![]() | BRAZIL Brazil. - Resources, possibilities. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro (1946) 280pp + col. plates. 1st ed., fine in worn and slightly damaged card covers. Detailed guide to the country with many B & W photos and very attractive reproductions of coloured paintings. | £25.00 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | SHILLIBEER John A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage, to Pitcairn's Island; - including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America. Illustrated with sixteen etchings by the author, from drawings on the spot. London: for Law and Whittaker (1817) 2nd ed., frontispiece and 12 plates (2 folding, 1 comprising 2, the other 3 images; 1 printed in red ochre) from drawings by the author. Light foxing throughout in old half calf with marbled boards. Octavo. Also facsimile letter from Sir Thomas Staines describing Pitcairn Island in 1814. A fascinating account by an officer in the Royal Marines on the H.M. Frigate Briton, including much on the mutiny of the Bounty, including an interview with the last survivor on Pitcairn Island. Shillibeer recorded what he saw in fine etchings he made on the spot, including views of Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Juan Fernandez, Callao, and Santa Christina, as well as a portrait of Friday Fletcher October Christian. | £525.00 |
![]() ![]() | WRIGHT M.R. The New Brazil. - Its resources and attractions, historical, descriptive, and industrial. George Barrie & Sons, Philadelphia (1907) 494 large pp with tipped in engraved plate on frontispiece. 2nd revised ed., very fine with a.e.g. in original decorated green cloth. 10 x 12.5" Guide to the country profusely illustrated with photo plates. A lavish work. | £40.00 |
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