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Author Chatwin poses two questions: Why is humankind the most restless and dissatisfied animal, and is the wandering life really less 'normal' than settling in one place and living in a dwelling?; 8vo; 293 pages
Author Chatwin and travelling companion Arkady travel through aboriginal Australia, the last place on earth occupied not by shepherds, tribal cultures, or cities, but by the most ancient hunter-gatherers. ; 8vo; 293 pages
Very Good English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In English. [6], 61, [2] p., b/w ills. Change and persistence of Turkish culture: Seminar papers, 14 April 1984, Monash University. This publication brings together three papers for presentation at the Seminar 'Change and Persistence of Turkish Culture 14 April 1984' organised by the Australian-Turkish Friendship Society in association with the Centre for Migrant Studies, Monash University. The financial support of the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission is gratefully acknowledged. Contents: Turkish culture through ages: Change and persistance, RAHMI AKÇELIK.; The influences on Turkish poetry, novel and short story genre, HARVEY BROADBENT.; The maintenance of Turkish identity in the migration situation, JOY ELLEY.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 108 pages. Re-bound by library in bright red buckram cloth. Oblong: 10 3/4"w x 8 1/2"h. Catalogue of 72 drawings, all full page in b&w by Pierre Alechinsky, James brooks, Jim Dine, Russell Drysdale, Helen Frankenthaler, Franco Gentilini, David Hockney, Patrick heron, Oskar Kokoschka, Willem de Kooning, Henri Michaux, Ben Nicholson, Victor Pasmore, Lloyd Rees, Bridget Riley, Jack Smith Antoni Tapies, and many others.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription.
Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 171 pages.
Minor browning and light chipping to DJ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages
"Marianne North was one of those intrepid Victorian Lady Travellers, most renowned for her brilliant botanical paintings, displayed in specially designed Gallery in the Botanical Gardens at Kew. This book uses extracts from her autobigraphical account of her travels ("Recollections of a Happy Life. Being the Autobiography of Marianne North". Edited by Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. Two volumes. 1894) and is beautifully illustrated with her paintings, many reproduced for the first time. The book was published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Preface by J P M Brenan, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical note by Brenda E Moon. 240p. illus (col) maps on endpapers. A nice book to send as a gift ! Book
A clean, unmarked book. Metal comb binding. 384 pages. Many color photos.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 345 pages. Very slight edge wear to dust jacket.
An exhaustive analysis of the various linguistic, political and religious attitudes and activities of different "Macedonian" immigrants in Australia. By examining how the inter-communal controversies arose in Australia it also reveals much about the complicated ethnic mixtures of the Balkan states and the ways in which they were politically exploited even in their new environment.387p. illus. bibliography. index Book
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 247 pages. Previous owner's name inside. This book provides the classification names (Latin, English and Maori), a brief statement on status and distribution, and references to relevant literature for nearly 400 living and extinct species of New Zealand birds.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and interior/text is clean with no marking of any kind. 290 pages with over 400 illustrations including b&w photos throughout, mechanical diagrams, layouts, maps, scale drawings, fleet lists, etc.
pp. XL, 499, (7). 8vo. 260 mm. Original full cloth binding. Dust jacket. Slightly soiled. With a manuscript presentation: "To Bill (Lieberman) - For a world united in peace and understanding - Scholom. Peg & Jim (Smith), Dec. 1973." Bill (in the U.S.) and the Smiths (in N.Z.) were longtime tapespondents (pen pals via cassette tape). Seventh Edition. Hardbound. Very good. ORIENT 3
Ex-library book witht he usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for several pages previous to page 58 that are heavily underlined in pencil. Nice condition. 364 pages, maps, charts, tables.
A sound book with clean pages and clear content.
Text is clean, clear and bright throughout. Cover is in very good, clean condition. Used
folio [30 x 22 cm]; xii, 237 pp, numerous illustrations and plates, mostly in color from early sources, detailed bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, pictorial endpapers, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean copy, unused and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the discovery of the unique fauna such as the Kiwi, Moa, Takahe and the Tuatara beginning with the voyages of Captain Cook to the end of the Victorian era. Attractive illustrations include those of Parkinson, Forster, Lear, Gould, Wolf, Martyn, Keulemans and Donovan cover all aspects of animal, bird, marine and insect life.
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.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 188 pages.
4to [26.5 x 18 cm]; xxii, [ii], 491, [i] pp, frontis, 134 illustrations including many full-page from old sources, some double-page, tables, maps including folding, map endpapers. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, endpaper signature, very good+, interior is clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A collection of articles and extracts from older sources on the natural sciences of the former Dutch colonies, a very useful reference with contributions by many eminent scientists including David Fairchild, Alfred Russell Wallace, Ernst Mayer, H. O. Forbes, and many others. All the articles are in English, some produced in English for the first time, covering all aspects of natural history, geology, rubber cultivation, botany, plant hunting, tobacco, climate, agriculture, forestry, cinchona cultivation, archaeology, etc.
4to [28.5 x 21 cm]; 192 pp, colorfrontis, numerous illustrations & plates, many in color, from orig sources, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the work and characters of the pioneering scientists in Australia, based on their letters, diaries and journals, who had sent home to Europe and America, preserved specimens of animals, flowers and rocks. Beautifully illustrated, many of which are from the travelling scientists own paintings and sketches.
London, A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1919, in-8, tela editoriale azzurra con titolo ed impressioni a secco al dorso, tavola a colori applicata al piatto anteriore, pp. VIII, 203, (1). Con 32 tavole a colori di Norman H. Hardy, F. & W. Wright and Percy F. S. Spence, ed una grande carta piegata in fine. Scoloriture al margine inf. di ambedue i piatti, cerniera anteriore debole, ma buone condizioni. Prima edizione.
Traduzione: Cacioppo Giuseppe dall'inglese . Pagine: 384 . Illustrazioni: 16 tavole fuori testo e 10 nel testo . Formato: 16° . Rilegatura: Cartonato beige . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Bruniture . Collana: Il cammeo n°213 .
This volume covers the author's life from the moment he left the Embassy School of Acting in London in 1936 until his demobilisation in 1946. Dedication to Peter Coke by author on title page. 211 pages. 61 illustrations. Front cover lower corner creased.