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1949The special issue is extra large and contains 122 pages. Dozens of fantastic vintage photo-illustrated ads. Features: Fantastic Shorts one-page ad includes photos of their massive flying boats; Illustrated article on the first rocket motor built in Britain, the De Havilland Sprite; J.W. Dunne - Obituary; Rocket Fighters for Home Defense; Indian Ocean Survey - The first full story, told by J. Cowan, of a long-range survey flight from Australia to South Africa undertaiken by a Quantas Empire Airways' Lancastrian which left Sydney on November 14, 1948; Air Transport Affairs; Nice 4-page color ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group; Great color ad for the Apollo passenger aircraft; Nice one-page color ad for the Fairey Gyrodyne; The War Against Winter; Nice photo-illustraed Handley Page ad presents aircraft they have produced, past to present; For the Aeronautical Engineer; Flight Assessments During 1948-9; Magnificent 8-page colour illustrated ad for De Havilland's planes; A Review of Britain's Aircraft Industry; and much, much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this extraordinary issue. Magazine
197572 pages. Songs include: Cattle Going In; The Characters of the Outback; The Parragundy Stiffener; She's On Again Tonight in Darwin; Down on the Daly River Oh; The Man from Humpty Doo; Alice; Have You Been to the Rock; Leave Your Cheque Book at Home; Rider in the Mirage; Arnhem Land Lullaby; Greasy Biggins - Station Cook; The King v. August Paul; The Drinkers of the Territory. Includes several nice full-page photos in colour and black and white. Undated but, judging by copyright dates of songs, appears to be circa 1975. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
1986815 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. Illustrated endpaper. A record of the area of South Australia covered by the District Council of Tatiara. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Light wear. Binding intact. A nice clean copy. Book
1950107 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Textblock free from covers which are present. Last page affixed inside back cover. Book
1951106 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1952111 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1954130 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1951113 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Last page affixed inside back cover. Book
1952120 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Covers free from textblock but present. Prior owner's name neatly inside front cover. Book
1953124 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Prior owner's name neatly atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
1952Features: Diamond Cut Diamond - widespread traffic in diamonds stolen from African mines; A Packet of Trouble - A British soldier in Egypt pretends to help drug-traffickers; Across the High Alps on Skis - an ambitious expedition carried out by four young Scots, many photos; Gypsies of the Arctic - Laplanders; South African Canoe-Racing - Whisky and Water - two odd characters in Australia; Rope's End - a former B.S.A. police-trooper's account of the undoing of a cunning native murderer; Curio-Collecting in Papua - examining native handiwork for the Australian Museum, with photos; Cheating Death; The Sleep-Maker - Puzzling thefts at a Nigerian mining-camp; The Awakening - an innocent man is charged with murder; Poltergeist - a weird story from Borneo; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
1958Features: According to the Law - Lieut.-Col. G.H. Keighley-Bell recalls his adventures with Kurds around 1919; Cut Out and Get Out - Tom H. Inkster recalls logging on Vancouver Island - photos; A Pint for the Man Who Breaks his Oar - fishermen at Aldeburgh, "The Wild Amphibious Race"; A Witch Doctor and the Bride - a Zulu Tale; The Sea Arab - a white man becomes a man of the sea in the tropical islands; Death to the Whites - Lolo St. Paul of the Shuswap Indians in British Columbia taught the law of the White man to the Indians, but to the pioneer-settlers he represented the law of the Redskin - excellent and little-known B.C. history with photos; Outcast of the Silent City - An Indian Adventure; I Lived in the Stone Age - studying aborigines of Australia; The Lost World of Jimmy Angel - a tale of gold, diamonds and Angel Falls, a mile-high waterfall in Venezuela; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding beginning to open at bottom but everything still holding together. Book
1989306 pages. Index. "The present book has arisen directly from concerns over increasing acidification of soils under improved pastures over wide areas of southern Australia. However, the authors examine soil acidity within a much broader framework, making their views relevant to all agricultural and natural ecosystems on acid soils." - from Foreword. Somewhat above-average external wear. Prior owner's details stroked out or covered by stickers on front board and internally. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
1914Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
1844Bella mappa acquarellata del 1844 che rappresenta l'Oceania. In buone condizioni. DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 44,5x29 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 32x22 EPOCA: 1844 CONDIZIONI: Buone, fioriture e piccola gora d'umidità all'angolo superiore sinistro. Very beautiful coloured map with aquarello representing Australia of 1844. LEAF DIMENSION: 44,5x29 ENGRAVING DIMENSION: cm 32x22 DATE: 1844 CONDITIONS: Good. Foxings and little humidity stain in the upper left corner.
