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MACKY, John [published anonymously]
A Journey Through the Austrian Netherlands, Containing the Modern History and Description of all the Provinces, Towns, Castles, Palaces, &c. of that Fruitful Populous Country, so long the Scene of Wars and dreadful Ravages, etc
8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xxx, [ii, ads], 205, [xxx, index] pp, with errata leaf bound after title page, publisher's ad printed on verso half-title page, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials, table, index. original boards with new spine and gilt title lettering on spine, boards a little scuffed, lightly foxed on some leaves but mainly clean, very good solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cox i, 125. The first edition was in 1725. It is composed as a series of letters, travels through parts of Belgium and Holland with mention of many places including Ypres, Flanders, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Louvain, Liege, Lisle, Douay, Calais, etc.
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MACLEAN, Fitzroy
Bonnie Prince Charlie
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xii, 386 pp, illus, colorplates, map, genealogical chart. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email.
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MARTINEAU, G. R.
Nagel's Guide Books; Italy in One Volume
12mo [16 x 11 cm]; liv, 516, [iv], xlviii pp, 64 colored maps and plans including many folding and double-page, endpaper map. original cloth faded, original ribbon bookmark, but very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. There are detailed street plans of 42 cities and town and detailed listings of sites, historical, artistic and tourist related.
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MORRAH, Herbert Arthur, paintings by Berenger Benger
Highways & Hedges
8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; xv, 144 pp, 20 fine color plates including frontis from paintings by Benger, each mounted on heavy art paper, each with captioned tissue guard, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, spine end bit rubbed, name on endpaper, interior clean, very good+ overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Inman 158. Only 3,000 copies of this first edition were printed, some later printings had less plates. The charms of English country life in pictures and narrative as the author travelled the lanes, highways and byways through the year.
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PHILIP, George & Son
Philips' Mercantile Map of Europe
4to [29 x 25 cm, 11.5 x 9.7 inches]; large folding colored map measuring 78 x 122 cm or 37.5 x 48 inches that folds to 29 x 25 cm. original cloth covers, title lettering on cover and spine, joint cracked but firm, marbled endpapers, original ribbon ties, map near fine and clean, linen-backed sectional map as originally issued, in very good original cover. A picture of this book is av A very detailed map, showing all of Europe including Western Russia to Iceland, part of north Africa, Lebanon, most of Caspian Sea. It shows cities, railways, mail and other steamers routes, wireless stations, canals, Lloyd's signal states, each country is shown in different color, also shows altitudes, etc. The scale is 72 mile to the inch or 1:4,500,000.
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MILTOUN, Francis
The Automobilist Abroad
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; x, 381 pp, 38 plates including colored plates and frontis from paintings, each with tissue guard and letterpress, photo plates, many other illustrations from drawings, maps including 2 folding, one being detailed roadmap, index. original pictorial cloth with mounted color plate, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, title printed in red & black, pictorial endpapers, spine stained, hinge cracked but firm, interior clean and near fine in good sound cover. A pict The many illustrations are by Blanche McManus. Early car travel through England, France, Germany, Pyrenees, Holland, etc with a section on travelling by car, hotels, roads and routes. Appendices on road signs, account of European road races, famous hills abroad, map-making, etc.
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MOTLEY, John Lothrop
The Rise of the Dutch Republic
12mo; 3 volumes, xvi, 485; xii, 527; viii, 518 pp, index to the 3 volumes. contemporary full calf, raised bands, giltdec, giltlettering on red and black labels, scuffed and wear at edges, bookplates, very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. "A great book . . . for its descriptions. His account of the seige of Leiden is a real classic." (Bob Moore in Best Books)
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MUIRHEAD, Findlay
The Blue Guides; Wales
12mo [15.5 x 11 cm]; lvi, 260 pp, 22 maps and plans, almost all colored and folding, glossary, index. original blue cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, original ribbon bookmark, slightly rubbed at edge, a clean, unmarked and near fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Divided into north, central and south Wales, each city and town, together with each sight that a traveller might want to visit with details on transportation, history. The introduction includes history, welsh language, books on Wales, railways, postal, hotels, motoring, notes for fishermen.
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MUNRO, Ion S.
Beyond the Alps
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 298, [i] pp, frontis, plates from photos, drwg vignette on title page, endpaper maps, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, minor foxing on outer edge of text block and endpaper, else clean, and very good+ sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's extensive travels in Italy and including travels in Libya, which was Italian colony at the time.
