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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Clement, A.J.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES.

Wilmington: The Board of Trade, 1888. small 4to. original cloth with newer leather spine. 80 pages. B1-2026. Filled with illustrations of Wilmington businesses. Lacks the three maps that were bound in at the front of this title. Printed by the Delaware Printing Company. Wear along edges especially at tips. READ MORE about WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES

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Daniels, Frank T.

A TEXT-BOOK OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1908. oblong 12mo. cloth. x, 144, (6) pages. Preface, table of contents. Ten color and black and white plates. 66 black and white illustrations throughout text. Advertisements follow text. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about A TEXT-BOOK OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS

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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

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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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Gottschalk, Paul.

THE EARLIEST DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS ON AMERICA, THE PAPAL BULLS OF 1493 AND THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS REPRODUCED AND TRANSLATED.

With Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Paul Gottschalk.
Berlin: Paul Gottschalk, 1927. folio. quarter vellum, cloth. 91 pages, 130 plates. With Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Paul Gottschalk. 172 copies printed of which 150 are for sale. This volume is an examination and translation of the Bulls of Pope Alexander VI issued in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They are the earliest documents relating to the diplomatic history of America. With a preface, an historical introduction, an examination of the papal bulls..... READ MORE about THE EARLIEST DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS ON AMERICA, THE PAPAL BULLS OF 1493 AND THE TREATY OF...

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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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Harms, Hans.

KÜNSTLER DES KARTENBILDES.

Oldenburg: Ernst Völker, 1962. 4to. cloth, dust wrapper. 246 pages. Written in German. Biographies and portraits of well known map makers. Frontispiece with over 100 black-and-white illustrations. Dust wrapper slightly soiled, minor chipping to the corners. READ MORE about KÜNSTLER DES KARTENBILDES

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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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Herbert, Francis.

THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S MEMBERSHIP, THE MAP TRADE, AND GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING IN BRITAIN 1830 TO CA 1930: AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY WITH LISTING OF SOME 250 FELLOWS IN RELATED PROFESSIONS.

Lympne Castle, Kent: Imago Mundi Ltd, 1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 67-95. Reprinted from Imago Mundi, the Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography, 35. With a lengthy letter from the author to Gavin Bridson commenting on the background of this article loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S MEMBERSHIP, THE MAP TRADE, AND GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING IN...

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Jantz, Harold.

THE NEW WORLD IN THE TREASURES OF AN OLD EUROPEAN LIBRARY.

N.P. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 164 pages. Catalog of an exhibition at the Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, from June 30 through August 22, 1976, and subsequently at Princeton and Chicago. Bilingual text in English and German. Lists 251 items, usually with annotations, many with black and white illustrations. Covers with color illustrations. READ MORE about THE NEW WORLD IN THE TREASURES OF AN OLD EUROPEAN LIBRARY

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 49614