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Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1741-1805
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 220 pages.
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Original Prospectus Piece for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography', published by W. & A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh, 1894. With a sample colour map of New Zealand from the Atlas, list of maps and plans, and an order form. Single leaf, double sided, measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30cm). Near Fine Condition. The Atlas contained 112 coloured plates, maps, and plans of cities, and an introduction, giving an account of geographical discovery and political territorial changes in the nineteenth century, by J. Scott Keltie, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
8vo. 6 pages, plus 2 large folding diagrams. A rare separate offprint printed for the Royal Geographical Society. Publisher's blue titled wrappers, string-tied and bearing the society's crest. Some light foxing, otherwise in very good and original condition. The author, a respected astronomer and well-known authority on comets, renders praise to the primary research and calculations of Major S.C.N. Grant in 1896, which forms the basis for his dissertation. With meticulous and detailed instruction Crommelin presents a simplified method to predict and decipher the instantaneous and momentary occultation of stars which greatly simplifies the detremination of Longitude at Sea. He further introduces the application to the Solar Eclipse phenomenon. Exceedingly rare dissertation by an important nineteenth century astronomer. Six years prior to Crommelin's study, Grant published a six page report and illustration, titled "Diagram for Determining the Parallaxes in Declination and Right Ascension of a Heavenly Body, and its Application to the Prediction of Occultations." Crommelin was famed for his computations of cometary orbits. He took part in expeditions to observe total solar eclipses in 1896, 1900, 1905, 1912, and 1927. In 1919 he participated in the solar eclipse expedition to Brazil which aimed to determine the amount of the deflection of light caused by the gravitational field of the Sun. The results from these observations were crucial in providing confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity, which Albert Einstein had proposed in 1916.
DJ with light wear to extremities; An anthology of writings on the appeal of islands by noted authors such as Jules Verne, Washington Irving, A. C. Doyle, among others. ; 8vo; 345 pages
Slight fraying to bottom spine. Boards with light rubbing and bumping to extremities; An island off the coast of Australia, New Caledonia is an area rarely written about. Dust jacket, in two pieces, laid in. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 230 pages
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [x], 280 pp, frontis of authors in their rustic home, map endpapers. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (worn, large piece lacking from spine), very good clean copy in fair to good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The authors spent five years on the Galapagos Islands with inadequate supplies. The description provides a useful picture of life on the islands at the time, which are now being preserved for its natural treasures, but despite this, has undergone environmental degradation since the 1940s.
The islands of the South Pacific conjure images of idyllic escapes from the fast paced routine of the West. But is that the reality? Author Cornell journeys thence to find out ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 218 pages
Stamped to endpapers and front free endpaper. DJ with light edgewear; Account of the author's twenty-one years among the Papuans; B&W Photographs; 12mo; 256 pages
Price clipped DJ shows light wear; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages
DJ with light wear. Light foxing to edges; Twenty-one years as a missionary in New Guinea amongst natives who live in much the same way as they did in the stone age, some of whom practice cannibalism; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages
Chipping and very small open tears to top of DJ spine. Browning to spine and edges of DJ. ; One of the areas most well known raconteurs returns to the islands with this delightful adventure; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 215 pages
Very light wear to boards. ; A companion volume to "Return to the Islands, " the two describe Author Grimble's extended sojourn in the Gilbert Islands.; 8vo; 340 pages
Very light wear to boards. ; A companion volume to "Return to the Islands, " the two describe Author Grimble's extended sojourn in the Gilbert Islands.; 8vo; 340 pages
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 220 pages.
DJ in tatters. Sticker residue in front endpaper. ; Book Club edition. The mystery of Easter Island is examined by noted explorer Heyerdahl. Laid in is a four page booklet from the book club about the book itself, as well as a photograph and a postcard; Color Photographs; 8vo; 384 pages
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 188 pp, color frontis, illustrations from photos, glossary, map, map endpapers. original cloth, dj (price clipped, very slight wear at spine end), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of Portuguese Timor, based on two visits, and of the people and their customs, culture, religion, etc.
Light shelfwear and chips to DJ ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 128 pages
Light apparent dampstaining to spine. Endpapers browned. Bookplate. ; Author McGuire took advantage of growing curiosity of the region after the outbreak of WWII to journey thence and record observations about the peoples of Oceania. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 434 pages
Light wear and darkening to boards. Front hinge not tight ; Real headhunters and cannibals enliven this account of an expedition intended to record the lives and cultures of the 'uncivilized' peoples of the region. Map in front endpaper.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 416 pages
DJ with light shelf wear; A tour of Ecuador to the Galapagos, with an emphasis on the environment and animal habitats. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 154 pages
White DJ a bit tanned and with light rubbing to extremities ; An autobiographical account of two years spent in the Central Highlands of New Guinea; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 267 pages
DJ browned and worn with small open tear upper right rear. ; An autobiographical account of two years spent in the Central Highlands of New Guinea ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 267 pages
Profusely illustrated; 4to; 132 pages
DJ price clipped and with moderate wear. DJ back corner missing. ; Author Simpson was the first outsider to journey to aboriginal New Guinea, and the first to travel there ; B&W and Color Photographs; 8vo; 240 pages
Boards with very light rubbing to extremities; A study of Melanesia, with black and white and color photos. ; B&W and Color Photographs; 8vo; 248 pages
Spine a bit slanted; Author Smith was the youngest of eight children, and when he was ready to go out into the world, they didn't know what to do with him, so he ended up in the Foreign Service amongst the Maori people of New Zealand. Red boards with gilt lettering ; Ex-Library; Tinted Photographs; 8vo; 214 pages