MONTEBOURG SE SOUVIENT, 6 JUIN-19 JUIN 1944.

(Montebourg): Association historique et culturelle de Montebourg et de son canon, (1994). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 383+(1) pages. Text in French. This book describes the occupation and liberation of Montebourg and the surrounding area during the Allied landing in Normandy during World War II. It uses eyewitness accounts along with documentation from the time to depict the people's struggle. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams throughout. Signed by Geneviève Le Cacheux, a member of the Association..... READ MORE about MONTEBOURG SE SOUVIENT, 6 JUIN-19 JUIN 1944

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Barker, Nicolas.

" INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."

Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by..... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."

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Bratt, Einar.

EN KRÖNKA OM SVENSKA GLOBER ANDERS ÅKERMAN OCH HANS EFTERFÖLJARE JÅMTE EN INVENTERING AV HISTORISKA GLOBER I SVERIGE.

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiskell, (1968). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper covered boards, dust jacket. 232 pages. Text in Swedish with two page English summary. History of globemaking and globemakers in Sweden, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes biographies of globemakers. Illustrated. Dust jacket worn at edges and torn. READ MORE about EN KRÖNKA OM SVENSKA GLOBER ANDERS ÅKERMAN OCH HANS EFTERFÖLJARE JÅMTE EN INVENTERING AV...

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Dahlgren, E.W.

LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON.

Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Company, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 65 pages. Text in French. Reprint of the 1911 edition. With eight black-and-white map plates. READ MORE about LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON

Price: $12.50  other currencies  Order nr. 104634

Finestone, Harry (editor).

BACON'S REBELLION: THE CONTEMPORARY NEWS SHEETS.

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1956). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 40, (2) pages. Reprint of two English newspaper accounts of Bacon's Rebellion in the colony of Virginia. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, the rebellion resulted from an accumulation of grievances against Governor Sir William Berkeley. Two accounts of the rebellion with a note on the texts by the editor. Includes a facsimile of a contemporary map of Virginia and a bibliographical note. Ornament on the..... READ MORE about BACON'S REBELLION: THE CONTEMPORARY NEWS SHEETS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114268

Fordham, Herbert George.

STUDIES IN CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND FRENCH, AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITINERARIES AND ROAD-BOOKS.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2004. 8vo. cloth. x, 180 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. Sir George Fordham was born in 1859 and produced many publications describing the maps and road books of the British Isles and France and donated his personal road book collection to the Royal Geographical Society. The Society triennially awards the Sir George Fordham Award for Cartobibliography, a term introduced by him for the cataloguing of maps in a...... READ MORE about STUDIES IN CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND FRENCH, AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITINERARIES AND...

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Griffin, A.P.C.

A LIST OF BOOKS (WITH REFERENCES TO PERIODICALS) ON MERCANTILE MARINE SUBSIDIES (bound with five other works).

6 volumes bound in 1.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. 8vo. later polished cloth, red leather spine label, top edge gilt. 43; 174; 131; 156; 77 pages. 6 volumes bound in 1. Also includes Griffiin's A List of Book,,, Relating to Trusts, Morrison's List of Books... Relating to Interoceanic Canal and Railway Routes, Griffin's List of Books... Relating to the Theory of Colonization.., Griffin's List of Books... Relating to the Theory of Colonization (2nd edition), and most importantly, Phillips List..... READ MORE about A LIST OF BOOKS (WITH REFERENCES TO PERIODICALS) ON MERCANTILE MARINE SUBSIDIES (bound with five...

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Guillén Y Tato, Julio F.

MONUMENTA A CHARTOGRAPHICA INDIANA.

Madrid: Publicación De La Sección De Relaciones Culturales Del Ministerio De Asuntos Exteriores, 1942. folio. paper-covered boards, cloth hinges, two paper cover labels with text loosely inserted as issued. (viii), xxxvi, 100, (xiii), xii, (iv), pages, 127 plates. Limited to 500 copies. Text in Spanish. Collection of maps and charts exploring the history of the mapping of the southern areas of South America from the 16th to the 19th centuries. With a prologue, introduction, vocabulary..... READ MORE about MONUMENTA A CHARTOGRAPHICA INDIANA

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104159

Harrisse, Henry.

NOTES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE, A LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE ET A LA CARTOGRAPHI E DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE ET DES PAYS ADJACENTS, 1545-1700.

Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Reprint Library, n.d. (circa 1960s). 8vo. cloth. xxxvi, 367, (5) pages. Reprint of the 1872 first edition. Bibliographical descriptions of early books on America and maps concerning new France. READ MORE about NOTES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE, A LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE ET A LA CARTOGRAPHI E DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE ET...

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Herlihy, Pearl G.

EVOLUTION OF DELAWARE CARTOGRAPHY TO 1800 - EARLY MAPS.

Newark: Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science, 1976. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.163-188. Reprinted from the Transactions. With illustrations of early maps. Reference to Mrs. Herlihy is a long-time resident of Delaware has been corrected in ink to "native." READ MORE about EVOLUTION OF DELAWARE CARTOGRAPHY TO 1800 - EARLY MAPS

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Knüppel. Juttalis.

BILDER ALTER DEUTSCHER STÄDTE: AUS DER TOPOGRAPHIA DES MATTHÄUS MERIAN UND SEINER SÖHNE.

Berlin, Germany: Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, with text loosely laid in. unpaginated. Text in German. Illustrations of German cities by cartographer Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) and his sons. Introductory text with descriptions of the cities illustrated. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers lightly soiled. Front wrapper has tear at top. READ MORE about BILDER ALTER DEUTSCHER STÄDTE: AUS DER TOPOGRAPHIA DES MATTHÄUS MERIAN UND SEINER SÖHNE

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Koeman, C.

MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY.

Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xl, 390 pages. Edited by P. van der Krogt and G. Schilder. Contains the most important studies by professor Koeman, republished on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. With illustrations. READ MORE about MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103782

Landström, Björn.

COLUMBUS.

The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources
New York: Macmillan Company, (1966). 4to. leatherette, slipcase with illustration of Columbus tipped-in, endpapers printed with facsimile of letter from Columbus about his discovery. 207+(1) pages. The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources. Extensively illustrated account of Columbus' life and the voyages that made him famous. Translated from the original Swedish by Michael Phillips and Hugh W. Stubbs. Minor crack..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 92367