MOLINA, Abate Juan Ignacio.MareMagnum
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21,5x15. 418p. Trad. Domingo Joseph. Incluye un plano desplegable. Pérdida de texto en portadilla. Manchas de humedad en algunas páginas. Anotaciones y sello anterior poseedor. Enc. Pasta española algo rozada. Cantos pintados. Únicamente volumen de 1788.
Second edition, much enlarged with "the addition of a new sett of cutts", 2 vols., 12mo (165 x 100 mm), [2], 336; 275, [21]pp., imprint date omitted in vol. I, 2 folding engraved frontispieces showing the costumes of the various countries, that to volume one with tear to fold and slightly cropped at lower margin, 10 engraved plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, a nice set in contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, volume number in gilt to third compartments. Volume two concerns the Americas, including Peru, Mexico, Chile, Jamaica, Cuba, Virginia, Carolina, New-England and others, in addition to England, Scotland and Ireland. Provenance: Contemporary ink ownership signature of E. Vaughan 1741 to endpapers and at head of title page. Sabin 25670.
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
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Lille, Lefort, 1855; in-8, 504 pp. + 383 pp. + 334 pp., reliure d’époque plein-veau, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouge. Les 3 volumes. Histoire du Chili rare et estimée. Traduite par L. Poillon. Bon état.
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO PAULINE HAMBLIN WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 17 [of 18] plates (missing plate supplied in photofacsimile) and double-page map; original burgundy ribbed cloth, upper board letterd in white, gilt back, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Wanting the plate 'Mount Buckland' at p.190 (missing plate supplied in photofacsimile). With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE. Neate 180.
Valparaiso, Imprenta Europa, 1848, 21,5 x 15 cm., holandesa tela de época, portada + VI + 455 págs. (El autor fue un franciscano y cronista español destacado durante la revolución independentista chilena. No hemos localizado ningún ejemplar de esta obra en el Catálogo Colectivo).
Madrid, Imprenta de Don Miguel de Burgos, 1828. Dos volúmenes en 12vo.; XXXII pp., 272 pp. y 363 pp., 2 hs. Encuadernación de época en piel, con lomera ornada y tejuelos.
FIRST (and only non-facsimile) EDITION OF ONE OF MEDINA'S EARLIEST AND MOST IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL WORKS. 166 items described in exhaustive detail. Facsimiles, including a large folding plate. Edition limited to 300 copies printed on fine laid paper. 4to. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter morocco and decorated boards. Light wear to extremities of binding. Internally fine and bright.
4° (ca. 27,3 x 20 cm). 217 S. Bibliotheks-Halbleinwand der Zeit. Einband berieben, Gebrauchsspuren, etwas stiockfleckig, insgesamt noch gut erhalten. Ausführliche Monographie zu Carrionische Krankheit, auch Bartonella, bzw. Verruga peruiana, hervorgerufen durch die Sandfliege, der Autor war Prof. der Medizin in Lima, Ehrendoktor der med. Fac. u. corresp. Mitgl. der Anatom. Soc. v. Paris. - Mit einem Frontispiz-Porträt in Holzstich von Daniel A. Carrion. Mit 12 Textfiguren und 10 Tafeln, teils farbig, teils doppelblattgroß.
23x18. 736p. 759p. 745p. 4 Vols. Fotogr. Ilstr. El Vol. IV es una colección de mapas. Redacción, iconografía y apéndices de Leopoldo Castedo. Enc. Cart. Ed.
Madrid, Imprenta de A. Vicente, 1852 [e] Imprenta de la Bibloteca Económica de Educación y Enseñanza, 1853 [e] Imprenta y Estereotipia deManuel Rivadeneyra,1852-1853. Cuatro tomos en un volúmen en 4to.; 96 pp + 4 hs., VII-278 pp., 1 h. + VIII pp., 2 hs., 272 pp. + 3 hs., 216 pp. Encuadernación en piel marbreada, de la época.
Madrid, Real Academia de la Historia, 1852 ["Memorial Histórico Español". Tomo IV]. 4to.; XXVII pp., 511 pp. Edición príncipe. Encuadernación en pasta española, con tejuelo.
Santiago de Chile, Instituto Geográfico Militar, 1963. Tres volúmenes en folio, con un total de 1860 pp., con numerosos facsímiles. Cubiertas originales.
Barcelona, en la Imprenta de José Torner, 1828. 4to.; 3 hs., VIII-334 pp., Con 3 grabados en láminas fuera de texto, dos de ellas firmadas por J. Amills. Encuadernación fatigada en pasta española con lomera ornada.
