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37 p., ill. n/b. et coul. Inv. 24925
As New As New English Original binding with original dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). [xvii], 429 p. Color ills. Mint. Asked to name the most valuable stone in the world, most of us would think of diamonds, rubies - possibly emeralds. But there is something far more precious buried deep in the bedrock of the remotest mine in the world, a valley in the shadow of the Himalayas. Imperial Jade Green has been famed in the East for a thousand years, eulogized by the Chinese as the color of the kingfisher's neck feathers, the only thing on earth that was said to match its astonishing green hue. By the end of the 18th century, Europe could barely contain its curiosity and explorers were dispatched to a 'barbaric land', forced to negotiate with the Lord of Mines, a King who they reported 'shone like the sun'. But they all returned empty handed, bearing only stolen glimpses of a smoking thicket that 'rang with wild incantations'. It would be another 100 years before Imperial Jade Green traveled to the west, and when it did, it left behind a trail of rubble and misery.
petit in-4°, XLI-81 pp., cartes, broche, couv.- Texte en arabe et traduction francaise en regard. Nombreuses notes et explications. Route maritime vers l"Extreme-Orient, moeurs et coutumes des Chinois, divisions politiques de l"Inde, moeurs des Hindous, informations diverses sur la Chine et sur l"Inde. Bel exemplaire [P-27] Bel exemplaire
8vo., Second Imprerssion, with plates and maps; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8 and 4 full-page maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference. Graham & Cole E1 (recording the book club edition of the same year); Enser p.87.
8vo., Fourth Edition, indexes and captions in English and Chinese, with very numerous details coloured maps; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with a folding street plan; original wrappers printed in red and blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover design is by Hasbie bin Sulaiman from a traditional Bornean tattoo pattern.
8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 12 and front and rear endpaper maps in blue; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at bottom edge of front panel and lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. Attiwill, himself a Singapore veteran, provides a vividly-written account of the fall of Singapore. Enser, p.404.
8vo., Second Edition, with plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. First published in 1956. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Graphic and often harrowing account of 111 Brigade; the author commanded two platoons of young gurkhas and served at 111 HQ under John Masters. First-hand Chindit memoirs are scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey tweed cloth, gilt back, grey top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.404.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 12; original brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Well-written biography of the author of 'The Jungle is Neutral'. Scarce, especially in this condition.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to front end paper and no bumping to corners. 320pp. 'A book mostly about Siam'. Illustrated.
8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Includes bibliography.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, pp.41, 152; Graham & Cole N3.
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An army nurse in Burma. Enser, p.41; Graham & Cole N4.
P., Plon, 1871-1872. 3 volumes in-12 reliés demi basane verte, dos à nerfs, IV - 363 pp. - 2 grandes cartes dépliantes en couleurs - 12 gravures. 451 pp. - 1 grande carte dépliante en couleurs - 14 gravures. 359 pp. - 4 cartes en couleurs -15 gravures. Cinquième et quatrième éditions. Dos légèrement frottés. Bons exemplaires.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
In-8, 312p. Première édition. Bon exemplaire.
Hardcover fort volume in-12, 312 + 404 pages, reliure demi-percale à coins. Bel exemplaire. [NV-41]
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nick to lower rear edge and creasing to edges. 131pp. Singapore's 'absurd little river' has seen the comings and goings of ancient princes, and through her channels, Raffles rowed up to usher in a new Singapore. These comings and goings on the river over time are well described by the author and very well illustrated. Included is a post card of the river and a map with legend of sites, also by the book's author.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with mounted coloured portrait frontispiece and 140 plates in monochrome; yellow buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 COPIES. With personal bookplate on front paste-down.
Hardcover in-8 carré, 286 pages, illustrations. Bel exemplaire. [MI-16]
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. All early printings are already scarce.
