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283 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. "Devastatingly candid... Rousing... Fascinating... Beautifully written... You'll be charmed, enlightened and entertained." - Trevor Lautens. "Destined to become a bible for every aspiring municipal politician, and anyone with a bitch against City Hall." - from back cover. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Translated from the German, first published in 1914. 1180 pages. Index. Two fold-out maps at back. Illustrated with black and white diagrams. "This monumental work will increase in stature as time goes on and habitats fall to bulldozers and man's incursions that lead to irreversible destruction and change... A Priceless gift from earlier days never to return. The more the book ages, the more important and valuable it will become." - from Foreword. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unused. A superb copy. Book
4to., First Edition, with 8 plates and numerous illustrations in the text; original cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly creased and frayed with minor loss at edges. Scarce, especially in this condition.
88 pages. Features: The Glenbow Foundation and its Library; Check those Credit Slips; Police in a Changing Society - Essay; Canada Day at 4 ATAF; Expensive Traffic Infraction; Teaching in New Guinea; Amaranth Detachment; Junior Musical Ride; A Presidential Visit - LBJ and Pearson; Black Magic; Racer Warns of High Speed; A Costly Jaunt - Niagara Falls; Waitress Foils Gunmen - Chemainus/Crofton, B.C.; Prior owner's details blacked out upon Table of Contents else unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Fights near Edmonton; New Guinea Patrol; Expo is coming to Canada!; New Patrol Vessels for Expo; Late Commissioner Stuart Taylor Wood CMG passes; Fort Walsh; Written Off - Kalomo District; Tire Technology; Commissioner George B. McClellan on Police Leadership; Cpl. Bradley's Dogs Sweep N.B. Field Trial Titles; International Traffic in Stolen Gems; A Windsor, Nova Scotia Crime; Moonshine in Toronto; An Angler's Last Journey in the Northwest Territories; Leads to Murder; Asst. Commissioner T.V. Sandys-Wunsch; and more. Prior owner's details blacked out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: England's place in the sun - Selwyn Lloyd; Birmingham, Alabama - a City in fear as racial violence smolders in this Deep South inderbox - with black and white photos; The new pulse of Australia - Jolly swagmen, kangaroos and tough outback cowboys are waltzing, like Matilda, toward a new destiny; Buck$ Benny Rides Again - the world's best-paid comedian, Jack Benny, still 39, returns to Broadway after a 32-year absence; Why I Didn't Quit the Ministry - by Norman Vincent Peale; Funny Side of the Bunny Business - a new Playboy Club whirls in a tangle of corn, beefs and cabbage; Dishrags to Riches - The Saga of Heloise Cruse; The Convict Volunteers - when scientists need human guinea pigs to submit to cancer shots or to test drugs, thousands of prisoners step forward, for surprising reasons; Atomic Bombs for Everyone - the exclusive 'nuclear club' may become crowded with new members including Egypt, Indonesia, the Congo. Absolutely *fantastic* colour full-page ad for 12 huge Cadillac models of varying colours. Book
In 8, pp. XXIV + 310 + 8. T. tl. ed. con fr. in oro al d.
pp. 120, cm 23x16, rilegatura editoriale in t.t., Beihefte zur zeitschrift fur Romanische Philologie, 209.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, page-edges tanning lightly as usual; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 308 pp, frontis, illustrations & plates from photos, folding color map. original pictorial cloth, worn, light foxing on some leaves, ink name of previous owner on endpaper, near fine, complete. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed study of the Papuans and Solomon Islanders before their culture was destroyed by other civilizations, with good illustrations.
