Partly printed document, on vellum, promoting Winfield Scott...
Washington, DC: 23 September 1903. Interestingly, the commission was to last, according to the autograph completion of the... Read More
Price: $1,250
History, Travel & Geography
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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L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduction Nouvelle par l'Abbé F. de Lomennais.
Quebec: Zech & Fils, nd. Read More
Price: $100
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
Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton.
Brunswick, Maine: Nov., 2, 1858. "Your favor of Nov. 6 I have just rec'd. I regret very much that I have no autograph of the Emperor and have never had any. While in Europe I received some notes from distinguished men but they have long since passed into the hands... Read More
Price: $125
Journal of a Residence in China and the Neighboring Countries: With a Preliminary Essay on the Commencement and Progress of...
New York: J. Abeel Williamson, 1836. Second edition. A substantial report on conditions in China by this widely travelled missionary, with separate chapters and detailed observations on Java, Siam, Sumatra, Malacca, Singapore, Borneo, the Philippines, and Japan. Read More
Price: $300
Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written...
Aberdeen, (Scotland): Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929. First edition. Read More
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Broadside Letter as Minister of Justice "Aux Tribunal de première instance, d'appel et criminels, et aux Commissaires du Gouvernment près...
11 May, 1802. He was Minister of Justice from 1799 to 1802 under Napoleon. The =quaetion raised in this ketter is "Shall Napoleon be a lifetime Consul?" Read More
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Along the Rhine with Ackermann
A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of...
London: R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1820. First edition, early issue, with the plates unnumbered. Along the Rhine with Ackermann. One of Ackermann’s most breathtaking color plate books — these exquisite views of the Rhine are justly prized for their matchless beauty. Read More
Price: $4,500
Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.
London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and... Read More
Price: $6,000
History of the Merchant Taylors' School.
London: Ackermann, 1816. First Edition, First Issue (paper watermarked 1816). This folio forms part of one of Ackermann’s larger, though not so successful projects, his History of the Colleges. Ford in his book on Ackermann notes that William Combe wrote the text for this, as well as five other schools... Read More
Price: $750
![[An Act for advancing the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents, and other Rents … An Act to enable the Kings Majesty to make Leases, Grants, and Copies of Offices, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Parcel of his Highness Dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same] Anno Regni Caroli II Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ & Hiberniæ Vicesimo Secundo At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Eighth Day of May, Anno Dom. 1661](/pictures/thumb/300139.jpg?v=1458666722)
[An Act for advancing the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents, and other Rents … An Act to enable the Kings Majesty...
[London] in the Savoy: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1670. Read More
Price: $75
![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=1438725057)
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
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As Essay Concerning Self-Murther. Wherein in endeavour'd to prove, that it is unlawful According to Natural Principles.
London: for Tho. Bennet, 1700. A reply to Donne's Biathanatos. Read More
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Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer
Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe.
N. P: [1963]. Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer. From the library of Henry Cabot Lodge who was one on the contributors to this collection. The magazine “Der Spiegel” produced a special issue to honor Chancelor Adenauer on his retirement. This notebook contains facsimiles of the contributions. The contributors are Harold Macmillan, Dwight... Read More
Price: $450
A Sportsman’s Eden.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1888. First edition. Account of a hunting trip to the Adirondacks and British Columbia by the author of The Badminton Library volumes on Big Game Hunting. Read More
Price: $200
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
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Bygone Days. Being Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in the Cape Colony and the Transvaal, with some account of the Jameson...
London: H. F. & g. Witherby, 1933. First edition. Read More
Price: $200
The Wonderland of Big Game. Being an Account of Two Trips through Tanganyika and Kenya.
London: Arrowsmith, [1925]. First edition. Read More
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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
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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
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Memoirs of the Court of James the First.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. First edition. Read More
Price: $150
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Fourth Edition. Read More
Price: $150
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
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"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
Nimrod in the North, or, Hunting and Fishing Adventures in the Arctic Regions.
New York: Cassell and Co, 1885. First edition. Read More
Price: $225