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1780PHO-2207Nyon l’Ainé, Paris, 1780, 2 vol. in-12 de XIV - XVIII -389 pp. et 1 f.- 352 pp., relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges, petits manques au dos, coiffes sup. arasées, coins usés, légères épidermures.
1999563561 reprographié sous reliure spirale, 1999, 254 pp.
1 reprographié sous reliure spirale, 1999, 254 pp. Très bel envoi de l'auteur, le docteur libournais et écrivain Jean-Pierre Chevalier, "à Michel Suffran, cette évocation, très romancée, de la personnalité du capitaine Etienne de Montauban, flibustier célèbre en Saintonge, dont près d'une centaine de documents gardent la trace aux Archives Départementales de la Gironde et qui a donné son nom à une rue du quartier Saint Augustin, à Bordeaux". On joint une L.A.S. dans laquelle l'auteur explique que cette dernière version du roman est 'l'aboutissant de multiples remaniements du roman". Rare manuscrit, manifestement inédit, relatant de manière romancée, les aventures d'Etienne de Montauban, lequel avait relaté ses propres aventures dans un ouvrage paru en 1698 à Amsterdam sous le titre de "Voyage en Guinée, de Monsieur de Montauban, capitaine Flibustier" (Exmelin en propose un résumé dans son "Histoire des Aventuriers et Flibustiers qui se sont signalés dans les Indes"). Français
188513661Makaire Aix-en-Provence 1885 1 vol. In-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. XIX 2 ff.n.ch. 134 pp., demi-chagrin de l'époque, dos à nerfs fileté.
5107Sans lieu ni date (fin XIXème siècle). Album in 8 oblong percaline rouge défraîchie, 4 pp. de texte et 15 reproductions photographiques collées.
1740AQ26617London: Printed for Tho. Cooper 1740. 2 v-viii 9-62pp. Without half-title. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Internally clean and crisp. An essay written during the early stages of the War of Jenkins' Ear 1739-1748 in which conflict between England and Spain mostly took place in the Caribbean sea. The author devotes a large portion of the essay to discussing the present military strength of France and Spain which he deems inferior to the English forces and argues that exerting English strength will be both profitable and inexpensive compared to the previous Anglo-Spanish war. Contains an appendix providing an interesting and detailed description of present Spanish territories in the Caribbean and Americas- including reference to the Spanish galleons and 'Mines of Gold the most famous of which is St Maria'. ESTC T711. First edition. 8vo. Printed for Tho. Cooper unknown
182521618London 1825. Folio. 310pp. Bound in modern blue wrappers with copy of title on front wrapper. Fine. <br /> <br /> A wonderfully detailed report on the structure of the legal system in these colonies with explanations of the courts forms of action and remedies crimes punishments police forces slave codes manumission reform measures fees tables of cases tables with names and races of parties to legal proceedings. <br /> OCLC records nine locations under several accession numbers as of September 2024. unknown
1786WRCAM34280Stockholm: Tryckeriet 1786. 8pp. Self-wrappers. Contemporary manuscript page numbers in upper outer corners. Bright and clean. Near fine. Untrimmed. "Nine provisions concerning the government and commerce of the Swedish colony on St. Barthelemy" - Bell. Signed in type by Gustavus III. Rare. OCLC locates only two copies at the University of Delaware and the University of Minnesota. BELL S993. OCLC 14283661 29084873. Tryckeriet unknown books
1829BB1450London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley New Burlington-Street 1829. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. Scarce First Printing complete in three volumes of the "first anti-miscegenation novel in our literature Fiedler. 12mo: xiv2991; 23111; 2316pp. Contemporary pink half calf over marbled boards by Harrison of Belfast their ticket to front paste-down of vol. I; black morocco lettering pieces gilt; spines decorated in blind; marbled endpapers and edges. A truly excellent set occasional light foxing mostly marginal; spines rubbed and faded to tan. Spiller & Blackburn 11. BAL 3843. Sabin 16416. Fiedler quoted in Wallace James D. “Race and Captivity in Cooper's the Wept of Wish-ton-wish†American Literary History 7.2 1995: 189–209. True First Edition of this historical novel published in London September and later in November in Philadelphia under the title The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish: A Tale both from the same sheets printed in Florence by Molini. Written in Paris when Cooper was as the center of the small American expatriate community and set in the seventeenth century on frontier land later part of Connecticut. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street unknown
