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1862ref. 57939Melbourne: Government Printer 1862. First Edition. Paperback. Melbourne Government Printer 1862 and 1862. Foolscap folio two papers 51 and 31 pages. Title-wrappers stab-sewn as issued; a few uncut edges a little foxed; an excellent pair. Victorian Parliamentary Papers Number 108 and 109 of 1861-2. The expedition was 'for the purpose of rendering relief if possible to the missing explorers under the command of Mr Burke; and directing the movements of the two land parties organized and despatched on the same mission of humanity from Brisbane and Rockhampton' under Landsborough and Walker respectively. Paper 109 gives Norman's account of the activities of his own party; Paper 108 in spite of its prosaic title is almost exclusively devoted to detailed accounts by Landsborough 33 pages and Walker 16 pages. Landsborough's reports include an account of the voyage and wreck of the hired transport 'Firefly'; two on the Albert River and the surrounding country and the journal of his south-western expedition 20 pages. Walker's reports include the journal of his expedition from Rockhampton to the Albert River 12 pages; its first and only publication. Three maps are referred to in the list of contents of Paper 108; these maps are rarely seen and were apparently issued only in copies made available to Victorian Members of Parliament. 2 items. Government Printer paperback
1896ref. 58059Adelaide: C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1896. Foolscap folio 32 pages including Appendix B: Report of the Physical Geography of Central Australia by Professor R. Tate and J.A. Watt plus 24 plates on 13 leaves printed rectos only and a folding meteorological chart 2 folding maps a topographical map of Mount Watt and a Survey of Hermannsburg Mission Station and a very large folding colour map 1210 × 1210 mm. Modern cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; blank bottom margin of the main map slightly creased with one tiny tear expertly sealed; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper 19 of 1896: only 650 copies printed. Winnecke was the leader of the expedition and in 'the natural order of things these journals and maps should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition as both supplementary and complementary to them'. After a financial disagreement with W.A. Horn the organiser and backer of the venture this did not occur and this first edition was published under the auspices of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia in conjunction with the Department of the Minister for the Northern Territory and the Survey Department. McLaren 16973; an octavo edition was published the following year see McLaren 16969 - not noting the very large map. C.E. Bristow, Government Printer hardcover
1898ref. 20487Adelaide: RSSA 1898. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1898. Octavo pages 125-192 plus a tipped-in errata slip with several minor references to this article. Wrappers slightly and uniformly tanned acidic paper; a fine copy uncirculated. Keartland's field notes make this far more interesting than the 'List of Birds' title suggests. For example he concludes his account of the Nankeen kestrel thus: 'I took four eggs from a tree near our camp and was surprised to find the nest lined with pellets of camel dung. This is probably the first time this material has been used for nest-lining'. Indeed. Other articles of more-or-less general interest include KOCH Max: A List of Plants collected on Mount Lyndhurst Run 18 pages; BROWNE J. Harris: Use of the Wedge by the Natives of the Great Barrier Plain 1 page; and the address by the president W.L. Cleland 7 pages essentially on the anthropology of Australia. RSSA paperback
1854ref. 191943Yokohama: c. 1854. A broadside newsletter kawaraban reporting on the return of the famous castaway Nakahama Manjiro and Perry's second visit to Japan. This example was produced in the year the Japanese isolation policy was ended and talk of foreigners especially Commodore Perry and his "black ships" was rife. Kawaraban were woodblock digests of local news events and scandals cheaply printed and distributed throughout the Edo period. On the left of this example is a short report about Nakahama Manjiro the castaway who lived in America for a decade before returning to Japan in 1851. It is accompanied by an illustration of an American sailor called "Itsuhii" carrying a gun and a compass and a sentence about how he supposedly travelled from Kanagawa to Daisha Gawara before returning to his ship. On the right is an illustration of an item sent floating towards Uraga Bay by Perry's ships with the caption "we do not know what it is". The centre of the page is taken up by an English-Japanese "dictionary" titled Amerika kotoba wakai no utsushi "American