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Smith, Albert
A Month at Constantinople
Boston: Bradbury & Guild 1852. Hardcover. Good. viii 192 pp "embellished with over forty elegant wood engravings." Original publisher's cloth with blind-stamped decoration title stamped in gilt on front board. Wear to extremities 1.5-inch split in cloth at lower front joint some pale water stains affecting boards only; binding sound text generally clean but with occasional spots of foxing or soiling at margins. Account of Smith's travels in the Near East including description of dervishes the slave market bazaars mosques a gun factory and other interesting locales. Bradbury & Guild hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21866
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Smith, Alexander (Adams, John; Sargent, Charles Lennox)
The Life Of Alexander Smith Captain Of The Island Of Pitcairn; One Of The Mutineers On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; Commanded By Lieut. Wm. Bligh Written by Smith Himself on the Above Island and Bringing the Accounts from Pitcairn Down to the Year 1815
Boston: Sylvester T. Goss. Good with no dust jacket. 1819. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The only xlib mark is an embossed stamp on the title page. The covers three-quarter leather are worn at the edges with both covers only heald on by a couple of the binding strings. The title page is torn horizontally with no loss of paper. Stains on the rear endpaper with staining at the top of the last few pages. The balance of the contents are very good with moderate foxing browning & wear. What can I say it is an old book which has been read. With all that if you are looking for it you know how scarce it is. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 240 pages . Sylvester T. Goss hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12884
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Smith, Anna H
Cape Views and Costumes. Water-colours By H.C. de Meillon in the Brenthurst Collection Johannesburg
Johannesburg: The Brenthurst Press. 1978. HEAVY. 134pp bibliography num col ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Slight tape stains to endpapers and flaps from earlier protective cover being taped down. One of 850 copies bound in cloth. Reproduces Henry Clifford de Meillon's well known views of Cape Town as well as a much less known series of people of the Cape which he titled Cape Costumes. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by de Meillon Henry Clifford. 4to. The Brenthurst Press. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033040 ISBN : 0909079056 9780909079055
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Smith, Anthony
Throw Out Two Hands
Hardcover without jacket in good condition. Some light wear to the boards and some sunning to the spine face. Page block has some foxing mainly on the head. Small label on rear pastedown. The binding is a little cocked. All text and images are clear. CM Used
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Smith, C
Smith's New Map of England & Wales: Comprehending the Turnpike Roads Rivers & Navigable Canals
London 1808. Second impression: 'A New Map of England and Wales comprehending the whole of the Turnpike Roads with the great Rivers and Navigable Canals. London. Printed for C. Smith No. 172 Strand London. Corrected to 1808. Map is in very good condition folded within a card slipcase in acceptable condition. Map is printed on cloth this preventing the usual splits in the folds of other antique maps and is 47.5cm wide 58cm high. Card case is tanned foxed and blemished worn at edges with notable age-related blemishes however structural integrity remains intact. Map and cloth backing are tanned with light occasional spots of foxing noted. Original outline clear and wash colour remains true. A lovely example please contact us for additional photographs or further details if required. CN. Second Impression. Very Good/Acceptable. Used. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622985
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Smith, C. V.
