Sample, F.: EditorMareMagnum
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Circa 1983. 152 pages plus 5 pages of advertisements and local postal memorabilia. Includes six pages of information copied from the records of the Amulet Cemetery. A point-form diary of local history from 1935 through 1982. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-8°, 207 pages, fig. et tabl., broche, couverture illustree plast. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA26/0][NAN-5]
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates, free endpapers lightly browned, catalogue leaf annotated neatly by previous owner; original brown cloth, upper board ruled in white and lettered in black, pictorial backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, a very good, clean copy. This classic tale was reissued in 1949 and 1957.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. [2], 102 p., color and b/w ills. Evil eye bead through the history in the Mediterranean. Göz boncugu. 3000 yillik Akdeniz camciliginin Anadolu'daki son izleri.
