WRIGHT, John.MareMagnum
Woolf VirginiaMareMagnum
Al faro Traduzione e cura di Nadia Fusini
bross. edit. ill., minime tracce d'uso
Libreria Tara s.n.c. · Roma, IT5,50 €
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17 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out color map measuring approximately 8 x 22 inches (20 x 56cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. A detailed expedition narrative explores the Hagavatn Gorge, a proglacial lake with an elevation of 435 m and an area of 5 km² located in Hagavatn, Iceland. Objectives included investigation of the glacier which fed into the lake; an estimate of flood probability and the making of a large scale map of the lake. Includes a general topography of Hagavatn and of its lake floor; a geological study - almost the whole area consists of Tertiary volcanics; explanation of the flood of 1925; discussion of the ice retreat; the ice channel; movements of the glacier; summary of concluding remarks and an appendix referring to the construction of various cairns. A thorough report that includes a number of pertinent photographs.
Covers detached but present; Part 36 with 4 steel engravings. 'Compliments of Blackwell's' slip bound in. With short articles and engravings about Kaligata, Cephalonia; The Cathedral at Messina; Pozzuolo; The Castle of Cassano, Calabria; The Town and Harbour of Salerno; and the Round Tower at Oberwesel; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 141-144 pages
48 Seiten. Rückenheftstreifen. Bücher de
Light rubbing to extremities ; A profusely illustrated book on postwar Warsaw. Text in Polish ; 8vo; 118 pages
Quattro opere distinte legate insieme in un volume in-8° ( 23.5x15.5 cm) legatura coeva in mezza pelle verde con titoli e fregi dorati al dorso a 4 falsi nervi, piatti in percallina verde, sguardie in carta decorata policroma. Pp 236; (4), 104; (2), (2),104; (4), 72. Conservati occhietti delle singole opere ma non le brossure originali. Etichetta di tipografo legatore eporediese al contropiatto anteriore. Più che buon esemplare. Bell'insieme di quattro resoconti di viaggi di piacere, di esplorazione e di commercio, negli Stati Uniti d' America, Messico, Panama, Sud-Africa, Polonia e Repubblica Ceca (massiccio dei Monti dei Giganti), Argentina, Benin (già regno di Dahomey) e Mauritius. Inglese
Several previous owners have left their evidence on the FEP including Rosebery School Library's stamps on the inside cover and FEP. Text remains clean, bright and tight. Used
Title: Jan Mayen Island. Author: J. M. Wordie Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1922. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: Featuring a mountaineering adventure up the Beerenberg volcano, Wordie provides a firsthand account of the 1921 expedition led by botanist James Laurence Chaworth-Muster, which had set forth to the Arctic island most reputed for being difficult to locate and therefore infrequently visited, owing to its incessant cloud and mist cover - Jan Mayen. Objectives for the expedition included the ascent of Beerenberg, which was then reported as an active volcano and discovered to be extinct, collecting natural history specimens and performing glaciological studies, the latter to be undertaken by Professor Mercanton of Lausanne. He also includes a historical overview of the island, centering around volcanic activity and its history in the whaling era, from the 1600's when first documented by Danish and British whalers, to the eighteenth century when at least one whaler claims to have seen volcanic eruptions, and visits by Scoresby and Lord Dufferin in the nineteenth century. Photographic plates show Egg Bluff, Jameson Bay, the Norwegian Ekerold Wireless Station which was receiving messages daily, Bombelles Mountain, the lava crater near English Bay. A folding map highlightds Beerenberg and other peaks. 8vo. 16 pages, plus a fold-out sketch map and photographic plates, including a panoramic view. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Excerpt from the text: "Jan Mayen is small in size... the extinct volcano of Beerenberg, with the exception of certain nunataks in Greenland, is the highest mountain within the arctic circle..." "... it was essential to undertake the ascent of Beerenberg at once.... The climbing part - Mercanton, Lethbridge, and myself - went up to spend the night at the tent on August 10... surprise to find a small cairn... No real difficulty was experienced, therefore, until at 7200 feet a broad crevasse had to be jumped - one of those awkward uphill jumps... We made a stay of nearly two hours at the highest point" "Glaciers, it may be stated, are confined to Beerenberg." End Excerpt. James Lawrence (Jim) Chaworth-Musters (1901-1948) studied geography at Cambridge University, though his career led him into biology and zoology. From 1920 until the outbreak of the Second World War, he partook in various scientific expeditions, with a particular interest in mammals and birds. He joined the Royal Geographical Society in 1921. A collection of his drawings of whales and plants, executed mainly in Norway between 1921-1928, is part of the Chaworth-Musters collection held at the University of Nottingham. A new species of mouse, 'Musterii', was discovered by and named after him in Afghanistan. In the 1930s and 1940s he undertook voluntary work at the British Museum (now the Natural History Museum). In 1946 he was appointed as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Zoology. In 1939 he was working as British vice-consul in Norway. He was fluent in Norwegian, as his parents had owned a house at Aarnes in Norway and the family took regular holidays there. James lived at Surnadal in Norway in the 1920s. He was recruited to the Special Operations Executive when the Germans invaded Norway in 1940, and was employed by the Norwegian Government in exile to interrogate escapees from Norway. Beerenberg is a 2,277 m (7,470 ft) stratovolcano, the world's northernmost subaerial active volcano, which forms the northeastern end of the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. It is topped by a mostly ice-filled crater about 1 km (0.6 mi) wide, with numerous peaks along its rim including the highest summit, Haakon VII Toppen, on its western side. Recorded eruptions occurred in 1732, 1818, 1851, 1970, and in 1985.
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket edges, light sunning to board lower edges, slight bumps to board corners and tanning to page block. Spine is tight and contents are clean throughout. AD Used
bross. edit. ill., minime tracce d'uso
trad. di Giulia Celenza tela edit. con titoli al piatto e al dorso, manca sovrac., minime tracce d'uso alla tela
trad. di Giorgia Valensin in 16°, bross. edit., firma di appartenenza, manca la sovrac., piccola rottura alla cerniera
trad. di Giorgia Valensin in 16°, bross. edit., firma di appartenenza, manca la sovrac., piccola rottura e lievi tracce d'uso in cop.
trad. di Anna Banti tela edit. con sovrac. ill. e cofanetto muto, minime rotture e mancanze in sovrac., firma di appartenenza, lievi rotture al cofanetto
trad. di Anna Banti tela edit. con sovrac. ill. e cofanetto muto
n. 662 in 16°, bross. edit. ill., lievi tracce d'uso in cop., scritta all'occhietto
trad. di Alessandra Scalero n. 15 bross. edit. ill., timbro di appartenenza
testo inglese a fronte in 16°, bross. edit.
<p>Incisione su acciaio, impronta 27 x 19 cm, su foglio 31,5 x 23,5. L<span><span>ungo il fiume Rauma nella valle Romsdalen si erge la montagna di <span>Romsdalshornet (Norvegia). Tratto da "Picturesque Europe" 1875-1879. Minime bruniture al margine superiore. Complessivamente ben conservata.</span></span></span></p>
<p>Incisione su acciaio, impronta 27 x 19 cm, su foglio 31,5 x 23,5. Panorama sul mare dalla città fortificata di Bosforo (Turchia). Tratto da "Picturesque Europe" 1875-1879. Esemplare molto ben conservato.</p>
illustrazioni in nero
Staple-bound paperback. Tenth printing, originally published 1981. A very good copy with no significant faults. TS Used
Hardcover without jacket; McGrath facsimile reprint. Minor foxing and one or two small marks on page block; a little wear to a few page corners. Includes illustrations - all content is clear. TS Used
<p>Incisione su acciaio, impronta 27 x 19 cm su foglio 31,5 x 23,5 cm. Tra le strade della città di Reutlingen, una città tedesca situata nel Land del Baden-Wurttemberg (Germania). Tratto da "Picturesque Europe" 1875-1879. Molto ben conservata.</p>
<p>Incisione su acciaio, impronta 27 x 19 cm su foglio 31,5 x 23,5. Cattedrale di Nostra Signora di Rodez (Aveyron, Francia). Tratto da "Picturesque Europe" 1875-1879. Esemplare assai ben conservato.</p>
8vo, 624 pages. eng
