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London: Henry Colburn , 1829. 478pp/maps. Engraved folding map frontis of Arabia. BM- notes two editions of this work in 1829; single volume quarto and a two volume octavo. This is the rare single volume edition. John Lewis Burckhardt ( 1784 - 1817), the son of a Swiss Colonel undertook the journey to Mekkah in 1814, disguised as an Arab; he had long since used the name Sheikh Ibrahim in his travels, which he began in 1809 under the sponsorship of Sir Joseph Banks and the African Association. Burckhardt's description of the Hedjaz was the first accurate one to reach Europe. Burckhardt transmitted to the Association the most accurate and complete account of the Hedjaz, including the cities of Mekka and Medina, which has ever been received in Europe." The folding plans include Mekkah, Medina, Wady Muna and Arafat. Some light foxing to maps. Minimal library markings. Beautiful tight complete scarce book with great maps.. First Edition. Library Binding. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9�" - 12"… Leer más

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1929. Rare Fiirst with Dust Jacket. 284pp. Classic World War I story by German Army veteran. Clean with clean unclipped dust jacket having light edgewear/chipping. No marks or writing. Original blue cloth. Extremely rare edition.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Frankfurt Main, Germany: Bockelmann"s Kunstverlag, 1880. Published in 1880's this beautiful collection contains all 150 single-sided loose engravings showing various cities and major buildings/cathedrals of Germany just prior to the turn of the century. Beautiful set covering most of Germany. Engraved title page and two page index. Engravings are clean. Sides of case are torn/worn. Overall very unique and rare collection of engravings. Individual pages may retail for as much as $50 or more each.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cleveland, OH: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1907. 616pp/frontis/illus/maps. #30 of 150 copies.In near fine clean slipcase. Beautifully printed on extra large laid paper bound in a richly tooled half leather binder. An exceedingly rare volume. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. During the American Revolutionary War, a contingent of Delaware Christian Indians, led by John Heckwelder, an assistant to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, founded the last of five missions to occupy the Tuscarawas Valley between May 3, 1772 and September 8, 1781. Heckewelder spent forty years as a missionary among the Indians in the Ohio Valley. He was praised for his understanding of the Indian language and customs, but is also known for his account of the massacre of the Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten by troops lead by Col. David Williamson in 1782. Light nicks on spine. Clean no marks. Beautiful copy.. 1st Printing. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.… Leer más

Munchen: Franz Eher Verlag, 1927. Original 1st printing (1927) of Volume 2. All pages present. Book is in very good+ clean condition. Red cloth binding in very good clean condition. No marks or name.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: MacMillan, 1910. Complete 20 volume set. 1910 and later (14 text with 6 map volumes) All maps (most color folding maps) present and in vg condition. Red cloth. Some spines faded. Text clean and unmarked.. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Element Books Ltd, 1996. 192pp/illus. With separate 8 x 10 photo of her receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom - Autographed and dated by Mother Teresa and President Reagan (w/COA) Photographer Raghu Rai met Mother Teresa in the early 1970s and was immediately captivated by a woman who, from the age of 12, was fully aware of her mission. In this poignant portrait, the photographer pays homage to the extraordinary nun. Gift inscription on ffep otherwise clean. Pictures available on request. Autographed pictures of President Reagan are selling for as high as $4,000.. Autographed Photo with Reagan. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Oblong Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall.

London, UK: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1810. 2 sets bound in 4 uniform bindings, complete, Cambridge (1814) 268pp/452pp + index and Oxford (1810) 260pp/226pp + index, 11 inches tall. Magnificent full straight grain morocco bindings of the highest quality with twin gilt raised bands and splendid gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed withing superb gilt rolls and corner tooling. Dentelles and all edges gilt. With the armorial bookplates of Mountgarrett. Fine engraved views throughout. Some foxing. Tight and complete. Slightly rubbed. Bottom panels on spine of Cambridge set is tape repair and worn on Oxford set. A beautiful set of 2 celebrated histories none the less.. 1st Printing. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: S. Hooper, 1786. 1786-1788, London] First Edition vi, 434pp; vi, 352pp + appendices & plates. With frontisp., title-vign., and 61 full-page plates of early armour. A fine and desirable work. Uniform volumes. Full tan calf. Gilt titles on spines. Appendix X has its own title page, A General and Compleat List-Military of every Commission-Officer of Horse and Foot, now Commanding His Majesties Land-Forces of England. Each volume has engraved frontispiece, title pages with vignette engravings, plus a further 78 copper-engraved plates across the two volumes. Vol 1 cover loose. Light foxing. Text overall clean. Previous owner stamp inside front cover.. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Scholastic, 1999. 341pp. 1st printing. No number on spine. Rare spelling error "sorceror" First state binding and jacket. Copyright page has full number line and Printed in U.S.A. 37 and First American Editition June 1999 $17.95 price on dj. Clean no marks other than previous owner name on ffep... 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Geneva, Switzerland: Chez Barde, Manget & Comp, 1786. 641pp illus with beautiful fold-out engraved plates. 19th century quarter calf gilt, marbled boards. Containing De Saussure's account of the natural history of Geneva and its environs along with the record of his explorations in the area of Mont Blanc. De Saussure has been called the father of alpinism; between 1774 and 1787 he performed extensive geological investigations of the Alpine region, which he saw as holding the key to a true theory of the earth. Book is tight, clean and beautiful plates are in excellent clean condition with no tears. French text.. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D. C: Superintendent of Documents, 1861. 5 parts in one volume.. 2 large folding lithographic maps (clean/no tears), 8 fine folding lithographic views, 8 chromolithographic (beautiful color) plates showing dress of various Indian tribes along river and 16 lithographic plates of views (and fossils) from sketches by Baldwin Mollhausen (all clean and in excellent condition). Original decorated black cloth gilt with spine cloth missing. Overall tight and clean. Minimal foxing. Frst edition, This is the Senate and preferred issue. Probably best known as the engineer and architect of the Washington Monument (1859-1860), in 1857 Ives was "promoted to first lieutenant and was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Deseret (Utah). Ives's expedition included John Strong Newberry as naturalist, the Prussian Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen as… Leer más

