[PERRINET D'ORVAL (Jean-Charles); FREZIER (Amédée-François)]Livre Rare Book
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Best.-Nr. 22517Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1747. In-8, LII-[2]-496 pp. 14 pl., veau marbré havane, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges (petites épidermures, premier f. bl. presque dérelié, rares rousseurs et taches).
1991Rosemary Crill discusses the indigenous tradition of tie-dyeing for local use; followed by Veronica Murphy's pioneering study of the Bengal export trade in tie-dyed handkerchiefs. Very well illustrated with 174 colour, 14 black and white illustrations and map. 206 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing on surfaces and light creases on edges, small nick at top of spine. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
1925Pages 266-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Poll Chunk's Son - a story from the hills of Kentucky; The Ivory Raiders - part 1 of a tale fromm the Turkanaland district of Central Africa on the western shores of Lake Rudolf where Major H. Rayne deals with Swahili elephant poachers and Turkana warriors; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - a mysterious Fijian monster; In the Wilds with a Camera - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson take photos in the interior of British East Africa; The Land Sharks - criminal buying and selling of land in Canada; In Quest of the Unknown - part 3 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' adventures amoung the Chucunaque Indians; James Watson - Human Tiger - a remarkable American crime; An Eviction in Patagonia - a rich man attempts to drive away the cattle of a squatter; My Jungle Jaunts - part 1 of an Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos; The Blue Powder - bewitching a District Commissioner in Nigeria; The Sea-Villages of Humboldt's Bay - photo-illustrated article on this Dutch New Guinea area; The Mad Jackal - how a homesick Pathan soldier in Mesopotamia got himself sent back to India; Imprisoned in a hollow tree - Harry Comstock spent horrible days and nights inside a tree in Bexar County, Texas; The Tiger I didn't Get - Movie star Tom Mix recounts an adventure that befell him while tiger-shooting in Bengal; Nice one-page General Electric ad with illustration of new street lighting in Nagoya, Japan; One-page photo-illustrated ad for Hobart Bradstreet of Chicago. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1914Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R.R. in Nebraska; My Adventures in Sarawak (part III) - adventures of the Rajah's bride amongst 'the lovable little people'; Hona's "Tapu" - what happened to to men who attempted to brave the curse of a Maori chief upon a rich gold-reef; An Unlucky Ride - in New Zealand a man sets of on a perilous 120 mile journey to see his lady, only to arrive late and offend her; Our Travels in Safari-land (part I) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) travels through British East Africa; The Night-Watchman's Story - an 1885 tale from the steamer 'Bengal Tiger' shipping from Paducah, Kentucky, as told by Ernest Prentis; Penelope Visits Finland - holiday jaunts to the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes"; Parker's Lesson - a 1913 story of a young man from Cambridge who went to Nigeria with ideas of how the natives should be handled; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1946cii, 513 pages. Index. Numerous illustrations. Round stamp with "Headquarters 73 BRIT INDEP BDE" on front pastedown, title page, and end pastedown. Gutter cracked between pages 510/511. Cover corners bumped and a little worn. Spine bumped top and bottom.
1896Best.-Nr. 321382Calcutta: Published by the Calcutta Central Press Co. Ltd 40 Canning Street 1896. With 5 folding maps at front pocket 2 with slight damage. 197pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some stains on upper cover. With 5 folding maps at front pocket 2 with slight damage. 197pp. 8vo. With notes of game shot on the endpapers. Published by the Calcutta Central Press Co,., Ltd 40, Canning Street unknown books
1811Best.-Nr. 057409London: T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1811. Second Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1811. Printed title-page. Paper-covered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Tight bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. i 72 pp. SCARCE. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Literature Theology and History. . T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand. SCARCE. T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand paperback
Best.-Nr. UTL12-816Asiatic Society of Bengal. Good. Ex-Library hardcover no dj gray boards with all the usual markings attachments and library wear. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding. A bound collection of works spanning 1903-1911. Asiatic Society of Bengal hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1161922105.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1960157 pages. Chronology. Bibliography. Black and white plates. English adaptation of the Bengali "Palasir Yuddha" - the real story of modern Bengal. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 1021340928.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. ria9781021153838_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Bengal and David G. Sutherland's comprehensive guide to the Bengal Code is an essential resource for anyone working in the British colonial legal system. With detailed regulations and helpful commentary this book offers a comprehensive hardcover
Best.-Nr. ria9781022740198_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Bengal and David G. Sutherland's comprehensive guide to the Bengal Code is an essential resource for anyone working in the British colonial legal system. With detailed regulations and helpful commentary this book offers a comprehensive paperback
Best.-Nr. 46542846like new. unknown
1926Best.-Nr. BIBRR1111430361926. Hardcover. USED. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1926 BY The University Of Singapore HAVING 58 PGS AND SIZE 8.405.25 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Hardcover with some issues like loose binding and some Pin Holes. The book is having B/W Plates and Colour Plates. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 2004200262xbvkLondon, John Murray, 1909. 46 pages, 1 blank sheet. - Publisher's imprinted red softcover, bound in dark-red halclothbinding of the period with black, white and red marbled panels and additional blank endpapers; 8vo.(ca. 20 x 13,5 cm cm).
