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ref. 62757c.1875. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 215 x 277mm. 8.5 x 10.9 inches. [c.1875]. unknown
2025ref. B2601171Istanbul: n/a Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlari 2025. New. n/a n/a Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlari unknown
1911ref. 12270Oxford, Claredon, 1911. 1. Auflage 4° (30-35 cm). 516 S. Halbleder der Zeit mit vergoldetem Rückentitel, blindgeprägter Rückenverzierung und Ganzkopfgoldschnitt
ref. 12126The nine items all from Kandy Ceylon Sri Lanka and dating from October 1817 to January 1819. The nine items in this collection provide valuable information regarding the management of the estate of a Georgian colonial British army office. Coane's battalion had served in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land between 1812 and 1814 and had been in Ceylon under Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Giels since 1814 by the time Coane died on 5 January 1819 his demise much regretted by his superiors. The nine items are on aged and worn paper with chipping to extremities. ONE: Autograph Letter Signed from 'George. Minter' to unnamed recipient. Kandy; 29 December 1818. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. The letter begins in dramatic style: 'Dear Sir Ere this reaches you I much fear Major Coane will be no more. Mr Marshall as well as Dr. Armstrong who have been in constant attendance on him for the last three days having just told me that they have little or no hopes of his surviving till to morrow.' He writes that Coane 'still remains sensible' and wishes the recipient to turn over 'His Will and other papers' to 'the Committee of Paymastership'. Like the recipient Minter has been appointed by Coane one of his executors. TWO: Account by Minter of 'The property of the late Major Coane in my possession'. Signed by Minter and dated Kandy 8 January 1819. 1p. landscape 8vo. Marked 'No 1'. THREE: 'List of the Effects of the late Major Coane 73d Regt Sold by public Auction With the purchasers Names and Amounts - Kandy 7th. January 1819.' Dated 16 January 1819. 2pp. 8vo. Giving the purchasers' names and amounts paid for items ranging from 'One Brass Jumboo sic' to 'one Regtl forage Cap'. Marked 'No 2'. FOUR: 'The late Major coane in account with Lieutenant Minter'. Signed by Minter and dated Kandy 8 January 1819. 1p. 8vo. Marked 'No 3'. FIVE: Manuscript list of clothes. 1p. 8vo. Docketed: 'Hay's Memorandum. to Maj. A. Coane Sun 13th Jany. 1819'. SIX: 'An Account of monies paid by Lieut & Adjutant Hay on Account of the Grenadier Company'. 1p. 12mo. SEVEN: 'Account of monies with the Adjutant and Captain A Coane 73rd Regiment of Foot to 24th Octr. 1817'. 1p. landscape 12mo. EIGHT: 'Account of monies with the Adjutant and the Grenadier Company 73rd Regiment'. 1p. 4to. First entry: 'Paid Companys books from 2nd. Novr. to 24th November 1817 Inclusive'. NINE: 'Account of monies with the Adjutant and the Grenadier Co. 73rd. Regiment of Foot.' 1p. 4to. First entry: 'Balance to 24th Novr. 1817 as Per Ledger'. The nine items all from Kandy, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and dating from October 1817 to January 1819. hardcover
1931Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with folding map; original cloth a very good clean copy. Scarce especially in this condition.
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1947ref. 100801947 emboîtage (slipcase) jaune paille in-quarto - présenté avec un étui (with the case) - titre frappé or (gilt title), feuillets libres (leafs frees) sous chemise rempliée en papier (under paper jacket), tirage limité tiré à 1000 exemplaires sur Johannot pur fil (limited edition - 1000 copies were printed), illustrations originales de D. Charles Fouqueray, 208 pages, 1947 à Paris Les Editions Monceau,
18194 volumi, cm. 18, brossura editoriale, pag. XX, 222 (2) più carta geografica in b/n ripiegata e 5 tavole a colori f.t.; 247 più 4 tavole; 283 più 3 tavole (su 4: manca la guardia a cavallo del Cassay); 272 più 3 tavole. Symes, ufficiale della Compagnia delle Indie Orientali, fu inviato in Birmania dal Governatore generale delle Indie inglese a difendere gli interessi della corona in Birmania. Collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo, tanto per terra quanto per mare, dopo quelli del celebre Cook...". Ottimo esemplare, purtroppo mancante di una tavola.
ref. 61188c.1875. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 208 by 258mm. 8.1 by 10.1 inches. [c.1875]. unknown
1672ref. 910579CGAmsterdam:, Janssonius und Waesberge, 1672. Kupferstich 27,5 x 36 cm, Blattgröße 31 x 38 cm.
ref. 221801Paris, Fayard frères, s.d. (1900) in-8, [3] ff. n. ch., 404 pp., [2] ff. n. ch. de table, avec 48 planches hors texte réunissant 96 illustrations, demi-chagrin havane à coins, dos à nerfs orné de pointillés et doubles caissons dorés, double filet doré sur les plats, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque).
ref. 109293A Paris, Chez Lavillettte et Comp. Libraires, rue Sandré-des-Arcs, N° 46, 1801, 1 volume in-12 de 195x130x30 mm environ, 1f.blanc, 3ff. (faux-titre, titre, avertissement), 288-111 pages, 1f.blanc, demi-basane fauve, avec coins en parchemin crème, titres dorés sur dos lisse, tranches mouchetées de rouge. Deuxième Edition traduite par L.M. LANGLES et F.J. NOEL. Cartonnage frotté, galeries et trous de ver sur le cuir, quelques rousseurs et pages brunies.
