De BEER, G.R.
Early Travellers In the Alps.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1930. First edition. Cloth, 204pp. Spine discolored o/w very good.
This book is based on a number of accounts of wanderings in the Central Alps, from the earliest available (the 16th century) until the end of the eighteenth century.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1930. First edition. Cloth, 204pp. Spine discolored o/w very good.
This book is based on a number of accounts of wanderings in the Central Alps, from the earliest available (the 16th century) until the end of the eighteenth century.
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DE BUNSEN, Madame Charles.
In Three Legations. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1909. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xv, 375pp. A bit of rubbing o/w a nice copy.
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DE CORDOVA, Don A.
A Voyage Of Discovery To The Strait of Magellan: With an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; and of the Natural Productions of Patagonia. Translated from the Spanish. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, nd. (1820). Tall 8vo., rebound with a calf spine, paper boards, leather spine label, 104pp. Fine.
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(DE FLORIAN, Jean Pierre Claris.)
The Adventures of Numa Pompilius, Second King of Rome. Translated from the French of M. De Florian.
Brussels: Printed by B. Le Franco, 1790. In four volumes. 12mo., full cont. calf, leather spine labels, (218); (230); (262); (248)pp. Chipping to the spine ends o/w very good.
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian [1755-1794] French poet and romantic writer. Florians mother died leaving him with his uncle the Marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of Voltaire. Florian became a captain in the Dragoons. At the outbreak of the Revolution he retired to Sceaux but was found and imprisoned, dying shortly after his release. Florians first literary efforts were comedies, his verse epistle "Voltaire Et Le Serf Du Mont Jura" and "Ruth" were accepted by the French Academy. In 1782 he produced a one act comedy, "Le Bon Mendee" and in 1783 a romantic title "Galatee." In 1786 "Numa Pompilius" appeared which was an undisguised imitation of Fenelon's "Telemaque." It was said that the great merit of "Telemaque" was that the "art that goes into each adventure its hidden moral, to each scene some sly reflection of Versailles." In 1788 he became a member of the French Academy, in 1792 published his famous collection of fables. In these Florian imitated the Seiss Idyllist Salomon Gessner.
Brussels: Printed by B. Le Franco, 1790. In four volumes. 12mo., full cont. calf, leather spine labels, (218); (230); (262); (248)pp. Chipping to the spine ends o/w very good.
Jean Pierre Claris de Florian [1755-1794] French poet and romantic writer. Florians mother died leaving him with his uncle the Marquis of Florian, who had married a niece of Voltaire. Florian became a captain in the Dragoons. At the outbreak of the Revolution he retired to Sceaux but was found and imprisoned, dying shortly after his release. Florians first literary efforts were comedies, his verse epistle "Voltaire Et Le Serf Du Mont Jura" and "Ruth" were accepted by the French Academy. In 1782 he produced a one act comedy, "Le Bon Mendee" and in 1783 a romantic title "Galatee." In 1786 "Numa Pompilius" appeared which was an undisguised imitation of Fenelon's "Telemaque." It was said that the great merit of "Telemaque" was that the "art that goes into each adventure its hidden moral, to each scene some sly reflection of Versailles." In 1788 he became a member of the French Academy, in 1792 published his famous collection of fables. In these Florian imitated the Seiss Idyllist Salomon Gessner.
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DE GAURY, Gerald and H.V.F. Winstone. (Editors).
The Road To Kabul. An Anthology. London: Quartet Books, (1981). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 235pp. Fine in a near fine d/w. History of the struggles in Afghanistan, a scene of unending conflict between Turkey, Persia, Russia, Afghanistan and British India; battleground of the long dispute between imperial Britain and Czarist Russia.
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DE GENLIS, Comtesse. (Felicite)
De L'Emploi Du Temps. Paris: Arthuss Bertrand, 1824. irst and only edition. 12mo., cont. half calf, marble boards, two small gilt decorations on the spine, leather spine labels, xxxii, (264)pp. Rubber stamp on front free e/paper, cont. name on pastedown o/w a fine copy. Mme De Genlis [1746-1830] born near Autun and was a woman of "encyclopedic information with a mania for instructing others." She "captivated" society after marrying the Comte De Genlis, and became governess to the children of the Duchesse de Chatres; teaching them about the novel while writing and producing plays for their entertainment. Her husband was the first of the Girondins beheaded in 1793 (a fate subsequently shared by her lover Philippe-Egalite.) After the death of her husband she emigrated to England and Switzerland, where she supported herself by writing. "She lived on through the Restoration....one of the great ladies of the 18th century. She was an inexhaustible writer of popular romances which combined sentiment and sensation, morals and history...." The present work is an ambitious treatise about about how one might best use ones "time" from an early age to one's last days, and even posthumously with the work one leaves behind.
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DE GENLIS, Comtesse. (Felicite)
Jeanne De France, Nouvelle Historique. Paris: Maradan,.... 1816. Two volumes bound in one. First and only edition. 12mo., cont. half calf, marble boards, two small gilt decorations on the spine, leather spine labels, xii, 212; 196pp. Rubber stamp on front free e/paper, cont. name on pastedown o/w a fine copy. Mme De Genlis [1746-1830] born near Autun and was a woman of "encyclopedic information with a mania for instructing others." She "captivated" society after marrying the Comte De Genlis, and became governess to the children of the Duchesse de Chatres; teaching them about the novel while writing and producing plays for their entertainment. Her husband was the first of the Girondins beheaded in 1793 (a fate subsequently shared by her lover Philippe-Egalite.) After the death of her husband she emigrated to England and Switzerland, where she supported herself by writing. "She lived on through the Restoration....one of the great ladies of the 18th century. She was an inexhaustible writer of popular romances which combined sentiment and sensation, morals and history...." The above recounts the ill-fated romance between Jeanne de France, younger daughter of Louis XI, and Louis, duc d'Orleans, son of Charles, duc D' Orleans and Marie de Cleves.
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DE GRAMONT, Sanche.
The Strong Brown God. The Story of the Niger River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First edition. Cloth, 350pp. Fine in d/w. Story of the European explorers who tried, first to find the fabled river and then, to reach its mysterious mouth. A fascinating book.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Ding Dong Bell. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1924. First edition. 1 of 300 copies signed by the author. Fine in a near fine d/w.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Early One Morning.
NP: (London): NP, (Faber and Faber), nd. (1935). Advance copy/proof of the first edition. With "Publication Date May 9" and "Recommended by the Book Society" written in pen on the upper wrapper. With a printed description of the book with information about the limited signed edition and the trade edition and their respective prices on the upper cover. This proof has been issued without a titlepage and the 16 illustrations found in the published version. Also, the pagination differs with the proof being (548)pp and the published book 605pp. Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, (548)pp. Some chipping to spine ends and some wear but o/w very good.
NP: (London): NP, (Faber and Faber), nd. (1935). Advance copy/proof of the first edition. With "Publication Date May 9" and "Recommended by the Book Society" written in pen on the upper wrapper. With a printed description of the book with information about the limited signed edition and the trade edition and their respective prices on the upper cover. This proof has been issued without a titlepage and the 16 illustrations found in the published version. Also, the pagination differs with the proof being (548)pp and the published book 605pp. Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, (548)pp. Some chipping to spine ends and some wear but o/w very good.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Lispet, Lispett and Vaine.
London: (Morland Press), 1923. 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. "This is the third of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal" ... and is decorated by three original woodblocks designed and engraved by W.P. Robins. Tall 8vo., orig. limp vellum. Fine in the slipcase (which has a bit of wear to corners) as issued.
London: (Morland Press), 1923. 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. "This is the third of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal" ... and is decorated by three original woodblocks designed and engraved by W.P. Robins. Tall 8vo., orig. limp vellum. Fine in the slipcase (which has a bit of wear to corners) as issued.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
Memoirs of A Midget.
London: W. Collins, (1921). 1 of 210 copies signed by the author. Tall 8vo., orig. tan cloth spine, paper boards, leather spine label. Fine.
London: W. Collins, (1921). 1 of 210 copies signed by the author. Tall 8vo., orig. tan cloth spine, paper boards, leather spine label. Fine.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
The Captive and other Poems.
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First edition, 1 of 600 copies signed by the author. Tall 8vo, orig. cloth backed boards, 19pp. Fine.
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First edition, 1 of 600 copies signed by the author. Tall 8vo, orig. cloth backed boards, 19pp. Fine.
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DE LA MARE, Walter.
The Riddle and Other Tales.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1923. First Canadian edition. A fine copy in d/w with minor chipping. This is the only copy of the Canadian edition in d/w we have seen.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1923. First Canadian edition. A fine copy in d/w with minor chipping. This is the only copy of the Canadian edition in d/w we have seen.
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DE LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup.
The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse. Translated and edited by John Dunmore. London: Hakluyt Society, 1995. In two volumes. First edition. Cloth, ccxl, 232, 233-613pp. Fine in d/w. During the second half of the eighteenth century, Britain and France despatched a number of major expeditions to the Pacific; with the greatest contribution made by James Cook. After Cook's death, France, organised a large scale expedition to the Pacific, planned to last four years, concentrating on the areas of the Pacific left unexplored by Cook; it was to be led by an experienced and hightly regarded naval officer, Jean-Francois Galaup de La Perouse.
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DE LESSEPS, Ferdinand.
Recollections of Forty Years.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiii, 313, vi, 320, 40pp.ads dated "January 1893." Some wear to foot of the spine o/w a nice copy.
Much of this memoirs is devoted to De Lesseps work in negotiating the Suez Canal.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiii, 313, vi, 320, 40pp.ads dated "January 1893." Some wear to foot of the spine o/w a nice copy.
Much of this memoirs is devoted to De Lesseps work in negotiating the Suez Canal.
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DE LOLME, J.L.
The Constitution of England Or An Account of the English Government; In which it is compared with the republican form of government, and occasionally with the other monarchies in Europe.
London: Sold by G. Kearsley..... 1777. A new edition. Tall 8vo., full cont. calf, leather spine label, iv, 404pp. Bookplate, outer hinges of both covers have a 2" split, hinges tender, binding rubbed a good copy.
London: Sold by G. Kearsley..... 1777. A new edition. Tall 8vo., full cont. calf, leather spine label, iv, 404pp. Bookplate, outer hinges of both covers have a 2" split, hinges tender, binding rubbed a good copy.
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DE OSA, Veronica.
The Troubled Waters of the Amazon. The Plight of the Colombian Indians in Amazonia. London: Robert Hale, (1990). First edition. Cloth, 190pp. Fine in d/w. An absorbing account of the Franciscan and Capuchin missions to Colombia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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DE SAUSSURE, L.
Travels In Scotland; Descriptive of the State of Manners, Literature, and Science. Translated from the French.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a calf spine, boards, leather spine label, viii, 112pp. Fine.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a calf spine, boards, leather spine label, viii, 112pp. Fine.
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De SAUSSURE, L.A. Necker.
Travels In Scotland; Descriptive of the State of Manners, Literature, and Science. Translated from the French.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a calf spine, boards, leather spine label, viii,112pp. A fine copy.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1821. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a calf spine, boards, leather spine label, viii,112pp. A fine copy.
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