Arnold Mayo (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Red cloth, 264 pages, 7.5-in tall, index, many photographs. The importance of diet, cleanliness, exercise, safety, and other childhood health issues. Ownership names to the pastedown, otherwise clean and unworn.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 350 pp. A perfectly acceptable study/work/reading copy. Damage to spine. All pages still attached. Shelf worn corners and spine. Water stains on edges. Previous owner's signature on first page. Pen markings throughout book.

Rústica con solapas. Condition: Normal. 366 pp/ Traducción de Iris Menéndez/ S Size: 15x21.5. Libro.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardback without wrapper with red cloth boards with shelf wear, mottling and gentle signs of use, spine area sun faded. Pages clean looking carefully read with a little natural darkening to edges only and binding a little loose. Clean, carefully used copy with inscription from author to front end paper. M2. Inscribed by Author(s).

Tela. Condition: Normal. Primera edición. 564 pp/ Gigante/ Versión española de A. Mendizábal/ S Size: 14x20. Libro.

Condition: leido. 1. ed. edición. rúst. con solapas, buen estado 432.

Original-Kunststoff-Einband; 8°; vii (i) 283 (1) Seiten. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch 650 gr.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1975 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 128 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 128 Volume 9.

Condition: Very Good. On offer are an interesting pair [2] of 1928 and 1929 original manuscript diaries handwritten by a young English mining engineer named Leslie Arnold Mayo, while working in Siam. Using a large page per day 'Roneo Indexed Diaries', he writes approximately 311 entries in the 1928 diary and 235 entries in the 1929 diary, ranging from a single line to a full-page, usually at least a paragraph or two ending with his return to Dover on 3 October 1929, with occasional entries made while in Europe to the conclusion of the calendar year. The author provides a unique 'yin and yang' look at his time in Asia from the prejudices of a young man of his time and place balance with the topic of the perils of going native; the challenges of mining in contrast with the lure of making one's living abroad, particularly in an exotic locale such as Siam. Mayo appears to have no little responsibility managing and working a tin mine near Langsuan, then at Kopah, in Thailand, as he does the books, calculates expenses and doles out wages, writes daily reports, some with drawings, manages equipment repairs, and hires the Siamese and Chinese 'coolies'. Mayo answers directly to the Superintendent of Mines, and in 1928 received a salary increase. He is also in frequent communication with the Governor and even socializes with him. Beginning on New Year's Day of 1928, we understand he has been in Thailand for some time, as he is comfortably situated in a bungalow at the Nai Hoot Juita tin mine in Langsuan, Siam and he may have started his job there as early as the summer, or autumn of 1926. Mayo does a great job bringing the essence of his life in Siam to the reader as he not only details his work but also his play and other activities: the journals contain many stories of encounters with tigers, game hunting, the miner's opinions of his contemporaries in the industry, as well as the hired hands, minor mishaps such as an injury to his knee, a weekend spent in Penang, and the sorted affairs of his colleagues. Mayo contemplates purchasing options, essentially licences, in other regions, as well as investing in shares in the Australian owned mining company 'Huai Yot' which was involved in gold mining in Malaysia. Other large Australian companies such as 'Nai Hoot' are mentioned, and interestingly, Australians were the first to introduce dredges into tin mining in Siam in 1907, creating an influx of Western firms. Here are some snippets: "Chinese hari bazaar, the coolies decided to do no work because I wouldn't give them a full day for 1/2 day's work. Had some trouble over sacking two." "Took F.R. round the mines, dredge & power station & listened to what he had to say. He is a decent fellow, a Scot from Edinburgh." "I went down to Tung Song [Suratthani] for money. Oscar Dorban got in. I was very pleased to see him & we discussed boxing, especially his method of drying the samples & weighing them instead of finding their volume by displacement." ". 10 o'clock when I got my money from the bank. Caught the 11 am train to Ronpibon where Langdon met me & drove me out. White was on the train going to Haad Yai" "Received a letter from the OCPD Batu Gajah [Office of the Consumer Protection Board] inquiring about my pistol, he wants me to apply for an export licence - nine months after I left the state." "Took a gang of coolies out to repair a broken bridge on the Langsuan road. had a beer & biscuits. Lazy in the afternoon & then went shooting. I bagged 4 with 6 shots." "A most energetic day. Went to the bore first thing & on my return struck the pipe line so decided to go up to the intake - some walk in all about 10 miles." "I can calmly accept the state of affairs - this life is quite bearable if one has enough work to do during the day. Today I was up late and spent most of the morning with the coolies shifting the dynamo field to the store. Siamese get my goat!" "The tractor with dynamo armature got stuck in the mud just outside the min & I with four coolies waited at. Manuscript.