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4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout, and front and rear endpaper maps; original laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured title-vignette, numerous coloured reproductions and full-page plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy.
Mm 170x240 Brossura editoriale di pp.152 con 27 tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo. Opera in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
covers plastic protected; library bound; library sticker on spine and inside cover; library plate on FEP; library stamp on title page; text and illustration tight and bright Ex-Library
190x240 Saggi di critica d'arte a cura di Carlo L. Ragghianti. Brossura editoriale di pp. 189+157 illustrazioni in bianco e nero su tavole fuori testo. Alcune sporadiche fioriture, in buono stato per il resto. firma d'appartenenza alla guardia. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
4to., with very numerous coloured and monochrome plates; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
xxiv, 256-320 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Lucia, Windward Islands; The Death-Patrol - strange R.C.M.P. manhunt in Canada's far north after a murder on Moskeet Island; The Tobacco Farmers - three youngsters put their combined savings into an abandoned farm in North Queensland - article with photos; The Jewelled Cross - a strange story of buried treasure; Photo of New Zealand's "Bottle House"; The Stowaway; The Tale of a Shirt - what happened when an African 'bush-boy' acquired a taste for European clothing; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - photo-illustrated article on a daily phenomenon at a hilltop temple in Tirrukalikundram in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - a rousing sea story told by the host of a village inn on the south coast; The Wai Wai Indians of the interior of British Guiana - article with eight photos; The Delectable Island - the isle of Re lies in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - an inexplicable performance witnessed in Malaya; Australian Treasure Trove - the wealth awaiting lucky finders in the Australian wilds; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
Oversize. 15 p., illus. w/ 48 color plates. Hardcover Very good condition good
84 pages. Features: Bell 212 Helicopter in Newfoundland; Brun - RCMP Horses in Alberta; Hidden Liquor Well; Cree Tattooing; Bootleg Fish - Nova Scotia; The Alberta Provincial Police; Robbery or Mischief in Haney, B.C.; Constable John Clisby; Arrested German POWs; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details black out atop title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Das Werk beschreibt über 1400 Gemälde und Zeichnungen der Jahre 1790-1816 in chronologischer Reihenfolge.
16 planches en couleurs hors texte et en noir dans le texte, une bibliographie, des notes, des informations par de grands spécialistes et critiques de notre temps. ÉTAT NEUF.
Special triple issue. 104 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Billy Barker - he hit the mother lode; Last Voyage of the Tonquin, March 25, 1811; Miser's Hoard - Silas K. Vandermark; Policing the Rails - B.C. Provincial Police Constable Fred Emmott; Steamboat in the Rapids - the Maid of the Mist shoots the rapids below Niagara Falls, June 6, 1861; Murder at Beaver Pass - black barber Wellington Delaney Moses helps solve murder case; Grafton Tyler Brown - Black Artist of the West; Father Rondeault's Butter Church - St. Ann's Church on the Cowichan native reserve near Duncan on Vancouver Island; The Life and Death of the Davis-Humphries Hotel - Augusta Twp., Ontario; Leechtown's $40,000 Cache - on Vancouver Island's Leech River; Dead Man's Gold - a tale from up the Stewart River; The Evil-Tempered Explorer - Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N.; Memories of Mount Sicker - its copper prompted development of two major mines, a railway, and three small townsites; Cariboo Memories of Constance Pettijohn; The Ghost of Walt Whitman, and Ontario's Bon Echo Rock; Haida Chief Koyah's War; The Tragedy of the American Buffalo; Buffalo are moved to the future Banff National Park; Sod House Earns Pioneer's Respect; The Last Great Indian Battle - it became a slaughter when the Cree made a rush for the river; Twenty-six Years With the B.C. Provincial Police - Constable Jack Williams retired in 1949 (several drops of soiling and slight moisture exposure to this story). Unmarked with moderate soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Parris, Leslie et al: Constable Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings. Exhibition: London, Tate Gallery, 1976. 204pp with 16 colour plates and 354 monochrome illustrations. Wrappers. 30x22cms. Parris, Leslie et al: Constable. Paintings, watercolours and drawings. London: Tate Gallery, 1976. 204pp with 16 colour plates and 354 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, 30x22cms.Chronological study of over 300 paintings, watercolours and drawings. With biographical summaries and list of works exhibited. . Parris, Leslie et al: Constable. Paintings, watercolours and drawings. London: Tate Gallery, 1976. 204pp with 16 colour plates and 354 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, 30x22cms.Chronological study of over 300 paintings, watercolours and drawings. With biographical summaries and list of works exhibited.
