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A Journey made in the Summer of 1794, through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany With a Return down the Rhine: To Which are Added, Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland.
Dublin: P. Wogan, H. Colbert et al, 1795. Original half calf with marbled boards. Gilt crest to the spine for an unidentified Earl (crown in laurels). Recent gilt to black label. A very nice copy of this travelogue. The Dublin edition was published simultaneously to the English Edition. Original binder's note tipped into the rear end paper. Ann Radcliffe was a pioneer of the Gothic novel. Primarily known for the Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian. vi, 500 pp.
Condition: The binding is in good condition, with a touch of marking only. Inside, the book is clean and tidy - with just a little foxing. A very nice copy.
Book ID: 1930More details Price: £375.00 -
Alpine Majestaten Und Ihr Gefolge Die Gebirgswelt der Erde in Bildern. Dritter Band
Munchen: Vereinigte Kunstanstalen, 1903. Volume three only (of 4). Pictorial boards with alpine picture and art nouveau decoration around. Gilt end papers. Library stamps for the Erasmiaansch Gymnasium Rotterdam. Map of the Alps showing regions, 268 photographs of peaks and features on glossy paper, several are folding plates. 440 by 300mm (17¼ by 11¾ inches).
Condition: Cloth boards are a little stained and darkened, particularly to the front cover. Still attractive though. Moderate foxing to the first few. The rest the book is in very good condition with only light foxing.
Book ID: 2246More details Price: £60.00 -
Analyses of New Voyages and Travels, lately published in London Two abstracts. from "A Northern Summer" and "A Tour through Holland."
London: None Stated, 1806. Two works bound as one. The first is an abstract of "A Northern Summer; Or, Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and part of Germany in the year 1804" 80, [ii]. pp. Includes index, Sepia aquatint of Cronberg Castle, and a lovely large folding sepia Aquatint of St Petersburg.
The second work is "A Tour through Holland, along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the South of Germany in the Summer and Autumn of 1806." 167 [ii]. pp including index. Includes 6 folding sepia aquatint illustrations, or Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam (x2) Utrecht, and Koblenz.
Each work has a paragraph of introduction, and then an abstract or digest of the work itself. 240 by 150mm (9½ by 6 inches).Condition: Recent half calf binding, with hardcover boards. burgundy label to spine. New end papers. The text itself is clean and tidy, in excellent condition.
Book ID: 2196More details Price: £350.00 -
Beautes de L'histoire D'Espagne et de Portugal Reunis en un Seul volume
Book ID: 3251More details Price: £95.00 -
Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau
Edition: First Edition
London: John Murray: 1834. First edition. Bound in recent half Morocco with gilt titles to the spine and marbled boards. Half title. Engraved frontis. Title, preface, 10 plates (including frontis). A travel guide to the author's travels through the "bathing resorts and fountains in the Duchy of Nassau" and his trip to Mainz. 376 pages. 190 x 120 mm (7½ x 4¾ inches). 376 pp
Condition: The binding is recent, and is in good, clean condition without flaws. There is darkening to the title page and a little staining to the verso of the frontis. Otherwise in good, if slightly darkened condition.
Book ID: 2009More details Price: £95.00 -
Christian Researches in the Mediterranean, From MDCCCVXV to MDCCCXX. In furtherance of the objects of the Church Missionary Society.
Edition: First Edition
London: R. Watts, L.B. Seeley, and J. Hatchard, 1822. New half leather binding with marbled boards. Burgundy labels and gilt titles. Stamp for the library of the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands." Hand coloured map of the Mediterranean as a frontis. viii, [viii], 1-454 pp
Condition: A lovely copy of this work. The new binding is in an immaculate state. Clean and tidy without flaws. The frontis map is also in beautiful condition. The text itself is clean and tidy, without marks. Fractional darkening to the closed page edges.
Book ID: 1506More details Price: £250.00 -
Ein Tag am Vierwaldstättersee - Erinnerung A Manuscript travelogue / Poem with 8 silver print photographs
Lucerne: Manuscript, 1885. Original manuscript poem / travelogue, recounting an excursion on the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) in 1885. 8 silver print photographs are tipped in amongst the text. Cream embossed leather binding. Gilt detail to the front board. Attractive gilt and brown end papers. Unpaginated, but 40 stanza's in a neat German hand.
200 by 130mm (7¾ by 5 inches).Condition: The leather boards are clean and tidy, with a little darkening / foxing to the skin. Internally clean and tidy throughout.
