SCHARER HansMareMagnum
RUNCIMAN Steven.MareMagnum
Il Rajah bianco; la vera storia di James Brooke e della sua dinastia. Traduzione di Marco Amante.
in-8°, pp. 415. Leg. edit. con sovracc. ill. Stato di nuovo.
Libreria Gullà · Roma, IT17,00 €
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xi + 236pp. with frontispiece in colour & 34 bl/w illustrations out of text & 13 figures in text, 25cm., text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, the Netherlands), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, X112199
220pp. + enkele illustraties buiten tekst + 3pp. stellingen, 24cm., Doctoraal proefschrift (Universiteit van Amsterdam), gebroch. (labeltje op rug), stempel op achterzijde titelblad, sporadische roestplekjes, verder in goede staat, P112764
in-8°, pp. 415. Leg. edit. con sovracc. ill. Stato di nuovo.
Arthaud, Triomphe de l'image/1 - 1955. In-8, pleine toile cartonnée et illustrée de l'éditeur, 111 pages. Photographies hors-texte. Bel ex.
Fascicolo in 4° piccolo, brossura muta, 32 pp., xilografie nt. Estratto dalla rivista settimanale "Le tour du monde" edita a Parigi negl'anni 1860 e seguenti illustra il viaggio di G: Lejean nell'isola del Borneo, con belle ed interessanti incisioni raffiguranti paesaggi, danze, esorcismi, costumi e le carte dei percorsi. Lieve brunitura della carta. In bello stato.
Stralcio in 4° dall'ebdomadario "Le Tour du Monde", completo in 28 pp., numerate dalla pagina 129 alla pagina 166. Assolutamente inedito, ricchissimo iconograficamente di magnifiche silografie, di non facile reperibilità, senza legatura, in bello stato.
8vo., First [and Sole?] Edition, with a lithographed frontispiece, 39 full-page lithographed plates by the author (all original tissue guards present), and 2 full-page maps in the text; original printed boards, cloth back, brown paper endpapers as issued, some glue-staining in gutters (production fault) else a very good, crisp, clean copy. Deceptively detailed survey with delightful if naïve-style illustrations. Clearly an extended labour of love, its local production standards are very much part of its charm. Extremely scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with a folding street plan; original wrappers printed in red and blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover design is by Hasbie bin Sulaiman from a traditional Bornean tattoo pattern.
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Barbara Walton
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; ivory cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Walker commanded 4/8th Gurkhas in 7th Indian Division throughout the Burma campaign. Graham & Cole, L19; not recorded by Enser
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and chipped at upper edge of front panel and head of backstrip. WITH A LONG (4pp) T.L.s FROM GENERAL WALKER LOOSELY INSERTED, AND SEVERAL ITEMS OF PRINTED EPHEMERA RELATING IN PART TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL ASSISTANCE ORGANISATION. Walker commanded 4/8th Gurkhas in 7th Indian Division throughout the Burma campaign. Graham & Cole, L19; not recorded by Enser
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, on laid paper, free endpapers mildly browned; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo [24 x 16cm]; [xii] 192 pp, maps, plates, bibliog., index. original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (bit rubbed at edge, not price clipped), clean, fine and unused in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting and hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists. This is the author's first travel book, which launched his career as a travel writer.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii] 192pp, map, plates, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (light crease, slightly used, not price clipped), else near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting, and, at times, hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists.
8vo [24 x 16cm]; [xii] 192pp, maps, plates, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (slightly rubbed), remainder mark at lower edge, else fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, with poet James Fenton, wrote an interesting and hilarious account of their exploration of jungles and mountains, following the trails of previous naturalists. This is the book that launched the author's career as a travel writer.
In 16, pp. 64. Br. ed. Bibliotechina Missionaria - Serie Varieta' n.14.
In 8, pp. 2073 + (2) con 4 tavv. f.t., tavv. sinott. n.t. di cui alcune rip. Legatura in mz. pg. coeva con due tasselli al d. con caratteri oro. Tomo I, serie IV degli Atti dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Fra i molti interessanti articoli si segnalano: Matscheg, Cesare. Rinnovamento dello stato; Valentinelli, Dei cataloghi a stampa di codici manoscritti; Torelli, Degli scavi da fare in Italia. Dissertazione e proposta; Valentinelli, Dei cataloghi a stampa di codici manoscritti delle biblioteche italiane; Cortese, Sui progressi che le ultime guerre hanno promosso nelle istituzioni civili ed umanitarie; Quercia, Considerazioni sommarie sulla quantita' di lavoro dinamico che effettivamente si utilizza da una caloria negli apparecchi meccanici a vapore attualmente usati per la propulsione delle navi; Trois, Aumenti delle collezioni naturali del R. Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti; Zanardini, Intorno ad un viaggio a Borneo, recentemente intrapreso dal botanico fiorentino O. Beccari; Presentazione d'un manoscritto dello stesso Zanardini sopra alcune crittogame ivi raccolte; Bizio, La porpora degli antichi e la sostanza colorante trovata nell'urna di Sant'Ambrogio in Milano; M. Leicht, Studii e raffronti sull'eta' del bronzo nel Bellunese; G. Lorenzoni, Sulle osservazioni spettroscopiche del bordo solare fatte nel R. Osservatorio di Padova l'11 dicembre 1871; Relazione della Giunta deputata a istudiare il fenomeno che impediva la pesca presso Chioggia; etc...
In 8, pp. 22 con ill. n.t. Dedica autogr. dell'A. al p. ant. Br. muta coeva. Catalogo di alcuni pesci raccolti dal marchese Giacomo doria e da Odoardo Beccari durante il loro soggiorno nel territorio di Sarawak sulla costa occidentale dell'isola del Borneo durante gli anni 1865-68.
In 8 (cm 17 x 24), pp. 97 con 1 tavola finale fuori testo. Brossura editoriale. Rarissimo catalogo completo dei pesci raccolti a Borneo. Catalogo dei pesci raccolti dal marchese Giacomo Doria e da Odoardo Beccari durante il loro soggiorno nel territorio di Sarawak sulla costa occidentale dell'isola del Borneo durante gli anni 1865-67. Estratto editoriale dagli Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Genova.
Hardback reprint in dustjacket. VG/VG. Maps on the endpapers. Translated from the French by Len Ortzen. 12253. eng
269pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Paris, Flammarion 1970. In-8 broché de 226 pages. Photos hors texte. Bon état
