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Pages 161-214 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Entrance Front of "Ross-Fenton Lodge," at Deal Lake, NJ; "Chuckles," the House in the Woods; "Ross-Fenton Lodge"; Two New England Bungalows - built for Mr. John Hays Hammond at Gloucester, MA, and Mr. C.W. Parker at Marblehead Neck; Garden Gates for the Bungalow; Rugs and Draperies for the Bungalow; The Summer Camp at Arden - Being an Experiment in Henry George Principles near Wilmington, DE; Plumbing and Drainage Problems of the Bungalow; "The Bunker" - a Bungalow built for George Towle, Esq., on Misery Island, MA; Some California Bungalows; A Bungalow at Bryn Mawr Park, New York, Costing $3,200, for Sullivan W. Jones, Esq., an architect of New York; Types of Bungalows; How I Built My Log Bungalow - "Anoatok," the "Home of the Wind," by Edward Fesser; A Bungalow made from Railway Ties; Furniture from the Bungalow; A Garden Room; Nice ad for Hotel Wawa at the Lake of Bays in Canada; Nice color ad for Lenox Chocolates on back cover; and more. Printed on glossy stock. From a bound volume, with related residue to backstrip. Complete and unmarked with Average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
97-192, 126 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with detailed drawings and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrated ads. Features: The Residence of Charles D. Blaney, Esq., Saratoga, California - Willis Polk & Co, Architects; The Art of the Middle Ages - Part I; The Destruction of Historic Buildings as Revealed by the Official French War Photographs - Part III - Parish Churches; The Memorial Quadrangle of Yale College - James Gamble Rogers, Architect; English Architectural Decoration - Part IV - text and measured drawings; The Small Country School House; Community Courts for Factory Workers; The Architect's Library - War Books of the Cathedrals - Part II - Verdun; Notes and Comments. Above-average wear. Lacking covers. Two small binding holes near spine. Last page of advertising loose but present. Not pretty but a worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 102-195 plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Musical Smugglers - a Hungarian liable for military service manages to evade the border patrol and escape; The Salmon Fisheries of the Pacific - article by John N. Cobb, formerly of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, supported with many wonderful photos; On the Wings of the Wind - the extraordinary story of how Mrs. S.L. Pattison met her husband in New Mexico; Four Women in the Desert - four ladies set out to penetrate the ancient Coptic monasteries of the Libyan Desert, the oldest Christian religious houses in the world - article with photos; The Lovers' Raft - a remarkable story from China, describing the fiendish punishment meted out by the wild border tribes to those who are suspected of being false to their marriage vows; Through the Land of Witchcraft (part IV) - remarkable stories of 'ju-ju' from remote districts of West Africa, with photos; The Crusoe of Soledad Bay - Beached yachters in Southern California meet a marooned criminal derelict working out his own salvation; Across the Congo part V of a lady's journey in Central Africa, with photos; Joe's Battle - Canadian timber-wolves attack a cabin; The Humours of Mountaineering - with photos; 'Tween Decks on a Cattle-Boat - a young Canadian wishing to reach England signs on as a cattleman upon a steamer at new York; Penelope in the West Indies - with great photos; Trapped in a Log-Jam - the curious adventure which befell two American college students on the Ohio River; Photo and brief write-up of Arizona convict Roy J. Meyers who invented a Tesla-like "Power Absorber" which drew energy from the atmosphere; Great group photo of Utah seniors with combined ages of ten thousand years!; Nice half-page illustrated ad for the Eagle 9-12 motorcycle by the American Motor Company; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
156 pages. "Vividly and in a style both crisp and breezy, (the author) describes some of the gun battles of half a century ago, and many hair-raising contacts with the roving uncivilized Indian... There are picturesque word sketches of sturdy pioneers, empire builders that history has glorified, and who blazed the trails that are now the broad highways of western civilization." - from dust jacket. Very light wear to book which remains handsome in its forest green textured boards brilliantly lettered in gilt. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, is missing several tiny peripheral chips with spine sunned and average wear. A quality copy. Book
In 8° (20x12,5 cm); due tomi in un volume: XVI, 296 pp. e 2 c. di tav. fuori testo, 392 pp. e 2 c. di tav. fuori testo. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle scura con titolo, autore e fregi in oro al dorso. Qualche strofinatura e lievi segni del tempo. Piatti foderati con carta marmorizzata coeva. All’interno esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione, completo. Prima edizione italiana e seconda edizione assoluta, dopo la prima francese del 1834-1835, di una delle più importanti descrizioni ottocentesche della California e dell’arcipelago delle Isole Hawaii, scritta dal celebre viaggiatore che fu ufficiale di marina e sindaco di Saint-Servan 1835-1838, Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly o Auguste Bernard superiore Cilly (Saint-Malo, 26 Marzo 1790 Saint-Servan-sur-mer, 26 ottobre, 1849). L’autore, entrato in marina nel 1807, prestò servizio nell'Oceano Indiano sotto Robert Surcouf. Nel 1815 passò dalla marina militare a quella mercantile prestando servizio sotto l’avventuriero, Jean Baptiste Rives che caldeggiava un’impresa coloniale francese nelle Isole Hawaii, all’epoca conosciute anche come Isole Sandwich dopo che così le aveva chiamate James Cook nel 1778 in onore del suo protettore