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200532393YAMA-KEI Publishers, Tokyo, 2005. 799 Seiten / pp., mit zahlreichen Abbildungen / richly illustrated; 4°, ca. 27 x 19 cm, kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag / Paperback with Jacket
Bologna, Zanichelli, 1924, 4° cartonato originale, pp. XIII-541 con numerose illustrazioni panorami, carte, ecc. in tavole nel testo, fuori testo e ripiegate in fine.
1725PHO-1251Paris, Étienne Ganeau, 1725. 2 volumes in-12, (160x100), xxiv-323p-errata , vi-318p . Relié plein basane marbré , dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouges, tranches marbrées , dos frotté avec manque des pièces de titre et tomaison tome 2, coins , charnières et coiffes usés , petites rousseurs.
1800PHO-1521Paris, imprimerie de Poignée,1800. 3 volumes in-8 (4), relié pleine basane, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre rouge et tomaison verte titre et tomaison, une coiffe accidentée, petites rousseurs XXXVIII pp., 302 pp. - 2 ff., 410 pp. - 2 ff., 362 pp..
Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate' rages down through the mountains; "Washing-Day" All Over the World - article with many fantastic photos of (mainly) woman washing their clothes in outdoor waters in many countries around the world; In Search of Adventure - Part 1 - the story of a chequered cruise to the South Sea Islands by "The Firm", "Freckles", and "The Spinster"; A Woman Alone in China - Part 3 - photo-illustrated travels of Mary Gaunt and her Peking cart travels in China - with photos; Adrift on a Raft - the crew of the sinking Liverpool barque "Cordillera" built a raft to survive; The Native Festivals of Java - article with many great photos; The Story of My Chinese God - how a collector finally got his God curio in China; The Forest Hermit - a Moose- Hunting Story - they camped on the shore of Lady Evelyn Lake in Canada - article with interesting photos; The Man Who Understood Natives - a story of the rinderpest epidemic in Pondoland in 1897; The "Wide World" (this publication) being read in unusual places; Amazing photo of men handling the minute hand of "Big Ben", the largest clock in the world; Emblem Motorcycle ad; Nice Red Cross Line ad inside back cover; Back cover features interesting B.V.D. men's underwear ad with illustration of scene in what appears to be the New York Yankee's dressing room. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
191421836Stgt: Union 1914. XI, 352 S., farb. Frontispiz + 79 Taf., 20 Textabb., 346 S., Frontispiz + 75 Taf., 16 Textabb. Kartenbeil. Reg. Ill.Ln.mS. *schönes Expl.* nahezu neuwertig*
2 vols., 4to., First Edition thus, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, maps and folding panoramas; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Produced in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society. Vol.1: A Photographic History; Vol. 2: An Eyewitness History.
1990304285Verlag von J. Cramer, Lehre 1990. XXVII, 529 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Karten und Tabellen, 4°, Original-Pappband (Hardcover), insgesamt gutes und innen sauberes Exemplar,
1900AMA-597London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. in 8°, toile verte de l’éditeur, décolorations, ors ternis, rousseurs éparses. XV-204 pp.-(2)ff.,
1833PHO-1026Paris, H. Fournier, 1833. 2 volumes in-8, demi-veau fauve, dos lisse orné, tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque). Édition originale, illustrée d'une grande carte de l'Inde repliée en fin d'ouvrage.très rares rousseurs, portions de la carte légèrement brunies.
