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The Wide World, True Stories of Adventure, June 1922, Vol. 49, No. 290: Cover Illustration of Roy Gardner, The "Smiling Bandit"

Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book

The Wide World Magazine, July 1911 - Across Unknown Labrador - Part III By H. Hesketh Prichard

Pages 210-312 plus 24 pages of ads. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Modern Adam and Eve - Thomas J. Thomas; In Unexplored Brazil - Part II - Dr. Maximus Neumayer; The Would-Be Actors - F. Harris Deans; Life in the Magdalen Islands - W. Lacey Amy; Our Visit to Raisuli - Alan H. Burgoyne, M.P.; The Coolie Smugglers - Percy Walton Whitaker; A Night of Horror - The Rev. Walter P. Dennis; Across Unknown Labrador - Part III - H. Hesketh Prichard; My Adventure in Nicaragua - Major P.M. Sykes; A Midnight Attack - W.E. Priestly; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part IV - Mrs. Fred Maturin; The "Wide World" Globes; The Fete of the Ox - Frederic Lees; The Lost Island - Oliver Matson; Odds and Ends. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: Its Design and Another Decade of Its History. With a Sketch of the Life and Public Services of Charles Butler.

pp. viii, 576 + Portrait Frontis of Charles Butler. XLib from the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary. Penciled ownership of William K. Hall, Newburgh, (NY) Feb. 1900 on title page. Top edge gilt. Large 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding. Extremities rubbed. Remnants of library call letters on spine. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 7

The Twentieth Century: Spring 1962 Vol. 171 No. 1013

This issue titled Private Lives and their public enemies: journalism, the law, television, medicine, secret police, etc. Contributors include J. B. Priestley, Paul Getty, Adam Faith and Brigitte Bardot. 176 pages. Covers have some creases and browning.

The Scorpion Signal

Reprint. 8vo, 223 pages, not illustrated. Very good condition hardback in very good condition dust jacket (creasing to back cover). 39605. eng

The Saturday Evening Post, June 16, 1962 *MARLON BRANDO - MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY*

Features: Let's keep the filibuster, by Hodding Carter; The Kremlin's Persecution of Jews - a firsthand report on the newest campaign inside Russia to stamp out an age-old religion and way of life; The Mutiny of Marlon Brando - how the petulant superstar broke the budget in a marathon remake of Mutiny on the Bounty; Famous people who don't remember me - a veteran Government official's amusing encounters with Winston Churchill and other celebrated figures; People on the way up - Seena Hamilton, discus champ Dave Weill, Nancy Schoonover, bus magnate George Sage; On Trial - Jimmy Hoffa and Adam Clayton Powell, part 2 of 3; How to get along with the Bees; Dinner with the Kennedys - what to expect when you receive Washington's most sought-after invitation, a bid to spend a gala evening at the White House; Radio's Pill Pusher - Carlton Fredericks, self-styled 'foremost nutritionist' has amassed a fortune endorsing vitamins and wonder foods. Average wear. A sound copy. Book

THE PRIMER OF AMERICAN ANTIQUES.

pp. xvi, 271. Illustrated with numerous drawings. XLib. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, worn. ART 5

The Pictorial History of Westminster Abbey

Fine pbk. (Pitkin Pride of Britain Books). 20554. eng

The Orchids of British Columbia - Handbook No. 16

124 pages including indeces, literature list and glossary. Brings together for the first time all the available data concerning our orchids to serve those who are interested in this fascinating group of plants. Includes many excellent black and white illustrations and distribution maps. covers the following: cypripedium, orchis, habenaria, listera, epipactis, cephalanthera, spiranthes, goodyera, malaxis, calypso, corallorhiza. Small tears to top and bottom of spine. Some page corners were folded. Book

The Old-World House Its Furniture & Decoration

Two volumes. Spine with 5 bands, gilt tooling. Both volumes faded down joint of spine and edges of covers. Volume I 307 pages, volume II has 368 pages plus two pages that appear misnumbered 305-307. Index. Signed dedication by author on free endpaper. Heavy books so extra postage for non-UK destinations.

The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct.) 25, 1970 - Richard Ottinger / Ronald Reagan / Militants Who Play with Dynamite are White

132 pages. Features: Adam and Eve cover; Great color fashion ads; Blackglama; Quana ties; Swank cuff links of the world; How to Merchandise an Actor on TV - article with photo of Dick Linke and his star client Andy Griffith.Miracord 770H ad features photo of Doc Severinsen; Alaska fur seal coat by The Fouke Company; Photo of Gomer Pyle (another Dick Linke client) being yelled at by his sergeant (Frank Sutton); Swakara black lamb coat from South Africa; Is Male Dominance a Sexist Plot?; The Militants Who Play with Dynamite - with mush shots of Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Rae Dohrn, Dwight Alan Armstrong and Karleton Lewis Armstrong; Quiet Democratic Senatorial Candidate Richard Lawrence Ottinger; Ronald Reagan is Giving 'Em Heck - photo-illustrated article of Reagan's attempt for a second term as California Governor; Race Relations is Their Business - article with photo of black headhunter (executive search consultant) Richard Harris; Supp-hose socks ad; La Mode ad features four ladies wearing the same purple dress; Excellent Fruit of the Loom two-page color-photo ad features hunky guy in striped tank top lying in grass; Fashion photos of Haute Boutique; Photos of famous home Andalusia on the Delaware; Amazing one-page ad for the Village Voice shows riot cop with baton on top of their reporter while lady restrains cop from rear; Save the Children Federation ad features photo of John and Abby Seymour; Great photo of Bob Hope, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra - all in formal attire - at Reagan fundraiser; Photos of cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova - in training and with her husband and baby daughter; Dewar's Whisky ad features Jackie Rivett. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book

The New York Times Magazine, January 25, 1959 - Cover Photo of Armed Israeli Shepherdess Givona Zuri of Kibbutz Gonen at the Syrian Border

76 pages. Features: Five Basic Problems of Education, by Fred M. Hechinger; Where Airmen Become Missle Men - Vandenberg Air Force Base - with many photos; Somerset Maugham - "Free Man" at 85 - article with photos; Organization Man, Russian-Style - the 21st Communist Party Congress; First Line of Defence For Israel - pioneers of the kibbutzim guard the nation - article with photos; They Still Acclaim Puccini and Melody - on his centenary, audiences are still moved by the intensely human operas of Giacomo Puccini; Medico (Medical International Co-operation) at work with Palestinian refugees; From Adam to T.R. - Currier & Ives Exhibition; Sidney Poitier - a "Defiant One" Becomes a Star; Angels of Anzio - Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Army nurses proved their volor on the Italian beachhead; Nice color centerfold ad for Lord & Taylor; Nice full-page color-photo ad for Macy's; One Equals Two - flipping clothing inside out to create a second costume; Striking the Right Note - home fashion; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Libby's tomato juice is definitely from the 1950s!; Israel Government Tourist Office full-page color photo ad features Gen. Yigael Yadin, Director of the James A. de Rothschild Archaeological Expedition; Gwen Verdon; Domingo's Hideaway - Trujillo's Dominical Republic draws a large share of the ex-dictator trade - Juan Peron, Gen. Fulgencio Batista, etc.; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Six-inch opening atop front cover. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Including The Marginal Readings And Parallel Texts. Understanding Of The Sacred Writings By Adam Clarke. New Edition, Improved Complete In One Volume.

pp. 455, 546 + Folding frontis map. Double column. Very browned. Large thick 8vo. 255 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Hardbound. Good. Adam Clarke (1760?-1832) was a British Methodist theologian and biblical scholar, was born near Tobermore in Northern Ireland. He is chiefly remembered for writing this commentary on the Bible which took him 40 years to complete and which was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries. PAIMP 20

The New Liberty Magazine, May 31, 1947 - Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? / Good News for Ulcer Sufferers

50 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book

THE LITERARY SNAIL.

np. Text printed on pale blue paper. 8vo. Original full wraps, printed in red and string tied. Wraps beginning to brown at edges. A collection of poems which include snails. First printing of James Guthrie's poem "The Snail". Nice copy of a gentle humorous selection printed by the Periwinkle Press. CPHAM/W71C1

The Illustrated London News (ILN) Magazine, September 11, 1954 - Dr. E.D. Adrian Addresses the Opening of the British Association in Oxford

Pages 389-440. Features: River Shannon air disaster - photo of the plane and survivors after a Super Constellation airliner, Triton, of K.L.M. crashed into the estuary killing 28; Two pages of photos of the star aircraft flown at Farnborough; Photos of personalities in the news include Commodore Adriaan Viruly - captain of the crashed KLM airliner, Dr. Alfred Cox, the Italian team which climed K-2, and Lady MacRobert; Photos of St. Clement Danes which is to be restored; Two pages of wonderful photos of life in the remote regions of New Guinea, including a precious photo of a white infant smiling up at a native adorned in full local dress; Two pages of photos of the disastrous hurricane which struck the U.S. Atlantic coast - scenes during and after, including the falling steeple of Boston's Old North Church; Nice centerfold cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. Daring and her sister-ships; 17th century illustrations of Goa by an early traveller; Royal engagements in Scotland and Ontario - the opening of Sir Adam Beck Niagara Generating Station No. 2 at Niagara Falls; The British Association - photos of leading figures and guests; Last voyage of the Canadian Pacific liner 'Empress of Canada' which burned and sunk on January 25th; Tire fire on an Elizabethan Air-liner upon touchdown in London; Photo of U-505 which is to be transported to Chicago; Italian statue called "The Christ of the Deep"; Nice colour one-page ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics features saxophone; Nice colour ad for Double Diamond on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book

THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND. Especially In Relation To The History Of Israel And Of The Early Church. With Six Maps. Fifteenth Edition.

pp. xxvii, 713 + Four color folding maps and one full page monochrome map. The 'General Map of Palestine' usually in a rear pocket does not seem to be present here. Stamped ownership of Nelson R. Sulouff, Scotland, on title page. Small 4to. Original full green cloth binding. Spine repaired with clear tape. Fifteenth edition. Maps in nice condition. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 4

The Great Pyramid. A Scientific Revelation. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations, charts and diagrams (a number folding), neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. With 4pp catalogue of the author's works at end. Privately printed by the author in extract from his larger study 'Israel-Britain'. This work retains the priginal pagination, and includes tables of Hebrew chronology from the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land 1454-1453 BC to the end of the Roman War AD 73. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine - January 1901

Pages 1-58. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; The Woman's Club of Penacook; The First American Colony in Cuba - Neuvitas - great article with photos; Bygones - Some Things not Generally known in the history of Northfield; The English Guild System; The Statement of Adam More; Harry Bingham as a Schoolmaster; Poems; Nice full-page photo ad for the First National Bank in Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire Necrology. Moderate wear. Piece missing from lower corner of page one - contents unaffected. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine

The Geographical Journal, LXXXIII 4. - April 1934

Pages viii + 256-352. Two fold-out maps at back: Rhodesia - Congo Boundary, Peake, Libyan Desert - Routes of Capt. Orde Wingate, 1933 and previous explorers. Map of The Old and New Rhodesia-Congo Boundaries near Elisabethville at page 266. Features: Douglas Freshfield, 1845-1934, by Dr. T.G. Longstaff; Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary - with fourteen black and white photos, by Lieut.-Colonel E.R. L. Peake; In Search of Zerzura - with six black and white photos, by Lieutenant Orde Wingate; Saxton's Survey of Northern England, by Gordon Manley; The First Sighting of Australia by the English, by Ida Lee; Moving Swamps in Ceylon - with two black and white photos, by W.G. Adam; The Carte Du Monde Au Millionieme, by Colonel Sir Charles Close; Obituary of Francis Henry Hill Guillemard; and more. Only external mark is a library stamp upon front cover. Similar stamps to back of fold-out Rhodesia map, upon photo at page 286, atop pages 295 and 311, and upon photo at page 322, Small bar code sticker atop page i. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book

The decorative work of Robert Adam. London 1973. 4to. 294 S. Mit 183 Abb. u. 1 Farbtaf. Orig.-Leinenbd. - Freitag 43.

The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. Fifth Edition. NEAR FINE COPY

8vo., Fifth Edition, with frontispiece, plates, 112 coloured plates of tartans and large folding coloured map at end; red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.

The Architectural Record, Vol, XLVII, No. 6, June 1920, Serial No. 261 - The Model for the Bahai Temple, Chicago

481-560, [12] index, 178 ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: Some Principles of Small House Design, Part VIII - Interiors (continued); The Model for the Bahai Temple, Chicago - Louis J. Bourgeois, Architect; The Argonne Cemetery of the A.E.F. at Romagne-sous-Mont-faucon, France; The Guardian Savings and Trust Company's Building, Cleveland, Ohio - Walker & Weeks, Architects; English Interior Decoration, Part XV - The Adam Period; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Very faint library stamp to front cover. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book

The Antique Collector Magazine, October 1969 / November 1969

Features: The Role of the Expert; Charlecote Park - The Warwickshire Seat of the Lucy Family; Watches with Unusual Dials; Treasures of Islamic Pottery - A Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition; Robert Adam - Perfectionist - a Furniture Pilgrimmage to Osterley; The English Silver Butter Knife - fresh light on its introduction and origin; The Brothers Jorden - an Important Find of a Royal Profile Miniature Group; Royal Gift of William III; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine