KJELLMAN, FRANS REINHOLD:

Svenska polar-expeditionen år 1872-1873 under ledning af A.E. Nordenskiöld. Stockholm 1875.

. Pp. (iv), 352 pp. With one large folding map (small tear), one coloured plate and two folding lithographed panoramas, and further more illustrations in the text. Last quire loosening. Some light waterstaining to the last part of the book. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed. With dedication by the author (to John och Maria Gullbrandsson) written on a piece of paper pasted in on front paste down. First edition. A narrative of the Swedish Spitsbergen expedition in 1872-73 by the expedition's botanist. It was headed by A.E. Nordenskiöld and was the first wintering in Svalbard by a scientific expedition. Hulth 34. Liljequist, High Latitudes, pp. 75-92.

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Book number: 99872

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Keywords: Europe, arctic, polar, travel, exploration, swedish spitsbergen,

KLINCKOWSTRÖM (KLINKOWSTROEM), AXEL:

Tre månaders dag, minnen från svenska spetsbergs expeditionen 1890. Stockholm 1891.

. 12mo. Pp. (xii), 176. With frontispiece, 7 fullpage plates and 7 illustrations in the text. Original pictorial boards, lightly stained. Presentation copy to Count "C.G. Bonde" (should be C.J. Bonde, Ericsberg) from his friend the author. Scarce first edition by the expedition's zoologist. Hulth 100.

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Book number: 100108

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Keywords: Europe, spitzbergen, polar, arctic, travel, exploration, spetsbergen svalbard

[SWEDISH EXPEDITION TO SPITZBERGEN 1890.] KLINCKOWSTRÖM, AXEL:

Tre månaders dag, minnen från Svenska Spetsbergs-Expeditionen 1890. Stockholm 1891.

. 12mo. Pp. (xii), 176. With frontispiece, 7 full page plates and 7 illustrations in the text. Original pictorial boards, spine restored, some staining to covers. Bookplate and old ownership signature. Scarce first edition of this charming travelogue by the expedition's zoologist. The Swedish expedition to Spitzbergen during the summer of 1890 was headed by Gustaf Nordenskiöld. The aim of the mission was to investigate geological and zoological conditions at Spitzbergen. Hulth 100. Ragnar Thorén, Svenska Arktiska expeditioner under 1800-talet, pp. 187-206.

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Book number: 100134

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Keywords: Europe, spitzbergen, polar, arctic, travel, exploration, spetsbergen, svalbard, europe, european,

KULLENBERGH, CARL F.:

S.A. Andrée. Hans lif och person. Göteborg 1898.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 128, (2), With two full page plates of Andrée and the members of the expedition including the deputy Svedenborg, and many textual illustrations. Half cloth with original printed wrappers boun din. Inscription by Inez Kullenbergh. Scarce biography of Andrée.

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Book number: 100210

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, polar arctic, arktisk, travel, exploration, andrée

LAESTADIUS, PETRUS:

Journal för första året af hans tjenstgöring såsom missionaire i Lappmarken. Stockholm, Zacharias Haeggström, 1832.

. Pp. viii, 473, (7). Contemporary half calf, flat spine ruled in gilt and with title label, lightly rubbed. Old ownership signature on title. Occasionally some light staining. Second edition (first 1831). An important account about the Lapps and their flora and fauna by a missionary. A continuation was published in 1833. Bring 498.

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Book number: 44013

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Keywords: Europe, lapland, lappland, lapps, sweden, swedish, travel, exploration, europe, european, scandinavian, scandinavia, nordic

LAESTADIUS, PETRUS:

Journal för första året af hans tjenstgöring såsom missionaire i Lappmarken. Stockholm, Zacharias Haeggström, 1831.

. Pp. viii, 473, (7). Modern papercovered boards. Title page with small marginal repair in lower right corner. Ocassionally some light staining. First edition of this historical and ethnographical account of Lapland by a missionary. Includes accurate descriptions of the Lapps and their flora and fauna. Bring 498. A continuation was published in 1833.

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Book number: 45016

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Keywords: Europe, lapland, lapps, lappland, sweden, swedish, scandinavia, scandinavian, europe, european, travel, exploration, travels, voyage,

LANGUEN, JACQUES:

Petit manuel russe a l'usage des français. Ouvrage destiné aux voyageurs à faciliter l'intelligence de la langue russe; dans lequel les mots russes sont réprésentés avec leur prononciation figurée en caractères français et prosodiée. St. Pétersbourg, De l'imprimerie de la Chancellerie privée du Ministère de la Police, 1819.

. Pp. (iv), 74. Original orange printed wrappers. Some minor wear to spine. First edition as thus, reprinted several times. A scarce manual, published by the police, to learn the Russian language including a short grammar, syntax, dialogues and an extensive vocabulary. Contains comparative tables with coins, weights and measures in Russian and French. A similar manual was published in 1811 with a different title. Cat. Russica L269.

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Book number: 100421

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Keywords: Europe, russia, russe, russian, language, langue, linguistic, dictionary, french, police,

LANSDELL, HENRY:

Genom Sibirien. Parts i-vi in four volumes. Stockholm, Albert Bonnier, 1882.

