george wallin (13 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Book shows usage & shelf wear. Spine is cracked and creasing. Binding intact but loose. Pages are clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good used paperback. Some minor creasing.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 80 pp., illustrations, bibliography. Contents: Archaeological excavation at Vinapu (Rapa Nui); Nothing but stones/ a Review of the extent and technical efforts of prehistoric stone mulching on Rapa Nui; Paradoxical hyperbole: imagining Rapa Nui's remoteness and mystery; Rapa Nui: a hyperbolic iconography; Where have all the Koro gone?; Coming of age on Rapa Nui: On doing anthropologial field work among the Rapanui youth; Colonialism and resistance in Rapa Nui; Rapa Nui's sea creatures; Where does the Santiago staff begin?; Reply to Guy; 'A Po: the Rapa Nui Youth Archaeological Program Puna Pau field report; Voyage to Easter Island 1877, by Alphonse Louis Pinart; Early speculations on Rapanui: Letter from Thomas Croft to Alphonse Pinart, 1876; Reviews; Letters to the editor; Moai sightings; What's new in the Pacific; What's new in Hanga Roa; Recent publications; Easter Island Foundation news.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - George Augustus Wallin's fascinating travelogue takes readers on a journey through the rugged terrain of northern Arabia in 1848. With vivid descriptions of the landscape, the people, and the customs of the region, Wallin paints a thrilling picture of life on the Arabian frontier, making this a must-read for anyone interested in travel writing or Middle Eastern history.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Fifth Edition. 2 (advertisement leaf), iv, [2], iii, [1], (lxxiii)-xciii (listing of accessions to the Library), [1], 161-388 pages + 4, [4] pages advertisements + 3 folding maps. Original blue printed papered card boards with blue cloth spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 141mm.Contents of this volume includes: "Considerations on the Great Isthmus of Central America" by Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, on pages 161-189 pages + folding engraved map, with Fitz-Roy's route hand-coloured in red (small 15mm tear to lower margin of the map); "Tibet and Sefan" by Dr. Ch. Gutzlaff (communicated by Sir George Staunton), on pages 191-227; "On the Northern Frontier of Nepaul" by a member of the Napaulese Embassy in London (communicated by the President), on pages 252-254; "The Kubbabish Arabs between Dongola and Kordofan" by Mansfield Parkyns, on pages 254-275; "Notes taken during a Journey through Part of Northern Arabia, in 1848" by Dr George Aug. Wallin, on pages 293-344 + 1 folding engraved map; "Journal of an Expedition to explore the Interior of the Middle Island of New Zealand" by Thomas Brunner, on pages 344-378 + 1 folding engraved map, with Brunner's route hand-coloured in red (a 25mm tear to the lower margin of the map). Moderate rubbing and some staining to covers. A nice original copy. Partial newspaper clipping on Brunner tipped in to the first page of the Index at the rear. Several interesting articles in this issue. "The Bhraebung, situated to the W., contains above 5000 students. Many magicians are attached to this, as well as other monasteries. The Dalai-Lama passes likewise here many days during summer, on account of the magnificent surrounding country. In Samei there is a large printing-press, where the absurdities of Dalaism are perpetuated. The demand for the books is very great, each volume being equivalent to a relic, and hundreds of workmen are constantly emplyed to supply the wants of the Tibetans, Kalmucks, and Mongols." - from the article "Tibet and Sefan" by Dr Gutzlaff, page 216. Wallin's article describes his second trip into Arabia, in the disguise of a horse dealer. Wallin later became Professor of Oriental Languages at Helsinki University. ; 8vo.

(2), III, (1 blank), 42 s. & 8 litograferade planscher + 72 s. + 8 s. + 15 s. Trevligt samtida ljusbrunt halvskinnband med blindpressad och guldornerad rygg, marmorerat pärmpapper. Ställvis något lagerfläckig. Fint exemplar. Sammanbunden med: Taylor - Underrättelser för sjömän, angående behandlingen af skepp, som i tidwatten ligga för ankar, samt allmänna reglor för segling tillika med anwisning för farten öfver Nordsjön m. m. + Löfwenmark - Tal vid öppnandet af Sjöman-skolan i Stockholm den 1 december 1838 + Wallin - Första svenska Bethelflaggan invigdes vid Stockholms Sjömanna-Sällskaps allmänna sammankomst på Börsen den 7 mars 1838.