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19581st UK edition. VG in original black cloth, gilt. 15301. eng
19941st edition. Fine in pictorial boards. (Travels & adventures). 17269. eng
19901st edition. 8vo, 241 pages, illustrated. Very good condition hardback in very good condition dust jacket. 40008. eng
2003In "The Green Labyrinth", Fraser journeys deep into the jungle of the Amazon in the company of shamans, traditional spiritualists practicing ancient rituals. At the heart of Fraser's quest lies the mind-expanding drug "ayahuasca", a gateway to worlds beyond her own, to a better understanding of the mysteries of existence. Author signature on title page.339p. bibliography glossary notes. Book
18718vo [21 x 14 cm]; xxiv, [25]-356 pp, frontis, illus, engraved plates, large folding map at rear, steel-engraved portrait of Colonel Staunton with the tissue guard, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, spine ends a little frayed, lower front cover worn with chip otherwise very good, minor foxing on few leaves but a clean copy, map untorn, the book is dedicated to Charles Darwin. A picture of Borba de Moraes p 637. Sabin 57727. Welch 234. The journey across much of South America was mainly scientific (part of the Smithsonian expedition of 1867), studying the natural history, geography, geology and local society. There is some detail on the botany of the region, including the coca plant (cocaine), ('Thirty million pounds are annually consumed in South America. It is not, however, an opiate, but a powerful stimulant. With it, the Indian will perform prodigies of labor, travelling days without fatigue or food.'), together with a plate on it. The expedition started at Quayaquil, to Quito, over the Eastern and Western Cordilleras, through the forest on foot to Napo, down the Rio Napo by canoe to Pebas on the Maranon and by steamer to Para.
19908vo [24 x 16 cm]; vii, 344 pp, illustrations including color, many illustrations from early sources, maps, map endpapers, index. original quarter cloth and bds, spine title lettering in gilt, dj (not price clipped), small remainder mark on bottom edge, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author surveys exploration from the early Spanish travellers to la Condamine, Godin, von Humboldt, Wickham and Spruce, from the conquistadors to the early naturalists and others, in this useful, scholarly but entertaining book.
In 4ø (cm. 30 x 21); pagg. (10), 574; con 12 tavole fotograf., quasi tutte doppie f.t. e 14 alberi genealogici n.t; stemma della citt… a due colori al f.spizio; m.pelle coeva con punte e fregi e titoli oro al dorso. VG. ** Autografato da Nino Bazzetta al frontespizio e con altro invio. Edizione originale e unica. Cfr. Ferraris "Bibliografia Ossolana", 214.
1893In quarto grande (29,4x20,2 cm); (8), IV, 614, (2) pp. e una grande c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegata. Bellissima legatura coeva in mezza pelle rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso. Dorso a cinque nervi. Tagli dorati. Un piccolo strappetto senza perdita di carta alla mappa più volte ripiegata. Piccole strofinature ininfluenti e qualche leggerissima fioritura in poche pagine dovuta alla qualità della carta ma nel complesso bellissima copia in bella legatura coeva. Prima edizione di questo celebre racconto di viaggio del celebre esploratore e geografo francese Henri Anatole Coudreau originario di Sonnac. L'autore fu tra i primi ad esplorare la Guyana francese e a risalire il Rio delle Amazzoni. Questo celebre racconto venne terminato dalla moglie dello stesso Codreau che lo seguì nelle sue esplorazioni, morto nei dintorni del lago Tapagem . durante il tentativo di raggiungere le sorgenti del Rio delle Amazzoni. L'opera è illustrata da 98 bellissime incisioni, 18 delle quali a piena pagina. Prima edizione in buone condizioni di conservazione ed in bella e ricca legatura coeva. First edition, a good copy.
1994FIRST EDITION OF THIS MASSIVE STUDY OF THE HUAORANI by a capuchin friar who lived among them. 488 pp on coated paper. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. THE EDITION WAS DESTROYED SHORTLY AFTER PUBLICATION, AND THIS BOOK HAS BECOME ALL BUT UNOBTAINABLE. WorldCat lists only 12 copies. An interesting association copy from the library of Sarah Begum, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society who, like the author, was one of very few outsiders who lived among the Huaorani. SIGNED by Begum on the front free endpaper, with a small sketch of a canoe and paddle. Folio. Publisher's laminated boards. Extremities lightly bumped, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare and important.
2003A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 204 pages. Pictorial covers. Text in French; many color and b&w photographs. Book for the exhibition presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, 14 May through 12 October, 2003. Slight scuffing and edge wear to cover.
1988Exhibition catalog in excellent condition for the show of the same title presented by the Krannert Art Museum, April - May 1988. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Covers show very light shelf wear, otherwise as new. 64 pages in large format filled with b&w images, several per page, with a color section also featuring large prints. The book offers a dramatic inside view of the cognitive and symbolic world of native potters and woodworders from a region undergoing radical change. Extensively illustrated by more than a hundred images this volume presents art, culture, and symbolism of Amazonian Ecuador from the perspective of Canelos Quichua artisans.
