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Lapierre Dominique
Lune de miel autour de la terre
Grasset 1953 in8. 1953. Broché.
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Laporte, Jean
Première descente du Nil de l`équateur à la Méditerranée Prix Louis Lotard. 104 photographies et dessins inédits de l`auteur.
Editions témoignage chrétien, 1959. 334 SS., 1 Bl., mit vielen Abbildungen. Illustrierte Original-Broschur.
Bookseller reference : 46370
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LAPORTE, Jean.
Première descente du Nil de l’équateur à la Méditerranée. 104 Photographies et dessins inédits de l’auteur.
Paris, Editions Témoignages Chrétien 1959 215x155mm, 334pages, reliure demi-basane. Plats papier marbré. Auteur, titre, ornementations et filets dorés au dos à faux-nerfs. Dos légèrement insolé, autrement belle reliure. Couvertures et dos conservés. Prix Louis Liotard. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 75307
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LARDNER, Dion E.G.:
Soldiering and sport in Uganda. 1909-1910. With a foreword by Colonel R. H. Vetch, C.B.
London/New York, The Walter Scott Publiching Co., Ltd., 1912, gr. in-8vo, Frontispice + XXI + 290 p. + + 57 plates + 1 folded map small legacy stamp on first fly ‘Guggisberg’, orig. blue cloth binding. Gilt image on frontcover, spine darkened, one joint starting, else a very good copy
Bookseller reference : 100287aaf
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Lauder William C.
Voyage Round the World in the Years 1785 1786 1787 and 1788
Fairfield Washington U.S.A.: Ye Galleon Press 1985. Facsimile edition Enlarged. Hardcover. Fine/good. Octavo 146 pages Index; dj torn at head of spine water spot at foot of spine. <br/><br/>This is attributed to the ship's surgeon aboard The Queen Charlotte. This is the only edition of this memoir published between 1807 and this of 1985. Illustrated. With added preliminary material and an Index. Ye Galleon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003884 ISBN : 0877703256 9780877703259
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Laut, A C
Pathfinders of the West : being the thrilling stories of the adventures of the men who discovered the great northwest
Toronto : Ryerson Press nd . Reprint . NF/VG . 8VO . With black and white illustrations and maps. The thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest - Radisson La Verendrye Lewis and Clark. Illustrations by Remington Goodwin Marchand and others. Jacket a little edgeworn particularly at the spine tips faint cup mark on front cover. Ryerson Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 33158
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Laut, Agnes C
The Conquest of Our Western Empire
New York : Robert M McBride 1927 . First Edition . VG/VG . 8VO . With many black and white illustrations. Very light wear to book jacket more worn with a number of chips and tears. Robert M McBride unknown
Bookseller reference : 23731
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LAVALETTE (Antoine-Marie Chamans de)
Mémoires et souvenirs. Pub. par sa famille et sur ses manuscrits
Paris, H. Fournier, 1831 2 vol. petit in-8, XL-370 pp. et 410 pp., demi-chagrin bleu à grain long, dos lisse filets dorés (Lavaux). Qqs mouillures. Fortes rousseurs.
Bookseller reference : 94234
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LAVALETTE (Antoine-Marie Chamans de)
Mémoires et souvenirs. Pub. par sa famille et sur ses manuscrits
Paris, H. Fournier Jeune, 1831 2 vol. in-8, XL-370 pp. et 410 pp., demi-veau framboise à coins, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés et de fleurons à froid, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs, coins émoussés.
Bookseller reference : 237928
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Lawrence, T. E.
T. E. Lawrence: The Selected Letters
W. W. Norton & Company 1989. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. Quarter cloth binding. xxxi 568pp. Very nice unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 066082 ISBN : 0393026841 9780393026849
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Layland Michael
A Perfect Eden Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island
Victoria BC: Touchwood Editions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 177151177X . Signed by Author; Only slight wear ; Signed by author on the title page. Many B&W and colour illustrations and maps ; 10.2 X 9.4 X 0.9 inches; 256 pages; "In 1842 when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island he described it as a perfect Eden." This book a compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island gathers the early recorded histories and personal accounts left by Chinese seafarers Spanish and British naval officers traders seeking sea otter pelts colonial surveyors as well as soldiers settlers and other adventurers starting from many centuries ago up to 1858. Collected here in detail for the first time these accounts create a multilayered tale of discovery and exploration. A Perfect Eden is the companion volume to the acclaimed The Land of Heart's Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island" . Touchwood Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20371 ISBN : 177151177X 9781771511773
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Layland, Michael
A Perfect Eden Encounters By Early Explorers of Vancouver Island
Touchwood Editions 2016. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine unread copy in a fine jacket. Illustrated. Touchwood Editions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15292
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Le Coq, Albert von
Die buddhistische Spätantike in Mittelasien. (= Ergebnisse der Kgl. Preußischen Turfan Expedition). 6 Textbände u. Atlas in 7 Bänden.
Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1973-1975. Fol. bzw. (Bd. 4) Gr.-Fol. Mit zahlr. tlw. farb. bzw. ganzs. Abbildungen im Text u. auf 207 Tafeln. Zus. ca. 375 S., Illustr.-OLwd.-Bde.
Bookseller reference : 61484
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Le Fevre, George
An Eastern Odyssey: The Third Expedition of Haardt and Audion-Dubreuil
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1935. Full green cloth binding shelf rubbed. Clean and unmarked with dried clovers some four-leaf scattered about through the pages. 368pp. Photos. Jacket is fair only very worn with large chips. In a protective mylar cover. First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 073018
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LE GENTIL Georges
Découverte Du Monde
Paris Presses Universitaires De France - PUF 1954 In-8 289 pp
Bookseller reference : 28749
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Le Gobien Charles 1653 1708
Histoire des Isles Marianes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne & de la mort glorieuse des premiers Missionnaires qui y ont prêché la Foy
xxiii43313 table pages with two folding maps of the Marsianes and Guam. Duodecimo 6 1/2 x 3 1/4" bound in contemporary full sheep with red label in gilt spine and five raised spine bands speckled red end pages. Brunet 28230 Cioranescu 41783 First edition.<br /><br />Charles Le Gobien was a French Jesuit writer founder of the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses a collection of reports from Jesuit missionaries in China. It is a major source of information for the history of Catholic missions and life in China in those times. Le Gobien was born at Saint-Malo Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 November 1671. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission he sought in a series of papers to awaken interest in the work of Christianizing Eastern Asia. In 1697 appeared at Paris his Lettres sur les progréz de la religion à la Chine. Apropos of Chinese Rites controversy he published among other things Histoire de l'édit de l'empereur de la Chine en faveur de la religion chrétienne avec un éclaircissement sur les honneurs que les Chinois rendent à Confucius et aux morts Paris 1698; and in the year 1700: Lettre à un Docteur de la Faculté de Paris sur les propositions déférées en Sorbonne par M. Prioux. Under the same date there appeared in Paris the Histoire des Isles Mariannes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne. The second part translated into Spanish by J. Delgado is found in the latter's Historia General de Filipinas Manila 1892. In 1702 Père Le Gobien published Lettres de quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus écrites de la Chine et des Indes Orientales; this was the beginning of the collection soon to become celebrated under the title of Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangéres par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus. The first eight series were by Le Gobien the latter ones by Fathers Du Halde Patouillet Geoffroy and Maréchal. The collection was printed in thirty-six volumes duodecimo Paris 1703–76 and reissued in 1780-81 by Fathers Yves de Querbeux and Brotier in twenty-six volumes duodecimo omitting the prefaces. New editions appeared in 1819 1829–32 and 1838-43. One abridgment in four volumes octavo was entitled Panthéon Littéraire by L. Aimé Martin 1834–43. A partial English translation came out in London in 1714. The publication incited the Austrian Jesuit Stöcklein to undertake his Neuer Welt Bott about 1720 at first considered merely a translation but soon an independent and particularly valuable collection five volumes folio in forty parts substantially completing the Lettres Edifiantes.<br /><br />This is a history of the Christian missions in the Marianas or Ladrones Islands in the north-western Pacific the principal island of which is Guam. Reprinted in the text are several letters from early missionaries Medina Clain Sanvitores &c. The Jesuit mission was established there by Diego Luis de Sanvitores. Father Le Gobien never visited the Mariana islands but based his account chiefly on the relations and letters of missionaries sent to him from Rome Spain the Netherlands etc. Includes a letter by P. Clain about the discovery of the Caroline Islands.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Rebacked with original spine laid down provenance: Jesuit College library with old stamps to front free endpaper half title and title page else about very good. Nicolas Pepie hardcover books
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Le Gobien, Charles (1653-1708)
Histoire des Isles Marianes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne & de la mort glorieuse des premiers Missionnaires qui y ont prêché la Foy
