Eliade, MirceaMareMagnum
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Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 610 pages, contents include: Bestowal of shamanic powers, Recruiting of shamans in western and central Siberia, among the Tungus, the Buryat and Altaians, Initiation of Eskimo Shamans, Obtaining shamanic powers, Costume and drum, functions, Magical cures, Cosmology, Rituals, Healing, Techniques among the Semang, Sakai, Jakun, Andaman Islands, Nicobar, Mayasia, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, etc.
Mm 140x220 Collana "Fiction". Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta originale, 371 pagine. Opera in ottime condizioni, presenta una piccola etichetta di biblioteca dismessa alla prima carta. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
In 8°, bella leg. in mezza pelle coeva con nervi, punte, fregi a secco, pp. XL-246. Ottimo es. corredato da XI tavv. f.t. b/n e col. (cromolitografie) + molte figg. in b/n n.t. Armi, usi e costumi del regno di Sumatra. Testo in tedesco
Prima edizione. RA4
Cm. 19,3, cart. edit. ill.to con pergamino, pag. 335 (3) (1 c.b.). Con 40 ill.ni fotografiche in tavole f.t.. Lievi mancanze alla sovracoperta in pergamino, internamente perfetto.
Milano, 1939, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 311/324 con numerose illustrazioni. - !! 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.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates by EME Glenister, and photographs by the author, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. 'A useful guide in a convenient form to the birds of a large region' (Tate p.69). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Tate, p.202.
411 pages. Map endpapers. Generously illustrated in black and white plus several colour plates. "Commences with the setting up of the defences of the trading posts of the Honourable East India Company in Sumatra and then follows the progression of the Company's rule in the East Indies. The formation and defences of the settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore are covered and details are given of the units which formed the garrison troops of these settlements." - dust jacket. Book clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket, now protected in archival-grade Brodart, shows moderate wear and light sunning along spine. A quality copy of this informative work. Book
Kummerly - Frey 1979, In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 264 pages. Avec photos. Bon état.
206pp. + frontispice & platen buiten tekst (foto's, kaarten) + 3pp. stellingen & vele uitvouwbare tabellen, Doctoraal proefschrift (Universiteit van Amsterdam), 24cm., moderne gecart. band met linnen rug en titel in goudopdruk, stempeltje op verso titelblad, gewicht: 1.1kg., X111814
131pp. + 2pp. stellingen, 21cm., Doctoraal proefschrift (Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht), gebroch., stempeltje op keerzijde titelblad, tekst helder en in goede staat, X112114
sm folio; 209, [i], double page plates, double page facsimile from orig manuscript, ep maps from contemp Mercator atlas, bibliog, glossary of place names, index. original quarter cloth and cloth decorated bds, slight wear at ends of spine but a fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This is the first publication, from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681 with an English translation from the old French by Stephanie & Denis Clark, with an introduction and notes by Ashley Gibson. Jean de Lacombe traveled through Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Ternat, Nambonne, Gounong Apy, Siam, Moluccas, China, etc, in the seventeenth century. The plates are from contemporary engravings of some of the principle places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse, Amsterdam, 1676. A lovely production of this early and interesting travel narrative based on the manuscript discovered in 1937 with a useful introduction and bibliography.
8vo., First Edition, with 3 full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of Lewis's acclaimed account of his lengthy tour through the Indonesian archipelago.
Please note: binding is paperback. X, 350, [2 ads], 40 [plates] pages. Bibliography. Index. Forty pages of wonderful black and white photographic plates. Fold-out map affixed to back cover. Published as Volume III of "Wiener Beitrage Zur Kulturgeschichte Und Linguistik." Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Irregular sunning to red card covers. A sound vintage copy of this early and excellent view of Sumatra and its people. Book
Broch?. 312 pages.
Flammarion 1975, In-8 broché 233 p. + photos. Bon état.
In-8, cartonato editoriale, pp. X,479. Ristampa anastatica dell’edizione del 1811. In buono stato (good copy).
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and folding map coloured in outline, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. 'This is perhaps the most horrifying and amazing escape during a war that was probably richer in escape stories than any war that was ever fought' (H.E. Bates). This classic account was written by the author as an expanded version of the brief outline contained in Brickhill's 'Escape - or Die' (1952). VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.405
Hommes et Civilisations Horizons de France 1970, In-4 toile grége de l'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, 287 pages. Avec atlas et bibliographie in fine. Parfait état.
Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
A SET OF 28 MAGNIFICENT FOLIO WOOD-ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE SCENERY, PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, including Ceylon, Weh (Sabang), Sumatra, Singapore, Java, and Bali. Also includes title-page, 8 pages of text describing the author / artist's travels (SIGNED IN INK BY THE AUTHOR / ARTIST), list of wood-engravings, and justification / colophon. From a total edition of 40 sets, THIS IS SET NUMBER 1, printed for Maurice Blum, ONE OF ONLY TEN SETS PRINTED ON JAPON NACRE. Folio. Loose as issued in custom-made folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare, especially on Japanese paper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the unit's service in Sumatra, Java and Timor, with resulting captivity. Includes ROH.
Mm 140x215 Volume cartonato di pp. 166 con 2 cartine, 2 disegni e 41 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo, sovraccoperta figurata. Opera in buonissime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY
Prato, Giacchetti, 1884, in-16, br. editoriale (mancano circa 3 cm di dorso), pp. 482. Con 5 tavole f.t. Manca il secondo volume.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; pictorial boards, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. 1: The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore (1992); Vol. 2: The Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma (1993); Vol. 3: The Allied Air Forces fight back in South-East Asia 1942-1945 (2005). COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
