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1852e5376London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans. G : in good condition. Rebacked with new eps. Page edges browning. Ex Cruising Association Library. 1852. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". lii 506pp 32pp; vii 363pp ccxxxiii plates. 8 plates 6 in colour 2 fold-out numerous topographical sketches. '.With a narrative of sledge excursions on the ice of Wellington Channel; and observations on the natural history and physical features of the countries and frozen seas visited.'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans hardcover
191464007Tokyo Japan: Seikyosha 1914 Taisho 3. 8vo. 2 5 1 1 1 18 498 2 pp. With decorated title page preserving original tissue guard 46 plates 1 large folding colour birds-eye panorama of New York reproductions of 3 historic views of New York 2 photogravures numerous text illustration cartoon woodcut engravings. Illustrated blue publisher’s cloth gilt decorated & lettered spine title in English on front cover illustrated endpapers t.e.g. minor age toning & spotting to endpapers slight shelfwear w/ original open-backed slipcase illustrated on front cover w/ image of the Statue of Liberty title on spine minor age toning scuffing still a VG/VG- copy w/ former ownership marking on rear endpapers. First edition this caustic and often satirical memoir of Harada’s 1880-1940 extended stay in New York City in the Progressive Era in which he throws off waspish comments about Coney Island as a garish money trap filled with gaudy boorish amusements such as the rolling ball game inside the Japanese Tea Garden concession although mildly impressed with the electric lighting; rails against the traffic the smells capitalism itself and notably derides American women. Karen Kelsky states that “Harada’s memoirs treat women as the objects of a kind of sexual rage.†She also incorporates a translated passage from Harad who writes “because their society has indiscriminately raised them up too high all American women are arrogant and full of themselves. . . The greatest faults of New York’s women are their rudeness fugyogi and their bad manners busaho. A woman came to New York who said she had previously acted as tutor to the British Royal family but I was so disgusted with her display of these faults that walking down the street with her I lost my patience again and again and wanted to grab her and give her a piece of my mind.†He also slights suffragettes women interested in fashion including cartoon on p. 219 in English with comment that “Women are awful slaves of fashion! they merrily follow the style whether its comfortable becoming or adapted to our climate and customs.†He also includes comments on fallen women crime rates augmented with a series of cartoons of burglars breaking into apartments and subsequently fencing the stolen goods. Nonetheless as evidenced by the many photos and illustrations included he also filled his time with sightseeing to Central Park Federal Hall Grand Central Station Riverside Park Grant’s Tomb the Flatiron Building Statue of Liberty views of the teaming streets filled with automobiles trolleys and ferries in the Hudson. One particular photo also depicts the tenements in the Lower East Side. Harada a Japanese journalist also published later additional works such as “American Obscurantism 1916†on American art; “The Way of the Newspaper 1927;“ and Essays on the History of American Newspapers 1934.†Worldcat locates 5 copies Bancroft Harvard Toshokan Ryutsu Ctr National Diet Waseda Univ.; See: Karen Keslky Women on the Verge: Japanese Women Western Dreams 2001 p. 53; Mitziko Sawada Tokyo Life New York Dreams: Urban Japanese visions of America 1890-1924 1996. Seikyosha, hardcover
1840018232London: Printed and Published By J. Barfield 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. Folio 30 x 46cm. "Revised Collated and Considerably Enlarged by John Satchell Esq." Seventy-four double-page engraved genealogical tables and geographical maps all with original hand colouring contemporary . half black morocco gilt with green cloth boards. Binding good with some general wear and rubbing leather chipped with loss to the base of the spine joints rubbed but still strong corners worn. All edges gilt./ Contents clean and tight contemporary ink stain effecting the fore-edges of the first few pages but not affecting text or maps most noticeable to the front end papers with also have a pencil inscription dated 30 November 1935. All maps and charts in very good condition. Notwitstanding wear to the binding a very good copy. Printed and Published By J. Barfield Hardcover
2072Paris Imp. Eugene Marz 1897-1898. Image:27 3/4 x 38 1/2. Margins: 42 1/2 x 30. Beautiful red blue green scenes of Biarritz coastline and seashore. this poster is an advertisement for a holiday during the winter to visit Biarritz on the western French coast near Spain. In fine condition with the usual folds. unknown
1890576371890. Very good. Photographers not known. Oblong quarto 28 cm x 35 cm Pictorial lacquer boards. Binding professionally rebacked/repaired. Beveled edges. Gilt turn ins. Spine professionally and attractively restored. All edges gilt. 11.5 inch crack across front board. The embossed faces on the front board are missing and it looks as though someone has tried to drawn in one of the faces. Previous owner's brief inscription on the front free endpaper. Leaves with 48 striking hand-tinted albumen prints 19 cm x 25 cm. Each leaf has two images one on each side. Tissue guards in between. Very occasional light foxing to the images. A wonderful visual chronicle of the views people dress habits and customs of Japan. With the following images:<br /> <br /> No. 1043. Gardens at Tokio; No. 143 B. Temple at Shiba Tokyo; No. 954. Shiba at Tokyo; Carriages and stand in park under blossoming trees no caption; Two women in natural setting one carrying tray of tea; No. 140 B. Tokyo Costle sic; No. 988. Takinogawa Near Tokyo; Forest Image no caption; 715. Yomeimon Gate at Nikko; No. 127 B. Chiuzenji Road; Waterfall no caption; 1155. Chuzenji; Village scene no caption; Flower stand no caption; Village port with boats no caption; Port with boat and lighthouse no caption; 574. Daibutsu at Kamakura; Beach small boats workers not captioned; Two men in small boat on river no caption; 610. Hakone; Four young girls gathering berries/leaves - no caption; 930 B. Kioto Town from Maruyama; No. 452. Kioto; 1051. Interior of Honganji Temple; Waterway with logs and Cherry Blossom Tree no caption; Small vessel with man woman and child on board no caption; Ceremony with five people no caption; Human and deer in park no caption; 76B. Osaka Street; 1080. Nunobiki Foll Kobe; Small boats no caption; Two women bowing towards each other in doorway no caption; Two women engaged in a ritual with their heads and hands on the ground no caption; Two women one pouring tea the other smoking no caption; Woman playing string instrument tea and snacks on a plate in front of her no caption; Two women one playing a string instrument the other dancing with a fan no caption; A number of people under a bridge no caption; Woman on terrace with ladel bowl and hand towel no caption; Two young girls no caption; Young woman with umbrella; Young woman in bold triangle-patterned Kimono no caption; Man with fan and sword no caption; Two people in shallow water one holding a fish the other stooped over gathering something no caption; Young Japanese man with bucket over shoulder no caption; Young street merchant with handcart full of brooms feather dusters baskets and household items no caption; Man in straw coat pulling woman with umbrella in carriage; Men and women working in rice fields no caption. unknown
1899021529New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1899. Ex-Library. Very Good. Buckram. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unclear whether 1st edition or early reprint copyrighted 1898 this copy printed 1899 lower title with no additional printings indicated. Ex-library rebound in light brown buckram lettered in gilt. Typically marked/stamped little actual wear. Perforation stamp to title page. xv344 pp. illus. w/ 4 maps/plans all intact/unmarked one chipped along fore-edge. More than acceptable reading/reference copy. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
190211414London: Adam and Charles Black. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1902. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Decorated cloth cover. One of 500 copies signed by the publisher. This copy is inscribed on the fep by the author: "Mr & Mrs Milne with very cordial regards from John Kelman" dated April 1912.; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Adam and Charles Black hardcover
21992Manchester: Printed for the Author 1823. The Round Towers of Ireland Printed for the Author Manchester 1824. The first work with double-page folding map & one leaf partly detached 4to 92-pages; the half-title retained. The second work with lithographic frontispiece and two lithographic plates; 42-pages.The two works bound together 4to 9 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches contemporary binder's cloth binding rubbed. The Author's own copies with his engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Both works are very rare.The Manchester liberal politician and manufacturer Robert Hyde Greg 1795-1875 was sent on a grand tour of Europe before joining his familys prosperous textile business. His dissertation on Troy is dedicated to Prince Louis William of Hesse Hombourg whom the author accompanied on his travels in Greece and Asia Minor. Manchester: Printed for the Author 1823. hardcover
