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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
1932Ed. Adyar 1932, In-4 broché, couverture illustrée. Non paginé. Photos, illustrations, plans. Bon état. ADYAR (INDE) - ANGKOR (CAMBODGE) - BOROBOEDOER (JAVA)
1992xiii + 485pp. + 2pp. theses, 25cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, the Netherlands), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, X112258
1902Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
19668vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Includes bibliography.
1957In-8, tela editoriale, sovracoperta, pp. 163. In buono stato (good copy).
1935Arthaud 1935, petit In-4 broché sous couverture à rabats. 187 pages + 87 héliogravures. Envoi autographe de l'auteur, ex libris. Trés bon état.
1999Paperback with CD. Minor shelfwear; one or two pages highlighted; contents otherwise clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
1988329pp. + 12 bm/w ills., 21cm., softcover, text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, X110822
1995Mm 140x225 Brossura editoriale di pp. 493, ex-libris al contropiatto anteriore, ma in ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1959ix, 282 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. The tale of a destroyer which served with the Home Fleet then went to the Far East to be sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea. Front free endpaper removed. Somewhat above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Law 1043. Enser page 125. Book
1914Mm 120x185 Volume di CXLVIII - 330 pp. in lingua francese. Quarta edizione rivista e aggiornata. Brossura editoriale con fioriture diffuse ai margini che non riguardano il testo. Fogli chiusi. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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
1925Souvenirs de voyages à "Ceylan la parfumée", "Java l'enchanteresse" et "Tahiti la délicieuse" de l'écrivain voyageur Robert CHAUVELOT (gendre d'Alphonse Daudet, 1879-1937). Ouvrage illustré de 66 photographies (en 34 planches hors texte) et de 24 ornements et lettrines; carte planisphérique en frontispice. Bel exemplaire relié aux plats conservés, la couverture étant coloriée au pochoir d'après une aquarelle de Lucien LANTIER. 1ère édition (achevé d'imprimer le 30 novembre 1925). Français
19668vo., 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.
1992Exhibition catalog from the show of the same name at the publisher's gallery in excellent condition with minor shelf wear to covers, small tear upper back cover. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Illustrated with 73 vintage, historical photos by many different photographers, including Isidore van Kinsbergen, Kassian Cephas, Onnes Kurkdjian, C.B. Nieuwenhuis, H.M. Neeb, etc. that document Indonesia's struggle for independence from 1845-1950. Essays by 13 different writers on subjects as the Aceh war, tobacco in sumatra, early indonesian photography, Java antiquities.
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
198064pp., met ca. 50 illustraties in kleur en zw/w, 24cm., gebroch., S97025
193479pp. geïllustreerd met zw/w foto's, geïll. omslag, 22cm., 2 stempeltjes, goede staat, X97515
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
1957407pp., 27cm., Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands, promotor: prof. J. Gonda), original softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, weight: 1.1kg., X113115
1956Features include: Orchid Collecting in Java and Bali; Fir Bark - Miracle?; Counting Chromosomes in Cymbidiums - The Elusive Tetraploid; Oncidium carthaginense and Oncidium guttatum; Marketing Flowers and a Greater Market; Orchid Pests and Their Control; Semi-automatic and Automatic Greenhouses (Pt II) and Beginners' Handbook: Building Your Orchid Collection (Pt II). Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
1959Features include: The First Phalaenopsis Hybrid; A Hobbyist's Indoor-Outdoor Culture of Orchids; Epicattleyas - What Future?; Book Review "Grosse Liebe zu Orchideen" by Matthias Riehl and "Die schonsten aber sind Orchideen" by Walter Richter; Orchid Growing in Java; Collectors' Item: Chondrorhyncha lendyana Rchb.f.; Orchid Classics (Pt II): Observations on Angraecum sesquipedale; Cymbidiums in Fir Bark; Orchids of Economic Use (Pt II); Orchids of Venezuela; and A New Bulbophyllum from French Cameroons. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
1971Broché. 318 pages.
1987Roy. 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.