192632 pages. Features: When Old Salem Hunted Witches - men and women were put to death on the accusation of little children; The Man Who Fights Alone - "The Cop is the World's Greatest Warrior" - article with statistics of policemen killed on the job; Why I Left New York (part 1) - a middle westerner moves there but is in conflict with its alien atmosphere; Who Pays for Our Radio Programs? - noted economics author explains how national advertisers foot the bill so we can listen-in without charge; Captain Kidd - Pirate-Catcher - the rover is commissioned to capture ships flying the black flag; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - no amount of pretense can improve upon the original; Editorials - the time of England's trouble, is the jury system a failure, police death roll, the family is the unit; Woodrow Wilson (part 9) - He refused to be rushed into hasty decisions; World War's Effect Upon the Negro - overseas the colored soldier acquired an entirely new estimate of his importance in the scheme of things; Dry-Farming - The Tragedy of the West - scores of deserted homes stand as mute monuments to the settler's struggle in a land where rain seldom comes; Moonlight Midnight on "Old Tim" - Climbing Mount Timpanogas; The Voyage of the Victoria - part 3 - further adventures of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers; A Dance a Week - Hull's Victory, Lady Walpole's Reel, and Speed the Plow (with piano music for each); amazing photos of strange worldwide professions - a daredevil juggling atop several chairs, rubber tappers in Ceylon demonstrating the herringbone system,Egyptian dervishes passing skewers through their cheeks, and a Korean peddler of earthen ware - carried upon his back! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1802ref. REIS0991Berlin und Hamburg 1802. 8°. Reihent., Titelbl., 435 S., mit zwei gestochenen Taf.; Karten fehlen. Halblederband d. Zeit, zwei Rückenschildchen u. Rückenzierlinien goldgeprägt, Vorsatz aus zweifärbig bedrucktem Buntpapier, Kanten bestoßen, Einbanddeckel berieben und abgeschabt, mit kleinem Wurmgang im vorderen Innengelenk, fliegende Vorsatzblätter fehlen. Seiten schwach gebräunt und wenig fleckig. Mit e. teilw. überklebten Bibliotheksschildchen mit alter handschriftlicher Zahl am vorderen Innendeckel. Vgl. Engelmann. Bibliotheca geographica 130 u. 132 - als zehnter Band der Reihe 'Bibliothek der neuesten und interessantesten Reisebeschreibungen' erschienene Übersetzungen des Berichts über eine Reise in diplomatischer Mission zum König von, im heutigen Sri Lanka gelegenen, Kandy 'A journal of an embassy from the Government of Madras, to the king of Candy, in Ceylon, in the year 1782' des irischen Autors Hugh Boyd (1746-1794), der 1781 eine Stelle als Sekretär des Gouverneuers von Madras, Lord Macartnay, angenommen hatte und eines Berichts des Ingenieurs der französischen Ostindiengesellschaft, J. F. Charpentier de Cossigny (1736-1809), von seiner Reise nach China und Bengalen. Unser Exemplar ohne gestochene Karten. [2 Warenabbildungen]
ref. 83056Dentu, an IX (1803), 2 volumes de 130x205 mm environ, (1) f., 1 faux-titre, 1 titre, (3) ff. (avertissement, épitre), 316 pages, 2 cartes dépliantes - (1) f., 1 faux-titre, 1 titre, 304 pages, 2 cartes dépliantes, (1) f., reliures demi basane fauve, titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièces de titre rouges et pièces de tomaison vertes, tranches finement mouchetées. Cuir abimé, et cartonnage frotté, des rousseurs, notes et passages soulignés dans les marges au crayon bleu.
1888ref. LBW-2417Paris, 1888. 615 x 441 mm.
In-4, 502p. Illustré de 20 gravures sur acier hors texte, dont 4 en couleurs. Rousseurs éparses et quelques taces d'usage à la reliure, mais dans l'ensemble bon exemplaire.
1900ref. 316899London: Sampson Low Marston and Company Limited St. Dunstan s House 1900. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Bound in half brown polished calf marbled paper sides red leather title label a.e.g. Fine. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, St. Dunstan s House unknown
1900ref. 316899London: Sampson Low Marston and Company Limited St. Dunstan s House 1900. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Bound in half brown polished calf marbled paper sides red leather title label a.e.g. Fine. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, St. Dunstan s House unknown books
ref. 62079110I.B. Tauris & Company Limited . Hardback. New. pp. 304 I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited hardcover
2026ref. x-3032313651Springer 2026. Hardcover. New. 341 pages. 6.14x0.81x9.21 inches. Springer hardcover
