302 résultats
1893134349New York: J. Selwin Tait & Sons 1893. Octavo pp. i-ii iii iv 1-176 illustrations by Richard Jack and Hal Hurst original decorated red cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Collection of loosely connected stories narrated by an old American Colonel to some compatriots in a Paris bar comic fantasias that sometimes veer into the outright fantastic. In "Silver Plated" a tenor brought over to America for a tour accidentally sits in a pool of electricity which melts the silver from his pocket watch and deposits it around his waist. Customs agents demand duty on him on account of the silver and the impresario must use some Yankee ingenuity to avoid paying it. See Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years for a description of similar tales of Alden that appeared in periodicals. Wright III 44. Owner's signature dated 1893 on front free endpaper. Ink stain along outer rear joint spine lean several other spots and some general dust soiling to cloth otherwise a very good copy internally clean and tight. #134349 J. Selwin Tait & Sons unknown books
1885FD16-142London, Christian Knowledge Society, 1885. original cloth binding?, 8?, xii. 396 pages, a good copy 1st Edition 1st Printing
1838173536London: T. & W. Boone 1838. The deep tracks of his boat carriage quickly became their ribbon to follow to the south-west First edition of this illustrated account by the explorer who opened up the lush pastures of western Victoria to colonial settlement. His three daring expeditions added extensively to knowledge of Australia's inland waterways. This copy is from the collection of Jonathan Wantrup a leading bibliographer of Australiana with his book label on the front pastedowns. Appointed deputy surveyor-general of New South Wales in 1827 Mitchell 1792-1855 arrived in Sydney in September and began a six-year effort to produce a topographical map of the colony. His "Map of the Colony of New South Wales 1834 otherwise known as the 'map of the nineteen counties' has scarcely been equalled anywhere. It was perhaps Mitchell's greatest achievement. He determined too to extend his surveys outside the nineteen counties and though there are other reasons for his exploratory expeditions this was a major factor" ODNB. Mitchell's first expedition begun in late 1831 while his map was still in progress "explored between the Nammoi and the Gwydir and crossed the latter to strike the Barwon but there was no north-west river; all streams were clearly tributaries of the Darling. The murder by Aborigines of two of his party as they were bringing up provisions made a return to the settled colony imperative" ODNB and his party reached Sydney in February 1832. His second expedition undertaken three years later charted the course of the Darling to the point where it turned south establishing the likely region where it met the Murray. "Mitchell's third and most significant journey was undertaken ostensibly to connect the Murray with the Darling but also to explore the Murray and perhaps the country south of it. The expedition left Sydney in March 1836 and moved down the Lachlan. It was impossible to cross to the Darling so Mitchell proceeded to the Murrumbidgee and into the Murray following it down to what was thought to be the Darling junction. He traced the Darling upstream only sufficiently far to satisfy himself that it was in fact that river. Some 30 miles below the Goulburn river junction he turned off south-west. The region he then opened up he named Australia Felix now the western district of Victoria which certainly forms one of the richest tracts in Australia. At the Murray he found the country on the eve of being taken up by graziers and the deep tracks of his boat carriage quickly became their ribbon to follow to the south-west. This journey which lasted over seven months thus added greatly to the knowledge of a very fertile region of Australia" ODNB. Copies in the original cloth are nearly always found either rebacked or recased and this is a better example than most. 2 vols octavo. Frontispieces Vol. I hand-coloured 44 plates 3 hand-coloured 1 folding 5 maps and plans 3 hand-coloured 2 folding large folding map at rear with hand colouring vignette title pages illustrations and tables in text; 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Original green vertically combed cloth recased spines lettered in gilt with gilt vignettes of kangaroos emus and aboriginal weapons boards decoratively blocked in blind yellow coated endpapers edges untrimmed binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds on front pastedown of Vol. I. Cloth clean light cockling and creasing small split at head of spine of Vol. II some plates foxed as usual large folding map with small splits at folds and stub rear repaired on verso: a very good set. Ferguson 2553; Hill 1165; Wantrup 124a. hardcover
18394505219London: T. & W. Boone 1839. A little rubbed with map at end of volume 2 in poor condition and with obtrusive tape repairs. Two volumes octavo with lithographed title-pages large folding map repaired and 51 lithographed plates a few folding or coloured and small text illustrations; contemporary half calf with marbled boards. <p><p>Thomas Livingstone Mitchell was appointed to succeed Oxley as Surveyor General of New South Wales in 1828. The first expedition described here was undertaken to establish the veracity of a story spread about the colony by escaped convict George Clarke "The Barber" who claimed to have discovered a large river flowing to the north of Australia known by the Aboriginal name of Kindur. This expedition investigated the Namoi Gwydir and Barwon rivers but failed to prove or disprove the existence of the Kindur.</p> <p>The second and third expeditions were both aimed at fully determining the course of the Darling River extending on Sturt's earlier discoveries. Despite meeting hostilities with local Aboriginal tribes resulting in a retreat to Sydney and dismissing Burke's specific instructions regarding the Darling Mitchell went on to make a discovery of the greatest importance: the rich lands of western Victoria which he named Australia Felix in 1836.</p> <p>As well as being a fine surveyor Mitchell was an accomplished draughtsman and the plates in the book are all after his own drawings.</p> <p>This is the second edition revised and extended from the first publication the previous year. Despite the huge European interest in Australian exploration reflected in the number of titles published in London mid-century only Mitchell's and Sturt's journals would run into second editions.</p> </p> . Provenance: Lionel Gilbert historian with bookplate. T. & W. Boone unknown
187410896<p>Hubbard Bros. Phila. & Boston c. 1874-75. The original book was published in 1872. First Edition Later State printed circa 1874-1875. Good- bound in embossed brown cloth with ornate gilt lettering on the cover and spin. Penciled inscription on inside cover. The outside of the spine on the back hinge is beginning to separate. Some fraying on bottom. Still a lovely piece of history for a book that is over 150 years old. See Photos. </p> Hubbard Bros. hardcover
1872mon0000113818Hubbard Brothers 1872-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.0000 in x 8.0000 in x 6.0000 in. Binding shaken but intact. Cover has significant scuff marks and some frayed edges gold lettering still intact. Water stains and foxing on pages still completely legible. Hubbard Brothers hardcover
1872145Hubbard Bros 1872. Hardcover. Fair. Red cloth with black and gilt lettering and design. Lean to spine head and tail chipped and frayed. Boards and extremities heavily rubbed. Previous owner's name and address in pencil on ffep. Some occasional foxing throughout. Hubbard Bros hardcover
1836011759T.& W. Boon 1836. Map. Good. Disbound. First Edition. Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. large folding mack 76.5 cm x 56cm. Linen backed hand coloured. 3 black spots 1-3mm in the lower half of the map small hole on a crease on the left hand side of the map. The map shows the tracks of Major Mitchell's expeditions to better survey inland Australia. The map also shows the limits of the colony of New South Wales around Sydney. The settlements of Melbourne and William's Town founded in 1835 are shown. . T.& W. Boon unknown
188027304ALondon, Edinburgh & Dublin, A. Fullarton & Co., ohne Jahr (ca. 1880). Ca. 27 x 19,5 cm. Lithographiertes Titelblatt, XII Seiten, 754 Seiten; VI Seiten, 669 (1) Seiten. Mit insgesamt 28 farbig lithographierten Tafeln, einer gefalteten Karte und zahlreichen (teils ganzseitigen) Holzstich-Abbildungen. Grüne, gold- und blindgeprägte Original-Leinenbände. Two volumes in five original parts. 2 Bände in 5 Büchern.
18932304646Boston Mass: Atlantic News Company 1893. Stapled Binding. Fair. One in OCLC. Spine missing wrappers taped to spine rear wrapper chipped and stained. 1893 Stapled Binding. 147 pp. A detective story set in old time New York. Atlantic News Company unknown books
18932304646Boston Mass: Atlantic News Company 1893. Stapled Binding. Fair. One in OCLC. Spine missing wrappers taped to spine rear wrapper chipped and stained. 1893 Stapled Binding. 147 pp. A detective story set in old time New York. Atlantic News Company unknown
188040554London: Walter Scott 1880s. First edition large 8vo viii 632 pp. Chromolithographed second title and 11 chromolithographed plates light foxing at the beginning and end later marbled endpapers. Original gilt and black decorated cloth a.e.g. recased. London: Walter Scott unknown
1875151484London and Newcastle: The Tyne Publishing Company Limited c. 1875. First edition of this magnificently illustrated and bound compendium of David Livingstone’s life and explorations. Folio bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands gilt titles and elaborate pictorial gilt decorations to the front and rear panels engraved brass-mounted edges and double clasps to the front and rear panels chromolithographic vignette title page illustrated with 19 tinted lithograph plates including frontispiece of the meeting of Stanley and Livingstone map of Central and South Africa. Tyne Publishing Company issue issued from the same stereotype plates as the Adam & Co. and John G. Murdoch editions and bound uniformly. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Scottish physician Congregationalist and pioneer Christian missionary and explorer of Africa David Livingstone was one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. Livingstone's fame as an explorer and his obsession with learning the sources of the Nile River was founded on the belief that if he could solve that age-old mystery his fame would give him the influence to end the East African Arab–Swahili slave trade. His subsequent exploration of the central African watershed was the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of Africa. At the same time his missionary travels "disappearance" and eventual death in Africa†‌led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European "Scramble for Africa." The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited hardcover
188044505London:: Walter Scott n.d. ca. 1880. publisher's decorated red cloth a.e.g. 1892 Sunday School prize label on pastedown recipient's name scratched out. Some light use to cloth; very attractive. Folio. Color frontispiece and added color lithographed title page and plates. . Walter Scott, hardcover
1887C213010London: Walter Scott 1887. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth with some fading marks and rubbing to extremities tearing and repairs to spine with chipping at ends inner hinges starting otherwise near very good with 12 colour plates. Bookplate to pastedown. No jacket. Walter Scott, hardcover
188529111<p>Published in London by Walter Scott in 1885 this biography traces David Livingstone's movements across Central and Southern Africa. The text compiles missionary records travel documents and geographical observations attributed to Livingstone who became a central figure in Victorian interest in the African continent. References to his contribution appear in Printing and the Mind of Man emphasizing his influence on 19th-century mapping efforts. The book spans over 630 pages in quarto format and retains its original publisher's cloth with gilt and black design on the front board. Condition: Very Good. Covers show light rubbing and fading to the spine; boards remain firm and the text block is tight. Pages clean throughout with minimal toning. Collation: viii 632 2. Edition: First edition 1885. Illustrations: 12 color plates. Format: Quarto 4to single volume. References: Printing and the Mind of Man. Item Number SKU: #29111. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Walter Scott hardcover
1878B3867London: Adam & Co c.1878. A handsome copy in decorative period binding with fine colour plates text and plates clean and crisp. Binding: Contemporary morocco with gilt rules and wide gilt band surrounding the central gilt medallion rebacked expertly saving the original spine in 6 compartments of gilt raised bands gilt text on 2 edges gilt. Size: Large 4to Illustration: Adorned with 20 full page hand colour plates. Pages: P. blanks frontispiece title blank preface iii-iv contents v-viii p.1-632 blanks. Category: Book Plate Books Colour;Book Africa General; Adam & Co hardcover
188011028London: John G. Murdoch c1880. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Welsh edition. Original publishers deluxe black morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and front panel gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles chromolithographic vignette title page illustrated with 17 colour lithograph plates including frontispiece of the meeting of Stanley and Livingstone and title page. Language: Welsh. Book Condition: Fair: Light wear to corners edges and chipped spine ends. Lightly rubbed boards with some tarnishing to gilt. Tightly bound with short cracks to endpapers. Firm hinges. Tear to lower margins of last page. Spotted opening and closing pages and marks to many margins. DJ Condition: No DJ Size: cm by cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information. John G. Murdoch hardcover
1880mon0000979336Adam & Co. C. 1880's. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Carefully compiled from reliable sources With 20 plates C. 1880's Pages clean with some very light spotting throughout Clasped binding Gilt stamped title and decoration to spine and morroco boards All edges gilt Rubbing to boards Five raised bands to spine Rubbing to front hinge Damp stain to reverse of title page Colour lithograph to title page Gilt brass rims to edge of binding. Adam & Co. hardcover
1885016563London and Newcastle on Thyne: Adam and Charles Black 1885. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition THUS. n.d. circa 1885. Octavo pp. 324. frontis tissue guard present complete with plates as called for. Original red decorated boards with black and gilt. Gilt to all edges of text block. Some rubbing and wear to the boards slightly cracked front hinge still solidly bound. Shane Leslie's copy with his book plate to verso of front board. Adam and Charles Black Hardcover
187522134Chicago: Jansen McClurg & Company 1875. Large thick octavo 23.5cm.; original brown pictorial cloth upper cover and spine embossed in gilt brown glazed endpapers; 254114adspp.; engraved portrait frontispiece 21 plates including one color facsimile one color double-page map and one large color folding map loose in chemise mounted inside rear cover; additional text illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed a few tiny chips to endpapers else a Very Good copy. Jansen, McClurg, & Company unknown books
1875261385New York: Harper 1875. hardcover. very good. Extensively illustrated with maps and text illustrations. LACKS THE TWO FOLDING MAPS IN REAR POCKET. 541pp. 8vo decorative blue cloth; ownership signature front free endpaper covers well worn but sound. New York: Harper & Brothers 1875. A very good copy internally clean but with worn covers.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1875BOOKS000242New York: Harper & Brothers 1875 5414 ad pages with frontispiece portrait 2 maps including folding pocket map 21 full page and 25 smaller illustrations. Royal octavo 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" issued in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt pictorial on cover and spine with blind stamped rule to cover edges edges beveled. Edited by Horace Waller. First published in London by John Murray in 1874. 1st American edition. Dr David Livingstone 19 March 1813 1 May 1873 was a British Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. He was the first European to see Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls to which he gave the English name in honour of his monarch Queen Victoria. He is the subject of the meeting with H. M. Stanley which gave rise to the popular quotation "Dr Livingstone I presume" Perhaps one of the most popular national heroes of the late-nineteenth century in Victorian Britain Livingstone had a mythic status which operated on a number of interconnected levels: that of Protestant missionary martyr that of working-class "rags to riches" inspirational story that of scientific investigator and explorer that of imperial reformer anti-slavery crusader and advocate of commercial empire. His fame as an explorer helped drive forward the obsession with discovering the sources of the Nile River that formed the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of the African continent. At the same time his missionary travels "disappearance" and death in Africa and subsequent glorification as posthumous national hero in 1874 led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European "Scramble for Africa." Condition: Shelf wear head and heal of spine rubbed frayed and chipped slight rubbing along front hinge small sticker removed from pack pocket else a very good copy. . First American Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Royal octavo. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1874157<b>Two octavo volumes original maroon cloth gilt-decorated spines and centerpieces. Interiors clean; a few very short closed splits to folding map along folds. The two folding maps are color lithographs one is quite large and housed in a pocket at the rear of Volume I. With publisher's ads at rear of each volume. Spines lightly sunned gilt bright. An about near-fine set in the original cloth housed in a brown cloth clamshell box with a Morocco label. First edition of the journals from David Livingstone's last African expedition from 1865 to 1873 illustrated with frontispiece portrait 20 full-page wood-engravings including some after Livingstone's sketches and facsimiles from his journal in-text illustrations and two folding maps. A splendid copy in the original cloth. The best known and most admired African explorer and missionary of the 19th century Livingstone was the first to map much of central Africa. The Last Journals presents a detailed description of Livingstone's last expedition which began in Zanzibar in 1866 and ended with his death in 1873. An attractive set.</b> John Murray hardcover
187461959London: John Murray 1874. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm. Two volumes in purple cloth stamped in gilt on front and spine; brown coated endpapers; xvi3606pp;viii34620pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I 20pp catalogue in vol. II; frontispieces 3 lithographic facsimiles of leaves from Livingstone's journal 17 full-page wood-engraved plates 24 in-text wood engravings color folding map in vol. II large color folding map in pocket at rear of vol. I. Ex-library with marks of spine labels circulation slips to rear endpapers and perforated stamps to title pages. Lightly rubbed spines sunned but boards bright vol. I hinges cracked one leaf of ads in vol. II detached: Good or better. <br /> <br /> Famed explorer David Livingstone 1813-1873 embarked on his final African expedition in 1866 in an attempt to suppress the local slave trade and trace the source of the White Nile. During this journey he lost contact with Britain for six years leading to Henry Stanley's mission to locate him and their famous encounter at Lake Tanganyika in 1871. Livingstone died of malaria and dysentry at Chitambo in modern Zambia in 1873. After his death his popularity in Britain surged. HOWGEGO L36. MENDELSSOHN I p.912-3. John Murray unknown
