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No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slightly dusty rear, tiny nick to upper rear edge and rubbing to front. 220pp. The author tells the amazing story of the search for the River Niger. Its source was well known, so did it simply evaporate in the Sahara ? He explains how the mystery was solved and the river shown to flow first north-east, then east and finally south-east to the Bight of Biafra.
Features: Special issue - felt and paper; Michele Tuegel's paper works; Chad Alice Hagen's Felt Works; Felt & Paper - a portfolio; Fiber revolution. Light wear. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Not just a pictorial guide but a great deal of text also in 390 pages in oversize format. Chapters include: Bisque, earthenware, pottery and composition, Cloth dolls, Pre-war companies, Post-war companies, Costume dolls, Doll-house dolls, Individual doll-makers, Royal family dolls, etc. and such brands as Chad Valley, Farnell, Dean's Rag Book Col Merrythought, Norah Wellings, Palitoy, Chiltern, Roddy Dolls, Pedigree, Rosebud, Telitoy, Old Cottage Toys, Amanda Jane, Bendy toys, Lesney, Faerie Glen, Denys Fisher toys, Airfix, Rogark, Peggy Nisbet, Gwyneth Doll Co. Rexard, Grecon, halfpenny houses, Christine Adams, hilangd Characters, Doris Pierce, etc.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Sté Continentale d'Editions Modernes Illustrées 1961, grand In-8 reliure toile de l'éditeur à plat décoré, 64 planches hors texte en héliogravure, 8 planches hors texte en couleurs, 19 cartes et croquis dans le texte. Photos. Trés bon état.
Contents: Commodore 64 computer ad inside front cover; Legacy of massacre at Sabra and Shatila camps; Can we Afford Public Enterprise, by Dian Cohen; Trudeau delivers ultimatum - greedy wage and salary demands not to be tolerated; Rene Levesque in Paris with Mitterand; Ottawa and Alberta sign energy pact; Western Canada Concept (WCC) in tatters - leader Gordon Kesler sent packing; Italy's search for stability; Poland - dealing with the Vatican; Debategate; Arafat wins a respite; War in Chad; Expos and Blue Jays in first place - feature article; Minor league baseball in Canada; Leo Rautins goes to the NBA; TD Bank ventures toward discount brokerage; Belzberg's First City Trust takes over Pocklington's Fidelity Trust Co.; Simpson's Sears fined $1 million over diamond promotion; Japan in the 21st century, by Peter C. Newman; Growing Canadian AIDS alarm; Legal Heroin in Holland?; Pain of the Triathalon; Women inch toward equality in the workplace; Phil Edmonston and the squeeze on lemon cars; Proposals for dealing with illegals in Canada; Newfoundland's Wonderful Grand Band offers a raunchy combination of satire, slapstick and rock; The annual Stampede Art Auction in Calgary; Alden Nowlan - obituary. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Pat and Noel Thomas; Gay Brown's Never Ending Collection; Chad Smith - All Things Nautical; Ann Barrett collects Seasheels (among other things!); The Atlanta Museum Auction; Don McGinnis - Sign Maker; Claire Young's American Main Street of Yesterday; Raffle Preview; Joann's Miniature Stamp; Lighting made Easy; Building with Bob - Clifton House, Part III; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Exhibition catalog featuring artists Hart, Joseph,; Delong, Mark; Olias, Manuel; Whitman, James; Chapuisat, Gregory & Cyril ; Oakenfold, Chad. at the publisher's gallery. Book shows very light scuffing to covers only. Sharp corners, creaseless covers and spine, solid binding, text/interior is free of marking of any kind. As new, with two Bilocation cards inserted. Unpaginated, smaller format (standard trade size) with may full page color prints of the artists work. Approx. 40 pages.
Cartonnage de l'?diteur. 143 pages. Jaquette.
in-12°, 183 pages, illustrations, broché. Bel exemplaire. [FP-1] Préface de A. DE PREMOREL.
vii + 129pp., with somme ills., 21cm., softcover, text in German, Doctoral dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, C109185
in-12, 331 pp., 20 planches en noir, 28 planches en couleurs, index, cartonnage editeur avec jaquette illustree plastifiee. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA-13] Plus de 500 espèces illustrées et décrites, avec tous les renseignements sur leur identification, caractère, dimensions, habitations, nids et oeufs.
in-12, 331 pp., 20 planches en noir, 28 planches en couleurs, index, cartonnage editeur avec jaquette illustree plastifiee. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA-13] Plus de 500 espèces illustrées et décrites, avec tous les renseignements sur leur identification, caractère, dimensions, habitations, nids et oeufs.
in-12, 331 pp., 20 planches en noir, 28 planches en couleurs, index, cartonnage editeur avec jaquette illustree plastifiee. Bon etat [SC-2] Plus de 500 espèces illustrées et décrites, avec tous les renseignements sur leur identification, caractère, dimensions, habitations, nids et oeufs.
in-8°, 284 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, 1 carte, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [OM-1] En 1898, au milieu d’une orgie de massacres et de destructions, deux officiers de l’armée française en marche vers le Tchad se prennent soudain pour des rois…
Broch?. 262 pages.
66 pages. Loaded with reproductions of great black and white photos. This issue features: The Beatles; Denis Payton; The Dave Clark 5; Hayley Mills; The Lovin' Spoonful; Bob Lind; Burt Ward; "Robin"; Paul McCartney; Sally Field; Chad & Jeremy; Ringo & John (2-page colour illustration); Paul & Barry Ryan; David McCallum; Keith Allison (color pin-up); Rolling Stones; George Harrison; Dino, Desi & Billy; Chris Jones; Lou Christie; Herman; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Faint date stamp on front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Beautiful book of Northwest collage artists 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 262 pages. Color images throughout. Limited Edition of 50 copies. Artists included: James Koehnline, Amy Candiotti, Sean Carlson, Phillip Page, Sarah Lakey, Anne Marie Grgish, Melanie Read, Michael Dowers, Collagemonauts, Marty Gordon, Craig Ven-den-Bosch, Tim Manthey, Deborah Fay Lawrence, Chad Yenney, Jesse Treece, Lisa Sheets, John Hundt, and Francesca Berrini.
Beautiful book of Northwest collage artists 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 262 pages. Color images throughout. Limited Edition of 50 copies. Artists included: James Koehnline, Amy Candiotti, Sean Carlson, Phillip Page, Sarah Lakey, Anne Marie Grgish, Melanie Read, Michael Dowers, Collagemonauts, Marty Gordon, Craig Ven-den-Bosch, Tim Manthey, Deborah Fay Lawrence, Chad Yenney, Jesse Treece, Lisa Sheets, John Hundt, and Francesca Berrini.