THIELEN (Adolphe).Livre Rare Book
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194828308Paris, Les Editions J. Susse, 1948. Un vol. au format in-4 (282 x 228 mm) de 157 pp., broché.
Pages 401-498, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: "Hoodlum" - the plucky deed of fireman Roger Berry aboard the tug-boat "Elmer" on Lake Erie one stormy night - article with photos; Some New British Climbs - George Abraham describes a new route up the famous Pillar Rock and more, illustrated with remarkable photos; Like a Rat in a Trap - a nerve-trying adventure from 1888 near Southall, Middlesex finding leaks in a sewer pipe; Hurri Singh's Cobra - an adventure from the lake district of Kumaon; A Remarkable Open-Air Theatre at Interlaken, Switzerland; The Ship of Death - a strange story of the awful experience which befell a party of Royal Navy officers and men who boarded a mysterious barque on the high seas in 1908; East Africa As I Saw it (part IV) - photo-illustrated adventures illustrate life in Portuguese East Africa; The Swift Saskatchewan - what happened to a man who fell asleep in a canoe in the mighty Saskatchewan River in 1907; "Back to the Land" - a man in South Africa discovers he is not likely to become a successful farmer; The Poacher-Catchers - adventures of the five-man teams which guard the fur-bearing animals of Yellowstone Park; Pedro the Ladrone - an exciting story from the Philippines told by an officer of the U.S. Army who was in charge of a company of native scouts, with photo of the surrender of General Ramon Santos at Liago; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part I) - the first and only attempt ever made to cross canada from Ocean to Ocean - this marvelously photo-illustrated article deals with Thomas Wilby's experiences on the way to Winnipeg, where his worst troubles began; The Fight in the Moonlight - H. Randolph Spencer and his adventure with two bears in the Olympic Mountains in 1905; Photo of huge floating (?) Burmese pagoda in the form of a hen; Photo of large metallic anklets riveted to young women of Southern Nigeria; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Fought a Regiment - Bandit, murderer and escaped felon, "human monster" Paul Jawarski was pursued by over 250 heavily-armed policemen; The Optimist - The moving story of a gentleman who thought he could make a profitable living out of elephant-hunting; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record - Part I - Robert Copeman and John H.E. Nolan set out from Edmonton for the Gulf of Mexico over 6,000 miles away! - article with photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part III - The continued misadventures of John Gibbons as he tramps from the French coast to Lourdes; "Hitch-Hiking" Across the United States - Alfred Batson hitch-hiked from New York to San Francisco and had some very odd and exciting adventures - includes map and photo; Byways of Old Pekin [Peking / Beijing] - A wonderfully photo-illustrated presentation of the quaint street-life of the unspoiled native quarters of the Chinese capital, where things still go on much as they did in the Middle Ages; What Happened at "Warne's Folly" - A prospector's terrible predicament in an abandoned Queensland mineshaft; The Horns of a Dilemma - A Queensland bushman's amusing account of an argument with a bad-tempered old cow; Saved By Man-Eating Sharks - A deep-sea diver's terrifying experience in the Sulu Sea; "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part II of W.B. Seabrook's adventurous trip to meet Mitkhal Pasha, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr, with photos; Photo and bried write-up of a large sink hole near Sharon Springs, Kansas; The Mystery of Crocodile Pool - A weird adventure that befell a young police corporal who is now one of the leading officers of the South African C.I.D. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
0366748483.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ill., br. A un anno di distanza dalla storica impresa, esce il libro sul giro d'Italia in kayak di Fabrizio Trivella. Tutte le tappe, le difficoltà e la meraviglia di un viaggio affascinante e divertente lungo lo Stivale dalla Liguria al Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Un resoconto ricco di informazioni di quei 100 giorni in kayak, in 176 pagine con foto a colori.
18 page board book. Undated. Perhaps 1995? Ten little Indians paddle their canoe. Look inside and you will see what all these Indians will do! Well worn copy of this charming work. Child's name on page two else unmarked. Yellow cloth loosening from base of spine. Top right corner of last two boards well worn. Book
ill. Attraverso testi, schede, foto e cartine dettagliate, la guida aiuterà tutti gli appassionati canoisti a fruire dei più spettacolari itinerari costieri dei Comuni di Portoscuso, Gonnesa, Iglesias e Buggerru. La guida è rivolta sia ai canoisti esperti che neofiti ed è strutturata in 5 itinerari e arricchita da cartine dettagliate e spettacolari immagini.
192522748Epinal Imprimerie Vosgienne 1925 in-12 broché une plaquette, brochée (agraphée) (paperback)grand in-8 Editeur (18 x 25 cm), dos crème (spine) muet, première et 4ème de couverture illustrée en couleurs par Jean VINCENT, orné de douze illustrations in-texte en couleurs par Jean VINCENT + des cartes du réseau in-fine, trés légères rousseurs sur la 1ère de couverture, sans pagination (28 pages), (1932) Paris : Éditions Mayeux, Editeur,
Sensational vintage compilation of thirty-five 1930s lumberjack songs from the Pacific Northwest. Elmore Vincent was known as "The Northwest Shanty Boy" and the front cover art features his image superimposed over a scene of tall timber being brought down by hand, as chainsaws were but a dream at that time. 64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: A Lumber Lad's Love, Ballad of the Lumberjack, Billy the River Driver, Canaday-I-O, Come With Me In My Little Canoe, Darling Janet, Down in That Lonely Valley, Drinking Song, Fair Charlotte, Grizzly Hogan, Lonesome Lumberjack, Lumberjack Memories, Moose Meat, Smart Johnny the Logger, Song of the Lumberjack, Strawberry Lane, The Death of George Phalen, The Flying Cloud, The Gambling Lumberjack and the Jim Creek Girl, The Good Old Times, The Great Fit, The Green River Girl, "The Jam at Gerry's Rock", The Lakes of Pontchartrain, Three Leaves of Shamrock, The Little Brown Bulls, The Lumberjack and the Pretty Girl, The Lumberjack's Alphabet, The Lumberjack's Bible, The Lumberjack in Town [as sung on Seattle's "Skid Road" by Syd Johnson], The Sandy Stream Song, The Stranger and the Maiden Fair, The Two Sisters, Who Feeds Us Beans, and Yodeling Lumberjack. Most songs have several verses or more. Unmarked with above-average wear. Binding intact. A rare and wonderful musical memento of the glory days of Northwest lumberjacking. Book
529859me année - n° 426 - 19 mai 1939 - in-4 broché - revue illustrée
1951AUB-8215Ed. Je Sers 1951. Bel exemplaire broché, in-8, 324 pages.
In-8° (cm. 21,2x15), pp. 205, (19) + 69 FOTO in tavole f.t. b.n. + (ripiegate in tasca f.t.) 6 tabelle, 1 CARTA FLUVIALE a 3 col. in 3 fogli + 1 tavola ripieg. a col. dei SEGNALI FLUVIALI. Cartone editoriale illustrato in binaco e nero, usura a una cerniera presso la cugia unferire, ma eccellemte es. Fiumi e laghi svizzeri, e francesi: Loire, Rhone, Ardèche; dati e consigli su associazioni, climi, frontiere, pericoli, difficoltà per uomini e donne ecc. Le incredibili prestazioni su acque calme o turbinose della mitica canoa (tipo "Klepper") a intelaiatura di legno e scafo in stoffa, con timone metallico a oomando di pedaliera, rapidamente smontabile e rimontabile. Un kayak del genere, munito di vela e derive laterali, traversò l'Atlantico almeno due volte negli anni '30.
256 pages. Includes colour map showing route. Chronicles of the author depicting his transcontinental traverse via canoe from the Labrador Sea to the Bering Sea from 1967 to 1982. A clean copy with little wear. Sound binding. Book
16 pages. Colour photos throughout. Printed on glossy stock. Appears to be circa 1971. Features: Deepsea Canoe - George Tocher and David Moon and their voyage aboard the native-style vessel Orenda to Hawaii - article with photos; Aspenite sales; Non-masonary fireplaces; The Hutterite Way - they choose Aspenite for the new farm buildings at their Morinville colony northwest of Edmonton; New K3 Woodgrains. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Boat High with Hyrofoils - article with great photos - "New Sea Wings Lift Boat, Motor and All Out of Water - Gives Smoother and Faster Riding"; What Kind of Boat do You Want to Buy?.. Now What Kind of Motor?; What's Ahead in Boating?; Photo illustrating why government-approved life preservers need by used; List of items required by government regulation to be taken on power driven pleasure boats; Should I Bother Painting? - add years of life to your boat; Nice photo ad for the Canadian Canoe Company of Peterborough, Ontario; Trout do come Big in July - Silver Springs Lodge, South River, Ontario; Do You Like Bugs?; Sedge Night in British Columbia, by H. Mortimer Batten of Kamloops, B.C.; How to Get Those Bass?; Two Ways to Hunt Woodchuck; Handmade Canadian Free Rifle Design; The Hungarian Vizsla - article with photo of "Elza Von Schloss Loosdorf" owned by Stephen Brunyanski of St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
2004Q-0898868157Mountaineers Books 2004-02-18. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mountaineers Books paperback
1994Q-0898863309Mountaineers Books 1994-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mountaineers Books paperback
Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
237 pages including index. With illustrations from thirty-two photographs. Spine missing. Past moisture exposure to bottom inch of book resulted in fading to that portion of blue cloth boards and very light staining to contents which are otherwise mildly yellowed and in good condition. Hinges intact. Minimal markings. Very good reading copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book. 245 pages. 5 1/8"w x 7 3/4"h. Slightly loose front hinge. Pasted down illustration on decorative cover. Illustrated by Archibald Webb. A historical story set in the pioneer days in Canada.
brossura Un navigatore solitario scivola silenziosamente lungo le coste di Corfù e delle piccole isole Diapontia all'interno di un mezzo anacronistico, lento, faticoso ed invisibile: il kayak. Sotto la forma del diario giornaliero, l'autore invita a esplorare angoli di incontaminata bellezza e a interrogarsi sulle trasformazioni portate dallo sfruttamento turistico.
