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195986387New York: Wiley 1959. Gebunden. Wiley unknown
193145971Wien: Internat. Psychoanalyt. Verlag 1931. Gebunden. Internat. Psychoanalyt. Verlag unknown
1704Goettingen: Musterschmidt. kart. Musterschmidt unknown
6494Koeln: Greven. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Greven unknown
195652647London: Chatto & Windus 1956. 2 volumes 8vo pp. lvi 211 1; vi 213-462; color portrait frontispiece 2 folding maps 15 color plates from watercolors by Thomas Baines and Dr. John Kirk and another color plate from a lithograph by T. Picken; fine in original red cloth stamped in gilt dust jackets that on volume I with a small chuck out at the top of the spine. Volume I: Journals. Volume II: Journals continued Letters and Dispatches. Issued as no. 9 in the Central African Archives Oppenheimer Series. Chatto & Windus unknown
22561LEWES GEO. P. BACON. 1865. FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. VERY GOOD REBOUND WITH ORIGINAL SPINE AND BLIND-STAMPED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS SMALL STAIN ON FRONT BOARD CORNERS BUMPED CONTENTS CLEAN. ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLE GLUED TO FRONTISPIECE VERSO AND ENDPAPERS. ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. TO THE REAR OF THE BOOK IS A LONG INK INSCRIPTION 1931 BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER MARY LOUISA ROW MAKING REFERENCE TO THE FAMILILY HISTORY AND MENTIONING THE NAMES OF ROWE MAYNARD OF MAYFIELD AND JOHN EDWARDS WHO WAS HIGH SHERIFF IN 1744. ALSO MENTION OF WHITFELD SIR THOMAS MAY OF THE OLD PALACE AND JUDGE SIR JOHN JEFFERAY. LEWES, GEO. P. BACON. 1865 hardcover
198244516Boston: Houghton 1982. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Houghton unknown
188744761San Francisco: History Company Publishers 1887. First edition. first printing First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. A two volume set 749 and 772 pages respectively volume 2 with index. Recent rebinding of tan half leather over marbled paper covered boards with paper title labels on the spine. New endpapers. Small library stamps on the title pages. An about very good set. <br/> <br/> History Company, Publishers hardcover
198586441London: Sidgwick Jackson 1985. kart. Sidgwick + Jackson unknown
22023LONDON THE FOLIO PRESS 1989. A FINE COPY - BOUND IN FEINCANVAS CLOTH WITH MOIRE SILK SIDES HAND-MARBLED ENDPAPERS. INTRODUCTION BY A L ROWSE. 62 PAGES. LONDON, THE FOLIO PRESS, 1989 hardcover
021647London: Hutchinson & Co. London: Hutchinson & Co. no publication date. Bound in maroon leather decoration in blind with additional elaborate decoration and titles in gilt 2 volumes complete. 911 pp. Illustrated with 14 coloured plates and 492 reproductions in black and white including many unique photographs of recent discoveries. Harry Johnston was a British explorer botanist artist colonial administrator and linguist who traveled widely in Africa and spoke many African languages. Colour frontispieces. All edges speckled. Top edge soiled. Edge and corner wear. A few pages have repaired worm holes that do not affect text. Hinges sound. No writing inside. Very good. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to. Hutchinson & Co. Hardcover
2006016492Portsmouth NH: Bonhams & Butterfields 2006. This is a very good two volume softcover set complete with just light wear. Generally clean inside and out but some prices marked. These are sale catalogs for an auction held by Bonhams & Butterfields in Portsmouth New Hampshite on October 12 2006. Sale number: 14627. Part 1: Arms and Militaria 534 lots. Part 2: Militaria and Americana 534 lots. Most lots illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide 197 & 183 pages. Heavy books foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Bonhams & Butterfields Paperback
010448New York: Dodd Mead & Company Hardcover orignal publisher's pictorial gray-blue cloth. Cover and spine stamped in silver and black depicting native people and a camel occupying an oasis backed by dunes. 280pp. Index. Illustrated with 8 full page engraved plates. Most likely the second edition of this title first published in 1883. This copy dates from the mid 1890's with brief gift inscription on endpaper dated Feb 1898. The original printing contained 3 maps and 45 plates. This reprint contains all 8 illustrations called for. A clean square unmarked copy in an attractive publisher's cloth binding. Cloth slightly browned on backstrip and there is a very short 2mm closed tear to head of spine. Silver lettering and stamping still bright. A very good copy of a very scarce edition of this classic tale of life among the Kunama tribe. A year after its appearance the author was killed by a wounded elephant on another African adventure. . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
198711053Camden SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Dark Brown Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick octavo a bit larger than standard size. Gilt design and lettering on spine with gilt lettering on cover. All pages edges gilt. Some shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. 359 p. w/color illustrations map. A nice reprint of Harris's 4 month expedition in north-east South Africa with much information on Boers hunting and the native peoples. It was frist published in India under the title NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO SOUTHERN AFRICA then given the current title and re-published in England. <br/><br/> African Collection series - Briar Patch Press hardcover
193042967New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1930. First edition. first printing First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Extended title reads: "A Story of the Grizzly and Big Brown Bears of Alaska Their Habits Manners and Characteristics Together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey." 417 pages with photographs. Map endpapers. Near fine in near very good dust jacket with some chipping and several tears. <br/> <br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
2005237634teNeues 2005. Hardcover Leinen mit Schutzumschlag Großformat Mit einer Zueignung von Rolf Sachs im Vorsatz. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut. teNeues, hardcover
1919123G4355London: George Newnes Ltd. 1919. Book. Illus. by Wood Stanley L.; Reynolds Warwick; Bates L.; Peddie Tom. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Tiger-Hunting Adventures in India; Adventures of Newspaper-Man Frederic Martyn part 2; Canada's New Wonderland - new railway in the neighbourhood of the Yellowhead Pass runs from Edmonton to Prince Rupert - article with great photos; The Raid - author brings down a Gotha; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part 4 - major article of times spent in China with many fascinating photos including a 3-year-old couple engaged to be married!; Choking An Alligator; In a Cauldron of Fire; Lost in a Limestone Cave; Treed by a Leopard - a missionary's story of a Chinese farmer's terrible predicament; Through Holland in a Canal Boat - article with lovely photos; The Winter Tragedy of the Yellowstone - Corporal Thomas M. Connery recounts the life of the Yellowstone Mounted Police and the nerve-wracking monotonous life of the winter guard which led to a terrible tragedy; Photo of the smallest boot in the world; The Catching of "Black Abyss" - involves Australian horseman Harry Pitt; The Fatal Curve - rail coach goes down an embankment; A Fateful Night - adventures in the west - where revolvers settled disputes and vigilance committees made quick work of trials; My Experiences in the "Black Republic' - wild tales from Haiti Hayti "where complete savagery has been permitted until even recent years; My Adventures with African Wild Dogs - savage and cunning creatures of which little is known; The Bushranger - adventures involving a crook in the Australian goldfields; The "Water Trees" of the Soudan - the amazing Tebeldi tree - article with photos; Photo of large fruit tree being gassed beneath a large canvas to kill pests; Interesting back cover ad for Haywood's Tire Surgery features illustrations of Richard A. Oldham of Illinois and E.T. Buchmann of Chicago. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. George Newnes, Ltd. Paperback
1898346H3096London: George Newnes Limited 1898. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga King of Uganda illustrated article; The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. George Newnes, Limited Paperback
1961123G3834London: George Newnes Ltd. 1961. Book. Illus. by Colvin Neville; O'Hanlan Brian; Phillips Edwin; Gray Reg; Longaron Jorge; MacGillivray Robert; O'Hanlan Brian;. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pages 59-116 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: Four Lives for One - a tale from Algeria; Too Much Rope - Canadian Criminal Norman "Red" Ryan - article with photo; Why They Named it Mount Podolsky - how Canadian George Podolsky saved the lives of three men there after a plane crash - article with photos and illustrations; Death in Sixty-Five Minutes - a snake bite in India; The Greatest Golden Hoard - Incas El Sangay and Dr. Kurt von Ritter - illustrated article with photo of Dr. von Ritter; Half-Pint Savage - a tale of a wolverine on the Alaska Peninsula; Abo in the Iron Lung - the curing of an Australian Aborigine; Thracian Pays a Dividend - a tale of marine salvage; Girl Pear Divers Amas of Japan - brief article with lovely photos; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. George Newnes Ltd. Paperback
1923346H5244New York: The International News Company 1923. Book. Illus. by Elcock Howard; Woodville R. Caton; Prater E.; Pears Charles; Holloway W.H.; Cleaver Reginald; Hiley Francis G.; Soper G.; De Walton John; Wigfull W.E.; Prater E.; Pears Charles; Holloway W.H.; Cleaver Reginald; Hiley Francis G.; Soper G. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads many illustrated. Features: A Soldier of Fortune - a story smuggled in bits from a French prison part 1; A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part I - Mrs. Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish - article with photos; The Election at Rodeo - an account of the happenings at a town in Argentina on the occasion of the Presidential election of 1914; The Search for the Grosvenor Treasure - an account of the wreck of the Grosvenor on the lonely coast of Pondoland South Africa and operations of seekers of her sunken treasure of precious metals and stones - with photos; The Terror of the Terai - the story of one of the most remarkable elephant hunts on record - a twelve days' chase after a man-killing 'rogue'; Photo of a Venetian funeral; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - the humourous travels of a huband and wife with their donkey part 4; Across the Pacific in a Chinese Junk - Captain George Ward and his voyage from Amoy China to Victoria British Columbia - article with photos one of which includes Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford aboard the vessel; Forgotten - the terrible experience of a young surveyor off the coast of Trinidad; The Witching of the M'Bumbo - a tale of native witchcraft and trial by ordeal in Nigeria; Our Unlucky Day - an account of a series of disasters which struck a steamer the S.S. Z_____ in the Gulf of Mexico; The Village of the Greeks - visit to a tiny hamlet in the Sicilian Mountains - with photos; The Gower Affair - a story of black magic at Porto Lokkoh on the West Coast of Africa. Above-average wear. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. The International News Company Paperback
1927346H5258New York: The International News Company 1927. Book. Illus. by Holloway Cyril; Illingworth L.G.; Goss G.W.; Leigh Conrad; Cleaver Reginald; Prater Ernest; Potts Leonard; Vedder S.H.; Soper G.; York W.G. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
1957346H2551London: The Wide World 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails with cover illustration - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. The Wide World Paperback
1941123a7393London: George Newnes Limited 1941. Book. Illus. by Cuneo T.T.; Prater Ernest; Crombie Charles; Carruthers G.P.; Soper George; Tresilian S.; Nicolson W.C. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pages 353-418. Features: On the Grand Bank; "By Water in the Desert"; The Man Who Rememered; "Old Man Crag"; Phases of Life; My Adventures in "German South-West"; Short Stories; Forbidden Frontier - adventure along the Russia-Finland border involving a scientist who escaped from a Soviet prison camp; Dr. Weston's Marlin fishing adventures; The Cat; Advertising for a Wife; Man and His Needs; and more. Covers separated from textblock but present. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. George Newnes Limited Paperback
1957346H2549London: The Wide World 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article with cover illustration about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention - melons of the Bhelwah plantation in north Bihar are being destroyed by a bull antelope which the Hindus consider a sacred nilgai; The Forest Glade Murders - photo-illustrated article from Northern Rhodesia; Captain Mitchell's Last Fight - his schooner spots a U-boat in 1942 article with photo of the U-boat; The Incredible Snake Man - "Professor" Morrisey deliberately exposed himself to venomous snake bites in Africa; Black Death - a wolf terrorizes farmers and livestock near Kamloops B.C.; Eggs for the Prisoner - the author was accused of smuggling and imprisoned without food or drink in a cabin of a stifling Pakistani river steamer; March Macabre - horrific ant attacks while obtaining WWII rubber in Ecuador; Britain's Unmapped Outpost - St. Kilda; Trouble at Thirty Fathoms - something goes wrong while welding underwater in a fast-flowing Papua New Guinea river; Killer Turned Preacher - last instalment of "West to Adventure" the thrilling story of the life of "Jack" Letheby trapper prospector and professional gambler; The Squaw's Curse - Marie was the prettiest girl in the Spalumcheen tribe near Kamloops British Columbia; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. The Wide World Paperback
1925123G4370London: George Newnes Ltd. 1925. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover; Leigh Conrad; De Walton John; Rogers Stanley; Skelton J.R.; Prater E.; Wood Stanley L.; Brock H.M.; Lane H.; Robinson H.H.; Eyles D.C. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 266-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Poll Chunk's Son - a story from the hills of Kentucky; The Ivory Raiders - part 1 of a tale fromm the Turkanaland district of Central Africa on the western shores of Lake Rudolf where Major H. Rayne deals with Swahili elephant poachers and Turkana warriors; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - a mysterious Fijian monster; In the Wilds with a Camera - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson take photos in the interior of British East Africa; The Land Sharks - criminal buying and selling of land in Canada; In Quest of the Unknown - part 3 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' adventures amoung the Chucunaque Indians; James Watson - Human Tiger - a remarkable American crime; An Eviction in Patagonia - a rich man attempts to drive away the cattle of a squatter; My Jungle Jaunts - part 1 of an Englishwoman's experiences in Burma with nice photos; The Blue Powder - bewitching a District Commissioner in Nigeria; The Sea-Villages of Humboldt's Bay - photo-illustrated article on this Dutch New Guinea area; The Mad Jackal - how a homesick Pathan soldier in Mesopotamia got himself sent back to India; Imprisoned in a hollow tree - Harry Comstock spent horrible days and nights inside a tree in Bexar County Texas; The Tiger I didn't Get - Movie star Tom Mix recounts an adventure that befell him while tiger-shooting in Bengal; Nice one-page General Electric ad with illustration of new street lighting in Nagoya Japan; One-page photo-illustrated ad for Hobart Bradstreet of Chicago. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. George Newnes, Ltd. Paperback