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1372306Paris: Trianon Press, 1966 gr. in-4, xiv-127 pages, frontispice, 62 planches en couleurs, 19 planches en n/b, 2 dessins, 3 cartes. Reliure toile, jaquette avec petites déchirures et usures, autrement bel exemplaire. Un des 388 exemplaires non numérotés. (The Rock Paintings of Southern Africa : Volume Five).
Pages 749-800 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for the Riley elf Mark II Car (red); One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Cream shows seen in art gallery; One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Dry shows man examining painting; Cover page photo of crane lifting huge fallen stone lintel at Stonehenge; Article on the future of Africa with photo of opening of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference on May 5; Photo of fallen balustrade on the Sinclair Road in Hammersmith; Photo of Kenneth Kuanda addressing opening session of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference; Photo of 320 debutantes giving mass curtsey to the Countess of Mansfield at Queen Charlotte's birthday ball at Grosvenor House on May 5; Photo of Dame Ninette De Valois receiving acclamation of the Royal Ballet and audience at the gala performance at Covent Garden on May 7; Photo of political leaders at the Mansion House launching national appeal for a memorial to Pres. Kennedy; Photos of the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Gloucester at London events; Five photos of the Duke of Edinburgh around and about; Article on Aden, Pres. Nasser and Yemen; Five photos of Khrushchev's state visit to Cairo, including image of Egyptian girl who has thrown herself on the hood of the limo carrying Khrushchev and Nasser; Photo of the launching of Japan's largest postwar submarine, Oshio, at Kobe; Photo of airliner wreckage at Concord, California after the pilot of a Pacific Airlines plane was shot mid-flight; Photo of major damage to destroyer Decatur after clear weather collision with aircraft carrier Lake Champlain off Virginia; Photo of signing of the Japanese British agreement on the consular convention by Mr. Butler and the Japanese Foreign Minister in Tokyo; Photo of Sir Roy Welensky in his garden, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; Photo of the first Canadian High Commissioner, Mr. Norman Berlis, presenting his letters of introduction to Mr. Kenyatta; Photo of Gen. Franco relaxing with brush and paint behind the Prado palace in Madrid; Photo of 60,000 people meeting on the mountain of Montejurra, Spain for the traditional Carlist rally; Photo of Pres. Ben Bella of Algeria receiving Order of Lenin in Moscow; Photo of the Shah of Persia (Iran) pouring first concrete for the Latian Dam; Photo of Mrs. Jerrie Mock being decorated by Pres. Johnson; Photo of planned Jordan River water diversion to counter Israel's plans of water diversion; Photo of Finnish UN troops in Nicosia after a 40 mile bike ride from Dhekelia; Photo illustrated article on continuing excavations at Ephesus and Roman apartment houses uncovered, Part 1; A survey of the New York World's Fair, 1964-65; Two pages of photos of amusement centres and inside pavilions at the New York World's fair; Wonderful one page colour photo of the Unisphere at the World's Fair; Excellent colour centrefold panoramic map/guide to the New York World's Fair - 646 acres of pavilions and amusement gardens at Flushing Meadow; Excellent cover photo of the New York State Pavilion, with its 100 foot "Tent of Tomorrow"; Several additional pages of photos of the World's Fair; Page of photos of General Motors' Futurama trip and other items; Two pages of photos of Etruscan art in Florence - a little-known field of sculpture; Two pages of photos of Master James Ogilvy and his parents; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. José Maza, the Duke of Primo de Rivera, John Molloy, Lieut. Gen. Sir: Barber, Mr. Andrew Stewart, Sir Roland Robinson, Mr. J. Guthrie Brown, author Leon Uris and Dr. Wladislaw Dering (who sued Uris for libel because of content in the book Exodus), Dr. Heenan (who made a statement about contraception), Mahmoud Jaifi, the late Sir Ben Smith, the late Mrs. Marjorie McIntosh, the late Miss Marie Kendall, and Sir James Greg; Two pages of text and photos of a variety of African musical instruments; Two pages of text and photos describe British troop involvement in heavy guer Magazine
