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19551995American Anthropological Association, Chicago 1955 (American Anthropologist). IX, 265 p. with 3 maps. Paperback. Corners bumped, else good copy. - Aus der 1950 an der Universität Chicago vorgelegten Dissertation hervorgegangene Studie.
Octavo in light orange DJ; x, 274 p, b&w maps ; 22 cm. Chile; History; Politics. || Salvador Allende, President of Chile, died during the Chilean coup of 1973 by the Chilean Army Commander-in-Chief Augusto Pinochet. Although he reportedly committed suicide shortly after giving a radio speech to the Chilean people, there has been great controversy regarding the circumstances of his death. Allende supporters have always dismissed the military junta's version events because they believe he was assassinated. Several investigations have been undertaken into the circumstances surrounding Allende's death.
G/G (price clipped dj rubbed at edges with few small chips, dust marks to edges of back flap, clean red cloth with silver titles on spine, gift inscription front free endpaper and few small marks, light speckles outside page edges, internally pages clean and unmarked) octavo 221pp. First British edition. 16pp b/w plates (publisher's note apologising for transposition of illustrations due to a binder's error). Biography of St. Rose of Lima, the first person to be canonized in the New World, and Marian of Quito, better known as "The Lily of Quito" and patron saint of Ecuador.
ML833N Y , 1939, in12br,79pp,11 planches photos hors texte,1 carte dépliante Langue: Français
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
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
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
Features: Jungle Man-Hunters - horse-mounted frontiersmen of Ecuador - photos; The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell; Terror by Night - Man-Leopard killings in Nigeria (part I); Vagabond in Corsica - a tramp through the interior of Corsica - photos; The Dope-Runners - illegal drug traffic in South Africa; Diving for Crocodiles - at the Tanganyila-Nyasaland border; The "Mulga Wire" Mystery; The "Football Wallahs" - an amusing story from India of how a British soldier made friends; My Friend Sung Li - the companion of an ex-sailor; Beware of Elephants - encounters with elephants on the Queen's Highway; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. 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
2012ART6034MRelié, 224 pages, paru le 20 décembre 2012 chez Five Continents Editions (Bilingual : English / Spanish), livre quasi neuf.
Buenos Aires, Ediciones de la Flor, 1972. 4to. menor; 145 pp., 3 hs. Cubiertas originales.
1964LFA-126728727Revue mensuelle de 72 pages, format 140 x 210 mm, illustrée, brochée, Impr. de Sceaux, bon état
1979R110432634Jules Tallandier. Mars 1979. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 80 pages. 25 photographies en couleurs dans le texte + de nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1970R110432521Jules Tallandier. Février 1970. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 64 pages. 25 photographies en couleurs dans le texte + de nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1971R110432535Jules Tallandier. Mars 1971. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 64 pages. 25 photographies en couleurs dans le texte + de nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1977R110432611Jules Tallandier. Avril 1977. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 80 pages. 25 photographies en couleurs dans le texte + de nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1961R110432422Jules Tallandier. Décembre 1961. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 64 pages. 25 photographies en couleurs dans le texte + de nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1964R110432451Jules Tallandier. Mai 1964. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 64 pages. 25 photographies en couleurs dans le texte + de nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1970RO30143121TALLANDIER/NELSON DOUBLEDAY. 1970. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 63 + XVI pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations monochrome et nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs, dont certaines contre-collées dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
Pianta di cm 25 x 28,7 alla battuta, più ampi margini, incisa in rame da Veremondo Rossi. Piccola leggerissima gora all'angolo inf. sinistro, per il resto ottimo esemplare, assai fresco.
1713170159.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
8vo [23.5 x 17 cm]; xxvi, 456, 20 plates, 118 illus, 4 folding maps including and one in rear pocket (short splits at folds), tables, appendices, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover top edge gilted, cover a little lightly spotted at edge, 5 margins lightly stained, very good sound and solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Welch 111. Neate W66: 'This book was the first of the few great classics of South American mountaineering literature, equaled only by books like De Agostini's Andes Patagonicos. It remains essential reading for anyone visiting Ecuador'. Whymper was the first to ascend the Matterhorn and his Scrambles amongst the Alps is the most famous mountaineering book. Whymper's book on the Andes is less well-known but more important scientifically. Very well-illustrated and includes significant information on the natural history and geology of the area. One of the few nineteenth century books on Ecuador, describing the people, nature, scenery, cities, etc. Goodman 595: 'A solid, lengthy account of his experiences in climbing the peaks, including Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, with extensive botanical information.' He climbed 6 peaks over 15,000 feet. The maps include Quito plan, province of Quito, map of Ecuador, etc.
1892300187John Murray, London 1892. XXIV, 456 pp. with maps and illustrations and a folded attached map, Groß 8°, Original-Leinen, Bibliotheks-Exemplar (ordnungsgemäß entwidmet) mit leichten Rückständen vom Rückenschild, Stempel auf Titel, Einband leicht fleckig, die Beilagenkarte mit eingerissenen Falzen, insgesamt gutes und innen sauberes, teils noch unaufgeschnittenes Exemplar, (library copy in alltogether good condition),
ORD-13298Second Edition. London. John Murray. 1892. In-8 (172 x 235mm) pleine toile vert olive de l'éditeur, titre au dos et ornements or sur le 1er plat, gardes brunes, XXIV, 456 pages, 138 gravures sur bois par Whymper dont 20 planches hors texte, 1 carte lithographiée, un plan (Quito) remplié, une carte rempliée en fac-similé et un grande carte dans le rabat en fin de volume. Couverture lgt fatiguée, très bon état intérieur. Seconde édition parue la même année que l'originale mais sans les annexes scientifiques, complète en 1 volume.
74 pages. Features: Columbus' ship found?; Hoard still awaiting; Gold fever spreads to Ecuador; Maine's Mad Baron caches; Evaluating your bottles; Keene's 2001 Backpacker Dredge. Average wear. Book