xxiii43313 table pages with two folding maps of the Marsianes and Guam. Duodecimo 6 1/2 x 3 1/4" bound in contemporary full sheep with red label in gilt spine and five raised spine bands speckled red end pages. Brunet 28230 Cioranescu 41783 First edition.<br /><br />Charles Le Gobien was a French Jesuit writer founder of the <i>Lettres édifiantes et curieuses</i> a collection of reports from Jesuit missionaries in China. It is a major source of information for the history of Catholic missions and life in China in those times. Le Gobien was born at Saint-Malo Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 November 1671. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission he sought in a series of papers to awaken interest in the work of Christianizing Eastern Asia. In 1697 appeared at Paris his Lettres sur les progréz de la religion à la Chine. Apropos of Chinese Rites controversy he published among other things <i>Histoire de l'édit de l'empereur de la Chine en faveur de la religion chrétienne avec un éclaircissement sur les honneurs que les Chinois rendent à Confucius et aux morts</i> Paris 1698; and in the year 1700: <i>Lettre à un Docteur de la Faculté de Paris sur les propositions déférées en Sorbonne par M. Prioux</i>. Under the same date there appeared in Paris the<i> Histoire des Isles Mariannes nouvellement converties à la religion chrétienne</i>. The second part translated into Spanish by J. Delgado is found in the latter's <i>Historia General de Filipinas</i> Manila 1892. In 1702 Père Le Gobien published <i>Lettres de quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus écrites de la Chine et des Indes Orientales</i>; this was the beginning of the collection soon to become celebrated under the title of <i>Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangéres par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus</i>. The first eight series were by Le Gobien the latter ones by Fathers Du Halde Patouillet Geoffroy and Maréchal. The collection was printed in thirty-six volumes duodecimo Paris 1703–76 and reissued in 1780-81 by Fathers Yves de Querbeux and Brotier in twenty-six volumes duodecimo omitting the prefaces. New editions appeared in 1819 1829–32 and 1838-43. One abridgment in four volumes octavo was entitled <i>Panthéon Littéraire</i> by L. Aimé Martin 1834–43. A partial English translation came out in London in 1714. The publication incited the Austrian Jesuit Stöcklein to undertake his <i>Neuer Welt Bott</i> about 1720 at first considered merely a translation but soon an independent and particularly valuable collection five volumes folio in forty parts substantially completing the <i>Lettres Edifiantes</i>.<br /><br />This is a history of the Christian missions in the Marianas or Ladrones Islands in the north-western Pacific the principal island of which is Guam. Reprinted in the text are several letters from early missionaries Medina Clain Sanvitores &c. The Jesuit mission was established there by Diego Luis de Sanvitores. Father Le Gobien never visited the Mariana islands but based his account chiefly on the relations and letters of missionaries sent to him from Rome Spain the Netherlands etc. Includes a letter by P. Clain about the discovery of the Caroline Islands.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Rebacked with original spine laid down provenance: Jesuit College library with old stamps to front free endpaper half title and title page else about very good. Nicolas Pepie hardcover
Bookseller reference : E0566
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Le Grand
How Space Rockets Began
New York: Abingdon Press 1960. Gold Cloth. Fair/Poor. READING COPY ONLY. Covers and first few pages are water stained. Jacket complete quite worn. <br/> <br/> Abingdon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008222
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Le Marquis De Custine
Voyage en russie
Le club français du livre 1957 in8. 1957. Relié.
Bookseller reference : 100116807
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Le Rumeur Guy Courmont J
L'imprévu dans les dunes + Chasses en Afrique --- 2 livres connaissance de l'Afrique
Societe continentale d'editions modernes illustrees 1961 in8. 1961. Cartonné. 2 volume(s). iconographie noir et blanc
Bookseller reference : 100066355
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LE VAILLANT
Voyage dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique et au Cap de bonne-Espérance.GHINI
In 8 percaline éditeur rouge à décor passe partout. Titre dans cartouche. Plats biseautés. Faux-titre, titre avec vignette, 510 pages, 1 page de table des chapitres, 17 planches hors-texte et nombreuses vignettes dans le texte, de D. SEMEGHINI, tranches dorées. Paris Garnier frères libraires éditeurs, sans date. Bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 12693
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LEBRUN, Henri.
