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100 pages plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Real-Life Romances - six narratives of travel in Italy; Captain Thompson's 'Catch' - Captain Thompson of Knight's Key, Florida catches a huge bizarre 'whale/shark' - article with photos; Drifting Through Mesopotamia - Russian M. Dutkevitch and his photo-illustrated account of floating down the mighty Tigris to Bagdad; A Naturalist in the Arctic - Mr. Koren, a Norwegian naturalist, becomes a castaway in Siberia after his vessel is wrecked in the ice; The "Phantom Brigands" of Pegomas - how the puzzle of these these French criminals (described in the March, 1912 issue) was finally solved; Our Trip to the Kolahoi Glacier - a journey by two officers of the Indian Army to the source of the Jhelum River - with great photos; My Adventures in Sarawak (part II) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her time as the Rajah's bride; Two Years in Guatemala - Alfred R. Lamb describes his eventful time organizing the police force of Guatemala; The Bishop's Visit - what happened when a Bishop visited the bungalow of an Indian planter; The Fur-Buyer's Peril - Frank J. Scheider nearly froze to death in the wilds of Ontario; Moose-Hunting in New Brunswick; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
tall 8vo [26 x 17 cm]; xxi, [iii], 268 pp, 2 folding maps including frontis, 21 plates from drawings and photos, appendix. original blue pictorial cloth with detailed gilt picture of palm tree, vegetation and people, gilt spine title lettering, edges a little rubbed, bookplate of Peter Stubs on endpaper, minor foxing on a few leaves else near fine, clean copy. A picture of th The author describes his journey to Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Surinam, Amazon basin, Maroni River, Georgetown, Essequibo River, Angostura, Gulf of Paria, Orinoco and then to Trinidad, Martinique, Florida, Jamaica, with descriptions of wildlife, nature, plants, aboriginal tribes, settlements, whale fishing, local customs, etc. There are 4 chapters on Florida. The folding maps are of the watershed between Guiana and the Amazon and of the Everglade region of Florida. The illustrations include views, Indian weapons, living conditions, river scenes, plant life, etc. Welch 54. Hilton 9535. Spain & Spanish America 664. Cundall 334.
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Book
Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Features: The Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
Features: Two photos of an original 1931 Club Sedan; Two photos of Seth Ely's 1911 'Touring Car'; Many pages of photos from the PAS 1976 meet at Painted Post, NY; 13 glorious pages reproduced from a catalog entitled 'Presenting the Pierce-Arrow Dual-Valve Six, Series 33, plus specifications from the Dealer Data Book, with emphasis on body details; List of P-A's available for sale by Dr. Art Burrichter in Florida; Back cover features a reproduction of sales literature from the 1925 Series 33 Portfolio. Date written in upper corner of front cover else unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Carta geografica in cui sono raffigurati i territori della Florida, il Texas ed il Messico. Sia lungo la linea costiera che il territorio del Texas si rifanno alle esplorazioni di La Salle.
Piacevolissima opera.<BR>Volume in-folio; legatura moderna in mezza pelle (mantenuti i piatti originali applicati sul nuovo cartonato); pp. 16 + 16 tavole incise all'acquaforte su carta pesante.<BR>Ogni foglio cm. 46 x 33 (alla battuta cm. 28 x 22).<BR>Consueto ingiallimento della carta; mende alle cuffie (in particolare la parte superiore del dorso staccata dal piatto anteriore per cm. 4); il margine delle prime due pagine è stato sottoposto a restauro professionale; un piccolo alone segna, senza disturbare, l'angolo interno inferiore delle 16 pagine iniziali e della prima tavola; ottime le condizioni delle altre tavole.<BR>La prima edizione di questa bella opera è del 1888.<BR>Questo il testo completo del frontispizio:<BR>"Frescos de Goya en la Iglesia de San Antonio de la Florida. Grabados al agua fuerte por D. José M. Galvan y Candela grabador del Deposito Hidrografico. Obra premiada con medalla de segunda clase en la Exposicion National de Bellas Artes de 1878. Texto por D. Juan De Dios De La Rada y Delgado precedido del informe dado acerca de esta obra por la Real Academia de San Fernando. Escrito por el Excmo. Sr. D. Pedro de Madrazo directo de la misma. Segunda Edicion.
Paris, Didot, 1768, 21 x 31,5 cm, contornos coloreados de época, reverso en blanco. (Este raro mapa fue grabado para la "Descripción de Débouquements Qui Sont au Nord de l'île de Saint Domingue", 1768, una pequeña guía de navegación con 152 páginas y 34 cartas náuticas del Norte del Mar Caribe. Como se indica en la cartela, está claramente influenciado por los recientes esfuerzos cartográficos británicos de su nueva posesión [en el primer tratado de París de 1763, al concluir la guerra de los franceses e indios, Inglaterra recibió Florida de España a cambio de la retrocesión de La Habana y El norte de Cuba para los españoles]. En particular, el mapa de John Gibson para la revista Caballeros de 1763, famoso por su descripción de la península de Florida como un archipiélago, parece haber sido una fuente importante para este trabajo. Excepcionalmente, el norte está en el lado derecho del mapa]).
92 pages. Text in French. Features: Le Chapitre Des Chapeaux; Ensemble a Cape Pour Le Printemps; Le Mouvement Projete En Avant; L'Ecole De Ski; Sous Le Soleil De Sestrieres; Les Nouvelles Collections; A La Decouvert; Le Massage Facial; Idees Nouvelles Dans Les Bikoux; Accessoires; Fraicheir Du taffetas Quadrille; S.A.R. La Princesse Marina De grece; Mue De L'Homme, par Jean-Richard Bloch; Matins de Printemps; Sur La Cote De Floride; A Burlington House; Sur La Scene; Many gorgeous vintage ads. Above-average wear. Soiling to front cover. Binding intact. Missing pages 71-72. A worthy reference copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Book
Interessante raffigurazione di buona parte orientale degli Stati Uniti. Si trovano raffigurati i territori di New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginie, Caroline, Georgie, Floride e Louisiane.Il titolo è iscritto in decorativo cartiglio nell'angolo in basso a destra.Coloritura confinale coeva all'acquerello. Alcuni segni del tempo che non compromettono l'ottimale stato di conservazione generale della carta.
Mm 220x320 Cinque volumi rilegati in mezza pelle, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso, piatti con carta marmorizzata con piccole abrasioni alla base. Legature tutte ben salde. Vol. I°, ( 2 Luglio - 24 dicembre 1968 ) di 414 pp. Vol. II°, ( 1° gennaio - 24 giugno 1969 ) di 414 pp. Vol. III°, ( 1° luglio - 30 dicembre 1869 ) di 430 pp. Vol. IV°, ( 6 gennaio - 30 giugno 1870 ) di 414 pp. Vol. V°, ( 7 luglio - 29 dicembre 1870 ). Tutti i volumi sono illustrati da xilografie con immagini anche a piena pagina. Alcune fioriture e bruniture in alcune pagine del testo, peraltro lo stato d'insieme di questo importante settimanale, di forte caratterizzazione eurocentrica, è ottimo. Raccolta di tutto il pubblicato della nota rivista a carattere geografico che seguì la edizione di lusso orientata ad un pubblico più facoltoso e che venne poi continuata e surrogata col nuovo anno dal " Giornale popolare di Viaggi". Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Raffigurazione geografica del territorio nord americano in particolare di Canada o Nouvelle France ed una parte degli Stati Uniti (Florida, Carolaina, Luisiana, Virginia...). Interessante evidenziare come l'estensione del Canada venga aumentata, verso sud, a discapito dei territori delle colonie inglesi.
