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A NEW UNIVERSAL COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC AND ENTERTAINING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME. Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Danish, and other languages. Comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals, and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world. Including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres, and strange deliverances, both by sea and land. Also a description of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakes, islands, peninsulas, creeks, &c. of various countries. The whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Illustrated with maps from the latest improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion, and other celebrated masters
A NEW UNIVERSAL COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC AND ENTERTAINING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME. Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Danish, and other languages. Comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals, and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world. Including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres, and strange deliverances, both by sea and land. Also a description of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakes, islands, peninsulas, creeks, &c. of various countries. The whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Illustrated with maps from the latest improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion, and other celebrated masters
DRAKE, Edward Cavendish · 1768
$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)
London. J. Cooke. First Edition. Folio (9" x 14") bound in modern tan morocco leather with gilt decorative rules on the covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with six raised bands, gilt dentelles; [iv], 706 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 56 full-page ...
THE COMPLETE ANGLER of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Extensively Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, from Original Paintings and Drawings, by First-rate Artists. To Which Are Added, an Introductory Essay; the Linnean Arrangement of the Various River Fish Delineated in the Work; and Illustrative Notes
THE COMPLETE ANGLER of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Extensively Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, from Original Paintings and Drawings, by First-rate Artists. To Which Are Added, an Introductory Essay; the Linnean Arrangement of the Various River Fish Delineated in the Work; and Illustrative Notes
WALTON, Izaak & COTTON, Charles · 1824
$3,750.00 (€3,402.29 | £2,838.45 | ¥598,636)
London. John Major. Second Edition. Two volumes bound in one (4-7/8" x 8") by Root & Son in full forest-green morocco leather with gilt angling devices in the center and four corners on both covers, heavily gilt-decorated spine with gilt angling devices and gilt lettering with...
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY
BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean Anthelme · 1949
$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)
New York. Limited Editions Club. First Edition. Royal octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in pictorial boards backed with first-quality English pigskin leather. Newly translated and annotated by M. F. K. Fisher with a preface by her as well. Charming color illustrations by Sylvain Sau...
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches
[ROOSEVELT, Franklin] · 1757
$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)
Dublin. The Executor of G. A. Grierson, Printer to the King. Full paneled calf leather (2-1/4" x 4-3/8"). Franklin Delano Roosevelt's copy SIGNED by him on the verso of the front endpaper: "Franklin D. Roosevelt/Hyde Park." With the paper label used in Franklin Roosevelt's min...
MINCE PIES FOR CHRISTMAS, and for All Merry Seasons; Consisting of Riddles, Charades, Rebuses, Transpositions, and Queries; Intended to Gratify the Mental Taste, and to Exercise the Ingenuity of Sensible Masters and Misses. By an Old Friend
MINCE PIES FOR CHRISTMAS, and for All Merry Seasons; Consisting of Riddles, Charades, Rebuses, Transpositions, and Queries; Intended to Gratify the Mental Taste, and to Exercise the Ingenuity of Sensible Masters and Misses. By an Old Friend
[ROOSEVELT, Franklin] (PHILLIPS, Eliza; RENIER, Anne; RENIER, Fernand Gabriel) · 1812
$1,187.50 (€1,077.39 | £898.84 | ¥189,568)
London. Tabart and Co.. New Edition. Original maroon roan leather-backed boards (3-1/2" x 5-1/2"); 172 pages (lacking pages 173-186 plus the 6 pages of ads and the rear endpaper). Franklin Delano Roosevelt's copy SIGNED by him on the front pastedown and dated 1926 with the pap...
ORIGINAL CARTOON ART: "Don't You Dare Scratch that Couch!"
ORIGINAL CARTOON ART: "Don't You Dare Scratch that Couch!"
WILSON, Gahan · 0
$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)
n.p.. Original pen, ink, and wash on paper, 9" x 12", SIGNED by the artist at the lower right depicting a reclining and nervous feline on a couch with a stern therapist behind it. Published in GAHAN WILSON'S EVEN WEIRDER, New York: Macmillan, 1996, page 213. A publisher's note...
IS SEX NECESSARY? OR WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO
IS SEX NECESSARY? OR WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO
THURBER, James and WHITE, E. B · 1929
$9,375.00 (€8,505.72 | £7,096.11 | ¥1,496,591)
New York & London. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. Thirteenth Printing. Original cloth-backed boards housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors on the front endpaper with an ORIGINAL INITIALED DRAWING on the front pastedown by Thurber titled...
SIR NIGEL
SIR NIGEL
DOYLE, A. Conan · 1906
$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)
London. Smith, Elder and Co.. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full red polished calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/8") with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated spine with gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; complete with two pa...
THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE Being the Narrative of The Voyage of the Tramp Steamer CAPELLA from Swansea to Santa Maria De Belem Do Grdo Para in the Brazils, and Thence 2,000 Miles along the Forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; Afterwards Returning to Barbados for Orders, and Going by Way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, Where She Loaded for Home. Done in the Years 1909 and 1910
THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE Being the Narrative of The Voyage of the Tramp Steamer CAPELLA from Swansea to Santa Maria De Belem Do Grdo Para in the Brazils, and Thence 2,000 Miles along the Forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; Afterwards Returning to Barbados for Orders, and Going by Way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, Where She Loaded for Home. Done in the Years 1909 and 1910
TOMLINSON, H. M · 1930
$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)
New York & London. Harper & Brothers. First Limited Edition. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Sons in full dark blue polished calf leather (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") with an elaborate gilt decoration of the sun on the horizon of the ocean with a ship and a palm tree on the front cover, g...
EARTHWORK OUT OF TUSCANY Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett
EARTHWORK OUT OF TUSCANY Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett
HEWLETT, Maurice · 1907
$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)
London. Macmillan and Co., Limited. Third Edition. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 light brown morocco leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/8") and marbled boards with gilt rules, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Attractive copy of author's ...
CARICATURE AND OTHER COMIC ART In All Times and Many Lands
CARICATURE AND OTHER COMIC ART In All Times and Many Lands
PARTON, James · 1877
$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)
New York. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 red morocco leather (6-1/2" x 9-1/4") with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands, top edge gilt; original gilt-decorated green cloth covers and spine bound in at the rear...
ENGLISH LYRICS FROM SPENSER TO MILTON
ENGLISH LYRICS FROM SPENSER TO MILTON
[KELLIEGRAM BINDING] · 1898
$5,625.00 (€5,103.43 | £4,257.67 | ¥897,955)
London & New York. George Bell & Sons. New Edition. Lovely Kelliegram binding (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") by Kelly & Sons in full dark green levant morocco leather with dark brown leave inlays on the covers and spine which is also gilt-lettered with five raised bands, gilt-decorated den...
MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT
MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT
BEMELMANS, Ludwig · 0
$625.00 (€567.05 | £473.07 | ¥99,773)
New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Folio (8-3/4"x 12-1/8") in decorated green cloth. Illustrated with color plates by the author. The First Limited AUTOGRAPH Edition, preceding the Trade Edition by 3 months. One of 985 copies, of which 885 were for sale.. Ludwig Bemelm...
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
GOODALL, Jane · 301989
$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)
In Flight. A four-page handwritten SIGNED letter on both sides of Goodall's 7" x 10-1/4" personal stationery with a large illustration of chimpanzees at the bottom, addressed to Nancy [Reynolds]. Excellent content describing her travels and experiences being filmed by HBO with...
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
GOODALL, Jane · 251989
$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)
Bounemouth [sic], Dorset. A two-page handwritten letter on both sides of an 8" x 11-3/4" sheet of paper. Excellent content regarding her ground-breaking work with chimpanzees. Addressed to Nancy [Reynolds]. Goodall begins, "I think you are one of the very most important things...
THE SPANISH LADIE and Two Other Stories from Cervantes Translated from the Original by James Mabbe 1640 and Newly Illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss
THE SPANISH LADIE and Two Other Stories from Cervantes Translated from the Original by James Mabbe 1640 and Newly Illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss
CERVANTES · 1928
$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)
London. Oxford University Press/Humphrey Milford. New Edition. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/4") in an unsigned artist's binding in full navy blue and brown morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt. Translated by James Mabbe and illustrated by Douglas...
THE THREE TOURS OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. A Poem: IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE; IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION; IN SEARCH OF A WIFE
THE THREE TOURS OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. A Poem: IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE; IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION; IN SEARCH OF A WIFE
[COMBE, William] [HAND-COLORED PLATES] · 0
$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)
London. Nattali and Bond. Ninth Edition. Three large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-7/8") volumes beautifully bound by Morrell in full red morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt. With two hand-color...
SIAN: A COUP D'ETAT and A FORTNIGHT IN SIAN: EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY
SIAN: A COUP D'ETAT and A FORTNIGHT IN SIAN: EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY
KAI-SHEK, Madame Chiang [SOONG, Mayling] and KAI-SHEK, Chiang · 1937
$3,125.00 (€2,835.24 | £2,365.37 | ¥498,864)
Shanghai. The China Publishing Company. First Edition. Hardcover bound in gilt-lettered red silk boards, promotional band printed in red, acetate dustwrapper, 7-1/4" x 9-3/4"; 119 pages printed on Chinese handmade paper from bamboo fiber. SIGNED with both signature and stamp o...
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
CHISHOLM, Shirley · 1968
$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)
A 4-7/8" x 6-7/8" black-and-white photograph of the congresswoman INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To Ernie/aim high!/Shirley Chisholm/7-11-95." In 1968 Chisholm became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress, and in 1972, she became the first black candidate f...
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES: The Birth of Britain. The New World. The Age of Revolution. The Great Democracies
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES: The Birth of Britain. The New World. The Age of Revolution. The Great Democracies
CHURCHILL, Winston S · 19561958
$1,500.00 (€1,360.92 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,455)
London. Cassell and Company Ltd.. First Edition. Four volumes bound in full navy polished calf leather with cover borders tooled in gilt, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with four raised bands, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers. Issued over a period of three years. The f...