Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery by Clare, John - 1820

Fine. London: Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to., [x], 197pp., approx. 160 colour illustrations, publisherÕs black cloth with gilt spine titles, dust-wrapper. A Fine copy in Fine dustjacket - As New and signed by Julian Mackenzie on the main title page.A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The collection is limited to first-hand accounts, and was assembled with a view to condition. It contains many outstanding copies, some with rare dust-wrappers. The Taurus Collection was formed with two objectives in mind: First was to obtain the finest possible copies of books on the Antarctic; second was to focus on the people and expeditions who went to the Continent when heroism was most important, ie: before the age of mechanization. - from the introduction.The Taurus Collection publication should prove to be a valuable resource for both written and visual documentation for key books important to documentation of exploration of… Read More

Paris: Le Normant, 1820. Livre. Assez bon. Reliure signée. Edition originale. In-8. Paris, Chez Le Normant, 1820. 21,5 x 13 cm (R), in-8, XII - 626 pp. (la dernière mal chiffré : 606) - 1 planche dépliante hors texte (vue d'Alger prise de la mer), reliure de l'époque de plein veau fauve, dos lisse orné, filets noirs en encadrement sur les plats avec petits fers dans les coins, roulette sur les coupes, tranches marbrées à l'égal des gardes (reliure signée Thouvenin). Edition originale de la traduction française. Pananti milite dans cet ouvrage pour la colonisation de l'Algérie. Ex-libris de Anne Henri Cabot de Dampmartin ("bibliothèque A. H. Dampmartin") puis ex-libris héraldique de la princesse de Broglie (Jeanne Emeline Cabot de Dampmartin, épouse de François prince de Broglie). Reliure endommagée et à restaurer (premier plat détaché,… Read More

Leiden [Leide]: Chez Pierre Vander Aa, 1709. Derniere Edition . Full Leather. Very Good. 6 3/8" x 4. Folding Plates and Maps Throughout. Complete with two front endpapers, illustrated title page, no printed title page, pp 1-140 with all plates, maps, folding maps. Original spine decorated in gilt, five raised bands also decorated in gilt, polished calf boards which appear to be replacements in the 17th or early 18th century. Watered colored endpapers. Contents clean and unworn, binding worn and frayed but professionally refreshed and quite solid. Pencil signature of George Ellery Hale, the astronomer.

London: Black, Parry, & Co. / T. Hamilton, 1815. 3rd Edition . Full Calf. Very Good. 8 11/16' Tall. Frontispiece, Multifold Map, 8 Plates. The Corrected Third Edition .Xvi, Folding Map, 400 Pp + 8 Plates, Complete. Full Tree Calf. Newly Rebacked, Original Boards, Original Spine And Red Morocco Spine Label Laid Down Over New Backing Leather, Tips Repaired. Circa 1920'S Bookplate Of Charles M Crouse, With Motto "Knowledge Is Power" Shown On A Tape Being Pulled By A Bear From A Glass-Topped Stock Ticker. [ No Trace Of Later Bookplate "Power Is The Only Knowledge That Will Be Remembered" But Who Will Notice?]. Front Hinge Cracked But Newly Backed Binding Quite Solid. No Other Names Or Marks. Pages Clean, Large Folding Map At Front With A Single 3/4" Tear Extending From The Gutter Into Some Unprinted Space At The Edge Of The Map. Some Offsetting From Plates Onto Facing Pages.

New York: William Taylor & Co., 1854. 2nd Edition . Original Brown Cloth. Very Good. Frontispieces. Vii, 336 Pp. Second (Revised) Edition (Not Stated As Such), 1854 Copyright Date And Also The Date On Title Page, With Preface By The Author Dated 1854. Original Brown Cloth, Gilt, Two Engraved Frontispiece Portraits. Slade's Account Of The Current State Of The Turkish Empire, Particularly That Part Inhabited By The Greeks, With A Discussion Of The Greek Church; Detailed Views Of Constantinople, The Bulgarians, Samothrace, Mount Athos, Etc.; And Information About The Turkish Press And Of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), Updated By The Author To 1854 And Further Amended With New Appendix On The Greek Church, The Turkish Press, And Sebastopol. Adolphus Slade (C1804-1877) Was A British Naval Officer In The Turkish Naval Service, Rising To The Rank Of Admiral, Where He Effected Several Reforms. Covers Clean, Gilt Bright, Cloth Lightly Frayed Along Half Of Top Edge Of Spine, A Little Light Fray At Upper… Read More

