BIJOU ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HOLY LAND
[circa 1850]
First American edition of this true miniature book of engraved views of various holy sites.
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TAXCO : The Enchanted City
(1950)
Inscribed midcentury travel guide to Taxco for English speakers, illustrated throughout with photographs.
ADMIRANDA NARRATIO FIDA TAMEN, DE COMMODIS ET INCOLARUM RITIBUS VIRGINIÆ
1590
First edition of this historic account of Virginia and its environs, including the landmark map of Virginia and all the famed engravings of Native American life in the 1580s.
LONDON, A PILGRIMAGE
1890
First US edition of this epic overview of 1870s London, with a focus on the squalor and poor working conditions of the city's poor — executed by Doré in his signature dramatic style.
BUCANIERS OF AMERICA
1684; 1685
First edition in English of Exquemelin's illustrated history of famous pirates, the central primary source on the subject during its most famous era, with the continuation by Ringrose.
HOME LIFE IN TURKEY
1909
First edition of this historical overview and contemporary portrait of social, religious, and domestic life in Turkey of the early 20th century.
SYRIAN HOME-LIFE
1874
First edition of this book of collected writings by the American Presbyterian missionary, regarding 19th-century Syrian customs and his dedicated efforts to interfere with them.
THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE
1874
First edition of the final African journals of Scottish missionary, abolitionist, and explorer David Livingstone, including his own account of the famous meeting with Stanley.
HOME LIFE ON AN OSTRICH FARM
1891
Uncommon account of the life of a South African ostrich farmer near the turn of the twentieth century.
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