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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice 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
Stories: The Ice Jam; The Manila Fireflies; Squaw Mike; Crashing into Burma; The Wheat Stealers; What Happened to the Bullion Box; One Christmas Day; The Railroad Boomer; There She Blows!; Rounded-up Wild Elephants; Tracking Down Hot Oil; Witchcraft; A Ride for 1000 Pounds; On Patrol with the B.P.P. Average wear. 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
2008355642008 Arles, Actes sud, 2008, 11.5 x 21.5 , 264 pp état neuf car service de presse
2742772901.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
4000Manila P.I.:: Central Station and Offices . Not illustrated; single sheet printed on both sides 10 33 inches accordion folded to 10 4 inches. The Manila Railroad was founded by the Spanish in the 1880s. After the Spanish American War the Americans took over control and before WWII there was quite a network on Luzon amounting to some 700 miles of track when the Japanese were approaching Luzon the Americans and the Philippine army destroyed much of the infrastructure. When the Allies finally took back the Islands there was only 452 usable miles of track.This timetable was for the Northern line and was published just a year before the Southern Line opened which ran from Manila to Legazpi on the Bicol Peninsula at the southern tip of Luzon. Attempts to build back the Philippine rail system have been many and sporadic and have been hampered by hurricane and volcano damage by illegal settlement on the rights of way and by general inertia Manila, P.I.:: Central Station and Offices, ,. unknown
2001SKU1028029Public Affairs Sec.U.S. Embassy Manila 2001. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Public Affairs Sec 2001 Very good condition pages are all like new and unread. Cover is clean and strong spine is smooth and not creased. Cover has a small scratch apx 2" no tears or folds. Public Affairs Sec.,U.S. Embassy, Manila paperback
193321411Manila Philippines: Manila Hotel. 1933. Softcover. Very Good. Covers a bit browned and with a bit of edgewear. ; "Where to go what to see where to shop in Manila and the provinces. Presented with the compliments of the Manila Hotel". Numerous ads. Many illustrations from b&w photographs. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 64 pages . Manila Hotel paperback
123507Librairie des Publications Populaires, Paris - sans date - In-12, broché, couverture illustrée - 527 pages
Quattro pagine (un foglio in -4° ripiegato) contenenti tre lettere di Clemente VIII. Si dà il permesso a Francisco De Montilla, missionario francescano in Oriente di prendere delle reliquie dall’Italia per portarle nelle Filippine (dove Clemente, nel 1595, aveva elevato Manila a sede metropolitana). Ferrara era passata sotto il dominio dello Stato Pontificio a gennaio del 1598, cioè pochi mesi prima della redazione di queste lettere: per sottolineare l’importanza del recupero della città, Clemente prese possesso di persona della nuova provincia, dove avrebbe soggiornato fra il maggio e il novembre di quell’anno. La richiesta dell’altare, argomento della prima di queste tre lettere, proveniva da Antonio de Cordoba y Cardona, ambasciatore spagnolo a Manila: da notare che la Spagna decidette, nella questione della successione ferrarese, di mantenersi neutrale. Four pages (a folded leaf in -4°) including three Clemente VIII’s letters. Permission is given to Francisco de Montilla, a Franciscan missionary in Far East, to take holy relics from Italy, to be bringed in the Philippine (were Clemente, in 1595, raised Manila to metropolitan seat). Ferrara become under the Vatican dominion on january 1598, a few months before these letters were written. To underline the importance of having recovered this city, Clemente went himself to the city, where he stayed between may and november of that year. The request of an altair, subject of the first letter, had been done by Antonio de Cordoba y Cardona, performative Spanish ambassador in Manila: it has to be noticede that Spain remained neutral in the Ferrara question.
1945List3159Manila The Philippines 1945. Twenty-one photos: twelve measuring 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches most with stamped captions verso; nine measuring 2 x 3 ¾ inches most with captions on negative. Some wear; excellent. Imperial Japan occupied the Philippines from 1942 until its surrender in 1945. From early February to early March of 1945 American and Filipino forces fought to drive the Japanese out of the Philippines’ capital city of Manila. Though successful this campaign was incredibly destructive to both the infrastructure of Manila and to its people—including mass murder and rape of Filipino civilians by Japanese forces. Offered here are twenty-one photographs of buildings taken before and after the destruction of the city with most the twelve smaller photos showing the aftermath. Locations include several churches and university buildings the treasury building legislative building Manila Central Post Office and others. The photos taken after the battle are arresting showing Manila’s ruined architecture burnt out trees and downed power lines. unknown
3639855221.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
20080Evêque d'Acanthe et Vicaire apostolique du Tong-King occidental. Lyon. Louis Perrin. 1859. In-12 (19x12). 327 pages. Demi-basane verte de l'époque, dos lisse orné de filets dorés.
1808PHO-1461Imprimerie Impériale, 1808 , TEXTE et ATLAS ; Texte 3 volumes ,2ff-lxiij-439pp, 2ff-476pp, 2ff-488pp. relié demi cuir et coins , dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison et un Atlas in-folio (400x270mm) , plein cuir époque , dos orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison rouge , frottements , début de fente, coiffe usée , gardes décollées ,petit travail de ver sur 10 feuillets sans atteinte ,intérieur très propre sans rousseurs ni piqûres , quelques rousseurs au texte. L'atlas comporte 92 illustrations gravées sur 61 feuillets par De Guignes d'après Mérite et 6 cartes gravées (4 pliantes) par Houdan.
1808PHO-1697Imprimerie Impériale, 1808, atlas seul, in folio, relié demi basane moderne, dos lisse avec auteur et titre, frottements, légères rousseurs, les 7 premières planches sont reliées en ordre contraire. L'atlas comporte 92 illustrations gravées sur 60 feuillets par De Guignes d'après Mérite et 6 cartes gravées (4 pliantes) par Houdan, dessin au lavis ajouté représentant une plante. Il semble être de Jacques Eustache de Sève qui a réalisé toutes les planches de l'atlas d'après les croquis de De Guignes. Il offre une parenté certaine avec les fig. de botanique 66, 67, 74 et 75.
8386Paris, Just Rouvier - A. Ledoyen, 1853. 1 volume in-8, 466 pp., reliure ancienne demi-basane, plats cartonnés marbrés, dos à nerfs orné de caissons, intérieur très frais, très bon état général.
11571Paris, Just Rouvier - A. Ledoyen, 1853. 1 volume in-8, 466 pp., reliure ancienne demi-basane, plats cartonnés marbrés, dos à nerfs orné de caissons, intérieur très frais, très bon état général.
11572Paris, Just Rouvier - A. Ledoyen, 1853. 1 volume in-8, 466 pp., reliure ancienne demi-basane, plats cartonnés marbrés, dos lisse, intérieur présentant quelques traces claires de mouillure, bon état général.
17795654Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1779 - 1781 ; deux tomes in-4 ; plein veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs ornés et dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XVI, 707, (1), XIII (table), (3) pp. ; XVI, 844, XVI (table), (4) pp. et en tout 27 planches et cartes gravées hors-texte, dépliantes.
1818PHO-1320Paris, Gide, 1818 , Un volume, in-8, de (2) ff., 359 pp., (5) pp. , illustré d’un portrait frontispice et 4 planches h.t. , demi cuir époque , dos lisse avec titre , frottements , coiffe usée .
1810PHO-1272Paris, Clament, 1810. 3 vol. In-8° (202 x 136 mm) TOME 1:301pp TOME 2 : [2], 390 pp. ; TOME 3 : 291 pp., avec 4 tableaux et 1 (2) carte dépliante de Mentelle and Chanlaire (Inde) sur papier bleuté , contours coloriés , Tome 1 , relié, demi cuir , dos lisse avec pièce de titre et tomaison, tome 2 et 3 en brochage d’attente papier bleu (non rogné , manque au dos , dos cassé tome 2)
17760056251776 Paris, Ruault, 1776. In-quarto (268 X 206 mm) veau porphyre, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de roulettes, fers et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre, tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque) ; (1) f. blanc, frontispice, XII pages, (4) pages de table des chapitres, 206 pages, (2) pages d'approbation et privilège, (1) f. blanc. Une rousseur brune au frontispice, habiles et discrètes restaurations à la reliure.
In-16 p. (mm. 168x95), 4 volumi, p. pelle bazana coeva, dorso a cordoni con ricca decorazione e tit. oro, tagli marmorizzati, pp. (2),XXXIV,(4),268; (2),194; (2),227; (2),300,28; con complessive 35 tavv. inc. in rame f.t., più volte ripieg., di cui: 1 grande carta geografica dell'America del Sud, 1 dell'Oceano Pacifico, 1 delle Filippine, piante di città, porti, bastimenti, vedute, animali marini, ecc. Seconda edizione della traduz. francese. Cfr. Brunet,I,304: "Cette relation à été plusieurs fois réimprimée et traduite" - Graesse,I,141 - Choix de Olschki,I,804 cita un'ediz. francese del 1750: “..Ouvrage richement illustré de cartes, plans, vues, qui se recommandent par leur exactitude". Alone al marg. infer. su 2 volumi, altrimenti esemplare ben conservato. "George Anson, Ammiraglio inglese (1697-1762), compi' varie spedizioni nelle Caroline del Sud, dal 1724 al 1735, per proteggere il commercio inglese dalle incursioni dei francesi. Dopo la rottura di Giorgio II con la Spagna (1739), incaricato d'una impresa contro le colonie spagnole del Sud-America, affrontò un viaggio di 4 anni, e dopo numerose battaglie e peripezie, tornò con un ricco bottino avendo circumnavigato il globo". Così Diz. Treccani,I, p. 483.
42126801Manila 1956 University Of Manila Journal of East Asiati Studies vol.v no.2 April article 1:pp.125 2:pp.213; 3: pp.1 No. 4: pp.14: AN ANNOTATED DICTIONARY OF PHILIPPINE MYTOLOGY cont by Jose Lanes. FIRST & ONLY OBSCURE EDITION. unknown
