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California,pres Berkeley, 1929. In 4°pp.403n. +697 figures in text. Bross.edit.
In 16, pp. 308. Br. ed. con macchie sul frontespizio. Con ill. n.t. Interessante autobiografia di un missionario coraggioso, che parti' da Glasgow e soggiorno' a lungo tra i Cannibali del Pacifico.
viii + 216pp. avec qqs. illustrations, reliure cart., dos en cuir noir avec titre doré, feuilles de garde marbrées, texte frais, bon état, H103033
Barcelona, Editorial Barna, 1946. 4to.; 2 hs., 386 pp., con 16 láminas y seis mapas en láminas fuera de texto, dos de ellas plegadas. Encuadernación original en media tela.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xv, 534 pp, illustrations from photos, few from drwgs, including portraits by George Biddle, folding colored map of the South Sea Islands with inset of Tahiti. original pictorial cloth, quarter inch tear at foot of spine, outer cover chipped for one inch, very good with the author's signature. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A well-illustrated account, largely related to the native peoples of Tahiti, but including nature, customs, etc, described before the massive tourist development of the area.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the series 'Great American Railroad Photographer'.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, facsimiles and maps; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter creased and frayed at extremities. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. Beddie 746.
8vo., Third Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 36 plates and a folding map, endpapers lightly spotted; original blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good good copy. Sold from a naval institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and crest block in gilt on upper cover.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in black, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), covers mildly age-soiled else a good, bright working copy.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; ivory tweed cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy. Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No. 8.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates, maps and endpaper maps; maroon cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired at headband. The UK edition is far scarcer than its American counterpart. Enser, p.252.
Some fraying to DJ. Minor discoloration to boards; The Story of a lost race on the most mysterious island in the Pacific; 8vo; 333 pages
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; xvi, 264 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, text illus, endpaper maps, index. original cloth, spine faded, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels to the islands of the south Pacific with good descriptions of their natural history, bird and fish life, native peoples, etc.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 10 3/4"w x 8 3/8"h. 168 pages. Many b&w illustrations and photographs.
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. Signed by Mary C. Wright (ed.) Michael Reese, Elizabeth Salas, Jacqueline B. Williams, Kay Reinartz, Robert S. Fisher, all on the title page. Contents include: Creation stories: rethinking the founding of Seattle, The Duwamish Valley pioneer in early King County history, The theatrical history of Seattle to 1930, Buddhism comes to Seattle, Mexican-American women politicians in Seattle, Building a Vietnamese Community from scratch: the first fifteeen years in King County. From the blurb: Twelve essays explore the history of Seattle and King County, Washington, with a special focus on social, cultural, and ethnic history. Adding a new perspective to knowledge of the Pacific Northwest, writers including University of Washington historians, independent scholars, and community activitists have dug in archives, interviewed community members, and researched far and wide to uncover new stories and offer new understandings of our collective past.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 35 pages; two fold-out plates. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Portland Art Museum of Hilda Morris' sumi paintings, Portland, Oregon, 1984 (not dated specifically in book). Foreword by Donald Jenkins; biographical information and bibliography.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Maroon leatherette cover with gilt lettering. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. Map endpapers. 144 pages. 6 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h.
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. Signed by author on title page, marked "First Edition" on publisher's page.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Worn price-clipped dust jacket with small tears. 9 3/4"w x 10 3/4"h. 238 pages. Many b&w photos.
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 159, [xiii] pp, many illustrations, including colored, including many full-page, maps, bibliography, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title lettering on spine and cover, fine and clean, with the loose leaf of prices realized and with the loose prospectus for the sale including colored illustrations. A picture of this book is available upon request b A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books on Australia and Pacific, from a collection amassed over many years, describing 278 items in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London, 25 June 1993. A very useful reference covering a period of 400 years of exploration beginning with the first publication of Rotz's great atlas from 1542 and including Pacific voyages and discovery, the first fleet and settlement of Australia, first fleet association copies, coastal surveying of Australia, inland exploration, etc.
Very light foxing to first and last few pages ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 294 pages.
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; v, 310 pp, illustrations from drwgs by James Fuller, maps including map endpapers showing routes of explorers in this area, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, sunned, price clipped), front endpaper bound upside down by publisher, else near fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The history of this area, east of Australia in the South Pacific, with an emphasis on early explorers but also some more recent history.
