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Adriani, N. and A. C. Kruyt
De Bare'e sprekende Toradjas van Midden-Celebes. Tweede, geheel omgewerkte druk. [2nd, revised edition. Complete, in five volumes].
Amsterdam, Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1950-1951. In five volumes. Text in three octavo volumes (26.0 x 18.0 cm). [AND] Deel platen; octavo (26.0 x 18.0 cm). total of 1558 pp. [xii, 478; viii, 557; viii, 484; 11]. [AND] atlas in folio portfolio (37.2 x 27.0 cm); 159 photographs in "Deel platen"; 13 coloured plates of which seven partly in full colour, and two coloured folding maps. Original uniform printed wrappers (text and platen volumes); atlas in original printed portfolio with linen spine.
Read moreHedin, S. and F. Bergman
History of the Expedition in Asia 1927-1935. Part II. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North Western Provinces of China Under the Leadership of Dr Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition, Publication 24.
Stockholm, Elander, 1943. 4to (28.3 x 22.7 cm). xv, 215 pp.; 60 photographic plates. Contemporary full beige cloth with gilt leather labels on spine. Original buff, printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreHutchinson, G. E.
The Clear Mirror. A pattern of life in Goa and in Indian Tibet.
Cambridge, at the University Press, 1936. 8vo (22.2 x 14.1 cm). xi, 171 pp.; 13 b/w photographic plates, one map. Publisher's green cloth with green title on the front board and spine; top edge green. In original printed dust jacket and transparent sleeve.
Read moreDalloni, M. and A. Lacroix (eds.)
Mission au Tibesti (1930-1931) dirigée par M. Dalloni. I-II. [Complete].
Paris, Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, 1934-1935. Two parts in one. 4to (27.2 x 22.5 cm). 828 pp. [1-370, 1-458; one folded map, one coloured geological map and 32 plates (two coloured) [numbered 1-20, 1-12]. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title and gilt vignettes on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreVan Straelen, V. (ed.)
Resultats Scientifiques du Voyages aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaise. Volumes 1-6(1). [Complete, in 58 issues].
Bruxelles, Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 1933-1939. Large 4to (33.0 x 25.0 cm). In 58 issues. Numerous pages, plates, and text figures. Original, uniform printed wrappers.
Read morePoortenaar, J. C.
De Boroboedoer. Zes etsen door Jan Poortenaar, Inleiding van Prof. Dr. N. J. Krom.
[Naarden, privately published, 1929]. Folio (37.9 x 28.0 cm). Two leafs of text and six fine etchings under passe-partouts, all signed and numbered in pencil, this being #161. All as issued with the original cloth portfolio with gilt title on front.
Read moreBuijsero, C. [IJzerman, J. W. (ed.)]
Cornelis Buijsero te Bantam. 1616-1618. Zijn Brieven en Journal. Met Inleiding en Bijlagen uitgegeven door J. W. IJzerman.
's-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1923. 8vo (23.1 x 15.7 cm). Title in red and black. xxiv, 272 pp.; two text figures. Contemporary quarter black buckram over pictorial batik boards. Spine with burgundy morocco label with gilt title.
Read moreAbendanon, E. C.
Expédition de la Célèbes Centrale. Voyages géologiques et géographiques à travers la Célèbes Centrale (1909-1910). Volumes I-III (text), atlas. [Complete].
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1916. Three text volumes in three. 8vo (27.3 x 19.1 cm). 1615 pp. [xxviii, xvi, xxii,1549]; 183 plates and maps, 140 text figures. [AND] atlas folio (55.0 x 38.0 cm). Text with eight photogravures, 138 photographs, maps, numerous figures [AND] atlas with title page (double, French/Dutch) one coloured explanatory chart (36 different colours) and 17 mostly coloured folded geological maps and/or profiles (numbered 1, II, 3-11, 12a, 12b, 13-16). Original uniform black and gilt printed olive cloth (text), original printed portfolio (atlas).
Read moreHosséus, C. C.
Durch König Tschulalongkorns Reich. Eine deutsche Siam-Expedition.
Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder, 1912. 4to (29.0 x 22.5 cm). xii, 219 pp.; 124 photographs and one map on 32 unnumbered plates. Original red, pictorial cloth. Spine with title in black; front board with title vignette in white and black. Bevelled edges.
Read morePreuss, K. T.
Die Nayarit-Expedition. Textaufnahmen und Beobachtungen unter Mexikanischen Indianern. Erster Band. Die Religion der Cora-Indianer in Texten nebst Wörterbuch. [All Published].
Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1912. 4to (28.9 x 21.6 cm). cviii, 396 pp.; ten plates including one in full colour acting as frontispiece and one being a map; one folded chart (with music), 30 text figures. Original printed wrappers.
Read morePfeffer, G. [J.]
Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Hierzu ein Atlas von 48 Tafeln. [The complete Cephalopoda].
Kiel und Leipzig, Lipsius & Tischer, 1912. In two volumes. Large 4to (32.1 x 26.1 cm). xxi, 815 pp.; 48 lithographed plates. Uniform red buckram with gilt title on the spines. Edges speckled red. Original printed wrappers bound.
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