78 912 Ant arctica Nansen F 
- Bookplate on upper pastedowns.
= Arctic Bibliography 11992. The third volume consists of a supplement in two parts: B. Nordahl, Wir Framleute; H. Johansen, Nansen und ich auf 86°14'.
Mawson, D. Leben und Tod am Südpol. Ibid., idem, 1921, 1st German ed., 2 vols., XVIII,292; VI,264p., (fold.) maps, plates and ills., orig. unif. dec. cl.
- Bookplates on upper pastedowns; sl. browned. = Conrad p.208; Headland 1456.
78 913 Ant arctica Peary R E 
- Fine copy.
= Cf. Arctic Bibliography 13226; Ricks p.169; Henze IV, p.62ff. Peary (1856-1920), civil-engineer for the US-Marine, the first man to reach the North-Pole, also travelled the North of Greenland and was the first to proof that Greenland is an island. Account of the first two attempts by Peary to reach the North Pole; in his third attempt in 1909 he was finally successful.
78 914 Ant arctica Peary R E 
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown and on title-p. Corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed.
= Arctic Bibliography 13226; Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 984 (ed. London, 1907). Peary's second attempt to reach the North Pole (he was successful on his third attempt in 1909).
78 915 Arabia Philby H St J B 
- A few scattered owner's stamps (i.a. on title and map). Binding sl. rubbed.
= Howgego P31. Philby was initially beaten in his endeavour to be the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali by Bertram Thomas, who had taken a more direct nort-south route. "Philby therefore decided that he would set out to explore over a much wider area and fill the immense gap on the map that still existed (...) His first attempt ended in disaster, the party having made the mistake of taking heavily laden pack animals." Philby eventually completed the journey, having travelled 2700 kilometers in 90 days" (Howgego).
78 916 Archaeology Maiuri A 
- Nearly all plates loose from passepartout.
= Momumental work on the Villa of the Mysteries, an ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompei. The villa is named after its famous frescos depicting (as is generally believed) the initiation of a woman into matrimony in accordance with the Dionysian Mysteries.
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 
78/917 Archaeology Nuovi Scavi di Pompei Case dei vettii Appenidice ai dipinti murali 
- Lacks textpages; Some foxing; a few lvs. waterst.
= Published on the occasion of the excavation carried out in the House of the Vettii (or Domus Vettiorum), one of the wealthiest and most famous houses in Pompeii. The plates depict the mural frescoes of the Vettii house. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.
78 918 Archaeology Packer J E 
78 918 Archaeology Packer J E 
78 918 Archaeology Packer J E 
78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed 
78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed 
78 919 Argentina Buenos Aires Lazárraga E P de ed 
- Sl. foxed. Binding rather worn; joints plitting; frontcover waterst.
AND 1 other picture album of Buenos Aires (±1920, orig. wr., obl. 4to).
78 920 Asia Bastian A 
- Bookblock split(ting); occas. foxed. Backstrip and wr. worn.
= Die Völker des Östlichen Asien. Zweiter Band.
Hedin, S. von. Im Herzen von Asien. Zehntausend Kilometer auf unbekannten Pfaden. Ibid., F.H. Brockhaus, 1903, 2 vols., XIV,560; X,570p., 4 fold. col. lithogr. maps, portrait, num. (col. lithogr.) plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt and dec. cl. - AND 4 others, i.a. H. HAAS, "Amida Buddha unsere Zuflucht". Urkunden zum Verständnis des japanischen Sukhāvatī-Buddhismus (Leipsic, 1910, plates, contemp. wr.) and R.O. FRANKE, Dīghanikāya. Das Buch der langen Texte des buddhistischen Kanons (ibid./ Göttingen, 1913, orig. wr.).
78 921 Asia Bell C 
78 922 Asia Bell J 
- The first vol. (of 2) only; title-p. fingersoiled.
= Cat. (...) des Russica B626; cf. Cox I, p.256 (not mentioning a Dutch translation); Howgego I, B62. John Bell was a Scottish physician at the court of Peter the Great. He was appointed as medical attendant to accompany the embassies of Artemy Valaisky to Isphahan (1715) and Count Ismailov to Beijing (1719).
