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Stansbury, Howard.
AN EXPEDITION TO THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH. Including a Description of its Geography, Natural History, and Minerals, and an Analysis of Its Waters: with an Authentic Account of the Mormon Settlement. Illustrated by Numerous Beautiful Plate
pp. 487 + 58 Lithograph plates, (some folding and some tinted). 8vo. Original full cloth binding. First edition. As usual, without the separate folder containing the two maps. Mildly XLib. Howes S-884; Field 1490; Sabin 90372; Graff 3947; Wagner-Camp 219:2. "HOWARD STANSBURY, Born in New York City in 1806, Howard Stansbury was trained as a civil engineer. In October 1828 Stansbury secured a position with the U nited States topographical Bureau as a civil engineer, and for the next ten years was employed as a surveyor and supervisor of various public works in the Midwest and along the Atlantic Coast. On 7 July 1838 Stansbury was granted a commission as a first lieutenant in the newly formed Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and was advanced to captain in 1840. From 1838 to 1849 he directed projects for the corps in the Great Lakes region, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and, during the Mexican War, at some fortifications in the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico. The supreme assignment of his army career was to lead an expedition in 1849 to the valley of the Great Salt Lake. His orders directed him to survey and map the Great Salt Lake and its valley as well as Utah Valley; to evaluate the various emigrant roads in the area, including the Oregon Trail; and to examine and report on the capability of the Mormon community at Salt Lake City to provide food and supplies for overland travelers. During the year he and his second in command, Lieutenant J.W. Gunnison, spent in Utah, Stansbury completed his assignment and produced a remarkable Report, which also went through several editions as a private publication. Stansbury's Report along with Gunnison's book, The Mormons, provided the outside world with an objective look at the Mormons of Utah as well as with a scientific appraisal of the resources and fauna and flora of this section of the Great Basin. Captain Stansbury spent the next years, until the outbreak of the Civil War, improving harbors in the Great Lakes and building roads in Minnesota Territory. When the war came, he was appointed as mustering officer at Columbus, Ohio, and later was placed in charge of recruiting for the state of Wisconsin. Stansbury served only forty -five days in this post before he died on 13 April 1863 at the age of fifty-six of "disease of the heart." His obituary noted that his early death came as a result of the "over-exertions and hardships " endured during his Great Salt Lake expedition. Stansbury was buried at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1863." Brigham D. Madsen. See: Brigham D. Madsen, Exploring the Great Salt Lake: The Stansbury Expedition of 1849-50 (1989). SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W146
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Stansbury, Howard.
EXPLORATION AND SURVEY OF THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH, Including a Reconnaissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains.
494 p. + Lithographed Plates (some folding). 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardcover. XLib. [Cambridge Public Library - Sold duplicate]. A very good example of the Senate issue of Stansbury's famous report. A famous work of Western Americana. Howes S-884; Field 1490; Sabin 90372; Graff 3947; Wagner-Camp 219:2. Born in New York City in 1806, Howard Stansbury was trained as a civil engineer. In October 1828 Stansbury secured a position with the United States topographical Bureau as a civil engineer, and for the next ten years was employed as a surveyor and supervisor of various public works in the Midwest and along the Atlantic Coast. On 7 July 1838 Stansbury was granted a commission as a first lieutenant in the newly formed Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and was advanced to captain in 1840. From 1838 to 1849 he directed projects for the corps in the Great Lakes region, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and, during the Mexican War, at some fortifications in the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico. The supreme assignment of his army career was