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LEÓN TELLO, Pilar.
Catálogo de Mapas, Planos y Dibujos en la Sección de Estado del Archivo Histórico Nacional.
Madrid, Ministerio de Educación, 1969. 4to. mayor; 205 pp., 2 hs. y 19 láminas aparte. Cubiertas originales.
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Libero Fracassetti
Pacifico Valussi. Saggio biografico critico
Un volume di 121 pagine, brossura editoriale. Dimensioni: 16x23,5 cm. Parziale mancanza del piatto superiore e del dorso della brossura, sporadiche e lievissime fioriture (che non compromettono il testo); per il resto interno in ottime condizioni.
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Lieftinck, M.A.
Revision of the Indo-Australian Species of the Genus Thyreus (Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Part 3. Oriental and Australian species.
1962 212 p., 72 figs, 3 pls, paperbound. Published in: Zoologische Verhandelingen. Crisp new copy.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : EH11844
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Lieftinck, M.A.
Revision of the Indo-Australian Species of the Genus Thyreus (Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Part 3. Oriental and Australian species.
1962 212 p., 72 figs, 3 pls, paperbound. Published in: Zoologische Verhandelingen. Library stamp.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : EH19263
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Lightfoot, Gordon
Gordon Lightfoot Anthology Volume 1 (One): Sheet Music for Piano with Lyrics and Guitar Chords
120 pages. Four pages of black and white reproductions of photos. Songs include: A Minor Ballad; Bitter Green; Black Day in July; Boss Man; Canadian Railroad Trilogy; Cold Hands from New York; Crossroads; Did She Mention My Name; Does Your Mother Know; Don't Beat Me Down; Early Mornin' Rain; Go Go Round; Go My Way; Home from the Forest; If You Got It; I'll Be Alright; I'm Not Sayin'; I Want to Hear it From You; Last Time I Saw Her; The Long River; Long Way Back Home; Magnificent Outpouring; May I; Mountains and Marian; Peaceful Waters; The Pony Man; Pussywillows Cat-Tails; Ribbon of Darkness; Rich Man Spiritual; Rosanna; Sixteen Miles (to Seven Lakes); Softly; Something Very Special; Song for a Winter's Night; Steel Rail Blues; (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me; Walls; The Way I Feel; Wherefore and Why. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Short openings at each end of spine. A quality working copy of this wonderful vintage compilation. Book
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Lightfoot, Gordon; Sears, Jerry - Piano Arrangements
Lightfoot!: Original Gordon Lightfoot Songbook - Words and Music, Chord Symbols and Diagrams Included
27 pages. Circa 1966. Unmarked. Songs include: Early Mornin' (Morning) Rain; For Lovin' (Loving) Me; I'm Not Sayin' (Saying); Peaceful Waters; Ribbon of Darkness; Rich Man Spiritual; Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes); Steel Rail Blues; The Long River; The Way I Feel. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this beloved compilation. Book
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Lingé Gabriel
L'étrange destin de Hawaii
Robert Laffont. 1975. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 264 pages augmentées de quelques illustrations et cartes en noir et blanc, hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : RO30309999
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LINGE Gabriel
Nouvelle Zélande, terre des Maoris
P, Laffont 1972, in8br, 299pp, ill photos hors texte Langue: Français
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ML1878
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Lindauer, Gottfried (Ill.) and J. C. Graham (Ed.)
Maori Paintings. Pictures from the Partridge Collection of Paintings by Gottfried Lindauer. Edited and with an Introduction by J. C. Graham
Wellington, u.a. Reed, 1977. 116 SS., davon 48 farbige Tafeln, meist mit Portraits. 4° (ca. 29 x 23 cm), braune original Leinwand, Rücken goldgeprägt. Im illustr. original Schutzumschlag (dieser etwas berieben und altersspurig).
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 24292
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LINDSAY, David
An Expedition Across Australia from South to North, Between the Telegraph Line and The Queensland Boundary, in 1885-6.
