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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Hidden Bay - A member of the Cape Police investigates a series of missing boats and their crews; The Parson - A Tale of old frontier days in Marshall, Texas; A Gambling Raid in Malaya - A white police officer single-handedly attempts to raid a gambling-den in the Malay States; Through Arctic Seas - Part III - The continues adventures of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo in the Western Arctic as it studies the Eskimos and wild life - with map and many nice photos; Among the Kazak Nomads - Matthew Edwards describes his time with these hardy riders of the plains, who enjoy hunting with trained eagles - including many very nice photos; On Tour With a Puppet Show - Part I - Walter Wilkinson travels through the West of England with his glorified Punch-and-Judy outfit; George's Crocodile - an amusing tale from the coast of China; "Bimbo" - Russell Afzal's dog killed a sacred monkey, was cursed, and died a mysterious death; Pat the Teacher - He drifted to a remote Australian sheep station and proved his manhood to the full; The Isle of Rip Van Winkle - A visit to the quaint and beautiful island of Banda, the "Pearl of the Moluccas" - with photos; The Romance of Pearls - An excellently photo-illustrated account of the fisheries of Ceylon, with some interesting stories concerning pearls; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part II - The continued tale of Major Jackson's year-long, 6,000 mile trip from Beira to Banana - with interesting photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River, British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati, disguised as Arab beggars, sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world, fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery, of Main Street, Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment, disillusionment, and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam, near Pretoria, South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
196713884DBOttawa., National Museum of Canada., 1967. 28,5 x 21 cm. 18 S. Illustrierte OBroschur., 13884D Erste Auflage. Einbandkanten etwas nachgedunkelt und mit kleinen Bereibungen. Gutes Exemplar.
80 pages. Features: Farwell, Saskatchewan Detachment; Cottonwood Patrol; Texas Adventure - Cpl. G.R. Mashford; Police and the Computer; Toy Guns; Frontier Law Enforcement; A "Tape Recording"; A Ranger's Lot; The Caribou Eskimos; It's Your Money; Jamboree of the Air; New Corner Brook Building; When We Were Young and Gay ; and more. Prior owner's details black out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Centerfold taped in place, otherwise a sound copy. Book
1959014425Smithsonian Institution Press, City of Washington 1959. Hartkarton Sehr gut
1977000771C.C.Thomas, Springfield 1977. Reprint Ed. 1935 Leinen Sehr gut
Alvin Josephy presents the history, archaeology and ethnology - including origins and languages - of all the major Indian cultures from Alaska to Patagonia. 398pp. Numerous illustrations and eleven maps. Slight soiling and edgewear to dust jacket.
435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book
199113899DBWashington., Smithsonian Institution Press., 1991. 25,5 x 19,5 cm. 192 S. OPappband mit illustriertem OUmschlag., 13899D Erste Auflage. Umchlag- und Einbandkanten mit Bereibungen, Umschlag mit kleinem, hinterlegtem Einriss, etwas angestaubt. Sonst noch Gutes Exemplar.
197413872DBKessinger Legacy Reprints., 1974. 23,5 x 15,5 cm. S. 742 - 968. OPappband., 13872D Einbandkanten stellenweise minimal beschabt. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar.
197213964DB(Chiago)., Field Museum of Natural History., 1972. 23,5 x 15,5 cm. 22 Blatt (SS. 31 -79). OBroschur., 13964D Erste Auflage. Kanten etwas nachgedunkelt und berieben. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar. Fieldiana Anthropology Publication 1156.
199015679DBWinnipeg., Winnipeg Art Gallery., 1990. 28 x 21,5 cm. 175 S. Illustrierter OKarton., 15679D Erste Auflage. Einbandkanten mit kleinen Bereibungen, einige Seiten an der Unterkante (ca 2 cm) minimal wellig. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
ART886MNon daté / Non paginé environ 60 pages. Broché.
197113886DBNew York., Johnson Reprint Corporation., 1971. 23,5 x 15,5 cm. 997 S. OLeinen., 13886D Einbandkanten mit Bereibungen, Kanten stellenweise minimal beschabt, etwas angestaubt, Mane in Buntstift auf dem hinteren Vorsatzblatt. Sonst gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar. Landmarks in Anthropology, a series of reprints in cultural anthropology. General Editor: Weston La Barre.
