Java Diary.
New York: Macmillan, 1969. Many photo Illus., some in color. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (New York): Macmillan, (1969). Very good. More
New York: Macmillan, 1969. Many photo Illus., some in color. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (New York): Macmillan, (1969). Very good. More
b/w photo illus., 281pp., 8vo, boards (spine faded, else very good). London, (1958). More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Hong Kong: Amerasian, (1974). vg. More
New York: Harper, 1853. of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c. 624pp. Small 8vo, original brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled, spine sunned, corners lightly bumped and very lightly worn, many pages with light foxing, some pages with light dampstaining, mostly to margins. New York: Harper, 1853. First American Edition. Author travelled round the world from 1849 to 1852. Internally, a tight bright copy. More
Garden City: 1958. Garden City, 1958. More
Hurter, Franz, 1829. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 6" x 8.75". From "Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben verschiedenen Bewohnern" ("Sketches from the Island of Java and its different inhabitants"). Landscape of the Tangerang River near Jakarta. More
Hurter, Franz, 1829. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 4.5" x 8.75". From "Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben verschiedenen Bewohnern" ("Sketches from the Island of Java and its different inhabitants"). Scene shows six figures in native dress with musical instruments. More
Hurter, Franz, 1829. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 7" x 10.5". From "Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben verschiedenen Bewohnern" ("Sketches from the Island of Java and its different inhabitants"). Dramatic encounter between a tiger and a buffalo. More
New York: Greenberg, 1945. Lightly illustrated in b/w throughout. 87 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Greenberg, (1945). A very good(-) copy--soiling to cloth, sunned spine, partial tear in half-title page. More
New York: Abrams, 1991. Packed with 435 illustrations, including 181 color plates. 319pp. Thick 4to, black cloth, d.w. Washington & New York: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in association with Harry Abrams, (1991). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Scarce. Printed to accompany the first major exhibition of art masterpieces created by the peoples of Indonesia's outer islands. More
Amsterdam: F. Valentijn, 1726. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 11 3/4" x 7" This map depicts the road from Semarang to Kartosuro on the island of Java, Indonesia. Published in Francois Valentijn's "Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien", 1724-1726. Features 29 numbered sites - including rice paddies, fortresses, military positions, and town names - dispersed throughout a lovely pictorial landscape of palm trees and hills. Rivers are only depicted where they transect the road. In very good condition, with some spotting mostly..... More
Leiden: Van der Aa, Pierre, 1730. Map. Copper plate engraving of the Island of Java. Image measures 10.5" x 6.25". Beautiful dark impression. North is oriented to the right of the page. Includes Bali and part of Sumatra. Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher, editor and bookseller based in Leiden, Netherlands. He started his own publishing and auction house at the age of 21 and went on to produce thousands of maps. Van der Aa is credited..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Illustrations. 8vo, glossy pictorial boards, with wide wrap-around band. New York: Harper Collins, (2003) First edition, later issue, signed by Winchester. More
New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Illus. 416pp. 8vo, pictorial boards, d.w. (New York): HarperCollins, (2003). Fine. More
Ithaca: Cornell University, 1982. 197pp., thin 4to, stiff red printed wrappers. Cornell University Dept. of Asian Studies, 1982. Near fine. Linguistic Series VIII, Data Paper: Number 116. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. Edited by Clifford Witting. Frontis portrait plus 20 illustrations and 3 maps. 788pp., 8vo, cloth; lightly worn, some fraying at head of spine and bumping at the corners. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. First edition. A very good (-) copy. More
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