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In 4° (mm 250x185). Pagg. (16), 424, (8), frontespizio con vignetta calcografica con strumenti di scienza simbolici. 7 vignette in rame a capotesta di ogni capitolo (la prima con l'ambasciata a corte di Luigi XIV), capolettera parlanti in rame e molti con ricchi fregi silografici, finalini in legno. 19 tavole (su 20, manca la tavola del rinoceronte) incise in rame da C. Vermeulen, 10 a doppia pagg. f.t. Solida piena pelle coeva con titolo impresso al dorso a cinque nervi e filetti, doppia cornice ai piatti e cantonali con losanghe in oro. <BR>Prima edizione di questo famoso viaggio in Thailandia con note sulla provincia del Capo del Sudafrica, raffiguranti animali esotici come la zebra, il rinoceronte, il camaleonte e diversi elefanti, e ancora la radice medica del Ginseng e una veduta di Bangkok. Guy Tachard fu missionario gesuita e scopritore francese, viaggio molto in Nord America esuccessivamente in Siam. L'antico nome della Thailandia ovvero il Siam rimase a lungo una regione scarsamente conosciuta agli europei. Si ebbero notizie incerte da viaggiatori durante il Medioevo e la prima età moderna, che lo avevano visitato superficialmente. Maggiori quantità di notizie ed informazioni funzionali all'espansionismo commerciale portoghese e in seguito degli olandesi e degli inglesi, si ebbero nel XVI secolo, ma la conoscenza del Siam migliorò notevolmente soprattutto grazie alle relazioni dei Gesuiti francesi, tra cui quella assai dettagliata, compilata dal padre Guy Tachard. Buon esemplare genuino stampato su carta vergellata parzialmente in barbe con note a stampa al margine. Saltuari aloni marginali da pagg. 40 a pagg. 80 e riprende verso la fine del tomo da pagg. 385 al marg. est dell'angolo inferiore. De Backer-Sommervogel VII-1802<BR>
In 4', tela ed. con fregi e tit. in oro al piatto e al dorso, ill. in n. applicata al piatto, sovrac., pp. 287, numerose tav. in n. f.t.ritratto in n. con velina protettiva in antiporta, taglio sup. in oro; strappetti e mancanze ai margini della sovrac., parzialmente restaurati dall'interno, bruniture ai risguardi, alle prime ed ultime bianche, leggere fioriture ai tagli, interno in ottimo stato, ordinari segni del tempo.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Best-seller du XVIIIème siècle, l’Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, plus communément connue sous le nom d’Histoire des deux Indes, est une encyclopédie sur le commerce européen en extrême-orient, publiée sans nom d’auteur à Amsterdam en 1770 et attribuée à l’abbé Raynal. Elle connut un succès considérable et de nombreuses éditions. L’idée de l’abbé Raynal (Ami de Diderot et de Franklin) était de faire l’histoire des entreprises européennes dans l’Inde orientale et dans le Nouveau Monde, en montrant l’influence des grandes découvertes géographiques sur la civilisation. Après avoir parlé des Portugais et de leurs colonies en Orient, l’auteur faisait l’histoire des établissements fondés par les Anglais et les Français, puis par les Espagnols et les Hollandais, dans la même contrée. Il passait ensuite aux conquêtes des Européens dans l’Amérique en faisant ressortir les atrocités de la traite des esclaves sur les côtes de Guinée et en présentant le tableau des colonies anglaises et françaises d’Amérique du Nord. À ce tableau, Raynal faisait succéder une série d’essais sur la religion, la politique, la guerre, le commerce, la philosophie morale, les belles-lettres, etc. L’Histoire des deux Indes répondait aux besoins de connaissances du public des "Lumières"soulevait les questions qui préoccupaient le XVIIIe siècle, à la veille de la Révolution.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Policing the Great White North - A photo-illustrated account of the manifold perils and hardships that are the daily portion of the gallant handful of men who represent law and order in the Vast Canadian Arctic; Pathetic fate of two missing WWI Sheffield soldiers revealed - William Thompson and George Walter Howard; Bill's Bear-Cub - An American trapper adopts a bear cub and his partner foretells disaster; Three Months on an Island Inferno - J.K. Wilson explains his 'holiday' on White Island, near Tauranga, New Zealand - with photos; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part I - What happened after H.P. Musson, a transplanted London paper-pusher, lost his job as a hired hand in Western Canada and began looking for his own homestead; Trapping Wild Animals in Northern Siam - The ingenious methods by which the jungle folk trap fierce whild beasts, with great photos; Cycling Round the World - Part III of III of Kai Thorenfeldt's amazing 20,000 mile journey which took over two years - with map and nice photos; Forgotten Fortunes - Frances Dickie describes the remarkable circumstances in which two of the most amazing 'finds' in the history of European art have lately come to light in France - with photo of Mrs. M.L. Westmoreland, who discovered a valuable Goya in a Paris second-hand shop; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part II - Seeking the prehistoric Komodo dragon on a remote Dutch East Indies (Indonesian) island; A Terrible Journey - Joseph Metcalf fell into an underground conduit conveying water from a dam to Port Elizabeth - forty-five miles away!; The Greatest of All Thrills - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article on the new sport of parachuting from aircraft; "Heir Number Six" - A Winnipeg real estate agent goes to the North-West territory in search of an obscure half-breed regarding a dispute over land ownership. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 35 plates on 34 plates, 11 full-page maps and plans, a large folding panorama and 2 large folding coloured maps on one folder; handsomely bound in dark red full crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments, lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, pictorial gilt from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the series 'The Story of Exploration', edited by J. Scott Keltie. Sold from an institution with its stamp on three leaves. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Cover Painting by Stuart. Features: Eveready Flashlight ad inside front cover; Editorial regarding the crisis of Canada's large quantity of unsold wheat; Waterman's Ink-Vue Pen ad; Roadhouse Blues, by Benge Atlee; Gold in Saskatchewan, by Leslie Roberts - Lake Athabaska's gold fields - article with photos; Place, by Tayler Sutton; Whale Coming Up! - Whaling in the North Pacific isn't what it used to be, but it still provides both peril and profit for the hardy - article with photos; Three cents an hour - women are working at that wage in Canada, under conditions that would be a disgrace to any civilized society; Hobby House, by Eleanor De Lamater; They Call Him Summertime Santa - J.D. O'Connell is Canada's most unique philanthropist; Arctic Doctor - Dr. James A. "Fred" Urquhart, of Aklavik, is Canada's most northerly doctor - his territory, an area of 900,000 square miles!; Canadians in England (Lord Beaverbrook, Gladstone Murray, Sir Campbell Stuart, Bonar Law, Lord Greenwood, Peter Donovan), by Beverley Baxter; Marriage Isn't a Place, by Margaret Lee Runbeck; Sahara Lighthouses - short article on the beacons which lead desert travellers; Siam falling under the domination of Japan - short article; Fire Bombs - an accurate prediction that in the next war they will be used by the thousand to destroy cities; Canadian Pacific ad featuring the Empress of Britain; Nice ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum; Those First Meals, by M. Frances Hucks at the Chatelaine Institute; Wonderfully artistic two-colour ad for Heinz Tomato Soup inside back cover; Red Indian/Marathon "Blue" colour ad on back cover for the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached but present. Address label atop front cover which bears a six inch opening to its lower corner. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book
85 pages. Author spent over three years as a WWII prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore, Malaya and Siam. "The vivid scenes of forced building of the Railroad of Death through 250 miles of virgin jungle, of bombings, rapes, and sordid POW living conditions, come to life with astonishing clarity in this true story." - dust jacket. Bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Enser p.43. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Taking of Hamjah's Head - One of the most elusive outlaws ever to trouble the Philppine Constabulary finally meets his fate - with photos; Smuggling on the Spanish Main - J. Vance Marshall became acquainted with two leading Spanish-American contrabandistas and became entangled in some most exciting happenings; The Man Who Was Buried Alive! - Part II (conclusion) of the amazing adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert", with photos; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - part I - Quaint experiences of a three month journey through France in a fifteen-foot boat, with photos; "Monty" the Man-Eater - Part II - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; M'tagati (the Zulu word for witchcraft); Money For Nothing - A veteran prospector buys a mine for almost nothing but it produces thousands of pounds of gold, with photo; The Little Red Karen - Hugh Nisbet, a veteran of the forests of Burma and Siam, describes his encounter with Nanchai, a Siamese dacoit who was believed to be proof against bullet and sword - with two photos; Over Shoshone Falls in a Canvas Boat - Al Faussett, a former lumberjack, went over Idaho's Shoshone Falls - a cataract considerably higher than Niagara - in a twelve-foot canvas boat! (with phot of Faussett in his boat); The Kamalu "Ju-Ju" - Frank Hives aims to shut down a mysterious Nigerian Ju-Ju, or fetish, responsible for the disappearance of hundreds of victims; Sheep-Farming in the Sahara - A photo-illustrated account of how R.V.C. Bodley has partnered with an Arab chief to breed sheep, incidentally showing how the rulers of tribes deal with thieves and murderers who occasionally disturb the peace of the desert; Desert Ghosts - weird little story from the Egyptian desert; Black Magic - A queer tale from India; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Features: Balloon Training at NAS Lakehurst; Underwriter's Laboratories Aircraft and Pilots Registers; How the Allies trained the American Air Service; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - part III; The Stardusters - a history of the 406th Figher Group; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part I; The last flight of Lawrence B. Sperry; Seversky AP-7; The race from 'Point Zero' - Curtiss vs. Wright; Beware the Man with the Tape Recorder; Operation Sun-Run; The Douglas DC-1 - 50 years ago; What killed Harriet Quimby; Bell XP-77 Design Origin; Davis-Monthan - home of the USA's 'Surplus' Air Force; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - Part IV (conclusion); Jim Warner - Radioman; American-built civilian Airplaines in the Netherlands East Indies, 1935-1942; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part II; The Crash of the TWA Fokker F-10A; Doing their duty Side by Side - American Aviation Personnel in Allied Service; The Lockheed Constellation (A history) Part I; Lillie-Vought Biplane (Chance M. Vought's Early Designs of World War I Era); American Military Aircraft in Siam 1934-1940; U.S.S. Intrepid Air Museum; The 366th Fighter Group in WWII; Hollywood's 13 black cats; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
BANGKOK, Khun Aroon - 1963 - In-4 Relié - 1 plat cassé - 568 photographies - Ex-libris Pons PERRY - Très propre. en langue anglaise
24 pages. Features: God Save the King! (article); The Doom of the Aerial Armada - a day that will live in History - article; French Methods of Meeting the Zeppelin Menace - seven photos; Three photos of war damage; Photo of a stream of refugee carts; Artillery that aided the Australians' Advance - three excellent photos of howitzers which took part in the bombardment which attended the Anzacs' advance in Flanders, including a battery of 18-pounders and 1,400lb shells with an effective shrapnel radius of 800 yards; Photo of native Somali, Swazi, Swahili and other troops fighting under the British flag; Photo of General Sarrall decorating Essad Pasha; Photo of large boatload of milch-goats heading to the Salonika front to provide milk for the allied armies; Photos of German winged bombs and 'coal-scutties; Photos of the officers of U35 and some of the ships she sunk (all photos taken by the commander of U35 and published in German newspapers); The Truth About Jutland - article by Lovat Fraser; Three centrefold illustrations beneath the caption 'Going Forward to the Firing-Line in Flanders'; How Friendly Peoples were Permeated by German Spies - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photo of the Portuguese President, Senhor Machada, reviewing Portuguese troops in England; Photo of the Prince of Siam inspecting a French mortar school; Photo of the King of Italy presenting award to General Petain; Photo of Senegalese troops practicing the use of gas masks in France; How Esprit de Corps is fostered and maintained - article by Neil Munro; Sketches of four distinguished sailors on active service, Rear-Admiral O. De B. Brock, Rear-Admiral A.C. Leveson, Captain Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, and rear-Admiral W.E. Goodenough; Photos of sixteen brave men and women honoured for heroism; Illustration of how Sergeant John Carmichael, V.C. earned his award; Illustration of how Corporal Sidney James Day, V.C. earned his award; Cross-section illustrations of new concrete ships; The Worcesters (I) - one-page record of the Regiment with photo of her officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Un volume (25 cm) di 409 pagine, con una carta geografica ripiegata in fine. In lingua francese. Un po' bruniti i margini delle pagine. Brossura editoriale, dorso brunito. Raro studio sulla letteratura Thai.
