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Un fort volume de format in 8° de 498 pp.; cahier photographique. Reliure cartonnée bleue de l'éditeur. Sans jaquette. Bon état.
Une revue brochée de format in 8° de 240 pp.; nombreuses illustrations photographiques en noir; couverture illustrée. Bon état. Voir les photos.
in-8, 497 pp., ill. h.t. n., broché, couv. ill. Bon état. [MI-18]
in-12, IV-389 pages, notes, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire. [CA2/3]
Un volume broché de format petit in 8° de 352 pp.; une carte; couverture illustrée. Couverture un peu maniée. Voir photo. Peu fréquent.
Alexandra Allen traces the careers of eight remarkable ladies who flouted convention in search of knowledge, spiritual fulfillment or romance: May French Sheldon trekked across Africa, Kate Marsden visited isolated leper colonies in Siberia, Alexandra David-Neel spent fourteen years in Tibet, Daisy Bates spent most of her life in the study and care of the Australian aborigines ., Jane Digby el Mesrab traveleld across Europe in search of love.before she found happiness as the wife of a Bedouin sheikhin Damascus" Mildred Cable and Evangeline and Francesca French went as missionaries across the Gobi Desert, Isabella Bishop travelled the world from the Rockies to Asia and Marianne North painted tropical flowers wherever she went (on display at Kew) 266p plates [Toronto, ON, Canada] Book
Paris, Plon, 1977. In-8, cartonnage toilé de l'éditeur, 351 pp.
Paris, Editions du Rocher Collection " Gnose ", 1979. In-8, broché, 148 pp.
Paris, Editions du Rocher, "Gnose", 1978. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée en couleur.
Paris, Adyar, 1977. In-8, broché, 283 pp.
français In-4 de 155 pp.; album toilé sous jaquette illustrée de l'éditeur. Riche iconographie en noir.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book