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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa Edizione Inglese di Marijke Van Der Veen (a cura di) Editore: Springer US EAN: 9781441933164 ISBN: 1441933166 Pagine: 300 Formato: Paperback This volume presents a completely new and very substantial body of information about the origin of agriculture and plant use in Africa. All the evidence is very recent and for the first time all this archaeobotanical evidence is brought together in one volume (at present the information is unpublished or published in many disparate journals, confer ence reports, monographs, site reports, etc. ). Early publications concerned with the origins of African plant domestication relied almost exclusively on inferences made from the modem distribution of the wild progenitors of African cultivars; there existed virtually no archaeobotanical data at that time. Even as recently as the early 1990s direct evidence for the transition to farming and the relative roles of indigenous versus Near Eastern crops was lacking for most of Africa. This volume changes that and presents a wide range of ex citing new evidence, including case studies from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, and Sudan, which range in date from 8000 BP to the present day. The volume ad dresses topics such as the role of wild plant resources in hunter-gatherer and farming com munities, the origins of agriculture, the agricultural foundation of complex societies, long-distance trade, the exchange of foods and crops, and the human impact on local vege tation-all key issues of current research in archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, ecol ogy, and economic history.
91pp.avec ills. de M.Cadet-Fillerin, br.orig.ill., peu usé, bon état
Broch?. 297 pages.
Bruges, Librairie de l'oeuvre Saint Charles 1938. In-8 broché couverture illustrée de 89 pages; Dessins en noir. Très bon état
171pp., 24cm., softcover, text in English, excerpt of Doctoral Dissertation (Excerpta ex dissertatione ad Doctoratum in Facultate Scientiarum Socialium Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, C110011
Lisboa, Livraria Evangélica, 1930. 4to.; 48 pp. y cuatro fotografías en láminas aparte. Cubiertas originales.
in-12°, 99 pp., broche, couv.- RARE. Bel exemplaire. [NV-38]
in-12, V-302 pages, broche, couv. Bon état général. [NAN-1] Avec 16 gravures hors texte et une carte.
Dieppe, Témoignage Chrétien, 1959 - 1 Edition - In-8, 15x 21 cms - Broché - Couverture illustrée aux 1 & 4 plats - 104 photographie et dessins inédits de l'auteur - 334 pages - Très propre. Envoi : "A Monsieur louis YZIQUEL, en souvenir de notre soirée à Paris, samedi 6 avril 1963" Pour la première fois dans l'histoire du monde, des hommes tentent de descendre le fleuve légendaire de ses sources à la mer. Premier document sur l'ensemble du fleuve des sources a la mer, Nil blanc, Victoria et Somerset, Première navigation du Nil bleu.
123pp.met 150 illustraties en 3 kaarten
48 pages. Features: cover photo of the paddle steamer Waverley; Large photo of the Cunard passenger/cargo liner Media inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Uganda "looking somewhat the worse for wear'; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; Govan Shipbuilders - Ian Johnston describes the history of one of the Clyde's last active shipyards; The Post-Dunkirk Evacuations - John de S. Winser describes the maritime evacuations from the ports of Western France and the Channel Islands in the summer of 1940; Paddle Steamer Nostalgia - photos; The ss Uganda Story - Part 2 - Schools and Discovery Cruises Ship 1968-1982; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Ferry Fleet Updates; Mersey farewell - photos of the last Isle of Man Steam Packet sailling from Liverpool to Douglas, 30 March, 1985; Nice photo of the Finnwhale inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Broch?. 369 pages.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 172pp. An account of the depraved regime of Idi Amin in Uganda in the late 1970s where murder, torture, imprisonment and mutilation were standard methods used on anyone he wanted to by Amin who had been humiliated by the Israeli's Entebbe Raid. The story is told by Wycliffe Kato who had been Assistant Director General of Civil Aviation at the time of his arrest and imprisonment. He tells of his time in custody and how he managed to escape to Nairobi. Very scarce.
In two volumes. Only vols. I. An attempt to give some description of the phisical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under the British protection in east central Africa…. Disponiamo solo del primo volume. In 4to, cm. 20x25; pag. XIX + 470, con 42 illustrazioni a colori, 7 mappe, 253 illustrazioni in bianco e nero. Splendide sguardie illustrate a colori, bell'ex libris " Thomae N. Dick Lauder 1901", applicato al contropiatto anteriore. Legatura editoriale in tutta tela nera con impressione a rilievo e dorata sul piatto, titoli al dosrso, tagli dorati. Ottima la conservazione. Codice inv.1030654
pp. xiii, 281 + Plus frontis, numerous full page photographs and a large folding map. Title page printed in red and black. Bookplate. Inner hinge cracked. Decorative endpapers. Large 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, gold lettered. Third impression. AFRICA/2
Milano, Jaca Book, 1969, in-8 br. edit., pp. 116, [2]. Qualche sottolineatura.
x + 49pp.avec 21 figures & 5 tabelles & 2 planches, br.orig., bel état, 27x18cm., dans la série "Annales - série in-8, Sciences humaines" nr.63, [OCLC 3484175]
In 8°; XVI, 138, (4 di catalogo) pp. e 23 c. di tav. fuori testo con fotografie di personaggi e scorci ugandesi. Bellissima legatura editoriale in piena tela verde con illustrazioni e titolo in nero ed oro al piatto anteriore ed al dorso. Qualche leggero foxing in poche pagine dovuto alla qualità della carta utilizzata e nel complesso, esemplare in buone condizioni di conservazione. Prima non comune edizione di questo importante scritto dedicato all’Uganda dell’inizi del XX° secolo. Charles William Hattersley (1866–1934) era un missionario britannico che si unì alla Church Missionary Society all'inizio del 1897 dopo aver gestito una coltelleria a Sheffield. Nel settembre dello stesso anno lasciò l'Inghilterra per l'Uganda, dove aiutò a creare il sistema di istruzione primaria, fu coinvolto nell'educazione dei figli dei capi ugandesi e alla fine prestò servizio come preside della scuola della Missionary Society Church sulla collina di Mengo a Kampala. Fotografo dilettante entusiasta, Hattersley divenne il fotografo ufficiale della corte e della chiesa ugandesi. Il suo Uganda descritto in “Pen and Camera”, pubblicato dalla Religious Tract Society a Londra, venne edito con lo scopo principale di reclutamento di nuovi missionari, ma il libro contiene anche informazioni preziose sulla storia e la cultura dell'Uganda. Il primo capitolo descrive l'arduo viaggio intrapreso dai missionari per raggiungere l'Uganda. Altre materie trattate sono la religione tradizionale, il personaggio e il ruolo del re Daudi Chwa II, nipote del re Mutesa I e figlio del re Mwanga II, e la diffusione del cristianesimo e il suo effetto sulla società ugandese. Il capitolo sulla religione discute di Katonda, come il Baganda chiamava Dio e della tradizionale convinzione di Bagand che Katonda avesse mandato Kintu e la moglie di Kintu, Nambi, nel mondo per dare alla luce bambini e popolare la Terra. Sono incluse circa 30 belle delle fotografie di Hattersley. Prima edizione, in legatura originale.
230pp.with frontispice & 1 map, text in gotic german, 23cm., cart.cover, stamp, G
Milano, 1954, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 213/224 con fotografie, tavole fotografiche (anche a doppia pagina) ed una cartina. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Milano, Jaca Book, 1969, in-8, br. editoriale, pp. 171, [5].
Mm235x320 Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta originale, 246 pagine con un ricco corredo di illustrazioni a colori fuori testo. Opera in ottime condizioni. Testo in inglese. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
