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réf. 13967P., Hachette, 1893 ; in-4. 2 ff.-IV-395 pp.-(1)-1 carte dépliante en couleurs. Demi-maroquin brun à coins, dos à nerfs, titre et fleurons dorés, filets dorés sur les mors et les coins, tête dorés. Bel exemplaire.
1910réf. 18538Paris Fayard 1910 in-8 pleine percale un volume, reliure pleine percale bleu-marine grand in-octavo Editeur (19 x 28 cm) à plaques spéciales Editeur à froid pour le dos et les plats, titre frappé or, décorations à froid pour le dos et les plats (dos insolé), plaque spéciale or aux armes de la ville de paris : "Prix Municipal", toutes tranches lisses, Illustré d'après les dessins de Gaston BURGGRAFF. Photographies, cartes et croquis de l'auteur in et hjors-texte en noir, 206 pages, sans date (1910) Arthème Fayard et Cie Editeur,
réf. 98703New York, Frederik A. Stokes 1911, 210x145mm, XV - 317pages, Editor’s cloth binding. Despite top spine with very small tears, book in good condition.
réf. 1019582618.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1872réf. R3304Québec: The « Gazette » 1872 "By a volunteer upon that Expedition". Transcribed and edited from the "volunteer's" manuscript notes but never before published. Light foxing on last pages. Soft cover. Fine. The « Gazette » paperback
1974réf. 481268Peking : Science Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 114 p. : chiefly ill. ports. ; 30 cm. Notes; Translation of Chu-mu-lang-ma fêng ti chü. Subjects; Everest Mount China and Nepal Pictorial works. Tibet Autonomous Region China Pictorial works. Peking : Science Press hardcover
1974réf. 102285Peking: Science Press 1974. Hardcover. good to very good. 1st Edition. unpaginated. Quarto in original gilt letterd beige cloth endpaper maps and dust jacket with colour and b&w illustrations from photos. Boards slightly bowed. good to very good Neate C43. Account of the Tibet Scientific Expedition of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1974 Science Press hardcover
1774réf. 32872NY: James Rivington. Good with no dust jacket. 1774. Hardcover. 18th Century; Maritime; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2 17 1 4 2 260p pages; A New Voyage Round The World In The Years 1768 1769 1770 And 1771; Undertaken by Order of his present Majesty performed by Captain James Cooke In the Ship Endeavour Drawn up from his own Journal and form the Papers of Joseph Banks Vol I of 2. Contemp leather. Covers scuffed edgeworn lacking eps and both plates though small part of folding map is present. Foxed some stains. Upper blank margin of 2nd leaf roughly removed list of subscribers losses to printed area of pp67-68 amounting to a dozen words the normal tears to printed area of a few dozen leaves pencil sketches to rear flyleaf and inside of rear cover. Various old ink markings to title page. JCB Annuel Report for 1931 pp. 12-15; Sabin 30936; Evans 13324 Mitchell Library Cook 656; Holmes 9. 2 . Withal a rare and important American edition of Cook's first voyage. Rivington pirated this American edition to undercut the price of the London First Edition in the American market. . James Rivington hardcover
1794réf. BB0447London: printed for T. N. Longman Pater-Noster-Row from 1771 1794. Early Reprint. Stiff Wraps. Fine. 8vo: xxxvi380 numbered columns381-394pp with double-page copper-engraved map as frontispiece; 4216pp. ESTC Citation No. T93564 and T93553. Finely bound to style by Fitterer in stiff beige wraps printed paper spine label. Binding and text block clean bright and unmarked save for offsetting from engraved map. A superlative copy. Fordham Road-Books pp. 27 and 29. Roscoe John Newbery A399/6. Not in Hodson. The tenth edition: with the addition of near ninety pages including considerable improvements in the direct roads many new cross roads and a great number of noblemens and gentlemens seats. Tenth Edition of the first work 1794; originally published 1771 "With the Addition of near Ninety Pages including considerable Improvements in the direct Roads many new Cross Roads and a great Number of Noblemens and Gentlemens Seats"; Sixth Edition 1792 improved and corrected of the second work with separate title page. Although Paterson contributed no significant innovations to the compilation of road books relying on the advances of Norden Ogilby and others he "made improvements in style and presentation and added factual detailso much so that his name was for many years an indicator of reliability in road books and was attached to them long after he had stopped compiling them." ODNB N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. printed for T. N. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row [from 1771] unknown
1911réf. 100088070Witherby & Co 1911 in8. 1911. Cartonné.