in-8°, 266 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, 1 carte, broche, jaq. ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [GE-2] [CA38/5]
Hardcover fort in-4°, 558 pp, abdtt illustré en noir et (surtout) en couleurs, cartonnage illustré de l'editeur. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [PLC-13]
in-8, 213 pp., cartes, broche, couverture illustree. Bon etat. [HI-1/2]
Hardcover in-8, 302 pp, cartonnage sous jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire [TX-12]
in-8°, 212 pp., 1 Carte et 13 Photographies hors texte, broché, couv. Bon etat (défauts au dos et au 1er plat). [CA26/2]
in-8, 309 p., ill. h.t. n., cartes, br., jaq. ill [GE-1]
in-8, 184 pp, photos hors texte en noir, broche Bel exemplaire (qq defauts a la jaquette) [SC-4]
in-8, 390 pp., illustrations h.t. n/b, broché, couverture illustrée. Bon état. [CA-12]
in-16, 155 pages, broché, couverture illustrée (JOUBERT). Bon état. [JJ-2] Avec le timbre "Marabout Junior"
1990250 pages. The revealing story of the people who live in the forest: the rubber trappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Author not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. Clean. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1997351 pages. A collection of stories, events, and experiences that provide a sense of what life is like for those who confront environmental crises of our time. Topics discussed: Local responses to economic development (cases from Indonesia and china); Conservation and conflict (cases from Africa); Gold mining in the Amazon and Wisconsin; Food, conflict, and justice (cases from the US and Honduras; and more. First half of book is high-lighted in yellow. Second half has blue pen underlining. Moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Solid working copy. Book
1955Features: Wise old man - tales from the Amazon remote jungle vastness; A Sailor on Horseback - the adventures of a young British Seaman who tries his luck ashore in the U.S. with a logging outfit in Arkansas... but must hitch-hike 1,200 miles to get there; A Grim Story of Dope-Running on the Egyptian Border; Lunch-time Tiger at a Pathan Village; The Castaways of the Dundonald - one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - great photos; Three firemen, tired of the food and work on their tramp steamer, jump ship in South America; Ghost Town Memories of the Western States of America; Across the Kalahari Desert in motorcar by the dried-up bed of the Kuruman River - nice photos; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1998Features: The Great North Woods; Little Alfie Timber Sale Stopped; Owls Halt Sprawl; Goshawks; Monster Pulp Mill Defeated; Dam Reconstruction Trend; Kyoto Conference Report; Death to Cars; Amazon Animal Massacre; Columbia Pipeline Blown; Activists Killed in Sarawak; Deregulation of Organic Standards; Clinton's New Roadless Area Policy; Yellowstone Wolf Ruling; Hog Farming; Prisoner Support; APEC Conference Chaos; and more. Quality copy. Book
1907Includes the following stories: A Chase in the Clouds; Some Historic Curses - II; The Totem Pearl; On the Frontier in Central Africa - IV; The Runaway Steamer; The Land of the Vendetta; Queer Fixes - a battle with wolves, and the plot that failed; Through the United States on Bicycles - III; The Sailor Cowboys; Wide World Picture Tours III - Australia and New Zealand; The Secret of the Farm; A "Floating Gold-Mine"; A Brush with Cannibals; The Haunted Stable; Queer Fixes - The River-Driver, and The Downfall of "Red Mike"; Across Unknown Bhutan - I; The Disappearance of Bryant Crandall; In the Andamans and Nicobars; The Gliding Death - In the coils of a boa-constrictor, touch and go, and an hour with a rattler; Watchers of the Lights; What happened at the Bungalow; Wide World Picture Tours IV - British Africa; Darkness and Light; Our Trip Down the Zambezi; Through the United States on Bicycles - IV; At Sea with a Menagerie; The Poachers Vengeance; A Beetle Hunter in the Amazon; Across Unknown Bhutan - II; A Tragedy of Solitude; Kangaroo Farming; From India to England Overland - I; The Boy Who Ran Away; With a Survey Party in the Field; On Board the "Luciline"; A Maori "Canoe Poi"; The Lost Explorers; A High Climb in Himalaya; The Eye of the King; Our Cruise on the Friesland Meers; An Alligator Hunt By Night; Our Bunch of Bananas and What They Cost Us; The "Knill Festival" at St. Ives; The Passing of a Pathan; The Romance of Mining - The Coyote Mine, Forty Feet From Fortune, The Vanished Vein; The Hunted Hunter; A Cinder in the Sea; Selling the Empire's Secrets; An Eastern Theatre; Six Thousand Miles on Horseback - I; Fighting a Burning Gas-Well; An Exciting Weekend; The Lalla Khan Hoax; From India to England Overland - II; Raiding on the Cumberland; How Pearson Saved the "Overland"; Sport and Adventure in Central Africa - I; Nine Days Entombed; From India to England Overland - III; Tinker - The Story of a Dog; As the Sign of the "Cup-and-ball"; Six Thousand Miles on Horseback - II; The "Killers of Twofold Bay; Captured by Dyaks; Some of My Experiences; My Man Jose; Witch-Doctors and Their Ways; The Mystery of the Magazine; Across America by Motor-Cycle; An Unexpected Visitor; A Village of Smiths; A New Year Parade; Lost in a Mine; A Paradise of Birds; The Man-Eater of Lalpur-Arani; Fighting Snow in the Rockies; Alone in the Wimmera; Log-Rolling; The "White Avengers" - II; My Last Climb; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - I; "Bully" Hayes's Supercargo; "The Emperor of the Sahara; The First Ascent of Chogo Loongma; Cast Away in the Arctic; A Deal in Eggs. Modest lean to spine. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book