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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Air Combat Photo History Series, Vol. 2.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo [22 x 16 cm]; xiv, 567 pp, frontis, numerous illustrations and plates, large color folding map of Philippine Islands (short tear in margin), folding table of language comparison, plan, folding table of crimes at p. 544 not listed, index. original cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilted, very light wear at corners, spine slightly faded but lettering clearly visible, edges rubbed, very good, clean throughout, sound tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels to Manila, Philippines, Lubang Islands, Poetic Islands, Cuyonos, Suto Island, Agutaya, Calamia, Linapakan, Kaisian Island, Malampaya, Araceli, Palawan, Balabac Island, Cagayanes, Cagayan de Sulu, Samales, Maibun, Sulu Island, Tapul, Laminusa, Bajaos, Siminor, Celebes, Sanga-Sanga, Basilan Island, Zamboanga, Malanaos, Tirurays, Datto Piang, Pawa, Mindanao, Bagobos, Davao, Sebu Island, Panay, Luzon, Gaddanes among other famous places, with much on the native peoples encountered and wildlife. The Philippine Islands #52392. Not in Hill.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations; original dark green cloth, gilt back, gilt top, bevelled boards, covers very lightly age-marked, corners lightly bruised, some mild cockling (mainly at margins) else a good, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE
145 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A particularly readable account, rich in anecdote, of how medicine came to the magnificently beautiful but isolated places of upcoast British Columbia." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked. Dust jacket sunned at spine and now protected in archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound working copy. Book
Volume Three: pp. viii, 527. Stamped ownership of Rev. William F. Kochel. Small 4to. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket damp stained. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. Kenneth Scott Latourette (1884-1968) was an American historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work. Although he did not learn the Chinese language, he became known for his magisterial scholarly surveys of the history of world Christianity, the history of China, and of American relations with East Asia. - From Wiki RELIGION BOX 3
Volume Five: pp. vi, 568. Stamped ownership of Rev. William F. Kochel. Small 4to. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket worn. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. Kenneth Scott Latourette (1884-1968) was an American historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work. Although he did not learn the Chinese language, he became known for his magisterial scholarly surveys of the history of world Christianity, the history of China, and of American relations with East Asia. - From Wiki RELIGION BOX 3
114 pages. Topics: The Indivisibility of Peace and the Inseparability of East and West; the Yosemite Conference and Japan; Some Implications of Anglo-Japanese Competition; The Powers and the Unity of China; Smuggler, Soldier, and Diplomat - smuggling in North China 1935-36; A critical Survey of Chinese Policy in Inner Mongolia; The Population Problems of Australia; Land and Sea in the Destiny of Japan; the Fall of the Manchu Dynasty. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Mm 270x320 Volume in copertina rigida, 160 pagine con numerose figure in nero e a colori nel testo in lingua francese - french text. Copia in perfette condizioni, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
12mo [19 x 12 cm]; [iv], xi, 123, [v, ads] pp, double page map. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering on cover, spine faded, lightly rubbed at edges, interior is near fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. When nothing had been heard from Burke by 1861, four relief expeditions were organized, this one by Landsborough, this one discovering suitable land for settlement in Queensland. This work, based on Landsborough's log book, describes the expedition with accurate observations. Mueller's description of plants found in the Gulf of Carpentaria is the first such listing. Ferguson 11330. Wantrup 175. 'This London edition is quite scarce' [Wantrup, Australian Rare Books p 242].
br. Il 15 gennaio del 1790, dopo aver navigato per mesi nei mari del Sud, Fletcher Christian e otto ammutinati del vascello Bounty, in fuga dalla Royal Navy, approdano su un'isola deserta nel mezzo dell'Oceano Pacifico: Pitcairn. Con loro, a bordo, ci sono dodici donne e sei uomini originari di Tahiti e di altre isole. L'insolito gruppo di fuggiaschi si stabilisce sull'isola e fa perdere le proprie tracce per quasi vent'anni. I primi a rientrare in contatto con loro saranno, nel 1808, gli uomini di una baleniera americana di passaggio nell'isola: il capitano della nave rimarrà meravigliato dall'armonia che regna in quella minuscola, sperduta e bizzarra società. La realtà, però, è più complessa delle apparenze: dei quindici uomini sbarcati originariamente sull'isola, ne è rimasto vivo soltanto uno. Le donne sopravvissute sono nove, alle quali si aggiungono gli oltre venti bambini nati nel frattempo. E, soprattutto, dei quattordici uomini morti durante quei diciotto anni, tredici sono stati assassinati. Che cosa è successo? Cosa ha scatenato questa feroce ondata di violenza all'interno di una piccola comunità in fuga dal mondo, che si era rifugiata in un luogo remoto per iniziare una nuova vita? Attingendo con rigore alle scarse fonti dirette, e confrontando gli studi storici con il mito hollywoodiano, questo libro ricostruisce il percorso di un gruppo di individui che, in cerca di una nuova via, mossi dalla volontà di creare un diverso modello di società, si ritrovarono a vivere un incubo.
plaquette grand in-8, planches n&b. Bel exemplaire SIGNE par l'auteur. [ARCH]
304 pages. Index. Superbly illustrated in black and white. Map illustrated endpapers. "An Illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway." - subtitle. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Small bookseller's sticker upon first blank leaf. Unmarked. Average overall wear. A sound copy. Ex-Library
Author: Phillip Law Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1954. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: With a chart tracking the course of the specially designed Australian ice-breaker ship called Kista Dan, and four remarkable photographic views, Phillip Law describes his difficult but successful mission - having establishing a completely functional station for future scientific work in the region of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. Resolute in his endeavour, Law and his modest team of twenty-four, battled fierce windstorms and deadly moving ice in 1953-1954, to erect "Mawson Station" which he named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson. Established in 1954 in Holme Bay, Mac Robertson Land, Mawson is Australia's oldest Antarctic station and the oldest continuously inhabited Antarctic station south of the Antarctic Circle. On 13 February 1954 the party led by Law raised the Australian flag on the rocky shore of Horseshoe Harbour. In the first year a 10 Australians spent winter in cramped but adequate accommodation under the leadership of Robert Dovers. By the end of the year, they had erected the living quarters, a works hut, a carpenter's shop, an engine shed, two store houses. 8vo. 12 pages including sketch maps, plus photographic plates for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Excerpt from the text: "The Kista Dan, under the command of Captain H. C. Petersen, arrived at Melbourne on 11 December 1953... the ship loaded stores and supplies for both Heard Island and Antarctica..." "Three 'weasels' were taken... two living caravans to be towed behind the weasels which were fitted with insulated cabins. Five huts were landed... to provide sleeping, messing and cooking quarters, and one specially designed... to serve as radio, meteorological, survey and medical accommodation, and an engine house and two storehouses..." "Proceeding to the French Station at Port aux Français, Iles de Kerguelen, the Kista Dan took on 50 tons of gas-oil, 36 tons of water, petrol for weasels and aircraft, and diesel fuel for the Antarctic station..." "Early on Saturday, February 6, the wind rose and prevented any action... 60 knots and snowing... storm continued all day, causing great ice movements to port and astern of the ship... Kista Dan was immovably wedged." "The time until our departure, February 23, was employed on a variety of tasks. Three huts were completed... seals were killed and skinned for winter dog-food; gravity and magnetic observations, also an astronomical determination of position, were made at Mawson; geological and botanical specimens were collected; and philatelic mail, comprising 23,000 letters, were stamped." "Several emperor penguin skeletons were found at Mawson but no live emperor... There were no penguin rookeries at Mawson... but there was an Adélie penguin rookery on the island where Dover camped... where the Kista Dan first began to break into the fast-ice... a long line of thousands of Adélie penguins stretched... many of the chicks were dying from starvation..." "Mawson provided an ideal site for station..." End Excerpt. Today, Mawson Station houses approximately 20 personnel over winter and up to 60 in summer. It is the only Antarctic station to use wind generators for over 70% of its power needs, saving over 600,000 litres of diesel fuel per year. Some of the small pre-fabricated huts used in the first years remain on the station, but these are overshadowed by large steel-framed modular buildings dating from a major rebuilding program which started in the late 1970s. As intended by Law, it now serves as a base for scientific research programs, including an underground cosmic ray detector, various long-term meteorological, aeronomy and geomagnetic studies, as well as ongoing conservation biology studies, in particular of nearby Auster rookery, a breeding ground for emperor penguins and Adélie penguins. Phillip Garth Law AC, CBE, FAA (1912-2010) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966. He spent the first of many summers in Antarctica in 1947-48 as a senior research officer on ANARE, soon becoming director. He established bases in Mawson, Davis and Casey, and led expeditions that explored more than 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) of coastline and some 1,000,000 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi) of territory. From 1966 to 1980 he chaired the Australian National Committee on Antarctic Research. He published many works on his exploration. Law's wife Nel became the first Australian woman in Antarctica when she visited Mawson in 1961. Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. It was named by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) (1929-1931), under Sir Douglas Mawson, after Sir Macpherson Robertson of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. Sir Macpherson Robertson had financed the joint British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, which was led by the famous explorer Douglas Mawson. Mac. Robertson Land was named in his honour, and in 1932 Robertson received his knighthood for his philanthropic works, specific mention being given for his support of this expedition.
89 pages. Bibliography. List of Exhibitions. List of works in this exhibition. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Contents include: Artist's Statement; The Salvation Art of Yuxweluptun; Yuxweluptun and the West Coast Landscape; Yuxweluptun - A Philosophy of History; The Modernist Past of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's Landscape Allegories; Time Line. "I work from the native perspective that all shapes and any elements can be changed to anything to present a totally native philosophy. It allows me to express my feelings freely and show you a different view." - Artist's Statement. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
JOUVET. 1887. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Mouillures. 228 pages. Ouvrage orné de 25 gravures et de deux cartes hors texte . Tampon sur la dernière page de texte, sur la page de garde. Petit manque sur la page de garde. Note au stylo sur le dos de l'ouvrage. Pièce de titre marron sur le dos de l'ouvrage. Lettre préface de FERDINAND DE LESSEPS.
In 8, pp. 79 + (1b). Br. rifatta. Studio relativo alla possibilita' di incentivare in Cile lo sfruttamento del salnitro, o nitrato di potassio. La Guerra del Pacifico (1879-1883) fu per l'appunto scatenata per il possesso dei ricchi giacimenti del Cile, che nel momento di massima espansione giunse a monopolizzare il mercato mondiale dei fertilizzanti e degli esplosivi.
211 pages. Fold-out map. Bibliography. Index. British Columbia Provincial Museum Special Publication No. 5. Contents divided into four sections: Habits and Habitat; The Waterfowl; Places and Projects; Waterfowl Problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
A Preliminary Report on New Guinea Which Pre-Dates Author's Book. 41 pages. Plus photographic plates, fold-out panoramas, and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 12 x 20 inches (30 x 51cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Leahy's early primary resource, which pre-dates his highly acclaimed book! A riveting first-hand account of New Guinea exploration by the first Europeans to enter into the highlands, in searching for gold, which led to one of the major discoveries of the twentieth century - over a million primitive people living in the stone age. The last great adventure of New Guinea exploration, together with important first contact photographs. The interior of New Guinea hadlong been thought to be a mass of impenetrable mountain ranges and deep valleys, which maps of that time had labelled "probably uninhabited", but Michael Leahy, and his party, the first whitemen ever to effect entry into the heart of New Guinea, found densely populated long wide valleys, inhabited with flesh eating cannibals, and fertile plateaus. Leahy was subsequently honoured by the Royal Geographical Society in recognition of his discoveries in New Guinea. This is a set of two remarkable reports detailing a foremost discovery expedition to New Guinea, vividly illustrated with photographic plates including fold-out panoramas, and also accompanied by a spectacular colour route map. Includes a report titled "The Wahgi River Valley of Central New Guinea," by K. L. Spinks, which covers colonization history, accessibility of the main plateau, tectonic features, mountain names, and notes elucidating the color map. Leahy's Title is Recognized as "THE CLASSIC" of New Guinea Exploration Literature - "Land That Time Forgot, Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea", first published in 1937.
34 pages. "Prepared in response to requests from schools and from ship's personnel for information on, and pictures of, the multitude of local marine zooplankton. A simple key and brief descriptions have been prepared to assist in their identification. Directions are included for collecting zooplankton, together with a list of books written for the public about the sea and its creatures." - from page 1. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
331 pages including notes, bibliography and index. "Traces the history of the Northwest's power supply system, describes the conflicts which have arising during the 1970s, and analyzes their implications for the long-term evolution of Pacific Northwest and U.S. energy policy." - from dust jacket. Some markings to contents. Light wear to book. Small tears to and chipping from dust jacket. Solid working copy. Book
21 pages, including an in-text sketch map and a few sketch illustrations. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating report on the geographical, geological and biological aspects of the amazing Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system off the coast of Queensland, Australia, given by Colonel Lenox-Conyngham and Mr. Potts, which includes investigation of the biological problems which coral reefs and islands present, the origin of the reef, as well as, how the corals live, how they form the reef, at what rate they grow, what affects their growth; and what binds them together into a solid rock, and the disastrous effect of silt and sand on corals. The islands visited by the authors were Dunk Island, Lindeman Island, Thursday Island, and Murray Islands - a small group of three volcanic islands. Also with mentions of Charles Darwin and Jukes of the HMS Fly.
"The GTP ran from Winnipeg via Edmonton and the Yellowhead Pass to Prince Rupert and was built to challenge the primacy of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The 1,500-km British Columbia line, built at great cost over some of the country's most rugged terrain, was completed in 1914, but traffic fell far short of company expectations and this contributed to the collapse of the GTP in 1919. This failure is examined here, with focus on the problems of the BC line. Leonard argues that 'a thousand blunders' by company managers were primarily responsible for one of the greatest failures in Canadian entrepreneurial history. Richly detailed and thoroughly documented, this study makes an important contribution to the fields of railway and business history, as well as to the study of the history of northern British Columbia." - half-title. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which is sunned at backstrip and now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. pp. x, 344. Extensive footnotes, bibliography and index. Numerous maps, tables and black and white illustraitons. A high quality copy. Book
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European V. Among the Eskimos (part II); Manitoba Maple Sugar - for centuries the Manitoba Maple has been furnishing syrup and sugar to the Indians and white men - article with photos; Athabasca Tar Sands - Great photo study of the sands before a profitable oil extraction method had been devised; Liar River Voyage; "Parthia" of the Pacific - the first vessel to fly the C.P.R. house flag saw service in the Yukon gold rush and the Aleutian campaign, and still plies the water of the Pacific - article with photos; St. Lawrence Seaway - Photo Study III; Moose Fort Journals, 1783-5 - the latest volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Naturalists on the Back River (part 1 of 2); Footnotes on the Franklin Search - I - Halkett's Air Boat; Fur Trade Gossip Sheet; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
516 pages. Conference was held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Contents separated into: Government Activities; Education; Housing-Construction; Passive Solar; Scio-Economic Issues; Standards and Testing; Monitorin; Active Solar Systems; Energy Conserving Houses-Technical Aspects; Solar Radiation; Photovoltaics; Multifamily/Commercial; Biomass; Agriculture; Simulation; Wind; Engineering/Hardware. Prior owner's name upon front cover else clean and unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
