Mrs. Scoresby Routledge; Katherine Routledge

The Mystery of Easter Island

London, Hazell, Watson and Viney LD; Sifton, Praed & Co LTD, 1920. Cloth. The second edition of this uncommon work recounting Katherine Routledge's extraordinary expedition to Easter Island in 1914-5. The second edition of this uncommon work.In this work, Katherine Routledge recounts her extraordinary expedition to Easter Island in Chile with her husband Scoresby from 1914-5. Together, they built a custom made yacht named Mana, and sailed from Falmouth, England for a sea voyage that lasted over a year. They passed through the Patagonia Passage in South America before they arrived to Easter Island. Tha pair would be the first qualified scholars to carry out an anthropological survey of the island, and their visit preserved cultural and historic information that would have otherwise been lost. The story was followed by British media due to a high public interest in the giant statues of the island, the moai. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, ten folding plates, ninety-two plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.One page of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Loss to the front board. Minor marks to the cloth. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 956P42

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: The Mystery of Easter Island easter island mrs scoursby routledge katherine routledge easter island Not Stated

W. SCORESBY ROUTLEDGE; KATHERINE ROUTLEDGE

With a Prehistoric People: The Akikuyu of British East Africa

London, Frank Cass & Co Ltd. 1968. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, xxxi 391pp hardback, red cloth gilt, reprinted from the 1920 first edition, bw plates. Very Good.

Salsus BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 066236

Keywords: anthropology

SCORESBY ROUTLEDGE - [Katherine ROUTLEDGE]

The Mystery of Easter Island - The Story of an Expedition by Mrs. Scoresby Routledge.

London & Aylesbury, Printed for the author by Hazell, Watson and Viney, and sold by Sifton, Praed & Co. LTD, [1919]. 24 x 16 cm. xxi,[1],404 pp. Original cloth, top edge gilt. With frontispiece and portrait [both photogravures], 134 figures and illustrations chiefly on plates, and 11 maps [2 folding] of which of which 7 unnumbered. - First edition - Katherine Routledge (1866-1935) - 'Both Mrs Routledge's books are serious, academic works [...] Thus even some eighty years on, 'With a Préhistoric People' and 'The Mystery of Easter Island' are still eminent in their field.' - [Jane Robinson - Wayward Women p. 147/148] - One very small underlining on map on page 293, otherwise a good copy

kAdeBoeken AntiquariaatProfessional seller

Book number: 36714

Catalogue: reizen

Keywords: paaseiland; easter island; zuid-amerika