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Stories: My Transcontinental Trip; The Devil Ship; Beginners Luck; The Egyptian Bone; Worth Their Weight in Gold; The Club-Footed Terror; The Bluenose Skipper; Giraffe; Coronation Day; Lions and Their Ways; The Man with the Harp Again; Sammy the Sea Lion; Marooned in the Lost World. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Dead Men's Diggings - Diamon seekers in British Guiana; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang in the South-West United States (Part 2); Bush Pilots of the Northlands - the far north of Canada and Alaska - photos; The Golden Chain - a delicious story from Malaya by a Quantas engineer; Unlucky Ship - the Ecola; The Silent Killer - a python story; Phases of Life from all over the world - kilometre eight in Venezuela; Stretton's Luck - Gold Prospecting in Sokoto, Nigeria; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover partially loose. A worthy copy. Book
Stories: The Killing of Tucker Peach; Goatneck goes to Meeten; Four Experiences; Pirates; Pickles; A Masai Courtship; San Li; Superstition Gold; The Condor's Next; On Safari in Wonderland; Our Search for the Mayan Treasure; The Odyssey of Captain Jones. Heavily worn. Covers taped to textblock. Book
Features: A Boy in the Bush - a young boy kills wild scrub bulls for bounty in Australia's outback; In the Dark - An Australian is tasked with catching gold thieves in a mine in Southern India; The town that was reborn - Williamsburg, Virginia; The Seaquake - adventure on a voyage from British Honduras to Yucatan; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang (conclusiont) - the worst band of desperadoes to ever trouble the south-western States of America; Frontier Gateway - Peshawar (great photo of a 'walking teashop); The Forgotten Islands - The Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia - several photos; Arctic Derelict - a strange sea-story from the Canadian Arctic; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Pages 221-286 plus 14 pages of ads. Features: Man-Eaters - Indian tigers; The Lost Secret - a lost mine near Visalia, California; The Merepur Mystery - Indian official is an amateur Sherlock Holmes; On the Mexican Border; A Winter Jaunt in Finland - with photos, including woman washing clothes in hole cut in ice; The "Stroaper's" Vengeance - while prospecting for gold in Dutch Guiana; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a famous elephant of Ceylon; The Hunting of "Wild Johnny" - a renegade Australian aborigine; The Diamond Smuggler; Crossed Trails - a tale of fate from the Santa Cruz mountains; The Prize-Fight; The Great Green Eel - three-day ordeal landing a 13.5 foot specimen!; "Fisherman's Luck" - angler's disaster off New Zealand when the launch Manaia is wrecked. Heavily worn. Covers detached but present. A worthy reading copy. Book
Stories: Taming the Beaver; The Fool Afoot in the Baltic; The Snake Man; Two Million Pounds or Nothing;; Ten to One; the Bracelet; Across the Sulu Sea; The Adventures of a Revenue Officer; Mentugi; A Canoe and some Crocodiles; By Night in Singapore. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Features: In Search of the Hairy Frog - An expedition into the little-known interior of the British Cameroons, with photos; The Navy Pay-Roll Robbery - An audacious hold-up in Malta G.C. of a navy van containing a considerable payroll, with photos; Luck of the Game - story from a Gold Coast Prospector; Ozark Excursion - interesting people including a cross-bow hunter; The Lost Mine - Tisingal, in the interior of Panama; The Cowrie Shell - white men usually scoff at the native's faith in charms and amulets; My Friend Bill - a fellow in Australia; House-to-House; Japanese glass net-balls (floats); Brown's Donkey - an incident from the North African Desert; The Rest House - a striking example of premonition from India; and more. Above-average wear. Brown tape secures covers. Book
Features: Operation Sikh - An incident connected with the strange hide-and-seek war now being waged in the steamy jungles of Malaya; A Sailor on Horseback - Jack ashore takes to riding at his peril; Two Miracles - An Army officer's experience in the Western Desert during World War II; Phantom Fortune - the fascinating history of sundry vanished gold-mines in the wilds of British Columbia; Tasmania's Wild West; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy's weird experience in the Badlands of Wyoming; The Figurehead - a story involving the windjammer L'Avenir; Gold Coast Ju-Ju; Box of Tricks - an isolated Army camp in Palestine is cursed with cunning Arab thieves; Personal-Column Crusoes - advice for prospective adventurers; Leturc's Island - Jacques Leturc took over an uninhabited South Sea Island and turned it into a profitable enterprise, only to encounter disaster; Desert Hitch-Hike - 1,200 miles across Northern Africa to catch a steamer; and more. Three inch opening at bottom of cover fold; Somewhat above-average wear. Small opening at top of backstrip. Sound copy. Book