Stories: The Radium-Seekers; River-Rafting Through Siam; Chinese Temperament; Mrs. Leopard; The Trail of '98; Tiger-Men of Siam; The Timekeeper's Tale; An Amateur Witchdoctor; Skinflint; The Desert of Tragedy; The Spider's Lair; The Girl Opal Miner. Covers detached but present. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
anglais In-12 de Frontispice, V-347 pp. + carte rempliée ; cartonné toile ornée de l'éditeur. Illustrations in et hors texte. Anciennes références de bibbliothèque (Soldiers' library), cernes claires dans les feuillets, infimes usures à la toile.
641pp.avec gravures dans le texte + quelques planches hors-texte (dont une carte en couleurs double-page), reliure cart. (dos en cuir avec titre doré, plats marbrés), 29cm., cachet, bon état, A55516
in-12, 301 pp., 18 planches, broche, couv. Dos usage avec manques aux coiffes, 1er plat effrange, bon exemplaire. [TX-8] Shanghai, le Fleuve Bleu, Nanking, Hong-Kong, Canton, Saigon, golfe de Siam, Nagasaki, etc.
<p>4 volumi in tre tomi, 31 cm, rilegatura in cartone editoriale, titolo ai piatti e ai dorsi ; p. 378, con molti disegni nel testo. Volume xxxv completo. Moltissime tavole in b/n e alcune a colori nel testo. English text, in fine condition</p>
Features: Soldiering at Fort Fetterman - a sergeant's chronicle; Motion Pictures Vignettes; A Treasure Mystery - Spanish artifacts off Padre Island; A Guaranteed Sliding Stop - handling horses; Mile-High Placer Camp - Greaterville; The Ambush of George Flatt; Robbery of the Denver Mint; Marietta and the King of Siam - trading post at Cedar City, Utah; When Gibbons fought Jack Dempsey at Shelby, Montana; Pen and Ink Newspapers of the Old West; Bear Creek and Friday Mountain - The Johnson Institute; The Art of Survival in Indian Territory; Lick Observatory - Miracle of 1876; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: Frontier Post; Soldiering at Fetterman; Motion Pictures Vignettes; A Treasure Mystery; A Guaranteed Sliding Stop; Mile-High Placer Camp; The Ambush of George Flatt; Robbery of the Denver Mint; Marietta and the King of Siam; When Gibbons Met Dempsey; Pen and Ink Newspapers; Bear Creek and Friday Mountain; Lick Obervatory - Miracle of 1876. Magazine
Volume in 8° piccolo legato in mezza tela, sguardie, occhiello, frontespizio, 451 pp., 14 tavole ft ed una grande carta più volte ripiegata al fondo del volume. Magnifico resoconto di un viaggio in estremo oriente, con descrizioni accurate dei luoghi e delle genti, degli usi e costumi e di quanto successo. Arricchito dalla prestigiosa iconografia, in più che belle condizioni (solo la legatura è povera), senza mende appariscenti, piuttosto poco comune, avvincente.
[258] pp., 30cm., hardcover (publisher's bining in blue cloth), good condition, X76563
xiv,326 + iv,34pp., 22cm., reprint of the first edition (1931, "Siamese State Ceremonies") and the supplementary notes (first published in 1971), cloth, dustwrapper, stains on upper edges, else VG, X71669
volume 65 (1977) complete: 404 + 268pp. with numerous plates out-of-text of which some folding, 25cm., two parts bound together in 1 volume in black simili-leather, original wrappers preserved, very good condition, X94006