- Partly sl. foxed. Backstrip dam./ loose(ning) and portion lacking. = Lonchamp 2233.
- Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrips; bindings sl. rubbed.
= Yakushi L28a. Account of the British military expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition.
- Frontisp. loose(ning). Upper corners bumped.
= Yakushi W04. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p.
AND 1 other: W.H. MURRAY, The Story of Everest (ibid., 1954, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- Paper over hinge trifle dam. Slipcases sl. rubbed. Otherwise very fine.
= Scarce albums rarely found in this condition, with views of i.a. St. Pauli, Altona and Cuxhaven (Elfbufer), and Lombard bridge, Uhlenhorst and St. Nicholas Church (Hamburg).
- Hinges sl. weak. Binding sl. soiled and worn along extremities. = Attractive Jugenstil binding.
Rhein-Ansichten. Berlin-Steglitz, Verlag der Neuen Photographischen Gesellschaft, n.d. (±1904), 23 photogr. plates, loose in orig. gilt dec. cl. portfolio, obl. 4to. - AND 3 others, all German, i.a. a booklet w. photogr. views of Braunschweig and a lithogr. leporello "Panorama des Rheins von Mainz bis Köln" (±1850).
- Wrapper split and frayed along edges.
AND 5 others i.a. 4 small booklets, all ±1880: Scenery on the Caledonian Canal from Oban to Inverness; Scenery of Perthshire. Dunkeld to Glen-tilt; Views of the Trosachs and Views of Loch Lomond &C.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper; p.77-80 (incl. fold. panorama) loose; sl. ruststained from staples; upper hinge weak.
= Hinrichsen E258.
AND 1 other: W. PAGE MAY, Helwân and the Egyptian Desert (London, 1901, fold. col. map loosely inserted in front pocket, 2 other maps, plates, orig. giltlettered cl.).
- Not collated, but apparently complete.
= I.a. Italien von den Alpen bis Neapel (1892, 2nd ed.); Spanien und Portugal (1899, 2nd ed.); Paris et ses environs (1907, 6th ed.); Deutschland (Das Deutsche Reich) (1932, 5th ed.).
- Frontcover sl. warped and dustsoiled.
= Rare early promotional publication of the famous Swiss luxury hotel (est. 1896). The plates depicting the hotel interior and the surroundings of St. Moritz.
- Plates sl. foxed in blank margins. Portfolio w. sl. worn spots. = Rare.
Rotterdam. Rott., De Erven de Wed. J. van Nelle, 1906, 12 heliotype plates, loosely inserted in cl. portfolio.
- Portfolio sl. stained/ dam. = "Aangeboden door de firma ter gelegenheid van haar honderdjarig bestaan".
AND 3 others, i.a. The Album of Brighton Views (n.pl., ±1870, 15 chromolithogr. views bound as leporello, loose in gilt mor. portfolio).
= Nice collection.
- Plates partly w. erroneous numbering, two diff. plates w. "11" and plate 26 shows "20", nevertheless complete; new endpapers; occas. trifle foxed/ waterstain in outer upper blank margin. Spine-ends worn; upper joint weak; a few tiny rubebd spots on covers.
= Navari 813; Lipperheide Qp3; Colas 2059; Abbey Travel 373; Hiler 613; Blackmer 1125 and Blackmer sale 835 (ed.±1820). "These costume plates are by an unknown artist, though there is some connection between these plates and several in Wittman's Travels in Turkey, which are based on the same prototypes." (Navari).
- Lacks the 3 maps and 3 plates; usual occas. erratic pagination (skipping numbers but text complete); stamp on title-p.; sl. yellowed. Spine-ends and corners worn.
= With plates depicting i.a. twirling dervishes and a sailing vessel ("Galliot van den Groten Heer").
- Some foxing. Binding trifle rubbed and stained. = Very rare.
= With loosely inserted list of contents/ bibliography.
Janssen, W. (ed.). Villa - curtis - grangia. Landwirtschaft zwischen Loire und Rhein von der Römerzeit zum Hochmittelalter / Economie rurale entre Loire et Rhin de l'epoque gallo-romaine au XIIe - XIIIe siecle. Munich, Artemis, 1983, XI,281p., (full-p.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Studien zu den Anfängen des Europäischen Stadtewesens. Reichenau Vorträge 1955-1956. Sigmaringen, Jan Thorbecke, 1973, 553,(3)p., (fold.) maps/ plans, orig. giltlettered cl. - AND 6 others in 7 vols., i.a. H. HETTEMA, De Nederlandse wateren en plaatsen in de Romeinse tijd (The Hague, 1951, 2nd ed., 4 fold. maps, orig. wr.); L.A. LANGEVELD, Land- en waterwegen der Romeinen (...) (The Hague, 1930, fold. map, plates, orig. wr. Sl. foxed) and B.H. SLICHER VAN BATH, Mensch en land in de middeleeuwen. Bijdrage tot een geschiedenis der nederzettingen in Oostelijk Nederland (Arnhem, 1972, reprint of the ed. 1944, 2 vols., 5 maps, 1 fold. table, orig. unif. cl. Edges of bookblock sl. foxed).
= Good copy with a worldmap and maps of France and the five continents.
= Facs. reprint of the ed. Madras, 1897.
AND 4 others, i.a. P. MOREE (ed.), Kikkertje lief. Brieven van Aagje Luijtsen geschreven tussen 1776 en 1780 aan Harmanus Kikkert, Stuurman in dienst van de VOC (Texel, 2002, num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. boards) and L. WAGENAAR, Galle. VOC-vestiging in Ceylon (...) (Amst., 1994, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to)
- Folded; creases; sm. dam. spot in right margin. = Showing the main buildings of the World Expo of 1900.
- Sl. foxed. Extremities sl. rubbed; joints starting.
= From the library of the Société impériale et centrale d'horticulture de France (stamp on title-p. and giltlettering on spine). Report of the second Universal Exhibition (1855), the first held in France, with plans of the event locations and the closing ceremony.
AND 1 other on the World exhibition of 1889.