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VG/VG some creasing to ends of dj over spine, which is a touch sunned. Foreword by Gerald Durrell. In this book the author recalls her adventures with creatures wild and not so wild, from the years when her suburban backyard housed a menagerie of zoo proportions, to the joyous days when her dream of established a wildlife sanctuary was fulfilled
Andrew Sayers Aborigenal Artists of the Nineteenth Century. Melbourne, Oxford University Press 1994 english, 162 This important volume brings together for the first fime the work of Aborigenal artists of the Nineteenth century - largely unknown field. Opera in lingua inglese con copertina morbida in brossura, immagini a colori e in b/n. slb20
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.
folio [30 x 22 cm]; xii, 237 pp, numerous illustrations and plates, mostly in color, detailed bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, pictorial endpapers, dj, fine and clean copy, unused. 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.
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.
Lots of illustrations and information. Covers rubbed with wear at edges and creased at front corner.
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
Photography in color , very beautiful book . - 248 p. , 1 kg 800 gr.
Book in virtually mint condition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 61pp.
Milano, dalla tipografia de' fratelli Sonzogno, 1824, voll. 4, in-12, br. editoriali, pp. XXXV, [1], 262 - 237, [1] - 287, [1] - 278. Con 13 tavole incise in rame acquerellate a mano (1 + 6 + 3 + 3). Resoconto di viaggio nel Pacifico (Western Australia, Timor, Hawaii, New South Wales). Prima edizione in lingua italiana, edita nella “Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo tanto per terra quanto per mare dopo quelli del celebre Cook e non pubblicati fin ora in lingua italiana”. Ottima copia (solo lievissimi difetti ai dorsi e una piccola gora a una copertina posteriore), nella sua brossura editoriale.
Madrid-Zaragoza, 2009. 4to.; XLIX pp., 393 pp. Cubiertas originales.
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Catalogue of a major exhibition touring to Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney in 1987.
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
XVIII, 429 p., ill. n.t.; 24 cm. Cart. edit. con sovrac. Ex libris e firma di proprietà al risguardo
Original Prospectus Piece for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography', published by W. & A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh, 1894. With a sample colour map of New Zealand from the Atlas, list of maps and plans, and an order form. Single leaf, double sided, measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30cm). Near Fine Condition. The Atlas contained 112 coloured plates, maps, and plans of cities, and an introduction, giving an account of geographical discovery and political territorial changes in the nineteenth century, by J. Scott Keltie, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 711, [i, errata] pp, frontis (portrait), 8 color plates from paintings (one of Cassowary, others of flowers), many other plates and illustrations from photos, maps, glossary, index. original green cloth, spine and cover title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, not price clipped), interior is clean and fine, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The botanist author, describes the flora, trees, grasses, etc in each region of Australia as well as botanical excursions in Victoria, appendices on wildflowers, grasses, Australian aborigines, birds, mammals of Australia, termites, erosion, Australian exploration, etc. Very well-illustrated.
Title: The Tedi River District of Papua. Author: Leo Austen Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1923. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: As early as six years prior to Charles Karius and Ivan Champion launching their famous 1926 expedition to cross New Guinea from the Fly to the Sepik, Australian army officer Leo Austen who would soon after become an anthropologist, led several pioneering patrols into the area. In 1922 he was placed in charge of an expedition to explore the country surrounding the Alice River [now known as the Ok Tedi River]. His party included one other officer, a Malay interpreter, twelve armed Papuan natives, and thirty-five Papuan carriers. As he notes the river's navigability and other important geographical features, he also observes various people groups settled along the banks and slightly inland. The Yonggom people and their customs are described at length. Piercing and tattooing, specific superstitions, confessions of cannibalism, fire making practices, cooking on hot stones, plaited fibre and sago leaf skirts for loin cloths, raised dwellings made of dirt and sago leafs with woven rattan doorways and constructed on posts or stilts, principal food staples, the use of long bamboo sticks for preserving water, and European influenced tobacco smoking, are some of the topics discussed in an unbiased manner. Both informative and engaging, Austen's firsthand account of a survey of the Ok Tedi District, formerly known as Alice River, describes a natural paradise, as it was in its virgin, undamaged state, three decades before Kennecott discovered the fabulous copper and gold deposit at Mount Fubilan near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi. He also visited several villages at the foot of the Star Mountains. 8vo. 15 pages, plus a full page sketch map for illustration. 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. Leo Austen (1894-1956) was born Leopold Novak Augstein in Brisbane. He was working as a clerk when World War I began and immediately enlisted. He landed with the first troops at Gallipoli and served in France where he was wounded. He returned to Australia in 1918 as a lieutenant and, with his brothers, changed his Austrian surname to Austen to avoid the anti-German sentiment after the war. On 3 April 1919 he joined Hubert Murray’s Papuan Service as a temporary Patrol Officer based at Daru in the lonely Western Division. He went on to lead many great patrols, there and elsewhere. In 1926 a Chair of Anthropology had been set up at the University of Sydney, partly to train Cadet Patrol Officers of the then separate New Guinea Department of District Services. Hubert Murray allowed some of his officers, including Leo, to attend the lectures. Leo eventually obtained qualifications as an anthropologist and began a parallel career producing many learned monographs and a book on Papua. The 1930s saw a massive upheaval of traditional societies in Papua due to increased European influence. Leo sought to restore and maintain the traditional cohesion of those societies, and was particularly successful in encouraging the revival of the paramount luluais in his favourite haunts in the Trobriand Islands. Leo became part of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) during World War II and attended the major ANGAU conference in February 1944. Towards the end of the war he was the presiding magistrate at the trial of a number of local people accused of collaborating with the Japanese. Later he Leo obtained a position with Aboriginal Welfare in Casino New South Wales, and continued to advocate for aboriginal rights, in various ways, until his final days.
Large coloured map (650 x 900 mm), folding down to 16 sections, small hole to one fold otherwise in excellent condition.
Original Australian parliamentary paper, printed on a single folio blue sheet, double sided, measuring approximately 13.5 inches x 8.5 inches (34cm x 22cm). In very good and original condition. This is an original document printed by the government of Victoria, Australia, during the Victorian gold rush, providing rules and regulations respecting the issue of licenses for mining, under the authority of the Local Act, entitled "An Act for the better management of the gold fields of Victoria".
Black quarto; 94 p, b&w illus ; 27 cm. Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Semiannual Periodicals; Cultural Studies.
291pp., frontis., orig. wrappers, gilt, 2787 lots.
