Authors starting with I from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

London:: M. Flescher for Joseph Hindmarsh,. 1682.. Hardcover. Very good overall. A treatise on government (Basilikon Doron translates from the Greek to "Royal Gift") written by King James 1st of England, written in the form of a confidential letter to his eldest son, Henry. The work is separated into 3 books; the first describing a king’s duty towards God as a Christian; the second, responsibilities in office and the third, proper behavior in daily life, or "behavior in indifferent thin... more information

Hartford, Conn:: US Marine Corps,. 1922.. Paperback. Very good overall. Very early World War I era folding Marine Corps recruiting brochure with black and white photographs, for duty in China, Europe, Hawaii, West Indies, and the Philippines. With eight photographs with the following titles: 'On Duty in Virgin Islands'; 'Man, Sky, Guns on Battleships'; 'Horse Marines in the Tropics'; 'Marines are Skilled Aviators'; 'Leaving for Duty Abroad'; 'On Duty with the Fl... more information

1915.. Hardcover. Very good condition. Rare photograph album of British World War I operations in the Middle East aimed at capturing Constantinople, including photographs taken on the very first day of the Gallipoli Campaign, April 25, 1915. Other photographs taken in and near Alexandria, Port Said, El Kantara (sic), Mustapha, Cairo, Gallipoli, Cape Helles, Morto Bay, and Achi Baba. With 47 gelatin silver prints, each approx 6 1/2 x 4 1/2", mounted on dark gray stock, decorated with thin white border... more information

New York:. 1943.. Hardcover. Very good overall. The British edition of the weekly, complete issues bound together. With articles, cartoons, photos, recurring columns (Yanks at Home in the ETO; Mail Call, News From Home, Sports), photos of pin-up girls and Hollywood stars, a 1944 calendar. Large 4to, red gilt cloth; gilt title at front cover, no title at spine. Cloth at front and rear boards slt rippled; internally issues themselves clean and unmarked. ... more information

Hardcover. Franklin Watts, New York, 1956 1st ed. 68pp. The author was a member of the Navy's Antarctic expedition of 1946-1947. Boards w chipped d/j, vg+. Spence 618. ... more information

London:. 1914.. Australasian Edition. Staplebound Wraps. No. 3899 - Vol. CXLIV. Lacks front cover of outer wraps, back cover detached, o/w very good. A double page spread of Antarctic drawings by Marston, the artist to the Shackleton Expedition, with text describing the 8 views below. This issue also includes "Horses Stabled in the Inland Ice: A Remarkable Illustration" an illustration of 5 horses used by the Arctic explorer Capt. Koch; also a double page spread with illustration of the "... more information

London:. 1910.. Australasian Edition. Staplebound Wraps. No. 3696 - Vol. CXXXVI. Short slit at top of spine of outer wraps, o/w very good. Important Antarctic material on "the race to the South Pole" including a double page spread showing on the left hand page Siberian sled dogs, the proposed route of the American expedition, and on the right hand a full page diagram of Captain Scott's proposed route following in the track of Sir Ernest Shackleton, with inset of Yakut pony, and with text des... more information

London:. 1913.. Australasian Edition. Staplebound Wraps. No. 3882 - Vol. CXLIII. Very short slit at top of spine of outer wraps, o/w very good. Antarctic material with single page and double page views of glaciers, tilted "Under the British Flag and in communication with Australia by wireless: in the chartless Antarctic", with descriptive text below. Also includes, in the Ladies' Supplement, the World of Women, two pages on lady anglers including The Duchess of Bedford , and a full page of ... more information

New York:: George H. Doran,. 1914.. First American edition. Hardcover. A selection of fifteen magical Scandinavian fairy tales from the Norske Folkeeventyr of Asbjornsen and Moe, which originally appeared in Sir G. W. Dasent's "Popular Tales from the Norse", with the beautifully bizarre illustrations of Kay Nielsen. Includes, among others, the stories 'The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body', 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', 'The Princess on the Glass Hill', and the tit... more information

Paperback. Abrams, New York, 1992 paperback vg+. ... more information

4pp ALS with an invoice for 16 bags of coffee, dated Gonives, April 15th 1797. The letter & invoice are written by John Imlay Jr. on behalf of Imlay & Tuthill, Philadelphia merchants, and addressed to Dr. Jacob. The author complains of his hands being raw making bags & being "almost swelled to death with heat". Speaks of the Hayti Blockade. Fish, plantains & eggs, is our ...... something new to me, I wish we only had a good dish of .... tea with a pile of the good buckweat cak... more information

London:. 1744.. Two copper engraved views on the same plate of Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia), with the upper one showing the city seen from the water, and the lower, the fortress; both views with many ships and smaller vessels on the water. From Harris's Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca or a Complete Collection of Voyages & Travels consisting of above 600 of the Most Authentic Writers... 12 1/4 x 8 1/4", with wide margins. ... more information

Office of Public Information. The United Nations in West New Guinea: An Unprecedented Story. New York 1963, pbk. ... more information

Albert & Son.. Sheet music, "Specially composed in Honour of the American Fleet", 10 1/2 x 14 in., 7pp. Sml tear to top of spine, o/w very good condition. Full color cover depicting American fleet at sea, with American flags, eagle, and portraits of king and Theodore Roosevelt. This sheet music is part of a large collection of memorabilia commemorating the Great White Fleet and its 1907 trip around the globe, which includes a hand-made flag composed of silk hat bands, postcards, a map, vari... more information

London:: Messrs. Fores, lith. Day & Hague, Lithrs. to the Queen,. 1845.. Tinted lithograph with beautiful hand color. Fine lithograph of the sloop Brigattin running up channel 1845. Sir Henry Keppel's career in the Royal Navy included several tours to South East Asia & China for service against the Malay pirates, 1st in command of the H.M.S. Dido and later of the H.M.S. Maeander. Inglefield related the story of his two commands in two publications, "The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido f... more information

Sydney:: Angus and Robertson,. 1971.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition, signed. Number 272 of 375. A library of Antarctica & Australiana, Bibliography & Cartography, Hydrography & Nautica, New Zealand & Pacific, Voyages & Travels. 4to, color frontis, 982pp. Red gilt cloth. Bright blue dj, title in black at front cover and spine. Internally, very good. ... more information

A&R 1952. Dj. ... more information

Ingleton, Geoffrey C. Charting A Continent. Being a brief history of marine exploration and hydrographical surveying in Australian Water from the discoveries of Captain James Cook to the War Activities of the Royal Australian Navy Surveying Service. Angus and Robertson, Sydney 1944. xiv + 145pp. Color maps in both endpapers; b&w ill plates. Royal blue cloth w/ gold stamping on cover and spine. G moderate foxing on pages, white paint on spine. ... more information

London:: J M Dent,. 1905.. Hardcover. 8vo, 638pp, teg, 12 watercolors and 90 b&w illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Green cloth covers with gilt titles; gently rubbed top and base of spine; owner bookplate inside front cover, o/w very good. A collection of poetry and short stories based on medieval legends, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. ... more information

Ingraham, Prentiss, edit. Saratoga: Winter and Summer. An Epitome of the Early History, Romance, Legends and Characteristics of the Greatest of American Resorts. Privately printed, NY 1885, presumed 1st edition. 16mo, 110pp, profusely illustrated with attractive wood engravings. Orig. green pictorially stamped boards, couple faint marks o/w vgc. A handsome promotional item for tourists to the resort in upstate New York. ... more information