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La Belgique, guide pittoresque, monumental, artistique, historique, geografique, politique et commercial; precede' de l itineraire de tous les chemin de fer Belges.etc.Renseignements indispensables au voyageur. Edition illustree' de vignettes representant les principaux sites et monuments du royaume, (complet ) d'une carte coloriee' dresse par H. Dufour, geographe. En perfait etat; in - 18, (3)ff. (faux - titre avec front. au verso, titre, titre de la 1ère partie), 159pp., 5pl., 327pp., 18ff. de publicités, 29pl., cartonnage d'éditeur en percaline violine, armes royales de Belgique sur le premier plat, dos lisse orné., Frontispice et 34 planches. Nombreuses vignettes dans le texte. PREMIÈRE ÉDITION. Plutot rare. Prima edizione Rilegato
9053Clermont-Ferrand, Pierre Viallanes, 1770 ; in-4. VI-635pp.-6ff. Basane brune marbrée, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre fauve. Coiffes arasées, coins et coupes légèrement frottées. quelques traces de manipulation intérieures, mais exemplaire solide et sans rousseurs.
1888PHO-51Dr. Friedrich RAKEL VOLKERKUNDE. Leipzig, Bibliographischen, 1887 Eerste band: Die Naturvölker Afrikas - 494 abbuldingen im text, 10 aquarelltafeln und 2 karten. Tweede band: Die Naturvölker Ozeaniens, Amerikas, und Asiens. - 391 abbildungen im text, 11 aquarelltafeln und 2 karten. Derde Band: Die kulturvölker der Alten und Neuen welt. - 235 abbildungen im text, 9 aquarelltafeln und 1 karte. 3 volumes In-4 (260x180mm), relié demi-maroquin à coins, plats frottés, dos orné , manque au dos tome 2- X + 96 + 660; X + 815; VIII + 778 pp. 1888, 3 vols in-4, half calf, gilt lettering spine. 660 & 778 pp, many illustrations
1920164901920 Aquarelle et mine de plomb, signée en bas à gauche, (1920), 32 x 20 cm.
78024A Amsterdam, chez Steenhouwer & Uytwert, Libraires, 1718, 1 volume de 102x165 mm environ, (2) ff., (25) ff. (titres, épître, avertissement, table et catalogue), 342 pages, (3) ff. (table), (1) f., demi-vélin crème à coins et cartonnage marbré, titres manuscrits sur le dos. Contient 4 planches hors-texte dont le frontispice et une planche dépliante. Des rousseurs, petite mouillure dans la marge en fin de volume, couverture état moyen, ouvrage intéressant et rare.
194822313Aix-les-Bains, Paul Jacques, 1948 ; in-8, large demi-maroquin à coins rouge, dos à quatre nerfs plats, caissons avec un double encadrement et titre dorés, couverture illustrée et dos conservés (reliure de l'époque) ; XVI-544 pp. et [8] ff. de photographies.
35601093, Paris, Savoye, 1759; in-4, veau fauve marbré, dos orné, tranches rouges.(Reliure de l’époque) 4 ff., 720 pp.- ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Cet ouvrage est le dernier que ce célèbre avocat parisien Jacques Antoine Sallé (1712-1778) a consacré aux ordonnances de Louis XV. Les ouvrages de Sallé font partie des classiques du droit français.
1695PHO-1630Paris, veuve Mabré Cramoisy, 1695.In-12, 6ff.-264pp.-12ff.; relié plein cuir époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, tranches marbrées, illustré d'un frontispice, de 5 hors-texte dont 2 dépliants figurant des costumes ou bâtiments. Titre en noir et rouge. Manque la carte, frottements, accroc à la coiffe et coins usés, exlibris, réparation au titre
1782PHO-2047Paris, Chez l’auteur, rue Saint André-des-Arts, Froulé, Nyon, Barrois, 1782, 1 volume in-4 (25x20cm), demi basane (19ème) dos lisse orné avec auteur, titre et tomaison en pied, XV-4ff.-317pp., 64 planches (80), frottements, début de fentes en pieds, coins et coupes usés, 4 planches déchirées, manque pages 87 à 90, 2 planches incomplètes, qlqs planches mal pliées, manque les 2 cartes, mouillure par intermittence, qlqs salissures.
194646401090Angers, , Ed. Jacques-Petit, , 1946 ; grand in-8 , en ff., couv. illustrée sous emboîtage imprimé. - 183 pp., 2 ff. EDITION ORIGINALE et PREMIER TIRAGE des 20 planches de costumes militaires soigneusement coloriées à la main dans les ateliers des éditions Jacques-Petit. Anecdotes touchant l'équipement des militaires sous l'Empire à travers des personnages historiques. Tirage limité à 810 exemplaires numérotés. Un des 50 ex. sur Ingres de Lana blanc, avec les hors-texte sur Ingres d'Arches bois de rose, contenant uns suite en couleurs des hors-texte sur Ingres de Lana rose. Trompette, Grenadier, Gendarme, Chasseur à cheval, Officier d'artillerie, Sapeur du génie, Garde d'honneur, Cuirassier, Tambour, Houzard, Carabinier, etc. Exemplaire très frais.
240 pages. Index. Glossary. Bibliograpy. Sumptuous colour photography throughout. "Richard Diran's task of recording the tribes, many of them suspicious and frightened of foreigners, was arduous and also dangerous, in the face of almost constant guerilla warfare, and it took many years. The resulting photographs are a testimony not only to his skill and determination but to the survival of the tribes themselves in the face of an alien and politically unstable world." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Four inch opening at bottom of back hinge. Reading copy only. Book
112 pages. List of plates. "We enter through Ms. Fellman's large-format Polaroid colour prints into a strange and even frightening world where members of the Yakuza, the Japanese equivalent to the Mafia, spend hundreds of thousands of yen and hundreds of hours of pain and torment being tattooed." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Please note: Top edges of all pages undulate mildly due to moisture exposure which has resulted in occasional very light discolouration. Remains an enchanting copy of this wonderfully unique and visual work. Book
182 pages. Occasional black and white illustrations. "A precise description of Jewish life in Bessarabia, Roumania and Russia in the period between the years 1910-1940." - from Preface. Above-average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
Features: The House of Death; In Mysterious Senoussi Lana - a story from the heart of the Sahara; Pietro's Lost Mine - fortune knocks on a gold prospector's door, only to vanish in a strange way; The Turk at Play - interesting pastimes, including camel-fighting!; The Undoing of Ba Tin - a curious story of murder from Burma as told by a high police official; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Mrs. Maturin; An American Gretna Green - The Rev. A.H. Burroughs, the 'marrying person' of Tennessee; On the Shoals - a tale of desperate peril and splendid heroism on Lake Erie involving the steamer 'Clarion'; The Mountain of the Ark - a description of an ascent of Mount Ararat; Jim Christie and the Bear, by C.H. Gibbons of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria, B.C. - the story of an appalling adventure with a grizzly, the like of which does not exist in the annals of big-game hunting; My Wanderings in Crete; Professor C.H. Hawes studies head-forms and sets forth his experiences, incidentally describing some very curious customs which he encountered; Iveson's Trap - an extraordinary accident strikes a Yorkshire farmer while shepherding in Shunner Fell, Swaledale; Among Ryper and Reindeer in Norway - C.V. Pell hunts game and relates his experiences; Lighting a Bush Fire - an account of an experience in Victoria during the drought of 1898. Above-average wear. Covers holding but loosely. Bonus: Laid-in is a 2016 feature newspaper article on Jim Christie, who appears on the cover of this issue. The article includes an actual photo of the magazine we are offering. Magazine
1902RO80252934Cassard. 1902. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 119 pages. Trois photos disponibles. Couverture muette. Page 50 tâchée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 390-Coutumes, savoir-vivre, folklore
1904RO80074651IMP. WELLHOFF & ROCHE. 1904. In-Folio. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 310 pages. 26 planches illustrées en couleurs. Nombreuses illustrations et nombreux dessins en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Couvertures couleurs, de chaque numéros, conservées. Titre, année, filets et tomaison dorés sur demi-basane rouge.. . . . Classification Dewey : 390-Coutumes, savoir-vivre, folklore
