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1881rif. 149774St Petersburg: Cartographic Institute of the Military-Topographic Department of the General Staff 1881. The cartographic climax of the "great game" Second edition significantly improved from the first edition 1877 to incorporate the latest military intelligence from field surveys. This magisterial work of "great game" cartography was presented at Russia's Tashkent military headquarters to the daring French explorer Stanislas Benoist-Méchin during his epic 1881-3 overland journey from Beijing to Europe. We have traced no other copies. A presentation inscription on the verso of the map reads in French "To Mr Baron Benoist-Méchin from Generals Kouropatkine and Levaschew October 1882 Tashkent." Benoist-Méchin 1854-1923 began travelling the world as a young man and then served as the French cultural attaché in Tokyo 1880-1. In 1881 he decided to return to Europe via the daring route through Central Asia. Leaving Beijing on 15 September with his regular travelling companion Comte Humbert Adrien de Mailly-Chalon 1853-1921 he journeyed through Manchuria and across Russian Siberia. In 1882 having reached Kashgar they received permission to cross Russian Turkestan spending six weeks in Tashkent as the honoured guests of General Mikhail Tchernayev the architect of Russian's expansion across Central Asia General Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin 1848-1925 and the aforementioned General Levaschov likely the artillery officer Vladimir Levaschov 1834-1898. After reaching Samarkand they travelled in extreme cold through Bukhara and via Khiva to Tehran reaching Moscow in October 1883 where they were accorded a hero's welcome. Their descriptions of this feat of exploration were published in 1885 in the Bulletin de la Société de géographie. This map was made for the use of the Russian military high command in St Petersburg and in the Turkestan Military District which had been established in the 1860s amid the occupation of Tashkent and Bokhara and dates from a period following the Second Anglo-Afghan War and the Battle of Geok Tepe when tensions were at their height. It encompasses almost the entire playing surface of the "great game" extending east-west from Xinjiang and Tibet to the Caspian Sea and Afghanistan and north-south from Siberia to northern India. Unparalleled in terms of accuracy and detail it names every city town and village and the legend has entries for such features as fortifications railways mail and caravan roads and mines. Spot heights are given in feet and deserts are marked with a light red pattern. It is much improved on the first edition which had only 48 panels and did not extend as far south. Chromolithograph map 195 x 200 cm dissected onto 64 sections and mounted on linen as issued laid-down printed slip stating "corrected up to 1881" small folding tab at right edge. Folding away to 28.5 x 28 cm. Housed in green quarter morocco solander box with chemise by the Chelsea Bindery. Map surface generally clean and brighta few stains toning and soiling at edges small repair at top-left edge verso foxed and with couple of areas of linen reinforcement: very good. unknown
rif. ING9781506739601Dark Horse Books. New. Special order direct from the distributor Dark Horse Books unknown
1837rif. 156409Kabul and elsewhere: 1837-41 & 1859. Correspondence chess A carefully assembled collection of material connected to players in the "great game" including Colonel Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly both famously beheaded at Bukhara Major Henry Rawlinson the political agent at Kandahar and Captain Sir Alexander "Bukhara" Burns. The material mounted on album leaves with accompanying newspaper clippings and other ephemera is tied together by Connolly and Stoddart's dramatic death. Sent on a mission to secure an agreement of friendship between Britain and the Emir of Bukhara in 1838 Stoddart was arrested by the emir on charges of spying and imprisoned. Conolly the intelligence agent credited with coining the term "great game" in an 1840 letter to Rawlinson arrived in Bukhara in late 1841 to negotiate his compatriot's release. Both men were killed in June 1842 and became household names back home. In the first two letters Burns writing about a year before he was killed by a mob in Kabul shares his views with Rawlinson on the latest moves in the "great game". He writes of Stoddart's short-lived release from prison and of the importance of Conolly's current intelligence-gathering in Central Asia. Shah Shuja "is surrounded by a parcel of harpies" and Burns advises caution about the use of British troops to prop up the Shah's rule: "Nothing contributes so much to lower the King's power as the employment of our troops against Afghans & I would avoid it if possible." As for Lord Auckland the governor-general "does not have great faith in the sincerity of Russia in abandoning her Khiva designs but it gives us time." The third letter from Conolly to Rawlinson discusses local news and offers a lighter-hearted window onto the life of a political agent far from home. He has swapped the diplomatic chessboard for the card table: "We miss you very much - especially at whist" the previous night's rubber being "stale and flat but not unprofitable for I won 9 rupees." This letter is mounted with a page of Stoddart's notes on taking navigational bearings which Stoddart gave to Rawlinson before departing for Central Asia in 1837. The final piece touches on the wider appeal of the Stoddart-Conolly story. Writing to the Cornish baronet Sir Hugh Molesworth almost two decades later Dr Joseph Wolff mentions his second expedition to Bokhara mounted to ascertain the fate of the two men and how the profits from the two editions of his best-selling Narrative of a mission to Bokhara 1845 were sufficient to finance a parsonage and schoolhouse in his living. a Sir Alexander Burns to Major Henry Rawlinson 21 December 1840 Kabul. ALS bifolium written across all sides. b Sir Alexander Burns to Major Henry Rawlinson 20 January 1841 Kabul. ALS bifolium written across all sides. c Captain Arthur Conolly to Major Henry Rawlinson 1840 Kabul. ALS bifolium and single sheet written across 5 sides addressed on final side remains of wax seal. d Colonel Stoddart's autograph notes on taking navigational bearings single sheet written one side. Endorsed on verso by Rawlinson "Given to me by Col. Stoddart on his departure for Bokhara in 1837. H. Rawlinson"; later note to the same effect but in a different hand below. e Revd Dr Joseph Wolff to Revd Sir Hugh H. Molesworth 31 August 1859 Taunton Somerset. ALS bifolium written across 3 sides. 4 autograph letters and single sheet of notes totalling 17 sides of manuscript tipped to or mounted on stubs to card album leaves 370 x 265 mm with laid-down material 11 newspaper clippings 2 printed illustrations sheet of manuscript later brief captions in manuscript. Letters and sheet of notes generally well preserved staining and creasing as expected stubs occasionally just touching text but no loss to sense: a very good collection. unknown
2008rif. 1-193485705XCatalyst Game Labs 2008. Hardcover. New. 200 pages. 11.12x8.62x0.62 inches. Catalyst Game Labs hardcover
2018rif. 1-194248769XCatalyst Game Labs 2018. Paperback. New. 10.59x8.50x0.39 inches. Catalyst Game Labs paperback
1820rif. 17762Amsterdam: Steendrukkerij van C. Goos 1820. The cards are kept in the original publisher's marbled slipcase ca. 4.8 x 7.2 cm with 2 engraved labels one with the title and imprint and one with the rules of the game. Set of 42 lithographed miniature playing cards 21 for Cloris printed in grey and 21 for Roosje printed in blue. Most charming set of miniature playing cards for use of a somewhat daring party game between young people of both sexes. The 42 cards each with an illustration of a couple and a four-line verse are either titled "Cloris" or "Roosje". The Cloris cards were divided between the boys and the Roosje cards between the girls. One of the young men would "propose" by reading the verse of one of his cards and one of the young ladies would answer by reading hers. The verses were full of love and desire but since the cards were read at random Roosje's reponse would not always be the logical answer to Cloris' proposal leading to hilarious situations.The name of the game most likely refers to De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje which was a Dutch farce written by Dirk Buysero at the end of the 17th century. The play became incredibly popular. It was performed yearly throughout most of the 18th century and still widely known in the 19th century.The slipcase is scuffed and partly torn around the edges and corners. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. De Koning 617; Gumuchian 3223. Steendrukkerij van C. Goos, unknown
rif. DADAX1394298765Wiley 2024-12-05. 3. paperback. New. 7.40x1.30x9.20. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley paperback
rif. 46651Melbourne : National Game Co. c.1916. Thin board 310 x 475 mm folding recto with colour printed design a few stains and scuffs verso with pictorial title label spine repaired a very good example of this game. A copy of this board game is held in the National Archives of Australia; the Powerhouse Museum holds a copy of a later variant edition. unknown
rif. ria9781506739601_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An oversized full-colour hardcover art book chronicling the development of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series' celebrated return. paperback
rif. DADAX1938804007New unknown
rif. DADAX1960643258Diane Alber Art LLC 2024-03-26. hardcover. New. 9.00x9.00x3.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Diane Alber Art LLC hardcover
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2017rif. 1-1941582338Catalyst Game Labs 2017. Paperback. New. 10.87x8.39x0.47 inches. Catalyst Game Labs paperback
2014rif. 1-193687654XCatalyst Game Labs 2014. Hardcover. New. 10.70x8.60x0.60 inches. Catalyst Game Labs hardcover
rif. 46025Ballarat and Melbourne : National Game Co. c.1920. ""Copyright no. 3273"". Thick board 310 x 475 mm folding original cloth backstrip fold-out game board printed in colour small split to fold exterior sunned edges rubbed title label perished a good copy. The design features the Australian Red Ensign with seven-pointed Commonwealth star. The Red Ensign was used as the national flag between 1901 and 1954 by State and local governments private organisations and individuals. Scarce. The only institutional copy of this game board we can locate is held in the National Library of Australia while the collection of Museums Victoria has the small box that originally accompanied the board containing the original playing counters rules sheet and teetotum. hardcover
1895rif. 78554August 1895 - 1978. original padded leather. The album's spine is perished with light wear at edges; contents sound and fine. 8vo. Illustrated throughout. The first page is an amusing original hand-colored cartoon of a Victorian couple cowering in front of a pig initialled "A.T." Following are 175 pig drawings all signed and most dated and many with a location. Dozens are neatly filled in in black and one is flesh-colored. 117 drawings were made between 1895-1900; 26 from 1900-1910 . hardcover
1820rif. 21196041820. Published by J. & E. Wallis 42 Skinner Street London and J. Wallis Junr. Marine Library Sidmouth. 1820. Original engraved sheet game circa 61 x 46cm mounted in sections on original linen folded and housed in the original buff card slipcase with publisher's onlaid engraved and handcoloured pictorial label to one side; a striking and decorative Georgian table or chase game which is composed of 53 pictorial compartments surrounding the elaborately engraved title and printed rules of the game; both game and slipcase in uncommonly fresh condition with some slight toning dusting and a few marks and some light staining to the reverse side the slipcase in unusually fresh condition; scarce in this condition; without the additional explanatory rules booklet which is frequently the case.Third edition with No 53 described in the rules as ""1820. Buonaparte on board the Bellerophon"". Later editions of the book of rules have 3 spaces added: 54. George IV. Plans of London Improvements submitted to the King; 55 William IV. Negro Slavery abolished throughout the British Dominions; 56 Victoria l. May her reign be long and happy. The game would have required a teetotum and counters but these were not supplied by the publisher Whitehouse 25. unknown
rif. ria9781646091829_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
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