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BUCHAN John
Sick Heart River. BUCHAN'S FINAL NOVEL IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip, and lightly soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. Nice copy of Buchan's final novel, published posthumously. Blanchard A132.
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IRELAND Samuel
Picturesque Views on the River Thames. LARGE PAPER COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, with engraved pictorial titles, printed titles, 53 fine sepia aquatint plates, 21 woodcut illustrations in the text and 2 full-page maps, mild dust-soiling at blank margins, some offsetting from plates to facing pages; attractively bound in early twentieth century crushed brown half morocco, brown cloth boards, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in gilt, a bright, firm copy. With half-titles, and errata leaf at end of each volume. The aquatint titles and plates are engraved by C. Apostool after Ireland. LARGE PAPER COPIES ARE SCARCE. Abbey: Scenery 430; Anderson, p. 38; Upcott CXLIII.
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THOMPSON A. G.
The Romance of London River. Foreword by Sir Max Pemberton. Illustrations by Helen McKie. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrations; pictorial wrappers, yapped edges, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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WILLIAMSON Henry
A Clear Water Stream. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in blue and white, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at extremities and mildly browned at backstrip. Vividly evoked recollections of the author's years at Shallowford Cottage and exploits on the River Bray. Gretton, 43; Matthews A44.
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MACLEAN Alistair
River of Death. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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ALLCROFT A. Hadrian
Waters of Arun. With Biographical and Bibliographical Notes. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and numerous maps (2 folding on japon), neat contemporary inscription on half-title; green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ALLEN Peter
One More River. The Rhine Crossings of 1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser p.239.
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MERCER Valerie J.
The Geomorphology of the Tillingbourne. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with maps and charts in the text; laminated printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with neat press-mark on title. Field Studies, Vol. I. No. 1.
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LANDER Richard
The Niger Journal of Richard and John Lander. Edited and abridged with an Introduction by Robin Hallett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and large folding map; red cloth, gilt back, a near finje copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BOVILL E.W.
The Niger Explored. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; tan cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RAWLINGS LEO
'And the Dawn came up like Thunder'. [With supporting Account by Bill Duncan. Foreword by Lord Mountbatten of Burma]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with front endpaper map and 119 illustrations by the author in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The author's experiences as a POW at the hands of the Japanese, and a series of illustrations and sketches made in captivity. A moving and sobering account. Enser, p.423.
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SMITH Victor T.C.
Defending London's River. [The Story of the Thames Forts 1540-1945. Forward [sic] by Colonel B.E. Arnold]. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, and photographs,maps and diagrams in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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FOSBROOKE Rev. T.D.
The Wye Tour, or Gilpin on the Wye. With historical and archaeological Additions, especially Illustrations of Pope's Man of Ross and copious Accounts of Ross, Goodrich Castle, Monmouth, The Buck Stone, Tintern Abbey, Lancaut [and many other localities]. GILPIN IN PERIOD BOARDS
Sm. 8vo., with engraved plate and full-page map but WANTING PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE; period boards, uncut, expertly recased with new backstrip to style and printed paper label, a remarkably well-preserved, clean, crisp copy. We have seen another copy of this work annotated to the effect that this may be the first book bearing a Ross imprint.
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FALL V.G.
The Sea and the Forest. A History of the Port of Rockingham, Western Australia. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps and diagrams; blue buckram, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.
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RIVER AMAZON
English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon, 1550-1646. Edited by Joyce Lorimer. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later with one small loss on front panel. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 171. Bridges & Hair, p.294.
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LUCAS James
Men of Gallipoli. The Dardanelles and Gallipoli Experience August 1914 to January 1916. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HARPUR Brian
The Impossible Victory. A Personal Account of the Battle for the River Po. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and map; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.132.
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HICKEY Michael
Gallipoli. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRIGGS L. Vernon
History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1640 to 1872. [Facsimile reissue.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with frontispiece, and illustrations, charts and facsimiles in the text; patterned blue cloth, blue faux-morocco back ruled and lettered in gilt, blue top, blue endpapers, a very good,bright, clean copy. Facsimile reissue of the original edition (Boston) of 1889.
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POPE Dudley
The Battle of the River Plate. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Parry. Preface by Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse. [Third Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, 20 plates on 14, full-page map in the text, front endpaper map and rear endpaper chart, neat German stamp on half-title; black cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly rubbed dustwrapper. Published six months after the first edition. The best and most detailed single-volume account, with many valuable appendices. Parry commanded ACHILLES, Woodhouse commanded AJAX during the action. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.190; Law 0113.
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LEE Sir Sidney
A Life of William Shakespeare. Rewritten and Enlarged Edition: Second Impression.] CHARLES OMAN'S WINCHESTER PRIZE COPY IN RIVIERE BINDING
8vo., Second Impression thus, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present) and facsimiles; in splendid Winchester College prize binding of full tan calf BY RIVIERE, boards framed in gilt, upper board blocked in gilt with College arms, back with raised bands, second compartment with green leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, gilt top, gilt doublures, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut, fore-edge very lightly spotted, some light and generally inoffensive spotting (mainly marginal) to text else a remarkably bright, fresh copy in well-known and much sought-after prize binding.. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER RECTO. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO CHARLES OMAN BY WINCHESTER COLLEGE IN 1920 AND BEARS THE PRIZE BOOKPLATE COMPLETED IN MS ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Loosely inserted is a printed invitation card to Oman from the Corporation of London to a formal dinner in 1954. Lee's life of Shakespeare was first published in 1898 and reached its sixth edition in 1908. His new edition, rewiritten and greatly enlarged, appeared first in in 1915 with the present Second Impression issued in 1916.
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JOBSON Richard
The Discovery of River Gambra (1623). Edited, with additional Material, by David P. Gamble and P.E.H. Hair. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, and maps; original Society binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, No. 2.
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HOUSE Jack
Portrait of the Clyde. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page map in the text; original series binding of blue tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, blue top, a very good, bright,clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE VERSO.
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9176 I.Y
The Fifes in South Africa. Being a History of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the South African War, 1900-1901. FIRM, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, 4 illustrations and maps in the text, and folding map, preliminaries lightly foxed; original khaki cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lattered in gilt and black, gilt top, red endpapers, uncut, joints mildly rubbed, some mild age-soiling else a very good, bright, clean copy. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry served as 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from April 1900 to June 1901. They were commanded variously by Hunter, Hutton, Clements and Cunningham. In December 1900 the 20th was attacked at Nooitgedacht where the British sustained heavy casualties and the Fifes were reduced to half strength. The remnants joined Cunningham's force to the end of January 1901 and were then attached to Col. Benson's column in south western Transvaal. In April 1901 the Fifes regrouped at full strength at Bloemfontein, joining Col. Pilcher's column in Orange River Colony and returning home in May 1901.The work includes a nominal roll and campaign history. VERY SCARCE. Hackett, p.190 (see also p.ix for coloured plate of cover and lengthy assessment); White, .p.176.
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LANE Arthur
When You Go Home. [Foreword by Sir Peter Herbert.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and endpaper charts; green cloth, upper board board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed, heartfelt and well-illustrated tribute to British service personnel who died in Malaya, Singapore and as POWs of the Japanese. Graham & Cole R3.
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BLAIR Joan
Return from the River Kwai. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 69 plates on 24 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The story of the Allied POWs who, having built the Burma-Thailand railway, were en route to forced labour in Japan when their prison ships were attacked by American submarines. Enser, p.209.
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COSTON, H. E. Towner
Lonsdale Library Volume XXIV. River Management. The Making, Care and Development of Salmon and Trout Rivers NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with frontispiece, plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text; original series binding of terracotta cloth boards, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of Ferrow of Great Yarmouth on front paste-down.
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HILLS John Waller
A Summer on the Test. With Twelve Dry-Points by Norman Wilkinson. [Large Paper Edition.] 300 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, Large Paper, with frontispiece (original captioned guard present), title in green and black, 11 fine plates (all original captioned guards present), and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, uncut, corners lightly bruised else a remarkably bright, clean, fresh copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 228). Hampton p.154.
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BROCKIE Keith
One Man's River. Paintings and Sketches from a Scottish River. [River Tay.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FARRAR-HOCKLEY Anthony
The Edge of the Sword. [With a Foreword by Major-General T. Brodie]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and endpaper maps, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The epic stand of 1 Glosters on Hill 235 at the eastern crossing of the Imjin River.
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FARRAR-HOCKLEY Captain Anthony
The Edge of the Sword. [With a Foreword by Major-General T. Brodie]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and endpaper maps, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The epic stand of 1 Glosters on Hill 235 at the eastern crossing of the Imjin River. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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CAMPBELL Commander A.B.
The Battle of the Plate. With a Foreword by Lord Chatfield. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps, title and following leaves lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at edges and lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. One of the earliest published accounts of the action: also covers the release of the Spee prisoners by COSSACK from ALTMARK. Includes ROH and awards. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Law 0104; inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.