21 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 8.5 x 23 inches (22 x 59cm). 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. David Lindsay was an Australian explorer and surveyor and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. This is an abridged account of his important journey across Australia in 1885-6, in which he passed through a large tract of previously unexplored country in the Northern Territory of South Australia, west of the Queensland boundary. This valuable and absorbing account describes his expedition of the Finke River and excursion to the western boundary of Queensland, also includes an extensive chronological report of his journey from Dalhousie to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Accompanied by a spectacular fold-out colour map illustrating the explorations and surveys in the northern territories of South Australia. The map stretches from the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north to the Truer or Macumba in the south, showing Lindsay's track, survey lines, and telegraph lines. Also included is an impressive Vocabulary list, containing some important native words with their English translations.
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Livingstone, James M.
The Contenders : The Rise of the Pacific Powers
VG+ hardcover. 304 p. Printed boards. Sticker on FEP. Clean and sound pages. Used
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Lloyd, Christopher
PACIFIC HORIZONS The Exploration of the Pacific before Captain Cook
DJ browned and with light chipping along edges. Price clipped. Boards browned along edges and with one corner lightly bumped; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 188 pages
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Lloyd, Nancy
Observing Our Peninsula's Past: The Age of Legends Through 1931, Volume One of the Chinook Observer Centennial Project
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 10 3/4"w x 8 3/8"h. 168 pages. Many b&w illustrations and photographs.
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Lnoi Patlias [aka Pacifique de Valigny], & H G Ganss, composer
Papeoiteoei Maoi Gtapegiagan. Oelimgosit gotjino papeoit. Hymne au pape Micmac
New York: J. Fischer & Bro 1908. Broadsheet title on recto musical notation on verso; lyrics in Micmac; paper evenly toned near fine. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. J. Fischer & Bro unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 47879
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Lnoi Patlias aka Pacifique de Valigny & H. G. Ganss composer
Papeoiteoei Maoi Gtapegiagan. Oelimgosit gotjino papeoit. Hymne au pape Micmac
New York: J. Fischer & Bro 1908. Broadsheet title on recto musical notation on verso; lyrics in Micmac; paper evenly toned near fine. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. <br/><br/> J. Fischer & Bro unknown books
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 47879
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Local and State Young Men's Christian Associations of the Western and Pacific States
Pioneer Manual Boys' Edition - YMCA - Boy Scouts
State Execurtive Committee Young Men's Christian Associations no date- c . 1920. paperback. very good condition with a bit of wear - 24 pages - Pprt of ther page for the Pionerr's personal record in filled out - shipping via USPS. State Execurtive Committee Young Men's Christian Associations paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 72184
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Lockley, Fred & Marshall N Dana
More Power to You
<p>Portland OR: The Oregon Journal 1934. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8-1/2" x 12" Hardcover; 112pp; Black boards with silver titling to front minor scuffing & edgewear to boards text unmarked binding is sound VG- condition. Scarce vintage volume devoted to educating the public about the building of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in order to generate electric power for the region. Illustrated with photos.</p> The Oregon Journal hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 019540
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Logan Leanne & Cole Geert
Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Lonely Planet. 2001. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 272 pages - nombreuses cartes, nombreux plans et quelques dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte - quelques planches de photos en couleurs - texte sur deux colonnes - quelques mots surlignés au surligneur jaune à l'intérieur de l'ouvrage ne gênant pas la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : R100071844
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Lombard, Laurence
Flight to Alaska - 1930
<p>Private Printing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges lightly foxed jacket rubbed and . edgeworn. 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth binding xiii 139pp. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Photos. Lombard and his friend Pete Blodgett flew from Boston to Alaska and back again in an open cockpit biplane for a bear-hunting holiday in 1930. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Private Printing hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 60497
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London, Jack (1876-1916).
SOUTH SEA TALES.
327 p. + Frontis. Old paper stain on first leaves. Small 8vo. 19 cm. Original green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Jack London's triangular monogram set within a circle, blind-stamped on the upper board. Unusual Photo portrait ownership of Robert C. Bair, (York, PA) 1928. Unusual Photo portrait ownership bookplate of Robert C. Bair, (York, PA) 1928. Bair was involved in politics and served as the Director of Historical Society of York County. Spine title indicates that this is from 'The Works of Jack London' but the text is almost identical to the earliest editions . Excellent condition. Great for reading or as a gift. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W57
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LORD, Walter
Midway, l'incroyable victoire - 4 juin 1942
PARIS, Robert Laffont - 1969 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture rempliée illustrée - Garde illustrée d'une carte - Illustrations NB HT - 338 pages - Bon exemplaire
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 16606
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LORD, Walter.
