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London, Edit. Methuen Co., 1969. 371p. 8º. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada con bordes reforzados con celo. Sello de caucho. Buen ejemplar.
A very good trade paperback with lightly rubbed wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. ...
617p. Hardcover Good condition
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; xii, 108 pp, folding engraved map, with the half title page. contemporary marbled boards, leather spine, covers worn, joints repaired with leather, lacks front blank endpaper, map with old one inch tear repaired, interior is very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 38488. A French-Spanish expedition was sent to South America in 1736, to measure a degree of latitude in the area near Quito where the equator crossed, to determine the size and shape of the earth. The ten year expedition proved that the earth is flattened at the Poles. La Condamine returned by crossing Brazil via the Amazon. His narrative of his journey was of great importance, because for the first time the long course of the Amazon was traversed by a man of science capable of making astronomic observations, and determining longitudes.' [Borba de Moraes, I, 447] The fine engraved map of the Amazon and its tributaries accompanying the text was drawn by La Condamine himself, and is the first map in which the latitudes were observed and shown on the map. Cox ii, 273: 'La Condamine returned to the east coast of the continent by descending the Amazon, the first time it was accomplished by a scientist'. Hill 169: 'the greatest geographical event of the eighteenth century as regards South America. . . to measure one exact degree of meridian to determine the dimensions and shape of the earth. . . the work occupied eight years'. Goodman 495: 'A very useful abridgment of this indispensible work, entirely satisfactory for nearly all purposes'. Spain & Spanish America I, 369.
8vo [21x 13 cm]; xii, 108 pp, folding engraved map, with the half title page. contemporary full leather, spine worn, joints repaired, light foxing including on map, but mostly marginal, internally clean and very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 38488. A French-Spanish expedition was sent to South America in 1736, to measure the degree of latitude in the area near Quito where the equator crossed, to determine the size and shape of the earth. The ten year expedition proved that the earth is flattened at the Poles. La Condamine returned by crossing Brazil via the Amazon. His narrative of his journey was of great importance, because, for the first time, the long course of the Amazon was traversed by a man of science capable of making astronomic observations, and determining longitudes.' [Borba de Moraes, I, 447] The fine engraved map of the Amazon and its tributaries accompanying the text was drawn by La Condamine himself, and is the first map in which the latitudes were observed and shown on the map. Cox ii, 273: 'La Condamine returned to the east coast of the continent by descending the Amazon, the first time it was accomplished by a scientist'. Hill 169: 'the greatest geographical event of the eighteenth century as regards South America. . . to measure one exact degree of meridian to determine the dimensions and shape of the earth. . . the work occupied eight years'. Goodman 495: 'A very useful abridgment of this indispensable work, entirely satisfactory for nearly all purposes'. Spain & Spanish America I, 369.
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 418 pp, frontis, well-illustrated with numerous plates and other illustrations from drwgs and paintings by author, Mr Homan, Gloster and others, index. original pictorial blue cloth with picture in black and gilt, gilt title lettering, spine vignettes, lightly rubbed at edges, short tear of endpaper, else near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Arctic Bibliography 15604 cites only the 1893 edition. Wickersham 2798. Ricks 193. Smith S30: 'Schwatka's fame and this book did much to acquaint Americans with this area in the 1890's'.
224 pages. Frontis black and white photographic plate of author. Several pages of black and white photographic plates insterspersed through text. Map front endpaper. "... Mrs. Manning was the first woman to be employed in an official Geodetic Survey of the Far North. This book is her on day-to-day record of this Arctic adventure." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which bears some chipping and closed 1" tear at top edge of front panel. Jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Sound copy. Book
xix, 368 p. illus., plates, 4 maps. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 256 pages.
4to [28 x 21.5 cm]; 102 pp, color photos, many being full-page, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, signed by author on dedication page, inscribed, fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A collection of this famous chef's Bermuda recipes including sauces, soups, salads, seafoods, meat, desserts, cocktails, etc, with full instructions. The introduction is by Michael J. Winfield.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [vi], 297, [iv, ads] pp. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, part of front board a little faded, signature on endpaper, interior clean, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's travels in Himalayas, Central Asia in 1898 including some through very rough conditions.
Hardcover without jacket; marked boards, with some minor blistering, mainly on rear. Two splits in cloth on rear spine side. Edges and leading corners are slightly shelfworn; spine ends are a little bumped; page block is discoloured and lightly marked. Previous owner's details and message on front pastedown. Title page is slightly tanned; few age - related marks within, but all content is clear. TS Used
Hardcover, good condition. Fully bound in brown calf with gilding to the spine and embossed decortation to the corners. Boards are very worn at the edges and spine with both spine ends torn with missing bands. Both hinges are split and there are several loose pages within, however all pages and plates are present including a fold out linen map. Internally the pages are foxed and there is some minor staining here and there. Latin inscription penned of the FEP. DP Used
Large 8vo (170 x 265 mm). (12), 235, (1) pp. With 8 aquatint plates by George Isham Parkyns. Bound for Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen (1728-1822) by Georg Friedrich Krauss in half calf, the boards covered in white paper, the spine in six panels with red goatskin label in the second, lettered in gilt, the remaining panels with sunburst surrounding the Duke's 'AS' monogram, blue silk ribbon marker and marbled endpapers, signed. The reissue in 235 pp., following the suppression of comments on the Duke of Atholl which appeared in the first edition (which was in 233 pp.). - The elegant binding is signed on the second flyleaf by the Viennese artist bookbinder G. F. Krauss (active 1791-1824) with his stamp: "G. F. Krauss, Relieur à Vienne". Krauss must count as the most prominent German bookbinder of his day, and the Duke of Saxe-Teschen was perhaps his most important client. The identity of the Duke's bookbinder was long a mystery, until Martin Breslauer's catalogue 110 offered a Krauss binding for Duke Albert, signed with the same stamp as ours, obviously performed in his style and with the Duke's monogram. Maria Theresa's son-in-law and sometime governor of Hungary (and then of Belgium), Duke Albert was a collector of the first order. His collection of graphic art forms the nucleus of Vienna's Albertina; "as a bibliophile he evinced a special taste for good typography [...] Oddly, scholarship was long at a loss to identify Albert's bookbinders. Only recently [with the discovery of Breslauer's signed binding] could it be proved that Krauss bound at least parts of Duke Albert's library" (Schäfer). - Binding beautifully preserved. An excellent copy on large paper. ESTC T100101. Cf. Abbey Scenery 555.
252p., illus. Hardcover Ex-Library in good condition
pp. 631, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. LACKS Portrait and Frontis. Illustrated with numerous drawings. Age stained. Early inked ownership. Victorian color pictorial label. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Decorated and lettered in gold. Binding worn. Hardbound. HUMOR BOX 9
448 p. Illustrations. Maps. Original full cloth binding. DJ. A very readable and still useful guide to the Allegheny region. Hardbound. Very Good. PA 3
large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; xix, 341 pp, frontis photos, illus, maps and plans, glossary, bibliography, index. original cloth, gilt stamped vignette on cover, gilt spine title lettering, dj (light crease), fine, clean, unmarked and unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plan, Tihamah, down into Yemen and long the southern coast of the peninsula, Aden, the Gulf and returning home via Iraq. The author provides good observations of the people, customs, buildings, agriculture, food, history, etc. A unique source for social and economic history, written with humour and wit, otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. With an excellent introduction and annotations by G. Rex Smith.
195 pages, illustrated, maps. eng
" The nearest the renowned historian Sir Steven Runciman will ever come to writing his autobiography" An amusing collection of places - and people - he encountered on his travels from Athos to Zion.214p. Crisp tight unmarked text, ffep missing. Ex-Library
189 pages, illustrated, appendices, index. ink notes on front endpaper. eng
Foxing to textblock. Minor shelfwear. Upper corners bumped. ; 9.7 X 7.2 X 0.6 inches; 128 pages
français In-folio de 101 pl. (sous serpentes); broché remplié de l'éditeur. Avec préface par Th. Froment. Tirage limité à 625 exemplaires, celui-ci non justifié. Manques de papier en pied et sommet de dos, petites usures à la couverture.
Préface de Th. Froment, 1 vol. in-folio cartonnage éditeur pleine toile bicolore à coins bleu et rouge, titre doré sur plat, Féret et Fils, Libraires éditeurs, Bordeaux, 1899, 4 ff. (fx-titre, frontispice : portrait de l'auteur, titre, préface), 101 pl., 2 ff. Etat très satisfaisant (cartonnage frotté, bon état par ailleurs) pour cette édition bordelaise, difficile à trouver dans son cartonnage d'origine. Français
Paris, Théodore Lefèvre, libraire-éditeur, rue des Poitevins, sans date vers 1880, 391 pages, in/4, reliure en chagrin marron, plat en percaline avec une mouillure, illustrations in et hors-texte.