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207p. Hardcover Very good condition good
Paris, La Toison d'Or, 1954. In-8 cartonnage éditeur. 292 pages + photos. Bon état. CARTONNAGE EDITEUR
pp. viii, 321, (20) [Publisher's catalogue]. Full page illustrations. 8vo. Original pictorial decorated full cloth binding. Some soiling. First published 1898. Eighth impression. Inked ownership. OCC 11
321 p., illus. A story of witchcraft. Princess Series Hardcover Good condition; boards faded, dampstained in lower corner Illus. by Etheldred B. Barry
By a Canadian author. Fourteen year old Mike is taken by his father for a vacation to Guernsey in the Channel Islands and encounters not just a strange place but even more strange emotions and events connected to the prehistoric tomb in the vicinity which appear to be inexplicable, but undeniable, signs of witchcraft which seem directed at destroying his friends. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, 46 plates on 33, and 9 illustrations and full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. The standard reference and an anthropological classic. The author's long-term association with the Azande peoples of the Sudan resulted in a number of other equally eminent studies. All the plates save one are from photographs by the author. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
252 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Fine pbk. ISBN 1853488887. 16927. eng
8 Plates, orig. printed wrappers, 259 items.
228 pages. Index. Twenty-four halftone illustrations. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. Author was an English clergyman and prolific author of scholarly works on these and related topics. Prior owner's name atop half-title page, otherwise unmarked with average wear to brown cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
272pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good Signed by the author
206 pages including index. Extends far beyond the limits of traditional love spells and presents a magical journey of love from ancient times to modern times. Everything you need to know about the magical side of love can be found within this book. Unmarked. Very light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Book
FAYARD. 1956. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 170 pages- 1 petit tampon en page de garde et en marge de l'introduction + 1 en page de titre et en marge de la dernière page
Un volume in-16 broché.— Bel exemplaire. [LP-3]
DESFORGES. 1974. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 175 pages
“Nicolas Chambard, artisan de profession, homme ignorant et sans lettres, s’érigeait néanmoins dans le public et particulièrement parmi les personnes faibles, en homme qui a des secrets, qui guérit les maladies extraordinaires, lève les maléfices et use à cet effet de moyens superstitieux et infâmes dans lesquels il fait entrer la profanation des choses saintes et sacrées”.
GRASSET.. 1968. In-8 Carré. Cartonné, Jaquette. Très bon état. Couv. fraîche. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 372 pages. Couverture rigide avec jaquette. Jaquette légèrement passé. Envoi de l'auteur sur la page de faux tire.
in-8°, 377 pages, relie pleine toile decoree d'edition, jaquette rhodoïde. Tres bel exemplaire numerote. [JU-1]
Complet en 2 tomes: [4] + XLIII + [1bl.] + 408 pp. & [4] + VII + [1bl.] + 448 pp., Edition originale de 1751, 17cm., reliures uniformes d'époque en plein-cuir (titre et décorations dorées au dos, coins peu touchés), cachet sur la fausse page de titre, texte frais, bon état, cfr. Caillet II-6500, R108269
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 Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Taking of Hamjah's Head - One of the most elusive outlaws ever to trouble the Philppine Constabulary finally meets his fate - with photos; Smuggling on the Spanish Main - J. Vance Marshall became acquainted with two leading Spanish-American contrabandistas and became entangled in some most exciting happenings; The Man Who Was Buried Alive! - Part II (conclusion) of the amazing adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert", with photos; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - part I - Quaint experiences of a three month journey through France in a fifteen-foot boat, with photos; "Monty" the Man-Eater - Part II - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; M'tagati (the Zulu word for witchcraft); Money For Nothing - A veteran prospector buys a mine for almost nothing but it produces thousands of pounds of gold, with photo; The Little Red Karen - Hugh Nisbet, a veteran of the forests of Burma and Siam, describes his encounter with Nanchai, a Siamese dacoit who was believed to be proof against bullet and sword - with two photos; Over Shoshone Falls in a Canvas Boat - Al Faussett, a former lumberjack, went over Idaho's Shoshone Falls - a cataract considerably higher than Niagara - in a twelve-foot canvas boat! (with phot of Faussett in his boat); The Kamalu "Ju-Ju" - Frank Hives aims to shut down a mysterious Nigerian Ju-Ju, or fetish, responsible for the disappearance of hundreds of victims; Sheep-Farming in the Sahara - A photo-illustrated account of how R.V.C. Bodley has partnered with an Arab chief to breed sheep, incidentally showing how the rulers of tribes deal with thieves and murderers who occasionally disturb the peace of the desert; Desert Ghosts - weird little story from the Egyptian desert; Black Magic - A queer tale from India; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Stories: The Advance Note; The Two Portraits; The Goldenburg Coward; Sitting Up for Tiger; Double Dummy; The Colonel's Diamond; The Vengeance of Devi Chand; My Turtle; Tankeritis; Round the World on Four Shillings; The Avenger of Blood; Devils and Cow-Tails; Witchcraft in the South Sea Islands; Boneyard Farm. Somewhat above-average wear. Prior owner's name upon front cover. Book
Stories: The Ice Jam; The Manila Fireflies; Squaw Mike; Crashing into Burma; The Wheat Stealers; What Happened to the Bullion Box; One Christmas Day; The Railroad Boomer; There She Blows!; Rounded-up Wild Elephants; Tracking Down Hot Oil; Witchcraft; A Ride for 1000 Pounds; On Patrol with the B.P.P. Average wear. Book
