Henry M. Ami; Henry Gannett

Stanford&Apos;S Compendium of Geography and Travel North America

London, Edward Stanford, 1898-1915. First edition. Cloth. A smart mixed edition set of this comprehensive geographical history on Canada and the United States, illustrated with many folding maps depicting the countries. Volume I is the second edition, published in 1915. Volume II is the first edition, published in 1898.An extensive and detailed history and study on the geography of North America. Providing a fascinating scope of information on the countries of the United States and Canada. Volume I, written by Henry M. Ami, covers Canada and Newfoundland. Illustrated with a frontispieceVolume II, witten by Henry Gannett, covers the United States.Each volume is profusely illustrated with a frontispiece, and throughout with maps, and full-paged and in-text illustrations. Volume I includes ten folding maps, and nine maps. Volume II includes six folding maps, and ten maps.Collated, Volume I is lacking one folding map, to face page 13. Volume II is complete.Twenty-two pages of the rear of Volume II. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the spines. A few small marks to the boards and spines. Institutional label and bookseller's label to the front paste down of Volume II. Blind stamp to the front endpaper of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Blind stamp to the half-title, frontispiece, and title page of Volume II. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel North America america stanford North America henry m. ami Not Stated

Paul Amsinck

Tunbridge Wells and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings, and Historical Descriptions

London, William Miller and Edmund Lloyd, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully engraved study of the town of Tunbridge Wells, with plates engraved by Letitia Byrne. The first edition of this work.Collated, illustrated with six vignettes, and twelve plates. Lacking nineteen engraved plates, and six vignettes. The entire leaves that should feature these six vignettes have been removed, with the work lacking seven text leaves, being pages 23-24, 35-36, 41-42, 59-62, 77-80.In the publisher's original boards, rebacked, with endpapers renewed.A charming discussion of Tunbridge Wells, celebrating its natural scenery, character, and history. With text written by Paul Amsinck, and with illustrations engraved by Letitia Byrne. Rebacked, in a half calf binding rebacked in morocco. Retaining the publisher's original boards, with endpapers renewed. Small loss to head of paper title label of front board. Significant loos to back strip title label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with significant spotting and instances of foxing throughout. Lacking nineteen engraved plates, six vignettes, and seven text leaves. Good . Ill.: Letitia Byrne. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Kent Royal Tunbridge Wells Letitia Byrne Amsinck family Royal Tunbridge Wells Letitia Byrne

Paul Amsinck

Tunbridge Wells, and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions

London, William Miller , 1810. First edition. Leather. First edition of this large paper volume dedicated to Tunbridge Wells and its neighbourhood, adorned with etchings by Letitia Byrne. First edition of this work. A large paper volume exploring the hamlet of Tunbridge Wells, celebrating its natural scenery, character, and history. Written by Paul Amsinck. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-further full page plates of beautiful etchings as well as engraved in-text vignettes by Letitia Byrne. Collated, complete. Rebound in half morocco binding over marbled boards, with marbled edges and endpapers. Externally sound with shelf wear, chipped and rubbed to extremities of spine and boards, boards lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to leaves of plates affecting only odd leaf, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Illustrated with thirty-one full page plates of etchings and numerous vignettes in text. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Letitia Byrne. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 821A41

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Sonstige Stichworte: tunbridge wells first editions history topography first editions Letitia Byrne

Roald Amundsen

Die Eroberung Des Sudpols

Munich, J. F. Lehmann, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The two volume first German language edition of Amundsen's account of his journey to lead the first team to reach the South Pole, illustrated throughout. The first German language edition of this work, published in the same year as both the English language and Norwegian first editions, and in the publisher's original bright pictorial cloth binding.The work of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, a key figure in the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and for leading the first successful team to reach the South Pole. This is Amundsen's account of his journey to the pole, and his own observations about the means by which he reached the South Pole before Robert Falcon Scott's British Expedition could do so.Illustrated with four colour plates and one folding colour map to volume I, and one folding plate, and double page colour map, and four colour plates to volume II. Collated, completeWith eight pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine heads and tails, with light handling marks to back strips and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: antarctica expedition Amundsen expedition Not Stated

William Loring Andrews

The Iconography of the Battery and Castle Garden

New York, Charles Scriber's Sons, 1901. Cloth. A fascinating history of this verdant public park located in Manhattan, complete with a slipcase. Formerly known as Battery Park, the Battery is a 25 acre public park at the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island, New York. It was named for the artillery batteries which protected the settlement behind in the late seventeenth century.Written by William Loring Andrews, a collector of rare books and writer.Delightfully illustrated throughout, including in colour and in monochrome.A limited edition, with only 135 copies printed on handmade paper.Complete with the original slipcase.A scarce work on New York's history. In a full cloth binding with a slipcase. Externally lovely. Slipcase is rather worn, with the backstrip unfortunately lost. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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Sonstige Stichworte: William Loring Andrews The Battery New York History of New York The Battery Not Stated

William Loring Andrews

A Prospect of the Colledges in Cambridge in New England. Enraved by Wm. Burgis in 1726