Book ID: 2066More details Price: £150.00 -
From my Camera A Black and White album of a European Tour from 1937
n/a, 1947. A nice album of a tour of Europe for two Englishmen in a Chrysler motor car. Over 60 photographs and a couple of postcards. Includes a small number of bullfighting photographs. Most of the photographs have a visible area of 5cm x 7.5cm Very nice condition with handwritten location / comment to each. A hand written spine shows that the album is the result of several trips between 1936 and 1947. 180 x 125 mm (7 x 5 inches)
Book ID: 2254More details Price: £100.00 -
Goldenes Mainz - Original-Radierungen
Frankfurt: M. Jacobs. First edition. Circa 1900. Twelve beautiful engravings of Mainz by Liebig. Bound in soft covers with white printed titles. Original cord ties. Handmade paper. Each of the engravings are protected by tissue guards. Good strong impressions, in excellent condition. Complete. 230 x 165 mm (9 x 6½ inches).
Book ID: 3158More details Price: £140.00 -
Guide-Souvenir dans Les Pyrenées dedie aux Touristes. Premiere Partie - Haute-Garonne LUCHON et les Vallees du Lys, de L'arboust, D'oo ou D'Astau, De L'Hospice, Des Etangs, de Burbe et D'Aran.
Edition: First Edition
Condition: An attractive work, the boards are clean, with a little bumping to the corners only. Slight fading to the front bottom edge. Inside, the text pages are quite significantly foxed - but the lithographs are in good, clean original condition. Text notes in Italian (book dealer) to the inside rear board. Overall a very nice copy
Book ID: 1878More details Price: £300.00 -
L'Étranger en Irlande, ou voyage dans les parties méridionales et occidentales de cette isle, dans l'année 1805
Book ID: 3304More details Price: £800.00 -
La Suisse Illustree Description et Histoire de Ses Vingt-Deux Cantons
Book ID: 1848More details Price: £640.00 -
La Suisse Pittoresque, Ornee de vues dessinees specialement pour cet ouvrage par W. H. Bartlett. esq.... Traduit de L'Anglais par L. De Bauclas
Book ID: 1896More details Price: £400.00 -
Le Mont Saint-Michel et ses abords. Dix eaux-fortes originales par Mayeur avec Introduction et bois originaux du même auteur
Book ID: 3164More details Price: £325.00 -
North Italian Folk. Sketches of Town and Country Life
London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. First Edition. Original green cloth with decoration blind stamped in black and gilt to the front board. gilt titles to the spine. A little rubbing and bumping to the boards. Owner's inscription to the front end paper. The rest of the book is in good condition, with a touch of darkening to the page edges only. xii, 282, [ii], 36 pages. (Publisher's catalogue dated October 1877 to the rear of the book. 190 by 145mm (7½ by 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 3346More details Price: £30.00 -
Paris
Book ID: 3207More details Price: £50.00 -
Paris and its Environs, displayed in a series of two hundred picturesque views. From Original Drawings taken under the direction of A. Pugin, esq. The engravings executed under the superintendence of Mr. C. Heath. With Topographical and Historical descriptions in two volumes.
Book ID: 1914More details Price: £300.00 -
Paris en Poche, Guide Pratique Conty. Collection des guides Conty
Book ID: 3202More details Price: £50.00 -
Plan des Differens Camps du Vicomte de Turenne & du Comte Montecuculli, dans l'Ortnaw; en l'Aneé 1675.
Amsterdam: Arkstée & Merkus, 1771. Map taken from the book Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal-Général des Armés du Roi : enrichie des plans de batailles & des sièges. Engraved by Coquart. In top right margin: 'Liv. 6 pag. 311 '. Also a page from the same book. 260 x 415 mm (10¼ x 16¼ inches). Both map and page are in a very good condition. Carte tirée du livre Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal-Général des Armés du Roi : enrichie des plans de batailles & des sièges. Gravé par Coquart. Dans la marge en haut à droite : 'Liv. 6 pages 311'. Aussi une page du même livre. 260 x 415 mm (10¼ x 16¼ pouces). La carte et la page sont en très bon état.
Book ID: 2755More details Price: £40.00 -
Pompeii - engraved town map
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1832. Original engraved map of the extinct city of Pompeii. Below, a panoramic view of the archaeological site and the facades of fourteen important buildings. Partially coloured, as issued. Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, arch. In a good condition, with just a few very small closed tears to the page edge. Light creases, and small pin holes to outside edges only. Not affecting the map. Blank verso. 305 x 395 mm (12 x 15½ inches) plus borders.
Book ID: 3043More details Price: £60.00