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LARSEN, May. - LARSEN, Henry.
Sable noir. Expédition Nouvelles-Hébrides.
Neuchâtel, Edition la Baconnière 1959, 215x155mm, 223pages, broché. Bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 35459
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Larsen, Peter and Elaine
Boy of Bolivia.
New York Dodd Mead 1971 hardcover. First Edition First Printing. -- Photographs showing the life of an Aymara Indian in a village on Lake Titicaca captions written as the boy. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine with very good price-clipped dust jacket spine letters a bit sunned. Dodd Mead hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40068
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Larsen, Ronald J
The Puerto Ricans in America
Lerner Publications. G. 1973. Hardcover. 0822502259 . 87 pages. Several pages have edge creases text plus illustrated with lots of photographs including Sports figures such as Sixto Escobar Entertainers such Jose Feliciano members of the Young Lords government officials etc. Book has 6 parts: The Early History of Puerto Rico; From Colony to Commonweath; The Migration to the US Mainland; The Puerto Rican Experience on the Mainland; Individuals and Their Achievements ; The In America series; Ex-Library . Lerner Publications hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17066 ISBN : 0822502259 9780822502258
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Larson, Brooke
Colonialism and Agrarian Transformation in Bolivia: Cochabamba 1550-1900
Princeton Univ Pr 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. clean unmarked copy. bumped corners. <br/> <br/> Princeton Univ Pr paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 350561 ISBN : 0691102414 9780691102412
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Larson, Edward J.
An Empire Of Ice; Scott Shackleton And The Heroic Age Of The Antarctic Science - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New Haven & London: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0300154089 . A most handsome first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward J. Larson directly on the title page; Larson's new account of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration is the first book to place the famed expeditions of British explorers Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen and others in a larger scientific social and geopolitical context ; 8vo; 2 xvi 326 pages; Signed by Author . Yale University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29251 ISBN : 0300154089 9780300154085
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Larsson, Goran
Chemistry with Scale Atoms
London: Heinemann Edicational Books Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1970. First Edition. Illustrated card cover. 250mm x 190mm 10" x 7". 74pp. . Heinemann Edicational Books Ltd unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : e7619 ISBN : 0435644610 9780435644611
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LARTEGUY Jean
Enquête sur un crucifié.
Couverture souple. Broché. 503 pages. Jaquette légèrement défraîchie. Signature en première page. Rousseurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 207694
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LARTEGUY JEAN
LES CENTURIONS DU ROI DAVID
EDITIONS DE LA PENSEE MODERNE. 1968. In-Folio. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Non paginé, environ 120 pages. Nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Jaquette légèrement déchirée.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO30025965
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LARTIGUE J.-H.
125 ans de Louis Vuitton. L'épopée vue par J.H. Lartigue. Avant-propos de Louis Vuitton. Texte de Y.N.
P., Editeur Louis Vuitton, 1980. Deux volumes in-8 oblong, 48-50 pages, photos de malles, bagages, accessoires,vitrines, hélicoptère "Vuitton Huber" et "Vuitton III", reproductions de photographies de J.H. Lartigue, br., sous emboitage.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : DIV8
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Lartizien (Dr. James)
Sous le vent des bêtes sauvages , préface de Haroun Tazieff
Flammarion , L'Aventure Vécue Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1967 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture à rabats éditeur illustrée d'une photographie In-8 1 vol. - 252 pages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 66971
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Larwood, G.P. (ed.)
Extinction and Survival in the Fossil Record.
1988 x, 365 p., num. figs, cloth.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : PG09124
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LAS CASAS, Fra Bartolomé de
La leggenda nera. Storia proibita degli spagnoli nel Nuovo Mondo
. 16mo. pp. 240. . Molto buono (Very Good). . . . Si aggiungono 5 libri: Alfonso VINCI, Samatari, La spedizione shiriana (Con 8 tavole, 4 illustrazioni e una carta geografica. Feltrinelli, Universale economica, 1960) - Rinaldo CADDEO (a cura di), Giornale di bordo di Cristoforo Colombo 1942-93 (Mondadori, Oscar, 1973) - Silvio Zavatti, I Poli (Feltrinelli, 1963. Con XVII tavole in bianco e nero) - Francisco Coloane, Capo Horn (Traduzione di Pino Cacucci. SuperPocket, 1999) - Edmund HILLARY, Appuntamento al Polo Sud (Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1962)
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Las Cases Zoé
Carnet du voyageur France Carnet d'adresses de notes et d'activités pour voyager au petit bonheur la chance à travers la France
Hachette. 2020. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 300 pages environ augmentées de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO40051997 ISBN : 2019458616
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Las Cases, Emanuel de (Pseud.: A. Lesage).
