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1940ref. 260827024San Francisco: Colt Press 1940. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of five hundred copies small quarto size 119 pp. Mai ca.1751-1780 was mistakenly known as "Omai" in Britain and that is how many still think of him today. He was a young Polynesian priest who was brought to England in 1774 on the British ship HMS "Adventure". He was introduced to London high society by the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks who invited Mai to dine with imminent personages of the day such as the First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Sandwich the notorious and boisterous Mrs. Thrale the erudite Fanny Burney and the stubborn skeptic Samuel Johnson. After two years he was returned to Otaheite; this is the story of both his visit and retreat told by the University of Hawaii professor Thomas Blake Clark with a reproduction of Omai's portrait which was done by the eminent portraitist of the day Sir Joshua Reynolds. This is the second book of Jane Grabhorn's Colt Press's "South Sea Series" and was so successful it was reprinted the following year with a more recent reprint being issued by the University of Hawaii; the author Thomas Clark was a scholar of eighteenth century literature who served as a professor at the University. ___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter batik cloth with patterned tapa cloth covered boards printed label strip affixed to backstrip fore-edge uncut plain endpapers monochrome frontis after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds most signatures remain unopened; handset type rag paper small quarto size just under 9 3/4" by 7 3/4" pagination: i-iv 1-114 115 first and limited edition of five hundred copies. ___CONDITION: Near fine the binding is clean and bright text block is strong with solid hinges internally clean with no foxing and free of prior owner markings; some light foxing to the cloth backstrip and some very minor rubbing to the corners and bottom board edges else fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Colt Press hardcover
ref. 726COLT PRESS. COLT PRESS CLARK Thomas Blake. OMAI FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND. San Francisco: The Colt Press 1940. 4to. Cloth spine bark paper over boards. iv 114 1 pages. One of 500 copies. A nicely printed account of Omai's visit to England and "of how he was feted by Fanny Burney approved by Samuel Johnson entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds." A New York Times Book Review is laid-in. unknown
ref. 726COLT PRESS. COLT PRESS CLARK Thomas Blake. OMAI FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND. San Francisco: The Colt Press 1940. 4to. Cloth spine bark paper over boards. iv 114 1 pages. One of 500 copies. A nicely printed account of Omai's visit to England and "of how he was feted by Fanny Burney approved by Samuel Johnson entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds." A New York Times Book Review is laid-in. unknown books
1940ref. 260827024San Francisco: Colt Press 1940. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of five hundred copies small quarto size 119 pp. Mai ca.1751-1780 was mistakenly known as "Omai" in Britain and that is how many still think of him today. He was a young Polynesian priest who was brought to England in 1774 on the British ship HMS "Adventure". He was introduced to London high society by the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks who invited Mai to dine with imminent personages of the day such as the First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Sandwich the notorious and boisterous Mrs. Thrale the erudite Fanny Burney and the stubborn skeptic Samuel Johnson. After two years he was returned to Otaheite; this is the story of both his visit and retreat told by the University of Hawaii professor Thomas Blake Clark with a reproduction of Omai's portrait which was done by the eminent portraitist of the day Sir Joshua Reynolds. This is the second book of Jane Grabhorn's Colt Press's "South Sea Series" and was so successful it was reprinted the following year with a more recent reprint being issued by the University of Hawaii; the author Thomas Clark was a scholar of eighteenth century literature who served as a professor at the University. ___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter batik cloth with patterned tapa cloth covered boards printed label strip affixed to backstrip fore-edge uncut plain endpapers monochrome frontis after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds most signatures remain unopened; handset type rag paper small quarto size just under 9 3/4" by 7 3/4" pagination: i-iv 1-114 115 first and limited edition of five hundred copies. ___CONDITION: Near fine the binding is clean and bright text block is strong with solid hinges internally clean with no foxing and free of prior owner markings; some light foxing to the cloth backstrip and some very minor rubbing to the corners and bottom board edges else fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Colt Press hardcover books
