31. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Australia with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Natives of the Tribe of Bogan, Sydney, Kangaroos, Australian Parrots and Cockatoo, Natives of Australia Felix. The beautiful map shows the whole continent of Australia with Van Diemen’s Island (Tasmania). The map lists all the counties in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, West Australia.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

32. Theroux, Paul.

The Old Patagonian Express – By Train Through the Americas.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Octavo. 404 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. First Edition of this wonderful publication. The dustjacket with a lesion to the top hinge and some fraying. The Volume itself in near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription verso halftitle.

33. [Yama-to-Keikoku]

Yama-to-Keikoku.

12 issues (bound in two Volumes) Tokyo, Yama-to-Keikokusha, no year. Octavo. 245 pages (Vol. 38-39) and 792 pages (Vol.169-178). Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean interior lightly tanned throughout. Former Library copy. Alpine Club Library stamps on preliminary pages.

34. [Zelnik, Friedrich / Morel, Emma] Brugmans, H. / Loosjes, A.

Amsterdam in Beeld. [From the library of Frederic Zelnik] Met 613 Afbeeldingen.

Zesde Vermeerdere Druk. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, (ca.1925). 4°. VIII, 372 pages with 613 photographs of Old Amsterdam, prior to the second world war. Original illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hinge slightly shaky. From the library of Frederic Zelnik / Friedrich Zelnik. Inscribed to Frederic Zelnik by one of his silent cinema actresses, Emma Morel, during the filing of “Vadertje Langbeen”, based on a Novel from Jean Webster and adapted fror the screen by Rudolph Bernauer, the film was made by Zelnik and filmed in Amsterdam. Emma Mourel was one of the stars of the Movie and inscribed the book to Zelnik: “Van ouren voorbeeldigen Regisseur den Heer Friedrich Zelnik, her herinnering van Amsterdam Augustus 1938. Voor alle….Gross-aufnahmen !! Met reeht-hartelycken dank en auf Wiedersehen von Emma Morel”.