Rascals in Paradise
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. 8vo, light blue boards, gilt stamped spine, d.w. (light wear). London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First English Edition. More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. 8vo, light blue boards, gilt stamped spine, d.w. (light wear). London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First English Edition. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015. Illustrated. 303 pages, 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2015). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Illustrated throughout in b/w and color. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1987). Text block has some small stains along the outer edge, dust wrapper is sunned and edgeworn. A very good(-) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
London: Society for the Promoting of Christian Knowledge, 1855. 15 plates including a map of the South Pacific. 318pp. 16mo, 20th century full blue morocco with gilt decoration, head of spine and edges of corners worn. London: Society for the Promoting of Christian Knowledge, 1855. More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i, 2004. Beautifully and extensively illustrated. Photography by Kryzstof Pfeiffer. 160 pages, thin 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, (2004). Reprint. A fine copy. More
Garden City: 1958. Garden City, 1958. More
Hyderabad: Architecture Autinomous, 2000. Slim 4to, numerous color illustrations, glossy pictorial boards, d.w. (Hyderabad): Architecture Autonomous, (2000). Near fine. More
Munich: Prestel, 1996. Photographs by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague. Introduction by Roy Sieber. 112 color and 6 black & white illustrations, plus 5 maps. 232 pages. 4to, yellow cloth, d.w. Munich: Presetel, (1996). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with the exhibition. More
Philadelphia: American Phiosophica Society, 1961. Illustrated. Printed i double column, 4to, pictorial cloth. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1961. Very good (+). Includes a documented biography and transcription of the artist- naturalist's records of the scientific expeditions to the American West, Antarctica, and the South Pacific, notes, bibliog, & index. 77 illustrations showing his paintings & drawings. Previous owners inscription on the half-title. More
Illustrated with maps and photographs. 266pp, 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Charles Scribner's, 1965. Very good in very good, price clipped, dust jacket. More
Paris: 1833. Lithograph. Sheet measures 11 5/8" x 18 5/8" View of the coast and hills of Tikopia, part of the Solomon Islands, seen from a distance from the sea, with the longboat in the center right foreground being rowed towards Tikopia. The Astrolabe under the command of Jules-Sebastian-Cesar Dumont d'Urville visited the island in 1826. More
Munich: Bruchmann, 1962. Frontispiece and 32 other full page black & white photographic plates by F.L. Kenett. 15pp. of text. Large slim 4to, white cloth-backed pictorial boards. Munchen, (1962). Very good. Melanesian sculpture, in the Akanthus series. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. Illustrated with some b/w photographs. 329 pages. Thock 8vo, original gray cloth; lightly edgeworn and spine sun-darkened. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. Second printing. A very good(-) solid copy. More
illus. 8vo, yellow cloth; (small spot of paint on spine). N.Y.: Book League of Amer., (1940). Author's time in American Samoa. More
Novato: Presidio Press, 2001. Illus. 8vo, black boards, d.w., corners of boards bumped. (Novato): Presidio Press, (2001). Publisher's promotional dvd in back pocket. More
Novato: Presidio Press, 2000. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., boards soiled. (Novato): Presidio Press, (2000). More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1960. Numerous plates in color & in black & white, large folding map. 562 pages, dark green cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1960. First Edtion. Very good (+). More
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1828. xii, 325pp. 8vo, original 1/2 brown cloth and brown boards with original paper label, front cover detached, spine worn, edges of boards worn, scattered light foxing, margins uncut, cloth and boards lightly soiled. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1828. First Edition. John Ledyard, an American marine, sailed with Captain James Cook on Cook's third Voyage. "At Nootka Sound, which was reached in March, 1778, he (Ledyard) began to picture the vast possibilities of the northwestern fur..... More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i, 1997. Many illustrations, primarily in color. 152 pages, 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, (1997). A near fine copy. More
London: Cassell, 1892. Illus. by William Hole & W.L. Metcalf. 8vo, blue cloth. London: Cassell, 1892. First Edition. Fine. More
illus., Frontis. in color. 4to, cloth, dust wrapper (chipped) N.Y.: Knopf, 1945. vg. More
243pp. small 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., 1953. More
London: James Ridgway, 1827. Illustrated with 56 hand-colored plates. One corner of title page skillfully repaired with no loss of text, alphabetical holograph index bound in. Slim 8vo, 1/2 green morocco, decoratively gilt spine. London: James Ridgway, 1827-1828. A fine clean copy. One the most attractive of Australian botanical books and the first to use live specimens for illustration instead of dried plants or field sketches. Nissen 1924. More
London: Tallis, John, 1851. Map. Steel engraving. 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Beautiful map of New Zealand without the typical vignettes. Tallis substitutes his usual decorative border for a traditional Maori pattern. In very good condition, with minor chips to margins. Folded as issued with several creases. John Tallis Jr. (1817-1876) was a London born bookseller who continued the prolific map publishing company started by his father. After a partnership with his brother, Tallis Jr. expanded the business to New..... More
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