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London : William Darton, 1812.
Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century Map of China by English cartographer William Darton. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.
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c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
Read more![Empire Chinois et Japon. [Nineteenth Century Conrad Malte-Brun Map of the Chinese Empire] [China].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137350.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Empire Chinois et Japon. [Nineteenth Century Conrad Malte-Brun Map of the Chinese Empire] [China].")
Paris 1812.
Fine detailed nineteenth century map of China by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. One page. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 14.75 inches.
Read more![L’Empire de La Chine Pour Servir a l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. [Eighteenth Century Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of China].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137234.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "L'Empire de La Chine Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages. [Eighteenth Century Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of China].")
Paris 1748.
Eighteenth century engraved map of China by renowned French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17.25 inches.
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New York : Johnson and Ward, c, 1865.
Large hand-colored map of Asia by American cartographers Johnson and Ward. One page, hand-colored. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 19 inches.
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New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Coke and Betty, when overtaken by insomnia. Michael Collins.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A.Continue reading "Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey."
Read more![Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RRB-137108.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].")
Brussels : Lithographed by H. Ode, 1825.
Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas from renowned 19th century Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel. One page, the map displays South Florida and the Bahamas including major cities as of 1825 with numerous Native American trails and roads recorded and an inset text regarding the flora and faunaContinue reading "Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas]."
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Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, Publishers, 1900.
Revised edition of Baedeker’s classic standard guidebook to the Rhine Valley. Octavo, original boards, ribbon bound in, all edges marbled, illustrated with numerous folding maps. Fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
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New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
First edition of the author’s best-selling fourth book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Mary Roach on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keenan.
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. With a foreword and map drawings by Charles A. Lindbergh. With a lengthy autograph note entirely in the hand of Anne Morrow Lindbergh which reads, “From Marcel & Elise ‘Love is to the soul what the would is to the body – an increase,Continue reading "Listen! The Wind."
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London : Kaye & Ward, 1979.
First edition of Messner’s thrilling account of the first ascent of Everest without the use of artificial oxygen. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Reinhold Messner and by Peter Habeler on the first page of the book’s first section, The Idea. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Audrey Salkeld.Continue reading "Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate."
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London : John Murray, 1902.
First edition of the standard history of the Royal Yacht Squadron and Solent yachting in the 19th century, with a complete list of member and their yachts. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “To Sir Ernest Shackleton from Philip Hunloke, 1921.” Major Sir PhilipContinue reading "Memorials of the Royal Yacht Squadron."
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London : John van Voorst, 1865.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, hand colored folding engraved maps, 14 tinted lithographed plates, 3 further plates (of inscriptions and coins), lithographed plans on india paper in the text, illustrations,
Read more![Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l’Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137244.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l'Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].")
Paris c. 1750.
Eighteenth century map of the isles of the Pearl River (formerly the Canton River) by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, central fold. In very good condition. Later hand-coloring. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.25 inches by 14 inches.
Read more![Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137611.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]")
Venice : Presso Antonio Zatta, 1784.
Large eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Japan by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta. One page, hand-colored with a fine botanical cartouche. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 23.5 inches.
Read more![Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137508.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].")
[Amsterdam] c. 1645.
Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. One page, hand-colored with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 26.5 by 22 inches.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1952.
First edition in English, preceding the American edition by one year of one of the best-selling mountaineering books of all-time. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To James Helgar, with my compliments It is a pleasure to dedicate this book to you, Maurice Herzog Paris,Continue reading "Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak (26,493 Feet)."
Read more![Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137249.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].")
: J. Wood, c. 1736.
Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau, being a plate extracted from Du Halde’s celebrated Description Geographique, the most important cartographic record of the region of the eighteenth century. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11.5 inches.
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London : Arthur Barker Limited, 1968.
First edition in English of the basis for the 1971 American adventure film starring Omar Sharif and directed by John Frankenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Graham Percy. Translated by Patrick O’Brian
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New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by John Gunther on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. A very sharp example.
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London : Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall’s description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles,Continue reading "The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast."
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1845.
Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America. Octavo, disbound. Contains numerous folding maps and public surveys of Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, South Tennessee, Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama (showing Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek Cessions), and the State of Florida. InContinue reading "Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 8, 1845. Document No. 12, 29th Congress, 1st Session."
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Halle : Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North and Central America by famed French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. One page, hand-colored, the engraved map shows North and Central America including California, Nova Mexico, Florida, and Greenlandia, decorative cartouches. In near fine condition.
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Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin’s footprint on the lunar surface, taken by him on July 20, 1969 as the second person to set foot on the moon. Signed by Aldrin’s co-astronaut Michael Collins who flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit during the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, “Michael Collins Apollo XI.”Continue reading "Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Lunar Footprint Photograph."
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![L’Empire de La Chine Pour Servir a l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. [Eighteenth Century Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of China].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137234.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1)
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![Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RRB-137108.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1)
Art and Architecture
![Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l’Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137244.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1)
Art and Architecture
![Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137611.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1)
Art and Architecture
![Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137508.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1)
Art and Architecture
![Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137249.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1)
Art and Architecture
![America das Mitternachtige nach der Zeichnung des Herrn Wilhelm Delisle in Verlag Joh. Justine Gebauers. [18th Century Guillaume Delisle Map of North America].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RRB-138497.jpg?fit=1250%2C1000&ssl=1)