1940ref. 8042San Francisco: The Colt Press 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches.4 115pp. Frontis portrait. Half linen over batik boards paper spine label. Bookplate on inner cover. Offsetting to front free endpaper as usual. Edges of cover slightly faded else a near fine copy. In 1938 Jane Grabhorn in partnership with W. M. Roth and Jane Swinerton set up The Colt Press. With the advent of the War the partnership was dissolved and from 1941 all Colt Press books while designed by Jane were printed by the Grabhorn Press. We believe this title to be the last published and printed by the "original" Colt Press. The frontispiece portrait of Omai is from the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. "The Polynesian Omai was a great success in London - he seemed to embody Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'noble savage' much in vogue at the time of Omai's arrival in England. For two years Omai was the darling of society" Hill. Hill Pacific Voyages new version: 301. The Colt Press hardcover
1940ref. 8042San Francisco: The Colt Press 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches.4 115pp. Frontis portrait. Half linen over batik boards paper spine label. Bookplate on inner cover. Offsetting to front free endpaper as usual. Edges of cover slightly faded else a near fine copy. In 1938 Jane Grabhorn in partnership with W. M. Roth and Jane Swinerton set up The Colt Press. With the advent of the War the partnership was dissolved and from 1941 all Colt Press books while designed by Jane were printed by the Grabhorn Press. We believe this title to be the last published and printed by the "original" Colt Press. The frontispiece portrait of Omai is from the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. "The Polynesian Omai was a great success in London - he seemed to embody Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'noble savage' much in vogue at the time of Omai's arrival in England. For two years Omai was the darling of society" Hill. Hill Pacific Voyages new version: 301. The Colt Press hardcover books
ref. 1163167053.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1169242448.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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2003ref. Q-075481128XAnness 2003-03-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Anness hardcover
2007ref. Q-0763634662Candlewick 2007-09-11. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Candlewick hardcover
1979ref. 025573Dublin Ireland: Anvil Books Limited 1979. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped £8 nett. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. The US edition was published as Army Without Banners. This 1979 edition features a new Foreword by Frances-Mary Blake. Memoirs of the author's fighting in Ireland from 1916 - 1921. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. From the dust jacket: "O'Malley became a rebel during the Easter Uprising of 1916. As a young medical student in Dublin he borrowed a friend's rifle and sniped at the enemy. Thoughout the next five years of hardship and danger he took a major part in the fight against the British forces so that by the truce of July 1921 he had risen from volunteer to officer commanding the Second Southern second largest divsion of the IRA. More than any other book of the period On Another Man's Wound captures the essence the feel of Ireland at that time the way people lived the songs they sang the legends they knew their attitudes their beliefs. He pictures the Irish landscape magnificently. His cameo sketches of the great personalities of the Rising and the war bring them into instant focus.". 1979 edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 343pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Anvil Books Limited Hardcover
ref. 582953Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Ycba. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
ref. 582951Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Ycba. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
ref. 582950Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Ycba. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
ref. 582952Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Ycba. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Rag Bright White premium quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1817ref. 2124581817. Royal 8vo. Minor splits. Royal 8vo. "Education will be very useful to us in all our business through life-and if we have not an education we shall feel very unhappy." My sentiments exactly. unknown
1817ref. 2124581817. Royal 8vo. Minor splits. Royal 8vo. "Education will be very useful to us in all our business through life-and if we have not an education we shall feel very unhappy." My sentiments exactly. unknown books
ref. Hor153Salty Earth Books 2012. Hbk 276pp blank pages for notes. illustr drawings an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked in sleeve-protected dj as new gift quality Salty Earth Books, 2012 hardcover
ref. 1629335878.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2005ref. Q-0976900807Bunch of Grapes Bookstore Inc 2005-05-02. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Inc paperback
1975ref. 131228078LOWER CAPE PUBLISHING 1975-01-01. Paperback. Good. LOWER CAPE PUBLISHING paperback
2026ref. 013295UK: The Borough Press. A fine UK first edition first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2026. The Borough Press hardcover
ref. GAC877-033-08Academic Journal Offprint from:- Journal of the Geological Society Volume 33 Part 2 No. 130 1877. 146pp figs 1 folding figs 5 pls Printed Card Cover VGC unknown
1877ref. 4401Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London 32 130: 1877. pp. 260-405 several figs. of fossils on 5 lithogr. pls. 1 large fold. col. pl. of columnar sections 22 sections in text notes & refs. Plain new wrs. uncut. - Classic paper on the Oxfordian Upper Jurassic. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London, 32 (130): unknown
