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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
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- First edition
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- 1897
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SGD 340.95
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Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Twain's travels in Australia, New Zealand and India. Large 8vo. 712pp. B&w frontis portrait, b&w ills in text. With the signature 11 at bottom of page 161 as called for by BAL. Pictorial gilt decorated inlay of elephant on front cover, gold gilt title and decoration at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph
by Lawrence, T. E.
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- 1936
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SGD 34.10
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. Hardcover. Good +. The autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. Later edition, an account of the 1916 Arab revolt against the Ottomans, written… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824
by Waterton, Charles
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- 1825
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London: Printed for J. Mawman, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. A presentation binding of this work by the English explorer, naturalist and expert in taxidermy, Charles Waterton (1781-1865) with the frontispiece portrait of the strange creature he claimed to have witnessed, called "A Nondescript", part man and part animal. The work provided an early description of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Vale of Calaat. Plate XXII. Aquatint
by Salt, Henry after
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- 1809
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London: William Miller, 1809. Very good condition. Stunning full hand colored aquatint depicting the Chetzin Calat in the Tigray region of present day Ethiopia (then known as Abyssinia). Three tribal men carrying spears stand in the foreground of a sweeping desert valley framed by rock formations in the distance.
From Henry Salt's best known work, "Twenty-Four Views… Read more about this item Item Price
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Femme de l'Ile de Santorin (Archipel grec Cotes d'asie). Lithograph
by [Greece; Santorini] Deveria, Achille
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- 1832
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SGD 375.04
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Paris: Goupil et Vibert, Bulla et Delarue, 1832. Very good condition. Richly colored hand colored lithograph highlighted with gum arabic, depicting a woman from the Greek island of Santorini in beautiful traditional garb, full trousers with flowing overskirts, full sleeved blouse and head scarf.
From Deveria's 'Costumes historiques de ville ou de théâtre et travestissemens'. Achille Devéria… Read more about this item Item Price
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A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters
by Moore, John
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- Seventh Edition
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- 1789
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SGD 197.75
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London: A. Printed For A.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1789. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good - condition. An account of Dr. Moore's observations on the social customs and culture he observed on a tour with the Duke of Hamilton through France, Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia and Austria. Moore met with Voltaire at Ferney and Frederick the Great in Berlin.
2 Volumes… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 197.75
Missionary Travels And Researches In South Africa; Including A Sketch Of Sixteen Years Residence In The Interior Of Africa ..
by Livingstone, David
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- First American edition
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- 1858
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SGD 136.38
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. First American edition. Hardcover. Good condition. First American Edition of one of the most important nineteenth century accounts of African exploration with 2 Arrowsmith maps in very good condition.
Livingstone describes his missionary activities and travels in South Africa from 1841 to 1853 and his first major expedition, the Trans-Africa… Read more about this item Item Price
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Domestic Manners of the Americans
by Trollope, Mrs
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- Second edition
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- 1832
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SGD 238.66
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London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co, 1832. Second edition. Hardcover. Good overall. Account of Frances Milton Trollope (mother of writer Anthony Trollope) of her 1827 trip to America, including a visit to the utopian Tennessee community of Nashoba founded to educate & emancipate slaves, and her stay in Cincinnati. An early critique of American exceptionalism.
8vo, 304pp; 303pp,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 238.66
My Life As An Explorer
by Hedin, Sven
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- 1925
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SGD 88.65
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Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Good + condition. Account of the extensive travels of the Swedish explorer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer, and illustrator. Hedin made four expeditions to Central Asia & Europe, as well as visits to Constantinople, the Caucasus, Tehran, Mesopotamia, lndia, China, Asiatic Russia, and Japan.
4to, 544pp. Buff… Read more about this item Item Price
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Borobudur
by Frederic, Louis (text); Jean-Louis Nou (photographer)
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- First American edition
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- 1996
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SGD 204.57
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New York: Abbeville Press, Inc., 1996. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Magnificent photography by Jean-Louis Nou of this important Buddhist holy site in Java, in this encyclopedic work which examines Borodudur's historical background, architecture and symbolism.
Large folio, 347pp printed on thick artist paper. This volume is bound in white cloth and has clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 204.57
Siam. 2nd Rural Economic Survey 1934-1935
by Andrews, James
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SGD 170.48
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Cambridge: Peabody Museum. Wraps. Good +. Survey performed under the joint auspices of the Siamese government and Harvard. Contents include farming, fishing, handicrafts, labor, trade, annual income, expenditures, agricultural credit, total income & expenditure, and economic development.
