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Fine Russian Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Russian. 149 p. Tuvinskoe stikhoslojenie. Tuvan versification: Poets and poems.
New English Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In Russian. 360 p., b/w ills. Tuvinskaya literatura. Slovar. Contemporary and modern poets and authors from Tuvan Republic.
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English, Russian and Tuvan language. (Tuvinian - Tyvan - Tuvin). 35 p., b/w ills. Tuvan tales about animals. A compilation of Tuvan fables.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish and Tuvinian. 118 p. Dictionary of Tiva / Tuvan - Turkish language. Tuva Türkçesi sözlügü.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 200 p., ills. Tuva samanizmi. A study on Tuvan shamanism.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 144 p. Tuva destanlari, Vol. 2. Tuvan folk legends and epics.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 581 p. Tuva destanlari, Vol. 1. Tuvan folk legends and epics.
JULLIARD. 1959. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 288 pages. Couverture rempliée illustrée. Nombreuses planches photos en noir et blanc. Traduit de l'anglais par ANNIE SCHALIT.
Esemplare ben conservato, tracce minime d'uso pagine ingiallite ai tagli
Features: Black Jack Ketchum tried to give me a break - before and after photos of his decapitation during hanging; Mysterious Lillian Human Homing Pigeon - Lillian Alling and her travels through northern British Columbia toward Siberia; Laying tracks on the High Plains; No mine except Tayopa has fascinated the Mexican Rainbow-runners as much as El Naranjal; Family Papers - what's going to happen to them?; The Lucky Town the World Forgot - Sisterdale, Texas; A Night of Suspense in Indian Country - the killers of Major Powell's men were still roaming the canyons; Pelton's Wondrous Wheel - photos; Gray Wolves and Buffaloes - were they really guardians of the herd?; Buckaroo and Bobwire - Every boy should have an 'Uncle Dan'; Tex Ritter - Voice of 'High Noon'; Wild Old Days!. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Very Good Russian Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Russian. 223, [19 p., b/w ills. Traditsionnaia kultura Tuvintsev glazami inostrantsiev (Kolets XIX - Nachalo XX veka). Traditional culture of Tuvans through the eyes of foreigners from 19th century to beginning of the 20th century.
Roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 155 plates on 94 and 3 large folding maps, some light and occasional age-staining; handsomely bound in dark blue full morocco, handsomely bound in dark blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, gilt from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An account of the Siberian Company's 1913 attempt to navigate the Kara Sea, to open a commercial route linking the Siberian interior with Europe.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and maps in the text, front endpaper map and printed rear endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, red silk marker, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
18 [ads], 313-374 pages. Features: A Diver Down a Gold Mine - an Italian worker stranded 1,000 feet down a flooded Australian mine is saved by deep-sea divers; The Forgotten Islands - The Chathams; A Tasmanian Robinson Crusoe - In 1904 the British barque Brier Holme went down and the only survivor lived three months on an uninhabited island; The Green Scarab; The Thief-Catcher - a holy man in India; Money to Burn - experiences while left in charge of a Transvaal farm; The Woman Who Walked to Siberia - Lillian Alling; Smugglers All; On the Edge of the World - final installment of Richard Brenton's adventures in Tierra del Fuego; Coin counterfeiters in Tanganyika; The Taking of Ventotene - a naval story in the Drake tradition; The Jinx - a man brings bad luck to others but escapes unscathed; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Facsimile of the rare original account, first published in 1780, of the great explorations into Russia, Siberia, and North America. Tall 8vo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition.These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29
ix + 176pp., 23cm., original edition, in the series "Indian University Publications: Uralic and Altaic Series" vol.111, softcover, few foxing, else G, X71513
pp. 173-229. Illustrated with numerous photographs, a few plates in color. Major loss of top margin corner. Title page soiled. 250mm. Original printed wraps, very soiled and worn with loss. The articles include: Human Heads as Trophies; New Ireland Masks; Egypt, Syria and Palestine; Remarkable Indian Art; Spiritualism in Primitive Siberia; Ancient Italian Potters. SCIENCE BX 3
Approximately 100 pages. Features: A Reconnaissance in Turkestan and Southern Siberia; Native Tin Smelting in Nigeria; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
176 pages. Index. "Early in his career, Harold Pfeiffer, an accomplished Canadian portrait sculptor, made it his mission to complete bronze portraits of native people from Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Siberia before they were irrevocably changed by contact with modern civilization... This book celebrates his art and life." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with 2 full-page maps in the text, page-edges browning; blue cloth, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the same month as the first edition. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians, and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet.
pp. ix, 368. Decorative pastedowns and endpapers printed in black and red of Soviet workers. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Original pictorial dust jacket showing a red sun and 1933 tractors. Slight wear and small loss to DJ. ". the Russians have waged their Offensive for a new world along two vast all-embracing fronts - that of economics with the aim of creating a new economic order, and that of sociology with the aim of creating a new human personality. It is on the economic front that they have encountered their chief setbacks." Coldwar/Economics 4 x2
Broché. 158 pages. Format de poche.
297 pages including bibliography and index. "...into the heart of the vast Pacific the tale shall lead us, where men and ships are dwarfed to veriest specks which crawl laboriously a little space and then are lost to view." - from Introduction. Subjects include: the Straits of Anian; How the Russians crossed Siberia; Vitus Bering; James Cook; John Meares; George Vancouver; Quadra; and more. With 12 illustrations and 7 maps. Binding intact. Soiled but not overly so. Moderate lean to spine. Decorated biege boards. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Remains a decent copy. Book
