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By: BULNES, Gonzalo:
Price: £85.00
Publisher: Santiago, Imprenta de Los Tiempos, Chirimoyo, 1878:
Seller ID: 81202
Hardback, approx 9.5 x 6 inches. Quarter bound maroon calf leather and marbled paper boards. Red & brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt, with raised banding to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Corners bumped and rubbed, some fading and rubbing to spine. Bookplate to front endpaper “Charles Crofton-Atkins.” Label to front corner “Taller de Encuadernacion de la casa del patrocinio del Senor san Jose, Santiago.” Stamp to following blank endpaper “Libros Sergio Rod. Genta.” Some mild foxing to title page and preface, so... View more info
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Methuen and Co.Ltd. London. 1935 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 72657
Size 5.75 x 8.75 inches. In maroon cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Small chips. Marks to back and front. Not price clipped). Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 252pp. With map at front and b/w photographs and illustrations. The author criticises the political system of Brazil which had an autocratic Head of State. He examines the causes of revolutions, armed uprisings and financial instability. View more info
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Barcelona, Imprenta Viuda de Luis Tasso, 1913:
Seller ID: 81201
Hardback, 10 x 6.5 inches. Half bound in contemporary leather binding to to spine, twin black labels lettered in gilt, with gilt banding. Imitation snakeskin covered boards. In very good condition. Contemporary leather rebinding. Bookplate to front endpaper “Charles Crofton-Atkins.” Original paper covers bound inside (edges rubbed and darkened, some handling marks) In side pages darkened and tanned, some handling marks and some pencil notes within text. 202pp. Illustrated with B&W photo plates. Spanish Language. View more info
Price: £85.00
Publisher: London, John Murray, 1914 1st edition:
Seller ID: 78536
Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and black lettering on front. Top edge blued. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed, some rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Spine fading, some minor fading to rear top edge. Some bumps and marks to front board. Endpapers darkened with bookplate to front. Frontis plate heavily foxed and darkened. Some darkening to title page. Some small marks to pages else a clean and tight copy. 374pp. With b&w photo plates and a photogravure frontis. The book describes the ex-President’s expedition ... View more info
By: WHYMPER, EDWARD:
Price: £139.00
Publisher: John Murray. London. 1892 2nd.ed.:
Seller ID: 73713
Size 6.75 x 9.25 inches. In green cloth bevelled covers with gilt to spine and front. Dark brown endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded and slightly bumped at ends. boards slightly darkened with handling marks. Slight browning to map in back pocket. Most pages unopened/uncut along top edge. Else a clean and tight copy. 456pp. 20 full-pg.& 118 text ills; 4 maps. Plus large route map folded in back pocket. Twenty-three years after his triumphant and disastrous conquest of the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper (1840-1911) turned his attention to the soaring Andes peaks of Ecuador. As DNB states,... View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Watts & Co., 1930 1st:
Seller ID: 81749
Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Cream cloth with black lettering and designs to front and spine. In dustwrapper with similar black and orange designs. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW some rubbing to edges, small tear to bottom end of spine and tiny tear to top front edge. Not clipped, In protective sleeve.) Cloth clean and bright, no penned inscriptions. A very clean and tight copy. 147pp + 2pp cat. 9 B&W photo illustrations within text including map. View more info