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1892LE7801Milwaukee: Verlag von Georg Brumder ca. 1892. HB. Tan cloth dark brown decorations and gilt lettering on front cover and spine 12mo 328 pp. plus large fold-out bird's eye view of Paris at rear. Mit einem Uebersichtsplane der Pariser Weltausstellung von 1889. Account of a holiday travel by this German-American author. Previous owner's name ffep no other marks in book binding tight. Bird's eye view of Paris very nice. Covers show very light edge wear. Book condition VG. Text in German. Uncommon Milwaukee imprint. Verlag von Georg Brumder hardcover
189907399Tokyo: The Kyoyekishosha 1899. JPN May 17 Meiji 32 Tokyo 1899. No markings tiny faint spot to spine Very Good; no dust jacket. Dark red cloth with blind embossed borders page 253 to 596 then appendix I i-xlii then Appendix II xliii-lxiii then Appendix III lxiv-lxvi then Index lxvii -xcviii then a fold-out map in excellent order. one small drawing on page 325. Volume II only: Cathay Under the Mongols; Pegolotti's Notices of the Land Route to Cathay; John de Marignolli's Recollections of Eastern Travel; Ibn Batula's Travels in Bengal and China; The Journey of Benedict Goes from Agra to China; Sir Henry Yule d 1889 was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer. He published many travel books including translations of the work of Marco Polo and Mirabilia by the 14th-century Dominican Friar Jordanus. He published Cathay and the Way Thither 1866 when he lived in Palermo and made extensive use of the libraries there. 2.5 JM HOQ 103/b5. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". The Kyoyekishosha Hardcover
1868052722London: Letts Son & Co / Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1868. vi 262pp 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear folding map at rear bw ills. Original bevelled green cloth boards with gilt vignette to front titled in gilt to spine hinge starting at pp96 light foxing to prelims handwritten prize presentation for Industry on front blank dated 1872. Royal Navy Lieutenant E. D. Young went to Africa in search of David Livingstone who had been reported to be lost while searching for the origins of the Nile. Henry Faulkner joined the expedition mainly to hunt. His shooting of elephant buffalo and hippo in what is now Malawi and around Lake Nyasa are included in this volume. The author had been with Lvingstone on his second expedition to Lake Malawi in 1863 and volunteered to lead an expedition to determine whether the allegation of Livingstone's murder were true. A pleasing copy of this scarce volume relating to Livingstone. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Letts, Son, & Co / Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Hardcover
18994734aPhiladelphia: George Barrie & Sons 1899. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. Heavy Folio. 445 pgs.Multiple b/w photos & plates. All book edges gilt. Blind-stamped grey clothlightly scuffed.Light wear to corners & spine ends. Gilt lettering and spine decorations.Binding slightly cocked. Almost 3 kg weight.Extra shipping charges required. <br/> <br/> George Barrie & Sons hardcover
1896050803-P322New York NY: D. Appleton and Company 1896. Very Good Hardcover 1896 Three-Quarter Leather; 385 pp.; w/ 2 fold-out maps and several b&w plates. Binding and hinges expertly reinforced by bookbinder. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
18234230Alnwick: W. Davison. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Respined with original backstrip laid-on and with new endpapers. Boards rubbed and with minor wear and marking. Sporadic spotting throughout. 1823. First Edition. Green cloth spine with paper covered boards. 220mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xi 246pp. Folding plate engraving to dedication page by J. Kerr and wood engraving to page 111 as well as a full page engraving. . W. Davison hardcover
184222724New York: Harper and Brothers 1842. Hardcover. Good. xvii 302 pp with folding map in original binding of leather-backed textured cloth boards. Issued as No. 167 in Harper & Brothers School District Library series. Spine rubbed at edges light scattered foxing reinforcement to map on verso. Written on the front free endpaper "School District Library No. 13 Town of Oysterbay." Wrangel "was appointed in 1820 to command the Kolymskaya expedition to explore the Russian polar seas. Sailing from St. Petersburg he arrived at Nizhnekolymsk on 2 November 1820 and early in 1821 journeyed to Cape Shelagskiy on sledges drawn by dogs. He sailed afterward up Kolyma River advancing about 125 miles into the interior through territory inhabited by the Yakuts. On 10 March 1822 he resumed his journey northward and traveled 46 days on the ice reaching 72° 2' north latitude. He left Nizhnekolymsk on 1 November 1823 and returned to St. Petersburg on 15 August 1824. He established that north of the Kolyma River and Cape Shelagsky there was an open sea not dry land as people thought. Together with Fyodor Matyushkin and P. Kuzmin Wrangel described the Siberian coastline from the Indigirka River to the Kolyuchinskaya Bay in the Chukchi Sea. See Northeast Passage. His expedition made a valuable research in glaciology geomagnetics and climatology and also collected data about natural resources and native population of that remote area" wiki. Harper and Brothers hardcover
185313092London: Wm. S. Orr & Company. Very Good. 1853. Second Edition. Hardcover. The leather is just starting to crack a bit at the upper hinges. ; Bound in full leather with gilt decorations on the spine & cover and aeg all edges gilt. 25 beautiful steel engravings and many other illustrations. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 458 pages . Wm. S. Orr & Company hardcover
1868r5604London: John Murray. VG : in very good condition with marbled eps and dentelles. Minor rubbing to upper part of lower joint. Aeg. 1868. New edition carefully revised. Full leather decorative binding with heraldic shield motif. 250mm x 170mm 10" x 7". xxiv 452pp. Profusely illustrated with full page steel engravings and wood engravings throughout the text. Christopher Wordsworth was a nephew of the poet William Wordsworth. Includes a section on 'A History of the characteristics of Greek art' by George Scharf. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . John Murray hardcover
1830053242Published for Abel Brown 1830. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original full dye-mottled leather rebacked in brown cloth with gilt lettering new endsheets. 238 pp. On front blank preceding main title is a pencil sketch of a home or possibly a church undated but likely near to date of issue. Interior shows foxing mostly light moderate in a few instances. A very presentable and durable copy. Published for Abel Brown Hardcover
1881221215-MB64McLoughlin Brothers 1881. Green cloth Hardcover with pictorial cover black and white illustrations throughout some soiling to cover pages fragile. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. McLoughlin Brothers hardcover
1849102Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. Good with no dust jacket. 1849. First Edition. Original Cloth. Professionally rebound by the best binder I know of Book Crafts in Portland Oregon retaining all of the original binding possible. New spine with remnants of the old spine laid on. Old covers are worn and rubbed on the edges & corners. Only library marking is a sticker inside the front cover. Some soiling to the pages. I never have the pages trimmed. ; Ex-Library; 5x7 1/2 . Carey and Hart hardcover
189715694Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. The only indication of being library is the residue of pockets inside the back cover. Can't see any other reason for that remnant. The map is in it's pocket inside the front cover in "very fine" condition. Tempting to grade the book near-fine. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages . R. R. Donnelley & Sons hardcover
1839j2939London: J W Norie & Co; W H Allen & Co. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and faded with loss to spine. Title page and plates foxed. Content in overall good condition. Ex Cruising Association Library. 1839. First Edition. Purple hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 150mm 10" x 6". xxv 120pp plates. 4 b/w plates. . applied as an auxiliary aid to shipping; and suggestions for improving thereby the communication with India viâ the Cape of Good Hope. To which is added an appendix containing a description of Melville's patent propellers with plans of the engines machinery &c. . J W Norie & Co; W H Allen & Co hardcover
1886046084New York: O. Judd Co. David W. Judd Pres't 1886. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 250 6 pages. Contains folding map at the rear. Hardcover bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt. The binding shows heavy wear. The front cover is spotted and there is damping on the top edge and top of the spine. Top edge of the boards are abraded and the top edge of the text block is heavily stained. Spine dulled and corners bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Two early owners' signatures on the front flyleaf appear to read "E. F. Gooding / To C. C. Elliott / Nov. 1918." There is brown staining along the top edge of the text block throughout. Text is toned. There is a folding map of Yellowstone in the pocket at the rear. The map has a 6 inch tear along a crease near the top left of the map. <br/> <br/> O. Judd Co., David W. Judd, Pres't hardcover
1839e0577London: John Snow. G: in good condition. Re-backed with original spine and boards; new eps. Cover rubbed marked and partially browned. Browning to pages. Sporadic foxing; sometimes heavy. 1839. First Edition. Purple hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xiii 596pp. Colour frontispiece in-text illustrations. . on the Religious Opinions Moral State Social Habits Politics Language History and Lazarettos of Malta and Greece. . John Snow hardcover
1845530731Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co. 1845. Oversized hardcover half-bound in leather. Spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations. Full gilt page block and endpapers also blocked in gilt. Richly illustrated with 80 plates by Scottish artists including John C. Brown William Brown Andrew Donaldson John Fleming David M. Mackenzie W.B. Scott D. Stewart and others. Board edges are rubbed and there is scattered foxing throughout. Bookshop sticker to front pastedown. Illustrations are all bright and clear text is unmarked. AD. leather. Very Good. Used. A. Fullarton and Co. Hardcover
1880e9749aEdinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Scuffing and wear to leather. Heraldic plate to front pastedown. Ink inscription to title page. Scattered foxing. Fore-edge marbled. 1880. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 290mm x 190mm 11" x 7". 1184; 1199pp. Coloured maps. N.B.: Heavy set - shipping supplement applies - please ask for shipping quote stating country of destination. . A. Fullarton & Co hardcover
1854250412-MB67Charles Scribner 1854. Good Hardcover with original blind stamped cloth binding foxing staining to pages binding strong unmarked . First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Charles Scribner Hardcover
1837009856London: J. Snow 1837. xx 590pp; colour frontispiece; engraved folding map; title page vignette; 25 bw text ills & portraits. Contemporary 1/2 calf with marbled boards title in gilt to spine; 5 raised bands. Prev owners name on blank preliminary page; slight foxing to frontis and title page map spotted no tears 4 small ticks check marks OK and 3 numbers all in ink on list of illustrations. Rev. John Williams 1796-1839 was the ablest missionary to the Polynesian people and his book was the most printed and widely read of all the contemporary accounts. He was killed by islanders in the New Hebrides in November 1839. The colour frontis features a tattooed native of Raratonga. This is an important early account of London Missionary Society activity in the pPacific and scarce complete with frontis and map especially in this condition. First Edition Second Thousand. Marbled Boards Leather. Fine. Illus. by Baxter G. engravings. 8vo. J. Snow Hardcover
1854g5447London: Cassell & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Loss to surface of leather with chips with corner wear. Small cracks to joints. Occasional light foxing. Spine label chipped with some loss though not affecting titles. Binding tight. Contents VG. 1854. First Edition. Brown half-leather hardback cover with marbelled boards. 290mm x 200mm 11" x 8". 634pp. Numerous b/w engravings throughout text and map to frontispiece. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Cassell & Co hardcover
1820L0820London: Archibald Constable & Co. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Some foxing and darkening to plates. 1820. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover with brown leather spine. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xxii 399pp; xiv 437pp plates. 20 b/w plates 2 fold-out. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Archibald Constable & Co hardcover
1845027893Sheffield: William White 1845. 2nd Edition . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 4.5" x 7.5. White's Norfolk. 816 pages crammed with details of people trades parishes boroughs in the English county of Norfolk. Externally worn / marked but internally clean and sound. Some splitting on the hinges to the full leather binding. The map is missing. Some damage to the earlier pages.Not available for economy / slow shipping outside the UK. Please email with your queries. <br/> <br/> William White hardcover
1882009300Edinburgh: James Gemmell 1882. Very informative book on Japan by the author who lived there for 4 years in the late 1800s. Contains 689 pages plus two pages of adverts all in clean condition page 464 has a diagonal tear to side of page 5 cms long and smaller tear to bottom 5mm long.Many B/w illustrations all present as listed plus very informative text NO dustwrapper outer illustrated boards are a little rubbed to edges and spine which is a little browned.The rear endpaper has split at the hingethe binding is sound but you can see the webbing of the binding SEE IMAGE. Though not perfect still a sound pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES CAN BE TAKEN ON REQUEST . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 20 x 14 Cms. Hardcover. James Gemmell Hardcover
1820155Charing Cross London: William Faden Royal Geographer to King George III 1820. Single Sheet / Folded Map. Vg. Single linen backed dissected colour map of the Netherlands - 32 x 22.5 inches folding into 21 panels. Engraved by Neele and Son and published by William Faden 1749-1836 English cartographer and publisher. Excellent overall with light age toning. No tears or holes along the edges or seams. No slipcase available. Inquiries welcome. <br/> <br/> William Faden, Royal Geographer to King George III unknown