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76/1067 Russia Le Tocsin Nabat Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov The alarm Organ of Russian Revolutionaries Year 3 no 1 ? year 4 no 3 5 76/1067 Russia Le Tocsin Nabat Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov The alarm Organ of Russian Revolutionaries Year 3 no 1 ? year 4 no 3 5
76/1067 Russia Le Tocsin Nabat Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov The alarm Organ of Russian Revolutionaries Year 3 no 1 ? year 4 no 3 5 76/1067 Russia Le Tocsin Nabat Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov The alarm Organ of Russian Revolutionaries Year 3 no 1 ? year 4 no 3 5
76/1067 Russia Le Tocsin Nabat Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov The alarm Organ of Russian Revolutionaries Year 3 no 1 ? year 4 no 3 5 76/1067 Russia Le Tocsin Nabat Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov The alarm Organ of Russian Revolutionaries Year 3 no 1 ? year 4 no 3 5
76/1067 [Russia]. Le Tocsin. Nabat. Organ russkikh revoliutsionerov (The alarm. Organ of Russian Revolutionaries). Year 3, no.1(?), year 4, no.3-5. Geneva/ London, Nabat, 1878-1879, 2 vols., L,17-172,(1); (4),90,(1)p., orig. (not unif. wr.).

- Wrappers sl. chipped and frayed; vol. 1 top of spine strengthened w. paper.

= Rare periodical founded by Piotr Tkachev, in existence between 1875 and 1881. Zaleski I, p.42 ("Tendance anarchiste; les partisans de Tkačev étaient appelés "jacobins""); Stammhammer II, p.324.

Tkachev, P. Anarkhia Mysli (Anarchy of Thought). London, idem, 1879, 78p., modern black leather w. gilt red mor. letterpiece, orig. wr. pres., sm. 8vo.

= Zaleski 484; Kerssemakers 7620; Nettlau p.219.

€ (100-150) 100
76 1068 Russia Trotzki L 76 1068 Russia Trotzki L
76/1068 [Russia]. Trotzki, L. Die Geburt der Roten Armee. Reden, Befehle, Aufrufe und Thesen aus dem Gründungsjahr der Roten Armee. German transl. F. Rubiner. Vienna, Verlag für Literatur und Politik, 1924, 216p., later stiff paper wr., orig. wr. pres.

- Htitle loose; first lvs. rather brittle.

= Kerssemakers 7802: "A valuable source for the organization of the Red Army by Trotsky as the people's Commisar of the Army, as Soviet history falsified Trotsky's part in it."

€ (50-70)
76 1069 Russia Zhelyabuzhsky I A 76 1069 Russia Zhelyabuzhsky I A
76/1069 [Russia]. Zhelyabuzhsky, I.A. Zapiski Zhelyabuzhskogo s 1682 po 1709 (Zhelyabuzhsky's notes from 1682 to 1709). Ed. and introd. D. Yazykov. St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy Press, 1840, (4),IV,314,(33)p., contemp. hcalf.

- Library stamp and annots. on title-p.; sl. foxed. Binding rubbed and sl. worn; (traces of) paper tickets on spine.

= Ivan Afanasyevitch Zhelyabuzhsky was a Russian nobleman and military man. His Zapiski contain loosely connected observations on late 17th cent. Russian society and is considered one of the earliest examples of the literary diary genre in Russia. Zhelyabuzhsky's authorship (of at least part of the work) is however disputed as he died before 1709. The diary's later entries might have been written by a relative, Semyon Zhelyabuzhsky.

€ (100-150) 100
76 1070 Scotland Billings R W 76 1070 Scotland Billings R W
76/1070 [Scotland]. Billings, R.W. The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland. London/ Edinb., the author/ W. Paterson, n.d. (1852), 4 vols., 4 ident. woodengr. titles, 240 steelengr. views after R.W. BILLINGS, each w. 2 to 6 accomp. textp., woordengr. ills., rebound w. use of orig. gilt mor. covers, modern gilt leather spines w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Occas. trifle foxed. = Holloway 25.

€ (150-250)
76 1071 Scotland Crookshank W 76 1071 Scotland Crookshank W
76/1071 [Scotland]. Crookshank, W. Historie van den Staat en het Lyden van de Kerke van Schotlandt. Zynde een Verhaal van de Smertelykste Vervolgingen, en Wreedtste Tormenten, welke de Protestanten hebben moeten ondergaan, onder de Regeringe van Koning Karel den Tweeden en Jacob den Tweeden. Dutch transl. J. Ross. Rott., H. Kentlink etc., 1754, (18),788,(4)p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette and 1 other vignette by J. FOLKEMA, contemp. vellum w. modern letterpiece, 4to.

- Vellum treated w. polish-like substance (mostly frontcover); backcover sl. dustsoiled.

