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Reliure toile. 432 pages.
In 16, pp. 308. Br. ed. con macchie sul frontespizio. Con ill. n.t. Interessante autobiografia di un missionario coraggioso, che parti' da Glasgow e soggiorno' a lungo tra i Cannibali del Pacifico.
A Cura: Vinay . Traduzione: Vinay . Edizione: Prima traduzione italiana . Pagine: 123 . Illustrazioni: Molte riproduzioni di foto in b/n . Formato: 16° . Rilegatura: Brossura . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Pagine ancora da tagliare. Intonse. Bruniture . Collana: Attraverso i nostri campi missionari .
<p>26 x 25 cm, ril. edit. cartonata ill, piatti ill. a colori, sovracop. ill, p. 42 non numerate, completamente ill. a colori a piena pagina e corredato da brevi testi in inglese.</p>
Barcelona, Editorial Barna, 1946. 4to.; 2 hs., 386 pp., con 16 láminas y seis mapas en láminas fuera de texto, dos de ellas plegadas. Encuadernación original en media tela.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xv, 534 pp, illustrations from photos, few from drwgs, including portraits by George Biddle, folding colored map of the South Sea Islands with inset of Tahiti. original pictorial cloth, quarter inch tear at foot of spine, outer cover chipped for one inch, very good with the author's signature. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A well-illustrated account, largely related to the native peoples of Tahiti, but including nature, customs, etc, described before the massive tourist development of the area.
Yellow octavo (red spine) ; 128 p. : ill. (some b&w.), facsims., maps, plans, ports ; 24 cm Surprisingly uncommon. // New Zealand -- Antiquities -- Archaeology -- History
Paris, F. Didot, 1882, in-16, br., pp. VII, 292. Minime mancanze al dorso. ("Bibliothèque des mères de famille").
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 104 pages. Many illustrations in b&w and color. "Terence Barrow explains in plain language the design motifs, the materials and construction and the everyday uses of Maori art objects. His clear explanations are illustrated with many fine photographs and drawings."
8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; xvi, 264 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, text illus, endpaper maps, index. original cloth, spine faded, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels to the islands of the south Pacific with good descriptions of their natural history, bird and fish life, native peoples, etc.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 193 pages. Slight edge wear to faded dust jacket. Previous owner's name.
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 [23 x 16 cm]; v, 310 pp, illustrations from drwgs by James Fuller, maps including map endpapers showing routes of explorers in this area, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, sunned, price clipped), front endpaper bound upside down by publisher, else near fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The history of this area, east of Australia in the South Pacific, with an emphasis on early explorers but also some more recent history.
154 pages with spotted page ends, clean covers with sharp corners, interior/text is free of marking of any kind. Nice copy, b&w illustrations.
Cartonato con legatura in tela e sovracoperta illustrata leggermente rovinata. cofanetto in cartone; fotografie e tavole a colori e bn; pp.274; Buono
Lisboa, Tipographia da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1855. Folio.; 38 pp. Cubiertas originales en papel impreso. Un raro e interesante estudio sobre las posibilidades del "phormium tenax", formio, lino ó cáñamo de Nueva Zelanda, tambien conocido como "phormium cookianum", y en maorí: "harakeke" y "wharariki", descubiertas por el naturalista Jacques Labillardière quien recolectó linos indígenas cuando los barcos franceses visitaban el lejano norte de la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelandia en 1793.
In 8o, pp. 41, br., 1 carta n.t. 4 tavv. fotogr. f.t. e 1 grande carta piu vv. rip. f.t. (Geology of Musa valley). Rapporto N. 52 del Bureau of Mineral Reources, Geology and Geophysics del Department of National Development del Commonwealth of Australia. Ottimo (869/ AUSTRALIA - PAPUA - GEOLOGIA)
xvi + 337pp., 24cm., softcover, VG, E73987
Oxford, at The Clarendon Press, 1941. 4to. mayor; 3 hs., 208 pp. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
No marks or inscriptions. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jackets not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunned and slightly foxed spines and chip/nick to top of spine of Henry Lawson volume. The two volumes in excellent condition slipcase. 304 + 304pp. Volume one contains the selected works of A.B. Banjo Paterson including his best-loved stories and poems such as 'Waltzing Matilda'. Volume two contains the sketches and poems of Henry Lawson which are an essential part of the Australian literary tradition. Illustrated with period photographs throughout both volumes. A heavy set.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, plates and endpaper maps, top lightly dust-soiled; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS 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.
Laminated covers
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 176 pp, colored frontis from painting, other colored plate, photo plates, map endpapers, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small crease at upper spine, small bookplate of H. A. H. Insull, else near fine and clean in fair dj (chipped at spine end, rubbed, tear, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by e A description of the plant hunters of New Zealand, biographies of exploration, of a country of most unusual plants. Bagnall 472. The colored plates, one being of orchids, are from Margaret Johnson's fine paintings.
Book is in excellent condition with blue HB covers, white print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, edge wear at corners and spine. A great many full color, full page photos throughout of unusual, even outlandish historical architecture, some modern, from around the world. 320 pages, contents include wood architecture in The far east, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, America, South East Asia, Australia, etc. Remainder mark bottom page ends.
