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SIMOND, L.
Voyage en Suisse, fait dans les Années 1817,1818 et 1819 suivi d'une essai historique sur les Moeurs et les Coutumes de L'Hélvétie ancienne et moderne,...Sec.ed., entirement revue et Corrigée. Tome I-II.
A Paris, 1824. 2 cont.hcalf. Back on vol. 1 loose a.worn. Both volmes dampstained throughout in corners. XII,656,(2),624 pp. and 1 fold.engr.plate.
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Simond, L[ouis].
Voyage en Suisse, fait dans les années 1817,1818 et 1819 [...]. Paris, Treuttel & Würtz, 1824.
2 Bde. XII, 656, (2) SS. (2), 623, (1) SS. Mit 1 gefalt. Umrißkupfer. Mod. rote Halblederbände mit originalem gedr. Rückenschildchen. 8vo. Zweite Ausgabe des erstmals 1822 erschienenen Werkes, eine der umfangreichsten und gründlichsten Schilderungen der Schweiz der Restaurationszeit. - Teils unbedeutend braunfleckig. Neu gebunden und beschnitten. Barth 17647. Vgl. Waeber 60.
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Simond, Louis
Voyage en Suisse, fait dans les années 1817, 1818 et 1819. Suivi d'un essai historique sur les moeurs et les coutumes de l'Helvétie ancienne et moderne, dans lequel se trouvent retracés les événemens de nos jours, avec les causes qui les ont amenés. 2 Bände (=komplett).
Paris, Chez Treuttel et Würtz, Libraires, 1824. 8°. 21 x 14 cm. 656 und 623 Seiten. Neue Leinenbände mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Marmorschnitt. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59978BB
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SIMONIN (L.), ingénieur et voyageur français.
Le Creusot et les mines de Saône-et-Loire (1866)
français 0 1867' p. 161 à 208 (48 p.). Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES FRANCE LE CREUSOT MINES DE SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE
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SIMONIN (L.).
Le Far West américain (1867)
français 0 1868' p. 225 à 288 (64 p.). Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES ETATS-UNIS FAR WEST
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SIMONIN (L.).
Une visite aux grandes usines du Pays de Galles (1862).
français 0 1865² p. 321 à 352 (32 p.). Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES GRANDE-BRETAGNE PAYS DE GALLES
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SIMONIN (L.).
Voyage aux mines du Cornouailles (1862).
français 0 1865' p. 353 à 400 (48 p.). Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES GRANDE-BRETAGNE MINES CORNOUAILLES
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SIMONIN L.
Les deux rivales de l'ouest américain. Chicago et Saint Louis
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1875, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
Les enfans des rues à New York
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1875, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
Les grands lacs de l'Amérique du nords. Souvenirs de voyages
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1875, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
Les grands ports de commerce de la France. Marseille et le golfe de Lyon
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1877, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couevrture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
Les mines d'argent du Névada. Souvenirs de Voyages dans les états du Pacifique
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1874, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
Les mines d'or et d'argent aux États Unis. Les phases nouvelles de l'exploitation
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1875, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
Les richesses souterraines des États Unis. Le charbon, le fer, le pétrole
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1875, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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SIMONIN L.
New-York et la société américaine. Souvenirs de voyage
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes., (Paris) 1874, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette.
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SIMONNET CHRISTIAN
THIBET, VOYAGE AU BOUT DE LA CHRETIENTE
Le Monde Nouveau. 1949. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. défraîchie. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs. 186 pages. Illustré de cartes et photos en noir et blanc. Papier et étiquettes annotés sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque et annotation en page de titre. Coll. 'Hommes et Cité'.
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Simper, Robert
Rivers Alde, Ore and Blyth
Very good quality oversized hardcover, (without dust jacket). Cover is tanned, with wear and creasing to edges, particularly corners, (bumped). Internally, pages are well bound, with lightly tanned edges. Photographs, text and drawings are clear and clean. No marks noted. CN Used
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Simper, Robert
The Deben River: An Enchanted Waterway
Very good quality oversized paperback. Cover has light scuffs and scoring, with creasing to edges. Page block is lightly discoloured. Internally, pages are well bound, with lightly tanned edges. Photographs, text and drawings are clear and clean. No marks noted. CN Used
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Simplified Travel Limited / philip Morris Incorporated
Marlboro the Real Cowboy
Simplified Travel Limited London 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean tight and unmarked large format hardcover in jacket illustrated throughout. oversized and overweight. e55 Please email for photos. Simplified Travel Limited London hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 105097
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Simpson, Alexander
The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson The Arctic Discoverer - Volume 3 (Only) of the Canadian Heritage Series, Library Edition
Signed and numbered (#491) by Publisher and Editor across from half-title page. X, [8], 204 pages. Two fold-outs inside back board contain three maps. Black and white frontis portrait of Simpson. Reprint of the 1845 first edition. "If today the frontiers of civilization have been pushed far into the formerly barren, hyperborean regions of our country, we owe it to such as Thomas Simpson and others of his stamp. It is good to read about their prodigious exploits." - John Gellner. Grey leatherette boards adorned with gilt. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Simpson, George Gaylord
Attending Marvels: A Patagonian Journal
... Trade paperback, very good condition, w. ltly rubbed wraps, a few lt marks. V. lt sp crease. Ltly to smwht tanned p. edges, soil foxing at p. tops. Ltly tanned ins wraps, pp. Cln, tight, unmarked.
