Louis Choris (113 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. A JOURNAL OF EXPLORATIONS, Northward Along the Coast from Monterey in the Year 1775 John Galvin, Editor - illustrations in color by Louis Choris, hardcover in see thru plastic dustjacket. limited edition 1000 copies. Published by John Howell Books, San Francisco, Ca., 1964. "very good, some jacket wear, foxing spots page edges, ownership stamp inside, otherwise clean and tight". Louis Choris (illustrator).…

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/pub.1983/Gd. condition - A coloring book of ancient Hawaii. [TH132293]. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. Photo.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Voyage pittoresque autour du monde: Avec des portraits de sauvages d'Am�rique, d'Asie, d'Afrique, et des �les du Grand oc�an: des paysages, des vues m. Book.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 20 pages. translated from the French of Louis Choris by Porter Garnett. with illustratiosn from drawings made by Choris in the year 1816 to which are added certain views of San Francisco at the present day. pages at front and rear inside covers lightly foxed. spine dulled. paper over the boards chipped off at top of spine affecting 1/4 x 1/8 inch.; 5 x 7 1/4 ".…

Tall patterned cloth boards. Condition: Near Fine. dj. 1000 copies. Fine in near fine original clear dust jacket. Illustrations in original colors by Louis Choris (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. pp. 20. Frontis. black & white drawing titled "View of the Presidio of San Francisco." Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and illustrations. Bound in grey cloth with gilt lettering and lines stamped to cover and spine. Spine a tad darkened; age-toning and spots to endpapers. Choris served as artist with the Kotzebue expedition during its visit to San Francisco Bay in 1816. Printed by Taylor, Nash, Taylor. …

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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Glassine. First. 67p. Very well illus throughout. Classic travel literature reference. An excellent copy in like glassine d/w. . PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. LOUIS CHORIS (illustrator). …

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition limited to 5,000 copies. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 130 pages. Six color plates. Maps. Glossary. Index. Louis Choris (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Numbered Edition. Fresh translation from the original Spanish manuscript of the original diaries ("Diario") kept by Father Campa in his explorations with 2 ships that had originated in Mexico, traveled northward along the coast of Alta California, explored the lands & people of Monterey & the San Francisco Bay Area, & continued northward toward what is now Alaska. With lovely pen-and-wash drawings throughout from the work of Louis Choris, a "young & deserving artist" who sailed in a similar voyage off the coast of San Francisco in 1816 aboard the Rurik with Otto von Kotzebue. In 67 pages, with a 13-page Introduction by the Editor, with notes, the translated text of the diary, & 2 full-page Route Maps in rear. This is one of a Limited Edition of one thousand published in 1964 by John Howell Books, printed by Lawton Kennedy of San Francisco, CA. Oversized hardcover has brown & gold floral cloth over boards with bright gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine: just about as bright & crisp & clean as brand new! Binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked. No DJ as issued, but protected in an archival 2.5 mil mylar cover. A beauty! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Choris, Louis (illustrator).…

Quarto, patterned brown & yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, frontispiece, v + 67pp + map, nr fine (light foxing to page edges).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Limited Edition. Pale blue dust jacket has edgewear and chips, blue cloth covered text is without flaw. 9 X 12" 130 pages, 1.5 kg, published 1971. One of 5,000 copies, this is the original narrative of the first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775. With further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full colour from the brush and pencil of Louis Choris who was at San Francisco in 1816. Canizares, under Captain Ayala's orders surveyed the bay and produced the map in this volume. Louis Choris (illustrator).…