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2006réf. 088037Centro de Matematica da Universidade do Minho 2006. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. A two volume complete set of books uniformly bound in the publisher's marble effect stiff card covers complete with original slipcase. Just 750 copies printed. Note: this set of books was once owned by the historian of maths and logic Ivor Grattan-Guinness thus the endpaper shows his personal bookplate. Text is mainly in Portuguese. Condition is better than very good with no stamps or marks no underlining and no splits or dents. Thus a tidy set of books in very presentable shape. Scarce. Centro de Matematica da Universidade do Minho paperback
1865réf. 214355Johnson and Ward. Circa1865. Hand coloured map 32.3 x 39.7 x cms including the decorative border; 35.6 x 45.8 cms sheet key to major centres unrelated text on verso sheet age toned in very good condition. Detailed map from the leading mid 19th Century American firm of Johnson and Ward. Although Tasmania was known as such from 1856 the map refers to "Van Diemen Land". . Johnson and Ward. unknown
1860réf. 177019New York.: Johnson & Browning. circa1860. Engraved map 30.2 x 40.5 cm 34.5 x 45.5 cm sheet original hand-colour elaborate strapwork border three fine vignettes of Muscat Trebisond small marginal edge tears top corner chipped the map in very good condition. Most attractive decorative map of Arabia the Ottoman Empire Persia Afghanistan Beloochistan and surrounds by one of the most popular and successful 19th Century American atlas publishers. . Johnson & Browning. unknown
1982réf. 008624Fairfield Washington: Ye Galleon Press 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very fine/Near Fine. Introduction by the publisher. 170pp. With chapter headings decorative vignettes and illustrations throughout printed in sepia blue green and red. 2 plates text illustrations endpaper map. Index. Maroon leatherette gilt. Two embossed circular private library markings of previous owner on front free endpaper else a very fine copy with slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. Reprint of the very rare first edition of 1846. Johnson and Winter describe their journey to Oregon and California in 1843 and their return in 1845. Included is a guide for other emigrants instructions supplies travel etc. "In historical importance one of the greatest of early overland narratives" Howes. "One of the best early overland narratives and one of the two contemporaneously printed accounts of the 1843 migration to Oregon" Mintz. Includes a roster of the men who made up the Immigration of 1843. Howes I: J-142; Howes II: J-136; Mintz The Trail: 259. Ye Galleon Press hardcover books
194435 pages. Photo and bio details of Bond inside front cover. Four pages of wonderful photos of Bond with the Andrews Sisters, Max Terhune, Jimmy Wakley, Dick Reinhart, The Red River Valley Boys, Joan Davis, Ray Corrigan, and Dennis Moore. "Gene Autry invited Johnny and Jimmy Wakely to sing with him on his CBS Melody Ranch program and soon the whole of America began to join the others in the demand for more. Songs include: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Down in the Dumps; One More Range; You Never Can Tell; I've Had the Blues Before; Keep Rollin' On; It's a Long Old Road; Prairie Campfire; Out Here The Wind Blows Free; One More Tear; Here's The End of the Trail (Ole Timer); Old Wagon Train; One a Blue Ridge Mountain Trail; The Road is Way Too Long; I'm Pounding the Rails Again; The Unopened Letter; I Won't Stand in Your Way; Hillbilly Town; My Red River Rose; Don't You Weep Anymore, Darlin'; Oh, My Darling Clementine. Average wear. Some light pencil markings to contents. A sound copy of this marvelously nostalgic item. Book
réf. 19949Halifax Yorkshire . 19 February 1847. 6pp. 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. The recipient is not identified but is a 'Brother' minister husband of the 'Mrs Walker' and father of the 'young Sam' named at the end. The letter begins: 'My dear Brother I believe you promised to write to me from Leeds and I have waited & waited until hope deferred makes my heart sick and now I send this forward like Gehazi with the prophets staff to know whether there be any voice or hearing.' He hopes that he finds himself 'at home on your Circuit' seeing 'the good work prospering': 'We expect your Super to assist at our Missionary Anniversary. on March 28th.' 'Bro. S Dunn' and 'the Division Question' are the main topic that follows others are: 'Mr Llewellyn' and his 'deputation'; 'the new Men at Bradford East' who 'surpass all that went before them - and leave us forgotten!'; 'Poor Philip'; 'Mr Talbot Thorp Arch'; 'E Brooke Esq.'; and 'the Town Society'. McCowan was the subject of an engraved portrait. In 1873 he published a memoir of his brother Peter a noted preacher. Halifax [ Yorkshire ]. 19 February 1847. unknown