1891Bella mappa colorata del 1891 dell'Oceania disegnata e incisa da Allodi. Di grandi dimensioni INCISIONE: cromolitografia DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 66x95,5 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 61x85,5 EPOCA: 1891 CONDIZIONI: buone condizioni. Piegature. Piccolo strappo al margine superiore. Beautiful polychrome map of 1891 of Oceania drawn and engraved by Allodi. Of big size. ENGRAVING: chromolythography LEAF DIMENSION: cm 66x95,5 ENGRAVING DIMENSION: cm 61x85,5 DATE: 1891 CONDITIONS: good conditions. Foldings. One tear in the upper edge
1840réf. 221741840 Bruxelles, Société Typographique Belge, Ad. Wahlen et Compagnie, 1840,Brussels, Societe Typographique, 1840.fort IN8; 570p.,reliure pleine toile à coins posterieure, texte à 2 colonnes ,numeration des planches en desordre?;60 sujets en lithographie en noir,traces de mouillure en coin de quelques feuillets .Large octavo, with a portrait frontispiece & 60 lithographic illustrations, The popular account of Louis de Freycinet's circumnavigation in the Uranie from the pen of the official artist on the voyage. The voyage touched on the Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Ile de France & Bourbon, Timor, Indonesia, the Marianas & Caroline Islands, Hawaii (13 chapters), Australia (8 chapters), and the Malouines. The plates, taken from drawings by Arago on the voyage, are largely portraits of aborigines encountered around the world, and there is extensive reference to the comparative customs of the peoples. Despite the fact that six editions are recorded in Ferguson, this one is not.(although a four-volume version of the same year is Ferguson 2906). Ferguson, 2906b; Forbes, 'Hawaiian National Bibliography', 1191.
1870réf. LBW-6891Paris, L. Crémière, vers 1870. Gravure originale (36 x 24 cm).
1871P., Plon, 1871-1872. 3 volumes in-12 reliés demi basane verte, dos à nerfs, IV - 363 pp. - 2 grandes cartes dépliantes en couleurs - 12 gravures. 451 pp. - 1 grande carte dépliante en couleurs - 14 gravures. 359 pp. - 4 cartes en couleurs -15 gravures. Cinquième et quatrième éditions. Dos légèrement frottés. Bons exemplaires.
1893réf. 0012691893 Tours, Mame, 1893. Grand in-quarto (215 X 300 mm) percaline rouge de l'éditeur, plaque polychrome d'après SOUZE sur le premier plat, dos lisse orné de même, tranches dorées ; 398 pages. Quelques rousseurs très éparses, plus marquées aux feuillets de faux-titre et d'appendice et de table in fine, quelques traces de décoloration au premier plat, tout à fait acceptables.
1750réf. 2180[], [], [1750 ca]. In-4 de 8 pp., cartonnage moderne.
New York, Charles Scribner´s Sons, 1899. 4to. mayor, XIII - 412 pp. Con 43 láminas fotográficas, 3 planos y dos mapas plegados. Encuadernación original en tela estampada, fatigada. El autor fue vecino de Robert Louis Stevenson en Samoa entre 1890 y 1893 en que como alma itinerante partió hacia la Polinesia Oriental en busca de islas vírgenes. A su vuelta a Sidney se topó con Louis Becke quien le habló de una isla que llamaba Venecia cubierta enteramente por la jungla y situada "en el mar de las pequeñas islas". Es así como fue a parar en las Carolinas, sobre las que escribió éste primer libro, fascinado por su belleza y por el misterio de las ruinas monumentales de Lele Island. . Cabe recordar que el año de publicación de esta obra España había vendido las islas a Alemania.
1774réf. LBW-2849[1774]. 355 x 767 mm.
1774réf. PHO-2168Paris, Saillant et Nyon, Panckoucke, 1774, 1 volume in-4 (sur 4), 3ff.-536pp., relié basane marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné d’ancres et fleurs de lys avec titre et tomaison, tranches rouges, usures et frottements, coiffes arasées, coins et coupes très usés, fentes, cachet retiré au titre Illustré de 9 gravures, dont certaines dépliantes,
réf. 6802P., Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1857 ; in-12, broché. 2ff.-XXIII-278pp. Des rousseurs et une importante mouillure touchant le second plat de couverture et les pages 250 à 278.