Parris, Leslie and Ian Fleming-Williams: Lionel Constable. Exhibition: London, Tate Gallery, 1982. 111pp with 4 colour plates and 75 monochrome illustrations. Paperback. 21x21cms. Describes and illustrates 71 paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photographs, with chronology, selection of letters. Describes and illustrates 71 paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photographs, with chronology, selection of letters
Noon, Patrick: Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics. Exhibition: London, Tate Britain, 2003. 296pp with 193 colour and 18 monochrome illustrations. Wrappers, 30x24cms. Constable, Turner, Corot, Géricault, Ingres, Bonington and Delacroix are among those artists who feature in this exhibition, which investigates artistic exchange between France and Britain during the period of High Romanticism, from approximately 1816 to 1837, when Queen Victoria came to the throne. Constable, Turner, Corot, Géricault, Ingres, Bonington and Delacroix are among those artists who feature in this exhibition, which investigates artistic exchange between France and Britain during the period of High Romanticism, from approximately 1816 to 1837, when Queen Victoria came to the throne. Text in English
76 pages. Features: Dealer profile of R.G. Perkins and Son - Robert Gordon Perkins and his son Sheldon; The Stained Glass of William Morris - a Vancouver collector profile; Ron McLean of Waddingtons; Creatures and spirits coalesce in the art of Bill Reid, by Doris Shadbolt; Preserving our Paper Heritage - evaluation and disposal of treasures, part 2, by Katherine McIntyre; Is it a Constable? - the mystery of 'Scene of Woods and Water', by Paul A. Hachey; Outport Furniture - Newfoundland heritage in a Hamilton home, by Leslie Fink; Caring for Works on Paper - Part IV - Care of Watercolours, by Thea Jirat-Wasiutynski; Depression Glass, by Linda Parker; Harlan House - Ceramist, by Gloria Hickey; Silken Velvets - a Venetian collection of antique fabrics, by Ileana Chiappini Di Sorio; Mysterious "Girl-in-a-Swing', by Simon Jones; Farewell auction of Lukannon 's Antiques of Saint John, New Brunswick - dispersal of the fine stock of Mrs. Rupert Wainman-Wood; At the Shows. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Bits of clear tape on front cover. Book
Features: Nutworking - sharing our experiences; The passing of Dee Snyder; A miniature weaving studio; John Constable preserves the history of the English Cottage; Small Wonders II - Kips Bay Club's full scale decorators repeat a big success on a small scale; Shannon Moore; The Dollhouse Museum of the Southwest; Finishing the Interior of the Airplane Cafe; The Bride of 1900; Microcrafting - Three Chinese Accents; A Kitbashed Trunk and a way to build bricks without straw; A Glow in the dark Mobile; Tin Cookie Cutters; Along the Mall XVIII - Kiddy Care; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
This listing consists of pages 1-12 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Hitler smashes revolt; Death of mountaineer Alex H. Dalgleish; Pioneer and Bralorne mines in B.C. may rival famous South African workings; Bones of Cougar Ike found near Nitnat?; White fishermen push seven Japanese fish boats out of Bull Harbor and warn them not to return; Merrit Indians sentenced to hang for Murder of Indian department constable F.H. Gisborne - with photos of Richardson George, Eneas George and Alex George; Editorial page; City and District News page; Social pages; Entertainment page; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
Features: The Voice of Afwi - the Toma tribe of Lower Guinea in Africa by Hugo Charteris (continued in a later issue); The Sabotaged Derelict - a tale from a Coast Guard officer on America's eastern seaboard; Little People of the Snows - Penguins (nice photos); Only Two Came Home - Fierce shark attacks documented; The Navy to the Rescue - an event which earned the author, Admiral Lord Mountevans, the only gold medal ever awarded by Lloyds; I was kidnapped by a runaway killer - Walter Boyd James in Penticton , British Columbia - the murder of Constable Geoffrye Ashton aboard the lake steamer S.S. Okanagan; The Curse of Kaimakam - troubles for the El Habr Arabs; Descent from Danger - Part II of "I'll Climb Mount Everest Alone" by Dennis Roberts; Treasure Islands of the Atlantic - where pirates buried their booty; The Manatee; and more. Backstrip open at places else clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
Stories: Adventure Ahoy; A Deal in Diamonds; Pattern for Blitzkrieg; Fairy Godfather; The House of Death; Fish and Chips; How I Won My Horse; The Lone Star Kid; The Promotion of Constable Sidi; The Battle of Santiago; The Crocodile-Charmers of Java; The Stolen Telluride. Above-average wear. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: Gurkha Soldier - the author served with the Gurkha's throughout the late war; Canada's Cat-Swings - Cat trains are used to transport supplies over huge distances in Canada's north; Shark Bait - Elephant Graveyards; The Interventor Gets Busy - reprint of the 1934 story of the author who was sent to Peru to secure possession of some mines which had been illegally seized; V.G.I. - the author, C.A. Chard, had an undersea career of 30 years; The Bungalow - story from a little Indian rest house; Salmon-Fishing in Bering Sea - Interesting glimpses of the salmon-packing industry in Alaska, with photos; British Courage - fire aboard the British Courage which was carrying nine thousand tons of oil; The Smoke-Signal - a story from and Australian mounted constable; and more. Small openings along back strip. Average wear. Binding intact. Book