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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Bluecover with pasted-down illustration. 9"w x 7 3/4"h. 256 pages.
London, Methuen & Co., 1933, 19’5 x 13’5 cm., tela original, XIII – 213 págs. – 6 h. – 6 láminas plegadas.
Paperback. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Unused shop stock. RB Used
Editions Grafprint, Milan, 1959. In-4 (30 x 21 cm) 32 photographies en couleurs, 117 pages. Deux petites déchirures sur le dos de la jaquette.
ISBN : 2851084305. CHENE. 1986. In-4 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. environ 40/50 pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations en couleur dans et/ou hors texte
N.Y., Appleton and Company, 1933. Orig. full cloth. Frontispiece. XIII,355 pp., 1 map.
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xvi, 402 pp, engraved frontis (interior of harem), engraved folding map of Persia, showing route of General Gardan's Embassy from Constantinople to Teheran in 1807. recent leather backed marbled boards with gilt decorations on spine and gilt title lettering on green leather label, one cm tear in frontis margin, light stain in inner corner of margin, title slightly foxed else a near fine copy in nice binding. A pictur Wilson p. 222. Weber I, 82. Blackmer 1628 (note). Not in Ghani. Tancoigne accompanied General Gardane's embassy to Tehran in 1807 and negotiated various concessions for French merchants. The last goo quality copy noted at auction sold for over US$2,300 at Sotheby's in 1999..
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 Used
Philadelphia, Caleb Richardson, 1817. Small 8vo. Bound in one cont. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt titlelabel in leather(this having some scratches). Monroe: 228,XXXVI pp. - Birkbeck: 189 pp.
pp. xii, (13)-228, xxxvi [Appendix]. First few signatures very damp stain. Foxed. 12mo. 175 mm. Disbound. Fair. Title continues: 'With A View To The Examination Of Their Several Military Defenses. With An Appendix.' President Monroe started his tour at the very outset of his administration, shortly followed by another inspection tour of the South and Southwest. His aim was to inspect American defenses along the border with Canada. On this first tour Monroe travelled as far west as Detroit. Scarce variant of: S&S/AI 44962; Howes M725; Sabin 50023. PAIMP 25
288p. Slight foxing. 12mo. 195mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Boards detached. PA 59
Kuala Lumpar Oxford University Press Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints, 1968. Folio. In the original blue buckram with gilt titles to spine and pink pictorial onlay to front cover. Fully illustrated with reproductions of colour plates, lithographs, maps and text drawings. XLVI, VII, 391 pp.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; cream green pictorial cloth, gilt back, brown top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 316, [iv, ads] pp, frontis portrait of Bruce, 38 plates, 3 maps including 2 folding and in color, bibliog, index. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, endpaper bookplate, endpaper a little toned, corner margin of a leaf chipped, light stain on part of rear cover, interior near fine and quite clean, in very good cover. A picture of this book is available u Five chapters were written by W. G. Burn Murdock. Based on Bruce's papers and interviews with shipmates and family. Spence 195. Rosove 51.a1. Conrad p. 73: 'A readable and informative biography'.
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 284 pp, frontis from painting by Carl Rungius, numerous illustrations from photos by the author and sketches by Bruce Horsfall on plates, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, spine faded, dj (chipped at edges, rubbed, not price clipped), very good overall, inscribed and signed by author on endpaper, dated 1941. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author provides a general survey of natural history across Canada, from plants and glaciers to birds, insects, fish, fossils, animals, etc.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 292 pp, frontis with tissue guard, illustrations, plates from photos and drawings, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine copy, clean and bright, with the original invoice inserted loosely. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Much on insect life, architectural and dome-building spiders, ants, dung-burying beetles, monsoons, evolution of instinct, etc, by this eminent naturalist. Wood 386.
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 180 pp, illustrations from photos and full-page drawings by the author, map, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (chipped, tear at edge, not price clipped), signature in pencil on endpaper, else clean, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the insects, animals, reptiles, fish, flowers, scenery as well as Arab tales based on his travels in the area over a nine month period. The appendices include geography, climatic factors that influence animals, animal and bird migration.
8vo [22 x 16 cm]; xiv, 310 pp, frontis (port), 33 photo plates, with the two fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates of birds, folding map, showing routes in red. original pictorialgilt cloth, spine very faded, edges lightly worn, hinges cracked but firm, else very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author traveled up the Cuara, a tributary of the Orinoco, in 1897, 1898, 1900-1901 and describes the natural history and the native people. He made valuable contributions to our knowledge of birds life in the Venezuelan forests. Six of his party of 14 died after a shipwreck and the 26 days journey through the wilderness to the nearest settlement. It has become a classic work on the area. The preface by J. Scott Keltie gives an historical overview of the author's travels. Goodman 828. Wood 192: 'A scarce and interesting book'.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 300, [i, publisher's ads] pp, frontis and numerous plates from photos, other illustrations from drawings, 3 maps including 2 in color (one folding), index. original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, small spot on front cover, else near fine, interior quite clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Based on yachting travels in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico over six consecutive winters, the author describes his experiences and adventures on several islands, including Swan, Blanquilla, the Hermanos islands belonging to Honduras and Venezuela, with much on coral, birds, fish, plants, animal life in water and on land, hidden treasure and on the people he met.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 300, [i, publisher's ads] pp, frontis and numerous plates from photos, other illustrations from drawings, 3 maps including 2 in color (one folding), index. original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, light stain on outer, lower corner of covers, interior is clean and unmarked, very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Based on yachting travels in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico over six consecutive winters, the author describes his experiences and adventures on several islands, including Swan, Blanquilla, the Hermanos islands belonging to Honduras and Venezuela, with much on coral, birds, fish, plants, animal life in water and on land, hidden treasure and on the people he met.
8vo., with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 6 illustrations in the text, neat signature on half-title; original dark green, rhea hunt blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, patterned endpapers, joints lightly rubbed corners very lightly bruised, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a little age-worn else a very good, clean copy. With 32p publisher's catalogue (dated January 1898 and partially unopened) bound in at end. Quite apart from its scientific value, Darwin's first published work (1839) is an important travel work in its own right. This is essentially a re-issue of Murray's 1890 edition (Freeman 28) with the postscript incorporated in the text, but preserving the gilt 'rhea' hunt on upper board and gilt '3/6' on backstrip first seen in the 1889 edition (Freeman 21). In addition Captain Fitzroy's name is reset as 'Fitz Roy' on title. Freeman (Darwin), 49.
8vo., Second Edition, Seventeenth Thousand, neat signature on blank front preliminary and dedication; original dark green arches-style cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut and partially unopened, very neatly recased, backstrip very lightly chafed (but without material loss) at head and tail else an unusually good, clean copy. With 32p publisher's catalogue (dated April 1886) bound in at end and the trade ticket of Beavis Stewart of Newcastle-on-Tyne on front paste-down. Quite apart from its scientific value, Darwin's first published text (1839) is an important travel work in its own right. This issue retains Darwin's separate Postscript, first seen in the tenth thousand of 1860 and from 1890 onwards incorporated in the text. Freeman (Darwin), 18.
Paperback in good condition. Marks and scores on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn. Two centimetre tear on leading edge of page 77. A few minor marks in the volume.Text is clear. AM Used
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 3 volumes, xxxviii, [i], 353, 35 [Hakluyt Society catalogue]; [vi], 371; viii, 271 pp, frontis (port), plates including folding with tissue guards, maps, several maps in text, tables, index. original blue cloth with gilt vignette on front covers, gilt spine title lettering, decorated in blind, lightly rubbed at edges but a clean and fine set, partly unopened. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. National Maritime Museum Catalogue 432. Cox i, 280: 'Fryer was a surgeon in the service of the East India Company for nine years and traveled extensively on the Coromandel and Malabar coasts. He describes well the cities of Surat and Bombay, the life and trade there as well as at Madras.' 'His book is of great value in its account of the struggle of the Mahrattas under Sivaaji to resist absorption into the Aurangzib's empire and in its analysis of the political state of the kingdom of Bijapur' (Oaten, Early Travelers in India).
London, Printed for J. Knox, 1767 8vo. Bound in 7 nice uniform contemp. full calf. Spines gilt, titlelabels with gilt lettering. A small stamp on title-page. With 14 (of 15) folded engraved maps and plans, 29 (34) engraved plates, some folding. A few scattered brownspots. printed on good paper