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MUSSON, Spencer C., with illustrations by J. Hardwicke Lewis
The Upper Engadine
small 8vo [20 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 212 pp, 24 color plates from paintings including frontis with tissue guard, foldout map at end, index. original pictorial cloth with decorative border, spine decorations and gilt lettering, top edge gilted, lightly rubbed at edges, picture of Upper Engadine pasted on endpaper, very good+, with a loose photo of an Engadine room at Zuoz. A picture of this bo Inman 274. Attractive color plates of this part of the Alps.
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NUTTING, Wallace
Ireland Beautiful
large 8vo [26 x 1`8 cm]; [ii], 302 pp, 304 illustrations from photos, including some full-page, engraved illustrations on title page, index. original green cloth, gilt title lettering on cover and spine, spine lettering faded, endpaper inscription, interior near fine, clean and unmarked, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of numerous books, covering New England states, furniture and antiques, here describes all of the 32 counties of Ireland, based on his extensive travels. Very well-illustrated from the author's photographs.
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O'DONEVEN, Captain the
A Skillet of the Balkans
12mo [19 x 13]; [ii], 210 pp, frontis and plates, plus headpiece illustrations to each chapter, all from drawings by A. Ross Thomas. original green cloth, gilt shamrocks, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine repair, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the author's extensive travels in the Balkans including Serbia, Sibenik, Dalmatian Coast, Dubrovnik, Skutari, Montenegro, Tirana, Skumbi, etc.
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OMOND, George W. T.
Brabant and East Flanders
8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; vii, 127 pp, 20 color plates (complete) from paintings by Amedee Forestier, including frontis, each captioned on the tissue guards, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, light staining on rear cover, minor foxing on few leaves, else clean, unmarked and very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Inman 128. A nicely illustrated work on this part of Belgium, including Ghent, Brabant, Antwerp, etc.
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PARKER, Eric, illustrations by Hugh Thomson
Highways and Byways in Surrey
8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; xxi, 452, [iii, ads] pp, frontis, attractive illustrations from drwgs, endpaper maps. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, minor crease on front cover, else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The ads list the other books in the Highways and Byways series.
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PATERSON, M. Malcolm
Mountaineering Below the Snow-Line or the Solitary Pedestrian in Snowdonia and Elsewhere
12mo [18 x 13 cm]; viii, 307, [i, index], 38 [publisher's catalogue dated September 1886] pp, 4 etched plates (complete) including the frontis with tissue guard, the plates from drwgs by Mackaness. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, gilt emblem on cover, spine ends chipped, edges rubbed, interior clean, partly unopened and very good in good cover, signed presentation inscription by Paterson. A picture of this book is available upon requ Neate P21 : 'Hill walking in the British Isles and Norway', including Wales and the Cambrians.
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PFEIFFER, Ida
A Journey to Iceland and Travels in Sweden and Norway
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 273 pp, folding frontis map of South West Coast of Iceland (tears). orig pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture on front & rear covers, gilt title lettering on spine with gilt design, spine ends frayed, title page slightly spotted but clean, very good copy with colored map on endpaper from other source showing Iceland. A Robinson p. 25: 'She was the first full-time woman traveller'. The author describes her travels in 1845 in interesting detail with some emphasis on the people and their customs, scenery, notable buildings and events.
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PFEIFFER, Ida
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North; to which are added and essay on Icelandic Poetry from the French of M. Bergmann, and a brief sketch of Icelandic History
12mo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; 354 pp, 8 tinted plates including frontis and extra pictorial title page, index. original blind-stamped cloth, elaborate gilted spine with gilt title lettering, short tear and slightly frayed spine end, lightly foxed on some leaves, but overall clean, very good sound copy, spine gilt bright. A picture of this book is available upon re Robinson p. 25: 'She was the first full-time woman traveller'. The author describes her travels in 1845 in interesting detail with some emphasis on the people and their customs, scenery, notable buildings and events. The US edition of same year had no plates, which are of scenery, geysers, Copenhagen, Christiania, Falls of Trolhatta, Stockholm, mines of Dannemora, etc.
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QUATREFAGES, A. De
The Rambles of a Naturalist on the Coasts of France, Spain, and Sicily
8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; 2 volumes bound in one, xix, 355; vii, 375 pp, the half title page is present in each volume. later half red morocco & marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering and gilt designs, gilt rules & raised bands, small signature in margin of title page, small note in margin of text, boards slightly rubbed, else near fine, solid attractive binding. A pic Freeman 3110. The author was an important French naturalist and ethnologist. Includes the Channel Islands, archipelago of Chausey, archipelago of Brehat, coasts of Sicily in some detail, Bay of Biscay, coasts of Saintonge, etc. An obituary of 1892 pasted in rear of book states that he was 'the last great opponent of the Darwinian theory of transformation'.
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QUENNELL, Peter
London's Underworld; being selections from 'Those That Will Not Work', the 4th Volume of 'London Labour and the London Poor' by Henry Mayhew
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 434 pp, frontis, illus. original cloth, dj (frayed at spine ends), else very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Deals with the activities of prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars in mid nineteenth century London survey of outcasts and the lawless.
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RADEN, Woldemar
Switzerland, Its Mountains and Valleys
folio [35.5 x 27 cm]; xv, 487 pp, complete 418 illustrations including 90 full-page plates, frontis, and other illus, engraved by A. Closs, title page printed in red and black. original pictorial cloth with elaborate design in gilt and black on front cover and spine, edges rubbed, spine ends a little frayed, internal hinges cracked but firm, presentation prize bookplate on endpaper, interior generally clean, very good. A picture The fine illustrations are from drawings, paintings by Bauernfeind, Braith, Calame, Dill, Disen, Eckenbrecher, Franz, Grob, Haberlin, Herdtle, Hertel, Heyn, Jungheim, Kindler, Kroner, Meyer, Meyerheim, Riefstahl, Ritz, Roux, Schmid, Schrodter, Spect, Vautier, Zugel and depictorialscenes, views, street scenes, people, activities, buildings, etc. An impressive work on the mountains, alpine roads and passes, lakes, forests, covering all parts of the country and cities, towns.
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RICHARDS, Matthew W.
Rambles in Sweden, being Notes of a Tour Made in the Summer of 1873
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; xviii, [19]-127, [i] pp, frontis (mounted photo of author], plates and other engraved illus. orig green cloth decorated in black & gilt with gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, a. e. g., hinge cracking but firm, lightly rubbed at spine ends but a clean & fine copy, covers bright, with a presentation inscription from author on endpaper. Published in a small quantity for the author's family and friends, no copies were traced at auction in the last 26 years, nor in the catalogues of the British Library, Library of Congress or OCLC WorldCat. The finely engraved illustrations and plates include views of Gothenburg, Sundswall, Malar Lake, Dalecarlians, Upsala, canal, Trollhattan Falls, several of Stockholm, street scenes, building, etc.
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ROGER-SMITH, H. [Hugh]
Plant Hunting in Europe
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 80 pp, photo plates. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edge), else near fine, inscribed and signed by author on half-title page, dated May 1950. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The M. D. author describes his travels through Switzerland, the Pyrenees, the Dolomites and Karawanken, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus, describing the plant life, topography, etc, and taking his own photos of scenery, buildings, flowers, etc. Also included is a loose two page letter from author Hugh Miller, dated September 1949.
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ROGET, F. F., illustrations by L. M. Crisp
Ski Runs in the High Alps
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 312, [iv, ads for skiing equipment including illustrations Burberry ad, ski books, guides] pp, 25 plates from drawings by Crisp including colored frontis, 6 folding maps, other illus. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, top edge gilted, cover light rubbed at edge, small scratch, very good sound copy, interior is clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate R65: 'The principal book in English by a Swiss academic who was outstanding among the pioneers of ski-mountaineering'. A fascinating account of skiing in the Alps, including observations on the culture of skiing, the social aspects, the local people, many ski runs, glaciers, avalanches, military skiing, description and illustrations of the equipment used at that time, the mechanics of ski-bindings, etc.
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RUBENSTEIN, Lorne
A Season in Dornoch; Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xi, 2342, [i] pp, illustrations from drwgs, maps and plans on endpapers. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, light wear), discrete name on endpaper, else fine and clean in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Respected journalist and golf writer, the author describes his exploration of the countryside, the people, golfing in the area. Sean Connery, in the foreword, describes his stay in the same area, where he had filmed Goldfinger, and describes his own golf game.
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SCHERER, [Col. Moyle] published anonymously
Notes and Reflections During a Ramble in Germany
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; iv, 400 pp. contemporary half calf with marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, spine worn & rebacked, old signature on title, staining mostly marginal. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author traveled in Germany, German Switzerland, Austria, Prague and returning to Berlin, describing the people, customs, society, topography, towns, etc.
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SITWELL, Sacheverell
The Netherlands; A Study of Some Aspects of Art, Costume and Social Life
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; viii, 168 pp, colored frontis, 122 illustrations on plates, including color plates, other illustrations from drwgs, foldout map, index, pictorial endpapers. original orange cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (corner of inside flap clipped, light wear at spine ends), signature of Anita Willis, near fine and clean in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well-illustrated work by this important writer.
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SMYTHE, F. S.
An Alpine Journey
large 8vo [24 x 15 cm]; 351 pp, 53 illustrations from photos on 48 plates, folding map showing author's route, glossary. original cloth, minor rubbing, previous owner's ink notes in margins of two pages, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate 730. "The author climbed extensively in the Alps, and also made several important Himalayan expeditions, including the first ascent of Kamet." (Neate)
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SOMMIERES, Col. L. C. Vialla de
Travels in Montenegro; containing a Topographical, Picturesque and Statistical Account of that Hitherto Undescribed Country
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; [ii], 108 pp. 5 of 8 aquatint engraved plates, including a plan of Cattaro, the other three included as photocopies. later cloth with title lettering on paper spine label, interior is clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Blackmer 1729. This English edition was never issued with a map, although the plate of Cattaro below Montenegro is a plan view showing ships and town buildings with mountains in background. Other plates include costumes, buildings, view, etc. The author was governor of Cattaro and chief of general staff of the Illyrian army at Ragua.
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SOTHEBY'S
The Mercator Atlas of Europe; from the collection formed by the British Rail Pension Fund
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 34, [xiv] pp, numerous colored plates and illustrations, bibliography. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sale LN6719. A very well-illustrated description of the Sotheby's sale held in London 26 November 1996 of this famous atlas which had been previously been auctioned 17 years earlier. Mercator was the greatest cartographer of the modern era and this atlas is the most important surviving ensemble of his works anywhere and the only collection ever likely to appear for sale. It consists of the only two known autograph manuscript maps by him, the only surviving copy of his Europe wall map of 1554, other rare wall maps, etc. With detailed and scholarly descriptions.
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STANFIELD, Clarkson
Views in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland
folio [38 x 28 cm]; a collection of 52 finely engraved plates, proofs on India paper, bound in volume. contemporary half green morocco with gilt spine title lettering, a. e. g., marbled boards, marbled endpaper, cover rubbed, corner wear, dampstain to lower margin, light foxing on some leaves, mostly marginal, very good, with original ribbon bookmark. A pi The attractive plates are views of countryside, towns, sea scenes, etc, images of varying size but average about 14 x 10 cm, plus nice large margins, and are a collection made in the 19th century of this famous artist's work. Stanfield (1793-1867), member of the Royal Academy, friend of Charles Dickens and Captain Maryatt, illustrated many fine books and plate books of the period. He is regarded as one of England's finest marine painters, and considered as Turner's rival as a delineator of cloud forms. Many of his works are in important galleries and museums.
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STEINBERG, Jehudah, translated from Hebrew by George Jeshurun
In Those Days; the Story of an Old Man
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 199 pp, index. original blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, light stain on rear cover, spine slightly faded, name on endpaper, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'Describes the life of Russian Jews in the time of Nicholas I, when Jewish children were snatched away from their homes in order that they might grow up as Christian soldiers. Steinberg has succeeded in narrating a serious story without continually lamenting and weeping, and throughout he preserves good taste and sanity'. [Block, Of Making Many Books].
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STOKES, H. G.
English Place-Names
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [viii], 120 pp, colored frontis map of Gloucestershire, 64 illustrations including photos and maps, many full-page, glossary, bibliog, index. original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in very good dj (light wear to spine ends). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A well-illustrated work with history, topography and accounts of towns, villages, rivers and hills.
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SUTHERLAND, Donald, with illustrations by Gavin Nicol
Butt and Ben; a Highland Boyhood
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; x, 246 pp, illustrations from drawings. original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering, penciled signature on endpaper, dj is lightly worn at edges with short tear, else a fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes his youth and the people in Argyll Scotland 50-60 years before he wrote the book.
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SUTHERLAND, Halliday
Hebridean Journey
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; vii, 277 pp, map endpapers. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt border, clean, unmarked, near fine interior and cover with only light use in a worn dj (chipped at edges, rubbed, spine a little darkened). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of Lapland Journey here describes his travels among the islands of the Hebrides by steamer, crossing and travels through the many islands including Skye, Eigg, Iona, etc, and the Outer Hebrides, with good descriptions of the people, countryside, conditions, tales, history, etc.
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TISSOT, Victor
Unknown Hungary
12mo [18.5 x 13 cm]; 2 volumes, viii, 317; viii, 291 pp. contemporary half leather, marbled boards, covers rubbed with light wear, small ink mark on spine, minor spotting on few leaves, but generally clean, very good solid set, not bound with the half-titles. A picture of this book is available upon request by The author travelled extensively in Hungary and describes the towns and villages, geography, the people, customs, culture, nobility, festivals, gypsies, cookery, politics, forests, the Danube, fortresses, etc.
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TOMBLESON, William
Tombleson's Views of the Rhine
8vo [24 s 15.5 cm]; 190, [ii, appendix], engraved title page, 68 fine engraved plates, with tissue guards (complete), large folding panorama engraved map of Rhine (often lacking). comtemporary half green calf, red label with gilt lettering, marbled bds rubbed, edgewear, corners worn, scattered foxing on few leaves, mostly marginal, most pages clean, very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The Tombleson plates are very finely done and well executed.
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TOMLINSON, H. M.
London River
8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; 251 pp. original cloth-backed boards, corners bit worn, previous owner's bookplate on endpaper, else very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email.
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TOURING CLUB ITALIANO - MILAN
Italia, Italy; Information and Advice to the Tourist for his Holiday in Italy
12mo [20 x 12.5 cm]; 80 pp, many illustrations from photos and drawings, index. original heavy paper printed wraps, one page with tear, very good+, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A tourist guide with much information including geography, resources and work, population, folk lore, history, art, museums, culture, how to travel, tours, hotels, restaurants, trattorias, food and wine, amusements, social events, shopping, open air life, how to reach, etc, all nicely illustrated.
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TYNDALL, John
Mountaineering in 1861, a Vacation Tour
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; x, 105, 8 [ads of mountaineering books] pp, 2 plates including frontis of the Weisshorn from drawing by Whymper, plate of the Matterhorn. original brown cloth with gilt spine title lettering, light cover stain, some minor rubbing, name on endpaper, very good copy with only slight foxing on few margins. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate T77. Cox (Classics in the Literature of Mountaineering) 15: 'The Golden Age of mountaineering produced a literature which has yet to be surpassed. . .The British scientist, John Tyndall, was an outstanding example of these pioneers. 1861 was his great year of climbing. He mad the first ascent of the Weisshorn and made an early attempt on the Matterhorn, which is described in this work'. Tyndall later made the first traverse of the Matterhorn.
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UMLAUFT, F.
The Alps
large 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xii, 523 pp, frontis with tissue guard, 2 foldout colored maps, 110 illustrations including 30 full-page plates, all from drwgs, tables, index of places, mountains, rivers, etc. original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine darkened but gilt spine title lettering visible, minor foxing in few margins, but a very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'Professor Umlauft is, as far as I am able to ascertain, the first writer who has collected into one work, not only the topography of the entire range of the Alps, but also an account of the scientific, historical, and ethnological features of the great mountain system' (Lousa Brough, preface). Includes chapters on flora and fauna, geology, alpine roads and railways, avalanches and glaciers, etc.
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WABER, A.
Bibliographie der Schweizerischen Landeskunde : Unter Mitwirkung der hohen Bundesbehorden, Eidgenossischer und Kantonaler Amtsstellen und zahlreicher Gelehrter; Landes und Reisebeschreibungen; Descriptions Geographiques et Recits de Voyages et Excursions
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes in one, xxiii, 440; [ii], xvi, 172, [ii] pp, indexes. original grey cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Two volumes in one, consisting of Fascicules III and III-2. The full title of first volume is Landes und Reisebeschreibungen; Ein Beitrag zur Bibliographie der schweizerischen Reiselitterature 1479-1890 zusammengestellt von A. Waber, originally published Bern 1899. The second title is Descriptions Geographiques et Recits de Voyages et Excursions en Suisse (fin du fascicle III); Contribution a la Bibliographie de la Literature Suise des Voyages de 1891 a 1900 avec dos supplements relatifs a la periode anterieure a 1891, par A. Waeber, Berne 1909. The combined volumes are a comprehensive bibliography describing thousands of articles, books, on country and descriptions of Swiss travel literature in the period 1479-1890. They are the complete works related to travel, voyages, excursions and descriptions from a larger work on the bibliography of Switzerland.
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WEBER, Shirley Howard
Voyages and Travels in the Near East Made During the XIX Century; [bound with] Voyages & Travels in Greece, Near East & Adjacent Regions made previous to the Year 1801
8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes bound in one, xi, 252; [viii], 208 pp, general index in each volume, indexes of travelers and authors. original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very fine and clean, as new, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This edition contains both books, usually found separate. It contains detailed reference, collations, annotations, etc to 2,066 works in the Gennadius Library in Athens and is a very useful reference for travels in the regions for all periods prior to 1900
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WILLIAMS, Charles
The Alps, Switzerland and the North of Italy
4to [28 x 20 cm]; viii, 634 pp, frontis view of Geneva from the lake, map (showing Alps, Switzerland, Savoy, Piedmont, Lombardy), 161 illustrations including 21 full-page from drwgs, index, title vignette. contemporary half green morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine lettering on leather label, edges worn, rubbed, repair at top of joint, interior clean, sound and very good in good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate W78, citing only the American edition: 'Includes account of early Mont Blanc ascents, reproductions of some of Auldjo's engravings, an account of early ascents of the Jungfrau, selections of mountain poetry, etc'. A well-illustrated work that also includes a brief directions for travellers, descriptions of each region in some detail, with approximately a quarter of the content on Italy. The illustrations include numerous views such as Basel, Bern, Brixen, Chamonix, Como, Erlenbach, Geneva, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Lugano, Milan, Padua, Reichenau, Schaffhausen, Schlanders, Trient, Venice, Verona, Zug, etc. No copies are listed in auction records of the last 26 years.
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SOMMIERES, Col. L. C. Vialla de
Travels in Montenegro; containing a Topographical, Picturesque and Statistical Account of that Hitherto Undescribed Country
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; [ii], 108 pp. 8 aquatint engraved plates, one being hand-colored (plan of Cattaro). later cloth with title lettering on paper spine label, light cover stain, interior is clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Blackmer 1729. This English edition was never issued with a map, although the colored plate of Cattaro below Montenegro is a plan view showing ships and town buildings with mountains in background. Other plates include costumes, buildings, view, etc. The author was governor of Cattaro and chief of general staff of the Illyrian army at Ragua.
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LEVI Primo
Se non ora, quando?
In 8, pp. 266. T. tl. ed. con sovrac. Con cartina all' interno f. t.
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CARINA Dino
Sulla Istruzione Primaria ed Industriale della Francia, dell' Inghilterra e del Belgio.
In 8, pp. 249. Br. ed. con qualche mancanza al d. Curioso libro che illustra le differenze tra l' Istruzione Primaria ed Industriale in alcuni paesi europei.
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DREYFUSS Ferdinand-Camille
Les budgets de L' Europe et des etas - unis ( Correspondance du cobden-club) precedee d' un essai sur la politique financiere de la France, par Ferdinand-Camille Dreyfuss, Ancien chef du cabinet du sous-secretaire d' Etat aux finances
In 16, pp. 60 + 331. Carton. ed. blu con fr. oro al d. Conservata la brossura originale.
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LABOULAYE M. de
Quelques reflexions sur la Politique Exterieure par M. De Laboulaye, ancien ambassadeur. 1903-1904
In 8,pp.30. Br. ed
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MAISON-FORT
TABLEAU POLITIQUE DE L'EUROPE, depuis la bataille de Leipsic, ( 18 octobre 1813 ) jusqu'au 31 mars 1814
In 8. Pp. 63. Br. muta coeva. In barbe. Mancanze all'angolo sup. dx, alla seconda e terza c. con una piccolissima mancanza di testo alla terza c. Libello politico che analizza e commenta la caduta di Napoleone e il nuovo assetto dell'Europa postnapoleonica. Rara testimonianza storica.
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DURAND F.
Des tendances pacifiques de la societe' europe'enne et du role des arme'es dans l'avenir. Deuxieme e'dition augmente'e d'une nouvelle pre'face. Tome premiere
In 16, pp. 236. Solo il primo vol. Br. ed. Saggio sugli orientamenti militari e sulle politiche estere degli stati europei.
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