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8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 317 pp, frontis (port), plus 15 plates from photos, index, map of Philippine Islands on endpapers. original cloth, slightly rubbed at corner, small dent at cover edge, lightly foxed on few leaves, mainly marginal, but a very good, solid and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Burdett was one of the first prospectors of the Kimberley goldrush, a pearl hunter, explorer and orchid collector who explored coral reefs and jungles for some forty years. In this work, the author travelled in the jungles of the Philippines and describes the jungle, the peoples, nature, his adventures and the finding of some orchids among other things, including ancient artifacts. He was also the author of The Odyssey of a Pearl Hunter.
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 308 pp, frontis, illustrations & plates from photos, folding color map. original pictorial cloth, worn, light foxing on some leaves, ink name of previous owner on endpaper, near fine, complete. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed study of the Papuans and Solomon Islanders before their culture was destroyed by other civilizations, with good illustrations.
Softcover, 8vo, 35 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Single tax. Cover-title. Reprinted articles by Joseph Fels, pages 24-35. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (New York Public Library, Hebrew Union College, National Library of Australia, State Library of Victoria) , only 2 in the US, none west of Cincinnati. Spine repair. Lightly bumped corners. Very good condition. (Heb-15-4)
8vo., First Edition, neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of Chatwin's final and arguably finest novel.
Milano, Regia Stamperia 1830 circa. Incisione in rame all'acquaforte, cm 31,5 x 42 (alla lastra) più margini, confini in colore d'epoca. Un minuscolo forellino nell'inciso e alcuni ai margini, leggere ondulazioni della carta, peraltro ottimo esemplare in margini. .
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
22 pages. Features: Alice in Italy; The "Free" Press; Atrocity by American Troops in Vietnam; Capital; The Black Panther Party; Bougainville Island - Warnings from Australia; Review of Ferdinand Lundberg's "The Rich and the Super Rich"; Drugs, Plasma and Profits; The Scientists Hear About Socialism; Response to Wayne S. Huff, of Victoria, B.C..; The Defrosting of Rip Van Blow. Average wear. Unmarked. Short taped repair to fore-edge of back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Canadian Troops to Cyprus; Feature Article on Alberta - The New Industrial State; Eric Lafferty Harvie, Q.C.; Building Empires in the Oil Sands; Major Coverage of The Fateful Vote to Impeach Richard Nixon; Chairman Peter Rodino; Support for Nixon at San Clemente; Passing of Wayne Morse, "The Tiger", of Oregon; Greek Military Junta Resigns; Constantine Caramanlis returns to Greece; Tense aftermath of three-da war between Turkey and Cyprus; South Korean politics and Park Chung Hee; Celebrity photos of Johnny Unitas, Gloria Swanson, Hank (Henry) Aaron and Mark Sptiz; Bufo Plague in Australia; Rev. George von Hilsheimer of the Green Valley School for troubled children in Orange City, FL; Return of a Supergroup - CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) - article with photo of the band at Seattle sound check; Cellist Janos Starker; Desegregation - Historic reversal in Detroit; Back to the Unfabulous '50s; Fashion - The Loose Look; Ad for the Skyline Hotels; A Challenge from Evangelicals; Dealing with Inflation; Federal Reserve Chairman-Designate Alan Greenspan - article with photo; Race for natural resources in Wyoming; Battle of the Little Big Cars - short article with photos of the Ford Monarch and Granada; Inflation, Communist Style; Nice half-page ad for the CBC's news show "The National' with photos of seventeen of its journalists; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
folio [36 x 28 cm]; 2 volumes, 171; 187 pp, 138 fine color plates, bibliog., pictorialendpapers. original cloth, gilt lettering, dj's (short tear, price clipped), fine set in original gilt-stamped cloth slipcase (which is lightly rubbed at corners). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Volume one focuses on the discovery and early visitors including Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, Joseph Slevin and William Beebe. Volume two is based on Porter's journal as he explores these islands. A magnificent production with superb photos by Porter, who is considered the premier nature photographer of the 20th century.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and numerous maps (one folding); original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 133, 134, 135. Contains the full text of all letters, together with translations of those in German, French and Italian. Bridges & Hair, pp.289.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Western Approaches to Torres Strait Compiled from the latest information. Washington D.C., published Jan. 1919, at the Hydrographic Office, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. Small corrections Printed: May 1931. Folded editally. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Australia and Nuw Guinea. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 472x650 mm
Mappa del 1870 circa colorata a mano dell'Oceania disegnata e incisa dal cartografo francese Ambroise Tardieu (1818-1879). Antica nota manoscritta. La mappa mostra l'Australia, Polinesia, Malanesia e Malesia. Autore: Ambroise Tardieu (1818-1879) Data: 1870 circa Tecnica: Incisione su rame colorata a mano Dimensione della pagina: 39x52 cm Dimensione dell'incisione: 33x34 cm Condizioni: Buone. Strappo al margine inferiore.Map of 1870 circa coloured by hand of Oceania drawn and engraved by the french cartographere Ambroise Tardieu (1818-1879). Antique handwritten note. The map shows Australia, Polynesia, Malanesia e Malaysia. Author: Ambroise Tardieu (1818-1879) Date: 1870 circa Technique: Copper etching coloured by hand Page Dimension: 39x52 cm Engraving Dimension: 33x34 cm Conditions: good conditions. Occasional foxings. tear in the lower edge.
Carta geografica raffigurante le coste della Terra di Van Diemen riconosciute durante il terzo viaggio del Capitano Cook.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) fu uno dei più importanti cartografi del tardo XVIII secolo. Nel 1773 succedette a Jacques Bellin come cartografo reale in Francia.
Carta geografica raffigurante porzione della costa dell'Australia, con uno schizzo della terra di Van Diemen (Tasmania) eseguito dal Capitano Furneaux.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) fu uno dei più importanti cartografi del tardo XVIII secolo. Nel 1773 succedette a Jacques Bellin come cartografo reale in Francia.
(Viaggiatori italiani dell'Ottocento - Oceano Pacifico - Isole Fiji - Etnologia - Antropologia - Oceania - Australia) Un volume in 16° grande, legatura coeva in mezza percallina verde con titoli impressi in oro al dorso, carta marmorizzata monocroma ai piatti, pp. (4),340. Viaggi in Oceania del diplomatico toscano Giovanni Branchi (San Miniato 1846 - Firenze 1936). Le prime 156 pagine sono dedicate interamente all'esperienza dell'autore nei luoghi e tra le popolazioni delle Isole Fiji, la seconda parte del volume descrive il viaggio in nave da Suez a Melbourne , una visita in Tasmania, le colonie cinesi in Australia ed il sistema coloniale inglese nei territori del Pacifico. Prima ed unica edizione. Ottimo stato di conservazione.
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
192 pages. Features: Reports on Argentina, Suez, France and Australia; Box Office is Not Enough, by Agnes De Mille; I Shall Vote for Eisenhower, by Robert Cutler; Why the Democrats should win, by Gerald W. Johnson; The Burning of the Waters (story) by James Still; Children of Light (poem) by Robert Huff; A Growth of Moderation, by Sumner H. Slichter; Country Auction (poem) by George F. Dell; Too Much Man (story) by Wolf Mankowitz; The Pendulum of Taste, by John Carter; The Long Night, by Lowell D. Blanton; Person-to-Person, by Leland Hazard; Courtesy on Wheels, by Mary Ellen Chase; The Shakespeare Boom?, by Alfred Harbage; Wolf Mankowitz, by John Metcalf; The Arab World - A Culture in Tradition - essays, stories, and verse by writers in the Arab World - a 72 page feature. Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" and Ancestor scotch whisky inside front cover; Colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon inside back cover. Colour photo ad for Grace Line Caribbean Cruises on back cover. Nice colour full-page ad by the European Travel Commission on page 20. Average wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Approximately 100 pages. Features: Petroleum in Central America and the West Indies; Copper Leaching at Whim Well, West Australia; Salaries of Young Engineers; The Mining Finance Companies; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
Cover illustration of H.M. Field Pigeon Post. Illustration of a runner. "How Japan May Rescue Russia" by Lovat Fraser. Photos of Allenby's Anzacs reaching Jericho and the Jordan. Photos of Maple Leaf Heroes Who Hold the Line at Lens. Photos of Men of the Navy Active Mid Arctic Snow & Ice. Photos of Getting Ready for the Roaring of the Guns, including photo of a great dump/shell park along the French Western Front. Photos of Great Naval Ordnance that Awaits the Onset. "The Assembly Trench" by 'Sapper'. Photos along the Allied Line; Peaceful pursuits over classic battlefields. Illustration of Canadian narrow-gauge armoured engine supplying ammunition to the front. "F.O.O. in a Daylight Raid" - 20 minutes in an enemy trench. Wounded borne in barges by quiet waterways. Women's war work. Illustration of German observer post concealed behind an image of Christ on the cross. Safeguarding the Soldier - how Australia has taken thought for the future. Photos of Americans in France. Mascots and Pets share their masters' peril - photos. And more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; x, 143 pp, frontis, plates from paintings of Journal of William H. Meyers, painted during the cruise, tables, notes, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering on spine, dj (lightly chipped at spine end, not price clipped), fine in vg dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Hill 463. The anonymous author was probably a petty officer with access to the ship's records so that the diary combines the accuracy and authenticity of an official log book with the informal discursiveness of a personal record (dj). It includes the earliest known account of official uniforms in the American navy. The journal contains the fullest published account of the capture of Monterey four years before the Mexican War. Herman Melville was one of the members of the crew and the work includes the first published account of his life during this period of his South Seas adventures, out of which experiences he wrote White Jacket, or the World in a Man-of War.
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.
8vo [21 x 16 cm]; xvii, 384 pp, photogravure frontis (port), 100 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page, a map is sometimes bound in but is here not found nor is it listed in the illustrations. original cloth, worn, especially at edges and spine, spine frayed and joint tear, internally light soiling, a few leaves loosening, good copy of scarce title, signed by author on tissue guard of frontispiece. A picture of this book is available upon reque A classic and important study covering all aspects of native society. Various islands in the area are included in the study including New Britain, New Guinea, Ysabel Island, Kei Islands, New Hanover, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, St. Gabriel, Hardy Island.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxv, 500; xxxii, 350 pp, frontis, 116 other photo illus, other illustrations from drwgs, map, folding plans, charts, tables, index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spines faded but lettering clear, clean and fine set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A classic work by the author of the 'Sexual Life of Savages', on the Pacific Trobiand Islands, volume I includes the description of gardening, volume II on the language and magic of gardening, with much on ethnology, customs, rites, gardening methods, etc. Taylor 407.
4to [27 x 20 cm]; xv, [errata slip], 298 pp, illus, numerous plates including excellent color plates of birds, fish, etc, from paintings, many photo plates, double page map, double page plan of ship, other drawings, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, gilt vignette, top edge gilted, slight wear at spine ends, clean, near fine copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well illustrated account that focuses on the native peoples and natural history of this 1928-29 expedition through Panama, Galapagos Island, Marquises, Tahiti, New Hebrides, New Guinea, Borneo, etc. The 32,000 mile expedition carried out numerous scientific studies, from cannibals in New Guinea to natural history, collecting thousands of specimens for the Chicago Field Museum. The colored plates and drawings are by Walter A. Weber, the photos are mainly by the author.
