john nicholson ltd (13 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Clean and pristine, with a charming bookplate at the front, but no signs of use in the text. The book is heavily illustrated, and includes seven beautiful color plates. Fast shipping worldwide, with tracking number provided. ; X X ; 130 pages.

22.0 x 27.0cms (landcsape); c 140pp b/w & colour illusts very good hardback with decorated boards (no dustwrapper as issued) The chapters are: the port of Singapore: Straits people; social occasions; the Alabama; Malay matterrs the west coast; Malay matters the east coast; the Rajah of Johore; the end of the century; Straits views; the Straits 1786-1914 a chronology & main personalities; a supplement of colour plates. SALE PRICE.

Hardcover. 130p., pictorial boards, 10.75x8.75 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with maps and sketches.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Unopened and still sealed in the original shrinkwrap! ; Color and B & W Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Laminated hardcover with title in dark blue on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Hint of sunning to spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions.A couple of small marks to front endpaper. 130pp. Many b/w illustrations. The full title reads:" Being Glimpses of Nineteenth Century Japan from Commodore Perry's Visit (1853) until the Promulgation of the Meiji Constitution (1889), as seen and reported by the Illustrated London News and other contemporary sources".

hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Auflage: 1st Edition. Very good, clean copy - - Introduction - - 1 Of Ships, Shipwrecks and the Sea - - 3 - - The Loss of the 'Pacha' Steamship; Tragedy on Board the British Ship 'Fawn'; the Ship 'Asia' Dismasted by a Waterspout; Waterspouts in the Straits of Malacca; the Steamship 'Pekin' in a Typhoon; Her Majesty's Ship Pelican Stranded; the Transit Saga; a Transit Log; the 'St. Lawrence' and the 'Singapore'; Wreck of the Steamer Hydaspe in Rhio Strait; Keppel and His Ships; H.M.S. Mæander; Overland Telegraph to Canton, Shanghai etc. - - 2 The Pirate World - - 25 - - Chiu-a-poo, the Chinese Pirate; Piracy and Murder in the Indian Archi- pelago; the Bornese Pirates; Malay Pirates in the China Seas; Gallant Defeat of Malay Pirates on the Coast of Borneo; Operations in Borneo; Bornean Pirates; Sir James Brooke and Borneo; H.M.S. Nassau and the Pirates. - - 3 Of Principalities and Powers - - 61 - - New British Possession, the Island of Labuan; the New Colony of Labuan; the Insurrection at Sarawak; Rapang Village of the Stung Tribe of Dyaks; the Late Rajah Sir James Brooke; Sketches at Victoria, Labuan; Borneo; Bruni; Sketches in Borneo; British North Borneo; Planting in British North Borneo; the Rising in North Borneo; Holland. - 4 Of Flora and Fauna - - 95 - - The Ourang and Chimpanzee at the Zoological Society's Gardens; the 'Wou-Wou' or Silvery Gibbons; Gutta Percha; Malayan Tapir in the Gardens of the Zoological Society; the Tree Kangaroo and Black Leopard; Orang-Utan in the Zoological Society's Gardens; Horticultural Society; the Mangosteen; Hornbills; the Young Orang-outangs at the Zoological Gardens; Colonial and Indian Exhibition, British North Borneo. - - 5 Borneo People - - 109 - - Book Reviews; the Sea Dyaks (Ibans); the Malanau; the Kayans; the Kadazans; the Muruts; the Land Dyaks (Bidayah); General; an Exploring Expedition in Borneo; Colonial Troops for the Queen's Jubilee. - - A Supplement on Head Hunters and the Head - ISBN 9789623280013 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 714.

2nd impression of the 1988 original. (6), 114 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 7 colour plates. Title spread: The Natives of Borneo. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears, o/wise fine. Oblong: 22.3 x 27.5. The Nineteenth century world of Pirates and Head-hunters, Orang Utan and Hornbills, and other such rarities as seen through the Illustrated London News and other contemporary sources.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Nicholson Ltd, Hong Kong (second impression, 1989). Landscape-format hardcover. Some light foxing / spotting to top edge of text block but overall this book is in very good condition with clean, unmarked pages which are free from notes and underlining and minimal wear to dustjacket which has been covered with clear dustjacket cover. Not an ex-library copy. Dispatched from UK within three days.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. The Nineteenth Century World of Pirates and Head-hunters, Orang Utan and Hornbills,and other such rarities as seen throuhh. The Illustrated London News and other contempory sources. Schönes, sauberes Exemplar. Reich bebildert.Mit Widmung im Vorsatz. - Einband: Kartoniert gebunden - Buchseiten: ca. 130.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. A set of eight first edition titles by J. D. Griffith Davies, uniformly bound copies from the author's own library. A uniformly bound set of eight tiles by J. D. Griffith Davies, from his own library, with his bookplate to the front paste down of each volume.Each volume is a first edition.This set contains a variety of historical works by J. D. Griffith Davies, primarily exploring the history of Britain, especially through it's monarchs.Including:'A New History of England', a scarce work, dated 1931 to 1932, four parts bound in one volume. Illustrated with in-text maps.'The Nation at Work, From Earliest Times to 1603', a very scarce work, dated 1934. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations.'King Henry IV', a scarce work, dated 1935. Illustrated with a frontispiece.'Henry V', a scarce work, dated 1935. Illustrated with a frontispiece.'Honest George Monck', an uncommon work, dated 1936. Illustrated with a frontispiece.'George the Third', a scarce work, dated 1936. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and four plates. Inscribed by the author to the head of the title, "Thou hast almost persuaded me to be a Tory. J.D.G.D.". Author has bound in George's family tree to the rear.'A King in Toils', an uncommon work, dated 1938. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and eight plates.'Revolt and Reaction, a Study of European History From 1789 to 1878', a scarce work. dated 1939. Illustrated with in-text maps. Four pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spines are a little faded. A few light marks to the boards and spines. Loss of leather to the tail of the boards and joints of 'The Nation at Work' and 'George Monck', lighter to 'Henry IV', 'King in Toils', and 'Revolt and Reaction'. SPots to the fore edges. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages. Author's inscription to the head of the title of 'George the Third'. Very Good. signed by author. book.