Fragments of voyages travels
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Oxfam shop magdelen street the third series volume 2 of fragments of voyages & travels by captain basil hall rthere is some foxing from the engraved extra title page (see photo) and some light foxing on the end few pages otherwise the pages are generally cleanthere is rubbing to the front and back covers and the corners are knockedthe binding is slightly loose at the front but still good and intactthere is an inscription inside the front cover which can be seen in the attached photosoverall, the book is in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morewas published by r cadell and whittaker & co in
15 €
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I have here for sale a book entitled all round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels and adventures, in all parts of the globe, edited by wf ainsworthquarter bound in brown buckram on maroon buckram hardboards, with five raised bands on the spine, and gilt letteringthis is the first series, so presumably more were planned or actually publishedpublished in by william collins of london and glasgowthere are 72 full pages plates in this book, together with innumerable woodcut illustrations in the text, and of course the six coloured maps of asia; china and the indo-chinese states; north america; south america; turkey in europe and greece; and africavery good condition with both boards firmly attached and no pages loose or missingwith 200 illustrations after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel and other eminent artists, and six finely engraved full coloured mapscontents - five days at jerusalem; sicily as it is; china (pages ), cochin china and japan; islands of the indian and eastern seas; up and down the amoor; from asia to america; vancouver island; from the atlantic to the pacific; cremation ghats at calcutta; cuba and the cubans; to cuba and back; the search for the franklin expedition; dalmatia; galapagos archipelago; coral islands; maldiva islands; society islands; mount athos and its monasteries; the great plains of north america; travel and sporting adventures in south africa; the steppes of russia and the caucasus; morocco or maroccoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefold out plate showing jerusalem from the mount of olives; illustrated title page with vignette of the great eastern laying the atlantic cable; plain text title page; xii pages of preface, contents and illustrations; 820 pages
95 €
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for swan in the evening: fragments of an inner life
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*joan nieuhof or johan (uelsen, 22 july – madagascar, 8 october ) was a dutch world traveller and reported on his voyages to brazil, china and the indieswith an introduction by anthony reidwonderful facsimile publicationsource: wikipediain good conditionafter a journey from through of km from canton to beijing, joan nieuhof was the most prominent european writer concerning the chinese empirehis reports and those by the jesuits were in those days the only source of information about chinaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe dust jacket has a few stains, otherwise in very good conditionreprint of the second volume of the editionwith 42 illustrations and maps, 22 fold-outare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein the original linen publisher’s binding with dust jacket
43 €
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Original brown full morocco leather bindings, deep embossed boards, embossed decoration and gilt panelled vignetteswith 200 illustrations and 6 finely engraved maps in full colourhardback, 12 x 8fold out colour map of russia has a small tear on the fold*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreoriginal full leather binding with embossed pattern & gilt panelsplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredtwo hundred illustrations, after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel, and other eminent artists six engraved mapsraised banding, gilt decoration and lettering to spinessplit by the edges of the pines (please see the last 2 photos) but the spine is intactour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevery few signs of foxing insideall round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels, and adventure in all parts of the globepublished by william collins, sons & co, london and glasgow inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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55 €
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The travels of ibn battuta, in his book he lays before us a faithful portrait of himself, with all his virtues and his failingshe gives an unbiased account of what he sees during his travels including the interaction with local merchants, government officials, and people of all sections of societyoxfam shop cotham hill ibn battuta's account of his travels to mecca on pilgrimage is an extremely interesting read describing the middle east during the european between and he journeyed through north africa and asia minor and as far as chinasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon a separate voyage he crossed the sahara to the muslim lands of west africain this alone, ibn battuta’s writings is a great resource of this period rich in detail and connection to the intimate pictures of middle eastern cultureno dust jacket, exterior of the book is worn with some stained pages, but overall the book is still in good condition
(England)
27 €
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Eighteen (18) fragments of ancient majolica, very helpful for studying ancient majolica and tell authentic pieces from fakesdimensions range from 5 to 20 cmall made in italyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
32 €
