Travels Through Various Provinces of The Kingdom of Naples, in 1789. Translated from the German, By Anthony Aufrere, Esq. Illustrated with Engravings. por Ulysses, Charles Translated By Anthony Aufrere - 1795

London- UK: The Religious Tract Society, 1870. SPANISH PICTURES, Drawn With Pen and Pencil- By the author of Swiss Pictures and Italian Pictures (Rev. Samuel Manning)- Illustrated by Gustave Dore and Other Eminent Artists- The Religious Tract Society- London UK- nd [1870] according to World Cat.- 1st Edition-1st Printing in blue cloth- Exlibris with tiny bookplate of John W. Walton-Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California- Hardcover:-4to-VG/ no dj as issued- A fine binding of Original publishers blue cloth with black geometric design and illustrated cover and spine in gilt- all page edges are gilt- 200pp are lightly age toned but clean, no tears or writing- covers have light to moderate edgewear, but clean, tight and square- signed by John W. Walton II- Amazing full page and in text illustrations by Gustave Dore and other eminent artists of that time-beautiful!- SEE PHOTOS- "A richly illustrated historical, geographical, travel memoir by Manning."-… Ler mais

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Cloth. Fair. 3rd Edition, 1821; xi, 320pp, illustrated, 5 woodcuts, 2 maps (1 folding). Library bookplate on verso front cover. Half leather with marbled boards. This was the first voyage commanded by William Edward Parry, Fisher was assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla, they wintered at Melville Island, and earned a 5000 pound reward for being the first to cross the meridian, longitude 110' west. Fisher's journal is a valuable supplement to Parry's official account, notably for his information on natural history and ice conditions. TPL 1194, Sabin 24453, Hill 605. Covers detached, map at front worn and poorly folded, NEEDS REBINDING, back beginning to split at bottom on quite a few pages at hinge. Age toning, slight foxing as expected. Fair. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic;… Ler mais

1873 1ed David Livingstone Lost & Found AFRICA Missionary Voyages Tyler Stanley

"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."
― David Livingstone

David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late-19th-century in the Victorian era. Author Josiah Tyler published an important account of Livingstone and Henry Stanley in Africa entitled "Livingstone Lost and Found". In this book, Tyler provides a complete account of Africa, the local tribes and people, local customs, missionary voyages, diamond and gold mining, and much more.
Item number: #16105
Price: $499
TYLER, Josiah
Livingstone lost and found; or, Africa and its explorers ... With a comprehensive biographical sketch of Dr. David Livingstone ... and a most interesting account of his discovery by the American expedition, in command of… Ler mais

Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1869. RARE in current commerce, last seen in dealers catalogues and at auction 1968 and earlier. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy, who has created stapled stiff paper wrappers with handwritten title and his name to protect this copy. Very Good, in original purple wrappers, vi, 95, [1] pages : 1 illustration, title page printed in black, red, and green. Text within single rule border. Includes index. Poem "Mammoth Cave. By George D. Prentice": pages 89-91. "Table of distances on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad": page 95. Chips, edge wear and light soiling to wrappers, internally clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Very good copy of the second edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning
Complete with 60 charming handcoloured wood engravings of costumes of the world
There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars, itinerant Savoyards, Laplanders (Saami) riding reindeer-driven sleds, Greeks, Russians, Armenians and Turks.
There are many fascinating plates of African peoples from Mamluks and Copts in Egypt, native peoples of Tunisia, Senegal, Cazegut (Bissagos Islands), Cacongo (Angola), Issinia (Guinea), Congo, Jagga (Chaga) people of Tanzania, Khoikhoi from South Africa, Zulus from Natal, etc.
There are also several Native American peoples including Iroquois of Canada, natives of Virginia and California, Carib of Martinique, Aztecs of Mexico, Inca of Peru, natives of Guianna (Guyana) and Yaghan people of the Land of Fire (Tierra del Fugo).
Also includes… Ler mais

