1905Best.-Nr. 247478New York: Dodd Mead and Co 1905. First edition one of 200 large paper sets on Van Gelder paper. Seven volumes bound in fourteen parts plus atlas volume atlas with 56 maps & plates on 62 sheets. 15 vols. Large 8vo. Original gilt green cloth. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Spines lightly worn several lightly faded. Internally fine much of the text unopened. A very good set. First edition one of 200 large paper sets on Van Gelder paper. Seven volumes bound in fourteen parts plus atlas volume atlas with 56 maps & plates on 62 sheets. 15 vols. Large 8vo. "The most elaborate work on this expedition" - Howes. A cornerstone of modern historical research printing for the first time many major primary documents which did not appear in the Biddle edition including the Floyd and Whitehouse journals and material from the Clark-Voorihis papers along with facsimile manuscripts maps portraits and other illustrative matter. Also valuable is Victor Paltsits' bibliography of the Lewis and Clark expedition in the first volume. "This edition is notable for its thorough Introduction covering the history of the expedition and earlier exploration and a detailed account of the original journals and their various editions.In its maps and numerous illustrations the Thwaites edition is an outstanding source of visual materials relating to the expedition" - LITERATURE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. Graff 2485; Howes L320 "b"; Wagner-Camp 13:7 note to 1842 Harpers ed.; Tweney Washington 76; Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 5d.1 Dodd, Mead and Co unknown
2008Best.-Nr. 001185Calgary AB: Practitioner's Press Inc. 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Preface and Acknowledgements by Allan Gold. Book contains the '45 Plus Life Handbook' and the accompanying CD. FlatSIGNED by author in blue ink. All forms are blank with no notations. Book has light edge/shelf wear 'Local Author' sticker on front panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 261185. Practitioner's Press Inc. hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 807357Chamber of Mines of South Africa. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Volume 8 1975 Issues 1-4 Volume 9 1976 Issues 1-4 Volume 11 1978 Issues 1-4. Lacks volumes 10 These are bound in one physical volume . 1975. Chamber of Mines of South Africa hardcover
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1762Best.-Nr. 249483Paris: de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1762. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. Contemporary drab wrappers uncut . Fine. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. From Description des arts et métiers. de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour] unknown
Best.-Nr. 42101Mesorah Pub New York 2005. Hb. Full Leather Binding. Hebrew / English. New Copy. Mesorah Pub, New York 2005. hardcover
1609Best.-Nr. 27318Frankfurt Hanover & Hanover: Apud Andrea Wecheli heredes Claudium Marnium & Joann Aubrium; Parts 2 & 3 Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & Heredes Joan. Aubrii 1609. First published 1591-94. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Three parts in one volume. Vellum. Some soiling and browning of vellum and text ties lacking else a very good copy with bookplate of Alfred Jerome Brown. First published 1591-94. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. This work was ultimately completed in seven parts. 'The Polish-German physician was the personal physician to both Emperor Ferdinand and Maximilian II in Austria. He wrote several medical works and was a follower of the Galenic school of medicine. He was one of the first to study the contagiousness of certain diseases. "Sixteenth Century Books in the National Library of Medicine" 1077 for the 1591-94 edition; Osler 2387 & 2388 earlier editions Apud Andrea Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium & Joann Aubrium; [Parts 2 & 3] Typis Wechelianis, apud Claudium Marnium & Heredes unknown
1850Best.-Nr. 16916London: J. & D. A. Darling 1850. First edition. 8 handcolored plates by Alfred Ashley. 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original rose cloth covers framed in blind with gilt lozenge of officer on horseback on upper cover spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Some spotting and discoloration of cloth without the two inserted leaves of publisher's advertisements mentioned by Wolff else a very good copy with the bookplate of James George Robarts. First edition. 8 handcolored plates by Alfred Ashley. 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1223; Wolff 3294 J. & D. A. Darling unknown
1817Best.-Nr. HALL366581Hardback. 1817. Literature biography arts commerce and manufactures of Yorkshire and the adjoining counties. Vol. I. nos. 1-7. Bound in 1 vol. together with an index 548pp 7 engraved plates 1817. Poor binding . hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. HALL201054Hardback. 1928. Ed: John Maxwell. 525pp 42 plates & map in pocket 1928 Spine marked otherwise a very good ex-library copy. . hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 32109Godthaab Greenland ca.1905. Winter Sports of a Greenlandic Family An attractive image showing a family of Greenlanders sledding and skiing down a hill likely produced by Lars Møller Greenland's premier printer or by Møller's youngest son Steffen. The illustration shows a family of seven Greenland natives sledding down a hill while two other youngsters ski alongside with one of the skiers in the process of falling. Other winter sports enthusiasts cavort in the distance and the stark Greenland landscape is ably depicted. Lars Møller an accomplished printer and illustrator was the dominant figure in Greenlandic printing in the last quarter of the 19th century producing much of the printed output in the country. His son Steffen succeeded his father and produced impressive works in his own right including a native language speller from which this illustration may be an example. Worn along left edge small closed tears along top and bottom edges of center fold. Two old soft secondary fold lines. Good. Knud Oldendow The Spread of Printing: Western Hemisphere Greenland Amsterdam: Vangendt & Co. 1969 pp.68-69 and passim. unknown
Best.-Nr. ria9780228022107_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Or Rogovin situates Israeli literary responses to the Holocaust in the canon of perpetrator fiction for the first time. Anchored in theoretical and comparative perspectives it presents a groundbreaking analysis of the poetic mechanisms hardcover
Best.-Nr. ria9780228017585_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Dr Phil Gold recounts a bygone era of the life of Jewish immigrants to Montreal on the Main his marriage to the love of his life studying with Sir Arnold Burgen and the discovery of CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. By turns heartrendin hardcover
1742Best.-Nr. 23231Paris 1742. 12mo. Briasson Contemporary gold-tooled polished calf sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold the gilt coat of arms of Louis-Hilaire du Bouchet comte de Sourches in the centre of both boards gold-tooled board edges red edges marbled endpapers. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of Thamas Kouli-Kan an engraved folding map 26.4 x 22.5 cm several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. 4 455 6 pp. First edition of this life of the Persian ruler Nader Shah 1688-1747 founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Published anonymously the work has been attributed to Jean-Antoine Du Cerceau 1670-1730 and Abbé André de Claustre dates unknown. The biography is arranged chronologically with the years indicated in the margins. Illustrated with a large portrait and a folding map of Persia and the Mughal territories the work also contains a wealth of information on the geography and history of the Persian Empire.Nader Shah was a member of the Afshar tribe. He entered the service of Tahmasp the son of Shah Sultan Husayn. Nadir took the name Tahmasp Kuli Khan Tahmasp's slave. He warred against the Turks successfully and when the shah turned victory to disaster by a conciliatory peace Nadir in 1732 deposed him. Tahmasp's infant son Abbas III was placed on the throne with Nadir as regent. In 1736 Nadir deposed Abbas and he himself became shah thus ending the rule of the Safavid dynasty. In 1747 during a campaign against rebellious Kurds Nadir Shah was assassinated by officers of his own guard. Although the dynasty he founded the Afshar dynasty 1736-49 was short-lived Nadir is generally regarded as one of the greatest of all rulers of Persia. The present copy comes from the library of Louis-Hilaire du Bouchet called the Comte de Sourches 1716-1788 Seigneur de la Ronce and d' Hilaire-Ursule de Thiersault captain of the dragons at the regiment of the Languedoc lieutenant-général and knight of Saint-Louis.From the library of Louis-Hilaire du Bouchet 1716-1788. The edges of the boards are slightly scuffed the spine shows traces of use the title label is partly detached but still present. The leaves are lightly browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Atabey 257; De Backer & Sommervogel II col. 977; Cioranescu 19736; cf. Diba Collection p. 83 later ed.; for the coat of arms: Olivier Man. Rel. Arm. pl. 580. hardcover
