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90 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: Jackie Chan - four pages of colour photos; Chen Chen - two pages of colour photos; Lin Ching Hsia - two pages of colour photos; Hsu Feng - one page colour photo; Ou-Yang Ling Lung - beautiful colour foldout photo; Jo Jo Wang - colour photos; Jackie Chan - article of him hunting in Australia with photos of him shooting rifles; Pierre Rissent; Love With Tears; The Buddhist Fist; 52nd Oscar Ceremony; The Invincible Kung Fu Legs - colour photo ad on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Cellophane inside front cover; Great two-colour full-page ad for International Trucks - Chicago Century of Progress Theme; Nice full-page ad for Investors Syndicate featuring photo of Roy A. Hunter of B.C.; Nice 2-page Mobiloil photo ad features large photo of four cars; Chipso Laundry Detergent ad; Heritage, by Albert M. Treynor; The Cinema Murder, by Phillips Oppenheim; The Oriental Threat - regarding oriental immigration "... In British Columbia the proportion is catastrophic, being one Asiatic to every twelve whites." - with photos, by Charles E. Hope and W.K. Earle; Garden Jungle, by C.R. K. Allen; Ace of Our Judges - Chief Justice Lyman Poore Duff, by M. Grattan O'Leary; Invitation, by Will R. Bird; Critic on the Hearth, by Arthur T. Munyan; Pud, by W.A. Fraser; Tides o' Fundy, by H.V. Chambers; By Express - stories of shipping animals long distances; There's Money in Stamps - Paul Montgomery writes about valuable early Canadian postage stamps - illustrated; Love Letters in a Jar, by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Nice colour Campbell Soup ad; My Hate of Jig-Saw Puzzles, by Edgar March; Every Russian to Bear Arms - Women and Children are Being Trained to Take Part in Soviet's Next War; Article titled "Inventions Are Badly Needed"; Nice two-color full-page ad for the New Chevrolet Sixes; Article on how motion pictures have almost displaced theatre in North America; Australia Sells its Steamships - claims operation a failure; Canada Needs Air Museum; Lovely Prudential Insurance ad features girl on roller skates on sidewalk rolling, arms open, to her dad; Nice ad for the Northern Electric Gurney Range; Lovely ad promotes golfing at Jasper Park by taking Canadian National; Cereals - article by Helen G. Campbell; Investing in Bank Stocks; Fantastic two-colour full-page ad for General Motors Trucks features a dumptruck being loaded by a large clamshell bucket; Nice ad for Dominions Tires; Excellent back cover colour photo ad for Winchester cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Cover: Royal Highnesses Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, New Governor-General to Australia. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "U.S. War Aims" by Walter Lippmann; The Great World War: "Mulberry" and the Invasion; Books of the Day and The World of Science: Kew and the War. Pictorial Journals include: Scenes from Athens: A Demonstration, and an Echo of a Shooting (illus, by Flight-Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); The Reign of Anarchy in Athens: Scenes in the Troubled Capital; Von Rundstedt's Sudden Drive into Belgium and Luxembourg (map); Germany's Drive into Belgium and Luxembourg: Towns in the News; Two German "Squirt Planes": The Me.262 and the Me.163 Fighters (illus. by G.H. Davis); The War in Italy: Eighth Army Troops Entering Faenza and Ravenna; London of the XVIth Century: Panoramas of the Ancient City as it Looked Before the Great Fire; London Triumphant: The Great Metropolis of the British Empire (Four page panoramic illustration by Sydney R. Jones); The City of London of the Future: Preliminary Proposals; A Scheme for the Prevention of Overcrowding in London; Aspects of the War in the West: Scenes from the Fighting Zones and a Panoramic of Port of Antwerp; Flooded Walcheren: Life on the Island Following the Devastation Caused by the Smashing of the Sea Dykes; and An Exhibition of Flemish Old Masters in Aid of Belgium Children. Back page missing. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy copy. Book
Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xii, 456 pp, 8 fine lithographed plates, 7 being hand-colored, other tinted, other illustrations from drwgs, the plates drawn by J. Wolf, W. Fitch, George Angas (4 are botanical, others animals, birds). later sim. leather, gilt title lettering on red leather label, new endpapers, lightly foxed on few leaves, else clean, very good+ copy, well-bound. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ripley 26. Ferguson 6929. Wood 231: 'An interesting account of the author's observations on the flora and fauna of Australasia, in which birds figure large, at least half of the 23 chapters containing references to them'. The book contains an extensive chapter on the platypus, which the auithor here calls a water mole, together with a hand colored plate of same. Fitch, who painted the botanical subjects, was one of the most respected botanical artists of his time. Other subjects are by artists G.F. Angas, Thomas Baines and Joseph Wolf, each a highly respected and ijmportant natural history artist. An important contribution including marine biology, ornithology, bird migration, plants including those with agricultural application, botanic garden, medicinal remedies, etc. The last chapter describes overland routes from Sydney to Southampton. Included is a loose clipping from a periodical on the New Guinea Ant Eater with illustration.
