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“In Search of ” — A Brave & Sad Account
Kane, Elisha Kent. Arctic explorations: The second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, ’54, ’55. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., add. engr. t.-p., 464 pp.; 1 fold. map. , 11 plts., illus. II: Frontis., add. engr. t.p., 467, [1] pp.; 1 fold. map, 1 map, 7 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. As described by the title-pages, the volumes are “Illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from sketches by the author. The steel plates executed [by J. Hamilton and others] under the superintendence of J.M. Butler, the wood engravings by Van Ingen & Snyder.” The plates total 20 altogether, including frontispieces.
The Lamartines in
the LevantLamartine, Alphonse de. Souvenirs, impressions, pensées et paysages, pendant un voyage en Orient (1832–1833), ou, notes d'un voyageur. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin & Librairie de Furne, 1835. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). 4 vols. I: Frontis., [2], xiii, [3], pp. II: [4], 429, [1 (blank)] pp. (frontis. lacking). III: [4], 388 pp. (frontis. lacking). IV: [4], 384 pp.; 2 fold. maps, 1 fold. table. 
• Blackmer Collection 942; Atabey Collection 659; Tobler 153; Rohricht 1776; Europa und der Orient 336. This ed. not in Brunet. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spines with gilt-stamped title; cloth gently faded with spine extremities chipped, spine titles dimmed, front covers of vols. I and II detached, cloth starting along joints of vol. IV, spines with later paper shelving labels. Front pastedowns each with institutional bookplate. Vols. II and III lacking frontispieces; frontispiece and first few leaves of vol. I separated. Light to moderate foxing throughout; some corners dog-eared. Maps foxed but otherwise clean and crisp. (19642)
“The First Civilizations”Lenormant, François. Les premières civilisations études d’histoire et d’archéologie. Paris: Maisonneuve & Cie., 1874. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.85"). 2 vols. I: viii, 401, [11] pp. II: [4], 437, [3] pp.
• Contemporary quarter black morocco with paper-covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped title and gilt-stamped compartment decorations; bindings clean and solid with only very minimal edge and corner wear. Front pastedowns and free endpapers each with institutional rubber-stamp (no other markings). Pages slightly age-toned; a few leaves unopened. Handsome.
Heritage ClubTwo-Volume Edition Lewis, Meriwether, & William Clark. The journals of the expedition under the command of Capts. Lewis and Clark... New York: Heritage Press, (copyright 1962). 8vo. 2 vols. I: xlv, [1], 231, [1] pp.; 1 map, illus. II: xviii, 233–547, [1] pp.; illus.
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Lavish Harper & Bros. Binding &
HUNDREDS! of EngravingsLossing, Benson J. The pictorial field-book of the Revolution; or, illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the War for Independence. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 8vo. 2 vols. I: Col. frontis., add. engr. t.-p., 576, [843]–880, 16, 35, [1 (blank)] pp.; illus. II: Frontis., add. engr. t.-p., x, [xiii]–xvi, [9]–842 pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. The work is illustrated with “several hundred” wood engravings done primarily from sketches by the author. This copy has the appendix that should close vol. II bound in at the end of vol. I.
• Howes L-477. Bindings as above, joints and board edges refurbished; vol. I with hinges (inside) unobtrusively reinforced. Moderate offsetting and spotting to endpapers; a few scattered light spots to pages. (22430)
Garay's Tehuantepec Folly Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Statement of the rights and just reasons, on the part of the government of the United Mexican States for not recognizing either the subsistence of the privilege granted to D. Jose Garay, for the opening of a line of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific seas, through the isthmus of Tehuantepec, or the legality of the cession which he made of said privilege to citizens of the United States of North America. Mexico: Pr. by O'Sullivan and Nolan, 1852. 8vo. 40 pp.
It is interesting to note that this is in English.
• Publisher's blue wrappers — front and back shown in our images. A few short tears. An excellent copy. (24449)
IRAQ — An
8th-Century Account Muhammad ibn ’Umar, al-Wakidi. Libri Wakedii de Mesopotamiae expugnatae historia pars e codice Bibliothecae Gottingensis Arabico edita et annotatione illustrata. Qua scriptione ... ad orationem publicam audiendam invitat Georgius Henricus Augustus Ewald. Gottingae: sumtibus Dieterichianis, 1827. Small 4to. xxvi, 24 pp.
Click the interior images for enlargements. Provenance: From the collection of 19th-century scholar Dr. Johann August Neander (1789–1850), a convert from Judaism who became a leading scholar of Christian church history.
Evidence of Readership: A very few pencilled notes in Arabic.
• 19th-century German boards covered in mottled black paper with old paper spine label; ex-library with with minimal markings. In fact, a nice clean copy. (15001)
Travels in SicilyMünter, Friedrich. Viaggio in Sicilia. Palermo: Francesco Abbate, 1823. 8vo (15.5 cm, 6.2"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., [4], 244 pp. II: 195, [1] pp.
Rare. While a few institutions report copies of the 1990 facsimile reprint, only one, in the U.S., reports holding this first edition.
• Publisher’s printed paper wrappers; vol. I wrappers dust-soiled, with edges nicked, paper sunned and cracking along spine; vol. II lacking wrappers; both vols. with paper shelving labels on spines. Inside front wrapper of vol. I and title-page of vol. II each with institutional bookplate; vol. I frontis. reverse with rubber-stamp. Title-pages with inked ownership inscriptions dated 1834. First and last page of vol. II darkened.
AnILLUSTRATED
Travel ClassicNorman,
Benjamin Moore. Rambles in Yucatan; or, notes of travel through
the peninsula, including a visit to the remarkable ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi,
Uxmal &c. New York: J. & H.G. Gangley, 1843. 8vo (23.2 cm, 9.1"). Add.
engr. t.-p., 304, 12 (adv.) pp.; 1 map, 24 plts. 
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In addition to what Sabin calls “a valuable ethnological disquisition,” the volume includes a “Maya vocabulary” and grammar, along with a map of the region and 24 lithographic plates done from designs by the author, many being important images of Mayan architecture.
• Sabin 55494; Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library 721; Smith, American Travellers Abroad, N27. Publisher’s cloth, blind-stamped with strapwork, front cover with central gilt-stamped pictorial vignette, spine with gilt-stamped title and different vignette; spine and edges sunned, spine with short tear in cloth beneath title and small area of light discoloration at foot, cloth spotted along joints. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate. Scattered small spots of foxing; some signatures darkened.
“CLOUD-LANDS” Oakley, Amy. Cloud-lands of France. New York: Century Co., 1927. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 497, [1] pp.; illus. 
• Publisher's cloth, covers and spine gilt-stamped; corners and extremities very slightly rubbed, dust-jacket lacking, otherwise a beautiful copy. (18414)
BRITTANY Oakley, Amy. Enchanted Brittany. New York: Century Co., 1930. 8vo. Frontis., xix, [1], 437, [1] pp.; illus. 
• Publisher's blue cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title; spine slightly sunned, dust-jacket lacking. (18410)
FIRST to Map the
Owen, W. F. W. Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; performed in H.M. Ships Leven and Barracouta, under the direction of Captain W. F. W. Owen, R.N. by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. 8vo (22.9 cm, 9"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., xxiii, [1 (blank)], 434 pp.; 2 fold. maps, 1 litho. plt. II: Frontis., viii, 420 pp.; 2 fold. maps, 2 litho. plts.
The work is illustrated with five plates and four large, folding maps, as well as five wood-engraved, in-text cuts.
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