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Pages 353-440, plus 24 pages of fascinating ads. Features: The House of a Hundred Rooms - Part 1 - incredible revelations of a building in Philadelphia with underground cellars and dungeons which were put to diabolical uses by Chinese Tong-men; A Village on a Mountain Top - nice photo-illustrated article on Mola, Sicily; Enrico Toti - Italy's One-Legged War Hero - how he fought and died at the Carso front; With the British Armoured Cars in Russia - Part 1 - the first authentic account of their work and adventures - photo-illustrated article; In the Grip of the Blizzard - Daring Antarctic Sledge Expedition of Sir Douglas Mawson as described by Capt. Madigan - major article with fascinating photos; My Adventures in the World War, Part 3 of E. Ashmead-Bartlett's adventures as a war correspondent; In the Land of the Lapps - Part 3 - photo-illustrated description of the life and customs of these fascinating and little-known people; The Gum Lands of New Zealand - photo-illustrated article on the Kauri gum industry of New Zealand; How We Brought the Chinese War-Workers to France - important information about the Chinese Labour Corps which assisted British armies in non-combatant duties at the Front were recruited in China and transported from their distant homes in the Far East across the seas to France, travelling via Canada; Marooned in the Arctic - E.H.L. Mitchell went to Alaska on a mining venture but was shipwrecked and marooned on a barren island for eight weeks; The Water-Gardeners of Amiens, France - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Lost in the Mine - the lamp of a boy working in a Welsh coillery went out and he lost his way - and nearly his life; Photo of the four-hundred and fifty Temples of the Law at Mandalay, in Upper Burma. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
86, 16 [ads] pages. Features: My Fall into Germany from an Aeroplane (Airplane) - how I dropped 8,000 feet getting in - and crawled 400 miles getting out, by Lieut. Pat O'Brien, R.F.C.; The "Debil, Debil' of George's Gap - a snake story; Through Ireland with a "Fit-Up", by Nan Gray; Photo and short article on the Indian-built Hagwilget suspension bridge across the Bulkley River, British Columbia; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part III - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia - article includes several good photos; The Greater Duty - A Corporal in the Royal North-West Mounted Police finds himself in a predicament; In Unknown British Guiana - part 3, with wonderful photos; Tales of the Service - VII - The Saccharine Smugglers (off the Irish coast); Trench Journals - documenting the irrepressible gaeity of French and English soldiers engaged in trench warfare; A Slow Revenge - a snake story from Zululand; The Romance of Fossil-Hunting - with great photos including horse-powered bone hauling out of Red Deer Canyon, Alberta; St. Patrick's Purgatory - with great photos; Photo and brief article on Robert W. Patten of Seattle; Leaping from trees in the New Hebrides - with photo. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this most interesting issue. Book
1827681722 vol. in-8 reliure demi-maroquin à grain long à petit coins bordeaux, dos lisse orné en long, Delaunay, Libraire de Son Altesse Royale Madame la Duchesse d'Orléans, Palais-Royal, Paris, 1827, 2 ff. ix pp., 1 f., 449 pp. ; 2 ff., ii pp., 1 f., 494 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. avec 7 cartes et plans dépliants
185761424Ouvrage adopté dans plusieurs établissements d'Instruction Publique, Quatrième édition, 1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs dorés, Saint Pétersbourg, 1857, 2 ff., 296 pp. et 3 ff.
Ouvrage adopté dans plusieurs établissements d'Instruction Publique, Quatrième édition, 1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs dorés, Saint Pétersbourg, 1857, 2 ff., 296 pp. et 3 ff. Rare exemplaire de cette édition publiée en Russie par Auguste Perrin, professeur attaché à l'Institut Nicolas. Bon exemplaire en très bon état. Français
189310026Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1893. In-4 de [4]-368 pages, demi-cartonnage façon toile bleue, pièce de titre noire avec titre doré au dos.
