Business, Mission, and Meditation by Albert Helman (pseudonym for Lou Lichtveld) [SIGNED] - 1968: THE ROMANCE OF A TWO HUNDRED YEAR OLD SURINAME COMPANY

Collins, Greenville : Chart of Milford Haven, from Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, ca.1760. Copper engraved chart. Map size approx 560mm x 440mm. Wide margins, hand coloured, good impression on heavy paper, showing the Welsh coast at Milford Haven. Compass rose, rhumb lines, scale. Cartouche with cherub, dedicated to Sir Hugh Owen. Light water stain to top margin just touching printed area, otherwise a very good, bright and attractive chart.

Corner of back dust jacket states, "BIG TIGER & CHRISTIAN MUHLENWEG CAPE 15s, net. Dust jacket is very worn along top & bottom edges of spine and corners wtih small tears. Edges are worn. Back sisde of dj. is soiled and has water stain marks. Top pages dyed brown, foredge has some soiling, bottom pages are scraped. A couple of marks inside HC. Page crease goes through to page 14. Several page tips creased. 4 over 58 written in pencil other side of flyleaf. Rest of book in VG condition. Ships where available with confirmation.

SENIOR AND CO. HECKMONDWIKE 1893. A HANDSOME REBOUND COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION ON LARGE PAPER. RED CLOTH COVERS WITH GILT DECORATIONS ON THE SPINE AND TEG. NEW FEP AND FIRST FEW PAGES REPAIRED AT THE EDGES. VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS. THE SPEN VALLEY COVERS THE WEST YORKSHIRE TOWNS OF CLECKHEATON, LIVERSEDGE AND HECKMONDWIKE. THOMAS WRIGHT LIVED IN THE VALLEY.

Printed for the Proprietors, Published by John Saunders, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Full Title: The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N. Knt. To The Arctic Regions; for the Discovery of a North West Passage; performed in the years 1829-30-31-32- and 33. To which is prefixed An Abridgment of the former Voyages of Captns, Ross, Parry, & Other Celebrated Navigators to the Northern Latitudes. Compiled from Authentic Information and Original Documents, transmitted by William Light, Purser's steward to the expedition. Illustrated by Engravings from Drawings Taken on the Spot. 1st Edition:(2/3rd printing?) ii, 716 pages, engraved vignette title page, dictionary of the Esqimaux language, appendix. Brown, half morocco boards. The narrative (p.100-694) is apparently based upon statements by Mr. Light, of whom Captain (Sir John) had been highly critical (in his biography of the Victory's crew, 1835). The book includes many small incidents and details,… Read More

London: Lawrence and Bullen,, 1895. Bound by Bayntun in red half crushed morocco ruled in gilt over red buckram boards, title in gilt to spine, five raised bands, floral motifs in gilt to compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers.Very Good, joints showing wear, small bookseller's label top corner rear end page, original covers bound in at rear. . Later Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Fisher, Sons, & Co, 1832. Hardcover. Good +. [1], 6-44 p.: 20 leaves of steel-engraved plates; 29 cm. Half speckled calf; six spine compartments between gilt rules with red morocco spine label in second compartment reading "Views." Marbled paper over boards. Engraved title page. Caption and running title: Picturesque Illustrations of Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland. This title was issued in parts and this volume apparently contains only the first part. It is bound with parts of "Devonshire Illustrated, in a Series of Views" (Fisher, Son & Co., 1832), consisting of an engraved title page, one unpaginated page, pages 6-8, 13-28, 53-60, 105-108, and 16 leaves of engraved plates (possibly a publisher's dummy?). Each leaf has two views. In Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; front joint just starting to separate from tail of spine; lower corner of front board scraped; foxing.

Bickers and Son, London, 1880. Hardcover (approx 5.75 x 8.75 (15 x 22 cm)), 404 pages. Good+ condition. With twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyages. Blue boards with gold trim (two thin lines) decorative gold inlay along edges. Five raised gilt bands evenly spaced across spine. Decorative gold inlay and book title (on faux gold/brown square) between bands. The boards are bumped, rubbed and scratched. Rubbed, with spotting along spine hinges and board edges. The top corner of the front board is rubbed off, revealing the underlaying board. There is what appears to be moisture/water stain across the bottom of the front board. Marbled pastedowns and free endpapers. Pages foxing/browning. There is a very neat inscription dated July 28, 1882 (the book presented as an award) from a school headmaster to a pupil on the free page opposite the half title page. There is a frontispiece depicting the death of Captain Cook opposite the title page, separated by a… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. xi, [1], 405, [1] p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Contemporary half morroco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Brown and red decorated endpapers. Errata on unpaginated page following Preface. With: 1920 clipping from the Daily Chronicle of article by Trevor Allen, "Kensington in The Season: Things Seen in a Twilight Stroll." In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; clean and bright.

Paratiritis, 1993. Hardcover. Used- Fine Condition. Listing consists of two volumes. Books are clean and tight. Books show very light shelf wear. Volume 1 has crease on page 213 and penned notation on first page "2 of set, 1 of 2" and Volume 2 has a notation in the same place that reads "2/2". No further markings on the inside of books. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1873. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library (non-circulating). Publisher's green cloth boards decoratively stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover. Call number on spines. Labels on front pastedowns; no pockets. Each volume has pinhole library stamps on the frontispiece, title-page, and each of the illustrated plates/maps. Complete plates: ten illustrations and twelve maps (2 color, 3 fold-outs); several in-text illustrations. 19.4 x 13.6 cm. Octavo. pp. Vol. I: x, 483. Vol. II: vi, 529, plus [6] advertising. Placed in archival mylar sleeves with a small, loose slip of acid-free paper to mask the call number. In his African Sketch-Book, Reade compiled a variety of materials with the intention of illustrating both African life and his experiences. He includes a recapitulation of his travels in Equatorial Africa, Angola, and Senegambia during 1862 and 1863; essays on the slave trade, African exploration, and the progress of Islam in Western Africa; an detailed… Read More