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1854215028Japan. Circa1854. Black and white woodblock map with illustrations 32.2 x 41.5cm. Laid down on thick paper. Printed black border line at lower corner and occasionally in other areas along the border not printed otherwise good. This woodblock print map shows the defence layout around Tokyo Bay against the arrival of the American fleet. Names of lords who are responsible for defending particular areas are written with their rankings in terms of wealth sizes. In the centre the American ships are illustrated in detail. There are five sailing ships painted in red and three steam ships. These eight ships entered the bay on 6 February 1854. Thus this map most likely depicts the scene around that time. A caption on the left reads: 'The United States of America founded by Washington 77 years ago sent Matthew Perry with the President's letter in 1853; Perry revisited Edo in 1854.' . unknown
1854218389Japan. Circa1854. Black and white woodblock kawaraban 18 x 24cm. Small break in the border line along upper edge as issued. Small stain lower margin not affecting the imageotherwise good. This kawaraban features eight types of headgear worn by American crew members when they arrived in Japan including both ceremonial items and an interpreter's hat. It also illustrates a sword with its sheath alongside a bayonet and a hand-gun. Each item is depicted in meticulous detail reflecting a high level of curiosity about the foreign visitors. . unknown
1893214562大阪. Osaka.: 福井榮之助. Fukui Einosuke. Meiji 26 1893. Handcoloured folding engraving 37.5 x 51cm. A prior owner's name is recorded in brush strokes down the left margin. Few small washi repaired tears two old repaired tears on the reverse some occasional browning particularly at centre fold light staining upper margin intruding a little into the printed image. Overall an attractive copy. Scarce. Lieutenant Colonel Fukushima Yasumasa 1852 – 1919 undertook a remarkable solo horseback expedition across Eurasia in 1892. Starting in Poland he traversed Russia and Siberia on his journey. Stationed in Berlin as a military attaché in 1887 he was tasked with researching the Trans-Siberian Railway under construction by Russia. His successful expedition was followed by further explorations in India and the Balkan Peninsula.<br><br>This sheet divided into 24 illustrated panels narrates Fukushima's story from his youth to his triumphant return after the expedition. Filled with adventure the story depicts his encounters with both danger and excitement. The narrative unfolds in a clockwise direction starting from the bottom right corner similar to a sugoroku game which this may be but it is uncertain. The central panel featuring a newly erected statue represents the final goal of his journey. Each panel is accompanied by a caption that furthers the story. . 福井榮之助. [Fukui Einosuke]. unknown
1854218390Japan. Circa1854. Black and white woodblock print 18 x 24cm a little light soiling very good. In this kawaraban two humorous and satirical poems concerning foreign arrivals are featured accompanied by illustrations. Both poems relate to foreigners and foreign ships clearly demonstrating that ordinary people were deeply interested in the arrival of foreign vessels and expressed their curiosity in various ways . unknown
1853218506Japan. Circa1853. Black and white woodblock kawaraban 17.7 x 24cm In this kawaraban the American crew are assembled ready to board their rowing boats in anticipation of being transferred to their sailing ships. A group of American crew with pointed hats are in the middle while Japanese guards with black hats in an area surrounded by screens guard them at fore and rear. Numerous boats are ready on the beach with flags fluttering. . unknown
1854218512Japan. Circa1854. Black and white wood block print kawaraban 17.8 x 14cm This kawaraban is dated February 1854 and shows the retreat of the defending lords after the departure of American ships. The caption states that about 1000 people took part in the parade which was led by commanding samurai on horseback with a large cannon drawn at the rear. As it was a peaceful retreat the atmosphere appears relaxed and cheerful. . unknown
1854218513Japan. Circa1854. Black and white woodblock kawaraban 35.6 x 48.7cm ink mark upper section but text still legible otherwise a very good copy. This kawaraban dated 20 February 1854 elaborates a list of the defending lords following Commodore Perry's second visit to Edo Bay. The chart lists approximately 40 feudal lords mobilised to defend Edo each accompanied by detailed information including their house crests defensive positions and troop numbers. The total mobilisation is noted as around 375600 troops. . unknown
1818E0061323 pages with a portrait frontispiece and five colored aquatints. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" bound in attractive half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Hill 1168 Second and best edition<br /><br />The <i>Alceste</i> brought Lord Amherst to China to serve as ambassador and specifically to negotiate the China trade at the time a matter of dispute between China and Great Britain. M'Leod who was surgeon on the ship describes the voyage out the various calls in the East Indies including touching at Batavia surveying off Korea the visit to Okinawa another to Manila and the shipwreck off the coast of Sumatra and subsequent rescue from Malay pirates. A brief but interesting interview with Napoleon at St. Helena is also included in the narrative. This was one of the most popular travel books of its time portraying the Far East to a much wider audience than had been reached by earlier accounts. The idyllic descriptions of Lewchew undoubtedly appealed to the romantic sensibilities of the era. Indeed buoyed by its success M'Leod published another work recounting his time as a slaver <i>A Voyage to Africa with some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Dahomian People</i>.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Attractive half rebind some foxing through out with no spotting to plates else a very good copy. John Murray hardcover