Voyages et aventures du Capitaine Cook. Nouvelle édition ornée de deux gravures sur acier.
Tours, Ad. Mame et Cie. 1850, 185x120mm, 236pages, reliure l’éditeur ornée de dorrures à fleurons. Dos froté, autrement bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 98788
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Leclercq, Jules
Voyages dans Le Nord de l'Europe. Un tour en Norwege. Une Promenade dans la mer Glaciale (1871-1873).
Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1875. 4°. 27 x 18 cm. 345 Seiten, 4 Blatt. Dunkelbrauner Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Jules Joseph Leclercq, geboren 1848, gestorben 1928. Belgischer Geograph.
Bookseller reference : 13774DB
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LECLERCQ, Jules.
Du Caucase aux Monts Alaï. Transcaspie. Boukharie. Ferganah. Ouvrage accompagné d’une carte.
Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. 1890, 185x120mm, VIII - 267pages, broché. Bon état.
Bookseller reference : 66989
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Lee van Dovski
Ein Leben für Afrika. Das abenteuerliche Schicksal von Werner Munzinger-Pascha.
Thomas, Zürich 1954. 1. Auflage Farbiger O.-SU. Leinen Sehr gut
Bookseller reference : 018303
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Lee, Edwin, MD. M. D.
The South of France Notices General and Medical of Hyeres Cannes Pau and the Pyrenean Baths
London: W. J. Adams 1860. 114 pages. 12mo. Decorated binding. First edition. A description of various locales in France with an eye to the curative effects of the climate on invalids and patients. Binding is embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front and some gilt decoration on front as well. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with some minor rubbing to edges of cover and edges of spine. Original bookseller's stamp on front pastedown endpaper. Pages are lightly toned; page 105 has a 1" closed tear in bottom margin. Still an attractive copy in new mylar jacket!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. W. J. Adams Hardcover
Bookseller reference : H3779
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Leed, Eric
Shores of Discovery: How Expeditionaries Have Constructed the World
New York: Basic Books Inc 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown cloth brown paper-covered boards gilt titles on spine xi 322 pp notes bibliography index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Having explored the motivations and experiences of voluntary modern travelers in his earlier book "The Mind of the Traveler" Leed looks at the experiences of expeditionaries whom he defines as those who traveled by necessity--slaves soldiers merchants missionaries etc. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm. Basic Books, Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXGN00001 ISBN : 0465020968 9780465020966
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Lees J. A.
Peaks and Pines: Another Norway Book
New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1899. Full cloth binding. Front hinge tender. Some dampstaining to lower page fore edges. Internally unmarked. Frontis. with tissue overlay. 378pp. Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 066162
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Lefort Anatole
Alger blidah et les gorges de la chiffa
in12. Sans date. Relié.
Bookseller reference : 100116526
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Leger, Jacqueline (ed.)
Colonisation liberté égalité. Un choix d'ouvrages fait dans les collections de la Bibliothèque Schoelcher
Fort-de-France: Conseil général de la Martinique 1999. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. In-8. Fort-de-France Conseil général de la Martinique 1999. 2 volumes in-8 brochés V - 1001 pp. en pagination continue. Catalogue organisé de façon thématique du Fonds local de la Martinique concernant la colonisation. Rare. Bel exemplaire. 16 kg. Conseil général de la Martinique Paperback
Bookseller reference : 1794 ISBN : 2911077067 9782911077067
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LEGRE-ZAIDLINE, Fr.
Voyage en Alcidie - A la decouverte d"Alcide d"Orbigny (1802-1857).
