Storia regionale e locale

Narrative of my Captivity in Japan, during the Years 1811,1812 & 1813; with Observations on the Country and the People. Two volumes. London, Henry Colburn, 1818.

GOLOWNIN, VASILY MIKHAILOVICH: · 1816 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

Pp. iv, 302; (ii), 348. Contemporary calf, covers decorated with gilt border, spine raised with five bands and lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers and edges. Bookplate (Earl of Ilchester). First edition in English, originally published in Russian (1816). Golo...

Kêng Tschi T'u ... Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China. Ein Kaiserliches Lehr- und Mahn - Buch. Aus dem chinesischen übersetzt und mit Erklärungen versehen. Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co., 1913.

FRANKE, OTTO: · 1696 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,200.00 ($1,322.62 | £1,001.12 | ¥211,205)

Folio. Pp. viii, 194, (ii). Text in German and Chinese. With 102 plates and many illustrations in the text. (Complete). Contains three plates of Chinese porcelain, seven plates with facsimile text in Chinese and 92 plates depicting rice and silk cultivation, pasted in and with...

Sketch of Ladakhi grammar. In Cooperation with other Moravian Missionaries. Calcutta 1901.

FRANCKE, AUGUST HERMANN: · 1901 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€480.00 ($529.05 | £400.45 | ¥84,482)

Pp. (vi), 63. Interleaved copy. Modern marbled boards, calf spine with red title label. First edition. This grammar, probably the first of its kind, was revised by Sir George Abraham Grierson who also corrected the terminology. Francke was a German missionary who served in L...

News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir. London, Jonathan Cape, 1926.

FLEMING, PETER: · 1935 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€650.00 ($716.42 | £542.27 | ¥114,403)

First edition, second impression of this epic journey from Peking to Kashmir in 1935. Fleming travelled through the remote province of Sinkiang (Chinese Turkestan) and was accompanied by Ella Maillart who wrote "Forbidden Journey" about the journey. They wanted to find out wha...

Grammaire sanscrite-française. Two volumes. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1845-47.

DESGRANGES, JEAN-FRANÇOIS: · 1765 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€700.00 ($771.53 | £583.99 | ¥123,203)

4to. Pp. (iv), xlii, 588; (iv), 543, (1). Uncut copy in beautiful half calf on marbled boards, spines with five raised bands and title lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Original printed wrappers with bound. The first leaves of the first volume have some light water stains, ...

Calls, Sounds and merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. Submitted to the California College in China in part fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. (April 1936).

CONSTANT, SAMUEL VICTOR: [MANUSCRIPT] · 1923 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

Tall 8vo. ( 20 x 27 cm). A very neat typewritten manuscript comprising 10 preliminary leaves (title, introduction, index) and 103 lvs with text on thin delicate paper, Chinese characters added by hand. With 14 original photographs, 62 full page blue print illustrations and ano...

Calls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. Peking, The Camel Bell, [1936].

CONSTANT, SAMUEL VICTOR: · 1923 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€3,600.00 ($3,967.86 | £3,003.36 | ¥633,615)

Oblong 8vo. Pp. xiv, 66, 65-88, 87-185 + one leaf with the "Pa Kua", 61 coloured lithograph plates of peddlers, 16 tipped-in halftone photographs, one paper pattern and one diagram. Complete. As issued in original boards covered with beautiful multicoloured silk, printed tit...

Kyokarakami. Karacho tezuri mokuhan monyo (Karacho designs on hand-printed woodcut pattern paper). Two volumes. Tokyo, Nijutsu Shuppansha, 1966-7.

ANSOU, HISAO (Ed.): · 1624 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)

Large folio. Complete in two volumes. Contain two leaves of preface and 102 plates of decorated Kurotani paper, printed in natural colours from the original old woodblocks. Two small pamphlets of each 16 pp with illustrations are enclosed. Preface by Jiro Osaragi. As issued, t...

Grammaire tartare-mantchou. Paris, Chez Nyon, 1787.

AMIOT, JEAN JOSEPH MARIE: · 1696 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)

4to. Pp. 39. Uncut, partly loose in contemporary blue wrappers, spine gone, old hand-written title label on front cover. Library stamps (one Jesuit stamp and one of Ecole St Genevieve). Some staining and several leaves dog-eared. It was included in Amiot's "Mémoires concernant...

Henry M.Stanleys Reise durch den dunkeln Weltteil. Nach Stanleys Berichten für weitere Kreise bearbeitet von Berthold Volz. 4. Aufl.

Volz, Berthold. · 1888 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1888. XII, 367 S. Mit 54 Abb. im Text u. auf 16 Tafeln u. 1 farb. Faltkarte. 22 cm. Illustr. OLn m. goldgeprägter VDeckel-Illustr. Die vorliegende, wesentlich vereinfachte Bearbeitung beruht soweit wie möglich auf Stanleys Originalberichten, erzäh...

Vom Atlantik zum Tschadsee.

Dominik, Hans. · 1908 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1908. Kriegs- und Forschungsfahrten in Kamerun. Bln., Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1908. VII, 308 S. Mit zahlr. Abb. im Text u. 1 Faltkte. Gr.-8vo. 24,5 cm. OLn. Der Kolonialoffizier u. Kamerunforscher H. Dominik (1870-1910), vo...

Zehn Jahre in Äquatoria und die Rückkehr mit Emin Pascha. (Mit einem Vorwort von Manfredo Camperio). Nach der italienischen Original-Ausgabe ins Deutsche übersetzt von Karl von Reinhardstöttner. Einzige autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe. 2. Bde. (= komplet.

Casati, Gaetano. · 1891 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€49.00 ($54.01 | £40.88 | ¥8,624)

Bamberg, C. C. Buchner'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1891. X, 339; 365 S. Mit einigen Tab., 150. tls. farb. Abb. im Text u.auf Taf. sowie 4 gefalt. Karten als Beilage. Gr.-8vo. 22,5 cm. OLn. mit Goldpräg. u. reicher VDeckel-Illustr. [Dieci anni in Equatoria, dt]. - KOMPLETT mit ...

Lost Chicago

Lowe, David Garrard · 2010 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

University of Chicago Press First edition, first printing. Softcover. Published Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. 4to. wrappers, 8 3/4" x 11 1/2", 272pp., illustrated with over 270 rare photographs and prints. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing ...

Fifth Avenue Old And New: 1824-1924

Brown, Henry Collins · 1924 · The Wild Muse

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Fifth Avenue Association First edition, first printing. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Fifth Avenue Association, 1924. 4to., 9 1/4" x 12 1/8", 126pp., plus 64pp. advertisements, illustrated with color frontis, photographs and period reproductions - a few in color....

Watergraafsmeer: binnenzee, polder, lustoord, stadsdeel

Hendriksen, Alex · 1998 · Klondyke BV

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

Paperback; 1998; Amsterdam : Linnaeus Boekhandel; 143pp.; Conditie: Goed; Paperback, veel illustraties (voornamelijk foto's) in z/w, 8vo.; ISBN10: 9054600411, ISBN13: 9789054600411

Nieuw Sloten: van tuin tot stad

Wit, Anouk de · 1998 · Klondyke BV

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

Paperback; 1998; Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura Vakboekhandel; 152pp.; Conditie: Goed; Paperback met flappen, illustraties (waaronder foto's) in kleur en z/w, 8vo.; ISBN10: 9075077033, ISBN13: 9789075077032

Hier ligt de zee: over taal, kunst, landschap en Friese identiteit : essays

Looper, Bert · 2017 · Klondyke BV

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 2017; Gorredijk : Bornmeer; 172pp.; Lichtb vlekje verso stofomslag en voorplat. -- Conditie: Goed; Originele gele hardcover, stofomslag, enkele illustraties in z/w, 8vo.; ISBN10: 9056154389, ISBN13: 9789056154387

Dethon: Terneuzen, Hulst, Oostburg

Dethon · Klondyke BV

€9.00 ($9.92 | £7.51 | ¥1,584)

Map; Terneuzen : Dethon; Conditie: Goed; Map met losse bladen, illustraties waaronder foto's, 4to.

Het Amsterdam van Theo van den Boogaard = The Amsterdam of Theo van den Boogaard

Tychon, Rienk (samenstelling) & Theo van den Boogaard (illustraties) · 2011 · Klondyke BV

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Gebonden, hardcover; 2011; Amsterdam : Oog & Blik/De Bezige Bij; 126pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers, numerous illustrations in colour, 8vo.; Nederlands, Engels; ISBN10: 9054923288, ISBN13: 9789054923282

New Atlas: Ethiopia and the World in Pictures (Amharic edition)

Astatke, Derese · 2009 · Klondyke BV

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Paperback; ca. 2009; Addis Ababa; 143pp.; Conditie: Goed; Paperback, numerous (full page) maps and illustrations in b/w, text in Amharic, 4to.