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8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece, 22 plates of photographs on 14, and numerous historiated initials and a full-page map in the text, free endpapers browned, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original orange pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, uncut, a remarkably bright, firm copy. Buck's vividly-written account of animal collecting in Asia was first published in New York in 1936. The UK edition is scarce, especially in this condition.
8vo., with additional portrait frontispiece, frontispiece, coloured plates, plates in monochrome and large folding map coloured in outline, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. African Hunting Reprint Series, vol. 6. High-quality facsimile reissue of the scarce Rowland Ward edition of 1898. The plates are by Millais, Caldwell and Lodge.
8vo., Third Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, 16 plates, numerous illustrations in the text, and endpapers maps on coloured stock; pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1948. All editions are scarce.
222 pages. Book two of the ACBL's tested and proven method to learn bridge or update your game. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Hachette, Paris, 1910. In/8 reliure toile éditeur, couvertures conservées : pochoir d'une vigoureuse cuisinière plumant un faisan..., illustrations in et hors texte, 106 p. Nombreuses recettes et tour de main (sauces aux jaunes d’oeuf, marinades et court-bouillon, farces...) ; “profitage des restes de” volaille ; ouvrage agrémenté de nombreuses illustrations dont plusieurs planches sur les races de cochons, de lapins, gibiers des bois...
Very Good English Original illustrated brown bdg. HC. 4to. (32 x 23 cm). In English, German, and Turkish. [xiv], 222 p., many unnumbered b/w plates. Modern free style wrestling techniques.= Die heutige Technik des freistilringens.= Çagdas serbest güres teknikleri. First and Only Edition.
346 p. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth binding. The binding shows some wear, but is still attractive. Wonderful reminiscences of outdoor adventures which include: hunting moose in Maine, caribou in Canada, wild fowl in North Dakota, and quail in North Carolina. First Edition. GAMES BOX 5
Madrid, Blass, 1927, 26,5 x 18 cm., rústica editorial, 47 págs.
160 pages including index and glossary. A beautiful compendium of the world's most entertaining and universally popular games. Every board in this fascinating and unique collection of over eighty games can be played on the page as book is designed to open flat. Instructions are on adjoining pages while all the pieces and other equipment needed for play are supplied on a separate cut-out sheet laid-in back board. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Moderate wear to attractive dust jacket which bears a closed two inch tear to top edge of back panel. Nice copy. Book
Features include: Orchid Hunting - A Perilous Game (Pt III); Plant Characters in Cypripedileae - Labellum - Lineograph Study (Pt IV); Self-Pollination in Cattleya aurantiaca (Baten) P.N. Don; The Rediscovery of Epidendrum (Nanodes) medusae; Shading and Cooling the Glasshouse; and Beginners' Handbook: Dendrobiums. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
Features include: Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium; Plant Characters in Cypripedileae - Connate Sepals - Lineograph Study (Pt III); Orchid Hunting - A Perilous Game (Pt II); Collectors' Item: Dendrobium gracilicaule; Flowering by Light Control - A New Phase; and Beginners' Handbook: Miltonia, the Pansy Orchid. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
Features include: Orchid Hunting - A Perilous Game; The Orchids of the Island of Grenada, British West Indies; A Method for Growing Phalaenopsis; Collectors' Item: Anoectochilus sikkimensis; Bulbophyllum lobbii; and Beginners' Handbook: The Bifoliate Cattleyas. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
217 pages. "...if we don't make it quite clear to the rest of the world that we have some sort of a 'Plan B' if the existing process fails, then we may wind up provoking some rather unpleasant economic consequences." A plan for the rest of Canada should the game of constitutional chicken with Quebec end in separation. Clean, bright and unmarked. Miniscule wear. Excellent copy in giftable condition. Book
96 pages. Generously illustrated in black and white. "This book was only made possible through granted permission to use researched information through the diligent research of dedicated breeders to whom we give credit in the book. Through liberal use of pictures and illustrations we have strived to make this a most educational and helpful work." - Preface. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this excellent reference.. Book
176 pages including index and an abundance of black and white illustrations. A collection of stories about the Canadian North. These stories chronicle the real-life adventures of Gerald Malaher, pioneer conservationist, who following Ernest Thompson Seton, influenced the course of northern wildlife preservation and development in Manitoba in this century. Prior owner's details neatly atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
178 pages. Features: The Lozier Story - Part I; New York to Paris - still the longest race; The Real McCoy - Corvette History - Part IX; Cadillac's Dream Machines - Eldorado to Cyclone; The Annual Hoosier Show; Adventure - the name of the game - Henry Austin Clark tells the story; Cadillac-LaSalle Meet; Cover Car - 1950 Ford Crestliner; and more. Moderate wear. Minor moisture exposure. A sound copy. Magazine
72 pages. Songs include: Any Way You Want It; Baby Don't Go; Back on My Feet Again; Computer Game; Fire in the Morning; How Do I Make You; I Pledge My Love; I Shoulda Loved Ya; I Thank You; I Wish I Was Eighteen Again; Lost in Love; Off the Wall; Outside My Window; Refugee; Rock With You; Set Me Free; Us and Love; Where Does the Lovein' Go; With You I'm Born Again; Years. Above-average but not excessive wear. A sound working copy of this great compilation. Book
46 pages. Features: Interior Lake Rainbow Techniques; Steelhead Fever; Atlantic Salmon - concluded in this issue; Stump Lake - a lake of large tackle-busting rainbows; Hatcheries and the Angler - Conclusion; The 'Frisky Fly'; Peace River Expedition - Conclusion; Into the Chilcotin - fly-fishing; The Walleye Pollock - a new series covering the lesser game fish from our local salt water; Windmills of the Cariboo-Okanagan - a 'new' pump system for winter-kill lakes. Light wear. Nice tight copy. Book
Madrid, Imprenta Lorenzana, 1962. 4to. mayor; 475 pp., 2 hs., Con numerosas ilustraciones fotográficas a toda plana y dibujos de Pedro Gavilán y Julio Villarreal. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
29x22. 176p. Firma anterior poseedor. Fotogr. Enc. Tela ed. Sobrecubierta.
21x16. 296p. Ilstr. Fotogr.
40 page pamphlet illustrated with b&w photos, drawings and prints in dual language: French and English. Light wear to covers, scotch tape repair on back, text/interior is free of marking of any kind, tight, solid binding. Contents include: Teka the game of the gods, The games of Tahiti and polynesia: Wresting heiva moana, boxing heiva motofoot races, javelin throwing vero patia, sling shot ma'a, archery te'a, land hockey, 'apai, foot ball tuira'a poposurfing faaheeraa miti, canoe races, weight lifting, stilts rore, sled hourue holua, quoits, Melanesia: the game is a war and the war is a game, Micronesian anrib or kickball game.
Book shows wear to bottom edge of covers, otherwise very clean, oversize format in black cloth HB covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, now wrapped in protective clear cover. 208 pages, heavily illustrated in full color, contents include: Early legends, The Indian game, The Arabian game and Princess Dilaram, First professional players, The royal game, the national schools, The great masters, etc.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, plates and maps, and very large folding coloured map at end; sand cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back, top and fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Barcelona, Editorial Hispano-Europea, 1958. 4to.; 284 pp., 1 h., y 50 fotografías y dibujos del autor fuera de texto. Encuadernación en tela estampada.