99551aafGenève, Barde, Manget & Comp. Imprimeurs-Libraires, MDCCLXXXVII 1787, gr. in-8vo, III à XII (sans faux-titre) - titre - dédicace - préface de l’auteur - avertissement du traducteur) + 380p. / 2) 404p. / 3) titre + 393p. (+1) /4) titre + 303p. (+1) + 19 planches, cartes et plans h.t., ex libris ‘Madame de Chasteloger’, reliure en veau d’époque, coins et coiffes du T. 3 usés, avec manque, bords rapés. Dos richement ornés or, néanmoins bel ensemble.
1921234513No place 1921. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. Fold mark across middle. Expertly backed with linen. Browned three short tears can be seen though repaired by the backing. Very good. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. This appeal printed above the names of A. Kerensky Victor Tchernoff Chernov and other Russian Social Revolutionaries for the 32 former members of the Russian Constituent Assembly protests the hardships inflicted upon Russia by communism. They accuse the Bolshevik government and its New Economic Policy of selling Russia's natural resources to the greed of international capitalism. The NEP was announced by Lenin in March 1921 and inaugurated an interim policy guaranteeing freedom of trade in internal commerce and a system of concessions for the investment of foreign capital. European states and busineses were pleased with the NEP and saw in it Lenin's capitulation to capitalism. However what they considered a weakness eventually turned out to be a mark of strength and flexibility of Bolshevik policy. unknown
183331422London: Seeley & Sons Hatchard & Son 1833. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. Later half roan red and black labels chipped. Joints and extremities rubbed short crack at top of upper joint some light browning of text else very good. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. He writes of the history of the country and its present state with comments on its religion customs and social life including slavery hospitals prisons the state of the Jews of Russia Freemasonry the army and navy its agriculture and commerce and manufacturing. One of the plates shows men playing Svalka another the village amusements and another a national dance.The appendix contains specimens of the style of preaching among the Russian clergy. Colas 2395; Abbey Travel 230; Hiler p. 712; Tooley 380 Seeley & Sons, Hatchard & Son unknown
1974Most slides with taped edges; some images slightly faded; some slides with small cracks; library boxes somewhat rubbed and worn. Very good. <p>Group of 34 Glass Travel Slides Depicting Views of Pre-Bolshevik Era Russia circa 1895 - 1915. <br /> Publishers include: Keystone View Company Underwood & Underwood Cornell Photos Supply Co. McIntosh Stereopticon Company and Victor Animatograph Co. <br /> Thirty-four glass travel slides various publishers mostly black and white some color some with printed or manuscript labels. <br /> Most measuring approx. 3.25 x 4 inches with a few measuring approx. 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Most in later protective paper sleeves many with pencil titles. Housed in vintage handled cloth-covered wooden boxes labeled "Portland Public Schools Visual Aid Department." Manuscript lists affixed to box lids do not reflect actual contents. <br /> Pencil sleeve-descriptions include: St. Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo Alexandra Feodrovna and German Empress; St. Petersburg - Peter & Paul Cathedral - Burial Place of Tsars; Moscow - St. Basil's; 5 Men; St. Petersburg - Street Paving; Man in Village Street; Rural Building w/ Lots of People Posed; Moscow - Red Square; Moscow - Tsar Bell; Coachman in Coach; Russia Peasants; Russia Dacha; Russia Toika & Driver on Street; Moscow Large Church in City; Russia Coachman & Horses; Moscow - Kremlin & River Keystone; Tsarskoe Selo Village; St. Petersburg - Troika & Driver in Courtyard; Kremlin - Ivan The Great Bell Tower Tsar Bell; Moscow: House of Romanov Boyars; St. Petersburg - Nevski Prospekt x 2; Moscow - Kremlin - Assumption Cathedral Int.; Kremlin View; St. Petersburg Street View; St. Petersburg Bridge; Troika; Moscow - Kremlin - Ivan the Great Bell Tower; Guard.</p> . unknown
