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Travel books to the Americas, New World exploration accounts, geographical and historical studies of Latin America and United States, Americana, Far-West, discovery of America

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  35. Voyages dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique Méridionale [...]
    Jullien MELLET

    Voyages dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique Méridionale [...][Journeys to the interior of Central America ...]

    Chez Masson et fils.|Paris 1824|13 x 20 cm|relié

    [Journeys to the interior of Central America: including those from Buenos Aires to Assumption by way of the Plata river and back, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso by way of the Mendoza plain and the town of Santiago de Chile, into the valleys and peaks of the Cordillera over a distance of almost 450 leagues, containing some of the richest mines in Chile, the return from Valparaiso and Santiago, the navigation of the Coquimbo to Lima, the capital of all Central America, the tortuous route from Lima to Guayaquil, and around Quito province, including to an ancient Inca city. Also including the voyage from the aforementioned capital to Santa Fe de Bogota by way of Cuença, Calil, and...

    €1,000
  42. Histoire civile et commerciale des colonies anglaises dans les Indes occidentales depuis leur découverte par Christophe Colomb jusqu'à nos jour, suivie d'un tableau historique et politique
    Bryan EDOUARD

    Histoire civile et commerciale des colonies anglaises dans les Indes occidentales depuis leur découverte par Christophe Colomb jusqu'à nos jour, suivie d'un tableau historique et politique

    Dentu|Paris 1801|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché

    BRYAN Edouard
    Histoire civile et commerciale des colonies anglaises dans les Indes occidentales depuis leur découverte par Christophe Colomb jusqu'à nos jour, suivie d'un tableau historique et politique
    Dentu, Paris 1801, 13,5 x 21,5 cm, original wrappers
    First edition in French.
    With the folding map at front present.
    Small insignificant wear with tiny lacks to head and foot of one joint, a little light insignificant foxing.
    A rare copy in its original wrappers.
    €500
  60. Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique
    Morris BIRKBECK

    Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique

    L'huillier, Delaunay.|Paris 1819|12.7 x 20 cm|relié

    BIRKBECK Morris
    Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique
    L'Huillier, Delaunay, Paris 1819, in-8 (11,5 x 19,5 cm), de xvi, 156 pp., contemporary sheep
    First edition. Rare. Only one copy in the French Bibliothèque Nationale, nothing in French and British catalogues and only one copy in the British Library. The BNF copy has a map that is not present in this copy.
    Contemporary half speckled sheep. Spine with fillets, red sheep title-piece. Rubbing. Inkspot to p. 92. Stamp to title: Société de lecture de Genève.
    Birkbeck was an English gentleman farmer who emigrated to the...
    €1,000
  61. La marine française au Mexique
    Henri RIVIÈRE

    La marine française au Mexique

    Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1881|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
    First editions.
    Plain paper cover. Rare.
    €60
  71. Histoire générale de la Bolivie
    Alcides ARGUEDAS

    Histoire générale de la Bolivie

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1923|17 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition in French.
    Full marbled sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title-label and author's name, covers preserved, modest binding.
    €40
  72. Les textiles végétaux des colonies
    Henry LECOMTE

    Les textiles végétaux des colonies

    In La revue coloniale|Paris Mars-Juillet 1896|16 x 25 cm|relié
    Original edition.
    Binding half canvas tree, silent smooth back, marbled paper plates with small discolored spots, a few snags on the cuts, contemporary binding.
    Signed autograph from the author to Meline Mr. Chairman and Minister of Agriculture.
    Shaded guards.
    €80
  76. Etude de structure économique : l'arboriculture californienne
    Paul GUERIN

    Etude de structure économique : l'arboriculture californienne

    Félix Alcan|Paris s. d. [1937]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half sheep binding in mint green, spine with five raised bands, traces of rubbing on spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
    Work illustrated with figures in the text.
    Gift inscription on first endpaper, some minor foxing on endpapers.
    €50
  78. L'art et la vie en Amérique
    Oliver W. LARKIN

    L'art et la vie en Amérique

    Plon|Paris 1952|18.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French with no mention of deluxe copies.
    Iconography.
    Spine and covers marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  81. Chateaubriand en Amérique
    Christian BAZIN

    Chateaubriand en Amérique

    La Table Ronde|Paris 1969|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Preface by Michel Poniatowski.
    Handsome copy.
    €30
  82. La Guyane française
    Fernand HUE

    La Guyane française

    H. Lecène & H. Oudin|Paris 1889|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets showing slight rubbing, small damage with loss to upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, school prize labels pasted on front endpaper and facing pastedown, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with figures in and outside the text.
    Occasional light foxing.
    €200
  84. Une visite chez Soulouque, souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'île d'Haïti
    Paul DHORMOYS

    Une visite chez Soulouque, souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'île d'Haïti

    Librairie Nouvelle|Paris 1859|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full dark brown cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, blind-ruled frames on boards, shaded endpapers, modest contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing of no great consequence.
    €100
  85. L'Amérique inattendue
    André MAUROIS

    L'Amérique inattendue

    Editions Mornay|Paris 1931|13 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue with 78 Japan and 130 Montval.
    Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a portrait of the author by Berthold Mann.
    Some light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers and certain margins.
    €40
  88. Paris en amérique
    René LEFEBVRE

    Paris en amérique

    Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1872|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Bradel binding in half khaki cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, hazel shagreen title-label, moiré paper boards.
    Some minor foxing of little consequence.
    €40
  89. Les jésuites et la Nouvelle-France au XVIIème siècle
    Camille de ROCHEMONTEIX

    Les jésuites et la Nouvelle-France au XVIIème siècle

    Letouzey & Ané|Paris 1895-1896|14.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés
    First edition.
    Our copy is complete with its 3 folding colored maps and plates, illustrated with 8 engraved portraits.
    Spine slightly sunned, slight corner wear to boards, handsome interior condition.
    €380
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