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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
In-8, 666p. (!!!) Avec quelques illustrations dans et hors texte. Bibliographie démoniaque en fin de volume. Petit accroc avec dépot de papier collant en première de couverture, sinon bel exemplaire.
First edition, oblong 4to (196 x 242 mm), [10]pp., [8] leaves of plates, lithographed throughout, orig. pink lithographed paper wrappers stitched as issued. The posthumously published work of the Reverend Reginald Heber (1783-1826), the hand-written lithographic verse and gothic like illustrations tells the story of Lord Llewellyn who tries to summon up the Devil with disappointing results. Twyman, Early Lithographed Books, 1.116.
100 pages. Features: Fantastic Chrysler/Plymouth color-photo 4-panel ad inside front cover features the Scamp, Valiant Brougham and Gold Duster; State of the President (Richard Nixon); Electronic Vision - research aims for artificial sight; Film "The Exorcist" leads to frenzy of interest in exorcisms; Pending coalminer strike in Britain; America's oil companies seen as villains in the energy squeeze; Dr. Thomas E. Deiker argues for gun control; Nice color-photo ad for the Ford Maverick; Watergate scandal - John Dean, H.R. Haldeman; Photo of President Nixon and family with Billy Graham; Illinois Democratic candidate Jimmy H. Martin; Murder of John Bambic in San Francisco; John Margulies steals art from his parents, Irwin and Paula; What Makes Syria Tick?; Communist Dissidents Ludvik Vaculik, Paul Goma, Wolf Biermann and Wladyslaw Bienkowski; Terror in Phnom Penh - Frenc Exodus; Eric Gairy of Grenada; Nice color ad for the Zenith Chromacolor II TV; Horrible photos of Sao Paulo highrise fire - with falling bodies; The Cooling of Fidel Castro; John F. Kennedy Jr. with Muhammad Ali; Color-photo GM centerfold ad features the memorable front grills of the 1974 Buick LeSabre, Pontiac grand Am, Oldsmobile Delta 88, Chevelle Laguna Type S-3 and Cadillac Coupe deVille Cabriolet; Bart Bradish has cerebral palsy; Chess article on Boris Spassky; Boxer Joe Frazier - The End of the Road; American Folk Art; Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Increasing demand for kosher meals on Western Airlines; The Devil - a durable personifcation of evil; Cover photo of priest holding crucifix in exorcism-mode; Robert Goulet is featured in a Lauder's Scotch ad; Milton Friedman writes about volunteer armed force; Sam Goldwyn, 1881-1974; Colorful photo ad for Inteerwoven socks features a smiling Al Hirt; The development of flywheel power - most likely to come with the Advanced Concept Train; Color photo at for Twist lemon menthol cigarettes on back cover; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
New English Paperback. Pbo. Large 8vo. (24 x 21 cm). In Turkish. Ills. 211 p. A study on Ezidis. Ezidiler. Kara kitap, kara talih. Introduction by Murathan Mungan, Photos by Saner Sen, Edited by Fahri Aral.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 25 cm). In Turkish. 200 p., ills., 7 CDs. Kadim bir nefes: Ezidi agitlari. [With 7 CDs]. A study on Yezidi music and elegies.
in-8°, 246 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire [TX-10]
ix, 208 pages. Footnotes. Index. "A compelling yet tragic tale which, sadly, reflects little credit upon any of the participants." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Bulletin de l'Association Cause Freudienne Rhône-Alpes, n° 2, septembre 1995, 110 pp., annotation en première page, broché, légères traces d'usage, bon état.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 80 p. Probably taken from a volume. Minor wear on spine. Light fading on pages. Otherwise a very good copy. This interesting, very rare, and also pseudo-historical first book penned specifically on the Yezîdî people by an Ottoman statesman, initially prepared as a report and then published in 1912, before WWI in Ottoman Cairo. One of only three written Eastern sources about this interesting community that has been subject to extremely controversial approaches throughout history. The first is the travel corpus of Evliya Çelebi, the second is 'Abede-i Iblis', and the third is "Al-Yazidiyya Kadîmen wa Hadisen", which was published in Arabic in Beirut in 1934. Yezîdîs, a member of a Kurdish religious minority found primarily in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, the Caucasus region and parts of Iran. The Yezîdî religion includes elements of ancient Iranian religions as well as elements of Judaism, Nestorian Christianity and Islam. Although scattered and probably numbering merely between 200,000 and 1,000,000, the Yezîdîs have a well-organized society, with a chief sheikh as the supreme religious head and an emir, or prince, as the secular head. The origins of the Yezîdî faith can be traced to areas of the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq where pockets of devotion to the fallen Umayyad dynasty persisted long after the death of the last Umayyad caliph, the half-Kurdish Marwan II, in 750. Some descendants of the dynasty settled in the area, further encouraging the development of mystical traditions in which the Umayyad lineage was prominently figured. In the early 12th century, Sheikh 'Adî ibn Musâfir, a Sufi and a descendant of the Umayyads, settled in Lâlish, north of Mosul, and began a Sufi order known as the Adwiyyah. Although his own teachings were strictly orthodox, the beliefs of his followers soon blended with local traditions. A distinct Yezîdî community living in the environs of Mosul appears in historical sources as early as the middle of the 12th century. This book includes descriptions of the Yezîdîs , albeit all the prejudices within it, on their geography, origins, mythology, religions, cosmogony, etc. The book has a long chapter on Yezîdîs' chief divine Malak ?