1984Best.-Nr. 60252Paris, UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization 1984. Mit zahlr. photograph. Abbildungen und Grundrissen. 239 S. 4to. OBrosch.
1916Features: One page photo of two Canadian-built submarines at dockside; Anzac gunners at work; The Black Watch on the march; The 27th Bengal Infantry Regiment; Washing day aboard a French prison ship; Her Majesty the Queen inspects East-End street rolls of honour; With the British troops at Salonika; Two-page photo of a massive British gun at the moment of firing; Italy's Victorious Advance; Crippled Austrians practising walking with artificial limbs; Air-torpedo in a gun; Short range pieces effective for trench bombards; Sir Charles Wakefield entertains wounded soldiers - and General Mackintosh - at The Karsino, Hampton Court. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Best.-Nr. 1121GCADABDFine. Near-Fine cloth hardcover in Very Good dust jacket unclipped. Clean tight bright First edition first printing . Princeton U. Pr. 1980. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1340741024.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 53589London. Smith Elder & Co. 65 Cornhill 1856. TITLE CONTINUED: Published by order of the most noble the Governor-General of India. By R. Baird Smith 1856. Military style khaki coloured box with fold-over flap text at the front followed by 4 pockets for the 21 folding plans 3 still have the silk pull-outs gilt lettered leather title label to spine. Thick 8vo approximately 230 x 145 mm 9 x 5¾ inches 21 folding plans of varying sizes laid on linen as required by plate list pages: xii 1-148. Brown stain to top margins of all text the first few pages are the worst diminishing gradually see attached image. Box stained and worn leather title a little chipped see images pale browning to linen small neat repairs to 4 plans no loss to images a few other small closed tears no loss to images most with a printed paper title pasted on to the linen a few are missing a few plans with pale age-browning. There are 4 extra related panorama plates not called for all seem to be lacking a small section they are loose as they do not fit in the pockets. A good copy only. See: H. K. Paul Early Writings on India page 130 No. 1476; Dictionary of National Biography 1885-1900 Volume 53 for a life of Smith also Wikisource. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London. Smith, Elder & Co., 65 Cornhill, 1856. hardcover
Large 8vo (230 x 140 mm), [2], vi, [18], 174, 204, 10, xv, [1], iii, [1]pp., one folding table, some light worming to blank upper margin of title page, a couple of closed tears to title, some light browning to text, cont. red half calf, rubbed, lower board with minor working which runs through to the lower blank margin of final 4 leaves. Provenance: Ownership signature in ink of "Geo. Richardson, Calcutta, May 10, 1818."
19878vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. SCARCE.
1889Lahore, W. Ball, 1889, voll. 3, in-8, tela coeva, cartelli (con mancanze) al dorso, pp. LXXII, 2409. Minime tracce d'uso alla coperta.
1925Best.-Nr. 511231925. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat 1925-1926. 3 vols. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat 1925-1926. 3 vols. Local Rules and Orders of Bengal 1924 Bengal. Government of Bengal Legislative Department. The Bengal Local Statutory Rules and Orders 1924: Being Lists and a Collection of Extant Local Rules and Orders Made up to the 31st December 1923 Under Enactments Applying to the Province of Bengal as Constituted on that Date in Three Volumes. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot 1925-1926. 3 volumes. Original cloth moderate shelfwear and soiling some dampspotting hinges of Volume II and III starting internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines small stamps to title pages. $450. Contents: Volume I: List of Local Rules and Orders; II. Local Rules and Orders Made Under Acts of Parliament Acts of the Governor General of India in Council and Regulations; 3. Rules and Orders Made Under Bengal Acts. OCLC locates 4 copies. unknown books