in-8 broche, 140 pages + 8 planches, couv. illustree. Ethnologue et naturaliste, d'Orbigny s'embarque en 1826 pour l'Amerique latine, de cette expedition qui dura huit ans il rapporta des documents sur les tribus autochtones, sur la flore et la faune, sur l'archeologie. Bel exemplaire [DV-2] Bel exemplaire
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Leichhardt, Dr. Ludwig
JOURNAL OF AN OVERLAND EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA From Moreton Bay to Port Essington a Distance of Upwards of 3000 Miles During the Years 1844-1845
North Adelaide: Corkwood Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First thus. Hardcover. 187624710X . First published in London by T & W Boone 1847 with an introduction by Les Hiddens with illustrations and a fold out map at rear a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 220 x 140mm; xx 544 pages . Corkwood Press, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26006 ISBN : 187624710X 9781876247102
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Leichhardt, F. W. Ludwig and M. Aurousseau (ed)
THE LETTERS OF F.W. LUDWIG LEICHHARDT Volume III
London : Hakluyt Society 1968 . First Edition . NF/VG . 8VO . Second Series No. CXXXV. Lightest of wear to book jacket spine mildly sunned with some chipping at the spine head. Hakluyt Society unknown
Bookseller reference : 26044
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Leif Hamre
Au coeur du blizzard
Robert laffont / Plein vent 1970 in8. 1970. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 100092876
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Leithauser, Joachim G.
Worlds beyond the Horizon: The Great Age of Discovery from Columbus to the Present
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth with blind decoration on front board blue cloth spine with gilt titles & rocket booster decoration top edge dyed yellow xvi 412 xviii pp 16 ff b & w plates 44 b & w drawings and 17 maps in text index. Dye bleeding from spine to DJ else VG. From the preface: ".this is no book of heroes. For the story it unfolds is so adventurous and dramatic so thrilling and revelatory that glorification would only falsify it. I have therefore tried to present it.in such a way that the events are pictured exactly as they occurred revealing the magnificence the baseness or even the haphazard nature of the motives and actions and that combination of fantastic courage energy unscrupulousness endurance and devotion which alone made success possible and so enlarged and changed the known boundaries of the world. The great ventures of the men who were the first to sail beyond the horizon of the continent of Europe and of their followers who penetrated undisturbed tropical wildernesses or the icy polar oceans unfold in tales of error failure and blind strokes of fortune in examples of human passion and insufficiency of self-sacrifice and steadfastness of spirit constituting one of the most important chapters in the history of mankind." Shipping weight 3 lbs. First US Edition. . Good/Good. 24½ X 16½ cm. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXGN00004
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Leithauser, Joachim G
Worlds Beyond the Horizon: The Great Age of Discovery from Columbus to the Present
USA: Alfred A Knopf 1955. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First American Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with an Acceptable Dust Jacket. Translated from the German by Hugh Merrick. Four illustration sections with historic illustrations on coated paper 45 in-text drawings 16 maps and charts. A historian's view in the mid 20th century--the story of the most dramatic and adventurous discovery and exploration of unknown lands to other than the native populations--the stories of the 'discoverers' of the Western Hemisphere- Columbus Cabot Vespucci; the pathfinders of the oceans - de Gama Magellan Balboa; Conquistadors like Cortes Pizarro Coronado Ponce de Leon; trail-blazers like John Smith Champlain La Salle von Humboldt La Condamine; explorers of Africa - Stanley Livingstone Mungo Park; Polar explorations of Scott Amundsen Nansen Peary;--and even others. Handsome binding of bright blue half cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine green cloth-wrapped boards with blind-stamped debossed illustration of sailing vessels on front; very clean lightly sunned along upper edge upper corners very gently bumped lower corners rubbed spine head and heel rubbed. Binding is tight & solid square straight. Rough cut on fore edge and bottom edge. Slight smudge to lower corner of text block. Fly leaf has wrinkle down the page. Pages very clean and free from any markings lightly and evenly toned. No remainder mark. Bright clean worn dust jacket with wrap-around art very bright and colorful; spine sunned; edges and corners chipped torn--worn. Not price-clipped. Now with clear archival protective cover. xvi412 pages with Bibliography. i-xvii page Index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf New York 1955. Alfred A Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021746
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Lemarchand
Mustang
Editions de La Martinière 1998 125 pages 26x31x2cm. 1998. Cartonné jaquette. 125 pages. belle iconographie couleurs
Bookseller reference : 100064111 ISBN : 273242255
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Lemström, Selim / Biese, Ernest
Observations faites aux stations de Sodankylä et de Kultala. Tome I : Météorologie. Tome II : Magnétisme térrestre. 2 Bände (von 3).
Helsingfors, 1886/87. 4°, 13 Seiten Text, 172 Seiten Tabellen, 2 farbige Karten und 4 Tafeln; 42 Seiten Text, 195 Seiten Tabellen, 1 Phototafel und 2 Tafeln. Private Pappbände mit Goldprägung.
