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23666Very good. 7.25" x 10.25" string-tied photograph album containing 82 images: 76 black and white snapshots ranging in size from 2.25" x 3.25" to 2.75" x 4.5" and six real photo postcards all glued to album pages. Photos and album in very good condition. This album was compiled by Morris LaMountain 1923-1976 of Westport New York while he was serving about the ammunition ship USS Nitro during World War II. In 1943 the ship made two trips to a naval base in Recife Brazil carrying ammunition to support the US. Navy's South American patrols. The album includes some military images both American and Brazilian but primarily consists of interesting street scenes in Brazil. Other than the real photos postcards of scenes in Rio and Sao Paolo none of the images are captioned but those with landmarks we have been able to identify were taken in Recife and the surrounding region. They include shots of boats in port city and rural streets markets street vendors and their wares grass huts streetcars a church in Guararapes and at least 15 images of costumed people parading through the streets as part of Carnival festivities. unknown
192311397San Francisco: Dollar Steamship Line. Fine. 1923;1925. Ephemera. 9"x4" printed folding brochures; fold-out to 15"x 9" schedule on one side list of Officers & Agents and descriptions of service features on the other. Handstamp of R. B. Schutten Agent Los Angeles on front of schedule No. 3 in ruled box. . Dollar Steamship Line unknown
1951012860New York: Haiti Tourist Information Bureau 1951. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 5.5 X 8-inch stapled booklet. 52 pages with numerous illustrations and ads promoting tourism to "the Switzerland of the Caribbean." Very Good copy with a tiny bit of edge wear and a travel agency ink stamp on the front cover McDougall's Travel Service Monteleone Hotel Lobby New Orleans. No date but an ad on page 50 refers to a movie set to premiere in 1952 and an article about the government's five-year plan for expenditures on various projects beginning in October 1951 indicates the publication date of this guide is 1951. In the early 1950s Haiti was experiencing a "golden age" of tourism roughly 1946-1956 marked by economic growth the 1949-1950 Bicentennial International Exposition and increased airline travel. Tourism was heavily promoted particularly to US citizens for its unique culture art and history. Tourism during this era often focused on the capital Port-au-Prince and the artistic and cultural scene showcasing a "modern" face to the world to counter negative international perceptions. Those negative perceptions returned in the late 1950s with the brutal dictatorship of the Duvalier family and change in the country's image from a luxury destination to an unsafe one. This extensive guide offers a look at a brief period when Haiti and its image for tourism were flourishing. Haiti Tourist Information Bureau Paperback
1892483301London: John Murray Publishers Ltd. 1892. Paperback in good condition. Part two only; 'Sicily'. Ninth edition with fold out maps and plans throughout. With index and directory for 1905. General age related exterior wear and fading with some residue on the rear side. Spine foot is slightly frayed. Previous owner's details in fountain pen plus a signature in crayon on the opening blank page. The binding is a little weak on the closing few pages with one or two small tears on the gutters. Very good for age; all content is clear. CM. paperback. Good. Used. John Murray (Publishers) Ltd. Paperback
1875449578London: John Murray 1875. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Seventh edition with clue map and plans. Stains on boards. Leading corners edges and spine are bumped and worn. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. One centimetre tear on rear pastedown. Leading corners of early and closing pages are creased. Pastedown hinges are split but binding remains intact. Contents remain legible throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used. John Murray Hardcover
1883028737Leamington: J Beck 1883. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket as published. 5.5" X 8.5. Details of courts magistrates bridges rates etc in the county of Warwickshire England. 97 pages in vellum covered hard cover binding. Some wear externally particularly over the hinges light foxing to the ends papers which have split over the hinges. The text block is soundly bound and there are a few annotations in the text but this does not impact on the readability. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. Non-UK customers please only select the fast / expedited shipping service at checkout <br/> <br/> J Beck hardcover
24256Good. Scarce political cartoon albumen photo of a drawing on a cabinet card mount condemning the short-lived 1885 attempt at reuniting the five Central American republics led by Guatemalan General Justo Rufino Barrios. Guatemala and Honduras supported the effort while Nicaragua El Salvador and Costa Rica opposed it as did Mexico. Barrios was considered dictatorial and overly ambitious by his opponents and is depicted here as a rather skinny lion with Mexico holding its tail and identified as the "American Nero." Several of his "victims" are depicted as skulls underneath the lion. Costa Rica Nicaragua and El Salvador are personified as beautiful women under a banner reading "Unidas no nos come el 'Minotauro'" -- "United we will not be eaten by the Minotaur." Britannica says "Barrios became Guatemalan army commander and the power behind the president Miguel GarcÃa Granados in 1871 when the Conservative Party government was overthrown. After replacing GarcÃa Granados in 1873 Barrios carried out sweeping reforms based on his liberal philosophies. His presidency became known as “the Reform.†He subjugated the local aristocracy; expelled the Jesuits and confiscated church property; established civil marriage and divorce; enlarged and laicized the school system; built highways railroads and telegraph lines; encouraged the growing of coffee as the basis of the country’s agriculture; and promulgated a new constitution 1876. about unification by force but he was killed in battle while invading neighbouring El Salvador. He intervened repeatedly in the affairs of the other Central American republics in an effort to restore the five-nation federation that had collapsed in 1838. When political persuasion failed he attempted to bring about unification by force but he was killed in battle while invading neighbouring El Salvador." Mount measures 4.25 x 6.25 inches contrast is light. PLEASE NOTE -- our first two images are an accurate representation of the image. The third image has enhanced contrast to aid in viewing the cartoon. unknown
178914342Perth Western Australia: R. Morrison. Very Good-. 1789. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Rubbed on the edges hinges separating at the spine ends. Still tight & firm but age is taking a toll on the binding. Owner's name inside the front cover. Top 1/4" of the title page trimmed. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 228 pages . R. Morrison hardcover
008772Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a photo album consisting of 13 duotone archival photographs of girls and women of Whakarewarewa and vicinity. 12 photos are approx. 9 1/8 x 7 ¼ inches 23x18 cm. 1 photo is 5 3/8 x 3 ½ inches 13.5x9 cm. Each photo has a neatly printed title or description; else no text in the album. All 12 large plates are tipped in not laid down. No tears or staining observed; the last four plates have diagonal creasing to the lower left corners. Photos mounted on heavy-weight brown paper. The oblong album is approx. 9.25 x 12 inches. Bound in semi-flexible hardboards of marbled paper with black buckram spine and corners. Patterned pastedowns/FEPs with a small repeat design typical of papers from the turn of the 20th century. Good Plus condition overall with photos generally in Very Good condition. 1 lb. 1 oz. weight. Undated photographs probably circa 1900-1920 possibly earlier. Photo captions as follows: "Mairie" the Arawa beauty; a Whakarewarewa beauty; a tribal belle; "poi" dancer Whakarewarewa; Maori girls; Onehe ra! departed days; Kapai te torori; a pretty Maori; Maori woman weaving taniko; Maori woman twisting flax; Te hongi rubbing noses; Maori women; and in reduced format Te hongi rubbing noses. When viewed under magnification the elderly women pictured have chin moko i.e. tattoos. The girls and young women do not. Early photographs of the women of Whakarewarewa including those who acted as tour guides are known to have been taken no later than the 1880s and probably earlier. European missionaries and traders arrived in Rotorua in the 1830s and soon local Maori began to turn the inquisitiveness of the visitors to advantage by showing them the geothermal environment. Persons acting as paid guides were deemed essential. Traditionally it was the women of Tuhourangi and of Ngati Wahiao who acted as guides at Whakarewarewa. Maori women rather than men were more appealing to tourists. Guiding was also compatible with the traditional puhi and kaitiaki role of Maori women. They grasped the opportunity to sustain themselves and their families by doing work they enjoyed. Unfortunately Whakarewarewa The Living Maori Village purporting to offer Maori cultural dance performances and traditional feasts has become a sort of Disneyland experience for tourists. <br/> <br/> hardcover
1845040072New York: G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1845. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original half-morocco marbled paper covered boards. 176 pp. Modest rubbing to spine extremities and along edges corners rubbed with some exposure ink spots/stains to portion of rear cover. Firm binding. Mild dampstaining along top margin through most of text block otherwise light scattered internal soiling. Wear typical of age but no major condition issues. Scarce. G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church Hardcover
1945010634Fort Worth TX 1945. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fort Worth oilman philanthropist and honorary Consul of Mexico Jack Danciger was awarded the Aztec Eagle Mexico's highest decoration presented to foreigners on May 1 1945. This is the program of that event with green cloth boards 7-1/4"W X 10-1/2"H. Bright gilt print on front board and on bottom front corner is the name "Miss Maria Rossell" in gilt type. Inside on the first page Mr. Danciger has inscribed "Miss Maria Rossell with my sincerest best wishes Jack Danciger". Ceremonial cords are attached which were probably once Mexico's red green and white the colors having faded somewhat. High quality paper is used throughout with glassine covering each page for protection. Portraits of the President of Mexico General Manuel Avila Comacho; President of the U.S. Harry S. Truman who had just become president in April 1945 upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also pictures of other Mexican and American dignitaries including Gov. Coke Stevenson of Texas and Mr. Danciger of course. The event was held at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium in Fort Worth and was broadcast on radio station WBAP. Some of the protective glassine sheets have some wear and chipping. The boards have some corner and spine end wear and areas of tiny spots show on front board. A piece of Mexican-American-Texana memorabilia honoring a Fort Worth icon. <br/> <br/> hardcover