19328vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; xiii, [ii], 384 pp, 16 plates including frontis from photos, map, 150 illustrations from the author's drawings, appendix on new species of spiders. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, name of Arthur J. Spoor on endpaper, minor foxing on a few margins, front panel of dust jacket glued to front endpaper, tipped in description on endpaper, near fine, clean. A pic An important book on scientific exploration in these South American jungles by the distinguished naturalist and leader of the Oxford University Expedition to British Guiana. Based on long hours of watching in observation posts slung in the tree tops, enabled the author to observe a teeming and fantastic natural world. With much on insects, spiders and spider webs. Nicely illustrated including many sketches of spider webs by the author.
1828réf. 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
1799réf. biblio153a1-42 binders direction8 subscribers4c-4204 additional subscribers pages with 7 maps 5 folding and 6 plates. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" with new spine in six compartment with red label in gilt over original decorative blind stamped calf boards. Ferguson 329; Sabin 104.633 First edition first printing. Captain James Wilson brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti on ship Duff in 1797. Wilson was a deeply religious man. The missionaries he brought were from the London Missionary Society. There were thirty men six women and three children. Wilson on the Duff also explored and visited many islands in the Pacific some of which had never had any recorded visit by a European. Among these the most important are Mangareva in the Gambier Islands and Pukarua in the Tuamotus. Duff paid a visit as a missionary ship to Tahiti during 1796 as a result Missionary Society has first been established in Tahiti. Three years after the establishment the directors of the Society appointed a committee to consider a suitable memorial for presentation to Wilson for his services in helping to establish the first mission in the South Seas. Wilson fought with the British army during the American War of independence and then served nine years with the East India company. While in India he was captured by Hyder Ali and after a daring bid for escape was imprisoned in the black hole of Seringapatam. After his release he continued service as a captain and despite illness and further dangerous missions accumulated sufficient sources to retire. throughout it all Wilson remained fast in his irreligious opinions. While living in England with his niece however he was converted to an evangelical faith. he felt called to volunteer for missionary service after reading the Evangelical Magazine. Haweis did not know Wilson before receiving a letter volunteering his services in the Pacific. his skills and newfound devotion seemed perfectly suited to the situation and Haweis saw him as "God's man." the Duff arrived at Tahiti on march 5 1797. the settlement at Tahiti of twenty of the missionaries five of them with wives and two children gives further examples of the role of the missionary captain. A pattern of intercourse had already been established by other voyagers according to which the captain of a vessel would take the leading role in meetings. It is therefore not surprising that the focus of the chapter describing the arrival is on meetings between significant island figures and Captain Wilson. For example Manemane a "high priest" Frommo'orea sought Wilson as a tayo or friend not Jefferson the president of the missionaries. The official account of the first mission appeared in 1799 under the lengthy title A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean performed in the years 1796 1797 1798 in the ship Duff commanded by Captain James Wilson compiled from the journals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with maps charts and views drawn by Mr William Wilson..it was placed firmly within the tradition of the voyages of discovery by an introduction compiled by Samuel Great heed that described previous European contacts with the islands and an appendix "including details never before published of the natural and civil state of Otaheite." the main narrative was taken from Wilson's journal with additions from his son and a journal kept by the missionaries during the period when the Duff was away from Tahiti at Tonga. Wilson dominated the events recorded in the narrative. Condition: Some offset toning from maps occasional foxing water mark to upper margin on some leaves two leaves miss-bound at back re-backed with contemporary blind stamped calf boards. S Gosnell for T Chapman hardcover books
