L'Aeronavtica Italiana Nell'Immagine 1487-1875. Bibliografia di Giusepee Boffito...
Milan: Museo Caproni, 1938. First edition, one of 600 copies (500 of which are hors commerce, 100 for sale). Read More
Price: $1,500
Milan: Museo Caproni, 1938. First edition, one of 600 copies (500 of which are hors commerce, 100 for sale). Read More
Price: $1,500
Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. Read More
Price: $200
[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
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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
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
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London: Arrowsmith, [1925]. First edition. Read More
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Paris: Hachette, 1881. French translation of the first English edition of 1865. Read More
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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
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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
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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
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V.p: 1889-90. Record of a Hunting Trip to Alaska, 1889-1890. Album of drawings and photographs by an accomplished amateur artist, Thomas Gilbert Bowick, during a hunting trip in Oregon and Alaska with his brother John Robie Bowick in 1889 and 1890. The brothers, apparently of English extraction, were part owners... Read More
Price: $22,500
[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
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1885. First edition. Read More
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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
Lyon & Paris: Éditions Archat, [1937]. First edition. Read More
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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
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
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
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[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
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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
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Lisboa: Imprensa National, 1859, 1865, 1869. Read More
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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
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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
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