BIRKETT, DeaMareMagnum
Burke, JanineMareMagnum
Australian Women Artists, 1840-1940
1988A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 188 pages.
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19978vo [24 x 16 cm]; xix, 296, [iv] pp, 2 maps, appendix. original boards (hardcover) with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), clean and fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of travels in Pitcairn Island, among the descendants of the crew of the Bounty that mutinied from Captain William Bligh, with a description of the peculiar conditions and society that developed.
1988A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 188 pages.
19454to [26.5 x 18 cm]; xxii, [ii], 491, [i] pp, frontis, 134 illustrations including many full-page from old sources, some double-page, tables, maps including folding, map endpapers. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, endpaper signature, very good+, interior is clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A collection of articles and extracts from older sources on the natural sciences of the former Dutch colonies, a very useful reference with contributions by many eminent scientists including David Fairchild, Alfred Russell Wallace, Ernst Mayer, H. O. Forbes, and many others. All the articles are in English, some produced in English for the first time, covering all aspects of natural history, geology, rubber cultivation, botany, plant hunting, tobacco, climate, agriculture, forestry, cinchona cultivation, archaeology, etc.
19864to [28.5 x 21 cm]; 192 pp, colorfrontis, numerous illustrations & plates, many in color, from orig sources, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the work and characters of the pioneering scientists in Australia, based on their letters, diaries and journals, who had sent home to Europe and America, preserved specimens of animals, flowers and rocks. Beautifully illustrated, many of which are from the travelling scientists own paintings and sketches.
1996Text is clean, clear and bright throughout. Cover is in very good, clean condition. Used
1982A sound book with clean pages and clear content.
1996ref. EW445121996 Collection of 18 papers in a special cover. Thesis. Library stamps, else very good copy.
1994ref. CO195281994 160 p., 101 figs, 4to, paperbound. With an inscription to Dr. W. Vervoort.
ref. wx398New York Graphic Society Toile d'éditeur avec jaquette In-plano (34 x 48 cm.), dos toilé cartonnage d'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, XXXII planches couleurs légendées, introduction de Herbert Read ; jaquette en mauvais état (déchirures, manques, salie), déchirure à la coiffe supérieure, coins usés, petite déchirure sans manque au dos, images intactes, intérieur frais, en l'état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
2000ref. 46956Konemann 2000 In-4 relié. Jaquette neuve. Occasion comme neuf.
1931ref. HM268121931 96 p., 27 pls (among which two large, folded col. maps), large 4to, hcloth (original front cover laid on). Ex library Dr. Max Weber (with his stamp).
1989Ex-library book witht he usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for several pages previous to page 58 that are heavily underlined in pencil. Nice condition. 364 pages, maps, charts, tables.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 64 pages. Staple-bound.
1946Light shelf wear to DJ, particularly upper extremities. Previous owners name in front free endpaper. ; Fold out map at rear; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 279 pages
1946DJ browned and with light wear ; Fold out map at rear; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 279 pages
19359 pages, including a full-page sketch map. Plus photographic plate and a fold-out diagram. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating expedition report on one of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand - the south western extremity often known as Fiordland. Most of it was then difficult to access, incompletely mapped or unexplored, and geologically but little known. Among subjects discussed include a brief history of exploration and mapping, topography, vegetation, the valley-system, and coastal plateau. Accompanied by diagrams showing Dusky and Breaksea Sounds, Milford Sound, and Tutoko Peak, plus spectacular photographs, some depicting Homer's Saddle, Hall Arm in Doubtful Sound, Grave Talbot Pass, and Hollyford Valley.
1987Author Chatwin poses two questions: Why is humankind the most restless and dissatisfied animal, and is the wandering life really less 'normal' than settling in one place and living in a dwelling?; 8vo; 293 pages
1987Author Chatwin and travelling companion Arkady travel through aboriginal Australia, the last place on earth occupied not by shepherds, tribal cultures, or cities, but by the most ancient hunter-gatherers. ; 8vo; 293 pages
1984Very Good English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In English. [6], 61, [2] p., b/w ills. Change and persistence of Turkish culture: Seminar papers, 14 April 1984, Monash University. This publication brings together three papers for presentation at the Seminar 'Change and Persistence of Turkish Culture 14 April 1984' organised by the Australian-Turkish Friendship Society in association with the Centre for Migrant Studies, Monash University. The financial support of the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission is gratefully acknowledged. Contents: Turkish culture through ages: Change and persistance, RAHMI AKÇELIK.; The influences on Turkish poetry, novel and short story genre, HARVEY BROADBENT.; The maintenance of Turkish identity in the migration situation, JOY ELLEY.
1977Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 108 pages. Re-bound by library in bright red buckram cloth. Oblong: 10 3/4"w x 8 1/2"h. Catalogue of 72 drawings, all full page in b&w by Pierre Alechinsky, James brooks, Jim Dine, Russell Drysdale, Helen Frankenthaler, Franco Gentilini, David Hockney, Patrick heron, Oskar Kokoschka, Willem de Kooning, Henri Michaux, Ben Nicholson, Victor Pasmore, Lloyd Rees, Bridget Riley, Jack Smith Antoni Tapies, and many others.
2006A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription.
2006Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 171 pages.
1952Minor browning and light chipping to DJ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages
1980"Marianne North was one of those intrepid Victorian Lady Travellers, most renowned for her brilliant botanical paintings, displayed in specially designed Gallery in the Botanical Gardens at Kew. This book uses extracts from her autobigraphical account of her travels ("Recollections of a Happy Life. Being the Autobiography of Marianne North". Edited by Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. Two volumes. 1894) and is beautifully illustrated with her paintings, many reproduced for the first time. The book was published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Preface by J P M Brenan, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical note by Brenda E Moon. 240p. illus (col) maps on endpapers. A nice book to send as a gift ! Book
A clean, unmarked book. Metal comb binding. 384 pages. Many color photos.