Stories: The Timber Pirates; Among the Lapps; Dockland Vendetta; The Turning Point; Bred in the Bone; The Farm Theives; Drug-Smuggling in Ceylon; Plenty Gold; Good Seamanship; That Mine in Mexico; The Monkey-Man Case; Stratagem. Above-average wear. Name and ink stamp upon front cover. Book
Stories: Liquid Gold; What the Palmist Foretold; Through the Shan States; The King's Ju-Ju; Our Japanese Burglar; Gomez the Killer; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; A Side-Show in Borneo; Fire-Walking in Java; The Queensland Mounted; The Pickle Bottle. Above-average wear. Book
Pages 169-252 + 20 pages of nice ads, Features: Lost in a Cave - three men suffer in a newly-discovered cavern in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky; "Ju-Ju" and its Spell - the notorious city of Benin and the ill-omened "Palace of Blood" where human sacrifice once took place almost daily - article with great photos; The Mountain of Gold - part1 - a trip to Canada; "Tinclad" - a boat constructed of stolen material for a daring prison escape; A Tenderfoot in Canada - part 1 - H.P. Musson ventures across Canada and secures his first job; The "Devil-Leopard" of Poosapally - it killed 30 people; The Uninvited Guest - an Indian Panther tale; The Ming Jar - what happened after a collector purchased a choice example from a temple near Canton; Mazulla and his Sahib - part 2 - an inspiring record from India - with photo of Mazulla and two of his children; In Quest of the "Bearded Boar" - in search of a trophy of this rare species located on an island in the Dutch East Indies; Across North America in a Motor-Boat - conclusion - Triumphant arrival in New York City - article with photos; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
84 pages plus 36 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part I; The Pirates of the "Ethel" - a tale of Australian piracy from 1899; The White Wanderer - my life among the Nomad Arabs - article with nice photos; The Queer Side of Things - My "Hunch" - a cowboy's plain tale of an odd adventure in Nevada; The Mystery of the "Flying Stones" - a weird story related by a South African policeman; The Judge's Joke - Judge Sawicki of Cleveland was anxious to be rid of three drunks; "Slippery Wiley" Scores Again - an illicit gold buyer in Australia; Photo and caption of a 1.5 ton monster sea turtle caught off Lowestoft, on the east coast of England!; Children of the Desert - a first-hand study of the manners and customs of the Navajo Indians - article with nice photos; Hunter's Luck on the Lion Trail - a lion-hunting story from East Africa - with nice photos; Over the Victoria Falls in a Canoe - Trooper Ramsay survived the 420' fall!; The Haunted Cabin - a queer little tale from Maroon Mountain, British Columbia; Man and his Needs; Stamps of the World. Nice full-page ad for Barney's Tobacco inside front cover. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
Pages 170-252, plus 20 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Warden of the Marches; Seeds of Fortune; An Elephant-Poacher's Odyssey; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - part 2; "Denied Admittance" - an Ellis Island Story; The Shrine or Ordam Padshah; The Two Portraits; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - part 2; The Isles of the Arafura; Cave-Hunting in New Mexico; A Rolling Stone. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
394 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Many great black and white photographic plates. "The epic northern adventure of the men who rushed for gold, the workers who toiled in winter storms and thawing muck carving the grade and laying rail, and the ingenious characters who dreamed, schemed, promoted, and finally built the White Pass and Yukon Railway." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
288 p. Illustrated with numerous paintings and photographs, many in color. Pictorial end papers. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped, slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. W2 LStk
283 p. 8vo. 23 cm. Original blue cloth biding, lettered in gold, with a decorative Greek key border in black. Slightly worn at head and tail. The author was a newspaperman and the editor of the Salt L ake City Tribune. His style is a curious blend of the journalistic with the romantic. The scenes move easily between the Comstock Lode, England, and the mines of South Africa. The Comstock Lode was the group of celebrated silver and gold mines near Virginia City, Nevada. Between 1859-1870 it yielded well over 300 million tons of valuable ore. The profits made from the Lode accounted for much of the economic growth of the West in the late 19th century. Wright, American Fiction III (1876-1900), 2206. "The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man" -- Samuel Johnson (1749). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W148
