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17980051301798 Paris, Desray, An VI [1798]. Deux volumes in-8 (203 X 133 mm) basane brune granitée, encadrement de roulette dorée sur les plats, dos lisse cloisonné et orné or, pièce de titre maroquin rouge, coupes et coiffes filetées or (Reliure de l'époque). Tome I : XXXII-383 pages, 11 planches - Tome II : (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, 403 pages, 9 planches, (1) page de table et errata. Ex-libris. Habile restauration à une coiffe.
1787PHO-2223Paris, Buisson, 1787. Trois volumes in-8 (203x130mm), xxxii-388pp.-2 pl., 2ff.-366pp.- 8 pl., 2ff.-363pp.- 6pl.. Basane porphyre époque, dos lisse orné avec tomaison et pièce de titre, frises aux plats, tranches dorées, coins usés dont 1 émoussé, accroc à la coiffe tome 3, frottements, épidermures au tome 1 avec petites pertes de matière, charnières fendillées tome 1, petite mouillure marginale sur quelques feuillets, légères rousseurs et brunissures, carte détachée avec trace de renforcement, réparation sur 1 planche.
238070Paris, Pougin, an III (1795) in-8, XII-206-[2]-256-[4] pp., demi-basane fauve à coins de vélin, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). Dos un peu frotté, infimes trous de ver sans atteinte au texte à la fin de l'ouvrage.
Together 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 7 maps in the text (a number folding and coloured in outline) and 27 maps (a number folding) in separate volume; navy cloth, upper boards framed and blocked in gilt enclosing regimental badge in gilt and colours, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine extended set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Hall. The Coldstream Guards 1885-1914 (1 vol., 1929); Ross-of-Bladensburg. The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918 (3 vols., 1928). The standard history of the regiment from the conclusion of the Egyptian Campaign to the end of the Great War. First and Second Battalions served in the Boer War. In the Great War the regiment fielded three battalions , all of which went to France and remained there throughout the conflict. A fourth battalion became the Pioneer Battalion of the Guards Division on its formation in 1915. EXTREMELY SCARCE AS AN EXTENDED SET IN THIS CONDITION. Falls p.126; Sutcliffe, p.6; White p.43.
190099800Pretoria: Army Headquarters 1900. First editions. "Newspaper published by Lord Stanley at Pretoria during British occupation. Contents include military government notices proclamations advertisements and items of news. Publication commenced on Tuesday 26th June 1900 and ceased after the issue of Saturday 14th July 1900" Hackett. Text in Afrikaans and English. Folio. 17 bifolia printed all four sides loose as issued. Masthead with British royal arms. Light toning else very good. Hackett p.176; Mendelssohn II 182. unknown
PHO-693Amsterdam,chez Jean Catuffe, 1742 , 3 vol. in-12(170x100mm), 2ffnch , xiii-5ffnch(table) 428pp -1ffnch ,8ffnch – 262pp, 10ffnch-320pp , relié plein veau époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec pièce de titre et tomaison,tranches rouges , défauts d’usages .Seconde édition de la traduction française illustrée de 29 cartes et planches hors-texte
63509c.1880 . Albumen print pasted on card good condition and with good tonal range. Dimensions: 220 x 140mm 8.5 x 4.5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880] unknown
1796PHO-1991Paris, Benoît Dandré, Garnery, Obré, An IV [1796]. — 4 volumes in-8, (130x200), portrait, lxiv, 417 pp., 1 planche, viij pp., (1 f.), 430 pp., 4 planches ; viij, 445 pp., 4 planches ; xij, 462 pp., 19 planches, basane marbrée, pièces fauve et verte au dos, tranches rouges (Reliure de l’époque), reliure usée, manque un feuillet T4 (p33-34), mouillures, quelques brunissures Cordier, Japonica, p. 447. - Chadenat, 1763.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Human Fly - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Jack Williams, a man who scales lofty buildings with no equipment other than his fingers and toes - article with great photos ; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part II - Tragedy befalls French troops overwhelmed by the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; The Disappearance of Ivan Varlamoff - an epic fight in Uleaborg, Finland; Locked in a Freezing Chamber - a meat inspector's ordeal in South Africa; "UMRI" - the tragic story of a panther, once a police officer's pet, which becomes a terror of the district in India; The "White Man's Grave" - Filming The "Gold Coast" of Africa - article with great photos; The Friend of the Birds - photo-illustrated article on Jack Miner, Ontario's friend of the Canada Goose; My Jiu-Jitsu Combats - Captain S.L. McLaglen is a Jiu-Jitsu expert; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part III - an exciting trip to the "Mysterious Richtersveld" of Southern Africa - article with photos; Adrift in the Atlantic - Grenfell of Labrador sets down a remarkable experience related by a former engineer of his; A Man's Luck (conclusion) - the author met the girl of his dreams and tried to build a dream home for them in Alaska, but he keeps being jailed; A Film-Hunter in the Amazon - Part V - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies - article with excellent photos; The "King of the Brushwood" - the brigand chief of Corsica; Roping a Bear - foolish youngster ropes a cinnamon bear; A Barbed Wire Frontier - people not allowed to pass between Hungary and Czechoslovakia; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3] 88, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
135179aafParis, Chez Didot, M. DCC. XLIX., 1749, in-8vo, 2 ff. + 388 p. + 36 planches de Vues et Cartes dépl., reliure en veau de l’époque, dos à cinq nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, bel exemplaire.
