‎ROPODA-REPON - 1941/1945.‎

‎MOCKBA. 1985. In-16. En feuillets. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Pochette de 11 photos couleur.. . . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎Au Hoggar. Mission de 1922‎

‎ 1925 Paris, Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, 1925, in 8 br., couvert. verte, bel ex. non coupé.‎

‎Éd. orig. illustrée de 16 planches hors-texte et de 3 cartes. ‎

‎La liaison automobile Ouargla - Djanet‎

‎Paris, Centre d'études sur l'histoire du Sahara, 1989 - In 8°, 15x22 cm, 20 pp, couverture crème imprimée, une carte détachée en noir et blanc‎

‎Der kleine Historiker. Eine Lecture zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für Jedermann, insbesondere für die reifere Jugend beiderlei Geschlechts.‎

‎Wien, Leopold Sommer, 1864. 8°. (1) Bl., 567 (1) S. Mit 20 kol. Lithographien u. 1 Stahlstich. Blindgepr. Lederband der Zeit mit 3seitigem Goldschnitt (berieben u. bestossen).‎

‎Ohne die Musikbeilage. Vorderer fliegender Vorsatz fehlt, das Gelenk ist leicht gelockert, ausserdem sind 2 Tafeln sind lose. Leicht stockfleckig u. gebräunt.‎

‎Instructions Nautiques Sur Les Côtes De La Patagonie, Depuis La Terre Des Etats, a L'est, Jusqu'au Cap Tres-Montes, a L'ouest, Y Compris Le Détroit De Magellan et la Côte du Large de la Terre-De-Feu. [i.e. English ""Sailing directions for the coasts... - [THE FIRST VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE]‎

‎Paris, Imprimerie Royal, 1835. 8vo. Bound entirely uncut and unopened in a recent half cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. 3 small stamps to title-page and light occassional marginal brownspotting, a fine copy. 247 pp. + folded map. ‎

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‎The very rare first French (and first overall) translation of King's important sailing directions for the Coasts of Eastern and Western Patagonia, being the first surveying voyage of HMS Beagle spanning from 1826 to 1830. The ship's second voyage, famous for carrying the recently graduated naturalist Charles Darwin around the world, visited many of the same regions as this first voyage. Incidentally, King’s son Philip Gidley King was along on the voyage, too. He would later be a midshipmen on the Beagle‘s second voyage, sharing a cabin and a life-long friendship with Darwin.""King was now recognized as one of Britain's leading hydrographers and in February 1824 was made a fellow of the Royal Society. In May 1826 he sailed in command of H.M.S. Adventure, with H.M.S. Beagle in company, to chart the coasts of Peru, Chile and Patagonia. This arduous task lasted until 1830. Among King's subordinates were John Stokes, John Wickham and Owen Stanley. There were narrow escapes from shipwreck and the two commanders were under great strain. In August 1828 the captain of the Beagle shot himself. "" (ADB). ""The ship’s adventure paralleled the second voyage - calling on many of the same ports - Cape Verde Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo (and many others Darwin would see in the coming years) and creating detailed maps of several of the same regions. Though, as it was one of the first attempts to really try and survey Tierra del Fuego, the crew learned just how difficult the conditions were in that part of the world. A little over two years into the voyage (in summer of 1828) the crew was suffering from malnutrition as the Beagle‘s food supplies were virtually gone. And scurvy and infections were taking a heavy toll on the men. On August 1st, the commander, who was suffering from depression (along with the lack of food and other illnesses), shot himself in the head. He suffered for almost two weeks before he finally passed away.Stokes suicide (and fear of a similar fate) was one of the main reasons FitzRoy decided to bring a social equal on the second voyage with him. Someone to help keep him sane. That someone, of course, was our Mr. Darwin.""‎

‎Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in 1833, 1834, and 1835 under the Command of Capt Back, R N. 2 vols. - [KING’S IMPORTANT NARRATIVE OF BACK’S 1833-1835 ARCTIC EXPEDITION]‎

‎London, Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. In one later full green cloth binding with black leather title-label with gilt lettering to spine. Stamps to front end-papers and small stamp to title-page, otherwise a fine copy. XV, (1), 312, (1)" viii, 321, (1)pp.+ 4 plates [2 frontispieces, a map and a plate depicting two ""Arctomys Okanaganii""]. Without half-title in vol. I (not called for in vol. II).‎

