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Hagen, Gunther
This is Belgium
Undated, 240 pages, photographs by Otto Siegner, map, index of pictures, light foxing to endpapers. eng
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Hagen, Toni; Wahlen, Friedrich Traugott; Corti, Walter Robert; Charleston, Britta M. (trans.); Osers, Ewald (revised by)
Nepal: The Kingdom of the Himalayas
Oversized hardcover with clipped dust jacket. First UK edition. Includes 42 colour plates in offset printing and 42 monochrome plates in letterpress printing, plus 24 sketch maps. Jacket is worn at edges and corners with a few scores to both front and rear. Sticker remnants to inner front flap and faint white marks to FEP. Page block head slightly tanned, page block foot is lightly scored and faintly marked. Board corners lightly bumped. Spine is tight, fold-outs are excellent, illustrations bright and text unmarked throughout. AD Used
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Hagenbeck, Carl; Elliot, Hugh S R & Thacker, A G (Trans )
Beasts and Men: Being Carl Hagenbeck's Experiences for Half a Century Among Wild Animals An Abridged Translation with an Introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell
NY: Longman's Green and Co. Very Good. 1911. Reprint. Hardcover. Owner's inscription on the fep. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 299 pages . Longman's, Green and Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 13384
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Haggard, Denis
More Rambles in Hampshire and Sussex on Foot and by Car
48 page book illustrated by Betty Haggard and with maps of walks.
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Haggard, Denis
Rambles in Hampshire and Sussex on Foot and by Car
46 page book illustrated by Betty Haggard and with maps of walks.
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HAHN-HAHN Ida Grafin
Von Babylon nach Jerusalem & Aus Jerusalem
Arnheim, Josué Witz 1851-1852 Two works with a separate title page, in one volume, 292pp. (continuous pagination), 22cm., bund in a solid modern hardcover, text in German in Gothic script, text is clean and bright, good condition, A119416
Référence libraire : A119416
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Haig-Brown, Alan
The Fraser River
200 pages. Index. List of further reading. Text accompanied by wonderful colour photography throughout. Honours "a magnificent living river that has been with us for thousands of years, a river to be experienced, treasured and safeguarded for many thousands of years to come." - from dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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Hains, T Jenkins
Voyage of the Arrow: To the China Seas. Its Adventures and Perils Including Its Capture by Sea Vultures from the Countess of Warwick as set down by William Gore Chief Mate.
Boston: L. C. Page & Co. 1906 300 pages tear on backstrip otherwise a nice copy. L. C. Page & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 000010757
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HAJDU Peter ( sous la direction de)
Les peuples ouraliens. Leur culture, leurs traditions
Editions Horvath, Roanne, 1980. In-8, cartonnage toile sous jaquette illustrée. 373 pages. Avec planches photos in fine en noir. Dessins in texte. Petite bibliographie. Deux légers accrocs réparés sur la jaquette.
Référence libraire : 1898
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Hajinian, Sevan
The Armenian Genocide Denied : A Response to Turkey's Thirteen propaganda Spins
Toronto: Armenian National Committee of Canada 2011 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 2nd.ed. "Anyone who has followed the Armenian national struggle to earn international recognition of the Genocide of Armenians is familiar with the Ankara propaganda machines boilerplate denials. Ms. Hajinians book in addition to documenting the Genocide lists thirteen of the most notorious distortions deployed by the Turkish side and then proceeds to demolish them exposing them as patent falsehoods. Thus the litany of Turkish propaganda spins such as 'historians dispute the veracity of the Genocide of Armenians" 'its up to historians to decide what happened' 'the UN didnt acknowledge the Armenian Genocide"the Armenian Genocide was not state planned" "the Turkish archives are open; Armenian archives are not "Armenian deaths were a result of communal violence" and "Armenians collaborated with Turkeys enemies" are dissected and tossed into the rubbish heap through solid research and a deft touch. xii294p. illus. maps. bibliography 3 copies found in Worldcat. Armenian National Committee of Canada paperback
Référence libraire : 041707 ISBN : 0969208545 9780969208549
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Haken, Johann Christian Ludwig
Gemälde der Kreuzzüge nach Palästina zur Befreiung des heiligen Grabes. 3 Bde.
Frankfurt / Oder Akademische Buchhandlung 1808 1810 1820. . ADB 10 396 f.; 45 677. - DBA I 462 284-295. - GV 54 97. - Hamberger/Meusel V 141810 für Band 1; 22 2 1831 für Bd. 3. - Zu den bedeutendsten Werken des Theologen u. Schriftstellers aus dem Bekanntenkreis Schleiermachers gehörig blieb das auf 6 Bde. angelegte "Gemälde" wegen "mancherlei Störungen durch Kriegsdrangsale und Kränklichkeit" unvollendet Neuer Nekrol. d. Dt. - Unaufgeschnitten. Stellenw. braunfl. letztes weißes Bl. in Bd. 2 mit Einriß. Frankfurt / Oder, Akademische Buchhandlung, 1808, 1810, 1820. unknown
Référence libraire : 9618
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Hakewill, James
A Picturesque Tour of Italy from Drawings Made in 1816 - 1817
London: John Murray. Fine. 1820. Second Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to the edges more to the upper corners of what appears to be the original ornate full-leather binding. Gilt title on the cover with lots of script/devices on the cover & spine. Owner's name has been crossed out on the back of the fep. Contents are wonderful with only a very few small spots of foxing no offseting or foxing to the plates. All the plates are present & perfect. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . John Murray hardcover
Référence libraire : 13009
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Hakewill, James
The History of Windsor and its Neighbourhood
London: Edmund Lloyd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Rubbed extremities. Some marking to covers. Lower front hinge weakening. Corners worn. Front inner hinge cracked. Foxed prelims. Sporadic foxing to plates sometimes impinging with some offsetting. Light staining at corner of some plates. 1813. First Edition. Red half-leather cover. 340mm x 270mm 13" x 11". 359pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Edmund Lloyd hardcover
Référence libraire : e0791
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HAKLUYT HANDBOOK.
The Hakluyt Handbook. Edited by D.B. Quinn. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards framed in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The second volume includes a primary Hakluyt bibliography. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 144, 145. Bridges & Hair, p.291.
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HAKLUYT Richard introduction John Masefield
Hakluyt's Voyages volumes 1-4
London: Dent 1907 vol 1 & 2 and then 3 & 4 are uniform with each other but the whole set has uniform DWs reprints after 1907 vol 1= 1939 2=1936 3= 1926 4=1926. vols 1 &2 approx 460pp vols 3 & 4 approx 380pp only first 4 vols of the 8 vol set present minor age and handling wear otherwise VG DWs small splits and or chipping at ends covers the voyages and explorations of the English from the mythical travels of King Arthur in AD 517 upto naval actions against the Spanish in 1590 in vol 4 . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Dent hardcover
Référence libraire : 012853
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HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth. Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996. With a complete list of the Society's Publications. Edited by R.C. Bridges and P.E.H. Hair. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and illustrations in the text; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards framed in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Effectively a bibliography of the Society's First and Second Series, with invaluable summary description of each volume's contents and coverage. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 183.
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Hakluyt, Richard
The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation: Made by Sea or Over-Land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres
<p>NY: Augustus M. Kelley. Very Good with no dust jacket; Light rubbing to boards page tops foxed. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Twelve volumes. Reprint of the 1903-05 third edition. Uniformly bound in navy cloth titled in silver on spines. Various maps and other documents bound in rear pockets of each volume. A remarkable collection of voyages made by English adventurers which greatly influenced the colonization of North America and the expansion of the British empire. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Augustus M. Kelley hardcover
Référence libraire : 62356
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HALLAYS, André.
En flanant à travers la France. Bourgogne, Bourbonnais. Velay et Auvergne. Cinquième édition.
Paris, Perrin et Cie. 1924, 200x135mm, 330pages, reliure demi-chagrin. Relié demi-chagrin à coins. Plats papier marbré. Auteur, ornementation et titre dorés au dos à faux-nerfs. Couvertures conservées. Bel exempalire. Belle reliure.
Référence libraire : 67985
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HALLAYS, André.
En flânant à travers la France. Touraine, Anjou et Maine.