1773réf. 22841Londres Robert Sayer 1773 une carte géographique dépliante entoilée saumon, CARTE D'EPOQUE, format plié : 16 x 22 cm, format déplié : 84 x 90 cm, Publié à Londres par Robert Sayer en 1773 et gravé par J. Gibson, il s'agit d'un bon exemplaire de la "Carte des routes de l'Europe de John Rocque". Rocque fut l'un des cartographes les plus importants de son époque. tissu et disséqué en vingt-quatre sections et conserve son étui d'origine la carte mesure 84 x 90 cm. avec une coloration à la main originale, la carte est en bon état, L'etui d'Epoque (16 x 22 cm) recouvert de papier marbré peigné orange est orné en son centre (partie haute) d'une pièce de titre sur fond vert avec roulette "or" en encadrment, titre doré "ROUTES D'EUROPE", plats et dos de l'étui dans un encadrement d'une roulette "or", l'or à terni légèrement mais l'étui est superbe, Bel exemplaire finement aquarellé à l'époque. 1773 Londres Robert Sayer Editeur,
1996réf. PD-M2R9-YGJSMeÌxico D.F: Clio 1996. Rústica. Fine. Edición en rústica tres fascículos en formato grande en excelente estado. Fotos disponimbles Used book in good to very good condition unless otherwise noted. All our books are thoroughly checked for issues such as missing dust jackets markings library stamps and so on. If we notice a book was misdescribed we will always let you know before shipping. We're a brick and mortar store and handle every single book with respect and care. Clio paperback
1996réf. 2090502128706359Jiro Dokkyo University Open Lecture Steering Committee 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 320 pages Size: 46 size Number of books: 1 volume Jiro Dokkyo University Open Lecture Steering Committee paperback
1799réf. 2111902160200187Washimi Tamotsu 1799. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Washimi Tamotsu paperback
1945réf. 200411Washington D.C.: Army Map Service. First edition - revised AMS4. 1945. Army survey map printed in colour 36.7 x 36.7 cm; 58 x 48 cm sheet conversion graph glossary and administrative index to the inner margin; scale three column legend index to adjoining sheets and notes re grid references and mean declination to the foot; sheet toned a very few edge tears the map in very good condition. Wartime map produced by the US Army Map Service AMS who formed in 1942 and were at the forefront of military mapping campaigns during WWII and the post-war years. The very detailed map shows residency and administrative boundaries transportation ground and water features vegetation cultivation ruins religious sites "Graves; Chinese native" and "Cemetery; heathen Christian" walls hedges populated places built-up areas and buildings with those of iron stone wood and bamboo differentiated by colour; fishponds plantations and much more. . Army Map Service. unknown
1988xv + 199pp. + 7 plates out-of-text in colour, 24cm., in the series "Studies in oriental religions" vol.16, softcover, VG, X69073
1922réf. 215880Edinburgh.: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. 1922. Large double page map 54.2 x 43 cms map original fold some edge toning and to the fold but in very good condition. Large map prepared as plate 65 for “The Times Survey Atlas of the World” in 1922 and was prepared at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute under the direction of J G Bartholomew. The map shows Japan's territory inclusive of Korea southern Sakhalin and Taiwan. . John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. unknown
1972réf. 2090202120100396Not Available 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1972réf. 2090202120300374Not Available 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1972réf. 2091502135408886Yale Publishing Company 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Yale Publishing Company paperback
1852réf. 185246London.: Cassell Petter & Galpin. circa1852. Map with outline handcolour 42.5 x 30.1 cms; 49.2 x 34.3 cms sheet margins a little toned small corner crase but in very good condition. Very detailed map of the Japanese islands with Sakhalin above and the coast of Manchuria and Korea. . Cassell, Petter & Galpin. unknown
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