Pearl Harbor.
Laffont. 1958. in-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. Paris, Laffont, coll. Ce jour là, 1958, in 12, broché, ill. h.t., 220 pp.. . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : R300266758
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LORD, Walter.
Pearl-Harbour.
"Laffont. Non daté. in-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. Paris, Laffont, coll. ""Ce jour là"", 1970, in 8, broché, 220 pp. Couverture partiellement désolidarisée et défraichie, coins et dos frottés. Vendu en l'état.. . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique"
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : R300266759
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LORD, Walter.
Pearl Harbour.
Robert Laffont. 1965. in-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Paris, Laffont, coll. Ce jour là, 1970, in 8, broché, illustrations h.t., 245 pp. Livre en français. . . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : R300266760
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LORD, Walter.
Pearl-Harbour. 7 Décembre 1941.
Laffont. 1958. in-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Mors fendus, Intérieur frais. Paris, Laffont, 1958, in 8, broché, photos, 245 pp.. . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : R300266761 ISBN : 222109493
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LORD (Walter).
Pearl Harbour. 7 décembre 1941.
Laffont, 1965, pt in-8°, 220 pp, 16 pl. de photos et un dépliant hors texte (un plan de Pear Harbour et une carte), broché, couv. illustrée à rabats, état correct (Coll. Ce jour-là)
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LORD (Walter).
Pearl Harbour. 7 décembre 1941.
Laffont, 1970, gr. in-8°, 246 pp, traduit de l'anglais, 24 pl. de photos, un plan de Pear Harbour et une carte hors texte, broché, couv. illustrée à rabats, bon état (Coll. Ce jour-là)
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 28226
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Lord Walter
Le due ore di Pearl Harbor
in 16° br. fig. a col. pp.294, 12 ill.ni e una carta, ben tenuto
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LORD Walter
Lonely Vigil. Coastwatchers of the Solomons. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; green boards, blue cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with or two short closed tears. Enser, p.54.
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Lord, Walter
LONELY VIGIL Coastwatchers of the Solomons
DJ tattered and taped. ; Author Lord, best known for books about the Titanic, here describes operations behind Japanese lines during World War II; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 272 pages
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Lord, Walter
Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons
322p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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LORD, Walter
Midway, l'incroyable victoire - 4 juin 1942
PARIS, Robert Laffont - 1969 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture rempliée illustrée - Garde illustrée d'une carte - Illustrations NB HT - 338 pages - Bon exemplaire
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LORD, Walter; traduzione di Enrico Massa.
Le due ore di Pearl Harbour.
16mo.; pp. 293; 12 illustrazioni fuori testo e 1 carta; brossura editoriale illustrata. <BR>Copertina con traccie d'uso; complessivamente in buono stato.<BR>Prima edizione nella collezione "I Garzanti".
