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Paris, A. picard - In-4 relié, couverture décorée - Reliure à la bradel - tranche dorée - 320 pages - Illustré de 61 compositions d'Henri BRESSLER - Très bel Ex.
xxiv + 738pp., 26cm., softcover, very good condition, unpublished doctoral dissertation (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Law, promotores: Prof. Marie-Claire Foblets & Prof. Gordon R. Woodman), J74667
Octavo in red wraps; 207 p., bib,21 cm In Spanish || Urbanization -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 20th century. UrbanizaciÛn -- Per˙ -- Lima -- Historia -- Siglo XX.Lima (Peru) -- Civilization.
Octavo in pale orange brown glossy paper wrap six, 134 p. ; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references In Spanish. Signed and inscribed by author. // Nationalism -- Bolivia. Nationalism in literature. Nationalismus ; Bolivia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Bolivien Nacionalismo; Bolivia.; Bolivia; PolÌtica y gobierno.
Medium octavo in blue wraps; 210 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 209-210. In Spanish. Uncommon. || Oruro (Bolivia) -- Social conditions.
Features: Bradford Washburn - 50 years on ice - an outstanding mountaineering career; Searching the Denmark Strait - why do the Whales congregate there?; The Owls of Lavrion - Silver mines of ancient Greece; "Mummy" Dearest - clues to ancient maladies - autopsy of a 2,200 year-old man; Hang-Gliding on K-2 - an emergency descent of 7,600m; The Rara Expedition - collecting fish of a high Himalayan Lake; Hominid Discovery in the Awash Valley - Ethiopian site yields significant fossils; Continental Coytes - most adaptable of modern carnivores; Rabbits of the Paramos - their range in the Venezuelan Andes; Biography Briefs of 50-year members. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: government investment in health care; a high-resolution scanning electron microscope; early man in the Andes; advances in pattern recognition; annual biological clocks; superconductivity at high pressure; hailstones; the mapping of human chromosomes. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Death-Bore - A nightmare experience on a railway in the Andes of South America; Wilderness Wandereres - the barren ground caribou of Canada, many photos; Terror by Night - visiting the lonely northwest coast of Australia in search of the alleged footprints of a prehistoric dinosaur; The Spell-Binder - a Natal farmer describes a curious incident related to an African courtship; The Rest Cure - recuperating from tropical fever, the author takes an open-air job hoping it will aid his health...; A Papuan "Pig Festival", with great photos; Time is Money - a story from Bombay by P. Stones; The Steamer will not call; Stolen Gold - ramifications of Far East Gold Smuggling as revealed in Western Australia; The Onlooker - making the only pleasure cruise of his life, a ship's officer is unable to enjoy himself; Slumach Lost Creek Mine Ltd.; and more. Average wear. Chips and openings along backstrip. Binding intact. Book
in-12, 265 pp., broche, couverture illustree Bon etat [DV-13]
in-8, 110 p., broché, couv. ill. Bel exemplaire. [GD8/3]
In-8° (cm. 20), pp. 362. Cartoncino edit. a risvolti, illustrato a colori.
157pp., with 170 illustrations of which 147 in colour, 31cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, ISBN 0-500-27985-3, S96792
Octavo in white illus wraps; 134 p. : ill., bib. ; 21 cm. In Spanish. Uncommon. || Aymara Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. Aymara Indians -- Religion. Culture -- Semiotic models. Sucre (Bolivia) -- Religious life and customs.
pp. 225-258, 10 photogr. pls., 1 map. 8vo. Ofprint, orig. wrs., uncut.
PARIS, P.Roger Ed. - 1923 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - 1 carte, 18 planches de photographies NB HT, dont 1 dépliante - 377 pages - Propre, bon exemplaire
Large octavo in dark blue photo-illus paper wraps; 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172). In Spanish. Scarce. // Aymara Indians -- Government relations. Aymara Indians -- Biography. Aymara (Indiens) -- Biographies. Aymara (Indiens) -- Relations avec l'…tat. Nina Qhispi, Eduardo Leandro, 1887-1936? Taraku (Bolivia) -- History. Taraku (Bolivie) -- Histoire.
Octavo in offwhite sepia-illus paper wraps : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references. In Spanish. Uncommon. One volume. ( A second volume was issued a year later and entitled: Caminar con Francisco de Asis. // Franciscans -- Bolivia -- Tarija. Geographic: Tarija (Bolivia) -- Church history.
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. 174 pages with maps, charts, diagrams, tables, 263 illustrations, 59 in color.
in-8°, 237 pp, illustrations n&b, broche, couv. Etat moyen. [PH-4]
in-8, 267 pages, dessins in-t., broche, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [NV-10]
in-8, 227 pp., illustrations h.t. (héliogravures), broché, couverture illustrée. Bon état. [TX-9]
Octavo in white illus wraps; 183 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., ports., bib. ; 21 cm In Spanish. Scarce. Apparently Inti Peredo worked with Che Guevara in Bolivia. || Guerrillas -- Bolivia -- Biography. Peredo, Inti. Guerrillas -- Bolivia. Che Guevara
Broché. 179 pages.
48 pages. Features: cover photo of the Ciudad de Armenia; Large photo of the Rangitane inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Royal Mail Line passenger ship Andes; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; Steamer Services of the Great Western Railway - This year the railway world is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. Here we review the maritime aspects of the railway's activities, with this part describing GWR's activities in the 19th century - Part 1; Down South America Way - Bernard Young recalls his shipping observations at Rio de Janeiro between the wars, observations which were often made upside-down!; Ship Canal Memories; The Port of New York and New Jersey - Ted Scull reviews the changes of the past twenty years; Under Sail; Nice photo of the Colima inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book