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The Voyages of Cadamosto and other documents on Western Africa in the second half of the fifteenth century [Second Series, No. LXXX]

Crone, G. R. (Translated and Edited by)

London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLV, [1], 159, [1]pp. Uncut. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. This interesting and important volume tells the details given by the Venetian traveller Alvise da Ca da Mosto in the account of his... More about The Voyages of Cadamosto and other documents on Western Africa in the second half of the...

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Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture...

Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903 [FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF HARRY CROCKER*]

Farquhar, Francis P. (Edited by); Russell H. Chittenden (With a Preface by)

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1931. Second printing. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 1/2"). xxx, 601, [1]pp. Original blue cloth, with gold lettering and publisher's device in gilt to spine. Harry Crocker's Ex-libris on inside of front cover. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's device to title page. In... More about Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture...

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Maps of the Santa Fe Trail [Inscribed and Signed]

Franzwa, Gregory M.

St. Louis, MO: The Patrice Press, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. VIII, 196, [2]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over orange cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Title page inscribed and signed by the author. 18-page Errata Maps of the Santa Fe Trail laid in. Comprehensive collection... More about Maps of the Santa Fe Trail [Inscribed and Signed

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Le Royaume De Siam. Amedee Grehan

Le Royaume De Siam

Grehan, Amedee

Paris: Challamel Aine, (1878). Fourth edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 108pp. Decorated paper covered boards with red title plate. Title plate faded. Spine sunned. Age wearing to binding. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontispiece. Heavy worming throughout pages. One loose fold-out map which is also heavily wormed. Text in French. Binding in good... More about Le Royaume De Siam

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Die Schweiz: Ein Bildwerk

Hagen, Gunther (Designed by); Jacques Heffe (Foreword by)

München: Ludwig Simon, ND [1958]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [24]pp (Text), 25-239pp (Photographic plates), [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over green cloth, with light brown lettering on spine and front cover. Book housed in its original publisher's slipcase. Splendidly illustrated with 215 striking b/w photographic reproductions by artists such as Ernst..... More about Die Schweiz: Ein Bildwerk

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Great Zimbabwe. Mashonaland, Rhodesia, An Account of Two Years' Examination Work in 1902-4 on...

Great Zimbabwe. Mashonaland, Rhodesia, An Account of Two Years' Examination Work in 1902-4 on Behalf of the Government of Rhodesia

Hall, Richard Nicklim

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1905. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLIII, [1], 459pp. Original red cloth with gold-stamped illustration on front cover and gold lettering on spine and front board. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. A "detailed description of the ruins of Great Zimbabwe* - the first... More about Great Zimbabwe. Mashonaland, Rhodesia, An Account of Two Years' Examination Work in 1902-4 on...

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The Plains of the Great West and their Inhabitants Being a Description of the Plains, Game,...

The Plains of the Great West and their Inhabitants Being a Description of the Plains, Game, Indians, &c. of the Great North American Desert

Irving Dodge, Richard

New York: Putnams, 1877. Hardcover. 8vo. lv, 448pp. Gilt decorated brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Some age wearing throughout. Spine edges and corners bumped. Front fore edge frayed. With the signature and bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of... More about The Plains of the Great West and their Inhabitants Being a Description of the Plains, Game,...

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The True Boundaries of the Holy Land as described in Numbers XXXIV: 1-12 Solving the many...

The True Boundaries of the Holy Land as described in Numbers XXXIV: 1-12 Solving the many Diversified Theories as to their Location

Isaacs, Samuel Hillel

Chicago: NP, 1917. Hardcover. 8vo. 102pp. Olive cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. letters on spine faded. White stains to front board. Water staining to upper part of back board. Ex-libris of Arthur S. Wolpe on inside of front board. Frontisportrait of Isaacs. Illustrated with b/w maps. One... More about The True Boundaries of the Holy Land as described in Numbers XXXIV: 1-12 Solving the many...