to lead an expedition in 1849 to the valley of the Great Salt Lake. His orders directed him to survey and map the Great Salt Lake and its valley as well as Utah Valley; to evaluate the various emigrant roads in the area, including the Oregon Trail; and to examine and report on the capability of the community at Salt Lake City to provide food and supplies for overland travelers. During the year he and his second in command, Lieutenant J.W. Gunnison, spent in Utah, Stansbury completed his assignment and produced a remarkable Report, which also went through several editions as a private publication. Stansbury's Report along with Gunnison's book, The Mormons, provided the outside world with an objective look at the Mormons of Utah as well as with a scientific appraisal of the resources and fauna and flora of this section of the Great Basin. Captain Stansbury spent the next years, until the outbreak of the Civil War, improving harbors in the Great Lakes and building roads in Minnesota Territory. When the war came, he was appointed as mustering officer at Columbus, Ohio, and later was placed in charge of recruiting for the state of Wisconsin. Stansbury served only forty-five days in this post before he died on 13 April 1863 at the age of fifty-six of 'disease of the heart'. His obituary noted that his early death came as a result of the 'over-exertions and hardships' endured during his Great Salt Lake expedition. Stansbury was buried at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1863" - Brigham D. Madsen, Exploring the Great Salt Lake: The Stansbury Expedition of 1849-50 (1989). SCARCE **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN3 SE1/2 / DC14
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Stansky, Peter
Ambitions and Strategies : The Struggle for the Leadership of the Liberal Party in the 1890's
312pp. Hardcover Very good condition good Inscribed by the author
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Stanton, Ken
Mount St. Helena & R.L. Stevenson State Park : a history and guide
Large octavo in color illus wraps (chiefly grey spine); 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Map on folded leaf in pocket; bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index. Out of print. Guidebooks. History. Saint Helena, Mount (Calif.) -- Guidebooks. . Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (Calif.). Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (Calif.) -- History. Hiking, Outdoors, San Francisco Bay Area.
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Stany
" Jungles et neiges "
La Table Ronde, 1952. In-8* broche de 310 pages.
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Stany
A l'aventure
La Table Ronde, 1952. Format 14x21 cm, broche sous jaquette illustree, 286 pages. Un accroc a la 4eme de jaquette. Bon etat, petites traces d'usage sur un livre d'occasion.
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STANY
Loin des sentiers battus.
Couverture souple. Broché. 300 pages.
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STANY
Loin des sentiers battus.
Broché, 20X14 cm, 1952, 300 pages, la table ronde. Petites déchirures en bord de jaquette sans gravité, bon exemplaire.
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STANY.
HOMBRES A LA AVENTURA.
22x16. 262p. Trad. V. Scholz. Fotogr. Enc. tela ed.
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STANY.-
A travers le monde.
P., Table Ronde, 1954, in 8° broché, 284pp. ; non coupé ; couverture illustrée.
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STANY.-
Loin des Sentiers battus, , II : A l'aventure.
1952 Paris, La Table Ronde, 1952, in 8° broché, 287 pages ; non coupé.
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STANYAN (Abraham)
Tableau historique et politique de la Suisse
Paris, Lottin le jeune, 1766. In-12, XII-384 pp., veau marbré havane, dos long orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges (petits manques et épidermures, rares rousseurs et taches).
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STANYAN Abraham
Tableau historique et politique de la Suisse, où sont décrits sa situation, son état ancien & moderne, sa division en Cantons, les Diètes, & l'Union Helvétique, où l'on voit l'origine, la naissance, l'établissement, & les progrès de ses Républiques, les Moeurs, la politique, la Religion, & le Gouvernement de ses peuples. Avec un état de son commerce, de ses revenus, de sa milice, & un appendice contenant un détail de ses alliés.
