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19561632Rome: Instituto Poligrafico Dello Stato 1956. First in English. Printed Soft Covers. VG. Diary of the expedition to Tibet in the Year MCMXLVIII. With an appendix on Tibetan medicine and hygiene by R Moise. 195 pp ill. Translated into ENGLISH by Mario Carelli. One fold out map. From Marco Polo onwards the Italians have made numerous trips to Tibet and Central Asia. This translation is of an important 20th century expedition that yielded much valuable historical information. VG to near fine in original colored printed wraps. Instituto Poligrafico Dello Stato unknown
189811853London: Methuen & Company 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxvii 319 pp illustrations 4 maps two folding. Introduction by George T. Goldie. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of soldiers on front board. Former mercantile library copy with bookplate on front pastedown and a few stamps. No external library markings. Corners lightly bumped some chipping/short tears to cloth at spine ends. One of the folding maps is quite delicate and has numerous tears partially mended on the verso with archival tape with some minor loss. Vandeleur a highly decorated officer in the Scots Guards participated in the Unyoro Expedition in 1895 the Niger Expedition in 1897 and served with the Egyptian Army in the Soudan expedition of 1898. He was awarded a grant from the Royal Geographical Society for his valuable work surveying more than 2000 miles of territory in East Africa and the Niger district. He was killed in 1901 when 250 Boers fired on his train. Methuen & Company hardcover
1989zj5Government Printers 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair. the wraps are worn and marked and the spine is plain possibly totally faded. there is a previous owner's name on the front wrap. internally the book is clean and well bound with no inscriptions. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Government Printers paperback
1949056367San Francisco CA;: Colt Press / Edward Eberstandt & Sons 1949. First edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A selected bibliography of the California Gold Rush. Limited to 500 copies. Unpaginated. Bound in original yellow paper covered boards printed in red and gold with red cloth backstrip. Fine and bright copy. Laid is the 12 page auction catalogue of the collection. <br/> <br/> Colt Press / Edward Eberstandt & Sons hardcover
19242243London: A&C Black 1924. Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. VG. Painted by Major E Molyneux and described by Sir F Younghusband. 238 pp 32 ill. in color. Double page b/w text map after list of ill. in front. Scenery seasons travel Srinagar valleys & places of interest sport people history products peaks and mountain ranges. and the story of the mountains. VG in original blindstamped cloth. From the library of celebrated military figure Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen with his engraved bookplate inside front cover and the signature of his nephew L. Meinertzhagen on front free end paper. Nice association copy. A&C Black hardcover
2008051996Colorado: Ben Zwibecker 2008. Three ring binder. Fine. The album consists of 59 color transparencies of the Many Murphy Mine taken in September 2002. The majority of the 55 black and white photographs are 8x10 inches from the negatives many from glass plates held by the Genealogy Department Denver Public Library. From the years about 1880 to 1920 they depict mine buildings and facilities railroads and mining towns in Colorado such as The Mary McKinney Mine Vindicator and Lillie Mines Ajax Gold Mine Independence Colorado and many others. Most have a one page description of the photograph. All are fine are in sleeves within a three ring binder. The binder is housed within a large slipcase. A fine set. <br/> <br/> Ben Zwibecker unknown
1964338H1203London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. 1964. Magazine. Illus. by Wood L. Ashwell; Driscoll Barry L.; Beaton Cecil. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 749-800 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for the Riley elf Mark II Car red; One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Cream shows seen in art gallery; One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Dry shows man examining painting; Cover page photo of crane lifting huge fallen stone lintel at Stonehenge; Article on the future of Africa with photo of opening of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference on May 5; Photo of fallen balustrade on the Sinclair Road in Hammersmith; Photo of Kenneth Kuanda addressing opening session of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference; Photo of 320 debutantes giving mass curtsey to the Countess of Mansfield at Queen Charlotte's birthday ball at Grosvenor House on May 5; Photo of Dame Ninette De Valois receiving acclamation of the Royal Ballet and audience at the gala performance at Covent Garden on May 7; Photo of political leaders at the Mansion House launching national appeal for a memorial to Pres. Kennedy; Photos of the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Gloucester at London events; Five photos of the Duke of Edinburgh around and about; Article on Aden Pres. Nasser and Yemen; Five photos of Khrushchev's state visit to Cairo including image of Egyptian girl who has thrown herself on the hood of the limo carrying Khrushchev and Nasser; Photo of the launching of Japan's largest postwar submarine Oshio at Kobe; Photo of airliner wreckage at Concord California after the pilot of a Pacific Airlines plane was shot mid-flight; Photo of major damage to destroyer Decatur after clear weather collision with aircraft carrier Lake Champlain off Virginia; Photo of signing of the Japanese British agreement on the consular convention by Mr. Butler and the Japanese Foreign Minister in Tokyo; Photo of Sir Roy Welensky in his garden Salisbury Southern Rhodesia; Photo of the first Canadian High Commissioner Mr. Norman Berlis presenting his letters of introduction to Mr. Kenyatta; Photo of Gen. Franco relaxing with brush and paint behind the Prado palace in Madrid; Photo of 60000 people meeting on the mountain of Montejurra Spain for the traditional Carlist rally; Photo of Pres. Ben Bella of Algeria receiving Order of Lenin in Moscow; Photo of the Shah of Persia Iran pouring first concrete for the Latian Dam; Photo of Mrs. Jerrie Mock being decorated by Pres. Johnson; Photo of planned Jordan River water diversion to counter Israel's plans of water diversion; Photo of Finnish UN troops in Nicosia after a 40 mile bike ride from Dhekelia; Photo illustrated article on continuing excavations at Ephesus and Roman apartment houses uncovered Part 1; A survey of the New York World's Fair 1964-65; Two pages of photos of amusement centres and inside pavilions at the New York World's fair; Wonderful one page colour photo of the Unisphere at the World's Fair; Excellent colour centrefold panoramic map/guide to the New York World's Fair - 646 acres of pavilions and amusement gardens at Flushing Meadow; Excellent cover photo of the New York State Pavilion with its 100 foot "Tent of Tomorrow"; Several additional pages of photos of the World's Fair; Page of photos of General Motors' Futurama trip and other items; Two pages of photos of Etruscan art in Florence - a little-known field of sculpture; Two pages of photos of Master James Ogilvy and his parents; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. José Maza the Duke of Primo de Rivera John Molloy Lieut. Gen. Sir: Barber Mr. Andrew Stewart Sir Roland Robinson Mr. J. Guthrie Brown author Leon Uris and Dr. Wladislaw Dering who sued Uris for libel because of content in the book Exodus Dr. Heenan who made a statement about contraception Mahmoud Jaifi the late Sir Ben Smith the late Mrs. Marjorie McIntosh the late Miss Marie Kendall and Sir James Greg; Two pages of text and photos of a variety of African musical instruments; Two pages of text and photos describe British troop involvement in heavy guer. The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. Paperback
1953302G2795London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Davis G.H. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related scenes in Norfolk Sheerness Naval Dockyard Southend; the East Coast Lincolnshire Essex Kent Felixstowe Jaywick Yarmouth and Salthouse; Photos of the worst Netherlands flooding in 400 years; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of the Princess Victoria; Nice colour-illustrated ad inside front cover for Number Seven cigarettes features a Hawaiian party scene; Photos of personalities of the week including recently deceased James H. Scullin Sir Reginald Wingate and Samuel A. Courtauld; The lesson of the coelacanth; Photos of the Monte Carlo Rally - great successes for British Cars; Photo of India's celebration of her 3rd anniversary of independence with President Dr. Rajendra Prasad taking the salute of a detachment of Indian camel troops; Tasteful colour back cover ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. Paperback
1953302G2796London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Davis G.H.; Karsh; Inglis Norward; Forward F.R.; Peterson Roger Tory. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 261-296. Features: Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Rootes Group Cars Sunbeam-Talbot Hillman Minx; Preparation of the Queen's Coronation robe; Arrival of new U.S. Ambassador Winthrop W. Aldrrich; Two pages of illustrations of how the Dutch fight their eternal and unwearying enemy - the sea - repairing dykes and reclaiming land; Excellent one-page colour-photo portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; One-page colour photo of the Lord Lyon and Officers of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; The Indo-China War - photos from Nasam and the Qui-Non amphibious landing; Swami Narayan Acharya was buried alive for nine days; Oradour; Shipwrecks at sea and on land; Photo of the New Sudan Agreement being signed by General Neguib and Sir Ralph Stevenson at Cairo; Photos of personalities of the week including Brigitte Fossey Sir Holburt Waring skater Alan Hayes and Sir Percival Sharp; Photos of the Queen supporting flood victims in Essex and Kent and the fight to defend against the sea; Bomb damage to the Soviet legation in Tel Aviv; Electrical 'traffic control' for salmon used at Scottish power stations; Colour portrait of the Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater; Excavations at Sultantepe and Harran - tablets of the Sabian sect a priestess's trinkets and an Umayyad mosque; Nice one-page Ford car ad; Sweet half-page photo ad for the Lagonda Mk. II Saloon; Attractive colour ad for Cussons' Blue Hyacinth toiletries inside back cover; and more. Three-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. Paperback
1953302G2794London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Uden Ernest. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Richard Nixon wife of the new Vice-President both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about Oradour-Sur-Glane - a case which revives a terrible war memory - the trial of 21 S.S. soldiers charged with the murder of a French community; Photo and article on the tree-climbing goats of Morocco; Photos of the end of the Second Swiss attempt on Everest; Two pages of photos and information on the war in Indo-China - French Union troops in the Red River Delta plus an amphibious operation against the Viet Minh - a phase of 'Operation Bretagne'; Two-page photo of the summit and southern wall of Everest taken from the Ramparts of Pumori; Two pages of photos and information about the British-trained Sudan Defense Force; Photos from the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica"; Photos of the personalities of the week including recently deceased Sir Edward Marsh and artist Douglas Chandor as well as squash champion A. Fairbairn and a group photo of Sherpas who helped with the recent Swiss Everest attempt; Photo of the marriage of Sir William Slim's daughter to Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer; Nice colour-illustrated ad for King George IV old Scotch whisky on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. Paperback
1982241c6983Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 311 pages. Bibliography. "Examines the historical experiences of these people while focusing on recurrent themes: a deeply rooted kinship system based on lineages that feud as frequently as they cooperate; the gradual Islamization of the entire society through the work of itinerant Sufi saints; the rise and fall of regional sultanates and long-distance trade networks; and a history of resistance to foreign invaders." - from dust jacket. Book clean tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy. University of Pennsylvania Press Hardcover
1984241G2919U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press 1984. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. "Kiple's detailed examination of diet disease and demography in the Caribbean and West Africa raises significant issues for all concerned with the history of medicine slavery and European overseas expansion." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Minimal markings to contents. Book would be graded as Good if not for moisture damage affecting upper portion of back half of book. All text legible. No odour detected. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this informative work. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
1961123G3834London: George Newnes Ltd. 1961. Book. Illus. by Colvin Neville; O'Hanlan Brian; Phillips Edwin; Gray Reg; Longaron Jorge; MacGillivray Robert; O'Hanlan Brian;. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pages 59-116 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: Four Lives for One - a tale from Algeria; Too Much Rope - Canadian Criminal Norman "Red" Ryan - article with photo; Why They Named it Mount Podolsky - how Canadian George Podolsky saved the lives of three men there after a plane crash - article with photos and illustrations; Death in Sixty-Five Minutes - a snake bite in India; The Greatest Golden Hoard - Incas El Sangay and Dr. Kurt von Ritter - illustrated article with photo of Dr. von Ritter; Half-Pint Savage - a tale of a wolverine on the Alaska Peninsula; Abo in the Iron Lung - the curing of an Australian Aborigine; Thracian Pays a Dividend - a tale of marine salvage; Girl Pear Divers Amas of Japan - brief article with lovely photos; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. George Newnes Ltd. Paperback
2001241G1913Cape Town South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 161 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Lane a born Ulsterman a burgher of the South African Republic but still loyal to the British cause a storekeeper in the hamlet of Hartbeesfontein in the Western Transvaal faced dire penalties if he did not go to war with his commando. Refusing to bear arms against his mother country he was placed in charge of the ammunition in the main laager of General Piet Cronje Deputy Commandant General of the Republic. Not only was he opposed to Kruger and Krugerism but he was incensed at being commandeered. He criticizes much of what he sees and hears about Cronje. This viewpoint makes the work unique and unmatched by any other diarist in the camps of the Boers." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp atop front free endpaper otherwise clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Van Riebeeck Society Hardcover