Tall 8vo, viii, errata slip, 396pp. Green paper wrappers. Front wrapper detached, chipped lower corner. Internally very good condition,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 170.48
Paris Sketches. With letter of presentation and some notes on the issue
by Nordau, Max
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- Second edition
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- 1890
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Chicago: L. Schick, 1890. Second edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Presentation copy from the publisher to the translator Frederick F. Schrader, of a number of the essays in the book. With a loosely inserted letter headed letter from the publisher dated March 17, 1890.
Max Nordau (1849 - 1923) was an author, social critic and Zionist leader.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Travaux de la Cour Permanente d'Arbitrage de la Haye
by Scott, James Brown (Introduction)
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- First printing
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- 1921
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. First printing. Hardcover. Good +. Collection of official documents including sentences and results of arbitration to do with cases submitted to the international court at The Hague between 1899 and 1907. Includes a lengthy article on the arbitration over Timor, with color maps (L'Affaire de l'Ile de Timor, pp377 - 424) concerning the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Great Australian Bush Its Wonders and Beauty
by Bailey, Edward P. (Col.)
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- 1930
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- Ephemera
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 115.92
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San Marino, California, 1930. Ephemera. Very good overall. Travel brochure with striking b&w illustration of Aborigine holding a spear, against a bright orange background. With a double spread of captioned images of Aborigines, with white man in pith helmet at center (Col. Bailey most likely). The captions read "Three old men of Arunta Tribe", "Bark Gunyah, or aborigine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes From Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile
by Taylor, Bayard
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- Tenth printing
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- 1854
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SGD 272.76
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New York: Putnam, 1854. Tenth printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. Account of an American traveler's 1852 Nile journey, with a wonderful blind stamped bookseller's stamp at the title page, for Tysoe & Cowan Booksellers and Stationers, Main St., Danbury Ct. Also with the signature of the presumed first owner, John G. Meder, Danbury 1855 at the ffep.
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Twenty Years in Persia. A Narrative of Life under the Last Three Shahs
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- First edition
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- 1908
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SGD 102.28
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New York: Fleming H. Revell Co, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Contents include: Kurds & Nestorians, bandits of Kurdistan, life on Turco Persian frontier, Teheran, Tabriz, Kum, Sultanabad, Hamadan, Persian topography, language & religion of Persia, medical missions in Persia, American missions in Persia, Persian government, reform movement and more.
8vo, 349pp, ills. Green… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.28
The American Universal Geography, or a view of the present state of all the kingdoms, states, and colonies in the known world. Vol II
by Morse, Jedidiah
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- Seventh edition
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- 1819
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SGD 102.28
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Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1819. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Second volume of two, complete in itself, with much material on China (pp481 - 527) and Australasia. On Australia, "Some have supposed that this extensive region, when more thoroughly investigated, would be found to consist of two, three, or more vast islands, intersected by narrow seas. This… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Danube, Its History, Scenery, and Topography
by Bartlett, W. Henry; William Beattie, ed
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- 1844
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SGD 1,295.61
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London: George Virtue, Ivy Lane, 1844. Hardcover. Very good overall. Beautifully engraved views of the Danube, from Ulm, Passau, Linz, Kloster Neuberg, Vienna, Budapest, Pesth, Belgrade, and Sulineh. Thick 4to, 236 pp, teg, a wide margin copy. With vignette title page, frontispiece portrait, map, 78 full page steel engravings, woodcut engravings in text by W. H. Bartlett. Internally,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gli Elementi Della Storia. Ovvero Cio Che Bisogna Sapere Della Cronologia, Della Geographia, Del Blasone, Della Storia Universale, Delle Monarche Antiche, e Delle Monarchie Novelle
by De Vallemont, Abbe Pierre Le Lorrain
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- First Italian Edition
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- 1700
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SGD 1,022.85
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Venezia: Presso Girolamo Albrizzi, 1700. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. A world history and geography by the Abbe Pierre Le Lorrain de Vallemont (1649 - 1721) French antiquary and scientist from Rouen, who wrote this world history and also works on scientific & numismatic topics. The first French edition appeared in 1696 and was updated and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Paysan des Environs de Berne [with] Laitiere des environs de Berne; and Paysan des Environs de Berne [with] Paysanne des Environs de Berne
by Grasset de Saint Sauveur, Jacques
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- 1830
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SGD 81.83
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Paris: Pavard, 1830. Very good condition. Set of four hand colored engravings from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Engraved by Jean Marie Mixelle. Four separate prints of man and woman dressed in native garb of Bern, Switzerland. Image size 4 1/2 x 7" Item Price
SGD 81.83