1902887431902. CUSTOMS HIRADE Kojiro author. TOKYO FUZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tokyo Meiji 35 1902. Tassel-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with bw wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving along with a very few color woodblock prints. A very interesting and exhaustive look at the customs of a Tokyo deep into the process of transition from the traditional to the "modern" amalgam of cultural elements that was 20th century Japan. Written on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War which would hasten that transition. Well known as an important piece of early scholarship on the subject this original edition is by no means common. Near fine complete. unknown
1902887431902. CUSTOMS HIRADE Kôjirô author. TÔKYÔ FÛZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tôkyô Meiji 35 1902. Tassel-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with bw wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving along with a very few color woodblock prints. A very interesting and exhaustive look at the customs of a Tôkyô deep into the process of transition from the traditional to the "modern" amalgam of cultural elements that was 20th century Japan. Written on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War which would hasten that transition. Well known as an important piece of early scholarship on the subject this original edition is by no means common. Near fine complete. unknown books
56 pages. Features: The last chapter of the great E.P. Taylor Myth - the E.P. Taylor of modern Canadian folklore, reighning tycoon of a nation and master of all the hidden levers of power - he is not and never was, by Barbara Moon with many photos; Anatomy of a world-wide sensation - pilot Ralph Flores and his passenger Helen Klaben survived a 48-day ordeal in the winter wild; What the new drive for church unity means to Christians; How I was trapped by Jasper the Cartoon bear for Maclean's Magazine - the true confessions of the cartoonist who created Jasper the bear in 1948 and has been running hard to keep up with Canada's most famous bear ever since, by James Simpkins; The Tribal Customs of space-age children - an eyewitness account by Robert Thomas Allen; Our Alabama - a report by Peter Gzowski on the harsh realities setting whites against Indians near Glaslyn, Saskatchewan - article with many great black and white photos; The Montreal Stampede to Learn French; Colour photo Coke ad of a young lovely lifeguard and her many admirers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Cover painting by Macpherson shows Aerobee rocket taking off from Fort Churchill, Manitoba, to study the Northern Lights; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover shows the deepest causeway in the world, the Strait of Canso Causeway - 180' deep in the middle; One-page colour-photo ad for GE presents a pink and yellow fridge which is difficult to look at; Two-page colour ad for Shell is nondescript but for the large illustration of a girl high up the the bucket of a tractor as she rescues her cat from a roof; William Mercer says we're going haywire in our security (pension) plans; How Sir Roy Dobson Pushed Canada into the Jet Age - the Managing Director of A.V. Roe Limited in Manchester was the father of the CF-100, and also purchased a major interest in Algoma Steel; For Five Seasons Tanya Moiseiwitsch has dazzled audiences with the dazzling costumes she creates for the Shakespearean festival; How Elgin Armstrong Beats the (Harness) Races; The Garden That Grew From a Gravel Pit - Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens - article with nice colour photos; The Search for Strangler Sweeney (fiction); Prospector Viola MacMillan - super photo-illustrated article on "the most remarkable woman in Canada" who is worth $10 million; Canadian Club colour-photo ad features Jack Richardson and Luigi Tagliapietra engaged in 'water jousting' on their gondolas in Venice; One page ad for International (Harvester) Construction Equipment explains the new concept of 'Sanitary Landfill' and illustrates how their Drott Bullclam (hydraulicall bucket) product is specifically designed for this application; Cinci beer ad features nice colour photo of couple in nautical theme; Pilkington Glass ad features colour photo of the interior of the home of J.L. Silverman of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Nice