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56 pages. Contains music, lyrics and guitar chords to: Take it Easy; Witchy Woman; Lyin' Eyes; Already Gone; Desparado; One of These Nights; Tequila Sunrise; Take it To the Limit; Peaceful Easy Feeling; The Best of Our Love. Circa 1970s. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 240 pages. Previous owner's identifying stamp. Tiny tear on dust jacket at top of spine.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 6 large folding charts (one coloured in outline; several marginal tears neatly repaired); original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its small blind stamp on title. Very scarce.
8vo [22 x 14 cm; xxx, [ii], 594 pp, 5 maps (as called for) including folding, glossary of plants and birds, bibliography, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, library withdrawal stamp on title page, but no other library markings, interior clean and unmarked, cover unmarked with minor wear, overall very good, sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request A detailed and scholarly work covering each explorer/traveller with separate chapters, including Colenso, Selwyn, Charles Abraham, John Johnson, Heaphy, Brunner, Thomson, Percy Smith, A. J. Barrington, Herbert Meade, and others.
Some fraying to DJ. Minor discoloration to boards; The Story of a lost race on the most mysterious island in the Pacific; 8vo; 333 pages
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).
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xi, [iii], 150 pp, illustrations mostly from photos on plates, endpaper maps. original cloth, spine title lettering, spine repair, dj (tear, light wear, not price clipped), interior quite good and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the popular author's travels on the island with his comments on earlier travels there, anthropological detective work, adventures.
394 p., illus. Junior Literary Guild selection. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.
336 pages. Index of biogeoclimatic zones. Index. Extensive list of literature cited. Colour photographic plages. "Describes how this fascinating tree reproduces, grows, and functions in its natural geographic range... Discusses both the ecology of Sitka spruce and silvicultural questions such as original plantation spacing, juvenile spacing, and fertilization to accelerate the harvestability of second-growth coastal spruce stands." - from back board. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 188 pp, color frontis, illustrations from photos, glossary, map, map endpapers. original cloth, dj (price clipped, very slight wear at spine end), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of Portuguese Timor, based on two visits, and of the people and their customs, culture, religion, etc.
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 188 pp, color frontis, illustrations from photos, glossary, map, map endpapers. original cloth, dj (price clipped, very slight wear at spine end), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), based on two visits, and of the people and their customs, culture, religion, etc, a picture that is valuable now because of the destruction that has more recently taken place.
Barcelona, Joaquín Gil Editor, 1935. 4to.; 250 pp., 2 hs. y 12 mapas, dos de ellos plegados. Cubiertas originales.
Madrid, Imprenta del Cuerpo de Artillería, 1896. 4to.mayor; 64 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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.
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
148 pages. Wonderful archival illustrations, many in colour. Commemorates the history of the Canadian Pacific Empresses of the Orient. Chapters include: The Pioneer Days of the Trans-Pacific Service; Empress to the Orient; Empress Odyssey. Average wear. Usual library markings. Sound copy. Book
Madrid, 1992. 4to.; XVII pp., 188 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Barcelona, Plaza Janes S.A. Editores, 1982. 4to. menor, 252 pp., 2 hs. Cubiertas originales.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 220 pages.
8vo, 50 pages, with map and portrait bound in recent green paper boards. Text in German. This a monthly issue of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a large 50 page report about New Georgia which today is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. In this report the author explores the history, fauna, flora and people of the islands and draws on accounts by John Hunter, Bougainville, Carteret, Labillardiere and others who visited them. The report is accompanied by a portrait of Captain John Hunter as well a fold-out map measuring 250 mm x 190 mm. A very early report and map on the Solomon Islands and very rare.
Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: The author's scientific survey features Lake Raeside, Ora Banda, Niagara, Cue, Kanowna, and more, as he examines vegetation, land forms, cliffs, dry lakes and their origins, stream-lake systems, stone fields and desert features. One of the principal objects of Mr. Jutson's paper is to suggest that the lakes as they now exist are not simply portions of old river-valleys, though he agrees that such may have been the beginning of their history. In his opinion the lake-basins are still in process of formation, and owe their origin largely, though not wholly, to the action of the wind, etc. Thought-Provoking Geological Survey of Western Australia Lake-Basins and their Origin! 20 pages, including a full-page sketch map, a few in-text sketch illustrations. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Small chip to front cover, otherwise this is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition.
P., Calmann-Lévy, 1935. In-12 broché, 214 pages. Bon état.
414 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Paperback Fine condition
25 pages. Plus photographic plates and a fold-out colour map. 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 fascinating travel expedition account of the tropical Pacific islands designated the 'New Hebrides.' The Oxford University Scientific Expedition's two-fold remit was to ascend and survey the region's highest mountain and to study the breeding seasons of a selection of the area's indigenous animals. Having designated Santo Peak as the region's highest mountain, the party performed various reconaissance surveys, took barometer and odometer readings, made a collection of insects despite the heavy rain as well as a good collection of plants, featured among them several orchid species - and provided a description of its summit. Having selected five animals (the parrot, lizard, fruit-bat, insectivorous bat and the passerine bird) for a detailed study of breeding seasons, various observations were recorded. Features detail of the local Sakau people and appendices relating to exploration of the Tawoli river, the birds of Espiritu Santo, survey equipment employed and regional geology.