âûs [or, Tavus] ("Peacock Angel"). Malak Taus has often been identified by outsiders with the Judeo-Christian figure of Satan, causing the Yezîdîs to be inaccurately described as "Devil worshippers", as seen in this pseudo-historical book as well. Özege 24.; OCLC 83228795.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright front cover, storage rubbing to rear and no bumping to corners. 170pp. Performance car magazine with features on the Morgan Aero 8, Lamborghini Diablo VT, Lotus Elise Coupe, Britain's best handling car and the worst handling cars, Aston Martin Bulldog, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI RS, Audi TT, Lotus Exige, Lotus M250, Saab variable compression plus drive tests on more cars plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
First edition, 8vo, 80pp., 10 engraved plates, text and plates a little browned and spotted, orig. boards, stained, upper board almost detached.
Bibliothèque Marabout, Univers Secrets, 1973, 250 p., broché, poche, couverture un peu défraîchie, état correct.
in-8 etroit, 175 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire [MI-9]
157pp., br.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 330 pages. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
Book shows light wear to covers only, with bumped lower corners, straight upper. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, text block is pristine. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, one small closed tear, price clipped, sun faded at spine. 307 pages with very nice fine-line b&w illustrations, sections on: Tomb bats, False vampires, Golden moles, Walabies, Bandicoots, Opossums, Tasmanian devil, Spiny anteater, Platypus, Pikas, Hares, Mountain beaver, Bamboo rats, Banana mice, Eared seals, Walrus, Sea-cows, etc.
The Magus - legendary magician of superhuman powers. The author considers the anthropological origins and identifies three distinct phases of the development of the myth.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Tear on edge worn dust jacket. Stated First Printing. 240 pages.
A rare edition of Cazotte, ILLUSTRATED WITH THREE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY FELIX BUHOT. 3 leaves, 320 pp, 2 leaves, plus frontispiece portrait by Masson, folding autograph facsimile, and several full-page illustrations. Introduction by A.J. Pons, followed by full texts of Le Diable Amoureux, L'Honneur Perdu et Recouvre, and La Prophetie de Cazotte Inventee par La Harpe. EACH OF THESE THREE TEXTS IS PRECEDED BY AN ORIGINAL EN-TETE ETCHING BY FELIX BUHOT. These complex and mysterious etchings focus on the sinister and surreal aspects of Cazotte's work. They are wonderfully detailed and technically accomplished. Pp. 307-320 provide an extensive bibliography of editions of Cazotte's works. Printed on laid paper. Text bordered in red throughout. 8vo. Original wraps. UNCUT. FINE AND BRIGHT. Books illustrated with original etchings by Buhot are scarce.
AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF A BEAUTIFUL BOOK. Illustrated with 15 fine full-page hors-texte copper engravings by Maurice Leroy and dozens of wood-engravings (initials, headpieces, and tailpieces) by Dan Sigros (the initials are printed in two colors). Leroy is perhaps the most underestimated book artist of the 20th century, and this book is his masterpiece: the copper engravings are technically complex and perfectly executed. Sigros' wood-engravings all depict the Devil, in extremely varied and imaginative ways. From an edition of 618 numbered copies, this is one of 475 beautifully printed on fine wove paper. THIS IS ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES (perhaps as few as five) WITH ALL OF LEROY'S ENGRAVINGS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED BY HAND. Large 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. In the original (lightly worn) board chemise and slipcase. Illuminated copies are of the greatest rarity, and practically never appear on the market.
475p. Drawings by Christopher Simon. Top edge dust spotted. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly soiled with some loss on rear flap. Hardbound. First Edition. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 2
Hector et Henri Durville, sans date - 1912. In-8 broché, 50 pages. Bien complet des 22 planches hors texte. Conférence donnée le 9 décembre 1912 à l'Institut de Recherches psychiques de France. Couverture un peu brunie ainsi que le bord de quelques pages, sans aucune gravité.
Les Ed; du centurion - col. "Le poids du jour" - 1955 - in-_ broché - couverture illustrée - 4 Illustrations NB PP HT - 168 pages = Table - propre
283pp., br.originale, non coupé, bon état
