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[8] + 93pp., 25cm., gebroch., Doctoraal Proefschrift (Universiteit van Amsterdam), stempeltje op verso titelblad, wat roestplekjes, X111787
In 4°, dorso ricostruito, pp.428-(6nn). Rara seconda ediz. parzialmente intonsa corredata da ill. fotogr. intercalate n.t. e a piena p. (luoghi, popolazioni, edifici...). Vladislao Zaleski (1852-1925) fu delegato apostolico in India orientale e scrittore di memorie, partecipò a missioni diplomatiche della sede apostolica in Spagna (1884), India (1886) e Inghilterra (1887). Interessante resoconto di viaggio soprattutto da un punto di vista etnografico. Fiorit. sparse dovute alla qualità della carta peraltro es. molto buono.
In 8, pp. 428 + (4). Centinaia di ill. fot. anche a piena p. Intonso. Br. ed. Seconda edizione, la prima era stata pubblicata nell'anno precedente. Mons. Zaleski fu delegato apostolico in India, Spagna e Inghilterra. In quet'opera espone con dovizia di particolari le caratteristiche etnografiche alle quali pone a corredo un ricco apparato fotografico. Zalenski segui' Monsignor Agliardi come suo segretario
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text and patterned endpapers; silver cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated and detailed history of one of the most famous pewter companies in the world.
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Invincible; Great photo of Cunard`s Saxonia inside front cover; Nice photo of sail training ships Danmark and Gorch Fock; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Ships Pictorial; Under Sail; Ships Pictorial; European Commentary; Shipping of the North-East Coast Ports - part 2 of a review of current activity from Blyth to Seaham Harbour; Tyne Tugs of Yesteryear; The Royal Dockyards - an extract from a work by Paul Beaver to be published by Patrick Stephens Ltd.; The Belgian Sisters - the Jadotville and the Baudoinville worked between Antwerp and Matadi; US Warships Visit Portsmouth; Still in Steam - ``Shieldhall`` - a profile of a former Clyde vessel now enjoying a new lease on life at Southampton; Fleet List 1982 - pennant numbers of warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - part 3 - Miscellaneous Vessels; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Ceylon in 1950 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
8vo. Pp. [ii],188, indexes. Orig. printed cloth. - Scarce original edition, a facsimile reprint appeared in 1978.
In 8. Dim. 23x16,5 cm. Pp. 184. Terza edizione del 1936 di questo volume sulla caccia di Wilhelm Munnecke. Si tratta di una serie di resoconti di avventurose battute di caccia grossa a Sumatra e Ceylon All'interno sono presenti otto planches fuori testo che mostrano scene di caccia. Alla fine una mappa. Bella copertina editoriale. In ottime condizioni. Copertina editoriale in tela in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Third edition of 1936 of this volume about hunting by Wilhelm Munnecke. It is a series of resuming of adventurous big hunting in Sumatra and Ceylon. Inside there are eight planches representing scenes of hunting. A map at the end. Beautiful editorial cover. In very good conditions. Editorial cloth cover in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
224 pages including index. One hundred and fifty years ago the British planter arriving in India or Ceylon could hardly expect a bungalow, a deep freeze, a television - let alone an orderly estate of tea bushes. The scene would rather be the dense tropical jungle, disease-carrying insects, and prowling beasts of prey. He would work and live alone, and bivouac for months on end under tropical rains with but the scantiest of provisions. That is why this book is entitled The Pioneers. Author, who was a planter in Ceylon, has done much research covering the pre 1900 period, putting together a description in words and pictures of how these pioneers lived. Amazingly, although a few books of personal reminiscences by planters have been published in the distant past, Weatherstone's achievement has never before been attempted.... To anyone who has lived in India, Ceylon, Imperial China - or indeed any tea producing country - this work will have a strong nostalgic appeal. To those in the tea and coffee trades - even to the keener drinkers - it is an education, an exciting view into a near-forgotten world. But to the thinning ranks of retired planters, it is simply a must." - from dust jacket. Nearly 350 illustrations in colour and black and white. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear and minor lean to spine. Glossy green illustrated dust jacket remains attractive with very light wear and no tears. Excellent copy. Book
Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with folding map; original cloth a very good clean copy. Scarce especially in this condition.
Bilingual English/French. 28 pages in each language. Colour map of Hong Kong, 18-25 December 1941, indicates troop movements. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Printed to mark the 40th anniversary of VJ-Day and recall and honour the contributions of the 10,000 Canadians who fought in Hong Kong and South East Asia, from Ceylon to Burma. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Paris Ernest Flammarion vers 1930. Fort in-8 broché couverture illustrée de XI + 521 pages. Photos dans et hors texte. Bel exemplaire.
Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
x + 330pp.avec illustrations + 1 carte double-page en couleurs, 2e éd. (5e mille), reliure cart. (dos en toile bleue avec titre doré), 25cm., cachet sur les 2 pages de titre, peu de rousseurs, bon état, R79619
xvi + 271pp. illustrée d'une carte et de 14 phototypies hors-texte, 1e édition, reliure cart. solide, feuilles de garde marbrées, 25cm., 3 cachets, peu de rousseurs, bon état, R107006
8vo; xvi, 395, frontis, 12 illus, folding map, bibliog. original cloth, giltvignette, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) is a primary source but has never been republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. This book deals with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with substantial sections on geography, society, topography, natural history, an account of the Dutch conquest of the island, etc. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon in English for the first time.
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xvi, 395, frontis, 12 illus, folding map, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, front cover lightly stained, interior clean, dj (bit rubbed, not price clipped), very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) is a primary source but has never been republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. This book deals with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with substantial sections on geography, society, topography, natural history, an account of the Dutch conquest of the island, etc. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon in English for the first time.
395., illus. Hakluyt Society, 2d series, vol. 149. A selection from the 5th volume of his Old & New East Indies, based on 1685-94 voyages. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards framed in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper lightly rubbed at edges. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 149. Bridges & Hair, p.291.
In 8. cm 23x15. Pp. 325+(3). Edizione del 1933 di questo resoconto di viaggio dello storico giornalista e noto aviatore Vittorio Beonio Brocchieri (1902-1979). Brocchieri viaggiò a lungo in solitaria e visitò numerosi paesi. All'interno sono presenti 41 fotografie su planches fuori testo e sette mappe (Canada, Labrador, Alaska, Honolulu, Hawai, Tokio, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Tokio, Nikko, Nanchino, Malesia, Ceylon, Bombay, Mesopotamia, Egitto). Tra i paesi descritti: Nord America, Honolulu, Giappone, Cina, Equatore, Ceylon, India ecc... In buone condizioni e completo. Copertina editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Edition of 1933 of this resuming of travel by the historian journalist and famous aviator Vittorio Beonio Brocchieri (1902-1979).<BR> Brocchieri travelled alone for a long time and visited many countries. Inside there are 41 photoes on out of text planches and seven maps (Canada, Labrador, Alaska, Honolulu, Hawai, Tokio, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Tokio, Nikko, Nanchino, Malesia, Ceylon, Bombay, Mesopotamia, Egitto). Between the places described: Nord America, Honolulu, Giappone, Cina, Equatore, Ceylon, India ecc... In good conditions and complete. Editorial cover in good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxings.
'Terra e Nazioni : Le Indie orientali'. 8vo grande (cm 28 x 19 ca); tela verde editoriale; p. VI, 320, X (di dati statistici, tra p. 309 e 311); 183 figure in b/n nel testo e 16 tavole a colori fuori testo, anche a doppia pagina, per lo più con l'originale velina di protezione. Lievi usure e trascurabili tracce d'uso alla tela, un piccolo graffio sul taglio inferiore, qualche occasionale fioritura (alle veline e al margine bianco / verso delle tavole), una minima abrasione per incollatura alla punta inferiore di pp. 3-4 e 84-85; nell'insieme buona copia, ben legata e in ordine. Descrizione con illustrazioni di India, Ceylon, Birmania, Tailandia, Indocina, Malesia, Indonesia, Filippine.
Features "The Hatfield-McCoy Feud", an 11-page illustrated article [part 1]. 84, [40 ads] pages. Additional Features: Canadian Indian Witchcraft; Smugglers of the Baltic; The Death-Shell; A Chinese Mutiny; Cycling to Eldorado; On a Ceylon Tea Estate; Twenty-Three Days Adrift; A Thousand Miles Through African Bush; Three Men on a Raft; Slippery Wiley's Clients. Heavily worn. Tape repairs to spine. A worthy reference copy of this special issue. Book
Broché. 206 pages.
(Musica Orientale - Raj britannico - India - Ceylon - Indostan - Strumenti musicali orientali) In 8°, legatura coeva in mezza pelle bordeaux con punte, titolo e ricchi fregi impressi in oro al dorso, fregio dorato al piatto anteriore, guardie in carta verde, pp. (18),IX,423, con 11 tavole in b/n fuori testo (strumenti , scritti in sanscrito, ecc.) e numerose tabelle musicali nel testo, anche a piena pagina. Trattato su strumenti musicali, teoria, musica tradizionale dell'Impero Anglo-Indiano con contributi di vari autori. "A treatise on the Music of Hindoostan" by Captain N. Augustus Willard. "On the Musical Modes of the Hindoos" by Sir William Jones. "Anecdotes of Indian Music" by Sir W. Ouseley. "On the Gramas of Musical Scales of the Hindus" by J. D. Paterson. "On the Vina or Indian Lyre" by Francis Fowke. "Sungeet" by Francis Gladwin. "The Naqqarahkhanah and the Imperial Musicians" by H. Blochmann. "The Music of Hindustan of India" by William C. Stafford. "Music of the Indus" by J. Nathan. "On the Music of Hindustan" (From the Scientific Intelligence). "Catalogue of Indian Musical Instruments" by Col. P. T. French. "Music" by Lient-Col. James Tod. "Notes on the Musical Instruments of the Nepalese" by A. Campbell. "Music of Ceylon" by John Davy. "Music and Dancing" by Crawfurd, Esq. . Alcune rare e circoscritte tracce di ossidazione ad alcune pagine, ma bell'esemplare, ben conservato in elegante legatura.
4 volumi, cm. 18, brossura editoriale, pag. XX, 222 (2) più carta geografica in b/n ripiegata e 5 tavole a colori f.t.; 247 più 4 tavole; 283 più 3 tavole (su 4: manca la guardia a cavallo del Cassay); 272 più 3 tavole. Symes, ufficiale della Compagnia delle Indie Orientali, fu inviato in Birmania dal Governatore generale delle Indie inglese a difendere gli interessi della corona in Birmania. Collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo, tanto per terra quanto per mare, dopo quelli del celebre Cook...". Ottimo esemplare, purtroppo mancante di una tavola.