18715818New York 1871. Good. 32pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and spotting to wrappers. Some marginal insect damage to lower right corner not costing any text. Faint dampstain to upper margin of most leaves. A scarce work in which an "Evangelical Alliance" of American and British religious leaders petition Tsar Alexander II to grant religious freedom to Catholics and Protestants in 1871. The report begins with some background on the "Evangelical Alliance and Religious Liberty" religious persecution in the Baltic States some information on the penal laws in Russia and then the alliance's work in arguing for religious freedom beginning with their "Prepatory Labors" and "Meetings in London and Stuttgart" and ending with the "Final Promise of the Prime Minister" and "The Result." The latter included "partial relief" from religious persecution with hopes for "further improvements." The report is signed at the end by its President Samuel F.B. Morse. The report is followed by an Appendix printing "Prince Gortschakoff's Report to the Emperor of Russia" and three other memorials and interviews pertaining to the alliance's activities in Europe. An early example of religious diplomacy from American and British leaders. Ten copies in OCLC. unknown
1921234513No place 1921. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. Fold mark across middle. Expertly backed with linen. Browned three short tears can be seen though repaired by the backing. Very good. Printed broadside. 1 vols. Folio 375 x 285 mm. This appeal printed above the names of A. Kerensky Victor Tchernoff Chernov and other Russian Social Revolutionaries for the 32 former members of the Russian Constituent Assembly protests the hardships inflicted upon Russia by communism. They accuse the Bolshevik government and its New Economic Policy of selling Russia's natural resources to the greed of international capitalism. The NEP was announced by Lenin in March 1921 and inaugurated an interim policy guaranteeing freedom of trade in internal commerce and a system of concessions for the investment of foreign capital. European states and busineses were pleased with the NEP and saw in it Lenin's capitulation to capitalism. However what they considered a weakness eventually turned out to be a mark of strength and flexibility of Bolshevik policy. unknown books
183331422London: Seeley & Sons Hatchard & Son 1833. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. Later half roan red and black labels chipped. Joints and extremities rubbed short crack at top of upper joint some light browning of text else very good. First edition. 8 handcolored lithgraphic plates of the people one spotted errata at the back. 1 vols. 4to. He writes of the history of the country and its present state with comments on its religion customs and social life including slavery hospitals prisons the state of the Jews of Russia Freemasonry the army and navy its agriculture and commerce and manufacturing. One of the plates shows men playing Svalka another the village amusements and another a national dance.The appendix contains specimens of the style of preaching among the Russian clergy. Colas 2395; Abbey Travel 230; Hiler p. 712; Tooley 380 Seeley & Sons, Hatchard & Son unknown books
192872701928 Paris, Editions de la Pléiade, J. Schiffrin, 1928 ; petit in-4° broché, couverture rempliée crème imprimée et illustrée d'une vignette en bleu-gris foncé ; 149, (4)pp. Illustré de lettrines en noir, de culs-de-lampe en deux tons ( brun et noir) dont 1 hors texte en fin d'ouvrage, de vignettes dans le texte et de 9 hors le texte lithographiés en couleurs. Tirage total à 378 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci, N° 184, un des 330 sur velin à la cuve. Illustré par le peintre russe Wassili Ivanovitch Suchaev ou Choukhaeff.
18613Paris, J. Andriveau-Goujon, 1857. 66 x 95 cm, chemise et étui cartonnés de l'époque (décharges, étui défraîchi).
188814223ABLeipzig, Baedeker, 1888 (August 1889). L, 442 S. Mit 9 Karten u. 15 Plänen. OLn., 14223A.jpg 2. Aufl. (minimal fleckig).
177127423Paris Lattré 1771 4 cartes anciennes colorées d'époque en vert , rouge et jaune, cartouche non coloré, gravée par Arrivet. Format total : 50 centimètres de haut par 39 centimètres de large, 1771 Paris Lattré Editeur,
45750Belin-Leprieur et Morizot.1854. In-8, percaline romantique polychromme.540 p.Ills.par rouargue,Outwaith et Kernot. Belle reliure avec un coin émoussé.Plats et dos ornés.Rousseurs I-T.Tranches dorées.