1802E0151<p>2 volumes with Atlas. 4xxiv385 pages with xxii-xxiv lists books of voyages available from the publisher; 4418 pages with appendix containing vocabularies of the languages of Yukagir Yakut Tungoose Kamchatka the Aleutian Islands and Kadiak and inex. Atlas with title list of plates 14 engraved plates & large folding engraved map. Text volumes are small octavo 7¾" x 4½" 19th century quarter calf & boards spines tooled in gilt morocco lettering pieces; atlas is quarto 11" x 7½" in period tree calf spine tooled in gilt. Translated by J Castéra. Howes S-117 First French Edition.<br /><br />Martin Sauer was an English civil servant who knew Russian French and German. He became acquainted with Joseph Billings in St Petersburg in the 1780s. He agreed to join Billings expedition as his secretary and interpreter. It was agreed that he would write the official account but there is some controversy about his actives when he returned to St Petersburg in 1794. It has been suggested that he left hurriedly for England with much of the important archival material from the voyage including diaries and secret reports so that he could publish a record of the expedition before Russian authorities and scholars in the Academy of Sciences could review its details. Sauer's <em>An account of the Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia</em> was published in London in 1802. It contains an abundance of detail about eastern Siberia and the Aleutian Islands and records the expeditions visits to Kodiak Island Prince William Sound and the coast south as far as Yakutat Bay. <br /><br />The chart was made by Aaron Arrowsmith from Sauer's notes and Billings observations and the whole complements well the other contemporary accounts of the expedition by the cartographer Gavriil Sarychev and the naturalist Carl Heinrich Merck. Aaron Arrowsmith 1750–1823 was an English cartographer engraver and publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers. He moved to Soho Square London from Winston County Durham when about twenty years of age and was employed by John Cary the engraver and William Faden. He became Hydrographer to the Prince of Wales ca. 1810 and subsequently to the King in 1820. In January 1790 he made himself famous by his large chart of the world on Mercator projection. Four years later he published another large map of the world on the globular projection with a companion volume of explanation.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Some rubbing and wear to coves of both atlas and text volumes some chipping to spine ends small gouge at back of atlas and stamp to front end paper else in very good condition.</p> Chez F Buisson hardcover
1810ST20849Paris: Chez Arthus-Bertrand 1810. First Edition in French. 205 x 128 mm. 8 x 5". xviii 443 1 pp.Translated into French by A. J. N. Lallemant. <br/> Contemporary flamed sheep covers with thick and thin gilt rule border smooth spine divided into panels by metope and pentaglyph roll panels either with rows of interlocking gilt circles or a gilt compass ornament two black morocco labels marbled endpapers. Folding engraved map by J. B. Tardieu. Wagner-Camp-Becker 6:3; Howes G-77; Sabin 26742; Graff Collection 1519; Wheat Trans-Mississippi 300. Very small loss to head of rear joint boards faintly abraded but the binding entirely solid and pleasing; a handful of leaves with small marginal tears or paper flaws one slightly larger but not affecting text approximately one-third of volume very mildly browned other trivial imperfections but still an excellent copy extremely clean and fresh internally.<br/> <br/> Issued three years after the original English text this is the initial printing in French—and the first in any foreign language—of an important firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery written by a key figure both during and after the company’s undertaking; it is also and crucially the first edition to include a map of the expedition. Tardieu's map the first to mention the names Lewis and Clark noted important landmarks on the journey including the formidable Rocky Mountains the Columbia River and Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast where the expedition spent the winter of 1805-06. Our French edition also adds two letters of Clark not appearing in other editions of Gass—one to William Henry Harrison 2 April 1805 from Fort Mandan and one to Clark’s brother 23 September 1806 on the day the six-month return journey came to an end. Wheat observes that this work held special interest for the French as it provided much information about lands that had until the Louisiana Purchase been part of their domain. A carpenter by training Patrick Gass 1771-1870 was in charge of constructing winter accommodations for the party and his knowledge of building informs his observations here about forts and native architecture. This account was based on journals he kept during the explorations and it was an immediate success upon its first publication in Pittsburgh in 1807. The American public was hungry for information about the Western frontier and their curiosity was shared by Europeans particularly those considering emigration to the New World. Wagner-Camp observes that Gass "became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades" dying at the age of 98. . Chez Arthus-Bertrand unknown
185032940Auburn : James M Alden 1850 . . Good . 8VO . Together with Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'Urville Captain Ross and Other Navigators and Travellers' and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea under Lieutenant Lynch. Full page black and white illustrations. Amateur rebacking with brown library tape with typed title information taped on. Boards worn some foxing. James M Alden hardcover
1888308<p>London: Hodder and Stoughton 1888. Hard Cover. -- 1st Edition seventh thousand. </p><p>Bound in the publisher's red cloth with coated black endpapers bright gilt lettering to the spine and an insect gilt-stamped on the front board. Illustrated with six folding maps all in color and in excellent condition as well as with several engravings. The cloth is minimally soiled the corners are slightly bumped; hinges are still strong; text is clean throughout. </p> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1829005638London: Henry Colburn 1829. 478pp/maps. Engraved folding map frontis of Arabia. BM- notes two editions of this work in 1829; single volume quarto and a two volume octavo. This is the rare single volume edition. John Lewis Burckhardt 1784 - 1817 the son of a Swiss Colonel undertook the journey to Mekkah in 1814 disguised as an Arab; he had long since used the name Sheikh Ibrahim in his travels which he began in 1809 under the sponsorship of Sir Joseph Banks and the African Association. Burckhardt's description of the Hedjaz was the first accurate one to reach Europe. Burckhardt transmitted to the Association the most accurate and complete account of the Hedjaz including the cities of Mekka and Medina which has ever been received in Europe." The folding plans include Mekkah Medina Wady Muna and Arafat. Some light foxing to maps. Minimal library markings. Beautiful tight complete scarce book with great maps. First Edition. Library Binding. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Henry Colburn
1825W1883New York: Collins and Hannay 1825. 459 pages fold-out map of the "western country" and 3 engraved plates missing is the sketch of the lead mine district. First printing. Octavo. 3/ leather over marbled paper-covered boards. According to Wikipedia Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1793-1864 was an American geographer geologist and ethnologist noted for his early studies of Native American cultures as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. He is also noted for his major six-volume study of Native Americans published in the 1850s. The book offered here is his report on an 1821 expedition from Missouri through Illinois and Indiana into Michigan. There is heavy emphasis on lead mining in Missouri and on treatymaking with the Chippewa and Potawatomi tribes. Howes S196. Quite scarce. The book is in about very good condition: sympathetically rebacked in gilt-ruled tan leather with new brown leather title patch; clean and tight; foxing throughout; previous owners' names and date on front endpaper. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Collins and Hannay Hardcover
1808E0058<p>ix366 pages. Small octavo 7 1/4" x 4 1/4" in the original leather binding with black label in gilt to spine. Howes:354 First printed in 1806 in London in three volumes. Second printing.<br /><br />Thomas Ashe 1770-1835 was born in Dublin Ireland and was a soldier and memoirist. Much of his life was checkered with intrigue and fraud. His Memoirs and Confessions 1815 is an autobiographical account of 'criminal and delinquent' escapades beginning with the seduction of a girl in France. In America he edited the National Intelligencer and was arrested when attempting to steal treasures from churches in Latin America. His Travels in America first appeared in 1806. The narrative chronicles Ashe's travels by flatboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1806 and is one of the first travelogues written by a foreigner to comment specifically on the American inhabitants of the region. A unrestrained hatred of Americans can be found throughout the work. While the account is interesting and highly readable it was to create quite a stir and added to the wave of anti-British sentiment that would ultimately lead to the War of 1812.</p> Printed Newburyport [Mass.] Reprinted for W. Sawyer and Co. by E.M. Blunt hardcover
1865073425New York: Harper & Brothers 1865. Cloth binding. rubbed. No title label on spine. Front hinge tender but holding nicely; front flyleaf pulled half loose. NO Map in rear. 493pp. illus. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
189912678London: Chatto & Windus 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Very good with wear to extremities foxing to prelims and prize award bookplt. Large colour folding map and 33 illustrations. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1898901London: Methuen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover pictorial boards. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated with 83 photos 49 drawings 4 colour drawings and coloured fold out map to first volume; 81 drawings 28 photos 2 colour drawings and coloured fold out map to the second volume. Both volumes in original dark green pictorial cloth bindings. From the library of Christ's Hospital school. Both volumes have new endpapers some unobtrusive library stamps and have some shelf wear otherwise very good sound presentable copies. ; Colour Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Vol I 663 Vol II 614 pages . Methuen hardcover
188615246N. Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. Book. Very Good . Half-Leather. First Edition. About fine but for rubbing and wear to extremities and prev. owner name in vol. 2. Half leather over pebbled boards. Gilt stamped spine with 5 raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Complete with all illustrations and maps. Internally clean and solid. 428 and 444 pages. Weighs over 3.5 kilos so extra postage will be required. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
