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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. 96 pages plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Nice ad by Spiegel, May, Stern Co. inside front cover; The Johannesburg Motor Bandits - One of the most remarkable episodes in the annals of crime in South Africa - the wholesale murder of Police Officers - Robert Ward Jackson, John Maxim, Carl Neze - many great photos; Crapsey, the Sky-Worker - he loses his fear of working at heights; Some Adventurous Small-craft Voyages as told by Captain J.A. Nilsson who made a specialty of taking tiny vessels across the oceans - with photos; What Happened on the Omul - Walter Muston, his wife and a little girl experience a disaster while mountain climbing in the Carpathians - with many photos; "Pussy" - Mariner John William Nylander relates what happened when he saved two kittens from their watery graves and brought them aboard; Our Travels in Safari-Land/British East Africa - IV - by Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porth) - many great photos; Out of a Death Trap - British Missionary Rev. A. Forder rescues a party of Americans from the fierce Bedouin Arabs of Moab - with many excellent photos; The Majesty of the Law - Prohibition laws result in ludicrous events in Kansas; The Wanderings of an Entertainer - Mr. Robert Ganthony; Nice Columbia Grafonola ad; Nice color ad for Vose player pianos on back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with 16 plates, a full-page map in the text and front endpaper map; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published in the same year as the first edition. F`ields & Devenish 35 (recording the first edition).
135184aafParis, Chez Didot, M. DCC. XLVI (1746), in-8vo, 2 ff. + 360 p. + 10 planches dont 6 grandes cartes dépl., reliure en veau de l’époque, dos à cinq nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, bel exemplaire.
1741PHO-2241Amsterdam, chez Jean Catuffe, 1741-43, 3 vol. in-12(170x100mm), 2ffnch., xiii-5ffnch(table) 428pp -1ffnch ,8ffnch – 262pp, 10ffnch-320pp., relié plein veau époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec pièce de titre et tomaison, tome 1 reliure différente. Coins usés, coiffes arasées avec petit manque au dos tome 2, mouillure claire en marge (T1), en coin (T2), page de titre presque détachée (T2), ex-libris manuscrit au tome 1 « Duplat de Monticourt »
1902003010Arthur L Humphreys 1902. 194 266 274pp illus index maps plans detailed record of the work of the hospitals in the Boer War. Firmly bound. The 3 volumes bound in a single volume. Original cloth laid on rebound boards. Library stamps internally but no external markings. Fold-out photos and illus in very good condition. Wear to corners of boards. Very heavy. Scarce first edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. Arthur L Humphreys Hardcover
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1806PHO-1285Dentu, Imprimeur - Libraire, Paris, 1806, 2 volumes in-8 , x-310pp. ,2ffnch.-312pp. ,illustré de 8 cartes dépliantes , relié plein cuir époque , dos lisse avec pièce de titre rouge et tomaison noire , tranches mouchetées bleues , coupes et coins usés , début de fentes , rares rousseurs , frottements.
1857156401857 London Murray, John. 1857,(X) -687 p.. Édition originale (second tirage ?), de ce qui est probablement le plus célèbre de tous les livres d'exploration de l'Afrique.Relation de la première grande expédition (1853-56), durant laquelle il explora le Zambèze et les chutes Victoria. L'un des plus importants livres d'exploration de l'Afrique de tout le XIXe s., par l'un des plus grands explorateurs de tous les temps.- Folding print of the Victoria Falls ( portrait, and a further 45 plates and maps (J.Arrowsmith) All plates present as called for. original (Brown) blindstamped cloth, spine with gilt lettering, Title very.used,very acceptable. See: Abbey Travel: 347. Gay: 3034 First Edition Cloth Large 8Vo Good,Photo et description sur demande.Picture and description upon request. reliure plein chagrin tabac tres frottée,dos usé,fente charniere,texte frais correct,
190329109Durban South Africa 1903. Five photographs of Zulu people that are numbered and captioned in white at the bottom. <br /> Titles include: A Zulu Man with his Wives; Zulu Children - the Younger enjoying a Mealie; An Eligible Zulu Girl; A Challenge; the last image is of 3 men and 3 women caption is faded but has something to do with Zulu attire. Photographers are Bradley J Wallace J.E.M. and Middlebrook. <br /> <br /> 5 photos 5 7/8 x 8" evidence of glue on verso o/w vgc. unknown
1905007286Washington: War Department Government Printing Office 1905. Two original publications from the War Office in Washington bound together in a modern green cloth binding. Photo by email on request. The first is the Boer War publication of 1905 243pp incl indexand 4 fold-out maps at rear. The second is the July 1901 publication "Reports on Military Operations in South Africa and China. This includes numerous fold out coloured maps including one very large map of South Africa at the rear. Apart from a small area of wear to one of the page edges the book and contents are in remarkably good condition. Very scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. War Department Government Printing Office Hardcover
Roy. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with a fine coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 11 plates (5 large and folding) in monochrome, and 13 illustrations in the text, black endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original cloth, sides with double frame border enclosing corps badge elaborately blocked all in gilt, back gilt extra, gilt top, bevelled edges, uncut, a very good, bright, firm copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES). This copy was formerly in the library of Conwyn Mansel-Jones who won the Victoria Cross in South Africa on 27 February 1900. He went on to serve in WWI and was also awarded the DSO and the Legion d'Honneur. Mansel-Jones became CMG and was a member of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1920 until his death in 1942. A letter confirming his purchase of this copy is loosely inserted. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT UNIT HISTORY. White, p.255.
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