Search Results: Authors starting with A from Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB

[London]: : Bradbury and Evans, , [c.1852]. First edition in book form. 8vo, . Illustrated with 10 hand coloured engravings by John Leech and numerous text illustrations. half red morocco and marbled boards, gilt floral decorated spine panels, raised bands, a.e.g. , original front wrap bound in. A splendid copy with only a hint of wear.

[London]: : Bradbury and Evans, , 1847-48. 8vo, . Illustrated with 20 hand coloured engravings by John Leech and numerous text illustrations. half red morocco and marbled boards, gilt floral decorated spine panels, raised bands, a.e.g. , original front wrap bound in. A lovely set with only minor rubbing to lower edge and front wrap.

1853.. spine faded, boards spotted, some scattered spotting and waterstaining throughout but mostly confined to top right corner not affecting text.. 8vo, . Washington: Buell & Blanchard, original blindstamped cloth, Wright AM. Fiction Vol. II #12 An interesting narrative of a British seaman who comes to shore at Charleston due to inclement weather only to be faced with the imprisonment of his negro sailors on the basis of an old southern law of seizing former slaves and returning them to slavery. Slavery, Americana, South Carolina

Washington: : Gales and Seaton, , 1841. . First edition. 8vo,. wraps. Browning to front wrap and split along spine fold to lower portion, creased lower left corner, dusty, some pages uncut, generally good. Alexander McLeod, a Canadian, had killed an American on board the Ship Caroline. The ship was en route to Navy Island to bring supplied to McKenzie and his followers. Although McLeod was arrested in New York state, Adam argues he shouldn't be tried on grounds that the Caroline was "in hostile array against the British Government".

[c.1843 or later]. 8" x 5-1/2"- 20 x 13.9 cm. . Hand coloured. Right margin ragged otherwise very good. Shows counties, towns, bays etc.

[c.1843 or later]. 8" x 5-1/2"- 20 x 13.9 cm. . Hand coloured. Right margin ragged otherwise very good. Shows counties, towns, bays etc.

San Francisco: American Russian Institute,, 1944.. Illustrated with woodcut vignettes by Giacomo Patri. 81 pp. 4to, boards and printed dust jacket, splitting to jacket at spine ends else very good. Limited to 1500 copies. Compilation of short stories by Dovzhenko, Gorbatov, Tolstoi amongst others.

c.1731. Extra vertical crease, very faint offsetting else very good, . 7-1/2” x 6-1/4”- 19 x 15.8 cm.. From” The Philosophical Transactions From the year 1700 to the year 1720. Abridg'd, and Dispos'd Under general heads. In two volumes. By Henry Jones, ... The second edition. London, 1731. Vol. 2 of 2. “ Copper engraved map. Two maps on 1 sheet the upper map being part of the Andalucian coast with the lower map showing the Straights of Gibraltar. Spain, Andalucia

London: , 1749.. Upper margin trimmed close otherwise very good.. 7-1/2” x 9-1/2”- 19 x 24.1 cm.. Jolly GENT-64. A detailed map of London from St. James’s Park to Stepney. Twenty Three forts are shown along the London wall intended to keep back the troops of Charles I.

London: , 1749.. Light browning, light crease upper left corner but overall very good.. 7-3/4" x 4"- 19.6 x 10.1 cm. . Jolly GENT-68 A charming map of the Bay of Algiers, Algiers and the environs. Several castles, villages and two large native birds the Boo-ank and the Hou-baara.

London: : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, , 1846. 8vo,. embossed cloth, cloth faded, spine ends frayed, front hinge cracked, names on front pastedown, light sporadic spotting (mostly in gutter) but still good. An interesting work on the manufacture of paper, glass, leather, glue, cotton, linen and woven goods,

1760.. Light browning but overall very good.. 4" x 7"- 10.1 x 17.7 cm. . London: London Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly LOND-185 A good 18th century map showing the city of Stockholm and the numerous islands surrounding the capital. Military Map, Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia, Seven Years War, London Magazine

1760.. Light browning, overall very good.. 6-3/4" x 8-3/4"- 17.1 x 22.2 cm. . London: London Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly LOND-190 A good 18th century map of Dresden, the Elbe River and the surrounding area of Lusatia and Silesia. Towns, rivers and mountains are indicated. Military Map Dresden, Germany, Seven Years War, London Magazine

London: , [1755.]. Two extra creases to upper corners else very good.. 7-1/4 x 11- 18.4 x 27.9 cm. . Jolly Gent-94 An interesting map of the World including recent discoveries of islands in the Pacific in 1741 and the eastern coast of Australia.

London: , 1765.. Very good.. 7" x 11-1/4"- 17.7 x 28.5 cm.. Jolly Gent-180 An interesting road strip map showing the distances between towns.

London: , 1765.. Extra vertical crease generally very good.. 7" x 11-1/4"- 17.7 x 28.5 cm.. Jolly Gent-179 An interesting road strip map showing the distances between towns.

1760.. Light browning, right margin trimmed close else very good.. 6-3/4"x 4" x - 17.1 x 10.1 cm. . London: London Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly LOND-184 A map of the port of Stralsund on the Baltic Sea. The port of Stralsund held by the Swedish beseiged by the Danes, Saxons and Prussians during the Great Northern War of 1715. The Isle of Rugen was taken and soon after the Swedes retreated. Map, Germany, Great Northern War, Swedish, London Magazine

1760.. Light browning especially to upper margin else very good.. 4-1/4" x 6-3/4"- 10.7 x 17.1 cm. . London: London Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly LOND-189. A map of the German states of Westphalia, Waldeck, Hesse Landgravia and Lower Saxony during the Seven Years War. Military Map, Germany, Hesse, Westfaphalia, Seven Years War, London Magazine

London: : Gentleman's Magazine,, 1758. 7-1/2" x 9-3/4"- 19 x 24.7 cm. Copper engraved map. Very slight offsetting else very good. The Great Northern War spanned almost twenty years and pitted Sweden's Charles XII against a coalition group of Russian, Prussian and Danish troops. The Swedes had dominated possessions in Northern Europe but in 1715 their stronghold in northern Germany at Stralsund fell followed by Wismar. Charles was to be killed three years later which removed the last obstacle to peace in the area.

1758.. Very good.. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2"- 18.4 x 11.3 cm. . London: Gentleman’s Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly GENT-115 Two maps on one sheet the upper being a town view of Emden in east Friesland, and the bottom portion a map of the surrounding area including the coastal area on the Dollart with islands and the Ems River. Military Map, Germany, Rhine River, Seven Years War, Gentleman’s Magazine