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8vo [24 x 17 cm]; [x], 276 pp, plus 84 pages of color illustrations from photos, maps, plans of ship, map endpapers showing route. original cloth, dj (short tears but not price clipped), bookplate on endpaper, near fine in vg dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Eight men sailed an authentic replica of a 2,000 year old Chinese junk to prove that ancient mariners once voyaged from east Asia to Central and South America. Translated from the German original with excellent illustrations.
8vo [24 x 16cm]; [xii] 192pp, maps, plates, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (slightly rubbed), remainder mark at lower edge, else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting and hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists. This is the book that launched the author's career as a travel writer.
8vo [24 x 15 cm]; [x], 317 pp, color illustrations from photos, numerous drwgs, double page map. original cloth, dj (short tear at edge), remainder mark at upper edge, pictorial endpaper, else fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author and his crew sailed a bamboo raft Hsu Fu from Hong Kong across the Pacific to test the theory that Asian raft sailors reached America some 2,000 years ago. They achieved a modern record for raft journeys in northern, hostile waters.
4to [34 x 25 cm]; 256 pp, hundreds of photos. original simulated leather, pictorial gilt kangaroo and gilt lettering on cover, rubbed at spine ends, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Subtitled, memorabilia for U. S. Forces in Australia, it consists of mainly photos of scenes, people, nature, cities, native peoples and all aspects of the region with brief descriptions.
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xii, [ii], 257 pp, glossary, bibliog, endpaper maps. original quarter cloth, boards, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author observes that societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. "An artful blend of travel memoir and historical narrative", and a fascination of cannibals and their adaptation to modern times.
Brussel, Meddens, 1978, 198pp.geïll., gecart.band + stofwikkel
8vo., Second Impression, with photographs, maps and diagrams in the text; red boards, black back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and full-page map in the text, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges and with loss at upper third of backstrip. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1890.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author was a young nurse fighting the Japanese in New Guinea and the Philippines. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
2 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on front free endpapers. High quality reissue of the original edition of 1858.
br. Benché l'Australia sia stata l'ultimo dei continenti raggiunti dall'espansionismo europeo, vanta una cultura millenaria che negli ultimi due secoli si è trovata a confronto con la storia, la legislazione e i costumi dei "nuovi arrivati". Questo libro racconta in che modo gli europei hanno imposto la propria presenza sul territorio, e descrive come sono stati introdotti lo sviluppo tecnologico e delle istituzioni perché divenissero fondanti nel processo di colonizzazione. Illustra inoltre le difficoltà, e la conseguente frustrazione, incontrate dalla popolazione locale nel tentativo di riconoscersi in tradizioni condivise, mentre all'orizzonte si affacciavano sempre nuovi abitanti. Oggi, però, dal momento in cui possiamo affermare che la colonizzazione ebbe inizio con una vera e propria invasione, gli australiani sembrano essersi riconciliati con il proprio passato, in attesa di nuove sfide per il futuro.
plaquette grand in-8, planches n&b. Bel exemplaire SIGNE par l'auteur. [ARCH]
PARIS, Ed. Braun - 1971 - Coll. "Les yeux de la découverte" - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs - 70 illustrations en héliogravure, 32 planches en couleurs HT PP et 18 dessins et plans - 198 pages - Très bel exemplaire, comme neuf Joint 3 cartes postales du Musée du Capitaine Cook
Berlin, Safari Verlag, 1952. 4to.; 338 pp., con 87 ilustraciones fotográficas entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
PARIS, P.Roger Ed. - 1923 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - 1 carte, 18 planches de photographies NB HT, dont 1 dépliante - 377 pages - Propre, bon exemplaire
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows minor blemishes only, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Full of large color prints by the artists Fatu Feu'u, Pauline Hoeft-Cocker, John Loane, Lily Laita, Losefa Leo, Lyle Penisula, John Pule, Filipe Tohi, Michel Tuffery, Jim Vivieaere. With artists' chronology and further reading.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Three authors were with the Chicago natural history museum. Paul S. Martin was chief curator, department of anthropology, George I. Quimby was curator of exhibits, department of anthropology, and Donald Collier was curator of south American archaeology and ethnology, department of anthropology. 582 pages, 122 b&w photographs and drawings of over 600 objects, map on endpapers. Contents include: Arts and industries: Objects of stone, copper, bone, shell, pottery , trade, commerce, Anasazi culture, Hohokam, Mogollon-Mimbres culture, Big Bend Cave culture, Black rock cave, Puebloid, Promonotory , Southeastern Nevada culture, Pacific slope, Far North, Okvic, Ipantak, Punuk, Birnirk culture, Aleut, Pre-Koniag, Kachemak Bay culture, etc.
Two fold-out maps in color. Text in French; Les Guides Bleus Illustrés; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 214 pages
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; [xii], 272 pp, illustrations from photos. original cloth backed boards, dj (bit rubbed), else very good overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author's travels to Tonga, Makogai, Samoa, etc.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h. 96 pages. Age-toned paper. Many b&w illustrations and photographs. Beautiful color map endpapers. "In this volume, native medicine itself is considered from the standpoint of plastic arts, mostly in Haida carvings of argillite and soft wood."
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h. 96 pages. Age-toned paper. Many b&w illustrations and photographs. Beautiful color map endpapers. National Museum of Canada Bulletin no. 174.
Price sticker to DJ. Former property of US navy with markings to all edges and endpapers ; Maps in endpapers and one fold-out map of the island, which is the largest land mass between the Hawaiian Islands and the Phillippines. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 262 pages
72 pages containing a 5 page article on Sir Francis Drake. Merchant, pirate and hero of the Armada, Sir Francis Drake was no mere man of his time. As Sam Willis argues, Drake defined the era It is one of the great storeys of British history and, sadly, one that sensible historians routinely disparage: that, as his nation faced existential peril at the hands of its mortal enemy, Sir Francis Drake (c.1540-1596) chose first to finish the game he was playing. The tale is well known, but bears retelling.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/4"w x 10 3/4"h. 104 pages. Many b&w photographs.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 204 pp, frontis (map), plates from photos. original cloth, dj (wear, tears), else very good, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels from Capetown to Mozambique, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Seychelles, Goa, Bombay, Agra, Rangoon, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Toga, Samoa and Hawaii, the author describes the peoples, customs, nature, agriculture, trade, with about a hundred photos.
