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Paris, E. Dentu, 1865, in-16, mz. tela coeva, tagli spruzzati di azzurro, pp. 316, (4). Scoloriture al dorso. Prima edizione francese: l'edizione americana originale, (titolo: Alice Wilde, the raftman's daughter) è del 1860; l'autrice, prolifica nel genere "dime novels", scrisse libri a carattere sociale, fra cui uno su l'abolizionismo (apprezzato da A. Lincoln) ed il 1° romanzo poliziesco americano ("The Dead Letter", 1866).
67 pages with forty-four illustrations. Circa 1949. Abundantly illustrated with very interesting black and white photographs which document a multitude of protests. "The Tithe Act of 1936 has left an entirely unsatisfactory state of affairs. It leaves the tithe-paying farmers disgruntled and antagonistic, and puts the country in the position of placing a proportion of its most important citizens in this unsatisfactory state of mind for some sixty years. Agriculture is, in fact, made the scapegoat for the Church of England. The Government has satisfied its Church financially without the consent of its farmer tithe-payers. (See London Demonstration). We, therefore, invity your perusal and study of the following pages, and hope that you will find them instructive, provocative and amusing. First leaf loose. Occasional markings to contents. Very rough copy of a most unusual work. Book
Paris, Librairie L. Hachette et Cie, 1855, in-16, mezza pelle coeva con titolo e fregi oro al dorso, piatti marmorizzati, pp. (4), 258, (2). Prima traduzione francese, apparsa l'anno successivo alla prima americana (Fashion and Famine, New York, Bunce & Bros, 1854). Buone condizioni.
62 pages. Features: Around the corner and out of the way - some forgotten places with hidden treasures; Handcrafted Jewelry not that tough to do; locating collection sites; The mysteries of Hollister Peak; Hunting gemstones in New York - quartz, chrysoberyls, tourmaline, and diamonds; A bottle collector's heaven - Washington State; Trash and the treasure hunter; valuable dime found with low-priced detector; Don't give up - a story to encourage you; Mine hopping in Idaho; West Tennessee relic hunting - all civil war camps have not been worked out; Whiskey Run - a Pennsylvania ghost town; Time out to put on a hunt; Coin hunting in the world's greatest gold camp. Average wear. Book
pp. xi, 353 + Portrait frontis and full page photographs. Edges foxed. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, soiled. Original priced dust jacket, chipped with some loss. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Edward Zane Carroll Judson (1821?-1886), known as Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist. He is best known for his dime novels that built many wester characters into legends. W3
58 pages. Features: Gorgeous title page photo of Jeanine Siniscal in 'Paper Tiger'; Ad for 'Funny Lady'; Ad for 'The Gambler; Ad for 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime'; Interview with Signey Lumet - discussing the director's dilemma of the ever-changing artistic climate - with photos; 'Dog Day Afternoon' - photos; 'The Last Fifites Picture Show'; Jackals and Judges - Kenneth Ross describes some of his adventures with directors; Richard Lester's 'Royal Flesh' - photos; Reviews of 'Tommy', 'The Valley', 'At Long Last Love', 'The Spiral Staircase', 'Rosebud', 'Dirty Mary Crazy Larry', 'The Great Waldo Pepper', Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Mean Machine, Funny Lady, Escape to Witch Mountain', 'The Land That Time Forgot'; 'Lenny' - photos; Photo-illustrated Article on Cult Movies; 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime?' - photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 7 plates and full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Fine. Large Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13 cm). In Turkish. [x], 243 p. First edition. Vol 1; only edition on publisher. A study on the copyright and translated detective, dime, noir novels published in the Ottoman Turkey in Arabic letters. Korkmayiniz Mr. Sherlock Holmes: Polisiye roman ve gelisimi hakkinda bazi genel bilgiler ile Latin harflerinin kabulüne kadar Türkiye'de yayinlanmis çeviri ve telif polisiye romanlar üzerine bir deneme, 1881-1928.
Classic cover art features semi-nude good girl with bloody barber's shears protruding from her throat. 128 pages. Stories include: Hell With the Lid Lifted; The Stars Said Murder; The Farraday Phantom; The Body in Booth One; The Corpse Played Possum; Death Racket; Ready for the Rackets; and The April Thrill Docket. Unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average wear and soiling. Chips and chunks from covers and bottom of backstrip. Considerable nibbling to bottom corner of back cover and last 12 pages has resulted in the loss of a modicum of text and portions of several ads. Despite these deficiencies, a worthy reading copy of this classic issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
