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1882ref. 123687V. A. Morel & Cie, Paris 1882 1 grand in-4 Demi chagrin rouge à coins complet V. A. Morel & Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, Paris - 1882 - 1 vol grand in-4 - 91 pages + 71 planches en noir & blanc et couleurs montées sur onglet (planches complètes) - Reliure en demi chagrin rouge à coins, 4 nerfs, titre et filets en dorés
1883ref. 123688V. A. Morel & Cie, Paris 1883 1 grand in-4 Demi chagrin rouge à coins complet V. A. Morel & Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, Paris - 1883 - 1 vol grand in-4 - 96 pages + 71 planches en noir & blanc et couleurs montées sur onglet (planches complètes) - Reliure en demi chagrin rouge à coins, 4 nerfs, titre et filets en dorés
1883ref. 123689V. A. Morel & Cie, Paris 1883 1 grand in-4 Demi chagrin rouge à coins complet V. A. Morel & Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, Paris - 1884 - 1 vol grand in-4 - 94 pages + 70 planches en noir & blanc et couleurs montées sur onglet (planches complètes mais pas rangées dans l'ordre) - Reliure en demi chagrin rouge à coins, 4 nerfs, titre et filets en dorés
1854ref. 189965Washington D. C.: A.O.P. Nicholson Printer 1854. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear to covers cloth spine torn foxing spots and age toning. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering textured stamped design; unpaginated 44 maps and plans many of them folded. Contents: Illustrations accompanying the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office -- Illustrations accompanying the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings -- Illustration accompanying the report on the National Hospital for the Insane -- Illustrations accompanying the report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers -- Illustration accompanying the report of the Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography. "December 4 1854. Read and ordered to be printed; and that 10000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate."- title page. A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer hardcover
1854ref. 189965Washington D. C.: A.O.P. Nicholson Printer 1854. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear to covers cloth spine torn foxing spots and age toning. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering textured stamped design; unpaginated 44 maps and plans many of them folded. Contents: Illustrations accompanying the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office -- Illustrations accompanying the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings -- Illustration accompanying the report on the National Hospital for the Insane -- Illustrations accompanying the report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers -- Illustration accompanying the report of the Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography. "December 4 1854. Read and ordered to be printed; and that 10000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate."- title page. A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer hardcover books
1862133 p. 8vo. 225 mm. Disbound. Very Good. 37th Congress, 2d Session. House. Report. 137. Includes also: Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, 1854 (U.S. Office of Public Buildings)./ Submitted by Mr. Sargent. Laid on the table, and ordered printed July 10, 1862. A wonderful accounting of the: architecture; construction work; and costs of the U.S. Treasury Building and the U.S. Capitol. We note that laborers were paid under $1.25 per day; teamsters $1.33 per day; and the Engineer $2.00 per day. Brick and stone masons and cutters could earn as much as $2.50 per day. Documents such as this deserve more study by economic and social historians. GEOLOGY 2
1900Very Good German Original b/w city plan. Atlas folio. (58x47 cm). In German. Folded. [CITY PLAN of BRAILA -IBRAIL-] Stadtplan von Braila. Scale (Masstab): 1/10.000. No cartographer. 33 descriptive articles on bottom-right corner of the plan. Slightly chipped at extremities of paper and soiling. It shows Braila and Donau. Braila (Turkish: Ibrail) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Braila County. There's some Ottoman manuscript including translations of the German descriptive text on the plan, and also "'Ibrail' sehir plâni" written on verso in Ottoman script. Extremely rare.
1900Very Good German Original b/w city plan. Atlas folio. (58x47 cm). In German. Folded. [CITY PLAN of BRAILA -IBRAIL-] Stadtplan von Braila. Scale (Masstab): 1/10.000. No cartographer. 33 descriptive articles on bottom-right corner of the plan. Slightly chipped at extremities of paper and soiling. It shows Braila and Donau. Braila (Turkish: Ibrail) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Braila County.
1802ref. 15907Nismes, Veuve Belle, An X-1802 ; in-4 ; veau marbré, dos lisse à faux-nerfs, décoré dans le style de Bozérian, titre doré, roulette décorative dorée d'encadrement des plats, roulette sur les coupes (rel. de l'époque) ; XXIX, 588 pp., 1 tableau dépliant h.t. et 1 pl. gravée sur cuivre par Savin.
1899112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1846ref. 0008413London: Richard Bentley 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Steel Engravings and woodcuts. 8vo; ix 437 pages contemporary 3/4 brown morocco marbled papers rubbed extremities tight all edges gilt 10 steel Engravings and 19 wood engravings. Nathaniel Armstrong Wells was a high-born wealthy man of mixed parentage: three-fourths European one quarter African. Richard Bentley hardcover
1899pp. [70]. Illustrated with photographs. Numerous local advertisements. Slight age staining. Sm. 4to. Original yellow printed wraps, very slightly worn. Front cover decorated with a Revolutionary soldier in blue and green with early penciled ownership. Illustrated advertisement of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company on rear cover. Excellent local historical ephemera. Nice copy. Quite scarce. PA PAMPH 19_18 BX1
1863ref. 788161863 Paris, Morel, 1863, in 12 broché, 89 pages ; des rousseurs.