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Lorenz, Claudia; McKay, Kathryn; Ikeda, Anne; Lees, Kathi
Trademarks and Salmon Art: A Brand New Perspective
58 pages. Lovely colour and black and white illustrations. A Collective Study on British Columbian Salmon Can Labels, 1890-1950. Library markings to contents. Exterior clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
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Lorimer, George Horace: Editor
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine: Volume 203 July 12, 1930 Number 2
140 pages. Contributors include: Henry Ford (The Fear of Overproduction), Ben Hecht, Leonard H. Nason, Margaret Culkin Banning, Captain Charles B. Scully, Katherine M. Schmitt, Joseph Hergesheimer. Nice contemporary advertisements from Del Monte, Coke, Camay, Campbell's Soup, Sunbrite Cleanser, Cord Auto, Graham Auto, Dodge Six, Essex Auto, Edison Mazda Lamps, Fordor Sedan (by Ford), Cellophane, Buick, Reo Speed Wagon, Valspar, Northern Pacific Rail Line, White Trucks, McCormick-Deering Industrial Power (*wonderful black and white photographs*), The Knapp-Felt Hat, A&P. Articles include: Why Drown? by Charles Scully, The Story of an Early Switchboard Operator, Tears to periphery of cover otherwise a solid copy with average wear. Book
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Lorimer, George Horace: Editor
The Saturday Evening Post Magazine: Volume 203 July 12, 1930 Number 2
134 pages. Contributors include: Isaac F. Marcosson, Vincent sheean, Nunnally Johnson, Alfredo Codona, Gilbert Patten, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Colonel Givens, John H. Doeg. Lovely vintage advertisements from: Whitman's Chocolates, Campbell's Soup, De Soto, Cadillac V-8, GM Radio, Oldsmobile, Ford Auto, Hudson and Essex, Reo-Royale, Willys Cars, Log Cabin Syrop, Auburn Auto, Sparton Radio, Nash Auto, Packard, Franklin Auto, Canada Dry. Articles include: Dime-Novel Days, Gymnasts (The Flying Codonas), Nevada Stories, Tennis as a Career, The Secretary to President Coolidge. Large tear to cover-fold and front cover else average wear. Nice solid copy. Book
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Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce (Sponsored by). - Clifford W Henderson, Phillip T Henderson (Management)
1936 Official Publication National Air Races Los Angeles Municipal Airport Los Angeles September 4 5 6 7. 16th Annual World's Premier Air Classic
Los Angeles 1936. Near fine. Folio pp. 56 illustrations advertisements full page Coca-Cola ad in color on the inside back cover. Nice art deco front cover. Separate sheet "Today's Racing Entries Friday September Fourth laid in loose. -- No notable defects. -- Overall Condition. "The National Air Races also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races are a series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in the United States since 1920. The science of aviation and the speed and reliability of aircraft and engines grew rapidly during this period; the National Air Races were both a proving ground and showcase for this. -- In 1920 publisher Ralph Pulitzer sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race and the Pulitzer Speed Trophy for military airplanes at Roosevelt Field Long Island New York in an effort to publicize aviation and his newspaper. The races eventually moved to Cleveland in 1929 where they were known as the Cleveland National Air Races.2 They drew the best flyers of the time including James Doolittle Wiley Post Tex Rankin Frank Hawks Jimmy Wedell Roscoe Turner and others from the pioneer age of aviation. These air races helped to inspire Donald Blakeslee as a young boy. Other races included in the U.S. National Air Races were the Mitchell Trophy Race the Town & Country Club Race for civilians the Kansas City Rotary Club Trophy "for all three military services" and the Glenn Curtiss Trophy Race for "biplanes with engines having less than 510 cubic inches. Starting in 1929 the races usually ran for up to 10 days usually from late August to early September to include Labor Day. Aviation promoter Cliff Henderson was managing director of the National Air Races from 1928 to 1939. During World War II the races were on hiatus. The races included a variety of events including cross-country races originating in Portland Oakland and Los Angeles with a final destination in Cleveland.4: 79-81 Also included were landing contests glider demonstrations airship flights and parachute-jumping contests. The more popular events were the Thompson Trophy Races which started in 1929; a closed-course race where aviators raced their planes around pylons; and the Bendix Trophy Race the "transcontinental air race" across most of the USA starting in 1931. In 1929 a Santa Monica California to Cleveland Ohio route was started for the Women's Air Derby nicknamed the "Powder Puff Derby" featuring well-known female pilots such as Amelia Earhart Pancho Barnes Bobbi Trout and Louise Thaden. Thaden was the winner in the heavy Class D engines with 510-810 cubic inches 8400-13300 cm3 while Phoebe Omlie won the light Class C engines with 275-510 cubic inches 4510-8360 cm3. This was also the year for the first female pylon race the winner of which was awarded the Aerol Trophy beginning in 1931".-wikipedia. unknown
