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Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
Pages 90-176 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Slacker - a young Californian deserts the Army and his lady to flee to Mexico where great misery follows, but he eventually atones; The Mysterious Witch Doctors of Siberia - disguised as a Russian peasant, the author penetrated into little-known Siberia to investigate the uncanny doings of the native Shamans - article with photos; My Island of Dreams - Part II - the adventures of Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings (with photos); Through Central America on Horseback - Part V - riding through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - story with photos of earthquake damage in Guatemala City; Mountain Mysteries - the strange story of Mr. Crump who was lost for 18 days in the Lakeland crags, plus other cases of mysterious disappearances; Cheating Death - John Edwin Hogg recounts his most harrowing experience; A Bear-Hunt in Lousiana - interesting and successful hunt in the Louisiana Marsh - with photos; My Burglar - a Singapore encounter with a Chinese burglar, stripped naked and greased from head to foot, with fish-hooks in his pigtail and a double-edged sword between his teeth; The Rajah's Lift - the tragic story of a home-made hydraulic lift; The New Moon - information in a diary saves the lives of two men; A Man's Luck - Part III of Hjalmar Hutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Photo and brief write-up of the world's most northerly police post; Photo of the smallest business house in the world in Duncan, Oklahoma; 'House of Gold' built by a wealthy miner in the California's Mojave Desert; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Back cover almost loose. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 422-504 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Ten Months Overdue - a stirring account of the luckless voyage of the Liverpool ship Denbigh Castle, which finally reached her point nearly a year overdue; Hunting the Tapir; Imam Baksh's Escape - a murder story from India; Sanna's Eagle - the strange fate that befell a South African lammarfanger, or lamb-eating eagle, which attacked a little Boer girl and caused her death; The Death Circle - two men wander in a Canadian prairie blizzard - one finds shelter, the other dies; In Quest of Gold - gold-seekers from San Francisco on their way to the land of the Yaqui Indians are forced to turn back; Levenson's Ordeal - Albert S. Levenson, a prominent California merchant, goes missing for five days while on a mountain holiday; Life in a Land of Death (part II) - adventures among the head-hunters and other picturesque inhabitants of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea - article with great photos; The Way of the East - a curious story from Vancouver's Chinatown; The Mitimoni Man-Eaters - two white men get involved with African native witchcraft, resulting in their responsibility for fatalities caused by two man-eating lions; "Square Pegs" (part II) - This absorbing tale will teach prospective immigrants more about Canadian prairie life than stacks of guide-books and official pamphlets; Wind - a tale told at the Roscoe Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. which explained why a man dreaded wind; The Yellow Box - a missing box sets a whole West Africa colony seething; The Smallest Park in the World. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 503-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Eight Days On a Capsized Ship - three seamen tough it out upon the overturned hull of the 'Anna Rebecca' in 1906 off Memel (with photos); My Adventures in Sarawak (part I) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her experiences getting to know 'the loveable little people and their language' (with photos); The Girl Who Came to Copperfield, Oregon - Miss Fern Hobbs was sent at the head of a regiment of soldiers to restore order in the lawless town of Copperfield - article with photo of Miss Hobbs; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part II) - Photo-illustrated account of the second half of Mr. Wilby's arduous journey, ending in British Columbia; My Escape from Kelantan - a veteran pioneer of Malaya, W.E. Nash, relates how he took a frail stern-wheel river steamer across the China Sea in the teeth of a monsoon; The Case of "Jack Thompson" - an Englishman in a Bolivian prison; The Haunted Trees - The Malays believe evil spirits take up residence in certain 'hantu' trees; Pieter Erberfeld, Traitor - the story behind this man and a memorial tablet, bearing his skull, in Batavia, Dutch West Indies (Indonesia); The Hermit of Smith's Mountain - a strange character in San Diego County; Man-Eaters - the menace wild animals constitute to dwellers in less-favoured parts of the world; Sport in the Ukraine - with photos; Freshwater Pearl-Fishing - clam-fishing as carried out on the rivers of Illinois - with great photos; Wanted, A Wife - the amusing adventures of Dominick Forese of Butte, Montana; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
