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186155770Paris: Claye 1861. Paperback. Good. 39p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Cover worn. Name or other stamps on several pages. Munger Africana Library stamp embossed on cover. Gift inscription on half-title by "LS" probably the author. French text. Extrait de la Revue Des Deux Mondes 1 Novembre 1861. <br/><br/> Claye paperback books
1876183636Paris. : Hachette. 1876 . 1st edition. Contemporary quarter brown morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers. . A near fine copy nicely bound. 8vo. 19x12.5 cm. . French text. A journey across America from New York to California. weight: 1.3 lb. Hachette. hardcover books
1867008284Le Tour Du Monde. Very Good. 1867. Softcover. Louis Simonin was a French mining geologist and engineer that traveled throughout the American West. This French-language narrative is relatively free of engineering observations with some maps of mining districts in Colorado but instead focuses on Simonin's route and encounters with American Indians. Many illustrations throughout. Sewn between stiff marbled green wraps. Pages are clean save for some light water damage free of markings a few discreet repairs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pp . Le Tour Du Monde paperback books
1867183015Paris.: Hachette. 1867. 2nd edition. Contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards raised bands gilt spine decorations marbled endpapers. . Very good light shelfwear scattered foxing. Large 8vo. French text. A nicely illustrated book on underground mining. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 4.9 lb. Numerous illustrations including 164 wood engravings 30 colored maps and 10 chromolithographic plates. Hachette. hardcover books
1867S13748Paris:: L. Hachette et Cie 1867. 1867. 274 x 194 mm. 8vo. iii 1 errata 604 pp. 163 figs. 10 splendid hand-colored lithographic plates some heightened in gold or silver 30 colored maps 2 double-page; lightly foxed. Contemporary quarter purple morocco green tips marbled boards raised bands gilt spine all edges red. Very good. FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive work on mining which includes a history of mining metallurgy and mineralogy as well as methods techniques and equipment. The three parts of the book are divided into coal-mining metal-mining and the mining of precious stones. Simonin also includes sections on mining in America with a map of the sites along Lake Superior and one of California-Nevada. Perhaps the most notable part of this work is its attempt to represent mining life graphically. The many excellent text illustrations are engravings depicting mining techniques and conditions in the mines. Included are 10 handsome lithographic plates. A number of the illustrations show details of equipment ranging from drill bits to elevators to miner lamps. A long chapter discusses and pictures various mining accidents. Altogether a very interesting work of broad scope. REFERENCES: BM Nat. Hist. IV p. 1928; Sabin 81317; Zeitlinger 4393 English edition 1868. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY. L. Hachette et Cie, 1867. hardcover books
186757617Paris: L. Hachette et Cie 1867. Second edition. 164 wood engravings 30 colored maps and 10 chromolithographic plates. iii 607 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green blind-stamped pebbled cloth spine lettered and detailed in gilt a.e.g. Upper board detached lower joint tender. Top section of spine torn. Internally Fine. Second edition. 164 wood engravings 30 colored maps and 10 chromolithographic plates. iii 607 pp. 1 vols. 4to. L. Hachette et Cie unknown books
1869008207London: Chapman and Hall 1869. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Royal octavo tall 8vo. xx 522 pages of text including an index followed by ii pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover binding of brown cloth; rebound for a library but without any mark on the exterior. Minor foxing to title page and just a few pages with tiny tears or chips to edges. Contains 10 color lithograph plates. Ex-library and stamped as such on page edges with bookplates on endpapers but only the title page and following page marked within the text with a small stamp of five numerals in the bottom margin. Chapman and Hall Hardcover books
186958478Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et cie 1869. First edition large 8vo pp. ix 3 516; 6 chromolithograph plates including frontispiece 15 color charts and 91 text engravings 43 of which are full-page; contemporary if not original half brown morocco over marbled paper boards marbled endpapers; spine in six compartments with gilt-lettered direct in 2; upper joint reattached and rubbed some residue and small closed tear on upper endpaper text clean and sound all else very good. Simonin 1830-1886 a mine engineer and professor of geology explored mines around the world including in America. This work includes many chapters devoted to the origin and role of minerals marbles precious stones and diamonds. This volume covers his work in France Cuba Colorado Arkansas Morel-Faito Italy and Elba. <br/><br/> Librairie de L. Hachette et cie hardcover books
186758454Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1867. First edition large 8vo pp. 6 iii 1 604; title page printed in red and black; 163 wood engravings in the text many full-page 30 colored maps 2 double-page and 10 chromolithographs; a fine copy in original brown morocco-backed brown cloth gilt decorated spine laid out in 5 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 a.e.g. Includes sections coal mining mining for metals and mining for precious stones. Also on mining in the Americas including maps of the Lake Superior region and California-Nevada. Many of the wood engravings are dramatic images of miners at work and the perils of the undertaking. Sabin 81317. <br/><br/> Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover books