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Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
(Russia asiatica - Viaggio in Siberia occidentale - 1880 - Fiume siberiano Ob' - Antropologia - Etnografia - Botanica) In 8° (cm 27 x 19), legatura coeva in cartone rigido a fondo avorio con applicata ai piatti ed al dorso la brossura originale illustrata da E. Mazzanti, taglio davanti e di piede in barbe, guardie in carta Roma marrone, pp. VIII,634, con vignetta figurata al frontespizio, 144 illustrazioni nel testo di cui molte a piena pagina, tre carte geografiche a colori fuori testo di cui due ripiegate alla fine del volume (Carta etnografica di una parte dell'Impero russo - L'Ob' dal suo confluente coll'Irtys fino alla sua foce - Corso inferiore e principio dell'estuario del fiume Ob'). Prima ed unica edizione italiana. Circoscritte e marginali tracce di ossidazione alle pagine, peraltro volume solido e ben conservato.
1937réf. 64691London UK: Constable & Co. Ltd. 1937. 8vo. xii 307 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 31 photo plates 1 large folding colour map. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine blue topstain as issued slight foxing to front fore-edge of textblock w/ d.j. photo cover art of Hudson’s adventures 1 minor chip & small closed tear lower fore-edge front cover minor dustsoiling still a VG/VG copy. First edition 1st printing stated of this excellent memoir of the noted Pacific Northwest photographer and cameraman for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who began shooting his own silent films in 1912 for the International News accompanied the Harvard-Smithsonian Expedition to the Arctic on board the Polar Bear under Captain Louis Lane filming the trip. The trip was unsuccessful as the Polar Bear became trapped in the ice and they had to hike out to safety at the same time reporting on the safety of the crew of the Karluk which had also gone missing. His account of the expedition with photo made the New York Times front page. Hudson 1877-1945 was also well-known for his photographs in china photographic studio in Pullman WA as well as the earliest known surviving moving picture footage of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. See: The Will Hudson Collection Will E. Hudson: Dean of Newsreel Men Whatcom Museum 2004; Ebbert Webber Dora Orlett Lobaugh Hudson Papers 1877-1959 WSU Libraries Manuscripts Archives & Spec. Coll. Cage 100 Finding Aid 2012. Constable & Co., Ltd., hardcover
Roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 155 plates on 94 and 3 large folding maps, some light and occasional age-staining; handsomely bound in dark blue full morocco, handsomely bound in dark blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, gilt from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An account of the Siberian Company's 1913 attempt to navigate the Kara Sea, to open a commercial route linking the Siberian interior with Europe.
1919réf. 47912Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. Very Good -. Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. First Edition. Oversized tabloid 59.5cm; 6pp. Folds chips and a few splits along edges; paper toned and a bit brittle; Good to Very Good. Quite scarce publication from the 31st Infantry Regiment published "Every Once In A While" "Wherever We Happen To Be." This issue was published during the Russian Civil War and the United States' failed Siberian Intervention. The paper itself is full of local and international news and leads with an article "What Siberians Are Taught: One Paper Says America Treats the Russians in the Same Way as Negroes." We find three holdings in OCLC at the Hoover Institution Montana State and U.S. Army War College. 31st Infantry Regiment unknown
1860réf. 18404Genève, Paris, Bruxelles L. Held, L. Hachette et Cie, A. Lacroix van Meenen et Cie 1860 pet. in-8 demi-veau chamois, dos à nerfs, pièces de titre bleu nuit et vert bronze [Rel. de l'époque], manque la coiffe sup., mors très légèrement frottés
In-8 gr. (mm. 258x170), tela verde edit., decorazione e titolo oro al piatto (lieve alone), tit. oro al dorso, pp. VIII,634, con bella antiporta figurata e disegnata da E. Mazzanti. Il vol. è molto ben illustrato nel t. da 144 figure inc. su legno (numerose a p. pagina): molte sono disegnate da Mazzanti (tratte da fotografie o dipinti eseguiti da vari artisti), altre tratte da riviste di viaggi; unite 3 carte colorate (1 carta etnografica di una parte dell’impero russo - 1 carta geografica su l’OB dal suo confluente coll’Irtis fino alla sua foce - e 1 grande carta geografica, più volte ripieg., con il corso inferiore e principio dell’estuario del fiume OB). Resoconto dell’affascinante viaggio effettuato dal botanico e antropologo italiano di origine francese Stefano Sommier (1848-1922), nell’estate del 1880. Partito da Mosca il 21 giugno si recò nel cuore della Siberia occidentale sfruttando la via dei suoi grandi fiumi per colmare le lacune sulle conoscenze floristiche della tundra. E raccolse informazioni sulle popolazioni native ancora pressoché sconosciute allo stesso governo russo. Attraversò gli Urali e raggiunse Tobolsk da dove, percorrendo gran parte dell’altopiano siberiano, con un viaggio tutt’altro che agevole di circa tremila chilometri, costeggiò l’Irtis fino a Samarova, alla sua confluenza con l’Ob, di cui raggiunse la foce. Tornato a Tobolsk, sempre per via d’acqua proseguì fino alle steppe dei Kirghisi, attraversò gli Urali meridionali e, passando per Oremburg, Samara e Pensa, rientrò a Mosca (25 ottobre). Risg. con aloni, firma di apparten. ms. al frontesp., qualche fiorit. interc. nel testo, ma complessivam. un buon esemplare.
1781réf. 6224Neuchâtel, de l'imprimerie de la Société typographique, 1781. In-8 de XXIV-320p., demi-basane brune à coins, dos passé, mors fendus, coins frottés (rel. XIXe). Intérieur parfait, grand de marge.
réf. 56295Paris, 1883-85, Hachette et Cie, 2 volumes, pt. In-4, demi-chagrin brun foncé à grands coins, dos à nerfs, caissons filets dorés, auteur-titre et tomaison dorés, doubles filets dorés de mors et coins, têtes dorées, reliure d'éditeur de Charles Magnier, Tome 1 : (12) - IV - 481 - (5) pp., 2 portraits, 11 cartes en coul. et en noir (dont 1 carte divisée en 3 planches) et Tome 2 : (8) - 478 - (2) pp., 1 carte en noir dépliable, Première Edition traduite du suédois par Charles Rabot et Charles Lallemand, et dédié à S.M. le roi Oscar. L'auteur (1832-1901) était géologue et minéralogiste finlandais connu pour son exploration de l'Arctique. Ce livre est une mine d'informations dans de nombreux domaines des sciences naturelles; C'est également un grand classique ethnographique des peuplades du nord de la Sibérie.Bouts des coins émoussés du tome 1; très bon état des reliures; rousseurs éparses habituelles; les dorures de tête en très bon état
196 pages. Reproductions of dozens of black and white photos. Author documents the dramatic trip which saw her ripped her from her comfortable Polish home on her sixteenth birthday in 1940 and took her thousands of miles, eventually settling in England. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact with some lean to spine. Small address labels inside each cover. A worthy copy of this important and unforgettable true story. Book
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original wrappers, upper cover with paper label printed in black, a near fine copy housed in custom-made board solander case with printed paper labels. With the following additional items: (1) typescript resume on author's printed stationery of the British Military Mission in Siberia 1918-1920 (with MS corrections); (2) draft T.L. on the author's printed stationery. A request by the author for information regarding Lieut.-Col. L.C. Morley, Royal Hampshire Regiment, senior officer i/c British Military Mission at Irkutsk in 1919; (3) T.L.s. from Captain H. Flint, Royal Hampshire Regiment, responding in some detail to the author's request; (4) publisher's printed order form for the published work. Apart from the author's book we have been unable to trace any published dedicated account of BRITMIS, which accordingly remains a well-nigh forgotten component of the immediate aftermath of WWI. A UNIQUE COLLECTION NOW SAFELY PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE.
1858réf. 11572Londres, Hurst and Blackett ; 1858 ; in-8, cartonnage de l’éditeur en percaline verte décorée et dorée, titre doré ; VIII, (4), 611, (1) pp., 20 planches hors-texte en chromolithographie, 32 gravures sur bois in-texte, 1 grande carte dépliante hors-texte.