Words Translated" which purports to give the translations of common words such as "father" "fish" and "hair". However the translations are not correct: "oranhee" "kyonpo" and "romo" respectively. These words may have been misheard by the author or they may have been a satirical attempt to mock the sound of English. The historian of the English language Sogo Masaaki suggested that perhaps there is some relation to words in Malay. Single sheet 210 x 284 mm woodblock on one side only. Illustrations in text; text in Japanese. Mounted framed with Hawaiian koa wood and glazed 340 x 440 mm. Print bright two small holes on right edge light creasing and dust-soiling; small crack in frame in lower right corner: a very good copy unexamined out of frame. unknown
1902ref. BB77515Düsseldorf: August Bagel 1902. hardcover. gebraucht akzeptabel Original-Leinen-Band mit privatem Klarsicht-Schutzumschlag Buchrücken beschädigt einige Seiten lose beiliegend Papier altersbedingt etwas gebräunt akzeptables Exemplar. 32 x 25 cm. Das Werk behandelt den Boxeraufstand und den deutschen Chinaeinsatz 1900/01 und ist außerordentlich reich illustriert. Die Originalausgabe umfasst rund 445/446 Seiten zahlreiche Textabbildungen 13 farbige Tafeln und 5 Karten. Für Ihre Zufriedenheit versenden wir mit DHL und ausschließlich mit Trackingcode für eine sichere Sendungsverfolgung! Weitere Angebote unter antiquariat-kastanienhof August Bagel hardcover
1856ref. 191708Japan: c. 1856. The first Western ships in a newly opened Japan An untraced manuscript record of the Western ships that arrived in Shimoda after Perry signed the Convention of Kanagawa. They include those from his fleet such as the Mississippi and the Macedonian as well as the Russian flagship Diana and many smaller trading vessels about which little information survives. Compiled anonymously the ledger begins on 25 February 1854 and ends on 26 February 1856. Over this period the scribe recorded the names captains armaments and crew compliments of each vessel that arrived in port. While much of this information is available elsewhere for larger American ships such as the Vandalia there are fewer resources that give details on smaller trading ships such as the Lady Pierce Caroline E. Foote Vincennes and Hancock. For example this ledger notes that the Caroline E. Foote docked 21 January to 9 February 1855 arrived with 21 people including 3 women and 2 children a boy aged 9 and a girl aged 5 before ferrying Russian sailors who had been staying in Toda village back to Kamchatka. The scribe also notes the arrival of Russian ships including the flagship Diana. Her captain Yevfimy Putyatin was sent to negotiate the Treaty of Shimoda. In December 1854 the fleet was hit by a tsunami causing the Diana to spin round her mooring 42 times. Three French ships are recorded in the manuscript transcribed as the Napoleon III Havre Constantine and Colbert. We have been unable to trace information about these vessels in other sources. Large octavo 245 x 171 mm ff. 15. Manuscript in red and black on recto and verso of leaves; text in classical Japanese. Original manuscript title leaf paper string koyori tied through one hole. Together with manuscript draft drawing of a Dutch officer 327 x 243 mm stamp of the artist "Toho" in red. Creased as expected a few worm holes internally some repaired otherwise bright: a very good example. unknown
ref. PD27Oblong Quarto album ca. 22x30 cm. 32 thick paper leaves. With 130 mounted original gelatin silver photographs with smaller ones from ca. 71x5 cm 2 ¾ x 2 in to ca. 36x3 cm 1 ½ x 1 ¼ in larger ones from ca. 163x103 cm 6 ½ x 4 in to 85x14 cm 3 ¼ x 5 ½ in and the rest of the photos ca. 76x11 cm 3 x 4 ½ in; with a mounted folding printed map showing the route of the expedition ca. 21x67 cm and a hand-drawn map of the expedition base camp ca. 20x282 cm. Most photos with period ink captions in Russian on the mounts. Several photographs with dates indicated. Period grey patterned full cloth album with blind-tooled decorations with industrial motif on the front board fastened with a string; dried flower specimens mounted to the inner side of the rear board. Binding slightly worn with mild damp stains on the right margin of the front board one page detached several photos age-toned and with mild silvering but overall a very good album with strong interesting photos. Historically significant album of rare original gelatin silver photographs taken and collected during the Nordvik-Khatanga Soviet Oil Exploration Expedition in 1939-1940. The compiler took part in the expedition together with his wife “Sonkes” who according to the photographs was head of a tailor's workshop at the expedition base camp in Nordvik. Neither reports nor official photographs from the expedition were found through our research of digital archives and libraries. The expedition organized by the USSR’s Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route at the onset of WWII aimed to study the oil potential of Nordvik Bay. A team of polar explorers set sail from Arkhangelsk on a steamship accompanied by a cargo convoy and powerful icebreakers. Navigating through the Yugorsky Shar Strait the expedition made several stops at Dixon Melyuskin and Vstrechny Islands before establishing its base in Nordvik Bay. Despite extensive operations drilling at Nordvik over the next seasons proved largely unsuccessful revealing only small oil pockets with little commercial value. The album contains 130 lively vernacular photographs from the 1939-1940 expedition including eight well-executed photos of the expedition base camp and its premises the general view of the settlement main street local bathhouse and canteen. About ten photographs portray construction works as the team members attempted to build rotor No. 2. The images depict the site of the rotor “the beginning of the work” workers pulling out a tankette from snow digging and using special equipment. There are also about a dozen photographs showing the general view of rotor No. 1 - “the first in the world in Arctic conditions” “a boiler room for rotor No. 1” “a rotor drilling rig No. 1 with machinery room” “steam winch 250 hp for rotor No. 1” “oil drilling rigs” “general view of a coal mine” etc. At least forty lively candid photographs show the expedition members mostly the compiler and his wife sewing at a tailor’s workshop resting after work feeding dogs and posing by a tankette on sleds in tents at a meteorological station by the storage room near the assembly crane etc. Especially interesting are five photos of a fire at a local hospital documenting the funeral of deceased polar explorers and the compiler standing solemnly beside the victims’ camp. There are also about ten candid individual and group portraits of local Yakuts showing “Sonkes with a young Yakut woman” “Yakut Family and Sonkes” “Yakut Man with a Purchase” young Yakut women in a school reading books and Yakut fishermen posing by their camp. The other interesting photos portray the expedition members at the October and May rallies with “Sonkes” clearly visible in the crowd four and two-engine seaplanes at Cape Kosisty “bird market on Vstrechny Island” steamships “Stalingrad” “Dixon” etc. and icebreakers “Ermak” “Litke” etc. from the expedition etc. The album closes with the general views of the bank of the Khatanga River the town Igarka and the Krasnoyarsk pillars. Overall historically important collection of 130 original gelatin silver photographs documenting the 1939-1940 Soviet Oil Exploration Expedition to Nordvik Bay. hardcover
1908ref. ZB657436London: The Royal Society 1908. first edition; folio leaves slightly shorter than 30.5 cm. v 1 192 pp. 21 plates with one folding and including six plates of aurora observations in muted grey blue and brown also a double page color map of Laurie Island; hardcover ex library spine worn hinges reinforced with tape else text clean & binding tight; five articles viz. Tidal Observations in the Antarctic Regions 1902-1903 Pendulum observations Earthquakes and other Earth Movements recorded in the Antarctic Regions 1902-1903 Antarctic Observations of Aurora 1902-1903 and Antarctic Magnetic Observations 1902-1904. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: The Royal Society, hardcover
1840ref. ZB592269Washington 1840. 34 pp self wrappers very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington unknown
1852ref. ZB409601Washington: Hamilton printer 1852. 7 pp issued as 32d Congress 1st Session HED 19; extraction roughness at spine now in self wrappers; the surviving American members of the failed Lopez expedition against Cuba have been pardoned and released; their actions were unauthorized but Secretary of State Daniel Webster thinks something should be done to relieve their forlorn and deplorable condition. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: Hamilton, printer, unknown
1962ref. 076732New York: Ivan Obolensky 1962. Full cloth binding square and clean. Map endpapers. Prior owner's name inked on second front flyleaf. x 302pp. Illustrations in b&w by the author. Unclipped 7.50 price intact lightly rubbed and mildly toned to spine. In a protective mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Ivan Obolensky Hardcover
1940ref. 076889New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1940. Stated first edition. Full green cloth binding with some pale dampstaining on front. Internally clean and unmarked. x 354pp. photos simple line drawings and maps. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Duell, Sloan & Pearce Hardcover