. As issued, parts i-vi, in four volumes in original printed wrappers. Pp. viii, 496. With one folding map, 21 full page plates and many illustrations in the text. Ownership signature on front wrappers (C.F. Ridderstad). A Swedish edition of this popular account of Siberia. Lansdell travelled through the country from Europe to the Pacific and visited prisons, penal institutions and mines along the way. A great copy. Cf Henze iii, 128.

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Book number: 41013

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, siberia, russia, travel, exploration, exploring, europe, european,

LANTIER, ETIENNE FRANCOIS DE & AGRELL, OLOF (Translators):

LANTIER, ETIENNE FRANCOIS DE & AGRELL, OLOF (Translators): Antenors resor uti Grekland och Asien, med anmärkningar öfver Egypten. Grekisk handskrift funnen i Herkulaneum. Öfversatt på franska språket af E.F. Lantier. Parts i-iii in one volume. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm & Joh. Pehr Lindh, 1803-4.

. Pp. (xii), 220, (4); (ii), 276, (2); (ii), 280, (2). Contemporary half red calf, spine richly decorated in gilt, covers rubbed. Bookplate (Carl Hadding) and old ownership signature on front paste down. First Swedish edition of this popular fictional journey in classical Greece inspired by Barthélemy's "Voyage d'Antenor en Grèce" (1798). 

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Book number: 40007

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, greece, greek, travel, exploration, grece, europe, european, levant, europe, european

LANTIER, ETIENNE FRANCOIS DE (Translator):

Voyages d'Antenor en Grèce et en Asie, avec notions sur l'Egypte; manuscrit grec trouvé à Herculanum. xiii édition, revue et corrigée par l'auteur. 5 volumes. Paris 1818.

. 16mo. Including half titles and 5 engraved fronts by Adam after drawings by Bornet. Sewn as issued in old wrappers, worn and defective. Fictious voyage first published in 1798. Cf Cioranescu 36879.

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Book number: 19007

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Keywords: Europe, europe, europa, travels, voyages, explore, exploring, greece, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, egypt, levant

LARDIZABAL, FRANCISCO IGNACIO DE:

Gramatica Vasconcada. San Sebastian, Imprenta de Ignacio Ramon Baroja, 1856.

. Small Folio. Pp. (ii), iv, 87; 52, (2). Old wrappers. Inscription on front end paper. First edition of this grammatical work for the Basque language (or Euskara) posthumously published to be used at primary schools when teaching Euskara. De Lardizabal (1806-55) was a priest, writer and Spanish philologist. Not in Vater.

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Book number: 100434

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spain, spanish, europe, euroepan, language, langue, linguistic, vascongado, vascongada, vasca, vasco, basque, baskiska, la lengua vasca, euskara

LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR VASIL'EVICH (Ill.) / MARSHAK, SAMUIL:

Ochota (The Hunt). [CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Leningrad 1968.

. 4to. Pp. (12) and twelve b/w plates. As issued in original folder, worn and with some stain. Internally fine. A later edition, originally published in 1925 with chromolithographs. This copy no. 318 of a limited edition. A rare children's book illustrating hunting from different parts of the world including seals, bears, tigers, crocodiles, hippos, kangaroo, etc. Vladimir Lebedev was one of the most creative artists of the Soviet avant-garde and became famous for his geometrically-shaped images of the poems of the renowned poet Samuil Marshak.

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Book number: 121006

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Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, russe, ryssland, rysk, children, barnbok, illustrated, avant-garde, oxota, ochota,

MACFARLANE, PARTICK:

Focalair ur Gaelig agus Beurla, a reir ordugh na h-aibidil, maille ri caileigin de sheoladh chum a ghaelig e leughaah. Dun-Eudainn (Edinburgh): clo' - bhuailte arson an ughdair, agus r'an reic le A. Constable agus a chuideachd, 1815.

. Pp. v, (i), 9-152. Uncut copy in orginal blue boards, rebacked, edges and corners worn. First edition of this Gaelic and English vocabulary.

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Book number: 35052

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Keywords: Europe, gaelic, europe, europa, linguistics, languages,

MAILLART, ELLA K.:

Turkestan Solo. One Woman's Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum. New York, Putman's son, 1934.

. Pp. x, 307. With 32 plates made from photographs, maps on endpapers (one with ownership signature in ink). Partly some light staining. Publisher's beige / black cloth with some very light wear. Signed by the author. A narrative of a remarkable trek in 1932 from Moscow to the easternmost borders of Russian Turkestan. She travelled from the Tian Shan north of the Tarim Basin via Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva to the Kyzylkum desert. First English edition of Maillart's first book. Translated by John Rodker from the original French edition titled "Des Montes célestes..." 1934. Robinson p. 52.

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Book number: 100933

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, ryssland, travel, exploration, turkestan, voyage, lady traveller, lady, kazakhstanm uzbekistan, turkmenistan, lady

DE MAIRAN, JEAN JACQUES DORTOUS:

Dissertation sur la glace, ou explication physique de la formation de la glace, & de ses divers phénomènes. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1749.

. 12mo. Pp. xl, 384, xx. With engraved frontispiece and 5 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, spine richly gilt with five raised bands and title label, extremities rubbed. Orginially published in 1716, this is the first illustrated edition. Duveen p. 386. The Herbert Clark Hoover Collection, 554.

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Book number: 24009

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, ice, glace, exploration, travel,