1799réf. biblio153a1-42 binders direction8 subscribers4c-4204 additional subscribers pages with 7 maps 5 folding and 6 plates. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" with new spine in six compartment with red label in gilt over original decorative blind stamped calf boards. Ferguson 329; Sabin 104.633 First edition first printing. Captain James Wilson brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti on ship Duff in 1797. Wilson was a deeply religious man. The missionaries he brought were from the London Missionary Society. There were thirty men six women and three children. Wilson on the Duff also explored and visited many islands in the Pacific some of which had never had any recorded visit by a European. Among these the most important are Mangareva in the Gambier Islands and Pukarua in the Tuamotus. Duff paid a visit as a missionary ship to Tahiti during 1796 as a result Missionary Society has first been established in Tahiti. Three years after the establishment the directors of the Society appointed a committee to consider a suitable memorial for presentation to Wilson for his services in helping to establish the first mission in the South Seas. Wilson fought with the British army during the American War of independence and then served nine years with the East India company. While in India he was captured by Hyder Ali and after a daring bid for escape was imprisoned in the black hole of Seringapatam. After his release he continued service as a captain and despite illness and further dangerous missions accumulated sufficient sources to retire. throughout it all Wilson remained fast in his irreligious opinions. While living in England with his niece however he was converted to an evangelical faith. he felt called to volunteer for missionary service after reading the Evangelical Magazine. Haweis did not know Wilson before receiving a letter volunteering his services in the Pacific. his skills and newfound devotion seemed perfectly suited to the situation and Haweis saw him as "God's man." the Duff arrived at Tahiti on march 5 1797. the settlement at Tahiti of twenty of the missionaries five of them with wives and two children gives further examples of the role of the missionary captain. A pattern of intercourse had already been established by other voyagers according to which the captain of a vessel would take the leading role in meetings. It is therefore not surprising that the focus of the chapter describing the arrival is on meetings between significant island figures and Captain Wilson. For example Manemane a "high priest" Frommo'orea sought Wilson as a tayo or friend not Jefferson the president of the missionaries. The official account of the first mission appeared in 1799 under the lengthy title A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean performed in the years 1796 1797 1798 in the ship Duff commanded by Captain James Wilson compiled from the journals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with maps charts and views drawn by Mr William Wilson..it was placed firmly within the tradition of the voyages of discovery by an introduction compiled by Samuel Great heed that described previous European contacts with the islands and an appendix "including details never before published of the natural and civil state of Otaheite." the main narrative was taken from Wilson's journal with additions from his son and a journal kept by the missionaries during the period when the Duff was away from Tahiti at Tonga. Wilson dominated the events recorded in the narrative. Condition: Some offset toning from maps occasional foxing water mark to upper margin on some leaves two leaves miss-bound at back re-backed with contemporary blind stamped calf boards. S Gosnell for T Chapman hardcover
First and only edition, 8vo, [4], 43, [1]pp., with half-title, upper corner from E2 torn away just touching page numeral, disbound. Relating to the British raid on Rochefort in 1757.
réf. 38391. First and only edition 8vo 4 43 1pp. with half-title upper corner from E2 torn away just touching page numeral disbound. Relating to the British raid on Rochefort in 1757. unknown
réf. 11288Japan: ca. 1854-55. An impressively assembled scroll that portrays the second American expedition to Japan February-March 1854 led by Commodore Perry; much of it is focused on the American vessels that anchored menacingly off the coast. Seven of the nine ships in the American fleet are carefully portrayed with notes on the estimated numbers of cannons and crewmembers. Steam-powered ships with black smoke gushing from the stacks and rows of powerful cannons shocked the Japanese most of whom had never seen such a demonstration of advanced military technology. The observations in this scroll must have been crucial to inform the decision-making of Japanese officials. "Black Ship Scrolls" conveying eyewitness reports were disseminated among the Japanese elite and kept top secret. Our scroll was presumably created for a high-ranking Japanese official since any information on the American interlopers was carefully controlled by the local authorities to maintain public order in the face of an anticipated foreign invasion. Compared to other depictions of the foreigners which frequently showed them as caricatures hairy oversized red-faced and blue-eyed the more dignified portraits in our scroll demonstrate the increasing familiarity between the Japanese and American contingents. In the years following Japan's opening to the West Japanese artisans produced countless scrolls commemorating the American expeditions catering to the tourist trade and as gifts to visiting dignitaries. Mass-produced with foreigners' preferences in mind these scrolls took liberties with the events that transpired straying far from the earliest accounts and sketches. They pale in comparison with the elaborate and scrupulous illustrations found in this early scroll. Though the later mass-produced scrolls are easily found on the market examples like ours presumably created for a Japanese official or nobleman remain greatly treasured for their revealing depictions. We have ordered the scroll into 15 individual scenes most of which have a contemporary manuscript caption translated below: I. Three sailors in the American marching band two of whom are uniformed drummer boys. The band led the American march to Yokohama where negotiations between the two nations were held in a newly constructed reception hall. The Japanese manuscript caption reads: "Illustration of musicians." II. Two sailors with swords sheathed are holding their muskets with bayonets fixed. A fine indigo ink has been employed to depict the uniform on the left. Caption: "Rank: Sergeant/Soldier." III. Commodore Perry on the right faces a sailor who may be the conductor of the American expedition's marching band. Perry is depicted rather sympathetically compared to exaggerated and even outlandish portraits that depict him as quite large hairy and red-faced. The artist has once more used a deep indigo to capture the color of the uniforms. Caption: "Ambassador Perry/Conductor Commandant." IV. A larger portrait of a lone sailor probably an officer clutching his sheathed sword and clenching his fist. Caption: "Foreigner Captain landed near Kanagawa." V. An elaborate and realistic portrait of Perry capturing even the individual hairs on his head and the wrinkles on his face. Caption: "American Envoy Perry." VI. A portrait of Perry's chief-of-staff Henry A. Adams done by the same artist as Perry's portrait. Caption: "American Vice Envoy Adams." VII. upper portion A very long horizontal painting of the American column marching to the Yokohama reception hall for negotiations regarding the opening of Japan to American trade. There are more than 100 armed Americans soldiers following the marching band. The top of this sheet has been slightly cropped cutting off part of the American flag in the middle. Caption: "Illustration of American landing column." VIII. lower right A sizable rendering of the USS Vandalia a sloop-of-war that joined the Perry Expedition in late 1853. Caption: "Name of ship: Vandalia 20 cannons 200 crewmembers." Minuscule mended wormholes to the image. IX. lower left The USS Saratoga another sloop-of-war. Caption: "Name of ship: Saratoga 20 cannons 200 crewmembers." Expertly mended wormholes touching the image hardly visible. X. upper portion A panoramic view with a fleet of 23 American rowboats headed to shore. Mending to the top of the scroll. XI. right lower portion The USS Mississippi a steam frigate that was part of the first expedition. Caption: "Name of ship: Mississippi 8 cannons 240 crewmembers." XII. left lower portion The USS Southampton a storeship. Caption: "Name of ship: Southampton 6 cannons 50 crewmembers." Expert mending of wormholes affecting the image. XIII. USS Supply a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Supply 6 cannons 40 crewmembers." Wormholes repaired and with some foxing. XIV. USS Lexington a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Lexington 26 cannons 50 crewmembers." Repaired wormholes and small sections of the white wash used for the sails have come off. XV. USS Susquehanna a steam frigate. Caption: "Name of ship: Susquehanna 6 cannons 240 crewmembers." Careful mending of wormholes to head and tail of scroll. In very good condition; there are a number of wormholes all expertly restored to the point that most are invisible to the naked eye and some browning and speckles to blank segments of the scroll. Two unidentified ownership seals next to the illustration of the USS Vandalia no. VIII. Housed in a custom-made 20th-century wooden box. ⧠Renata V. Shaw "Japanese Picture Scrolls of the First Americans in Japan" in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress Vol. 25 No. 2 April 1968 pp. 134-53. For helpful recapitulations of accounts from the Japanese and Americans William McOmie The Opening of Japan 1853-1855: A Comparative Study of the American British Dutch and Russian Naval Expeditions to Compel the Tokugawa Shogunate to Conclude Treaties and Open Ports to Their Ships 2006. unknown books
réf. 11288Japan: ca. 1854-55. An impressively assembled scroll that portrays the second American expedition to Japan February-March 1854 led by Commodore Perry; much of it is focused on the American vessels that anchored menacingly off the coast. Seven of the nine ships in the American fleet are carefully portrayed with notes on the estimated numbers of cannons and crewmembers. Steam-powered ships with black smoke gushing from the stacks and rows of powerful cannons shocked the Japanese most of whom had never seen such a demonstration of advanced military technology. The observations in this scroll must have been crucial to inform the decision-making of Japanese officials. "Black Ship Scrolls" conveying eyewitness reports were disseminated among the Japanese elite and kept top secret. Our scroll was presumably created for a high-ranking Japanese official since any information on the American interlopers was carefully controlled by the local authorities to maintain public order in the face of an anticipated foreign invasion. Compared to other depictions of the foreigners which frequently showed them as caricatures hairy oversized red-faced and blue-eyed the more dignified portraits in our scroll demonstrate the increasing familiarity between the Japanese and American contingents. In the years following Japan's opening to the West Japanese artisans produced countless scrolls commemorating the American expeditions catering to the tourist trade and as gifts to visiting dignitaries. Mass-produced with foreigners' preferences in mind these scrolls took liberties with the events that transpired straying far from the earliest accounts and