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. Book
Stories: Soloyi the Witch Doctor - a tale from the South African Bushveld; Midge - a story of an Australian Mare - will appeal to every lover of horses; Across North America in a Motor-Boat - The Story of a Record Voyage - many photos; A Day to Remember - A shooting trip to Ireland; The Colonel's Diamond; The Taming of 'Bear' Farrell - Part II - a quest for gold in New Guinea; Buried Treasure in the ruins of Carthage; My Wanderings in Africa - a cinematographer travels - many photos; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - the Contess Malmignati is the first European woman to penetrate to the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia; Two-Legged Contraband - The Men-Smugglers of the Mexican Border (from the days when the U.S. actually defended its southern border); a new chum in New Zealand - a story from a new farmer in New Zealand; An Evening Ashore - what happened one evening in Marseilles. Above-average wear. Prior owner's name pencilled atop front cover else unmarked. Covers not quite loose. Worthy copy. Book
Please note: Front cover missing. Features include: The Haunted Mine - Author's experiences at a Canadian gold-mine; The Rest-Cure - A sea captain's story of a voyage across the Atlantic with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest - Frank Norfleet, a Texas confidence victim, pursued the pertetrators for three years before achieving vengeance; The Living Death - An eccentric chemist marries an Aztec royal descendant to ferret out the secrets of the ancient Aztec dyes; The Sky Riders - Canada's RCMP, the world's first 'flying policemen'; The Lawra Lion - a lion adventure on the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - A remarkable experience which befell two British officers in the Himilayan foothills; A Matter of Witchcraft - A strange story from New Guinea; The Australian Stockman - the drover of Australia's outback; Tears to spine with chips missing. Contents in good condition. Magazine
Pages 177-272, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Blue Bandits - Part 1 - Elusive thieves operate in the Franco-Italian villages on either side of the frontier in the French department of the Hautes Alpes and the Italian district of Monte Viso; How I Lost My Christmas Dinner - hilarious story of a Christmas spent with the Maori adherents of self-styled "prophet" Rua - article with photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 2 - photo-illustrated account of Harry A. Franck's visit to Quito and his tramp through Ecuador; The Last Voyage of H.M.S. "Drake" - a vivid glimpse of the perils of convoy work and the "price of Admiralty"; ; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 1; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 1of Airman Capt. T.W.White's adventures and daring escape; The Moonshiners - what happened when the author stumbled into a camp of Tennessee moonshiners; Photo of thousands of snakes at breeding time in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area; The Wonderland of the Arctic - description of a trip to Danish Greenland, with photos; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 3 - exploration and adventure in unknown New Guinea; Photo of German "Death Clock" constructed primarily of skulls and other bones; Two Balloonatics - an exciting balloon adventure from just before the war (WWI); Treasure Island - great photo-illustrated article about the remote South Pacific island of Nauru; The Mad Millionaire - how vast wealth came unexpectedly to a poor Mexican Indian, and the tragedy that ensued; The Sacred Mountain - photo-illustrated account of a picturesque Tibetan pilgrimage; The Resurrection of "Red" Wilson - an exciting story of the old days in the south-west, when the Apaches were still a terror in the land; Photo of a lakatoi (lakatois) New Guinea boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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. Book
Features: The Vengeance Trail - A murder-mystery from Ecuador, with photos; Our New Guinea Cruise - curious sights and scenes, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - interesting climbs in Arctic Norway - photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The 'Hidden Gold" Murders - a German case; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - murderers are eventually captured in America's rugged North-West; A Weird Quest - seances are held to help locate 'lost' gold-mines; Behind the Door - a tale from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - an experience in the wilds of Queensland; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Stories: The Baffin-Land Mystery; My Adventures in the Pyrenees; Dead Man's Treasure; Big-Bang; Unknown New Guinea; Ma Barker Gangster; Nine Lives; The Saving of Montague Smith; The Wishing Pipe; The Sinister Crocodile; Costa Rica Fights Voodoo; The Man with the Harp Once More; A Plague of Mice. Average wear. Prior owner's name upon front cover. Book
Pages 89-176, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The House of Death - how an Oklahoma rancher saved his own life; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 6 - the continued story of this European adventure trip; Bali - Isle of Wonder - wonderfully photo-illustrated article; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - part 1of the adventure of Mrs. Idelle S. Meng and her husband on one of the loneliest islands in the Pacific; The Six Feathers - the unfortunate experience of a New Guinea trader who tried to smuggle the forbidden bird-of-paradise plumes out of the country; The Wood-Carvers of the Tyrol - great photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Groden VValley; The Romance of the Fur Trade - photo-illustrated article on fur trapping and fur farming in North-west Canada, including photo of a large polar bear being hauled into a boat; A Woman in Unknown Albania - part 3; The Trail of the Lonesome Postman - letters being delivered to some of the world's most remote locations; Caught by a Crocodile a British officer attempts to fill his water bottle at a river; The Idol That Jumped - the author purchased a 'devil-devil' figure from a Solomon Island chief, then startling things happened; The Merepur Mystery - a mystery is solved in India; The Man Who Fell Six Miles - Major R.W. Schroeder and his airplane - article with photos; The Written Word - Jim Carter saved himself in India with some clever writing. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: The Vengeance Trial - An unusual murder in Ecuador; Our New Guinea Cruise - the natives of New Guinea have acquired a certain level of sophistication, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - ascending some difficult peaks in Norway, with nice photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The Hidden Gold Murders; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - tracking down two killers in America's wild North-West; A Wierd Quest - seances are held to help prospectors find gold in the U.S.; Behind the Door - a curious story from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - tough luck for a wanderer in the wilds of Queensland; Forewarned - a puzzling affair in Nigeria; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
In-8 p., tela editoriale, pp. 388, con alcuni disegni nel testo e 105 ill. in b.n. in tavole fuori testo. Ben conservato.
1st edition. Hardback in very good condition in a very good condition sleeved dust jacket. 111 pages, illustrated, paintings by the author, dedication to a previous owner facing the preliminary title page. ISBN 0701606886. 50236. eng
Milano, 1957, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 1195/1210 con fotografie, tavole fotografiche ed una cartina. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.