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in 16° br. fig. pp.267 con foto f. testo
86, 16 [ads] pages. Features: My Fall into Germany from an Aeroplane (Airplane) - how I dropped 8,000 feet getting in - and crawled 400 miles getting out, by Lieut. Pat O'Brien, R.F.C.; The "Debil, Debil' of George's Gap - a snake story; Through Ireland with a "Fit-Up", by Nan Gray; Photo and short article on the Indian-built Hagwilget suspension bridge across the Bulkley River, British Columbia; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part III - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia - article includes several good photos; The Greater Duty - A Corporal in the Royal North-West Mounted Police finds himself in a predicament; In Unknown British Guiana - part 3, with wonderful photos; Tales of the Service - VII - The Saccharine Smugglers (off the Irish coast); Trench Journals - documenting the irrepressible gaeity of French and English soldiers engaged in trench warfare; A Slow Revenge - a snake story from Zululand; The Romance of Fossil-Hunting - with great photos including horse-powered bone hauling out of Red Deer Canyon, Alberta; St. Patrick's Purgatory - with great photos; Photo and brief article on Robert W. Patten of Seattle; Leaping from trees in the New Hebrides - with photo. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this most interesting issue. Book
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Two Volumes. Illustrated with folding map and numerous plates. Title page printed in red and black. Introduction and notes by Rudolf van Lier. Limited Edition. Number 1700 of only 1950 copies. Signed by Rudolf van Lier. Printed from type by Joh. Enschede en Zonen and Designed by Richard Hendel. 4to. Original blue linen spines over French marbled boards. Original paper spine labels. Original marbled slip case. Hardbound. Nice set THAT WOULD MAKE A FINE GIFT. John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797) was a distinguished BritishDutch soldier and noted author. He was born in the Netherlands in 1744 to Robert Stedman, a Scot and an officer in Holland's Scots Brigade, and his wife of Dutch noble lineage, Antoinetta Christina van Ceulen. He lived most of his childhood in Holland with his parents but spent time with his uncle in Scotland. His years in Surinam, on the northern coast of South America, were characterized by encounters with African slaves and colonial planters, as well as the exotic local flora and fauna. He recorded his experiences in this Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1796) which, with its firsthand depictions of slavery and other aspects of colonization, became an important tool in the early abolitionist cause. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W96
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, engraved illustrations and endpaper maps on green stock; pictorial cream cloth blocked in green, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
In-8, 343p. Edition hors commerce numérotée. Ouvrage établi et présenté par Michel Rouzé, selon la traduction originale de P.-F. Henri. Illustré de 20 gravures d'après les dessins de l'auteur (1794). Bien complet de la carte volante. A l'état de neuf.
Milano, 1926, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 1125/1130 con 7 fotografie. - !! 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.
203 pages. The fascinating and almost unbelievable adventures of David Singh as he progressed from poverty in Guyana to the head of Fortune Financial in Canada. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Must reading for any new immigrants in need of a heavy dose of inspiration. Book
Broch?. 654 pages. Format de poche.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; original Society binding of navy cloth, upper boards blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: Explorations on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society 1835-1839; Vol. II: The Boundary Survey 1840-1844. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Vols. 16, 17.
Milano, 1953, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 77/88 con numerose fotografie. - !! 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.
292p. Thirty-two illustrations by the author. Tall 8vo. Original full decorated cloth binding. Original very worn and torn dust jacket. Inked ownership. First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NH 1
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 318 pp, frontis, numerous plates from photos, folding color map, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, bookplate removed from endpaper, very good+, clean throughout. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes in detail the people, scenery, nature, geology, villages, history, etc. Many of the plates are of indigenous peoples, also buildings, sugar mill, scenery, etc.
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 318 pp, frontis, numerous plates from photos, folding color map, with short tear, bibliog, index. original decorated gilt cloth, light shelfwear, else very good+, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes in detail the people, scenery, nature, geology, villages, history, etc. Many of the plates are of indigenous peoples, also buildings, sugar mill, scenery, etc.
8vo; xxiii, 242pp, frontis, 15 other full-page illus. original cloth with deorative spine, bit soiled, end-papers foxed, else clean very good copy of an important contribution to rain forest botany and ecology, scarce. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important contribution to rain forest botany and ecology, based on the author's 24 years of collecting and study in the area.
SAINTES, Ed. Les Chemins de la Mémoire - Coll. "Mémoire et Société" - In-4 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Très nombreuses illustrations NB dans le texte et HT - 180 pages - Bon exemplaire
Hardcover in-12°, 255 pages, nombreuses illustrations n&b, cartes, reliure demi-maroquin à coins, dos à nerfs, couverture conservée. Tres bel exemplaire, très frais. [CA32-6]
Paris, Berger Levrault 1964. In-8 broché couverture illustrée de 232 pages + table. Photos.
in-12, 269 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, carte, broche, couv., jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire (petit accroc a la jaquette). [MI-12]
In 8, pp. XIV + 356 con 1 ritr. inc. all'antip. e 1 grande tabella piu' volte rip. Br. ed. muta. Ottimo es. genuino in barbe e intonso. Edizione originale di quest'opera che partendo dalla sua piu' famosa dedicata ai commerci europei nelle indie e nelle americhe, si occupa specificatamente della colonizzazione della Francia nelle americhe. Dopo aver analizzato il ritardo francese nella corsa coloniale, Raynal descrive i tentativi fatti verso le Antille a partire dagli inizi del XVII sec. Tratta poi della conquista della Guyana, di Santa Lucia, della Martinica, di Guadalupe, di Santo Domingo e di Tabago. Raynal dopo un inizio ecclesiastico, abbandonato il sacerdozio si fa conoscere come apostolo della liberta'. Il ritratto sulla terza edizione della sua importante opera sul commercio degli europei nelle Indie, opera avversata e conndatta al rogo, lo obbliga a fuggire, prima in Svizzera poi in Prussia, tornato in Francia nel 1784, si dedica a istituire premi accademici. Con la rivoluzione si mettera' nei guai con molte critiche agli eccessi del terrore. La sua fama gli evitera' la ghigliottina.
1 vol in-8°, 471 pp., photographies n&b, carte, broche, jaquette illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [MI-15]
FRANCE EMPIRE. 1970. In-8 Carré. Broché, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 471 pages- quelques photos en noir et blanc hors texte- renfort à l'adhésif transparent en coiffe en tête
FRANCE-EMPIRE.. 1970.. In-8 Carré. Broché, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 471 pages. Jaquette illustrée en couleurs. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc, hors texte.
(Authors of the Caribbean Series) An anthology of stories set in Guyana and the islands of the Caribbean. Some tell of old legends, and the last story is full of pathos and hauntingly beautiful. Book