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A large format calendar - unused - for 1982, illustrated with 12 lovely poster sized folk costumes from Macedonia [Size 17 "x 12"] [NOT found in WorldCat] Ephemera
'This book offers instructions for making basic puppets and step-by-step suggestions for staging a complete play.' 224 pages. Covers slightly frayed at top/base of spine and lightly worn on corners; light soiling overall.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [vi], 82 p., 1 folding paper and color and b/w plts. Tokat Bölgesi geleneksel kiyafetleri.
Problems of young people in Greece. 350p. Illegible - author- inscription on Verso of ffep. [ NO copies found in WorldCat[] Book
351pp., avec illustrations en couleurs et en n/bl, 31cm., reliure cart., jaquette illustrée, catalogue d'exposition (Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève en 1993-1994 et à l'Institut du monde arabe à Paris en 1994), bon état, C96984
Complet en 2 tomes: 127 + 119pp., avec illustrations, 33cm., brochures originales ill., bon état, ISBN 2-8306-0076-2, C96985
160pp., avec 158 illustrations dont 71 en couleurs, 32cm., reliure toile d'éditeur, jaquette illustrée, sous étui toilé (d'après un motif copte), dans la série "Textures", très bon état, ISBN 2-87660-064-1, C96982
pp. (20) [Notices of Time's Telescope for 1823], 415, (1) [Time's Telescope publications for 1814 to 1827] + Engraved Portrait Frontis of Sofonisba Angosciola. Offsetting from frontis onto title page. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Some age staining. 190mm. Disbound. Includes black bordered obituary of the death of the Duke of York and other deaths in 1828. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGLAND BX 5
AIX-EN-PROVENCE - 1975 - & carte couleurs HT PP - 204 pages
164p. Wide margins. Mildly foxed. XLib. From the library of the Philadelphia artist, James Cox (1751-1834). Duplicate sold by the Library Company of Philadelphia. 4to. Rebound in library buckram. Leather spine label, gold lettered. First and second Tours are here complete in one volume, and are apparently all that were published. Skrine (1755-1803) inherited a large estate from his father and used his income to travel. He does not seem to have been terribly impressed by the Scottish people. First Edition. Hardbound. OCLC apparently records only three copies in libraries world wide. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED TRAVEL/4
90 pages. Features: Design your own jeans; Get a better finish with bias tape; Perfect the high waist; Inside opera costumes; Tailoring series - Part 1; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Enlarged 2nd German edition of the first book on gemstones in English language. – Contents, Editions: »A Lapidary or, the History of Precious Stones«, a seminal reference work for jewellers of it's times and a book also of importance for the development of geological science, had first been published by the Cambridge editor Thomas Buck in 1652. A first German edition had appeared in 1675, published in Hamburg by Naumann & Wolff. Nicols' treatise is described as „ ... the first English work on precious stones, which [probably for the mystic elements which it contains] proved highly popular, and was translated into several European languages...“ (Copinger). The author lists 89 precious stones in just as many chapters, but also reports about fossils including amber, as well as corals, pearls etc. For each stone he provides information about the forms, appearance, properties (including alleged magical, mystical and medical claims), origins, etymological meaning of names, classification, uses and notes about market value. The book puts a particular focus on practical aspects related to jewellery, such as enhancing stones with reflective foils or dyestuffs, hardening softer stones, and the related subjects of adulteration. – Present second German language edition is substantially enlarged with 32 pages, containing a comprehensive index of terms, a preface and several additional explanatory notes within the text. – Provenance: Fly leaf recto with a pen and ink remark „Ignatii Widman“ (18th ct.) and an additional owner's remark with pencil dated 1932. – Condition: Bottom part of vellum spine skilfully renewed, boards occasionally worn, otherwise well preserved copy. – Rarity: Though well represented in institutions the German editions of »A Lapidary» from 1675 and 1734 are particularly hard to find in trade. – Reference: Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library IV, p. 236; Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium bibliographicum I, no. 4819 (for the 1st German edition of 1675); Duveen, D.I. Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, p. 432; Sinkankas, J. Gemology, no. 4758; Young, J. Bibliotheca chemica II, p. 138.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name on cover and tear from sticker removal. 4 1/8"w x 6 7/8"h. 80 pages. Color illustrations throughout.
300 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with colour photos, black and white photos and images of the petroglyphs discussed. "Describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, a form of education once essential to all those who wished to succeed in life with their particular talents... Opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock research that relate to 'notating' and 'writing' on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-researched hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this interesting work. Book
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a KARAGOUNA costume from THESSALY [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
251p. Added engraved t.p. Hardcover Good condition, lacking 2/3 of backstrip
256 p. illus., ports. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
856p. + Frontis. Numerous text engravings. Text ruled in black throughout. Double column. All edges marbled. Large 8vo. Original quarter leather binding. Gilt decorated raised bands. Spine repaired. Rear board detached. Hardbound. ENGLAND BOX 3
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is price clipped, shows signs of shelf wear, 1" tear upper front cover.
160 pages. Bibliography. A collection of stories and songs. Former library copy with usual markings. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage 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
Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality 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
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
