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64 pages. Features: Jimmy Carter's Report Card; Rosalynn - Jimmy Carter's closest emissary; Color-photo ad for the Chrysler LeBaron; Robert McCarney - king of the referendum in North Dakota; Anita Bryant and gay rights showdown in Miami; Ian Smith's dangerous new gamble in Rhodesia; Decade of occupation in the West Bank - article with color photos; Spanish campaign between Suarez and Gonzalez; Japanese venerate their WWII war dead; The the best and brightest of the class of '77 see ahead for themselves - with photos of Judy King, David Bryan, Catherine Burke, Ron Ridgeway, Cady Perkins, and more; New Cardinal Giovanni Benelli; Bill Moyers and Fidel Castro; Environment - Prescription for World Survival; Employment - court strikes blow for seniority; Illegal TV set rebates; Cracking down on the payoffs for amateur athletes; Diagnosing Lyme's Malady; Sumptuous Robes from Japan; Passing of Paul Desmond, Goddard Lieberson, Ben Grauer, Roberto Rossellini and Bruce Bliven; The Hot New Rich - cover story article with color photos of Famous Amos, Peter Frampton, Marc Howard, Alan Silverstone, Steve Cauthen, Joe Morgan, Colleen McCullough, Robin Cook, Nolan Bushnell, Fred Furth, and Rick Byers; Nice one-page photo-illustrated article on ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) - with the photo showing their entire crew assembled at Cobo Hall; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 53, [3] p., b/w ills. First Turkish Edition of Borges' poems. Tilsimlar. Translated by Gülin Dalaman.
Duodecimo in offwhite wrappers; 186 pp., 19 cm. In Spanish. "An, a Vietnamese child, during a bombing is separated from his parents. So begins his journey from the south of the country, trying to find them. While on the journey he finds a family that welcomes him like a son." -translated from back cover.
Small octavo in illus off-white wraps; 65pp; b/w photo reprod of author to frontis, on glossy chalk paper; several b/w digrammatic illus throughout. Date from author port. frontis. Rare. No copies listed in OCLC or RLIN. // Medicine, Healing Arts, Naturopathy; mud baths; balneotherapy; folk medicine; folk remedies' Andes. Text in Spanish.
Octavo in black wrappers; 97 pages; 21 cm. Uncommon
Small white octavo; 219 p ; 20 cm. In Spanish. || Fiction. Onetti's second book originally published in 1941.
Octavo in tan boards in white color illustrated dust jacket; 219 pp., 21 cm. In Spanish. || Series: ColecciÛn Tierra. Scarce in dust jacket.
Small white octavo, red-green spine, 193 pages, 20 cm. In Spanish. || Articles previously published in various Mexican and foreign periodicals. Series: Cuadernos de Joaquin Moritz, 11-12. Mexico, History.
Barcelona, Ed. Bauma-Cuadernos de Poesía 1993. 20 p. 1 h. 8º menor. Edición de 400 ejempalres numerados a mano, ejemplar núm. 16. 1ª edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition. Libro en español. Book in Spanish.
Editions du Laquet, Théâtre en poche, 2002, 287 pp., broché, dos décoloré avec trace de pli, état très correct.
Paris, Christian Bourgois Éditeur, 1970. 4to.; 378 pp. Cubiertas originales.
pp. xii, 74. Color illustrations by Arthur Wragg. 8vo. Original decorative cloth. Slightly worn slip case. First edition. EROS3
Octavo in white DJ, li, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Signed and inscribed by editor Thompson. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Catholic Church -- Missions -- Latin America.
[c.1955] With Index of Pictures. 239 pages. Light blue cloth covers with dark green title on spine and front cover. Dust jacket has loss at top of spine, lower front edge and creases, tears and soiling all round. Front free endpaper covered with inscription and drawing by previous owner.
Octavo in printed white self-wrappers; xiii, 200 p. : illus (b/w photos); bibliography. Text in Spanish. // Paint thinner, Drug abuse, substance abuse, brain damage, teenagers, Substance-Related Disorders.†Solvents.†
Prima edizione rara. In-4°; pp. (32) 328, testatine e capilettera nel testo incise su legno; da p. 249 al termine, musica per la Missa Pro defunctis, Feria quinta in coena domini, Feria sexta in Pasceve, Sabbato sancto, e nel testo numerose parti di musica.Il theatro ecclesiastico è dedicato alle rappresentazioni canore che avevano luogo in chiesa, per le quali si offre un trattato di canto e di coro, con spiegazioni relative alla tecnica canora vera e propria, e di come per le diverse festività ecclesiastiche e a seconda del luogo si dovevano allestire i cori. Legatura in piena pella con tassello, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso. Alcuni foro di tarlo al dorso.
Large quarto/small folio in black DJ, gilt to spine and front cover, 212 p. il. col. 33 cm. Wine; Spain.
88 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chinese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Features: Uncle Ben and the Panther - a story involving Joseph and Daniel Smith of the parish of Blissville, Sunbury Country, New Brunswick; A White Woman in the Congo - Marguerite Roby; The Spanish Heiress - Mr. E. Player defends a pretty girl from some scoundrels aboard the Vigo, of which he is the Ship's Engineer; Among the Bedouins of Eastern Palestine - the life and habits of the strange nomadic Bedouins; Hung Up in a Cave - The Rev. R. Marle relates his perilous experience while cave-exploring in the Mendip Hills; Sacred Elephant - a hunter kills an elephant which is considered sacred... and finds himself in trouble; The 'Swinging Festival' of Siam - a strange harvest ceremony; The Ordeal of Mrs. Page - kidnapped by Apache raiders on the Arizona border; Celebrating the Dashara - a remarkable Indian festival; My Sambur - a funny story from India; Across Persia and Europe on Pony-back - a remarkable ride of over 2,000 miles; A Shaker Romance - the author (then aged 9) helps a romantic young couple from this sect which did not believe in marriage and died out; The Sportsman in Rhodesia - the paradise of big game hunting; Diamond cut Diamond - a case of a Chinese Sherlock Holmes; and more. Nice Vose Player Piano ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Taking of Hamjah's Head - One of the most elusive outlaws ever to trouble the Philppine Constabulary finally meets his fate - with photos; Smuggling on the Spanish Main - J. Vance Marshall became acquainted with two leading Spanish-American contrabandistas and became entangled in some most exciting happenings; The Man Who Was Buried Alive! - Part II (conclusion) of the amazing adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert", with photos; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - part I - Quaint experiences of a three month journey through France in a fifteen-foot boat, with photos; "Monty" the Man-Eater - Part II - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; M'tagati (the Zulu word for witchcraft); Money For Nothing - A veteran prospector buys a mine for almost nothing but it produces thousands of pounds of gold, with photo; The Little Red Karen - Hugh Nisbet, a veteran of the forests of Burma and Siam, describes his encounter with Nanchai, a Siamese dacoit who was believed to be proof against bullet and sword - with two photos; Over Shoshone Falls in a Canvas Boat - Al Faussett, a former lumberjack, went over Idaho's Shoshone Falls - a cataract considerably higher than Niagara - in a twelve-foot canvas boat! (with phot of Faussett in his boat); The Kamalu "Ju-Ju" - Frank Hives aims to shut down a mysterious Nigerian Ju-Ju, or fetish, responsible for the disappearance of hundreds of victims; Sheep-Farming in the Sahara - A photo-illustrated account of how R.V.C. Bodley has partnered with an Arab chief to breed sheep, incidentally showing how the rulers of tribes deal with thieves and murderers who occasionally disturb the peace of the desert; Desert Ghosts - weird little story from the Egyptian desert; Black Magic - A queer tale from India; and more. 84 pages plus 28 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: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Features: Outlaw Stronghold - the hectic history of a rugged wilderness area in Oklahoma and Arkansas often used as a sanctuary by fugitives; Climbing the Sutherland Falls in New Zealand; Frensham's Bungalow - a strange story related by a former officer of the Indian Army; A Bid for Fortune - a young newcomer to Darwin, Australia joins a veteran skipper in a trip to a secret pearl-oyster bed; A Pygmy Net-Hunt - a graphic description of a most ingenious method of capturing wild animals, with photos; The Lost Mine (Part I) - Somewhere in Panama lies Tisingal, reputed to be one of the richest gold-mines ever worked by the Spanish; The New Cook; Diggers - Australian gold-hunters, with photos; Velnagel's Gold - while salvaging old machinery from an abandoned Australian gold mine the narrator (Robert Stevens) stumbled into an extrordinary experience; The Arrow Mystery - a curious affair from the early days of the Nigerian Tin-Field; and more. Covers taped in place. Above-average wear. Book
Stories: Canadian Hold-Up; A Clerk Breaks Loose; The Editor's Post Bag; Have You Seen an Elephant; My Cycle Trip to Spain; Latest From London; Spanish Interlude; The Brass River Affair; They Brought Me Back Alive; Crawford's Cobra; The Wolves of the Cascades; My All Blacks; The Tantanoola Tiger. Average wear. Book
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Pages 449-536, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Mystery of Dominic Pietro - how an innocent man was saved from the gallows; The Trials of A Naturalist's Wife - part 4; A Woman's Ordeal - Mrs. C.T. Sturgis was a prisoner of Mexican bandits; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - Part 2 of the great photo-illustrated story of the author's travels among the Wahhabi Arabs; Hunting the Addo Elephants - they were marked for extinction at the hand of famous hunter Major Pretorius - article with many photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 5 - Adventures in Peru, with great photos, including carrying a piano up a mountain!; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season - terrible flooding makes travel very difficult; Photo of 30,000 coconuts being sprouted in Tobago; In Old Madrid - two Americans are left behind in Madrid with an elephant and soon the animal is matched up for battle with a fine Spanish bull!; Photo of London "Dog Market"; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron - Part 2; Photo of the only inhabited "Cloghaun" in Ireland; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 4 - The Adventures and Daring Escape of Airman Capt. T.W. White; A Land of Gods - photo-illustrated article about the people and places of the Kulu Valley of India; The Hunting of Lot Shumway - the pursuit and ultimate capture of this Northern Arizona badman; How Nixon Made Good - a western railroad tale; Photo of Harry Rich of Kansas City - the Human Gun Carriage!; Photo of large tree growing up through millstone at Sheldon's Mill at South Dover, New York. Somewhat above-average wear with openings along backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