78 923 Asia Bonvalot G 
- Covers sl. foxed and duststained; foot of spine and sm. spot of upper joint sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Henze I, p.297; Vicaire I, p.860; Broc (Asie), p.43ff: "Explorateur professionel, spécialiste de l'Asie centrale, G. Bonvalot [1853-1933] est un des rares Français à avoir traversé le Pamir et le Tibet au XIXe siècle. (...)." Within 18 months after embarking on his journey at Marseille, Bonvalot had returned to France, having travelled from Batoum across the Caucasus via Persia (Tehran) to the Pamir plateau, across the Karakoum to Lahore and Simla. His journey included a spell of 49 days of imprisonment in Afghanistan.
AND 5 others, i.a. V. MEIGNAN, De Paris à Pékin par terre Sibérie - Mongolie (Paris, 1885, fold. col. map, 15 plates, contemp. giltlettered (rubbed) hcalf) and E. GARNIER, Voyages dans l'Asie méridionale (...) (Lyon etc., 1842, 2nd ed., engr. title and 3 plates, contemp. giltlettered embossed and blindst. darkblue boards. Plates browned; binding sl. worn along extremities).
78 924 Asia Cordier H 
= Attractive edition of the travels of the Italian Franciscan missionary Odoric (±1315-1330). He was the first European to visit Borneo and Lhasa (Tibet). His route to the India went via Constantinople, Trebizond, Persepolis and Hormuz. After that he travelled to China and Vietnam. A rare work in an attractive binding.
78 925 Asia d'Orléans H 
- Backstrip sl. rubbed and a few chafed spots along spine. Otherwise fine.
78 926 Asia Dapper O 
78 926 Asia Dapper O 
78 926 Asia Dapper O 
- Lacks 4 plates (bound with in photocopy); mostly foxed/ fingersoiled/ mouldy (maps and plates partly sl. affected). Sold w.a.f.
= Tiele 299; cat. NHSM p.219. The first part containing descriptions of Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (known as the land of the Grand Mogol), the second and third part dealing with Persia and neighbouring countries.
AND 1 incomplete duplicate copy of the previous (lacks all maps, most of the views and quite a few textp.; contents loose in later dam. binding)
78 927 Asia Filchner W 
- Corners rubbed.
Kozlow, P.K. Mongolei, Amdo und die Tote Stadt Chara-Choto. Die Expedition der Russischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 1907 - 1909. Ed. W. Filchner. Berlin, Neufeld & Henius, 1925, XIII,(3),304,(4)p., (fold.) maps, ills., orig. pict. cl.
- Frontcover sl. stained.
AND 5 others, i.a. F. VON HELLWALD, Centralasien. Landschaften und Völker in Kaschgar, Turkestan, Kaschmir und Tibet (Leipsic, 1875, 1 fold. map and 70 ills., contemp. hcalf w. orig. frontwr. laid down. Occas. sl. foxed; worn along extremities).
78 928 Asia Jacot Guillarmod J 
78 928 Asia Jacot Guillarmod J 
- Owner's entry on title-p.; occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.
= A classic of mountaineering literature, recording the attempt in 1902 by Jacot Guillarmod and his team to climb K2 in the Karakorum. Although they were not succesful in their attempt, they reached an unprecented altitude of 5700 meters and researched a large area that was uncharted by Europeans till then. Interestingly, one of the members of the climbing expedition was the English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, poet etc. Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XX.
78 929 Asia Jenkins M 
= Reprint of the ed. Helsinki, 1940. Société Finno-Ougrienne, Traveaux Éthnographiques VIII.
Jenkins, M. Sport & Travel in Both Tibets. London, Blades, (1909), 1st ed., (6),87,(1)p.,double-p. tinted map, 25 col. plates, orig. giltlettered cl. w. mounted col. plate on frontcover, large 8vo.
- Frontisp. sl. frayed in blank margins and reattached (provisionally repaired). Corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed.
Vambery, A. His Life and Adventures, written by Himself. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1884, 2nd ed., XII,(2),370,56 (advert.)p., mounted albumen portrait frontisp. of the author, 14 woodengr. plates, orig. gilt and blindst. cl.
- Owner's entry on htitle.
AND 5 others, i.a. W.J. MORDEN, Across Asia's Snows and Deserts. Introd. R.C. Andrews (New York/ London, 1927, 1st ed., plates, orig. giltlettered cl.) and S. ALI KHAN, Brief Thanksgiving (Bombay etc., 1959, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. (sl. chipped) dustwr. SIGNED on first free endpaper).
78 930 Asia Josson H 
78 931 Asia Lach D F 
- Dustwr. sl. chipped/ frayed and sl. browned.
= A classic work on the effects that the discovery of Asia has had on European history between 1500-1800.