Unknown British (16 results)

Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. One of the forty-one published issues of the British edition that had an erratic life longer than that of the U.S. original. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 698. Owner's signature on front cover and title page. Cover worn at edges and dusty, closed split along front spine fold, a fair to good copy. (#176535).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG.

3: Cloth/Embossed Hardcover. Condition: B: Book: Very Good. Very minor moisture stain on lower right corner of ends of pages. This book is a practical guide for students, laymen, or enthusiasts, covering theory, history, terminology and general information. Convenient handbook for reference and self study. Provides an in depth selection of topics and review, written in clear, everyday English for futher clarity. This is a good book to peruse, give it a try. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Book.

Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. One of the forty-one published issues of the British edition that had an erratic life longer than that of the U.S. original. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 698. Cover worn at edges and dusty, closed split along front spine fold, a good copy. (#176534).

Paperback. 1942-1943. 8.5 x 14 inches, "COPY", an unattributed diary (I think British, armistice day instead of VA, tiffin for food) of 16 pages. Starts at November 5, 1942, ends September 13, 1943. A daily typewritten record. Food, discipline, deaths, sickness and more and the Haiphong Road Camp. 16 Good. The reproduction of some pages isn't always good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.

Full Morocco. Condition: Fine. 336pp. Superb full red morocco bindining. Inscribed at front end paper "To the Honorable. from the author". At the same part a recent owners stamp with traces of erased stamp. A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND FRESH COPY WITH A SUPERB BINDING. Author sometimes suggested JAMES HENRY SKENE 1812-1886 , BRITISH CONSUL IN ALEPPO FROM 1855 TO 1880. VERY RARE.

Condition: Good. 26x20 cm. Black and white steel engraving. Very Good.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Copertina flessibile! Libro usato, proveniente da una collezione privata. La copertina riporta gli usuali segni del tempo. Le pagine possono risultare imbrunite o opacizzate. ATTENZIONE NELLA PRIMA PAGINA CI SONO DELLE ANNOTAZIONI! Non sono presenti segni, annotazioni o sottolineature nel testo. Consegna in 24/48 h. 22a5-sopra.

A rare archival set of ten (10) complete issues of Al-Haqiqa (???????) - "The Truth", a British-produced Arabic (often circulated across the Middle East / Ottoman territories / Persia) illustrated newspaper printed in London during the final years of World War I (1918-1919), as part of wartime information efforts. Highlights 10 complete issues (sold as a lot) Strong blue-tone photographic imagery Themes include: naval & artillery operations, ground forces, aircraft / aerial reconnaissance, and scenes from Middle Eastern fronts Large format: approx. 42 × 57 cm 8 pages per issue Dates included Various issues from 1918-1919 (e.g., March, April, May, July, August, December 1918; February 1919, etc. - see photos for exact dating per issue). Condition Over 100 years old. All issues remain complete and intact, with age-appropriate wear: folding creases, small tears, edge wear, minor corner losses, age toning and handling marks. Sold strictly as an archival historical lot?please examine the photographs carefully.

In 1830, Mauritius was a British colony, captured from the French in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. It was originally a Dutch colony, and the Dutch had introduced enslaved labor to the islands. Enslaved people were imported from Madagascar, India, and Southeast Asia to harvest the valuable ebony trees, and later to farm sugarcane. It became a French colony in 1715 and, among other provisions, the French government awarded upper-class colonists large land grants, each with twenty enslaved people to work them. Slavery was abolished in 1835 under British rule, after which the planters, still farming sugarcane, turned to indentured servant labor from India and China alongside illegal slavery.[1] Offered here is a lengthy single letter written by an unknown author to an unknown recipient from Mahébourg in 1830, shortly before this radical change. The letter describes the lives and economic circumstances of the planters and merchants, and of the non-white population, particularly Malabar people and free and enslaved Black people. Noting that "every inch of ground that will produce sugar cane is planted with it," including "the former fine gardens to some of the Habitations", the author reports on the situation for sugar planters: "The price of sugar here is not more than 20/per Cwt. for the best quality which does not now remunerate the Planter as his expenses are becoming every day more heavy in consequence of their slaves diminishing [.] The want of Slaves induced many of the Planters to send for Chinese [?] Labourers and several hundreds were imported at a great expense, but unfortunately they did not answer, and were obliged to be reshipped for their native Country again at the charge of those who sent for them." The author later notes that "nearly everyone of the Planters have heavy mortgages on their Estates and [are] obliged to pay this immense Interest, which keeps them poor and will I fear ultimately ruin them". In fact, the planters in British Mauritius had extra duties on their sugar exports compared with their Caribbean counterparts. The shopkeepers, on the other hand, "calculate on retiring with a fortune in five years, therefore you will fancy what must be their prices + also their profits." Though writing from Mahébourg, the author describes the capital city of Port Louis at length, especially its Malabar Indian and free Black residentsthe lives of the latter, particularly the free Black women, seem especially grim. They write: "The Centre [of Port Louis] is inhabited by all the respectable people and many most excellent houses + buildings, the Catholic Chapel + the English Church amongst the number. The Suburbs to the West is the part occupied by about 3000 Malabars, + called 'Malabar Town.' They are dressed mostly in white, with Turbans, ear rings, +c +c and the females with ornaments in their noses and on their Toes, as they generally go bare foot. Once a year they have what is called a 'Yamsee' or a festival in honor of Mehomet which lasts for about a fortnight, during which time they seem to get no sleep, a continual beating of tom toms, jingling of bells, carrying pagodas (which are made of various coloured paper and most richly ornamented) followed by all the population of their Caste with their faces daubed with red, white, +c and which has a most ludicrous appearance. The Suburbs to the South, is called 'black Camp' the Houses being very small and poor and inhabited by all the free blacks as well as many Mulattoes. Also a certain class of females of the population of colour who are visited immediately on the Arrival of a Ship the Crews soon enquiring the way to the 'Camp.'" As regards relations between the races, the author recounts an incident that followed the 1828 abolition of the color bar, which would ostensibly give the free non-white population the same rights as the whites: "The Theatre is a very good one, but has been closed for several months past + the Actors + Actresses gone to Bourbon in consequence of the promulgation of the act 'causing all free people of the population of Colour' to have the same laws + the same privileges as the Whites,' + fearing they ought come to the Theatre which they had hitherto been forbidden, + thereby cause disturbances, (as the French Whites detest them + wd. not sit in the same box), it was considered best to shut the Theatre which is a great loss to the Place it being the chief public amusement, and indeed the only one we have here." Overall a detailed letter giving insight into life in a slave colony at a time when significant changes were on the horizon. Of interest to scholars of the colonial history of Mauritius and the second wave of British colonialism. [1] Truth and Justice Commission, Report of the Truth and Justice Commission Vol. 1 (Mauritius: Government Printing, 2011). Folded with some stains and pencil marks. Overall near fine. Single unsigned fourteen-page letter measuring 8 x 12 ¾ inches.

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