Paris, Perrin 1912, 200x125mm, 374pages, reliure demi-chagrin. Relié en demi-chagrin olive à coins, dos à faux-nerfs, auteur, titre et filets dorés, plats papiet marbré. Très bel exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 87083
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HALLAYS, André.
En flânant à travers la France. Provence.
Paris, Perrin 1912, 200x130mm, 364pages, reliure demi-chagrin. Relié en demi-chagrin olive à coins, dos à faux-nerfs, auteur, titre et filets dorés, plats papiet marbré. Très bel exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 88851
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HALL, CAPTAIN BASIL.
Extracts from A Journal, written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Third Edition.
Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co., 1824. Small 8vo. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Tome-and titlelabels in leather on backs. Top of spine worn, and a little damage to upper compartment of one volume. XX,379XII,304,71 pp. and 1 folded engraved map. The map somewhat brownspotted. printed on good paper, internally fine and clean.
Référence libraire : 28611
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HALLO, Jean. -
La Grande croisière de Costes et Le Brix. Dessins et aquarelles de Jean Hallo.
Paris, Lapina, 1928, in-4to, 98 p., portraits de COSTE et LE BRIX gravés à l'eau forte par GORVEL, dessins dans le texte, 10 aquarelles (en couleurs) hors-texte, brochure originale, couverture à la typographie dorée. Couverture et dos abimé.
Référence libraire : 54524aaf
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HALLAYS, André:
Le pèlerinage de Port-Royal.
Paris, Perrin & Cie, 1909, in-8vo, 360 p. + XXXI gravures, reliure demi-cuir, pièce de titre et de tomaison au dos avec 4 nerfs. Bel exemplaire, rel. exècuté pour la librairie Leon Gonard.
Référence libraire : 66535aaf
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HALL (Capitaine Basil);
MÉMOIRES et VOYAGES.
Dumont Bruxelles 1834 4 vol. 4 vol. in-12 de 281 pp. 1 f.n.ch., 272 pp. 1 f.n.ch., 283 pp. 1 f.n.ch. et 273 pp. 1 f.n.ch.; demi-basane à coins de l'époque, dos lisse orné.
Référence libraire : 11739
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HALEN, JUAN van.
Narrative of Don Juan van Halen's Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and his Escape in 1817 and 1818 to which are added, his Jpurney to Russia, his Campaigns with the Army of the Caucasus, and his Return to Spain in 1821. Edit...
London, Henry Colburn, 1827. 8vo. Uncut in 2 orig. boards with orig. printed titlelabels on backs. Wear to spine ends. 2 engraved portraits as frontispieces. XX,380XV,496 pp., 3 facsimiles, 2 large folded aquatint plates (Panoramic view of Teflis, Installation of the New Khan of Kasikumuk) and 1 large folded engraved map. (complete, and also with both htitles, not mentioned by Abbey). Light browning to titlepages and some scattered brownspots.
Référence libraire : 37168
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Hall (Capitaine Basile)
Scènes du bord et de la terre ferme.
Paris Librairie de Louis Hachette & cie. 1858 306p 1 volume IN12. Modeste reliure en demi toile tabac(mors fendu). Dos lisse orné de filets dorés et titré.
Référence libraire : 160585
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HALL, Basil:
Scènes de la vie maritime. Trad. de l’anglais. ‘Bibl. des Chemins de Fer, deuxième série: Histoire et Voyages’.
Paris, Hachette, 1853, in-8vo, 3 ff. + 315 p. (+1), reliure en d.-cuir d’époque, dos à quatre nerfs orné, gardes d’origine papier marbré.
Référence libraire : 127391aaf
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HALLAYS, André.
Touraine, Anjou et Maine. Coll. “En Flânant à travers la France”.Blois, Pèlerinages Balzaciens, Azay-le-Rideau, Loches, Valençay, Chinon, Richelieu, Fontevrault, Oiron, Montreuil-Bellay, Asnières, Val du Loir, Laval, Forêt-de-Bercé, Solesmes.Septième édition.
Paris, Perrin 1923, 205x130mm, 374pages, Demi-reliure cuir, titre et ornementation dorés au dos. Tranche supérieure dorée. Bel exemplaire.
