The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci.
New York: Viking, 1984. Several maps, other illus. 350 pages Large 8vo, cloth-backed boards. d.w. (some chipping at edges). New York: Viking, (1984). Near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Viking, 1984. Several maps, other illus. 350 pages Large 8vo, cloth-backed boards. d.w. (some chipping at edges). New York: Viking, (1984). Near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1985. Several maps, other illus. 350 pages, paper toned. 8vo, black boards. d.w. (minor bumping to cloth and wrapper at fore-edge). London: Faber & Faber, (1985). First English edition. A very good(+) copy. More
London: Samson, Low Marston, 1872. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa Including Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone. 736pp., illustrated with maps and drawings by the author. Mounted sepia photograph of Stanley as frontispiece. Thick 8vo, beautifully rebound in 3/4 red morocco, spine with gilt decoration & raised bands; gilt top. London: Samson Lowe, Marston , 1872. First Edition. Inner front joint cracked, but otherwise fine. More
New York: Scribner, 1891. 2 volumes. 2 steel-engraved frontispiece portraits, and 150 illustrations & maps, many full-page. 2 (of 3) folding maps, loose as issued in rear pockets; nice condition but as usual starting to separate at folds. Tall thick 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Second American Edition. A very good set. Account of Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. The expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and..... More
New York: Scribner, 1890. 2 volumes. Steel-engraved frontispiece portraits, and 150 illustrations, many full-page. 3 folding maps, loose as issued in rear pockets; as usual starting to separate at folds. Tall thick 8vo, original green pictorial cloth (bindings scuffed and edgeworn but solid). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. A good set. Account of Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. The expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and ethnology.... Stanley called..... More
New York: Scribner, 1890. Mounted photogravure portrait frontispieces of Stanley on India paper; 6 etchings printed in sepia, signed in pencil by G. Montbard; 150 woodcut illustrations, protected with tissue; 3 color folding maps, 2 of which are large linen-backed area maps; 103 in-text illustrations. 2 volumes. [2], xvi, 529; [2], xvi, 472 pages. Short thick 4tos, rebound in older 3/4 dark brown calf over plain drab boards; simple gilt-lettered spines with raised bands; uncut edges top edges gilt. New..... More
New York: Scribner, 1890. 2 volumes. Steel-engraved frontispiece portraits, and 150 illustrations, many full-page. 3 folding maps, loose as issued in rear pockets; xiv + 547; xvi + 540 pages. Thick, tall 8vos, original green pictorial cloth, lightly scuffed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. A very good set. Account of Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. The expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and ethnology.... Stanley called for the highest..... More
New York: Harper, 1878. 2 volumes. Frontispiece portraits, and illustrated with 150 woodcuts, some full-page. 10 colored maps and 1 large folding map in rear pocket of Eastern Equatorial Africa, the delicate paper of the map is beginning to split at the folds. (lacks 2nd large folding map). Tall thick 8vo, handsomely bound in the original pictorial green cloth, neatly repaired at spine ends. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. A very nice clean copy. More
New York: Harper, 1878. 2 volumes. Frontispiece portraits, and illustrated with 150 woodcuts, some full-page. 10 colored maps and 2 large folding maps in rear pockets. Tall thick 8vo, handsomely bound in the original pictorial forest green cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. Near Fine. More
Paris: Buisson, 1799. Three 8vo volumes plus one 4to atlas volume. Atlas volume is illustrated with 44 engraved plates and maps. viii + 410; 440; 506 pages. Cotemporary full mottled calf with gilt-bordered covers and decorative spines; rubbed and worn at the joints but sound and attractive; the atlas volume has more wear and a large dampstain at top edge of all pages. Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1799 (VII). Overall a good set of this important book. Stedman vividly describes..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1960. 258 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1960. First edition. A fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Greenwood, 1968. Two volumes. More than 300 illustrations, including several large folding panoramas. xxxviii + 546 pages and xxi + 517 pages. Thick 8vo, brown cloth with black spine labels (label of Volume I starting to peel). New York: Greenwood Press, (1968). Internally fine, a near fine set. Facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition. More
Philadelphia: Henry, 1825. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Measures 44.25 x 59 inches. In very good condition. Tanner's large scale map of North America is one of the most significant maps of the continent of the 19th century. It combines the information garnered from a host of important expeditions, such as Lewis and Clark, Pike, and James, into a single map that shows the extent of North America in 1825. Some of the most notable portions of the map include..... More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2006. Illustrated in color and black and white. 316 pages, 8vo, two tone tan boards, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (2006). First American Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: London Illustrated News, 1873. Print. Wood engraving. Page measures 15 3/4" x 11" This print was published by the Illustrated London News on December 16, 1865 to accompany an article describing Mr. Baker's explorations of the White Nile valley in eastern Africa. The sheet features two engravings made after sketches by Mr. Baker; the top image depicts "Commoro, Chief of the Latooka Tribe", and the bottom image depicts "Homestead of Natives of Gondokoro." Both images depict present-day South Sudan..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1988. Black & white photographic illustrations and maps. 459 pages. 8vo, brown cloth-backed tan boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1988). First American edition. Previous ownership inked on front endpaper, else a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: P. F. Collier, 1935. Illus. 8vo, green cloth. New York: P. F. Collier, (1935). Very good(+). More
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1884-. 6 folding maps, 277 text illustrations, 54 plates. 778pp., thick 4to, gilt-pictorial tan cloth, a.e.g.; (rubbed, some foxing, edges of some maps wrinkled). Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1884. Good. More
1961. 8 x 7.75-inch matte finish photo of a smiling Titov at the height of his popularity, seated at a desk with a pen in his hand. Coincidentally, the pen is just above his inscription, giving this item a warm and personal touch: "With much appreciation - Titov - October 12, 1961." Attractively double-matted and set in a gray stainless steel frame measuring 13.75 x 13.25 inches. Creased in the upper left corner; very good(-) condition. Soviet Cosmonaut who became..... More
new jersey: bookbaby, 2022. 100 illustrated plates in color and black and white, viii + 193 pages, glossy softcover. BookBaby publishing, New Jersey (2022). A very fine copy. self-published. More
Hollywood: Van Dyke, 1931. Illustrated. 219pp., 8ov, blue cloth, lightly rubbed. Hollywood: Privately Printed by California Graphic Press for W. S. Van Dyke, 1931. A very good (+) copy Presentation copy signed by W. S. Van Dyke. More
Norwood: Johnson, 1974. Illustrations and maps, many folding. 462 pages. Thick 4to, red cloth (covers a bit spotty; bottom of spine bumped and repaired), d.w. Norwood, N.J. and Amsterdam: Walter J. Johnson/Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Ltd., 1974. A very good solid copy, internally clean, with a fine dust wrapper Number 675 The English Experience. A facsimile of the 1598 edition. More
New York: Walker and Company, 1995. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 144 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. Page edges foxed, else a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. In this new twist on American frontier life. Elizabeth Van Steenwyk shows us how the pioneers who settled the vast American West managed to survive. Whether using chicken blood to treat appendicitis, blood letting to relieve fever, or firing guns into the air to stop yellow fever..... More
Paris: Collection du Galion d'Or. 1931. Text by Jean-Paul Alavx and aquarelles by Gustave Alavx. 4to, beautifully bound in full brown morocco, inner dentelles and with the original wrappers bound in. Rubricated title, deckled edges. Paris: Editions Duchartre; Collection du Galion d'Or, (1931). Fine. More
8vo, boards. Paris, (1960). A very good copy. More
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