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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
in-8, 390 pp., illustrations h.t. n/b, broché, couverture illustrée. Bon état. [CA-12]
Rebellato Editore, 1985. Presentazione di Gino Boccazzi. Collana Il Perno. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Ibiskos, novembre 1988. Prefazione di Domenico Rea. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy, with 24 plates and 2 maps, a few leaves with small red stain at lower margin; original printed wrappers (wanting lower wrapper), covers moderately age-soiled, a good, firm copy. PROOF COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Caught in a Death-Trap - two motorcyclists plunge into an inescapable chasm in the terrible Mojave Desert of Californa; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part II - a joyous journey in search of adventure; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a huge elephant, the pride of all Ceylon, goes rogue; My Escape From Dartmoor - an inmate almost escaped from this impregnable prison in 1908; Round Cape Horn With a Deckload - James Whealen tells a disastrous tale; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part II - the amazing story of a man once condemned to the terrible French convict settlements of Guiana - with photos; The Soul of Burma - Part I - R. Whiting reports on his trip to this country, with photos; Among the Amazon Cannibals - Veteran prospector John Fairfax was captured by the cannibal Chunchos but managed to escape; Round the World in a Motor Boat - a picturesque account of the voyage of the Speejacks, with great photos; A Fight With a Bull Walrus - article with great photos; "Tapkabazi" - an Indian confidence trick; The "Devil's Post-Pile" - an extraordinary basalt rock formation in Southern California; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Sadea Sansoni, dicembre 1968. Numerose tavole a colori. cm 24,5 x 31. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hard Back cover with dustjacket in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Collana: I Testimoni dell'Arte, diretta da Mina Gregori, luglio 1993. Traduzione di Elda Negri Monateri. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Con illustrazioni in b/n. Pagine 86, cm 13 x 20. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, tiny rubs to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tears to slightly curled edges. 143pp. A lavish coloured study of the River Amazon from the air alongside its nature, its peoples and its features at ground level. Text in English, French and Portuguese.
351 pages. A collection of stories, events, and experiences that provide a sense of what life is like for those who confront environmental crises of our time. Topics discussed: Local responses to economic development (cases from Indonesia and china); Conservation and conflict (cases from Africa); Gold mining in the Amazon and Wisconsin; Food, conflict, and justice (cases from the US and Honduras; and more. First half of book is high-lighted in yellow. Second half has blue pen underlining. Moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Solid working copy. Book
382pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Babes In A Boat - Part I - A couple knowing nothing of navigation decides to set sail from Victoria, British Columbia and cross the Pacific; The Big Redwood - Story of a dog's uncanny instinct; A Holiday in the Sunderbunds - Pursuing a Royal Bengal Tiger - with great photos; A Matter of Habit - An amusing tale of two mean men at that 'sun-baked cinder-heap Aden'; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part III of an amazing expedition from Sollum to El Obeid, over two thousand miles, across the Sahara, visiting much previously unexplored territory, with nice photos; The "Lone Star Kid" - Young Harry Wells purchases a pony, sombrero and revolver before proceeding to carry out a 'hold-up'; Ram Kumar's "Cure" - a common fraud/confidence trick practiced in India; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part III of the extraordinary adventures of G.M. Dyott, who was abandoned by his guide in the upper Amazon - includes photos of shrunken heads; The Great Snake - A native Basuto legend comes true in the Orange Free State; Full-page photo of the 'Santa Cruz Monster' that washed up on shore; Photo of the Emir of Kano's Bodyguard; "Black Foxes" - An amusing story from near Mink Landing, Alberta which proves not every black fox pelt is worth the money; Two Men and a Leopard - Story of a terrific hand-to-hand battle with an infuriated leopard; A Weird Quest - Daily seances are held to aid in finding lost California gold mines; Up and Down in Kurdistan - Nicely phtoto-illustrated article about David F. Anderson and his flying excursion in Mesopotamia which began as an ibex hunt and ended with a bear. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Fine English Mazagao. Sehirler de gocer. Fas'tan Amazon'a (1769-1783), Laurent Vidal, translator: Nedim Demirtas, Turkiye is bankasi kultur yayinlari, Ist., 2010. Paperback. [viii], 280 p. B/w ills. Large 8vo. (23 x 15 cm). In Turkish. Anche le città, a volte, si spostano. Ce lo dimostra la singolare vicenda di Mazagão, enclave della cristianità in terra infedele, catapultata da un giorno all'altro nel Nuovo Mondo. Eretta nel Cinquecento dalla corona portoghese, la piazzaforte marocchina di Mazagão, una zattera di pietra a cavallo fra la terraferma e l'oceano, resisterà eroicamente per più di due secoli alle incursioni e agli assedi dei mori, divenendo il simbolo della Reconquista e il fiore all'occhiello dell'amministrazione lusitana. La quale, però, avendo mire ben più ambiziose in Brasile, quella terra dell'oro che come un miraggio si estende di là dall'Atlantico, non esita a trasferire i suoi coraggiosi soldati della fede nel cuore dell'Amazzonia, dove, una volta fondata Nova Mazagão, dovranno dimenticare il loro glorioso passato e ricominciare da zero. E così, nel 1769, per i cittadini di Mazagão ha inizio un lungo periplo destinato a concludersi molti anni dopo: un viaggio che li vedrà sostare a Lisbona prima di fendere le acque dell'Atlantico e li lascerà abbandonati a se stessi a Belém, in attesa che le mura e le abitazioni della nuova città siano pronti a ospitarli. Ma è possibile spostare una città da un continente all'altro senza farle mutare natura? E dopo tutti quegli anni le persone che sono partite possono davvero dirsi le stesse al loro arrivo?
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Hardcover in-8, 302 pp, cartonnage sous jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire [TX-12]
in-8, 184 pp, photos hors texte en noir, broche Bel exemplaire (qq defauts a la jaquette) [SC-4]
in-8°, 266 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, 1 carte, broche, jaq. ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [GE-2] [CA38/5]
Grafiche Crivellari, novembre 2002. Brossura con alette. Numerose tavole a colori, cm 24 x 30. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Tico Editrice Roma, settembre 1986. Prefazione di Alberto Bevilacqua. Con 22 tavole a colori. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
La Galleria, marzo 1991. Brossura con alette. Racconti brevi. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Treviso, marzo 2001. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Comprende: Diagramma, Ballate rustiche, Mondo in bottiglia, Colchici, Materia vivente, A Laggio, Aporreta, Sterpi, I ritratti di Niobe, Fra la collina e il mare. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Collana: Narratori Stranieri, gennaio 2005. Traduzione di Vincenzo Latronico. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
391pp. Paperback Very good condition, some cover wear
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Folio, with a coloured frontispiece, coloured title-vignette, and very numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy. First published in the previous year, this lavishly produced travelogue combines Margaret Mee's fine illustrations and sketches with superb photographs of her journey.
