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VOYAGE AUX INDES ORIENTALES ET A LA CHINE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI, DEPUIS 1774 JUSQU'EN 1781: DANS LEQUEL ON TRAITE DES MOEURS, DE LA RELIGION, DES SCIENCES & DES ARTS DES INDIENS, DES CHINOIS, DES PÉGOUINS, & DES MADÉGASSES ; SUIVI D'OBSERVATIONS SUR LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE, LES ISLES DE FRANCE &C DE BOURBON, LES MALDIVES, CEYLAN, MALACCA, LES PHILIPPINES & LES MOLUQUES, & DE RECHERCHES SUR L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE CES PAYS by SONNERAT, M. (Pierre) - 1782

by SONNERAT, M. (Pierre)

VOYAGE AUX INDES ORIENTALES ET A LA CHINE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI, DEPUIS 1774 JUSQU'EN 1781: DANS LEQUEL ON TRAITE DES MOEURS, DE LA RELIGION, DES SCIENCES & DES ARTS DES INDIENS, DES CHINOIS, DES PÉGOUINS, & DES MADÉGASSES ; SUIVI D'OBSERVATIONS SUR LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE, LES ISLES DE FRANCE &C DE BOURBON, LES MALDIVES, CEYLAN, MALACCA, LES PHILIPPINES & LES MOLUQUES, & DE RECHERCHES SUR L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE CES PAYS by SONNERAT, M. (Pierre) - 1782

VOYAGE AUX INDES ORIENTALES ET A LA CHINE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI, DEPUIS 1774 JUSQU'EN 1781: DANS LEQUEL ON TRAITE DES MOEURS, DE LA RELIGION, DES SCIENCES & DES ARTS DES INDIENS, DES CHINOIS, DES PÉGOUINS, & DES MADÉGASSES ; SUIVI D'OBSERVATIONS SUR LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE, LES ISLES DE FRANCE &C DE BOURBON, LES MALDIVES, CEYLAN, MALACCA, LES PHILIPPINES & LES MOLUQUES, & DE RECHERCHES SUR L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE CES PAYS

by SONNERAT, M. (Pierre)

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Paris: Chez l'Auteur, Froule, Nyon, Barrois, le jeune, 1782. First Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate of W. W. Rockhill on front pastedowns. Scattered light foxing, a few plates and leaves toned. Near Fine. Two quarto (/8" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in contemporary gilt-ruled calf leather sympathetically rebacked preserving the gilt-decorated spines with morocco spine labels;[iii] - [xvi], 317, [1]; [x], v - viii, 298 pages with the list of subscribers bound in volume 2 following the title page, half titles lacking. Illustrated with 140 full-page engravings, including several double page, of native life and natural history engraved by Poisson from drawings by Sonnerat. The author traveled to the Maldives, Ceylon, the Phillipines, China, Burma, Madagascar, the Cape of Good Hope, and elsewhere. A much less desirable octavo edition was published in the same year.

Brunet V, 442: "Pour la beaute des epreuves, cette edition est preferable a celle de 1806"; Cordier, Sinica II, 2102; Hill 1608: a "celebrated classic of natural history exploration and discoveries in the Far East"; Nissen IVB 886; Pritzel 8774; Wood 577; Zimmer 597.
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  • Publisher Chez l'Auteur, Froule, Nyon, Barrois, le jeune
  • Place of Publication Paris
  • Date Published 1782
  • Keywords Illustrated Books, Natural History, Ornithology, Far East, Plants, Birds, China, India, Maldives, Philippines, Ceylon, 18th Century, Botany
Charts and plates to La Pérouse's voyage.
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Atlas to the English edition of the report of the famous voyage around the world by La Pérouse, who - in addition to Bougainville and Cook - contributed decisively to the exploration of the Pacific region. Without the two text volumes.
Description: Contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper boards. Flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Quarto: 44 × 28.5 cm; unpag., 1 engr. frontispiece, 1 engr. title page and 67 full-page copper-engraved plates, thereof are: 37 plates and 30 maps (20 fold-outs).
Ref.: Boucher i, p. 149-54; Cox i, 67; Sabin 3896
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Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinee, dans lequel on trouve la description des Lieux, des Observations...
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Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinee, dans lequel on trouve la description des Lieux, des Observations physiques & morales, & des details relatifs a l'Histoire Naturelle dans le regne animal & le regen vegetal

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Paris: Chez Ruault. 1776. 1st edition, sm quarto. text in French, pp.206, (ii), complete with half-title, finely engraved frontispiece and 120 engraved plates of which plates 90 and 91 are on one plate, 6 plates folding, light offsetting, scattered light foxing, 'Roehampton’ in ink on preliminary blank and another contemporary prev. owner's ink inscr on verso half-title 'Holbrook?, 12 January 1780', bookplate of Western Australian anthropologist (D'Arcy Ryan), loosely inserted folded manuscript map on tracing paper (possibly made by Ryan) showing a route from Ceylon to the Philippines, around Borneo to Timor and then onto Mauritius, hand made marbled e.p.s, and all edges marbled, professionally rebacked, original contemporary French binding of patterned calf sides, a little worn otherwise, very good condition First edition of Sonnerat's first voyage to New Guinea and the FIRST depiction of the Australian 'Kookaburra' drawn from a specimen collected… Read More
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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South American Journals 1858-1859

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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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A Holiday in Italy

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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone

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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the...
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal

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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and...
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.

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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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A Naturalist in the Guianas
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A Naturalist in the Guianas

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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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Freddy And Mr. Camphor
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Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.
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