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RARE French translation of an autobiography of the protestant missionary Samuel Gobat, who was the protestant Bishop of Jerusalem, as well as the author of a travel journal to Ethiopia. Contains 10 b&w plates. 220x145mm. VI+438 pages (+2). Green cloth embossed Hardcover. Gilt lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering and floral decorations on spine. Text block edges dyed red. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges and spine hinges rubbed. Humidity stain on frontispiece and pages 424-428. Pen inscription and stamp on title page and on index of illustrations. Page V/VI fore edge slightly tattered. Page VII coming loose from binding. Binding visible between front whitepage and frontispiece, and between two last pages (438 and unpaginated contents page). Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This invaluable source of information on Ethiopia and Jerusalem in the last quarter of 19th-century is otherwise in good condition.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION dated 1938. RARE illustrated guidebook to British-ruled Palestine in Danish. 200x130mm. 124 pages. Dark blue Softcover. Cover rubbed/scratched. Cover corners and edges worn/wrinkled and peeling. Rear cover bottom corner taped. Spine worn/wrinkled. Spine edges and hinges peeling. Text block edges age-stained. Pages bottom corner bumped/wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare travel book, of interest to any collector of old Palestine books, is otherwise in good condition.
Small 8vo. Pp. x, (ii), 483, (41) commercial ads. Halftone relief map as frontispiece (recto commercial ad), and six other maps and plans, some folding, tipped-in; numerous halftone plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Printed paste-downs. Hardcover, original dark orange cloth, embossed, lettered in gilt. Very good condition. (Tipped-in maps browned as usual due to paper quality, consecutive leaves browned as a result.) Handsome copy. ~ Fifth edition. A great wealth of information. With a particularly large section of commercial advertisements, many of which illustrated, of themselves of historical value.
soft cover, yellowing spine, slightly stained and yellowing cover, rough paper edges, else in good condition.
LIBRAIRIE GABALDA. 1912. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos frotté. Papier jauni. 592 pages augmentées de quelques photos en noir et blanc hors texte . Frontispice en noir et blanc
ISBN : 2213594228. Fayard. 1996. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 559 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur et en noir et blanc, dans et hors texte. Conseil de l'Europe. Préface de Mgr Antonio Ma Rouco Varela. Route des Pays-Bas. Route du Danemark. Route de Pologne...
Imprimerie Moderne, Aurillac. 1899. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 343 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice (portrait). Couverture refaite. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en page de titre. Frontispice légèrement déchiré. Octobre 1898. Voir Rome. On part. Bon berger. A Marseille. En wagon. A Pise. Saint-Pierre...
74 pages. Features: The Indians also Farmed; The Hermit of Arbor Villa; I was a Western Hobo; My Name is James Hannan; Pete Knight's Death Ride; Spanish Fiasco at Fort San Teodoro; Alex Polson - Millionaire Lumberman; Zunis' Pilgrimage to the Atlantic; Cattle King of Mud Creek; The Town that Copper Built; When Horace Greeley Went West. Average wear. Date stamp upon back cover. Magazine
vi + 471pp.+ frontispice (portrait), reliure plein-cuir d'époque (traces d'usage, coins touchés), peu de rousseurs dans le texte, cachet sur page de titre, feuilles de garde marbrées, 19cm., H45606
292pp., 21cm., softcover, text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultäten der Universität Augsburg), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, R109667
In 16, pp. 64. Fori al p. ant. e alle prime 4 cc. senza compromissione di testo. Br. coeva. Indice: Vorwort; Taufname; Geschlechtsname; Geburtsort; Letzter aufenthaltsort; Das gebet des herben; Die heilige stadt Rom; Gebet; Gebet eines frommen kind's zu Maria der besten aller muetter; Zum Antonius von Padua; etc...
Crown octavo. Pp. 80. With numerous halftone photographic illustrations. Set in double columns in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition of this travelogue. No imprint, issued without title-page. Printed by Verlagsdruckerei Gebr. Tron, ca. 1950.
Toulouse, Privat, Association "Les Amis de Rocamadour", 1979. 2 vol. in-4 brochés, 446 pp - 2 cartes, 29 pp et 250 planches.TB état.
68pp., 21cm., softcover (some traces of use), text in German, Doctoral dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde genehmigt von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, R109583
Crown octavo. Pp. 57, (1) publisher's ad. Hardcover, bound in the original red-orange boards; spine bit sunned, very small chip at foot. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ First edition.
