Java East Indies, First Edition (12 results)

Paperback. first PB. P-127, very good , creases (ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. P-127, very good -fine, , reading crease (ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. P-127, almost near fine, (ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback,

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This is a set of two DISBOUND articles from National Geographic Magazine. These are the actual articles, not photocopies. Actually, there is one semi- article and one series of Autochrome photographs. The first is Through Java in Pursuit of Color by W. Robert Moore and this consists of seven double-sided text pages which include nine black and white illustrations and one black and white map. The second article is a series of autochrome photographs which highlight various aspects of Java life. Text pages are clean, bright and without chips, tears, discoloration or wear. They do, however, have the necessary staple holes where staples were removed. The articles are more personal reminiscenses of the author with some basic information about the country, it's people and it's geography--not terribly in-depth. The Autochromes, however, are very nice with sharp photos of dress, and some of the most interesting areas of Javanese lifestyle, including the dancing. The autochromes are all done by the author W. Robert Moore.

Paperback. first PB. P-127, near fine, unread (ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. Drawings By John Toppich (illustrator). 1st Edition. 250 Pp.First Printing, Hardcover. Book Is Near Fine, Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, Clean And Bright, Some Small Faded Areas Along Bottom Edges Of Cloth, Contents Immaculate. Dj Lightly Used, A Few Short Closed Tears, Red Crayon Price And "T3" On Front Flap (Not Price Clipped, $3.00) And Mostly Erased "T3" On Spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: both front and back boards are undamaged with only minor wear at the edges and corners, spine is intact with some bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. Dust Jacket is missing. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Thick 8vo. With 47 illustrations on 32 plates and large folding colored map at page 373. Original gilt stamped blue cloth, t.e.g. (seven small punctures) else very good. 376 pages + 4 pages of ads at end. Signature of Riverside ,California businessman J.L. Alabaster, Batavia 4/19/14 and his later rubber stamped Riverside address - 401 Lemon Street.

8vo. First edition. Original textured dark brown cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. With 125 illustrations from original photographs and two maps in colour. Faint foxing to the endpapers and prelims. Near fine.

Limited editon of 165 copies, of which 150 (numbered) were for sale. Cloth backed boards, 8vo, 41 pp, plates. 448 items. Includes nearly 150 items on Ceylon, with other sections on the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, China, Africa, and Voyages. Boards a little marked, later paper spine-label, otherwise a Good unopened copy.

First edition. 8vo, illustrated with 11 copper engravings (1 folding), contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, plate 1 trimmed without loss to image, a little worming to front endpapers, small hole to E4, binding slightly rubbed, a very good copy. An early travel account to St Helena, Java and China. Including plates of St Helena, Java (2) and Batavia amongst others. LÃ wendahl 523; Lust 348; Taylor 29; Cordier (Sinica), 2100.

London: Printed for T. Beckett and P. A. Dehondt; and T. Durham. 1762. 8vo. Modern calf, raised bands to spine, ruled in gilt, directly lettered in gilt; pp. xv, 341, [2]; with 11 copper-engraved plates after the author's drawings, one folding; boards with light marks; retaining the original inscribed front fly-leaf which has been tipped-in; light even discolouration to paper-stock; slight offsetting from plates, light spotting here and there; one pen inscription to text; a very good copy in a modern binding. First edition, reissued in 1765 with the author's name to title page. The contemporary pen inscription to fly-leaf reads: "this is said to be one of the best modern authors of China". The anonymous author was, according to the editor "a real traveller, and officer in the service of the East India Company, who seems to have been an accurate observer, and who chiefly describes what he has seen" (p. iv). "His account of Canton and its environs is more copious and exact than any hitherto published. During his six months residence there, in which time he had little else to do than gratify his curiosity. He was diligent and indefatigable in his inquiries. He was greatly assisted by cultivating an intimacy with a Chinese merchant, a man endowed with a degree of knowledge and sagacity greatly beyond what is commonly possessed by people of that class" (Preface). ESTC T145010; Cordier, Sinica, 2100.