190530136London: Adam and Charles Black 1905. First edition. With 74 very fine and attractive colourplates from the paintings of Archibald Stevenson Forrest each with a captioned guard. Tall thick 8vo in the publisher's original pale blue cloth the upper cover and spine both decorated with ships craps clouds and sunbursts in brown ivory and gilt and with gilt lettering t.e.g. ix 272 4 ads pp. A handsome copy the plates all fine and bright some very occasional and light foxing within the text the lovely decorated binding is solid and firm with very little sign of wear but with a bit of mellowing to the spine front endpaper with cosmetic only spitting at the still-strong hinge. FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE MORE ELUSIVE TITLES IN BLACK'S TRAVEL SERIES A LOVELY BOOK IN FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. The blue seas and sun-drenched islands of the West Indies served as wonderful inspiration for both pen and paintbrush in this hard to find gem. Jamaica receives the lion's share of attention but other subjects include Barbadoes St. Lucia Dominica St. Thomas and Martinique. Archibald Forrest wonderfully captures the bright colourful scenery and colourful peoples of these tropic isles. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
1833022230Dover: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1833. Cloth. Good. Folio. Quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 4 1832 to November 28 1833. Of particular note is a printing of Andrew Jackson's proclamation on Nullification asserting that states could not override or disregard federal law. This was issued in response to South Carolina's refusal to enforce tariffs. Also present is an article written by George Catlin on the Mandan tribe recalling customs ceremonies and dress among other subjects. The tribe had been decimated by small pox with an estimated 125 remaining by 1838. Also present is an article on the Native American leader Black Hawk written a little after his capture. A small paragraph describes a former Mormon displeasure with the faith. GOOD condition. Ex-library with exterior spine labels interior pastedowns and minor markings. First leaf DETACHED. Minor scuffing fading soiling to the covers. Years written on masking tape taped to the spine with some other tape repairs on the spine. Paper a bit browned and brittle. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
1853004531New York: P.T. Barnum and H.D. Beach Publishers 1853. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Marbled boards with leather binding.416 pages. A bound volume of this journal/newspaper founded and first published by P.T. Barnum. This work contains news and articles on items of interest from around the world and the United States. Of note is a four part reprint of Edgar Allan Poe's work on autography and the meanings behind signatures abridged and rearranged and a short poem by Horatio Alger Welcome to May. A map of Mecilla Valley a disputed territory around the area of New Mexico and of which the Gadsden Purchase centered around is present. This is accompanied by a short article relating details of the dispute p. 357. Also of interest are articles with illustrations on various ship and train wrecks Ericsson's caloric engine for use in ships articles on California gold the second Grinnell expedition in the Arctic the Baltimore and Ohio railway and Pettibone's tunnel the Naval Academy in Maryland Japan shad fishing clipper ships and Vanderbilt steam yacht Scuba divesr and apparatus p. 236 Arthur Spring the Philadelphia murderer Baltimore shot works p. 241 an African church in Cincinnati Parisian mantilla fashions as well as other Parisian fashions p. 308 and others The New York hippodrome p. 313 a railway calamity in Norwalk CT p. 333 Paterson railroad accident Parisian electric clock p. 341 Sicard's scuba apparatus p. 365 custom house in Charleston SC p. 373 a map of Central Park in New York p. 409. In FAIR condition. Binding very worn along the spines with the covers mostly detached and the leather backstrip torn and lifting away in several places. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the covers and extremities. Minor soiling and uneven fading. First two pages of the book very creased and wrinkled. Pages 173/4 269/70 and 401/2 are MISSING with pages 259/60 LOOSE and laid in. Pages 395-98 have a large horizontal tear at the center of the page. Large pencil scribbles on the first blank endpaper with a scribble to an illustration in the book. Text block solid but weakened with a few minor tears minor scattered dampstains and scattered minor soiling. P.T. Barnum and H.D. Beach, Publishers unknown
224093Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1828 in-4, 83 pp., y compris le titre, veau fauve marbré, dos lisse orné de filets, guirlandes et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre cerise en long, encadrement de dent-de-rat, simple filet et guirlande dorés sur les plats, tranches dorées, guirlande dorée en encadrement sur les contreplats (reliure de l'époque). Manque de cuir aux coiffes, charnière supérieure abîmée.
220196Londres et New York, John Matts, s.d. (vers 1850) carte de 26 x 37 cm,
234575Saint-Pierre, 1817 in-folio, [4] ff. n. ch., couverts d'une écriture fine, cursive, très malaisément lisible (environ 30 lignes par page) en feuilles.
