SINCLAIR, Upton.
The Metropolis.
Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1908. First Canadian edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration on upper cover, 376pp. Some minor rubbing to foot of the spine o/w a near fine copy.
Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1908. First Canadian edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration on upper cover, 376pp. Some minor rubbing to foot of the spine o/w a near fine copy.
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SINCLAIR, Upton.
The Overman.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. First edition. Some minor rubbing to spine ends o/w a near fine copy.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. First edition. Some minor rubbing to spine ends o/w a near fine copy.
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SINCLAIR, William F. (editor).
The Travels of Pedro Teixeira; With His "Kings of Harmuz," And Extracts From His "Kings of Persia." Translated and edited by....
Liechtenstein: Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society....Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint of Second Series, Vol. IX. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, cviii, 292pp. Fine.
Liechtenstein: Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society....Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint of Second Series, Vol. IX. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, cviii, 292pp. Fine.
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SINGELTON, Esther. (editor).
Switzerland As Described by Great Writers. Collected and Edited by.....
New York: Dodd Mead, 1908. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, 346pp. Mark from removal of bookplate, rubber stamp on title but in fact a fine copy in a nice binding.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1908. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, 346pp. Mark from removal of bookplate, rubber stamp on title but in fact a fine copy in a nice binding.
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SINGLETON, Esther.
London As Seen and Described by Famous Writers. Edited and Translated by.... New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905. Later edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 350pp. Bookplate o/w near fine.
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SIRI, Vittorio.
Bollo di D. Vittorio Sir Consigliere Di Stato, Et Historiograso della Maesta Christianiss Nel Mercurio Veridico Del > Sig. Dottore Birago Al Serenissimo Sig. Principe De Modona Alfonso D'Este.
Modona: Per Bartolomeo Soliani, 1653. First edition. Sm.4to., rebound in 20th century marble paper boards, label, (8), 232pp. [4 l. A-Ff4] A fine copy.
Vittorio Sir [1608-1685] born in Parma, studied literature and mathematics at a monastery. He published works on geometry that made his reputation and he became the chair of mathematics at Venice. He became acquainted with the Ambassador of France and developed a taste for political discussions and he acted as an interpreter in the negotiations between Austria and Spain. Siri had a great deal of influence in the inner courts of France and Modena and published political works.
Modona: Per Bartolomeo Soliani, 1653. First edition. Sm.4to., rebound in 20th century marble paper boards, label, (8), 232pp. [4 l. A-Ff4] A fine copy.
Vittorio Sir [1608-1685] born in Parma, studied literature and mathematics at a monastery. He published works on geometry that made his reputation and he became the chair of mathematics at Venice. He became acquainted with the Ambassador of France and developed a taste for political discussions and he acted as an interpreter in the negotiations between Austria and Spain. Siri had a great deal of influence in the inner courts of France and Modena and published political works.
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SISMONDI, J.C.L. Simonde de.
Histoire De La Renaissance De La Liberte En Itale, De Ses Progres, De Sa Decadence Et De Sa Chute; Par.......
Paris: Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, ..... 1832. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo., rebound withe a cloth spine, marble boards, leather label, (iv), 332; 284pp. Bookplate, foxing throughout o/w very good.
Paris: Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, ..... 1832. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo., rebound withe a cloth spine, marble boards, leather label, (iv), 332; 284pp. Bookplate, foxing throughout o/w very good.
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SITWELL, Sacheverell.
Arabesque and Honeycomb. London: Robert Hale, (1957). First edition. Cloth, 224pp. Name erased from e/paper, spine slightly faded but still a very nice copy in a d/w with tape repair, very good. This book is primarily an account of the sensation of seeing the coloured mosques of Isfahan....During the course of the journey, Sitwell also journey to Damascus, Petra, Jerusalem and a number of other Middle Eastern cities.
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SKELTON, John.
Charles I.
Paris: Goupil & Co, Jean Boussod, Manzi Joyant & Co., 1898. Folio, cont. half green morocco, buckram, raised bands, elaborate gilt compartments, leather spine labels, T.E.G., v, 185pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy in a handsome binding.
Paris: Goupil & Co, Jean Boussod, Manzi Joyant & Co., 1898. Folio, cont. half green morocco, buckram, raised bands, elaborate gilt compartments, leather spine labels, T.E.G., v, 185pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy in a handsome binding.
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SKRINE, C.P.
Chinese Central Asia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First U.S. edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig.cloth, xvi, 306pp. Spine gilt a bit dull o/w a near fine copy in the remains of the d/w; the rear panel is missing but the flaps and the upper wrapper are present but chipped. "The author was appointed the Consul-General at Kashgar, and started off from Strinigar to Kashgar through Gilgit, Hunza, Mintaka Pass and Takqurghan in 1922 on a journey of two and a quarter years. Then he explored Qungur peaks, and made tours to Yarkand, Khotan and Keriya."
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SLADEN, Douglas and Norma Lorimer.