1999241G1906Cape Town South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 368 pages. Volume I of "the never previously published private and unrevised records of the life of a remarkable Scotswoman the wife of the Colonial Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape. They tell of her attempts to reconcile the Dutch to British rule and are particularly important in recording what official accounts ignore. Vivid accounts are given of events such as the abortive mutiny in the Castle and the imprisonment and trial for high treason of the Graaff-Reinet rebels." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Van Riebeeck Society Hardcover
1999241G1905Cape Town South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 328 pages. Glossary selected bibliography and index. Multi-panel fold-out illustration at back. Volume II of "the never previously published private and unrevised records of the life of a remarkable Scotswoman the wife of the Colonial Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape. They tell of her attempts to reconcile the Dutch to British rule and are particularly important in recording what official accounts ignore. Vivid accounts are given of events such as the abortive mutiny in the Castle and the imprisonment and trial for high treason of the Graaff-Reinet rebels." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Van Riebeeck Society Hardcover
1991241c6867London: Kyle Cathie Limited 1991. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 223 pages. Magnificent colour photography. "No book on the Samburu has previously been published which combines such meticulous and hitherto unrecorded accounts of fascinating customs and ceremonies with such exceptional illustrations." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Kyle Cathie Limited Hardcover
1988241a7549London: Bogle L'Ouverture Publications Ltd 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pages. Index. "An inquiry into the inter-relations of Europe and Africa from the fifteenth century to the end of the colonial period. Examines African growth before the coming of the Europeans using seven regions as concrete examples and treats the European slave trade as a basic factor in African underdevelopment and technical stagnation. Places the awesome responsibility of redevelopment in the hands of Africans. Author was assassinated by agents of the Burnham government in 1980 following a year of political and industrial agitation." - from back cover. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Bogle L'Ouverture Publications Ltd Paperback
1948346H2554London: George Newnes Ltd. 1948. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18 ads 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the Skolt Lapps - photo-illustrated article; The Bundoo Mask - was it responsible for a run of misfortune in Sierra Leone; On the Edge of the World part II - further adventures of Richard Brenton in Tierra del Fuego; Two Black Outlaws - two Australian aboriginals go criminal and give Queensland police much trouble; My Pet Elephant - an amusing tale from Mashonaland Southern Rhodesia; Looking for Trouble - tragedy strikes when 20-year-old Henrietta Schmerler goes to live with and study the Apache Indians; Kite-Fishing in the Solomons; The Runaway Train; Four of a Kind - a Nigerian District officer tells a story related to "leopard" and "lion-men" atrocities in Africa; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. George Newnes Ltd. Paperback
1798274639Londres L. Duprat-Letellier et Compagnie Paris 1798. Softcover 2 Bände 17981805. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen berieben randrissig. Bei erstem Band Einband lichtrandig und Rücken mit Abschabung. Die Druckbögen sind unbeschnitten. In allem original. Mit Rückenkennung einer Klosterbibliothek. Londres + L. Duprat-Letellier et Compagnie, Paris, paperback
1917275853J.F. Lehmanns Verlag München 1917. Hardcover Leinen Kopffarbschnitt ohne Schutzumschlag Zustand: mit einer Eintragung im Vorsatz. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen. Rückenleinen etwas brüchig. Einband und Schnitt etwas braunfleckig. J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, München, hardcover
179129554Frankfurt 1791. Gebunden. unknown
1996295405Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1996. Hardcover Pappe mit Schutzumschlag 1. Auflage Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut unbenutzt. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, hardcover
1980216153Badenia Verlag Karlsruhe 1980. Hardcover kartoniert ohne Schutzumschlag Mit einer eingeklebten Postkarte von Sigi Hupfauer aus Rawelpindi 1988 und Signaturen von Karl Rössle Hubert Weinzierle und Thomas Mügge. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Badenia Verlag, Karlsruhe, hardcover
1957056599<p>Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket first printing as stated on copyright page book is in excellent condition the former owner's discreet small name-stamp on the first blank end-paper is the only remarkable flaw the gold jacket is slightly sunned to a lighter shade of yellow some mild edge-wear is present at the corners moderate rubbing to the surface near the fore-edge the jacket is clean the flaws are minor the original price 5.00 is present and a professional removable mylar cover is included a splendid copy .</p> Stackpole Company hardcover
