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27 pages, plus photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 7 x 13 inches (18 x 33cm). 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. Fascinating notes of an expedition formed to explore rumours regarding valuable mineral deposits said to be present around the vast and unexplored headwaters of the Fly and Sepik rivers in New Guinea. Organized on behalf of British and American mining interests, the party set off in two planes, piloted by Stuart Campbel of the Royal Australian Air Force and K. Garden. A compelling narrative leads the reader through hazardous terrain: the Mittages mountains and the valley of the Om; the Behrmann hills and Hindenburg range; the May and Screw rivers and introduces them to the Kiarikim, the Telifomin, the Fekelmin and the Atbalmin. Interesting descriptions of tribal customs, cannibalism, dress, social mechanisms, weaponry and diet. Further features a secion dedicated to the work of earlier explores such as Sir William Macgregor and D'Albertis.
Two reports on New Guinea in a complete issue, 19 pages. Plus photographic plates and a fold-out colour map measuring approximately 10 x 21 inches (15.5 x 53.5cm). 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. Also includes "Mapping the Purari Plateau" by K. L. Spinks. This fascinating narrative reveals the geographical and ethological knowledge gained by miners while in search of gold in the great central ranges New Guinea between Mount Chapman and Mount Hagen. Chinnery describes the three large groups of people who inhabit this diverse mountainous jungle area, and the differences in their type, language,and customs. Accompanied by a large colour map and spectacular photographic plates depicting Mount Lawson, the headwaters of the Tiveri, the watershed of the Tiveri and Watut rivers, Wahgi River valley, Jimmi valley, western Purari gardens, Bena Bena natives, and native at Kauramugil.
Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: The author's scientific survey features Lake Raeside, Ora Banda, Niagara, Cue, Kanowna, and more, as he examines vegetation, land forms, cliffs, dry lakes and their origins, stream-lake systems, stone fields and desert features. One of the principal objects of Mr. Jutson's paper is to suggest that the lakes as they now exist are not simply portions of old river-valleys, though he agrees that such may have been the beginning of their history. In his opinion the lake-basins are still in process of formation, and owe their origin largely, though not wholly, to the action of the wind, etc. Thought-Provoking Geological Survey of Western Australia Lake-Basins and their Origin! 20 pages, including a full-page sketch map, a few in-text sketch illustrations. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Small chip to front cover, otherwise this is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition.
8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece, 30 plates, 5 full-page maps, a full-page facsimile in the text and coloured endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. WITH THE PRIZE BOOKPLATE OF HM DOCKYARD SCHOOL CHATHAM SIGNED BY ADMIRAL MIDDLETON.Published two months after the first edition, this second impression is testament to the immediate success of this work which remains perhaps the outstanding literary achievement and curiosity of Australia's war against the Japanese. It contains some fifty thousand words of verse, written initially as a mental exercise, and preserved on twenty small sheets of paper (the facsimile gives an idea of the literary compression required) and smuggled from camp to camp (and country to country) under horrifying circumstances. The author, who was captured as a colonel AIF serving with 8 Australian Division was also a Rhodes Scholar and an Olympic athlete. The plates include over twenty drawings made on the spot by Major-General HJD de Fremery which were also miraculously preserved. The frontispiece is a fine portrait of the author by Murray Griffin, the official AIF war artist in Malaya.Admiral Gervase Boswell Middleton (1893-1961) made a distinguished career (not least as captain successively of HMS Revenge and HMS Ramilles). After his appointment as Rear-Admiral he served as Admiral Superintendent of HM Dockyard Chatham from 1946-50.A remarkably well-preserved copy of a fascinating and well-nigh unique work.
large 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xvi, 220, [iii] pp, illustrations, including 8 colored plates, references. original printed paper heavy wraps, with the original Prices Realized included loose, fine, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important sale of 922 lots of travel as well as natural history, ornithology books, including Bank's Florilegium, with detailed descriptions.
Tours, Alfred Mame & Fils,1884 - In-8 - Reliure chagrin - Dos à faux nerfs orné - 213 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - Illustrations de Yan'Dargent, Foulquier et W. Freeman - 213 pages - Bel exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
Mm 160x235 Prima edizione - Volume rilegato in tela verde con titolo in oro al dorso, xiv-386 pagine con ricco apparato iconografico in nero nel testo e tavole fuori testo, tra incisioni e carte geografiche speciali. Qualche traccia di umidità alle carte e altri ordinari segni del tempo, nel complesso esemplare ben conservato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
PARIS, Albin Michel - 1970 - In-8 Reliure,imitation cuir rouge, dos orné et titre dorés, Sous emboîtage - -Sur papier Bible supérieur - 1372 pages - llustrations originales pleines pages en couleurs- Très propre.
London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1933. 4to.; 183 pp., y IX láminas con reproducciones fotográficas en negro fuera de texto. Primera edición. Encuadernación original en tela.
pp.377 à 476 & 4pp.de compte rendu des actes de la société, avec 6 planches dépliantes, 23cm., br.orig. (peu tachée, petits manques au dos), non coupé, bon état, [contient principalement: PELTZER J.: Bornéo (suite, pp.377-402 avec une carte dépliante), VERSTRAETE: La géographie des grands lacs de l'Afrique intertropicale du XVe au XIXe siècle (pp.403-420 avec une carte dépliante), GAILLIAERT: Le dernier voyage de A. Forrest dans l'Australie occidentale (pp.421-430 avec une carte dépliante)], A91358
Madrid, 1997. 4to. alargado; 694 pp. Cubiertas originales.
NICE, Imp. Barrau - 1988 - In-4 - broché - Couverture à rabats - Frontispice & Illustrations NB ou couleurs, certaines PP - 68 pages - très propre
PARIS, Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation - ss date - In- 8 - 1/2 reliure, dos avec titre et fleurons dorés - Illustrations NB in texte et HT de H.S.M. et A. Marie - Rousseurs et traces d'humidité - Signet - 313 pages
Valencia, 2010. Dos volúmenes en 4to.; 477 pp. Ilustraciones; 181 hs.y un mapa plegado para el facsímil del manuscrito. Encuadernaciones en cartoné. Estuche en tela.
xii + 443pp. illustrée d'une carte hors-texte (N.B. la carte originale manque et a été remplacée par une carte en photocopie moderne), Edition originale de la traduction français, 22cm., reliure toile d'éditeur (décorations dorés, coins peu touchés), text frais avec peu de rousseurs, [Contient des renseignements sur la colonisation, les moeurs, les coutumes, les missions catholiques, les religions originales et sur la découverte de l'or dans l'Australie], A96214
20,4x13,8 cm; 493, (3) pp. 16 c. di tav. Brossura editoriale con copertina illustrata in blu e nero ideata dal grande Bruno da Osimo. Il volume parla di come la letteratura infantile e giovanile si differenzi non solo da paese a paese, ma anche nei vari periodi storici come quello fascista. In barbe. Buono stato di conservazione.
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.
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.
Laminated covers
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.
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.
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.
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.