186 pages with index and many colour plates. Previous owner's shiny gold owner's sticker on front cover. Vast properties, countless pieces of priceless jewellery, art treasures, a string of thoroughbred racehorses - these form but a small part of the Windsor fortune. "Andrew Morton's study of the royal loot stands out because it is based on shrewd, honest digging." The Guardian. Book
103 pages. Occassional markings in black ball point pen in text. Believe it or not, there is no more positive, life affirming philosophy than Humanism! No other system of thought and action provides greater freedom and potential for growth for the individual, for society and, indeed, for the world. Those locked in, baffled, held back by traditional faith systems, find in Humanism a way of life that lifts the spirit, frees the soul, enriches the mind, feeds the highest emotions and links humankind in a fellowship of understanding, caring and love. Author shares his perception of the positive virtues of Humanism. Book
Cover illustration depicts a Belgian and Briton meeting at Ostend - free after four years in Hun hands; Through the Tunnel at Last! - by Lovat Fraser; Cambrai Rescued from the Wrecker's Clutches; The Doom of Sergeant Ramroad, by Hamilton Fyfe; Canadian Chariots Gathered to Capture Cambrai; Deliverance & Trophies from Tunnels & Dug-outs; With Belgium's Armies Advancing to Bruges; Freeing the Soil of France of the Invader - Following up the Line of German Retreat; Sending propaganda pamphlets via balloon; Some of the quarter million taken since July - German Prisoners; Hardy Albanian Highlanders help the Allies; The Lighter Side of Flying, by Night-hawk; Where Saint George Smote the German Michael; Woman and the New Society, by W.L. George; Learning and Mercy as Victims of Vile 'Kultur'; Republic or Limited Monarchy? by Frederic William Wile; Shakespeare and the War. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
Bross., cm 27x20, pp 39, 31 tra tavv e ill. b/n.
96 pages. Packed with exciting games and challenging puzzles that will keep you entertained for hours. Choose from games that are ready to play, or ones that you can make yourself with the help of easy to follow instructions. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English. 90 p., color ills. The Turkish gold market. Preface by Serdar Çitak. Contents; Istanbul Gold Exchange.; Turkish jewellery on the pages of history., Metal works throughout the ages., Archaic history of jewellery.; Turkish decoration and ornaments., Turkish decoration and ornaments before Islam, Motifs used by Turks before Islam, Turkish metal works before Islam, The structural techniques of Turkish metal works before Islam, Forging techniques, Casting techniques, Lathing, Riveting and soldering, Techniques of decoration of Turkish netal works before Islam, Chasing techniques, Scraping techniques, Embossing technique, Technique of embassing by mold., Openwork (embroidery), Filigree, Inlay work.; Turkish decoration and ornaments; Anav culture, Aphanasievo culture, Andronovo culture, Karasuk culture, Decoration and accessoriess of the Hans, Decoration and accessoriess of the Kök Turks (Göktürks), Decoration and accessoriess of the Uighurs.; Craft and ornaments of the Anatolian civilization; Çatalhöyük, Trojan, Alacahöyük, Seraglion jewellery during the Ottoman Empire, Gold coin printing during the Ottoman Empire, Demand for gold during the Republican Period, Jewellery in Turkish handicrafts, Field of usage of gold in Turkey, he core of jewellery sector; 'The Grand Bazaar'.; Examples from the Turkish work of jewellery.; Jewellery.; Silver jewellery sector.; Bibliography.
183pp.with ills., 26cm., cloth, dustwrapper, VG, G71591
99 pages. Frontis illustration of author. Originally published in 1906, this simple yet profound work will be of immense interest and value to parents deciding whether or not to homeschool their children. Luther Burbank was and remains the world's champion plant breeder, having single-handedly increased the world's food supply by many percent. In this work he applies his wondrous knowledge of raising plants to the nurture of children. The best-seller "The Secret Life of Plants" refers to this book. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Binding intact with moderate lean to spine. Black textured cloth-covered boards. A sound copy. Book
