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8vo., pages tanning lightly; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear on rear panel. This much-needed reissue of Yeats-Brown's classic is now elusive in its own right.
First edition, xii, [2], 3-286, [2], 287-352pp., (The unnumbered leaf after p.286 is a half-title: 'Instructive failures, with dissections and remarks.'), engraved bookplate of "Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis", cont. quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine rubbed with a red morocco label. Consists almost entirely of a collection of cases illustrative of his peculiar views as to the treatment by the above means of tropical diseases. Wellcome IV, p.368.
A Sammelband with offprints of seven scholarly articles by Nagendra Natha Visu, all published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal during 1896. Numerous fine full-page plates, many folding. Printed on good wove paper. Interleaved throughout. SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM VASU TO C.W. BOLTON ON FRONT FLYLEAF. Large 8vo. Elegantly bound in full morocco, with title gilt on front cover. Binding worn, backstrip mostly missing but covers holding tight. Internally clean. Unique.
<p>22 cm, brossura editoriale in tela illustrata con titolo al piatto e dorso, p. 87.</p>
Collana Fenice, Nuova serie diretta da Giacinto Spagnoletti n.12 - Sezione Poeti - Ottanta anni di vita: 6 maggio 1861, Calcutta, 7 agosto 1941 1 22x14 cm., legatura editoriale cartonata illustrata con disegno originale su fondo azzurro, spraccoperta in acetato, pagg. XXXII (2), 157 (12), prima edizione italiana, buone condizioni "Il pi? grande credo dell'India ? la ricerca della unit? nella molteplicit?, dell'unit? nella diversit?" -Le 157 poesie di questa raccolta sono tradotte dal libro bengalese originale del Ghit?ngioli. L'edizione inglese, per la quale Tagore ebbe il premio Nobel del 1913, comprende 53 poesie del presente volume; le altre furono scelte da altri 4 libri dello stesso A. - E' una traduzione...una fotografia in bianco-nero di un meraviglioso quadro di colori cos? vivi, cos? diversi, cos? contrastanti quali sono il Bengala, l'India, la lingua bengalese, l'Induismo e la vita del Delta del Gange...
français In-8 de 364 pp.; broché à rabats de l'éditeur. Collection Du monde entier. Essais. Lég. rousseurs sur la couverture et la tranche.
Pages 266-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Poll Chunk's Son - a story from the hills of Kentucky; The Ivory Raiders - part 1 of a tale fromm the Turkanaland district of Central Africa on the western shores of Lake Rudolf where Major H. Rayne deals with Swahili elephant poachers and Turkana warriors; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - a mysterious Fijian monster; In the Wilds with a Camera - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson take photos in the interior of British East Africa; The Land Sharks - criminal buying and selling of land in Canada; In Quest of the Unknown - part 3 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' adventures amoung the Chucunaque Indians; James Watson - Human Tiger - a remarkable American crime; An Eviction in Patagonia - a rich man attempts to drive away the cattle of a squatter; My Jungle Jaunts - part 1 of an Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos; The Blue Powder - bewitching a District Commissioner in Nigeria; The Sea-Villages of Humboldt's Bay - photo-illustrated article on this Dutch New Guinea area; The Mad Jackal - how a homesick Pathan soldier in Mesopotamia got himself sent back to India; Imprisoned in a hollow tree - Harry Comstock spent horrible days and nights inside a tree in Bexar County, Texas; The Tiger I didn't Get - Movie star Tom Mix recounts an adventure that befell him while tiger-shooting in Bengal; Nice one-page General Electric ad with illustration of new street lighting in Nagoya, Japan; One-page photo-illustrated ad for Hobart Bradstreet of Chicago. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. This scarce pamphlet accompanies the exhibition of artefacts and announces the sale. The SS Median was lost when torpedoed by a German U-boat off Devon on 28 April 1917. In 1987 Consortium Recovery salvaged eighty cases of possessions belonging to Lord Carmichael, Governor of Bengal. VERY SCARCE.
Un volume de format in 8° carré de 200 pp.; très nombreuses et belles illustrations en noir ou en couleurs. Reliure cartonnée de l'éditeur; cartonnage richement illustré en couleurs Comme neuf. Voir les photos. Peu fréquent.
A comprehensive guide to the history and lifestyle of the tiger, thekind of the Forest, including folklore and myths about this magnificent animal. More than 200 hundreds full colour, specially commissioned photographs of the Bengal Tiger plus stunning images of the tigers' co-predators and prey. Detailed information ont eh habitat and the range of all the species of tiger in the world.
Mm 140x215 Collana "Storia e documenti". Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta originale, 389 pagine con numerose illustrazioni in nero nel testo e tavole in nero fuori testo. Opera in ottime condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Librairie d'Amerique et d'Orient - Adrien MAISONNEUVE 5, rue de Tournon 75006 - PARIS - 1930 - Broche - 241 pages - Tres bon état
Milano, Fratelli Treves Editori, 1877. Opera contenente 303 incisioni e 80 tavole staccate dal testo (fuori testo). Volume unico. In folio, pp. 634 (con Indici), fotoincisioni in b/n n. t., veline di protezione, leg. con piatti in percall. verde, dorso in pelle verde a quattro nervi e titoli oro, piccole punte crema. Prima edizione italiana di questo resoconto di un viaggio in India, durato sei anni, a partire dal 1863. Iniziato a Bombay, il viaggio si snoda attraverso il Konkan, il Dekkan, Baroda, il Guzerate, Udeypur, il Rajputana centrale, Jeypore, Agra, Gwalior, il Bendelcund, il paese de' Gundi, la valle di Bhilsa, Bhopal, il Malwa, Delhi, il Pendgiab e l'Imalaya, il paese d'Audh, Benares, il Behar, il Bengala, da Calcutta a Punta di Galla. Normali fioriture e zone di ingiallimento (peraltro assorbite dalle veline), nell'insieme esemplare in bella legatura, pulito e ben conservato.
Lahore, W. Ball, 1889, voll. 3, in-8, tela coeva, cartelli (con mancanze) al dorso, pp. LXXII, 2409. Minime tracce d'uso alla coperta.
pp. xiv, 339, 8 [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis of an Apache-Navajo chief. Slight age staining. Slight damp staining top of Publisher's catalogue. Inked ownership of Roland D. Sawyer, Ware, MA (an author; and Massachusetts Socialist and Democratic political figure). 12mo. Original full embossed purple cloth binding, lettered in gold. Spine and top edges of boards faded. Extremities worn with slight loss at head of spine. Contemporary Science Series edited by Havelock Ellis. This interesting work includes extensive articles on: the Plains Indians; the Apaches; the Western Inoits of Alaska and the Arctic; as well as Natives of India and Bengal. Also interesting is the piece on the Nairs or Nayar - martial nobility, similar to the Samurai of Japan, and figure prominently in the history of Kerala in Southern India. LOC W16 RT FRONT STACK
In -8°, pp. 100; cartonato, tagli rossi; marca dei Gesuiti al frontespizio, iniziale xilografica. Nicolas Pimenta (1546-1614) fu mandato a Goa nel 1596, in ruolo di sovrintendente delle Indie Orientali. Questo è il suo secondo resoconto, in cui dopo aver riferito sullo stato delle sue missioni, descrive un viaggio verso Nord - a tratti avventuroso - intrapreso inizialmente con 11 compagni: nel volume si dà conto di una delle prime missioni cristiane in Bengala. Nicolas Pimenta (1546-1614) was sent to Goa in 1596, as Eastern India supervisor. This is his second report, in which he tells about his travel to North (sometimes adventurous) giving also account of one of the first Christian missions to Bengal.
In-8 (cm 29,3x24,7), pp. (2)+201, leg. edit. in tela verde, sovracoperta ill. a c., numerose ill. b.n. e a colori. Testo italiano/inglese. Traduzione di Catherine Bolton. Collana Imago. Ottimo.
84pp.+ 2 planches hors-texte + 1 carte dépliante (43x52cm), brochure originale (restaurée) bien protégée par une couv. de papier cristal, bon état, R32483
40 pages. Features: 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse); 7th Light Cavalry; 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry; The Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse); 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force); Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (11th Frontier Force); Same Browne's Cavalry (12th Frontier Force); 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers; Dress Regulations for the Indian Calvalry, Indian Army Regulations, Volume VII, 1913; Duke of Cambridge receiving Native Officers of the 9th Bengal Lancers, Malta, 1878; 2nd Bengal Lancers. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. Somewhat above-average external wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Rosemary Crill discusses the indigenous tradition of tie-dyeing for local use; followed by Veronica Murphy's pioneering study of the Bengal export trade in tie-dyed handkerchiefs. Very well illustrated with 174 colour, 14 black and white illustrations and map. 206 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing on surfaces and light creases on edges, small nick at top of spine. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Features: One page photo of two Canadian-built submarines at dockside; Anzac gunners at work; The Black Watch on the march; The 27th Bengal Infantry Regiment; Washing day aboard a French prison ship; Her Majesty the Queen inspects East-End street rolls of honour; With the British troops at Salonika; Two-page photo of a massive British gun at the moment of firing; Italy's Victorious Advance; Crippled Austrians practising walking with artificial limbs; Air-torpedo in a gun; Short range pieces effective for trench bombards; Sir Charles Wakefield entertains wounded soldiers - and General Mackintosh - at The Karsino, Hampton Court. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Book shows light edge wear with creaseless front cover, chips along the spine, age-toned paper; very clean copy. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. This is a collector's item; binding glue is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. Publisher's page marked "Bantam edition" m, yr. Contents include tropical moon, strange and beautiful land, women naked above the waist.
Book is in excellent condition with very little edge wear, creaseless covers, age-toned paper; very clean copy. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Binding glue is over 50 years old: this is a collector's item: book should not be expected to hold together under normal use. Includes teeming squalor plus barbaric splendor.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing pages. 362 pages.
84pp.+ 8pp.ills.hors-texte + 1 carte dépliante, br.orig., dans la série "Collection nationale"