186915392Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Original maroon cloth covered boards with light wear to extremities bottom fore corners a little bumped spine a little faded head and tail of spine a little frayed.; Tight solid book maroon end papers hinges intact frontispiece with intact tissue guard & two other engravings in section on Mormon church. Titles in gilt on spine.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 456 pages; ``Alexander Kelly McClure January 9 1828 – June 6 1909 was a journalist editor writer politician and historian active in Pennsylvania Republican Party politics especially in the 1860s and a prominent supporter correspondent and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln.`` This book is written as two series of letters to the public one series published in the New York `Tribune` and the other in the `Franklin Repository`. Colonel J.X. Beidler Judge L.P. Williston Colonel Geo. L. Shoup Colonel Neil Howie and Colonel Wilbur L. Sanders whose faces appear on the frontispiece are encountered by McClure on his travels. Extensive section on Utah and the Mormon church. . J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
1853347471853. 31; 31; 61pp. plus a loose sheet. Original paper wrappers stitched. Contemporary manuscript annotations in red ink in one volume Scattered worming heavy in places. Some dampstaining and dust soiling. About very good.<br/> <br/> Separate Accounts of the Arrival of Commodore Perry<br/> <br/> Three fascinating Japanese manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry to Japan in 1853. Then first Uraga Kurotone Ni Kansaru or "The Black Ship Arriving in Uraga" comprises the official government report of events when Perry steamed into Uraga Bay. This volume contains contemporary edits to the text in red ink. The second account of Perry's arrival Edo Urgga Bikoku Fune Torai Ikken or "Arrival of the Ships at Uraga" contains a double-page manuscript sketch of the coastline of Uraga Bay together with the disposition of Perry's ships. The final volume consists of a third manuscript entitled GASSHUKKO SHOKAN WAGE UTSUSHI a copy of the report on the Perry arrival prepared by Abe Masahiro Chief Senior Councillor in the Toguwara Shogunate which includes translations of the letters from Fillmore and Perry delivered by Perry on July 8 1853. Also with a single manuscript sheet that provides a description of Perry's ship. Vital contemporary manuscript accounts of this monumental transformation in Japanese foreign relations from significant Japanese participants in events. unknown
1855rbr1-mar64<p>Scattered light foxing. 556 pages incl. index; 3 fold-out maps 1 large panorama - chromolithiograph; 10 illustrations one of which is in color. Vol. I only</p><p>4 raised bands. gilt lettring on black leather label on spine is VG. 1" portion of Leather missing at top of spine. Leather corners worn and generally edge worn boards. Water staining to side edges of front free endpapers and frontis and title page along with additional water marks of 2 additional fold out maps prior to the beginning of the numbered pages. Not affecting the images of these fold outs. No foxing or internal markings. Front hinge jsut starting to crack. Still a quite good copy in better than average condition.</p><p>Photos on request. Additional shipping charges will apply based on destination and speed.</p> U. S. Government Printing Office, A. O. P. Nicholson, printer hardcover
1860H3779London: W. J. Adams 1860. 114 pages. 12mo. Decorated binding. First edition. A description of various locales in France with an eye to the curative effects of the climate on invalids and patients. Binding is embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front and some gilt decoration on front as well. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with some minor rubbing to edges of cover and edges of spine. Original bookseller's stamp on front pastedown endpaper. Pages are lightly toned; page 105 has a 1" closed tear in bottom margin. Still an attractive copy in new mylar jacket!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. W. J. Adams Hardcover
1896151586Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1896. Leatherbound. Good. The front plate is detached but is still present; Leatherbound with marble plates; 381 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
187661115030126John Murray London 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Report to the Admiralty of the expedition that left Upernivick on 22 July 1875 and returning in October 1876. This is an ex-library copy with flaws as described. Black half-leather binding with banded spine and dark blue covers are lightly rubbed at edges binding is sound with strengthened inner hinges. Crossed and stamped large library label is pasted to the inside of the front cover additional end-papers darkened no half-title-page frontis map has been pasted to previous end-paper with resultant wrinkles on both surfaces and a stamp of "Free Public Library Westminster S.W." on the obverse of the frontis shows through the pasted end-paper although not visible from the map. Title-page is darkened has a crossed out reference number in the upper leading corner and a psted paper rectangle covering a "Free Public Library Westminster S.W." stamp small feint stamp on reverse and short closed tear approx 1cm on leading edge. Pages are little darkened with some smudge marks mainly in margins page 84 to 91have a very small ink mark on the lower corner "Free Public Library Westminster S.W." stamp acorss the bottom of the final page. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61115030126. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. John Murray hardcover
