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xv + 451pp., 24cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright (looks unread), X112100
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. One-inch opening at end of centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
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
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
Carta geografica delle Indie orientali
In 8°, mz. tela primi '900 (br. orig. applicata al piatto), pp. IV-IV-388. Raro volume di un'importante spedizione. Ritratto dell'A. all'antip., 6 carte (5 in cromolito + 1 b/n. a pp. 297-298), 2 carte con 7 profili panoramici e 2 carte geog. più volte pieg. (Karo-Landes Batak-Lande), numerose xilografie intercalate n.t. L'A., viaggiatore e fotografo austriaco, fu il primo europeo a visitare la tribù dal Batak, nel Nord Sumatra.
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
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.
Milieu géographique, histoire et économie, démographie et vie sociale, études régionales des différentes communautés, et postface sur l'avenir ("Sumatra et les Pays-Bas"); index; bibliographie. Ouvrage de référence sur l'île de Sumatra, enrichi d'une abondante iconographie, gravures et photos: nombreuses vignettes, cartes et graphiques in texte ("150" annoncés), 88 planches hors texte de photos (bien conformément à la liste figurant dans l'ouvrage, "180 planches" étant curieusement annoncées sur le titre), grande carte couleurs dépliante et belle couverture décorée de motifs indonésiens. Ouvrage publié par le géographe belge Octave J. A. COLLET, ayant obtenu le prix triennal "Maurice Rahir" décerné par la Société royale belge de géographie. Tirage à 1000 exemplaires sur vergé (non justifiés). Bon exemplaire relié, bien complet des planches et de la grande carte. Français
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.
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
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
8vo., Eighth Edition, WANTING FRONTISPIECE (original tissue guard present), with engraved title-vignette, 7 plates, very numerous illustrations and 8 maps (a number full-page) in the text, folding coloured map and folding map coloured in outline (maps vey lightly spotted, mainly on blank margins); original green cloth, upper board framed in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, expertly recased, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, small stamp on title, and neat stamp in a few blank margins of text. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end BUT TRAGICALLY WANTING THE FRONTISPIECE 'ORANG-UTAN ATTACKED BY DYAKS'. The most celebrated work, dedicated appropriately to Darwin, by the co-discoverer of the process of evolution through natural selection. The eighth edition is based on the revised third edition of 1872. His well-known appendix on the crania and the languages of man in the archipelago includes a glossary of one hundred and seventeen words in thirty-three languages of the region. A LOVELY COPY OF A KEY WORK IN THE LITERATURE OF EVOLUTION. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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.