1959016941Beijing 1959 Book with dust jacket visible plastic in good conditions. The dustjacket has same traces of use tears / missing small pieces. Illustrated book of the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. 544 pages. Page large photograghs illustrations in black and white and colour. The pictures show the life in China people art seasons industry history towns & villages nature army. Text in Chinese. Zhongguo hua ce bianji weiyuanhui Beijing 1959. Reading ribbon on the front cover there is in relfief "the National Emblem of the People's Republic of China". Table of contents. Included is a stapled booklet 8 pages in German text this is the German translation of the table of contents. "CHINA ein Bildband. Bildunterschriften. Zusammengestelt von der Kommission zur Herausgabe des Bildbandes CHINA. Peking 1959". Size: 39 x 32.5 x 5.5 centimeter. Weight: 6.6 kilogram. Price is including registered - insured - shipping. 1ste / 1st. cloth / linnen hardcover. good / goed/good / goed. A3 formaat gebonden. hardcover
1806050755London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1806. xii 632pp index 8 engraved plates 4 col 2 double page bw 1 single page bw. Rebound in marbled boards with leather spine 5 raised bands and gilt title and corners half-leather to a high standard. Occasional minor foxing faint damp mark to lower margin of several pages. Small bumps to top corners and bottom front corner a little rubbed. A very pleasing copy with generous wide margins of this early 19th century account of China in which " it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations". Barrow was private secretary to the Earl of Macartney and one of his suite as Ambassador from the King of Great Britain to the Empire of China. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
1886347London: Richard Bentley & Son 1886. 1st U.K.edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. Superb 19th century binding given as a 2nd class prize at Queenwood College Hampshire Royal blue hard-grained morocco leather with gilt & blind tooled decorations in the Art Nouveau style.Only minor wear to spine ends and corners.Rear hinge of Vol.II starting but secure. Aeg. Inside dentelles.Six panels with raised bands and fine gilt tooling to spines.Ribbon bookmarks bound in. Small bookplate on each front pastedown endpaper. Light creases to ffep's.Typical light foxing to prelims with other trivial scattered foxing within the text.Text is generally bright and fresh.bindings tight. VOLUME I. pgs.xxv428 one leaf 17 b/w full-page illustrationsincluding frontis portrait of Greely that has offset to partially detatched tissue guard. Multiple in-text illustrations.5 maps 1 folding VOLUME II. pgs.xiii444. 26 b/w full-page illustrationsincluding frontis. Multiple in-text illustrations.4 maps 3 folding The map called for in the pocket follows page 444. This map has two tape repairs along the hinge. This is the first English edition of Greely's account of an ill-fated and arduous Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in a period fine binding. In 1881 Lt. Adolphus W. Greely 1844-1935 led a 25-man U.S. Army expedition to the Arctic with the primary mission to create a scientific observation post at Lady Franklin Bay. His party became stranded en route and for two consecutive winters relief parties were unable to resupply his camp. A rescue ship did not arrive until 1884 and found Greely and 6 other men in starved condition. The others from the party had perished from starvation drowning hypothermia and even an execution Greely himself had ordered. His party had reached farther north than any previous expedition to the North Pole and completed extensive mapping of the then-mostly unknown northern parts of Greenland. Based chiefly on Greely's diaries the book documents the expeditions day after day struggles with polar ice sledge journeys camp life long trekking and the geography of the territory they explored. While the men returned home as heroes accusations of cannibalism soon followed; Greely denied any knowledge of such activities. A beautiful fine binding set. Other photos available. Inquiries welcome. <br/> <br/> Richard Bentley & Son hardcover
1810EE5733Philadelphia: Published by Benjamin and Thomas Kite No. 20 North Third Street 1810. First American Edition. HB. Full brown leather with gilt title lettering on spine 12mo 364 pp. Ffep has a 1" tear. Old library bookplate front paste-down no other marks in book binding tight. Moderate foxing throughout text. Covers show minor edge wear corners bumped. Scarce American edition of this account of Turnbull's voyage. Turnbull was a partner with John Buyers and second officer on the brig Margaret that sailed from England in 1800 for Sydney by way of the Cape of Good Hope. From Australia they reached the Society and Hawaiian Islands in 1802. After buying trading supplies Turnbull sailed for Tahiti. While Buyers was trading among the outlying islands the Margaret ran onto a reef and was wrecked. After returning to Tahiti on a barge constructed of planks taken from the Margaret Turnbull and his partner were picked up by another ship and returned to England via Cape Horn. Book condition VG-. Published by Benjamin and Thomas Kite, No. 20, North Third Street hardcover
1917214418London and New York.: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. 1917. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. 768pp. Full red morocco binding spine lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments 'Tiger head' emblematical device stamped in gilt on the upper board repeated in gilt on the title page corner ornaments blocked in gilt. All edges gilt marbled endpapers light rubbing to corners but a lavishly produced edition in exceptional condition. 30 x 23.5cm One of a series of publications published with the object of supplying the British public with a picture - complete as far as literary and pictorial effort could make it - of the several different parts of the Empire. in this instance Northern India. . The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. unknown
GOR007245060Paperback. Very Good. paperback
19332159Macmillan 1933. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispiece 16 fine coloured plates on 15 all captioned guards present 123 monochrome plates on 78 8 large folding monochrome panoramas and large folding coloured map some very light occasional marginal spotting as often; original sienna cloth gilt back upper cover blocked in gilt gilt top uncut one or two leaves unopened joints a trifle rubbed else a very good bright crisp copy. VERY SCARCE. Macmillan, hardcover
1878ST20676Paris: Librarie Hachette et Cie 1878. FIRST EDITION. 344x 256 mm. 13 1/2 x 10". 4 p.l. 639 pp. <br/> Publisher's tan morocco-grained cloth WITH ANIMATED DESIGN BY AUGUSTE D. SOUZE stamp-signed on front cover STAMPED IN GILT AND BLACK covers with dolphin and wave frame trident cornerpieces central panel with heraldic emblems including Venice's Lion of St. Mark and banners bearing the names of the covered territories flaming censer at foot of central panel publisher's emblem below it raised bands matching tan morocco spine elaborately gilt marbled endpapers all edge gilt. With 254 wood-engraved illustrations 75 of these full-page and seven steel-engraved maps two of them full-page. With book label of the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin laid in at front. Two-inch crease at bottom of rear joint but the joint not cracked or otherwise weakened a touch of rubbing to extremities occasional faint offsetting from illustrations other trivial imperfections but A VERY FINE COPY--clean fresh and bright internally with stately margins in a shimmering binding showing almost no signs of use.<br/> <br/> In its striking--and strikingly well-preserved--publisher's binding this grandly proportioned and thoroughly illustrated travelogue comes from a major American collection. Our author French painter and writer Charles Yriarte 1832-98 had begun travelling around Italy and the Balkans as a reporter for the "Monde Illustré" magazine. In 1871 he left the magazine to begin travelling and writing on his own. The present work was composed during this new period on a journey Yriarte took starting in Venice and along both coasts of the Adriatic Sea including the inland portions of the eastern Adriatic countries which he says in the introduction have been little-visited. His descriptions of landscapes architecture cultures and costumes he encountered are accompanied by a wealth of illustrations after a variety of artists which provide very romantic impressions of the scenery and peoples of the Adriatic coast. The binding is the work of engraver and designer Auguste Souze fl. 1857-92 who produced many dies for publisher's bindings in France during the third quarter of the 19th century. Our binding is profusely decorated with the iconography of the Adriatic region and the gilt and black are used very effectively to give depth and richness to the design. This volume comes from the splendid collection of publisher's bindings assembled over three decades by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin and exhibited at the Grolier Club in 2000. In a review of the sumptuous catalogue for the exhibition written for the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Andrea Krupp praises the "pristine condition" of this "glittering and opulent collection.". Librarie Hachette et Cie unknown
1810d3264aLondon: Hooper & Wigstead. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed with edge wear. Front hinge of volume I strengthened. Spines scuffed with some loss to leather. Occasional foxing. 1810. New Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". viii 160pp 63pp; 196pp; iv 118pp; 4pp iv 172pp plates.iv 168pp; iv 195pp; 215pp;. 754 b/w plates 55 county maps. Heraldic bookplate on paste-downs of John Waldie 'Fidelis'. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Hooper & Wigstead hardcover
1921240712-MB07Harper and Brothers 1921. Very Good Hardcover with scarce dustjacket with minor chipping Pictorial cover Color and black and white plates and numerous drawings compiled from Harper's Magazine and Merle Johnson K-E on copyright page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oversize. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
18233450<p>John Murray London 1823. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition: vii 1 303 pages illustrated with text illustrations 27 platesmaps 3 hand-colored and folding table. Ex Libri Library hardcover with spine label text block beginning to split on first few pages. Library pocket paste down and all plates maps have discreet library stamp of Bradford Library. All plates/maps as called for. Odd spotting to page edges and evidence that the book has been cut to a slightly smaller size at top of pages as some plate numbers are partially missing. Contents clean otherwise. "Reliquiae" his most acclaimed and influential treatise outlines his arguments for a global deluge in Noah's time. The volume documents Buckland's keen observations and discoveries of the bones of antediluvian mammals hyaenas tigers elephants rhinos etc. in caves and river-gravels in England France Germany and elsewhere. Later chapters discuss geologic evidence of catastrophic flooding excavation of valleys deposits of gravel beds and boulders worldwide and more. The volume is illustrated by striking engraved plates of fossil remains cutaway views of caves showing accumulations of sediments and bones and hand-colored geological maps and scenic views. Fascinating read. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Science & Technology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3450. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> John Murray hardcover
192059816Los Angeles CA: MacDonald Collection ca. 1920-1955. Archive of 89 coated labels sized from 2.25 x 3.5 in. up to 6.25 x 8.5 in. with many in the middle ranges including distinctive 5.25 in. rounds most colour lithographs some with metallic inks nearly all retaining the original adhesive from never having been applied to luggage in assorted shapes many round others rectangular square diamond shaped etc. most on thin coated paper stock all NF condition from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. A delightful and remarkably colourful small archive of fine lithographed and colour printed luggage labels preserved from over three decades of ocean liner travel by the well-to-do California oil family. Their frequent voyages carried them to Hawaii Asia South Asia Africa Europe and the Americas preserving luggage labels souvenir brochures and more along the way. At the time they were an essential advertising campaign largely driven by the popular Grand Hotels and were often illustrated by such renowned commercial and graphic artists as Dan Sweeney and Mario Borgoni. Included amongst these are iconic labels for the historic Park Hotel depicting jockeys racing on the Shanghai Club race track in front of the iconic Art Deco building completed in 1934; The Cathay & The Metropole in Shanghai operated by Cathay Hotels Ltd.; the historic Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon Hong Kong opened in 1928 and founded by the brothers Ellis & Elly Kadoorie still considered one of the finest hotels east of the Suez; or beautiful scenic labels created for the Eastern & Oriental Hotel the “E&O†still considered one of the finest hotels in Southeast Asia and the Oriental Hotel in Kobe Japan. Also present are labels for the Raffles Hotel in Singapore originally opened in 1887 Mrs. Ch’ien’s Guest House located originally not far from the Legation Quarter in Peking Maidens Hotel Delhi the splendid Clark’s Hotel Benares Varanasi still considered the finest heritage hotel in the city and the Imperial Hotel of New Delhi opened in 1936 designed by F.B. Blomfield. The MacDonald’s visited the Philippines several times often staying the Manila Hotel Hawaii where the Royal Hawaiian and the Kiluaea Volcano House were their places of choice and frequently stated at The Biltmore in Los Angeles after returning from trips the Plaza in Buenos Aires the Waldorf in New York and many of the major European Hotels. Also present are labels for the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo Sri Lanka founded in 1865 featuring the historic south wing designed by Edward Skinner and one of the oldest hotels East of Suez. South Africa was a stopover during their 1952 Great Africa-India Cruise on the RMS Caronia and labels include Polley’s Hotel Pretoria the Imperial Hotel in Pietermaritzburg and the North Western Hotel Livingstone N. Rhodesia. MacDonald Collection, unknown
170028857London: Printed for Joseph Wilde at the Elephant at Charing Cross 1700 1700. First edition one of two variants. In this one the dedication is signed "E. L. ESTC R223814 records nine copies Durham Oxford Bodleian National Trust Folger UCLA Illinois Kansas Tennessee Beinecke; Wing A226C. Edges neatly repaired; a little browning and slight smudges in the text; very good copy. 8vo contemporary panelled sheep neatly rebacked with the original spine laid on brown leather spine label gilt decorations and lettering. Informed and lively observations on Spain at the end of the 17th century the political intrigues of the monarchy Spanish culture - including bull fighting and theater - and one allegorical tale entitled "The Story" about the "Monarchy of Philippia" all written in a series of letters to a Mr. Brunet from "His Devoted Friend R.--" who apparently visited Spain and northern Africa between 1694 and 1696. The "Epistle Dedicatory" signed "E. L." in this variant is signed "E. Lewis" in the other equally scarce variant. See ESTC R13796. London: Printed for Joseph Wilde, at the Elephant at Charing Cross, 1700 unknown
171227989London: Printed by D. L. for E. Curll E. Sanger R. Gosling and W. Lewis 1712 1712. First edition translated into English issue not certain. Pine-Coffin 698; Straus The Unspeakable Curll page 217; ESTC T110070; and see ESTC N21633. Text lightly foxed and browned; binding rubbed; very good copy. 8vo contemporary panelled calf rebacked black leather label gilt lettering. Five engraved plates four folding 15 engravings in the text and vignettes. An important work by Bernard de Montfaucon 1655-1741 a French Benedictine monk who was a pioneer in the disciplines of paleography and archaeology. In 1698 Montfaucon traveled to Italy to study antiquities and manuscripts the results of which were published in Paris in 1702 as Diarium Italicum. It was translated into English in 1711 and published by Edmund Curll. There is an issue with a second title-page that reads "Diarium Italicum: or a Journey Through Italy London 1711." It appears as stated in ESTC to be the same setting of type as this edition which has a cancel title-page. London: Printed by D. L. for E. Curll, E. Sanger, R. Gosling, and W. Lewis, 1712 unknown
19254849Various locations in the American Southwest West Coast and Pacific Northwest 1925. Very good. 30 leaves illustrated with 270 photographs of various sizes including two multi-panel panoramic photographs each leaf with a single printed caption identifying the subjects or location. Contemporary red leather gilt titles on front cover. Oblong folio. Some scuffing and abrading to covers a few short edge tears. Internally clean. A handsome annotated photograph album produced to commemorate a railroad trip by a well-to-do party of travelers from Kansas City through New Mexico Arizona Colorado California and up the West Coast to British Columbia and Alberta in 1925. The first photograph in the album is a panorama of a large group of well-dressed men and women at the Mission Hills Country Club in Kansas City captioned in the negative indicating the traveling party emanated from Kansas City as part of the "N.E.L.A. Red Special Delegation to San Francisco Convention" who were "Guests of K.C.P and L Co" presumably the Kansas City Power & Light Company. The second and much larger