VOYAGES AND TRAVELS or SCENES IN MANY LANDS, WITH 850 ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND STEEL of VIEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD; COMPRISING MOUNTAINS LAKES RIVERS PALACES CATHEDRALS CASTLES ABBEYS AND RUINS, TWO BOOK SET by LEO DE COLANGE, EDITOR - 1887

Hardcover Publisher: E. W. Walker & Co; Boston, 1887. One Volume only (II). Half leather with dark rust-colored cloth. With over 400 illustrations on wood and steel of Views From All Parts of the World comprising Mountians, Lakes, Palaces, Cathedrals, Castles, Abbeys, and Ruins. With original descriptions by the Best Authors. Includes a rare view in the Franconia Valley, White Mountains of New Hampshire. A full-page steel plate engraving/photogravures on stiff paper by Brown & Schoff. Book is near fine however the front cover is disbound. Contents are fine. 568 pages, over 400 illustrations, 39 steel plate photogravures; Natural Bridge, Harper's Ferry, Franconia Notch, etc...

Boston: E. W. Walker, 1887. Hardcover. VG Covers have general wear. leather has fading, discoloration, peeling (especially on spine), Corner and edge damage on covers. Interior pages have some age toning, foxing. Previous owners signature on front end page. # volumes of the 4 volume set. Red leather coreners and spine. Red cloth boards with gilt title lettering. Red tinted edge. Tile lettering with decorative elements on 5 raised band spine. Decorative end pages. Illustrations. illustrations on wood and steel of views from all parts of the world comprising mountains, lakes, rivers, palaces, cathedrals, castles, abbeys, and ruins with original descriptions by the best authors.

BOSTON: E.W. WALKER & CO., 1887 BROWN COVER WITH LEATHER COVERING SPINE ARE AND BOOK CORNERS. PAGES HAVE RED EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. LARGE BOOK SET WEIGHING 14 POUNDS. INCLUDES 850 ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND STEEL, VIEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPRISING MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS, PALACES, CATHEDRALS, CASTLES, ABBEYS AND RUINS WITH ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS BY THE BEST AUTHORS. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME ONE ARE ROME, TIVOLI, PARIS, ST. PETERSBURG, NOVGOROD, MOSCOW, SIBERIA, CHATEAUX AND CHURCHES FRANCE, BELGIUM, MEISSEN, TREVES, ZEELAND AND HOLLAND, STRASBURG BLACK FOREST HEIDELBERG, WURTEMBERG, BAVARIA, DANUBE, TRANSYLVANIA AND TURKISH, MOUNT ATHOS AND ATHENS, SICILY SND LIPARI ISLANDS, TEMPLES OF PAESTUM, SIENA, VINTIMIGLIA, SPAIN. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME TWO ARE PORTUGAL, AFRICA, NILE, MADAGASCAR, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY, BABYLON, PERSIA, INDIA, INDO CHINA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, JAPAN, SANDWICH ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MEXICO, CUBA, BRAZIL, PERU, NORWAY, DENMARK, POLAND,… Read More

Boston, MA: E.W. Walker & Co., 1887. olive green decorative c; all edges gilt; occasional lite marginal stains, lite wear at spine/tips; hinges pulled..will not fit in priority envelope. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Eight Hundred and Fifty Illustrations on Wood and Steel . Elephant Folio.

St. Louis, MO: E. Holdoway & Co., Publishers, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wood and steel Engravings. A stunningly beautiful set in opulent Victorian green gilt cloth with beautiful cover and spine designs in gilt, red and black, all edges gilt, and tissue interleavings to the many steel plates. The books include 800 illustrations and original descriptions by many important authors. Edges show minor rubbing; all volumes are tight, clean and unmarked. Rare.

E.W. Walker & Co, 1887-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Folio. Original stamped olive green cloth. E. W. Walker, 1887. 12" - 15" tall. Clean, white, unmarked pages. Gilt edges. Good binding. Hinges solid. Hardcover. We have two copies of this set. This volume has a very good cover. See our pictures.

E. W. Walker & Co, 1887. Good++/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcovers: Four volumes: Volume 1 part one, volume 1 part two, volume 2 part one, and volume 2 part two. Four matching pale green cloth boards with decoration in gold, black and orange. Boards are soiled. Beveled edged boards and spines are rubbed and worn through. Titles on frontboards and on spines. Gilt edges. Endpapers are foxed. Occasional foxing to text. Frontispieces in all volumes are tissue-guarded. Eight hundred and fifty illustrations of views from all parts of the world, comprising Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Palaces, Cathedrals, Castles, Abbeys and Ruins. Fascinating descriptions of famous cities, countries etc. Nice tight bindings. .

E. W. Walker & Co., 1887. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two volumes with 850 illustrations on wood and steel. Green cloth over boards. Heavily decorated with gilt red and black stamped on cover and spine. All edges gilt. Fantastic full-page and partial page wood and steel illustrations. Vol 1 hinge has just started. Gift inscription in pencil on volume 1 endpaper. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Edges are bumped.

Light shelfwear to edges. Glossy covers. Clean interior pages free of markings. 152 pages. 0.3" X 6" X 4.5" 1cmX 15X11cm Facts and trivia about collectible dolls such as many dolls made between 1700 and 1780 were called Queen Ann dolls, the first manufactured dolls to look like a baby were made by Madame Augusta Montanari, and the swivel socket neck was invented in 1861 by Mme. Huret in France.

364 Pages. This fascinating reference book on antiques' dust jacket has a repaired tear on the front side and worn areas along the top and bottom edges and on its corners. The interior book, other than having an inscription to the former owner inside the front cover, has no other visible markings and thus is in extremely well preserved and Fine condition.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes with our absolute appreciation for your order.

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined… Read More

Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.

New York: The Free Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vi]vii-xxiii [4]1-702. THE FIRST EDITION of the 1968 Free Press publication. The copyright page states 'first printing'. Includes a preface to the 1957 revised edition. Robert K. Merton is generally considered the father of modern Sociology and a major influence in the study of criminology. This was his first book and has become established as a work of central importance in the social science. The 1968 edition includes the complete 1957 text and two new essays; "On the History and Systematic of Sociological Theory," and "On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range," This is a very good copy in a dust jacket with moderate edge wear, mainly at the top. There is some soiling and darkening of the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.

Paris France: D. Dumoulin et Cie, 1892. Pretre de la Congregation de la Mission d'apres ses manuscrits et sa correspondence par un de ses Confreres. Frontispiece photo of Dazincourt - Heliog. Dujardin, Imp. Ch. Wittmann, tissue guard intact foxing to it and first few pages, all other intact, lightly tanned, no writing. Marbled boards an endpapers. A very old repair is visible, a piece of old envelope was used to re-attach first few pages to front board. You can see the calligraphic ink writing, to Madame Marguenie Gillet..Charming actually. 570 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

xxx+392+iv pages with 3 fold out maps, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9½" x 6½")issued in blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by G.P. de T. Glazebrook. Hudson Bay Record Society volume XVII. Number 1549 of a limited edition.A fort was built near the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay North East Ontario, Canada, by Charles Bayly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the early 1670s. In the struggle between the English and French in Canada, the fort changed hands several times and shortly after 1696 was destroyed. In 1730 the company built a post close to the ruins of the original fort. This post has been in continuous operation to the present day. This is the first publication of the Record Society to deal specifically with affairs at the "Bottom of the Bay."Condition:Pages unread. A very good to fine copy without jacket as issued.