- Chez Lottin le jeune, Imprimé à Fribourg & se trouve à Paris 1766, in-12 (10x16,5cm), relié. - Edition originale française, traduit de l'anglais par Jacques Rebauld de la Chapelle (Barbier). Reliure en plein veau d'époque marbrée. Dos à nerfs orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin noir. Coiffes restaurées. Une mince fente au mors inférieur en tête. Stanyan résida en Suisse de 1705 à 1714. Haller en appréciera l'exposé sans préjugés ou jugements de valeur de son auteur dont il recommande la lecture. C'est en voyant le peu d'ouvrages sur la Suisse que l'auteur prit la peine de rédiger le sien. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
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Stapf, Otto
Beitrage zur Flora von Lycien Carien und Mesopotamien : plantae collectae a Dre. Felix Luschen ann. 1881 1882 1883
Vienna: Karl Gerold's Sohn 1885. Two parts quarto pp 47 iii; 39 uncut contents a little marked and age-toned but sound the original wrappers rather worn chipped and frayed. RARE. From the library of the botanist and Director of Kew Gardens W.B. Turrill with his very faint signature on the upper cover. Felix Ritter von Luschan was an Austrian doctor anthropologist explorer archaeologist and ethnographer. . First Edition. Paperback. Good. Karl Gerold's Sohn Paperback
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Stapf, Otto
Die botanischen Ergebnisse der Polak'schen Expedition nach Persien im Jahre 1882 : plantae collectae a Dre. J. E. Polak et Th. Pichler
Vienna1885: Karl Gerold's Sohn Two parts quarto pp 71; 77 3 uncut contents a little age-toned but sound the original wrappers very worn and detached. RARE. From the library of the botanist and Director of Kew Gardens W.B. Turrill with his faint signature on the upper cover. Polak studied Medicine in Prague and Vienna. He was one of the six Austrian teachers invited by Amir Kabir the Persian chief minister as the instructors of Dar ul-Fonun the first modern higher education institution in Iran. By his own account he entered Iran on 24 November 1851 before the inauguration of the Dar ul-Fonun. From 1851 to 1860 he taught medicine at Dar ul-Fonun. In the beginning he taught in French and used a translator. Soon the incompetence of the translators motivated him to learn Persian. He learned Persian in six months and then taught his course in Persian. In 1885 he funded Otto Stapf a Viennese botanist to undertake a botanical expedition to South- and Western Persia. This led to the discovery of numerous new species of plants. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Karl Gerold's Sohn Paperback
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STAPPAERTS Félix .
MONUMENTS D'ARCHITECTURE ET DE SCULPTURE EN Belgique .
Dessins d'après nature lithographiés en plusieurs teintes par F. Stroobant . sd . Bruxelles ,Editions Muquardt , In folio reliure d'éditeur :dos en chagrin rouge .Plats de toile rouge illustré d'un décor doré et à froid .Tranches dorées .36 planches H.T. lithographiées en couleurs .(Petit manque en bas du plat inf. de 3cm carré ) .
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Stark Freya
Beyond Euphrates Autobiography 1928-1933
London: John Murray 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. xiii 341 pp illustrations from photographs map with index. Light wear and pale spotting to boards; internals clean and sound. No dust jacket. Second volume of Stark's autobiography told through her self-edited correspondence including letters from her first journey Canada to Baghdad into Persia the Persian Summer Journalism in Baghdad and the last of Baghdad from 1928-1933. John Murray hardcover books
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Stark Freya
East is West
London: John Murray 1947. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Fourth printing. 218 pp indexed with many illustrations from photographs. Bookplate of collector Theodora Duncan on front pastedown else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a small chip at the foot of the spine. Overall a very attractive copy. Recounts Stark's war experiences in Arabia Egypt Palestine Syria Iraq and Persia. John Murray hardcover books
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Stark Freya
The Lycian Shore
London: John Murray 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. xi 204 pp indexed illustrated with photographs drawings in the text by the author; title page wood engraving by Reynolds Stone. Corners lightly bumped else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has very mild dampstaining to the upper front panel and small chips at the corners and spine ends. The second of Stark's books recounting her travels in Turkey following Ionia. There is much of historical interest in the book for as Stark writes "In Turkey particularly and in the Levant and the Aegean a journey without history is like the portrait of an old face without its wrinkles." John Murray hardcover books
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Stark Freya
The Southern Gates of Arabia A Journey in the Hadhramaut
London: John Murray 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. 282 pp with photographic frontispiece map appendix bibliography. Bookplate on front pastedown light wear to edges; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear and has several tape reinforcements. Stark lived and travelled with the Hadhramaut people producing a unique and pioneering account of South Arabia modern-day Yemen. John Murray hardcover books