London- UK: The Religious Tract Society, 1870. SPANISH PICTURES, Drawn With Pen and Pencil- By the author of Swiss Pictures and Italian Pictures (Rev. Samuel Manning)- Illustrated by Gustave Dore and Other Eminent Artists- The Religious Tract Society- London UK- nd [1870] according to World Cat.- 1st Edition-1st Printing in blue cloth- Exlibris with tiny bookplate of John W. Walton-Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California- Hardcover:-4to-VG/ no dj as issued- A fine binding of Original publishers blue cloth with black geometric design and illustrated cover and spine in gilt- all page edges are gilt- 200pp are lightly age toned but clean, no tears or writing- covers have light to moderate edgewear, but clean, tight and square- signed by John W. Walton II- Amazing full page and in text illustrations by Gustave Dore and other eminent artists of that time-beautiful!- SEE PHOTOS- "A richly illustrated historical, geographical, travel memoir by Manning."-… Ler mais

London- UK: C. Kegan Paul and Co., 1881. AN INLAND VOYAGE- Robert Louis Stevenson- Illustrated Frontis- C. Kegan Paul & Co.-London- 1881-1st Edition-2nd Printing (or 2nd Edition stated on title page)- Hardcover:-12mo- VG/ no dj as issued- original publishers green tweed cloth with gilt titles on spine-lightly rubbed, some spotting but tight and clean- this is the Second Edition or, 1st edition-2nd printing of Stevenson's FIRST novel. Not well received by a critical public at first, caused a very small 2nd printing, making this 2nd Edition even scarcer than the 1st. - and most assuredly much scarcer than the American 1st By Roberts Brothers in 1883.- x + 227pp all clean, no tears or writing, binding and spine are strong and tight- ex-library bookplate on inside wallpaper endpapers dated October 1884- SEE PHOTOS- "RLS and a friend travelled in two canoes along canals and rivers in central France and Belgium. The result was a book full of charm but little incident, and the work was not… Ler mais

Washington, D. C.: National Geographic, 2004. Signed on the half-title page by two National Geographic Photographers: William Albert Allard, placed and dated Seattle Oct '04. Also signed by Annie Griffiths Belt placed and dated Seattle May 05. First edition / First printing. Brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

323 pages with a portrait frontispiece and five colored aquatints. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in attractive half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. (Hill 1168) Second and best editionThe Alceste brought Lord Amherst to China to serve as ambassador, and specifically to negotiate the China trade, at the time a matter of dispute between China and Great Britain. M'Leod, who was surgeon on the ship, describes the voyage out, the various calls in the East Indies including touching at Batavia, surveying off Korea, the visit to Okinawa, another to Manila, and the shipwreck off the coast of Sumatra and subsequent rescue from Malay pirates. A brief but interesting interview with Napoleon at St. Helena is also included in the narrative. This was one of the most popular travel books of its time, portraying the Far East to a much wider audience than had been reached by earlier accounts. The idyllic descriptions of Lewchew undoubtedly appealed to the romantic sensibilities of the era.… Ler mais

London: Chatto and Windus, 1938. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good/Very Good. [10x7.75in]; xv, [1], 295 pp., [1], frontispiece image of Penola's deck, 80 plates of 121 sepia toned images, 4 color maps (3 folding), 4 maps and 3 diagrams in text, appendices and index; Original green cloth covers, red paper spine label with gilt lettered, top and fore edges trimmed, bottom edge untrimmed; Sepia toned dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, image of ice filled bay and glacier covered mountains; Minor shelf wear to covers edges and corners, several dents along top back edge and area of darkening to lower back cover, top edges and text soiled, minor foxing spots along all text edges, old prior owner ink signature on front end paper, Steve Fossett bookplate on paste down front end paper; Dust jacket aged toned, soiled edges and spots with surface rubbing on joint edges, several small scrapes on back, several small chips and closed tears along edges and corners, minor crease… Ler mais