Moscow, Russia: Academia, 1934. Elephant folio. 49, [3]pp. Uncut. Original cloth overlaid with Palekh style illustration. The cover is designed like a ceiling fresco seen from below. Illustrated endpapers.This volume contains the old Russian text of "Slovo o Polku Igoreve (Host of Igor’s Lay), one of the greatest literary masterpieces not only of Russia, but the world." It explains that the illustrator, Ivan Golikov, works "in the old artistic manner of the Palekh School*. Chromolithographed title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Ribbon marker. Magnificent edition of this anonymous epic poem originally written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of Igor's Campaign, and The Lay of the Host of Igor. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. 317pp/illus. First edition, first prnt. "A" and publisher's colophon on copyright page. Colour frontis by Juan Gris with printed tissue guard.and 62 b&w photo's of bullfights and bullfighters. Light age/shelf wear. Hinges cracked. Overall clean.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie, 1893. Beautiful 13 Volume Set. 1892-1894National Edition. Translated by William Walton and others. Illustrated with many etchings including head-pieces and full-page plates each with tissue guards.after G. Jenniot. 11 1/2 x8, period half morocco, red morocco spine labels, six panels top edges gilt. National Edition. light wear to spine compartments. Cover loose on Vol 3 & 6, Bottom spine panel missing on Vol 9 & 13. Printed on fine paper. Internally clean and excellent condition. Overall Beautiful Rare Limited Edition Set . National Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

London: J.& J. Boydell, 1791. Hardcover Vol 1 -[vi]cxxii,311pp/illus Vol 2 - 311-607pp/illus both First edition printed in 1791. Vol 3 -380pp/illus 1804 (G&W Nicol. Beautiful engraved vignette title to each volume and a viginette and printed title to vol.3, with a 3 page list of Hogath's works at the end of vol 2. Approx 133 beautiful engraved plates and tailpiece vignettes, the engraved dedication plate in vol.3 signed W. Hogarth. Some slight spotting and a stain in the margin of 1 plate. Contemporary (original) full calf leather is in very good condition and uniform with spines intact. Cover loose on Vols 1. Volumes 2 & 3 tight. Light edgewear, rubbing and foxing. Generally tight and clean.. First Edition. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Longmans Green and Co, 1894. Vol 1 - 435pp/illus, maps (incl large color fold-out map showing the expedition route through Equatorial Africa. Vol 2 - 397pp/illus/maps with large fold-out in rear. Narative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring and hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 and 1888. Set has standard library markings and rear pocket. Maps have light wear. Book is overwise clean.. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1902. An historical account of the reconquest of the Soudan. Second edition, revised, first one volume edition. The text had been revised considerably, and a new chapter added describing the ultimate destruction of the Khalifa and the end of the war. Scarce. 8vo, pp [xiv] + 381pp. Original red cloth, gilt titles and pictorial gilt riverboat decoration to both spine and front board. With frontispiece, maps and plans. (All 14 color maps present - most are fold-out maps). Spotting and shelf wear to cover and spine, . Only library markings are a Navy library sticker (U.S.S. Leviathan) inside front cover and an embossed Navy seal on the title page. Otherwise a tight, clean book.. Revised Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Faber & Faber, 1938. 225pp/frontis/map. Third impression.Clean copy with clean unclipped dust jacket. One of the finest and scarcest works from World War I. Called a work of genius, it was awarded the Hawthorrden Prize for 1938. RARE. Third Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, DC: U S Government Printing Office. Book has 347 pages with several fold-out maps. Inscribed to Robert Komer (Head of the CIA Phoenix Program) by Gen Westmoreland. Inscription reads: "To Bob Komer With grateful appreciation of your assistance and counsel. Westy March 1969" Section I - Report on Air and Naval Campaigns Against North Vietnam and Pacific Command-Wide Support of the War (June 1964-July 1968) by Admiral U.S.G. Sharp, USN. Section II - Report on Operations in South Vietnam (January 1964-June 1968) by General W. C. Westmoreland, USA.. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.