021039No Binding. Near Fine. Folio - 12 " Tall. The White mountain picture book. Forty-eight selected views from The White Mountain Echo. 1885 Imprint Bethlehem N.H. Office of "The White Mountain Echo" n.d. Description 16 pages 12 pages of illustrations covers. ill. plates. Only one copy at worldcat in the Rauner collection at Dartmouth College. Undated circa 1885. Quite large 13.25" x 11". Very Scarce. Good with general wear chipping & stains. Photos available. <br/> <br/> unknown
013414Whiteriver Arizonz: The White Mountain Apache Tribal Council. Edition Not Stated . Soft cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. #104 inside cover and next to black reinforcement tape on spine tape torn at bottom spine. Stains to front wraps artwork to rear filled in with pen also stains. Front cover illustration Joe Johnson. With suggested reading list. Text and photographs very good. <br/> <br/> The White Mountain Apache Tribal Council paperback
52 pages. Features: Montie Montana - Artist with a Rope; Riding by Reasoning, Part IV; Barn of Tomorrow; Training a Reining Horse; The Comanches - Lords of the South Plains; Picked Up in the Rodeo Arena; Down the Straightaway; Yesterday's Horse Roundup; Cow Cuttin'; Vet's Corner; Bunkhouse Bookshelf; and more. Nice color-photo ad for Plasti-Aire washable Panama hats inside front cover. Great full-page ad inside back cover for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. Back cover ad for C.H. Hyer & Sons boots. Lee jeans ad on page 35 features L.E. Matheres, Jr. of Mathers Bros., Mason City, Il. Levi's jeans ad atop page 36. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
74 pages. Features: Lincoln's Friend, Sculptress Vinnie Ream; Death in Pleasant Valley - Ed Tewskbury; The Saga of Governor Lew Wallace; Jedediah's Jinxed Journey - Jedediah Smith; Of Big Brave Bulls and Gentle Cows; No Wood for a Casket; Mountain Man Capitalist - Richens Lacy "Uncle Dick" Wootton; Another Pioneer - George Washington Bush; Five Swindlers Caught Triple Trouble - J. Frank Norfleet; Pocahontas of the Southwest; Christopher Columbus - Just a Tourist? Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
314 pages. Seven black and white photographic plates. Author states "The extent and variety of the sources acknowledged should be emphasized because of the highly controversial nature of the subject. The violence of the warfare was demonstrated most vividly in the course of research by the fact that numerous persons interviewed still maintained an intense partisanship a third of a century after the action." - page ix. Average wear to orange cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. Name inked atop front free endpaper. Dust jacket not included. We believe this to be a reprint of the Bobbs Merrill first edition, printed the same year. A sound working copy. Book
Is Belgium's Deliverance Near? - events likely to follow on the capture of the Ridges - article by Lovat Fraser; Views on the road of victory over Vimy Ridge - 2 photos; Italian Boats that went by mountain ways; Under German fire in Aisne and Champagne; Canadians utilizing the 'tump line' for carrying heavy materials to the front line; Photos of enemy ingenuity i.e. a phony hollow-tree observation post; The Victory of the Flanders Ridges - how British troops won their first sight of Bruges - article; Seven 'Somersets' capture Forty-Two Huns; Rise and Fall of the U-Boat - how Germany's blockade of Britain is rendered ineffective; Prowess and pity in Mesopotamia and Palestine; Splendid work of the gunboats on the Tigris; Humour and courage of the 'jocks' - memories and episodes of the fighting on the Western Front; French air messages and hun air murders; Realistic tests of efficiency at Aldershot. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
226 p. 12mo. Original full faux leather binding lettered in gilt gold. A Facsimile reprint of the 1866 edition. Hardbound. Near fine. W8 LF Front STK
Fuller title: The vigilantes of Montana, or, Popular justice in the Rocky Mountains : being a correct and impartial narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of Henry Plummer's road agent band, together with accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperados, the whole being interspersed with sketches of life in the mining camps of the "Far west" . Facsimile of the rare Virginia City 1866 first edition. 12mo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. A wonderful record of the wild times in the west. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29
20091-0979917182Mountain Trail Pr Llc 2009. Paperback. New. unknown edition. 192 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.50 inches. Mountain Trail Pr Llc paperback
2009Q-0979917182Mountain Trail Press 2009-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mountain Trail Press paperback
