne terminato dalla moglie dello stesso Codreau che lo seguì nelle sue esplorazioni, morto nei dintorni del lago Tapagem . durante il tentativo di raggiungere le sorgenti del Rio delle Amazzoni. L'opera è illustrata da 98 bellissime incisioni, 18 delle quali a piena pagina. Prima edizione in buone condizioni di conservazione ed in bella e ricca legatura coeva. First edition, a good copy.
1977A30202Paris, Laffont 1977 396pp.+ 8pp.ills.hors-texte
396pp.+ 8pp.ills.hors-texte
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 204 pages. Pictorial covers. Text in French; many color and b&w photographs. Book for the exhibition presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, 14 May through 12 October, 2003. Slight scuffing and edge wear to cover.
Hardcover fort in-4°, 558 pp, abdtt illustré en noir et (surtout) en couleurs, cartonnage illustré de l'editeur. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [PLC-13]
2745Paris, Librairie Artistique et Parisienne, Editions Dominique Leroy, 1980, broché, couverture illustrée, 14,5x22 cm, 223 pages, illustrations hors texte de Carlo.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part I - Events attending the siege and fall of Urfa where 500 French troops held out against the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks - article with photos; The World's Largest Ice Cavern - in the mountains of Tyrol in Austria - article with photos; The Three "Little People" of St. Gwendron - an odd story from the wilds of Cornwall involving the occult - article with photos; The World's Most Thrilling Sport - photo-illustrated article on the rock climbers of Tyrol; A Man's Luck - Part VII - a man tries to build an Alaska home for the girl of his dreams but keeps being jailed; The Loneliest Briton - Ernest Davies spent eight years in the Paumotus, three thousand miles from the nearest Australian or American ports; Photo of a thirty foot python; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part II - description of an exciting trip into the practically unknown region to the north of Cape Colony, sometimes called the "Mysterious Richtersveld"; Bill's First Lion - things didn't go as planned; The Man Who Fooled a Continent - "Lord Gordon Gordon" nearly brought about an international incident between Great Britain and the USA; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part IV - documenting what was probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies; "Moonshine Valley" - account of a raid on a stronghold of moonshiners in Strawn, Texas; The Death-Trap - A Texas cowpuncher's night of horror; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1922SPN-74Paris : Aux éditions du monde nouveau, 1922, 3e édition. Envoi de l'auteur à la journaliste et romancière Christiane Fournier (autrice en 1933 d'un des premiers romans relatifs à la mixité et l'alliance interraciale).
Vitré, Unvaniez Arvor, 1950 -E.O, l'un des 100 exemplaires sur Vélin pur fil , Ex. N° 18 - In-8° - Broché - 15 ill. et cartes - 219 pp. - Bel exemplaire
47550Paris, Club des Libraires de France 1959, 200x140mm, 367pages, reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Exemplaire sur bouffant blanc numéroté 1267/6000. Maquettes de Pierre Faucheux. Très bel exemplaire.
188320663Paris Hachette 1883 In4° 430 pp , toutes tranches dorées rousseurs éparses 24 ème année deux semestres
188420664Paris Hachette 1884 In4° 435 pp , toutes tranches dorées rousseurs éparses 25 ème année deux semestres
18835766Paris, Londres Librairie Hachette et Cie 1883 in-4° 435 pp, Nouveau journal des voyages publié sous la direction de Edouard Charton le premier semestre 1885 ; très nombreuses gravures N&B in-texte, 3 cartes et plans. quelques rousseurs. reliure de Sénèz, dos à 5 nerfs orné de filets et roulettes dorées ; mors, coiffes et coins frottés. quelques rousseurs
1745513Paris, Chez la veuve Tissot, 1745. Première édition complète de la gravure du lâcher de taureaux. Épais in-12 de 12 x 19,5 cm pour 108 pp. puis (5) (xvi) 216 pp. Plein veau d'époque. Dos à 5 nerfs, entrenerfs ornés de double caissons à fleurons et motifs aux branches et points dorés, petite pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Gardes colorées marbrées en polychromie. Discrets ornements dorés aux arêtes latérales. Toutes tranches rouges. L'ordre habituel de reliure a été interverti : la Lettre à Madame *** sur l'émeute... vient en premier, complète de la gravure dépliante "Vue d'une place préparée pour une course de taureaux", avec les Pièces justificatives en espagnol et français sur 2 colonnes, suivie de la Relation abrégée... avec privilège du roi et certificat du secrétaire perpétuel Grand-Jean de Fouchy. Carte dépliante du cours du Maragnon. Bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe à travers l'ouvrage. Édition originale du récit de l'expédition de La Condamine (1701-1774) au Pérou pour y mesurer le diamètre de la Terre. La carte gravée accompagnant le texte fut dessinée par La Condamine, et c'est la première où les latitudes sont observées. Il en rapporta le caoutchouc et la première description de l'arbre « quinquina ». Une expédition qui démontra la théorie de Newton, selon laquelle la Terre est légèrement écrasée aux pôles et d'un diamètre un peu plus large à l'Équateur, et fit date en termes de géographie et de connaissance de l'Amazone en France. Sabin 38484 ; Palau 129370 ; Borba de Moraes, p. 446.
1937ABE-1668133123631BIBLIOTHEQUE GEOGRAPHIQUE-15 CARTES-IN 8-350 PAGES-CACHETS DE BIBLIOTHEQUES (MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE, GARNISON DE RODEZ)-RELIURE DOS CUIR AVEC TITRES ET DECORS DORES-5 FAUX NERFS-PLATS MARBRES-SIGNET TISSU (1A)
1889GITk481Paris Hachette 1889. In-12 351pp. Pleine toile noire, dos lisse, reliure de l'époque. Orné de 56 illustrations dont 42 hors texte; 2 cartes à pleine page. Reliure modeste avec manque sur le mors du 2e plat, rousseurs.
Edizioni Tracce, settembre 1989. Prefazione di Stefano Verdino. Prima edizione. Ordinarie tracce d'uso. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in good conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Ibiskos Editrice, ottobre 2004. Brossura con bandelle. Poesie epico-cavalleresche. Prefazione di Rina Gambini. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
009416Münster, Unrast Verlag, 2019. Taschenbuch
FIRST EDITION OF THIS MASSIVE STUDY OF THE HUAORANI by a capuchin friar who lived among them. 488 pp on coated paper. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. THE EDITION WAS DESTROYED SHORTLY AFTER PUBLICATION, AND THIS BOOK HAS BECOME ALL BUT UNOBTAINABLE. WorldCat lists only 12 copies. An interesting association copy from the library of Sarah Begum, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society who, like the author, was one of very few outsiders who lived among the Huaorani. SIGNED by Begum on the front free endpaper, with a small sketch of a canoe and paddle. Folio. Publisher's laminated boards. Extremities lightly bumped, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare and important.
2010147052München : Ed. Minerva 2010. 305 S. : zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 29*24,5 cm. OPappband.
Edizioni del Leone, marzo 1998. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
247 p. with maps Hardcover Very good condition good
1st UK edition. VG in original black cloth, gilt. 15301. eng