1959ref. 075934Los Angeles: Westernlore Press 1959. 1st printing. Inscribed by Timberman on second front flyleaf. A square clean copy in full cloth binding. Map endpapers. 163pp. Photos. Unclipped 4.95 dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some chipping at spine ends. In a protective mylar cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Westernlore Press Hardcover
1964ref. 074833New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1964. 1st printing. Square and unmarked. Map endpapers. 290pp. Photos. 2 fold-out maps. Unclipped jacket is lightly rubbed. In a protective mylar cover. The four worlds meeting in this book are Islam Buddhism Hinduism and Communism. Traveling through Pakistan to scale 24000-foot Mount Saraghrar for the first time. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Harcourt, Brace & World Hardcover
1865ref. 073425New York: Harper & Brothers 1865. Cloth binding. rubbed. No title label on spine. Front hinge tender but holding nicely; front flyleaf pulled half loose. NO Map in rear. 493pp. illus. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1935ref. 9030684New York: Macmillan 1935. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Translated by Alec Brown. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine and cover stamped in white. Illustrated with forty photographs drawings maps and diagrams in black-and-white. Moderate wear and fading to the extremities of cover. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. 324 pages. Macmillan hardcover
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1828ref. 073384London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1828. "Being Extracts from The Journal of a Detenu Who Continued a Prisoner on Parole in the French Capital From the Year 1803 to 1814. Also Anecdotes of Buonaparte's Journey to Elba." Written by artist Thomas Richard Underwood 1772-1836 and published confidentially at his behest by editor friend John Britton. Full green cloth binding. Title page is loose but present. Patterned endpapers. Small prior bookstore label on front pastedown; prior owner's address stamp on verso of front flyleaf. A small bit of foxing inside some age toning. xix 208pp. plus 4 pages adverts. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Hardcover
2005ref. 067089Varanasi India: Pilgrims Publishing 2005. Large book: NO international orders. Clean square and unmarked. xxviii 473pp. Very nice jacket offered in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Pilgrims Publishing Hardcover
1927ref. 067310New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1927. Square and unmarked copy in full cloth binding that is lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. xiv 414pp. Introduction by Roy Chapman Andrews. Plates. Fold-out map. An expedition to collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History this is a great journey through Central Asia. India the Himalayas the Pamirs Thian Shan Mongolia Siberia across the endless steppes to Manchuria Peking Kashmir Kashgaria the "Celestial Mountains" Kara Shar Dzungaria Kobdo. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1899ref. 066162New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1899. Full cloth binding. Front hinge tender. Some dampstaining to lower page fore edges. Internally unmarked. Frontis. with tissue overlay. 378pp. Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
1929ref. 065405New York: Coward-McCann 1929. Full blue cloth binding. Clean and unmarked. Map endpapers. Pale foxing to prelims and title page. 329pp. Lacking dj. -- Author was an American journalist and activist best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. She wrote over 30 books and varied articles. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Coward-McCann Hardcover
1935ref. 064976New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1935. 5th printing New and Enlarged Edition which has a new final chapter. Square and unmarked with residue on front flyleaf from a bookplate removal. We've laid in another bookplate that can mostly cover this. Full blue cloth binding. 406pp. Photos. Dust jacket is moderately worn along edges with small chips toned spine. Now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
1934ref. 061260Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1934. 1st printing. Lacking dj. Signed by Miller on title page. Also inscribed on half title page and signed there by Janet Miller and Marion Rose to whom the book was dedicated. A tight square copy in full cloth binding. Map endpapers. 299pp. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
1856ref. 059903New York: Harper & Brothers 1856. Original blind-stamped cloth binding just rubbed through at corners and spine ends. Darkly toned endpapers. Light scattered foxing inside. ix 445pp. with four pages of publisher adverts. 12 illustrations. March Charles W. Charles Wainwright 1815-1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
