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VOYAGES A PEKING, MANILLE ET L’ÎLE DE FRANCE, FAITS DANS LA INTERVALLE DES ANNÉES 1784 Á 1801 by GUIGNES, CHRÉTIEN LOUIS JOSEPH DE - 1808

by GUIGNES, CHRÉTIEN LOUIS JOSEPH DE

VOYAGES A PEKING, MANILLE ET L’ÃLE DE FRANCE, FAITS DANS LA INTERVALLE DES ANNÃES 1784 Ã 1801 by GUIGNES, CHRÃTIEN LOUIS JOSEPH DE - 1808

VOYAGES A PEKING, MANILLE ET L’ÎLE DE FRANCE, FAITS DANS LA INTERVALLE DES ANNÉES 1784 Á 1801

by GUIGNES, CHRÉTIEN LOUIS JOSEPH DE

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Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1808. Paris: De l’Imprimerie Impériale, 1808. Four volumes, complete. Three 8vo text volumes in recent calf, spines gilt, red morocco labels, contained in marbled slipcases. Atlas volume in modern quarter-calf and blue cloth boards with early 19th century gilt spine with red morocco labels laid down. Minor scattered spotting. A handsome set of the first edition of this comprehensive account. Atlas volume with 97 engravings on 66 leaves, including large map on two folding sheets, two full page maps and two folding maps. The maps include the region between Peking and Qingdao (Canton), map and plan of Macao, maps of the Philippines and of Manila Bay. The plates illustrate views, architecture of palaces and pagodas, street life, gardens, theater, costume, etc. Text deals with foreign trading companies, industry, canals, ships, roads, painting and sculpture, porcelain, festivals and customs and so on. Guignes, a French orientalist scholar and diplomat, was appointed French resident in China and Consul in Canton in 1784. From 1794-1795, he was interpreter with the Dutch Embassy to Peking, spending a total of seventeen years in China. Cordier 2351- 2352. Hill 2004.. 1st Edition. Calf.. Fine.. Folio and 8vo.
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Journeys to the Moon and Sun
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Journeys to the Moon and Sun: text by Cyrano De Bergerac translated by Timothy Hampton

by [Hazelwood, Art] Cyrano De Bergerac.

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Sonoma, California:: Eastside Editions,, 2004.. Edition of 20. 22 x 17"; 28 pages. Letterpress printed. Twelve multiple-plate color etchings with linocut borders. 11 text pages with decorative linocut border. Printed on handmade Abaca paper. Bound in cloth covered boards. Slipcased. Edition of 20: 10 portfolio sets; 10 book sets. Colophon: "Cyrano De Bergerac was the true life inspiration for the romantic figure of Edmond de Rostand's 19th century plan and one of the more curious thinkers in early modern Europe. He was a satirist, swordsmen, poet, and philosopher who indeed had a prodigious appendage. The book, excerpts of which are translated here under the title Journeys to the Moon and Sun, consist in equal parts of sci fi, philosophical speculation, metaphysical drama, theological humor, and freak show satire. The scales of the world are turned upside down and found to be wanting. " David Berona, Image & Narrative, "Art Hazelwood: A Graphic Witness of… Read More
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A Voyage Round The World; But More Particularly To The North-West Coast Of America: Performed In...

A Voyage Round The World; But More Particularly To The North-West Coast Of America: Performed In 1785, 1786, 1787, And 1788, In The King George And Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock And Dixon…

by PORTLOCK, Nathaniel [1748?-1817]

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London: Printed For John Stockdale & George Goulding, 1789., 1789. 4to. pp. xii, 384, xl. 1 large folding engraved general chart, 5 other folding engraved charts & plans, engraved frontis. portrait & 13 engraved plates. contemporary calf, rebacked (slight staining along folds of 2 maps & to top edge of 2 plates – supplied). First Edition. Nathaniel Portlock and William Dixon, both veterans of Captain Cook’s third voyage to the Pacific in 1776-80, were engaged in 1785 by the King George’s Sound Company, to investigate reports of the lucrative fur trade on the northwest American coast and establish a trade on their behalf. Their major accomplishment, however, was the more detailed exploration and mapping of the coast and improving of Cook’s charts of the region. On the voyage out, visits were made to the Falkland and Hawaiian Islands. The two ships later separated and sailed independently for a major part of the expedition, Portlock exploring northward up along the… Read More
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THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST-INDIES

THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST-INDIES

by CHARDIN, Sir John

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London: Moses Pitt, 1686. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Minor soiling and wear, Near Fine. Folio (7-3/4" x 12-1/8") bound in later calf leather recently and sympathetically rebacked with a gilt-decorated spine preserving the original morocco spine label; [xviii], 264, 331-417, [9], 154, [6] pages. Complete with the frontispiece portrait of the author, an additional engraved title-page, a folding engraved map of the Black Sea and surrounding countries, and 16 plates, 11 of which are folding, along with a couple of engravings in the text. Published in English and French concurrently in 1686 as Part I of the Travels. Three other volumes, with the general title page VOYAGES DE MONS. LE CHEVALIER CHARDIN were published in Amsterdam in 1711. The last volume, announced by Chardin in his preface to this edition, was never published. THE CORONATION OF SOLYMAN III. THE PRESENT KING OF PERSIA, at the end of this volume, is a translation of Chardin's LE COURONNEMENT DE SOLEIMAN TROISIÈME, first… Read More
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WINTER SKETCHES IN LAPLAND 1823  together with TRAVELS THROUGH SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND FINMARK, TO...
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WINTER SKETCHES IN LAPLAND 1823 together with TRAVELS THROUGH SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND FINMARK, TO THE NORTH CAPE, IN THE SUMMER OF 1820

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John Murray, London, 1826. First Edition. Marbled boards Quarter bound leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 1st Edition Association Copy, SIGNED BY AUTHOR: WINTER SKETCHES IN LAPLAND Or Illustrations of a journey from Alten on the shores of the Polar Sea in 69 degrees 55 minutes North Lat. through Norwegian, Russian and Swedish Lapland to Tornea at the extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia. Intended to exhibit a complete view of the mode of travelling with Rein Deer, the most striking incidents that occurred during the journey, and the general character of the winter scenery of Lapland. 2nd Title page in French. "With Capt Brookes comps" written is his own hand on title page and a SIGNED letter from Arthur de Capell Brooke to Barry tipped onto verso of front cover. Bookplate of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry, Marbury Hall tipped onto verso front cover. A set of 24 tinted lithographs, believed to be printed on China paper. The sketches are by Brooke drawn on stone by… Read More
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MIR'AT AL HARAMAIN (VIEW OF THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES ) FINE COMPLETE SET IN FIVE VOLUMES
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MIR'AT AL HARAMAIN (VIEW OF THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES ) FINE COMPLETE SET IN FIVE VOLUMES

by EYUP SABRI PASHA (THE OTTOMAN ADMIRAL AYYUB SABRY) D. 1308 AH., 1890 AD.

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Istanbul: Matbaa-i Bahriye (the Navy press), 1883 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH ABOUT THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES IN HEDJAZ BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WHO WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY IN HEJAZ IN C. 1865 AND THEN BECAME AN ADMIRAL IN THE OTTOMAN NAVY. EYUP SABRI PASHA WAS BORN IN TASALYA (THESSALIA) IN THE 19th C. AND DIED IN ISTANBUL IN 1890. HE IS BETTER KNOWN WITH HIS DESCRIPTIVE BOOKS ABOUT MECCA, MEDINA, THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE WAHHABY ACTIVITIES BESIDE HIS RELIGIOUS BOOKS. HE WAS AWARE OF THE OFFICIAL ISSUES OF THE HEJAZ BECAUSE OF HIS BEING ACQUAINTED ON THE OFFICIAL CORREPONDENCE BETWEEN THE VILAYET OF HEJAZ AND THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY IN ISTANBUL Five parts in five volumes. (Part 1) Mir'at Mecca in tow volumes. Vol. 1, (44), Index, pages 1 to 640 with lithographic plates of which tow are in colours on double pages and one gilted. Vol. 2, (p. 45 to 58), index, pages… Read More
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A Voyage Round The World, In His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James...

A Voyage Round The World, In His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5

by FORSTER, [Johann] Georg [Adam] [1754-1794]

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London: Printed for B.White, J.Robson, P.Elmsly, and G.Robinson, 1777., 1777. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. xviii, [2], 602; 2 p.l., 607. without the errata leaf at the end of Vol. I. folding engraved map (frontis.). An attractive set in contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked, corners renewed, spines tooled in gilt (Vol. I title-leaf professionally remargined at lower edge & upper outer corner with small repair, marginal repair to GG2-3 affecting part of headline, occasional spotting). First Edition of this important account of Cooks second voyage, which preceded the publication of the official record by some six weeks. The author and his father, Johann Reinhold, served as naturalists on the expedition. While the elder Forster was originally to have written the account, he was forbidden to do so because of a dispute with the Admiralty concerning his emoluments. It is based on his journal and also draws from Cooks own although no acknowledgement is given. Humboldt said that he was indebted to this work… Read More
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LEWIS'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONSTANTINOPLE Made During a Residence in That City in the Years 1835-6

LEWIS'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONSTANTINOPLE Made During a Residence in That City in the Years 1835-6

by LEWIS, John Frederick

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London: T. McLean, D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis [1838]., 1838. Book. Illus. by John F. Lewis. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio (approx. 55 x 36.5cm). Complete with all Lithographic plates as called for; tinted frontispiece, tinted title-vignette, further 27 tinted views on 25 leaves, all by Lewis after Coke Smyth. A very clean bright copy. Finely bound in modern brown morocco to style with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt bands to the top and bottom of the spine. Contents clean and tight, new light brown endpapers in keeping with the new binding, two blank leaves to the front and rear, all pages have been professionally cleaned and restored by a paper conservator, minimal and unobtrusive water staining remains to some pages and plates, mostly confined to the margins and blank areas, most plates unaffected, new archival paper guards to all plates, no inscriptions. A fine complete copy, beautifully rebound. References -. Abbey, Travel II, 394; Atabey 722; Blackmer 1015;… Read More
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SIYAHATY FI BILAD AL HIND AL INGILIZIYYA WA KASHMEER SANAT 1914 (MY JOURNEY IN THE BRITISH INDIA...
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SIYAHATY FI BILAD AL HIND AL INGILIZIYYA WA KASHMEER SANAT 1914 (MY JOURNEY IN THE BRITISH INDIA AND KASHMIR IN 1914) COMPLETE SET IN TOW PARTS, PRESENTED AND SIGNED COPY IN IT'S ORIGINAL COVERS

by PRINCE YUSUF KAMAL (YOUSSUF KEMAL)

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Cairo: al- Ma'arif press, 1920 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VERY RARE IN IT'S ORIGINAL COVERS, PRESENTED AND SIGNED IN FRENCH BY THE AUTHOR (Le 20 Oct. 1920). TOW PARTS IN ONE VOLUME, ARABIC TEXT 272, 142 P ON FINE HEAVY WITE PAPER, WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FIRST PART IS ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S TRAVEL IN THE BRITISH INDIA AND KASHMEER IN 1914, AND THE SECOND ABOUT HIS TRAVEL IN THE WESTERN TIBET AND KASHMEER IN 1915. YUSUF KAMAL WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN EGYPT AND A WELL KNOWN ART AND MAPS COLLECTOR, ALSO WAS AN AUTHOR WHO WROTE AND TRANSLATED SOME GEOGRAPHICAL WARKS. For other work by Yusuf Kemal see inventory no. 000493..
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Bi al Safina Naz perur hawl al qarrah al Ifriqiyya (In the ship Naz perur around Africa)
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Bi al Safina Naz perur hawl al qarrah al Ifriqiyya (In the ship Naz perur around Africa)

by Prence Yusuf Kamal (Youssuf Kemal)

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Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very rare limited edition to 500 copies. Arabic text 424 p include many photographic illustrations inside the text. The first part is about the Somalian territories and the British Kenya. The second part is about the Belgic Kongo, the British Tenjaniqa, the Portuguese Angola, Victoria waterfalls, colony of the Cap, the Canary Islands and the Island of Malta. The third part is about Victoria waterfalls, Rodezia (?), Kalahary desert, Territory of the Cap, Madera archipel, Island of Malta and Marmariqa(?). Contemporary binding. YUSUF KAMAL WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN EGYPT AND A WELL KNOWN ART AND MAPS COLLECTOR, ALSO WAS AN AUTHOR WHO WROTE AND TRANSLATED SOME GEOGRAPHICAL WARKS. For other work by Yusuf Kemal see inventory no. 000454.
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The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts . By a native and inhabitant of the place
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The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts . By a native and inhabitant of the place

by Robert Beverley Jr (1667-1722)

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[12]+19+[errata+104+40+64+83 pages with engraved frontispiece, fourteen engraved plates, all by Gribelin and folding letterpress table. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in contemporary style leather with five raised spine bands with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped decorative cover. ( Church 821; European Americana, 705/21; Field 122 (later edition); Howes B410; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 43; Sabin 5112; Streeter sale 2:1098; Vail 297) First edition.
Robert Beverley, best known, as author of The History and Present State of Virginia, In Four Parts (1705), the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. Beverley worked as a clerk in Jamestown using family connections to advance politically while acquiring substantial wealth. In 1703 he sailed to England to appeal a suit he lost before the General Court, and there he penned his history, a collection of personal history, official accounts, and material borrowed from others. Beverley self-consciously identified… Read More
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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South American Journals 1858-1859

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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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A Holiday in Italy

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Panama
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Panama: And The Canal In Pictures and Prose

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This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the...
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal

by Bishop, Charles (1765?-1810), edited by Michael Roe

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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and...
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.

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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)

by William Edward David "W E D" Allen (1901-1973) editor

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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher...
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.

by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)

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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former… Read More
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Touraine and Its Chateaux

Touraine and Its Chateaux

by Debraye, Henry

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good TEG
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No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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London: The Medici Society, 1928. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A$29.40