Fletcher c a author (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 400 pages. 5.50x0.96x8.25 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Numbered volume from the Megan and Michael Dawson collection of pop-up books. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 1 volume (unpaged ; some folded, some with pop-up cutouts) : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audiocassette + assorted removable pieces. Notes; Cover title. Design and paper engineering by Mark Hiner, Corina Fletcher, and Ron Van der Meer ; illustrations by Paul Crompton ; computer graphics/art by Tim Forster and Tim Dyer ; audiocassette Alain Presencer. Consists of pop-up, pull-out, and press-out sections on folded pages; back cover has pockets containing 1 analog sound cassette, 1 reference booklet, and 1 packet of assorted puzzles. Contents; The brain. Emotions. The senses. Consciousness. Sex in the brain. Intelligence. Memory. Subjects; Brain. Brain Juvenile literature. Juvenile works. Pop-up books. Pop-up books Specimens. Specimens. Toy and movable books. Toy and movable books Specimens. movable books. 1 Kg. …

Three photographic prints (each approx 11 x 20 cms) and three black and white engravings (together 33.5 x 20.4 cms) all captioned, printed on two conjoined newspaper leaves (pp 645-648) 41 x 28.5 cm, the associated articles: "Samoa in War-Time" (in full) with a cameo portrait of the Chief Justice of Samoa, and "The Philippine Revolt." (partial) with a small sketch map of Malolos printed on the verso, central fold, a few small edge tears and faint toning, but in good condition. Malcolm Ross (the author and photographer) of "Samoa in War-time" was a New Zealand freelance journalist and war correspondent for the New Zealand press as well as the Melbourne Age. In 1899, he spent three months in Samoa, covering the clashes for the leadership of the colony that followed the death of Malietoa Laupepa, the incumbent chief at the time. Unusual late 19th Century coverage of Samoa especially by a New Zealand photojournalist. The second spread (with the incomplete accompanying article by Joh F. Bass a "Special Correspondent of "Harper's Weekly") on "The Philippine Revolt" has an unsurprising pro-American tone: the armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States (1899-1902) was clearly viewed by the United States as an insurrection, rather than as a continuation of the struggle for independence by Filipino nationalists that had begun in 1896 with the Philippine Revolution.…