panoramic photograph is comprised of fifteen 5-x-8-inch photographs picturing the travelers posed outside the numerous Pullman cars that comprise the Red Special. The preponderance of the photographs are organized by location generally five or six photographs per page with a single printed caption per page mostly indicating the location. The body of photographs begins with facing pages of images featuring the travelers and some scenery in Colorado Springs and Garden of the Gods in Colorado. A sampling of subsequent groups of photographs feature the travelers at Pike's Peak Albuquerque the Grand Canyon San Bernardino Redlands Los Angeles Santa Barbara Del Monte Yosemite Valley Glacier Point Mariposa Grove San Francisco Shasta the Columbia River Victoria Vancouver Canadian Rockies Lake Louise Lake Agnes Moraine Lake Johnson's Canyon Banff and other locations. The album closes with four pages of photos picturing "Fellow Travelers Here and There" and a group photo of "The Train Crew." The latter photograph is the only one featuring African Americans who were likely working as Pullman porters on the Red Special. A wide-ranging series of photographs featuring much of the American and Canadian West before the Great Depression. unknown
1884291<p>Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington London 1884. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Volume 2 ONLY xii 412 pages all illustrations and maps as called for. Appendix Index. Original covers yellow end papers. Shelf ware covers bumped beginning to fray spine sunned and softening as expected. Some foxing mainly to prelims and end papers and page edges. Contents clean. Volume 2 contains The Voyage in Search of Sir John Franklin and Her Majesty's "Erebus" and "Terror" under the command of the author. To which are added some concluding remarks an autobiography and appendix. Full Title: Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas and Round the World: Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles; and of an Open-boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin and Her Majesty's "Erebus" and "Terror" in Her Majesty's Boat "Forlorn Hope" under the command of the author. To which are added an autobiography appendix portraits maps and numerous illustrations. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 291. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington hardcover
1891020304London & Liverpool: George Philip & Son 1891. First edition. With the first map but lacking the other two maps with a chromolithograph colour frontispiece twelve plain lithograph plates and eight mounted photographs nineteen text illustratons large thick octavo pp xx 404 a little foxing and age-toning throughout an inscription on the half-title with two small library stamps on the title page Kenya Carnegie Circulating Libraries and McMillan Memorial Library an accession stamp on the verso of the title page stoutly bound in grey cloth. Meyer was a German geographer and traveller. In 1887 during his first attempt to climb Kilimanjaro Meyer reached the base of Kibo but was forced to turn back. He did not have the equipment necessary to handle the deep snow and ice on Kibo. In 1888 alongside the Austrian cartographer Oscar Baumann he explored the Usambara region with designs of continuing on to Mount Kilimanjaro. However the two explorers could not proceed on due to events related with the so-called Abushiri Revolt. Baumann and Meyer within a matter of days were captured and held as prisoners. Only after a large ransom was paid to rebel leader Abushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi were the two men released. In 1889 Meyer returned to Kilimanjaro with the celebrated Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller and Yohane Lauwo a Chagga guide for a third attempt. Their climbing team included two local headmen nine porters a cook and a guide. After Meyer and Purtscheller pushed to near the crater rim on 3 October before retreating to the base of Kibo they reached the summit on the southern rim of the crater on Purtscheller's 40th birthday 6 October 1889. Meyer named this summit - now known as Uhuru Point- "Kaiser Wilhelm Spitze". After descending to the saddle between Kibo and Mawenzi they attempted to climb Mawenzi next but only reached a subsidiary peak Klute Peak before retreating due to illness. In Meyer's honor the highest summit of Mawenzi nevertheless is known as Hans Meyer Peak. The summit of Kibo would not be climbed again until 20 years later and the first ascent of Hans Meyer Peak was only in 1912. First Edition. Cloth. Good. George Philip & Son Hardcover
