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18819118Algiers: Adolphe Jourdan Libraire-Editeur 1881. First edition. 22x14cm vi 70 2. Large folding map "Carte du Sahara Central par M. Camille Sabatier" and table of contents at rear. Stitched in gray laid paper wraps. Single pencil annotation on pg. 47 else clean internally and nearly fine. <br /> <br /> Scarce French Algerian text by Camille Sabatier 1851-1919 lawyer and politician who wrote extensively on the geography and politics of the Sahara region. Sabatier was French deputy in Algeria from 1885-1889. He was a member of the geographical societies of Oran and Algiers and prepared the map in this text with the assistance of French cartographer Justin Pouyanne.<br /> <br /> The work focuses on the local tribes of the Sahara region including Hamyan Trafi Laghouati Chambaa Ait-Atta Arib and Doui-Menia their interactions religions etc. The text also details trade routes geography and climate of the region arguing the ignorance of seeing the Sahara as just "a sea of sands" leads to political surprise and disaster. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites 6 holdings 4 of them in France. <br /> <br /> <br /> . Adolphe Jourdan, Libraire-Editeur unknown
2023x-3031054784Palgrave Macmillan 2023. Paperback. New. 409 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.84 inches. Palgrave Macmillan paperback
2022x-303105475XPalgrave Macmillan 2022. Hardcover. New. 409 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.00 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
1957151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material.<br /> <br /> A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. <br /> <br /> Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine.<br /> <br /> BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
2024Atlantic-9789819718283Springer 2024. 1. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2024Atlantic-9789819718283Springer 2024. 1. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2111902153100831Toho Co. Ltd. Business Department Publishing Section N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Toho Co., Ltd. Business Department Publishing Section paperback
180260653London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol 1802. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Quarto 27cm. Contemporary sprinkled calf gold roll around outer perimeter of boards board edges tooled in blind titled in gilt on red leather spine label; plain endpapers; ivxxvi1951pp with postscript leaf paginated "188" inserted after p.188; 3 maps 2 folding with routes traced in color compiled by J. Rennell and engraved by J. Walker. Bookplate of John Bacon Lawrey Morritt Rokeby Park. Sound and clean mild rubbing to board edges spine leather dry and cracking internally with a few scatted spots of foxing one folding map with small tear at center fold but otherwise Very Good. Collated and complete. <br /> <br /> First English translation of Hornemann's travels previously published in German Weimar 1801. Hornemann a student at Göttingen was "engaged by the African Association in London with instructions to reach the River Niger by crossing the Sahara from Egypt." When Napoleon's army took Cairo Hornemann managed to gain Napoleon's patronage for his journey. He joined a caravan heading toward Marzuq and visited several oases before turning north to Tripoli. There he "sent despatches back to London" then joined a caravan heading south and disappeared. Later information suggested that he had successfully crossed the Sahara but died of dysentery just north of the Niger. HOWGEGO I H100. W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol unknown