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Various fragments of rummers, berkemeyers and pasglassesplease see all the photos for a good impressionconsisting of: large green seal - bottle, with glass seal with the coat of arms of "marquis de pomerue" francea thin-walled small spherical medicine bottle on a flat foot, can be dated 17th century5 cm high can be dated around undamaged condition5 cm high undamaged conditionundamaged conditiondates back to the 16th and 17th century these are only dutch archaeological finds from the 70s - 80sour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevery beautiful irisationfour green/blue medicine bottles, can be dated around to 12 cm highare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikican be dated aroundplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea thin-walled green medicine bottle, with pontil and high punt 9
46 €
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Several prints evoke the ancient or arcadian world, with figures set alongside tombstones, classical urns and fragments of obelisks: in one the figure of death is shown reading from an open book, faced by a group of the livingthese are good quality prints c and in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield giovanni battista tiepolo was one of the most celebrated painters of eighteenth-century italyon white paper, the impressed print background is a pale creammore detail can be found by web searchhe began making prints in the s, and his first set of ten etchings are famous and known as the varj capricci
15 €
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Lv, 633 + ads, thick octavo format in green cloth with gilt titlessecond ed, stated 2nd ed after first printing8vo  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism book plate owner name, rear board old stains else good  see oxfam website for delivery information read more  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism green cloth boards with gilt letteringmeadfragments of a faith forgotten: some short sketches among the gnostics mainly of the first two centuries - a contribution to the study of christian origins based on the most recently recovered materialslondon and benares theosophicaloxfam bookshop hove g
49 €
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Somewhere ahead is a chamber containing the collected fragments of an ancient scripture, a find of unimaginable significancean elite special-forces officer seems to have been brutally murdered - but how, and more disturbingly, why? any hope of solving the mystery rests on the grisly clues that remaintunnelling deep under one of the most holy cities in the world, an ambitious young archaeologist slowly works her way towards an unthinkable goalthose who live by the sword… buyer to collect or pay p&p £2 read moreas the race to uncover the truth begins, a plot unfolds that could burn all of civilization in the fires of holy armageddonmeanwhile, halfway around the world, a covert military bunker holds a macabre secret
5 €
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Locket containing the bone fragments of two saints antique reliquary of a saintposted by maria in other goods, antiques in golders green
250 €
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fragments of a prayer - sarah connolly (mother of god, here i stand (for string orchesta) - brno philharmonic orchestra (3'war, he sung, is toil and trouble' (from alexander's feast) - nancy argenta (oxfam bookshop chelmsford very good condition disc 11eternity's sunrise - patricia rozario (nun will die sonn' so hell aufgeh'n (kindertotenlieder) - berliner philharmoniker (threnody for the victims of hiroshima () - national polish radio symphony orchestra (song of the angel - czech philharmonic chamber orchestra (the lamb (for string orchestra) - brno philharmonic orchestra (mother and child - tenebrae (28) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop brigg this book is published by london school of printing and is what it states in its' titlesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehalf bound in dark green leather, with grey card boards, and embossed gilt lettering and designthe outer, blank pages are vellum and the interior section, which is lightly foxed, is on paper and consists of 4 articles from paper and print
24 €
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A short story collection that explores the myths, fables and fragments of history of the amerindian peoples of guyana and the caribbeanpages mildly yellowedoxfam bookshop glossop road some shelf wear and creasing, small tear to dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood overall condition
20 €
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The black death and the dancing mania; voyages and travels of marco polo; wanderings in south americavarious titles by various authors: travels in the interior of india; travels in the interior of africa; voyagers' tales; voyages in search of the north-west passage; a journey to the western isles of scotland; the discovery of muscovy; the voyages and travels of sir john maundeville ktcassell's national libraryinterior foxingall bindings tightcondition: generally goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreminor shelf wear and fading to dark blue boardsoxfam books & music belper cassell & company
80 €
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From mungo park’s travels in the interior of africacopperplate engraving by dell'acqua hand coloured by lazaretti from giovanni battista sonzogno’s collection of the most interesting voyages (raccolta de viaggi più interessanti), milana mandinka polygamist in a tree-bark suit beats one of his wives in the brutal ritual of mumbo jumboali sat on a black leather cushion clipping the hairs on his upper lip while a female servant held a mirrorthere he was already thought to be deadmandinka (mandingo) people dancing to drums in a festival in dramanet, kingdom of galam (upper senegal river)view of a moorish camp: king ali's tent at benowm, kingdom of ludamarmungo park reaches kamalia with his last strength, where he is cared for by a nativecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehere he waits for the next caravan going to the gambia - for seven monthsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemungo park arrives in pisania on june