More Queer Things About Japan. To which are added "The Letters of Will Adams" written from Japan, 1611-1617, reprinted by special permission.....
London: Anthony Treherne & Co., 1904. First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. wine buckram, xl, (484)pp. Bookplate, binding rubbed but certainly a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
London: Anthony Treherne & Co., 1904. First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. wine buckram, xl, (484)pp. Bookplate, binding rubbed but certainly a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
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SLATIN, Rudolf C.
Fire and Sword In The Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting And Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895. By Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha. Translated by Major F.R. Wingate. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Second edition. Tall thick 8vo., recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels, (xx), 636, 32pp.ads dated "March 1896." Fine.
Sir Rudolf Slatin [1857-1932] Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Slatin made his first journey to the Sudan at age 17, reaching Khartum in 1875. He went through Kordofan to Dar Nuba, exploring the mountains of the region. Slatin met Emin Pasha who later recommended Slatin to General Gordon for employments in the Sudan. Although Slatin returned to Austria for a time, he received a letter from Gordon and returned to the Sudan in 1879, and was appointed Governor of Dara a post he held until 1881. In 1881 he was appointed Governor General of Darfur. In this position he dealt with revolts and endeavored to remedy abuses. Soon he met the rising power of the Madhi Mohammed Ahmed. Early in 1882 the Arabs were in revolt and without reinforcements and sufficient resources Slatin was forced to surrender in 1883. When he refused to co-operate by helping to secure Gordon's surrender, Slatin was placed in chains and held in captivity for 11 years. After 11 years, he was helped to escape by Major Wingate, of Egyptian Intelligence, reaching Egypt in 1885. Slatin recorded his experiences in " the remarkable book, Fire and Sword, issued in 1896, Slatin gave not only a personal narrative of fighting and serving but also a connected account of the Sudan under the rule of the Khalifa."
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Second edition. Tall thick 8vo., recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels, (xx), 636, 32pp.ads dated "March 1896." Fine.
Sir Rudolf Slatin [1857-1932] Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Slatin made his first journey to the Sudan at age 17, reaching Khartum in 1875. He went through Kordofan to Dar Nuba, exploring the mountains of the region. Slatin met Emin Pasha who later recommended Slatin to General Gordon for employments in the Sudan. Although Slatin returned to Austria for a time, he received a letter from Gordon and returned to the Sudan in 1879, and was appointed Governor of Dara a post he held until 1881. In 1881 he was appointed Governor General of Darfur. In this position he dealt with revolts and endeavored to remedy abuses. Soon he met the rising power of the Madhi Mohammed Ahmed. Early in 1882 the Arabs were in revolt and without reinforcements and sufficient resources Slatin was forced to surrender in 1883. When he refused to co-operate by helping to secure Gordon's surrender, Slatin was placed in chains and held in captivity for 11 years. After 11 years, he was helped to escape by Major Wingate, of Egyptian Intelligence, reaching Egypt in 1885. Slatin recorded his experiences in " the remarkable book, Fire and Sword, issued in 1896, Slatin gave not only a personal narrative of fighting and serving but also a connected account of the Sudan under the rule of the Khalifa."
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SLATIN, Rudolf C.
Fire and Sword In The Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting And Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895. By Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha. Translated by Major F.R. Wingate. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly. London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Third edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. maroon cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt, (xx), 636, 32pp.ads dated "April 1896." Some scattered foxing, heavier on prelims o/w a near fine copy. Sir Rudolf Slatin [1857-1932] Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Slatin made his first journey to the Sudan at age 17, reaching Khartum in 1875. He went through Kordofan to Dar Nuba, exploring the mountains of the region. Slatin met Emin Pasha who later recommended Slatin to General Gordon for employments in the Sudan. Although Slatin returned to Austria for a time, he received a letter from Gordon and returned to the Sudan in 1879, and was appointed Governor of Dara a post he held until 1881. In 1881 he was appointed Governor General of Darfur. In this position he dealt with revolts and endeavored to remedy abuses. Soon he met the rising power of the Madhi Mohammed Ahmed. Early in 1882 the Arabs were in revolt and without reinforcements and sufficient resources Slatin was forced to surrender in 1883. When he refused to co-operate by helping to secure Gordon's surrender, Slatin was placed in chains and held in captivity for 11 years. After 11 years, he was helped to escape by Major Wingate, of Egyptian Intelligence, reaching Egypt in 1885. Slatin recorded his experiences in " the remarkable book, Fire and Sword, issued in 1896, Slatin gave not only a personal narrative of fighting and serving but also a connected account of the Sudan under the rule of the Khalifa."
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SLAVERY).
Adventures of an African Slaver. Being a True Account of the Life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in Gold, Ivory & Slaves on the Coast of Guinea: His Own Story as told in the Year 1854 to Brantz Mayer. Now Edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley.
