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Features: According to the Law - Lieut.-Col. G.H. Keighley-Bell recalls his adventures with Kurds around 1919; Cut Out and Get Out - Tom H. Inkster recalls logging on Vancouver Island - photos; A Pint for the Man Who Breaks his Oar - fishermen at Aldeburgh, "The Wild Amphibious Race"; A Witch Doctor and the Bride - a Zulu Tale; The Sea Arab - a white man becomes a man of the sea in the tropical islands; Death to the Whites - Lolo St. Paul of the Shuswap Indians in British Columbia taught the law of the White man to the Indians, but to the pioneer-settlers he represented the law of the Redskin - excellent and little-known B.C. history with photos; Outcast of the Silent City - An Indian Adventure; I Lived in the Stone Age - studying aborigines of Australia; The Lost World of Jimmy Angel - a tale of gold, diamonds and Angel Falls, a mile-high waterfall in Venezuela; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding beginning to open at bottom but everything still holding together. Book
Stories: Buried Treasure in Britain; The Last Voyage; Truscott Investigates; The Pennsylvania Witch Murder; The Unmasking of Gola Sing!; California Here I Come; Black Devil; What Happened to Jim Wood?; Shaitan Shadd; The Mutton Bird; Mechanically-Minded; Lost in a Swamp; The Kangaroo Hunters. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Backstrip mostly chipped away. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
in-12, 122 pages, ill/ hors texte N&B, broche, couv. factice muette. Bel exemplaire. [MI-17]
Pages 311-374. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: A Sketch of Marlborough, N.H - feature article with many photos including a full-page shot of the town; By Artist's Fall; Deus ex Machina - a phonographic phantasy; Witch Hazel; Whittier and his poetry; A song of the pine forest; Representative Agriculturists - Warren Tripp of Epsom, William H. Ryder of Bedford; Inspiration; Through New Hampshire with Hammer and Pick; Good by and welcome; Polly Tucker - continued; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Politics in Khaki - The Inside of the Canadian Army High Command - McNaughton and Crerar stepped on Monty's toes - here's the record, revealed for the first time; Childhood's No. 1 Enemy - rheumatic fever; Battle of the Peacemakers - meeting at Paris; Witch of Endor - fiction; Kate Holliday gets a Hollywood makeup makeover; It rained poison after Bikini Islands' fifth atom bomb test - with photo; Hard rock miners; Honor of the Company - fiction; Flivvers in the Sky - fly your own plane; The Good Catch - fiction; Golfing Cop - Henry Martell - article with photo; Hell's Gate is open - upgrades allow Fraser River salmon to get further upstream - article with three photos; Nice ad for Waterman's pens with cheerleader theme; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Good Year tires features Mountie helping young lady in mountain valley; Superb Caterpillar bulldozer ad - "Boss of the Bulldozers"; Nice Fleet Aircraft ad; Nice colour photo Studebaker ad inside back cover; Fantastic painted Coke ad on back cover features partying group of young people at table; and more. Above-average wear. Covers present but detached. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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
20 pages. Features: Jim Bouton of the New York Yankees - a Pitcher Who Paints; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Purina SeaNip Dinner for cats; Between Waking and Sleeping - article on hypnosis; (part 2 in the study of hypnosis); Truth or Consequences (fiction); Nice three-color retro Rexall centerfold ad; One-page color-photo ad for Safeguard Soap shows floating bar of soap; Recipes for "No-Cook Cooking"; Photo of Sue Cole of Irwin, PA meeting the Beatles; Teen Q&A; Nice half-page color ad for Open Pit brand BBQ sauce; Chesterfield cigarette ad features photos of chef Finn Gurholt, marine supply distributor Malcolm W. Frasier and Marion Brand; How did Security Agent Selena Mead know? - with photo of her author, Patricia McGerr; Nice color-photo back cover ad for Hidden Magic Hair Spray features smiling model in witch costume. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 176 pages. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes in black and white.
Light wear to cover. Age-toned pages. 218 pages.
Light wear to cover and small tears. Age-toned pages. 218 pages.
Light wear to cover. Age-toned pages. 216 pages.
7 vols., 8vo., Seventh Impression, with numerous illustrations throughout; dark green buckram, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and silver, a near fine set in publisher's illustrated gold board slip-case with maps mounted on two sides. The series comprises (in order of publication): The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and his Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Liquid stain on spine of edge worn dust jacket. Age-toned pages. 7 1/4"w x 9 1/2"h. 40 pages.
Features: Was it Coincidence? - a Zulu witch doctor and his magic; The Man Who Hesitated - a dramatic story from West Africa; Comacchio on the Adriatic - the Venice of the Eels - article with photos; The Brophy Will Case - an unusual American detective case; The Wily Coyote - interesting stories of these hated coyotes and their ways in the Western States; McNeill's Lapse - a good man falls victim to temptation; Climbing the White Elephant near the Tom Reed Mine at Oatman, Arizona - article with nice photos; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone (part II) - tales from two young naval officers who set off to see the world with five dollars between them; Lion Hunting in Somaliland - article with many photos; The Cruise of the Dream Ship - part IV of Ralph Stock's sailing through the enchanted South Sea Islands - article with nice photos; Trapped by a Flash-flood in a canyon; Down the River - two youngsters seek fortune and adventure running a little launch on a New Zealand river; Robert Tipp's terrible ordeal at the top of a lofty flagstaff; My Visit to Mexico - why the author didn't want to go and now likes Mexico less than ever; Our Adventures Among the Berbers - the author's experiences with the Shawia Berbers of Algeria - article with great photos; That Donkey! - the pathetic story of a journalist and the donkey he bought; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 90-176 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Slacker - a young Californian deserts the Army and his lady to flee to Mexico where great misery follows, but he eventually atones; The Mysterious Witch Doctors of Siberia - disguised as a Russian peasant, the author penetrated into little-known Siberia to investigate the uncanny doings of the native Shamans - article with photos; My Island of Dreams - Part II - the adventures of Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings (with photos); Through Central America on Horseback - Part V - riding through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - story with photos of earthquake damage in Guatemala City; Mountain Mysteries - the strange story of Mr. Crump who was lost for 18 days in the Lakeland crags, plus other cases of mysterious disappearances; Cheating Death - John Edwin Hogg recounts his most harrowing experience; A Bear-Hunt in Lousiana - interesting and successful hunt in the Louisiana Marsh - with photos; My Burglar - a Singapore encounter with a Chinese burglar, stripped naked and greased from head to foot, with fish-hooks in his pigtail and a double-edged sword between his teeth; The Rajah's Lift - the tragic story of a home-made hydraulic lift; The New Moon - information in a diary saves the lives of two men; A Man's Luck - Part III of Hjalmar Hutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Photo and brief write-up of the world's most northerly police post; Photo of the smallest business house in the world in Duncan, Oklahoma; 'House of Gold' built by a wealthy miner in the California's Mojave Desert; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Back cover almost loose. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
xxiv, 65-126 pages. Features: Return from the Dead - three fishermen face hell adrift for months in the Atlantic - with map and photo; Awakening to Nightmare (on Elephant Island); The Train Jumpers - Francis Dickie recalls a nightmare journey jumping a train from Portland to San Francisco - with photos of the author; The White Rhino Hated Cars - article with photos; 50 Tons of Gold - the ongoing search for "Valverde's" Inca gold - article with photos and map; Terrorists On My Tail - A reporter under attack in Morocco - article with photos; Ringing Gannets off the coast of Scotland; Men of Site "X" - the ice and blizzard-ridden existence of men on the DEW line across northern Canada and Alaska; The Terrible Carpet of Bones - the terrible slaughter of the buffalo herds; The Curse of Pulo Jehat - the evil of a witch doctor survives his death; The End of the Hoodoo 'Bambo'; Pirates Aboard! - China Sea pirates board the s.s. Hong Bee - article with map and photo of the ship; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Graham Kemp's play chronicling the course of these notorious prosecutions 400 years ago - the second largest witch trial in English history and biggest ever group execution for witchcraft. The Wonderous Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster penned by Clerk of the Court Thomas Potts inspired this fascinating script, which delves beneath and beyond the official account to reveal a more complex and compromising human tragedy. 89p. bibliography [ 5 copies found in WorldCat] Book
32 pages. Features: Horror of the Fly; C.C. Beck; Joe Thomasino reviews 'The Trouble with Tribbles'; Return of the Late Film Round-up; Bill Feret profiles the screen's greatest screamers in 'Monster Meets Girl'; Great color Fly centerfold; Return of the Revenge of the Son of the Monster Scene; Five Fingers of Greed - a report on the new Kung Fu craze in films and TV; Werewolves on Wheels; Interview with Russell Myers, creator of comic witch Broom-Hilda; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Moderately age-toned. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Newspaper
96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 404, [4] p. Ortaçag Avrupasi'nda cadilar ve cadi avi. Witches and witch hunt in Europa in Middle Era.
New Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 264 p., 33 numerous b/w plates. Ortaçag sonlari ve Yeniçag baslarinda Avrupa'da çocuk cadilar ve çocuk cadi avi. 'Child-witch' hunt in the late Medieval and early New Age Europe.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Pages 81- 120 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in San Francisco; "Overloch" - The fountain of the formal garden; "Overloch," The Country Home of John A. Burnham, Esq., Wenham, MA; The Disposal of Bric-A-Brac; Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter, Esq., Nyack, NY; Fences in Towns and Villages; Illumination at Mount Vernon; The Summer Home of Spencer Hall, Esq., Water Witch, NJ - Built in the Mission style of Architecture; Planning a Country Home; The House Roof and It's Garden - a neglected opportunity / a successful house-top garden; The Historic Wentworth House at Little Harbor, NH, owned by Mr. J. Templeman Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, MA; Three Pennsylvania Houses designed by Mr. D. Knickerbacker Boyd, of Philadelphia; The Plant and the Season; Fantastic back cover ad for Pacific Mail S.S. Co. of San Francisco promotes their boat service from San Francisco to Hawaii, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila; and more. Printed on glossy stock. From a bound volume. Complete and unmarked with Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
