881 - 1017 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
- Fine copy.
= Henze IV, p.15. Richard Parkinson, a Danish explorer, was sent to Samoa in 1875 as agent for the German trading firm Godeffroy and based the present work on his extensive travels in the region.
Baessler, A. Südsee-Bilder./ Neue Südsee-Bilder. Berlin, G. Reimer, 1895/ 1900, 2 vols., 371,(1); 419p., photogr. frontisp., 26/ 35 plates, 2 (of 3) (1x col.) maps, 6 ills., orig. unif. wr., large 8vo.
- First vol. spine starting to split; second vol. lacks the map. Both frontwr. sl. frayed.
= O'Reilly/ Reitman 4338.
- Occas. foxed. = The rare first edition. Pohler II, p.165; Cat. (...) des Russica S1579.
- Both vols. sl. foxed; vol. 1 upper hinge strengthened. Spines sl. faded and corners bumped.
= Cf. Sabin 65273; Palau 236507; Graesse V, p.438.
AND 1 other in 3 vols. by the same: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (Paris, 1842, 10th ed., 3 vols., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf. Paper over covers sl. rubbed). - ADDED: an incomplete copy of H.M. STANLEY, In darkest Africa (lacks maps; frontisp. torn).
= I. L'Europe méridionale; II. L'Europe centrale; III. L'Europe du nord-ouest; IV. La France; V. L'Europe Scandinave et Russe.
- Lacks the maps and plate. Otherwise fine. = Cancel stamp of the Mairie de Versailles on title-p.
ADDED: 1 other.
- Without the atlas vol.; partly foxed; both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown. Both vols. joints split(ting) and frontcover loose(ning).
= Cat. (...) des Russica G125. Rare travel account along the Black Sea coast and into the Caucasus. Chevalier Jean François Gamba was French consul in Tbilisi, Georgia.
- Tiny scratches on frontcover.
= Zaleski 197. Letters by Alexander Herzen (the "father of Russian socialism") to Ivan Turgenev. The book was banned in Russia until the Revolution of 1917.
- Partly dam./ torn along central fold.
= Prospectus of the lottery known as the Loterie Comte Golovine. Cat. (...) des Russica 1147.
- Wr. trifle foxed; backstrip sl. worn. = Report of the Russian State Historical Museum over 1883-1908.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed. Frontcover loose.
= Cat. (...) des Russica R1401. Fyodor Rostopchin was governor of Moscow during Napoléon's invasion of 1812. In this publication he refutes the general notion that the great fire which nearly destroyed the entire city was ignited on his orders. Very rare.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding worn along extremities. = Willems 320; Rahir 290.
- Occas. sl. foxed. A good/ fine set.
- Occas. sl. foxed.
= Collection of reports and official documents read at the second to fourth congresses of the International Workers' Association (First International), held in Lausanne in 1867, in Brussels in 1868, and in Basel in 1869.
Marx, K. Die Klassenkämpfe in Frankreich 1848-1850. Introd. F. Engels. Berlin, Verlag der Expedition des "Vorwärts", Berliner Volksblatt, 1895, 112p., contemp. hcl. w. paper title-piece on spine, orig. frontwr. pres.
- Sl. yellowed; some scattered annots. in pen and ink; frontwr. and title-p. (sl.) foxed.
= First separate edition.
Engels, F. (introd.). Die Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich. Adresse des Generalraths der Internationalen Arbeiter-Association. Ibid., idem, 1891, 3rd German ed., 71,(1)p., contemp. hcl.
-Title-p. reattached; sl. yellowed.
- Sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed along extremities; frontcover partly discoloured. Otherwise fine.
= A translation of Photographs of South Africa (...), publ. London, 1894. Cf. Mendelssohn II, p.345f (erroneously listing 199 plates). Fine photographs, "Zijnde de grootste en Volmaakste Verzameling Photografiën van Zuid-Afrika, welke ooit Gepubliceerd is. (...) Wordt verkocht bij inteekening" (title-p.).
- First vol. sl. foxed and 2 pages stained; sm. library shelf ticket on frontcover of vol.2. Otherwise fine.
= Palau 338344; not in Tiele, Foulché-Delbosc, Cox.
- Lacks one plate; usual occas. foxing.
= Contains a general map of the Iberian peninsula and a chart of part of the western Iberian coast incl. Gibraltar and Lisbon.
- Both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. foxed. Covers loose(ning); vol. 2 lacks backcover.
- Contents occas. waterstained. Bindings worn/ dam.
= Partly waterstained (incl. 2 maps). Not collated. Sold w.a.f.