New York: Charles & Albert Boni, 1928. Third printing. Cloth backed boards, (376)pp. Some rubbing o/w very good.
New York: Charles & Albert Boni, 1928. Third printing. Cloth backed boards, (376)pp. Some rubbing o/w very good.
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SLEIGH, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Pine Forests And Hacmatack Clearings; Or,Travel, Life and Adventure, in The British North American Provinces.
London: Richard Bentley, 1853. First edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in full read calf,raised bands, leather spine label, xvi, 408pp. Small blindstamp on the titlepage o/w a near fine copy.
TPL 3391, Lande 2205, Sabin 82126.
London: Richard Bentley, 1853. First edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in full read calf,raised bands, leather spine label, xvi, 408pp. Small blindstamp on the titlepage o/w a near fine copy.
TPL 3391, Lande 2205, Sabin 82126.
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SMEDTS, Matthew.
No Tobacco No Hallelujah. A Tale of a Visit to the Stone Age Capaukoos. London: William Kimber, (1955). First edition. Cloth, xii,13-204, (2)pp.ads. Near fine in d/w. An account of a mission among the Capaukoos, one of the most bizarre tribes in the stone age communities of New Guinea.
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SMITH, Edwin and Andrew Dale.
The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia.
New York: University Books, (1968). In two volumes. (Reprint of the first edition of 1920). Cloth, xxvii, 423; xiv, 433pp. Fine in d/w's.
"A great classic of African ethnology, this is one of the most comprehensive accounts available of the life of an African people (in what is now Zambia) at the turn of the century, before they had been greatly altered by the impact of the new political and economic forces which were to change the African scene.
New York: University Books, (1968). In two volumes. (Reprint of the first edition of 1920). Cloth, xxvii, 423; xiv, 433pp. Fine in d/w's.
"A great classic of African ethnology, this is one of the most comprehensive accounts available of the life of an African people (in what is now Zambia) at the turn of the century, before they had been greatly altered by the impact of the new political and economic forces which were to change the African scene.
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(SMITH, Goldwin)
The Bystander A Monthly Review of Current Events, Canadian and General. Vol 1 January To December 1860; Vol. II January to June 1881; Vol III January to October 1883. Toronto: Hunter Rose, 1880-1883 Complete in three volumes as publication was suspended from July 1881-Dec. 1882, 1884-1888. A fourth volume, New Series, was published Oct. 1889-Sept. 1890. Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels. Fine. It is unusual to find the three volumes together. In his entry for Goldwin Smith in the DCB, Ramsay Cook states that this periodical was Smith's "own one-man show, The Bystander, subtitled 'A monthly review of current events, Canadian and general.'The performance was a breathtaking one. For three years Smith’s outpourings filled its pages with brilliant, opinionated comment on virtually every political, cultural, and intellectual development in Europe and North America. He was determined to broaden the mental horizons of Canadians and by 1880 was pleased to admit that “the great questions of religious philosophy are beginning to engage a good many Canadian minds.” He expounded Adam Smith’s political economy, denounced women’s suffrage as a threat to the family, warned of the dangers of Herbert Spencer’s social Darwinism, castigated Bismarck, expatiated on the Eastern Question, and sniped at Disraeli. He even found space, when Sarah Bernhardt visited Canada in 1881, to agree with Bishop Édouard-Charles Fabre* and the Presbyterian (Montreal) in condemning her for her unsanctified liaisons. The Bystander’s suspicious eye frequently detected clerical power in Quebec and Ireland, and Jewish control over the European press. When Smith decided to give his active pen a rest in June 1881, he had established himself as a vigorous intellectual voice in Canada. A second series of the Bystander, this time published quarterly from January to October 1883, began after his return from another lengthy stay in England. The third and final series appeared between October 1889 and September 1890. "
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SMITH, Goldwin.
A Trip to England. Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1888. First edition. Tall square 8vo., orig. flexible cloth boards, (62)pp. Paper a bit browned as usual o/w a near fine copy.
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SMITH, J.H.
Historical Sketch Of The County Of Wentworth And The Head Of The Lake.
Hamilton: Printed By Order Of The County Council, 1897. First edition. With the bookplate of Dr. J. H. Holbrook. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, 140pp. Bookplates, inner rear hinge reinforced with brown paper, extensive notes and underlining perhaps by Dr. J.H. Holbrook the former owner, o/w a good copy. From 1908 until 1945, Holbrook was the Medical Superintendent of the Hamilton Sanitorium, at one point the largest sanitorium in the British Commonwealth.
Hamilton: Printed By Order Of The County Council, 1897. First edition. With the bookplate of Dr. J. H. Holbrook. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, 140pp. Bookplates, inner rear hinge reinforced with brown paper, extensive notes and underlining perhaps by Dr. J.H. Holbrook the former owner, o/w a good copy. From 1908 until 1945, Holbrook was the Medical Superintendent of the Hamilton Sanitorium, at one point the largest sanitorium in the British Commonwealth.
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