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Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with folding map; original cloth a very good clean copy. Scarce especially in this condition.
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
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.
8vo. Pp. [ii],188, indexes. Orig. printed cloth. - Scarce original edition, a facsimile reprint appeared in 1978.
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
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.
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
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.
[8] + 93pp., 25cm., gebroch., Doctoraal Proefschrift (Universiteit van Amsterdam), stempeltje op verso titelblad, wat roestplekjes, X111787