763212Typographie De Didot Freres, Fils Et Cie Paris 1856 Renseignements Hydrographiques sur LA MER D'AZOF. Recueillis et rédigés par G. C. CLOUE ( Capitaine de Frégate ) complétés à l'aide de quelques notes dues à plusieurs officiers de Marine et à MM. PLOIX et MANEN, ingénieurs hydrographes publié sous le Ministère de Son Excellence M. L'Amiral HAMELIN ( Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Au Dépôt Général des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.In-8 ( 245 X 155 mm ) de 76-1 pages, demi-chagrin framboise à coins, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés ( Reliure de l'époque ). Plusieurs plans de coupe de la côte la plupart hors-texte et 8 planches dépliantes in-fine. EDITION ORIGINALE très rare. Reliure frottée, intérieur pur.
Due tomi in 8° (cm 12,4 x 20,7), legature coeve in mezza pelle con titoli e fregi in oro al dorso, tracce d'uso, cerniere con difetti, pp ix, (3), 449; ij, 494. Sette tavole più volte ripiegate, raffiguranti i dintorni di Wilna, Smolensk, Mosca, il campo di battaglia della Moscova, il passaggio della Beresina, e una splendida, grande ultima tavola generale "de la marche sur Moscou et du retour", opere dell'ingegnere-geografo capitano Lameau, "attaché de cabinet" di Napoleone in tutte le sue campagne; numerosi inoltre gli schemi e tabelle nel testo, con dati riguardanti schieramenti e configurazione delle armate, loro posizionamenti, nel corso dei vari eventi bellici. Esemplare in buone condizioni, al frontespizodel tomo I. timbro " correspondance de Napoleon I, commission secretariat" e sparsi timbri ex libris con la N di Napoleone.Affascinante resoconto, solidamente documentato e splendidamente illustrato in prestigiose tavole, degli eventi dell'anno 1812: mese dopo mese, vengono delineate le vicende politiche che in un complesso gioco di alleanze e con forti motivazioni economiche, qui ben evidenziate, portarono all'avventura napoleonica in Russia; il tutto corredato da documenti autentici ufficiali e da testimonianze di chi visse in prima persona l'impresa. Impressionante e rigorosamente narrata la tragica attraversata della Beresina, sui perigliosi ponti dei quali "non un asse era visibile, a causa dell'affastellamento di uomini morti e di cavalli". Un esemplare censito in COPAC
174912888Nürnberg, Homann Erben, 1749. Kupferstich, altkoloriert. Blattgröße: 54 x 62 cm, Druckspiegel: 52 x 41,5 cm [2 Warenabbildungen]
18472912Paris, Rio-Janeiro, Garnier Frères, 1847 ; in-4, demi-chagrin chocolat, dos à quatre nerfs entre deux doubles filets dorés, titre doré ; (3) ff. (bl., faux-titre , titre), 583 pp. (1) f. (bl.) ; 10 planches hors-texte d'illustrations en noir dont une en frontispice.
314Un volume petit in folio demi-toile à la bradel,titre doré,cartes gravées,contours en couleur avec légendes.La dernière carte d'Océanie est sur double page montée sur onglet.P Duménil éditeur 1848.Atlas composé de 101 cartes(il est annoncé cent une cartes mais il y en aurait en fait 103) donnant les différentes divisions et modifications territoriales des diverses Nations aux principales époques de leur histoire avec une notice sur tous les faits importants et l'indication des lieux où il se sont passés.Destiné à faciliter la lecture et l'intelligence de tous les ouvrages historiques
cROU-604Paris, Knapen, 1782 ; 3 textes en 1 volume in-12°, demi-basane fauve ancienne, dos lisse, filets dorés, titre doré, tranches marbrées de bleu et jaune; XXIVpp.,336p.; XVIpp.,60pp.;XVIpp.,96pp.; reliure un peu postérieure,papier des plats frotté avec manque angulaire au 1er plat; quelques feuillets un peu jaunis, très petit manque en marge de 4 feuillets.Rare ouvrage traduit de l' anglais par Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d' Arconville, (1720- 1805) ( cf.BNF) . Saint-Kilda (Hiort en écossais) est un archipel situé dans l'océan Atlantique au large des Hébrides extérieures et de l'Écosse. Saint-Kilda fait partie du Council area des Na h- Eileanan Siar (Hébrides extérieures).