Pages 981-1024. Features: Lovely colour ad for Cunard inside front cover "Gracious Living At Its Best"; Interesting Scweppes "Schweppshire Way of Life" ad; Cover photo of Royals at Epsom on Derby Day; Photo of Dag Hammarskjold with Haile Selassie and his son; The Empress of Japan attends a charity Bazaar; Royal photos, including the wedding party of Captain Viscount Althorp and the Hon. Frances Roche; Australian flying doctor Dr. Allan Vickers; Sister Marie-Rachel, one of the five Dionne Quintuplets, with her four sisters; M. Charles Dolfuss and M. Audouin Dolfuss; Runner E. Zatopek; Sir Arthur Benson, New Governor of Northern Rhodesia is sworn in; Admiral Sir Dudley North is denied a public enquiry; Many photos of The King's School, Canterbury - probably the oldest public school in England; Sensational centerfold photos shows Mrs. R.S. Clark's 'Never Say Die' passing the post at the Derby - the first American-bred Derby winner since 1881; Photo's of Da Vinci's "Last Supper" saved - a seven-years' task accomplished; One page of illustrations about RCA's claim to have discovered a way to convert radiation directly into electricity; Waving farewell to General Sir Gerald and Lady Templer at Kuala Lumpur; and more. One-inch strip missing from bottom of back advertorial cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
68 pages. Features and articles include: How Regina's Courts Favoured Segregation - Ingrid Bintner can't enroll in a local public school because she's a Roman Catholic; How LSD Saved My Marriage, by Pam Hyatt Foster; The Hawks lost, but Rhodesia may yet defeat the Doves - Canada rescued the Commonwealth - but was it worth the trouble?; How Canadian wonder boy, film director Sidney Furie, "tamed" Frank Sinatra; The Private World of Emily Carr; Montreal Canadiens' goalie Gump (Lorne) Worsley - The Has-been who doesn't know enough to stop being better than anybody - with photos; The House that Wouldn't Stop - Joy Carroll on her family home which began as a modest east-end Toronto summer cottage and ended as a 13-room townhouse - with photos; Peggy Ann Walpole of Toronto's 'Street Haven' helps prostitutes, lesbians, and junkies; How to be a girl alone and see the world, by globe-trotter Marika Robert; Absolutely BEAUTIFUL two-page colour photo featuring a red Buick Wildcat Sport Coupe; Gerald Stevens' Canadiana column; Colour Panasonic TV ad - looks very dated!; Colour photo Ford Auto centerfold which includes a white 1967 Mustang 2+2 Fastback; Postscript to Death in the Arctic - L.A. Learmonth replies to Farley Mowat's coverage of the death of Eskimo Soosee in the July 2/1966 issue of Maclean's; Two-page colour photo ad for 1967 Chevrolet featuring the 1967 Impala Sport Coupe; Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg argues that Johnson's Vietnam war makes civil disobedience an unavoidable duty. Average wear. Address label on front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
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
47 pages. Features: The (bilingual) National Theatre School of Canada, located in Montreal; They Expect Miracles of (baseball player) Frank Howard; Dillies by Dali - the famed surrealist applies his ideas to a new medium - the designing of jewelry - with seven colour illustrations; Amanda Blake says "I don't need men" - marriage has no place in the life of the girl TV viewers know as Gunsmoke's Kitty Russell; Maurice Chevalier - the eternal youth; Anatomy of a Wedding - X-ray wedding photos!; Showing the flag - 798 Mini-minor cars are arranged to form a giant Union Jack (with colour photo); They have a word for it - a series of new Canadian dictionaries published by Gage; Essie Johnson - new model missionary - a Canadian works in Northern Rhodesia to prepare the Africans to educate their own people; Colour photos of birds; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
18 [ads], 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the Skolt Lapps - photo-illustrated article; The Bundoo Mask - was it responsible for a run of misfortune in Sierra Leone; On the Edge of the World (part II) - further adventures of Richard Brenton in Tierra del Fuego; Two Black Outlaws - two Australian aboriginals go criminal and give Queensland police much trouble; My Pet Elephant - an amusing tale from Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia; Looking for Trouble - tragedy strikes when 20-year-old Henrietta Schmerler goes to live with and study the Apache Indians; Kite-Fishing in the Solomons; The Runaway Train; Four of a Kind - a Nigerian District officer tells a story related to "leopard" and "lion-men" atrocities in Africa; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 86-168+ 20 pages of nice ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, "The Muscle Builder". Features: Mazulla and His Sahib, part 1 - moving Indian adventures, with photos; Neilson's New Man -a story of country life in New Zealand; The Tale-Teller of Algiers - the strange adventure of a visitor to Algiers in October, 1925; Mussolini's War Against the Mafia in Sicily - describes the first stage of the great 'clean-up' - a most dramatic and exciting business - article with photos of Police Commissioner Spano, Signor Mori of Palermo, Gaetono Ferrarello, Carmelo Andaloro, Salvatore Ferrarello, and Nicolo Andaloro; Mr. Stepper, I.D.B. - a diamond story; The Trouble in Coeur D'Alene - part 2 - going undercover to investigage labor-management conflict in the mining district of Northern Idaho - with photos; "Free-Trading" in the Arctic - great photo-illustrated article about white traders living in remote Indian and Eskimo territories; Photo of Korean wedding; One Thing After Another - troubles on the Inyoka Tobacco Estate in Rhodesia, with photo of author and trouble-making jackal; Across North America in a Motor-Boat, part 4 of this record-setting 6,000 mile trip - with maps and photos; The Cleverest Thieves on Earth - The Criminal Tribes of India - a photo-illustrated account of the 'crims' and their hereditary war against society. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Features: The Envelope - The author worked in the wilds of British Columbia on a ranch where he was involved with a mix-up involving illegal whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Tough and Go - a boundary dispute in the former Italian Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - an account of an experience in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown clear up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt - photos; The Strangest House in Iceland; Timber Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech - a story from Ceylon; Australia's Black Trackers; Tough Prospector Breaks Curse of Lost Creek Mine, British Columbia (facsimile of news clipping); Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip though Southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota, by Austin H. Phelps; Mahoney's Folly - a wierd story from Ireland related by a doctor; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Features: The Envelope - the author worked on a British Columbia ranch where he became involved in a mixup with illicit whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Touch and Go - a story from Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - a tale from the days of the South African Police in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown succeeded in clearing up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt, with several photos; Timber-Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech; Australia's Black Trackers; Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip through southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota; Mahoney's Folly - A weird little story from Ireland; and more. Each cover partially loose. Openings to backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
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. Book
Features/Photos: Andean volcano in Chile - multiple horrific photos; Hawaiian effects of the Chilean earthquakes and the resultant tital waves - multiple photos; Soviet bug displayed; Turkish military coup d'etat; How to escape from a submerged car; Korean Queen; the Queen Mother in Rhodesia; Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada; the U.S.S. Saratoga collides with a West German merchantship off North Carolina; Field Marshall Montgomery in China; 420 mph tidal wave damage in Japan; Draining of the Grand Surrey Canal at Camberwell reveals a rubbish dump; The Simca Aronde Etoile; and more. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: The Queen in Nepal and Iran; our first grievous slip in Rhodesia; Excavations at Lothal; Various kinds of automobile safety/seat belts; Canford School; Evolution; Proteus, the first U.S. nuclear submarine tender takes up position in Holy Loch, Scotland; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: The Queen in Benares on the Ganges, in Madras, in Bangalore and Bombay; Rhodesia and Nyasaland; New discoveries from the Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika; Claimed to be the best fighter in the world - the English Electric Lightning; molecules and life; News from Katanga; The Jensen 541S; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
19022906München J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1902. 1. Aufl. mit 50 Zeichn., 50 phot. Aufnahmen, 1 Heliogavüre (Frontispiz) + 2 (Falt-)karten in Lasche. ill. OLwd., XVI; 408 (8) S., (Schmuckvorsätze, marmor. Schnitt), Gr.8.
In-8° formato album (cm 25 x 31), legatura editoriale in tutta pelle marmorizzata con titolo in oro al piatto, pp. (4) e 26 fotografie a piena pagina con didascalia al verso. Picolissime abrasioni ai margini della legatura, ma ottimo esemplare.
