V m macpherson (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1961. No Edition Stated. 130 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (Graphite, Nuclear Reactors) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Boards. Published between 1952 and 1954. The original reports, in original printed wraps, custom bound in boards with the title stamped in gilt to the spine and the name of the owner stamped in gilt to the upper board. B&w photographs, b&w plates, line drawings, two folding maps (with one more which is a duplicate), references. Believed to be all the reports published (including an an addendum). Part 1a: General History, by J.M. Bechervaise; Part 1b: Physiography, by R.W. Fairbridge and V.N. Serventy; Part 5: Reptiles and Frogs, by L. Glauert; PPrt 6 Spiders and Opiliones by Barbara York Main; Part 7 Molluscs (Sea Shells and Snails); Part 2 Birds, by V.N. Serventy; Part 3a Land Flora by J.H. Willis; Part 3b Marine Algae by H.B.S. Womersley; Part 4 Mammals by V.N. Serventy. Parts 3a, 3b, and part 4 are then repeated, with a photocopy bound in of a revised account by J.H. Willis of his report on the plants of the archipelago, with "some adjustments" and the inclusion of a list of the plants collected there by the famed botanist Robert Brown in 1802 and 1803. The wraps are lightly worn, with a faint ink stamp in the upper corner. The reports are clean and in very good condition. The set is bound in new cloth, with the gilt-stamped name of a Western Australian botanist. Near-fine thus, and a unique copy. Research into the Recherche Archipelago, off the south coast of Western Australia. In 1950 the Australian Geographic Society visited 20 of the islands. As well as presenting an overview of the archipelago, the researchers closely documented flora, fauna, invertebrates, etc.…

Zustand: Very Good. , 24 col + 318 plain plates. . HB. 6 vols, 4to, orig. cloth, gilt title and vignette to front boards and spines, aeg. Minor rubbing to extremities. Some foxing to tissue guards. Vg. First edition. Fine chromolithographic plates of eggs and plain plates of birds by F.W. Frohawk.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 81-102 plus 18 outer pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Cover photo of scene at Cairo's Kasr-en-Nil Bridge; B.S.A. Motor Bicycles ad shows mechanic and sidecar model; First page illustration of great flying display by Australian airmen over London; Photo of Italians protesting outside the Italian Embassy in London; Three photos of stray and abandoned dogs at the Battersea Dogs' Home; Excellent photo and map-illustrated article "With Our Forces in Northern Russia - The Difficulties of Life in a Frozen Zone; Shakespeare at the Peace Conference of 1604 (article); Photos of men in the news include: R.A. Gregory, J.E. H. Williams, Sir John D. Rees, Reginald Blomfield, Sir R.T. Hermon-Hodge, Dr. Adolf Muller, Dr. Eduard David, M. Warburg, Prof. W. Schucking, Count Rantzau, Frank Brangwyn, Ernest Newton, George Harcourt, Adrian Stokes, and W.R. Colton; One-page illustration of Italian peasants praying at wayside shrine; After Caporetto - fascinating photo-illustrated article about who fought and who won on the Piave; Two-page illustration "The Dread Days of the Lenin Experiment in Russia" depicts a most depressing scene in front of Petrograd's winter palace, under the Bolshevik regime; Interesting article about smoking by A.A. Milne; The Unrest in Egypt - two photos including one of celebration over General Allenby's Proclamation in Cairo, and another of a large crowd in Opera Square, Cairo; One-page illustration of Aerial aviator; Centerfold reproduction of Montague Dawson painting "Alone", an impression of Transatlantic Flight (free of staples but present); Page of illustrated text about lady's fashion; Nice back cover color-illustrated ad for Army Club cigarettes shows fashionable young couple fishing. Bit of writing on advertorial front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Macpherson, D.; Owen, Will; Ugo, S.; Eduardo, S.; Keeling, H.V.; Farre, M.; Dawson, Montague (illustrator).…