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Simpson, Norman T.
Country Inns and Back Roads of North America: Vol. XIV
. Trade paperback, w. ltly tanned, ltly rubbed wraps--lt marks, sme lt spots. Crease nr fr bottom corner. Ltly slanted sp, lt sp creases, lt reading crease. Ltly bumped corners. Ltly tanned p. edges, sme soil/soil foxing. Ltly tanned ins wraps. O/w cln, t
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SIMPSON, Thomas
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America; effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company During the Years 1836-39
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xix, 419 pp 3 folding maps on two sheets, two maps hand colored in outline. half red morocco and matching red boards, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, front joint cracked & repaired, bookplates of Francis Hagner and Andrew Taylor, polar archivist, interior clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon re TPL 2315. Streeter 3709. Hill p274. Field 1411. Wagner-Camp 101. Arctic Bibliography 16124: 'Contains biographical sketch of the author with comment on the mystery of his death by his brother, narrative of expedition of Peter Dease and Thomas Simpson with party of twelve men to explore the northern coast of America from Mackenzie River westward and from Coppermine River eastward to Back River. Contains the journey from Fort Garry (Winnipeg) to Fort Chipewyan; descent of the Slave and Mackenzie [Rivers], etc.; discovering Boothia (now Simpson) Strait; exploration of the southern coast of Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. Includes detailed remarks on geographic features along the routes, weather and travel conditions; the Indians and Eskimos of the Mackenzie, northern Alaska and Coppermine regions'. An appendix lists about 150 plants collected along the coast between Coppermine River and Point Turn again, 1838, with reference to literature by Sir W. J. Hooker, eminent botanist, magnetic variation and dip observed by Simpson. Besides the maps called for in the book there are several contemporary maps, mounted on rear endpapers, including two maps taken from the Times of November 1st and 2nd, 1876 relating to the Nares Arctic expedition in the Alert and Discovery with two pages of text on same; and a folding map of the Arctic regions showing the route of the Captain Austin expedition, undated but nineteenth century, entitled Map of the Arctic Seas to Illustrate Franklin's Footsteps, Chapman & Hall (corner damage).
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Simpson, William / Kaye, John William.
India Ancient and Modern. A Series of Illustrations of the Country and People of India and Adjacent Territories. London, Day & Son, 1867.
Large folio (ca. 460 x 645 mm). 2 vols. (2), IV, 50 pp. (2), 51-100 pp. Chromolithographed dedication heightened with gold and 50 chromolithographed plates after Simpson mounted on thin card. Contemporary half morocco with gilt rules. All edges gilt. A fine set of Simpson's views of India, monumental even in the reduced form in which the financial circumstances of the times forced the publisher to recast the work, originally planned to comprise five times the present scope. - Famed for his pictures of the Crimean war theatre, Simpson was commissioned to illustrate a work on India that was to rival David Roberts's "Holy Land". He arrived in Calcutta in 1859 and joined the party of the Governor-General, Lord Canning, on a tour of the area where the mutiny had taken place. Over three years he visited much of the subcontinent, including the Himalayas, Kashmir, Ceylon, Tibet and its Buddhist temples, and upon his return submitted 250 watercolours to his publishers. However, in the wake of the Panic of 1866, the wealthy English patrons and subscribers on whom Day & Son had banked shrunk away from so costly an undertaking, and the publisher - already under pressure since cheaper wood engravings had turned chromolithographs into a luxury - issued a series of merely 50 chromolithographed plates. Simpson's original watercolours, much to the artist's chagrin, were ultimately sold off as bankrupt stock. The work remains a magnificent achievement, presenting a detailed and wide-ranging representation of India immediately after the Sepoy Rebellion. - Light spotting to tissue guards; some plates lightly soiled in the margins with very occasional fraying to edges. Bindings professionally repaired and sympathetically rebacked with the original spine laid back. Removed from the Library of the Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, with their inconspicuous library stamp to the flyleaves. Very rare: we have traced only three other copies of this work at auction in nearly 50 years. Cf. Pheroza Godrej & P. Rohatgi, Scenic Splendours: India Through the Printed Image (London 1989), pp. 98f.
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Sinclair Mike
Californie Guide
Könemann. 1996. In-8. Broché. Très bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 128 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs dans texte et d'une carte géographique dépliante en couleurs de 70 x 96 cm environ.. . Sous Emboitage. . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R260257566
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SINCERUS Jodocus
Itinerarium Galliae, Ita Accomodatum, Ut Eius Ductu Mediocri Tempore Tota Gallia , Obiti, Anglia & Belgium Aditi Possint : Nec Bisterve Ad Cadem Loca Rediri Oporteat : Notatis Cuiuscunque Loti Quas Vocant , De Liciis Cum Appendice De Burdigala (..)
Genève P. Chouët 1627 In-16 12 ff - 476 pp - 8 ff d'index , bon état général sans manque au vélin , très légères traces d'humidité au titre plein vélin semi rigide
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 30279
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SINGH NEETU D.J. ET SINGH D.J.
LADAKH
BRIJBASI PRINTERS PVT. LTD. 1994. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 152 pages illustrées de gravures couleur dans et hors du texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO30012852
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Singh, Madanjeet
The Sasia Story
UNESCO 2005 In-8 broché 20,3 cm sur 25,4. Bon état d’occasion.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 139429
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Sinclair, James
Last Frontiers. The Explorations of Ivan Champion of Papua.
Gold Coast Qld.: Pacific Press. 1988. xii 307pp index bibliography num bw ills endpaper maps large folding map. Green cloth in jacket. Large folding map at rear. Small bookseller label on front pastedown slight of rubbing to bottom edge of boards. SIGNED by author on title page. Fascinating accounts of Champion's geographical explorations in Australia's Territory of Papua between 1926 and 1940. Signed by Author. First edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pacific Press. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 056567
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Sinclair, Iain
American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light - A Fiction of Memory
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Jacket is lightly marked and edge-worn. Minor bumps and tears on upper edges of jacket and boards. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Minor mark on page block head. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Sinclair, Iain
Hackney That Rose Red Empire: A Confidential Report
Hardcover (no jacket). Signed by author on title page. Gift dedication on half-title page. Cover has some minor wear. Corners softened. Upper leading front corner bumped. Spine ends slightly bumped. Spine edge has small abrasion mark and bump. Back cover has water mark/tea cup stain. Page block head has water stain across block. Pages are clean, crisp, in very good condition. BW Used
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SINCLAIR, Kevin,
Il fiume giallo
Un viaggio di 5000 anni attraverso la Cina, con Numerose illustrazioni e foto a colori . 4to. pp. 208. . Ottimo (Fine). . . .
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Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
Singapore Official Guide
164 pages,illustrated, maps. eng
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Singh, R.B. (ed.); fox, Jefferson (ed.); himiyama, Yukio (ed.)
Land Use and Cover Change
Hardback showing minor shelfwear only; a little marked along top edge; bumped at top and tail of spine. Pen mark on FEP. Contents clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
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Sinila, Anita
What is Latvia? Kas ir Latvija?
Paperback in good condition. Text in English and Latvian. Creases to covers; pages are very good. TA Used
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Sinkin, Richard N
THE MEXICAN REFORM 1855-1876: A STUDY IN LIBERAL NATION-BUILDING - LATIN AMERICANM MONOGRAPHS NO. 49
Austin TX: University of Texas Press 1979. HC. very good brown cloth hardcover no dustjacket. ISBN 0292750447 NO DUSTJACKET - as published Owner's name small on front pastedown. 263pp. University of Texas Press unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BOOKS074127I ISBN : 0292750447 9780292750449
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SIONITA Gabriele et HESRONITA Giovanni
Arabia seu Arabum vicinarumque gentium orientalium leges ritus sacri et profani mores instituta et historia.
