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COLLET (Octave J.A.)Livre Rare Book
Terres et Peuples de Sumatra
1925réf. 000328Amsterdam Société d'édition "Elsevier" 1925
Henri Picard et Fils · Paris, France750,00 €
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1938A SET OF 28 MAGNIFICENT FOLIO WOOD-ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE SCENERY, PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, including Ceylon, Weh (Sabang), Sumatra, Singapore, Java, and Bali. Also includes title-page, 8 pages of text describing the author / artist's travels (SIGNED IN INK BY THE AUTHOR / ARTIST), list of wood-engravings, and justification / colophon. From a total edition of 40 sets, THIS IS SET NUMBER 1, printed for Maurice Blum, ONE OF ONLY TEN SETS PRINTED ON JAPON NACRE. Folio. Loose as issued in custom-made folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare, especially on Japanese paper.
1968réf. 2501150093xbvkNo printer mentioned (M.I.T., 1968). 92 pages, with some graphics. - Publisher's grey-marbled titled cardboard-covers; 8vo.(ca. 22 x 16 cm).
1925réf. 000328Amsterdam Société d'édition "Elsevier" 1925
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1937réf. 2200771937. Monogrammiert "PML", datiert und bezeichnet "Jogjakarta 1937". 19,5 x 20,5 cm (Darstellung). 25 x 35,6 cm
1937Large 8vo. Vol. 1: pp. xxiv,[2],413, 7 (1 col.) pls., 30 figs., index; vol. 2: pp. [vi],742, 7 pls., 90 figs., index; vol. 3: pp. viii,[2],498,[4], 6 pls., 4 fold. maps, 19 figs., index; vol. 4 (atlas): pp. [vi],1019, numerous drawings in 1319 figs. (mostly full-page), index. Half cloth (text) & cloth (atlas). - Rare complete set. After the death of S.H. Koorders in 1919 the publication of the atlas was continued by his wife Anna Koorders-Schumacher (1870-1934) with installments 2 to 5 and 7. The 6th installment (pages 689-864 containing figs. .977-1152) was never published, thus the 7th (covering fam. 128: Leguminosae) was the last one to appear. - Stafleu & Cowan 3866.
1914réf. 030892Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1914. Hardcover Sehr gut
1916réf. 5711916 Batavia - Weltevreden, G. Kolff & Co, 1916. 29 x 23 cm (R), in-4°, 35 [1] pp. + 1 planche en couleurs dépliante hors texte + 6 graphiques réhaussés de rouge hors texte dont un dépliant + 4 grands tableaux dépliants imprimés en noir et rouge, avec 18 PHOTOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES (tirages argentiques, format : env. 15 x 11 cm) contrecollées dans le texte, coupons de contrôle originaux contrecollés dans le texte, reliure en demi percaline verte muette.
1914réf. 57476ABLeipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1914. kl8° (16x11), LXXIV, 358 S., mit 22 Karten, 33 Plänen und 8 Grundrissen, die große Übersichtskarte in Deckeltasche des hinteren Deckels (so komplett), roter Oln (Kaliko) mit goldTitel, marmorSchnitt, 2 Lesebändchen, nahezu ungenutzt, schönes gepflegtes Exemplar,
1907Features: Robinson Cruesoe's Island; A Fight with a Leopard; The White Slaves of the Grand Banks; In Search of Pearls; The Guardians of the Yukon; The Adventures of a Miniature "Strong Man"; My Tour Through Java; An American "Oliver Twist" - II; The Tragedy of the Tower; In Quest of the Bird of Paradise; A Race with Death; Down the Crank-Pit; "The Land of Enchantment"; The Demon Snake; The Ghost of Musket Flat; Two Days in the Under-World; A Treasure-Hunt in the Arctic; Down the Grand Canyon; Father Raymond's Burglar; Stealing a Secret; My Motor-Trip to Constantinople - I; My Friend the Leopard; The Convict's Story; Hunting the Wild Carabao; Six Days in a Swamp; Frog Farms; The Garo's Oath; Tracking the Wire-Thieves; A Tale of Two Tigers; A Lady in Far Fiji - I; "Bud" Turner of Missouri; My Motor-Trip to Constantinople - II; Dublin and I; Monsters of the Forest; How Hassan Captured the Battleship; The World's Model Prison; Beseiged by Monkeys; Christmas in Montenegro; The Poacher's Daughter; Through Friesland on Skates; A Speculation