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Meine Reise nach Jerusalem: Skizzen aus Ägypten und Palästina. Armand Kaminka

Meine Reise nach Jerusalem: Skizzen aus Ägypten und Palästina

Kaminka, Armand

Frankfurt a. M. J. Kauffmann, 1913. Softcover. 8vo. 105pp. Original wrappers. Creasing, pulling and some staining to wraps. Tearing to parts of spine. Small puncture on front wrapper affecting first three pages. Illustrated with one reproduction of a b/w photograph. Fascinating account in letters of Rabbi Dr. Armand Kaminka's journey... More about Meine Reise nach Jerusalem: Skizzen aus Ägypten und Palästina

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Cradle Lands

Lady Herbert

London: Richard Bentley, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VI, [4], 330pp. Uncut. Original 3/4 green morocco over black and gilt-stamped green cloth, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Chromolithograph frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. Fascinating account of an eventful and colorful journey to the Holy Land, which the... More about Cradle Lands

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L'Afrique Fantôme [FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF WOLF LESLAU]

Leiris, Michel

Paris: NRF Gallimard, 1951. Later printing (7th edition). Softcover. Large octavo. 533, [3]pp. Full brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Original wraps bound in. Printer's device on title-page. Scarce and fascinating work being an ethnographic diary, in the style of Bronislaw... More about L'Afrique Fantôme [FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF WOLF LESLAU

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Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 550-28: U. S. Army Area Handbook for Ethiopia [FROM THE...

Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 550-28: U. S. Army Area Handbook for Ethiopia [FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF WOLF LESLAU]

Lipsky, George A.; Clifford R. Barnett; Wendell Blanchard; Abraham M. Hirsch; Bela C. Maday; Suzanne Teleki

Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1964. Second edition. Softcover. Quarto. XI, 621pp. Full brown cloth with black lettering on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Original wraps bound in. Scarce work being one of a series of country handbooks designed for use by persons who... More about Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 550-28: U. S. Army Area Handbook for Ethiopia [FROM THE...

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The Minnesota Handbook, for 1856-7 with a new and accurate map. Nathan H. Parker

The Minnesota Handbook, for 1856-7 with a new and accurate map

Parker, Nathan H.

Boston: John P. Jewett, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,9-159,[1],pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine, binding protected by mylar jacket. Hand-colored fold-out map (13 1/2" x 16 1/4") tipped-in on front of book, as published. Heavy staining and age wear on binding. Tail of spine chipped... More about The Minnesota Handbook, for 1856-7 with a new and accurate map

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White, Red, Black. Sketches of American Society in the United States during the visit of their...

White, Red, Black. Sketches of American Society in the United States during the visit of their guests

Pulszky, Ferencz Aurelius; Pulszky, Theresa

New York: Redfield, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 2 vols. (complete). XII + 331 + (4) + IV + 342 + (6). Original green cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Colored endpapers. Publisher' s advertisement at the end of each volume. Fascinating travellers' account of their journey... More about White, Red, Black. Sketches of American Society in the United States during the visit of their...

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Soest. Dr. Hubertus Schwartz, Renger-Patzsch, Text, Photographs

Soest

Schwartz, Dr. Hubertus (Text); Renger-Patzsch (Photographs)

Soest: Westf. Verlagsbuchhandlung Mocker & Jahn, ND (ca 1960). First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 56pp. Original photographic wrappers over printed stiff wraps. Captivating photographic work on Soest, capital of the Soest district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. This charming town has a multitude of historical buildings and attractions. The many medieval churches... More about Soest

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Paris und die Weltausstellung 1900 (Band 21). Griebens Reisebucher

Paris und die Weltausstellung 1900 (Band 21)

Griebens Reisebucher

Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt, 1900. Softcover. 8vo. Paper binding. xlviii, 252 pp. (8) pp. of advertisements. This guide was published in Germany for the 1900 Paris Exposition. Five folding maps of the Paris Exposition 1900 identifies the fair pavillons, transportation and restaurants. Three additional pull-out maps appear elsewhere in the text... More about Paris und die Weltausstellung 1900 (Band 21

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Das Mittelmeer, Hafenplätze und Seewege nebst Madeira, den Kanarischen Inseln, der Küste...

