The History and Art of Horsemanship
London: Printed for T. Davies...and T. Cadell, 1771. First edition. This work, by the "Gentleman of the Horse... Read More about The History and Art of Horsemanship
Price: $2,500
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third edition, third issue, with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of 'Handley Cross'"[Surtees]. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
Price: $600
The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1837. With an “Extract from The Road” for September 1st, 1892, laid in the back containing a notice on the spread of Glanders (some spotting). Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod
Price: $500
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Memors of John Mytton. [Note on Henry Alken's "Mytton Illustrations" by Joseph Grego].
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co, [c. 1903]. Alken, Henry. Reprint. Read More about Memors of John Mytton. [Note on Henry Alken's "Mytton Illustrations" by Joseph Grego
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A Popular Description of Arabia: Geographical, Historical anfd Topographical.
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, (1839). Originally published in 1831. Read More about A Popular Description of Arabia: Geographical, Historical anfd Topographical
Price: $250
Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même.
Copenhagen: Chez Nicolas Möller, 1773. First edition in French, with half-title. With the large fold-out map of Yemen hand-colored in outline. Account of the ill-starred Royal Danish expedition (1761-1767) to the Arabian Peninsula, the first scientific expedition, from which Niebuhr returned as the only survivor. Niebuhr only covered a small..... Read More about Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même
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Beyond the Ural Mountains. The Adventures of a Siberian Hunter. Trnslated and Adapted by Michael Heron.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1961]. First Edition. Read More about Beyond the Ural Mountains. The Adventures of a Siberian Hunter. Trnslated and Adapted by Michael...
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An English Garner Ingathering from Our History and Literature.
London, Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1897. First edition. Read More about An English Garner Ingathering from Our History and Literature
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Joseph Kerr of Ballygoney and his descendants.
Brooklyn, New York: Printed for Private Distribution, 1904. First edition. Read More about Joseph Kerr of Ballygoney and his descendants
Price: $150
The Indians of Pecos Pueblo. A Study of Their Skeletal Remains.
New Haven: Published for the Dept. of Archeology / Phillips Academy. Andover, Massachussetts / By the Yale University Press, 1930. Read More about The Indians of Pecos Pueblo. A Study of Their Skeletal Remains
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Upper India in the 1820s
Tours in Upper India, and in parts of the Himalaya Mountains ….
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Upper India in the 1820s. Describes official visits to the King of Oudh, the Rajah of Bharatpur and the King of Delhi. Includes descriptions of troops and fortifications but also stories of local history, descriptions of Mughal architecture, and commentary on the local landscape..... Read More about Tours in Upper India, and in parts of the Himalaya Mountains …
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Building Code, Paris 1748
Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes réelles, les Rapports des...
N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More about Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes...
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The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the...
Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1845. Second edition. Read More about The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an...
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Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the Year 1884.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1889. First edition. Read More about Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the Year 1884
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First American edition. Read More about A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions
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Voyage to Buenos Ayres. Performed in the Years 1817 and 1818, by Order of the American Government.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Bride-Court, Bridge-Street, 1820. Second English edition. Brackenridge was sent in 1817-1818 by the United States Commission to investigate the Spanish province of South America. In 1819, he published his Voyage to South America, 1820, in two volumes. This English edition consists of..... Read More about Voyage to Buenos Ayres. Performed in the Years 1817 and 1818, by Order of the American Government
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Rough Notes taken during some rapid Journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes.
London: John Murray, 1851. New Edition. The first edition was in 1826. Read More about Rough Notes taken during some rapid Journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes
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Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: From Their Discovery And Conquest By The Spanish To...
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1852. Second edition, enlarged with a new map and illustrations. Read More about Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: From Their Discovery And Conquest By The...
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Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman
Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term of office as President.
[Buenos Aires: 1948]. Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman. Inscribed on the mount by Perón in Spanish, on December 23, 1948, to the internationally renowned dentist, Dr. Stanley D. Tylman, "in gratitude for his services to Argentina and the friendliness he has shown me with his exquisite delicacy ....... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term of office as President
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Preserved Leaves of Mull
Two autograph letters signed “Argyll”.
Kensington and N. P: Argyll Lodge and Balmoral (stationery), n.d. and 28 September 1855. Preserved Leaves of Mull. The first stating that he will send specimens of the ores and the [?] Leaves of Mull to Glasgow for the Museum, the leaves only being “furnished on loan as the specimens..... Read More about Two autograph letters signed “Argyll”
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The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-1916: Documents Presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon... by Viscount Bryce.
London: For Official Use, 1916. First edition. Miscellaneous No. 31. Read More about The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-1916: Documents Presented to Viscount Grey...
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Preces Sancti Nersetis…viginti quatour linguis edit [by H. Aukerian].
Venice: In Insula S. Lazari, 1837. A fine polyglot version of the writings. Read More about Preces Sancti Nersetis…viginti quatour linguis edit [by H. Aukerian
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The Morawitzky Family of Bavaria
Manuscript on vellum of the family tree of “Theodor Heinrich von Morawitzky zu Ruednitz aus dem Haus der Starzoniem und...
n.p. [Bavaria? c. 1779?]. The Morawitzky Family of Bavaria. Handsome and beautifully drawn genealogical tree of this noble Bavarian family, whose members of have served for Bavarian Kings and Electors. Theodor Graf Topor von Morawitzky (1735 -1810), whose descent is given here, had a disinguished career as a public servant..... Read More about Manuscript on vellum of the family tree of “Theodor Heinrich von Morawitzky zu Ruednitz aus dem...
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Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First edition. Read More about Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy
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Papers relative to French Affairs communicated by...to Mr. Monroe.
Washington, D.C: Way, 1808. Read More about Papers relative to French Affairs communicated by...to Mr. Monroe
Price: $65