Rio amazonas — marelibri

1893In quarto grande (29,4x20,2 cm); (8), IV, 614, (2) pp. e una grande c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegata. Bellissima legatura coeva in mezza pelle rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso. Dorso a cinque nervi. Tagli dorati. Un piccolo strappetto senza perdita di carta alla mappa più volte ripiegata. Piccole strofinature ininfluenti e qualche leggerissima fioritura in poche pagine dovuta alla qualità della carta ma nel complesso bellissima copia in bella legatura coeva. Prima edizione di questo celebre racconto di viaggio del celebre esploratore e geografo francese Henri Anatole Coudreau originario di Sonnac. L'autore fu tra i primi ad esplorare la Guyana francese e a risalire il Rio delle Amazzoni. Questo celebre racconto venne terminato dalla moglie dello stesso Codreau che lo seguì nelle sue esplorazioni, morto nei dintorni del lago Tapagem . durante il tentativo di raggiungere le sorgenti del Rio delle Amazzoni. L'opera è illustrata da 98 bellissime incisioni, 18 delle quali a piena pagina. Prima edizione in buone condizioni di conservazione ed in bella e ricca legatura coeva. First edition, a good copy.

Studio bibliografico Antonio Zanfrognini · Itália€ 250,00

GUYON Claude-Marie (Abbé)Livre Rare Book

HISTOIRE DES AMAZONES ANCIENNES ET MODERNES

1748ref. 94721748 reliure plein veau (binding full calfskin) brun petit in-octavo, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré or (gilt) - entre-nerfs - compartiments or à fleuron fleurette (floweret) pièce de titre (piece of title) avec filet or sur fond rouge brun, plats épidermés (lights scratches) ) mors (joints) fendu sur 1 centimètre, plats marqués par l'humidité (cover with humidity mark), toutes tranches rouges (red edges), cahiers légèrement déboîtés (leafs lightly dislodged), illustrations : 8 planches hors-texte (full page engraving) en noir, 215 pages avec Approbation & Privilège, 1748 Amsterdam Zacharie Chatelain Editeur,

Librairie Guimard · Nantes, França€ 260,00

Rémy de GourmontLivre Rare Book

LETTRES A L'AMAZONE

ref. 50240Crès.1914.In-8 en demi-maroquin à coins de Kieffer.1/900 sur Rives.Frontispice gravé par Vibert.Tête dorée.Bel exemplaire.Ex-libris.Couvs.et dos conservés.

Librairie Ancienne Laurencier · Bordeaux, França€ 280,00

BAZZETTA DE VEMENIA NINOMareMagnum

Storia della Citt… di Domodossola e dell'Ossola Superiore dai primi tempi all'apertura del Traforo del Sempione. Memorie storiche - Documenti - Statuti - Torri e castelli - Araldica - Notizie sacre, ecc.

In 4ø (cm. 30 x 21); pagg. (10), 574; con 12 tavole fotograf., quasi tutte doppie f.t. e 14 alberi genealogici n.t; stemma della citt… a due colori al f.spizio; m.pelle coeva con punte e fregi e titoli oro al dorso. VG. ** Autografato da Nino Bazzetta al frontespizio e con altro invio. Edizione originale e unica. Cfr. Ferraris "Bibliografia Ossolana", 214.

Il Piacere e Il Dovere · Itália€ 290,00

Garkin, Dmitri; Woodroffe, J. Froude; Patterson, Walter G.; Browne, J.E.; Godsell, P.H.; Prichard, Katharine; Comstock, Edith I.; Et alMareMagnum

The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, January [Jan.] 1915, Vol. 34, No. 201: Experiences in Keewatin

1915Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canadá€ 295,00

Knight, W. Kobold; Taylor, James M.; Hughes, G.V.; Hay-Ducrot, Colonel L.; Bey, A.M. Hassenein; Carson, Captain John H.; Gordon, K.H.; Dyott, G.M.; Golden, H. Wallace; Tench, C.V.; Spelling, James; Douglass, E.H.; Anderson, Flying Officer David F.MareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, December [Dec.] 1925, Vol LVI, No. 332: Up and Down in Kurdistan / The Big Redwood

1925Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Babes In A Boat - Part I - A couple knowing nothing of navigation decides to set sail from Victoria, British Columbia and cross the Pacific; The Big Redwood - Story of a dog's uncanny instinct; A Holiday in the Sunderbunds - Pursuing a Royal Bengal Tiger - with great photos; A Matter of Habit - An amusing tale of two mean men at that 'sun-baked cinder-heap Aden'; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part III of an amazing expedition from Sollum to El Obeid, over two thousand miles, across the Sahara, visiting much previously unexplored territory, with nice photos; The "Lone Star Kid" - Young Harry Wells purchases a pony, sombrero and revolver before proceeding to carry out a 'hold-up'; Ram Kumar's "Cure" - a common fraud/confidence trick practiced in India; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part III of the extraordinary adventures of G.M. Dyott, who was abandoned by his guide in the upper Amazon - includes photos of shrunken heads; The Great Snake - A native Basuto legend comes true in the Orange Free State; Full-page photo of the 'Santa Cruz Monster' that washed up on shore; Photo of the Emir of Kano's Bodyguard; "Black Foxes" - An amusing story from near Mink Landing, Alberta which proves not every black fox pelt is worth the money; Two Men and a Leopard - Story of a terrific hand-to-hand battle with an infuriated leopard; A Weird Quest - Daily seances are held to aid in finding lost California gold mines; Up and Down in Kurdistan - Nicely phtoto-illustrated article about David F. Anderson and his flying excursion in Mesopotamia which began as an ibex hunt and ended with a bear. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book

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Propercio De Mello Saraiva; Darling, E.; Forbin, V.; Birge, W.; Frings, J.; Morris, G.; La Rue, L.; Lathrop, J.; Walford, F.; Rutzebeck, H.; Et alMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, January (Jan.), 1922, No. 285, Vol. XLVIII - New Year's Number: A Film Hunter on the Amazon

1922Pages 169-252 plus 40 pages of ads. Features: A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part 1 - Prof. Propercio de Mello Saraiva travelled 25,000 miles documenting the Amazon - article with photos; That Christmas Dinner - a funny story; A Fairy Land of the Far East - photo-illustrated article on the Court of the Emperor of Annam in Indo-China; A Close Call - what happened when a whaler attempted to replenish its water supply at an unfriendly island; Photo of pelt of the world's record bear, with its shooter, Mr. Lionel J. Tucker, a forestry engineer of Vancouver; My Island of Dreams - Part III (conclusion) - The Adventures of an Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings; Cycling Over the Alps - G. Butler Morris recounts his interesting experiences, illustrated with his own photos; A South African Man-Hunt - an escaped half-breed was the terror of the district; Hank Vaughn - a young Englishman's experience with a 'bad man'; The Vengeance of Megana Kol - an Indian aboriginal armed only with a bow and arrow kills a panther which had killed over fifty people, including his own two children; A Man's Luck - Part IV of Hjalmar Rutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Tiger's Teeth - tale from a Devonshire village; The Secret Dance - Mrs. S.A. Clarke-Kennedy witnesses a secret Australian aboriginal "corroboree" ceremonial dance; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canadá€ 295,00

Taylor, Merlin Moore; Hogg, John Edwin; Elliott, Richard; Martin, Minnie; Henderson, J.R.; Domville-Fife, C.W.; Webb, Harry E.; Rayne, Major H.; Methley, M.M.; Dennis, Joan; Brooke, W.; Charles, Bernard; Barns, T. Alexander; Barrow, R. GranvilleMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, May, 1925, Vol LV, No. 325: Early California Seaplane Fishing / Wild Tribes of the Amazon

1925Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canadá€ 295,00

Barr, William; Dunn, H.H.; Nicholls, G. Heaton; Grenfell, Wilfred T.; Fagan, D.W.O.; Pratt, A.E.; Burton, Colonel R.G.; Talbot, P. Amaury; Blake, Harry M.; Guinand, W.B.; Villepion, Guy De; Barracliffe, Captain JamesMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men: February, 1914 - Volume 32, Number 190 - Gun-Running with Zapata

1914Pages 303-396 plus 28 pages of ads, many wonderfully illustrated. Numerous black and white illustrations and photos in text. Features: Saved by Two Inches - How a big-horn sheep brought a veteran hunter to the verge of destruction in Montana; Gun-Running with Mexican Outlaw Emiliano Zapata - article with great photos; A Terrible Trip - Gold Searching in German New Guinea; Twenty Years in Newfoundland (Part II) - article with nice photos; Fishermen's Luck - a story from New Zealand involving T. Colthart, H. Hewlett and D.G. FitzGibbon; Across the Andes and Down the Amazon - the story of an adventurous journey (part II); The Well of Skulls - a story from Hyderabad; The Lake of Life - the Idiong secret society in Africa; The King Who Met His Match - a story from Sierra Leone; Trapped in a Tank (cover illustration); Captured by the Monkey-Men - an explorer's tale from the Orinoco River; The Smugglers of Gibraltar; Pete the Pup - an adventurous dog in New Mexico. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Minor chipping to back strip. Three inch opening between front cover and base of spine. Overall a pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canadá€ 299,95

Carlin, W.J.; Charles, Bernard; Domville-Fife, C.W.; O'Hargan, Roderick; Rayne, Major H.; Cocroft, Thoda; De Termes, Capt. M.M. J.; Harris, C.L.; Hedstrom, Sir J. Maynard; Barns, T. Alexander; Aubuchon, Tampton; Pound, Reginald; Turner, J.N.MareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, April 1925 - Eskimo Wireless

1925Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book

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Taylor, M.; Borders, A.; Piers, Sir Charles; Brightwell, L.; Silas, E.; Domville-Fife, C.; Crockkett, C.; Macgowan, G.; Cursham, A.; Elwyn, J.; Hogg, J.; Charnley, W.; Hayter, C.MareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventures, June, 1925, No. 326, Vol. LV - Artist on a Tropic Isle

1925Pages 90-176 plus 18 pages of ads. Features: Where Cannibals Roam - Part I - Merlin Moore Taylor's adventures into the unknown interior of Papua (article with great photos); "Twisted" Harmon - an RCMP officer spends five years and travels thousands of miles to catch an escaped murderer hiding in the protection of the German Secret Service; Life in a Logging Camp - sensational photo-illustrated article on the Abernethy Lougheed Logging Company's operation in Maple Ridge, British Columbia; "Trawler Tidd" - a cat that went to sea; An Artist on a Tropic Isle - the adventures of Ellis Silas as he painted in the Trobriands group of islands north of New Guinea; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part 3 of 3 - the author's adventures as he penetrated deep into Amazonia, with photos (including shrunken head); Feedback on a recent article on the K.K.K.; Chasing the Pulajans - religious fanatics who gave the US authorities in the Philippines untold trouble; To the "End of the World" and Beyond - Captain Gault Macgowan, F.R.G.S. and his wife set out on an eventful journey in the Western Himalayas; Photo of large hawser (3" dia. rope) made of human hair at Kyoto's Higashi-Honganji Temple; The Fatal Slip; One Up on "Homie"; The Taming of the Sheriff - a ranch story from Death Valley, California; Down the Shaft - a West Australian miner's story of a terrible experience at the bottom of a six-hundred foot shaft; Five Hundred Miles in Open Boats - an arduous and eventful arctic journey recounted by retired Mountie, Sergeant-Major C.N.C.Hayter; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canadá€ 299,95

LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie de.Livre Rare Book

Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique méridionale, depuis la côte de la mer du sud, jusqu'aux côtes du brésil et de la Guyane, en descendant la rivière des Amazones.

1778ref. PHO-2294Maestricht, Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, 1778. In-8° : [4] -xvi-379 pp. ; 2 h.-t., relié basane marbré époque, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre, tranche jaspée rouge, frottements, coiffe sup. arasée. Illustré d’une gravure et d’une carte, les deux dépliantes gravées par Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Tardieu ("résident à Malines").

Librairie Voyage et Exploration · Cerny, França€ 350,00

LACHIZE Henri.Livre Rare Book

Une Amazone sous le Premier Empire. Vie d'Ida St-Elme. Illustré de 36 compositions par Charles Thévenin. Préface de Jules de Marthold.

ref. 9211 Broché, couverture imprimée rempliée d'édition. Suite en feuillets sous chemise muette (fentes). 25 x 16,5 cm, 239-[2] p., gravures hors-texte. Paris, Charles Carrington, 1902.

Librairie L'Abac · La Hulpe, Bélgica€ 350,00

LACHIZE Henri.Livre Rare Book

Une Amazone sous le Premier Empire. Vie d'Ida St-Elme. Illustré de 36 compositions par Charles Thévenin. Préface de Jules de Marthold.

ref. 9211 Broché, couverture imprimée rempliée d'édition. Suite en feuillets sous chemise muette (fentes). 25 x 16,5 cm, 239-[2] p., gravures hors-texte. Paris, Charles Carrington, 1902.

Librairie L'Abac · Bruxelles, Bélgica€ 350,00

Petitus, Petrus (Petit, Pierre)Antiquariat.de

De amazonibus dissertatio, qua an verè extiterint, necne, variis ultro citroque conjecturis & argumentis disputatur. Multa etiam ad eam gentem pertinentia, ex antiquis monumentis eruuntur atque illustrantur. Editio Secunda, Auctior & Correctior.

1687ref. 19548Amsterdam, Johann Wolters & Ysbrand Haring, 1687. 8vo. Mit gest. Titel, gest. Faltkarte, 48 Kupfern u. einigen Holzschn. im Text. 5 Bl., 398 S., 6 Bl. Pgt. d. Zt. m. hs. Rückentitel. Blauschnitt.

Antiquariat Düwal · Alemanha€ 350,00

ACUNA (Christobal de ) GOMBERVILLE (Marin Leroy de ,trad.) , GRILLET (Jean), BÉCHAMEL (François)Livre Rare Book

Relation de la Riviere des Amazones traduite par feu Mr de Gomberville de l'Académie Françoise , …., Avec une dissertation sur la rivière des Amazones pour service de préface.

1682ref. PHO-1279Paris,Veuve Billaine, 1682. 2 parties en 1 volumes (sur 4) ,in-12, 2ff-199pp.-2ff.-206pp. , , relié plein veau époque , dos à nerfs orné avec titre et tomaison, ex-libris ,coins usés , coiffe usée , petits manques , réparation au titre , sans la vignette et la carte , fac similé de texte au verso de l’emplacement de la vignette Chadenat, n°3105. -Sabin, n°151.

Librairie Voyage et Exploration · Cerny, França€ 380,00