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1836ref. 17370L'Univers. Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples.Revue géographique et ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie; Offrant les résultats des voyages et des découvertes de l'Auteur et de ses Devanciers, ainsi que ses nouvelles classifications et divisions de ces contrées, par M.G.L. Domeny de Rienzy.Édition originale. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères - 1836-1837 - 399, 397 et 365 pages. 309 planches, dont 5 cartes repliées, réunies en fin de chaque volume. Texte sur 2 colonnes.Reliure demi-basane violine de l'époque. Dos lisse avec titres et filets dorés. Tranches jaspées bleues. Un mors fendillé en tête au T1. Rares rousseurs sur quelques gravures, texte épargné. Mouillures angulaires sans gravité au T2. Bon état. Format in-8°(21x14).Il s'agit d'une compilation des voyages de Cook et de Bougainville complétée par ceux de Rienzi lui-même. En outre de ses voyages, on lui doit aussi quelques partitions musicales et des poésies.
1976ref. 2212270376xbvkTokyo, Qantas Australia, March 1st 1976. 204 (2) pages of glossy paper, wholepage black & white photographically illustrated throughout, few images with imprinted japanese text; 3 sheets of illustrated japanese Qantas timetable and pricelist. - White-titled black softcover with flaps and red Qantas imprint; blong small-4to.(ca. 17 x 26 cm).
1925ref. 2212090363xbvkLondon, Jonathan Cape, not dated (ca. 1925, acc. to the 'Impressions' mentioned in the ads). 8 pages, with 3 halfpage illustrations by Lofting; the last 2 p. contain 'A compete List of the Dolittle-Books written & illustrated by Hugh Lofting' ('The Story of Doctor Dolittle - 4th Impression', 'The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - 3rd Impression', 'Doctor Dolittles Post Office - 2nd Impression', 'Doctor Dolittle's Circus') ''and for smaller children'' ('The Story of Mrs. Tubbs'; 'Porridge Poetry') as well as 'A List of some other Books for children' ('The Twin Series', 'The yellow-maned Lion', 'The Forest Dweller Series', 'Fairy Stories', 'Stories by Laurence Housman', 'Lions 'n Tigers 'n Everything', 'The Child's Story of the Human Race'). - Stapled publisher's yellow cardboard-cover with large colourful tipped-on ''frontispiece to 'The Voyage of Dr. Dolittle', a book by Hugh Lofting'' in fact representing the illustrated frontcover of 'The Voyages . . .'; 8vo.(ca. 20 x 14 cm).
1833ref. 26804Sydney. Printed by E.S. Hall. 1833 1833. Soft cover. 12mo 20.5cm 18p. original plain blue wraps upper cover chipped along fore edge some expert repairs along the gutter edge string tied else a fine copy n12 Fergusson 1667. - An early Australian emigration guide and an early Sydney imprint. John Dunmore Lang 1799-1878 a Scottish Presbyterian minister emigrated to New South Wales in 1823 and formed the Scots Church in Sydney. He was a prolific writer on Australia and a major advocate of encouraging immigration from Britain. ". His continual theme. in books pamphlets lectures and newspaper articles was that the grinding poverty of Britain could be relieved by the boundless opportunities in Australia". ODNB. Sydney. Printed by E.S. Hall. 1833 unknown
1793ref. 27862Edinburgh: Alexander Scott - Gazetteer Office 1793. Third edition corrected and greatly enlarged. Hardcover. Very good condition. Muir was a Scottish political reformer and lawyer who was ultimately accused of sedition was the first political prisoner transported to Australia from which he later escaped. Muir was sentenced to 14 years transportation for the the crime of sedition; for campaigning for parliamentary reform and for distributing copies of Thomas Paine's 'The Rights of Man'. His trial became one of the great sensations of the day; he was one of the group known as the 'Scottish Martyrs' who were sentenced in Scotland in 1793-4. Large 12mo 4 128pp rebound in a later half cloth and marble boards leather spine label revised engraved portrait frontis of Muir showing him from the waist up by J. Kay. OCLC 17619597 recorded at 8 locations. Libraries Australia ID 62770710 cites one copy at Queensland Univ. of Technology. Alexander Scott - Gazetteer Office hardcover
18608vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xii, 456 pp, 8 fine lithographed plates, 7 being hand-colored, other tinted, other illustrations from drwgs, the plates drawn by J. Wolf, W. Fitch, George Angas (4 are botanical, others animals, birds). later sim. leather, gilt title lettering on red leather label, new endpapers, lightly foxed on few leaves, else clean, very good+ copy, well-bound. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ripley 26. Ferguson 6929. Wood 231: 'An interesting account of the author's observations on the flora and fauna of Australasia, in which birds figure large, at least half of the 23 chapters containing references to them'. The book contains an extensive chapter on the platypus, which the auithor here calls a water mole, together with a hand colored plate of same. Fitch, who painted the botanical subjects, was one of the most respected botanical artists of his time. Other subjects are by artists G.F. Angas, Thomas Baines and Joseph Wolf, each a highly respected and ijmportant natural history artist. An important contribution including marine biology, ornithology, bird migration, plants including those with agricultural application, botanic garden, medicinal remedies, etc. The last chapter describes overland routes from Sydney to Southampton. Included is a loose clipping from a periodical on the New Guinea Ant Eater with illustration.
19128vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xiv, 254; xvii, [255] - 515, [iv, ads] pp, 7 color plates (including 4 natural history), 2 folding maps, 365 plates and illus. original pictorial gilt cloth, spines faded and worn, good set, interior with minor foxing on some pages but clean, mounted hand colored map of New South Wales, eastern coast dated 1835 on endpaper from other work. A picture of this book is available upon
1927Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1944Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the British Columbia coast; Fish-Spearing in the South Seas; and more. Above-average external wear. Covers nearly loose. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
192984 pages plus 36 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part I; The Pirates of the "Ethel" - a tale of Australian piracy from 1899; The White Wanderer - my life among the Nomad Arabs - article with nice photos; The Queer Side of Things - My "Hunch" - a cowboy's plain tale of an odd adventure in Nevada; The Mystery of the "Flying Stones" - a weird story related by a South African policeman; The Judge's Joke - Judge Sawicki of Cleveland was anxious to be rid of three drunks; "Slippery Wiley" Scores Again - an illicit gold buyer in Australia; Photo and caption of a 1.5 ton monster sea turtle caught off Lowestoft, on the east coast of England!; Children of the Desert - a first-hand study of the manners and customs of the Navajo Indians - article with nice photos; Hunter's Luck on the Lion Trail - a lion-hunting story from East Africa - with nice photos; Over the Victoria Falls in a Canoe - Trooper Ramsay survived the 420' fall!; The Haunted Cabin - a queer little tale from Maroon Mountain, British Columbia; Man and his Needs; Stamps of the World. Nice full-page ad for Barney's Tobacco inside front cover. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
197596 pages. Features: A Dream Grows in Brooklyn - In Carroll Gardens a rising wave of new Italian immigrants blends with the old; The Automated Battlefield - Smart Bombs/Map-Reading Missiles/Fighting Satellites/Battlefield Sensors; Why Zoos? - they not only educate and please, but save species rarer than Rembrandts from extinction - article with photos, including a 1907 Bronx-bred bison; After the Cyclone - Photos and article on destruction in Darwin, Australia; A Sense of Wonder - Photo-illustrated feature article on musican Stevie Wonder; Crazy Edmos fabric ad with man wearing yellow shirt illustrated with an electrical plug, and lady wearing yellow shirt illustrated with plug receptacle; Child-Woman Clothes; International Style Revisited - the architecture of Richard Meier is exemplified in this three-story Westchester house designed by architect Christopher H.L. Owen; Rare one-page color-photo ad for Teacher's Scotch Whisky features caveman photo of Mel Brooks and humorous text referencing his movies; Photos of female twins inside back cover. Average wear. Small faint library stamp on each cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
197990 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: Jackie Chan - four pages of colour photos; Chen Chen - two pages of colour photos; Lin Ching Hsia - two pages of colour photos; Hsu Feng - one page colour photo; Ou-Yang Ling Lung - beautiful colour foldout photo; Jo Jo Wang - colour photos; Jackie Chan - article of him hunting in Australia with photos of him shooting rifles; Pierre Rissent; Love With Tears; The Buddhist Fist; 52nd Oscar Ceremony; The Invincible Kung Fu Legs - colour photo ad on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
193368 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Cellophane inside front cover; Great two-colour full-page ad for International Trucks - Chicago Century of Progress Theme; Nice full-page ad for Investors Syndicate featuring photo of Roy A. Hunter of B.C.; Nice 2-page Mobiloil photo ad features large photo of four cars; Chipso Laundry Detergent ad; Heritage, by Albert M. Treynor; The Cinema Murder, by Phillips Oppenheim; The Oriental Threat - regarding oriental immigration "... In British Columbia the proportion is catastrophic, being one Asiatic to every twelve whites." - with photos, by Charles E. Hope and W.K. Earle; Garden Jungle, by C.R. K. Allen; Ace of Our Judges - Chief Justice Lyman Poore Duff, by M. Grattan O'Leary; Invitation, by Will R. Bird; Critic on the Hearth, by Arthur T. Munyan; Pud, by W.A. Fraser; Tides o' Fundy, by H.V. Chambers; By Express - stories of shipping animals long distances; There's Money in Stamps - Paul Montgomery writes about valuable early Canadian postage stamps - illustrated; Love Letters in a Jar, by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Nice colour Campbell Soup ad; My Hate of Jig-Saw Puzzles, by Edgar March; Every Russian to Bear Arms - Women and Children are Being Trained to Take Part in Soviet's Next War; Article titled "Inventions Are Badly Needed"; Nice two-color full-page ad for the New Chevrolet Sixes; Article on how motion pictures have almost displaced theatre in North America; Australia Sells its Steamships - claims operation a failure; Canada Needs Air Museum; Lovely Prudential Insurance ad features girl on roller skates on sidewalk rolling, arms open, to her dad; Nice ad for the Northern Electric Gurney Range; Lovely ad promotes golfing at Jasper Park by taking Canadian National; Cereals - article by Helen G. Campbell; Investing in Bank Stocks; Fantastic two-colour full-page ad for General Motors Trucks features a dumptruck being loaded by a large clamshell bucket; Nice ad for Dominions Tires; Excellent back cover colour photo ad for Winchester cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1944Cover: Royal Highnesses Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, New Governor-General to Australia. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "U.S. War Aims" by Walter Lippmann; The Great World War: "Mulberry" and the Invasion; Books of the Day and The World of Science: Kew and the War. Pictorial Journals include: Scenes from Athens: A Demonstration, and an Echo of a Shooting (illus, by Flight-Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); The Reign of Anarchy in Athens: Scenes in the Troubled Capital; Von Rundstedt's Sudden Drive into Belgium and Luxembourg (map); Germany's Drive into Belgium and Luxembourg: Towns in the News; Two German "Squirt Planes": The Me.262 and the Me.163 Fighters (illus. by G.H. Davis); The War in Italy: Eighth Army Troops Entering Faenza and Ravenna; London of the XVIth Century: Panoramas of the Ancient City as it Looked Before the Great Fire; London Triumphant: The Great Metropolis of the British Empire (Four page panoramic illustration by Sydney R. Jones); The City of London of the Future: Preliminary Proposals; A Scheme for the Prevention of Overcrowding in London; Aspects of the War in the West: Scenes from the Fighting Zones and a Panoramic of Port of Antwerp; Flooded Walcheren: Life on the Island Following the Devastation Caused by the Smashing of the Sea Dykes; and An Exhibition of Flemish Old Masters in Aid of Belgium Children. Back page missing. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy copy. Book
1929Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
2020ref. DBS-9781774073261Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
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1953ref. 114019The Australian Artist Editions - Legend Press, Sydney, 1953. 36 x 27 cm ; Leder
