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Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall eng
DJ shows wear and small open tears; In German. Lots of color photos ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 171 pages
BERLIN, Drei Masten Berlag - 1933 - In-8 Reliure editeur à la Bradel, couverture et dos illustré d'avions - Très nombreuses photographies HT - 2 Grandes cartes dépliantes HT in-fine - 204 pages - coiffe fatiguée, sinon très propre intérieurement en langue allemande
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; lvi, 316 pp, tinted map frontis, 3 other maps, facsimile of signature of Best, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped cloth, with gilt vignette on both covers, gilt lettering on spine, short tear at head of spine, else a fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Foster gives an extensive and detailed introduction which gives a good historical perspective of this voyage to India, Sumatra, Java, Malay, etc. This is the original edition of this work, there also being a reprint.
13 pages. Plus a fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 8.5 x 9.5 inches (22 x 24cm). 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. Bevan describes several expeditions that he led along the south coast of Papua from 1884-1887. Bevan explored the coastline of British New Guinea and the descriptive map depicts his most amazing routes and discoveries. This is a fascinating account which relates in detail the authors experiences... "The Victory left Thursday Island, Torres Straits, and entered the Aird river at Cape Blackwood. At Attack Point a hostile body of sixty nude Papuans contested our entrance to the great river. These savages, after some hesitation, bore down upon us, alternately splashing the water into the air and beating time with their paddles against the sides of their canoes, also shooting volleys of arrows at us both before and after coming within range. This attack was decided in our favour, without any bloodshed, by a judicious use of the steam-whistle and a few shots fired high and wide. These harmless measures caused the natives to take as one man to the water, prior to re-embarking and paddling off crestfallen home. They were painted, decorated with feather head-dresses in addition to other ornaments, and wore white groin shells to partly conceal their nudity. They were above the middle height, of great muscular development, and of a dark bronze colour..." A Most Illuminating Account on an Extraordinary Journey into Barbarous New Guinea, Accompanied by a Spectacular Colour Map of Jubille and Philip Rivers and their Tributaries, Showing the Discoveries Made by the "Victory" Expedition under the Command of Mr. Theodore Bevan, with an Inset Showing New Guinea.
Vg (no dj, dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine, a little faint spotting endpapers and small neat annotation front free endpaper, contents clean tight and bright without fault) 12mo 112pp. First UK edition. Written as Australia was calling out for new settlers, telling of some of the peculiarities of the continent. Birds, insects, flowers, fishes, flowers and trees; wool and gold; features of the landscape; and the aborigines and their customs and art. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
30 pages. Features: Human Bloodhounds of Outback Australia; First Canadian Open All-Around Skeet Championships; White Fury - Beluga whales in Hudson's Bay (part 1 of 2); Spoon Slow for Walleyes; Smoke Jumpers; Feeding the Ducks; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
4to [29.55 x 21 cm]; xvi, 263 pp, color frontis, numerous plates, illus, many in color, maps, bibliog, index. original pictorial wraps, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very detailed history of exploration in this island, extensively illustrated.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red cloth, upper board ruled in blind, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xix, 296, [iv] pp, 2 maps, appendix. original boards (hardcover) with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), clean and fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of travels in Pitcairn Island, among the descendants of the crew of the Bounty that mutinied from Captain William Bligh, with a description of the peculiar conditions and society that developed.
1 21x14 cm., pagg. 272, (8), numerose illustrazioni in nero e a colori applicate su pagina fuori testo corredate da ampie descrizioni, legatura editoriale cartonata con titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso, sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, in italiano, come nuovo.
trad. di Ettore Capriolo tela edit. con sovrac. ill., sguardie figurate, piccole rotture in sovrac.
In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovracc. ill. (strappetti e minime mancanze), pp. 213,(3), con num. fot. b/n f.t.; copia molto buona. (L065)
18 pages, including 2 in-text sketch maps. Plus spectacular photographic plates. 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 study of the modern Stone Age people known as the Kukukuku, similar both culturally and physically to certain groups on the Papuan side of the boundary, and living in the Morobe district of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; a remarkable people whose most valuable assett is the bamboo, and whose skill and patience is displayed as they make clubheads and other simple tools by selecting round water-warn stones from the stream and shaping them by rubbing them on a stone. A truly captivating report illustrated with many incredible photographic images of the natives.
250pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Imprimerie de Auguste Hérissey, Evreux. 1859. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Non coupé. 569 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. Quelques rousseurs. Marquis de Blosseville, Membre du Corps législatif et du Conseil général de l'Eure. La déportation. Recherches anglaises. La cinquième partie du monde. Histoire de 1787 à 1857. L'émigration anglaise...
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xiv, 362 pp, 7 plates including frontis, vignette on title page of little dodo, title page printed in red and black in border. original red cloth with decorations in black, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, spine faded but lettering clear, light foxing on few leaves mainly at beginning and end, corners rubbed, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon req Taylor 144. Three of the illustrations are of Hawaii (Hawaiians dancing the hula in authentic costume, Kealakeakua Bay, Rainbow Falls), with other illustrations including Pago Pago, Tutuila, Apia, Upolu, Apolimja, Fiji. The author travelled extensively in Hawaii and other Pacific islands and provides an interesting description of the peoples and nature on the islands visited.
101 magnificent black and white photographic plates. "Laurie Wilson (1920-1980) was an Australian photographer who seldom travelled far from his home base in Geelong, Victoria, Australia ...His photographs celebrate what he called 'Natures's unrepeatable moments', rather than describing scenery ...(He was) a remarkable and original photographer who received little recognition during his lifetime" - from dust jacket. Average overall wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
vol.I: 307pp.ill.+ 380 ills.out-of-text (of which some in colour) & vol.II: 274pp.ill.+ 238 ills.out-of-text (in bl/w & colour), cloth, dustwrapper, 25.7x 22.5cm., VG, text in german
(Codice VI/0242) In 8° (24 cm) 48 pp. di testo e 170 tavole fotografiche. Cartine all'interno delle copertine. Tela editoriale, nastrino segnapagina, sovraccoperta, astuccio. Come nuovo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xv, 180 pp, 15 plates from photos including frontis, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, cover lightly soiled, interior is clean, else a fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The first half of the book describes the author's journey in 1901 to Baghdad, Basra, Bahirin, Muscat, Sherpore, etc around the Persian Gulf where he visits some areas off the beaten track. The second half of the book describes his stay on several Pacific islands including Tonga, Haapai, Fiji, etc and is remarkable for its explicit illustrations of cannibals, including one entitled 'Cannibals dragging prisoners to the ovens', two others showing cannibals slaughtering their victims. The author didn't seem too concerned about becoming a victim. There have been only two copies at auction in the last 25 years, the last at Sotheby's in 1997 selling at US$782, although it wasn't in as good a condition as this copy.
London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1933. 4to.; 183 pp., y IX láminas con reproducciones fotográficas en negro fuera de texto. Primera edición. Encuadernación original en tela.
Carta geografica in litografia, antica ed originale del 1878, di mm 240x340 (il foglio) con coloritura confinale coeva. Stampata dalla calco-litografia di B. Marchisio & Figli ed inserita nell'opera a cura del Cavaliere Celestino Peroglio raffigurante l'Australia della Regione di Vittoria e l'Isola di Diemen ora Tasmania
