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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
188 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mother Teresa; American Airlines ad features Margaret SanGemino; Gorgeous Monet ad features gold earring on model with black background; Safire on Machisma; Murder Most Foul; Great two-page color-photo ad for Ralph Lauren Western Wear; Blackglama ad appears to feature Angela Lansbury wearing mink; Very artistic ad for Pierre Cardin Man's Cologne; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; The World of Mother Teresa - photo-illustrated feature article; Warring over new missiles for NATO; Chivas Regal ad; One-page ad for the Look 37 ski binding; One-page Bermuda tourism ad; Britain's Establishment Spies - Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean; Hidden Splendors of Tibet - color-photo-illustrated article; One-page Cuisinart ad; Beautiful Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad featuring model in red top; Twins Reared Apart - a living lab - with photos of Jim Lewis and Jim Springer - Thomas Bouchard's lab; Big Business on the Offensive - they are now the biggest lobby in Washington; Peter Pan and How He Grew - James M. Barrie's timeless play of youth was inspired by his unique friendships with children; The Party's Over for Political Parties; Gorgeously photo-illustrated Jewel fashion feature - with photos of designers Angela Cummings, Kai-Yin Lo, and Kristin Moore; Artistic ad for Crayons footwear; The Year of the Trichologist; Featured Home - a former industrial library is domesticated by Angus Bruce and others; Garlic article; Camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp and small check mark atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. 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
BN92147Forschungsreisen. Transhimalaja I & II /Abenteuer in Tibet /Durch Asiens Wüsten I & II /Biografie Hardcover <br/><br/>Forschungsreisen. Transhimalaja I & II /Abenteuer in Tibet /Durch Asiens Wüsten I & II /Biografie Hardcover Forschungsreisen. Transhimalaja I & II /Abenteuer in Tibet /Durch Asiens Wüsten I & II /Biografie Hardcover hardcover
28437London: Strange Attractor Press. 2018. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Signed by the editor David Tibet. Publisher's illustrated paper covered boards in the Ania Goszczynska designed dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. A fine copy the binding square and tight bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading loss or tears. Signed by David Tibet in blue ink on the half title. Edited and with a 30 page illustrated introduction by David Tibet an afterword by Timothy d'Arch Smith and full bibliography compiled by David Tibet Ray Russell and Mark Valentine. A collection of fifteen stories including all of those in his fabled collections 'Studies of Death' and 'Child of the Soul' more than thirty poems and two essays by in the words of W. B. Yeats the "scholar connoisseur drunkard poet pervert most charming of men" Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock 18601895. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Strange Attractor Press. 2018 hardcover
19058108ABRostock, Volckmann, 1905. 384 S., 189 Abb.(Fotos), 5 lithogr. Karten, Übersichtskarte, Frontispiez. Or.-Ln., goldgeprägt. Deckelillustr., sehr guter Zust.
191263367Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1909-1912. Gr.-8°. Mit 566 tlw. ganzs. bzw. farb. Tafelabbildungen u. 14 tlw. gefalt. Karten. XVIII, 405 (1); X, 406; X, 390 S., OLwd.-Bde. m. mont. Deckelillustrationen.
187241651ABJena, Costenoble 1872. 8°. XXIII,420 S. Ln. d. Zt. - Bibl.- und Ausscheidungs-Stempel auf Titel, Rücken mit Spur von entferntem Rückenschild, ansonsten gutes, innen nahezu fleckenfreies Expl.! Ln. d. Zt.
200011409New York: Thames & Hudson 2000. First Edition. Hardcover 216 pages. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Red cloth boards with gilding on outer spine. Blind stamp on front board. Bumping to outer spine and boards. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Age wear to text block and throughout text. Significant scuffing to dust jacket. Rubbing creasing and bumping to dust jacket. Age wear to inner dust jacket. Thames & Hudson hardcover
This is a very good softcover copy in the publisher's original tan printed wrappers with light wear. Very clean inside and out, but one previous owner name and address in ink on the front endpaper, otherwise completely clean. Edges of text block pages tanning. Fold-out map at the end is intact. Not illustrated. Scarce work on the geography of Tibet produced originally in the early 19th century by an incarnate Lama, about whom little is known. This work is number XXV in the publisher's 'Serie Orientale Roma'. 10" high X 6" wide, 286 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1969027757Paris 1969 Ecole française d'extrême-orient Soft cover
191456492ABStuttgart, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft., 1914. Klein-4°. XI, 352 S. Mit 20 Abbildungen im Text, einem farbigen Titelbild und 79 Tafeln; 3 n.n. Bl., 346 S. Mit 16 Abbildungen im Text, 75 Tafeln, einem Titelbild und einer mehrfach gefalteten Übersichtskarte. Illustrierte Originalleinwandbände mit Schutzumschlägen, in Originalschuber. 2 Bände. [2 Warenabbildungen]
3607Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1892. 1 volume in-4, 510 pp., enrichi d'une carte en couleurs et de cent huit illustrations gravées d'après les photographies prises par le Prince Henri d'Orléans, demi-maroquin, dos à nerfs et à caissons ornés, plats cartonnés marbrés, tête dorée, bel exemplaire.
1872128303Verdun, Imprimerie de Ch. Laurent 1872 In-8 23 x 15 cm. Broché, couverture beige, auteur et titre en noir sur le dos et le premier plat, table des matières, 1 carte du Tibet repliée in fine. Couverture ternie, intérieur d’une grande fraîcheur.
197989305Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press 1979 In-8. Reliure éditeur pleine toile rouge, 199 pp., 15 illustrations hors texte dont le frontispice, notes, bibliographie. Ouvrage peu courant à l’état neuf.
97463aafNational War College / Chinese Geographical Institute, 1960-1964, in-folio, 162 maps in 5 volumes, original clothbound with jackets. (jackets worn)
1916317545London: Houghton and Stoughton 1916. First edition. Illus. x 246pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter crimosn morocco and cloth sides. Fine. First edition. Illus. x 246pp. 8vo. Houghton and Stoughton unknown
195019569New York: The Greystone Press 1950. DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red embossed leatherette fine in fine original slipcase. From the library of CBS President Dr. Frank Stanton. DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by son and father on half-title "To Dr. and Mrs. Frank Stanton / Lowell Thomas Jr. / Lowell Thomas". The Thomas's successful expedition was made in 1949 and produced a number of splendid color photographs of the country and its people the first the author believes to have been reproduced in a book. The Greystone Press unknown
1916317545London: Houghton and Stoughton 1916. First edition. Illus. x 246pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter crimosn morocco and cloth sides. Fine. First edition. Illus. x 246pp. 8vo. Houghton and Stoughton unknown books
195019569New York: The Greystone Press 1950. DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red embossed leatherette fine in fine original slipcase. From the library of CBS President Dr. Frank Stanton. DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. The Lowell Thomas's Tibet Expedition Inscribed to the Stantons. Inscribed by son and father on half-title "To Dr. and Mrs. Frank Stanton / Lowell Thomas Jr. / Lowell Thomas". The Thomas's successful expedition was made in 1949 and produced a number of splendid color photographs of the country and its people the first the author believes to have been reproduced in a book. The Greystone Press unknown books
97019201London 1811 Longmans. New black cloth very good pages pages 541-606 complete quite clean extracted article.RARE An early resource covers the name extentmountains & rivers of Tibet. Of the Kingdoms into which Tibet is divided: Great Tibet or Butan & Little Tibet. Lassa or Barantola its name extent cities & inhabitants. The religion of Tibet Dalay Lama adored as a God incarnated. Of the Hutuktus or apost- olical Vicars & inferior Lamas. The government of Tibet. An account of the Si-fan or Tu-fan & the country inhabited by them their history and destruciton of their Empire. Very early primary resource on Tibet and its culture. R A R E ! unknown
1973027758Paris 1973 Ecole française d'extrême-orient Soft cover
1898028517Paris Ernest Leroux 1898 un volume in-4° (280 x 220mm), 472 pp. + errata, couverture imprimée. (couvertures abîmées : manques importants et rousseurs, dos cassé avec des manques, présence d'une cerne brune angulaire sur la plupart des pages, perte de papier en marge sur les 30 premières pages, présence de rousseurs situées essentiellement sur la gouttière). 6 planches et quelques figures en noir. Non coupé. Deuxième partie seule (sur 3 volumes et un atlas parus).
198712419CBBasel, Sphinx Medien Verlag, 1987. 8°, 299 S., roter original Leineneinband (Hardcover) mit original Schutzumschlag, deutsche Erstausgabe Schutzumschlag mit einer zarte Längsfalte auf Buchrücken, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar (vo1gla)
190681558Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn 1906. Mit 39 Tafeln, 3 Karten und Abbildungen im Text. XIV, 164 S. Kl.-4to. Goldgepr. OHLwd.