110 €
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In this volume: - thevenot's travels in the levant - drpocock's travels through egypt with 9 engravings, 1 of which is hand-coloured and 1 folding mapthe world displayed; or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations, volume xii - london newbery ppwith the coat of arms (of john gray) glued in frontoverall in fairly good conditionbeautiful travel book about the levant and egypt with (hand-coloured) engravings and a folding map of egyptfolding engraving with some spots, a small tear at the top and slightly frayed along the edgessome pages are a bit browned or smudgedlist of engravings: - a view of the city of alexandria - a view of old cairo (hand-coloured) - a section of the mikias in the isle of roida - a plan of the isle of roida - the obelisk of cleopatra, the pyramids of memphis and the sphynx - two colossal statues with the ruins of the palace of memnon - views of the noble remains of the edifices at luxerein - a view of the temple at com-ombo and of the serpent cauphis on the isle of elephantine - a view of the temple of the haniks and of the temple of isis in the isle of philae read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: fairly goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding is scuffed, but attached to the bookblockplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontemporary leather binding
57 €
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Very fascinating description of the voyages13 volumes + the ‘bladwijzer’, describing james cook's spectacular voyagesthe reports of these travels can be read in these beautiful booksjames cook was a british navigator, explorer and cartographercondition is generally very goodthe travel story was an important and popular genre in earlier centuriestext is completeit was the only way to get to know the world beyond the horizonand there were enough explorersadventurers who set out to discover new territories, see new peoples and find out exactly how the world worksnobody knew what to expect from these parts of the world that were unknown to europeanshe dared to do what few people had the courage to do: three times he sailed to discover a part of the world where no european had ever beenengravings are not complete, but more than 50 engravings are still presentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee photos for the many engravings that are present, some of which foldingthe folding engravings sometimes have minor damage at the folds, see photosbeautiful series of 14 books (complete in terms of books)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
212 €
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A lovely and beautifully enriched copy of travels around the world and encounters with different cultures - egarnier - nouvel abrégé de tous les voyages autour du monde depuis magellan jusqu'à d'urville et laplace - - tome premier good condition of the binding, work in its original green half leather, some usual frictions especially on the corners, the covers and spine are in good condition, ornate ribbed spine, titling and golden volume number, edges gilded with fine gold - good interior condition, light soiling, work adorned with fine engravings including a frontispiece, marbled guard pages - read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
50 €
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For bibliophiles, cook's travels is a monument to the travel bookspine decorated with golden tooling, title and volume number labelsit is signed by hawkesworth, a lawyer chosen by the crown to draft the relationship, founding the personal diaries of several members of the expeditiondry leather, scuffingthe original french edition was published in quarto format by saillant and nyon and at panckoucke in , duplicated on the same date, by the same printers, an octavo edition (8 tomes)binding as it is: spine missing from volume 7-8period marbled full sheepskin bindinga rare new edition of cook's first voyage (also containing the stories of byron, carteret and wallis) complete with the text in 8 tomes (in 4 volumes) octavo period binding in full sheepskinour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethey have been the subject of relatively few editions, and are particularly appreciated for the quality of the text8 tomes in 4 volare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis first expedition took place between and , after the royal society entrusted the endeavour to james cook, with the main mission of exploring the south pacific ocean and searching for a hypothetical southern continent (which he would not find)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitequite fresh interiors, light wetting on the corner of volume 2, little to no foxing
52 €
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After finding fragments of alien dna, a team of scientists known as the company travels into space aboard the state-of-the-art prometheus spacecraft to investigate the origins of human life on earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop syston ridley scott helms this sci-fi thriller starring noomi rapace, michael fassbender, charlize theron and guy pearcethe scientists now find themselves tested to their mental and physical limits as they fight a desperate battle to preserve the future of the human racetheir journey takes them into the darkest corners of the universe - but, to their horror, their very inquisitiveness ends up posing a threat to the future existence of humankind
2 €