Erreur de pagination: on passe de la page 269 à la page 280, mais le texte est bien complet.Très rare étude sur les us et coutumes des pays arabes.Titre gravé. Plein velin à recouvrement, filets à froid sur dos et plats; reliure de l'époque en parfait état. Très bon Amsterdam Janson 1633 1 volume in-32 (11,5 x 6 cm).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7163
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SIOEN GERARD - WILMES JACQUELINE
CUBA
VADIS EDITIONS. 2004. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 175 pages. Nombreuses photos en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte. Reliure d'éditeur moderne.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO30085029
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SIP VOYAGES
Terre et Parole, guide de la Terre Promise. N°23
CHEZ L'AUTEUR. Avril 1979. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 15 pages. Photo en noir et blanc dans le texte, et une carte bicolores dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 230-Christianisme. Théologie chrétienne
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO20042816
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SIRGANT PIERRE
CATALOGUE : MOISSAC : ABAAYE SAINT-PIERRE
NON PRECISE. 1987. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 44 pages. Nombreuses photos en couleur et noir et blanc, dans et hors texte. Guide de visite + 4 cartes postales vierges du château de Bonaguil.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R200064237
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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
ISMAILIA, RECIT D'UNE EXPEDITION DANS L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE pour l'abolition de la traite des noirs.
Hachette. 1875. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Mouillures. 439 pages illustrées de 56 gravures hors texte en noir et blanc et de 2 cartes dont une depliante en couleurs (carte dépliante abîmée); tranches dorées; cartonnage éditeur dos cuir; mors fendus 2e plat; filets et titre dorés sur dos, roulettes; couverture déboîtée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO30006002
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton et Paul-Emile Victor
L'odyssée de "L'Endurance". Première tentative de traversée de l'Antarctique (1914-1917)
Phébus, coll. « d’ailleurs » 1988 In-8 broché 20,6 cm sur 14. 329 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 130897
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Mon expédition au Sud Polaire 1914-1917.
Maison Alfred Mame et Fils. non daté. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 380 pages - frontispice en noir et blanc - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - 1er plat absent - rousseurs sur le second plat - coiffes abîmées .. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R320181288
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Sir John Carr, de la Société de Middle Temple , auteur du Voyage d'été , ou Voyage autour de la mer Baltique , etc . Auteur de L’Été du Nord traduit par Madame Keralio-Robert
Voyage en Hollande et dans le midi de l’Allemagne, sur les deux rives du Rhin, dans l'été de 1806
Voyage en Hollande et dans le midi de l’Allemagne, sur les deux rives du Rhin, dans l'été de 1806, 2 tomes COMPLET de Sir John Carr, de la Société de Middle Temple , auteur du Voyage d'été , ou Voyage autour de la mer Baltique , etc . Auteur de L’Été du Nord traduit par Madame Keralio-Robert Chez Léopold Collin, libraire en 1809. Les livres mesurent 14x21 cm et pèsent 1,000 kg (c) pour 332 et 458 pages. Reliure d'époque. Les livres sont en très bon état, quelques accrocs sur un mors et une coiffe, coins frottés.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 182
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Sir John Carr
Voyage en Hollande et dans le midi de l’Allemagne, sur les deux rives du Rhin, dans l'été de 1806, 2 tomes COMPLET
Voyage en Hollande et dans le midi de l’Allemagne, sur les deux rives du Rhin, dans l'été de 1806, 2 tomes COMPLET de Sir John Carr, de la Société de Middle Temple , auteur du Voyage d'été , ou Voyage autour de la mer Baltique , etc . Auteur de L’Été du Nord traduit par Madame Keralio-Robert Chez Léopold Collin, libraire en 1809. Les livres mesurent 14x21 cm et pèsent 1,000 kg (c) pour 332 et 458 pages. Reliure d'époque. Les livres sont en très bon état, quelques accrocs sur un mors et une coiffe, coins frottés.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 199
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Sir David Brunt (Editor)
Royal Society International Geophysical Year Expedition Halley Bay Coats Land Falkland Island Dependencies 1955-1959 4 Volumes
<p>The Royal Society London 1960. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by persons connected with book. Four volumes. Vol I1960 Introduction establishment and maintenance of Halley Bay Base Auroras Geomagnetism. Vol II 1962 Radio Astronomy and Ionospheric Physics. Volume III 1962 Seismology and Meteorology. Volume IV1964 Meteorology Glaciology Appendixes. Original covers no dust jackets. Volume I has wear to top of spine bumped. Association Copy: Les Barclay 1957-58 signature to front end paper. Contents clean. Professor Les Barclay was a member of the expedition and spent 2 years 195758 at Hallay Bay undertaking ionospheric research. He also wrote that report. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Meteorology; Exploration. Signed by persons connected with book. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3338. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> The Royal Society hardcover
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Sir Ernest SHACKLETON
Mon expédition au Sud Polaire 1914-1917.
Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours, 1930. In/4 reliure éditeur toile verte, décor à froid couleurs et or, doré sur trois tranches, frontispice, photographies in et hors texte, carte rempliée, 380 pages. Coiffes légèrement amorties, sinon, bon état. Cet ouvrage relate la tentative échouée d’une traversée de mer à mer du continent polaire sud.
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Sir Gray, Albert
A New Voyage Round the World
Rubbing / wear to edges of DJ.
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Sir John Foster Fraser (1868-1936), English travel writer [Henry William Massingham (1860-1924), editor of 'The Nation', 1907-19
John Foster Fraser Autograph Letter Signed 'John Foster Fraser' from the English travel writer Sir John Foster Fraser to H. W. Massingham of the Daily Chronicle describing his career and qualifications while applying for journalistic work.
3 January 1896; The Author's Club 3 Whitehall Court SW London. 12mo 4 pp. 61 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on lightly-aged paper. An impressive letter applying for work. He does not expect Massingham addressed as 'W. H. Massingham' to remember their meeting 'in the Lobby' when he was 'chief reporter on The Sun' while at the same time holding 'a Parliamentary engagement on the staff of the C. N.' Gives details of his subsequent employment including joining the editorial staff of the 'Manchester Guardian' 'principally to look after their weekly paper which was in a sad way. I prolonged its existence rather than gave fresh life to it & in May last it died.' For the last four months he has been 'in Asia Minor & Syria seeing something of the disturbed country - an interview of mine with Sir Phillip Currie is to appear in the English Illustrated - & getting material which I hope may be useful to me'. He is 'now back in London extremely anxious to get back in the Press Gallery'. A 'descriptive writer' is more than he can hope for and he would like to 'secure a sessional engagement on the reporting staff of the Daily Chronicle'. He is a 'verbatim note taker' and 'a good summary writer' and is 'well acquainted with Parliamentary work'. Names six individuals 'who know what sort of journalist I am' including Clement Shorter and T. P. O'Connor. As 'a young man & a Radical' he would 'prefer the Daily Chronicle especially as it is also a literary paper'. Being 'a magazine writer' does not prevent him from 'being a reporter'. He is 'no novice to Parliamentary reporting for it is only eighteen months since I left it'. 3 January 1896; The Author's Club, 3 Whitehall Court, SW, London. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11163
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Sir John Ross
NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829.1833. Inc the Reports of .Capt. James Clark Ross TOGETHER with Appendix 2 Volumes
<p>A.W. Webster London 1835. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833. Including the Reports of Commander now Captain James Clark Ross and The Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. 1st Edition. xxxiii 1 740pp illustrated with 31 plates including 6 maps and charts some outlined in colour and 2 folding 24 views some hand coloured. Appendix: xii 120pp cxliv ciii. Half cream leather with dark brown leather boards spine ruled with black leather spine labels titled in gilt. After the embarrassment of Ross's first voyage in which he claimed to see the mountains in Lancaster Sound it took him a decade to source private backing he had lost the confidence of the British Admiralty for a second trip. Ross travelled through Lancaster Sound into Prince Regent inlet and onto Boothia Peninsula while on the way finding remnants of Parry's ship "Fury" which had been wrecked on North Somerset Island. For three consecutive winters Ross and his men were stuck in ice but used the time wisely to learn mapping hunting sewing transportation and language from the local inuit. Ross also organized lectures lessons and scientific inquiries one of which discovered the North Magnetic Pole. In 1832 Ross finally abandoned the ship and managed to live on supplies found at Parry's wreck. A whaler rescued Ross and his crew in 1833 and remarkably it was the same vessel which Ross had commanded on his first voyage. Arctic Bib 14866; Chavanne 1450; Sabin 73381. Narrative; Browning foxing and marking to plates and some pages previous owners George Broadrick signature to title page the frontispiece the large folding map has been mounted on canvas and very nicely coloured by the previous owner. The appendix has the frontispiece and one plate missing 1 of 3 plates of diagrams of the class hymenoptera so not too much of a loss some pages still uncut page lx has a tear across but is complete. Overall in Very Good Condition. Although produced to accompany the Narrative the Appendix is much less common and may have been printed in a smaller number. AB 14866 The price is for the set. The lengthy appendix adds significantly to the work and includes additional color plates of Eskimos and a vocabulary of the Eskimo language as well as a report about the natural history of the Arctic. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Arctic; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2752. . This book is extra heavy or expensive and as such may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> A.W. Webster hardcover
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