Madrid, Imprenta de Miguel Ginesta, 1879 (Colección de Libros Españoles Raros y Curiosos). 4to. menor; VIII pp. 359 pp., 2 hs. Impresión en papel de hilo. Cubiertas originales.
Valparaiso, Imprenta La Patria, 1887, 30 x 21,5 cm., holandesa piel, XXIV + 139 págs. + 1 hoja. (Contiene las tarifas de aduanas vigentes en el puerto de Valparaiso, con las siguientes secciones: Mercaderías en general. Sederías. Ferretería y mercería. Drogas y productos químicos. En el Wordlcat solo registra el ejemplar existente en la British Library).
8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; 2 parts in one, iii, [3] - 53; [ii], 128 pp, folding hand-colored map of Chile, tables. original printed paper wraps with small chip, lightly soiled, signature, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 33912. Humphreys 1492 (1st part only). The first part is entitled, A Sketch of Chile Expressly Prepared for the Use of Emigrants from the United States and Europe, describes geography, geology, islands, botany, zoology, history, government, treaties, commerce, steam navigation, agriculture, mines, coal fields, railways, manufacturing, colonization, etc. The second part, Chili, the United State and Spain, gives further details on the country including government, coffee, etc but gives considerable detail on the war with Spain, the Monroe Doctrine, speeches, press reports, and postscripts. An important historical document.
In Colour: Abu Simbel; and the doomed monuments of Nubia. Also includes: The Worst Air Disaster in the History of British Civil Aviation; Prince Philip's Tour of Peru and Chile; West Country hit by Giant Waves; The Uniqueness of Light (part 6 in a series on the theory of relativity); Tunisian Gas Station; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Santiago de Chile, Comision Nacional de Conmemoracion del Centenario de la Muerte de Andres Bello, 1916, 384 + 435pp., softcover, G
342pp., with some ills. (maps, graphics, music, drawings), Unpublished dissertation presented at Flasco-Elas, 28cm., softcover (with few vague stains), text in Spanish, good condition, very rare, weight: 2kg., R105858
Features: Mis-Applied Science, by Dr. Albert E. Burke - America is losing tomorrow's battles by insisting that scientists concentrate on producing better mousetraps; The Hot War in Vietnam - Can the U.S. win it?; Master of the Jab - Ho Chi Minh is waging the kind of war he knows best; Sunday's Gladiators - as the armed (pro football) combatants struggle before the crowds, there are reminders of ancient Rome; The Charmed Life of Gangster Tony Accardo - arrested 23 times but never convicted; That Bowl of Fire Called Chili - a peppery dish invented by the pioneers of the old Southwest is still savored by their descendants; My Awful Wedded Husband, by Mrs. Kirk Douglas; Inside the Frozen Mountain - colour photos from deep inside Wyoming's Fossil Mountain; Let'em Eat... Turkey - the crisis that erupted when the Veep missed Thanksgiving dinner in Korea, by Walter M. Turner; Boy's Home on the Range - at Boy's Ranch in the rugged cow country of Texas' Panhandle, Cal Farley uses work, love and discipline to turn bad boys into good ones. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Colour Corvair ad inside front cover. *Awesome* colour cadillac ad on page 9. Book
124 pages. Features: Saab 99 ad; Former Miss America Lynda Mead Shea - Where is She Now?; BF Goodrich ad features photo of three highway patrol officers wearing masks; Playing with Dynamite - the U.S. is in the grip of the most serious spasm of revolutionary violence since the anarchists were suppressed 50 years ago; Policement shot in Philadelphia; 1970 Census; Lonnie McLucas verdict in New Haven; Ruben Salazar killed in Los Angeles; Prisons in Turmoil - does caging really correct?; Day in the life of a prisoner - journalist Nicholas Horrock describes his few days in a typical state prison; Mideast conflict update; Salvador Allende win Chile election; Tunku Abdul Rahman steps down; Suharto visits Queen Juliana; Great color centerfold ad for Chevrolet's ill-fated Vega; San Jose, CA - Boomtown (article with before and after aerial photos); Big trouble at Look magazine; Martin Weston and his life on the auto assembly line; Sales of motorcyles spike - Robert Siepermann of Westchester County, NY; Triumph Spitfire Mk III ad; ABM vs. ICBM, Round 1; NBC Radio Network ad features photo of David Brinkley; Vince Lombardi - A Special Madness; Return to the Ring for Muhammad Ali; Jockey John Simpson; Canadian Club color-photo ad shows Tony and Thelma Parkinson darting elephant in Africa; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