RARE English translation of a fascinating medieval travel account of the pilgrimage to Mecca by Ibn Jubayr (1145-1217), a geographer, traveler and poet from al-Andalus, in which he described Saladin's domains in Egypt and the Levant which he passed through on his way to Mecca. The journey took place in the years preceding the Third Crusade - from 1183 to 1185, and on a return journey Ibn Jubayr passed through Christian Sicily, which had only been recaptured from the Muslims a century before, making several observations on the hybrid polyglot culture which flourished there. This chronicle served as a foundation of the genre of "Rihla", a creative travelogue based upon the experiences of Islamic travelers which brings together personal narrative, description of the areas traveled and personal anecdotes. The translator also supplied notes. Also included are glossary and index of persons. 240x165mm. 430 pages. Yellow cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover and spine dirty/slightly stained. Spine edges bumped. Sticker residues on spine bottom edge and hinges. Small inscription on spine. Text block yellowing and slightly stained. Library pocket mounted on front endpaper. Stamp on front and rear whitepages, title page, pages 51, 430. Pencil underlining on page 317/318. Pages yellowing, slightly wavy and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare English translation of an influential 12th-century travel chronicle which served as a model for many later Islamic authors is in good condition.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 8 plates on 6 and several illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at head of backstrip. SCARCE.
4to., First Edition, with 16 mounted coloured plates; black buckram, gilt back, gilt top, bevelled boards, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Hinton records that 1000 copies were printed. Hinton p.95.
SECOND EDITION of Joseph Addison's accounts of his travels in Europe during the first years of the 18th century. Addison, a contemporary and friend of John Dryden, Richard Steele, Lord Halifax and Alexander Pope, was able to travel due to a pension provided to him by John Lord Sommers, to whom this book contains a lengthy dedication. The chapters titles and chapter endings are decorated with floral and pseudo-classical patterns. 165x100mm. X+410 pages (+10 index pages). Brown leather Hardcover with gilt frames on front and rear. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover curved and slightly worn. Cover slightly scratched. Front cover wrinkled. Cover edges rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine heavily rubbed and faded. Correction-pen inscription on spine. Rear inner cover dirty and age-stained. Pages 369-378 slightly creased on outer edge. Pages yellowing, wavy and slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This handsome 18th-century travel journal is intact and in good condition for reading.
82 pages. Features: Medieval Pilgrimage - the accounts of Brother Felix Fabri Ulm; Military Surgery; Robin Hood - Birth of a Legend; Fish and Firepower - pirates and piracy in the medieval world; The Border Reivers - a stain on the image of Tudor England; Medieval weapons of mass destruction; The Font at Sutton; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
220x140mm, 236pp, hard cover, worn cover, spine and edges, ex libris, yellowing pages, some pages are slightly age-stained, else in fair+ condition.
Royal octavo. Two parts in one volume, paginated continuously. Pp. (ii), 90; 91-356. Letterpress device to title-page, Imprimatur dated 1824 on verso; half-title with Approbation dated 1818 on verso, list of subscribers, footnotes. Original printed wrappers slightly edge frayed. In a very good condition, with contemporary Prize label in manuscript. ~ Travel account to the Holy land. This edition not in Tobler who lists the 1819 edition and the 1860 edition only.
Small octavo. Pp. viii, 377, (1) publisher's ad. Plus large folding lithograph map of Jerusalem and environs, printed in 2 colours; 3 coloured folding maps of Palestine; 4 halftone reproductions of drawn views (one full-page) printed on different paper; 3 halftone maps and plans printed on different paper, all bound in. With 3 text illustrations; tables, indices. Hardcover, bound in the original crimson cloth, lettered in yellow, decorative spine, all edges red, ribbon marker; light marginal dampstain at second half of the book not affecting text; neat old ownership signature. In a very good condition with all plates and maps present in fine condition. ~ First edition. Published for the Palestine Express Company. With handsome maps and a lovely set of drawing by E. M. Lilien, very delicately reproduced.
Three parts in one. Royal octavo. Pp. (iv), viii, 424; (ii), 425-446; 447-462. Lithograph portrait as frontispiece. Plus 26 lithographs, 12 of which are tinted, on 16 plates facing tissue guards including a lithographed plan. Plus one folding lithograph map of Palestine with routes of travel neatly hand-coloured; and large, folding, tinted lithograph bird's-eye view of the Holy Land, both stained and repaired, some tears to folds. Hardcover, bound in recent full cloth; tear to one text leaf with loss; foxing to some plates as usual. Good, solid copy. ~ Revised edition. Translated from the German. Tobler, 183 (1853). The travelogue, reflections, and artistic impressions of Eduard Wilhelm Schulz, Vicar of the Reformed Church of Mulheim on the Ruhr. This copy includes his sermon on the book of Timothy, given in Jerusalem during his pilgrimage in 1851. It was translated from the German and published for the first by the Dutch publisher W. F. Stramrood, in 1854. At that time, the 24-page publication was sold separately at the price of 30 Florin Cents. This copy includes also the lithograph "Vogelperspectief van het Heilige Land" (Bird's-eye View of the Holy Land), printed by F. Böger and published by Stramrood together with a 16-page "Verklaring" (explanatory notes), and was sold separately for the price of one Florin. Both these additions are paginated here consecutively.
8', 230 pp, red hardcover with worn DJ, coloured illustrations by the author, else in good/fair condition.