12 pages. Features: Edmonton Eskimo action photo on cover; William K. Forbes marks retirement; Miss Irene Pollard marks 25th anniversary with company; Leila Kerr Marries; Paintings by Rudolf Anton Messner displayed at Eatons; Good Deeds Clup Haloween Party - text and photos; Passing of Mrs. Gussie Campbell; Murray W. Wickham honoured. Additional employee news. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 27 photographs in the text and a folding map coloured in outline (very lightly browned); original green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Caribou Crisis - informative article in the state of the caribou; The Narwhal - Canada's Horn of the Uniforn; The Living Stone - photos of stone carvings of the Eskimos of the Eastern Arctic; Pierre Falcon - Bard of the Prairies; Governor George Simpson - "The Strangest Man I Ever Knew"; Samuel Black on the Finlay; Winston Churchill accepts appointment of Grand Seigneur of the Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay; Ninety Years Later - a tale of hard northern travel in the old style, exploring the wild Upper Finlay, 90 years after Samuel Black - great photo-illustrated article; Retreat of the Sea - photos taken in the neighbourhood of Fort Severn; The Minnesota Route - in the late 1850s the Hudson's Bay Company began to abandon the historic York Factory route to Lake Winnipeg in favour of that via St. Paul and the Red River; Sir George Simpson as Banker; Nice colour ad for Hudson's bay shirts for men on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European V. Among the Eskimos (part II); Manitoba Maple Sugar - for centuries the Manitoba Maple has been furnishing syrup and sugar to the Indians and white men - article with photos; Athabasca Tar Sands - Great photo study of the sands before a profitable oil extraction method had been devised; Liar River Voyage; "Parthia" of the Pacific - the first vessel to fly the C.P.R. house flag saw service in the Yukon gold rush and the Aleutian campaign, and still plies the water of the Pacific - article with photos; St. Lawrence Seaway - Photo Study III; Moose Fort Journals, 1783-5 - the latest volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Naturalists on the Back River (part 1 of 2); Footnotes on the Franklin Search - I - Halkett's Air Boat; Fur Trade Gossip Sheet; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196413901DBProvidence/ Rhode Island., Brown University Pres., 1964. 26 x 18 cm. 331 S./ 78 Blatt Abbildungen. OLeinen mit illustriertem OUmschlag., 13901D Erste Auflage. Umschlagkanten stärker berieben und stellenweise leseknittrig, insgesamt etwas angestaubt. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
198113903DBNew York., Columbia University Press., 1981. 24 x 17 cm. 268 S. OPappband mit illustriertem OUmschlag., 13903D Erste Auflage. Umschlag- und Einbandkanten mit Bereibungen, privates Exlibris auf dem Titelblatt, insgesamt etwas gebrauchhspurig. Sonst noch gutes Exemplar.
201213863DBSankt Petersburg. Fairbanks., Kunstkamera. University of Alaska Press., 2012. 30 x 24,5 cm. 400 S. Illustrierter OPappband., 13863D Erste Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked leatherette padded boards and no bumping to corners. 240pp. By the editors of Time-Life books with text by Keith Wheeler, this book describes the Old Wild West and the new territory of Alaska, bought from Russia in 1867. Initially it was only slowly settled by the Americans although faster from 1880 when gold was found. The people and the land shown in a wealth of detail with superb period black & white photos from the 19th century . Also some colour paintings.
60pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Passage of House Joint Resolution 205 marks new era for Alaska; Her Name is Salty - first of six chapters of "Trolling Poles"; The Stikine River; Caribou Hunt - grizzlies were around but hard to find on this northern British Columbia trip; Nine Polar Bears - for Eskimos to see a herd of polar bears is a rare event; Hunt Wolves in September; Log Cabin Home; and more. Covers loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
105111949 Bloud et Gay éditeur "collection ""existence du monde""" broché, 222p. bon état.
8589Paris, Bloud et Gay, 1949. In-12, broché, hors-texte.
