Revolt in the Desert
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. First London edition, one of 315 large paper copies. Revolt in the Desert was... Read More about Revolt in the Desert
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Our history, travel and geography holdings include a wide range of material from Pacific, Near East, Arctic, African and Asian voyages to archaeology, topography and military strategy.
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Australia and Her Gold Regions: A Full Description of its Geology, Climate, Products, Natives … Accompanied by a Map of...
New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. First edition. Ferguson: "At this time the author was conducting an 'Australian Emigration Office' at 120 Wall Street, New York." Read More about Australia and Her Gold Regions: A Full Description of its Geology, Climate, Products, Natives …...
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An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, from the Founding of the Colony in 1788 to the Present...
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. Fourth edition. Read More about An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, from the Founding of the Colony in 1788...
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Australia; its Scenery, Natural History and Resources, and Settlements. With a Glance at its Gold Fields. [Second part entitled] Australia...
London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. [ ca 1854]. Contains an extensive description of the Australian gold fields, a segment on the Aborigines, a section for each on New South Wales, Victoria and South and Western Australia as well as agricultural information. Read More about Australia; its Scenery, Natural History and Resources, and Settlements. With a Glance at its Gold...
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A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a Concise Description of the Most Remarkable places, Ancient and Modern, Europe, Asia, Africa &...
London: Printed for W. Peacock and Sons, 1802. The Third edition, Correceted and Considerably enlarged. With a fine folding map of New Holland and New Zealand and a separate one of Polynesia including the Sandwich Islands. Read More about A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a Concise Description of the Most Remarkable...
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Founder of the “New Colonization System”
England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1833. First Edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations
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Founder of the “New Colonization System”
England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations.
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations
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Calligraphic Testimonial to the Dowager Empress of Austria, on the death of Ferdinand, from the Reichenberg Katholisch-Politischen Casino.
[Reichenberg, Bohemia: July 1875]. A large and elaborate testimonial from the notables of the Bohemian town of Reichenberg (today Liberec in the Czech Republic) extending formal condolences to Maria Anna of Savoy, consort of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), who was ruler of Austria Hungary from 1835 to 1848. Following his abdication..... Read More about Calligraphic Testimonial to the Dowager Empress of Austria, on the death of Ferdinand, from the...
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War with Turkey
Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen den vereinigten Herren Oesterreichs und Russlands, gegen die Ottomanische Pforte dessen Veranlassung und Folgen aus...
Frankfurt am Mann: Verlag der jägerischen Buchhandlung, 1790. Third part. War with Turkey. The continuation of the military history of the Russian and Austrian war on Turkey. Read More about Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen den vereinigten Herren Oesterreichs und Russlands,...
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L'Ameublement Parisien avant, pendant et après La Révolution.
Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1929. First edition. Read More about L'Ameublement Parisien avant, pendant et après La Révolution
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Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles.
Paris: Gallimard, [1946]. First edition, no. 58 of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre. Collection of eight short stories of Paris during the Nazi occupation, inlcuding the celebrated "Traversée de Paris" Read More about Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles
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Recherches Zoologiques dans les Provinces Centrales de l'Inde et dans les regions occidentales de l'Himalaya.
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, [1922]. First Edition. Read More about Recherches Zoologiques dans les Provinces Centrales de l'Inde et dans les regions occidentales de...
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Young Man with a Camera: Bacall & Douglas
Autograph Inscriptions Signed ("Best Always, Lauren Bacall" and "to Alfred Eisenstaed / my best wishes/ Kirk Douglas") to LIFE photographer...
N.P. [Hollywood]: n.d. [ca. 1950]. Young Man with a Camera: Bacall & Douglas. Bacall & Douglas starred together in YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950), in which Douglas plays a jazz trumpeter involved with the strange and beautiful (and possibly lesbian) Amy, played Bacall. The inscription is reproduced in EISENSTAEDT'S..... Read More about Autograph Inscriptions Signed ("Best Always, Lauren Bacall" and "to Alfred...
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Voyages de Messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle: Auquel on a joint les Poesies Du Chevalier de Cailly, la Relation des...
Amsterdam: 1708. Second edition. A charming copy of Chapelle's best known work. He recounts a voyage through Provence and Languedoc in both poetry and prose. The work also includes poems by the Kight of Cailly and accounts of campaigns against the Spanist at Rocroi. Read More about Voyages de Messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle: Auquel on a joint les Poesies Du Chevalier de...
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"One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill)
Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the...
London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill). Back volunteered to search for the lost Ross expedition. Here he describes his trip through north central Canada down the Slave to Great Slave Lake, then to the Great Fish River (which he discovered) and..... Read More about Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the...
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First Impressions and Studies from Nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years' residence...
London: Wm. H. Allen and Co. Leadenhall Street, 1837. First edition. "An officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bacon recounts his assignment to India with vivid descriptions of life in the cantonments, travels along the Ganges River, and observations of the peoples he encountered. He also enjoyed hunting wild boar..... Read More about First Impressions and Studies from Nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to...
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EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 50 PHOTOGRAPHS
Switzerland.
ca. 1870s. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 50 PHOTOGRAPHS. Read More about Switzerland
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De Re Navali
Annotationes in legm II. De captivis & postliminio reversis, in quibus tractatur de re navali, per authorem recognitæ. Eivsdem annotationes...
Basel: Johann Froben, 1541. Second edition (first printed 1537). De Re Navali. Lazare de Baïf (1496-1547) was a French humanist, classical scholar, translator of Sophocles' Electra, and ambassador to Venice, who flourished in the enlightened reign of François I, to whom his delightfully illustrated book on captivities and the naval..... Read More about Annotationes in legm II. De captivis & postliminio reversis, in quibus tractatur de re...
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The Advancment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: or Descriptions of the Useful Machines and Models contained in the Repository of...
Munich: published by the Academy, nd [ca 1773]. First German Edition. The First English Edition of this work was published in 1772. It contains a great deal on agricultural machinery and makes mention of machinery and practices in America as well as in England and the Continent. Read More about The Advancment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: or Descriptions of the Useful Machines and...
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The Fly Fisher's Guide.
Liverpool: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers, 1816. First edition. Among the earliest books with colored plates of flies. "One of the text books of the fly-fisher." (Westwood & Satchell). Read More about The Fly Fisher's Guide
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ALS to A. Macdonald.
Ferntower [Scotland]: July 14 1819. A brief letter with instructions to settle two outstanding accounts. Having served with distinction against Napoleon's forces at Seringpatam in 1798, Baird was later instructed to lead an expedition to the Red Sea from India in tandem with forces coming from the Mediterranean. The success..... Read More about ALS to A. Macdonald
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Recepción hecha en Toluca al Illmo. y Rmo. Sr. D. fray Ramón M. de San José, obispo "in partibus" de...
Mexico: Imprenta de la “Voz de México”, 1874. Read More about Recepción hecha en Toluca al Illmo. y Rmo. Sr. D. fray Ramón M. de San José, obispo "in...
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Autograph.
Washington, D.C: Embassy of India, January 20, 1947. After Independence of India in 1947, Nehru made Sir Girija his principal foreign affairs adviser, appointing him the first Secretary General in the Ministry of External Affairs. In 1952, he was appointed as the Governor of Bombay State untilk his death. Read More about Autograph
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The Walls of Constantinople.
New York: James Pott & Co, n.d. [ca. 1910]. First American edition. Read More about The Walls of Constantinople
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