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LOS ANGELES SECURITY PACIFIC CORPORATION
The Security Pacific Collection 1970-1985: Selected Works
Los Angeles: 1985. 1985. 4to. pp. 233. colour illus. throughout several fold-outs. cloth. dw. tear to head of spine. First Edition. F. Hardcover. Los Angeles: [1985]. Hardcover
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LOS ANGELES. Pacific Electric Railway
PANORAMIC PHOTO OF LONG BEACH
ca. 1920 by Aerograph Co. Los Angeles with blindstamp in lower left corner. Framed in a black wooden frame with white mat. Framed size: 13 1/2" x 26". F. Soft cover. paperback books
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LOS ANGELES. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Sight Seeing Trolley Trips: The Way to See Southern California
Los Angeles California n.p. 1981. 1981. Folding 6 panel brochure 8" x 22". 11 tinted color photographs; map by D.W. Pontius; blue background on front panel. Very good. Scarce. Includes advertisements for Mt. Lowe Orange Empire Trolley trip to Redlands Balloon trip Old Mission Trip. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, California [n.p.] 1981. unknown books
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Lovesey, Peter
KEYSTONE: A Murder Mystery at the Keystone Film Company SIGNED COPY
London United Kingdom: Macmillan 1983. 1st ed. Fine in unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by Lovesey at title page. Laid in is a bookplate stating that 20 copies of this book were signed on June 28th 1983 and that this is numbered 5. A murder mystery at the Keystone Film Company 1915 with Mack Sennett 'Fatty' Arbuckle & Mabel Norman. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Macmillan Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 018310 ISBN : 0333350448 9780333350447
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LUCAS PHILLIPS, C.E. et KERANS, J.S.
"L'évasion de Chine de la Frégate ""Amethist""."
France-Empire. 1972. in-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. Paris, France-Empire, 1972, in 12, broché, photos, 318 pp.. . . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacifique
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Luc Chevalier, Jean-Claude Fevai
Les armées en Nouvelle-Calédonie de 1853 à 1939
Relié, 221 pages, paru en 1989 aux éditions du Cagou, livre en très bon état général.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : HIS5447M
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LUCATT, Edward.
Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California, by a Merchant long resident at Tahiti.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, And Logmans, 1851, 2 tomos, 19,5 x 12,5 cm., holandesa de época, XII + 351 págs. = XI + 371 págs. y un total de 4 láminas litográficas en colores. (El autor visitó las islas de Auckland, Nueva Zelandia, Pitcairn y las islas de Hawaii y Filipinas, entre otras; en Tahití relata los problemas de su anexión por parte de Francia. En el último capítulo relata su visita a Sacramento y San Francisco durante la fiebre del oro).
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Lucchesi Flavio
Italiani d'Australia. L'emigrazione valtellinese nel nuovissimo continente dalle origini ai giorni nostri
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LUFFMAN, Charles Bogue (1862-1920).
Quiet Days in Spain.
London, John Murray, 1910. 4to.; XVI-318 pp. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo del autor. Encuadernación original en tela sajona estampada. La segunda publicación sobre España de Luffman, tras "A Vagabond in Spain" (1895). Recorre Málaga , Ronda, Granada, Sevilla , Albacete, Murcia, Cartagena, Orihuela, Valencia, Denia, Sagunto, Barcelona, Montserrat, Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca, Cáceres, Redondela, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, Orense, León, Covadonga y Bilbao. La obra refleja el interés profesional del autor en aspectos agrícolas y de jardinería. Contiene un capítulo sobre la producción de Moscatel, asunto bien conocido por el desde que trabajó durante dos años como gerente de Delius Bros, comercializadora de uva pasa en Málaga con destino al Reino Unido.