UEI-15Format : 21/13 Rarissime ouvrage ( XIXè siècle) de médecine composé de plusieurs textes pratiquement introuvables : 1è texte 80 pages sans date sans auteur : Sur les épidémies qui ont ravagé l' Auvergne depuis le commencement de l'ère chrétienne jusqu' à nos jours. 2è texte 105 pages : Une observation de typhus-ictérodès ou maladie jaune de Smyrne suivie de considérations sur cette maladie et de quelques réflextions sur la contagion en général par F Floquin 1835 Smyrne librairie du commerce 3è texte 148 pages : De l'importation de la fièvre jaune en europe et de la possibilité de son développement par 48°, 25°, 14° de latitude boréale. Mémoire qui établit sur des faits authentiques le dangers des relations avec les Antilles et l'incertitude de quelques théories médicales par Evariste Bertulus 1840 Toulon 4è texte 135 pages : Essai sur la fluxion appliquée à la connaissance théorique et pratique des maladies de la peau ou précis analytique sur ces maladies par : L. Baumès Baillère-Cochard libraires Paris 1837 5è texte : 20 pages + 30 pages : 2 lettres sur la syphillis sans date sans nom d'auteur 6è texte 170 pages : Aperçu médical des hopitaux de Londres où sont traitées les maladies vénériennes et les maladies de la peau accompagné d'une revue analytique des principaus travaux des anglais sur ces maladies, de quelques considérations sur l'état actuel de nos connaissances à leur égard et sur leur classification par : P. Baumès Baillère-Cochard libraires Paris 1837 7è texte 104 pages : Essai sur le croup considéré principalement sous le rapport des symptomes, des dangers, des causes, de la préservation et du traitement avec quelques observations pratiques précédées de l'examen des avantages et inconvéniens que peuvent présenter le traitement topique et la trachéotomie par G. Fourquet Librairie de Deville Cavellin 1834 8è texte 76 pages : De la contracture des poumons et de la phthisie par contracture par J. Quissac Chez Castel Libraire 1836 9è texte 8 pages : Variole éruption et disparition brusque des boutons aggravation des symptômes, nouvelle éruption des boutons après la mort par Chansarel (sans date) Intérieur légèrement piqué.
1834LBW-7492S.l., 1834. In-8 de 32 pp.; toile noire, pièce de titre bordeaux (reliure moderne).
1862LBW-2534Orléans, Georges Jacob, 1862. In-8 paginé de 387 à 399; broché, couverture beige imprimée.
LBW-6292Paris, Dépôt de la Marine, 1787 [circa 1795]. 578 x 921 mm.
1831LBW-5111Paris, Auguste Auffray, 1831. In-8 de 40 pp.; broché, couverture imprimée.
ORD-19122Tome XI contenant la suite des voyages aux Indes orientales par le Sud-Ouest, Voyage aux Terres Australes ou Antarctiques et Voyages errans. Paris. Didot. 1753. 1 volume in-4 (205 x 260 mm) pleine basane racinée, dos à 5 nerfs orné or, gardes peignées, tranches rougies, 1f. II, 722, (3) pages. 6 carte sur 11 et 12 figures sur 14 hors texte. Coiffes un peu arasées, papier lgt insolé par endroits, petits défauts mais bon état intérieur et bonne reliure. Certaines cartes sont détachées mais à leur place. Étiquette de Raoul Pascalis au revers du 1er plat.
1783LBW-2653Paris, Lattré, 1783. 312 x 448 mm.
229697Paris, H. Welter, 1911 2 forts vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., XXXIII pp., 730 pp., un f. n. ch. ; [2] ff. n. ch., XIX pp., 703 pp., un f. n. ch. d'errata, demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et caissons à froid, ainsi que de fleurons dorés (reliure de l'époque).
53544P., Cocheris, An cinquième de la République (1797), in 8° relié demi vélin à coins ancien, 266 pages ; frottis et petits manques d'usage à la reliure.
c5271Paris, Chez Tenré, 1836 ; in-4°, demi-veau glacé olive de l'époque, dos plat très orné de larges fleurons dorés et de jeux de filets gras et maigres dorés et à froid, palettes dorées; 2ff.nch., XVIpp.,568pp. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Illustré d'un Frontispice (4 portraits) , de 2 cartes dépliantes hors texte et 134 planches hors texte. Piqûres inégales, reliure légèrement frottée, dos uniformément passé au brun. Exemplaire bien relié et très correct.