‎Rare first edition of Dr. King's narrative of his travels under Captain Back in the Arctic Ocean in the mid 1830ies, a work praised for its more sanguine view of the expedition compared to that of his commander.Shortly after qualifying as a medical man, King obtained the post of surgeon and naturalist in the expedition led by Captain George Back to the mouth of the Great Fish River (now known as the Back River) between 1833 and 1835, in search of Captain John Ross. He took a prominent part in the expedition, and is frequently mentioned in Back's Narrative (1836).King generally described the Back expedition as a series of missed opportunities - an implicit argument for recognition of his own contribution: ""King 'had a much more arduous share of the work than Back and was largely responsible for the success of the expedition', and felt that yet more could have been achieved, had it been better led. King makes these criticisms in his account, which was published in late 1836, and, as one would expect, contains material published in Back's narrative"" however, 'King's is in many respects the better book, since he showed a far deeper understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic and did not indulge in dramatic exaggeration"" (ODNB).""King, surgeon and naturalist of the Back expedition that descended the Back River to the arctic coast of Canada, includes much material similar to that contained in Sir George Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, 1836, with additional detail on birds, mammals, and fishes, especially as observed near Fort Reliance"" (Arctic Bibliography). ""Dr. King's narrative is full of the details of Indian life, as it was presented to the members of Captain Back's expedition. He looked at the same transactions with the natives, and the same phases of their character which Captain Back portrays, from a different point, and their coloring to his eye bears another tinge. His journal, filled with descriptions of interviews with the Chippewyans, Crees, Dog-Ribs, and Esquimaux, is therefore exceedingly interesting even after the perusal of Captain Back's narrative. Although every chapter is largely devoted to incidents associated with the natives, and anecdotes illustrative of their character, Dr. King yields the whole of Chapter xii. to an examination and relation of the present condition of the tribes inhabiting the Hudson's Bay territories. The Doctor does not attempt to conceal the chagrin he felt, at the cool absorption of his own careful researches in the narrative of Captain Back. In the splendid work of that really eminent explorer, there appears a little, and but a little of that want of generosity which the relation of Dr. King insinuates. Both give the most minute narrations of the peculiar traits of the Northern Indians, their destructive wars, their wasting from disease, and famine, and debauchery, all of which are directly traceable to their communication with the whites. Dr. King, however, finds in them traces of some of the nobler, as well as the more tender emotions, the possession of which Captain Back somewhat superciliously derides. Dr. King very justly reminds him that the gallant Captain owed his life, and that of his entire party, to the devotion and self-denial, through two long starving winters, of the Chippewyan chief Akaitcho. This remarkable Indian deserves an honorable fame. While his tribe in common with himself were starving, he shared with Captain Franklin in his two expeditions, and with Captain Back in a third, the scanty food, which his superior hunter-craft enabled him to obtain, when the duller white reason failed. Captain Franklin would never have sailed upon his fateful voyage, but for the humanity of Akaitcho, as he would have perished of starvation on his first exploration"" (Field). Arctic Bibliography 8708 Field 831Sabin 37831 (erroneously calling for 7 plates) Staton and Tremaine 1899Wagner-Camp 62.‎

‎The Franklin Expedition from First to Last. By Dr. King, M.D. - [DR. RICHARD KING'S EXCEEDINGLY RARE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE ADMIRALTY REGARDING THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST FRANKLIN EXPEDITIO]‎

‎London, John Churchill, 1855. 8vo. In publisher's original full embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine faded and top of spine chipped. Extremities slightly rubbed. Gilt stamp to front board and stamp to upper part of pasted down front end-paper. Small mark to p. 172, otherwise internally fine and clean. xxxviii, 3-224pp. + 2 charts (""Dr. Kings Conjectual chart 1848"" + ""The Admiralty Chart 1848"") and 3 plates (one of them in text).‎

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‎The exceedingly rare first edition, only to have appeared in auction twice the past 40 years, of Dr. Richard King's correspondence with the Admiralty regarding the search for the lost Franklin Expedition. King persistently held the view - which later was proved correct - that the Franklin Expedition, or traces of it, would be found at or near the mouth of the Great Fish River. He volunteered to lead a search expedition, but was ignored. In his letters to periodicals, government ministers and the Admiralty, published in this present work, we are given a most interesting insight into the politics and practicalities regarding the search for the Franklin Expedition - one of the most notorious chapters in the history of polar exploration.When the John Franklin expedition, in seach for the Northwest Passage, departed England in 1845 on the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror and had not returned by 1848, the Admiralty launched a search for the missing expedition. Partly prompted by Franklin's fame and the Admiralty's offer of a finder's reward, many subsequent expeditions joined the hunt, which at one point in 1850 involved no less than 13 ships. ""King took great interest in Franklin's expedition and was one of the first to raise the alarm when he failed to return. He insisted, at first on very slender evidence, that Franklin's party would be found near the mouth of the Great Fish River. His opinion was discounted and in 1847 and 1856 his offer to lead a search party was refused. His loud and continued insistence on the need to search his favoured site increased the animosity of the Admiralty, the Hudson's Bay Company, and the Royal Geographical Society, who were also irritated by popular journals which took up King's point of view. Matters were not helped by King's Franklin Search from First to Last (1855) [i.e. this work] which set out his own convictions and dwelt on the obduracy of those who would not listen to him. Franklin's party was finally found by M'Clintock in 1859 in the spot King had suggested eleven years earlier. The delay, however, probably made no material difference since, even if his advice been taken immediately, it would probably have come too late to save any of Franklin's men"" (ODNB).""Correspondence between the author and the British Admiralty and Colonial Office, regarding Dr. King's offers to aid, and his views on the search for the lost Franklin party"" with other letters and newspaper articles, and with excerpts from King's earlier account (1836) of his trip down the Fish (Back) River. Includes considerable comment on the geography, importance of the Back River route to find Franklin, conditions of travel in the region, and on the activities of those (in northern Canada and in London) involved in the Franklin search."" (A.B. 8706)Sabin 37797 Staton & Tremaine 3571A.B. 8706‎

