MEARES (Capitaine John), BILLECOCQ (J.B.L.J, trad.)Livre Rare Book
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1795PHO-2286Paris, chez Buisson, An 3 de la République (1795), 4 volumes Texte : 3 tomes in 8° (21x13,5cm), XXIV-391pp, (4) 386pp, et (4) 371pp., veau raciné époque, dos lisse avec pièces de titre rouge et tomaison noire, tranches dorées, frises aux plats, roulettes interne, petits frottements. Atlas : in-4° (31,5x24cm), titre, table des planches, 28 planches HT, portraits, cartes, plans, vues. Exemplaire à toutes marges. Reliure d’attente, dos manquant, carte détachée avec tache aux plis,
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxii, [33] - 487; 344, 105, [vi, ads] pp, 45 engraved plates including frontis's, large folding map (short tear at stub), tables. contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red leather title labels, joints split, one board just holding, worn at edges, corners, bookplate of George Knight, light foxing on some leaves, but overall clean, text blocks tight, a very good set. A picture of th Hill p. 168: "Labillardiere was aboard the expedition under d'Entrecasteaux which was sent out to search for the missing Laperouse. Although unsuccessful in the search, the voyage was of considerable importance due to the scientific observations made and also for surveys of the coasts of Tasmania, New Caledonia, the north coast of New Guinea, and the southwest coast of Australia. Labillardiere's account of the Tongans is among the best contributions to the ethnology of that people." Cox 69: "of considerable importance. . . Labillardiere gives the first scientific description of the New Zealand flax and brought back several New Zealand plants." The plates include plants, birds, native peoples.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxiv, 424 pp, frontis, 61 illustrations including many full-page, mostly from photos, 3 folding maps, some drawings, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and gilt picture on front cover, top edge gilted, endpaper bookplate, no tears of maps, near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important book by one of the great botanical explorers and naturalists of the nineteenth century, the Italian botanist, spent time at Kew, where he met Charles Darwin, William Joseph Hooker and James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. The latter lead him to spending 3 years from 1865 to 1868 undertaking research in Sarawak, Brunei and other islands off present-day Malaysia and New Guinea, where he discovered many new species of palms, and many other plants such as a phosphorescent fungus that was bright enough to read a newspaper placed by it. Beccari was in Sarawak during 1865-67 where he collected over 800 bird skins including 40 not previously discovered of unrecorded species. He describes nature, the people, Dyaks and their customs in some detail, prior to the major impacts of the twentieth century, and describes his return to Sarawak some 20 years later, where he formed a botanical garden. He discovered the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878. This edition also contains the valuable and detailed appendix on the forests of Borneo, which are currently being logged to extinction. The preface is by naturalist F. H. H. Guillemard who also wrote a book of his travels in the area. The later reprint does not include the maps of the original.
1930P2522Montreal: Canadian Pacific c. 1930. Very Good; laid down on acid-free paper for long-term preservation. Image Size : 454x301 mm 17.87x11.85 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 480x328 mm 18.90x12.91 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Lithograph Categories: Advertising; Posters; Transportation Ships;20th Century Art Art Nouveau & Deco; Canadian Pacific unknown
1864WRCAM47423London 1864. 162pp. Folio. String-tied as issued. A bit tanned some small chips at the edges. Very good. The Thomas W. Streeter copy with his pencil notes on the titlepage. This House of Commons working paper is a continuation of their return dated July 10 1863 on the subject of constructing a telegraph line to British Columbia and the Pacific. The Hudson's Bay Company unsurprisingly was intimately involved in the machinations for the building of the line. They had made an agreement with the Canadian government to build the telegraph line from the Red River to the Pacific themselves but when they failed to do so a group of English bankers proposed to step in and do the job. The papers included herein provide much information on the qualities of the land between Lake Superior and British Columbia and the need for swift communication throughout and across the vast region. Also included is a memorial from the people of the Red River Settlement discussing their urgent need for the telegraph. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $30 in 1969 and was still in his stock when the Reese Company bought the last of it in 2013; here it is. STREETER SALE 3436 this copy. SOLIDAY I:1207. LOWTHER 228. unknown books
190254207Chicago: Published by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company 1902. 1902. First edition thus. 14 1/4" x 10 1/4" printed newspaper 8 pp. triple column illustrated from photographs map of the "Great Rock Island Route System." This is Vol. XXII No. 1. Chicago January 1902. "The Western Trail is published by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R'Y - The Great Rock Island Route - as a quarterly and issued in the interests of the above named Company. Its endeavor will be to give its readers in considerable detail facts as to emigration securing homes and the industrial interests of the country traversed by THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE in the states of Kansas Colorado and Texas and the Indian and Oklahoma Territories and in a general way show the industrial interests in all the states traversed by this line. Copies for a year will be mailed free." ---- Quoted from The Western Trail. Features include the Seven-Six Ranch of W. D. Wagner a few miles from Dalhart Texas that shows a ranch scene with a wonderful view of a windmill in operation. Articles about towns in Indian Territory New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Texas with special coverage on Addington Indian Territory Cloudcroft New Mexico Santa Rosa New Mexico and Burlington Colorado the county seat of Kit Carson County. Also some information on growing crops such as rice and broom corn. All in all an interesting newspaper for its day. This item has had detailed work by a master paper conservator as it has been deacidified a few small portions have been mended with Japanese paper and any tears or paper loss have been infilled. It has been housed in a transparent polyester "Mylar" sleeve to protect against dirt and handling. A very good and serviceable copy. Published by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, 1902. unknown
188741282N. P.: Crocker & Co. 1887. 1887. RAILROAD CALIFORNIA. First edition. 6 1/4" x 13 3/4" goldenrod colored paper folds to 6 1/4" x 3 3/8" two-sided eight panel timetable with exquisite scenes a map and train schedules for the Northern California lines of the railroad. The timetable has engraved vignettes and ornate lettering by E. Schultze. This is an attractive museum quality timetable and one of the rarest and finest early Southern Pacific railroad pieces that we have handled. It's in near fine condition and 130 years old. Crocker & Co., 1887. unknown
4047San Francisco:: The Railroad A. H. Printing Co. . Cincinnati O. Illustrated with halftones; ii and 76 pp. 8vo limp tan full simulated leather title in gilt on front cover together with stamped presentation statement; spine expertly rebacked; very small piece lacking from top outer corner. Institutionally common scarce in trade. This is the original edition NOT a print-on-demand book.Philadelphia-born Hiram Sellers Kneedler 1859/60–1941 was a Newspaper editor and publisher who owned various newspapers in Iowa including the The Times in Cherokee and The Boone Republican and who wrote several travel books for the railroads. In 1913 he uprooted his family and drove them all in his 1913 Studebaker to California where he stayed for about 10 years doing various jobs including working on newspapers and becoming Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for San Bernardino California. He then returned to Eldora Iowa and brought The Ledger. At some point he moved back to California and he died in Los Angeles in 1941.At the time Kneedler wrote this very little was known of this coastal area. It had been sparsely populated and its development stunted by the continuing unrest in Mexico. It was only after Texas came into the United States that serious efforts were made to populate this part of the country and extol its many advantages. [San Francisco:: The Railroad] A. H. Printing Co., ., Cincinnati, O.,. hardcover
1859013021San Francisco: Towne & Bacon 1859. Small faded ink stamp on front wrapper and an old ink accession number. Contained in a cloth clamshell box with a printed paper label. First Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Towne & Bacon Paperback
18389126Ithaca NY: Published by the Author 1838. First edition. 8vo xii 13-371pp. Folding map of Oregon Territory at front and one plate here between pgs 208 and 209. Contemporary sheep with black spine label gilt lettering. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Front pastedown stained mild to moderate foxing throughout. Map with single small tear at fold neat tape repair at edge few spots of foxing. A very good example with attractive fragile map. <br /> <br /> First edition in contemporary binding of this popular book which went through at least four editions in the 1840s and contained one of the first widely circulated maps to contain reliable information about the Oregon Territory. Parker's journal details his fur trading expedition in the Rockies in 1835 for part of which he was accompanied by Marcus Whitman. The group arrived in Walla Walla in October 1835 and returned East 2 years later via ship around Cape Horn. A cornerstone Pacific Northwest title. <br /> <br /> Howes P89. Wagner-Camp 70. Washington 89 60. Published by the Author unknown
1841LBW-1782[Paris, 1841]. En deux feuilles non jointes pouvant former un panorama d'environ 217 mm x 1,02 m.
1845LBW-7698[Paris], Dépôt-Général de la Marine, 1844 [1845]. 600 x 423 mm.
1841LBW-1309Paris, [1841-1854]. 282 x 426 mm.
1827LBW-4435[1827]. 496 x 358 mm.
1828PHO-1669London, John Murray, 1828, 1 volume In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xxvi-320pp.cvii-1f., petites rousseurs, mouillure angulaire sur les planches au tome 2, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, 31 planches, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
1789PHO-2082Paris, Hôtel de Thou et Lyon, Bernuset & Comp., 1789. 2 vol. in-8° de xl, 387, [1] pp. ; 419, [1] pp. Basane fauve jaspée, dos long orné de fers à la corne d'abondance & aux épis de blé, p. de t. et de tom. en maroquin vert, double filet à froid sur les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque). Quelques épidermures et 4 trous de vers à la reliure. Bon exemplaire. Mention ms. d'achat : « 18 février 1789, 6 [livres] les 2 vol. brochés ».
1797LBW-2784[Paris, 1797]. 684 x 493 mm.
