Reisen in der Alten Welt.
München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.
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Books on Irish History, Art & Design, Economics & Social Sciences, History and Culture.
Books on Irish History, Art & Design, Economics & Social Sciences, History and Culture.
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An Abridgment of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere by Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Three Volumes.
The Seventh Edition. One Volume. London, Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, 1794. 17 x 10 cm. xxiv, 442 pages plus 14 pages Index and two pages of publishers list. With seven full page engraved plates. Full calf. Contemporary boards, later rebacked in a matching style with new leather spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Occassional mild foxing. lacks front free end paper, folded plate and map. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed on title page. A few nicks, dog ears and closed tears. Internally clean. A nice little book with some striking illustrations of Polar Bear (‘White Bear’), Shooting Sea Horses, Manner of Travelling in Kamchatka and others.
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Across the Pampas and the Andes. With a Map and Illustrations.
First Edition. London, Longman, Green, & Co., 1884. 19 x 12.5 cm. xxii, (2), 344 pages. Complete with nine Plates and a large folded colour map in the back of the book. New (2022) maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Authors ‘Compliment Slip’ on front free end paper (see photo). Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A very nice copy.
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Caribbean Vagabond.
First Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1968. 21 x 13 cm. 207 pages. With B&W photos. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Some age darkening. Some wear to dust jacket and long closed tears. See images.
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Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona. A Popular Illustrated Account of its Rocks and Origin.
Seventh Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Kansas City, MO, Fred Harvey, 1923. 20 x 14 cm. 74 pages (6)[Maps and Index]. Original dark blue stiff paper covers. Matching end papers. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.
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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.
Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.
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From Paris to New York by Land. With Illsutrations from Photographs by the Author and Maps of the Route.
London, George Newnes Ltd., 1904. 21 x 14 cm. xiii, 311 pages, two folding colour maps and Plates. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly age darkened and foxed. Gift inscription.
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The Conquest of New Spain. Translated and introduced by J.M. Cohen.
London, The Folio Society, 1974. 25cm x 16cm. 351 pages. With 16 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original Slipcase. Excellent, close to new. Green gilt decorated cloth boards in brown slip-case and maps on endpapers.
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An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or, Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. in some of the German States bordering the Rhine.
First Edition. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 21 x 13 cm. 525 pages. Half title and title page are preceeded by two pages of publishers list. No maps or illustrations. Later quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Dark blue morroco label with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. A bright clean copy in a sturdy binding.
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Rome Ancient and Modern and Its Environs.
First Edition. Four Volumes – Complete. Rome, Printed for the Author by Crispino Puccinelli, 1842 – 1844. 21 x 13.5 cm Vol.1: xxvi, 652 pages with one folding map and five Plates / Vol.2: 508 pages with three Plates / Vol.3: pages 507-1074 with 21 Plates / Vol.4: 933 pages with 30 Plates. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Red speckled edges. Black spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Raised bands. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small stamp (‘Canon McNamara Bequest 1956’) and a number in ink on all four front paste downs and on one page in each volume (see image). Internally very clean. A very nice complete set.
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