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(Codice VI/0221) In 8º (27 cm) 80 pp. Auction catalogue, 217 items, many colour illustrations. Original softcover, fine. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
(Codice VI/0222) In 8º (27 cm) 316 pp. Auction catalogue, 595 items, many colour illustrations, 1 folding plate. Original softcover, fine. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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.
Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this company. Traces its tenuous beginnings, growing pains and ultimate success as a truly co-operative approach to insurance and one of the few organizations of its type to survive... and thrive. Author played an active role in the company for 25 years. Includes company photo album with some pictures in colour. Book
Pages 189-276 plus 10 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for the Royal Bank looks down the busy street of a large Canadian city; Nice illustrated half-page ad for The Film & Slode Co.'s "Filmo" movie Camera; One-page colour reproduction of Margaret Lougheed's painting of Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park; Adventuring on Baffin Island - article by J. Dewey Soper features photos of sled dogs and full-page photo portraits of Inuit men "Putaguk" and "Powlusik"; Memories of the Mountains - a profusely photo-illustrated article by Mrs. J. A. Wilson about her travels in the Canadian Rockies; Grand Manan - Island Gem of the Maritimes - article with photos and one-page map; Motor-Vagabonding on Vancouver Island - article with dozens of vintage photos from many parts of the island; The Great West Festival at Calgary - photo-illustrated article, including one-page photo of Mrs. William Blyth and her tapestry which took twenty years to make!; Vintage one-page ad for the 1930 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE); Nice back cover Canadian Pacific ad for its Banff service features reproduction of colour painting by A. Sherriff Scott showing a crimson-clad Mountie gazing down upon the Banff Springs Hotel. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage item. Magazine
Carta geografica edita dalla "Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge". Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva, in ottime condizioni. Map of the islands of New Zealand.Shows towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, and details concerning the uninhabited regions. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was active from the 1830s through the 1860s and published some of the best regional maps of the era.Published by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Steel engraving with original colour. Perfect condition.
119 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "...Brings the reader as close as we can come today to a leisurely tour of this beautifully situated, richly furnished village as it existed when it was first seen by non-Indian eyes." - from dust jacket. Very heavily-worn. Front hinge open. A worthy reading copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and coloured maps throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xviii, 297, {iv, ads] pp, 2 maps, 30 illustrations on 16 plates from photos, index. original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, a little faded and rubbed, endpaper bookplate, very good, with the signature of the author on verso of the half title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, a doctor and member of the Royal Society, travelled extensively in the south Pacific, east of Australia, and provides much detail on New Caledonia, New Hebrides and the aborigines of Australia. He provides two chapters on how he made the pictures used in the book and the difficulties a photographer had at that time. Taylor 414.
3 pages. Plus a fold-out colour map measuring approximately 7 x 7.5 inches (18 x 19cm). 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. A brief account accompanied by an an incredible early colour map of the deadly volcanic explosions in the Tarawera districts of New Zealand. Tarawera Mountain is a volcanic peak, situated on the North Island, New Zealand, in Rotorua. Its eruption in 1886 destroyed villages and unique silica terraces, transformed local terrain, and temporarily drained Lake Rotomahana. June 10th 1886, shortly after midnight, earthquakes are felt in Te Wairoa and Rotorua. The area is renowned for tremors and no-one is too worried. Residents sleep blissfully unaware of the impending danger. Around 1:30am there is a violent earthquake followed by the sound of an explosion. Sleepy residents look in terror across the lake to see Tarawera's Wahanga dome, exploding into life. The eruption cloud was about 9.5 km high and easily visible, being lit up by the mountain's continuing eruption and accompanying lightning storm. For half an hour, the spell bound residents stare in awe at the scene before them, a few sense the danger and head toward the safety of nearby Rotorua. At 2.00am, there is a second explosion as the Ruawahia peak, and then the Tarawera peak erupt with all the fury that mother nature can muster. So loud was the second explosion, that it was heard in Christchurch over 800 kilometres south. In Wellington 400km south, locals believed that Russians were invading New Zealand by way of bombing. The amazing lightning storm above the second Tarawera eruption was visible as lights in the sky from New Zealand's South Island. Eyewitnesses near the mountain reported that Mount Tarawera had split open, and that a huge column of fire could be seen shooting up into the air and forming a black cloud of smoke and ash. In fact, a 17km fissure had been created down the length of the Tarawera complex. Near Rotorua, New Zealand: At 2:00am 10 June 1886, terrified families awoke to a rumbling giant, the noise was heard over 500 kilometres away. The mountain, lit by a tremendous display of lightning, rained ash upon her neighbours and began the deadly renovation of her buried landscape. This spectacular map provides the visual account of Mount Tarawera, the volcano that stole more than life.
365 pages. A public health inspector spends twenty-five frustrating years trying to be of service to his community (Victoria, British Columbia). At fifty he resigns and goes in search of a more satisfying life. He finds it in tropical Northern Queensland. This is his story. It is a novel and an anthology. Essays, verses, short fiction, travel, observations, character sketches. It is the compellingly written, informative, enlightening, thought-provoking, always entertaining experience of a man with intelligence, wit, and humour. The reader will find that she/he is seeing himself and his own community, because this book is not just about a small Canadian city or one corner of the sunny South Pacific. Nor is it just about one man's escape from a frustrating job. It is a forthright assessment of a society in trouble by a man who has a wider view because he deliberately stepped outside. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
157 pages including index plus 8 black and white plates. Documents the First visit, February to April 1861 and the Second Visit, April to July 1870. Illustrations include: Victoria, Vancouver Island, 1861; The Royal Engineer's Camp Near New Westminster in 1861; Yale in the 1860's; Oregon City in 1858; San Francisco in 1866; The American Camp on San Juan Island c. 1870; The Flying Squadron in Esquimalt Harbour, 1870; Sitka, Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Remnants of two price stickers at bottom of front cover. Crease to back cover. Solid copy. Book
Light foxing to frontispiece and title page not affecting text/image; Red boards with gilt lettering; 8vo; 214 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
Features: Some European Anticipations of American Clock Features: The Story of the American Wood Works Clock Industry, 1790-1841; Dials Crafted of Natural Wood, Hamilton Sherwood Wristwatches; Lukens' Tower Clock; Chinqua-Penn Revisited; The Ives Clock Display at the 1988 Pacific Northwest Regional; M. Cyprien's Perpetual Calendar Clock; A Pharaoh's Ransom - Watch Keys of Gold and People Good as Gold; and more. Erasure to front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Spine and endpapers a bit browned. ; The author describes this story as part novel, part travel journal, and part autobiography; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 296 pages
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's splendid 'Anatomy of the Ship' series.
Barcelona, I. G. Seix Barral, 1941. 4to. menor; 71 pp., 1 h. Con 30 ilustraciones fotográficas y un mapa. Cubiertas originales.
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xiv, 685, [ii, publisher's ads] pp, 28 plates, other illus, index, bibliog. original cloth with gilt decoration and spine title lettering, rubbed, preface leaf chipped, otherwise a solid very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed work with sections on supernatural, magicians, rites, spirits, demons, ghosts, magic rites in all its aspects with good illustrations and appendices.
174 pages including index. From 'Explorations', a Canadian social studies program for elementary schools. Abundantly illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Sorcerer of Nerac - The disappearance of a young farmer leads to the discovery of an amazing tragedy of superstition, leading to Frenchman Pierre Faget, the stoop-shouldered old wizard of Nerac, being sent to prison for trial; Our Crocodile Hunt - a Lake Nyassa tale involving a brush fire, a crocodile hunt, and the Kaiser's elephant gun - a lifetime of excitement in a few hours; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part II - the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever take place in America; At the Back of Beyond - photo-illustrated account of some experiences in remote Chitral; The Mutiny of the Athol - a very exciting story of the old whaling days in the Pacific, obtained from the ship's original log; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part IV - conclusion of this thrilling story of adventure in the turbulent negro Republic of Dominica; P.M. Clarke - Correspondent - the story of an odd character whose pretty exterior concealed plenty of pluck and inexhaustible energy; "Honeymoon Island" - Photo-illustrated feature on idyllic Norfolk Island, originally a convict settlement, in the lonely Pacific; Through the East by Air - Part II - The memorable adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline, who were commissioned to make paintings of scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum; The Banker's Bet - the tale of a cautious banker, an unwary Scandinavian, and two clever rogues; Photo of "The Peanut Office" and its Nantucket, MA proprietor; and more. 86 pages plus 8 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
88 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chinese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
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
Milano, 1952, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 977/986 con una cartina e numerose fotografie. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