1902réf. 174898Leipzig.: Bibliographisches Institut. 1902-1908. Map printed in colour 27.2 x 21.4 cm inset colour key to territorial administration by country inset "western continuation of the main chart" including the Gulf of Tschili and Tsientsin and two insets at the foot of the map to the Kuril and the Ryuku Islands text in Geman central fold slight edge toning but in very good condition. Attractive map text in German prepared for Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. . Bibliographisches Institut unknown
1958réf. 2090202120408086Kotsu an'nai-sha 1958. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kotsu an'nai-sha paperback
1940réf. 209821Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner. 1940. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 42.3 x 39.9 cms; 54.3 x 42.5 cms sheet archivally laid down on linen slight discolouration to lower centrefold and sheet slightly age-toned but in very good condition. A striking geopolitical map by Los Angeles Examiner artist Howard Burke covering China Japan Southern Russia and the northern part of French Indochina and Siam showing how the "Aggressors Divide China." Areas under Japanese occupation are shown in red and their naval blockade shown by an arc of naval vessels with vivid arrows indicating lines of supply. Text labels including sources of agricultural and raw materials provide a dynamic overview of the geopolitical situation and show the influence of American scientific illustrator and cartographer Richard Edes Harrison who argued for examining geographic issues from multiple perspectives and Los Angeles Times artist Charles Owens. . Los Angeles Examiner. unknown
1850réf. 177528London.: The London Printing and Publishing Company. circa1850s. Lithographed map with original outline hand colour 25.8 x 33.5 cm three vignette illustrations decorative border central fold in very good condition presented in a window mount. Attractive decorative map with three vignettes by Rapkin: Yedo; a State barge in sail with penants flying--the paired oarsmen depicted through 10 small windows below deck; and Koreans in traditional costume; the map after the great mapmaker and publisher John Tallis. From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . The London Printing and Publishing Company. unknown
1944réf. 214362Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner. April 31944. Colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 37 x 50 cms; 41.5 x 54.6 cms sheet unrelated text on the verso although with an interesting account from a soldier's letter about an air raid in China toning more marked at the central fold two small splits no loss to the map edge wear with several small marginal edge tears neatly repaired on the verso with archival washi map unaffected in good condition. A dynamic map prepared and illustrated by the Examiner's art critic and editor Howard Burke covering the area surrounding India and Central Asia showing Japanese conquered territory in Malaya Thailand Indo-China and Burma; and in India British-controlled states and native feudal and protected states. Text boxes and pictographs give an overview of the geopolitical situation from the Allied perspective. One box notes "Chanda Bose has many adherents and fanatical followers in Bengal. They may prove to be a powerful fifth column in India". Text at lower edge opines "The situation in India is critical and has grown more so as the all-out offensive against Japan has been delayed. If the Allies do not act at once and with great force all our gains may be wiped out and the war in the Pacific prolonged indefinitely." The decisive and devastating bombings that were to signal such an end were four months away. Rare on the market. . Los Angeles Examiner. unknown
1988réf. X69073Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 1988 xv + 199pp. + 7 plates out-of-text in colour, 24cm., in the series "Studies in oriental religions" vol.16, softcover, VG, X69073
réf. 2003London 1929-1933. Author of "The Road to Kashmir" and others. Total seven pages 8vo 4 and 4to 1 good condition. He discusses "The Road to Kashmir" sales etc. and "A Window on Fleet Street". He discusses at length a circular relating to the latter from John Murray which he sends not present in response to Murray's request for him to send it to "good book readers and good book buyers". Wilson is "the goodest bookseller in London". Frank Mumby describes Wilson as "one of the outstanding booksellers of the day" 1956 ed. p.235. Six items London, 1929-1933. unknown