Fine. London: Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to., [x], 197pp., approx. 160 colour illustrations, publisherÕs black cloth with gilt spine titles, dust-wrapper. A Fine copy in Fine dustjacket - As New and signed by Julian Mackenzie on the main title page.A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The collection is limited to first-hand accounts, and was assembled with a view to condition. It contains many outstanding copies, some with rare dust-wrappers. The Taurus Collection was formed with two objectives in mind: First was to obtain the finest possible copies of books on the Antarctic; second was to focus on the people and expeditions who went to the Continent when heroism was most important, ie: before the age of mechanization. - from the introduction.The Taurus Collection publication should prove to be a valuable resource for both written and visual documentation for key books important to documentation of exploration of… Read More

Paris: Le Normant, 1820. Livre. Assez bon. Reliure signée. Edition originale. In-8. Paris, Chez Le Normant, 1820. 21,5 x 13 cm (R), in-8, XII - 626 pp. (la dernière mal chiffré : 606) - 1 planche dépliante hors texte (vue d'Alger prise de la mer), reliure de l'époque de plein veau fauve, dos lisse orné, filets noirs en encadrement sur les plats avec petits fers dans les coins, roulette sur les coupes, tranches marbrées à l'égal des gardes (reliure signée Thouvenin). Edition originale de la traduction française. Pananti milite dans cet ouvrage pour la colonisation de l'Algérie. Ex-libris de Anne Henri Cabot de Dampmartin ("bibliothèque A. H. Dampmartin") puis ex-libris héraldique de la princesse de Broglie (Jeanne Emeline Cabot de Dampmartin, épouse de François prince de Broglie). Reliure endommagée et à restaurer (premier plat détaché,… Read More

Leiden [Leide]: Chez Pierre Vander Aa, 1709. Derniere Edition . Full Leather. Very Good. 6 3/8" x 4. Folding Plates and Maps Throughout. Complete with two front endpapers, illustrated title page, no printed title page, pp 1-140 with all plates, maps, folding maps. Original spine decorated in gilt, five raised bands also decorated in gilt, polished calf boards which appear to be replacements in the 17th or early 18th century. Watered colored endpapers. Contents clean and unworn, binding worn and frayed but professionally refreshed and quite solid. Pencil signature of George Ellery Hale, the astronomer.

London: Black, Parry, & Co. / T. Hamilton, 1815. 3rd Edition . Full Calf. Very Good. 8 11/16' Tall. Frontispiece, Multifold Map, 8 Plates. The Corrected Third Edition .Xvi, Folding Map, 400 Pp + 8 Plates, Complete. Full Tree Calf. Newly Rebacked, Original Boards, Original Spine And Red Morocco Spine Label Laid Down Over New Backing Leather, Tips Repaired. Circa 1920'S Bookplate Of Charles M Crouse, With Motto "Knowledge Is Power" Shown On A Tape Being Pulled By A Bear From A Glass-Topped Stock Ticker. [ No Trace Of Later Bookplate "Power Is The Only Knowledge That Will Be Remembered" But Who Will Notice?]. Front Hinge Cracked But Newly Backed Binding Quite Solid. No Other Names Or Marks. Pages Clean, Large Folding Map At Front With A Single 3/4" Tear Extending From The Gutter Into Some Unprinted Space At The Edge Of The Map. Some Offsetting From Plates Onto Facing Pages.

New York: William Taylor & Co., 1854. 2nd Edition . Original Brown Cloth. Very Good. Frontispieces. Vii, 336 Pp. Second (Revised) Edition (Not Stated As Such), 1854 Copyright Date And Also The Date On Title Page, With Preface By The Author Dated 1854. Original Brown Cloth, Gilt, Two Engraved Frontispiece Portraits. Slade's Account Of The Current State Of The Turkish Empire, Particularly That Part Inhabited By The Greeks, With A Discussion Of The Greek Church; Detailed Views Of Constantinople, The Bulgarians, Samothrace, Mount Athos, Etc.; And Information About The Turkish Press And Of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), Updated By The Author To 1854 And Further Amended With New Appendix On The Greek Church, The Turkish Press, And Sebastopol. Adolphus Slade (C1804-1877) Was A British Naval Officer In The Turkish Naval Service, Rising To The Rank Of Admiral, Where He Effected Several Reforms. Covers Clean, Gilt Bright, Cloth Lightly Frayed Along Half Of Top Edge Of Spine, A Little Light Fray At Upper… Read More