Lord Sandwich, nome che oggigiorno è considerato coloniale e antiquato. La spedizione era stata ideata come divisa in due parti. Nella prima, finanziata da alcuni banchieri francesi fra i quali Jacques Laffitte, l’impresa, doveva spostarsi verso l’America latina per commerciare in diversi prodotti, poi terminata questa fase, doveva, quindi, proseguire verso le Hawaii per riportare lì, il corpo di un re hawaiano che era morto in Inghilterra a causa del vaiolo. Duhaut-Cilly partì da Le Havre il 10 aprile 1826 su un veliero di 370 tonnellate. La prima fermata avvenne alle Isole Canarie per poi proseguire nelle isole di Capo Verde e Cabo Frio in Brasile. Quindi visitò Rio (il 25 maggio) e poi, il 13 giugno, partì per Valparaiso da Capo Horn dove affrontò una terribile tempesta il giorno 14 luglio. Le successive tappe furono San José del Cabo (novembre) e Mazatlán per poi giungere in California in gennaio anche se a causa della nebbia, impiegò 8 giorni a trovare il Porto di San Francisco. Qui si fermò per un certo periodo e visitò il territorio. Le tappe furono poi Monterey, Santa Barbara e San Diego (aprile). Fu quindi alle Hawaii per poi tornare nell’ottobre del 1827, dopo una pausa in Perù, in California. Da qui si reca di nuovo alle Hawaii e si ferma per due mesi ad Honolulu, dove studia la lingua e le usanze locali, oltre a visitare il territorio. Il volume descrive i viaggi di Auguste Duhaut-Cilly, i luoghi da lui visitati, le lingue studiate, i monumenti e le bellezze naturali viste e rappresenta una selle più importanti e complete fonti storiche, economiche e culturali inerenti alla California e alle isole Hawaii nella prima metà dell’ottocento. Il volume è arricchito da 4 belle tavole fuori testo di vedute. Opera completa. Rif.Bibl.: Judd, 57; Hill 500; Howes D547; Sabin 21164; Zamorano 80,31; Forbes, 'Hawaiian National Bibliography', 1260.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
[8], 9-304 pp. All seven black and white plates present. Publisher's maroon cloth illustrated on front and backstrip. Higgins [1834-1917] was Speaker of the British Columbia Legislature. "I have adhered as closely as possible to descriptions of the peculiarities of speech and mode of life of the men and women who peopled the Pacific Coast forty or fifty years ago. The stories of the occult, which comprise several chapters, are left to the judgement of wiser heads than mine. I have seen much that puzzled and mystified me, and I am still seeking light, thus far with indifferent success. The reminiscent stories are all founded upon actual occurrences, and in the years to come may be found of value to the student of early events in California and the British Pacific. I have aimed to write history, so far as it came under my own observation, in an entertaining manner." - Preface. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Front hinge starting. Foxing to edges and last several leaves. No dust jacket as issued. A sound copy of this wonderful presentation of Pacific Coast life in the mid-1800s. Lowther 1538, Wallace p.50, Watters p.311, Tod & Cordingley 167, Smith p.148. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Caught in a Death-Trap - two motorcyclists plunge into an inescapable chasm in the terrible Mojave Desert of Californa; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part II - a joyous journey in search of adventure; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a huge elephant, the pride of all Ceylon, goes rogue; My Escape From Dartmoor - an inmate almost escaped from this impregnable prison in 1908; Round Cape Horn With a Deckload - James Whealen tells a disastrous tale; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part II - the amazing story of a man once condemned to the terrible French convict settlements of Guiana - with photos; The Soul of Burma - Part I - R. Whiting reports on his trip to this country, with photos; Among the Amazon Cannibals - Veteran prospector John Fairfax was captured by the cannibal Chunchos but managed to escape; Round the World in a Motor Boat - a picturesque account of the voyage of the Speejacks, with great photos; A Fight With a Bull Walrus - article with great photos; "Tapkabazi" - an Indian confidence trick; The "Devil's Post-Pile" - an extraordinary basalt rock formation in Southern California; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
190 pages. Includes 12 pages of colour photos by Mitchell, designed by Anthony Hudson. Contains music, lyrics and chords for the following songs: A Case of You; All I Want; Blue; California; Carey; Little Green; My Old Man; River; The Last Time I Saw Richard; This Flight Tonight; Banquet; Barangrill; Blonde in the Bleachers; Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire; Electricity; For the Roses; Judgement of the Moon and Stars; Lesson in Survival; Let the Wind Carry Me; See You Sometime; Woman of Heart and Mind; You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio; Car On A Hill; Court and Spark; Down to You; Free Man in Paris; Help Me; Just Like This Train; People's Party; Raised on Robbery; The Same Situation; Trouble Child. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this timeless compilation. Book
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Farm Clubs - PEI children learn stock care under government program - article and photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Kellogg's All-Bran features attractive female model on cover of weight control menu book; Cairndania - Canadian kennels produce international champions - Cairndania Kennels and Betty Hyslop of the Brockville area - photos and story; Nice full-page colour ad for '47 Ford cars; Dean of Ottawa - Paul "Daffy" Dean is the newly appointed manager of Ottawa's Nationals in the Border Baseball League - photos and story; Red Man's Burden - the state of Canada's Native Peoples, by Chief Teddy Yellowfly; The Great Air Robbery - fiction by Peter Carter-Page; