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No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to bottom of spine and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked with small tear to lower front corner, creasing to bottom of spine and minor creasing to edges. 62pp. This book is a magnificantly illustrated official record of 4472's (Flying Scotsman's) extraordinary year-long tour of Australia to celebrate the nation's bicentenary, where it travelled for more than 44,800 km along Australian metals.
12 pages. Bibliography. Thirty black and white illustrations of clubs. Inscribed and signed 'Wilson' atop first page. "Among the notes and photographs which the Provincial Museum acquired with the Newcombe Collection in 1961 was a small bundle marked 'Tsimshian stone batons.' It contained materials which Dr. Newcombe had assembled, with the intention of publishing an article, on a remarkable series of more than 35 carved stone clubs found together in a cache at an old village-site on the Bulkley Canyon near Hazelton in the upper Skeena area in 1898." - from page 1. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Rara carta dell'Oceania tratta da "Atlas Universel " edita a Parigi e pubblicata del Dufour. Bella coloritura coeva. Scarce map of Oceana and the Pacific Ocean, from Dufour's Atlas Universel. Centered on Hawaii. Includes ocean currents and other details. Inset maps of New Caledonia, Tahiti, and the Marquesas.This is an impressive 1860 elephant folio map of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia and the Pacific Ocean by A. H. Dufour. It covers from Burma (Myanmar) east as far as Chile and from Japan south to New Zealand. Although the interiors of the continents remain blank, the coastal regions are highly detailed. Numerous islands of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia are noted. Five insets are features along the bottom border of the map. These include an inset of New South Wales, Australia, showing gold locations, New Caledonia, Martinique Island, Tahiti and the Gambier Archipelago.The map shows extraordinary detail throughout noting European possessions in Australia and southeast Asia, cities, islands, rivers, lakes, mountains, oceans and ocean currents, sea routes of explorers and a host of other geographical, topographical and physical features. Rumsey 5020.044.
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; x, 310, frontis, 9 illus, mainly full-page, 4 maps, index, muster roll list of all officers and sailors. original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, dj (slight shelf wear), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This voyage was just after those of Bougainville and Wallis and just after Cook's first voyage. De Surville entered the Pacific via the Philippines to the Solomons and New Zealand and Peru. Labe was his successor when he died in Peru. The book contains a useful introduction on the voyage and the contributions made by it, especially to our understanding of pre-colonial Maori society, and Pacific geography.
large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; lxxvii, 322 pp, plates, maps including endpaper maps showing route, bibliog, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean, unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Bougainville sailed through the Pacific, stopping at Tahiti, through the Samoan Islands, to Vanuatu, to the Australian Great Barrier Reef, north to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, making a number of discoveries including the island named after him, continuing home via the Dutch East Indies and Indian Ocean. His voyage lead to many other French expeditions. He discovered the bougainvillea flower. His journal was first published in 1977 in French and this is the first edition in English. A 70 page introduction provides an excellent historical perspective.
8vo; x, 310 pp frontis, plates, 4 maps, bibliog. original cloth, giltvignette on front cover, dj (trifle worn at corner), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. De Surville sailed through the Pacific, to the Solomons, New Zealand, where he narrowly missed Cook and to Peru. Labe was his first mate. A valuable picture of a Pacific expedition in the heroic age of exploration, including Maori society, the first religious service in New Zealand, based on unpublished manuscripts. The detailed introduction is very useful.
Spine lettering a bit faded; Rituals and festivals in Papua New Guinea. US distribution paper label on title page, as issued; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 162 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
215 pages. Index. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. "A grand, detailed book that will be a standard for years to come." - James A. Michener. "The history, development and redevelopment of the Aleut kayak" - from back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Dettagliata carta nautica dell'arcipelago compreso tra l'Australia settentrionale e l'Asia sudorientale, che comprende Giava e l'arcipelago delle cosidette Piccole Isole della Sonda: le isole di Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, l'arcipelago di Solor, di Alor e le isole Aru (o Aroe). Comprende, inoltre, il mar di Banda, il mare degli Arafura e il Golfo di Carpentaria.Disegnata da Pierre Daussy e incisa da Chassant. Prima edizione pubblicata nel 1840.Incisione su rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Detailed sea chart of Timor Sea west from the Gulf of Carpentaria and including Banda Sea. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings.First edition, published "par ordre du roi" in 1840. Drawed by Pierre Daussy and engraved by Chassant.Copperplate, in excellent condition.
Dettagliata carta nautica della Polinesia francese, con Tahiti e le isole del Vento, le isole Australi, con le isole Tubuai e le isole di Bass, le isole Cook, le isole Gambier, le isole Marchesi. L'autore della carta, edita dal Depot de la Marine, è Clement-Adrian Vincenton - Doumolin (1811 - 1858)Incisione su rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Detailed nautical map of French Polynesia, with the Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Society and Tuamotu archipelagos, issued by Depot de la Marine.The author is Clement Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (1811-1858).Copperplate, in very good condition.
Una mappa dettagliata centrata sull'Oceania. Basata sui dati della spedizione di Dumont d'Urville.Litografia, in buono stato di conservazione. A detailed map centred on Oceania. From the expedition of Dumont d'Urville.Good and dark impression.
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).
12mo [21 x 14 cm]; 6 [ads], [i], xiv, 239, [ii] pp, 5 tinted lithographed plates including plates with orig hand-coloring & color frontis, one foldout plate, 2 folding maps, table including foldout table of 11 dialects, other engraved illus. original red blind-stamped cloth, with gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped with tear, corners a little worn, lightly foxed on few leaves but clean copy, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ferguson 9339. The author describes the peoples of New Guinea, the Arru Islands, Ceram, the Moluccas, the Philippines, Mindanao, Sulu, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, the Adamans, the Sunda Chain as well as Melville Island and North Australia, Port Essington, Carpentaria (Australian aboriginees).
40 pages. Features: The Sears Roebuck office building in Minneapolis is featured in an ad for the Dovetail Anchor Slot Co. inside front cover; Super full-page photo ad for the Indiana Limestone company features the Palmolive Building in Chicago; Photo ad for Tidewater Red Cypress lumber; Nice pull-page photo ad for the Foley Saw Filer; Photo of the Ambassador Hotel Apartment Building in Milwaukee is featured in an ad for "Tie-To" inserts; Vintage full-page illustrated ad for International Trucks shows dump truck being loaded; vintage Skilsaw ad; The Missouri Pacific Building in St. Louis is featured in an ad for the Bonded Floors Company; Construction Technique in Remodeling - article with photos of how 5 stories were added to a 3-story building in San Francisco for a new department stor; Detailing Concrete Form Work - part V; Arc welding steel buildings and bridges - a review of progress to date and what remains to be done; The contractor and the courts; Latest prices of materials; Construction activity this week; Sealed proposal announcements; Back cover ad for General Electric features image of the Steuben Club Building in Chicago; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. These nostalgic topics and images are certain to please modern-day contractors. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and a double-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
101 pages. Wonderfully illustrated. The first of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. Includes the following articles: Nootka Sound in James Cook's Pacific World; Spanish Exploration and Settlement of the Northwest Coast in the 18th Century; The Contact Period as Recorded by Indian Oral Tradition; Impressions of Nootka Music; Vanished Companions - the changing relationship of the West Coast People to the Animal World; Plants of the Nootka Sound Indians as recorded by Captain Cook; Linguistic Acculturation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. A note on Linguistic Orthography. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
101 pages. Generously illustrated. The first of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. Includes the following articles: Nootka Sound in James Cook's Pacific World; Spanish Exploration and Settlement of the Northwest Coast in the 18th Century; The Contact Period as Recorded by Indian Oral Tradition; Impressions of Nootka Music; Vanished Companions - the changing relationship of the West Coast People to the Animal World; Plants of the Nootka Sound Indians as recorded by Captain Cook; Linguistic Acculturation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. A note on Linguistic Orthography. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
252p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
Small open tears to DJ. Wear to extremities and corners bumped; There are several Tahitian islands which take months to visit. Or you could read this book ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 252 pages
68 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Marine Corps Base 29 Palms, with base photos inside front cover; Two-page photo ad for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, featuring its airlift capacity; Polaris and the North Flank - major article on issues of the nuclear age; What You Can Do About Drill; The Military Mind - Myth & Fact - is a trained Marine officer a threat to democracy?; Photo ad for the Sikorsky S-58; Inspection - index to readiness; Looking Back Chosin; This is My Rifle; Fleet Marine Force, Pacific - Readiness and Programs to Improve Readiness; The Marine Reserve; The Salty Skipper; The Squad and the M-14; Wake Island Memorial; MARTCOM Report; Transfers and Promotions; FMF - first squad area weapon; Back cover photo ad for the Kaman Huskie VMO helicopter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Madrid, 1997. 4to. alargado; 694 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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.
