1 562 résultats
small 8vo [18 x 12.5 cm]; xvi, 285 pp, map frontis. bound in modern quarter tan morocco leather, gilt rules on spine, gilt title lettering on black leather label, marbled boards, signature on half-title and on verso map, near fine, attractive copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. BAL 13652, the first state. Day 51 (Pacific Islands Literature, 100 Basic Books) states that the first edition was issued first in London, and later issued in New York, entitled 'Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life', with some passages omitted. This is the first of Melville's books, and with the exception of Moby Dick, is the most widely read. 'Melville was the first author of genius to use the South Seas as material and most of those who followed say the region through his eyes and adopted his patterns' (Day). Hill p. 196 cites the 1847 London edition. Taylor 176.
Features: Steel Bridge Across Chehalis River at Aberdeen Formally Opened - article with photo; The Panama Canal Route for Canadian Northwest Shipping; Photo of Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railway; Address to General Passenger Agents by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway (four pages); Brief business biography of George W. Hibbard, General Passenger Agent of the C.M. & P.S., with photo; Bernard N. Baker's Steamship Line a Golden Opportunity; Puget Sound Tugboat Co. on the Columbia River; New Boilers for North Vancouver Ferries; Steamer Maunganui Launched; Review of the Charter Market; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Modern Aids to Navigation Demanded for Alaskan Waters - article including lengthy list of vessels lost; Excellent illustrated centerfold makes the case for lighthouses in Alaskan waters; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Address by president of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange, Robert Dollar, entitled "The American Merchant Marine As It Affects Our Foreign Commerce" - with photo of Dollar; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Prospects for Vancouver, B.C.; The Official Statement of the [Seattle] Port Commission re: improvements and facilities; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 4) - major article which includes official map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway showing proposed extension to Vancouver and Seattle, plus map of new thoroughfare donated to Seattle by Great Northern Railway with franchise for Interbay-Ballard Route; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Impressive - major article with map showing City section of harbor plans; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping for Year 1911 - Four full pages of fine print document the voluminous incidents of the year including the vessel and damage it sustained; Photo of Strathalbyn's bow after collision; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Big Company to use Panama Canal - International Mercantile Marine; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Reasons Why the Canadian Pacific is So Prosperous; Spokane Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited; Value of Steel Equipment Demonstrated in Wreck of the Crack Milwaukee Train, Columbian on May 30th east of Ralston, WA; Continued Smuggling of Opium into West Coast Ports Aboard Trans-Pacific Steamships; Professional Biography of Joseph H. Young, President of Alaska Steamship Co. - with photo; Contracts Let for Coaling Plants in Seattle and Tacoma - article with two photos; $1 Million Available for Improvements at Moran Shipyards; Record Run Between Puget Sound and Callao by Schooner Wilbert L. Smith; After 20 Years on the Seattle-Tacoma Run, Steamer Flyer is Sold - Feature article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo of Steamer Tampico Submerged in Seattle Harbor; Photo of New Boilers for Steamer Charmer built by Commercial Boiler Works of Seattle; Effects of the Panama Canal on Pacific Coast - Oriental Trade; News of Tacoma; Launching of the Titanic - 1/3 page article including photo of the Titanic in drydock with man standing below her massive 100-ton rudder; Charming one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West" which connected Seattle with San Francisco; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes, several illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one double-page) on green stock; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides framed in gilt, backs gilt with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, white blocking from original upper boards preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made slip-case, an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bright set of Grimble's classic travel-autobiography set in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of the Central Pacific
518 pages. Report of the estuary working group, Department of the Environment, Regional Board Pacific Region. Summarizes existing knowledge pertinent to potential ecological changes rising from estuarine modification. Contents include: Geology; Climatology, Hydrology and Water Quality; Oceanography; Invertebrate Biology; Fish; Bacteria; Flora; Wildlife; Land Use; Waste Disposal and Pollution Problems; Food Chains; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
Dal “Voyage round the word, in the years MDCCXL” (in quattro tomi). London, John e Paul Knapton, 1749. Incisa da R. W. Seale, incisione in rame all'acquaforte, b/n, cm 56 x 73 (il foglio), piccolo cartiglio in alto a destra, margine graduato sul laterale sinistro. Fra le principali isole dell'arcipelago delle Filippine, che comprende nel suo insieme oltre settemila isole, sono segnalate la Terra di Luzon o Luconia, la Laguna de Bay, Manila, Myndoro, Panay, Masbate, la Ysl De Negros, Zebu, Leyte e Samal. L'insieme della Luconia, il Shoals Luconia, la cui giurisdizione ricade sotto la Malaysia, rappresenta uno dei complessi più grandi e meno conosciuti della barriera corallina del Mar Cinese Meridionale, situato a sud-ovest dalle Isole Spratly e a cento chilometri al largo della costa del Borneo; non c'è terra emergente al Shoals Luconia, e le scogliere sono completamente sommerse. Anson George (1697 – 1762). Esemplare rinforzato al verso con carta di Cina, margini stretti e poco regolari, una piega marcata accanto al cartiglio, nell'insieme discreto lo stato di conservazione. .
- EDIZIONE ORIGINALE, COLORITURA COEVA -Decorativa mappa tratta dal "Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni", edito a Roma dal 1792 fino al 1801, opera che la Calcografia Camerale commissionò al Cassini al fine di sostituire l’ormai obsoleto "Mercurio Geografico".Giovanni Maria Cassini, Chierico Regolare Somasco fu geografo e cartografo, ma anche intagliatore di architetture e prospettive - uno dei migliori discepoli di Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Cassini fu uno degli ultimi sferografi italiani del Settecento ed i suoi globi ebbero una notevole diffusione, come pure questo "Nuovo Atlante Geografico".Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva dei contorni, leggere bruniture, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione.L'Atlante del Cassini fu ristampato dalla Calcografia Camerale nel primo quarto del XIX secolo, prima del 1839. Solo gli esemplari di prima edizione come questo sono stampati su carta vergata coeva e sono colorati a mano in epoca. Le tirature del XIX secolo sono già su carta meccanica, priva di vergelle, e generalmente in bianco e nero. FIRST EDITION, CONTEMPORARY OUTLINE COLOUR -The Italian painter and engraver, Giovanni Maria Cassini, produced this decorative map of Tahiti and Moorea, with the Marquesas shown in an inset. The map is filled with native names for regions on the island, with information taken from Captain Cook's explorations of the islands. A peaceful landscape scene with natives lounging on the shore accents the cartouche. Published in: Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni. Roma, Calcografia camerale, 1792-1801.Cassini was geographer and cartographer but he was also good at engraving architectural items and perspectives – he was one of the best disciples Giovanni Battista Piranesi had. Moreover, Cassini was one of the last artists to engrave spheres in the XVIII century and his globes were quite famous and widespread, and realized the most important Italian Atlas of the XVIII century; his maps always bear a cartouche, extremely rich in colours and details. Copperplate with fine original hand colour, some foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
140 pages. Features: Iconic Benito cover illustration welcomes visitors to New York and the World's Fair; Welcome to New York; Invitation to the Fair; Dress Sense of a Queen; From Queen Alexandra's Day; The Queenly Figure; Mrs. Vincent Astor; Coats for the "Yankee Clipper"; World's Fair in the "Nineties"; Fruit from Paris - colour illustrations of fruity headwear; Polynesia in Print; Summer Preview in New Orleans; Southern Innocents; Land of Cotton; Vogue's Spot-Light; 5 PM to 2 AM - at the Fair; Photos of French doll Madeleine de Baine, purchased in Paris in 1868; A Wardrobe for visiting the Fair; Town Ginghams; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miller's house; and more. Ads include: Wamsutta Supercale sheets color photo inside front cover; Tiffany & Co; Fromm Bros. silver pedigreed fox fur fashions; Best & Co; Bergdorf Goodman; International Silk Guild; Henry Bendel; McCallum Stockings; Fantastic one-page color ad for Shalimar perfume; Luxite Pantie-girdles; Bonwit Teller; Jaeckel; Van Raalte undergarments; Lord & Taylor; Stetson Tailorite Shoes; Nice one-page color illustrated ad for SeaMolds swimsuits by Flexees; Wallace Silversmiths; One-page color ad for Red Cross Shoes; S.H. Camp & Company - featuring large illustration of the Camp Transparent Woman; Macy's - Parade of Pants and Petticoats; "Lastex" Yarn; Dupont's Scuffless "Pyraheel" for shoes; Biberman Bros. - feminine frocks; Gansborough Snoodets hair nets; Vanity Fair Silk Mills; Pacific Mills; Enka Rayon; Laros Undergarments - lovely one-page color-illustrated; Everfast - one-page color-photo of model in Guatemalan print; Jacqueline Shoes; Pakables Hats; Vassarette foundations - nice one-page two-color ad; Kedettes Shoes - nice one-page color ad; Talon Placket Fasteners - featuring motorcycle cop photo; Saks Fifth Avenue; Frances Denney Make-up; Elizabeth Arden - nice one-page, two-color ad; Max Factor; Heel Latch Shoes; Daniel Green Comfy Slippers; Grace Ashley; Dobbs Hats; Jane Engel; Gorgeous color-illustrated Italian Line ad inside back cover shows charming passengers on deck; Back cover color-photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco auctioneer Joe Cuthrell - plus dozens of additional smaller ads. Complete and unmarked with no address label. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Short openings at each end of backstrip. A quality copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
First edition, 8vo (212 x 125 mm), x, [1], 290pp., ownership inscription on upper margin of title "John S. V. Vernon. Novr. 1847.", some spotting of the text in places, orig. cloth, spine faded, head of spine and lower hinge partly frayed, uncut, gilt lettering on spine. Coulter was surgeon aboard the whaler "Stratford", which left London in October 1832, bound for the Pacific, by way of Cape Horn. He gives a detailed and lengthy account of the Marquesas, where he assumed native dress, was tattooed, and became involved in a tribal war. Other islands visited included the Falkland Islands, the Galapagos Islands, Chatham Island, the Gilberts, and the Tuamotu Archipelago. There were stops at the ports of South and North America, New Guinea and Melanesia. He made three stops at Tahiti and provides a general account of the island, as well as a detailed discussion of the English Missionaries there. Chapter V11 gives a description of fitting up a ship for sperm whaling, and gives an account of his first successful attempt at killing a whale. The "Stratford" returned to England in 1836. Sabin, 17142; Hill, 1, p.70.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, And Logmans, 1851, 2 tomos, 19,5 x 12,5 cm., holandesa de época, XII + 351 págs. = XI + 371 págs. y un total de 4 láminas litográficas en colores. (El autor visitó las islas de Auckland, Nueva Zelandia, Pitcairn y las islas de Hawaii y Filipinas, entre otras; en Tahití relata los problemas de su anexión por parte de Francia. En el último capítulo relata su visita a Sacramento y San Francisco durante la fiebre del oro).
8vo., First Edition, with large folding map coloured in outline as frontispiece and 2 maps (one folding; one full-page); original green cloth, sides elaborately framed and patterned in blind, backstrip blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED, primrose endpapers, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, fresh copy IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO JOHN O'SHANNASSY WITH THE FORMER'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With a bookplate on front paste-down and 16pp publisher's catalogue (dated July 1857) bound in at end. This copy was formerly in the holdings of Melbourne Public Library and bears its stamp dated 18 Dec 1888 on frontispiece verso, title and occasionally in text. Westgarth's Notes on the Overland Route comprise pp.376-451. A detailed statistical Appendix occupies pp.453-466. LOVELY COPY OF AN EARLY ISSUE OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY. Ferguson 18418.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 49 plates on 16, several maps and charts in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, 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, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The standard account from the Japanese perspective and a classic of WWII. One of the foremost figures in the IJNAF, Mitsuo Fuchida was strike force commander at Pearl Harbor. Unable to take part in operations at Midway due to a recent appendix operation he watched the action from the deck of the flagship, taking notes as events unfolded. Subsequently, he was one of the few Japanese naval officers permitted to study the reports of the battle and is therefore uniquely qualified to deliver this account. For the first US edition (published for USNI) the Japanese original was translated into English by Commander Chihaya and edited by Kawakami and Pineau; their text is repeated here. Importantly, the Japanese photographs (although of poorer quality) are retained, and supplemented by a small number of well-chosen USN pictures. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.297; Enser, p. 515.
Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with lithographed portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), lithographed portrait of John Adams, lithographed plate of the landing beach and full-page illustration in the text, some minimal spotting on title; attractively bound in contemporary half calf, maroon pebble-grain cloth sides, expertly rebacked with old backstrip gilt laid down, backstrip with gilt ruled, second compartment with green leather label lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, terracotta endpapers, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With the record of shipping and list of of subscribers. This famous and invaluable account of the Bounty mutineers was published three times in the first year. The author, en route from New Zealand to the gold fields of California, was stranded at Pitcairn when his vessel was blown offshore. During his enforced stay he compiled an extensive account of the later events of the Bounty Mutiny, with a detailed list of Bounty descendants and a valuable record of vessels calling at the island. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; 2 volumes, xxiv, 288, 32 [publisher's ads dated April 1847]; xii, 278, [ii, ads] pp. original cloth with blind-stamped design on covers and spines, gilt lettering on spine, rear joint of volume I with crack but holding firm, light wear at spine ends and corners, covers a little faded, but a clean very good set. A picture of this book is a Sabin 17143. Howes C802. Cowan 145. Hill I, 70: 'The early materials on California and Melanesia are of importance'. A detailed and interesting account, with much on Pacific island life, the native peoples, the first chapter describes a whale chase. This copy has both the half title pages and the ads in each volume, often lacking.
8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 461 pp, 4 maps including foldout frontis map, music notation in text, tables. later red cloth, which is a little faded and stained, interior is clean and near fine with only light offsetting from maps, and a few corners bent, overall quite good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. There is considerable detail on Singapore including the economy with tables of imports and exports and number of ships over three years, as well as details on government, politics, people. The author, noted for his linguistic abilities, describes the Dayak (Dyak) people, their customs, head-hunting, and the geography of the area. There are appendices on the commercial resources of the Indian Archipelago and observations on the unexplored parts of north and north-western Australia. Hill 411. National Maritime Museum 458 (their copy has only 3 maps).
small 8vo [17.5 x 12 cm]; xiii, 321 pp, map frontispiece, text illus. contemporary half calf, raised bands, decorated in gilt and blind, red title labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards, rubbed at edges, a very good copy, clean throughout. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. BAL 13655, with the 'P' at p. 209, as signature mark, showing top half only, no priority of states. The London edition preceeded the US edition by several weeks. Hill 196: "This work deals with Melville and his part in the mutiny aboard the Julia, called in this book, Lucy Ann. Melville then spent about three months wandering in various parts of Tahiti and Imeeo (Moorea) as a beachcomber and was able to make extensive observations on the social conditions of the natives. This work is also a true story." The author has been described as "the most important of all the great American writers" and later wrote Moby Dick. This is the author's second book.
Carta geografica raffigurante le legazioni ecclesiastiche della regione, tratta dall’Orbe Cattolico di Girolamo Petri. L'Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico fu pubblicato a Roma in 3 volumi nel 1858-1859. Le mappe di grande formato sono finemente incise e ben colorate. È senza dubbio una delle opere più finemente incise ed eleganti della metà del XIX secolo. Ogni mappa mostra le varie diocesi, ognuna delle quali è contraddistinta da colori vivaci che ne segnano la sede, e altre città importanti. Sebbene le caratteristiche geografiche siano chiaramente espresse, le mappe sono volutamente piuttosto scarne di dettagli, in modo da non sminuire visivamente il loro scopo, che è quello di mostrare le divisioni ecclesiastiche. Nel creare l'atlante, Petri ha sottolineato di aver attinto solo alle "fonti più attendibili", comprese le mappe degli archivi vaticani e delle diocesi d'oltremare L'atlante fu pubblicato in un numero molto limitato di esemplari ad uso esclusivo dei cardinali e degli amministratori di alto rango, il che ne spiega la grande rarità odierna. Girolamo Petri (1806 - 1871) fu una figura importante nell'amministrazione della Chiesa cattolica romana durante il regno di Pio IX. Nacque a Onano (Viterbo, Lazio), figlio di un funzionario vaticano che in seguito divenne governatore di Frascati. Il lavoro di Petri fu svolto in un periodo in cui la Chiesa era sotto assedio in Europa, ma, al contrario, aveva grandi ambizioni di espansione all'estero, in particolare in Asia e in Africa. La metà del XIX secolo fu un periodo di grandi cambiamenti a Roma. L'atlante faceva senza dubbio parte degli ultimi sforzi del Vaticano per comprendere e controllare la sua vasta influenza in tutto il mondo, resuscitando il concetto popolare di province ecclesiastiche diffuso nelle opere di Nicolas Sanson e altri cartografi del XVII secolo. La Calcografia Nazionale (Istituto per la Grafica) conserva ancora 135 rami di questo rarissimo atlante. Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Walter Goffart, Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570-1870 (Chicago, 2003), p. 427-8; J.A.B. Jongeneel, Philosophy, Science, and Theology of Mission in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Missiological Encyclopedia (1995), p. 264. A very rare map showing the dioceses of Catholic organization, taken from L'Orbe Cattolico by Girolamo Petri. L’Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico’ was published in Rome in 3 volumes in 1858-1859. The large-format maps are finely engraved and beautifully colored. The atlas is a testament to the artistry of the engravers and the relative indifference of the publisher to the commercial success of the work. It is without question one of the most finely engraved and elegant works of the mid-19th Century. Each map shows the various dioceses, which are each distinguished by their own bright colors, marking their seats, as well as other major towns. While key geographical features are expressed throughout, the maps are otherwise intentionally rather sparing of detail, so as not to visually detract from their purpose, which is the show the ecclesiastical divisions. In creating the atlas, Petri noted that he drew only upon the “most trusted sources”, including maps from the Vatican archives and overseas dioceses. The atlas was by far and away the finest ecclesiastical atlas created during the 19th Century, featuring exceptionally beautiful examples of thematic cartography. The uncommonly beautiful atlas was published in only a very small number of examples for the exclusive use of Cardinals and high-ranking administrators, accounting for the great rarity today. Petri who was commissioned by Pope Pius XI thus created during a time when the Church was under siege within Europe, but, conversely, while it had major ambitions for expansion overseas, particularly in Asia and Africa. The mid-19th Century was a period of dramatic change in Rome. The atlas was no doubt part of the Vatican's last-ditch efforts to understand and control its vast influence around the world, resurrecting the popular concept of ecclesiastical provinces popularized in works by Nicholas Sanson and others during the 17th Century. The Calcografia Nazionale still preserves 135 copperplates of this extremely rare atlas. Bibliografia Walter Goffart, Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570-1870 (Chicago, 2003), p. 427-8; J.A.B. Jongeneel, Philosophy, Science, and Theology of Mission in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Missiological Encyclopedia (1995), p. 264.
298 pages including index. Compiles all available references relevant to the environmental aspect of the Nanaimo River Estuary. Summarizes pertinent information and provides lists on plant and animal life, to provide readers with some idea of the ecological characteristics. Contents include topics such as: Geology; Economic Geology; Surficial Geology; Climatology; Hydrology; Oceanography; Invertebrate Biology; Invertebrate Fisheries Resource; Flora; Wildlife; Land and Water Use; Pollution; plus an extensive Bibliography. Includes a variety of maps. Report of the Estuary Working Group, Department of the Environment, Regional Pacific Region. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A wonderful reference. Book
xiv, 403 p. "A record of missionary work among the Indian tribes of the Northern Pacific Coast of our country and of the wonderful transformation in character and conditions which the introduction of the blessed Gospel has brought about." - Preface. List of illustrations includes twenty-seven black and white plates, two of which (at pages 144 and 208) are not present, although there is no evidence they ever were. New front and back endpapers applied over originals. Narrow opening in binding at half-title page. Somewhat above-average wear to maroon cloth covered boards adorned with gilt lettering and photo of author. LOWTHER 1611, TOURVILLE 1128, AMTMANN 3501, RICKS p.75, SMITH 2135, MATTHEWS 295, TOD & CORDINGLEY p.85. Book
93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Six Skulls - Part I - Sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" - the twenty-five year persecution of Walter G. Patterson who, while a young man in Butte, Montana, was compelled to join a lawless Chinese tong; An Amazing Voyage - The escape from Spain of a number of interned German officers; A Flying Man in South America - Part VI - The adventures of John G. Barron, who spent 2.5 years giving flying exhibitions in South America, often to people who had never before seen an aircraft; The Child of Terbeeke - How a child saved a British Battalion from annihilation; Humours of the East African Campaign; Panton's Feud - how aviators and artillery co-operate at the Front; On the Borders of Tibet - Part V - Photo-illustrated account of the author's two years wanderings in these wild lands of wilder people; A Bandit's Bride - Part III - The strange story of Pancho Villa's wife, with photos, including photo of Villa and Zapata on horseback in Mexico City in 1915 when they practically controlled Mexico; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part I - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific through the Canadian Rockies, with great photos; The Faithful Lover - The history of William Anderson and Catherine Burthe; Photo of Mashukwlumbwe tribesmen with hair spikes over two feet tall!; Ten-page investment ad for the Sugar Cane By-Products Co., which apparently sought to solve the shortage of wood pulp by using sugar cane; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 388-472, 8-24 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, red silk marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The author served as Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence during WWII. His emphasis on psychological warfare made a considerable impact upon Japanese morale well before the first atom bomb. Enser, p.233.
8vo; 2 volumes, xvi, 536; viii, 576pp, illus, 2 engraved frontispieces, 6 fine engraved plates (of idols, tombs, etc) with tissue guards, 2 maps (one folding), facsimile. contemporary 1/2 calf with marbled boards, joints cracking, but firm (one re-enforced), clean, very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cox ii, P502 (referring to the later 1830 issue): "One of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and valuable for its information on the mythology, traditions, customs, etc of the south sea islanders while still little sophisticated by Europeans. . . . The publication of this work went far to redeem the character of missionaries in the eyes of some who had thought of them all as ignorant and narrow-minded". An important contribution. Judd 60. Day (Pacific Island Literature, 100 basic books) 40: 'A more intesting book we have never perused. The work was used as source material by Herman Melville'.
Carta della Nuova Zelanda del Capitano Cook, tratta dal "Compendio della storia generale dei viaggi" tradotta dal lavoro di Prevost "Historie generale des voyages". L'opera in sette volumi è dedicata ai viaggi di Cook e altri viaggiatori nell'emisfero australe ed è stampata a Venezia da Vincenzo Formaleoni.Acquaforte, solite pieghe di carta, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Map of New Zealand by Captain Cook, taken from the "Compendio della storia generale dei viaggi" Italian translation of the Prevost's work "Historie generale des voyages". The seven-volume work is dedicated to Cook and other travelers in the southern hemisphere and is printed in Venice by Vincenzo Formaleoni.Very good condition with usual traces of original binding folds.