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xiv, 254; xvii, [255] - 515, [iv, ads] pp, 7 color plates (including 4 natural history), 2 folding maps, 365 plates and illus. original pictorial gilt cloth, spines faded and worn, good set, interior with minor foxing on some pages but clean, mounted hand colored map of New South Wales, eastern coast dated 1835 on endpaper from other work. A picture of this book is available upon
Comprises one volume of text (53 pages) and one volume of plates (41), both in grey printed wrappers. Both volumes are in good condition. Text volume has foxing on endpapers. Approximately half the plates are loose but all in good condition. Slip case is closed by two ribbons; the covers are in worn and dirty condition.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 4 volumes, xv, 599; xvi, 739; xvii, 741; xvi, 526 pp, 550 illustrations and plates from photos, 677 other illustrations from drwgs, maps including 2 large folding maps in pockets, diagrams, tables, index in each volume. original blue cloth with gilt title lettering on spines & front covers, spines faded but lettering clean, stain on endpapers, a little paper rippling but a very good clean copy with excellent maps in pockets, printer has excised some blank pages at end. A Bookplate of Philip Snow on endpapers. Day p. 160. A massive and comprehensive compilation covering all parts of the Pacific and its islands in great detail, very well-illustrated with photos and drawings, including geography, topography, peoples, natural history, resources, administration, climate, etc. Volume I has a hundred page history of the Pacific and a bibliography up to World War II. A superb reference with a high reputation for accuracy and impartiality. The versos of each title has the cancel, 'this volume was produced and printed for official purposes during the war 1939/45'.
Manuscript Signed Letter, dated 21 January 1897, discussing matters pertaining to the settlement era of Perth, Western Australia. 8vo. Two double-leafs, 5 pages. Very good condition. Fascinating content such as a poverty, drought, general health issues in Perth from the conditions, problems of the homeless, and in contrast the increase in land values, and prospects for youngsters, The writer also talks of the Music Society and of singing the Messiah at Christmas. Written by M. Barigh of Havelock Street, her home located on a hill above the central town, who may have been a relative of Richard Henry Barigh, an immigrant to Australia, possibly originally as a convict. Excerpts from the letter: "Lately we have had a water famine and all day long the water is cut off but we fill a tank and so it does not cause us much inconvenience... We do not like W.A. half so much as N.Z. it is too hot and dry and this town is not healthy." "The place must have grown half since we came and building is going on all the time and the values of property increasing - our land cost about four pounds a foot and a lady has just bought this piece adjoining ours and given over eleven pounds for it and thinks she has got it cheap." "There are scores of people here with nothing who a little while since in Melbourne were living in luxury." End Excerpts. Perth had only been established since 1829. In 1850, Western Australia was opened to convicts at the request of farming and business people looking for cheap labour. Queen Victoria announced the city status of Perth in 1856.
8vo., Second Australian Edition, with a frontispiece, 16 plates on 11 and a double map in red on blue stock; handsomely bound in red full morocco, backs gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title. Daisy Bates's classic work was first published by Murray in 1938; with a first Australian edition following in 1944.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations; original dark green cloth, gilt back, gilt top, bevelled boards, covers very lightly age-marked, corners lightly bruised, some mild cockling (mainly at margins) else a good, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE
2 voll. in 8 legati insieme, pp. 452 con 3 tavv. f.t. di cui 2 in lit. e 1 in xil. Manca una tav. all'antip.; 282 + (1) + (1b) con 13 tavv. f.t. di cui 6 in lit. e 7 in xil. Timbro all'occhietto del primo vol. Qualche abrasione ai p. e ai tagli. M. pl. coeva con tit. oro al d. Due volumi della raccolta completa che ne comprende 18. Nel primo e' descritto un viaggio in Arabia, nel secondo un viaggio in Australia e Nuova Olanda (zona dell'Australia) con racconto degli usi e dei costumi dei popoli incontrati, delle principali citta', luoghi di culto, monumenti architettonici. Thomas Livingston Mitchell (1792-1855), esploratore scozzese, esploro' l'Australia del sud est.
Madrid, 1852. Un mapa de 80 x 107 cm., plegado a 17 x 11 cm., coloreado, con planos particulares de Islas Marianas : Mapas de todas las Islas en la escala de 1:1.000.000 para la comparación de sus magnitudes, con las de otras posesiones españolas, Palaos y Carolinas Centrales, Carolinas Orientales, Archipielago de Gilbert ó Grupo Kingsmill, Isla de Rota, Guajan, Puerto de Umata, Farallon de Medinilla, Bahia y Ciudad de Agaña, Rada de la Isla de Tinian, Isla de Guguan, Puerto de Tarofofo, Farallon de Torres, y Puerto de San Luis de Apra. Encuadernación original en cartoné y media tela.
Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1875, grande carta geografica in 9 fogli, misure: mm. 970x1190 (se i fogli venissero uniti). Impressa a colori. Mostra le città, le ferrovie, le linee telegrafiche e i percorsi degli esploratori. Ottime condizioni, a fogli sciolti.
