19. [HOKKAIDÔ]. NANBURYÔ GUNSON RYAKKI. Manuscript. 2+ page introduction, 3 full pages of a delicately colored continuous map extending from Akita in northeast Honshû up to Matsumae in southern Hokkaidô. With another 28 pages of text detailing family names, places, feudal allotments (koku, villages, etc.) dates of founding (mostly in... More about NANBURYÔ GUNSON RYAKKI
1874. INCLUDES CHESTNUT HILL HOPKINS, G. M. ATLAS OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS. FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS & OFFICIAL RECORDS. Philadelphia: G. M. Hopkins & Co., 1874. Half black morocco, brown pebbled cloth boards stamped in gilt and blind. Spine and corners heavily worn, spine with shallow chips and hand... More about ATLAS OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS
1906. HOWE, Frances S. 14000 MILES: A CARRIAGE AND TWO WOMEN. [Fitchburg, MA] Privately printed, 1906. 287 pp. 8vo., quarter olive green cloth over grey paper covered boards, paper title label on cover, white spine lettering. Signed by the author with ink ownership below on second blank recto. Bright, fine... More about 14000 MILES: A CARRIAGE AND TWO WOMEN
1902. [HUMOR]. STRANGERS IN STRANGE LANDS. Translated by Dr. Humour. Tokyo: Bunrokudo, 1902. [iv], 91, [3] pp. Text entirely in English but for a Japanese colophon. Small octavo, 16 x 11 cm, paper wrappers printed in blue, red, and brown. Wrappers show light edgewear, some loss at crown, and light... More about STRANGERS IN STRANGE LANDS
1903. HYATT, Alpheus, ed. BY T. W. STANTON. PSEUDOCERATITES OF THE CRETACEOUS: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH XLIV. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903. 351 pp., b/w plates, some folding. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially to spine and corners; some... More about PSEUDOCERATITES OF THE CRETACEOUS
1873. JENNESS, John Scribner. THE ISLES OF SHOALS; An Historical Sketch. New York: Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1873. Illustrated, including three foldout maps. 12mo., green cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine and front board, small gilt illustration to front board, t.e.g. Ex-library; all usual markings. Minor rubbing and... More about ISLES OF SHOALS
1732. KAEMPFER, Engelbert; translated by Jean-Gaspar SCHEUCHZER. HISTOIRE NATURELLE, CIVILE, ET ECCLESIASTIQUE DE L'EMPIRE DU JAPON ... OUVRAGE ENRICHI DES PLANS & DES CARTES NECESSAIRES. TOME PREMIER. Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf, 1732. Volume One of three. 12mo., lxx + [2] + 312 pp., + frontis. & 3 folding maps. Calf, raised... More about HISTOIRE NATURELLE, CIVILE, ET ECCLESIASTIQUE DE L'EMPIRE DU JAPON
1866. KAWAMURA UKOKU. NAGASAKI KIKÔ SHASEICHO 42 double page [image size 25.3 x 29.2 cm] paintings in sumi with slight color, painted by Ukoku in 1866. There are also 8 double page paintings in a different hand and one double page of calligraphy dated to Taisho 11 [1922]. Ukoku [1838-1906]... More about NAGASAKI KIKÔ SHASEICHO
1845. KENDALL, George W. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION ACROSS THE GREAT SOUTH-WESTERN PRAIRIES, FROM TEXAS TO SANTA FE; with an account of the disasters which befel the expedition from want of food and the attack of hostile indians; the final capture of the Texans and their sufferings on a march... More about NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION ACROSS THE GREAT SOUTH-WESTERN PRAIRIES
1863. KIMBALL, Richard B., introduction. IN THE TROPICS: BY A SETTLER IN SANTO DOMINGO. New York: Carleton, 1863. 306 pp. 12mo., green cloth with gilt spine lettering, blindstamped front cover design. Ex-library with usual markings, inkstamp on title page; small chip to bottom corner of ffep. Very good else, clean... More about IN THE TROPICS
1878. KING, Moses, ed. KING'S HAND-BOOK OF BOSTON. Cambridge, Ma: Moses King, 1878. First edition. [6] + 294 pp. + [22] pp. advertisements, some on colored or gilt stock. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Spine and corners somewhat shelfworn, else bright; coated olive green endpapers. "Profusely illustrated."... More about KING'S HAND-BOOK OF BOSTON
1895. KIPLING, Rudyard. OUT OF INDIA: THINGS I SAW, AND FAILED TO SEE, IN CERTAIN DAYS AND NIGHTS AT JEYPORE AND ELSEWHERE. New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1895. 240pp. Bound in original cloth with two-colored illustration and gilt stamping. Only edition of this collection of Kipling's work. Early booksellers... More about OUT OF INDIA
1853. LAURIE, Thomas. DR. GRANT AND THE MOUNTAIN NESTORIANS. With portrait, map of the country, illustrations, etc. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. Illustrated: frontispiece of Dr. Grant copied from a daguerreotype, fold-out map, 8 full-page wood engravings, nd three text illustrations. xii,[13]-418 pp., + [6] pp. pub. adv. 8vo., brown... More about DR. GRANT AND THE MOUNTAIN NESTORIANS
