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VG pbk reprint. Small crease to the back cover. Page edges browning. ISBN 0140031197.18324. eng
Hardback reprint in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. Light foxing to the centre page edges. Jacket design by Eric Rowe.19131. eng
8vo., First Edition; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small nick at front panel. First account in English of the supposed betrayal through the Dutch Underground of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Includes aspects of the infamous 'Englischer Spiel' by means of which Hermann Giskes played a deadly and all-too-successful radio hoax with SOE in London (Giskes' own account was published as 'London Calling North Pole'). A key study, first published in France in 1969. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.212.
Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
PARIS, J. Albanel - 1868 - In-1é broché - 141 pages - RARE.- PROPRE
1st Book Society edition. VG hbk in blue cloth, gilt. Fading to the front board and spine. Bookplate on the inside front cover. 17100. eng
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing pages. 240 pages.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
