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1799réf. 17589A Paris, chez Jean ; gravé sur une feuille pliante (55,5x86cm), colorié, qui doit dater de juste avant l'avénement de l'Empire car il y a encore le «quay Bonaparte». On relève aussi les rues d'Arcole, du Contrat Social, du Caire, et, plus curieux, l'existence encore signalée du Palais du Conseil des 500 pourtant dissous le 9 novembre 1799.
2006réf. CBS-9780387258546Sp Springer 2006. New. Sp Springer unknown
1846réf. WRCAM17477New Braunfels 1846. Printed indenture 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches executed in ink. Some old folds light soiling. "55" written in red pencil in top blank margin. Very good. Printed indenture executed in ink and signed in full by John O. Meusebach as Trustee of the German Emigration and Rail-Road Company drawing on the banking firm of H. Flersheim in Frankfurt for the sum of $3000 to be deposited to the account of the Company dated December 12. Meusebach a highly educated and civilized man came to Texas from Germany in 1845 to succeed Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels as commissioner-general of the Verein zum Shutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas in the course of which he assumed Texas citizenship oversaw the affairs of the colonists and accomplished the 1847 treaty with the Comanche chiefs which made colonization possible. This document coming from the period of his service to the Verein no doubt represents a draft for funds to further the establishment of the colony the cities of New Braunfels and Fredericksburg and the attempted settlement of the financial horror show which Prince Carl left behind. A superb piece signed by one of the major figures of early Texas colonization. unknown books
réf. 009704Portland Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. The books were published between 1993 through 2001. There are 24 books in total the complete series beginning with Volume 1 Number 1 through Volume 6 Number 4. Each book measures 10 x 7 ½. 48 pp. each. Each book is a limited edition and the limitation number for each book ranges between 300 and 500 copies published depending on the title. The natural history of each river angling history well-known personalities who fished them plus beautiful color photos in each book showing the best fly patterns color maps of each river scenic river shots nice trout steelhead and salmon tackle recommendations etc. Each book is authored by a well-known writer with extensive experience fly fishing the rivers described. This is the complete list of titles: Madison River - Silver Creek - Green River - Ausable River - Kenai River - Yakima River - Thompson River - Pere Marquette River - Yellowstone River - Sacramento River - McKenzie River - Miramichi River - Rio Grande River - Clark Fork River - Au Sable River - Crane Prairie Deschutes Headwaters - Rogue River - North Platte River - White River - Delaware River - Henry's Fork - Salmon River - Big Hole River - Penn's Creek. Each book is bound in gray cloth with gilt titles and all have beautiful pictorial dust jackets. Many of the titles are now scarce in the limited edition format and a complete set is as scarce as hen's teeth. A beautiful set. All in fine condition in fine dust jackets. hardcover
1806réf. 009589London: Printed for Richard Phillips Sold By Souter No. 1 Pater-noster-row. 1806. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 4to. A very good "large paper" copy with uncut edges leaf size approximately 285mm x 225mm with a few additional items bound in. Pp. xiv 2 530 ii ii. 16 hand-tinted aquatints of which several folding map plus an additional contemporary hand-coloured map of Ireland as frontispiece. Contents: frontispiece quarto format map - engraved for the Poem of Erin. The folding plate of Dublin shown as the frontispiece in the "Directions for Placing the Plates" has been bound in opposite the first page of text title page dedication prefacecontents errata directions for placing the engravings main body of the text additional page on St. Patrick from "Guide to Knowledge" bound in at rear before the Publisher's adverts cutting from the Times 1842 entitled "Robert Emmet and the Gaoler of Kilmainham" pasted to rear paste-down. Original paper-covered boards with recent pebbled cloth spine to match original with the original paper title-label applied to the spine binding in very good condition. Contents very good the uncut edges are a little worn in places and a couple of a small near-contemporary oval stamps of the "Baptist College Bristol" to the front end paper no other marks. Paper in very good condition without any obvious staining minimal foxing almost completly confined to the tissue guards maps and plates all very good clean and crisp short repaired tear to the edge of page 318 not nearly affecting the text. A very good to fine copy. Printed for Richard Phillips, Sold By Souter, No. 1, Pater-noster-row. Hardcover
