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12 Vues - Souvenir de Paris. Serie 1.
Book ID: 3507More details Price: £175.00 -
Alpine Majestaten Und Ihr Gefolge. Die Gebirgswelt der Erde in Bildern. Dritter Band
Munchen: Vereinigte Kunstanstalen, 1903. First edition. Volume three only (of four). 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. 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. 440 by 300 mm (17¼ by 11¾ inches).
Book ID: 2246More details Price: £60.00 -
An Inaugural Lecture on the Utility of Anglo-Saxon Literature. To which is added the Geography of Europe by King Alfred, including his Account of the Discovery of the North Cape in the Ninth Century.
Book ID: 2206More details Price: £150.00 -
An Itinerary Containing His Ten Yeeres Travell Through Twelve Dominions...... of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England, Scotland & Ireland
Book ID: 4006More details Price: £125.00 -
Analyses of New Voyages and Travels, lately published in London. Two abstracts from "A Northern Summer" and "A Tour through Holland."
Book ID: 2196More details Price: £350.00 -
Belgien 1915. Ein Skizzenbuch von Luigi Kasimir. Text von Fedor von Zobeltitz.
München: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1915. First edition in publisher's original hardback. Fascinating images of Belgium's early 20th century architecture - from sketches by Luigi Kasimir; often referred to as The Master European Printmaker. Illustrated with frontispiece, 29 full-page plates, and some in-text illustrations. German text by Fedor von Zobeltitz. All full-page plates have captioned tissue guards. Cities: Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Louvain and Mechelen. Pictorial boards are somewhat age toned and bumped at the edges. The ribbon ties are still attached, but front ones are broken. Lacks slipcase. Inside excellent. 39, [1] + 29 plates. 340 x 260 mm (13½ x 10¼ inches).
Book ID: 3639More details Price: £75.00 -
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). 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. 376 pp
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. First edition. 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. 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. viii, [viii], 1-454 pp
Book ID: 1506More details Price: £250.00 -
Compte Rendu. A collection of 18 aquatint views and 11 hand-coloured costumes.
Amsterdam: E. Maaskamp, 1812. First edition. A beautiful bound volume, with 29 plates produced by Maaskamp between 1807 and 1812. These are comprised of 18 Aquatint engravings and 11 hand coloured pictures of traditional Dutch peasant costumes. The binding is in period red leather, with gilt title and decoration. The binding is in very nice, if slightly rubbed condition. The plates are in excellent condition, many with tissue guards, and in a clean and tidy state. 210 by 140 mm (8¼ by 5½ inches).
Book ID: 2237More details Price: £300.00 -
Costumes Suisses.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1938More details Price: £400.00 -
De opmaat tot de Opstand: Zeeland en het centraal gezag (1566-1572)
Hilversum: Verloren BV, 2009. Hardcover eerste druk. Auteur gesigneerde opdracht aan het lokaal historisch genootschap te Tholen, op de titelpagina. In prima staat. Er is een kleine inktstempel van de plaatselijke geschiedenisvereniging bij de opdracht van de auteur op de titelpagina. Verder smetteloos exemplaar. 266 pagina's. 245 x 165 mm (9¾ x 6½ inch).
Book ID: 2666More details Price: £35.00 -
Douglas Gordon k.364. A journey by train.
Book ID: 3774More details Price: £65.00 -
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. Eight 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. The leather boards are clean and tidy, with a little darkening / foxing to the skin. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 200 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).
Book ID: 2066More details Price: £150.00 -
Erinnerung an England. Den Katholiken Deutschlands Gewidmet. [Memories of England, dedicated to the Catholics of Germany]
Edition: First Edition
Munchen / Munich: 1840. Blue / grey paper covers. Sewn. Heavy rag paper. Printed in Gothic script. Woodcut illustration to the title page. Text in German throughout. An account of a tour of England. It seems mainly to have been visits to Catholics, and much of the text is commenting on religious matters. The book ends with a litany / prayer for England. 48 pp.
Condition: The covers are clean and tidy, with just a touch of marking. Likewise, the text is clean throughout. An attractive copy.
Book ID: 1310More details Price: £6.00 -
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: £100.00 -
Graphic Illustrations of the Most Prominent Features of the French Capital; With Characteristic Figures in the Foregrounds Comprised in Twelve Stroke Engravings, From Accurate Designs Taken in Paris During the Imperial Reign of Buonaparte
Book ID: 4090More details Price: £2,000.00 -
Guide-souvenir dans les Pyrénées, dédié aux touristes. Première partie. Haute-Garonne, Luchon et les vallées du Lys, de l'Arboust, d'Oo ou d'Astau, de L'Hospice, des Etangs, de Barbe et d'Aran, plus de 40 dessins avec texte et une carte par P. Gorse
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1878More details Price: £300.00 -
Hotel Formentor, Mallorca, Iles Baleares.
Book ID: 4107More details Price: £100.00 -
Kaart van het gebied in het noorden van Nederland getroffen door de overstromingen in 1825.
Book ID: 2185More details Price: £120.00