1790réf. PHO-2145Berne, chez la Société Typographique, 1791, 2 volumes in-8° (20x12cm), 591pp., 534pp., basane cailloutées époque, dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison grenat, filets aux plats, tranches jaspées, manque la préface, quelques rousseurs, brunissures, coiffe légèrement usée. Complet des 20 planches
1790réf. PHO-2166Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 2 volumes in-8° (20 × 12,5 cm), demi veau ivoire, dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison maroquin noir, (6)-VII-1-280 pp. ; 4 ff., 380 pp., VI pp. d’errata. Illustré de deux cartes dépliantes (Kamtschatka ; Route de M. de Lesseps) manque la planche dépliante (Caravane kamtschadale). Petits défauts, coins usés
1918réf. 140212Washington: Governemnt Printing Office 1918. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 103xv; 180xv; 121xv; 162xvpp. Four volumes. 16mo. Original green cloth with fold over right hand board and button snap. Title imprinted on spine and front board. Minor wear and soiling to exterior. Russian alphabet tipped onto pastedown in each volume. 33 Figures in Vol. 1; 106 figures in Vol. 2; 49 figures in Vol. 3 and 24 figures in Vol. 4. The figures consist of black and white illustrations and maps many folding. Each volume has a section of blanck pages for notes with a number of the pages filled at an early date. Limitation page unused on the reverse of the title page. very good A very interesting publication marked "Confidential for Official Use Only" on the top of the title page. The limitation page states there wer 3000 copies printed and each were assigned to a specific individual of which this set seems not to have been named. The general use would have been intended for military purposes and thus many were probably destroyed after the First World War. Each volume was given a copy no. On the front board with this being a mixed set with the numbers 429 211 143 and 143. A great set filled with information about Russia before World War I. 1918 Governemnt Printing Office hardcover
1790réf. PHO-2142Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 2 volumes in-8° (20 × 13,5 cm), reliés en cartonnage postérieur, dos lisse avec pièces de titre, d’auteur et de tomaison, (6)-VII-1-280 pp. ; 4 ff., 380 pp., VI pp. d’errata. Illustré de deux cartes dépliantes (Kamtschatka ; Route de M. de Lesseps) et d’une planche dépliante (Caravane kamtschadale). Petits défauts, réparations aux faux-titre, titre et 1er feuillet.
1899réf. F0313Krasnojarsk Axelrodt 1899. 124 Textillustrationen auf Tafeln in Autotypie, 1 Bl., 124 S. Farbig illustrierter Leinenband. Zustand 1, tadellos!
In-8 gr. (mm. 256x192), p. vitellino coevo (con aloni, restauro a una cerniera per spacco), dorso a cordoni con decoraz. e tit. oro su tassello, tagli rossi, pp. (4),XXII,314, con 4 carte geografiche, inc. in rame e più volte ripieg. (carte générale de l’Empire Russe - Voyage de Krenitzin et de Levasheff aux Isles des Renards, en 1768 et 1769 - Carte du voyage de Synd vers les Parages de Tschukotikoi: partie Nord Est de la Sibérie - Carte du voyage de Shalaurof: Mer Glaciale) e 1 bellissima grande tavola (più volte ripieg.) con la veduta di “Maimatschin ville frontière chinoise et du ruisseau de Kiachta, prise de l’Ouest”, pure inc. in rame. "Prima edizione della versione francese". Cfr. Brunet,II,399 - The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages,391 per la prima ediz. inglese del 1780: “The Reverend William Coxe was an English historian who traveled widely in Europe and Russia.. Coxe recounts (from 1745 on) the principal Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern America in their attempts to open communications with Alaska and the Aleutia Islands. The voyages and discoveries of Nevodsikoff, Serebranikoff, Trapesnikoff, Drusinin, Korovin, Glottoff, Solovioff, Krenitzin, Levasheff, Synd, Bering, Shalauroff, and several others are included.. Coxe made suggestions which led the Russians to promote expeditions of discovery to the northern parts of Siberia. Notable in the present work are a useful bibliography and pertinent observations on the fur trade between the Russians and the Chinese”. Lievi arross. o aloni al margine esterno bianco, ma buon esemplare.
réf. 142264aafLondon, Printed for W. Miller, MDCCCIII, (1803), in-folio, 4 ff. (titres anglais / franç. + 2 ff. dédications / 4 ff. préfaces / 1 f. de Table + 73 planches en couleurs accompagnies de 73 ff. de descriptions,II + 140 pages of descriptions + 73 handcoloured engraved plates including the engraved title (by J. Dadley, published 1803 by E. Harding), Exlibris (Armorial bookpates:) F. H. Goodyear (devise: Possunt quia posse videntur) / + John Arden (devise: Patientia vinces), full red leather binding with gilt decorations on spine and covers. Light signes of use on extremites.
