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8vo., with frontispiece, plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text; original series binding of terracotta buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, covers very slightly faded else a near fine copy.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Adventures in the World War - Part I - No war correspondent has dared more and met with such stirring adventures and experienced such exciting incidents in his quest for 'copy' as Mr. E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Riding Out a Gale on a Sawlog; The Snake in the Shaft - predicament of a prospector being hauled up from a mine; Caught by the Tide - a mistake made while duck hunting; The Amazons of Russia - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Russia's legion of woman warriors, the "Battalion of Death", which served with daring, pluck and bravery in WWI; My Experiences as a Missionary Prisoner - The Rev. E.W. Doulton and his fellow missionaries in Africa, mostly ladies, suffered at the hands of the Germans who tortured the natives to make them falsely accuse the missionaries; In the Land of the Lapps - Part I - a picturesque account of an extensive journey, illustrated with great photos; Kidnapping a Millionaire - Mr. James Samuel Slater was shut up for seven months by his chauffeur; Pomp's Visitor - amusing tale of a negro cook who meets a bear that likes fried fish; A Canadian Man-Hunt - a failed miner named Fonberg goes on a killing spree near Chipman, Alberta; Five Months in the Snow - how French peasants were isolated through a whole winter on a mountain top; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part II - Juliet Bredon and her husband spent several summer weeks in China - photo-illustrated account; Across Germany to Freedom - Part II - two French soldiers, Tristan du Tartre and Georges Prieur escaped from the Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; The Heroic Band - a graphic photo-illustrated account of the gallant and heroic conduct of a French infantry band which played its regiment into action under heavy bombardment, and continued to play until half the instrumentalists were killed or wounded; Marie Jeanneret - she poisoned nine people to death; America's Great Highwayman - Joseph Hare; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and small tears to dust jacket. Fading to edges of cover. 9 1/2"w x 8 5/8"h. 240 pages. Critical analysis by Dore Ashton. Poetry by John Ashbery, Richard Howard, Stanly Kunitz, Octavio Pazz; and photography by Denise Hare, Terry Schutte, Duane Michaels
in 8 (20,5x12,5) Brossura; pp. 165; Ottimo
In-8, brossura, pp. 167. Volume della collana: SC 10 n. 105. In buono stato (good copy).
P., Nouvelle France, 1946. In-8 broché, 256 pp., illustrations 3 couleurs dans le texte de J. -C. MANTEL. Bon état.
Les éditions de la Nouvelle France, 1946. Petit in/8 carré, broché, couverture illustrée d’une vignette, dessins de J. G. Mantel en deux tons dans le texte, 256 p. Exemplaire non coupé. Anatomie, zoologie descriptive, élevage, historique, chasse. Mouchon col. 1063.
Paris, St Hubert Club de France, 1929. In-8 broché, couverture illustrée d'une vignette contrecollée, 265 p., 1 p. de catalogue, nombreuses figures dans le texte et trois planches h.-texte sur papier couché. Ouvrage réunissant une multitude de renseignements sur le lièvre : Sa description anatomique et sa zoologie. Sa reproduction, avec notamment la formation ou repeuplement d'une chasse au lièvre. La partie historique montre la chasse sous Henri IV ; les lièvres dans les domaines de la Couronne ; Rambouillet, son gibier, ses chasses... La dernière partie indique les différentes manières de chasser le lièvre, son tir, les ruses du lièvre et les opinions d'auteurs tels que Jean des Airelles, Boisrot de Lacour, le Verrier de la Conterie sur les facultés du quadrupède. Nombreuses figures dans le texte et trois planches h.-texte sur papier couché. Edition originale. Thiébaud, 68.
s.l., The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust 1981, xxii + 418pp. + 16pp.buitentekstill. in kleur, gecart.band, X19606
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces (one in colour), very numerous plates (a number in colour) and many maps (several folding), preliminaries and half-titles lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper boards with regimental crest blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean set. With folding maps in pocket at end of Vol. II and errata slip facing title of Vol. V. The set comprises Vol. I: 'The Royal Americans' (1913); Vol. II: The Green Jacket (1923); Vol. III: The 60th. The K.R.R.C. (1926); Vol. IV: The 60th. The K.R.R.C. (1929); Vol. V: The Great War (1932); Vol. VI: Appendix dealing with Uniform, Armament and Equipment (S.M. Milne and Major-General Astley Terry, 1913). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE. [Two later volumes, complete in themselves, cover the post-WWI, WWII and subsequent periods]. Sutcliffe, p.334; White p.110
Very cute book in green cloth with gilt print at spine, embossed squirrel on cover (!), two lightly bumped corners, light sunning at spine edges. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is tattered, tears at upper and lower spine, sunning, chipping at folds, not price clipped. Previous owner's book plate on front end paper; illustrated endpapers, b&w illustrations. Fictional tales based on "actual animals in an actual place," the animals being: the Beetle Rock,The Weasel,The Sierra Grouse, The Chicharee, The Black Bear, The Lizard, The Coyote, The Deer Mouse, The Stellar Jay, The Mule Deer, otter, cutthroat trout, osprey, mosquito, scud, mink, varying hare, merganser, moose, leech, leopard frog, snail, trumpter swan, beaver. ACTUAL first ed., (not a later printing). The words "First Edition" appear on publisher's page with NAP. Wrapped in protective clear cover.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book presents a collection of Aesop's fables as a dramatic vehicle for presentation. 66 "playlets" written expressly for elementary school classrooms, grades two to five. Plays include: Mouse and the bull, Grasshopper and the owl, Two frogs, Wolf and the lamb, Boy and the nuts, Flea and the ox, Mother lark and her babies, Peacock and juno, Hare and the tortoise, Wind and the sun, Serpent and the eagle, The heron, etc.
Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1880, volume I du “ Cabinet de Vénerie “. In/12 broché, couverture imprimée et rempliée, 2 ff. n. ch., XXIV p., 83 pages. Tirage limité à 300 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci sur papier de Hollande. Imprimé en 1593, cet ouvrage n’est connu qu’à un seul exemplaire, celui de la bibliothèque de l’Arsenal. Avec une notice et des notes par Ernest Jullien. Thiébaud, 290 ; Souhart, 533.
New Turkish Original bdg. HC. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 5 volumes set:: ([viii], [2], [ii], [ii], [4], [iii], [6], [ii], 2364 p.), color and b/w ills. I. Uluslararasi Türk Dünyasi Kültür Kurultayi. Bildiriler. 5 volumes set. 200 copies were printed.
8vo., with 29 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed and creased at edges. First published by Faber in 1972, this is a comprehensive study of the hare both in its natural setting and in mythology. The original edition is scarce indeed; this reissue itself is rapidly becoming so.
108 pages. Cover photo of Italy's Isola dei Pescatori. Features: Many beautiful photo fashion ads in black and white and color; Five photos of the Moonlight Mist Ball include Vivian Goodman, Prince and Princess Artchil Gourielli, Nina Foch, Mrs. John Leib, Martha Crawford, Mary Elliman, Mrs. John Hilson, Minnie CassattMrs. Edward F. Hutton, Maurice Moore, Prince Serge Belosselsky-Belozersky, Mrs. Alfred L. Loomis, Jr., and W.E. Hutton; Herbert Tareyton cigarette ad features color illustration of Mrs. James "Monty" Waterbury fishing; Wedding photos include Hugh Montgomery Adams with the former Leta Margaret Nichols, Francis Arthur Carmody and the former Stalla Marie Carvin, Mr. and Mrs. William Barker Pattison (she the former Charlotte Preble Cabrera), Ensign Robert Woodhull Hopkins, the former Joan Elizabeth Dreher, Martin Hopkins Potter, Jean Drake Dreher, Robert C. Hopkins, and James Bovaird; Article on travel between Paris and Venice; Fur fashion photos with Rosalind Russell; Fashion photos of Mrs. Amory S. Carhart, Jr., Mrs. Dmitri Negroponte, Mrs. Winston Frost, Elinor Patricia Jones, Mrs. R. Thornton Wilson, Jr., Mrs. Joseph A. Meehan, Mrs. Charles H. Hornburg, Jr. (formerly Gwenn Welter), Mrs. Robert Hare (formerly Martha Michalis), Mrs. Bertrand Taylor III outside the Hotel Pierre, Mrs. James Averell Clark, Jr., Cornelia Lyman, Mrs. James F. Donovan, Mrs. Daniel G. Tenney, Jr., Mrs. Francis C. Lawrance, Catherine Campbell, Mrs. John S. Radway, Elaine Reed, Mrs. Robert P. Gibb, Mrs. William G. McKnight (formerly Le Brun Rhinelander), Mrs. Fletcher Godfrey (formerly