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Dagverhaal eener reize naar Temboektoe, van de westkust af van Afrika, door de binnenlanden, over Jenné, Kabra, Arawan en vele andere opmerkelijke plaatsen, de groote woestijn door, op Tanger... Uit het Fransch overgebragt door Herman van Lil. Haarlem, widow A. Loosjes, 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece and an engraved author's portrait by D. and A. Veelvaard, and a large folding map (41.5 x 28.5 cm) after E.F. Jomard. Contemporary half cloth.

CAILLIÉ, René-Auguste. · 1826 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)

XVI, 496; [4], 622 [= 582] pp.First Dutch edition of Caillié's travels to Timbuktu. In 1826 the Société de Géographie had offered a reward of 10,000 francs to the first European to visit Timbuktu (and return alive). Caillié, by that time already travelling in Africa, was determi…

[Autograph letters, signed, to several recipients, mostly military colleagues and government officials].Paris, 1815-1839. 8vo (mostly ca. 19 x 13 cm). 10 signed autograph letters in French, plus a draft for another, written in ink on laid and wove paper, 3 with their red wax seals or parts of seals (2 more with traces of former seals), and 6 with recipients' addresses.

TRUGUET, Comte Laurent Jean François. · 1752 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

[24] ll. incl. 2 blanks.Interesting collection of autograph signed letters containing notes on personal, political and maritime matters, written by the French Grand Admiral Comte Laurent Jean François Truguet (10 January 1752-26 December 1839), knight of the Grand-Cross of the L…

[Collection of thirteen press photographs].[1930s]. With 13 gelatin silver prints (various sizes). Housed in a brown kraft paper envelope.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA]. · 1930 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[13] photographs.A collection of thirteen press photographs from the 1930s, showing Saudi Arabian leaders during diplomatic visits to Europe. The beautifully sharp and clear photographs give a good impressions of what these events must have been like at the time. Most of the pho…

A grammar of Tibetan language in English. Prepared, under the patronage of the government and the auspices of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.Calcutta, the Baptist Mission Press, 1834. Small folio (27 x 20 cm). Printed in Tibetan and English, complete with a 40-page syllabic schema of the Tibetan language and the Tibetan alphabet in Bámyik, Bruts'ha and Lánts'ha characters. 20th-century red cloth, title in gold on spine.

CSOMA DE KORÖS, Alexander (Sándor KORÖSI CSOMA). · 1784 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

XII, 204, [1 blank], 40, [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of the first Tibetan-English grammar book, written by the Hungarian philologist, orientalist and linguist Alexander Csoma de Korös (1784-1842). Csoma de Korös studied oriental languages in Göttingen from 1816 to 1818, wher…

Missione al Gran Mogor del P. Ridolfo Aquaviva della Compagnia di Giesu, Sua vita e morte, e d'altri quattro compagni uccisi in odio della fede in Salsete di Goa.Roma, Per il Varesi, 1663. 8vo. Contemp. vellum.

BARTOLI, Danielle. · 1608 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

218, (2) pp.Rare first edition of an important work on the Jesuit missionary activities in Goa by the Jesuit Daniello Bartoli (1608 - 1685). Bartoli was historian of the Jesuits. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1623 . He remained in Italy where he gained distinction as a prea…

THE IRAQ LEVIES 1915-1932.

Browne, Brigadier J. Gilbert. · 1932 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

Royal United Service Institution 1932. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. viii + 88pp. 2 plates, 3 folding maps. Age toning, some spotting, with Museum Tenby Art Gallery ink stamp and library numbers to front f.e.p., gilt lettered brown cloth with gilt device to upper board and double blue diag…

Harold Nicolson: Diaries & Letters 1930-1939

NICOLSON, SIR HAROLD; NIGEL NICOLSON (ED) · 1966 · Round Table Books, LLC

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY: Atheneum, 1966. 1st American Edition (stated). First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full light blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, silver lettering on cover, top edge red, olive endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. NB: Sir Harold Nicolson (born 1886, Tehran, Iran…

Man and Dolphin

Lilly, John C. · 1962 · Bookbarrow

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Gollancz, London, 1962. First Edition, Hardcover (Original BlueCloth). Fair Condition/Poor. 9780575010543 This fascinating book is a description, by the man responsible for it, of what may be the beginning of a staggering scientific advance, the potentialities of which are incal…

Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der in den Baikal-See vorkommenden niederen Krebse aus der Gruppe der Gammariden.

Dybowsky, B. · 1874 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

St Petersburg, Russische Entomologische Gesellschaft zu St. Peterburg, 1874. Large 4to (32.5 x 24.5 cm). 190 pp.; 14 engraved plates of which the first three nicely hand-coloured. Original printed wrappers. In contemporary quarter cloth marbled portfolio. = Very rare monograph o…

Alexander Yudzon: A Room for the Night

Core, Sharon · 2023 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Santa Fe, NM, Radius Books, 2023. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. White paper boards in b&w illustrated jacket. Illustrated end papers. 125 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. "Alex Yudzon (b. 1977) began photographing in hotel rooms in 2014, when a trip abroad found him s…

Spinner of Silver and Thistle

BOK, HANNES (PSEUDONYM OF WAYNE FRANCIS WOODARD) · 1972 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Francisco, CA: SISU, 1972. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Hannes Bok. B&W Illustrations; This is a book of poetry by and illustrated by Hannes Bok. This book is limited to 1000 unnumbered copies. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Go…

Frank Brown Sea Apprentice

BULLEN, FRANK T. (FIRST MATE) · 1926 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Philadelphia, PA: David Mckay, Publisher, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. Illustrated by Stephen Reid. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. This edition includes 8 full col…

Entre Chats

MERY, DOCTEUR F. (FERNAND) · 1962 · S. Howlett-West Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Monte Carlo, France: Editions Du Livre, 1962. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Albert Dubout. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardboard covers and a dust jacket. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near…

Stevenson's California

BLAND, HENRY MEADE · 1924 · S. Howlett-West Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

San Jose, CA: The Pacific Short Story Club, 1924. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Very Good condition and has self-wrappers (cardboard cove…

In My Path

SUTHERLAND, HALLIDAY · 1956 · Little Lane Books

A$25.00 (€15.37 | $16.94 | £12.82 | ¥2,705)

London, Geoffrey Bles. 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, Spine of dj sunned very small tears to top edge, some foxing in the 264pp, vg sewn-in binding, book is a travelogue of experiences - of life in a highland village, of widow & forests, of lunatics, swindlers & …

The Girl Behind the Door: a Father's Quest To Understand His Daughter's Suicide

John Brooks · 2016 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Scribner 2016 Hardback. 'An award-winning, candid, and compelling story of an adoptive father's search for the truth about his teenage daughter's suicide: 'Rarely have the subjects of suicide, adoption, adolescence, and parenting been explored so openly and honestly' (John Bates…

Die Abschaffung des geschäftlichen Risico durch Herrn Lassalle. Ein neues Kapitel zum Deutschen Arbeiterkatechismus.

Schulze-Delitzsch, (Franz Hermann). · 1866 · Librarium of The Hague

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,201)

Berlin, Duncker, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small octavo. Pp. 49, (1) publisher's ad. Full-page table. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, contemporary quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper label to spine; s…

Signature of Toronto Mail Journalist, Historian, and the First Archivist of Ontario, Alexander Fraser

ALEXANDER FRASER · 1887 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Non-Book. Alexander Fraser was a journalist, historian, and lecturer who came to Canada on the recommendation of Sir Charles Tupper, to take up a position on the editorial staff of the Toronto Mail (later the Toronto Mail and Empire). He also served as …

America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers

HAGEL, CHUCK; PETER KAMINSKY · 2008 · Round Table Books, LLC

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY: HarperCollins, 2008. 0061436968. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0061436968. Publisher's full purple cloth, silver lettering on spine. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska's senior senator, is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate. His duties include membership…

Sudbury Suffolk Trustees Savings Bank Enquiry. Minutes Of Proceedings And Notes Of Evidence Taken At The Enquiry Into The Affairs Of The Sudbury Trustee Savings Bank Before Cyril Dodd, Esq., Q.C., M.P.

SUDBURY SUFFOLK TRUSTEES SAVINGS BANK / DODD, CYRIL . · 1894 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London: Printed For her Majesty's Stationery Office, By Eyre And Spottiswoode.. 1894 . 0. The original Victorian enquiry. pp.69 . Foolscap; 13.0" x 8.25" . Blue paper covers with printed title, edges chipped. Clean text throughout. ** "Referenced by: Ford Select List, 1833-1899 …