The Mammoth Cave and Its Denizens. A Descriptive Guide by A. D. Binkerd, M. D - 1869

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo, xii, [4], 574+ [2] ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, corners rubbed, front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a few pages, bookplate on front pastedown; otherwise unmarked. Provenance: From the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Written a few years after Burton's celebrated account of his journey to Mecca and Medina, this book describes the explorer's 1860 visit to Salt Lake City. Burton, who met Brigham Young on the trip, applied his characteristic ethnographic eye to Mormon ways, and his work offers a detailed and sympathetic portrait. The appendix contains a number of Mormon documents and a Mormon chronology. Wagner-Camp 370:2; Howes B1033; Flake 1029.

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** SZABÓ JÓZSEF, AZ IVÓVÍZ KÉRDÉSE BUDAPESTEN. HÁROM ELŐADÁS. & DR SZABÓ JÓZSEF, ÉSZAK-AMERIKAI ÚTAM VONALA, TERMÉSZETI, ETNOGRAFIAI ÉS KULTURAI VISZONYOK. KÉT ELŐADÁS. & ÖRLEY LÁSZLÓ, AZ ÁLLATOK SZINÉRŐL. EGY ELŐADÁS. &GOTHARD JENŐ, AZ UJBBKORI CSILLAGÁSZAT MODSZEREI ÉS MEGFIGYELÉS-MÓDJAI. KÉT ELŐADÁS. &KONKOLY MIKLÓS, AZ ÉGITESTEK FIZIKAI ALKOTÁSÁRÓL. EGY ELŐADÁS. &DR LAUFENAUER KÁROLY, AZ IDEGESSEGRŐL. EGY ELŐADÁS. &RÓZSAHEGYI ALADÁR, A BAKTÉRIUMOKRÓL. EGY ELŐADÁS. In Hungarian language.
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A collection of seven science presentations in Hungarian language, presenting works in various fields of science. The seven works are about: 1. The question of drinking water in Budapest 2. Journey through North America 3. Animals colors 4. New age of astronomy and methods of observations 5. Creation of celestial bodies. 7. Germs
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1803 ENGLISH TRAVEL BOOK A RAMBLE THROUGH SWITZERLAND IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1802. by WILLIAM JAMES MAC NEVIN (1763-1841)***
Occasional stains from page 1 to 56, a few dog ears, signs of paper aging, some creases, otherwise, a nice copy. Signature to title: ?.."Gibbon"
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Provenance: from the library of Irish poet William Monk Gibbon. Very rare travel account. For other details and condition see the scans.
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205pp. Decorative endpapers. Very Good condition with light foxing to the closed page edges, and corner 'crumple' to lower margin/corners of pages 137-144.In near Very Good original price-clipped dustwrapper with some edge tears and toning.Rare memoir by Barbara Greene of the 350-mile, 4-week walk through the unmapped interior of Liberia undertaken in 1935 with her cousin, Graham Greene (republished in 1981 as 'Too Late to Turn Back'). Graham Greene's own account of the journey "Journey Without Maps" had been published in 1936.

2 volumes. xii+414 pages with frontispiece folding map with hand-colored routes and five plates with four folding; [4]+492 pages with tables and one folding plate. octavos (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound contemporary tree calf with black and red labels to spine in gilt lettering. Second edition.
In the last half of the eighteenth century, England and Europe were hungry for information concerning america. One of the books which had combinations of personal and borrowed observation and reflection. one of the best know is Lieutenant Thomas Anburey's Travels through the Interior Parts of America printed for William Lane in 1789. It was reckoned a valuable source on the Borgoyne campaign, in which the author served and on America, through which he traveled. Anburey's Travels are for the most part lifted from earlier publications. The work was lifted in large chunks from the accounts and descriptions of more than a dozen earlier travels, histoires and geographies. Anburey was doing only what other did-and… Read More

London: Hurst, Chance, and Co, 1829. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 4 volumes: folded frontispiece in each vol., 99 plates (24 folding); 18 cm. Plain brown paper over boards with printed paper spine labels with title: Londiniana or Reminiscences of the British Capital by E.W. Brayley. Publisher's advertisements on two pages following text in vol. 4. The plates include views, maps, and plans; they were bound in following the table of contents and list of plates in each volume, rather than facing the specified pages of text. Former owner's inscription at head of each title page: Frank Tayler July 1886. Tayler erased the name of the previous owner, which can faintly be seen under his name. In Near Fine- Condition: paper starting to separate over some joints, with slight loss of paper at joints and at head of spines; otherwise a clean and crisp set of this wonderfully illustrated guide to London.

Paris, Durand, 1762. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. xxvii, 523; 690. Plus 22 folding engraved plates (10 to 1st volume, 12 to the 2nd, bound at end). With large folding chart to volume I. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary full mottled calf, worn and with defects, nevertheless strong. Wormholes throughout (how appropriate!), practically all meticulously restored by fine expert hand, remaining traces at few text leaves and plates; some old institutional stamps, some annotation in pencil. This is an authentic set in the original state and in first binding, which is no longer glamorous but still full of charm. Leaves are very clean, neat, ample margined and free of foxing, plates are in the first state. Withal, a lovely, unique item. ~ FIRST EDITION. Étienne-Louis Geoffroy (1725-1810), a French entomologist and pharmacist. His "Histoire abregée des insectes" went through at least four editions. Some, in the spirit of the period, were fashionably… Read More

London: H. Allen & Co.. Good+. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in clean maroon cloth over 1/2 leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt title label. Decorated endpaper. (x) 326pp + 40 pages of publishers advertisements. First few pages have a damp stain & approx 1' dampstain on lower corner of last half of book. Preliminary pages (iii) & (v) have a professional page mend. Travel: Bombay, Agra, Delhi, Lahore, Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, Belgaum, Benares, Allahabad, Meerut and Kashmir. Asia, India, Travel ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages .

This edition has been professionally rebound in tan calf leather. It is very distinctive copy of this exploration narrative. Many Illustrations. Octavo. 508 pages plus Harper selections catalog. A nice folded map enclosed in rear pocket. Decorated endpapers.

1841 Naturalists Jardine Mammalia Marsupial Kangaroo Koala Color Illustrated
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.

This undated edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia' is beautifully color illustrated with 37 engravings of various species of 'Marsupial and Pouched Animals'! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and descriptions of possums, kangaroos, koalas, wombats, and much more. This volume also includes a memorial and portrait of Barclay.
Item number: #10471
Price: $499
JARDINE, Sir William
The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia… Marsupialia or Pouched Animals.
London, Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, Henry G. Bohn, [1841].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 323
o 37 engraved plates (many hand colored)
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References: Lowndes 1192
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Language: English
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