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11 pages. With two photographic plates and two colour maps in one large fold-out sheet, illustrating the Monte Bello Islands and part of North West Australia. 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 an interesting account on the study of the flora and fauna of the Monte Bello Islands - Hermite, Trimouille and North-West islands - which was of great importance since the indigenous animals were disappearing so rapidly. Montague beautifully depicts the geographical features of the islands along with the indigenous plants. Of common native birds and animals mentioned are sea-eagles, white-headed Osprey, green and Hawksbill turtles, reptiles, lizards, and abundant mound-building termites. Montague also points out that some of the introduced animals such as the invasive domestic cats and black rats have caused great damage to the islands. Black rats were apparently attributed to a schooner which was wrecked some twelve years ago. Monte Bello Islands, Located on the North-West Coast of Western Australia, Were Economically Significant for Pearl Fishing. This is a Fascinating Report on the Fauna of the Islands. Accompanied by Two Beautiful Colour Maps.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue boards, white cloth back lettered in red and blue, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Enser, p.312.
3 pages, plus 3 plates, one showing the portrait illustrations of Drake and Cavendish, and two showing the draft. 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 an enlightening succinct account of tremendous historical importance, the most significant discovery of two documents found in the British Museum, revealing the actual draft project and other correspondence concerning Drake's secret voyage, which existed prior to the dramatic expedition. Previous to this report, all discussions as to what plan and instructions Drake carried with him when he finally sailed for Magellan's strait in December of 1577 had been based upon after the events: upon the course which he actually travelled, narratives written and dispositions made when he returned a national hero. The first document found, consisting of three pages, two of which are reproduced in facsimile in this article, is the draft plan of the voyage which subsequently took shape as a circumnavigation of the world. This document gives a list of the promoters of the voyage, the Lord High Admiral (the Earl of Lincoln), Leicester, Walsingham, Hatton, Sir William Winter, George Winter, John Hawkins and Francis Drake. The second document is the report made by John Winter on the 2nd of June, 1579, the day he reached England, nearly eight months after losing sight of Drake in the South Sea, the second page of which contains the plan to be followed, revealing that the ships are to go and return by Magellan's strait, that unknown shores not in the possession of and Christain Prince are to be visited, and that, if it seems to be advisable to Francis Drake, the voyage is to be extended to 30 degrees, while its duration is to be thirteen months. Drake's circumnavigation of the globe began amidst political and religious upheaval in Europe, in 1577. The voyage was so far ahead of its time that another 200 years would pass before the eighteenth-century explorers of record reached the northwest coast of North America. Drake's secret voyage, the exploration of the Pacific Northwest in hopes of finding the fabled Northwest Passage to eastern trade routes, and to establish a British colony in the New World, was hidden under a "cloak of secrecy" due to Drake's complicated relationship with Queen Elizabeth and England's precarious political situation with Spain. One of 16th-century England's most daring adventurers, Drake sailed all the way to Alaska, much farther than anyone had envisioned, thereby rewriting the history of exploration in North America. Surviving the dangers of mutiny, the lack of knowledge about wind and current, and the arduous physical challenges faced every day, Drake earns his reputation as "one of the greatest mariners that sail[ed] the seas, both as a navigator and as a commander," feared by his enemies for the "alarming scope of his success." Together with Hondius's portraits of the first two English circumnavigators, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Thomas Cavendish on one plate and a page of explanatory text. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), was a Dutch engraver, and cartographer. He is best known for his early maps of the New World and Europe, for re-establishing the reputation of the work of Gerard Mercator, and for his portraits of Francis Drake. He helped establish Amsterdam as the center of cartography in Europe in the 17th century.
56 pages. Black and white photos, illustrations and maps. "Prince Rupert, the western terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, is a distributing centre for the Skeena River and the Omineca Mining Divisions. It is the natural starting point ... because it is the seat of Government Agency for that section of British Columbia, as well as being the ocean terminus of the transcontinental railway. Starting at Prince Rupert examinations were made east as far as Lorne Creek, a distance 130 miles by railroad" - from page 5. Includes the mining operations, owners, type of resources and type of leases at Kitsumgallum Lake (near Terrace), Douglas Creek, Little Cedar River (Nass-Skeena Coal Claims), Lakelse Valley (Lakelse Hot Springs), Thornhill Mountain, Zymoetz (Copper) River, Legate Creek, St. Croix Creek, Lorne Creek and Graham Island on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Above-average wear. Assorted chips and openings, primarily to front cover. Usual library markings. Spine taped. A worthy reference copy. Book
21 pages including 6 colour maps on 5 fold-out sheets. 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. Buchan's incredible paper is on the scientific questions that arose when discussing the general movements of the atmosphere and of oceanic circulation, with particular relations to physical geography. The amazing Challenger expedition was thereby undertaken for both observational purposes and scientific research. Alexander Buchan was a Scottish meteorologist, oceanographer and botanist, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting. This extraordinary report is accompanied by six fold-out colour maps.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 299 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, drwg by John Baker, map. original green cloth, gilt spine lettering clear, light foxing on edge, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An expedition in northern New Guinea with travels and descriptions of the native peoples, their customs, way of life, nature, etc.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs in the text and numerous folding maps coloured in outline; laminated pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on endpapers [only]. The official, highly detailed campaign report, profusely mapped and illustrated. Not recorded by Enser.
157 pages including index. Haida carvers on Canada's Pacific Coast have carved figures from black rock for about 150 years. The genesis of this book was when two dedicated collectors donated their works to the British Columbia Provincial Museum, thus assembling the largest and best collection of these carvings known to the Museum. The benefactors, Francis and Kathleen Reif, suggested that the Museum produce a well illustrated book as a definitive scholarly work on the black, Haida carvings. This volume is the result. Contains dozens of excellent black and white photographs plus extensive text and descriptions. Clean, bright and unmarked with zero wear. Book
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.
8vo., Third and Best Edition, with a frontispiece, 23 plates, 2 folding coloured maps (one map with near repair at fold) and illustrations in the text, some very light and occasional age-staining (mainly marginal); handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back with raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, pictorial gilt from original front board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Reeves' classic account was first published in 1898 with a second edition in 1900. This is the most comprehensive issue, considerably augmented and with Wray's additions.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author was a young nurse fighting the Japanese in New Guinea and the Philippines. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
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
136 pages. Select bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "A delightful and sensitive journal of the author's discoveries." - from back cover. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Good working copy. Book
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xiii, 142 pp, illustrations from photos. original cloth, dj (rubbed, especially at edges), signature on endpaper, else very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of life, society and nature on this island in New Zealand
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full gray cloth boards. Crease on blurb of edge worn dust jacket. 332 pages.
388 pages. Index. Tissue-protected frontis of subject. Illustrated with photos. Describes the life of the railroad executive best-known for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway. Blue buckram hardcover library binding remains sound. Usual library markings. Average wear. A solid copy. Book
176 pages. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Signed by author upon title page. Oblong 8.5" x 11". An engaging account of the history of coastal British Columbia logging and the part the author played in it over his long career. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A handsome copy. Book
128 pages plus 32 pages of colour photos. "A story of tragedy in yesterday's history and a camera record of the splendor available under today's environment for living." - from dust jacket. An historical novel about the life and times of Maquinna, chief of the Nootka Indians. Average wear to book which is missing front free endpaper and title page. Prior owner's name upon first leaf else unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. A sound copy. Book
London, The Book Club, s.d. (anni 50 del '900), in-16, tela editoriale con sovraccoperta a colori, pp. 250. Con una cartina e 10 illustrazioni fotografiche fuori testo (che mostrano l'autore - esploratore e scrittore norvegese - e i suoi compagni sulla zattera con cui effettuarono nel 1947 la spedizione storico-scientifica per mare verso la Polinesia).
8vo. with plates; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.146.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor rubbing to spine ends. 386pp. The story of how, in the final days of the Second World War, the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare, the suicide pilots or kamikaze.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; lvi, 342 pp, frontis, 6 maps including 2 folding, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, dj (lightly darkened at spine), else fine, clean with bright covers. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting adventure in many parts, with an introduction that gives a useful context. "Epic of adventure, courage and turbulent fortune" (dj).
Pages 73-143. Features: Christians and Christian Nations; Japanese Churches and World War II; War and I; Policies for Peace in the Pacific; Vietnam- Dilemma for Missionaries; Reflections on the Students at Sasebo; Bainton Sketches Japan - an 8-page special feature of verse and pictures by Roland H. Bainton; Missionary Service in "Secular" Schools; Towards a Christian University in Japan; English and Indigenization; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A very handsome, tight and clean copy. ; A systematic description of many (if not all) islands, in the South Pacific, Caribbean, Indian Ocean and beyond. Many of which, especially the smaller ones, have very few mentionings in other literature. 93 b&w illustrations, including many full page illustrations. Bold decorative boards in green with gilt spine lettering. Pictorial design and lettering in gilt and black. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 698 pages
