Search Results: Titles starting with O from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers

London: Thames and Hudson, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Thames and Hudson, 1986. Octavo; papered boards very slightly rubbed and bumped; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed and unevenly sunned. With the ownership signature of [Professor] David SAUNDERS, and his notes loosely inserted.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965 (facsimile edition)/ 1801. Large quarto, [vi], 36 pages. Synthetic cloth; covers slightly bowed; slightly marked and sunned; a very good copy. Peade A66: one of only 597 copies.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969 (first thus). Octavo, xii, 123 pages plus 4 plates. Cloth; a fine copy with the slightly marked and sunned dustwrapper. Written in 1800 'to serve as guidance to some of the members of the Societe des Observateurs de l'Homme in an impending expedition to Australia (under the command of Captain Nicolas Baudin) ... Degerando's originality lies in his recognizing and stating that the observations of previous explorers were casual and superficial ... The advice ... consisted first in pointing out faults of earlier travellers and secondly in listing topics about which observations should be made and recommending how they should be made'. Translated by F.C.T. Moore, with a preface by E.E. Evans-Pritchard.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1967. Octavo; cloth; head and foot of the spine lightly sunned; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine and slightly marked on the rear panel. With the ownership signature of [Sir] Walter Crocker.

[Toulouse: Chez Gimet, 1858. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. [Toulouse, Chez Gimet, 1858] (the publisher's details are supplied on a printed slip pasted onto the front wrapper; the date appears on the dedication page). Octavo, [ii] (dedication leaf, verso blank), 22, [4] (last one errata) pages. Original green wrappers, sewn as issued; slight crease to the covers and the first two leaves; essentially a fine copy.

Long Beach: Safari Press, 2008. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Long Beach, Safari Press, 2008 (second edition). Quarto, xxii, 210 pages with numerous colour illustrations (many full page). Textured synthetic cloth; head of the spine slightly bumped; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper very slightly bumped. Other countries include Kamkatchka, Iran, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Romania and Greece.

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London, The Bibliographical Society, 1985 to 1994. Quarto, eight volumes, ranging from 42 to 176 pages. Card covers slightly rubbed; a couple of volumes very slightly bumped at the corners; two volumes slightly sunned; an excellent set. Eight volumes, all published. The titles are: Number 1: The Non-Cartographical Maritime Works Published by Mount and Page. A Preliminary Hand-list; Number 2: Periodical Publications, 1641-1700. A Survey with Illustrations; Number 3: The Ornament Stock of Henry Woodfall, 1719-1747. A Preliminary Inventory Illustrated; Number 4: The Loan Book of the Stationers' Company with a List of Transactions, 1592-1692; Number 5: The Bookshops in Paul's Cross Churchyard; Number 6: Handlist of Library Catalogues and Lists of Books and Manuscripts in the British Library Department of Manuscripts; Number 7: Vergil, a Census of Printed Editions, 1469-1500; and Number 8: Some Patterns and Trends in British… Read More

Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press, 1971. Octavo; plain card covers; a fine copy with the dustwrapper very faintly sunned about the spine. 'This collection has been printed by several hands at the Wai-te-ata Press. The cover was designed by John Drawbridge' (dustwrapper blurb).

Earl Shilton: Midland Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Earl Shilton, Midland Publishing, 1995. Small thick quarto; cloth; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper slightly creased.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011. Quarto, xii, 404 pages with numerous illustrations. Colour pictorial papered boards; an excellent copy. A 'multidisciplinary approach to understanding ocean circulation and how it drives and controls marine biogeochemistry and biological productivity at a global scale. Background chapters on ocean physics, chemistry and biology provide students with the tools to examine the range of large-scale physical and dynamic phenomena that control the ocean carbon cycle and its interaction with the atmosphere ... observational data is integrated with basic physical theory to address cutting-edge research questions in ocean biogeochemistry. Simple theoretical models, data plots and schematic illustrations summarise key results and connect the physical theory to real observations. Advanced mathematics is provided in boxes and appendices' (rear cover).

Melbourne: Pater, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, Pater, 1902. Octavo, (viii), 309 pages plus 100 full-page engravings. Cloth a little rubbed at the extremities; a very small tear to the head of the spine; inner hinges slightly cracked (but firm); ownership details; a very good copy. An independent account by the American evangelist of the whole missionary field "of Heathendom... in its actual condition, operations, modes of organization, instruction, and efforts, its different peculiarities, its needs, its difficulties..." Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Thursday and Friday Islands, New Guinea, the Phillipines and (naturally) Australia (with plenty on Revivalism).

Brussels: ING/ Wereldmuseum/ Mercatorfonds, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Brussels, ING/ Wereldmuseum/ Mercatorfonds, 2009. Quarto, 191 pages with 4 colour maps (one double-page) and over 200 colour illustrations from photographs. Colour pictorial card covers with flaps; covers lightly scuffed; an excellent copy. Exhibition catalogue. The contributors are Ingrid Heermann, Frank Herreman, Karen Jacobs, Bart Suys and Pauline van der Zee. Text in Dutch.

Firenze: Cantini, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Firenze, Cantini, 1992. Quarto, 190 pages with 4 maps and over 180 illustrations (147 in colour). Colour pictorial card covers with flaps; rear cover slightly indented; spine a little creased: an excellent copy. Text in Italian. Catalogue for the exhibition of the collection of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, Florence, held at Sala d'Arme di Palazzo Vecchio, 30 April to 9 August, 1992.

Sydney: University of Sydney, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney, University of Sydney, 1958. Quarto, 74 pages. Original wrappers a little discoloured; ownership signature; a very good copy. Includes contributions from W.E.H. Stanner (on cargo cults) and Ronald M. Berndt (on Aboriginal art) among others.

Ghent: Snoeck-Ducaju, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Ghent, Snoeck-Ducaju, 1997. Quarto, 113 pages with 2 double-page maps and numerous illustrations (all in colour). Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. A catalogue 'presenting a selection [of 79 items] from the group of around four hundred objects that go to form the Oceania collection' (mainly Melanesian, with a few items from Micronesia and Polynesia). The text in mainly in Dutch, with short descriptions of each item in English.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997 (first English language edition). Large quarto, 633 pages with 900 illustrations (including 260 colour plates) and a double-page map. Cloth very lightly marked; a fine copy with the slightly scuffed dustwrapper. 'The first major survey of Oceanic arts to be published in more than thirty years, this comprehensive volume brings together a vast number of important discoveries and the results of several in-depth studies of the subject, both past and present' (dustwrapper blurb).

Florence: SCALA Group S.p.A., 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Florence, SCALA Group S.p.A., 2010. Small quarto, 255 pages with numerous illustrations (mostly from photographs). Colour pictorial card covers with flaps; covers slightly creased and scuffed; an excellent copy. The arts and crafts of the Australian Aboriginal, Melanesian, Micronesian, and the Polynesian are explored. Text in English, German, Dutch and Spanish. Visual Encyclopedia of Art series.

Sydney: Oceanic Art Society/ Crawford House Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney, Oceanic Art Society/ Crawford House Publishing, 1998. Quarto, x, 109 pages with 2 maps and 102 illustrations from photographs by Rebecca Crisp. Pictorial card covers lightly rubbed; rear cover slightly creased; an excellent copy. Exhibition catalogue for the Oceanic Art Society's inaugural exhibition. Contributor's copy (see pages 14 and 65); a small sheaf of related ephemera is loosely inserted, including two invitations to the exhibition and two copies of the works displayed.

Stepney: Axiom Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stepney, Axiom Publishing, 2010. Square quarto, 226 pages with 180 illustrations (many of them colour plates with accompanying line illustrations of the related rock art). Colour-pictorial papered boards; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper (slightly creased).

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2007. Small quarto, vi, 440, [2] (publisher's advertisements) pages with numerous illustrations (many in colour, from photographs). Papered boards; covers slightly marked and rubbed; extremities a little bumped; front free endpaper a little marked; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little rubbed and creased with a few tiny tears. The first edition is far superior in production quality to later reprints.