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Features: Captain Jan's Christmas-Tree - as told by the former captain of a well-known British liner; Lone Wolf - Roy Gardner, a remarkable American criminal; Our Snake-Hunt - An amusing excursion into the West African bush in quest of a big boa-constrictor; The Ha'porth of Tar - An amusing story of how an excise officer outwits a gang of Burmese opium-smugglers; Killer Cats of British Columbia - Cougars or Mountain Lions have become a serious menace on Vancouver Island - photos; Australia's Mounted Police - they have tamed the formerly hostile aborigines; The Jungle Man - a remarkable character who lived among South American head-hunters; Exploring the "Skeleton Coast" - Searching Southwest Africa for underground springs; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story involving a prospector in Western Australia; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
Features: Captain Jan's Christmas-Tree - as told by the former captain of a well-known British liner; Lone Wolf - Roy Gardner, a remarkable American criminal; Our Snake-Hunt - An amusing excursion into the West African bush in quest of a big boa-constrictor; The Ha'porth of Tar - An amusing story of how an excise officer outwits a gang of Burmese opium-smugglers; Killer Cats of British Columbia - Cougars or Mountain Lions have become a serious menace on Vancouver Island - photos; Australia's Mounted Police - they have tamed the formerly hostile aborigines; The Jungle Man - a remarkable character who lived among South American head-hunters; Exploring the "Skeleton Coast" - Searching Southwest Africa for underground springs; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story involving a prospector in Western Australia; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Unknown New Zealand - misadventure leads to one of the most remarkable and difficult rescues in New Zealand annals; Saharan Adventure - A memorable camel journey right across the Sahara; Six Wild Sheep - experiences while capturing Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo - several photos; The Pirates of the 'Ethel' - An authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Slippery - a cat goes to sea; Oakhill's 'Souvenir' - Crocodile hunting on the Gregory River; The Tame Bandit - a Chinese achieves vengeance during the troubles in Malaya; Phases of Life from all over the world - Cockeye, ex-inspector, British South Africa Police; Guardians of the Mountains - the Warden's of Canada's western National Parks; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: Land of Nightmare - savage war between French troops and Viet Minh rebels in the "Green Hell" jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave' creates problems for an Australian bushman; Roles Reversed - a female climber saves the life of her male guide in New Zealand, by Elsie Morton, with photos; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with many photos; The "Devil-Leopart"; Jumbies - an interesting experience in Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a foreigner gets a few surprises; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases in the history of the Boston police; Shore Gang; A couple of Fools - a story showing how easy it is to become 'bushed' in Western Australia; What happened at Makene - a curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - searching for a missing airplane several hundred mile s inside the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - a plane trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - the sheep farmers of Souther France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a terrifying experience related by well-known author G.E.G. Plant, F.R.G.S.; Black Frost - a striking story of the hard life of Newfoundland fishermen; When the Flood Came - the adventure of an English Farmer; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat, an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go tale from Tanganyika; These Men are Tough - Australian Cattle Men; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to open a West African river; and more. Average wear. Few chips from backstrip. Sound copy Book
Features: Diamond Fever - an adventurous trip into little-known country on the Upper Mazeruni in British Guinana; The Coffin-Ship - reprint of a 1929 story from Malaya dealing with a murderous Chinese secret society, a steamer and more; Saharan Adventure - a memorable journey through little known areas; Buster Burton - the amazing career of a most remerkable character known to the police of 5 continents; The Perfidious Plumber - a tale from Southern Rhodesia; The Captain's Night Out - this captain was the first to get off his ship; Kabul Bazaar - life in Afghanistan - photos; Diamonds for the Picking! - on the inhospitable western coast of South Africa lies Tom Tiddler's Ground; Meat for the Pot - curare, the deadly dart-poison of the South American Indians; The Seymour "Fish Day" - Seymor, Texas locks up for a day and goes fishing!; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - Searching for a missing airplane several hundred miles upriver in the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - an air trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - sheep farmers of southern France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a most terrifying experience for G.E.G. Plant; Black Frost - the hard life of the Newfoundland fisherman; When the Flood Came - an English farmer has an adventure; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat - an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa Seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go affair in Tanganyika; These men are tough - Aboriginal stockmen of Australia's northern territory; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to clean out western African river; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from and openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Book
60 pages. Features: Ad for the Peugeot 504; Challenges for Ed Schreyer in Manitoba; Nova Scotia fishworker labour strife; Photo of offshore drilling rig 'Sedco H" leaving Halifax; Great photo of people storming police line to shake hands with Richard Nixon in St. Louis; Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? - feature article with four pages of wonderful color photos showing the stars and stripes incorporated into bedding, clothing, vehicles, and more; Admiral Thomas Moorer takes over Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assessment of the Cambodian adventure; Nixon's Champion - Robert Dole of Kansas; Photo and brief article on Charlie Rangel; The Middle East - Statesman Speak and Guns Answer - article with photo of Arab leaders watching Libyan military parade; Phnom-Penh - What is going on?; Bernadette Devlin; Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber; Rehabilitation of Stalin in the Soviet Union; The Ordeal of A. Dubcek; Joseph Mobutu of the Congo; Pele and Brazil win soccer's World Cup; Their hearts belong to daddy - article on stripping; The Green Wrist Mania; Tony Jacklin wins golf's U.S. Open; Lord Snowdon on Pets; Michael Dann of Sesame Street; Quenching California's Thirst; Abortion on Demand; Pantsuits for Nurses; Debate over Catholic Marriage; Passing of the Maharajah of Jaipur, Rupert C. Thompson Jr., Colonel Roscoe Turner and Heenrique Galvao; Penn Central - the biggest bankruptcy Ever; The Case For - and Against - Railway Nationalization; Tremendous growth in amount of commercial paper outstanding; Cashing in on Campers - KOA (Kampgrounds of America); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
98 pages. Features: Two-page color-photo ad for the For Lincoln Continental; Delta Airlines ad features Reservationist Janet Cook; Two-page Fiat car ad illustrates its competitors; Funky color-photo Sears ad for printed men's dress shirts; Nice large color-photo ad for the Plymouth Satellite two-door (red); L&M cigarette ad features photo of black model in tub; Article on Indochina - The New Optimism; Confession of William Calley; The Black Caucus; Rough justice in Macon County AL - police brutality; Chromacolor TV ad; Lee Harvey Oswald and the U-2; Mrs. Gandhi makes her bid; Fascists in Italy; Chevy Pickup Truck ad; Photo of Huey P. Newton in Oakland; The American Jew Today; Poll of Jewish Attitudes; Where U.S. Jews Live; Beautiful colour-photo ad for the Ford Mustang features the Mach 1 and Hardtop; The Jewish Establishment - It Looks Inward, Too; Jews and other Americans; Kidney transplant dilemma; The end of smallpox?; Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas; Deaths at Jackson State College; Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1971 Buick Centurion (purple); Andrew Stein attempts to close all New York state airports to any craft over 108 decibels - putting the Concorde and SST at risk; Milton Friedman article entitled 'Money - Tight or Easy?'; Very nice two-page color-photo centerfold ad for the 1971 Toronado (brown); Nice State Farm ad shows strange wedding scene at door of church; The Male Bag ('purse'); McGuire's Marquette and Dean Meminger; Passing of Adolf A. Berle; Viceroy cigarette ad on back cover features couple outside a used book store; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
141 pages. Black and white photographs abound. Former Saanich Police Library copy with small stamp inside each board and upon fore-edge. Light wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy. Book
Features/Photos: Front cover features colour photo of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent and Miss Worsley; The wedding of the Duke of Kent in Magnificent York Minster; Photo of the bullet-ridden Chevrolet which carried General Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, when he was assassinated; Portable rocket successfully demonstrated - uses a twin-jet hydrogen peroxide propulsion system; methods of differentiating between an earthquake and an underground nuclear explosion; Police restrain photographers during Kennedy visit; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
8 volumes In-8, environ 200 pages par volumes. Tirage limité à 1500 exemplaires numérotés. Fac-similé de l'édition originale parue en 1828. Complet en 8 volumes. En excellente condition.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON TITLE. VERY SCARCE THUS.