1924. LEHNERT & LANDROCK. NORDAFRIKA TRIPOLIS TUNIS ALGIER MAROKKO. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1924. With an introduction by Ernst Kuhnel. Bound in yellow cloth, which has some staining. Red paper jacket has some chips and is soiled along the spine. Interiors are clean and photographs are bright. FPEP bears... More about NORDAFRIKA TRIPOLIS TUNIS ALGIER MAROKKO
1903. LEITH, Charles Kenneth. THE MESABI IRON-BEARING DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH XLIII. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903. 316 pp., b/w plates and maps, color folding map in rear pocket. 4to., brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to spine and cover. Shelfwear, especially to... More about MESABI IRON-BEARING DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
1895. LELAND, Charles G. HANS BREITMANN IN GERMANY, TYROL. London: T. Fisher Unwin, [n.d., 1895]. First edition intended for distribution in the United States, with Lippincott's imprint at the foot of the spine (BAL 11673). Frontispiece. Title-page printed in red and black. [i-iv], [1]-168. Small octavo, 6.75 by 4.25 in.... More about HANS BREITMANN IN GERMANY, TYROL
1853. LEPSIUS, Dr. Richard, trnsl. Leonora & Joanna B. HORNER. LETTERS FROM EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, AND THE PENINSULA OF SINAI ... WITH EXTRACTS FROM HIS CHRONOLOGY OF THE EGYPTIANS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE EXODUS OF THE ISRAELITES. REVISED BY THE AUTHOR. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. 578 pp. 12mo., rebound in... More about LETTERS FROM EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, AND THE PENINSULA OF SINAI
1854. LLOYD, L. SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURES DURING A RESIDENCE OF UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS. REPRESENTING SPORTING INCIDENTS, AND SUBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND DEVICES FOR ENTRAPPING WILD ANIMALS. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN FAUNA. 2 VOLUMES. London: Richard Bentley, 1854. xxi + [1] + 512 pp./xi + [1] + 527... More about SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURES DURING A RESIDENCE OF UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS
1869. [LONGWORTH, Maria Theresa] SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. SKETCHES OF ITS HISTORY, OBJECTS OF INTEREST, AND ADVANTAGES AS A RESORT FOR HEALTH AND RECREATION. BY AN ENGLISH VISITOR. WITH NOTES FOR NORTHERN TOURISTS ON ST. JOHN'S RIVER, ETC. New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1869. 63 pp. + 1 pp. advertisement... More about SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. SKETCHES OF ITS HISTORY, OBJECTS OF INTEREST
1843. Malte-Brun, Conrad. PRECIS DE LA GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE ou Description de Toutes les Parties du Monde... d'apres les grandes divisions naturelles du globe. Revised and augmented by Jean-Jacques-Nicolas Huot. Atlas volume. Paris, Bureau des Publications Illustrees, 1843. Folio. (iv)pp. (86)ff. Contemporary red quarter-morocco, gilt. Contains 86 plates with 72 beautifully... More about PRECIS DE LA GEOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE (ATLAS VOLUME
MAGNUS, Charles, publisher. [MAP - 19TH CENTURY] MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH PROVINCES, MEXICO, THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA. New York: Charles Magnus [n.d., circa 1850s?]. A full color folding map, 21 1/4 by 27 1/4 inches, that folds into a contemporary brown cloth case... More about MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH PROVINCES, MEXICO
19. [MAP - ANCIENT NEAR EAST]. BREASTED ANIENT HISTORY SERIES. B1, ANCIENT WORLD RACE DISTRIBUTION ABOUT 250 BC. L. Philip Donoyer, Geographer. Compiled and Drawn by R. Baxter Blair. Chicago: DeNoyer-Geppert & Co., 1930. Revised edition. 31 x 44 inches. B2, ANCIENT ORIENT AND PALESTINE. Drawn by R. Baxter Blair... More about BREASTED ANIENT HISTORY SERIES. B1, ANCIENT WORLD ... & B2, ANCIENT
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1748. [MAP - JAPAN]. [SETTSU NO KUNI MEISHO]. Kyoto, Kimura Juyodo, Kan'en Gannen [1748]. A handcolored woodblock printed map of Settsu provice, containing the area of Osaka castle, etc. 117.3 X 129.1 cm, folds into heavy paper covers of approximately 27.7 x 18.9 cm. The original title slip is gone... More about SETTSU NO KUNI MEISHO
1785. [MAP - JAPAN] HAYASHI Shihei. EZO NO KUNI ZENZU. This is a "shazu" or handcopied version of the original printed map which was published in Edo, by Suharaya Shihei, in Temmei 5 [1785]. Colored map of Hokkaido, 50 x 92 cm, folds into 17.8 x 12 cm covers with... More about EZO NO KUNI ZENZU
1900. [MAP - JAPAN] IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. Engraved by N. Matsudaira, printed by G. Yoshii at the Toyodo in Tokyo, 1900. This huge (5.33'x 6')(164 x 183 cm) map has a colored inset of the political divisions of the empire and another... More about TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE