Kasaga Shrine Samurai Armor collection
[Nara: c. 1800]. Woodcut book of the samurai armor at the Kasaga Shrine, Nara Prefecture, "A fine illustrated... Read More
Price: $4,000
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A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated by "C." With "A's"...
Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. Read More
Price: $200
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
[Washington, D.C: Issued by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 1958]. With a portrait of King Saud, who acceded to the throne in 1953 upon the death of his father Abul Aziz Ibn Saud, a map, and numerous illustrations documenting development in the country since the second world war. Omar Abu... Read More
Price: $250
![A Summer in High Asia. Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. [At head of title:] The Big Game of Baltistan and Ladakh. Capt. F. E. S. Adair.](/pictures/thumb/249684.jpg?v=1534806083)
A Beautiful Copy
A Summer in High Asia. Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. [At head of title:]...
London: W. Thacker & Co, 1899. First edition. A Beautiful Copy. “An excellent work of high mountain sport” (Czech). A superior copy in choice condition. Read More
Price: $1,750
Inscribed by the Author
"J.T. Jr." The Biography of an African Monkey.
New York: Macmillan, 1928. First edition. Inscribed by the Author. Inscribed by the author, "Affectionately inscribed for Ethel Greacen whose friendship I value highly — Delia J. Akeley. Read More
Price: $150
The Wonderland of Big Game. Being an Account of Two Trips through Tanganyika and Kenya.
London: Arrowsmith, [1925]. First edition. Read More
Price: $200
Explorations Du Zambese et Ses Affluents et Decouverte Des Lacs Chiroua et Nyassa…1858-1864. Traduit…par Mme H. Loreau...
Paris: Hachette, 1881. French translation of the first English edition of 1865. Read More
Price: $200
A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels ... Africa.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1814. Pinkerton's collection of voyages was published over the course of six years in a total of seventeen volumes. The six volumes devoted to Europe comprise the largest section of the collection. They are "of great value for its texts, which are sometimes given... Read More
Price: $1,250
INSCRIBED BY ARTIST
L'Art Et La Vie: Mane-Katz.
Paris: Marcel Seheur, 1933. Number 684. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST. The artsist was Jewish, Ukrainian 1894-1962). The book is inscribed to the Weslers by the artist in 1950. Read More
Price: $150
"A 'Natural History' of the Native Tribes who in India render us Service"
Behind the Bungalow.
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. Bombay: Thacker & Co., Limited. London: W. Thacker & Co, 1890. Third Edition. "A 'Natural History' of the Native Tribes who in India render us Service" Behind the scenes of colonial life in India, originally published in the TIMES OF INDIA-with advice for "Engaging a.... Read More
Price: $150
![[Photographs of Alaska]. Alaska.](/pictures/thumb/304775_1.jpg?v=1534807491)
[Photographs of Alaska].
[Alaska]: c. 1905. A collection of photos including images of the U.S. Revenue Cutter (USRC) Manning and her crew. Designed as a cruising cutter for the Revenue Cutter Service, the Manning was commissioned on 8 January, 1898. After service with the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War, the Manning returned... Read More
Price: $750
Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, in Reponse to the Resolution of the House of Representatives...
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1885. First edition. Read More
Price: $250
Two Vagabonds in Albania.
London: John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, [1927]. First edition. The interesting and amusing account of the Gordon's journey through Albania during the summer of 1926, The authors had written other volumes about their journeys in Spain, the Balkans, Languedoc, Sweden and Lapland. Read More
Price: $300
L'Afrique du Nord française dans l'histoire. Introduction geographique de R. Lespes. Illustrations de Roger J.-Irriera.
Lyon & Paris: Éditions Archat, [1937]. First edition. Read More
Price: $150
Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors
Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper.
China: Ca. first half of 19th century. Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees, rocks, and landscapes are particularly well rendered, and the figures are full of life. The pictures in many such albums often follow a sequence of events... Read More
Price: $6,000
Q. Curtius Rufus Von Den Thaten Alexanders Des Grossen Koniges Der Macedonier.
Frankfurt & Leipzig: Joachim Wilde, 1696. Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, writing probably during the reign of the Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) or Vespasian. His only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, is a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books, of which the first two... Read More
Price: $400
IN DUSTJACKET
Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. IN DUSTJACKET. Preface: "For two women to start upon a camping trip in the desert, with only an Arab retinue to protect them seems to some of our friends to show a high sense of adventure..." The two women are our author and her co-author... Read More
Price: $300
From the Bay of Algiers to the Wailing Wall
Photograph Album of a tour of North Africa, Egypt, and Palestine.
[N.p: n.d., ca. 1870s]. From the Bay of Algiers to the Wailing Wall. The photographs, many by the Zangaki brothers and Bonfils, include images of Algiers, Tunis, Carthage, Alexandria, Cairo, The Sphynx, portraits of locals (Dervishes, an Arab merchant, an Abyssinian, an Egyptian), the Suez Canal, the Wailing Wall, and... Read More
Price: $3,750
![Biskra [At head of title:] Au Pays des Palmes. Algeria, Felix Hautfort.](/pictures/thumb/260462.jpg?v=1534806606)
French Colonization
Carte Topographique des Environs d'Alger d'Aprés les levés et les reconnaissances des Officiers d'Etat-major et autres documents...
Paris: Publiée par le Depôt de la Guerre; Imprimerie chez Kppelin, 1856. French Colonization. French colonization. In 1830 the French had conquered Algeria and begun colonization primarily with the Governor-Generalship form of goverment backed by the Ministry of War. The printed paper label reads "Imprimerie, Librairie et Papeterie/ de Dubois... Read More
Price: $300
Almanak Familiar para 1860, 1866, 1870 Segundo depois do Bissexto contendo Alem Callendario e Artigos do Costume.
Lisboa: Imprensa National, 1859, 1865, 1869. Read More
Price: $150
With review by Ashley Montagu
A People of Alor. A Social-Psychological Study of an East Indian Island ...with Analyses by Abram Kardiner and Emil Oberholzer.
Minneapolis, Minn: University of Minnesota, [1944]. First edition. With review by Ashley Montagu. With 2 page holograph review by Ashley Montagu laid in. Read More
Price: $300
The Amazon Provinces of Peru As a Field for European Emigration. A Statistical and Geographical Review of The Country and...
London: Wyman & Sons, 74-76 Great Queen Street, 1888. First edition. Ads for the Mining Exhibition in Lima 1888 at the end. Read More
Price: $450
A Prospect of the Most Famous parts of the World. Viz. Asia, Africa, Europe, America….
London: Printed for Roger Rea, 1668. Third edition. This was first published in 1631. The section on America (the D gathering) is lacking the first and final leaves but the comments on Virginia are present “on the East it has Mare del Nort, on the North Norumbega, Florida on the... Read More
Price: $500
Indian Art of Mexico & Central America.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. A most important study of Pre-Columbian art from Mexico written by a pioneer of aesthetic appreciation of ancient Native American art. Read More
Price: $150
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in North America (1610-1791).
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. Read More
Price: $75