Bookseller reference : 1962
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Lenfestey, James P.
Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain
Milkweed Editions 2014. 1st softcover printing. Tight and unmarked. 217pp. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Milkweed Editions Paperback
Bookseller reference : 072097 ISBN : 1571313494 9781571313492
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Lens, Albertine D, Richmond, Theodora Adrienne Anne van Riemsdijk, Mrs., , Siboga Expedition
The Siphonophora of the Siboga expedition 1908 Leather Bound
2021. Leather Bound. New. Size: 19.68 x 24.13 cms This book is available in 5 different Leather color without any extra cost. Explore More Options by Clicking on 'More Images' and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email within 24 hours of placing the order. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare Biblio” with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2021 utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1908. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books every page has been manually restored for legibility. However in certain instances occasional blurriness missing segments or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - eng Vol:- Pages:- 240 If it is a multi-volume set then it is only a single volume. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION 12x19 Inches: Available Upon Request. hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIBLB005537462
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Lerenzo Sitgreaves (1811-1888)
Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers
<p>198 pages with 23 plates. Royal octavo 9 1/2" x 6" rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and black label with gilt lettering to spine. 79 plates with one Buffalo Dance folding and some with a single tint in this first issue there are errors in the list of illustrations corrected in later issues viz. Landscapes etc. 23 plates numbered as 1-13 15-23 plus one unnumbered at end; Mammals 6 plates; Birds 5 plates numbered 1 3-6 plate 2 Struthus Canicops Woodhouse male is called for but not present and most likely not to be found in this issue; Reptiles 21 plates with 10a miss-numbered as 10 12 as 13 and 13 as 16; Fishes 3 plates; Plants 21 plates plate 21 Aploppus Nuttalii present but not called for. Includes <em>Reconnaissance of the Zuni Little Colorado and Colorado Rivers Made in 1851</em> map as called for but includes Lithographed map <em>Boundary of the Creek Country</em> 24" x 36" laid in not called for. Senate Executive Document 59 Howes: 528 First edition.<br /><br />Survey of the watershed of the Canadian River and Red Fork of the Arkansas River in Indian Territory extending from Fort Smith to the border with Texas. The lands of the Cherokee Creek Seminole and Choctaw Indians are located. The map locates numerous forts including Smith Coffee Gibson and Old Fort Holmes and their connecting wagon roads. Talasee is shown at the site of Tulsa. This map was issued with the "Northern and Western Boundary Line of the Creek Country" report by Sitgreaves and Lt. J.C. Woodruff. The surveys were made in 1848 and 1850 but the report in which the map was issued wasn't published until 1858.<br /><br />After the conquest of New Mexico and California it was apparent that transportation and communications needed to be improved between these new territories and the rest of the United States east of the Mississippi. Geographical knowledge of most of this area particularly northwestern New Mexico now northern Arizona was very limited and inaccurate. Some maps of the day showed a river system that might provide a possible navigable water corridor between New Mexico and the Gulf of California via the Zuni Little Colorado and Colorado Rivers.</p><p>In September of 1851 Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves along with a small crew of topographers naturalists artists and support personnel and an escort of 30 infantrymen left the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico by pack train with instructions to explore and map the Zuni and Colorado Rivers and evaluate their navigability in light of a possible impending war with the Mormons in Utah. They traveled southwest along the Zuni River to its mouth and then headed northwest along the Little Colorado intending to follow it to the Colorado. When they reached Grand Falls northwest of present-day Winslow Arizona their guide Antoine Leroux advised them that it was unwise to follow the river any further because it flowed in a deep canyon for the rest of its course and emptied into the great canyon of the Colorado River.</p><p>They left the river and struck off due west around the north side of the San Francisco Mountains discovering the Wupatki Indian Ruins along the way and looped southwestward around the south side of Bill Williams Mountain. The rest of their westward march followed near the future alignment of Route 66 to the Colorado River near the modern town of Bullhead City Arizona. After a difficult march south along the Colorado River they reached Camp Yuma on November 30. Of course Sitgreaves discovered that the Zuni and Little Colorado Rivers were not at all navigable and would be useless to transport troops and supplies. The Colorado River however was found to be navigable along the entire distance that he explored. Sitgreaves' official report "Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers in 1851" was published in 1853.<br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong>Foxing left margin trimmed as issued for folding all other plates present as called for in Howes as well as Lithographed map <em>Boundary of the Creek Country</em> laid in and not called for some folding. Rebound in attractive three quarter leather else a about very good.</p> Robert Armstrong hardcover
