Smith, AlbertBiblio.com
4 023 résultats
185221866Boston: Bradbury & Guild 1852. Hardcover. Good. viii 192 pp "embellished with over forty elegant wood engravings." Original publisher's cloth with blind-stamped decoration title stamped in gilt on front board. Wear to extremities 1.5-inch split in cloth at lower front joint some pale water stains affecting boards only; binding sound text generally clean but with occasional spots of foxing or soiling at margins. Account of Smith's travels in the Near East including description of dervishes the slave market bazaars mosques a gun factory and other interesting locales. Bradbury & Guild hardcover
1848r6109aLondon: Richard Bentley. Worn condition. Covers rubbed and faded with splits and reinforcement to hinges. Spines browned with chipping to ends. Inner hinge cracking. Some foxing and browning; more prominent on plates. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Blind stamp to early pages and sporadically to content of volume 1. Top corner of page 395 missing in volume 2; impinging on text. 1848. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xviii 509pp; viii 511pp. 18 plates and woodcuts including 3 maps one in colour and two folding. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Richard Bentley hardcover
1848r6109London: Richard Bentley. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind light marking to spines. Scattered browning. All edges marbled. Frontis plates missing. 1848. First Edition. Light blue hardback board cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xviii 509pp; viii 511pp. Plates maps and woodcuts. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Richard Bentley hardcover
1909530176Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs 1909. Hardcover without dust jacket. Gilt lettering to front and to spine. First edition Thus. Previous owner's details penned to FEP and creases to upper edges of gutter pgs 118-119. Minor foxing to a few internal pages. Board edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Text is clean throughout. AD. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Whitcombe and Tombs Hardcover
184441035Hamilton Adams and Co London 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xvi 648 lvi pp. Rebacked with new end papers fitted. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Edges browned. Slight damp staining to outer margin of frontispiece. Small tear with slight loss to title. Final couple of text pages frayed. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Two folding maps at present. Original plate facing p. 293 absent replaced with facsimile otherwise all original plates and illustrations present. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Mauritius & South Africa; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41035. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Hamilton, Adams and Co hardcover
184341034Hamilton Adams and Co London 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xviii 560 cxliv pp. Internally clean. Hinges cracked. Spine slightly cocked. Internal split to front joint. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Three folding maps at rear present as are all listed plates and illustrations Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Australia; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41034. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Hamilton, Adams and Co hardcover
1860012330Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1860 Book. Illus. by Maps and Illustrations. Fair to Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Front hinge cracked and showing binding cords. Binding loose but complete. Laid in are newspaper clippings from 1926 and 1930 related to the search. Large foldout map. 375 pp. with appendix. Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Ticknor and Fields hardcover
1859049002London: John Murray 1859. xxvii 403pp publisher catalogue index appendix 3 of 4 maps bw ills frontis. Rebound in modern half-leather red cloth with black leather spine and corners. Lacks final map a little foxing to prelims but generally very clean internally. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. John Murray 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
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
1885042309New York: Harper and Brothers 1885. Book. Illus. by John B. Gibbs based on the author's sketches. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth front cover illus. in gilt and lettered in black spine panel lettered in gilt. xx5364 pp. illus. w/ color frontis. 6 maps including 3 folding reproductions of engravings drawings in text. Minimally ex-library copy clear-coated spine panel and joints which has darkened with age handwritten call number on lower spine discarded stamp on front fixed endsheet and discarded slip mounted to rear flyleaf. Appears not to have circulated and shows only minor shelf wear with slight chipping at head of spine small area of surface loss at top corner of front flyleaf. Text block is a bit toned by age. Very firm intact binding. One map shows minor raggedness along edges owing to having been improperly folded. Decently preserved copy with relatively minor faults. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
1885026048New York: Harper & Brothers 1885. HEAVY. xx 536pp book catalogue cold frontis with tissue-guard illustrations from the author's sketches double-page folding coloured map maps some folding one slightly creased and one with a closed tear index brown endpapers. Prelims and endpages lightly foxed. Two personal notes on the first otherwise blank prelim. Upper edge tinted. Decorative blue coth boards gilt with wear and some loss at the spine head and foot. The book is in six parts: In the Cocos-Keeling Islands; In Java; In Sumatra; In the Moluccas and in Timor-Laut; and In Timor. Each part has an appendix. An extremely attractive copy. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1923177<p>Seeley Service 1923. Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 316 pages with 4 pages of adverts at end frontispiece 3 maps 2 folding tipped in after index and 24 b/w plate leaves 5 illustrations in text. Blue black cloth with light blue titling to spine and illustration of ship on front cover. Minor stain to front cover contents clean some very minor spotting mainly to endpapers . A very nice copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 177. .</p> Seeley Service hardcover
1794BB1335London: printed for T. N. Longman Pater-Noster-Row 1794. Early Reprint. Wraps. Very Good. Small 8vo: xxxvi380 numbered columns381-394 Index to the County Seatspp with folding copper-engraved map frontispiece. Recently bound to style by Fitterer in drab wraps printed paper spine label end papers renewed. A Very Good or better copy map and title page lightly browned browning and creases to some early page margins only in a Fine binding. Lowndes 1798. Fordham Road-Books p. 27. Not in Hodson. Tenth edition originally published 1771 with "addition of nearly ninety pages including considerable improvements in the direct roads many new cross roads and a great number of noblemen’s and gentlemen’s seats." Although Paterson contributed no significant innovations to the compilation of road books relying on the advances of Norden Ogilby and others he "made improvements in style and presentation and added factual detail—so much so that his name was for many years an indicator of reliability in road books and was attached to them long after he had stopped compiling them." ODNB N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. printed for T. N. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row unknown
176736492London: Printed by J. Knox 1767. Hardcover. Poor. Octavo. Volume III only. 2 520 pages. Illustrated with fold out chart map of the southern section of South America and a chart map of the Pacific Ocean. Binding in poor condition. Marbled paper covered boards are detached. Text block split into two sections. Spine is dry and cracked with no title label. Boards extremely worn. Text is untrimmed. Light staining and fading to the the title page. Previous owner ink name stamp on page 1. A persistent brown stain in the upper gutter of the text partly affecting the Pacific Ocean fold out map in the margins. Page 214 torn in the margin with no loss of print. Some doodles in the margins of a few pages. Light toning to the contents. A poor copy. <br /> <br /> Contents include voyage accounts of Captain William Dampier Captain Woodes Rogers and Anson's voyage around the world The Pacific Ocean map shows California and parts of the Philippines. The map has some brown stains in the margins. Printed by J. Knox hardcover
1767r3544cLondon: J Knox. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed with edge and corner wear. Fep loosening. Slight foxing. 1767. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 130mm 9" x 5". 520pp. 2 fold out engraved charts. Heraldic bookplate of Cameron of Lochiel on paste down with motto 'Pro Rege et Patria'. Contents include: The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake; The Voyage of William Dampier the Voyage of Captain Woodes Rogers in the Duke and Captain Stephen Courtney in the Duchess including the account of their finding Alexander Selkirk on the island of Juan Fernandez with his manner of life during a residence of four years at that place and the voyage round the world by George Anson with a brief detail of the disastrous fate of the Spanish squadron under Admiral Pizarro sent out to intercept him. Includes fold out charts of South America and of the Pacific Ocean. . J Knox hardcover
1767r3544London: J Knox. G: in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Covers rubbed with some partial hinge cracking. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owners inscriptions to feps. A few maps with mis-creasing and closed tears - no loss. Occasional minor foxing and marking. 1767. First Edition. Original brown leather cover. 220mm x 130mm 9" x 5". xiv 516pp; 496pp; 520pp; 464pp; 472pp; 543pp; 528pp. 16 b/w engraved maps - 15 fold-out. 24 b/w plates - 9 fold-out. Contents includes: The four Voyages of Christopher Columbus; Conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortes; Conquest of Peru by Francis Pizarro; Voyage to South America by Dom George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa; Patagonia; John Niehoff's voyage to Brazil and the East Indies; Lionel Wafer's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien; A brief account of North America from Major Roger describing the several British Colonies; Colonel Bouqet's Expedition against the Ohio Indians; Reflections on the War with the savages of North America; the first voyage to the East Indies by Vasquez de Gama; Voyage to the Cape Verde Islands by George Roberts; Mr Peter Kolben's voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and the Hottentot Natives; The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake around the Globe; The Voyage round the World of William Dampier; The Voyages og Woodes Rogers and Stephen Courtney round the World including finding Alexander Selkirk on the Island of Juan Fernandez; The Voyage round the World of George Anson; Travels through the most Northern Parts of Europe; Travels of Monsieur Maupertius in the Polar Circle; Lorde Molesworth in Denmark and Sweden; Bernard Connor in Poland; Mr Beauplan and Others in the Ukrain; Travels through Europe; Keysler's Travels through Europe; Travels through France by Sacheveral Stephens; Rev. Clarke's Travels through Spain and Portugal; Mr Hanway's Account of Russia; John Thevenot's Voyage and Travels from Italy to Constantinople; Mr Wood's Journey to Palmyra; Maundrell and Shaw in the Holy Land and Barbary; Dr Pococke through Egypt; Journey to Mequines by Mr Windus; Travels to the Inland parts of Africa by Francis Moore; Travels of Sir John Chardin in Persia; An Account of Indostan by Thomas Roe and Mr Holwell; A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin by John Bell; Accounts of England and Scotland and a 1762 List of the Royal Navy. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . J Knox hardcover
18996952London: Methuen 1899. xii 312 pages. B/w frontispiece and 50 other b/w photos. Half leather with gilt titling and decorations on the spine; raised bands. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Some pale foxing but not on the b/w plates. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf. Rare. A beautifully bound book. The photos are exceptionally clear detailed and interesting. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Methuen Hardcover
1930g9183London: H F & G Witherby. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Upper board with some edge fading. Spine faded. Scattered browning. Fold out map with minor margin tear. 1930. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 324pp. 38 b/w photographs and fold out coloured map. . H F & G Witherby hardcover
1805k5331London: Richard Phillips printed for. G : in very good condition without dust jacket. Boards rubbed with wear to extremities. External joints weak but holding. Scattered light foxing and occasional pencil marginalia. Folding plate with linen backed reinforcement to central fold. 1805. First Edition. Half-leather cover. 280mm x 230mm 11" x 9". xii 480pp. 11 aquatint plates 1 folding. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Lacking publisher's catalogue to rear. . Richard Phillips [printed for] hardcover
1898028936Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv 256 16 pages of adverts at year; b/w portrait frontispiece of the author; 9 further b/w plates; folding map at end; in-text vingette. Original green buckram cloth binding with gilt lettering good and strong but somewhat worn and rubbed; cloth marked and tanned. Contents good and tight a little spotting and foxing a few pages marked; private bookplate to the front paste-down. A good copy of the first edition. "Journey of the British explorer & ornithologist in 1894 from Kolguev Island up the Pechora River & then west to the White Sea". Archibald Constable & Co. Hardcover
190160698New York London & Montreal: Abbey Press Publishers 1901. 8vo. 14 255 1 pp. including 1 leaf of publisher’s ads for Morris. Title in red & black. Portrait photo frontisp. w/ tissue guard numerous photo plates. Pictorial beige publisher’s cloth front cover illustrated w/ image of Alaska glacier w/ gilt red & black black lettering minor scuffing wear to cloth a couple signatures poorly opened w/ minor closed tears rough cut fore-edges slightly shaken still a VG- copy. First edition of this breezy fast-paced travel memoir of Ida & her husband James traveling from Arcola & Arthur IL through Chicago and points West to fulfill her lifelong dream of seeing Alaska and the Aurora Borealis. She was insatiably curious and frequently writes of Native Americans as they traveled by rail across the Northern United States including tribes in Minnesota Lakes region Dakotas Montana the Pacific Northwest British Columbia and Alaska. She also observes in Havre Montana the African-American “Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry came aboard. . . stalwart colored soldiers who will do credit to the uniforms they wear. . . how many of these brave men would return from the deadly Philippines.†She writes details about the Salish Northwest Coast Indian legends the First Nations peoples’ potlatches in British Columbia and their banning by the Provincial government along with making frequent mentions of Japanese-Americans Chinese-Americans and more. The couple visits the Muir Glacier Alaska gold fields Walla Walla in Washington State as well as Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks. Morris 1859-1927 was a school teacher in Mattoon IL who married James Morris 1848-1925 local banker and merchant in 1887 and the pair traveled often. Abbey Press, Publishers, hardcover
1891228426Boston: James H. Earle 1891. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in publisher’s red cloth title blocked in gold on the front cover and the spine; scattered silverfishing to the covers; blindstamped at the top of the frontispiece; front free endpaper has been mended at the hinge; pages toning and somewhat brittle; endpapers chipped;. Very Good binding. James H. Earle unknown
1893210911-MB57London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1893. Good Hardcover illustrated foldout map of India detached but present . First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. Hardcover
1998LA32107050024Lustre Press 1998. Hardcover. Very Good -/Good. Clean solid copy with unmarked text. Mild wear to cover edges and corner tips. Jacket has fairly heavy surface rubbing and edge wear with one tear. Binding is solid and square. Full-page color photography throughout. Oversize hardcover. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation. Lustre Press hardcover