Features: Diamond Fever - an adventurous trip into little-known country on the Upper Mazeruni in British Guinana; The Coffin-Ship - reprint of a 1929 story from Malaya dealing with a murderous Chinese secret society, a steamer and more; Saharan Adventure - a memorable journey through little known areas; Buster Burton - the amazing career of a most remerkable character known to the police of 5 continents; The Perfidious Plumber - a tale from Southern Rhodesia; The Captain's Night Out - this captain was the first to get off his ship; Kabul Bazaar - life in Afghanistan - photos; Diamonds for the Picking! - on the inhospitable western coast of South Africa lies Tom Tiddler's Ground; Meat for the Pot - curare, the deadly dart-poison of the South American Indians; The Seymour "Fish Day" - Seymor, Texas locks up for a day and goes fishing!; and more. Average wear. Tears and chipping to fore-edge of front cover. Water stains to upper corner of opening pages. Overall, a decent copy. Book
Features: The Vanished Trophy - a story for horse-lovers, the missing King George V International Jumping Championship Trophy; Saharan Adventure (continued) - fascinating account of a trip across the Sahara - Tuareg Tribesmen; Death in the Jungle - exploring the Rio Bobonaza for gold; Catching Wild Pigs Alive in Australia; Cyclone - a young seaman's description of his first experience of a circular storm; The Pay-Back - hunting a cattle-killing lion in Rhodesia; Kenai - deaf lead sled dog; The Big Fish - what happened to two young men night-fishing at the northern end of the Inner Sound of the island of Skye off the west coast of Scotland; Wealth in Bird's Nests - in search of the ingredient for the Chinese delicacy birds'-nest soup; and more. Chips from spine else unmarked with average wear. Back cover partially loose. Decent copy. Book
Features: Diamond Fever - an adventurous trip into little-known country on the Upper Mazeruni in British Guinana; The Coffin-Ship - reprint of a 1929 story from Malaya dealing with a murderous Chinese secret society, a steamer and more; Saharan Adventure - a memorable journey through little known areas; Buster Burton - the amazing career of a most remerkable character known to the police of 5 continents; The Perfidious Plumber - a tale from Southern Rhodesia; The Captain's Night Out - this captain was the first to get off his ship; Kabul Bazaar - life in Afghanistan - photos; Diamonds for the Picking! - on the inhospitable western coast of South Africa lies Tom Tiddler's Ground; Meat for the Pot - curare, the deadly dart-poison of the South American Indians; The Seymour "Fish Day" - Seymor, Texas locks up for a day and goes fishing!; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Pages 151-198 plus XVI pages of nostalgic ads. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Old English Inn; Rocher Malin - Temiscouata; Where History Was Made - only falling chimneys now remain of flourishing pioneer western outposts; Is Modern Rhodesia Ancient Ophir? - article with amazing photos. Back cover two-color Canada Pacific ad features illustration of female dancer in Bali. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Historic remains at Aveley; Flash-Point in the Cyprus Crisis - The Turkish Air Attack on August 8; the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and Johnson's response; Mine rescue at Champagnole; The 'Holy War' of Alice Lenshina - violent disturbances in Northern Rhodesia and savage fighting with the fanatic Lumpa sectarians - Numerous Pictures; The Murungs of the Bandarban Rain Forest; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Rare 2-page colour Senior Service cigarette ad; London's traffic problems; Russia raises the curtain on her aircraft and missiles; Triumphant week for R.A.C. Rally winners and Arkle... but a rugged one for jockeys and Etonians; The Men who are challenging Gen. De Gaulle; Sensational photo from Mt. Hermon Academy, Massachusetts, USA... Football game continues while science block burns just outside stadium!; My plan for Rhodesia - Sir Edgar Whitehead; Chinese Craftsmanship in Jade and Porcelain; The Art Patron of Merseyside; A Gold Treasure from the realm of Nestor; Hello Dolly in Drury Lane; Treasures from Tibet on show in London. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: 73,000 cross into East Berlin for Christmas; The Lakonia Disaster; End of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Rock art of the Australian Aborigines in Northern New South Wales; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Today I, II, III and IV; Mikhail Andreevich Suslov; Photo of elephant hindquarters; Crossing the Mekong Delta upon a Water Buffalo's back; Jim Clark-World Champion - Esso Oil Ad.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine