Search Results: Authors starting with I from Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Roanoke, VA : H.I.M., circa 1992. Quarto, illustrated self-wrappers, pp. [36], illustrated in colour, mail order form. Formal wear, leisure wear, underwear and fantasy fashion targeting the body conscious gay man of the early 1990s.

A series of sixteen announcements giving interesting facts about this world and the universe. Presented with the compliments of Peters Ice Cream (Vic.) Ltd. [Melbourne] : Peters Ice Cream, circa 1950. Quarto, printed wrappers, pp, [16], illustrated. Promotional book for post-war Australian children, with features on atomic energy, volcanoes, the Aurora Australis, all of which are linked back to the dietary properties of Peters Ice Cream, 'the health food of a nation'.

The Spanish ship San Cristoforo was captured in the Mediterranean by HMS Anson, under the command of William Cracraft, on December 8 1804. She was carrying a cargo of hides and other products from Montevideo in the New World and was bound for Barcelona. The Anson was at the time acting independently of the rest of the British fleet, under the specific orders of Lord Viscount Nelson, and after the capture Cracraft sent the Spanish ship to Malta, where the value of the prize was assessed. The Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of the island of Malta determined in April 1805 that the ship's cargo be sold at Malta. The proceeds of the sale of goods - a sum of £12,133 - was remitted in bills to the Bank of England. 1. 1806. May 29. King's Warrant. Grant of two-thirds of the Proceeds of the Spanish Ship San Cristoforo and her Cargo, and one quarter of the Bullion if any to the Captain, Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Anson. Single folio sheet, folded into 4 sides; large signature of George III… Read More

Hanoi-Haiphong : Imp. d'Extrême-Orient, 1921. Octavo, original printed yellow wrappers, pp 9, illustrated with 1 b/w photographic plate; text in French; a fine copy. A study of the Asiatic tapir.

London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2020. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 160, illustrated. New cpy. When punk first broke in the UK in 1976, music journalist John Ingham was on hand to document the very heart of the scene. Struck by the music, fashion and sheer iconoclasm of a little-known outfit called the Sex Pistols, Ingham conducted the first interview with the band, partied with its members and even bailed Sid Vicious out of jail; he also witnessed and documented the group’s evolution at legendary gigs shared with other pioneering punk bands in their earliest days, including the Damned, the Clash, Subway Sect and more. The result is Spirit of 76: London Punk Eyewitness, a revelatory collection of photography and fly-on-the-wall reportage showcasing the punk movement from its most raucous, bewildering beginnings. Containing the only color photos from British punk’s first wave alongside Ingham’s inimitable prose, this volume constitutes a rare from-the-trenches report on the UK punk explosion… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1952. Quarto, gilt-titled half-calf over buckram (small mark to upper board), 280pp. reproducing illustrated broadsides with Australian content. The deluxe edition, limited to 150 signed copies (this is copy number 15), bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, and containing three original etchings signed by Ingleton. An exploration on ephemeral early printings concerning Australia, and a fine deluxe edition with the author’s accomplished maritime artworks. The Coles copy, with bookplate tipped-in to upper hinge.

[London] : Charles Hooper, [1912]. First edition. Small octavo (190 x 130 mm), publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth; pp. 47, with 16 b/w photographic plates; a fine copy, with the bookplate of The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher to the front free-endpaper.

In two parts. I. Aneityumese and English. II. English and Aneityumese. Also outlines of Aneityumese grammar. And an introduction, containing notices of the missions to the native races, and illustrations of the principles and peculiarities of the Aneityumese language. By the Rev. John Inglis, thirty-three years a missionary, first of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and then of the Free Church of Scotland, in New Zealand and the New Hebrides. London : Williams & Norgate, 1882. First edition. Octavo (190 x 30 mm), publisher's blind-blocked black pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt; front free-endpaper with a presentation inscription in ink 'From the Author, to Rev. Jno. Clark, Williamstown, Victoria' and immediately below it a slightly later inscription in Clark's hand 'From Rev. J. C. to G. J. C.'; pp. i-xxix, [1 blank], 31-200; off-setting and spotting to endpapers and preliminary leaves, otherwise very clean throughout, binding firm; a fine presentation copy.

Hindmarsh, S.A. : Whitefield's Congregational Institute, [circa 1927]. Collection box, 142 x 235 mm (still folded flat), printed in red and blue on white card, with two illustrations; fine condition. The Whitefield's Institute was a mission to the Adelaide poor established in 1927 by Rev. Wilfred J. Magor, minister of the Congregational Church in the industrial suburb of Hindmarsh. From the side of the box: 'Daughter Institution of the great Whitefield's Institute in Tottenham Court Road, London, in memory of England's sainted evangelist and philanthropist, George Whitefield ... Receiving depots for parcels: Adelaide Station, Stow Church, Mt. Gambier Station. Parcels railed freight free to Whitefield's Bowden. The Institute stands to feed, clothe, and win the children. Provide clean and wholesome recreation. Bright hour services for struggling mothers. A brotherhood for the men, general relief. Pleasant Sunday afternoons. Free circulating library. Education in home industries. The evangelization of… Read More

Kuala Lumpur : Department of Tourism, circa 1970. Tourist brochure, narrow octavo, folding, illustrated in colour, map. Tourism in the South-East Asia

Manuscript in ink, 1 page, octavo (200 x 120 mm); note written entirely in the highly distinctive hand of Bram Stoker on behalf of his employer, Henry Irving, headed Lyceum, 21 May 1894, and signed at the foot 'H. Irving'; Irving expresses his thanks to an unidentified recipient, whom he addresses simply as 'Dear Sir', for sending him a book which he is 'glad to possess on account of those personal associations with Edinburgh to which you allude. With all good thanks, Faithfully yours [H. Irving]'; endorsed in pencil in the upper margin 'Recd. 22/5/94', the recipient also adding the word 'Theatre' in pencil after Stoker's 'Lyceum'; verso docketed by the recipient in ink '21st May 1894. Henry Irving, ack[nowledgin]g book', adding below it in pencil the title of the book, 'Old Edinburgh. Illustrated'; original vertical and horizontal folds, remnants of old hinges at each corner from where the document was once mounted in an album, otherwise very well preserved. During the latter part of the… Read More

Sydney : Doubleday, 1992. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp. 149, illustrated; an excellent copy. Introduction to Anangu people, defined as Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjara but including Matutjara and Ngaatjatjara; outstations and use of modern technology there; Uluru and Katatjuta; outline of struggle for land rights; founding of Pitjantjatjara council; brief outlines of several myths; attitudes and responses of Anangu to tourists; development of woodcarving and craft industry; Amata Craft Centre; foundations and role of Maruku; details of craft purchasing trip; Anangu knowledge and use of natural resources; manufacturing techniques; innovative practices; introduced crafts such as knitting, weaving, rugmaking, batik; vocabulary for tools, weapons and materials.

London, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1983. First edition. Octavo (240 mm), publisher's cloth over boards in pictorial dust jacket (lightly marked); pp. [12], 335; b/w photographic illustrations, map, bibliography, glossary; text in French; an excellent copy, with the bookplate of The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne) to the front endpaper. Scholarly study of the exchange system among the Orokaiva.

How & why the people of Mala construct their artificial islands, the antiquity & doubtful origin of the practice, with a description of the social organization, magic & religion of their inhabitants. London : Seeley, Service & Co., 1930. Octavo, gilt-illustrated yellow cloth (slightly marked and canted), previous owner's name to endpaper, pp. 317, photographic illustrations, folding map, a very good copy. Ethnographic study of a group of indigenous Solomon Islanders.