Thurn everard i m (8 risultati)

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. Vol 45, No 4, April, 1915, pp. 301-326+ Separate Color FoldOut Map (15 x 18 inches), Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, ex lib perfs on map else VG.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1967. prev. owner's name fep.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. Pictoral finished card boards with red lettering to spine and front. Covers are generally in good order, just a little shelfwear. Spine is a little faded. Light spotting to the page tops. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. 120 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 278g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 035250:13a) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 278 G. Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Collectible Near Fine. Unusual item. A little foxing. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. Size: Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, xvi, 445pp, 10 plates, 43 woodcut ills, 1 folding map, all present, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co. London, 1883 Original red cloth with black and gilt lettering on title and spine Cover slightly worn, spine faded, name ink inscription on first page, first page browned, inside in excellent condition.…

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xvi, 445, 38 [publisher's catalogue] pp, 10 plates including 3 colored plates (chromolithographs), frontis of Macusi Indian in full dancing dress, folding map, 43 other wood-engraved illustrations, index. original red pictorial cloth, decorated in black, gilt title lettering, covers a little worn and faded, spine ends bit frayed, no ownership marks, very good clean copy. Goodman 625: 'The work of a British ornithologist, who finally dispelled the Lake Parima myth'. Griffin 4879: 'A classic description of the interior of British Guiana in the 1880's: archaeology, anthropology, and natural history. A number of works published about this time deal with the aboriginal population of Guiana. This is the best of them. It marks a new departure, in that West Indian ethnological studies, hitherto inseparable from history, assumed a separate existence and identity'. Welch 53. Not in Field. The illustrations include views of Kaieteur Falls (higher than Niagara and unknown until 1871), portage, engraved rocks, feathered head-dresses, poisoned arrows and many others of Indians and their artifacts, costume, jewelry, musical instruments, bird, etc. The colored plates include feather head-dresses, bird. A picture of this book is available on request. …

Sandalwood trader in the Fijian Islands during the years 1808 - 1809 9" x 5.5", blue cloth hardcover, blindstamped borders and decoration and gilt decoration to both boards, blindstamped bands and gilt titles to spine, pp [i - ix] x - Cxi, [1 - 3] 4 - 250 plus 3 maps (complete) in rear pocket, all in fine condition. 1925 first edition with 3 maps as called-for, all fine condition, with corners lightly rubbed, Hakluyt Society second series No. LII.…

(London), 1892. Original printed wrappers. 31 pp. Reprinted, by permission, from the 'Proceedings' of the Institute. - After his education, im Thurn (1852 - 1932) travelled to British Guiana, called Guyana since its independence from Great Britain, to become (at the age of 25) curator of the British Guiana Museum from 1877 until 1882. He later became a stipendiary magistrate in Pomeroon, a Dutch plantation colony.…