Paulette Bragg), Mrs. Herman Harjes (formerly Tauni de Lesseps), Marguerite Higgins, Geraldine Page, Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps (exiting car at the Waldorf-Astoria), Susan Sexton (at the Drake Hotel), and Mrs. John R. McDonnell (formerly Dorothy Root), at the Lombardy Hotel; Jet vs. Prop - the new concept of jet air transportation, by Henri J. Lesieur, General Manager of Air France for North America; Misia Sert and the Muses (part II) - article with photos of Marcel Proust, Bone de Castellane, Princess "Dolly" Radziwill, Mrs. Eugene Kelly, Jr., Sergei Diaghilev, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Caruso; Photo feature on the farmlands home of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Tilton in Cooperstown; Photos of the Watch Hill residence of Ambassador to Cuba and Mrs. Arthur Gardner; Happy Birthday Oscar (Hammerstein) - a wonderful one-page photo-illustrated note from Richard Rodgers; United States Lines ad includes photos of Mr. and Mrs. Kingman Douglass, Hildegarde (famous chanteuse), Helen Hayes, and Messrs. Burnet, Grant and Vaughan; Half-page phot ad for the Waldorf-Astoria features Los Chavales who will be performing on the Starlight Roof; Color Nash car ad includes black and white photo of Miss Margaret Sullavan; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this charming issue. Book
Vaduz, De Bhaktivedanta Book Trust 1986, xlviii + 464pp. + 16pp.buitentekstill., gecart.band met stofwikkel, X19605
With Index. Gilt titles on spine and front cover. Imitation red leather covers. Some wear to cover corners.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.
pp. x, 264, (12)[Publisher's list of Augustus Hare's Books of Travel with sample pages] + Plus folding chart of Polish kings. Text drawings by the author. Penciled underlings. XLib. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, lettered in gold and decorated in red. Though XLib, still a nice copy. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! RUSSIA/1
116 pages. Features: Reports on Tropical Africa, Australia, Science and Industry; Bugles and a Tiger - Adventure on India's Frontier, by John Masters; The Way the New India Thinks, by Aubrey Menen; Christmas Eve at Chartres (a poem), by Winifred Hare; Billingsley's Bird Dog, by Dillon Anderson; The Bounds of Space and Time - How Long Will the World Last?, by Crary Moore; Hark, Hark, the Lark (a poem) by Marie De L. Welch; Creating a School, by Agnes and Ernest Hocking; The Army Invades the Wichita Mountains, by Clark C. Van Fleet; Dr. Flesch's Cure-all, by Virgil M. Rogers; The Spoiled Honeymoon, by Robert Graves; Renewals if Needed - They Shall Have Music, by John M. Conly. Color ad by the European Travel Commission inside front cover. Fantastic colour photo ad for RCA Victor Colour Televisions on page 19 features family and home in white; Color full-page ad for Old Smuggler Scotch on page 20. Columbia Records ad on page 32 features large black and white photo portrait of Winston Churchill. Very attractive colour ad for Drambuie inside back cover features Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
380 pages including index and some black and white illustrations. Author's signature atop title page. "What was it like to serve in the Canadian Army during the Korean War? Here are their unpublished stories, from lieutenant to private, their everyday life in a peculiar war. This book is a soldier's view of the war, some stories startling, all interesting, and often in stark contrast to the official version of the war. A once in a lifetime of treasured memories, experienced by a few, who are now willing to share their experiences with you." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear to red illustrated covers. Tight and square. Excellent copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and plans in the text; original series binding of brown tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: photo of bomber crew being plucked from the water after 24 hours; Preserving Britain's Blockade - photos; Training in tanks at Camp Borden in Canada; Photo-illustrated text of message broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "Westward the Land is Bright; Britain challenged in Iraq - aerial photos of Basra waterfront, Basra Airport, and the Habbaniyah native cantonment, shelled by Iraqi troops; Two photos related to British radio propaganda in the Middle East; Photos of the heroes of the historic rearguard action in Greece; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the last days of the campaign in Greece - withdrawal of the Imperial Forces; Four photos illustrate the training of Britain's paratroops; Three photos of parachutists jumping; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by H.L. Stimson entitled "Peril of the Western Hemisphere"; Photo of "Electric Hare" used to train air gunners; A commentary on the war this week; 50,000 troops in anti-invasion exercise; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
