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4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE. Law 1024
Roy. 8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous plates, wanting front free endpaper; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Th first British edition of one of the most impressive secret war diaries to emerge from the Far Eastern theatre. An intensely moving testament by a wonderful soldier, surgeon and captive. First published in Australia in the previous year.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Harrowing account of a Dutch family's ordeal at the hands of the Japanese after the invasion of Java
8vo., Eighth Edition, WANTING FRONTISPIECE (original tissue guard present), with engraved title-vignette, 7 plates, very numerous illustrations and 8 maps (a number full-page) in the text, folding coloured map and folding map coloured in outline (maps vey lightly spotted, mainly on blank margins); original green cloth, upper board framed in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, expertly recased, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, small stamp on title, and neat stamp in a few blank margins of text. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end BUT TRAGICALLY WANTING THE FRONTISPIECE 'ORANG-UTAN ATTACKED BY DYAKS'. The most celebrated work, dedicated appropriately to Darwin, by the co-discoverer of the process of evolution through natural selection. The eighth edition is based on the revised third edition of 1872. His well-known appendix on the crania and the languages of man in the archipelago includes a glossary of one hundred and seventeen words in thirty-three languages of the region. A LOVELY COPY OF A KEY WORK IN THE LITERATURE OF EVOLUTION. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and rear endpaper map; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal armorial stamp on front free endpaper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the unit's service in Sumatra, Java and Timor, with resulting captivity. Includes ROH.
8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Includes bibliography.
8vo., 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.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates by EME Glenister, and photographs by the author, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. 'A useful guide in a convenient form to the birds of a large region' (Tate p.69). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Tate, p.202.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and folding map coloured in outline, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. 'This is perhaps the most horrifying and amazing escape during a war that was probably richer in escape stories than any war that was ever fought' (H.E. Bates). This classic account was written by the author as an expanded version of the brief outline contained in Brickhill's 'Escape - or Die' (1952). VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.405
Folio, 12pp (one blank) with large folding plan; wire-stitched as issued, one or two small rust marks as often, lower edge light dust-soiled else a near fine copy. 'Supplements to the London Gazette' are of great value to the naval and military historian. In many cases they represent the first publicly published accounts of the engagements concerned, and normally contain excellent maps and plans together with direct transcripts from official despatches not easily available elsewhere. This supplement includes the following transcripts: Commodore J. A. Collins RN (Commanding China Force) to C-in-C Eastern Fleet 17 March 1942; Report by Captain H. M. L. Waller RAN (HMAS PERTH) 27 February 1942; Report by T. J. Cain RN (Senior Surviving Officer, HMS ELECTRA) 27 February 1942; Despatch by Captain O. L. Gordon RN (HMS EXETER) to Admiralty 1 October 1945.
In 8, pp. 16. Dedica autogr. dell'A. al p. ant. Br. ed. con rinforzo al d. Saggio sull'istruzione primaria in Cina giunta ad un alto grado di sviluppo se confrontata con quella europea.
FIRST EDITION of this novel about colonial life in Java. ONE OF ONLY SIX (6) COPIES PRINTED ON FINE ANNAM PAPER, THIS ONE JUSTIFIED AS THE "EXEMPLAIRE D'ARCHIVE" (file copy) BY LOUIS BRUN, DIRECTOR OF THE GRASSET PUBLISHING HOUSE, AND INITIALED BY HIM. 8vo. Original printed wraps, with an attractive color image of the tropics printed on the front cover. Light wear to wraps and fading to spine, else UNCUT AND UNOPENED, FINE AND BRIGHT.
A 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.
Paris Ernest Flammarion vers 1930. Fort in-8 broché couverture illustrée de XI + 521 pages. Photos dans et hors texte. Bel exemplaire.
Paris, Payot 1938. In-8 broché couverture illustrée de 220 pages Très bon état
Hommes et Civilisations Horizons de France 1970, In-4 toile grége de l'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, 287 pages. Avec atlas et bibliographie in fine. Parfait état.
Denoél 1956, In-8 broché, couverture illustrée, 261 pages. Photos. Bon état.
Arthaud 1935, petit In-4 broché sous couverture à rabats. 187 pages + 87 héliogravures. Envoi autographe de l'auteur, ex libris. Trés bon état.
Payot 1938, In-8 broché, 220 pages. Parfait état.
Ed. Adyar 1932, In-4 broché, couverture illustrée. Non paginé. Photos, illustrations, plans. Bon état. ADYAR (INDE) - ANGKOR (CAMBODGE) - BOROBOEDOER (JAVA)
Kummerly - Frey 1979, In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 264 pages. Avec photos. Bon état.
G (no dj, lightly marked grey cloth lightly tanned on spine and edges, ex BBC Library copy with number on spine and library stamps endpapers and reverse of title page, pages clean and unmarked) octavo 281pp. First edition. 16pp b/w photographs.