The Title 'Vivada Chintamani of Vachaspati Misra written/authored/edited by P.C. Tagore', published in the year 1986. The ISBN VivadaCoVM is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 442 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Police / Criminology / Law. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms
668 pages. Footnotes. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. A substantial and very informative treatment of this topic by a man who spent many years with the force. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
Includes the following 1997 issues: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: St. Paul Island; Antigua; Photography 101 - Cameras; Boat Diving; Tragic 'Northern Indiana'; Filming the Ocean Realm; Counting Lingcod; Queen Charlotte Strait; French Polynesia; Photography 101 - Macro; Tech Diving off Whitefish Point; Coastal Charter; Snorkeling with Salmon; Photography 101 - Normal Lens; Sleepless on the 'Seattle'; Caymans; Wrecks of the St. Lawrence; Techies on the 'Topline'; Photography 101 - Ambient Light; Kingston's 'Frontenac'; Hawaii and Kauai; Shipwreck Course; Divers build east coast bridge; Camouflage; Underwater Canada; Lake Huron - 'Emma E. Thompson'; Seastars - they are not fishes; Photography 101 - Lenses; The Once Mighty ' Metamora'; HMCS Saguenay - an ecosystem; Unbeatable Marshall Islands; Tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Sinking the Saskatchewan; Skookumchuck Narrows; Kingston, Ontario's 'Munson'; Costa Rica; Wreck of the Andalusia; Extreme Dive - stories from the Police Blotter; Cozumel; St. Lawrence River - Fleur Marie; Sanilac Shores, Lake Huron; Egmont, B.C.; 'America' shipwreck; Australia Artificial Reef - Swan. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
Pages: 281-320. Features: Cover photos of Adlai Stevenson's triumph in Chicago; Photo ad for Grants Stand Fast Whisky inside front cover features Alan Melville; One-page Ford car ad; Esso Petrol one-page ad features tigers; South African Airlines ad; Large photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson; Turning Point in Cyprus? - The Eoka Cease-fire Declaration - six photos including Archbishop Makarios and Dighenis; Two pages of photos of the delegations which attended the London Conference on Suez; Prince Charles and Princess Anne help sailors pull a rope; Photo portraits of Princess Margaret; Photos of the Queen in Oban, Mull, Skye, Barra and South Uist; Photo of nine heads of the Arab League; Story and eight photos of newly oil-rich Saudi Arabia; Great centerfold photo of delegates at the opening session of the Suez Conference in London (holding by one staple); 14 photos of personalities of the week, including Lake Ontario swimmer Brenda Fisher, Sir Otto Lund, Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, Baron Von Neurath and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick; Miss Pat Smythe at the Brighton horse show; Thousand-year-old trees a few inches high - the astonishing welwitschia, from the deserts of Angola; One-page aerial photo of raft L'Egare which had just finished an 87-day voyage on the Atlantic; Police raid Communist H.Q. in West Germany; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for the Illustrated London News encourages subscriptions for those flying to Australia; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features cricket theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 993-1036. Features: cover photo of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, forced into retirement by Nazi influences; Photo of the League of Nations meeting in Geneva to discuss an international military force to police the Saar; Page of illustrations of the "Emperor" of conductors, Toscanini; Page of photos describe the plight of Hungarian refugees expelled from Yugoslavia; One page photo shows the "Orion" being launched at Barrow electronically by the Duke of Gloucester in Brisbane, 12,000 miles away; Fascinating photo-illustrated article by disillusioned young Oxford Socialist John Brown, author of "I Was a Tramp", describes his trip to Soviet Russia; Two large photos commemorate the first regular airmail from England to Australia via Imperial Airways; Photo illustrated article on blind fish in the Caverns of Brazil - first photos of live specimens; Two pages of illustrations of the Mayo composite aircraft, under construction for Imperial Airways, which launches heavily loaded mail planes upon its back; Page of photos and text present prehistoric pottery found in Persia - "entirely unexpected" types from Syalck; Two pages of fabulous photos illustrate how a Japanese hotel combines domestic tradition with incongruous borrowings from the West; Majestic colour one-page ad for Dunlop boasts of their 90th anniversary; Amazing photo of Canadian "Monster" - sea cow, basking shark, or "cadborosaurus" - recently discovered on the shores of Henry Island, British Columbia; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Gloucester at functions in Australia; Photo of Sir Wilfred Grenfell giving medical attention in Newfoundland and Labrador; Photos of the Prince of Wales in distressed Durham; Photos of attempts to save Charles O'Leary who died after three days trapped in an Irish well; Photos of the Soviet funeral for murdered Sergei Kiroff; Photo of new airplane for the Viceroy of India, the "Star of India"; Photo of famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans sitting for his portrait bust by David Evans; Photo of the Salvation Army welcoming its new general, Miss Evangeline Booth; Photos of personalities of the week include General Temperley, G. G. Knox, M. Titulescu; Anthony Eden, M. Laval; Baron Aloisi, Ruchdi Bey, Julian Wylie, Sir Horace Lamb, King Prajadhipok, Sir James O'Grady, Sir Edwin Lutyens, C. H. Bressey, Col. Lindbergh's second son, little John, being taken to school by his mother, the late Lord Riddell, C. T. P. Ulm, George Littlejohn, J. L. Skilling, and the late Viscount Buckmaster; Nice colour one page Dewar's ad features Santa hefting cases of whisky; Colour photos of Christmas eve celebrations in Hungary; Article and photos of 6 million year old insect fossils; Page of photos of the filming of "Lorna Doone";One-page South Africa tourism ad One-page Schweppes ad; and more. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Topics: preparedness of the Boy Scouts; Sir R. Baden-Powell as a Prophet; Holiday and War; The Boy Scout Organization; Work of a Wartime Camp; Lord Kitchener's View; The Public and the Scout; A Non-Military Movement; Opinions of the Press; The American Ambassador; Scout Law; Scout Badges; Gallantry in the Navy; Sea Scouts as Coast Guards; Gallantry in the Army; Influence of the Scout Spirit; War Emergency Work; Work for the Government; Agricultural Help; Boy Scout Tests of Citizenship; Recreation Huts and Collections; Helping the Police; In Air Raids and Bombardments; Work for Hospitals; Boy Scouts of the Empire; The Movement in Foreign Countries; Scouts of the Allies. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: How Toronto's 2,500-man police force really works - a rare behind-the-scenes look by Chief James Mackey; Gisele Mackenzie - My Perilous Plunge into the Big Time; I went to Florida - by Canoe! - Ward Seeley; A Rare Peak at Russian Art - many colour illustrations; A visit with Patricia Joudry and John Steele; How Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater conquered the New World. Middle page loose but present. Half of page nine, most likely an ad, has been removed. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
64 pages. Features: Geoffrey Bocca and the Duchess of Windsor; Why Live in the Suburbs? - here are the facts on the great migration that has changed the face of Canada from Coast to Coast; Solution - Rob a Bank, fiction by Michael Sheldon; The Story Behind Walter Murdoch and the Entertainment War; How to Manhandle a Child's Allowance; Remember those Harvest Excursions? - a Maclean's flashback to the years when Canadians flooded to the prairies to help with harvest; The Thirty Years' War with the Commies - how the Mounted Police handle their most dangerous and difficult assignment - article with photos; Should it be called Wawa or Jamestown? - this question has lingered for seven years; The Hero Who Had no Friends, by Thomas B. Costain - part 12; Nice two-page illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division; Chevrolet ad; Half-page two-colour ad for movie The Caine Mutiny; Full-page two-colour Chevrolet truck ad; Lovely bunny ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Front cover nearly detached, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Book
Features: Of Men I Have Known - Part I - Winston Churchill, by Dean Acheson; Adventures of the Mind - The Five-Billion-Year Clock - measurements of radioactive 'clocks' in the earth's elements are providing geologists with new knowledge about the history of man and his planet, by Patrick M. Hurley; ; Minnesota Grows Older - this prosperous, rugged northland may be facing a lean future; What Freedom has done to India - John Masters describes the sweeping social changes that have taken place since it gained independence; The Girls in Candy Stripes - making life more livable for hospital patients; They Chase the Speeders - at the unique Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) near Sacramento, candidates for the California Highway Patrol learn the hazardous art of police pursuit driving; Me and Old George (a horse) - Gene Coughlin learned that danger often disapears when you refuse to run away from it. Ad clipped from page 49 - text unaffected. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
32 pages. Prince Charles baby photos, including cover photo. Other royal family photos; Japanese police photos; Ostrich farming photos; photos of gathering eggs from seabirds on England's cliffs; Colour ad for the Studebaker Champion; Freda Shetler of Ferndale, WA - sulky driver; Ottawa suburban well baby clinic photos; Spectacular colour centerfold ad for Heinz ketchup; Missionary students at the Moody Bible institute learn to fly; Royal Canadian Air Force ad; Photos at Switzerland's Sanatorium Universitaire; Nice colour Waterman's pen ad; Photos of Wellesley college's doll collection; Plastic musical intruments prove practical; - Bill Glass; Colour Ivory Soap ad - Lovely Girls Love Ivory!; Motorcycle action photos; Navy underwater photogarphy; colour Community brand cutlery ad on back cover. Average wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
24 pages. Features: A Letter From India - Allan Hodgson and Patricia Welbourn learn to live with Calcutta; Sevearl pages of beautiful photos of Canada's northlands; How Mexican Police Unearthed the Truth About Two Canadian Archaeologists - Elizabeth F. Snow describes the experience she shared with her husband while on a dig in Mexico; The Girl with the Iron Gut - Karen Magnussen has earned a world championship and a contract of $100,000 a year as a professional figure skater - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Contents: Threats of New Violence in Quebec - Why We Should Take the "Army of Liberation" seriously; Are Hospitals Save? - a calm look at two deaths after surgery; Editorial - Of Course Hate-Mongering Should Be Stamped Out, But Not By Passing Censorship Laws - pressure on Justice Minister Guy Favreau to bring in hate laws; Greatness - Dr. Hans Selye describes what leads to the quality of greatness in the mind of a man or the life of a nation; Your Guide to the new federal split-level cabinet; Let's Give the Police More Power; Washington Hostess Perle Mesta; Your Health May Depend On Where You Live; A Weekend with the Ski Fanatics - article with photos; Nostalgic black and white photo ad for Electrohome and "Canada's Largest Stereo Laboratory"; Art Fraud - some odd "Group of Sevens"; Whiz Jazz pianist Tony Collacott; Reflections on the Clay-Liston boxing match; Mordecai Richler looks at the new cliches of nonconformity; Colour-photo Canadian Club ad features rolling in a hoop; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features beauty holding her own black and white photo. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