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Stark Freya
Traveller's Prelude
London: John Murray 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii 346 pp illustrations from photographs map with index. Boards show pale staining and minor insect damage store stamp on rear pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. John Murray hardcover books
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STARK Freya
Dust in the Lion's Paw. Autobiography 1939-1946. Second Impression. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
John Murray 1962. 8vo. Second Impression with title in red and black and 28 plates on 16; original green buckram upper board blocked in gilt gilt back green top uncut a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The fourth volume of Stark's inimitable autobiography. First published in the previous year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. John Murray, hardcover
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STARK Freya
Freya Stark Letters. Edited by Caroline Moorehead. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Michael Russell Wilton 1974-82. 8 vols. 8vo. First Edition with endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back coloured endpapers a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-30 1974; Vol. II: The Open Door 1930-1935 1975; Vol. III: The Growth of Danger 1935-1939 1976; Vol. IV: Bridge of the Levant 1940-1943 1977; Vol. V: New Worlds for Old 1943-1946 1978; Vol. VI: The Broken Road 1947-1952 1981; Volume VII: Some Talk of Alexander 1952-1959 1982; Vol. VIII: Traveller's Epilogue 1960-1980 1982. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE. Michael Russell, [Wilton, hardcover
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STARK Freya
Perseus in the Wind
London: John Murray 1948 500 gram rate VG book tidy DW price clipped with some large chips with loss to foot of front panel and head and tail of backstrip 169pp woodcuts by Reynoldes Stone top corner of closed page edges minor stain shows only to closed edges when book is closed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Reynoldes Stone. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. John Murray hardcover
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STARK Freya
Perseus in the Wind. [Illustrated by Reynolds Stone].
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and several wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone in the text, front free endpaper pasted to paste-down; cloth, gilt back, covers a little faded else a good, sound copy.
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STARK Freya
The Lycian Shore.
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, wood-engraved title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, 66 plates on 50, numerous illustrations in the text and 3 maps on one folder (the folder present in photo-facsimile); original coarse-grain cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The second volume of Stark's exploration of the coast of Asia Minor, with photographs and illustrations by the author
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STARK Freya
The Lycian Shore. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, wood-engraved title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, 66 plates on 50, numerous illustrations in the text and 3 maps on one folder (present in photo-facsimile); green coarse-grain cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The second volume of Stark's exploration of the coast of Asia Minor with photographs and illustrations by the author.
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Stark, Freya
Baghdad Sketches
London: John Murray 1937. First edition. Illustrated octavo pp xiv 269 very clean internally green cloth just very slightly age-toned in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly worn and chipped lacking small pieces at the head and tail of its spine. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and frayed. John Murray Hardcover
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Stark, Freya
Riding to the Tigris
Harcourt Brace and Company 1959. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
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STARK, Freya
A Winter in Arabia
8vo [24 x 16.5 cm]; xii, 328 pp, frontis and plates from photos, 3 maps, index. original cloth, spine a little darkened, interior clean and unmarked, a solid and sound copy, very good or better. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's travels in Hadhramaut, south Yemen, excavating Jureidha, journey alone to west, Hajlain, Al Dhijaib, Wadi Amd, etc. Robinson 28: 'the Grand Old Lady of travellers. . . . southern Arabia expert to the Ministry of Information in London. . . in all her journeys she has been able to distil and communicate a rich philosophy of travel and to illustrate the art of travelling in time as well as place. She is, quite simply, a classic'.
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Stark, Freya
Alexander's Path
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 284 pages.