1823réf. ST20595London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1823. Seventh Edition. 237 x 145. 9 3/8 x 5 3/4". 3 p.l. vii 1 viii 1 6-236 pp. Publisher's blue paper boards and brown paper backstrip original printed paper label EDGES UNTRIMMED AND MOSTLY UNOPENED. A Large Paper Copy. Just the faintest evidence of foxing at very beginning and very end corners with slight wear as always superficial chafing to covers but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY the binding remarkably clean and with no significant signs of use and the wide-margined text unusually fresh and nearly as white as snow. In its original boards untrimmed and partly unopened this is a wonderful contemporary copy of an important later edition of the magnum opus of a man whose name came to be synonymous with road improvement. DNB tells us that Scottish-born John Loudon McAdam 1756-1836 was "the first systematic builder and administrator of roads in Britain since Roman times" and his impact was so great that his name lives on to the present day in connection with paved surfaces. The use of "macadam" or "macadamized" to mean a good road surface began in the 1820s and continued through the invention of the automobile when dusty roads began to be improved with tar. At first "tar" was combined with "macadam" producing the term "tarmacadam" when referring to these improved roads; eventually this became shortened to "tarmac" which still is broadly understood to refer to road surfaces and more specifically to airport runways. Our author first published "Remarks on the Present System of Road Making" in 1816 to deliver his suggestions for an improved paving method following his extensive survey of the roads of Britain. His system--in which roads were built with a cambered surface for drainage using layers of consistent sizes of stones and gravel--soon caught on both within Britain and abroad. The present seventh edition features a variety of new material much of which deals with McAdam's efforts to encourage legislation for improving roads; this includes a new preface and advertisement as well as the "Minutes of Evidence" given by witnesses regarding turnpike improvement from March to May 1819 and the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on McAdam's system from June 1823. As evidenced by its appearance in multiple printings McAdam's "Remarks" was a widely used book but our remarkably well-preserved copy in its publisher's boards--obviously and decidedly--was not. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown
1844réf. GD012817okBC1S5Manchester: Wetmore & Wallace 1844. Manchester: Wetmore & Wallace Rare Americana 1844 First Printing. 8vo. 16 pages with folding map at rear of wrappers. The folding map titled :Plan and Profile of the Route Surveyed for the Northern Railroad from Concord to Lebanon N.H." measuring approxinately 28" long and 9" wide. The map is in extremely nice condition. The spine shows some wear but remains a very nice copy. A signature of S.Chase" appears on the front wrapper. There is an institional rubber stamp on the margin of page 3. Vermont Historical Society Montpelier Vermont. This report printed by Wetmore & Wallace Printers in Manchester New Hampshire presents the findings of an engineer's survey for the Northern Railroad route. It covers the planned railroad connections between Concord Franklin and complete with Lebanon along the Connecticut River. Published in 1844 this document provides historical insight into the development of New Hampshire early railroad infrastructure and the engineering challenges faced in the region at that time. Scarce copy last auction records 1930. First Printing. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manchester: Wetmore & Wallace
1945réf. 208877Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. August1945. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 37 x 52 cms; 43 x 59.5 cms sheet three inset maps archivally laid down on linen very good condition. Full page map published in the "Chicago Daily Tribune" after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prior to occupation by US and Allied forces in September 1945. "This is a new map of the main islands of Japan where American occupational troops will land and establish their military rule." map text The legend notes "Places bombed by U.S. Air Forces with a red circle" and "Cities bombed by Atomic Bomb" with a red star. The main map shows the Japanese islands of Honshu Shikoku and Kyushu with the Korean peninsula. Inset maps show Hokkaido Formosa and a general map of the area. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1978réf. 013365Genève Claude Givaudan - Am Here books 1978 In-8 Cartonnage de L'éditeur Edition originale
1824réf. PHO-2191Paris, Everat, 1824, in-4 (260x210mm), 2ff-LIV-568pp-1ff , avec en fin d’ouvrage la liste des membres de la Société de Géographie, relié demi toile, dos lisse avec étiquette de titre, éditeur et tomaison, frottements aux plats et étiquette usée, vieille mouillure claire en coin, piqures.
réf. B306546-1Kamakura-shi Shiruku Rodo Kenkyujo 1990-2004. Vols. 3 - 5 7 - 9. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. With: Festschrift Ikuo Hirayama. Studies in Silk Road Coins and Culture: Papers in Honour of Professor Ikuo Hirayama On His 65th Birthday. Edited by Katsumi Tanabe Joe Cribb Helen Wang. Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Special volume 1997. 332pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. Kamakura The Institute of Silk Road Studies 1997. Kamakura-shi (Shiruku Rodo Kenkyujo), 1990-2004. hardcover
2001réf. SBBI-L-BEP00666-RAG-20240Automobile Association 2001. map. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Automobile Association unknown
2001réf. SBBI-L-BAP00967-RAG-20250Automobile Association 2001. map. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Automobile Association unknown
1917réf. 214418London and New York.: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. 1917. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations 768pp. 30 x 23.5cm. Full red morocco binding spine lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments 'Tiger head' emblematical device stamped in gilt on the upper board repeated in gilt on the title page corner ornaments blocked in gilt. All edges gilt marbled endpapers light rubbing to corners but a lavishly produced edition in exceptional condition. One of a series of publications published with the object of supplying the British public with a picture - complete as far as literary and pictorial effort could make it - of the several different parts of the Empire. in this instance Northern India. . The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. unknown
1932réf. 12800Washington DC: Claude T. Clements Press 1932. 14362pp. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's tan cloth with titles stamped in brown on spine and front board. In original unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear light insect damage to boards. Dust jacket either trimmed a bit short or originally produced a half-inch shorter than boards. Minor dust-soiling to jacket with minor insect damage to rear flap. Internally clean. Overall very good. The rare autobiographical travel narrative by one of the most important Filipino-American political leaders in history especially notable for retaining the original pictorial dust jacket. Hilario Camino Moncado established the Filipino Federation of America in 1925 in Los Angeles California. It was also known at various times as the Filipino World Federation and the Filipino Crusaders World Army. As one of the fraternal organizations appealing to the small but growing Filipino immigrant community the FFA distinguished itself from competitors by accentuating "clean living" and rules of moral conduct. Moncado earned a law degree and also edited and published Filipino Nation. Through his work Moncado sought to portray the immigrant community as responsible and healthy in contrast to the then-prevalent depictions of them as uneducated gamblers. Much less publicly the FFA developed a set of religious teachings that held Moncado to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ by way of José Rizal the Filipino patriot executed in the waning days of Spanish rule. Moncado's birthday was changed to make him appear to have been born after Rizal's death so that his identity as Rizal's reincarnation would be more plausible. In the present travel memoir Moncado focuses on political and social issues encountered on a trip around the world conveying an impression of worldliness which burnished his reputation within the Filipino-American community. He visits England Holland Germany France Italy Egypt India China Japan and "Home Sweet Home Philippines." A sampling of chapters focus on London his visit to Oxford University the refusal of Germany to pay reparations from the First World War mentioning the German people's and particularly Hitler's stance against paying them any further his visit to the League of Nations "Mussolini - Benevolent Despot or Tyrant" Gandhi and "India's Revolution" China "The Awakening Giant" "Americanized Japan" and the betrayal of the Filipino independence movement by the American Congress. OCLC records just eight institutional copies including one in the Philippines one in Singapore and six in the United States at NYPL UC-Davis the University of Hawaii Michigan Washington and Wisconsin. Claude T. Clements Press unknown
1770réf. 51365Paris: Chez Le Rouge 1770. First edition . Oblong 4to. Engraved title leaf and seven engraved maps one folding the other six with a number of strip maps separated by thin rules detailing the route from Strasburg to Versailles. Delineates topographical features cities and villages churches forests etc. Not recorded on OCLC. Later patterned wrappers worn long tear in rear wrapper; interior soiled some old tidelines mostly marginal but affecting the image in the last two maps; several manuscript additions but a very good example of a scarce 18th-century French route map. Chez Le Rouge unknown
1737réf. 29354London, Gilliver and Clarke, 1737. 8vo. Near contemporary half calf with gilt title label. (16),62,(2) pp. and 8 engraved plates (1 folding). 4cm tear to bottom of title page - proffesionally repaired with no loss. A fine clean copy.
1737réf. 29354London Gilliver and Clarke 1737. 8vo. Near contemporary half calf with gilt title label. 16622 pp. and 8 engraved plates 1 folding. 4cm tear to bottom of title page - proffesionally repaired with no loss. A fine clean copy. First edition. Phillips recognized that a layer of gravel if resting on a well-drained dry sole would be beaten by the traffic into a firm road surface. He was thus the pioneer in the development of the Macadam method. The present work is described in Gregory: The Story of the Road p.207-211. Very uncommon. unknown
1946réf. 001621Paris Editions du Pré Aux Clercs 1946
1770réf. 51365Paris: Chez Le Rouge 1770. First edition . Oblong 4to. Engraved title leaf and seven engraved maps one folding the other six with a number of strip maps separated by thin rules detailing the route from Strasburg to Versailles. Delineates topographical features cities and villages churches forests etc. Not recorded on OCLC. Later patterned wrappers worn long tear in rear wrapper; interior soiled some old tidelines mostly marginal but affecting the image in the last two maps; several manuscript additions but a very good example of a scarce 18th-century French route map. Chez Le Rouge unknown books
1913Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: North Vancouver feature - 5 pages with photos; Activity in Plant Department - construction of many apartments in Victoria and Vancouver causing new conditions; Abbottsford exchange burned; Year's Business Shows Fine Increase; Monthly traffic record; New island route; Photo of the company's Victoria hockey team; New Westminster switchboard in action; Organisation Chart of the Traffic Department; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of per cent good toll calls'; Statement of Development - showing the number of operating phones in each exchange in the province; 7-page Feature on the Bayview area with several large photos of prominent home; Early spring construction; Traffic department conference; Full-page photo of the Western Fuel Company (Coal) Number One Mine at Nanaimo; New Central Building on Seymour; 5-page feature on Nanaimo with photos of salteries, the herring fishery, Mayor Shaw, the Nanaimo Exchange, and a great shot overlooking downtown Nanaimo and its harbour; Timing Conversations with a Calculagraph; Large photo of the Eburne sawmills; Fire damage at New Westminster Exchange; 4-page feature on Eburne with photos; Company bowling team - Victoria Commercial League Champions; Photo montage of operator's telephone sets; Great full-page photo of a commercial corner building in Duncan, Cowichan Merchants, Ltd.; 5-page feature on Duncan with several photos including one of the highly successful Duncan Creamery; photo of yachting on Cowichan Bay; Many gangs busy in the field; Weighing service; photos of telephone men at work in the field; photo of Comox and the wharf; 6-page feature article on Comox, including excellent photo of 'Flying Machine' logging in progress; Many extensions to outside plant; How telephone cable is made, 3 pages with photos; Full page photo of the Tug Dola with her tow the Princess Louise, at anchor off Port Grey; Super photo of Dozens of notable men aboard cable ship; Steveston Feature article with 3 pages and photos; 11-page major feature article on the consummation of the cable project connecting Vancouver to Nanaimo - great photos including erection of the highest telephone poles in the province at Brechin Mine, near Nanaimo, several nautical shots, cross-section of the Gulf cable, and more; Saanich Inlet cable installation; photo of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand showing Hon. J.D. Hazen, minister of marine, Commander Halsey, Sir Richard McBride and Hon. H.E. Young, provincial secretary; Five-page feature on Nelson and area with photos; New Zealand's gift to the Imperial Navy - 2 page illustrated feature on the visit of the H.M.S. New Zealand to Vancouver, including shot of two of the monster eight 12" guns; Full-page displaing the 6 chief (lady) operators in Vancouver; 5-page feature on the Saanich Peninsula with photos of subjects including the Brentwood Bay power house, Mr. Luke Pither's model poultry ranch, the Holland Bulb Farm and more; Growth demands more outside plant; Photo of company baseball team; Illustrations of railway telephone device; Photos of the 3 chief operators of Victoria; The Growing of Hops at Agassiz - several pages and photos; Phones for Forest Protection; Manufacturing Protector Micas - raw material obtained from India; Photo of the City of Rossland; 4-page illustrated feature Book
2000réf. mon0000679700Covenant Books 3/12/2021 12:00:00 A. hardcover. Very Good. 0.3150 in x 10.3150 in x 8.3071 in. Crease on cover Covenant Books hardcover
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) A modern fine black leather bdg. Small 4to. (26 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script. 3 volumes set: ([13], 448, [11], [6] p.; 386, [12], [6] p.; 203 p). Ibn Battuta was the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Ri?lah (Travels). His great work describes his extensive travels covering some 75,000 miles (120,000 km) in trips to almost all of the Muslim countries and as far as China and Sumatra (now part of Indonesia). Ibn Battuta was from a family that produced a number of Muslim judges (qadis). He received the traditional juristic and literary education in his native town of Tangier. In 1325, at the age of 21, he started his travels by undertaking the pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. At first his purpose was to fulfill that religious duty and to broaden his education by studying under famous scholars in Egypt, Syria, and the Hejaz (western Arabia). That he achieved his objectives is corroborated by long enumerations of scholars and Sufi (Islamic mystic) saints whom he met and also by a list of diplomas conferred on him (mainly in Damascus). Those studies qualified him for judicial office, whereas the claim of being a former pupil of the then-outstanding authorities in traditional Islamic sciences greatly enhanced his chances and made him thereafter a respected guest at many courts. That renown was to follow later, however. In Egypt, where he arrived by the land route via Tunis and Tripoli, an irresistible passion for travel was born in his soul, and he decided to visit as many parts of the world as possible, setting as a rule "never to travel any road a second time." His contemporaries traveled for practical reasons (such as trade, pilgrimage, and education), but Ibn Battuta did it for its own sake, for the joy of learning about new countries and new peoples. He made a living of it, benefitting at the beginning from his scholarly status and later from his increasing fame as a traveler. He enjoyed the generosity and benevolence of numerous sultans, rulers, governors, and high dignitaries in the countries he visited, thus securing an income that enabled him to continue his wanderings. From Cairo, Ibn Battuta set out via Upper Egypt to the Red Sea but then returned and visited Syria, there joining a caravan for Mecca. Having finished the pilgrimage in 1326, he crossed the Arabian Desert to Iraq, southern Iran, Azerbaijan, and Baghdad. There he met the last of the Mongol khans of Iran, Abû Sa'îd (ruled 1316-36), and some lesser rulers. Ibn Battuta spent the years between 1327 and 1330 in Mecca and Medina leading the quiet life of a devotee, but such a long stay did not suit his temperament. Embarking on a boat in Jiddah, he sailed with a retinue of followers down both shores of the Red Sea to Yemen, crossed it by land, and set sail again from Aden. This time he navigated along the eastern African coast, visiting the trading city-states as far as Kilwa (Tanzania). His return journey took him to southern Arabia, Oman, Hormuz, southern Persia, and across the Persian Gulf back to Mecca in 1332. There a new, ambitious plan matured in his mind. Hearing of the sultan of Delhi, Mu?ammad ibn Tughluq (ruled 1325-51), and his fabulous generosity to Muslim scholars, he decided to try his luck at his court. Forced by lack of communications to choose a more indirect route, Ibn Battuta turned northward, again passed Egypt and Syria, and boarded ship for Asia Minor (Anatolia) in Latakia. He crisscrossed that "land of the Turks" in many directions at a time when Anatolia was divided into numerous petty sultanates. Thus, his narrative provides a valuable source for the history of that country between the end of the Seljuq power and the rise of the house of Ottoman. Ibn Battuta was received cordially and generously by all the local rulers and heads of religious... Hejra: 1333; 1335; 1336 = Roumi: 1335 ; 1337; 1340 = Gregorian: 1917; 1919; 1921. Ozege: 21289. For fihrist: 5771.
1840réf. 018232London: Printed and Published By J. Barfield 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. Folio 30 x 46cm. "Revised Collated and Considerably Enlarged by John Satchell Esq." Seventy-four double-page engraved genealogical tables and geographical maps all with original hand colouring contemporary . half black morocco gilt with green cloth boards. Binding good with some general wear and rubbing leather chipped with loss to the base of the spine joints rubbed but still strong corners worn. All edges gilt./ Contents clean and tight contemporary ink stain effecting the fore-edges of the first few pages but not affecting text or maps most noticeable to the front end papers with also have a pencil inscription dated 30 November 1935. All maps and charts in very good condition. Notwitstanding wear to the binding a very good copy. Printed and Published By J. Barfield Hardcover
réf. 99252London Printed by S. Golbourn February 1876. . Broadsheet 51.25 x 31.4 cm printed in blue and tan horizontal centre fold short split short splits to head a good example. Rare broadsheet advertising an exhibition at the Egyptian Hall. The Egyptian Hall was a leading venue for exhibitions featuring original artwork and relics. London, Printed by S. Golbourn, February 1876. unknown