Atlas historiques, généalogique, chronologique et géographique de A. Lesage, Comte de las Cases. Paris, Charles-Antoine Teste, [1824].
Large folio (ca. 38 x 54 cm). 2 pp, 33 coloured double leaves with 22 maps. Maps of European countries and the world with a chronology of dynasties. - Book covers missing, otherwise well preserved.
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Las Vegas Journal de Voyage Stylesyndikat
Las Vegas Carnet de Voyage: Cahier de Voyageurs Dot Grid Pointillé A5 - Dotted Journal de bord pour Ecrir. Livre pour l'écriture dessiner. Souvenirs d'activités vacances - Notebook á points
Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 112 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. Independently published paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2-1676655484 ISBN : 1676655484 9781676655480
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Las Vegas Journal de Voyage, Stylesyndikat
Las Vegas Carnet de Voyage: Journal de bord avec guide pour enfants. Livre de suivis des enregistrements pour l'écriture dessiner faire part de la gratitude. Souvenirs d'activités vacances
Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 113 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. Independently published paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2-1694814785 ISBN : 1694814785 9781694814784
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Laseron, Charles Francis and Hurley, FJack (Introduction by Bowden, T) F. Ja
Antarctic Eyewitness: South with Mawson and Shackleton's Argonauts
Birlinn Limited Edinburgh 2002. Paperback. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2002 Paperback Edition: 292 pages illustrated b/w photos maps. Previous owners inscription back of front cover otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. 2 books in one. Great reading. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 1841582204. ISBN/EAN: 9781841582207. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3725. . 9781841582207 Birlinn Limited paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3725 ISBN : 1841582204 9781841582207
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Laseron, Charles, F
SOUTH WITH MAWSON: REMINISCENCES OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1911-1914. IGY
Angus and Robertson Sydney 1947. Second Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 2nd Edition; 223 pages illustrated with b/w photos by the author Watson and Frank Hurley map end papers. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear dust jacket has been neatly repaired with tape on inside small pieces missing. Covers sunned on edges. Contents clean. "The Mawson Expedition has been spoken of as the last of the 'heroic age' in Polar exploration." The story of Australia's first Antarctic expedition during the winter of 1912 on the blizzard swept shores of King George V land. Altogether they trekked by sledge 600 miles or so. During the treks two of the party Ninnis & Mertz perished. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1559. . Angus and Robertson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1559
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LASHLY William
Under Scott's Command. Lashly's Antarctic Diaries. With an Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Third Impression.
Gollancz 1969. 8vo. Third Impression with 9 plates on 8 and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Published four months after the first edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. The UK edition is considerably scarcer than its American Taplinger counterpart especially in the dustwrapper. Spence 686. Gollancz, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17116
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LASHLY William
Under Scott's Command. Lashly's Antarctic Diaries. With an Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. First US Edition.
Taplinger New York NY 1969. 8vo. First US Edition with 9 plates on 8 and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. Published simultaneously with the UK edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. Uncommon in this condition. Spence 686 recording the far scarcer UK edition. Taplinger, New York NY, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14092
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Lashly, W (Ellis AR., editor) A. R.
UNDER SCOTT'S COMMAND: Lashly's Antarctic diaries with an Introduction by Sir Vivien Fuchs
Victor Gollancz London 1969. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st Edition 2nd impression April 1969 same year as the 1st Edition: 160 pages illustrated 9 b/w photos 1 map and 1 base plan. Original covers in uncliped dust jacket. Ex Libri library bookplate on front end paper and withdrawn stamp verso Title page otherwise contents clean. The first complete publication of Lashly's sledging diaries from Scott's " Discovery " and " Terra Nova " expeditions 1901-4 and 1910-13 with annotations. William Lashly was a petty officer on the two scott expeditions and made major contibutions to each. He is best remembered for the saga of the return of the last supporting party from the south with "Teddy" Evans and petty officer Tom Crean during which Lashly and Crean saved Evan's life and for which King George V awarded both men the Albert Medal. Rosove 198. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0575002360. ISBN/EAN: 9780575002364. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4278. . 9780575002364 Victor Gollancz hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4278 ISBN : 0575002360 9780575002364
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Lasker, Bruno, ed.
New forces in Asia. The Reference Shelf, vol. 21, no. 6
237p. Hardcover Very good condition "Published in association with the American Institute of Pacific Relations." Bibliography: p. [227]-237.
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LASKI, Marghanita
From Palm to Pine: Rudyard Kipling Abroad and at Home
New York: Facts on File Ltd. 1987. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Letter 'P' stamped to base. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. Looks at Kipling's life and world. . Near Fine. 1st US Edition. Hardback. Facts on File Ltd hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BIB330195 ISBN : 0816016887 9780816016884
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LASSALE, Jean-Pierre - D'ORGEIX, Christian (Dessins) - LUGAN, Mikaël (Préface)
Le Grand Patagon et autres poèmes
2018 Editions Le Grand Tamanoir - 2018 - In-8 broché, couverture illustrée à rabats - 172 pages - Ouvrage tiré à 240 exemplaires, celui-ci est l'un des 10 exemplaires réservés aux auteurs, illustrateurs et collaborateurs de la collection, numéroté VI/X, signés par les auteurs et accompagné d'une gravure taille douce avec encollage de papier japon teinté à la main, signée par l'artiste (premier papier) - Avec un envoi (dédicace) de Jean-Pierre Lassale et de Christian d'Orgeix sur la page de garde
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 125426
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LASSAY (Armand-Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre, marquis de).
[Relation du royaume des Féliciens] in : Recueil de différentes choses.
A Lausanne, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1756. 4 vol. petit in-8 de (4)-XI-(1)-412 pp. ; (4)-533 pp. ; (4)-429 pp. ; (4)-491 pp., veau porphyre, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin brun, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16100
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LASSAY (Armand-Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre, marquis de).
[Relation du royaume des Féliciens] in : Recueil de différentes choses.
A Lausanne, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1756. 4 vol. in-4 de (4)-XI-412 pp. ; (4)-533 pp. ; (4)-429 pp. ; (4)-491 pp., veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin noir, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16201
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LASSAY (Armand-Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre, marquis de).
[Relation du royaume des Féliciens] in Recueil de différentes choses.
A Lausanne, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1756. 4 vol. in-12 de (4)-XI-412 pp. ; (4)-533 pp. ; (4)-429 pp. ; (4)-491 pp., cartonnage papier bleu, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, entièrement non rogné (relié vers 1810).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13668
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LASSELS RICHARD (CA 1603-1668).
VOYAGE D’ITALIE, CONTENANT LES MOEURS DES PEUPLES, LA DESCRIPTION DES VILLES & DE TOUT CE QU’IL Y A DE BEAU & DE CURIEUX. COMME AUSSI L’INTEREST, LE GOUVERNEMENT, LES RICHESSES & LA FORCE DE TOUS LES PRINCES. TADUIT DE L’ANGLOIS DE RICHARD LASSELS GENTILHOMME ANGLOIS. SECONDE EDITION. AUGMENTEE DE DEUX DESCRIPTIONS. LA I. DES OUVRAGES DE PEINTURE, SCULPTURE & ARCHITECTURE QUI SONT DANS L’EGLISE DE S. PIERRE DE ROME AU VATICAN. LA II. DES PEINTURES QUI SONT DANS L’EGLISE & DANS LE PALAIS DE S. MARC A VENISE.
A PARIS. CHEZ LA VEUVE LOUIS BILLAINE. 1682. 2 VOLUMES IN-12 (10,5 X 16,5 X 6 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (18) + 436 ET 459 + (1) PAGES, RELIURE D’EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU BRUN, DOS A CINQ NERFS ORNE DE CAISSONS A FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE, TRANCHES MOUCHETEES ROUGES. EXEMPLAIRE MOYEN AVEC QUELQUES DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, DONT MANQUES DE CUIR. ANCIENNE AUREOLE CLAIRE EN MARGE SUPERIEURE DES PAGES DU TOME SECOND. PRIX ETABLI EN FONCTION DES DEFAUTS SIGNALES POUR CET OUVRAGE RARE.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3372
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LASSERRE (Guy)
La Guadeloupe - Etude géographique (2 T)
Frontispices de Georges Pageaux, croquis in texte, cartes et photos en noir et blanc hors texteEtude géographique; T1 : La nature et les hommes - T2 : Les îles et leurs problèmes
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LASSERRE Guy
LA GUADELOUPE étude géographique - le milieu naturel, l'héritage du passé / les régions géographiques, les problèmes guadeloupéens - 2 volumes -
1961 br. in-8 jésus, couv. recto ill. par un cliché, non-rogn., 45 planches, 11 tableaux, 93 fig. in-txt. pour le premier vol., / 2 ème vol. : de la planche 46 à la planche 84, du tableau 12 au tableau 24, de la fig. 94 à la fig. 169, carte repliée in-plano coul. de la guadeloupe échelle 1 / 100 000, / 1135 p. pour les 2 vol., 1961 Bordeaux Union Française d'Imprimeur,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 857
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LASSERRE Guy
La Guadeloupe. Etude Géographique.
Bordeaux Union française d'impression. 1961 1135p/448p 2 volume IN4 brochés. Couvertures illustrées. Ouvrage orné de nombreuses photos.Frontispice. Tome 2. Les îles et leurs problèmes.Les régions géographiques. Les problèmes guadeloupéens. Tome I . Le milieu naturel l'héritage du passé.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 103282
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Lasseur, Michele
Egypt Evergreen Series
Koln Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag/Evergreen 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover folio sized volume bound in buff paper covered boards and glossy publisher's dust-jacket. 159 pages. Text by Michelle Lasseur. Illustrated with 148 evocative color photographs by Sylvain Grandadam. First edition thus in English. No previous ownership marks. A clean square fresh and unmarked copy as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Media mail only for this item. . Benedikt Taschen Verlag/Evergreen Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016348 ISBN : 3822876437 9783822876435
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LATAPIE L.
Mataran de Toulouse. ou les aventures de quatre Toulousains autour du monde.
Couverture souple. Broché. 349 pages. Couverture défraîchie.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86954
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Latarjet Raymond
Laponie récit d'un voyage.
René Julliard sequana. 1946. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 238 pages - quelques illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte - 2 cartes en noir et blanc hors texte dépliantes (abîmées en deux parties).. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R320168981
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LATARJET RAYMOND
LAPONIE, RECIT D'UN VOYAGE
René Julliard - Sequana. 1943. In-12 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. défraîchie. Dos fané. Intérieur bon état. 212 pages. Illustré de photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Etiquette annotée sur le dos. Tampons et annotation en page de titre. Annotation en page de garde. Avec 16 illustrations et une carte.
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LATARJET RAYMOND
LAPONIE, RECIT D'UN VOYAGE
René Julliard - Sequana. 1943. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos fané, Intérieur bon état. 212 pages. Illustré de photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Etiquette annotée sur le dos. Tampons et annotation en page de titre. Annotation en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO40090594
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LATARJET Raymond
Laponie. Récit d'un voyage.
JULLIARD René. 13 nov. 1946. In-12. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 238 pages. Quelques planches de photos en noir et blanc. Un plan dépliant, en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO80142811
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LATARJET RAYMOND.
LAPONIE.
JULLIARD. 1943. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Coiffe en pied abîmée. Intérieur acceptable. 212 pages. Ouvrage avec seize illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte et une carte. Le deuxième plat de couverture commence à ce détacher.
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LATARJET RAYMOND.
LAPONIE.
JULLIARD. 1943. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 212 pages. Ouvrage avec seize illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte et une carte. Le deuxième plat de couverture commence à ce détacher.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R150136061
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LATARJET, Raymond.
Laponie. Récit d’un voyage.
Paris, René Julliard 1943, 190x130mm, 212pages, broché. Bel exemplaire.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 97770
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Latham, Ronald (translated and Introduced by)
The Travels of Marco Polo
London: Folio Society 1991. A near Fine unmarked copy in red and black cloth boards with gilt title which has fading to spine with a Fine slip-case. 310 pages. Map endpapers. 12 illustrations. Marco Polo 1254 -1324 was a Venetian merchant explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. The book was called in the prologue that introduced it to the reading public at the end of the 13th century 'Description of the World and claimed that he had travelled more extensively than any other man since the Creation. Some stretches of his travels he blazed were not trodden by any other European for over 600 years. . PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME WITH SLIP CASE OF 1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST. L. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Folio Society Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 011591
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Lathrop, Elsie
EARLY AMERICAN INNS AND TAVERNS.
pp. 365 + Illustrations. 8vo. Full blue cloth binding, worn. PA 51
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Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley
England in the Nineteenth Century
451p. Hardcover Very good condition
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Latin America, Travel Photography
1920s Central and South America Photo Album with Captioned Photographs of Panama Colombia Peru Chile Uruguay and Argentina
1925. Latin America Travel Photo Album of the SS Resolute’s 1925 Voyage Through Central and South America. Approximately 150 original black-and-white silver gelatin prints each captioned in white ink and mounted to black album leaves in a contemporary red leatherette photo album titled “Photographs†in gilt bound with red cord. Over 100 photographs each measure approximately 3 × 4 in. to 4 × 6 in. A historically significant and geographically cohesive photo album chronicling the 1925 voyage of the SS Resolute through Central and South America containing a vivid record of interwar maritime travel at the height of the steamship era. The album documents the Resolute’s southbound route along the Pacific coast after transiting the Panama Canal featuring richly captioned images from Panama Colombia Peru Chile Uruguay and Argentina. Among the most striking photographs are views of Panama City and the Canal Zone including the Culebra Cut and Gold Hill emblematic of early twentieth-century engineering triumphs that reshaped global commerce and travel. The Colombian section includes images of 1920s Cartagena’s harbor colonial architecture and street life while the Peruvian pages offer Lima’s Plaza de Armas the bullring at Miraflores and Andean valleys near Arequipa with scenes of terraced agriculture and local communities as they lived and worked over 100 years ago. Chilean photographs capture ValparaÃso’s steep coastal hills early urban plazas of the 1920a and naval ships off El Morro while those from Argentina depict Buenos Aires landmarks such as the Plaza San MartÃn and the monumental Plaza de Mayo portraying the cosmopolitan vibrancy of a modernizing capital in the 1920s that was at that time expected to overtake many European capitals.<br /> <br /> The SS Resolute was one of the premier luxury liners of the United States Lines during the 1920s offering extended South American cruises. Its 1925 itinerary through Latin America coincided with a surge of interwar tourism fueled by the Panama Canal’s completion in 1914 and the growing cultural exchange between North and South America. The album’s careful documentation of ports architecture and landscapes provides a valuable visual record of the region at a moment of transition balancing the aesthetics of colonial heritage with the spectacle of industrial modernity. Beyond its artistic merit it stands as a testament to early twentieth-century hemispheric connectivity and the aspirational reach of Western travel culture between the wars. Light silvering and mild toning consistent with age; mounts and binding well preserved. Overall very good condition. A cohesive and historically important document of the SS Resolute’s 1925 Latin American voyage exemplifying the intersection of maritime history tourism and photographic observation in the interwar era. Overall very good condition. unknown
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LATIN AMERICA Bolivian Legation
Information about Bolivia
Washington DC: Press of Byron S. Adams 1912. 6 x 9.25 inches 72 pp with chromolithograph frontispiece many b/w illustrations from photographs. Near fine with mild edgewear to wrappers. Stamp of the Bolivan Consulate in San Francisco on front endpaper. An attractive informational booklet aimed at potential investors with description of the major cities of Bolivia and details of topography demographics climate natural resources mining the financial system laws and tariffs and transportation. A colored folding map of the country shows forest agricultural areas and mineral locations. Press of Byron S. Adams unknown books
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Latin American Travel Merwin Mrs. George B. / Head Francis Bond / Hassaurek Friedrich
Three Years In Chile / Journeys Across the Pampas & Among the Andes / Four Years Among The Ecuadorians Three Books
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Three hardbound octavos in dustwrappers. Sold here together. All are from this publisher's Latin American Travel series of books. 102 174 and 196 pp respectively. All three books were edited and with an introduction by C. Harvey Gardiner. Fine books in dustwrappers save for corner price-clips on all three. Southern Illinois University Press hardcover books
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LATOUR (Antoine TENANT de)
Études sur l'Espagne. Séville et Andalousie
1855 Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1855, 2 tomes en 2 vol. in 12 de (4)-III-(1)-358 pp. ; (4)-352 pp., rel. d'ép. demi-veau brun foncé, dos lisses orné de roulettes soulignées de filets dorés, rousseurs éparses, bel ex.
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Latreille Camille
Souvenirs d'étudiants Lyonnais - Barthélemy Tisseur et Victor De Laprade.
Lyon, Rey, Imprimeur de l'Académie - In-8°, broché, couverture souple coquille d'oeuf, 158 pages, bel exemplaire. Frottements et petits accrocs d'usage aux plats ( traces hétérogènes d'insolation) agréable pagination.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11844
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Latreille Francis
Mammouth.
Robert Laffont. 2000. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 187 pages - jaquette en bon état - nombreuses photographies en couleurs dans et hors texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R320131477
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Latreille Francis
Paradis blanc
Editions de la martinière. Non daté. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 231 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs dans et hors texte.Jaquette abimée.. Avec Jaquette. . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO80226825
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