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Luke, John; Tsujioka, Terry; Patch, Lori; Wolf, Teri; Shess, Thomas; Metzler, Joseph; et al
American Bungalow Magazine, Spring 2007, Issue 53 - Michael Wheelen' Home on Cover
144 pages. Features: Sun-drenched Craftsman overlooks the Pacific; Pat Spievak and collecting for daily life; Restoring an Albert Faber Masterwork; Renovating a West Los Angeles apartment in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright; Artist's timeless bungalow; Architect updates a Sears bungalow; Lewellen Studio; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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LUKE, Sir Harry
Easter Island
Author: Sir Harry Luke Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1954. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: Recounting his visit to Easter Island in April and May 1952, the widely travelled author presents a lively account of the lesser-known history of slavery and slave-driven industries which nearly devastated the famous volcanic island, including the especially ruinous guano industry raid of 1862. [In 1862, Peruvian slavers made a ruthless raid on Rapa Nui and took about a thousand islanders - including the king - to work the guano deposits on Peru's Chincha Islands. The hardships and oppressions endured by the Chinese laborers who were employed in digging guano have been descrbed as a system of the worst kind of slavery.] In contrast, he also discusses the political and economic situation at the time of his visit, including the merino sheep industry, artisans retaining one ancient tradition, and British-led efforts to support the social well-being of the inhabitants which had been terminated for political reasons by the Chilean government in 1953. Following a firsthand description of the moai monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people, and remarks on the Bird-man cult, Luke concludes by revealing that the Commonwealth was considering establishing an air route from Australia to Chile, including the construction of an air strip on Easter Island. [The most remote airport in the world, Mataveri International Airport, began its service in 1967.] Excerpts from the text: "Easter Island was a no-man's land from the time that Spain was compelled to relinquish her South American possession until 1888... for more than two generations at the mercy of the 'blackbirders,' those scourges of the Pacific who roamed from island to island, seizing by force defenceless natives to work out their plantations, mines and the like. Easter Island was one of the many islands all but ruined by these depredations." "The breach of continuity to which I have referred was brought about by the development of the guano industry on the rocky islands off the Peruvian coast, which began at the end of the 1850s. From 1859, and especially in the organized raid of December 1862, most of Easter Island's able-bodied men and its leaders, including King Kaimakoi, his son and many of the learned elders (maori), were crimped by Peruvian blackbirding expeditions and transported to those sun-scorched, glary, waterless pieces of rock whose only covering consists of deposits of stinking guano." "The fifteen who lived to see their island again introduced the smallpox to a community that had no immunity... most of those who had escaped the clutches of 'blackbirders' lost their lives in the consequent epidemic." "Adorned with clumps of eucalyptus, Persian lilac, cypress and bamboo, it is a place that leaves a lasting impression and many questions with all visitors past and present. The isolation of Easter Island, its numerous and bizarre works of art, combined with the rarety of its visitors some 50 years ago contributed to a great deal of speculation and attempted explanations of the unknown phenomena." "... I am the 'ex-Governor of the British Colonies in the Pacific' referred to in Chapter 3 of Thor Heyerdahl's fascinating book as having been present on 27 April 1947 at the launching of his most famous of rafts... I was therefore anxious... to see how far the works of Easter Island culture support his theory..." End excerpts. 8vo. 10 pages including an in-text sketch map, plus photographic plates 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. Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ (born Harry Charles Lukach) (1884-1969) was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados, Cyprus, Transcaucasia, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Malta, the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji. He wrote books on several of these countries. The Chincha Islands, or Islas Chincha, are a group of three small islands 21 km (13 mi) off the southwest coast of Peru, to which they belong, near the town of Pisco. They were of interest for their extensive guano deposits, but the supplies were mostly exhausted by 1874. Peru began the export of guano (droppings of seabirds, bats, and seals) in 1840, using slave labour. Spain, not having recognized Peru's independence (until 1879), and desiring the guano profits, occupied the islands in April 1864, setting off the Chincha Islands War (1864-1866).
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Luke, Sir Harry
From a South Seas Diary 1938-1942
Mz tela ed. c/sovr., cm13x19, pp 255 (1); 84 tavole patinate con numerose ill. in nero, sguardie illustrate. L'autore, ufficiale del Colonial Office e fra gli altri incarichi Governatore delle Fiji e Alto Commissario per il Pacifico Occidentale, raccoglie brani dei suoi diari, relativi alle Isole Fiji, la Nuova Caledonia e Nuove Ebridi, le Isole Solomon Britanniche, la Micronesia ecc, incrociando ricordi e osservazioni antropologiche con annotazioni relative alle ripercussioni degli eventi bellici in queste località. In inglese.
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Luke, Sir Harry
QUEEN SALOTE & HER KINGDOM
Light wear to DJ. Slight tanning to endpapers. Small stamp on front endpaper; The world's tallest queen (six feet three inches) , a disappearing island, and a visit from Queen Elizabeth enliven this tale of the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 136 pages
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