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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]; vi, [i, errata sheet inserted loose], 488, 32 [publisher's ads dated January 1853] pp, 7 plates including 4 colored lithographed plates, frontis, other engraved illus, large folding engraved map, tables. later cloth, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, minor foxing or light stain on few leaves, mostly marginal, short presentation inscription to the Survey of the North Pacific & China Seas, from 'the Observatory', 1853, very good+ copy, sound. Abbey Travel 602. Ferguson 9436. Snow 633. Taylor 80. Hill p. 98. Good descriptions of customs, society, conditions, bit on cannibalism, etc, Savage Island, Manua, Tutuila, Upolu, Samoa, Vavau, Lifuka, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Port Jackson, etc.
PARIS, Bureaux du Journal des Voyages et à La Librairie Illustrée - 1 fort volume In-folio - 1/2 Reliure - Dos lisse orné de filets dorés - Livraison hebdomadaire - N°357, 4/10/1903 au N° 421, 25/12/1904 - Chaque Numéo avec la "Une" illustrée PP - Nombreuses illustrations en texte - Pagination 307 à 472, + 488 + 468 + 72 pages - mouillures aux dernières pages - Soit 75 Numéros . Revue de vulgarisation, "Le Journal des Voyages", publié à partir de 1877 par la Librairie illustrée, adopte une formule proche du "Tour du Monde" - Les différentes chroniques sur le mouvement géographique, la marine, les conquêtes militaires, le commerce, l'agriculture ou l'histoire naturelle offrent néanmoins une excellente source d'informations factuelles sur l'Afrique coloniale. Les "aventures de terre ou de mer" - naufrages, chasses périlleuses - dramatisées par la puissance évocatrice des illustrations mettent en avant les épisodes les plus spectaculaires des récits de voyages
In-8 (Cm 28 x 22), pp. 234, brossura editoriale illustrata con alette. Illustrazioinn bianco nero e colori nel testo. Collana Documenti di architettura, 110. COME NUOVO
8vo., First Edition, with a facsimile as frontispiece and 7 plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on Grant's own journal. Includes his conviction, transportation to Australia, pardon and return.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
London, Frederick Warne & Co., Publishers, s.a. (1894). 4to.; XX-322 pp., con numerosas ilustraciones fotográficas y dibujos entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela verde estampada. Más de la mitad de éste singular texto está dedicado a Australia, siempre desde el punto de vista que indica el autor en el prefacio, donde afirma, como buen chauvinista y sin pudor alguno, que Francia "is the foremost country in the world".
LYON, Ed. des Remparts, Collection "Rêves Bleus" N°81 - Sans date - In-8In-8 Carré - Broché, avec Jaquette illustrée en couleurs - 223 pages - Très bon état.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription.
Australia, 1989, 4to cartonato editoriale con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 240 completamente illustrato da tavole ed illustrazioni a colori.
Milano, 1950, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 1191/1200 con fotografie e tavole fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
in 4o, pp. 18, br. Rivista dedicata agli emigranti in Eritrea, Australia, Somalia, Germania, ottima (6871/ ITALIANI NEL MONDO - ERITREA - SOMALIA - GERMANIA - AUSTRALIA)
Carta geografica meteorologica originale raffigurante le isoterme di sei mesi del Sud Africa ed Australia inoltre le due rispettiva annuali. Inserita nell'opera "Bartholomew's Physical Atlas - Volume III. Atlas of Meteorology. A Series of over Four Hundred Maps. Prepared by J.G. Bartholomew ... A.J. Herbertson ... Alexr. Buchan. Under the Patronage of the Royal Geographical Society. Prepared at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute".
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xiii, 263 pp, colored frontispiece plate, numerous plates from photos, map, index`. original brown cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, pictorial endpaper, spine edges rubbed, interior quite clean and fine in good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. It has been claimed that nowhere else in the world does so much wild beauty exist in such a small area, as Tasmania, and the author's travels and descriptions through this land filled with mountains, rivers, lakes and fine coastal scenery tends to prove it. With descriptions of settlements, people, nature.
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.
No marks or inscriptions. Very slight small crease to rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly indented front board and no bumping to corners. 96pp. The story of the famous liner SS Great Britain's 32 round trips to Australia between 1852 and 1875 - with the names and personal details of 14,000 passengers.
Adelaide, Rigby, 1976, 8vo tela editoriale con sovraccopertina illustrata, pp. 64 con disegni n.t. Raccolta di schizzi di scorci della cittadina australiana.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 240 pages. Previous owner's inscription. Slight wear to cover with creases at lower front corner. Contents: The Colonials; Charles Heaphy; William Fox; Reverend John Kinder; Arrivals and Departures; James McLachlan Nairn; Petrus Van Der Velden; The Search for a National Identity; Christopher Perkins; The Nineteen-forties; Mountford Tosswill Woollaston; Contemporary Developments, 1947-67; Colin McCahon; Patrick Hanly; Painting in the Seventies; Sources; Index.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii] 192pp, map, plates, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (light crease, slightly used, not price clipped), else near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting, and, at times, hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists.
8vo [24 x 16cm]; [xii] 192 pp, maps, plates, bibliog., index. original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (bit rubbed at edge, not price clipped), clean, fine and unused in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting and hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists. This is the author's first travel book, which launched his career as a travel writer.
8vo [24 x 16cm]; [xii] 192pp, maps, plates, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (slightly rubbed), remainder mark at lower edge, else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting and hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists. This is the book that launched the author's career as a travel writer.
(Codice VO/0839) In 8° (23 cm) 192 pp. Con una cartina e molte foto a colori. Cartone editoriale, ottimo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
In-8, brossura, pp. 367. Prima edizione italiana. In buono stato (good copy).
in-4 (30 x 22 cm), 23 pages, illustrations en noir et en couleurs, broché. VG+++ - Bel exemplaire. [P-45] Catalogue de vente, contenant la description de 8 lots.
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.
