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Editions Planéte 1971, In-8 broché, 190 pages, carte et photos. Bon état. Traduit de l'anglais par Paul CHWATT
Contents include: Independence by Negotiations or Threat; The United Nations; The Making of Rhodesia; The Constitution; The Administration of African Affairs; Education; Political Parties; The Land, Peoples, and Economy; The Land Apportionment Act; Internal Security and Armed Forces; The Problem Ahead. Bound in library flexi-boards with usual library markings and some pink highlighting to contents. Book
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
322 pages. Index. Bibliography. "The first comprehensive analysis of the Zimbabwean struggle for independence in its international context." - from opening leaf. Prior owner's details neatly printed inside front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Cycling Round the World - Part I - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years travelling over 20,000 miles on his own!; Akimaldo's Great Idea - A story which proves West Africans have a sense of humour "even if in a somewhat perverted form"; The Girl Stowaway of the 'Cecilie' - Part I - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; The "Teak-Wallahs" of Northern Siam - A fascinating photo-illustrated look at the teak industry of northern Siam; Two Men and a Donkey - Part III - The adventures of two young artists walking from the South of France to Spain; Europeans Walk Through Fire! - An amazing photo-illustrated account of two Europeans who traversed white-hot coals barefoot with Hindu devotees, emerging apparently unscathed!; Hide-and-Seek With a Lion - A rare time when a can opener saved a life; All in the Day's Work - J.A. Browne, a policeman at Antler, Manitoba, heads out to gather a tough character - with photo of Browne; The Secret Pass - "Slippery" Wiley continues his misdeeds in the West Australia goldfields; The Yok San Mystery - Ning Wo solves another puzzling mystery in the Malay States; The Avenger of Blood - A curious case of Eskimo blood-vengeance from Alaska; "The Land of Opportunity" - Part II - Arthur W. Upfield provides readers with an idea of what lies in store if they elect to 'try their luck' in Australia, with photos; An African Man-Hunt - E.E. Stuart-Reid chased a rogue native constable of the Northern Rhodesia Police through the forest for three weeks; 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Square inch of loss to upper corner of front cover. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1331981867.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
10363Editions Rencontre Lauzanne In-8 carré, reliure plein skyvertex maroquiné bleu, plats muets aux motifs carrés dorés, dos de même rappel et titre et tomaison (1), photographies générales introductives et carte frontispice des régions étudiées dans l'ouvrage.L'ensemble, à l'état de neuf est pondéreux et dense, il comporte un très important crédit photographique en couleur in et ht légendé et explicité par un texte maitrisé .
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
Features/Photos: Donald Campbell breaks world land speed record in Bluebird; Southern Rhodesia foremost in Commonwealth Conference; Bastille Day march past in Paris; Recently discovered archaic bronzes from the Great Peloponnesian site of Olympia; Senator Goldwater emerges as victor at the Republican convention in San Francisco; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
Features/Photos: Prince Edward's Debut!; A dull but close election; the Beatles' world tour; Gold Burials of Ingombe Ilede, Northern Rhodesia; Lord Beaverbrook; Photo of Nelson Mandela "Convicted of Sabotage, Sentenced for Life; Trent Bridge Cricket; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
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
Features: Shakespeare's Quatercentenary; A New Premier of Southern Rhodesia; Rt. Hon. Sir Frederic Aked Sellers; Ivan the Terrible Sculpture; British and Russian Spies Exchanged at Berlin Checkpoint; New York World's Fair Opens; Nimrod - the Nuclear Particle Accelerator at Rutherford High Energy Laboratory; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
14330Fayard, juin 2003 - In-8, br, couverture glacée ill rempliée, 232 pages, très agréable exemplaire.
In-8 p., bross., sovrac. (picc. spacchi), pp. (4),228,(6), con 36 disegni nel t. di Mario Vellani Marchi, una carta geografica ripieg. e 106 ill. fotografiche inedite dell’A., in bianco e nero, f.t. Seconda edizione. Testo ben conservato.
496101 vol in-8 broché - N° 226 de 1963 - 55 pages - Illustrations n&b et couleurs
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly faded front board and no bumping to corners. Extremely scarce. 70pp. A damning indictment of the likely fate for Zimbabwe, seen through the eyes of a young English volunteer worker in the country in 1971. Part 2 of the book contains letters to the author from Zimbabweans speaking for themselves and sent to the author on his return to England. Part 3 is a complete transcript of an address and question-and-answer session at Oxford in early 1972 conducted by one of Zimbabwe's most notable leaders, Bishop Abel Muzorewa.
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.
Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
19395004Paris, Payot (Bibliothèque Scientifique), 1939 ; in-8, broché ; 356, 2 pp. de catalogue de l’éditeur.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.