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STARK, Freya
Alexander's Path, from Calia to Cilicia
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxiii, 283, illustrations from drwgs and numerous photo plates by author, maps including folding, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (edgewer, not price clipped, spine a little darkened), lower rear cover bit stained, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels in Turkey through Pamphylia, Chelidonia, Cibyritis by jeep and horseback. The author discusses the travels of Alexander the Great and his friendship with the Queen of Caria. Icimsoy 2710.
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STARK, Freya
Alexander's Path, from Caria to Cilicia
8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xxiii, 283, illustrations from drwgs and numerous photo plates by author, maps including folding, showing route in red, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine faded, dj (short tears), small inkstamp of bird on front endpaper, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels in Turkey through Pamphylia, Chelidonia, Cibyritis by jeep and horseback, through places little travelled. The author discusses the travels of Alexander the Great and his friendship with the Queen of Caria. Icimsoy 2710.
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Stark, Freya
Freya Stark in the Levant
120p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good
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Stark, Freya
IONIA A Quest
1 corner bumped. Minor foxing to rear board. ; 263 pages
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STARK, Freya
Riding to the Tigris
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 113 pp, numerous illustrations from the author's photos, folding color map, wood engraving by Reynolds Stone, index. original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, dj (lightly soiled at edge), fine in vg dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, probably the first Western woman to make the journey, travelled from Lake Van on the high Turkish plateau, through the desolate and mountainous Hakkiari, down to the Tigris River, mainly alone on horseback. Robinson 28: "The grand old lady of travellers".
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Stark, Freya
The coast of incense, autobiography 1933-1939
xiii, 286 p. illus. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Stark, Freya
The Lycian shore
xi, 204 p. illus., ports, fold map. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Stark, Freya
The Lycian Shore
Hardcover. Jacket is marked, tanned and edge worn. Rear lower edge and spine head are nicked. Hardcover spine ends are bumped and sunned. Foxing on page block and many pages within - never obscuring content. Previous owner's details penned on nicked FEP. Contents remain clear. Binding remains intact. TS Used
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Starkie, Walter
Spanish Raggle-Taggle: Adventures with a Fiddle in North Spain
Bath England: Cedric Chivers Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Sticker liftoff on front pastedown . endpaper. 1973. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. 0855948124 . Orange cloth binding all edges speckled. xv 481 pages. Black and white frontispiece illustration bibliography notes glossary fold-out map and index. Traveling through Spain in the early 1930s as a wandering minstrel the author records interesting and unusual moments and collects stories of local incidents. A New Portway reprint edition of the original 1934 John Murray edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Cedric Chivers Ltd. hardcover
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Starkoff Véra
La Sibérie- Bibliothèque illustrée des voyages autour du monde par terre et par mer n°95
Plon. . In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Agrafes rouillées, Papier jauni. 32 pages. Quelques rousseurs. Quelques illustrations en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
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Starks, George (Phot.)
Phototypes of Saint Louis.
1906. quer 4°, 25 Kartonseiten mit Fotodrucken, OKart. m. ovalem Fotodruck (aufkasch.) und Kordeldurchzug, abgegriff., stärkere Lichtspuren, einige kl. Randrisse und Randkniffe, am Rücken etw. aufgerissen.
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Starr, Chester G.
Rise and Fall of the Ancient World
Paperback Good condition
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STARZER (Albert) [Redigirt]
Geschichte der Stadt Wien. III. Band, Von der Zeit der Landesfürsten aus Habsburgischem Hause bis zum Ausgange des Mittelalters. I-II. Hälfte.
Wien, Adolf Holzhausen, 1907. 2 vol. in-folio cartonnage crème éditeur, VI-795 pp. en continu, 76 planches de fac-similés, cartes, reprod. ill. photogr., dont 10 héliogravures et 1 chromolithographie, 115 fig. en noir et coul. dans le texte répartis dans les vol., lettrines, index. Tirages limités à 300 exemplaires. N°101 et 77.