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LAVERY Brian
River-Class Frigates and the Battle of the Atlantic. A Technical and Social History. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, slight forward lean else a near fine copy.
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BOND Henry
A History of the Trinity Hall Boat Club. With a Preface by Mr. Justice Maugham. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and 15 plates, front free endpaper clipped; original black cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
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POPE Dudley
The Battle of the River Plate. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Parry. Preface by Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., Fist Edition, with frontispiece, 20 plates on 14, full-page map in the text, front endpaper map and rear endpaper chart; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Heinz Kurth. The best and most detailed single-volume account, with many valuable appendices. Parry commanded ACHILLES, Woodhouse commanded AJAX during the action. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.190; Law 0113.
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MCARTHUR Wilson
The River Windrush. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 45 plates on 32, inscription on front endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JAMES Robert Rhodes
Gallipoli. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Arguably the most comprehensive study in Batsford's much sought-after British Battles series. The finest modern single-volume account of the ill-fated campaign and the first to access much previously unpublished (indeed unvisited) official material. Hugely researched, and including much important vernacular material from private archives and interviews, together with detailed surveys of the battlefields. 'The mass of legends which still surround Gallipoli have been examined, and, in many cases, discounted; old judgements have been disproved or confirmed; some exalted reputations have been sharply questioned; others have been restored.' A model campaign history. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.144.
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Cezar, Paulo Bastos and Ana Rosa Viveiros de Castro
A Praca Maua na memoria do Rio de Janeiro
This is an almost very good hardcover copy in the original glazed illustrated boards. Short split to the spine edge repaired long ago. Very clean inside and out, but some foxing to endpapers. Text in PORTUGUESE only. This is a collection of old photographs of Rio de Janeiro, showing how the city took shape and documenting it's development through the 19th and 20th centuries. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and color sketches like maps showing the coastline of Rio and how it developed. Selected bibliography. 9" high X 11" wide, 90 pages.
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Focas, S.
Hoi Hellenes eis ten Potamoploian tou Kato Douvave
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket of the first Greek edition. Completely clean inside and out. Dust jacket lightly toned. Text completely in Greek. This is the first Greek edition of Focas' work: 'The Lower Danube River in the southeastern European political and economic complex from antiquity' to the Conference of Belgrade of 1948, published in English in 1987. 30 black & white photographic plates. 10" high X 7" wide, 478 pages. Printed in Greece by Stavros Georgiadis, for the Institute for Balkan Studies, Serial No 144 Thessaloniki, October 1975. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bossaglia, Rossana
James Riviere. Gioielli tra Arte e Design
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and Italian. Texts by Rossana Bossaglia, Bruno Munari, Claudio Cerritelli, Alessandro Quattordio and Marina Robbiani. James Riviere is a jewelry designer who has won numerous prizes, such as the Premio 1st at the 1972 Triennale di Milano. In the 1980's he formed a partnership with Bruno Munari and Luigi Veronesi to make jewelry. Virtually a catalog raisonne of Riviere's work. Profusely illustrated in color and some black & white. Chronology. 13" high X 10" wide, 117 pages.
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Ludwig, Emil
Le Nil Vie D'un Fleuve
This is a very good softcover set with only light wear. Two volumes. Very clean inside and out (previous owner name on front endpaper of each volume). Text in French. 24 plates and 4 maps in volume 1 + 23 plates and 1 map in volume 2. 8" high X 6" wide, 292 & 293 pages. This set will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Musée de l'Homme, Paris.
Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée de l'Homme - Musée de l'Homme, Paris 1965
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket spine edges rubbed. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Introduction by Roger Heim and J. Millot. Interview with Georges-Henri Rivière by Michel Leiris. Four sections in the book which document the Musee de l'Homme's spectacular collections: 1) Prehistoric, text by Guy de Beauchêne; 2) Africa, text by Michel Leiris and Jacqueline Delange; 3) Oceanic, text by Françoise Girard; and 4) Pre-Hispanic and Native American, text by Henri Lehmann. Bibliography. Illustrated in color 6 tipped-in plates + 84 black & white plates. 10" high X 9" wide, 232 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Vasquez, Pedro
Niteroi e a Fotografia, 1858-1958.
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Small bump to back cover near top of spine, light crease to back cover edge. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese. It is a pictoral history of the city of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With photographs by Victor Frond, George Leuzinger, Marc Ferrez, Juan Gutierrez, Florindo Siqueira, Conde de Agrolongo, Colegio Salesiano, Acervo Monaco, Augusto Malta, and Manuel Fonseca. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Chronology. Bibliography. 8" high X 12" wide, 151 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Fields, Armond
Henri Rivière
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. This copy is 1 of 100 signed by the author, Armond Fields, on the half title right under the printed title. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. 8" high X 10" wide, 93 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Martins, Carlos et al.
A paisagem Carioca
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text mainly in Portuguese with English summary at the end. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro in August through September 2000. Catalogue edited by Carlos Martins, with contributions by a dozen curators and authors including Sandra Regina Caleffi, Aline Carrer, Anna Maria F. Monteiro de Carvalho, Luiz Paulo Horta, Maria Pace Chiavari, Silvia Maria Kutchma, Tunico Amancio, and Vera Beatriz Siqueira among others. Massive survey of Rio de Janeiro, revealed through old photographs, posters, broadsides, film stills, printed ephemera, etc. Checklist with 1159 works catalogued. Almost all illustrated in a section at the end with small images. Also many larger illustrations throughout the catalog. 9" high X 11" wide, 244 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bertichem P.G.
O Rio De Janeiro E Seus Arrabaldes 1856
This is a very good hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued with almost no wear. Bound in red cloth printed with gilt device on the front cover only. This is a limited edition of 50 numbered copies not for sale. This is number XXXIV. This in effect is the second edition of Bertichem's 1856 original edition. Short modern introduction in English and Portuguese (four pages). Illustrated in color with 47 plates. 12" high X 17" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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COLINI G.A.
Osservazioni etnografiche sui Givari. Memoria
In 4, pp. 47 con 2 tavv. in lit. f.t. di cui una a colori. Br. ed. con taglietti ai marg. dei p. e con danni rip. al d. Saggio entografico-antropologico sui Givari, popolazione del bacino dell'alto Rio delle Amazzoni.
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AA.VV.
Studi pinerolesi
In 8, pp. 377 + (1b) + (1) + (1b). Strappi e mancanze all'ultima p. Mancanze e bruniture al p. ant. P. post. rifatto. Collana: 'Biblioteca della Societa' Storica Subalpina diretta da Ferdinando Gabotto' [1]. Argomenti: B. Vesme, 'Le origini della feudalita' nel Pinerolese', F. Gabotto, 'L'Abazia ed il Comune di Pinerolo e la riscossa Sabauda in Piemonte', D. Carutti, 'Ricordi di Casa Savoia in Pinerolo', E. Durando, 'Casane e prestatori di danaro in Pinerolo nei secoli XIII e XIV', C. Demo, 'Il Rio Moirano', C. Patrucco, 'Il Settecento. Pagine di Vita Pinerolese'.
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MORICONI Ubaldo
Da Genova ai deserti dei Mayas. (Ricordi di un viaggio commerciale) con 345 illustrazioni
In 8, pp. 309 + (1b) + (4) di pubbl. con molte foto in b/n, cartine e ill. n.t. anche a piena pagina. Mancanze al d. Br. ed. dec. Fa parte della Collezione di Monografie Illustrate. Serie viaggi. Dall'Indice: In rotta per le Canarie, Sull'Orenoco, Gli Indiani dell'Orenoco, del Rio Negro e di altre regioni del Venezuela, Una fermata a Barbados, Un giorno a Puerto Rico, A Cuba libera, Al Paese degli Aztecas, Messico a traverso l'istantanea, Tra i ruderi della Roma Azteca, Italia e Messico, Ai deserti dei Maya, Il carnevale di Merida, etc...
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NETTO Ladislau
Lettre a Monsieur Ernest Renan a propos de l'inscription phe'nicienne apocryphe soumise en 1872 a l'Institut historique, geographique et ethnographique du Bre'sil La verite' sur l'inscription de la Parahyba avec le fac-simile des caracte'res phe'niciens, la traduction en he'breu et français
In 8, pp. 36 + (4) con 1 tav. n.t. con la riproduzione dell'iscrizione. Qualche strappetto ai marg. est. dei p. Br. ed. In questo saggio l'A., direttore del Museo Nazionale di Rio de Janeiro, dichiara apocrifa l'iscrizione fenicia che era stata scoperta nel 1872 a Parahyba e che avrebbe fornito l'ipotetica prova dell'approdo in Sud America dei Fenici. Netto aveva infatti pubblicato nel 1874 la traduzione dell'iscrizione attribuendola ai Fenici.
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