in Turkeys; Searching for Castaways; In the Land of the "Long-Lips"; A Chapter of Accidents; A Lady in Far Fiji - III; What Befell the "Kathleen"; The Tragedy of a Swiss Mountain; An Indian "Sherlock Holmes" - II; The Sea-Hedgehog Harvest; The Sheriff and the "Bad Men"; The Vanished Islands; On the Frontier in Central Africa - I; Running the Blockade; What Happened in Carpenter Creek; 'Twixt Ice and Sea; A Pedestrian's Predicament; Four on a Raft; The Perils of Walrus-Hunting?; The Story of Maungawahati; Sergeant Daley's Ordeal; On the Frontier in Central Africa - II; An Indian "Sherlock Holmes" - III; The Village of "Scissor-Grinder" Guides; "Slippery Letts"; The Company of Mercy; The Mummy Head; Wide World Picture Tours - I; Two Stowaways; The Mystery of the "Placer"; An Iceberg Ship; Life on a Dahabeeyah; Cornering a Cattle-Thief; Among Brigands and Wild Sheep in Mongolia; Two Men and a Shark; Through the United States on a Bicycle - I. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1914réf. 031426Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1914. Hardcover Sehr gut
1936réf. 100019Brill, Leiden 1906-1936. 568 S. - 540 S. - 764 S. - 874 S. - 835 S. - 611 S. - 239 S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, 8°, Original-Leinen, Gelbkopfschnitt, gute und innen saubere Exemplare,
1914réf. 26808ABLeipzig, Karl Baedeker Verlag, 1914. Kl.-8°. LXXIV, 358 S. Mit einigen Textabb., 22 Karten, 33 Plänen, 8 Grundrissen und 1 Panorama. OLeinen. [2 Warenabbildungen]
1930Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1928réf. 2312220269xbvkMünchen, Albert Langen, 1928. 230 Seiten, mit Portraitfrontispiz. - Kräftiger Pergamenteinband über 4 durchstochene Bünde mit spanischer Kante, Linienvergoldung, glänzendem Vollgoldschnitt und marmorpapierartig handaquarellierten Vorsatzblättern (goldgeprägte Buchbinder-Signatur ''R.HÖNN,MÜNCHEN'' an der Unterkante des hinteren Innendeckels), goldgeprägtem Rückentitel 'MAX / DAUTHENDEY / LIEDER' und goldgepr. römischer Jahreszahl 'MCMXXVIII' am unteren Ende des Buchrückens, im Original-Pappschuber mit Pergamentkante; 8vo.(ca. 18,5 x 12 x 2 cm).
1916Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1915Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate' rages down through the mountains; "Washing-Day" All Over the World - article with many fantastic photos of (mainly) woman washing their clothes in outdoor waters in many countries around the world; In Search of Adventure - Part 1 - the story of a chequered cruise to the South Sea Islands by "The Firm", "Freckles", and "The Spinster"; A Woman Alone in China - Part 3 - photo-illustrated travels of Mary Gaunt and her Peking cart travels in China - with photos; Adrift on a Raft - the crew of the sinking Liverpool barque "Cordillera" built a raft to survive; The Native Festivals of Java - article with many great photos; The Story of My Chinese God - how a collector finally got his God curio in China; The Forest Hermit - a Moose- Hunting Story - they camped on the shore of Lady Evelyn Lake in Canada - article with interesting photos; The Man Who Understood Natives - a story of the rinderpest epidemic in Pondoland in 1897; The "Wide World" (this publication) being read in unusual places; Amazing photo of men handling the minute hand of "Big Ben", the largest clock in the world; Emblem Motorcycle ad; Nice Red Cross Line ad inside back cover; Back cover features interesting B.V.D. men's underwear ad with illustration of scene in what appears to be the New York Yankee's dressing room. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
19578vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 7 plates; handsomely bound in green full morocco, sides with gilt frame, back gilt with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
1984réf. 642361Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 1984. 494 S. 25cm. Zustand: Gut bis Sehr Gut, eher ungelesen (Innen); Innenbandbereiche und Vorsatzblätter vorne, gering fleckig;, Einband (Außen) hat geringe Gebrauchsspuren; Schnitt oben fleckig, restlicher min. (wenn Pünktchen); Schutzumschlag fehlt, oder es gibt keinen; Gewebeeinband (Hellbrauner Leinen)
1945Contents: Color ad for 'Ask for Ethyl'; Bankers Trust ad - Buy Victory Bonds; Babcock & Wilcox ad - bombs and beauty aids need steam; Color ad for Ford trucks; Color ad for 1946 Packard cars; Auto strike raises new issue for Industrial Wars in America - the nation's biggest union asks stake in affairs of management by cry of 'Let's see the books'; Mrs. Damato of Shenandoah, Pa. christens the U.S.S. Damato - she lost two sons in the war; Photo of James Hendrix, Army hero; Matt Kimes - cop killer; Why the Fleet could not retreat to the West Coast - Admiral William V. Pratt; Congressional Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack; Where the War Cause Lies - Japan; Nice color ad for General Tire; Color ad for the Aeroprop division of GM; Ezra Pound returns to the US to face charges of treason - with photo; The Federation of Atomic Scientists; Native world from Zion to Java stirred by nationalist little wars; 4 photos of Japan's Hirohito visiting the shrines of Ise to report Japan's defeat to his predecessors; Thorez, red architect of France; the Nuremberg Tribunal - with labelled photo of 20 defendants in their courtroom positions; two photos of Eva Braun; War-Winning Old Guard Begins Exodus from Top Service Jobs - retirements of Staff Chief and Fleet Commander are first of many peacetime moves; Super color centerfold for the new 1946 Chevrolet; Seabees dig in darkly for spell with Eskimos - Navy installations in the far north; Photo of the real Kilroy; C.D. Howe has his fingers in many pies; Canada's Baby Bonus; Heavy heavy over stock boom hangs wage-price policy delay; Inventor Gilbert Brereton and ramie; S. DeWitt Cough, President of Abbott Laboratories, calls for national health care; Robert Benchley 1889-1945; Color ad for teh Douglas DC-6; The reality of Salvador Dali; Unusual color Monsanto ad on back cover features young lovely speaking into a huge contemporary walkie-talkie. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
1935réf. 219096Semarang.: Hoofdkantoor. Circa1935. 3 folding colour lithographed maps on linen in a cloth covered slipcase lettered in white on the upper cover. Scale 1:500000. Each map has been numbered 1 to 3 by a prior owner on the reverse of the map with their signature. Sheets measure 55.5 x 83.4cm; 56 x 90cm and 56 x 82.3cm. The first map is a little stained on the reverse but the stains are not visible on the map itself. Very good copies in like slipcase. TOGETHER WITH Afstands Tabellen 1928 a separate 62pp booklet accompanies the folder of maps spine repaired with washi tissue. . Hoofdkantoor. hardcover
1935Pages 1-84, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - What the Palmist Foretold; Our Japanese Burglar; The Pickle-Bottle; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
1989Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 208 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Describes the experiences of two young Australians, Kenneth Linford and the author. Linford was captured by the Japanese in Timor, the author in Java. This work describes the ordeal of these two men and and absorbing account of how Linford and two others escaped from a camp in Thailand - a very rare occurence." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
1980réf. BN255465Hanau M : Dausien 1980. 1980. Borobudur : das buddhistische Heiligtum Abbild der geistigen Welt. Den Beitr. "Borobudur eine versteinerte Botschaft" schrieb Vratislav Jan Zizka. Aus d. Tschech. von Wolf B. Oerter Borobudur : das buddhistische Heiligtum Abbild der geistigen Welt. Den Beitr. "Borobudur eine versteinerte Botschaft" schrieb Vratislav Jan Zizka. Aus d. Tschech. von Wolf B. Oerter Indonesien Java Borobudur - Forman Bedrich Hanau (M) : Dausien unknown
1923réf. 93714Leipzig: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 1923. 25 cm ;