sketches. They pale in comparison with the elaborate and scrupulous illustrations found in this early scroll. Though the later mass-produced scrolls are easily found on the market examples like ours presumably created for a Japanese official or nobleman remain greatly treasured for their revealing depictions. We have ordered the scroll into 15 individual scenes most of which have a contemporary manuscript caption translated below: I. Three sailors in the American marching band two of whom are uniformed drummer boys. The band led the American march to Yokohama where negotiations between the two nations were held in a newly constructed reception hall. The Japanese manuscript caption reads: "Illustration of musicians." II. Two sailors with swords sheathed are holding their muskets with bayonets fixed. A fine indigo ink has been employed to depict the uniform on the left. Caption: "Rank: Sergeant/Soldier." III. Commodore Perry on the right faces a sailor who may be the conductor of the American expedition's marching band. Perry is depicted rather sympathetically compared to exaggerated and even outlandish portraits that depict him as quite large hairy and red-faced. The artist has once more used a deep indigo to capture the color of the uniforms. Caption: "Ambassador Perry/Conductor Commandant." IV. A larger portrait of a lone sailor probably an officer clutching his sheathed sword and clenching his fist. Caption: "Foreigner Captain landed near Kanagawa." V. An elaborate and realistic portrait of Perry capturing even the individual hairs on his head and the wrinkles on his face. Caption: "American Envoy Perry." VI. A portrait of Perry's chief-of-staff Henry A. Adams done by the same artist as Perry's portrait. Caption: "American Vice Envoy Adams." VII. upper portion A very long horizontal painting of the American column marching to the Yokohama reception hall for negotiations regarding the opening of Japan to American trade. There are more than 100 armed Americans soldiers following the marching band. The top of this sheet has been slightly cropped cutting off part of the American flag in the middle. Caption: "Illustration of American landing column." VIII. lower right A sizable rendering of the USS Vandalia a sloop-of-war that joined the Perry Expedition in late 1853. Caption: "Name of ship: Vandalia 20 cannons 200 crewmembers." Minuscule mended wormholes to the image. IX. lower left The USS Saratoga another sloop-of-war. Caption: "Name of ship: Saratoga 20 cannons 200 crewmembers." Expertly mended wormholes touching the image hardly visible. X. upper portion A panoramic view with a fleet of 23 American rowboats headed to shore. Mending to the top of the scroll. XI. right lower portion The USS Mississippi a steam frigate that was part of the first expedition. Caption: "Name of ship: Mississippi 8 cannons 240 crewmembers." XII. left lower portion The USS Southampton a storeship. Caption: "Name of ship: Southampton 6 cannons 50 crewmembers." Expert mending of wormholes affecting the image. XIII. USS Supply a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Supply 6 cannons 40 crewmembers." Wormholes repaired and with some foxing. XIV. USS Lexington a supply ship. Caption: "Name of ship: Lexington 26 cannons 50 crewmembers." Repaired wormholes and small sections of the white wash used for the sails have come off. XV. USS Susquehanna a steam frigate. Caption: "Name of ship: Susquehanna 6 cannons 240 crewmembers." Careful mending of wormholes to head and tail of scroll. In very good condition; there are a number of wormholes all expertly restored to the point that most are invisible to the naked eye and some browning and speckles to blank segments of the scroll. Two unidentified ownership seals next to the illustration of the USS Vandalia no. VIII. Housed in a custom-made 20th-century wooden box. ⧠Renata V. Shaw "Japanese Picture Scrolls of the First Americans in Japan" in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress Vol. 25 No. 2 April 1968 pp. 134-53. For helpful recapitulations of accounts from the Japanese and Americans William McOmie The Opening of Japan 1853-1855: A Comparative Study of the American British Dutch and Russian Naval Expeditions to Compel the Tokugawa Shogunate to Conclude Treaties and Open Ports to Their Ships 2006. unknown
1982réf. 22210Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 906191096X . With maps and charts throughout a near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. ; 235 x 160mm; x 246 pages . A. A. Balkema hardcover
1948réf. 190837Payot 1948 in8. 1948. Broché.
1973réf. 5611973 - broché - Editions Bordas - Collection Bordas Poche, N° 3 - 1973 - In-12 (16,5 x 11 cm) broché - 126 pages - Illustrations et photographies principalement en noir et blanc
réf. 115577Pôles d'Images Récits Introuvables Pôles d'Images Editions, Coll. Récits Introuvables,2005, 312 p., broché, un timbre à sec sur la page de titre, bon état.
1911réf. hp292Pierre Lafitte et Cie Cartonné 1911 In-4 (20,5 x 25,8 cm), cartonné toilé, 341 pages, photographies en noir et blanc ; dos insolé, épidermures en tête et traces blanche en queue du quatrième plat, quelques traces et bord insolé au premier plat, par ailleurs intérieur bien conservé, assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1940réf. 100060737En vente chez l'auteur 1940 in8. 1940. Broché.
1911réf. M147391911 P, P Lafitte , 1911 , in4° reliure bleue éditeur , 341 pp , 1 carte dépliante. Une pièce de titre amateur sur le dos. Langue: Français