‎Les paradis terrestres. Une histoire mondiale des jardins‎

‎Albin Michel 1980 In-4, 286 pp. Reliure éditeur, sans jaquette. Illustrations noir & couleurs - Préface de Anthony Huxley‎

‎A travers ce livre, tous ces aspects nous deviennent familiers. L’auteur nous permet de jeter un regard attentif sur les jardins que les hommes, de tous les pays et de toutes les époques, ont conçus; de savoir pourquoi ils ont choisi de les situer en tel ou tel lieu, à quels principes ils ont obéi, comment vivaient ceux à qui ces jardins étaient destinés, quelles plantes faisaient leur fierté. Et aussi de découvrir l’influence non seulement du climat, mais de l’économie, de la culture, de l’architecture... Très bon état d’occasion ‎

‎Une Croisière autour du Monde.‎

‎Hachette et Cie Paris 1877 1 vol. In-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. 279 pp. 1 f.n.ch. (table), cartonnage éditeur, dos lisse orné, premier plat à décor, tranches dorées.‎

‎Traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par J. Belin de Launay. Nombreuses gravures sur bois in et hors-texte par Riou. Bel exemplaire malgré des rousseurs.‎

‎Une croisière autour du monde.‎

‎Couverture rigide. Reliure demi-chagrin. 282 pages.‎

‎Livre. Illustré de 44 gravures sur bois par Riou.. Imité de l'anglais avec l'autoristaion de l'auteur par J. Belin de Launay. Librairie Hachette, 1877.‎

‎Une croisière autour du monde. Ouvrage imité de l'anglais par J. Belin de Launay. 5e édition.‎

‎ P., Hachette (Bibliothèque des Ecoles et des Familles), 1893, grand in 8° relié pleine percaline rouge décorée à chaud et à froid de l'éditeur, tranches dorées, fers du Lycée de st Etienne sur le premier plat, 281 pages. ‎

‎Illustré de 44 gravures sur bois par RIOU. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE. ...................... Photos sur demande ..........................‎

‎Une croisière autour du monde. Ouvrage imité de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par J. Belin de Launay.‎

‎ P., Hachette, 1876. In-8, cartonnage éditeur toilé rouge, titre doré avec décor noir et or au dos et au plat supérieur (plaque de Souzé), tranches dorées, [2] ff., 279 pp., [2] f., 44 illustrations gravées sur bois dans le texte par Riou, certaines à pleine page. ‎

‎ Qq. rousseurs éparses, cartonnage bien conservé, bonne condition. Ex-dono sur une garde. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 11 € -Monde (z B : 18 €) (z C : 31 €) ‎

‎Adventures of Dick Onslow among the Red Indians.‎

‎London, Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, n.date (ca. 1875). orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. VIII,319 pp. Frontispiece and 6 wood-engraved plates. Light browning to last 2 leaves, otherwise fine.‎

‎Chronique indiscrète des Mandarins - 2 tomes - Tome 1 et Tome 2 (complet) , traduit du chinois par Tchang Fou-Jouei, introduction par André Lévy‎

‎Gallimard , Connaissance de l'Orient Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1979 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur blanche et rouge grand In-8 2 vol. - 839 pages‎

‎ Contents, Chapitres : Tome 1, Introduction par André Lévy, xxiv, Texte, 402 pages - Tome 2, pages 403 à 815 couvertures legerement jaunies, avec quelques pliures aux coins, le film transparent de la couverture se détache sur les bords, intérieur frais et propre, une note en chinois sur la page de titres, cela reste un bon exemplaire, complet en 2 tomes, petite tache sur la tranche du tome 1 n'affectant pas les pages - grand format, il ne s'agit pas de l'édition en poche‎

‎The sportsman and naturalist in Canada.‎

‎Londres : 1866 In-8, toile verte illustrée de l'éditeur.‎

‎ Première édition, illustrée par 6 chromolithographies. Sabin 37857.‎

‎Marine Ecology. A Comprehensive, Integrated Treatise on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Volume V. Ocean Management Part 1-3.‎

