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LIULLE, sté de St-augustin, Desclée, de Brouwer & cie - SD, fin XIX (?) - 2 Volumes In-8 - 1/2 Reliure, dos à 4 nerfs, filets & titres dorés -Pages de titre ornées - Carte dépliante HT des Voyages en Indes & en Chine - Bandeaux, culs-de-lampe, lettrines - Texte entouré d'un filet rouge - XI, 383 & 408 pages - Bon Ex.
In-8 p., 3 volumi, tela edit., tit. oro al dorso (con strappi), pp. (4),542,(2); (4),588; (4),495,(3). Storia delle missioni in Cina, India, Ceylon, Oceania, Africa, Medio Oriente e America. Testi ben conservati.
40 pages. 75 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: The Ajax returns to Plymouth after its victory over the Graf Spee; Lord Gort inspecting trenches; British activity in the snow at the front; French visitors inspect British guns and planes; Article entitled War Finance at Home - how the intricate problem of revenue and expenditure is solved, with photo of John Maynard Keynes; Full-page photo portrait of Major-General Andrew G.L. McNaughton; On duty with the R.A.F. coastal command; On board a British submarine depot ship; The Australians are Ready; Centerfold illustrations depict how the navy is prepared to deal with concentrated air attacks by Nazi bombers; Arctic Conditions on the French Front; Royal visit; Inspecting Polish airmen in England; Ceylon helps the Empire's war effort; Supplies for the Army - an article on the enormous task of providing and maintaining arms and equipment for the British Expeditionary Force; Many photos of the fight for freedom on the Finnish front; German troops experience arctic weather; A Commentary on the war this week; Photos at the headquarters of the A.R.P., including a photo of Sir Edward Evans; Delivering the Mail by Sea - transfering bags from ship to ship while they maintain speed; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Ceylon, The director Colombo Muséum, London Dulau & Co 1935. In-4 carré pleine reliure verte éditeur avec titre en noir sur le plat et le dos. XXXVII + 373 pages. Une carte dépliante en couleur. 55 figures dans le texte et 38 planches hors texte. Très bon état
Large 8vo, 26pp., frontispiece, 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers, 553 lots.
6 numbers in one vol., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations, cartoons and advertisements throughout; publisher's branded board binder, grey cloth back lettered in black, ALL ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, boards mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION..
Stories: The Timber Pirates; Among the Lapps; Dockland Vendetta; The Turning Point; Bred in the Bone; The Farm Theives; Drug-Smuggling in Ceylon; Plenty Gold; Good Seamanship; That Mine in Mexico; The Monkey-Man Case; Stratagem. Above-average wear. Name and ink stamp upon front cover. Book
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
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
1053pp.avec 3 cartes en couleurs dépliantes, cart., 25cm., ex.bibl. (qqs.cachets), bon état
(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.
39 Pages plus five pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Legend and History in the Oldest Geographical Names of the St. Lawrence; Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement; British Columbia Lakes (Pictoria); How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII; Nice Army recruiting ad inside front cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a tramp steamer to return to Australia, John Winters meets his double... except the double is already dead; A Baptism of fire - the experience of a young forest ranger with the British Columbia Forest Service when over 100 people are trapped in a logging camp, by J.L. Henslowe; The Trek - story from a pioneer in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - an amusing tale from Central America by Capt. Frank H. Shaw; The Golden Ingot - a confidence trick by a West African criminal; Down Mexico Way - 2 Jacks ashore get themselves in trouble in the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - a story from Ceylon; Mr. Peter Strong, Pioneer Pilot, by D.N.E. Kain; One Thing After Another - down on his luck during depression days in Australia a man's luck finally turns; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-servicemen - great photos; South Sea Burial-Customs - how they do things on the remote Cook Island Group; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American coal fields; The Octopus - a young man's nighmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus brings happiness to a remote South Sea Island; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a foreign 'tramp' to get home to Australia ends up in big problems because of the author's double; A Baptism of Fire - A young forest ranger of the British Columbia Forest Service fights a fire which puts over a hundred people in a logging camp at risk; The Trek - a minor pioneer adventure in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - happy days in Central America; The Golden Ingot - A West African Confidence Man; Down Mexico Way - Two Jacks ashore get in trouble as they explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - the celebrated Hindu shrine at Kataragama, Ceylon; Pioneer Pilot - Peter Strong; One Thing After Another - good luck finally falls on a hard luck fellow in depression-era Australia; The Burma Road - Nice photos; Strange South Sea Burial-Customs; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American Coal Fields; The Octopus - a young man's nightmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus; and more. Above-average wear. Coupon neatly clipped from atop page 121, articles unaffected. Binding intact. Book
Cm. 23,5, br. edit., pag. 248. Interessantissima relazione sugli aspetti commerciali e logistici riguardanti uno sviluppo dell'esportazione verso le Indie Orientali: Ceylan, Giava, Singapore con note storiche sul Canale di Suez e descrizione dei vari porti incontrati durante il viaggio fino a Giava sul Piroscafo Batavia. Ottimo essemplare a fogli chiusi.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
xv, [1], 325, [1] p. illus. (incl. map) 17 pl. (incl. col. front.) 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition , t.p. & frontis. foxed
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xi, 351 pp, frontis, plus 15 plates from photos, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, gilt clear & unworn, name on endpaper, fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Farrer, an important plant hunter and explorer who had introduced a number of new plants to Europe, had travelled extensively in Asia. Although always looking for new plants, the author describes the natural history, the people, religion, architecture, customs, etc, as he travelled from Colombo, Gadaladeniy, Peradeniya, Sigiri Rock, Polonnarua, Kandy, to the Sacred City and various other towns and cities, providing his keen observations and well-written text. Ware 17.
xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
In 8, pp. 248. Intonso. Br. ed. con piccole manc. Edizione originale non comune di questa relazione di viaggio a Ceylon, Singapore, Giava. Solimbergo, nato nel 1846, dopo essersi laureato giovanissimo in legge a Padova, inizia la pratica forense in un prestigioso studio di Firenze. Nel 1875 Giuseppe Solimbergo viene invitato dal Ministero degli Esteri a parteciparea questa missione in Indocina (quando ancora quella regione si chiamava Cocincina, e la Thailandia era ancora il favoloso Siam) ed in Malesia (che ancora si chiamava Penisola Malacca).La nave che porto' quella spedizione laggiu', spingendosi fino all?isola di Sumatra, faceva parte della flotta Rubattino e Giuseppe Solimbergo fu l??istoriografo? di quella spedizione
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
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
Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with folding map; original cloth a very good clean copy. Scarce especially in this condition.
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.
32 pages. Features: When Old Salem Hunted Witches - men and women were put to death on the accusation of little children; The Man Who Fights Alone - "The Cop is the World's Greatest Warrior" - article with statistics of policemen killed on the job; Why I Left New York (part 1) - a middle westerner moves there but is in conflict with its alien atmosphere; Who Pays for Our Radio Programs? - noted economics author explains how national advertisers foot the bill so we can listen-in without charge; Captain Kidd - Pirate-Catcher - the rover is commissioned to capture ships flying the black flag; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - no amount of pretense can improve upon the original; Editorials - the time of England's trouble, is the jury system a failure, police death roll, the family is the unit; Woodrow Wilson (part 9) - He refused to be rushed into hasty decisions; World War's Effect Upon the Negro - overseas the colored soldier acquired an entirely new estimate of his importance in the scheme of things; Dry-Farming - The Tragedy of the West - scores of deserted homes stand as mute monuments to the settler's struggle in a land where rain seldom comes; Moonlight Midnight on "Old Tim" - Climbing Mount Timpanogas; The Voyage of the Victoria - part 3 - further adventures of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers; A Dance a Week - Hull's Victory, Lady Walpole's Reel, and Speed the Plow (with piano music for each); amazing photos of strange worldwide professions - a daredevil juggling atop several chairs, rubber tappers in Ceylon demonstrating the herringbone system,Egyptian dervishes passing skewers through their cheeks, and a Korean peddler of earthen ware - carried upon his back! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
In-4, 502p. Illustré de 20 gravures sur acier hors texte, dont 4 en couleurs. Rousseurs éparses et quelques taces d'usage à la reliure, mais dans l'ensemble bon exemplaire.