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STATE OF BRUNEI
State of Brunei Annual Report 1958. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Government Printing Office Kuching 1959. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece plates and 2 folding maps; original pictorial green boards backstrip lettered in black a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Government Printing Office, Kuching, hardcover
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STAUFFACHER, J.:
Studienreisen. Freimütige äusserungen über Kunst und Leben und speciell über das künstlerische und kunstgewerbliche Bildungswesen. Geschrieben, illustriert und herausgegeben. 2 Bde.
St. Gallen, 1897, gr. in-8vo, 4 Bl. + 278 S., reich ill. mit Zeichnungen, Gravuren und Fotos in Schwarzweiss und 23 Tafeln + Studienmappe mit 2 Serien Abb. zus. 46 Tafeln, farbig ill. O.-Ln-Bd., farbig ill. O.-Leinenmappe.
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STAUNING, JØRGEN.
Iagttagelser og Efterretninger om Orienten især Egypten og Arabien: uddragne af Harmars, Niebuhrs, Forskaals og Biörnstaahls Reisebeskrivelser, fornemmelig saavidt samme indeholde Besvarelser paa Michaelis Spørgsmaale og Bidrag til Bibelfortolkning (+... - [EARLY DANISH WORK ON THE MIDDLE EAST]
Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1787. 8vo. Uncut in a recent full green calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. A good copy. (12), 186, LXIV, 221, (3), 141 pp.
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Staunton, Sir George.
Voyage dans l'intérieur de la Chine et en Tartarie, fait dans les années 1792, 1793 et 1794, par Lord Macartney, ambassadeur du roi d'Angleterre auprès de l'empereur de la Chine. Paris, F. Buisson, an 6 de la République (1798).
4 vols. 8vo. (4), VIII, 515, (1) pp. (4), 412 pp. (4), 399, (1) pp. (4), 326 pp. With frontispieces in each volume and 3 large folding engraved maps at the end of vol. 4. Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt. Marbled endpapers. First French edition of Staunton's "Authentic Account of an Embassy to China, chiefly from the papers of Lord Macartney and Sir E. Gower", translated by Jean-Henri Castéra (1749-1838): the official account of the first English embassy to China under Macartney made by the secretary George Staunton, first published in London in 1797. "Great Britain was anxious to establish formal diplomatic relations with China and thus open the way for unimpeded trade relations. But the pall of Chinese reserve and self-sufficiency, which for centuries seldom admitted penetration, still hung over this empire and effectually resisted Lord Macartney’s arguments and gifts [...] His visit was not in vain, however, for it gave us a most interesting account of Chinese manners and customs at the close of the eighteenth century" (Cox I, 344). "The account of this famous embassy was prepared at government expense. Apart from its Chinese importance, it is of considerable interest, owing to the descriptions of the various places en route which were visited" (Hill). These places include Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Amsterdam Island, Java, Sumatra, Cochin-China, etc. The second French edition, published the following year, was to include two additional volumes. - Minor wear to joints and extremities. From the library of Jean R. Perrette with his bookplate on the pastedown. Corder (Sinica) IV, 2384. Cox I, 345. Quérard IX, 289. Cf. Hill, pp. 280f. (first edition).
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Staël, La Baronne de.
De l'Allemagne.
Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1862. In-12 en pleine basane au dos lisse orné de filets, roulettes d'encadrement, et d'étoiles dorés, d'un décor romantique sur les plats estampés à froid. Faux-titre et titre, 592 pp. Illustré d'un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice. Reliure un peu frottée, petite épidermure sur le plat supérieure, quelques rousseurs.
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Stead, J
A Picture of Jersey or Stranger's Companion Through That Island
Jersey: J. Stead. G : in Good condition plus. Spine repaired at upper joint with internal tape strengthening. Small hole near gutter of page 152 with marginal impact on text. Contents firm and bright. 1809. First Edition. Quarter leather marbled board cover. 190mm x 110mm 7" x 4". xxxvi 215pp. Frontispiece hand coloured map and 7 other plates with 2 coloured plates of Jersey signals. . J. Stead hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : e3386
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