The Mystery Rivers of Tibet : a description of the little-known land where Asia's mightiest rivers gallop in harness through the narrow gateway of Tibet, its peoples, fauna, & flora by Ward, F. Kingdon

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1824. First American Edition . Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 339pp. Brown mottled calf, rebacked spine gilt ruled, gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear, chip to lower spine, minimal ex-library evidence, text is age-toned and occasionally foxed, pencil sketch and notations on endpapers, bindingis tight. The uncommon First American Edition published in Boston. Search for a Northwest Passage under Captain William Parry.

It's not ofter that you find two original volumes published / printed in 1726. Overall, these titles are in V Good condition and 100% legible ( albeit with Olde English spelling ) The titles are leather bound (spines and corners) with printed board covers.
A previous owner has pasted additional pages at the start of Volume 1 and pasted various newspaper clippings and hand written texts relevant to the themes of Mr Toland dated through the 1800's further enhancing the value of the set.
John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Born in Ireland, he was educated at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and and was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke.
His first, and best known work, Christianity Not Mysterious (1696), opposed hierarchy in both church and state. In Ireland, copies were burned by the public hangman,… Read More

London: Trustees of the British Natural History Museum. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner name stamped on front endpaper and . title page, title page foxed, jacket lightly soiled and faded at spine.. 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. xvii, 418pp + fold-out map. Correction slips, color plates, acknowledgments, black and white illustrations, figures, gazetteer, index, and fold-out map. A great deal of information widely scattered throughout books and scientific journals in several languages is herein gathered together for the first time; the comparatively rich British Museum material is brought under review; illustrations of many original types, mostly hitherto unfigured, are provided; and comments furnished upon those original descriptions which seem inadequate or even inaccurate. (from the preface) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: William Wells and T.B. Watt ancd Co, 1802. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 828pp. First Edition, First Issue. Quarter bound, marbled boards, calf spine. red leather spine label, gilt lettering. Wear and scuffing to boards, 1 1/2 inch piece chipped from head of spine, contents age-toned and partially foxed, binding is tight and sound, inscription and pencilled poem on front free endpaper, 1/2 inch strip excised form top of front endpaper. This rare volume includes all 12 months of the 1802 year, which was it's very first year of the publication of The Christian Observer.

Brown and black swirl patterned calf binding. Black title plate, gilt banding and title on the spine. Gilt decorative edging on both boards. Plates by Robert Branston.

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1824. First American Edition . Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 339pp. Brown mottled calf, rebacked spine gilt ruled, gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear, chip to lower spine, minimal ex-library evidence, text is age-toned and occasionally foxed, pencil sketch and notations on endpapers, bindingis tight. The uncommon First American Edition published in Boston. Search for a Northwest Passage under Captain William Parry.

It's not ofter that you find two original volumes published / printed in 1726. Overall, these titles are in V Good condition and 100% legible ( albeit with Olde English spelling ) The titles are leather bound (spines and corners) with printed board covers.
A previous owner has pasted additional pages at the start of Volume 1 and pasted various newspaper clippings and hand written texts relevant to the themes of Mr Toland dated through the 1800's further enhancing the value of the set.
John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Born in Ireland, he was educated at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and and was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke.
His first, and best known work, Christianity Not Mysterious (1696), opposed hierarchy in both church and state. In Ireland, copies were burned by the public hangman,… Read More

London: Trustees of the British Natural History Museum. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner name stamped on front endpaper and . title page, title page foxed, jacket lightly soiled and faded at spine.. 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. xvii, 418pp + fold-out map. Correction slips, color plates, acknowledgments, black and white illustrations, figures, gazetteer, index, and fold-out map. A great deal of information widely scattered throughout books and scientific journals in several languages is herein gathered together for the first time; the comparatively rich British Museum material is brought under review; illustrations of many original types, mostly hitherto unfigured, are provided; and comments furnished upon those original descriptions which seem inadequate or even inaccurate. (from the preface) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: William Wells and T.B. Watt ancd Co, 1802. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 828pp. First Edition, First Issue. Quarter bound, marbled boards, calf spine. red leather spine label, gilt lettering. Wear and scuffing to boards, 1 1/2 inch piece chipped from head of spine, contents age-toned and partially foxed, binding is tight and sound, inscription and pencilled poem on front free endpaper, 1/2 inch strip excised form top of front endpaper. This rare volume includes all 12 months of the 1802 year, which was it's very first year of the publication of The Christian Observer.

Brown and black swirl patterned calf binding. Black title plate, gilt banding and title on the spine. Gilt decorative edging on both boards. Plates by Robert Branston.