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Kinderfreund, Carl Joseph
Der kleine Historiker. Eine Lecture zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für Jedermann, insbesondere für die reifere Jugend beiderlei Geschlechts.
Wien, Leopold Sommer, 1864. 8°. (1) Bl., 567 (1) S. Mit 20 kol. Lithographien u. 1 Stahlstich. Blindgepr. Lederband der Zeit mit 3seitigem Goldschnitt (berieben u. bestossen). + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +
书商的参考编号 : 22557AB
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KING P.
Scott's Last Journey. FINE COPY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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King, Bill; Ball, Goodson, Bud; Gann, Walter W.; Hunter, George; O'Neal, Bill; Lebec, RAlph; Charbo, Eileen Miles; Vail, Zero; Packer, C.L.; Huntley, Paul, L.; Green, Roberta
True West Magazine: July / August 1979 - Western Gunfighters / Laura Ingalls' Untold Stories
64 pages. Features: The Garden City, Kansas Cattleman's Carnival - article with great photos; Mexico Bound - remember the first time you left home?; Ben Kilpatrick's Last Stand - death was waiting in the baggage car of westbound SP Train #1; Panning at Old Humbug - Shasta City, California in 1853; Trigger Fingers - Nervous or otherwise, they took the pulse of the American West; The "Eventful" Day of Sam Butterworth - trapped in a tree half blind and surrounded with Indians loaded with plenty of booze and matches!; Laura Ingalls' Untold Stories; A Man Whose Time Hadn't Come - Talmage Palmer; West From El Reno - starving in the midst of plenty; The Men of South Park; Sammy Holman, "Hello" - he moved to Idaho from New York; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Contents partially yellowed with age. A sound copy. Book
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King, Captain James; Cook, Captain James
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere Etc. Volume Three Only
Dublin: By Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Good. 1784. First Irish Edition. Full leather. Covers are rubbed at the corners chipped at the top of the spine. Front hinge is separating. Folding table appendix 2 is present and very good or better. Contents are near fine to fine with no foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages . By Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 20227
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KING, RICHARD.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in 1833, 1834, and 1835 under the Command of Capt Back, R N. 2 vols. - [KING’S IMPORTANT NARRATIVE OF BACK’S 1833-1835 ARCTIC EXPEDITION]
London, Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. In one later full green cloth binding with black leather title-label with gilt lettering to spine. Stamps to front end-papers and small stamp to title-page, otherwise a fine copy. XV, (1), 312, (1) " viii, 321, (1)pp.+ 4 plates [2 frontispieces, a map and a plate depicting two ""Arctomys Okanaganii""]. Without half-title in vol. I (not called for in vol. II).
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King, Victor T
The best of Borneo travel. Compiled and introd. by Victor T. King.
Malaysia : Oxford Press, 2001. 4. impress. ; XVIII, 315 S. : Mit Frontispiz ; 8°, Org.-Broschur / Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 21999 ???????? : 195886038
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Kingdon Ward, Frank
The Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges
London: Edward Arnold 1926. Illustrated thick octavo pp xvi 328 lacking the map which appears never to have been present the hinge at the title page is cracking but not weak extensive pencil notes on the rear endpaper as these are interesting I have left them however they would erase with a rubber if required otherwise extemely clean internally black cloth very slightly rubbed and worn the rear cover faintly marked but overall a much better than average copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Edward Arnold Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017891
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KINGDON WARD, Capt. F. (Frank)
The Romance of Plant Hunting
8vo [22.5 x15 cm]; xi, 275, 12 [ads] pp, frontis, plates from photos, foldout map, general index, plant index. original cloth with gilt vignette and lettering on front cover & spine, lightly foxed on title page, fine, clean copy in very good dust jacket (light wear, small chip) with a loose extra 3-page appendix (about 6 x 4 inches, photocopy, from later edition. The author, perhaps the most famous plant hunter of the twentieth century, describes his travels in Yunnan, Burma, China, Tibet searching for new plants but also describing the countryside and peoples and gives his own feelings and philosophy of plant collecting, travel, nature, etc. There was a later reprint but in reduced format compared to this first edition. Not usually found in a jacket.