183340537Paris, Lecointe et Pougin, Éditeurs, 1833. In-8 interfolié de XVI-280 pp., demi-veau havane, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre prune, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
A SET OF 28 MAGNIFICENT FOLIO WOOD-ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE SCENERY, PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, including Ceylon, Weh (Sabang), Sumatra, Singapore, Java, and Bali. Also includes title-page, 8 pages of text describing the author / artist's travels (SIGNED IN INK BY THE AUTHOR / ARTIST), list of wood-engravings, and justification / colophon. From a total edition of 40 sets, THIS IS SET NUMBER 1, printed for Maurice Blum, ONE OF ONLY TEN SETS PRINTED ON JAPON NACRE. Folio. Loose as issued in custom-made folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare, especially on Japanese paper.
Neatly signed, without inscription, by William O. Douglas upon half-title page. Stated first edition. xiv, 338 pages. Glossary. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author. "A book of personal adventure and discovery. An account of the way Douglas - and other men - found a richer life in the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest where a man can 'find deep solitude and, under conditions of grandeur that are startling, he can come to know both himself and God'". - from dust jacket. Douglas was nominated to the U.S. Supreme court by FDR and served the longest term in its history, 1939-1975. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Includes two detailed newsclippings circa 1930s about Walla Walla pioneer George T. Welch. Also included is a 1969 newsclipping in which Douglas explains how and why a man changes when he becomes a member of the Supreme Court. Book
Volume in 4°, brossura editoriale con sovracoperta, titolo al piatto ed al dorso, sguardie, occhiello, frontespizio, prefazione, ritratto fotografico dell'autore, VI, 407 pp., 200 illustrazioni fotografiche, di cui 50 tavole f.t e 2 grandi mappe ripiegate f.t.. Uno fra i libri di viaggio più rari in assoluto, racconta il viaggio esplorativo compiuto dal Conte R. F. de Tolna, in compagnia della moglie, in occasione delle loro nozze, attraverso l'Oceano Pacifico. Viaggio che durò ben otto anni e diede loro modo di visitare luoghi ancora inesplorati di entrare a stretto contatto con popolazioni selvagge, dagli usi e costumi differenti e curiosi, tra cui quella decisamente suggestiva del cannibalismo. Un affascinante viaggio attraverso una cultura ormai perduta, arricchito da splendide e suggestive illustrazioni. Edizione originale in ottimo stato. Un gioiello di eccezionale rarità.
1823PHO-1668London, John Murray, 1823, 1 volume In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xvi-768pp, tome 1, tâche sur les 5 premiers feuillets, petites rousseurs, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, illustrée de 30 planches dont 11 en couleurs, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
222 pages including index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is the outcome of forty years residence amongst the Haidas, and is an accurate description of what I have seen and heard in the villages and homes. Through my knowledge of their language I have been enabled to get all my information regarding their customs, traditions and social organization direct from the principal chiefs, men who at that time were from sixty to eighty years old." - from Preface. Chapters include: Queen Charlotte Islands; Early History; The Haidas; Haida Customs; Births, Marriages, Divorce, Death and Burial Ceremonies; Tools, Ornaments and Ceremonial Masks; Industries and Medicines; The Sa-ag-ga or Shaman; The Haida Pantheon; Haida Legends; The Haida Traditions of Creation; Chief Edenshaw; The Natural History of the Islands; Geology of the Islands and Natural Resources. Appendix lists cranial measurements. Average wear. Binding intact. Red cloth-covered boards. Black lettering and decoration legible upon spine. Prior owner's stamp to bottom edge, front fixed and free endpapers, and title page. Faint bookseller's stamp to back fixed endpaper. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 1668, Thibault 2,231. Book
Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 1 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Nice cover illustration by R. York Wilson features brass band practicing; W.A. Irwin becomes new Editor of Maclean's - photo and brief article; Relax - It's Good for You; Bee Business - Ervin Hogarth has 150 bees near Tara, Ontario; Mars Gone Barmy - Maj.-Gen. J.F.C. Fuller argues atomic war cannot be won; Where Milk is Medicine - Europe's lack of food in the aftermath of WWII; Britian's Place in the World; Washington Memo - U.S. Strikers want to keep war wages (52 for 40 or Fight!); Backstage Ottawa - NRMA men (Zombies) were sent to the First Canadian Division on or after VE Day; Is the Union Shop Democratic? - arguments for and against; Sculptors Elizabeth Wyn Wood and Mani Hahn - Photo-illustrated article; "When the Ice-Worms Nest Again" - Brief article discussing Robert Service; Stretch the Meat; and more. Short stories include: Molly Was a Doctor; White Horse; Soft Music. Nice ads for: The Wartime Prices and Trade Board (encouraging the mending of clothes); Imperial Oil (featuring oil exploration); Frigidaire, Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese; Canadian Pacific (color illustration of driving of the last spike to celebrate 60 years of progress, 1885-1945); Pepsodent Tooth Paste; Eveready Flashlight Batteries - featuring image of Vancouver radio personality Thora Anders; Arrid deodorant - featuring photo of Gertrude Niesen; Nostalgic one-page Maclean's subscription ad; National War Finance Committee; Nice colour-photo Caterpillar Diesel ad inside back cover features two dozers preparing new rail bed through mountains. 68 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. Book