Bookseller reference : E0014
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Les B. Quartermain
South to the Pole : The early history of the Ross Sea Sector Antarctica
Oxford University Press London 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. 481 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Oxford University Press London 1967. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in good dust jacket. Front hinge is cracked and binding is quite loose. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. No inscriptions. ABOUT THIS BOOK: History of exploration of the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica. Pasted into the front of the book is a typed letter unsigned from the author to Gladys Jack lamenting the passing of Keith Jack who was part of Shackleton's 1914-1917 stranded expedition to Antarctica. Also included are newspaper clippings regarding the death of Keith Jacks and Captain John King Davis who took Shackleton and Mawson to the South Pole. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; Arctic & Antarctic. Inventory No: 12030424. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12030424
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Les Grands Dossiers de l'Illustration - Histoire d'un siècle, 1843-1944
Les croisières automobiles
1988 Edition Le livre de Paris, by Sefag, ouvrage réalisé à partir des numéros originaux de l'Illustration, 1988 - Grand In-4, Cartonnage éditeur - 191 pages - Très nombreuses illustrations ( gravures et photos ) en N&B et couleurs
Bookseller reference : 54352
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Les Guide Bleus
Pyrenees french
1921. unknown
Bookseller reference : 004011
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Lester, C. Edwards (with the assistance of Andrew Foster)
The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ribbed maroon cloth gilt titles on front board & spine top edge gilt maroon endpapers frontis. 368 2 pp footnotes index. A bit of rubbing to extremities and faint spotting to rear board else fine. Scholarly biography of Amerigo Vespucci which collects in English translalion many of the documents relating to his life & voyages. This is a rather attractive little reprint in a size convenient to carry around. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Reprint. . VG/No dj. 18 X 11½ cm. New Amsterdam Book Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EXNW00003
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Lesueur C. A. Baudin Expedition
Le Wombat. Phascolomis Wombat N. Nouvelle Hollande; Ile King
Paris: Imprimerie de Langlois 1807. Very good condition. One of the most attractive prints of wombats a pair of wombats with 4 offspring clambering about. This is plate XXVIII from the work illustrating Nicolas Baudin's expedition. At the time the French were the most progressive at sending teams of artists & scientists around the world with their explorers. Copper engraving with original hand color. Platemark measures 12 1/2 x 9 1/2'' with small margins. A large early representation of the infrequently depicted wombat. Imprimerie de Langlois unknown
Bookseller reference : 18812
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LETURQUE Henri
les chasseurs de turquoises
In 8 broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, faux-titre, frontispice, titre, 126 pages, texte sur 2 colonnes, illustrations hors texte de Maurice TOUSSAINT. Editions Jules Tallandier, 1929, collection du livre national-Voyages lointains, aventures étranges
Bookseller reference : 9335
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LEVAILLANT FRANÇOIS.
Second voyage dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les années 1783, 84 et 85.
Paris, Jansen, 1796. 2volumes in-4° (270x220mm), cartonnage d’attente d’époque, manques au dos , plat du tome 2 détaché. TOME 1: 9ff., 224pp., manque pp. 224-228, illustré de 7 planches Hors-Texte dont 4 dépliantes. TOME 2 : 373pp., 1f., 18 planches. Exemplaire non rogné, bon état intérieur, page de titre du T.2 effrangé. Rare édition in-4 du second voyage de LEVAILLANT.
Bookseller reference : P2-6D
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LEVAILLANT François.
VOYAGE DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE PAR LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE DAN LES ANNEES 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 et 85.
PARIS (LEROY) 1790. 2 volumes In 8° (200 x 130) relié plein veau époque. Faux titres, titre frontispice XXIV - 381 pp. Faux titres, titre 399 pp. illustré de 12 planches dont le Hottentote à tablier. Bon état, peu de rousseurs.
Bookseller reference : P1-3J-0
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Levasseur
Les alpes et les grandes ascensions
Ch. Delagrave 1899 in4. 1899. Relié.
Bookseller reference : 100142317
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