199620230Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing 1996 stated; 8vo rust cloth; vg scrape to very bottom edge of front board; rear board bowing; spine ends bumped and worn; spine tail crimped; corners rubbed; faint smudge on bottom edge in good dj tear to top edge of front panel and spine tail; prev. owner used clear tape on inside to close tears; edges bumped and worn; spine tail creased; spine ends and corners crimped; 561pp incl. index. Please be aware that shipping this heavy item internationally will require additional postage. <br/> <br/> Yucca Tree Press hardcover
51 pages including index and 7 attractive colour plates, as well as line diagrams. Features species include: Steelhead Trout; Kamloops Trout; Coastal Cut-Throat Trout; Yellowstone Cut-Throat Trout; Mountain Cut-Throat Trout; Hybrid Trout; Atlantic Salmon; Brown Trout; Dolly Varden; Great Lake Trout; Eastern Speckled Trout; Spring Salmon; Coho Salmon; Kokanee; Grayling; and the Rocky Mountain Whitefish. Clearly legible gilt lettering upon forest green front board. Binding open at page 36. Small faint cup ring upon front board else average wear and bumping. Inside front board are the following: Office of Supervisor of Fisheries rubber stamp dated 1932, prior owner's written name, and a sticker approximately 3"x 4" which reads "Note: This publication is the property of the Department of Fisheries. It is to be kept in good state of preservation and is to be surrendered to the Department upon termination of service of any officer who may be supplied with a copy. No. 14". A nice copy of this informative and sentimental reference. Book
195659053New York: Random House 1956. 8vo. 8 214 pp. Illusts. 1 double page. Red publisher’s cloth black & yellow lettering on spine slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art of Forest Service ranger & helicopter fighting forest fire very slight chipping at foot of spine NF/NF copy. Second printing of this scarce juvenile mystery set in the Northern Rocky Mountains involving the U.S. Forest Service Forest fires and smokejumpers working to prevent the theft of a shipment of Platinum. Atwater 1904-1976 born in Baker City OR and Harvard grad worked as a Montana racher and trapper forest ranger and was WWII 10th Mountain Division veteran. Later through his work at Wasatch National Forest he became known as the father of the Snow Avalanche work in the U.S. and this title has become very scarce. Random House, hardcover
193045307162London: The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd. Fair with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Claims to completely vindicate British-Israel teaching. Claims the Anglo-Saxon race are lineal descendants of the Ten Tribes of Israel who were taken away as captives to Assyria about the years 770-721 B.C. by Tiglath Pileser Ahalmaneser and Sargon. Claims the Almighty is today fulfilling in Anglo-Saxons in their British Empire the national promises he made between three and four thousand years ago to Abraham Isaac Jacob Moses Israel and David and that in fact they are British Israelites - literal descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes; the continuation of the Israel nation; the inheritors of her Charters; the possessors of her guarantees and immunities from destruction; and the executors of her commissions. A fascinating exposition. Average wear and soiling. Former owner's inkstamp upon front endpaper. Few library markings. Yellowed tape ghosts to endpapers. A worthy reading copy. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; The Triumph of British-Israel - a Reply to Rev. D. Lee Pitcairn Mr. George Goodman Mr. Avary H. Forbes and Others 336 pages plus index and advertisements. Frontis is black and white plate of author. Completely vindicates British-Israel teaching. Cla . The Covenant Publishing Co. Ltd. hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. A story of climbing adventure set in the smaller Welsh mountains to the west of Snowdon. Scarce.
1332427030.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0332867676.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
236 p. Profusely illustrated in color. Small 4to. Original faux leather binding embossed in the style of saddle leather. Front board decorated with a color oval portrait of The Trapper by Charles Deas. Hardbound. Near fine. W9
0484755595.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
197120181Fort Worth: Western Heritage Press 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition no additional printings; SIGNED by Hornung on title page here at Page 1 Books on 11 August 2019; 8vo brown cloth; vg cocked; shelfworn; white mark on very bottom edge of rear board; spine ends bumped and rubbed; corners worn; top corners of pp 13-4 17-8 31-2 37-8 and 45-6 creased; edges eps and pages toned in good dj toned; spine faded; rear panel soiled; edges chipped torn worn and creased; spine head chipped off; two inch chip to top edge of rear panel; 202pp. <br/> <br/> Western Heritage Press hardcover