1967022014Mexico: El Colegio De Mexico 1967. Paperback. Rather Worn. Covers and top edges lightly stained. 15 volumes total <br/> <br/> El Colegio De Mexico paperback
181816209London: J. J. Stockdale; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. Good. 1818 1822. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. In contemporary three-quarter leather. Worn at the corners. The spine is very chipped and worn. The exterior hinges have cracked and the book has been reinforced internally to keep it tight. All four plates are present in the first work. Trimmed which does not affect the text or plates but did trim part of the titles on the plates. A pair of very scarce travelogues. Priced as-is. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 228171 pages . J. J. Stockdale; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown hardcover
13311Edinburgh Adam And Charles Black 1875. Black's Guide Books for Tourists: Sussex. THIRD EDITION: Original green cloth boards uneven colour through age and use gilt title to front and spine corners bumped map endpapers a previous owner has had a name stamp made in mauve not very bright - I mean the colour but it could apply to the user I suppose and this stamped name appears on the first few pages impressed stamp to front endpaper not easy to see looks like the first owner's name hand written on at the top of the title page as it is dated '76. This book is tastefully illustrated with charming full page engravings smaller vignette engravings can be found in the contemporary advertisements at the rear of the book xxii 171 pages including index just prior to the index there is a fold-out map of Sussex the index is followed by publisher's. Advertisements 'Black's Guide Book Advertiser 1876' 104 pages. There is also a nice fold-out map of Brighton showing a plan of the town at this time. With Map Charts and numerous Wood Engravings. The book draws attention to railway stations from where various areas of the County can be explored. A wonderful little travel guide pointing out places to stay and things to see. 6.75 x 4.5 inches approx. It looks like someone has made full use of this book because it is a little fragile but it is still intact useful and fascinating. A real inspiration for lovers of Sussex and an interesting collectable. . Edinburgh, Adam And Charles Black, 1875 hardcover
190423554St. Louis: Sam'l F. Myerson Printing Company 1904. Softcover. Good. 9.75" x 6.5" 160 pp extensively illustrated in original embossed wrappers. Spine sunned and chipped at head soiling to fore edge and first and last pages of text otherwise clean and tightly bound. Good content on Brazil's natural resources agricultural and industrial production imports and exports and numerous displays at the Exposition. Sam'l F. Myerson Printing Company unknown
1830009582Paris - 21 Quai Voltaire: Rosselin 1830. Map. Fine. Map. A fine map hand-coloured in outline folding into original marbled paper boards with title label to the front board. Boards rubbed conrners worn. The map measures 74 x 55cm and is in very good condition with the paper bright. A very good to fine copy of this rare map. Rosselin hardcover
1934006432Tokyo: Asahi Photo Service 1934. en Francais - Image du Japon Second Edition; 1934. Bilingual English/French book with French translations by Georges Alsot 4to size tan clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and cover; 292 pages. Endpapers are a two page spread of a red Rising Sun on a light colored background. Most pages are full page black and white photographs there are some pages where two photographs appear on a single page. The photographs are very high quality reproductions. The photographs are captioned in English and French. The book has no Table of Contents and no text other than the photo captions and Preface. From Preface: "Our cameramen are constantly exploring the multi-colored life of the people and their photographs offer fresh sidelights upon Japanese customers and activities which will afford Western readers glimpses into an unfamiliar Eastern world. It shows something of the recent developments both social and political that go to make up modern progress in Japan." This is an interesting photographic depiction of pre-World War II Japan and includes a depiction and transition from traditional clothing and hair styles to Western styles of dress. Industry food production and the scenic beauty of the land are among the subjects represented. The book has edgewear and bumped corners. The covers have some mottling which is likely the result of past insect damage. Previous owner's information in written inside front cover. Inside covers and endpapers have some light tanning or discoloration. We noted one creased page tip and a smudge in the margin of page 81. . 2nd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Asahi Photo Service Hardcover
1981TRAAUT46Liverpool NSW Australia: The Dene Bindery 1981. Book. Good. Hard Cloth Cover. Facsimile Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover with green cloth boards with flap and gold stamping facsimile edition no dust jacket 1075gms no page numbers green decorated endpapers. This book features popular Australian vehicles being reprints of drawings issued with "The Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright" with tariff of prices for coachbuilders wheelwrights and blacksmiths. Book is in good condition with general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout including wraps. Boards are in good condition with only minor shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book is large and weighs over 1kg and may incur additional postage. The Dene Bindery Hardcover
1900290943Liverpool: The Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited 1900. Paperback. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. Presumed to have been published mid-1900s. Covers are lightly marked. Edges and leading corners are worn. Leading corners are dog eared. Cover loss on front upper leading corner and front lower spine corner. Spine is worn with cover loss. Number in blue crayon on rear cover. Page block is marked. Previous owner's name is penned on title page. Inside front cover and FEP are marked. Staples have rusted through BEP. Contents are clear throughout. Binding is intact. HJW. Paperback. Good. Used. The Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited Paperback
71381Berlin George Gropius 1836. . Zu den Konflikten des Osmanischen Reichs im südöstlichen Mittelmeer-Raum. - Umschlag stockfleckig Berlin, George Gropius, 1836. unknown
59756Ohne Ort ohne Drucker / Verlag ca. 1895. . Börse Hauptpost / Alsterlust Großer Krahn / Seemannshaus Alter Jungfernstieg / Lessing- u. Schiller-Denkmal / Vierländer Brunnen Krieger-Denkmal / An der Alster Alster-Arkaden / Nikolaikirche Freihafen / Hamburger Hof Alster-Pavillon / Alsterdamm u. Alter Jungfernstieg Seewarte / Landungsbrücke St. Pauli Lombardsbrücke / Neue Elbbrücke Uhlenhorster Fährhaus / Blankenese Süllberg Elbbrücke. Der VDeckel mit lithograph. Ansicht des Stadttheaters der RDeckel mit einer Anzeige des "Wiener Bazar". - Kanten berieben Innenfalz u. Kap. mit braunem Natronstreifen überklebt Ohne Ort, ohne Drucker / Verlag, [ca. 1895]. unknown
1828032864London: Robert Jennings 1828. Book. Very Good. Quarter-Leather. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Black 1/4 leather spine panel lettered in gilt marbled paper covered boards. Approx. 6 3/4" x 5 5/8". Leather rubbed along joints and at spine extremities mild exposure at corners and at several points along edges minor surface rubbing to boards. Gift inscription dated 1839 on front pastedown owner's signature dated 1864. Firm binding hinges intact. Slight dampstaining to top corner of front flyleaf only interior otherwise nicely intact. 26 full page bordered maps printed on rectos only: World as known to Ptolemy Asia Antiqua Africa Antiqua Europa Antiqua Oriens AEgyptus Syria Palaestina Persis/Parthia/Armenia Asia Minor Graecix pars Borealis Graecix pars Australis vel Peloponnesus Macedonia et Thracia Insulae Maris AEgaei Latium Italiae pars Australis Italiae pars Borealis Germania/Dacia Gallia Hispania Sarmatia Britannicae Insulae Libyae vel Africae pars Borealis The Conquests of Alexander of Macedon Intermediate Geography. No text except for title page. None of the maps has been colored. Unusually small format even for the era. Exceptionally scarce: WorldCat shows only one copy in U.S. collections at Harvard College Library. Published the same year as Fenner's Pocket Atlas of Modern & Ancient Geography. Robert Jennings Hardcover
65476Jerusalem ca. 1890. . Name auf Vorsatz Raschel Magolies. Lederrücken berieben Kap. etw. bestoßen in den Gelenken etwas nachgebend; Vorsätze gebräunt die Taf. stellenw. braun- bzw. stockfleckig. Die Blumenarrangements weitgehend vollständig u. unversehrt. Die Holzdeckel mit der charakteristischen Maserung in guter unversehrter Erhaltung. Jerusalem, [ca. 1890]. unknown
22490Two Papers presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty on Feb. 28th 1853 in continuation of 14th June 1852 & 16h Aug.1853 in continuation of Feb. 28th 1853. Both printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. The first with large folding map a single page map and six full-page geological diagrams lithographed by Arrowsmith. The large folding map sheet size 708 x 560 mm by John Arrowsmith. The map is titled "The South Eastern Portion of Australia; Compiled from the Colonial Surveys and from Details Furnished from Exploratory Expeditions".The map was published on 2 January 1853 and has hand coloured details of the Australian goldfields based upon information supplied by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. The second report dated 16th August 1853 contains a large folding panoramic outline of "the "General Appearance of the Country along the Upper Part of Maharatta Creek" and a single-page map of the Recently Opened Gold Field at Bingara in the District of Gwydir; with the Gold Field outlined in colour.Two volumes in one. Folio 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches pages: xvi:434:x:222. Recent half dark tan calf over marbled boards the spine crimson gilt lettered lettering piece. Excellent both internally and externally. Two Papers presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty on Feb. 28th, 1853 [ in continuation of 14th June 18 hardcover
189817832Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor. Very Good. 1898. Third Edition. Hardcover. Bound in clean red cloth flexible covers with multi-colored nautical pictorial image on front cover "WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE NORTH-GERMAN LLOYD BREMEN". lv 693pp x. Text tight & intact. Uniform light age toning. Illustrated with color maps photographs charts tables & many advertisements. Bookmark bound in. Internal hinges have a few small paper tears covers firm. First page has a tape repair on the internal margin & a few edge chips. Paper is somewhat brittle. Europe; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 693 pages . J. Reichmann & Cantor hardcover