Das Mittelmeer, Hafenplätze und Seewege nebst Madeira, den Kanarischen Inseln, der Küste Marokkos, Algerien und Tunesien

Baedeker, Karl

Leipzig: Verlag von Karl Baedeker, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xiii. 636 pp. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Slight age wearing. Decorated page edges. Dual ribbon markers. Index of other books by Baedeker listed on front endpapers. Illustrated with 49 plans and 38 maps of... More about Das Mittelmeer, Hafenplätze und Seewege nebst Madeira, den Kanarischen Inseln, der Küste...

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Egypte et Soudan. Karl Baedeker

Egypte et Soudan

Baedeker, Karl

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 12 mo. clxxxv, 442 pp. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Age wearing to edges and spine. Hinges starting to crack but holding. Fading illustrated page edges. Index of other travel guides by Baedeker on front endpapers and map... More about Egypte et Soudan

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Schwarzwald. Karl Baedeker

Schwarzwald

Baedeker, Karl

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1936. Third edition. Softcover. 12 mo. xxxii. 288 pp. Illustrated red stiff paper wrappers. Age wearing to spine and edges. Some penciling to front endpaper. Signature of previous owner on title page. Fold out map on page 144 loose. A travel guide of the Black Forest and... More about Schwarzwald

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Schwarzwald, Odenwald, Bodensee. Karl Baedeker

Schwarzwald, Odenwald, Bodensee

Baedeker, Karl

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. 12 mo. xixviii. 298 pp. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Minor shelf wear. Decorated page edges. Two silk ribbon markers. Index of other travel guides by Baedeker on front endpapers and map illustrated back endpapers. Small bookmark of... More about Schwarzwald, Odenwald, Bodensee

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Melanesians and Polynesians, Their Life-Histories Described and Compared. George Brown

Melanesians and Polynesians, Their Life-Histories Described and Compared

Brown, George

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 451pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold-stamped illustration on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Fascinating work in which the author describes the manners and customs of the people of New Britain... More about Melanesians and Polynesians, Their Life-Histories Described and Compared

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Atlas Elementaire ou l'on voit sur des Cartes et des Tableaux relatifs à l'Objet l'Etat actuel...

Atlas Elementaire ou l'on voit sur des Cartes et des Tableaux relatifs à l'Objet l'Etat actuel de la Constitution Politique de l'Empire d'Al[l]emagne

Courtalon, Abbé

Paris: Sieurs Julien; Boudet, 1774. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 20(36)pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. Head and tail of spine and corners chipped. Abrasions, scuffing and staining to boards. Marbled endpapers. Hinges starting. Name of previous owner to front endpaper and to blank page preceding title page... More about Atlas Elementaire ou l'on voit sur des Cartes et des Tableaux relatifs à l'Objet l'Etat actuel...

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The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement [Second Series, No. XXI]

De Espinosa, Friar Alonso (Text by); Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B. (Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction by)

London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [12], XXVI, [2], 221, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Alonso de Espinosa was a Spanish priest and historian of the sixteenth... More about The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and...

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Im Herzen von Asien. Sven Hedin

Im Herzen von Asien

Hedin, Sven

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1903. Autorisierte Ausgabe. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Ex library. 8vo. xiv,559pp. x,570pp. Decorated tan cloth and spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Library inventory numbers on spine. Head and tail of spines chipped and frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Staining and discoloration to boards. Hinges starting. Decorated endpapers. Ex..... More about Im Herzen von Asien

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Pocket Guide to Palestine. Gail Hoffman

Pocket Guide to Palestine

Hoffman, Gail

Jerusalem: Hauman Press, 1941. Fourth edition. Softcover. 12mo. 144pp. Original printed wraps. "The pocket Guide to Palestine has been prepared as a greeting of welcome to members of His Majesty's Forces and the Second Australian Imperial Force now stationed in Palestine." Some age rubbing. The first and last couple of... More about Pocket Guide to Palestine

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