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. A Limited Edition publication concerning Harvard University in the early eighteenth century, this work is illustrated throughout with charming full plate engravings. A late nineteenth century reprint of a 1726 publication about Massachusetts' Harvard University from Engraver William Burgis, this is a Limited Edition, and one of 115 copies printed on handmade paper.The first edition this, this edition is the work of prominent collector of rare books and manuscripts William Loring Andrews, who 1878 became a trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and served as its first librarian, and here combines Burgis' publication with his own descriptive text, and includes a correspondence between Harvard benefactor Thomas Hollis and former Harvard President E. Holyoke.Illustrated with folding frontispiece and five further plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Edge wear to back strip head and tail, with light discolouration to back strip cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: William Burgis. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 802F44

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Sonstige Stichworte: harvard boston university boston William Burgis

Anon

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Campaign Kitchener Photographic Glass Slides

N/A, N/A, c1898. Unbound. A scarce box of ten photographic glass slides depicting the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Campaign commanded by Kitchener. The images include a group picture of the 21st Lancers, two of whom received the Victoria Cross for actions at the Battle of Omdurman. There are also images of British soldiers in Khartoum, Guards at Shabluka and military railway construction. The Sudan Military Railroad was constructed from 1896-1897 by Kitchener to supply the Anglo-Egyptian army prosecuting the Mahdist War.  This railway was the predecessor line for the present-day Sudan Railway. The Kitchener campaign was from 1896-1898. And was a reconquest of territory lost by the Khedives of Egypt in 1884 and 1885 during the Mahdist War. The plates are in a relatively good condition, with some tape repairs to the edges of some. Housed in a wooden box. These images are an original source from this historical campaign. In a wooden box. All but one of the plates are paper taped at the edges. There are a few small cracks to the edges of the plates, with the image mostly unaffected. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: N/A. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Plates Sudan Egypt Sudan N/A

Anon

The British Isles Depicted by Pen and Camera

London, Paris, New York and Melbourne, Cassell and Company Limited, c1905. Leather. A beautiful illustrated account of Britain in the early twentieth century, covering all corners of the United Kingdom. Covering all corners of the United Kingdom, including Dartmoor, London, Glasgow, Clydesdale, Birmingham, Canterbury, Fife, Galway, the Burns country and Cambridge, as well as numerous others.Undated; dated from copies on Jisc and the gift inscription.Illustrated with fourteen plates in colour. Collated, complete. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs, plans and maps.With a gift inscription reading, 'Gerald J. Gumersall. With best wishes from Uncle John, October 9, 1905&apos.A delightful and richly illustrated insight into Great Britain in the early twentieth century. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally a trifle rubbed, with rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, extremities and raised bands. Gift inscription to the front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: The British Isle Illustrated History of Great Britain Illustrated Not Stated

Anon

A Compendious Geographical and Historical Grammar

London, W. Peacock and Sons, 1802. Fine Binding. A brilliant pocket-sized guide to geographical and historical grammar This is a charming guide to the world as it was known at the turn of the nineteenth century, presenting 'a brief survey of the terraqueous globe', and forming a thorough but compact guide to countries and their climate, governments, religion, language, geographical setting and ways of life. Ownership inscription to 'Maria Windsor' dated May 30th 1803, followed by a 4th Prize inscription for 'general good conduct, and conquering little faults of temper&apos. Contains twelve folding maps. In an exquisite full straight grain morocco binding with gilt spine, borders and foredges. Externally sound with slight rubbing, an ink stain on the back cover and some rubbing to the extremities . Ownership and prize inscription to front blanks. Internally, firmly bound, one folding map is detached but present, pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 748R36

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Sonstige Stichworte: geography history grammar history None

Anon

Jones&Apos; Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &C. Of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England; Accompanied with Historical Descriptions of the Mansions, List of Pictures, Statues, Etc, and Genealogical Sketches of the Families, of Their Possessors; Forming Part of the Generally Series of Jones&Apos; Great Britain Illustrated.

London, Jones and Co, 1829. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this fascinating account of the significant seats, castles and mansions of nineteenth century prominent noblemen. A fascinating survey, which looks at many country houses in the Victorian era. Each seat discussed is accompanied by an illustration, a brief history of the residence and the families that resided there. Illustrated throughout, with an engraved title page and 110 plates, containing 220 illustrations. The plates for volume I have been collated using the contents page present, and has been found to be lacking two plates, or four illustrations. There are twelve plates for the start of volume II totaling only 98 plates from the 100 needed for volume I. Lacking pages 121-124. To the rear of this work, the contemporary owner has included their own hand-written contents for the twenty-four pages of volume II that has been bound to this volume. The pages to this volume all run in a continuous register. It appears to be the entirety of volume I and a portion of volume II, with the signatures running sequentially from A4-3O4. With the pagination ending at page 56 and a prior owner manually entering the pagination to the top of every page. This volume discusses houses in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Durham, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Westmoreland, Worcestershire and Yorkshire. Rebound, in a quarter morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Closed tear to the tail of plate for Corby Castle at page 137, not affecting the image. Small light tidemarks to the margins of several plates, the odd handling marks and light scattered spots to pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: J P Neale et al. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 645L6

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Sonstige Stichworte: Seats Mansions Denby Grange Swinton Park Mansions Cole Orton J P Neale et al

Anon

Leigh&Apos;S New Picture of London

London, Orlando Hogson, G. Biggs, 1841. Leather. An eleventh edition of Leigh's topographical exploration of the city of London, bound with maps. Samuel Leigh was a prominent bookseller in London during the nineteenth century; he wrote a number of travel guides under his own name, as well as travelogues by other authors.The eleventh edition of this work.Complete with two folding maps stored in pockets at the front and rear board, which have been rebacked on cloth, as well as a folding map in the text and one full plate illustration. Collated. In a full calf binding. Externally, worn. Both boards are loose but present. Ownership inscriptions to each pastedown. Internally, firmly bound other than the boards. Pages are bright and clean. Maps have been rebacked on cloth. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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Buchzahl: 771R56

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Sonstige Stichworte: London History of London Leigh Topography History of London None

Anon

A Letter from a Citizen of Bath

Bath, From My Shop in Bath, 1705. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce eighteenth century pamphlet defending the healing properties of the water in Bath to one Dr Radcliffe of Tunbridge Wells. ESTC reference no: T62772.In this letter the anonymous author appeals to Radcliffe who is an 'enemy to our Bath-waters' as he vilifies them 'as good for little or nothing&apos.  In the pamphlet the author addresses rumours that Radcliffe, the physician to George of Denmark, planned to poison the waters of Bath with a toad. This rumour has become a part of the legend of Beau Nash of Bath who was said to have calmed people's fears claiming he could neutralise the toad's poison with music which resulted in him raising money for an orchestra to play at the baths. The author tells Dr Radcliffe that he needs to stop speaking ill of the waters in Bath as it was once his favourite , 'Tunbridg has been your Favourite formerly, next Bath, and then Tunbridg again; which argues you have much more fancy than judgement&apos. Unbound, as issued. A very scarce work, with this being the first edition. A second edition 'improv'd and corrected' was printed in the same year.   Unbound, as issued. Externally, generally smart. A few light chips to the extremities. Several marks to the front leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 792L1

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Sonstige Stichworte: Bath Spa Beau Nash Spa None

Anon

Picturesque Hong Kong 24 Views of Hong Kong Canton & Macao

HongKong; Shanghai, W Brewer & Co , c1900. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce souvenir book of Hong Kong at the turn of the 20th century. Comprising 24 plates with tissue guard captions showing different views of Hong Kong, Canton & Macaeo in the early twentieth century. The photographs show the harbour, Kowloon, the Royal Naval Hospital, The HongKong Club, The Race Course, Mount Austin and many other tourist spots. In the original cloth boards. Inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'Brought home for Mother with love 1900 H L Bowerbank&apos. In the original full silk covered printed boards. Externally, some fraying to the cloth at the board edges and spine. Lacking spine. Hinges are tender. Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper. First plate is lacking the folding flap which forms half of the image and therefore the edges of this leaf are frayed. Small marginal wormhole at the foot of plate 23. Minor insect predation to the lower margin of the paper guard to plate 24. Occasional light spots. Good . Ill.: Anon. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Hongkong Canton Macao Canton Anon

Anon

Rand Mcnally Chicago Guide to the City and Environs

New York & Chicago , Rand McNally & Company, Publishers, 1919. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful guide to the city of Chicago, Illinois, also known as the Windy City. Detailing the sites, educational , religious, industrial and notable buildings of the splendid city of Chicago.Very scarce, possibly lacking a folding map to the rear of the work. Rand McNally was started with a printing shop in Chicago in 1856 by William Rand, who was joined by Andrew NcNally as a partner two years later; they printed their first map in 1872, and are best known for their maps and transportation works.Richly illustrated with fantastic photographs of Chicago throughout, as well as a city map at the start of the work.With advertisements at the beginning and end of the work. In the original paper wraps. Externally very smart, with just some slight general wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 787R11

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Sonstige Stichworte: Chicago Rand McNally Tourist Guide Tourism Rand McNally Illinois Not Stated

Anon

Views of Camden 1733-1875

London, London Borough of Camden Libraries and Arts Department, 1971-2. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful collection of twenty colour views of Camden, London, presented in paper wraps. Two volumes, being: 'Twelve Views of Camden 1733-1875' and 'Eight Views of Camden in Colour 1799-1850&apos.With views including St. George's Bloomsbury, Caen Wood, St. Pancras Church, the Royal Hospital of St. Katherine, London University, Ely House, the Earl of Mansfields, London University, and the Midland Hotel.Printed by the Libraries and Arts Department of the London Borough of Camden.'Eight Views of Camden in Colour' contains eight colour plates. 'Twelve Views of Camden' comprises twelve black and white plates. Collated, complete. In the original paper wraps. Externally generally smart, with some slight wear to the edges and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Camden History of Camden Borough of Camden British Views History of Camden History of London Not Stated