In-4°, due volumi, (5), CCXLII, 413, due carte pieghevoli (La Florida en el ano 1591, La Florida en el ano 1765), tavole; pp 801 Rilegatura in mezza pergamena con tasselli al dorso. Pedro Menendez de Aviles fu il primo governatore spagnolo della Florida, capo generale dell’Armada contro l’Inghilterra In-4°, two volumes, (5), CCXLII, 413, two folded maps (La Florida en el ano 1591, La Florida en el ano 1765), plates, pp 801. Half parchemine binding. Pedro Menendez de Aviles was the first Spanish governor of Florida, Chief General of the Armada against England
88 pages. Features: Fantastic fold-out two-panel colour cover photo of the four Richardsons of Regina who are world curling champions; Brief article on how Nanaimo Realty paid its realtors to lose weight - and sales increased!; Nice one-page black and white Volkswagen photo ad entitled "Who backs up the Volkswagen?"; Nice one-page colour photo ad for Florida orange juice shows smiling girl wearing white ear muffs; What Winter Does to Canada - and vice versa; What to wear to a Fashion Opening - photo-illustrated article; Duel in the Kitchen (fiction); The Return of the Winter Carnivals; The Simple Joys of Camping in a Snowdrift; Hockey Isn't As Rough as it Used to Be - Part 1 of Jack Adams' "My 43 Years in Hockey" - photo-illustrated article (with large photo of Howie Meeker pounding a limp Canadien); The Second Splendid Discovery of Spices; How to Gain Entree to the Social Pages; Canada's world champions of Curling - Ernie Richardson and the Richardsons of Regina; Population Explosion on the Ski Slopes; Skier's Dream - two-page colour-photo-illustrated brief article with two maps describe how Franz Wilhelmsen and the Garibaldi Olympic Committee seek to have the massive potential of Whistler Mountain developed for the Winter Olympics of 1968; Best and Worst Movies of 1960; Escape to the Sun - Robert Thomas Allen's road trip from California to Florida; Seagrams ad features colour painting of winter carnival by Henry Simpkins; Large colour ad for Apollo Beach waterfront real estate development near Tampa; Canadian Club colour-photo one-page ad features Walter Gonnason falling into an ice crevasse on Mount Victoria Glacier in Alberta; Why color TV isn't here yet - and when it may be; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features skating couple; and more. Discrete six-inch clear archival tape repair to bottom left corner of front cover, otherwise unmmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
(4) ff., VIII-135-[46]-(1)-136 à 192 pp., (38) ff pour les observations météorologiques, (2) ff d'errata Veau marbré, dos à nerfs ornè, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges (Reliure de l'époque) 1763, 1763, in-4, (4) ff, VIII-135-[46]-(1)-136 à 192 pp, (38) ff pour les observations météorologiques, (2) ff d'errata, Veau marbré, dos à nerfs ornè, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges (Reliure de l'époque), Édition originale, ornée d'une carte dépliante de la Martinique de cette relation rédigée par le botaniste natif de la Martinique, Thibault de Chanvalon (1723-1788). Membre du conseil supérieur de l'île, il fut chargé d'en dresser la statistique. L'ouvrage renferme des renseignements sur la population, dont une étonnante description des "américains", l'économie, l'esclavage, la géographie, la faune et la flore, le climat, etc. L'année même de la publication de ce volume, Chanvalon sera nommé intendant de la nouvelle colonie de Guyane, là où le royaume plaçait ses espoirs après la perte du Canada ; l'expédition sera un véritable désastre, à la fois sur le plan humain et financier, entraînant la perte de milliers de colons et de plusieurs millions de livres. Bel exemplaire, malgré une trace d'eau sur le plat supérieur et une mouillure peu prononcée dans l'angle inf. des premiers et des derniers cahiers. Provenance : Cachet ancien de la Bibliothèque de Leugny. Chadenat, n°1067. ? Leclerc, n°311. ? Sabin, n°11936
