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8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, 27 plates on 16, 4 full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Still the best biography of the legendary commander of Force H and major contributor to the development of the Far Eastern fleet. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.269; Law, 0743.
8vo., First Edition thus, with maps in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
272 pages. "A fascinating book - really one of a kind - and the best adventure story of a family struggling on the western frontier that I have ever read." - Andy Russell. Maps. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
136 pages. Selected bibliography. Index. "A delightful and sensitive journal..." - from back cover. Nice black and white photographic plates. Above-average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
in-8°, 311 pp., photos hors texte, cartonnage editeur, jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire. [109B-1]
159 pages including black and white photographic plates. An excellent copy of this journal. Norman Luxton made history crossing the Pacific in the Indian dugout canoe Tilikum, went on to found the Banff newspaper, Crag and Canyon, and devoted the rest of his life to developing Banff as a mountain playground and to assisting the Indians. Contents very clean and square. Brown boards show light wear. Dust jacket has half-inch tear to top edge of front panel and very light edge wear. Book
65 pages including index. Circa late 1990s. Canada's westermost province is divided into nine distinct regions. Rich in history, each region is unique to its people and land, a key ingredient to any favorite recipe. Contains four or more wonderful recipes from each region, lavishly illustrated with colour photography of the food and its region. Includes such wonders as: seafood dumplings with wasabi mayonaise, tuna tataki, sweet potato chips, Nanaimo bars, wild rice with Porcini mushrooms, and many more. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Attractive glossy colour illustrated covers. Book
Author: Sir Harry Luke 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: Recounting his visit to Easter Island in April and May 1952, the widely travelled author presents a lively account of the lesser-known history of slavery and slave-driven industries which nearly devastated the famous volcanic island, including the especially ruinous guano industry raid of 1862. [In 1862, Peruvian slavers made a ruthless raid on Rapa Nui and took about a thousand islanders - including the king - to work the guano deposits on Peru's Chincha Islands. The hardships and oppressions endured by the Chinese laborers who were employed in digging guano have been descrbed as a system of the worst kind of slavery.] In contrast, he also discusses the political and economic situation at the time of his visit, including the merino sheep industry, artisans retaining one ancient tradition, and British-led efforts to support the social well-being of the inhabitants which had been terminated for political reasons by the Chilean government in 1953. Following a firsthand description of the moai monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people, and remarks on the Bird-man cult, Luke concludes by revealing that the Commonwealth was considering establishing an air route from Australia to Chile, including the construction of an air strip on Easter Island. [The most remote airport in the world, Mataveri International Airport, began its service in 1967.] Excerpts from the text: "Easter Island was a no-man's land from the time that Spain was compelled to relinquish her South American possession until 1888... for more than two generations at the mercy of the 'blackbirders,' those scourges of the Pacific who roamed from island to island, seizing by force defenceless natives to work out their plantations, mines and the like. Easter Island was one of the many islands all but ruined by these depredations." "The breach of continuity to which I have referred was brought about by the development of the guano industry on the rocky islands off the Peruvian coast, which began at the end of the 1850s. From 1859, and especially in the organized raid of December 1862, most of Easter Island's able-bodied men and its leaders, including King Kaimakoi, his son and many of the learned elders (maori), were crimped by Peruvian blackbirding expeditions and transported to those sun-scorched, glary, waterless pieces of rock whose only covering consists of deposits of stinking guano." "The fifteen who lived to see their island again introduced the smallpox to a community that had no immunity... most of those who had escaped the clutches of 'blackbirders' lost their lives in the consequent epidemic." "Adorned with clumps of eucalyptus, Persian lilac, cypress and bamboo, it is a place that leaves a lasting impression and many questions with all visitors past and present. The isolation of Easter Island, its numerous and bizarre works of art, combined with the rarety of its visitors some 50 years ago contributed to a great deal of speculation and attempted explanations of the unknown phenomena." "... I am the 'ex-Governor of the British Colonies in the Pacific' referred to in Chapter 3 of Thor Heyerdahl's fascinating book as having been present on 27 April 1947 at the launching of his most famous of rafts... I was therefore anxious... to see how far the works of Easter Island culture support his theory..." End excerpts. 8vo. 10 pages including an in-text sketch map, 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. Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ (born Harry Charles Lukach) (1884-1969) was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados, Cyprus, Transcaucasia, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Malta, the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji. He wrote books on several of these countries. The Chincha Islands, or Islas Chincha, are a group of three small islands 21 km (13 mi) off the southwest coast of Peru, to which they belong, near the town of Pisco. They were of interest for their extensive guano deposits, but the supplies were mostly exhausted by 1874. Peru began the export of guano (droppings of seabirds, bats, and seals) in 1840, using slave labour. Spain, not having recognized Peru's independence (until 1879), and desiring the guano profits, occupied the islands in April 1864, setting off the Chincha Islands War (1864-1866).
