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London: Bickers & Son, 1886. First edition in English of both of these novellas, translated by the Burtons during their stay in Sao Paulo in the late 1860's, but not published until later; 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 138; original printed wrappers; one small chip from the top outer corner of..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxi, [1], 308; xii, 327, [1]; portrait, engraved folding map, 13 engraved or aquatint plates (3 hand-colored), 6 wood-engravings in the text; contemporary full speckled calf, early rebacking with red morocco labels lettered in gilt; tops of..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1891. First edition, 8vo, pp. 296, [1]; frontispiece portrait, 4 maps (3 folding), 29 wood-engraved illustrations throughout, 12 full-page; original printed wrappers, bound in recent full brown cloth, green morocco label on gilt-decorated spine. Wrapper with some tape residue near gutter, text a bit foxed, all else..... More
[Saigon]: Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, Agency for International Development, [1961]. Slim 8vo, pp. viii, 72; map, table; original yellow pictorial wrappers, some shelf wear, corners creased; interior mostly fine. Produced under Contract ICA c1126. "It is the thesis of this study that the district chief more than any..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1848. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xviii, 509, [1]; viii, 511, [1]; engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding, 1 hand-colored in outline), 16 engraved copperplates (1 folding), 2 wood-engraved plates, a hand-colored geological cross-section, and numerous wood engravings in the text; old library rubberstamps on..... More
London: John Murray, 1912. First edition in English of Amundsen's account of the first expedition to reach the South Pole, more than a month before Robert Scott; 2 volumes, large 8vo, portrait frontispieces with tissue guards, plates, maps, graphs, and tables in the text; original red decorated cloth, covers and..... More
Kristiania: Jacob Dybwads Forlag, 1912. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [8], 528; [6], 424; 46 leaves (5 double-page or folding) of black and white photographic illustrations, facsmilies, and color plates; contemporary thee-quarter blue morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine in 6 compartments, decorative endpapers; boards a bit rubbed..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1947. 8vo, pp. 211, [1]; 20 plates plus illustrations in the text; previous owner's inscription, slightly cocked, else a very good copy in the dust jacket. Accurate and skillfully epitomized historical survey, well illustrated. More
Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1847. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [24], 283, [3]; [10], 269, [23]; 12 lithograph portraits, 1 woodcut; contemporary black calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on gilt paneled spines; edges stained blue; very good and sound. Lust, 109 (citing the first edition of 1843 which only had..... More
Philadelphia: [privately printed], 1912. Edition limited to 60 copies (this, no. 35); small 8vo, pp. 221, [1]; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g.; publisher's box. The frontispiece is signed in ink by Andrews, and there is a presentation on the front free endpaper..... More
Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1865. First edition thus, being a second and much expanded version of Andrews' earlier A Vocabulary of Words in the Hawaiian Language, Lahaina, 1836 which is the first dictionary printed in the Pacific; 8vo, pp. xvi, 559; text in double column; full contemporary sheep, worn, and..... More
London: W.H. Allen & Co. Limited, [1893]. Third edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 476, 40 ads; 3 folding map plates tipped in, text illustrations throughout; original green cloth, gilt spine, black glazed endpapers; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; hinges cracked, binding a bit shaken; textblock very good and sound. Publisher's..... More
Bath: John Browne, 1807. 12mo, pp. 106; copper engraved title page, 11 plates; covers lacking, gilt-tooled calf spine, 3 maroon gilt-lettered morocco spine labels completely intact, a.e.g., marble endpapers; interior fine. More
Ascona: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1972. First edition, 4to, pp. 126; 4 full-page maps, 48 photographic illustrationson rectos and versos of 12 plates; dust jacket slightly spotted, else fine. Racing the native pirogues on the Mekong and its attendant cultural traditions. More
New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, [1940]. First edition, 4to, pp. xviii, [2], 206; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, maps, (one folding in color), mapped endpapers; original olive cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; bookseller's ticket on rear fly leaf, extremities a bit worn and..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1954. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 211, [1]; frontispiece, numerous black & white photographic plates; original light blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, pictorial dust jacket (clipped); rear panel of jacket lightly soiled, jacket lightly chipped at edges; very good. The book is illustrated..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1865. 8vo, pp. [iii]-xvi, 533, 2 (ads); large folding map (with short, neat tape repair on verso), 20 full-p. illustrations plus numerous wood-engraved illus. in text; slight cracking at spine extremities, edges worn, remains of a small, 19th century shelf label at base of spine..... More
Harrisburg, PA: privately printed by Aurand Press, 1933. 8vo, pp. [3], 89, [2], [3] ads; fine copy in original brown cloth, backed in black cloth, gilt spine. More
New York: Automobile Club of America, 54th and 55th Streets West of Broadway, [1911]. 8vo, pp. 876; photo-engraved frontispiece of the ACA building in New York; 48 leaves of maps (1 folding); original limp brown morocco stamped in gilt on the upper cover; the leather somewhat degraded with tears and..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 445; photographic frontispiece, 35 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, map endpapers; original tan pictorial cloth (a bit soiled) stamped in brown and gilt ; spine considerably darkened, edges rubbed; interior fine. Photographs by the author..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 445; photographic frontispiece, 35 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, map endpapers; original tan pictorial cloth stamped in brown and gilt; lightly rubbed, "294" in biro on front free endpaper; very good, sound copy. Photographs by..... More
London: Printed for Benjamin White at Horace's Head, 1774. Later edition, first edition to bear the author's name, 4to, pp. [2], lxx, [2], 462, [32] index; 4 copper plates; later boards with dampstain, else a very good, largely unopened copy. The work for which the author is best remembered, the..... More
Gloucester: Published for the National Trust by John Bellows. 1935. Fifth edition, 12mo, pp. 36; frontispiece, folding map, plans; fine in original tan wrappers. More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1890. Second edition revised and augmented, 12mo, pp. lxiv, 540; color folding map frontispiece, approximately 35 plates, mostly maps, many folding and double-paged; original cloth in later linen jacket, all edges marble; contemporary pencil ownership signature on ffep and title page, notes in margins throughout; occasional tears..... More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1889. Seventh revised edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 360, 45; 13 plates of color maps, all folding or double-page, text illustrations; original cloth in later linen jacket, all edges marble; hinges weak, a few shallow tears to map edges, else a very good copy. More