From N to Z: New Zealand Guyed for Visitors
DJ rather battered and torn at edges. Ends of spine bumped. Gift inscription and bookseller's stamp on FEP. Binding solid and contents clean and bright. Used
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Smith, Calvin J
The Illustrated Hand-Book a New Guide for Travelers travellers through the United States of America
New York: Sherman & Smith. G : in Good condition. Cover lightly rubbed soiled and bumped. Slight darkening to page ends. Stamps of previous owner on fep and base of title page. Pencil annotation on ffep. Rear fold out map G with small tear at fore edge of centre fold. Contents tight. 1849. Reprint. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover. 150mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 234pp. 125 highly finished engravings and a large and accurate map hand coloured in outline. Containing a description of the states cities towns villages watering places colleges etc.etc.; with the railroad stage and steamboat routes the distance from place to place and the fares on the great travelling routes. . Sherman & Smith hardcover
Bookseller reference : r3543
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Smith, Capt. W. G. (Bill)
1247 Preservation Pioneer: The Story of Britain's First Privately Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotive
Hardcover (no jacket as published), printed boards, very good condition. First Edition. Minor shelf wear and some small scuffs to the bottom edges otherwise no issues. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Smith, D E; Dawson, A G
Shorelines and Isostasy. Institute of British Geographers Special Publication No. 16
Academic Press 1983. Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Light edge wear to dust jacket. name previous owner written on FEP. hardcover. Very Good. Academic Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 193955 ISBN : 0126529604 9780126529609
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SMITH, David F. (illustrations de)
Cinq merveiles du monde (Pop-up)
1989 Ed. Gautier-Languereau - 1989 - Grand In-4 (21x30cm), cartonnage illustré en couleurs - Sans pagination - Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs - Reliure centrale + mécanismes pop up en "V" horizontal, tirette, rabat, image tournante disque mobile, pont, plan flottant horizontal
Bookseller reference : 104816
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Smith, Dick; Bennett, Jack
The earth beneath me : Dick Smith's epic journey across the world edited by Jack Bennett
Large 4to in photo-illus grey DJ; 254 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Maps on lining papers Flights around the world.† Helicopters. Aviation
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Smith, Dwight L; Crampton, C Gregory [eds]
The Colorado River Survey: Robert B. Stanton and the Denver Colorado Canyon & Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 180mm 10" x 7". xiv305pp. B/w illustrations and maps. . Howe Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : r9489 ISBN : 0935704248 9780935704242
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Smith, Ellen
The Reigate Sheet of the One-Inch Ordnance Survey: A Study in the Geography of the Surrey Hills
Hardcover (no jacket; gilt titles on spine and front board). xix, 110 + 4, [2]pp ads; twelve plates (all present) and a few in-text line drawings. Loose maps are not present. Exterior is slightly worn; extremities are a little bumped. Page block and some pages are foxed. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. TS Used
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Smith, F Hopkinson
A WHITE UMBRELLA IN MEXICO
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards lighty worn and a bit darkened. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; B&w illustrations by the author. Top edge gilt; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 227 pages . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18091
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Smith, John
A Guide to Bangor Beaumaris Snowdonia and Other Parts of North Wales; With a Map In Which Distances are Laid Down
Liverpool: Printed by E. Smith & Co. G : in Good condition plus. Small chip to outer spine joint. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. 1833. Third Edition Improved. Brown hardback cloth cover with laid on title. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 89pp. Fold out engraved map. Heraldic book-plate of Richard Watts. . Printed by E. Smith & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : e9219
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Smith, John; Rowse, A L [intro]
The Generall Historie of Virginia New-England and the Summer Isles
Cleveland Ohio: The World Publishing Company. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued. In presentation box. Foxing to covers and within. 1966. Facsimile Reprint. Illustrated white card covers with ribbon ties. 340mm x 220mm 13" x 9". 248pp; 14pp. Folding map and illustrated plates. Boxed with accompanying introductory pamphlet by A L Rowse. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . The World Publishing Company unknown
Bookseller reference : j9579
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Smith, John, et al.
A RELATION OF MARYLAND.
Facsimile of the very rare (London): 1635 first edition. Small 8vo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine copy. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29 **
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SMITH, JOHN.
The general History of Virginia, New England, and The Summer Isles with the Names of the Adventureres, Planters...London, (1812).
4to. Wrappers blank. Engraved frontisp. 253 pp. (Extracted from A General Collection of Voyages and Travels vol.XIII). It seems to be lacking a map.
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SMITH, JOHN.
The general History of Virginia, New England, and The Summer Isles with the Names of the Adventureres, Planters...London, (1812).
4to. Wrappers blank. Engraved frontisp. 253 pp. (Extracted from A General Collection of Voyages and Travels vol.XIII). It seems to be lacking a map.
Bookseller reference : 18940
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Smith, L. (Leon).
GUIDE DE LA CONVERSATION Francaise et Anglaise, a l'Usage des Voyageurs et des Etudiants. Nouvelle Edition, Revue et Augmentee.
pp. viii, 436. 16 mo. 150 mm. Edges uncut. Remains of the original printed wraps. An early French conversation and phrase book apparently designed for English and American travelers in France. VERY SCARCE. OCLC records only the copy at the New York Public Library. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR-VOYAGE 3RD FL
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SMITH, Nicol
Bush Master; Into the Jungles of Dutch Guiana
8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 315 pp, frontis, numerous illustrations from photos by the author, Arawak vocabulary, map endpapers. original cloth, gilt lettering, slight shelfwear, some light foxing on some leaves, very good+. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Interesting travel narrative of a largely unknown country with an emphasis on the native people, customs, social life in the bush, nature, jungle, etc.
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Smith, Rick
Baraka And Black Magic In Morocco
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding.
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Smith, Roswell C
Geography of the Productive System; for Schools Academies and Families; Revised and Improved Smith's Geography
New York: Cady and Burgess late Paine and Burgess 1847. Book. Very Good. Quarter-Leather. Revised Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Brown 1/4 calf brown paper-covered boards lettered/illus. in black spine panel lettered in gilt. 1847 edition. A decently preserved copy with rubbed corners mild dampstain to a portion of front cover. Firm binding. Foxed endpapers and text block edges scattered internal foxing generally minor. 312 pp. Former owner's address inscription on pencil on front blank otherwise unmarked. Cady and Burgess (late Paine and Burgess) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 068742
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Smith, Samuel
Sailing with Flinders: The journal of Seaman Samuel Smith
Australia: Corkwood Press 2019-08-29. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x9. Copy no. 84 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Slight fading to D/J. Corkwood Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 724399 ISBN : 1876247134 9781876247133
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Smith, W Campbell, (Editor)
Report on the Geological Collections Made During the Voyage of the "Quest" on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the South Atlantic & Weddell Sea in 1921-1922
<p>British Museum 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; vi 6161 pages illustrated 2 plates frontispiece plus 26 figures and maps in text with a preface by C.Tate Regan Director of the Natural History Section of the British Museum. Burgundy cloth cover spine lettered ad ruled in gilt gilt vignette on front cover. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1920s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 382. .</p> British Museum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 382
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SMITH, W. Anderson
Temperate Chile; A Progressive Spain
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; x, 399, [vi, ads with illustrations from photos], pp, frontis of indigenous people of Chiloe, detailed folding colored map. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, gilt cover design, small crack in joint but firm, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author had travelled extensively through Chile and describes the people, geography, climate, conditions, customs, the islands, Rio Bueno, Osorno, central valley, Chiloe, Guatiecas Archipelago, the canales, Isla Dona Inez, sailing down the River Palena, LLanquihue, Isla Santa Maria, Nahuelbuta, Araucania, the Andes mountains, etc.
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SMITHERS (ed) LC L C
The Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam Chinese Tales. 680 COPIES WERE PRINTED
J.S. Nichols 1894. 8vo. First Edition with title in red and black; pictorial cloth elaborately blocked in gilt gilt back gilt top uncut backstrip lightly pulled at head and tail else a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 680 COPIES J.S. Nichols, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10769
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Smolka, H.P.
40.000 Against the Arctic: Russia's Polar Empire
Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. First US printing. Lightly marked and worn boards and spine; a few minor bumps to the edges and corners. A few minor marks on the rough cut page block. The opening fold out map has a repaired tear (3-4cm). One or two nicked and creased page corners. The binding is sound with clear text and images. CM Used
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SMOLLETT, T:
Travels through France and Italy. : Containing observations on character customs religion government police commerce arts and antiquities. With a particular description of the town territory and climate of Nice: title continued below:
R. Baldwin London 1766. title continued: to which is added a register of the weather kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city. 1st edition of vol. 1 2nd edition of vol.2 both 1766. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. Pages 372 & 296. Contemporary full tan calf rubbed boards detached lacking 1 numbering piece. Bound with the half-titles. R. Baldwin, London, 1766. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21894
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SMOLLETT, T.
Travels through France and Italy... Vol. I.
London, R. Baldwin, 1766, 20'5 x 13 cm., p.e. a falta de la tapa anterior, 2 h. - 372 págs. (Carecemos del Tomo II de esta obra).
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Smollett, Tobias
A Complete History of England, deduced from The Descent of Julius Caesar to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748 . . .
4 vols. Hardcover Very good condition, in full calf, worn & rubbed
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Smollett, Tobias
Travels Through France and Italy (The Chiltern Library)
Hardcover. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Jacket is tanned and marked. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine are torn and worn. Three and ten centimetre tears on rear spine side of jacket. Hardcover spine ends are bumped and sunned. Leading corners and edges are lightly worn. Page block and a few pages are foxed. Sticker on front pastedown. Text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HJW Used
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SMUCKER, SAMUEL M.
The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont, and his Narrative of Explorations and Adventures, in Kansas, nebraska, oregon and california.
N.Y. and Auburn, Miller, orton & Mulligan, 1856. Orig. full blindstamped cloth. Gilt back. A few small holes in back, a little rubbed. Engraved portrait (Fremont), 493 pp. + Advertisements.
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SMUCKER, SAMUEL M.
The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont, and his Narrative of Explorations and Adventures, in Kansas, nebraska, oregon and california.
N.Y. and Auburn, Miller, orton & Mulligan, 1856. Orig. full blindstamped cloth. Gilt back. A few small holes in back, a little rubbed. Engraved portrait (Fremont), 493 pp. + Advertisements.
Bookseller reference : 28585
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SMYTH, Lieutenant W., and F. Lowe
Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon: Undertaken with a View of Ascertaining the Practicability of a Navigable Communication with the Atlantic, by the Rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 305 pp, 10 plates (complete), 2 maps, title page vignette, additional map added. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, slightly rubbed, clean, very good, sound and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An unabridged reprint of the first edition (see Naylor 115. Palau 315283. Sabin 85346. Welch 213.) Goodman 588: 'The narrative of two British naval officers who made the journey to investigate the feasibility of the Amazon route as an outlet of the products of the interior'. With much on the indigenous peoples, conditions, mines, agriculture, customs, rivers, living conditions, wildlife, etc. The two maps called for at the end of the1836 edition were replaced with a reprint of a map of Chili from the Blaeu atlas of 1640. This is the case for all copies of this edition, making this copy complete.
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Smythe FS. F. S.
The Kangchenjunga Adventure
London: Gollancz 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 8vo 464 pp with 48 b/w plates from photographs; indexed. A very good copy with mild sunning to the spine some foxing on the edges of the text block. In the very scarce dust jacket which has internal tape reinforcements and chips missing from the head and foot of the spine and one corner of the front panel. Account of the unsuccessful 1930 International Himalaya Expedition led by Gunter Dyrenfurth which was plagued by bad weather an avalanche and other mishaps. Smythe describes the extensive preparations for the expedition the Himalayan scenery travels in the region--including a visit to the Pemayangste Monastery and the party's successful ascent of Jonsong 24344 feet. Neate S118. Gollancz hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 19165
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SMYTHE, Frank S.
Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; ix, 260 pp, colored frontis, numerous plates from photos by author, maps, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (quite chipped, tears), else near fine in fair dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate 744. One of the greatest British mountain-climbers and first to ascend Kamet, Smythe describes his four months of climbing and observations of wildlife.
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Smythe, Frank S.
Over Welsh Hills
With fifty-one reproductions of photographs by the author and a sketch-map. Light foxing on most pages. Several marks on covers. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper.
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Snaith, William
Across the Western Ocean
210p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Snellen, M.
De Nederlandsche Pool-Expeditie 1882-83.
1886 vii, 164 p., 19 pls, 3 plates of portraits, roy. 4to, later hcloth with original gilt-printed front cover cloth pasted on (outer edges of spine and covers worn). Portraits and several plates foxed, some slightly foxed. Library stamp.
Bookseller reference : TP00226
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Sneyd Kynnersley, Thomas Alfred.
Log of H.M.S. Cumberland [commanded by] Captain J. B. Dickson bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Provo W. P. Wallis[,] kept by T. A. Sneyd Kynnersley midshipman, commencing 5th April 1857, ending 30th April 1858. [In the Atlantic, along the European, African and especially the South American coasts, 1857-1860].
Small folio (320 x 205 mm). With: (2) The same. Log of H.M.S. Siren. 16 guns[,] commanded from May 1st to May 8th 1858 by Captain J.H. Selwyn, from May 9th 1858 to [27th July 1858] by Com[ande]r G.M. Balfour, kept by T. A. Sneyd Kynnersley naval cadet & midshipman, acting mate & acting lieut[enan]t commencing May 1st 1858, ending April 11th 1860. (3) The same. Journal of T. A. Sneyd Kynnersley acting mate H.M.S. Siren, 16 [guns], commencing July 28 1858, ending [11 April 1860]. (215) pp. (including 5 blanks); (117 blank pp.). Three English manuscript ships' logs written in a single album during the voyages, in black ink on laid paper with a blue cast, with 3 hand-lettered title-pages, the 3rd with the title in a drawn and coloured loop of rope and all three with drop-shadowed sans-serif capitals, the first two with the drop-shadow in colour, 2 sea charts showing the routes and 8 colour views (in watercolour, coloured pencil and sepia and black ink, mostly ships on the South American coast, but also camps) are drawn on 9 separate leaves (7 mounted in the album and 2 loosely inserted, probably all by Sneyd-Kynnersley and 4 signed by him, with one sea chart on the back of a loosely inserted view), and 6 sea charts showing the routes and about 15 views drawn directly on the album leaves, mostly in black ink, but including a colour plan of one of the ships.Contemporary black half sheepskin, sewn on 3 green vellum tapes, with a hollow back, shell-marbled sides (small blue shell spots with red veins), the smooth spine gold-tooled with 5 horizontal rolls and the title (apparently made for Sneyd-Kynnersley when he acquired it): "Log / H.M.S. Cumberland / 1857" (with a blank space left for the year of completion). A manuscript log book and journal of voyages to, from and along the coast of South America in the British navy ships Cumberland and Siren, all kept in a single album by the midshipman Thomas Alfred Sneyd Kynnersley (1839-74) in the years 1857 to 1860. The first voyage sailed from Cornwall to Rio de Janeiro, while others sailed along the South American coast, including the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Bahia, Pernambuco, Port and Cape Frio and Bahia de São Marcos. The album includes views from nearly all of these sites, probably all by Sneyd Kynnersly and some signed by him, plus a full-page survey (with coastal profiles) of Atol das Rocas, a volcanic and coral atoll off the coast of Brazil, providing a detailed record of its state 160 years ago. The drawings are excellent, especially when one considers that Sneyd Kynnersley set off on these voyages as a 17-year-old junior officer. - Sneyd Kynnersley was born in Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1860 but had to take leave soon after due to illness and settled in New Zealand, where he remained to his death. - All the album leaves, including the paste-downs and three leaves inserted in the regular quires, are made of laid paper with a bluish cast, watermarked: E Towgood / 1856 = Brittania in a crowned triple oval. Sneyd Kynnersley no doubt acquired the album for the purpose of keeping his logs before he set off in 1857. The logs occupy the first 209 pages, with some additional notes on the following 3 rectos. The rest is blank and about 15 leaves at the end have been torn out, no doubt partly to use for other matters, though 3 may have been used to make the 3 inserted leaves. - The bluish paper has some white spots throughout and 1 leaf is tattered at the fore-edge, but the text and drawings are in very good condition. The bookblock has separated from the binding at the inside front hinge and shows minor damage at the head and foot of the spine and along the board edges, and a few small, minor scuffs on the boards, but has survived its voyages in surprisingly good condition. A detailed and well-illustrated set of ships' logs, mostly concerning South America. For the author: A. Hutchison, "Kynnersley, Thomas Alfred Sneyd", in" Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (online); for Admiral Wallis: T. A. Heathcote, The British admirals of the fleet 1734-1995 (2002), pp. 248f.
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SNIDER-PELLEGRINI Antonio)
La création et ses mystères dévoilés ; ouvrage où l'on expose clairement la nature de tous les étres, les éléments dont ils sont composés et leurs rapports avec le globe et les astres, la nature et la situation du feu du soleil, l'origine de l'Amérique et de ses habitants primitifs, la formation forcée de nouvelles planètes, l'origine des langues et les causes de la variété des physionomies...
In-8 demi-basane , dos lisse, couvertures conservées (reliure moderne), 487 pp. 10 planches d’astrophysiques hors texte sous serpente gravées sur bois par Bullard et Sotain. Rares rousseurs.
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Snodgrass, Wm [preface]
British Medical Association. The 90th Annual Meeting Glasgow July 1922. The Book of Glasgow
Glasgow: Alex. Macdougall. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1922. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 257pp. B/w plates. . Alex. Macdougall hardcover
Bookseller reference : g7402
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Snoeck Publishers (Belgium)
Archipel Indonesia, Kingdoms of the Sea
Hardcover, 208 pages, ENG, 285 x 225 mm, book is New, dustjacket, over 200 illustrations / images in colour of the thousands of islands of Indonesia. ISBN 9789461614292. Indonesia and its more than 17,000 islands are spread out over a surface area equivalent to that of the European Union. As an area of confluences and encounters, the Indonesian archipelago has always been one of the most important crossroads of world trade, where Austronesian ships, Arab dhows, Chinese junks, Iberian caravels, and other ships of the East India Companies berthed long before the container ships and oil tankers of today. The history of this archipelago is that of a multitude of links and connections, where the near and the far intermingle, forced to compete by a ubiquitous maritime world. The sea brings together more than she separates, and the monsoon winds have made this intersection a mandatory stop for merchants, clerics, and foreign diplomats, whose presence has left traces in the myths, monuments, arts, and traditions of contemporary Indonesia. Overlapped, blended, reinterpreted by rich and complex societies, these inflows have forged multiple worlds that the relationship with the sea has finely coloured and chiselled. This publication invites us to discover this world, with the sea as the common thread, and an exceptional collection of major artworks as markers of a history to be discovered and admired.
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Snow, Edgar
People on our side, by Edgar Snow.
xii, 324 p. illus. (maps) plates, ports. 22 cm. Hardcover Good condition
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Snow, Elliot, introduction
The Sea, The Ship and The Sailor: Tales of Adventure from Log Books and Original Narratives
353p., illus. Marine Research Society Publication No. 7 Hardcover Very good condition, gift inscription on endpaper
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Snow, Sebastian
THE RUCKSACK MAN
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 253 pages b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good with a little rubbing to edges tail of front fold a little more worn spine lightly faded price-clipped now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding very good boards very slightly marked. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A very good copy. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024057 ISBN : 0340195622 9780340195628
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SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE (SDUK), J & C WALKER (ENGRAVERS)
The Turkish Empire in Europe and Asia with the Kingdom of Greece.
London.: Charles Knight & Co. circa1840s. Lithographed map with original outline hand-colour 31.9 x 39.1 cm small marginal tears neatly repaired with archival material but no loss small surface abrasion affecting the border at the foot edgewear and browning inked pagination in an early hand but in very good condition. A handsome map with fine topographical engraving also showing the borders with Hungary Russia and Persia. . Charles Knight & Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 174957
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Society of American Travel Writers
Exploring the unspoiled West: The West nobody knows
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0378030620.G ISBN : 0378030620 9780378030625
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Société asiatique
Voyages d'Ibn Batoutah tome second et tome troisième (2 volumes sur 5). Texte arabe, accompagné d'une traduction par C. Defrémery et le Dr B.-R. Sanguinetti
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale 1949 2 volumes. In-8 broché 22,5 cm sur 14,2. 465 + 476 pages. Couverture défraîchie, effrangée et poussiéreuse, dos passé et réparé à l’aide de ruban adhésif, intérieur frais. ATTENTION tome troisième, dos en partie manquant et corps du livre décollé de sa couverture. État correct d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 140894
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