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Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Ecole Spéciale Militaire. 1898. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos abîmé. Intérieur acceptable. 160 pages. Illustré de nombreux schémas en noir et blanc dans le texte. Quelques annotations au crayon sur le 1er plat et dans l'ouvrage. 1re année, 1898-1899. Cours de tir d'Infanterie. Effets de la poudre dans les armes portatives. Balistique extérieure...
Ecole Spéciale Militaire. 1899. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. 1er plat abîmé. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 92 pages. Illustré de nombreux schémas en noir et blanc dans le texte. Quelques annotations au crayon sur le 1er plat et dans l'ouvrage. 2e année, 1899-1900. Organisation extérieure des armes.
Ecole Spéciale Militaire. 1899. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. remarquable. Dos abîmé. Intérieur acceptable. 107 pages. Illustré de nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans le texte. Quelques annotations au crayon sur le 1er plat et dans l'ouvrage. 2e année, 1899-1900. Effets du feu. Prescriptions relatives à l'emploi des feux et des troupes sous le feu...
Ecole Spéciale Militaire. 1898. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. 1er plat abîmé. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. Plaquette de 43 pages illustrée de plans en noir et blanc hors texte. Annotations sur le 1er plat. Manque sur le coin inférieur droit du 1er plat. 1re année, 1898-1899. L'exécution matérielle des dessins topographiques. Voies de communication...
NICE, Direction des Musées de Nice / Musée Massena - 1976 - Catalogue d'exposition Musée Massena du 27 novembre 1976 au 27 février 1977 - In-8 carré - Broché - Couverture illustrée en couleurs - Nombreuses illustrations NB et en couleurs dans le texte et HT PP- Non paginé (environ 150 pages) - Bel exemplaire
ISBN : 2864180677. ENCRE. 1980. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 262 pages
in 8°, 352 pages, broche, couv. illustree. Bel exemplaire. [109B-17]
Non précisé. 2003. In-4 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. Env. 100 pages. Classeur regroupant diverses impressions et coupures de magasines en couleur. France, Suisse, Bataillon de Neufchâtel, Bataillon Valaisan, 1re Légion de l'An XI, Légion Piémontaise, Légion du Midi, Tirailleurs du Pô...
263 p. Illustrated with compositions by Henri Deluermoz, including some wonderful plates printed in both color and monochrome. Foxed. Small 4to. Original printed wraps, soiled. Of a total edition of 1120 copies, this is No. 88 of only 100 copies printed on Van Gelder papier de Hollande. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR5
290 pages. A book of remembrances from World War II. Illustrated. Published as a fund-raiser for the Royal Canadian Legion. Faintest wear and signs of handling. Unmarked. Superb copy. Will give cause to readers to pause and reflect. Book
Features: Hellcat - the F6F-3 - Very long article with many great illustrations; Legion of the Lost - Consolidated's PB-2A - last of the 2-seat fighters - could never find a mission; Gordon Israel - an exclusive interview with one of air racing and aviation's most versatile pioneers. Clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