006998aquarelle seule : 89*166mm. Contre-collée, titrée en dessous, notée à l'angle "aquarelle anglaise achetée au Cap" Rare vue du Cap qui n'était pas encore l'immense ville actuelle. [236]
006999aquarelle seule : 89*166mm. Contre-collée, titrée en dessous, notée à l'angle "aquarelle anglaise achetée au Cap" Rare vue du Cap qui n'était pas encore l'immense ville actuelle. [236]
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 9 maps in the text and large folding coloured map (original tissue guard present), free endpaper versos lightly browned, half-title faintly spotted; original red cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip slightly faded (but all gilt legible) with faded 'pulls' at extreme head and tail else a very good, bright and internally remarkably clean and crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end as called for, and neat personal bookplate on front free endpaper verso. Churchill's continuation of 'London to Ladysmith', completing the publication in book form of his letters to the 'Morning Post'. Four letters are published here for the first time. Chapter XVI, 'Held by the Enemy', is devoted to extracts from Frankland's diary. 5000 copies were published on 12 October 1900. Woods, A5.
1900AQ29042Cape Town: Wood & Ortlepp 1900. Colour lithograph map. Scale 1:250 000. Linen backed. Original publisher's limp red cloth lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Hinge exposed short tear to one fold. The fourth known copy of a map compiled for Field Intelligence Department Cape Town detailing the region of Bethulie South Africa showing farm boundaries and fences farm names divisional boundaries roads rivers telegraph lines and railways. OCLC records copies at only three locations Cape Town KwaZulu-Nata and Wellington. . Dimensions unfolded: 620 x 490 mm folded in cover: 110 x 179 mm. [Wood & Ortlepp] hardcover
1901AQ28839London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons 1901. 384pp. Bound with: South Africa. Further papers relating to the working of the refugee camps in south africa. London. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Darling & Son 1902. iv 134pp. Folio. Later red half-calf tooled in gilt and blind red cloth boards contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Two reports concerning the governance and conditions of South African concentration camps established during the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The British confined Boer families and black Africans to the camps in an effort to force the surrender of the Boer guerillas. Conditions were dire. Sustenance was scarce and medical treatment almost non-existent. Disease ran rampant resulting in the death of over 28000 Boer women and children and 12000 black Africans. The strategy proved ineffectual and attracted heated criticism from the British press. Control of the camps was wrestled from the military and conditions were somewhat improved not insignificantly due to the tireless campaigning of activist Emily Hobhouse 1860-1926 who both brought the matter to the public more generally as well as organising relief efforts to those unfortunate to be incarcerated. . Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons hardcover
ORD-13323Traduit de l'allemand par Paul Ithier. Paris. Bohné. Bruxelles. Van Meenen. 1860. 1861. 4 tomes en 2 volumes fort in-8 (156 x 230mm) dos veau lisse fauve à fx-nerfs, titres et filets or, plats mouchetés, gardes marbrées, 370, (2); 318, (2); 537, (2) pages et 304, (2) pages, bien complet des 4 chromo-lithographies en frontispice et des 53 planches hors texte disposées à la fin de chaque tome, mais sans le portrait annoncé qui manque souvent et sans la carte. Dernières pages du tome 4 lgt marquées d'auréoles claires d'humidité, dos du 2e volume réparé sinon bon exemplaire. Première édition française, peu courante.
1805PHO-2365Paris, Chez F. Buisson, 1805 3 volumes in-8° (21x13,5cm), 464, 400 et 392 pp., brochage d’attente dans un étui de toile noire, étiquette de titre au dos, étiquette de libraire au 1er plat. Frottements, papier légèrement bruni, mouillure marginale sur les premiers feuillets tome 1. Texte seul, manque l’atlas
17309Paris, chez Leroy, 1790. 2 vol. in-8, XXIV-383 pp. 6 pl. + 403 pp. 6 pl., veau marbré brun de l'époque, dos lisse orné de frises et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre rouge, pièce de tomaison verte (petits manques et épidermures, quelques rousseurs).
1373729Paris: Dentu, 1806 in-8, [2]-iv-568 pages. Demi reliure basane, dos lisse, légère auréale marginale sur 3 premiers et 2 derniers ff., tranches marbrées, plats lég. frottés, autrement très bon état.
1796PHO-2059Paris, Dandré ; Garnerey ; Obré, an IV (1796). 1 volumes in-4 (2) (265x200mm); XLIV-510pp., , relié basane raciné de l'époque, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouge et de tomaison verte, frottements, accroc au plat, début de fente, coins usés, mouillure claire, déchirure en marge sur les 4 derniers feuillets et les planches sans atteinte, petit trou de ver.
232679Paris, Pougin, an III (1795) in-8, XII-206-[2]-256-[4] pp., broché, couverture papier rose de l'époque. Dos abîmé avec de petits manques.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Man Who Turned Thief - Part I - remarkable narrative of an honest man turned criminal who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies in American history; With a Camera in Portugal - nice photo-illustrated article; Mr. Todbury's Trawler Trip - a confirmed landlubber, advised by his doctor, goes on a sea-voyage on a little trawler; A Record Laugh - A story from Kimberley, South Africa involving an unsophisticated Kaffir, a "live" wire, and a laugh that could be heard from miles away!; Mistaken Identity - H.A. Garrett went to Chile to make a living but narrowly escaped being hanged instead; Through the East by Air - Part I - Richard Carline and his brother Sydney were commissioned to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum after WWI, and did so for ten months - with much adventure - article with photos; The Golden Cheeses - an expedition hopes to recover 2 million pounds of German gold from a ship torpedoed in the war; The Little Captain - some joyous fragments from the chequered life-history of one of the most irresponsible dare-devils imaginable - a young Mexican; Trailing the Gun-runners - Part III - continuation of the adventures of U.S. authorities attempting to block the flow of arms to revolutionaries in Dominica; Big-Game Shooting in Northern India - exciting stories about pursuing tigers and leopards; The Sea-Devil - two men are lucky to escape with their lives after a prolonged battle with a shark; and more. 85 pages plus 8 pages of vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