‎1982-1984 3 volumes. xix, xiii, xiv, 1618 p., num. figs & maps (many folded), 31 pls, one large folded map at the back, 4to, cloth. Ex libris/bookplate of Dr. W. Vervoort. The complete Volume 1 (chapters I-IV). We also have other parts of this expedition, please inquire.‎

‎B.A B.A VILLES DISPARUES‎

‎PARDES. 2002. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 127pages. Nombreux dessins et illustrations dans texte et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎A la rencontre des chasseurs de têtes‎

‎Editions de l'amitié/G.T. Rageot. 1981. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 188 pages. Une carte en noir et blanc, hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages‎

‎Die alten Strassen und Plaetze Wien's und ihre historisch interessanten Hauser. Ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte Wien's mit Rücksicht auf Vaterlaendische Kunst, Architektur, Musik und Literatur.‎

‎ Wien, M. Gottlieb, 1883. In-4 rel. pleine percaline brune éditeur, titre et décor noir, or et bronze au dos, plaque spéciale noir, or et bronze au plat sup., tranches mouchetées, XXVI-683 pp., 1 vue panoramique dépliante en frontispice d'après Suttinger, 1 plan dépliant en noir in fine, 276 gravures en noir dans le texte, lettrines, index. ‎

‎ Coiffes, mors et coins légèrement frottés, 3 restaurations minimes en marges du frontispice, le reste frais, bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 7 € -U.E. 13 € -Monde (z B : 23 €) (z C : 43 €) ‎

‎Die alten Strassen und Plätze Wien's vorstädten und ihre historisch interessanten Hauser. II. Band. Ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte Wien's mit Rücksicht auf Vaterländische Kunst, Architektur, Musik und Literatur.‎

‎ Wien, Oskar Frank, 1895. In-4 rel. pleine toile rouge éditeur, titre noir au dos et plat sup., 638 pp., 224 gravures en noir dans le texte, index. ‎

‎ Dos légèrement passé, 2 coins frottés, le reste très frais, bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 7 € -U.E. 13 € -Monde (z B : 23 €) (z C : 43 €) ‎

‎KISHO KUROKAWA : FROM METABOLISM TO SYMBIOSIS / **with signature and dedication of Kiso Kurokawa,‎

‎, Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press, 1992 Hardcover , 311 pages, ENG, 340 x 265 x 30 mm, dustjacket, Perfect condition, illustrated in colour / b/w., **with signature and dedication of Kiso Kurokawa to Raymond Georis 1935-2007. ISBN 9781854901194.‎

‎Focuses on the life and work of Kiso Kurokawa, one of the world's most active architects both in Japan and internationally. His recent work includes: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Victoria Central, Australia and the Japanese-Chinese Youth Centre, Peking.‎

‎Méditerranée I - Italie du Nord, Iles Pontines, Archipel Toscan, Corse‎

‎eska. 1983. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 231 pages. Quelques croquis et cartes en noir et blanc, dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages‎

‎Cent belles fêtes d'Europe‎

‎Hatier 1980 In-4 reliure éditeur sous jaquette, 224 pp. Illustrations noir & couleurs. Jaquette un peu fânée et fendillée en tête, sinon intérieur en bon état d’occasion. ‎

‎ Etat correct d’occasion ‎

‎EN ALGERIE (Souvenirs) - GERYVILLE‎

‎Éditions Charles Lavauzelle, 1892 – Quelques souvenirs de Géryville, de ses habitants et de ses envions dans les années 1880.‎

‎ Couverture souple, agrafée, 18 pages, format 14 x 22 - Bon état, papier un peu brûlé - Les frais d'envoi sont en sus, les envois se faisant en recommandé ou avec un suivi.‎

‎Een kort Beskrffning uppå trenne Reesor och Peregrinationer sampt Konungarijket Japan: I. Beskrifwes een Reesa som genom Asia Africa och många andra hedniska Konungarijken sampt öijar: med flijt är förrättad aff Nils Matson Kiöping fördetta Skepzlieut...‎

‎Wisingsborg, J. Kankel, 1674. 4to. Nyere hpergamentsbd. (4),304 pp. Gl. ejernavne på titelbladet. Øverste højre hjørne af titelbladet fornyet, intet tab af tekst. Titelbladet med brunpletter og nogle blælpletter. Nogle blde med gl. understregninger. Spredte brunpletter og brugsspor.‎

‎Anden udgaven af denne berømte svenske rejsebog med originalberetninger fra rejser i Asien, Afrika, Ostindien og Japan, China. - Både denne og førsteudgaven er trykt i Wisingborg af Johann Kankel.Collijn 1600-talet, 457.‎