Voyages & Exploration

  • Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù

    # 46582

    Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre Giral, 1716-1795; Antonio de and Jorge Juan y Santacilla, 1713-1773

    Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù

    Por D. Jorge Juan … y D. Antonio de Ulloa … de las quales se deduce la figura, y magnitud de la tierra, y se aplica a la navegacion. En Madrid : Impresso de orden del rey nuestro señor, por Juan de Zuñiga, Año M.D.CC.XL.VIII. [1748]. First edition. Folio, contemporary full speckled calf with ornamental …

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  • [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    # 46347

    MEINERS, C. (Christoph) (1747-1810)

    [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    von C. Meiners…. [=Observations on fertility and sterility in the ancient and present states of the main regions of Asia]. Lübeck und Leipzig : im Verlage bey Bohn und Compagnie, 1795-96. Two volumes, octavo (195 x 125 mm), matching contemporary bindings of marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed, first volume with small paper loss, otherwise very …

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  • The Champagne country

    # 45939

    TOMES, Robert

    The Champagne country

    New York : George Routledge, 1867. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (boards a little marked, slight bumps to head and foot of spine), pp. xv; [blank]’ 231; [blank]; (8 – advertisements), slight edge wear to pp. xiii-xiv, else a fine copy, internally clean. The first book in English on Champagne. A charming guide to the Champagne region …

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  • View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    # 46443

    [Photographer unknown].

    View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, 100 x 140 mm, on original card mount, 185 x 220 mm, fully contemporary inscription in ink below the image: ‘T. Oloff & Co. / Factorei / Lome’; a very strong print with excellent clarity, in good condition; the mount is clean and stable. The Togoland Protectorate (Schutzgebiet Togo) was administered by …

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  • Singapore Year Book 1965

    # 46418

    GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE

    Singapore Year Book 1965

    Singapore : Government Printing Office, 1965. Octavo, decorated boards, illustrated dutjacket (light edge wear, a coupe of small tears, spine a little sunned), maps to endpapers, pp. [viii]; 360, numerous photographic illustrations, ‘Complimentary’ stamp to preliminary blank, a very good copy.

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  • Excursions in and around Singapore

    # 46338

    AMERICAN EXPRESS

    Excursions in and around Singapore

    Singapore : The American Express Company, Inc., [1920]. Tourist brochure, 180 x 85 mm (folded), four panels, pp. [8], double panel map of Singapore town, a few pen notes, adhesion marks on lower panel where stuck in an album, includes tours of Johore and Penang. A single example recorded on Worldcat (National Library of Singapore).

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  • The apostle of Burma : a missionary epic in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson [Prospectus]

    # 46340

    RICHARDS, William C.

    The apostle of Burma : a missionary epic in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson [Prospectus]

    Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1889. Octavo, self-wrappers, pp. 16, cover illustration, portrait frontispiece, includes a preface, two pages sample from the poem, letters to the publisher. Uncommon prospectus for the book.

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  • Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

    # 46461

    [PAAR, Theodor, attributed]

    Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

    Group of 5 (five) albumen print photographs removed from the same late nineteenth-century album, all attributed to the Darjeeling photographer Theodor Paar. I. The Witch at Ghoom. [Caption on mount]. 200 x 150 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. The subject is believed to have been a Bhutia woman from Tibet, living …

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  • [ALASKA; JESUIT MISSIONS] Canotlé Rannaga Kelékak. Délochét Roka.

    # 46413

    [PERRON, Joseph or JETTÉ, Jules, attributed]

    [ALASKA; JESUIT MISSIONS] Canotlé Rannaga Kelékak. Délochét Roka.

    [Canticles, hymns and catechism in the Deg Xinag language]. At head of title: A.M.D.G. (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam). Winnipeg, Manitoba : Free Press No-Rodeneletekteyar, 1904. Square duodecimo (140 x 110 mm), original limp black pebbled cloth, pp. 54; a fine example. A Catholic hymn book in the Deg Xinag (or Deg Hit’an; formerly, Ingalik) language, …

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  • Ceylon & India General Mission collection box, circa 1920.

    # 46050

    CEYLON & INDIA GENERAL MISSION

    Ceylon & India General Mission collection box, circa 1920.

    [London : CIGM, c.1920]. Wooden box, 152 x 80 x 70 mm, with chromolithographic label on five sides (one illustrated); surface wear commensurate with extensive use. The Ceylon and India General Mission (CIGM) was a non-denominational organisation founded in 1892. Initially its evangelical work was carried out among Ceylon’s Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus, but …

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  • Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé

    # 46403

    KERAUDREN, Pierre François (1769-1857?)

    Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé

    dans les ports et à la mer. Half title: Médecine nautique. A Paris : de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1824. Second edition. Octavo, bound in modern cloth backed marbled boards, spine with gilt ornament and leather title label lettered in gilt, pp 115, [1] engraved diagram of a furnace ventilator; mild foxing to the last few leaves, …

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  • Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

    # 41732

    WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS

    Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 116 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Wrigglesworth & Binns, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand’, and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Oct. 17th 1881’; both the print and mount are in fine condition.

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  • Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for travellers.

    # 45945

    BAEDEKER, Karl

    Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for travellers.

    Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1914. Seventh remodelled edition. Small octavo, original limp red cloth lettered in gilt; (expert repair to spine) front pastedown and endpaper with publisher’s advertisements; half-title page with owner’s inscription, pp cxc, 458; with 22 maps, 85 plans, and 55 vignettes; scattered light foxing; a very good copy. Guide to Egypt and …

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  • Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian borders. Handbook for travellers.

    # 46514

    BAEDEKER, Karl

    Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian borders. Handbook for travellers.

    Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1910. Fifteenth revised edition. Small octavo, original limp red cloth lettered in gilt; (lightly rubbed) front pastedown and endpaper with publisher’s advertisements; pp. xxxviii, 430; with 47 maps, 81 plans, a very good copy.  

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  • The annals of San Francisco ;

    # 46519

    SOULÉ, Frank et al.

    The annals of San Francisco ;

    Containing a summary of the history of the first discovery, settlement, progress and present condition of California, and a complete history of all the events connected with its great city : to which are added, biographical memoirs of some prominent citizens. By Frank Soulè, John H. Gihon and James Nisbet. New York : D. Appleton …

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  • A missionary preaching to Chinese in Hong Kong.

    # 46516

    Anon. [for THE WORKING MEN'S EDUCATIONAL UNION]

    A missionary preaching to Chinese in Hong Kong.

    London : The Working Men’s Educational Union, King William Street, Trafalgar Square [1854]. Coloured lithographic wall hanging printed on calico, 880 x 1160 mm; original brass eyelets at each corner; numbered ‘LM No. 12’ lower left; slightly creased, but a well preserved example, the hand colouring still strong and vibrant. The Working Men’s Educational Union was …

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