= Published as the 3rd vol. of D. NEALE, Historie der rechtzinnige Puriteinen, of Lotgevallen der Protestanten (...). Rare.

€ (80-100) 80
76 1072 Scotland Johnston T B and Robertson J A 76 1072 Scotland Johnston T B and Robertson J A
76 1072 Scotland Johnston T B and Robertson J A 76 1072 Scotland Johnston T B and Robertson J A
76/1072 [Scotland]. Johnston, T.B. and Robertson, J.A. Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland. Third Edition, edited with A Narrative of the Highland Campaigns by W.K. Dickson. Edinb./ London, W. & A.K. Johnston, 1899, 3rd ed., VII,(5),181,(3)p., large linenbacked fold. col. lithogr. map, 6 col. lithogr. maps/ plans (1 double-p.), 4 monochr. plates, orig. giltlettered buckram, 4to.

- Erased owner's entry on first free endpaper and verso fold. map. Corners and spine-ends sl. worn; backstrip and margins of covers (sl.) sunned.

ADDED: MacGregor, J. The Rob Roy on the Baltic: A Canoe Cruise, through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Sleswig Holstein, The North Sea, and the Baltic. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1892, 9th ed., X,263,(1),30,(2)p., 4 tinted lithogr. maps (1 fold.), lithogr. frontisp. and 34 ills., orig. giltlettered dec. cl.

- Binding trifle worn at extremities.

€ (40-60) 40
76/1073 Socialism and communism Die rote Fahne Zentralorgan des Spartacusbundes Year 1 no 1 16 18 26 28 31 34 36 39 42 and 44 Ed K Liebknecht and R Luxemburg 76/1073 Socialism and communism Die rote Fahne Zentralorgan des Spartacusbundes Year 1 no 1 16 18 26 28 31 34 36 39 42 and 44 Ed K Liebknecht and R Luxemburg
76/1073 [Socialism and communism]. Die rote Fahne. Zentralorgan des Spartacusbundes. Year 1, no.1-16, 18-26, 28, 31-34, 36, 39, 42 and 44. Ed. K. Liebknecht and R. Luxemburg. Berlin, n.publ., 1918, 34 parts in 1 vol., later hcl., folio.

= Incl. coverage of the early stages of the November Revolution.

WITH a special issue ("Extra-Blatt") of the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger ("(...) ist von Vertretern des revolutionären Volkes (Skartakus-Gruppe) besetzt") proclaiming the Socialist Revolution in Germany.

€ (100-150) 325
76 1074 South Africa Backhouse J 76 1074 South Africa Backhouse J
76 1074 South Africa Backhouse J 76 1074 South Africa Backhouse J
76/1074 [South Africa]. Backhouse, J. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa. London/ York, Hamilton, Adams and Co./ J.L. Linney, 1844, 1st ed., XVI,648,LVIp., 1 fold. engr. map, 16 etched plates and 28 woodengr. ills., contemp. cl.

- Plates (sl.) foxed.

= Mendelssohn I, p.62: "The book is in the form of a diary, and the author seems to have traversed every part of South Africa where there was a Mission Station or a missionary. In this way he appears to have met almost every prominent man connected with Mission work in South Africa at this time."

€ (70-90) 80
76 1075 South America Juan G and Ulloa A de 76 1075 South America Juan G and Ulloa A de
76 1075 South America Juan G and Ulloa A de 76 1075 South America Juan G and Ulloa A de
76/1075 [South America]. Juan, G. and Ulloa, A. de. Historische reisbeschryving van geheel Zuid-America; gedaan op bevel des Konings van Spanje, door Don George Juan, Commandeur van Aliaga, Ridder van Maltha, en Bevelhebber van de Compagnie der Edele Opzieneren over de Scheepvaart; en door Don Antonio de Ulloa, Luitenant van dezelfde Compagnie (...). Goes, J. Huysman, 1771/ 1772, 2 vols., (8),XXIV,428; VIII,IV,406,(1)p., engr. frontisp., 2 ident. title-vignettes, 1 large vignette above dedication, 14 fold. maps/ plans and 11 (fold.) plates by i.a. H. VINKELES and J. VAN SCHLEY, 1 table, modern unif. boards w. contemp. backstrip laid down on spine, 4to.

- Both vols. (badly) waterstained and mouldy throughout in lower outer corner (also affecting most of the plates). Sold w.a.f.

= Sabin 36804; Borba de Moraes p.430-431 (Spanish ed., mentioning a French translation, not listing a Dutch transl.); Tiele 1120; Cat. NHSM p.281. "Juan and Ulloa's Travels may be selected as the most entertaining and satisfactory work of its kind; they are the acknowledged source of much that has been published in other forms" (Sabin 36813). "This voyage arose out of the desire of the French Government (...) to send certain members of the Academy of Sciences to measure a degree of longitude in the equinoctial countries of Peru. (...) the King of Spain conceived the idea of sharing the honor of a scheme devoted to the advancement of knowledge, and sent two of the most scientific officers of the Spanish navy to accompany the expedition. This party carried on a series of operations of unexampled difficulty and encountered hardships and sufferings which demanded the strength of the strongest constitutions and the energy of minds stimulated by a love of science". (Cox II, p.275 on the English ed.). The first Dutch edition (first published in Spanish in Madrid in 1748) of this description of the whole of South America. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (150-250) 250
76 1076 Spain Bulgarin Th 76 1076 Spain Bulgarin Th
76/1076 [Spain]. Bulgarin, Th. Vospominania ob Ispanii (Memories of Spain). St. Petersburg, N. Gretch, 1823, (4),186,IV,(1)p., contemp. hcalf.

- Occas. sl. foxed; bookplate on lower pastedown. Joints splitting; backstrip chipped; sm. ticket on frontcover; covers rubbed along extremities.

= Thaddeus Bulgarin was a Russian journalist of Polish descent who served as a soldier under Napoleon and participated in the Spanish War of Independence.

€ (150-250) 150
76 1077 Stuart M 76 1077 Stuart M
76/1077 Stuart, M. De mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol. Vol. 2-5. Zaltbommel, J. Noman & Zoon, 1835-1836, 2nd [= 3rd] impr. ed., 4 (of 6) vols., 4 diff. handcol. title-vignettes and 31 plates, printed in colour and finished by hand, modern antique style unif. gilt hleather w. letterpiece.

- Without vol. 1 and 6; trifle yellowed.

= Cf. Lipperheide Ma9; Tiele 1065; Landwehr, Dutch books with col. plates 447/448. "The first treatise on geographical anthropology" (Landwehr). A German translated was published 1805-1809. The fine plates, all depicting ethnic types, are engraved by L. Portman after Jacques Kuyper.

€ (60-80) 90
76 1078 Surinam Halberstadt A 76 1078 Surinam Halberstadt A
76 1078 Surinam Halberstadt A 76 1078 Surinam Halberstadt A
76 1078 Surinam Halberstadt A 76 1078 Surinam Halberstadt A
76/1078 [Surinam]. Halberstadt, A. Kolonisatie van Europeanen te Suriname. Opheffing van het pauperisme, ontwikkeling van handel en industrie. N.pl. (Leyden), the author, n.d. (1871), (2),XI,(1),130,(2)p., 49 lithogr. plates by J.-B. MADOU and P. LAUTERS after P.J. BENOIT, later plain boards, folio.

- Contents loosening; final few plates sl. waterstained in outer blank margin. Otherwise contents fine. Backstrip loose.

= Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 2487; Rouffaer/ Muller I, p.632; not in Sabin. Rare account by an ex-civil servant who did not agree with the Dutch policy concerning Surinam, which got him into trouble with the authorities. The plates were used earlier for P.J. Benoit, Voyage à Surinam (1839)/ Scènes de la vie Américaine, description de la Guyane Hollandaise (1858). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.

€ (250-350) 300
76 1079 Surinam Sijpesteijn C A van 76 1079 Surinam Sijpesteijn C A van
76/1079 [Surinam]. Sijpesteijn, C.A. van. Beschrijving van Suriname, historisch-, geographisch- en statistisch overzigt, uit officiele bronnen bijeengebragt. The Hague, Gebroeders van Cleef, 1854, XVI,296p., 1 fold. lithogr. plan of Paramaribo, 1 fold. lithogr. map, contemp. giltlettered hcalf ("Bibliotheek Regiment Rijd. Artil." at foot of spine).

- Some sl. occas. foxing; sm. libr. stamp and inventory no. on title; sm. owner's stamp on first free endpaper. Binding sl. rubbed at extremities. Good copy.

= Van Doorne/ Van Kempen 6774; Rouffaer/ Muller p.630; Sabin 80989; Tiele 1075; cat. NHSM p.285.

€ (100-150) 110
76/1080 Sweden Beskrifning om Tjäru och Kol Ugnars Inrättande uppå Hans Kongl May ts allernådigste Befallning 76/1080 Sweden Beskrifning om Tjäru och Kol Ugnars Inrättande uppå Hans Kongl May ts allernådigste Befallning
76/1080 [Sweden]. Beskrifning om Tjäru- och Kol-Ugnars Inrättande, uppå Hans Kongl. May:ts allernådigste Befallning (...). Stockholm, L. Salvius, 1748, 82p., 4 fold. engr. plates, modern antique style hleather, sm. 4to.

- Upper hinge broken. = Description of Swedish tar- and coal ovens.

€ (50-70)
76 1081 Syria Barker F B 76 1081 Syria Barker F B
76/1081 [Syria]. Barker, F.B. Lares and Penates: or, Cilicia and its Governors; being a short Historical Account of the Province from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: together with a description of some household Gods of the ancient Cilicians, broken up by them on their conversion to Christianity (...). Ed. W.F. Ainsworth. London, Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853, 1st ed.,VI,394,(2)p., fold. map, num. woodengr. plates and ills., orig. gilt and blindst. cl.

- Occas. sl. foxed/ sl. yellowed; sm. tear in map near inner margin. Backcover partly waterstained; spine-ends trifle worn. Nevertheless a good/ fine copy.

= Blackmer 78; Atabey 62.

€ (150-250)
76 1082 Thailand Bowring J 76 1082 Thailand Bowring J
76/1082 [Thailand]. Bowring, J. The Kingdom and People of Siam; with a Narrative of the Mission to that Country in 1855. London, J.W. Parker, 1857, 1st ed., 2 vols., X,482,(2 publ. cat.); VI,(2),446,(2 publ. cat.)p., 18 (of 19) (col.) lithogr./ steelengr. plates/ portraits (incl. 1 fold. map, 2 facs. plates), orig. unif. blindst. and giltlettered cl.

- Lacks frontisp. and title-p. to vol.I (both replaced by facsimiles); 2 plates vaguely dampstained in blank inner margin; fold. map trifle creased in upper left corner. Spines sl. sunned; covers of vol.1 sl. waterstained.

= Cordier, Indosinica 977.

€ (100-150) 750
76 1083 Thomson C W 76 1083 Thomson C W
76/1083 Thomson, C.W. The Voyage of the 'Challenger'. The Atlantic. A preliminary Account of the general Results of the exploring Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876. London, Macmillan & Co., 1877, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXIX,(3),424; XIV,(2),396,(4)p., engr. portr., 43 (fold./ double-p.) (lithogr.) maps/ plates/ tables, 168 ills., orig. unif. gilt and dec. cl., t.e.g.

- Both vols. some foxing; vol.2 weak on upper hinge. Top of spines and corner trifle worn.

= Headland 1039; Conrad p.67-70; Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 179; Borba de Moraes p.861. Not in Sabin. Important account of the voyage in the Atlantic and to the West-Indies of the Challenger, of which Thomson was the chief scientific officer. The main target was to inspect the physical and biological conditions of the sea-bed. A fifty volume scientific report of the expedition was to be published from 1880 to 1891.

€ (80-100) 110
76 1084 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K 76 1084 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
76/1084 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Austria-Hungary including Dalmatia and Bosnia. Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1905, 10th ed., XVIII,468p., 33 (col./ tinted) (fold.) maps, 43 (of 44) (col./ tinted) (fold.) plans, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Lacks the general plan of Vienna; sm. tear in general map. = Hinrichsen E57.

Idem. Austria together with Budapest, Prague, Karlsbad, Marienbad. Ibid., idem, 1929, 12th ed., LXIV,518p., 86 (col./ tinted) (fold.) maps and plans, 2 fold. panoramas, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Joints split(ting); backstrip loosening.

AND 3 other Baedeker guides: Österreich ohne Tirol und Vorarlberg (1931, 31st ed.); Tirol, Vorarlberg, Etschland (...) (1929, 39th ed.) and Tirol, Vorarlberg, Westliches Salzburg, Hochkärnten (1938, 40th ed.).

€ (70-90)
76 1085 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K 76 1085 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
76/1085 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Indien (Ceylon. Vorderindien. Birma. Die malayische Halbinsel. Siam. Java). Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1914, LXXIV,358p., 21 (of 22) (col.) (fold.) maps, 33 (col.) (fold.) plans, 8 (col.) (fold.) groundplans, ills., orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Without the (loosely inserted) map of India; large tear in the map of the East Indies; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed.

= Hinrichsen D499. First and only edition.

€ (100-150) 220
76 1086 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K 76 1086 Tourist guides souvenir booklets etc Baedeker K
76/1086 [Tourist guides, souvenir booklets etc.]. Baedeker, K. Konstantinopel und das westliche Kleinasien. Leipsic, K. Baedeker, 1905, 1st ed., XXIV,275,(1)p., 9 (fold.) (tinted) maps, 29 (fold.) (tinted) plans and 5 groundplans, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Partly w. extensive annots. and a few pencil drawings (mostly of people in local costume) by a contemporary traveller; later owner's stamp on title-p.

= Hinrichsen D497.

Idem. Grèce. Ibid./ Paris, idem/ P. Ollendorff, 1910, 1st French ed., CII,486p., 17 (fold.) maps (1 loose in pocket), 32 (fold.) plans, 2 plates, 1 fold. panorama, orig. giltlettered cl., sm. 8vo.

- Some contemp. pencil annots. (also on maps/ plans); later owner's stamp on htitle.

= Hinrichsen F216.

€ (80-100) 110
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