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KINGDON WARD, Captain Frank
The Mystery Rivers of Tibet; A Description of the little-known Land Where Asia's Mightiest Rivers Gallop in Harness Through the Narrow Gateway of Tibet, Its Peoples, Fauna, & Flora
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 316, [iv, ads] pp, illustrations from photos, 4 maps including large folding map at end, index. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, tiny tear at spine end, but a fine and clean copy, covers bright and unworn pristine and fresh. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. One of the greatest explorers of the early part of this century and, perhaps, the most famous plant hunter of all times, Kingdon Ward travelled extensively in Burma, China and Tibet. He introduced numerous plants to western gardens including the Tibetan poppy and rhododendrons. This is a detailed description of the area with much on the geography, the people, and the plants he found, including over 200 new species. It is one of his scarcest books. Coats (The Plant Hunters): 'His most important and interesting journey.' Schweinfurth IV. Marshall 2070. Yakushi K191.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter in Manipur
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 254 pp, frontis, 11 other plates, folding map showing author's route, index. original cloth, sliver spine title lettering, near fine and clean in dust jacket (not price clipped, very light use). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A fine narrative of the author's travels with his wife in Manipur (Assam, Burma) on a plant hunt, where he describes the flora, fauna, scenery, people. He discovered the Lilium Makliniae which is now in the market. The author became familiar with this area between Assam and Burma, when he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter in Manipur
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 254 pp, frontis, 11 other plates, folding map, index. original cloth, dj (short tear, slight wear at spine ends), name erased on title page, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the famous plant hunter's adventure with his wife together with descriptions of the flora, fauna and scenery. On this expedition, he discovered a new lily, Lilium Mackliniae, that was introduced to the world of gardening soon after. The author became familiar with this area between Assam and Burma, when he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps, appendices. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, one of the blank front free endpapers removed leaving one blank endpaper, otherwise a clean near fine copy, covers bright, no ownership marks. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Traveling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge), near fine and clean copy in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travelling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps, appendices. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, lower corner chipped, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Traveling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma. The American edition was first published the following year.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped, worn at edge, not price clipped), near fine and clean copy in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travelling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma. The American edition was first published the following year.
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KINGDON WARD, F.
Plant Hunter's Paradise
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 347 pp, frontis, 12 other plates, 2 folding maps, appendices. original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine end, price clipped), clean and fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Traveling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and adjacent areas, including the unexplored country on the Burma-Tibet frontier, in 1922, 1926 and 1930-31, this famous botanical explorer describes plants, nature and native customs in his usual readable way. There are appendices on zoological specimens collected and new plants he introduced to Europe that he found in Burma.
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KINGDON WARD, F. (Frank)
A Plant Hunter in Tibet
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 317 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos, 2 maps including double-page map with route in red and folding map of Himalaya East of the Tsangpo in blue & black, index of places, plant index, persons index, animal-bird index. original cloth, gilt lettering, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, trifle foxed in margin of title page, bookplate on endpaper, near fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, plant collector and geographer and winner of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal, describes the people, nature, scenes during his plant hunting expedition in Tibet where he found numerous plants new to Europe.
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KINGDON WARD, F. [Frank]
Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 383 pp, frontis, 15 other plates from photos, 3 maps, plant list, index. original black cloth, gilt spine title lettering, covers bright, interior with light foxing, mostly marginal, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of two journeys by this famous plant hunter and geographer, to Burma and Assam, to collect seeds and plants and to explore unknown mountain ranges. The appendix lists plants collected by the author that were in cultivation at the time of publication, but he is acclaimed for introducing thousands of plants to the west found through southeast Asia. Yakushi K195.
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KINGDON WARD, Frank
Burma's Icy Mountains
8vo [20.4 x 14 cm]; 287 pp, frontis and plates from photos, 2 foldout maps. original cloth, silver title lettering on spine bright, fine and clean, unmarked in very nice dj (not price clipped, light wear at spine ends). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, described as the last of the great plant hunters, traveled to Burma a number of times. He describes his two expeditions, in the late 1930's, to the more inaccessible and previously unexplored parts of Burma, including Burma's 20,000 foot mountains, with a good description of the geography, topography, botany, people. The illustrations include local people, orchids, views, suspension bridge, etc. Neate W16. Because of his familiarity with this area, he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.
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KINGDON-WARD, Captain Frank
Plant Hunting in the Wilds
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [79, i, ads] pp, frontis, plates from photos. original blue cloth, spine slightly faded, fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Perhaps the most famous of twentieth century plant hunters describes his travels in China, Tibet and Burma, his adventures crossing rope bridges, rafting in Indo-China, searching for plants and having interesting conversations with the people including the Grand Lama in Tibet.
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank
Pilgrimage for Plants
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 191 pp, frontis (portrait), plates from photos, bibliog, index, endpaper maps. original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped, tiny tear), name on endpaper, else fine and clean in very good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Kingdon-Ward, the last of the great plant hunters, describes his life and adventures, in this, the last of his books. He made 23 expeditions for plants, mainly in Assam, Burma, China and Tibet, over a forty year period, and is described in this book. Many species of plants have been named after him. William T. Stearn of the British Museum wrote a useful bibliographical introduction, including a year by year account of Kingdon-Ward's explorations, with references to the resulting publications. Stearn also compiled a list of all known publications of him, including periodicals and books. Yakushi K204. Schweinfurth 25. Marshall 27871.
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank
Pilgrimage for Plants
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 191 pp, frontis (portrait), plates from photos, bibliog, index, endpaper maps. original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (large chip on rear panel, price clipped, light wear), light abrasion on title where label was removed, else clean, sound, near fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Kingdon-Ward, the last of the great plant hunters, describes his life and adventures, in this, the last of his books. He made 23 expeditions for plants, mainly in Assam, Burma, China and Tibet, over a forty year period, and is described in this book. Many species of plants have been named after him. William T. Stearn of the British Museum wrote a useful bibliographical introduction, including a year by year account of Kingdon-Ward's explorations, with references to the resulting publications. Stearn also compiled a list of all known publications of him, including periodicals and books. Yakushi K204. Schweinfurth 25. Marshall 27871.
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank
Return to Irrawaddy
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 224 pp, frontis, 45 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page, folding map, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edge, tear, price clipped), clean, bright and fine in good+ jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, one of the most famous plant hunters of the twentieth century and discoverer of thousands of plants, explored the almost unknown jungles and mountains of Northern Burma, known as the Triangle (or golden triangle), an area that has now become famous for its connection to drug production. He writes of the plants, animal and bird life and the customs of the local peoples. He describes 14 species of orchids and about 60 species of rhododendrons found there. Includes an index of flora and fauna. Yakushi K84.
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KINGSFORD, William
The Early Bibliography of the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, with other Information; A Supplemental Chapter on Canadian Archaeology
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 140, addendum, index. original red cloth, gilt spine lettering, black cover lettering, cover vignette, spine slightly faded but clean fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The bibliography is well annotated with descriptions and comments on each book and a good introduction.
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Kingston, WHG W H G
Lusitanian Sketches of the Pen and Pencil Vol. II only
London: John W. Parker 1845 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good Plus. Hardcover. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blindstamped red cloth on boards. Volume II only of a two-volume set. No writing. Mild hand soil to cover and faint foxing spots to endpapers. In internet reviews Kingston is rebuked for stating "eight knots an hour" when a knot is a sea mile per hour making Kingston's reference to time redundant. In another the comment is made that Kingston referred offhand to the prevalence of illegitimacy in this travelogue through northern Portugal. Only in 1851 did Kingston publish the first of the adventure stories for boys that made him famous. Volume II has 364 pp. John W. Parker hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 006635
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Kingston, W H G
My First Voyage to Southern Seas: A Book For Boys
USA: T. Nelson and Sons Paternoster Row 1888. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Hardcover Book Probable First Printing 1888. Over One Hundred Year-old Hardcover Book in Good Condition. The Kingston Library for Boys Series. With Fifty-three Engravings. Bound in blue pictorial cloth with imprinted circular rope around raft w/sail and boys at sea; spine with gilt panel blue lettering blue embossed anchor design. Generally clean mottled along fore-edge and lower corner is mottled with wrinkled cloth; sewn binding is tight and solid spine bowed; corners and spine ends are scuffed; lower rear corner bumped. Frontis an engraving of Port Louis. Fifty-three monotone engravings of delightful sailing vessels sea scapes islands native populations etc. Top edge gilt. Internals although toned are in remarkable good--very clean and unmarked no tears no creases. Chapters with enlarged illustrated first initial. Kingston was a prolific and successful writer of adventures stories for boys. This adventure takes place in the Indian Ocean. Good reading for anyone enjoying great adventures of mutiny fires wild animals Ceylon Africa even involving a boa constrictor. 448 pages. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. T. Nelson and Sons Paternoster Row London England 1888. T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 005367
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Kingston, William H. G
At the south pole. Or, The Adventures of Richard Pengelly, Mariner. With numerous illustrations.
London, Paris und New York, Cassell Petter Galpin & Co., o.J. 8°. 18,5 x 14 cm. VIII, 415 Seiten. Original-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel und Rundum-Goldschnitt.
书商的参考编号 : 61351CB
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KINGSTON, WILLIAM H.G.
Adventures of Dick Onslow among the Red Indians.
London, Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, n.date (ca. 1875). orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. VIII,319 pp. Frontispiece and 6 wood-engraved plates. Light browning to last 2 leaves, otherwise fine.
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Kininmonth, Christopher
Travellers' Guide: Morocco
383 pages, maps and charts, glossary, select bibliography, index, remainder stamps on the page edges, revised by John Richmond. eng
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Kinkead, Eugene & Maloney, Russell
Our own Baedeker, from the New Yorker
xiii, 281 p. col. illus., col. maps. 23 cm. Hardcover Good condition, clean and tight
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Kinross, Lord
EUROPA MINOR Journeys in Coastal Turkey
Pages tanned. Upper corners bumped. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and tears and a bit of loss. ; No date. Likely 1957 ; 167 pages
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Kippis, Andrew
Voyages round the world, from the death of Captain Cook to the present time; including remarks on the social condition of the inhabitants in the recently-discovered countries: their progress in the arts; and more especially their advancement in religious knowledge The Family Library no. 172
2 p.l., [vii]-xvi, [17]-401 p. Hardcover Good condition., faint damp stain
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Kiprianow, Valerian [Alexandrowitsch].
Histoire pittoresque de l'architecture en Russie suivie d'un aperçu sur le climat, les moeurs et le développement de la civilisation dans ce pays. St. Petersburg / Moskau / Paris, Dufour / Gautier / Mellier, 1864.
(6), 127, (1) SS. Mit 55 lithogr. Tafeln (dav. 36 mit Tonplatte; 2 altkol.) und einer altkol. lith. Karte von Westrussland (num. 1-53). Marmorierter Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. Lesebändchen. Gr.-8vo. Einzige Ausgabe dieser ansprechend illustrierten russischen Architekturgeschichte. Unter den hübschen lithographischen Illustrationen Umrisszeichnungen der Kirchenfassaden von St. Sophia und St. Michael in Kiew, des Klosters Kiewopetschersk, von Hl. Johannes und der Himmelfahrtskathedrale in Moskau, von den Zarengemächern im Kreml usw. Die Darstellung der Basiliuskathedrale in Moskau hübsch in rot, grün und gelb ankoloriert; weitere Darstellungen mit sämischfarbener Tonplatte (die Lichter weiß ausgespart) zeigen weitere Kirchen, Türme der Festung Nowgorod, weißrussische Bauernhäuser (mit Außen- und Innenansichten), verschiedene steinerne Moskaubrücken etc. - Der russische Kanalbauingenieur Valer’jan Aleksandrovich Kiprijanov (Kiprianoff, 1818-89) machte sich auch als Fachautor für Paläontologie verdient. - Einband stellenweise minimal berieben; innen sauber und nur gelegentlich unbedeutend stockfleckig. Alter Bibliotheksstempel am hinteren Innendeckel. OCLC 62622270.
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Kircheiß, Kapitän Carl
Polarkries Süd - Polarkreis Nord. Als Walfisch- und Seelenfänger rund um die beiden Amerika.
Koehler Verlag, Leipzig, 1933. 298(8) Seiten + Karte, OLeinen, mit zahlreichen s/w-Abbildungen. Mehrfach gefaltete farbige Karte. Lesebändchen. Privater Name auf Titelblatt. Leineneinband am Rücken leicht ausgeblichen. Ansonsten schönes Exemplar. Fine copy.
书商的参考编号 : 10708
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Kircher, Athanasius.
China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis. Amsterdam, Janssonius, Waesberge & Weystraet, 1667.
Folio. (14), 237, (10) pp. With frontispiece, vignette on title, portrait of the author, 2 engraved maps (folded), 23 plates (one folded), and 59 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary calf. First edition of a richly illustrated account on China, based on descriptions by European explorers, many of them Jesuits as Kircher himself, in China, India, and other Asian countries. The engravings were based on explorers' sketches and original images imported from Asia. - Binding rubbed and bumped, small defects to spine and covers. Paper slightly browned and stained. Graesse IV, 21. Ebert 11397.
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KIRCHHOFF (Tbeodore).
Les merveilles dé la vallée de Yosemiti (1870-1872).
français 0 1876² p. 177 à 192 (16 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 YOSEMITI
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KIRCHHOFF, P
Heirat, Verwandschaft, Familie und Sippe bei den Indianern des nördlichen nichtandinen Südamerika. Diss.
Leipzig, 1931. Gr.-8vo. 2 Bl., (142) S. Br. (Titel m. Stempel u. kl. unterlegten Randläs.).
书商的参考编号 : 1213083
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Kirchner, Anton.
Ansichten von Frankfurt am Main und seiner Umgegend. Frankfurt am Main, Gebr. Wilmans (gedruckt bei Carl Ludwig Brede in Offenbach), 1818.
Small folio (224 x 284 mm). 2 vols. (12), 376 pp. (8), 283, (1) pp. With 2 engraved title pages, 25 engraved plates (mostly after Radl), and 1 folding population table. Without the folding map of Frankfurt. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt to spine and covers with gilt spine label; leading edges gilt, gilt inner dentelle around silk endpapers; all edges gilt. First edition of this historical and topographical description of Frankfurt and numerous towns in the Anterior Taunus aera. A unique luxury copy on wove paper, very wide-margined and in a magnificent contemporary morocco binding. The flyleaf of the first volume bears an autograph inscription by the famous Frankfurt bookseller Hermann Joseph Baer (1811-81) to the Frankfurt-born educator Carl Bernhard Greiss in Wiesbaden (1809-73): "Seinem Freunde Dr. C. B. Greiss / Frankfurt a. M., den 13. März 1864 / Hermann Joseph Baer". - Bindings slightly rubbed; insignificant bumping to lower spine-ends. Some foxing to interior, with some waterstaining to the first leaves of the second volume, otherwise a very appealingly preserved luxury copy of the finest collection of views of Frankfurt published in its time. Brunet III, 669 (VI, 26661). Kayser I, 78.
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KIRKE, Henry
Twenty-Five Years in British Guiana
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 364 pp, frontis (port of author), plates and illustrations from photos and drawings, the colored folding map not in the list of illustrations is present, glossary of Creole words, index. original cloth, gilt stamped lettering on front cover and spine, spine lettering clear, minor foxing on few leaves, map with tear at stub, edges lightly rubbed, but a clean near fine solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Welch 53. Cundall 1637. The author describes the country in detail, the peoples including Indians, cities, towns, country-side, society, social and living conditions, economy, nature, etc and provides good illustrations. Its one of the few books on the area from this period.
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KIRKE, Henry
Twenty-Five Years in British Guiana
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 364 pp, frontis (port), plates and illustrations, from photos and drawings, the colored folding map not in the list of illustrations is present, glossary of Creole words, index. original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover & spine, spine very lightly faded but lettering clear, minor foxing on few leaves, map with very short tear at stub but a clean near fine solid copy, cover unworn and fresh, much better than usually found. A p Cundall 1637. Welch 53. The author describes the country in some detail, the peoples including Indians, cities, towns, country-side, society, social and living conditions, economy, nature, etc and provides good illustrations. Its one of the few books on the area from this period.
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KIRKE, Henry
Twenty-Five Years in British Guiana
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 364 pp, frontis (port), plates and illustrations, from photos and drawings, the colored folding map not in the list of illustrations is present, glossary of Creole words, index. original cloth, gilt stamped lettering on front cover and spine, map with tear at stub, head of spine chipped, Olof Liljewalch's bookplate on blank endpaper but otherwise unmarked, a clean very good+ solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon re Cundall 1637. Welch 53. The author describes the country in detail, the peoples including Indians, cities, towns, country-side, society, social and living conditions, economy, nature, etc and provides good illustrations. Its one of the few books on the area from this period.
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KIRKPATRICK, Colonel William
An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country in the Year 1793
4to [29.5 x 23.5 cm]; xx, 386, [ii, index], [iv, publisher's catalogue] pp, 14 engraved plates including one hand colored, plate of alphabets, portrait, large folding map (old repair on verso, split at fold), engraved vignette on title page, half title. recent black leather, gilt spine title lettering on red and black leather labels, blind-stamp on margin of title and library ink stamp on verso, but no other library markings, half title margin a little chipped, light foxing, very good sound copy. A pictu Yakushi k90a. Cox i, 311. A narrative by the first Englishman to enter Nepal, this being a diplomatic mission. Kirkpatrick was an officer with Lord Cornwallis in India and was dispatched to Nepal to settle a dispute with the Chinese, Nepalese and Tibet. At the time Nepal was spoken of as another El Dorado and was the subject for 'Lost Horizon'. The work provides much on the topography, geography, climate, agriculture, botany, zoology, culture, peoples, economy, history and with an extensive vocabulary listing. The plates include people, animals, bird, weapons, etc.
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Kirkup, James
Heaven, Hell and Hara-Kiri: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Superstate
Hardcover. Plastic-protected jacket is slightly marked at rear upper corner. A hint of wear to spine ends. Page block head is lightly foxed. A few creased page corners. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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KISOR Henry
Zephyr: Tracking a Dream Across America
NY: Times Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 081291984X . Second printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Times Books hardcover books
书商的参考编号 : 6451 ???????? : 081291984X 9780812919844
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Kitchen, Dennis
Our Smallest Towns: Big Falls, Blue Eye, Bonanza and Beyond
111 pages, illustrated, introduction by Garrison Keillor. eng
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Kittlitz, Friedrich Heinrich von
Denkwürdigkeiten einer Reise nach dem russischen Amerika, nach Mikronesien und durch Kamtschatka (2 Bände, komplett).
Hildesheim, Georg Olms Verlag AG, 2011. 8°. 22 cm. XIV, XVI, 383 Seiten. 3 Blatt, 500 Seiten. Original-Leinenbände mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. (= HISTORIA SCIENTIARUM, ein Editions-Programm der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung zur Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschla
书商的参考编号 : 49916CB
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Kittlitz, Friedrich Heinrich von
Denkwürdigkeiten einer Reise nach dem russischen Amerika, nach Mikronesien und durch Kamtschatka. Band 2 (von 2).
Gotha, Verlag von Justus Perthes, 1858. 8°. 21 x 14 cm. Eine Illustration als Frontispiz, Titelblatt, 1 Blatt Inhaltsverzeichnis, 463 Seiten. Leinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und marmoriertem Schnitt. [4 Warenabbildungen]
书商的参考编号 : 61364CB
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Kitto, FH F H
The North West Territories 1930
Ottawa: Dept of the Interior Ottawa; North West Territories and Yukon Branch 1930 textblock very clean and tight with no marginalia underlining or highlighting; 137pp. including sections on District of MacKenzie District of Keewatin and District of Franklin; bound in blue side-stapled wraps slightly sunned and character-worn. First Edition. Blue Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Dept of the Interior, Ottawa; North West Territories and Yukon Branch paperback
书商的参考编号 : 22102
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Kitto, H. D. F. (Humphrey Davy Findley)
The Greeks
256pp. Paperback Good condition
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Kiyomiya, Yumiko
London: swingers and squares
Small octavo in green and white, color photo illus wraps; 122 p. col. illus. 19 cm. London of the early 1970s. Lots of excellent photos of colorful Londonders from all woalks of life, in full color. London (England) -- Description and travel. || Series: This Beautiful World, v. 43.
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