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Through his voyages and travels, he delves into the value and power of prayeroxfam shop kendal very good conditionminimal shelf wear to page edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read more12 point garamond, 1as he becomes open to the promptings of god, the reader, too, is enlightened as he shares these rich religious experiences, presented in a humble, simple, and beautiful narrativethis edition is cleanly formatted for easy readingthe way of a pilgrim was written by an anonymous nineteenth-century russian peasant and depicts his examination of how to pray without ceasing
5 €
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The voyages often involved dealing with the natives of the places they travelled tooxfam shop macclesfield these are the stories of captain cook's, sir francis drake's and william dampier's voyages round the worldcook's voyages were in the years while drake's were in the 16th century and dampier's was in the late 17th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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The final touches to the pattern of oceans and continents came two-and-a-half centuries later with the voyages of james cookvoyages of discovery also contains 9 facsimile documents, including an extract from captain james cook's diary, and the title page of cortes's second dispatch to charles vvoyages to africa, asia, the americas and the pacific and the legacies of those journeys and encounters are here dramatically described through an authoritative text and an original selection of imagesoxfam shop thornbury in the three decades between and , european merchants and explorers progressed from relative ignorance about the shape of the globe to knowledge of an atlas that was almost completesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe exchange of flora, fauna, diet, disease and culture changed the world within a few generationsthey did so in search of spices, gold, silver and slaves, but with rudimentary technology, huge courage and boundless confidence in themselves and their calculations
(England)
3 €
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Packed carefullyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website2) lot won by a buyer outside belgium but in europe: the package will be sent by "bpack world" and will be relayed by the national postal servicesthe other half of the skythe treasury of the statesbeyond the ashesthe man on the wave - with cardboard box and booklet entitled "fragments"if several lots in the same sale are won by the same buyer in belgium, the buyer will only pay the transport costs onceunder the gaze of the moon3) lot won by a buyer outside belgium and outside europe: if several lots in the same sale are won by a buyer outside belgium and outside europe, he must first pay the individual costs of transporting the lots and will receive after sending, the possible reimbursement of the overpaymentonly the actual shipping costs are countedthank you for your understandingspring quarteredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeif several lots in the same sale are won by a buyer outside belgium, he must first pay the individual costs of transporting the lots and will receive after sending, the possible reimbursement of the overpaymentfurnace the photos are an integral part of the descriptionthe bridge from nowherelot of the first 12 albums of the "kogaratsu" series all albums are original editions in very good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemon au lotus de sang), please contact me before paying the lotfor any specific comments or requests to change these transport arrangements (sending ups with insurance, etcthe strategy of mothsfast shipment by reinforced parcel with tracking numbervolume 6 has its box and booklet entitled "fragments"in view of the world health situation, the parcel can be sent as soon as the post office services are restoredtransport conditions: 1) lot won at any price by a buyer in belgium: the package will be sent via bpost with insuranceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe back of the tiger
80 €
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Cook's voyages of discovery - john barrow (ed) - a&c black - 417pp - 18,5 x 13,5 cm book description: b/w plates plus pull out facsimile of letter by cook, drawings in textcook's voyages of discovery - john barrow (ed) - a&c black - 417pp - 19,5 x 13,5 cm book description: 7 colour plates, plus pull out facsimile of letter by cook, drawings in texti have here 2 books entitled: 1very good read moreillustrated boards, showing aborigine with shield on front, sailing ship on spine, corners & spine rubbed, part of prize label inside front board, clean with tight bindinggood / very good 2red cloth,gilt lettering on front board, and spine, corners & spine rubbed, clean with tight bindingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
46 €
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A narrative of the voyages round the world performed by captain's james cookwith twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyagestwelve black and white illustrations / frontispiecefull-page illustrations and frontispiece (collated)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevery good hardcover copy in green buckram with bright gold titles and decorationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebickers and son, london - 23 x 14 cm
59 €
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Oxfam shop dumfries philosophical fragments was first published inat a time when the function of criticism is again coming under close skeptical scrutiny, schlegel's unorthodox, highly original mind, as revealed in these foundational "fragments," provides the critical framework for reflecting on contemporary experimental textssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreminnesota archive editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original university of minnesota press editions
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