Mz tela ed. c/sovr., cm13x19, pp 255 (1); 84 tavole patinate con numerose ill. in nero, sguardie illustrate. L'autore, ufficiale del Colonial Office e fra gli altri incarichi Governatore delle Fiji e Alto Commissario per il Pacifico Occidentale, raccoglie brani dei suoi diari, relativi alle Isole Fiji, la Nuova Caledonia e Nuove Ebridi, le Isole Solomon Britanniche, la Micronesia ecc, incrociando ricordi e osservazioni antropologiche con annotazioni relative alle ripercussioni degli eventi bellici in queste località. In inglese.
Light wear to DJ. Slight tanning to endpapers. Small stamp on front endpaper; The world's tallest queen (six feet three inches) , a disappearing island, and a visit from Queen Elizabeth enliven this tale of the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 136 pages
144 pages. Features: Sun-drenched Craftsman overlooks the Pacific; Pat Spievak and collecting for daily life; Restoring an Albert Faber Masterwork; Renovating a West Los Angeles apartment in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright; Artist's timeless bungalow; Architect updates a Sears bungalow; Lewellen Studio; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
London, John Murray, 1910. 4to.; XVI-318 pp. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo del autor. Encuadernación original en tela sajona estampada. La segunda publicación sobre España de Luffman, tras "A Vagabond in Spain" (1895). Recorre Málaga , Ronda, Granada, Sevilla , Albacete, Murcia, Cartagena, Orihuela, Valencia, Denia, Sagunto, Barcelona, Montserrat, Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca, Cáceres, Redondela, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, Orense, León, Covadonga y Bilbao. La obra refleja el interés profesional del autor en aspectos agrícolas y de jardinería. Contiene un capítulo sobre la producción de Moscatel, asunto bien conocido por el desde que trabajó durante dos años como gerente de Delius Bros, comercializadora de uva pasa en Málaga con destino al Reino Unido.
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).
140 pages. Contributors include: Henry Ford (The Fear of Overproduction), Ben Hecht, Leonard H. Nason, Margaret Culkin Banning, Captain Charles B. Scully, Katherine M. Schmitt, Joseph Hergesheimer. Nice contemporary advertisements from Del Monte, Coke, Camay, Campbell's Soup, Sunbrite Cleanser, Cord Auto, Graham Auto, Dodge Six, Essex Auto, Edison Mazda Lamps, Fordor Sedan (by Ford), Cellophane, Buick, Reo Speed Wagon, Valspar, Northern Pacific Rail Line, White Trucks, McCormick-Deering Industrial Power (*wonderful black and white photographs*), The Knapp-Felt Hat, A&P. Articles include: Why Drown? by Charles Scully, The Story of an Early Switchboard Operator, Tears to periphery of cover otherwise a solid copy with average wear. Book
134 pages. Contributors include: Isaac F. Marcosson, Vincent sheean, Nunnally Johnson, Alfredo Codona, Gilbert Patten, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Colonel Givens, John H. Doeg. Lovely vintage advertisements from: Whitman's Chocolates, Campbell's Soup, De Soto, Cadillac V-8, GM Radio, Oldsmobile, Ford Auto, Hudson and Essex, Reo-Royale, Willys Cars, Log Cabin Syrop, Auburn Auto, Sparton Radio, Nash Auto, Packard, Franklin Auto, Canada Dry. Articles include: Dime-Novel Days, Gymnasts (The Flying Codonas), Nevada Stories, Tennis as a Career, The Secretary to President Coolidge. Large tear to cover-fold and front cover else average wear. Nice solid copy. Book
58 pages. Lovely colour and black and white illustrations. A Collective Study on British Columbian Salmon Can Labels, 1890-1950. Library markings to contents. Exterior clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
16mo.; pp. 293; 12 illustrazioni fuori testo e 1 carta; brossura editoriale illustrata. <BR>Copertina con traccie d'uso; complessivamente in buono stato.<BR>Prima edizione nella collezione "I Garzanti".
DJ tattered and taped. ; Author Lord, best known for books about the Titanic, here describes operations behind Japanese lines during World War II; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 272 pages
322p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
PARIS, Robert Laffont - 1969 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture rempliée illustrée - Garde illustrée d'une carte - Illustrations NB HT - 338 pages - Bon exemplaire
in 16° br. fig. a col. pp.294, 12 ill.ni e una carta, ben tenuto
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; green boards, blue cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with or two short closed tears. Enser, p.54.
327 p. + Frontis. Old paper stain on first leaves. Small 8vo. 19 cm. Original green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Jack London's triangular monogram set within a circle, blind-stamped on the upper board. Unusual Photo portrait ownership of Robert C. Bair, (York, PA) 1928. Unusual Photo portrait ownership bookplate of Robert C. Bair, (York, PA) 1928. Bair was involved in politics and served as the Director of Historical Society of York County. Spine title indicates that this is from 'The Works of Jack London' but the text is almost identical to the earliest editions . Excellent condition. Great for reading or as a gift. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W57
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.
