TONKS Randall A.R.MareMagnum
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4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE. Law 1024
161 + 28pp. + uitvouwbare plaat, bijgevoegd: 2pp. stellingen en 1p. errata, 24cm., Doctoraal proefschrift (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht), gebroch., stempeltje op achterzijde titelblad, tekst helder en in goede staat, promotor: prof.dr. J. Gonda, X112264
2 volumes: 224 + 273pp., 22cm., in de reeks "Werken uitgegeven door het historisch genootschap (gevestigd te Utrecht). Derde serie" no.80-81, stempeltje, goede staat, N75853
pp.11-201 + 1 portrait + 1 grande planche généalogique dépliante, 28cm., in "Annalen van den oudheidskundigen kring van het Land van Waas 6e deel 1-2e afl. juli 1876/ Annales du cercle archéologique du pays de Waas 6e tome 1-2e livr. juillet 1876" (201pp.), br.orig.
139pp.+ enige buitentekstills., gecart.band
Pages 1-66. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; My Secret (poem); Alaska; The passing of Spain; Officers of Company K (poem); Jack and Pirie; Sleighing (poem); Cupid - Song (poem); Unlukikus Loses His self-poise; The Cocheco (poem); Channing Folsom; The Country Depot (poem); Some Old Tales and Traditions of the White Mountains; Harriet Beecher Stowe (poem); Java and the colonial system of the Dutch; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
96pp., met 71 illustraties in kleur en in zw/w, 24cm., gebroch., goede staat, S97026
in-8°, 319 pages, -, bibliogr., broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [MI-26]
Paris Ernest Flammarion vers 1930. Fort in-8 broché couverture illustrée de XI + 521 pages. Photos dans et hors texte. Bel exemplaire.
Denoél 1956, In-8 broché, couverture illustrée, 261 pages. Photos. Bon état.
8vo., Eighth Edition, WANTING FRONTISPIECE (original tissue guard present), with engraved title-vignette, 7 plates, very numerous illustrations and 8 maps (a number full-page) in the text, folding coloured map and folding map coloured in outline (maps vey lightly spotted, mainly on blank margins); original green cloth, upper board framed in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, expertly recased, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, small stamp on title, and neat stamp in a few blank margins of text. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end BUT TRAGICALLY WANTING THE FRONTISPIECE 'ORANG-UTAN ATTACKED BY DYAKS'. The most celebrated work, dedicated appropriately to Darwin, by the co-discoverer of the process of evolution through natural selection. The eighth edition is based on the revised third edition of 1872. His well-known appendix on the crania and the languages of man in the archipelago includes a glossary of one hundred and seventeen words in thirty-three languages of the region. A LOVELY COPY OF A KEY WORK IN THE LITERATURE OF EVOLUTION. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Paris, Payot 1938. In-8 broché couverture illustrée de 220 pages Très bon état
Payot 1938, In-8 broché, 220 pages. Parfait état.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
115 pages. ... The stuff of MCC volunteer life in the Indonesian archipelago. From a place too dangerous to accommodate foreigners in 1948, in intervening years to 1998, Indonesia eventually hosted a total of 164 Mennonite Central Committee volunteers. For the 50-year anniversary celebration of MCC in Indonesia, some alumni wrote stories about: mixing sulfa with vaseline for patients in the 1950's; balancing on slippery logs in Kalimantan; weathering a coup d'etat; visiting Birdshead Anabaptists in Irian Jaya; and much more. Very light wear. Some soiling to title page else unmarked and in fine condition. Excellent copy in glossy decorated boards. Book
