Search Results: Titles starting with T from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

London: Jonathan Cape, c. 1934. The book is in very good condition. Maps and pictures are clean and crisp. Lacks its dust jacket, . Edition: First Edition. First impression., Binding: Contemporary red cloth. Gilt title on top cover. Publisher’s device blind stamped on bottom cover. Gilt title on spine. , Notes: A biography on the famous T. E. Lawrence, better known as, “Lawrence of Arabia.” In fact, there are many who consider this volume to be the first serious biography on the man that was devoid of the rampant sensationalism that plagued other volumes about his life. That being said, the author, Liddell Hart, still puts Lawrence on a high pedestal. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895 – 1970) was an English soldier, military historian and military theorist. He is often credited with greatly influencing the development of armoured warfare, although some research casts some doubt on the extent of his influence upon the pre-war German military.Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888 –1935) was an… Read More

Toronto: William Briggs, c. 1913. Some minor wear but otherwise the book is in very good condition. Plates are clean and crisp.. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Original Publisher’s brown cloth boards. Gilt text and ornamentation on top cover. Gilt text and ornamentation on spine. , Notes: Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an American-English writer of plays and prose fiction. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911). , Size: 8vo (192x132mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven illustrations by Charles S. Chapman. , Category: Book Literature

Amsterdam: Printed for Zachariah Chatelain, c. 1733. Corners slightly bumped, occasional faint browning; faint dampstains to blank margins of final plate and final few leaves; otherwise text and plates clean and crisp; a bright, near fine copy in full contemporary mottled calf.. Edition: First Edition in English, Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, seven raised bands with gilt morocco title on two and elaborate floral gilt design on remaining compartments; edges marbled. , Notes: First Edition in English; published the same year as the French edition. Illustrated with Picart’s magnificent engravings, each within an ornate border, depicting fables of the ancient world, many from Ovid. The text is by Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais., Size: Folio (297x468mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with additional engraved allegorical title-page dated 1732 by B. Picart, red- black title with printer’s device dated 1729 and 60 full-page plates captioned in French, English, German and Dutch engraved by… Read More

Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1962. Lacks dust jacket. Text clean; in very good condition. . Binding: Original full red cloth hard cover. Spine with lettering and fillets in gilt. , Notes: With foreword by the Honourable John P. Robarts, Prime Minister of Ontario. , Size: 4to. (237x161mm), Illustration: Illustrated with photograph of painting of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe., Volume: Vol. I of two. , Provenance: Upper pasted endpaper signed Jan D. Townley., Pages: [xciv], 368, Category: Book Canada

Toronto: The Champlain Society, c. 1962. . Lacks dust jacket; otherwise in good condition. . Binding: Original full red cloth hard cover. Spine with lettering and fillets in gilt. , Notes: With foreword by the Honourable John P. Robarts, Prime Minister of Ontario., Size: 4to. (237x161mm), Illustration: Illustrated with photograph of painting of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe., Volume: Vol. I of two. , Pages: [xciv], 368, Category: Book Canada

Vienna, 1566. Excellent. Notes: Text in verso in latin., Size : 330x448 (mm), 13x17.625 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: ; Maps Europe Romania

England, 1865. Very Good; folding map flattened on acid free tissue paper. Notes: "For many years Sir Clements Markham's reputation was established throughout the world as the leading British geographer." (National Biography)He served as president of the Royal Geographical Society for 12 years and as president of the Hakluyt Society for 20. He dedicated much of his time to translating and publishing old exploration books from Spanish to English, and this map served as a companion to his translation of Jose de Acosta's "Natural and Moral History of the Indies" (1880)., Size : 630x665 (mm), 24.80x26.18 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Reference: National Biography (1912-1921) 367-368., Category: Maps Folding Maps;Maps South America Countries;

Amsterdam, 1690. Excellent; one light browning spot on left margin. Size : 345x455 (mm), 13.625x17.875 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Asia Near East Turkey

Leipzig, 1741. Very Good. Notes: Spectacul mid 18th century World map, California as an island with various Astronomical features., Size : 200x236 (mm), 7.87x9.29 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps World;

Amsterdam, 1690. Excellent. Size : 343x317 (mm), 13.5x12.5 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Europe France

Amsterdam, 1690. Excellent. Size : 345x410 (mm), 13.625x16.125 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Europe Germany

Amsterdam, 1690. Excellent. Size : 355x460 (mm), 14x18.125 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Europe Balkans

Rome, c.1790. Very Good. Notes: From the series "Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma"., Image Size : 230x348 (mm), 9.06x13.70 (Inches), Platemark Size : 267x357 (mm), 10.51x14.06 (Inches), Paper Size : 316x415 (mm), 12.44x16.34 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Artist Piranesi Others; Architectural Piranesi;

Venice, 1832. Very Good. Size : 378x630 (mm), 14.875x24.75 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps World

Rome, c. 1790. Very Good. Notes: Wilton-Ely 596.From the series "Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma"., Image Size : 230x347 (mm), 9.06x13.66 (Inches), Platemark Size : 270x354 (mm), 10.63x13.94 (Inches), Paper Size : 314x407 (mm), 12.36x16.02 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Artist Piranesi Others;Architectural Piranesi;

Paris: Le Rouge, c. 1779. Excellent;. Notes: This charming map of Tobago is extensively annotated with French text, and displays two inset maps, one of Courland Bay (Mt Irving Bay), and one of Man of War Bay. Scarce publication Jefferys map in French by Le Rouge., Size : 493x630 (mm), 19.41x24.80 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Sea Chart;Maps West Indies Other Islands;

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company. , 1949.. Very good example. Jacket worn, tearing at folds, small pieces lacking from top and bottom of spine. Small inked notation on front free endpaper.. Edition: First Edition., Binding: Full red cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. With publisher’s dust jacket ($2.75). , Notes: William Robertson Davies (1913 – 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors. , Size: 8vo. (205 x 140 mm), Pages: 248 pp., Category: Book Literature;

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1949. Dustjacket in poor condition, still intact, but rear panel shows some water damage with red dye from lower board seeping through. Book in very good condition.. Binding: Red cloth hardback, flat spine. Dustjacket included., Size: 8vo, Category: Book Modern

Paris, 1650. Very Good; light age toning; some browning on lower half of the map. Size : 547x433 (mm), 21.5x17 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: ; Maps Misc (Curiosities, Title Pages, Games, etc.)

Bruxelles, 1827. Good; some restoration in lower left corner.. Notes: From Vandermaelen's "Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Mineralogique", Brusseles, 1827., Size : 478x567 (mm), 18.75x22.25 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: Maps North America;; Maps Central America