Historical and Commercial Atlas of China by Herrmann, Albert - 1969

Paris: Blaise. No Binding. Very Good. Louis-Francois Cassas - Cartographer. Antique engraved map on laid paper shown in the corresponding images. This map, "Carte de la plaine de Troie levee en 1786 et 1787," was excised from Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier's "Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce" (1782-1842). This folding plate depicts the topography of the region of Troy, and features Alexandria Troas, Kara Dag (Black Mountain), Tenedos, and the Aegean Sea. The artist is credited as Jean-Denis Barbie, and the cartographer as Louis-Francois Cassas. Condition / Notes: This map, measuring approximately 26 1/2" x 20", displays some age/wear indications, including light foxing, toning concentrated in the margins and at the extremities, minor chipping, and two small closed tears at the foot.. Background: Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier (27 September 1752, Paris - 20 June 1817, Aix-la-Chapelle) was a member of the Académie française and the Choiseul-Gouffier… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. Revised Edition of 1913 on Title Page. Maroon cloth just slightly faded, tight, small shelf wear. Former owners stamp mark, Moskoff famous Greek Jewish tobacco dealer in Thessaloniki.

London: Harvey's Naval History Original antique map of 18th century Africa. Good condition. Size 34x37cm. Engraved for Harvey's Naval History, published in the early 1780s. This map also had been published in Daniel Fenning's "A New System of Geography" (1770s). The map has moderate foxing, closed tears along some of the folds, and chips & loss in the margins.. Good. Maps.

Giza: The Survey of Egypt, 1927. Good condition; Three of the strips are torn and repaired with archival tape.. Appears to be second printing of the 1912 survey; 31 pages with a frontis fold-out Key Map of the Strips and five folding folding strips which make up the Guide Plan stapled into paper covers; Each strip folds out to 39 1/2" long.

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.

Tallis, John: Turkey in Asia. London. [ca.1851]. From the Montgomery Martin Illustrated Atlas. Map engraved by Rapkin. Size approx 360 x 260mm. Original steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring. 4 vignettes include Jerusalem and the Castles of Europe and Asia. The map area covers modern day Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Decorative Border. Single page unfolded map in excellent, clean condition. Associated text page of the Montgomery Martin Atlas included.

Part of a Two volumes set. See Volume Two. Numerous B/W pictures, drawings, maps in separate folders. Introduction by Robin Bidwell.

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.

Clune, Frank. Saga of Sydney. Sydney Halstead Press, 1961 Subscribers Edition with 118 illustrations and 17 maps. 508 pages. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4. Printed in Australia by Halstead Press, Sydney. Presented to beloved 20th Century American actor Edward Everett Horton at the Australia Hotel, Sydney (1891-1971) by his Australian friend Alexander Rentoul at the hotel March, 1962. Full page hand-written statement on the front end-paper. says: Mr. Horton is best-known for his unforgettable portrayal of Mr. Alexander P. Lovett "Lovey" in the timeless 1937 motion picture "Lost Horizon" directed by Frank Capra. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED.