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(ST. HILL, Arthur.)
Through The Land of the Aztecs Or Life and Travel In Mexico. By "A Gringo" (pseud.) London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1892. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover, x, 236, (32)pp.ads. A fine copy. In the preface St. Hill states "my object is simply to give a plain account of several years experience in the country, to show its recent progress and to enable the reader to judge the future.....accounts of prolonged periods of travel over the greater part of its territory, by rail, stagecoach and steamer, on horseback and in canoes have afforded me exceptional facilities for studying the country and all classes of the people."
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ST. JOHN, J. Augustus.
Journal of a Residence in Normandy.
Edinburgh: Printed for Constable & Co.,.... 1831. First edition. 12mo., recently rebound in half calf, marble boards, raised bands, xiv, 295pp. About fine.
Edinburgh: Printed for Constable & Co.,.... 1831. First edition. 12mo., recently rebound in half calf, marble boards, raised bands, xiv, 295pp. About fine.
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ST. JOHN, Mrs. Horace Roscoe.
The Court of Anna Carafa; A Historical Narrative.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First edition. Tall 8vo., later blue half morocco, cloth, raised ands, gilt compartments, T.E.G. By Rivere, xii, 349pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
Mrs. Horace St. John, wife of the political writer for the Daily Telegraph, was the author of a number of books covering a wide range of subjects which included another book on Italy and a book on Audubon.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First edition. Tall 8vo., later blue half morocco, cloth, raised ands, gilt compartments, T.E.G. By Rivere, xii, 349pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
Mrs. Horace St. John, wife of the political writer for the Daily Telegraph, was the author of a number of books covering a wide range of subjects which included another book on Italy and a book on Audubon.
| $300 | Book Number: 24019 | Order / Enquire |
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STACEY, Tom.
The Hostile Sun. A Malayan Journey. London: Duckworth, (1953). First edition. Inscribed by the author. Cloth, 182pp. Fine in d/w with slight wear to spine ends. Story of a journey into the Malayan jungle in 1951 to make contact with the Temiar, a small group of nearly extinct aborigines, some of whom had not been seen since the 1930's.
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STACTON, David.
A Ride on a Tiger. The Curious Travels of Victor Jacquemont.
London: Museum Press, (1954). First edition. Cloth, 222pp. Near fine in d/w with chips at spine ends and corners.
Jacquemont whose friends included Lady Morgan, Stendhal, Merimee and others went to India on a scientific mission. Jacquemont arrived in India penniless but charmed his way to the top of administrative circles and soon became an adroit and successful adventurer.
London: Museum Press, (1954). First edition. Cloth, 222pp. Near fine in d/w with chips at spine ends and corners.
Jacquemont whose friends included Lady Morgan, Stendhal, Merimee and others went to India on a scientific mission. Jacquemont arrived in India penniless but charmed his way to the top of administrative circles and soon became an adroit and successful adventurer.
| $75 | Book Number: 8416 | Order / Enquire |
STAEL-HOLSTEIN, Anne Louise.
Corinna, Or, Italy.
London: Samuel Tipper, 1807. In three volumes. First edition. 8vo., cont. half leather, marble boards, 398, 420, 440pp. Top half inch clipped from titles of volumes one & three, and leaf "B" (p.1-2) of volume two, resulting in a single line of text being excised from p.2 of volume two. An earlier owner has supplied the excised line in ink (contemporary) at the foot of p.1 o/w a nice set.
Anne Louise de Stael-Holstein sent a fascinating childhood at her mothers salon which was a celebrated centre of intellectual activity, hosting among others, Tallyrand and Diderot. After an unhappy marriage de Stael-Holstein's own salon became a meeting place for those who shared her antipathy to Napoleon and the Empire. He book "De L'Allemagne" was seized by authorities and she fled into exile, travelling extensively in Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden & England. She "holds an important place in the history of French thought with her belief in 'perfectibility' and the notion that the human race is advancing towards perfection." She wrote two novel, the above title is the second and the fundamental theme of both concerns the solitariness of the intellectual woman, the conflict between the thirst for fame and the longing for affection.
London: Samuel Tipper, 1807. In three volumes. First edition. 8vo., cont. half leather, marble boards, 398, 420, 440pp. Top half inch clipped from titles of volumes one & three, and leaf "B" (p.1-2) of volume two, resulting in a single line of text being excised from p.2 of volume two. An earlier owner has supplied the excised line in ink (contemporary) at the foot of p.1 o/w a nice set.
Anne Louise de Stael-Holstein sent a fascinating childhood at her mothers salon which was a celebrated centre of intellectual activity, hosting among others, Tallyrand and Diderot. After an unhappy marriage de Stael-Holstein's own salon became a meeting place for those who shared her antipathy to Napoleon and the Empire. He book "De L'Allemagne" was seized by authorities and she fled into exile, travelling extensively in Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden & England. She "holds an important place in the history of French thought with her belief in 'perfectibility' and the notion that the human race is advancing towards perfection." She wrote two novel, the above title is the second and the fundamental theme of both concerns the solitariness of the intellectual woman, the conflict between the thirst for fame and the longing for affection.
| $600 | Book Number: 5885 | Order / Enquire |
STAINES, David.
"Tennyson's The Holy Grail: The Tragedy of Percivale." Reprinted from the Modern Language Review, October 1974, Volume 69, Number 4.
NP: Printed for the Modern Humanities Research Association, nd. (1974). Offprint. Inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper to Canadian poet Irving Layton. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, pp.745-756. Near fine.
NP: Printed for the Modern Humanities Research Association, nd. (1974). Offprint. Inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper to Canadian poet Irving Layton. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, pp.745-756. Near fine.
| $75 | Book Number: 9471 | Order / Enquire |
STAIR, John B.
Old Samoa Or Flotsam and Jetsam From the Pacific Ocean. With An Introduction by The Bishop of Ballarat.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 296pp. Cloth somewhat mottled o/w a very good copy.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 296pp. Cloth somewhat mottled o/w a very good copy.
| $250 | Book Number: 24155 | Order / Enquire |
STAIR, John B.
Old Samoa Or Flotsam and Jetsam From the Pacific Ocean. With An Introduction by The Bishop of Ballarat.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 296pp. Inscription, cloth mottled along the lower edge o/w a very nice copy.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 296pp. Inscription, cloth mottled along the lower edge o/w a very nice copy.
| $250 | Book Number: 24163 | Order / Enquire |
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa Or The Quest, Rescue, And Retreat Of Emin Governor Of Equatoria. By.....With Two Steel Engravings, One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. In two volumes. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. Bookplate, inner hinges cracked, some rubbing to cloth with wear to the foot of the spines, a very good copy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. In two volumes. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. Bookplate, inner hinges cracked, some rubbing to cloth with wear to the foot of the spines, a very good copy.
| $750 | Book Number: 31252 | Order / Enquire |
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa Or The Quest, Rescue, And Retreat Of Emin Governor Of Equatorial. By.....With Two Steel Engravings, One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/ Toronto: Presbyterian News Company, 1890. In two volumes. First Canadian edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary brown half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, A.E.G., xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. Maps are browned on the verso at the folds and also have some tears along the folds; binding has some slight rubbing to corners but this is o/w a near fine, attractive copy of the Canadian edition.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/ Toronto: Presbyterian News Company, 1890. In two volumes. First Canadian edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary brown half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, A.E.G., xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. Maps are browned on the verso at the folds and also have some tears along the folds; binding has some slight rubbing to corners but this is o/w a near fine, attractive copy of the Canadian edition.
| $850 | Book Number: 33598 | Order / Enquire |
STANLEY, Henry M.
Through The Dark Continent Or The Sources Of The Nile Around The Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa And Down The Livingstone River To the Atlantic Ocean.
Toronto: John B Magurn, 1878. First Canadian edition, later issue without the two folding maps in a pocket at rear. Tall thick 8vo., orig. rust brown cloth decorated in black, xvi, 509; ix, 483pp. Name on e/paper o/w a fine copy.
We have seen copies with an without the folding maps offered, copies without the maps are also lacking the pocket at rear indicating that they were issued thus.
Toronto: John B Magurn, 1878. First Canadian edition, later issue without the two folding maps in a pocket at rear. Tall thick 8vo., orig. rust brown cloth decorated in black, xvi, 509; ix, 483pp. Name on e/paper o/w a fine copy.
We have seen copies with an without the folding maps offered, copies without the maps are also lacking the pocket at rear indicating that they were issued thus.
| $450 | Book Number: 32010 | Order / Enquire |
STANLEY, Henry M.
Through The Dark Continent Or The Sources Of The Nile Around The Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa And Down The Livingstone River To the Atlantic Ocean.
Toronto: William Briggs, (1885). Later Canadian edition, abridged. 8vo., orig. rust brown cloth decorated in black, 312, (8)pp. ads. Some light rubbing o/w a very good copy.
Toronto: William Briggs, (1885). Later Canadian edition, abridged. 8vo., orig. rust brown cloth decorated in black, 312, (8)pp. ads. Some light rubbing o/w a very good copy.
| $125 | Book Number: 32439 | Order / Enquire |
STARK, Freya.
Riding to the Tigris.
London: John Murray, (1959). First edition. Some slight fading to edges o/w near fine in d/w with a touch of wear to the spine ends.
London: John Murray, (1959). First edition. Some slight fading to edges o/w near fine in d/w with a touch of wear to the spine ends.
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STARK, Freya.
The Zodiac Arch. (London): John Murray, (1968). First edition. Review copy with the dated review slip laid in. The reviewer has written notes for the review on the back of the slip. Cloth, 227pp. Fine in a near fine d/w. Travel accounts by Stark, none of which has appeared in her previous books.
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STARK, Freya.
The Zodiac Arch. (London): John Murray, (1968). First edition. Cloth, 227pp. Name o/w fine in d/w with wear to the spine ends and along the upper edge of the front panel but certainly very good. Travel accounts by Stark, non of which has appeared in her previous books.
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STARKIE, Walter.
Spanish Raggle-Taggle. Adventures With A Fiddle in North Spain. London: John Murray, (1934). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 488pp. A fine copy.
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STATHAM, J.C.B.
With My Wife Across Africa by Canoe and Caravan. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, nd. (1924). First edition. Cloth, (324)pp. Spine somewhat faded o/w a near fine copy.
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STEDMAN, John). THOMPSON, Stanbury.
John Gabriel Stedman. A Study of his Life and Times. Stapleford: Thompson & Co., nd. First edition. Fine in a near fine d/w.
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STEELE, Mr. (Richard).
The Importance of Dunkirk Considered: In Defence of the Guardian Of August 7th. In A Letter to the Bailiff of Stockbridge.
London: Printed for A. Baldwin.... 1713. First edition. 4to., recently rebound with a calf spine, marble boards, (64)pp. LACKING TWO LEAVES F2 and F3 (pp.43/44, 45/46) top edge trimmed affecting page numbers.
London: Printed for A. Baldwin.... 1713. First edition. 4to., recently rebound with a calf spine, marble boards, (64)pp. LACKING TWO LEAVES F2 and F3 (pp.43/44, 45/46) top edge trimmed affecting page numbers.
| $125 | Book Number: 16212 | Order / Enquire |
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