Sepia -
Owen Rutter
1926 - George H. Doran Company, New York - First Edition
One of the first works of fiction based in North Borneo. It's a story about a newly arrived British government officer's experiences and his struggles to find a woman to love. The book was subsequently published under the title "Passion Fruit." Rutter was a civil servant employed in British North Borneo and wrote several non-fiction works about Government and the people of what is now Sabah. [k@borneo]
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1926 - George H. Doran Company, New York - First Edition
One of the first works of fiction based in North Borneo. It's a story about a newly arrived British government officer's experiences and his struggles to find a woman to love. The book was subsequently published under the title "Passion Fruit." Rutter was a civil servant employed in British North Borneo and wrote several non-fiction works about Government and the people of what is now Sabah. [k@borneo]
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Golden Rain -
Owen Rutter
1928 - Longmans, New York - First Edition
‘Against a background of Borneo jungle Mr. Rutter has told a story of a white girl and a native chief. A war is provoked by the stupidity of an English official. Adventure, fighting and vivid delineation of human character are blended. It is a story that Mr. Conrad would have loved to tell. Mr. Rutter has his own effective way of developing this tale of a beautiful, violent, and mysterious land.’ - [publisher]
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1928 - Longmans, New York - First Edition
‘Against a background of Borneo jungle Mr. Rutter has told a story of a white girl and a native chief. A war is provoked by the stupidity of an English official. Adventure, fighting and vivid delineation of human character are blended. It is a story that Mr. Conrad would have loved to tell. Mr. Rutter has his own effective way of developing this tale of a beautiful, violent, and mysterious land.’ - [publisher]
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A Vagabond's Odyssey - Being Further Reminiscences of a Wandering Sailor-Troubadour in Many Lands -
A. Safroni-Middleton
1916 - Grant Richards Ltd., London - First Edition
The lively, amusing and personal accounts of Safroni-Middleton’s travels through the pacific, mostly about New Zealand and Australia.
Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates.
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1916 - Grant Richards Ltd., London - First Edition
The lively, amusing and personal accounts of Safroni-Middleton’s travels through the pacific, mostly about New Zealand and Australia.Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates.
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Night Flight -
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1932 - Century Co. , New York - First U.S. edition
Saint-Exupéry's wonderful second novel, based on his experiences as a mail pilot in South America. Translated by Stuart Gilbert, with preface by Andre Gide.
‘One of the first and best novels of action or rather a prose poem in which the mystique of the airman makes it’s appearance. An austere study of the granite-hearted controller of night couriers.’ - Cyril Connolly - The Modern Movement.
The basis for a movie with Clark Gable, Helen Hayes and John and Lionel Barrymore.
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1932 - Century Co. , New York - First U.S. edition
Saint-Exupéry's wonderful second novel, based on his experiences as a mail pilot in South America. Translated by Stuart Gilbert, with preface by Andre Gide. ‘One of the first and best novels of action or rather a prose poem in which the mystique of the airman makes it’s appearance. An austere study of the granite-hearted controller of night couriers.’ - Cyril Connolly - The Modern Movement.
The basis for a movie with Clark Gable, Helen Hayes and John and Lionel Barrymore.
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The American Book of the Dog -
George Oliver Shields [Editor]
1891 - Rand, Chicago - First Edition
By Hon. John S. Wise, Bernard Waters, Max Wenzel, Charles K. Westbrook, [and others]
Large and comprehensive, incorporating the writings of specialists in individual breeds, a work that is frequently quoted and sourced today.
Profusely illustrated with 22 full page plates and over 70 smaller engravings throughout the text. Together with 18 pages of advertisements to the rear.
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1891 - Rand, Chicago - First Edition
By Hon. John S. Wise, Bernard Waters, Max Wenzel, Charles K. Westbrook, [and others] Large and comprehensive, incorporating the writings of specialists in individual breeds, a work that is frequently quoted and sourced today.
Profusely illustrated with 22 full page plates and over 70 smaller engravings throughout the text. Together with 18 pages of advertisements to the rear.
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On the Beach -
Nevil Shute
1957 - William Heinemann Ltd., Melbourne London Toronto - First Edition.
A tale of nuclear disaster. All of the northern hemisphere has been obliterated, leaving Australia expectant of the inevitable spread of the fatal contamination that will annihilate all of humanity.
One of Shute’s most well known work and the basis for the Stanley Kramer film starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, and Fred Astaire in his first dramatic role.
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1957 - William Heinemann Ltd., Melbourne London Toronto - First Edition.
A tale of nuclear disaster. All of the northern hemisphere has been obliterated, leaving Australia expectant of the inevitable spread of the fatal contamination that will annihilate all of humanity.One of Shute’s most well known work and the basis for the Stanley Kramer film starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, and Fred Astaire in his first dramatic role.
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Malay Magic - being - An Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula -
Walter William Skeat
1900 - Macmillan & Co., London - First Edition
A clean and bright copy of this significant study on the folklore of the Malay including creation stories, magic rites, ghosts, spirits, and demons.
Illustrated with with 28 black and white photographic plates, and seven in text figures.
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1900 - Macmillan & Co., London - First Edition
A clean and bright copy of this significant study on the folklore of the Malay including creation stories, magic rites, ghosts, spirits, and demons.Illustrated with with 28 black and white photographic plates, and seven in text figures.
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The Grapes of Ralph - SIGNED -
Ralph Steadman
1992 - Ebury Press, London - First Edition
"Wine is far too noble, patient and even courageous for ... phoney elegance,” and in this regard Steadman has always been The Man. He proves the point, with twisted satirical honesty of a sort almost never seen in the unfortunate canon of often tediously pretentious wine writing. Championing wine as it tears down those who take it too seriously, ‘The Grapes of Ralph’ is extremely refreshing.
[Large 30x23cm]
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1992 - Ebury Press, London - First Edition
"Wine is far too noble, patient and even courageous for ... phoney elegance,” and in this regard Steadman has always been The Man. He proves the point, with twisted satirical honesty of a sort almost never seen in the unfortunate canon of often tediously pretentious wine writing. Championing wine as it tears down those who take it too seriously, ‘The Grapes of Ralph’ is extremely refreshing. [Large 30x23cm]
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