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Stories of the Royal Navy's actions. With seven illustrations and five maps. Light blue cloth covers, dark blue title on spine. Foxing on covers and quite heavy on page edges; light wear to cover and spine edges, spine slightly sunned.
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXVII - The Germans in Russian Poland. Fading to periphery of front and back covers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/4"w x 9 1/8"h. Unpaginated. Filled with glossy photos.
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (several full-page) in the text, 3 double-page coloured maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very faintly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel and with one tiny loss at upper edge of rear panel. The dustwrapper carries the first state price of 12s 6d rather than the later 15s. The first edition of Bone's contribution to this wonderful and much sought-after series was published in 1938. This thoroughly revised edition is scarce in its own right, especially in this condition. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 20 fine full-page tinted plates and an illustration in the text; original pictorial wrappers, front wrapper (only) stained, uncut edges a lightly frayed as often else a remarkably crisp, clean copy. Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) created much of his finest work as Official Artist on the Western Front in WWI. The culmination of this period is his striking series of drawings (over 200 in all) published as 'The Western Front' (1916-17). Issued in ten monthly parts, each number contained 20 plates captioned on the facing page with text by C.E. Montague and prefaced by a short introduction by GHQ (it is believed that the introduction to the first part was penned personally by Douglas Haig). The original parts were later combined and sold as two bound volumes (volume one comprising parts 1-5 and volume two parts 6-10). The parts were sometimes loosely themed, e.g. 'Trench Scenery', 'The Battle of Arras', but whatever the subject the best of his work is quite outstanding. '[Bone] brings the contrasts and the anonynimity of that First World War to life in chalk and pencil. Bone was particularly good at observing vast industrial activity and in showing myriad figures from above, a sort of Piranesi in reverse' 'Houfe' (1978). Copies of the original issues are uncommon, especially in this condition. Enser, p.26.
112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. 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: 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: The Kidnapped Crook - The unvarnished facts of the culminating adventure of Clement Passal, alias the 'Marquis de Champaubert"; Unknown waters - a voyage of the Royal Research Ship Discovery II to the unmapped areas of Australian Antarctica; The White Cockerel - A remarkable story of ju-ju from Africa; Monk's Field - a curious story from North Wales; South Sea Fire-Walkers; A Woman Scorned - a story from Tabora; This bone means death - Australian aborigines 'point the bone' to allegedly kill, even at great distances; The Two Sisters - Two Italian Girls play a big part in helping the pro-British Partisans to seize Northern Italy from the Fascists - Else and Nina Gariglio, with photos; and more. Covers loosely attached. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Helpful hints for encampment organization; Sweet summer's roses; A Blackwork Cap; Transfer Ink for Embroidery; Medieval Bookbinding; Period Dolls The Hennin; Book Reviews; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
pp. xvi, 99. Mosher device printed in red on title and limitation pages. Printed on Van Gelder Hand-made paper. Lavender endpapers. Uncut. Inked ownership and presentation to Anne B. Oller, 1925. Small 8vo. Original full lavender paper binding. Spine and front cover with the original printed paper labels. Original slip case. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 900 copies. Third edition. Nice copy. Daniel Henry Holmes, Jr. (1851-1908) was born in New York City, and later lived with his family in New Orleans. In 1852 his father bought a summer home near Covington, Kentucky which they called Holmesdale. The young Holmes spent his summers in Kentucky and his winters in New Orleans. As a young man Holmes moved to Holmesdale and took up the practice of law, in what William S. Ward called, "a desultory fashion." As a poet he took "old tags of nursery rhymes and fashioned out of them some of the tenderest lyrics ever written" - Mosher. Bishop 422.2 PRESS/W39
in-8°, 285 pp., illustrations, dessins et cartes, broche, couverture illustree rabats. Bon état. [SO-1]
Deliziosa raccolta di due incisioni con quattro vedute dell'Arcipelago di Capo Verde da diverse angolazioni. Autore: Bellin, Van der Schley Data: 1750 circa Tecnica: incisione su rame Dimensione della pagina: 28x19 cm, 27,5x20,5 Dimensione dell'incisione: 20x14,5 cm Condizioni: Ottime.