Pages 90-176 plus 18 pages of ads. Features: Where Cannibals Roam - Part I - Merlin Moore Taylor's adventures into the unknown interior of Papua (article with great photos); "Twisted" Harmon - an RCMP officer spends five years and travels thousands of miles to catch an escaped murderer hiding in the protection of the German Secret Service; Life in a Logging Camp - sensational photo-illustrated article on the Abernethy Lougheed Logging Company's operation in Maple Ridge, British Columbia; "Trawler Tidd" - a cat that went to sea; An Artist on a Tropic Isle - the adventures of Ellis Silas as he painted in the Trobriands group of islands north of New Guinea; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part 3 of 3 - the author's adventures as he penetrated deep into Amazonia, with photos (including shrunken head); Feedback on a recent article on the K.K.K.; Chasing the Pulajans - religious fanatics who gave the US authorities in the Philippines untold trouble; To the "End of the World" and Beyond - Captain Gault Macgowan, F.R.G.S. and his wife set out on an eventful journey in the Western Himalayas; Photo of large hawser (3" dia. rope) made of human hair at Kyoto's Higashi-Honganji Temple; The Fatal Slip; One Up on "Homie"; The Taming of the Sheriff - a ranch story from Death Valley, California; Down the Shaft - a West Australian miner's story of a terrible experience at the bottom of a six-hundred foot shaft; Five Hundred Miles in Open Boats - an arduous and eventful arctic journey recounted by retired Mountie, Sergeant-Major C.N.C.Hayter; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Car No. 13 - A routine train trip enmeshes F. A. Malcomson aboard Car No. 13 of the "Californian Limited" at Los Angeles; My Mad Mate - The reason why young Harry Neild's hair was white; Among the Amazons - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of the Wai-woi, a little-known tribe of Indians; My Buffalo - How a hunter's first shoot was nearly his last in the Himalayan foothills northeast of Ghaggar; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - Part I - Jottings from a recently emigrated young farmer who took the plunge and began farming ; The Mozampur Dacoity - A curious robbery in India; Behind the Himalayas - Part II of II - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of an exploration to the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Cannon Idol of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; A Duck-Shooting Adventure - Using ice-scooters to hunt ducks on the Great South Bay of Long Island; The Black Hand - A recent adventure in Kuling, China, which is currently experiencing a wave of serious brazen crime; Two Girls in a Typhoon - The trying experience of two young ladies aboard a tramp steamer from Hong Kong to British North Borneo; A Matter of Promotion - The story of a long, hard chase , in the depths of winter, of two half-breed outlaws by a constable of the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - Part I - The exciting adventures of the Countess Malmignati, the first European woman to penetrate the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia - this part describing her time in Damascus before the journey - with photos; Letters; The Phantom Tiger - Jean M.F. Dubois, a former planter in Lokop Province, Sumatra, explains what happened when he pursued a tiger which had caused a local reign of terror - with photo. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1950jk1707180528xbvkStockholm, Fahlcrantz & Co., 1950. 513 / 501 pages. - Publisher's red-titled softcovers bound in gilt-titled darkblue half-chagrin bindings with black-blue-yellow-and-white marbled boards; large-8vo.(ca. 23 x 17 x 9 cm; ca. 2,3 kg.).
1930286DGWien, E. D. Hözel, o.J. (um 1930). Farblithographie. Bildformat: 78 x 59 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 286D
Firenze, Lo Gisma Edirtore, 2020, 4to legatura rigida editoriale, copertina illustrata colori, pp. 207 compl. ill. da fot. a colori. Edizione numerata e limitata di 500 copie. Opera stuoenda.
190399916434Plon Paris Librairie Plon 1903, In-8 pleine percaline de l'éditeur bleue, titre doré sur les plats et en dos, tête dorée. 524 pages. Ouvrage orné de 165 gravures d'aprés les photograhies et les documents rapportés par l'auteur. Bien complet de la carte déliante relié en fin d'ouvrage. Peu courant dans sa reliure de l'éditeur. Trés bel état.
Paris Librairie Plon 1903, In-8 pleine percaline de l'éditeur bleue, titre doré sur les plats et en dos, tête dorée. 524 pages. Ouvrage orné de 165 gravures d'aprés les photograhies et les documents rapportés par l'auteur. Bien complet de la carte déliante relié en fin d'ouvrage. Peu courant dans sa reliure de l'éditeur. Trés bel état.
Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: 1980 - the turbulent year that was; Shelly Hack; Farley Mowat; U.S. Heads into Recession; Terry Fox Cover Illustration; Trudeau wants to patriate the constitution; Indonesia's struggles; Kayakers visit the rivers of the Himalayas; The NHL Comes of Age; Italians are returning home from Canada; The stench of political patronage in Quebec; Economic harship in Britain; Margie Gillis; Truedea's quest for a foreign policy; John Dowd creates the Ronald Reagan survival kit; Kim Mitchell - Max Webster is about to trade its cult status for international glory; Possible break in the hostage crisis; Frank Sinatra at centre of political storm in Washington; Enemy fire at Jean Chretien; Hostages Come Home; Crazy Weather; Jo Penney; Royal Trustco-Campeau hearings; Doris Anderson; Cover photo and story of Karen Kain; Roger Jouret/Plastic Bertrand; Jean-Luc Godard; CIA hostages return home; Saudi officials try to entice Chad from Libya's grip; Steve Podborski story and cover photo; Trappers; Nuclear mishap in France; van Gogh at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO); Raquel Welch sues over firing from film Cannery Row; Trudeau and Thatcher - who will stand down?; Sigourney Weaver; Did Ottawa encourage Inco to poison the skies?; The Schreyer family in Rideau Hall; Who will pay for the RCMP?; David Stockman - wunderkind in cabinet; Cover illustration "The Day Alberta Turns off the Oil; The Pope in Asia; Joe Clark faces severe damage; Carol Connors; Donald Sutherland; 4,000 year-old settlement unearthed in Labrador; Tony Tanti; Our Next Queen - cover photo of Lady Diana Spencer; Joe Clark survives leadership with likely mortal wounds; Reagan's team aggressive toward Moscow; Joe Granville says 'Sell!"; the Moral Majority's Jerry Falwell; Voyager I renews interest in Titan; Ontario's Crucial Vote; Ouellet's combines sleuths write seven green volumes on price-fixing by oil's big four; Atlanta - beseiged by fear; Lynn Seymour; Sally Field's roll in Back Roads; John Gray is home from Broadway; Alberta's sulphur industry; Will Reagan Deliver?; Canadians flock to the south; Kim Cattrall; passengers endure two weeks of desert runway heat; Compulsory measles vaccination; Panic buying in the home market; Khmer Comeback; Alice Arm, B.C. mine tailings dumping; Dave Broadfoot, and many more. Light wear. Firmly bound. Few library markings. Book
182044059Paris, Crochard, 1820. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", Tome XIV - Mai 1820. The entire issue offered. Htitle a. titlepage to vol. 14. (4),112 pp. Humboldt's paper: pp. 5-56. Clean and fine.
182044059Paris Crochard 1820. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." Tome XIV - Mai 1820. The entire issue offered. Htitle a. titlepage to vol. 14. 4112 pp. Humboldt's paper: pp. 5-56. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of Humboldt's importent investigation of the snow-line in the Himalayas. He found that the snow-line on the northern side of the Himalaya is much higher than below the equator and that there is a connection between the lowest line of the permanent snow the oscillations of the snowl-line and the lowest line of snowfall.The issue also contains the importent chemical paper by PELLETIER & CAVENTOU "Examen chimique de plusieurs végétaux de la famille des colchicées et du principe actif qu'ils renferment. Cévadille veterum album; colchique commun colchicum autumnale." pp. 69-83. </em> unknown
1973028327Kathmandu 1973 Ratna Pustak Bhandar Soft cover
64981aafAarau, Sauerländer, 1886-94, gr. in-8vo, mit vielen Textabbildungen + 3 Portr. + 59 (1 gef., 48 farbigen) Tafeln + 1 gef. farblithogr. Karte und reich illustr. Inseraten, Tit. gestempelt, rote Orig-Leinenbände, goldgepr. Tit. u. Dekor. auf den Rücken, goldgepr. Vignet im Zentrum der Vorderdeckel, 3 Bde. mit Bibl.-Etik. a.d. Rücken. Insges. schöne Reihe.
1930286DGWien, E. D. Hözel, o.J. (um 1930). Farblithographie. Bildformat: 78 x 59 cm.