Visit Java by Worsfold Basil, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First Edition. First edition. 8vo in publisher's cloth. Frontis, xii, 283 pp. 17 plates. G-. Wear and rubbing to spine with titles faded and spine ends worn through. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Hinges partially split; ffep and frontispiece nearly detached. Foxing to front and end matter; very lightly and sporadically in the text. Ships packed with care in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xi, 283pp, illustrated, small map. Includes an account of the founding of Singapore. Usual labels, joints cracked, rubbed, grubby but complete. 1.2kg.

1st Ed. xi + 283pp. Frontis., 14 plates, many ills. Some browning, hinges cracked though firm, last few leaves stained to tail, original cloth, heavily stained, spine sl. chipped. US$111.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. Rebound in red buckram. Ex-library copy with bookplate, spine letters, and withdrawn stamp, else a tight, very good or better copy of a relatively uncommon title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo in publisher's cloth. Frontis., xii, 283 pp. 17 plates. G-. Wear and rubbing to spine with titles faded and spine ends worn through. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Hinges partially split; ffep and frontispiece nearly detached. Foxing to front and end matter; very lightly and sporadically in the text. Ships packed with care in a box.

First Edition. Map and a plan, black and white illustrations plus figures in the text. xii+283pp. Original cloth, boards and spine mottled and discoloured. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge, known for his work the sailing craft of Indonesia, on the front fixed endpaper. Endpapers little browned, cloth worn and marked, but otherwise a firm and clean copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The uncommon first edition of W. Basil Worsfold's late 19th-century account of the Dutch East Indies and the island of Java. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated with fifteen plates, including a sketch map and plan, and with an additional frontispiece. Collated, complete.Mixing observation with historical background, Worsfold records the landscapes, volcanic scenery, and rich agriculture of the island, while also commenting on Dutch colonial administration, the Javanese people, their customs, and religious life.With the bookplate of Charley F. Embree to the front pastedown.Worsfold also provides a historical account of the founding of Singapore. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Bumping and minor losses of cloth to back strip head and tail, with minor spotting to back strip. Hinges strained, and lightly tender. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd handling mark. Very Good. book.

1st edition. 8vo. xii,283pp. plus 15 plates, a map and a plan, with 8 figures in the text. Original light brown cloth with gilt cover vignette. Spine a little dull. Very good. Containing an historical account up to the present day, details on travelling and hotels, the system of government and the natives, Batavia, the Hindu Temples, Buitenzorg, the botanical gardens, Tji Wangi, the culture system, a coffee plantation, animal and plant life, social life, the Hindu Javanese Literature, works of the Mohammedan Period, Singapore.