Référence libraire : 20230
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HALL, BASIL (CAPTAIN).
Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. 3 vols.
Edinburgh, Cadell and Co., 1829. Small 8vo. Uncut in 3 orig. boards with orig. printed paper-titlelabels on spines. Spine ends lightly chipped. A good copy in its original state and binding. IV,II,421(1),II,432VII,436 pp. + Advertisements (4) pp. and large folded engraved and handcoloured map, 1 folded table. Some scattered foxing. With all 3 htitles.
Référence libraire : 28789
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HALDANE, J. W. C.
3800 Miles Across Canada
12mo [19 x 14 cm]; xxiii, 344, [xi, ads] pp, frontis, 45 illus, mostly full page photos, some drawings, other illus, large colored folding map of southern Canada and northern USA at end, showing the railroads with each station labeled. orig cloth with large gilt lettering on cover, gilt spine lettering & gilt emblem, spine slightly darkened but gilt bright and fresh, blank endpaper removed, else near fine, with an extra loose fldg map of railways in Canada from other source dated 1907. A narrative of the author travels across Canada mainly by train, with attractive illustrations of both trains and views along the way and good descriptions of the country as it was.
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Hale, Albert
The South Americans; the story of the South American republics, their characteristics, progress and tendencies; with special reference to their commercial relations with the United States, by Albert Hale.
361 p. front., plates, maps. 23 cm Hardcover Ex-library, Good condition
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Hale, Henry; Bridson, Mary; Swann, Alfred J; &c
The Wide World Magazine. Volume XXV. April to September 1910
London: George Newnes Ltd. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed. 1910. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 190mm 9" x 7". 624pp. B/w illustrations. An illustrated monthly of true narrative: Adventure travel customs and sport. Truth is stranger than fiction. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . George Newnes Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : wwm025
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HALEN, JUAN van.
Narrative of Don Juan van Halen's Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and his Escape in 1817 and 1818 to which are added, his Jpurney to Russia, his Campaigns with the Army of the Caucasus, and his Return to Spain in 1821. Edit...
London, Henry Colburn, 1827. 8vo. Uncut in 2 orig. boards with orig. printed titlelabels on backs. Wear to spine ends. 2 engraved portraits as frontispieces. XX,380 XV,496 pp., 3 facsimiles, 2 large folded aquatint plates (Panoramic view of Teflis, Installation of the New Khan of Kasikumuk) and 1 large folded engraved map. (complete, and also with both htitles, not mentioned by Abbey). Light browning to titlepages and some scattered brownspots.
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Haley William D
Philp's Washington Described. A Complete View of the American Capital and the District of Columbia; With Many Notices Historical Topographical and Scientific of the Seat of Government.
Washington D.C.: Philp & Solomons 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. x 239 16pp ads. No date c1860. Brown embossed cloth gilt lettering and capitol in gilt double-page map. Spine slightly sunned covers otherwise are in very sound condition. Endpapers are lightly foxed and text is age-toned and has a very occasional spot binding is tight map is in clean crisp condition. Background and descriptions of Washington's buildings and institutions along with illustrations. <br/> <br/> Philp & Solomons hardcover
Référence libraire : 002823
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Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science
HALF HOURS IN AIR AND SEA Marvels of The Universe
London: James Nisbet & Co. 1896. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. small 8vo. xii 372pp 32pp pub. cat. Numerous text and plate illus. throughout. Pub. brown cloth gilt. Attractive floral patterned end-papers. Bound in the publishers blue cloth with a gilt illus. block of a ballopn in flight over a lake. Blacklined illus. background. A lovely copy of a late Victorian 'educational' book for children. A v. trifle rubbed. <br/> <br/> James Nisbet & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : GT468
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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer
112 pages. Usual library markings. Missing chunk from backstrip. Above-average wear. General foxing closer to endpapers. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
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HALIS DUMAN.
Gezilerim. NATO, AET (AT) ve OECD: Tarihten seçilmis bazi kisimlar.
Fine English Original bdg. Imitation leather bound. Large Roy. 8vo. [xxiv], 634 p. In Turkish. Gezilerim. NATO, AET (AT) ve OECD: Tarihten seçilmis bazi kisimlar.
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HALIS DUMAN.
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi görevim ve bazi anilarim.
Fine English Original bdg. Imitation leather bound. Large Roy. 8vo. [xxxii], 694 p. In Turkish. Uncommon. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi görevim ve bazi anilarim.
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Hall David Weston
Arctic Rovings: Or the Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and Land
Boston: Abel Tompkins 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 171 pp 4 pp publisher's ads with frontis portrait of the author. Original black cloth with blind-stamped decoration and image of a ship on each board. Complete but well worn; spine slant corners rubbed through small losses of cloth at head and foot of spine moderate foxing and soiling throughout. A good reference/reading copy. Hall who signed on to the New Bedford whale-ship Condor at the age of 15 suffered so much abuse on board that he and a companion deserted on the coast of Siberia. They spent the winter of 1858-59 at a Russian penal settlement and were rescued the following summer by another New Bedford whaler and taken to Honolulu before returning to New England. "In 1861 Hall published Artic Rovings in an attempt to expoose the abuses of crewmen in the whaling industry. His father making use of letters sent home by his son subsequently brought a lawsuit against Whiteside Captain of the Condor accusing him of abandoning young Hall on the shores of Okhotsk. A judgement of $300 was awarded in favor of the father" Howgego Ocean Islands & Polar Regions H6. Sabin 29745. Abel Tompkins hardcover books
Référence libraire : 21267
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Hall (Charles Francis)
Deux ans chez les esquimaux.
français In-8 de 222 pp.; cartonné de l'éditeur. Bibliothèque des Ecoles et des Familles. Voyage de découvertes et d'aventures abrégé par Mme H. Loreau. Huitième édition. Scotch en long du dos. Avec carte et gravures.
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Hall Basilio
Relazione d'un viaggio di scoperte alla costa Occidentale della Corea ed alla grand'isola Lu-tsciu
Edizione con custodia fig. ( mancante del lato sup. ) in 16° br. fig. sov. acetato pp. 312, con tav. a col. f/t, ben tenuto
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Hall, Ansel F
Handbook Of Yosemite National Park - 1st Edition
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine. 1921. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A very Nearly Fine first edition copy clean straight and tight with very slight rubbing of boards. Scarce as unsigned copy without inscriptions; Wonderful Americana collectible with classic 1920's illustrations. 17 articles by leading naturalists of the day all covering various topics of Yosemite. Attractive moss green cloth hardcover stamped with vintage ivory and black pictorial scenes; 27 black and white photos folding map; 8vo; xiii 1 347 5 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 15210
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Hall, Basil ( Captain)
Extracts From a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili Peru and Mexico in the Years 182018211822.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable 1825. Fourth edition Revised and Enlarged . Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimos; xx 379; xii 320 80 pages contemporary quarter calf marbled boards tips of spines worn tight scuffed boards. Lacks the frontispiece chart in vol.1. Light tidal marks on endpapers bookplate front hinge of vol. 1 and heel chips repaired. <br/><br/>These chapters have been re-ordered. The chapter on the Mexican Revolution is enlarged with an account of the death of Iturbide the ex-Emperor. The treatment of the Spanish Colonial System is corrected and enlarged. There is additional material about the climate of South America and diseases supplied by George Birnie Surgeon of The Conway. Several new Extracts have been added plus additions to the Appendix. Archibald Constable hardcover
Référence libraire : 0006996
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HALL, Basil
Voyage to Loo-Choo and other Places in the Eastern Seas in the year 1816 including an account of Captain Maxwell's attack on the batteries at Canton. TOGETHER WITH : Extracts From a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili Peru and Mexico in the Years
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. First title - Engraved vignette title page engraved dedication leaf 12pp publisher's preface and catalogue half title title page pp ii 322 uncut rear endpaper torn. Second title - Two volumes two engraved vignette title pages two title pages pp xii 313; x 311 spare t.p. to volume 1 bound in at rear rear hinges cracking slightly. Constable's Miscellany series. All three vols are dated 1826 and are small 12mo uncut pages a little browning and foxing bound in original cloth faded and a bit rubbed sl marked spines a little worn paper labels almost worn away. The first volume is particularly scarce and is valuable as one of the earlier accounts of Korea. Archibald Constable & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 003368
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HALL, BASIL (CAPTAIN).
Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. 3 vols.
Edinburgh, Cadell and Co., 1829. Small 8vo. Uncut in 3 orig. boards with orig. printed paper-titlelabels on spines. Spine ends lightly chipped. A good copy in its original state and binding. IV,II,421 (1),II,432 VII,436 pp. + Advertisements (4) pp. and large folded engraved and handcoloured map, 1 folded table. Some scattered foxing. With all 3 htitles.
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HALL, CAPTAIN BASIL:
Narrative of a Voyage to Java China and the Great Loo-Choo Island. With an Account of Sir Murray Maxwell's attack on the Chinese Batteries. And an Interview with Napoleon Buonaparte at St. Helena.
Edward Moxon London 1840. Published with: Extracts from a Journal written on the Coasts of Chili Peru and Mexico in the Years 1820 1821 1822 by Captain Basil Hall in two parts.Reprint. Two engraved maps to the first work. 8vo 10 x 6 1/4 inches pages: 81:vi:iv:80 original ribbed brown cloth blocked in blind. Lacking most of backstrip joints cracked internally very good. Old signature on title. Edward Moxon, London, 1840. hardcover
Référence libraire : 22021
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HALL, CAPTAIN BASIL.
Extracts from A Journal, written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Third Edition.
Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co., 1824. Small 8vo. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Tome-and titlelabels in leather on backs. Top of spine worn, and a little damage to upper compartment of one volume. XX,379 XII,304,71 pp. and 1 folded engraved map. The map somewhat brownspotted. printed on good paper, internally fine and clean.
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Hall, Captain Charles Francis
Life with the Esquimaux: a Narrative of Arctic Experience in Search of Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition
Hardcover, very good condition. Half bound in brown calf with marbled boards. Exceptionally clean with only light rubbing and minor scuffs to the edges. Hinges are very slightly cracked but the binding is solid. Minimal foxing to a few pages but very clean overall. Excellent engravings and some colour plates all present and clean. Fold out map bound after the preface. From the library of politician George Tomline with his bookplate on the front paste-down. DP Used
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Hall, David Weston
Arctic Rovings: Or the Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and Land
Boston: Abel Tompkins 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 171 pp 4 pp publisher's ads with frontis portrait of the author. Original black cloth with blind-stamped decoration and image of a ship on each board. Complete but well worn; spine slant corners rubbed through small losses of cloth at head and foot of spine moderate foxing and soiling throughout. A good reference/reading copy. Hall who signed on to the New Bedford whale-ship Condor at the age of 15 suffered so much abuse on board that he and a companion deserted on the coast of Siberia. They spent the winter of 1858-59 at a Russian penal settlement and were rescued the following summer by another New Bedford whaler and taken to Honolulu before returning to New England. "In 1861 Hall published Artic Rovings in an attempt to expoose the abuses of crewmen in the whaling industry. His father making use of letters sent home by his son subsequently brought a lawsuit against Whiteside Captain of the Condor accusing him of abandoning young Hall on the shores of Okhotsk. A judgement of $300 was awarded in favor of the father" Howgego Ocean Islands & Polar Regions H6. Sabin 29745. Abel Tompkins hardcover
Référence libraire : 21267
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Hall, Edward T
Appleton's Hand-Book of American Travel Containing a Full Description of the Principal Cities Towns and Places of Interest: Together with the Routes of Travel and Leading Hotels throughout the United States and British Provinces Ninth Annual Edition
New York and London: D. Appleton and Co. 1869. Book. Good. Original Cloth. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red flexible cloth decorated in blind lettered in gilt. Rubbed joints and corners. Covers quite darkened and worn but essentially intact with mended tears at head of spine. Text block edges toned/soiled. xvi46851 pp. illus. w/ numerous color b&w folding maps. Former owner's book plate mounted on front pastedown over ad for Fifith Avenue Hotel former owners' signature location in pencil in top margin of p. iii. Folding maps all present with varying degrees of wear most showing minimally some edge creasing and partial separations along fold lines some soiling. Exterior Fair only due to wear with interior text leaves VG generally clean with light scattered soiling. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 038768
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