colour-photo ad for Old Vienna beer features nicely dressed couple in kitchen with bowl of salad and box of bear; Photo ad for Studebaker-Packard features the Champion 4-door sedan; Colour ad for Kingsbeer by Dow, "Canada's Finest Lager"; Colour ad for the Sheraton-Brock Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario; Syl Apps and Frank Buckland answer the questions "Should we import Russian Hockey Players?"; Brief bios with photos of writers who joined Maclean's in the last year - Christina McCall, Shirley Mair and Ken Lefolii; Polysar ad on back cover features colour painting of man replacing another inner tube in one of his car's tires - as he family waits by the side of the road; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Half of centrefold Kodak ad (page 31-32) not included. The other half, page 33, is secured with archival tape, otherwise a sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
84 pages plus 36 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part I; The Pirates of the "Ethel" - a tale of Australian piracy from 1899; The White Wanderer - my life among the Nomad Arabs - article with nice photos; The Queer Side of Things - My "Hunch" - a cowboy's plain tale of an odd adventure in Nevada; The Mystery of the "Flying Stones" - a weird story related by a South African policeman; The Judge's Joke - Judge Sawicki of Cleveland was anxious to be rid of three drunks; "Slippery Wiley" Scores Again - an illicit gold buyer in Australia; Photo and caption of a 1.5 ton monster sea turtle caught off Lowestoft, on the east coast of England!; Children of the Desert - a first-hand study of the manners and customs of the Navajo Indians - article with nice photos; Hunter's Luck on the Lion Trail - a lion-hunting story from East Africa - with nice photos; Over the Victoria Falls in a Canoe - Trooper Ramsay survived the 420' fall!; The Haunted Cabin - a queer little tale from Maroon Mountain, British Columbia; Man and his Needs; Stamps of the World. Nice full-page ad for Barney's Tobacco inside front cover. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: Great cover photo of an East German customs checkpoint at Berlin; Berlin Beleaguered - Today the population lives far better than when blockaded a decade ago but it feels a great unease generated by new Communist pressures; West Berlin Moods - photos of Berlin scenes; Labor's House Three Years After - anniversary of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. merger finds the union movement with some notable gains and a closetful of troubles; The 'Overwhelming' Robert Frost - At 84, the new poetry consultant to the Library of Congress looks like the symbol of a poet; What Went Wrong in Pakistan - Its sick parliamentary system has died - photo-illustrated article; How Balanchine Changed Ballet - something special has been achieved by the New York City Ballet, aged ten; The Oval Room - Eisenhoweriana; Messages From the Invisible Universe, by Arthur C. Clarke - Radio waves, reaching the earth from vast distances, are clues to a greater cosmos - with photo of the giant radio-telescope at Jodrell Bank, Manchester; Teaching the Young to Look - and See; Students in Search of Faith - Today's seminarians; Nice two-page color-photo ad for the Dorado Beach Hotel in Puerto Rico; Japan Turns Against the 'Gyangu' - crackdown on teen-age toughs; What Should a Man Tell His Wife?; Hottest Fighter in Town - Jose Torres; Lovely one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Mary Martin Halliday; The Care of the Reluctant Schoolboy; Play is Child's Work; Cookie Recipes; The Season for Springerle; Photos of fashionable rainwear for ladies; Photo feature of home designed by Richard Gordon to be child-proof; and more. 96 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
169552022 tomes en 1 volume. Première édition établie par Prohet. Des mouillures mais ensemble très convenable. Plein veau raciné, dos à nerfs à caissons dorés. Reliure d'époque légèrement usagée. Très bon Paris Coignard 1695 1 volume in-4°
155Deux tomes en deux volumes in 8 brochés,papier gris d'attente, étiquettes de titre imprimée.Tome premier: Faux-titretitre,XIV, 350 pages Tome deuxième: faux-titre,titre,359 pages. non rognés.Une carte gravée, dépliante, de la partie Nord de l'Amérique Septentrionale a été ajoutée.Traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde édition par J.T PARISOT.Bon exemplaire à grandes marges.