A naturalists wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. A narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883 by Forbes, Henry O - 1885

Hardcover. Very Good. 16, 000 miles of research among wild/tame tribes of the Philippines area, 1st edn, f/o map, photos, teg, some cover stains mostly to rear boards else VG.

Hardcover. Very Good. Taken 1815-16, VG, 1/4 leather, 1st Am. edn, some browning to pages.

Hardcover. Near Fine. NF, 2 volumes, reprint of the 1857 edition, 320pps, 253pps, 2 f/o maps.

Les Merveilles de la France le pays, les monuments, les habitants By Ernest Granger (The Wonders of France – the country it's monuments and inhabitants) - In French language.
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Beautiful, detailed and illustrated, this book takes the reader on a trip from the country side to the coast and through the time. The book has luxurious binding, 17 colored plates and numerous black and white illustrations.
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Paris, Hachette, 1931.
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Pp.: 443 pages with illustrations + 17 illustrated plates Size: 31 x 23,4 cm
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Binding: Original quarter leather binding. Giltstamped and blindstamped cover and spine cover. Luxurious binding. Condition: Foxing, signs of ageing, paper on some of the plates slightly detached from plates and has dog-ears.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. Later Edition/Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In green pictorial cloth with green illustrations and titling. Light edgewear to spine ends. Owner's name, date, address and ""yosemite - 43"" to top of ffep. A small rectangular stain to bottom of ffep where something was laid in place for a while, also tape stains(not scars) to top and bottom of endpapers - assuming where protected jacket rested. Bug hole to top inside of front hinge and rear hinge is beginning to split at top, but still solid. Interior and exterior very clean otherwise. Jacket is very nice with just a few small chip/nicks to spine ends, corners and top edge of flaps, and two 1/2 inch closed tears to top of rear panel and top of rear flap. Later edition/printing based on date of book advertised on rear flap and owner's date - 1925 at the earliest. Three period photos from previous owner laid in.

2 volumes: xxiii+557 pages with fold out frontispiece map and two additional maps (one folding); vii+550 pages with folding frontispiece map, tables, three maps and appendix. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") recased with original leather boards and original spine laid on. Second edition corrected and enlarged. First published in 1817.Hugh Murray was a geographer. Hugh entered the Edinburgh excise office as a clerk, but from the first devoted his leisure to literary pursuits, publishing The Swiss Emigrants in 1804; two philosophical treatises (The Morality of Fiction 1805, and Enquiries respecting the Character of Nations 1808); and another romance, Corasmin, or the Minister in 1814. In 1816 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, to whose Transactions he contributed, among other papers, one, in 1818, On the Ancient Geography of Central and Eastern Asia, with Illustrations derived from Recent Discoveries in the North of India. In 1817 he enlarged and completed Dr. Leyden's Historical Account… Read More

South Africa: Brenthurst Press, 1985. Signed by Editor Phillida Simons to title page. Standard Edition of 850 copies. Burgundy bds with bright Gilt title in Black flag, Red publishers staining top edge, 2 silk ribbon markers, printed on Domtar fine papers, nice half tone portrait frontis, pp 275 plus 64 colour and b/w illus. Original DJ is fresh with faintest shelf wear to spine head. Overweight.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

(2)p. manuscript letter measuring approx. 8" x 10 ½", folded, signed and dated January 14, 1867, Coast Survey Office, to Charles Lanman in regards to information pertaining to Prof. A.D. Bache. Mr. Hilgard was born in Germany. He settled with his parents in Illinois. Studied engineering in Philadelphia. He entered the Coast Survey in 1845. He was in charge of the Coast Survey under the Superintendent from 1862 until 1875. Throughout the American Civil War he served the Union Army and Navy by the construction of maps and charts and by surveys as well as by tidal and other information. During the failing health of Professor Bache, Hilgard, who was at that time in charge of the Coast Survey office, was obliged to perform the duties of Superintendent, which he did without extra compensation. He was Commissioner of the Committee of International Standards (seeking uniformity of weights and measures). In 1875, he was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1996. Signed on the title page by Richard Dawkins. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, pale gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

London: John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 293, 279pp. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail and darkened, contents age-toned most heavily at first and last few pages, light foxing to fronitspieces and c first and last few pages, binding is tight. Evocative descriptions of the landscapes, environment and the people in America in mid 19th century.