John Davies Text (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Staple bound edition. Condition: Very Good with light wear to covers and no marks to text.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

HC. 576pp ISBN 1579125875 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator).

Staple. Condition: Very Good. Staple bound edition. Condition: Very Good with light wear to covers and no marks to text.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

576pp, Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 2,7kg. In very good condition. Pakketzending.

Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The stately homes and historic buildings, monuments, structures and modern architecture of London come alive in this borough-by-borough tour of the capital city. Greater London's many diverse neighbourhoods feature a wide range of buildings old and new, and this book includes them all: theatres; cathedrals; palaces; townhouses; hotels; clubs; bridges; colleges; guild halls; government offices; city offices; and museums. 576 pages. Illustrator: John Reynolds [Photographs]. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; United States; Architecture; ISBN: 1579125875. ISBN/EAN: 9781579125875. Inventory No: 263890. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. John Reynolds [Photographs] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First edition. Quarto. LIV, 392pp. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. In the wake of the navigators who finally opened up the Pacific came missionaries, traders and finally administrators. In the early decades of the 19th century Polynesia was a rich field for the curious and the calculating, for writers and adventurers. The pioneer European settlers in Eastern Polynesia were ministers and mechanics sent out on the crest of an Evangelical wave the merged with the currents and eddies of trade and whaling to break down the isolation of the islands and their inhabitants. Among the pioneers was Welshman John Davies (1772-1855) who spent just over 50 years of his life on Tahiti and neighbouring islands. He witnessed the rise of the Pomare dynasty, conversion to Christianity, reaction to attempts at theocratic government, and the gradual encroachment of alien commerce and European rule. His colleagues have made their contribution to the history and anthropology of Polynesia. Davies himself, teacher, linguist and careful observer, wrote his own story of the Mission, its personalities and their contact with the Polynesians, from the early phase of disillusionment through three decades of political and economic change, destruction and reconstruction. From this contact there emerged the uneasy compromise of missionary and indigenous beliefs and institutions that characterized Tahiti and its neighbours before and after the advent of French administration. Davies's manuscript History is here edited and annotated, supplemented by the writings of other missionaries and presented as a contribution to the literature of the Pacific (from the publishers). This volume is complete with all its in-text illustrations, full-page and folded maps and plates. Minor age-toning to spine and along edges of binding. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.…

Softcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First edition. Oblong Quarto. 93 (1)pp. Original photo-illustrated stiff wraps with white lettering on cover and spine. Signed by John Davis on half-title. Layout by Carmela Colombo. Printed on Garda Matt Art paper. Preface by Gianni Pellegrini and ////marina Botteri Ottaviani Illustrated with twenty-nine b/w photographs of the Lake Garda landscape by John Davis and twenty-nine photographs of beach life at the lake by Martin Parr in color. With a contribution by Franco Rella: "Looking at the Boundaries of the Visible." Contains biographical profiles at rear. Text in Italian and English. Wraps lightly rubbed and slight yellowing of white pages at top.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2002, 26 pages stapled booklet, art exhibition catalogue | this copy shows some wear to back cover; contents are fine - clean and bright, no creases, and free of name, notes etc | dispatched within two working days by Royal Mail - first class for UK, tracked for international.…

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small folio 576pp., b/w plates, maps, glossary, index, The stately and historic buildings, monuments, and structures of London come alive in this photographic, tour of one of the world's most picturesque and popular cities. London's many diverse neighbourhoods feature a wide range of buildings old and new, from theatres, cathedrals, and palaces to townhouses, hotels, and clubs. Both the writer and the photographer are London natives who know every fascinating corner of this rambling city.…

Condition: Good. [Exhibition catalogue]. 8vo. 16 pp. + [12 pp.] of black and white plates. Soft brown and black illustrated wraps with white lettering. Very good Black and white plates, some pasted-in, including frontis. Purple wove end papers. Includes a preface by John Gordon, a recollection of Arthur B. Davies by Walter Pach and a summary of the exhibition by Harris K. Prior. Includes catalogue of 84 exhibited works. Catalogue created to accompany the exhibition "Arthur B Davies (1862-1928): A Centennial Exhibition", first held from 8 July through 26 August, 1962 at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York before traveling elsewhere. First free end paper signed in black ink by previous owner, "Peter Selz." Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, navy end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xvi] 271 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations, figures and photographs, 23 colour plates throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0856610828 NATURAL HISTORY. …