WALLACE Alfred RusselMareMagnum
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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.
Discolored beige cover with pictorial boards. Tears on dust jacket (wrapped in mylar cover). Loose binding. Previous owner's name inside. The story of Anahei, a child of the Malay. 5 1/4"w x 7 5/8"h. 54 pages, plus advertisements.
In 8, pp. 22 con ill. n.t. Dedica autogr. dell'A. al p. ant. Br. muta coeva. Catalogo di alcuni pesci raccolti dal marchese Giacomo doria e da Odoardo Beccari durante il loro soggiorno nel territorio di Sarawak sulla costa occidentale dell'isola del Borneo durante gli anni 1865-68.
français 0 1860, 38 p. Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR DU MONDE.VOYAGE.INDONESIE. ILE DE BORNEO
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part II - The U.S. attempts to prevent the arming of revolutionaries in Dominica in 1906-7; Hunting Wild Goats By Seaplane and Motorcycle Near San Clemente - article with photos; Remanded - a perfectly blameless man is blamed for a crime; Full Speed Astern - 400 men aboard the steamer Remiji Maru are saved by the action of a young engineer on watch two days out of Hong Kong; The Wild Men of Borneo - Wonderful photo-illustrated account of a visit to the Dyaks; Photo and letter from a reader who, with five friends, dressed up in KKK outfits and brought along a relative in blackface to entertain at a fancy-dress ball in Leeds; Across Remote Yunnan - Part II - Capt. F. Kingdon Ward continues his journey through the little-known region where the frontiers of China and Tibet meet - article with nice photos; Two Men and a "Pink" - terrifying experience of two returned Canadian soldiers off the coast of Labrador aboard their vessel Terra Nova, nicknamed the Turn Over; "Gentleman" Girard - Frenchman Henri Girard made a profession of poisoning people whose lives he had insured; The Ghost Dancers of the Imst - unusual customs in the Tyrolian valley village of Imst - article with photos; Down the "Old Delph" - two men venture into a disused mine near Roby Mill in Lancashire; Marooned On a Precipice - Three mountain climbers, Karl Aichner, Alois Netzer, and Conrad Schuster, are stranded for six days in the Northern Tyrol; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 180-264, 9-16 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear and some soiling to back cover. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
pp.11-201 + 1 portrait + 1 grande planche généalogique dépliante, 28cm., in "Annalen van den oudheidskundigen kring van het Land van Waas 6e deel 1-2e afl. juli 1876/ Annales du cercle archéologique du pays de Waas 6e tome 1-2e livr. juillet 1876" (201pp.), br.orig.
8vo, 25.2cm. Pp. x,174, 33 pls. of photos, many drawings and tabs., refs. Orig. wrs.
Cm.22,4, br. edit., pag. 204 (2). Con 80 illustrazioni fot. in tavole f.t.. Traduzione di Maria Borgese. Borneo, Celebes ma anche Isole della Sonda. Alor, Timor, Soemba. Uno dei testi più avventurosi della rampante giornalista francese. Molto interessante. Lievi difetti alla cop. ma ottimo esemplare. Timbro di biblioteca circolante estinta.
In-8°, pp. 205, copertina editoriale illustrata. Etichetta coeva in carta nella parte inferiore del dorso, due immagini b. n (due coppie di uccelli) applicate da vecchio proprietario nella parte bianca della pagina che ospita l'indice e alla terzultima pagina bianca. Intonso e in perfetto stato. Indice: Parte I. Presso i cacciatori di teste toragia nel centro delle Celebes; Parte II. Presso i cacciatori di teste dayaks nel centro dell'isola di Borneo; Parte III. Con i Kalabahi e gli Alfurs nelle isole della Sonda; Alor; Timor; Soemba; Paesi buginesi (Sud Celebes); Civiltà: Giava - Bali - Sumatra.
204 p., 17 tavole fotografiche f/t, (4) : ill. con foto in b/n ; 23 cm. Traduzione di Maria Borghese. Collezione : viaggi ed esplorazioni. Ex libris, firme di proprieta’ in copertina e alla quinta pagina. Brossura illustrata. Gore di umidita’. in Buone condizioni. ****.
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Oblong format with orange cloth covers, white titles. 224 pages, heavily illustrated with 350 photos investigating a myriad collection of aspects of Sarawak style. Sections include Peolple, heritage and culture, The art of Sarawak, The architectural dimension : traditions, foreign influences and modern contemporary style, Sarawak portraits in bleack and white, Architectural notebook. A huge number of photos full color, sometimes two page layouts of art, jewlery, cloth, clothing, sculpture, basketry, knives, costume, ceremony, religion, dance, beadwork, tattooing, etc. Large section on architectural detail, including elevations, sections and floorplans of a Bidayuh longhouse and headhouse, an Iban longhourse, an Orang Ulu longhouse, a Melanau Rumah Tinggi , a Malay house, a Chinese farmhouse,
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; ivory cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
In 8°, t.t. edit. con titoli in oro su tassello rosso al dorso e sovracop. ill., pp. 414,(10); coll. "Collana Storica Rizzoli", copia molto buona. (z016) (La spedizione standard è SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata - piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
RIZZOLI 1977 1° EDIZIONE, A CURA DI GIORGIO BORSA, 415 PP. SEGNI DEL TEMPO ALLA SOVRACCOPERTA, OTTIME CONDIZIONI DEGLI INTERNI.
269pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
xxiv, 129-192 pages. Features: 500 miles to freedom -nine men escape Rabaul after it is overrun by the Japanese in 1942; The land sharks - a story from Canada in 1925 about get-rich-quick schemes in real estate; Man-Eater - the brief but eventful career of a man eating tiger as recounted by a former member of the Burma Frontier Service; The Vale of the Gods the northern Punjab - photo illustrated article; The Ju-Ju Doctor - the facts of an amazing occurrence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - big scare on East Indian Island; Photo of typical Cyprus Brickyard; The Sea-Dyaks of Borneo - photo illustrated account of this little-known race of former headhunters and pirates; Section Man - an interesting glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - 3 People Were Shot Dead in Crawford County, Arkansas; The Bluffton Wolf - famous Texas wolf; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small pencilled name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
Stralcio in 4° dall'ebdomadario "Le Tour du Monde", completo in 28 pp., numerate dalla pagina 129 alla pagina 166. Assolutamente inedito, ricchissimo iconograficamente di magnifiche silografie, di non facile reperibilità, senza legatura, in bello stato.
xi + 236pp. with frontispiece in colour & 34 bl/w illustrations out of text & 13 figures in text, 25cm., text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, the Netherlands), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, X112199
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, free endpapers mildly browned; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
1 Vol. In-8 t. editoriale. Sovracpt. ill pag. 415 PROG 1981 CATT_ATT 39
In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 414,(10); La vera storia di James Brooke e della sua dinastia; prima ed., ottimo es.. (L011/d)
in-8°, pp. 415. Leg. edit. con sovracc. ill. Stato di nuovo.