305 pages plus 319 pages. This work is "a result of an extraordinary conference that took place in Toronto, Canada in November 1979. The Multicultural History Society of Ontario drew Finnish scholars from throughout the world to present papers on Finnish migration and about the life of the ethnic group, especially in North America, but everywhere it had dispersed throughout the world." - from Preface. Usual library markings. Average wear. Bindings somewhat fragile. Worthy reference copy. Book
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...
Paulin, Paris. 1836. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos abîmé. Quelques rousseurs. 394 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. Ou Examen des effets de la déportation considérée comme peine et copmme moyen de colonisation.
2 Vols., folio, [2], 460; [2], [441]-990, [2, directions to the binder], [4, list of subscribers]pp., lacks most plates and maps, text age-toned and with occasional staining, cont. red morocco, rubbed and worn. With 8 plates and 3 torn and defective maps: Vol. I. Plate. p. 157. Plate. p. 203. Plate. p. 407. Vol. II. Frontispiece. Map. p. 541. Map. p. 580. Plates x 2. p.685. Map. p. 906. Plates x 2. p. 920.
large 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 328 pp, photogravure frontis of the ship, 98 illustrations on 58 plates, folding map, bibliog, tables, index. later green morocco-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, gilt decorations on raised bands, very lightly foxed on few leaves, mostly marginal, near fine sound copy in handsome binding. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Wood p. 184. Most of the book is a quality narrative of the voyage in the Indian Ocean, including Laccadive Sea, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Also included is a history of the ship "Investigator" and its use in gathering information on natural history over more than a decade, with the final section being on the marine biology of the Indian seas. The illustrations are of fish and other marine creatures, An important study and interesting narrative.
12mo [21 x 14 cm]; 6 [ads], [i], xiv, 239, [ii] pp, 5 tinted lithographed plates including plates with orig hand-coloring & color frontis, one foldout plate, 2 folding maps, table including foldout table of 11 dialects, other engraved illus. original red blind-stamped cloth, with gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped with tear, corners a little worn, lightly foxed on few leaves but clean copy, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ferguson 9339. The author describes the peoples of New Guinea, the Arru Islands, Ceram, the Moluccas, the Philippines, Mindanao, Sulu, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, the Adamans, the Sunda Chain as well as Melville Island and North Australia, Port Essington, Carpentaria (Australian aboriginees).
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; vii, 427 pp, 8 plates including frontis, 2 double-page maps (one with damage in blank margin), other illus. original brown cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, with gilt spine title lettering, internal hinges strengthened, lacks rear blank endpaper, old owner's stamp on title erased, good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 306. Hill 101: "First edition of a significant book on Tongan history, which has chapters on the discovery of the South Seas, Captain Cook's visits to Tonga, the Methodist mission, the civil war in Tonga and the reign of King George." One of the plates is on the different types of coral found there, another plate shows two types of canoes used by the natives.
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes complete, xx, 392; xxvi, 627 pp, frontis in each volume with tissue guard, plates from photos and drawings, other illustrations from drawings, 7 maps and charts (most colored, some folding), tables, indexes. original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, partly unopened, spines a little faded but lettering clear, cover lightly spotted, light foxing on endpaper, else near fine set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A massive undertaking by this renowned naturalist. Volume I is on Vanua Levu, Fiji, with a description of its leading physical and geographical characters, including volcanic, hot springs, magnetic rocks, coral, etc; volume II is on plant dispersal, the latter being a detailed and pioneering study on the movement and drift of seeds and fruit in the tropics and across the Pacific. An important work and major contribution.
8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; xi, 298 pp, 14 plates including frontis, including 9 tinted lithographed plates, 5 engraved plates, other engraved illus, folding map showing route of ship, plan of ruins at Ascension, appendix. original pebbled cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edge lightly rubbed, light wear of lower corner, internal hinge cracked but firm, interior clean, frontis with tissue guard, very good+, complete with all plates, etc, as per list. A picture of this book Taylor 113. Ferguson 10528. The Fawn sailed from Sydney Australia and visited Niue, Samoa, Tutuila, Pago-Pago, Upolu, Apia, Savail, Uea, Moa, Fiji, Kunaie, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, etc and provides interesting information on the peoples, geography, conditions, customs, etc. The appendix is on fossils in New Zealand, treatment of females in Niue, cannibalism in Fiji, Tokilau, etc.
large and thick 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; xv, 552 pp, 86 fine illustrations from drawings, mostly full-page, 4 folding colored maps, appendix of words, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, external joints lightly rubbed, first 50 leaves with light dampstain in upper margin, mostly small, else very good+, sound and solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request Wood 562: 'They form important contributions to the vertebrate zoology of the explored regions'. Originally printed in German and published over a 10 year period, they are reproduced without any major changes here in English for the first time. Besides the descriptions of natural history, especially birds and mammals, there is much on the peoples, conditions and overall narrative of his travels.
