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1014116449.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
48658London : Henry Sotheran 1885-1894. Two volumes quarto contemporary half crushed morocco over pebbled cloth spine in compartments with raised bands lettered in gilt extremities rubbed; bookplate to front pastedowns of Frederick du Cane Godman; with 103 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Wyatt heightened in gum arabic 26 hand-coloured maps tables; various paginations; very good throughout. A fine set of the preferred issue with all the plates hand-coloured. The set also has an interesting association with its author: the original owner Frederick DuCane Godman an English lepidopterist entomologist and ornithologist was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union and collaborated with Bowdler Sharpe on a number of ornithological publications. hardcover
1889001521<p>London: E. & F.N. Spon 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Third Edition reprinted from the second. 4to viii pp255 plus 64 colour and monochrome plates to rear most of them double page. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original blue cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front board along with a gilt vignette of a miner to front board in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine some rubbing to tips and a few marks to boards. Inside a little foxing to title page and last few plates otherwise all pages in clean and bright condition the plates themselves are in wonderful condition bright and clear. A very good tightly bound copy of this study by Greenwell who was one of the founders of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers an active member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. <br /><br /></p> E. & F.N. Spon hardcover
423Poster. Paris J.E. Goosens. Photo-offset in colors. Ad for the German apertif. 31 5/8 x 23 3/4. 3 Silhouettes with black red yellow each enjoying a different kind of beer. J.E. Goosens
1929215642South Australia. 1929. Typescript manuscript 11 pages foolscap 33.8 x 21 cms inked manuscript corrections and annotations in Jack's hand some age toning most noticeable on the first leaf and small chips from the inner margin no loss to the text old folds pin holes to the upper corner good condition. Unpublished typescript for an illustrated address given to the Royal South Australian Yacht Club in September 1929 by Robert Lockhart Jack 1878-1964 with annotations in his hand. <br> <br>In January 1900 at the age of 22 Jack travelled with his father Robert Logan Jack 1845-1921 pioneer geologist and the first Government Geologist for Queensland to select and acquire mines in the Western Chinese province of Szechuan on behalf of an Anglo-Belgian Company. Chengtu Chengdu the capital served as a starting point for research trips to record the deposits of mineral resources on the Chinese-Tibetan border on behalf of English companies. Jack's lively and detailed description of the methods and incidents of the 1400 mile 2250 km journey on the Yangtze offer fascinating insights into life and customs along the great river at that time as well as mindful of his audience very detailed descriptions of sailing vessels. With the start of the Boxer Rebellion the expedition was cancelled immediately and as a precaution their return journey was along the shortest route: still some 700 kms 450 miles of mountainous and uncharted terrain; south along the Chinese-Tibetan border where they reached British territory again on October 20th and the town of Bhamo in Upper Burma a day later. <br> <br>Robert Lockhart Jack began his career working in Europe South Africa and China becoming assistant government geologist of South Australia from 1912. He led an expedition to the Everhard and Musgrave Ranges in 1914. He joined BHP in 1931 and became chief geologist retiring in 1948. . unknown
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19832082702114609208Shinbisha 1983. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Shinbisha paperback
0000422 96 p. of Arabic text on calligraphy art by Mehmed Munis zade an Ottoman Turkish calligrapher lived in Cairo where he taught in the school of improving calligraphy since it's establishment. Printed by the order of Ismail Pasha Khediv of Egypt in the lithiograph printing house of the Egyptian state. paperback
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194479655Stanford University Calif. Stanford University Press; London H. Milford Oxford University Press 1944. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 760 pages; Description: xvi 760 p. Maps 1 fold. 24 cm. Subjects: United States--Foreign relations. Notes: Includes index and bibliography: p. 703-736. - Series: Stanford books in world politics. Stanford University, Calif. , Stanford University Press; London, H. Milford, Oxford University Press hardcover
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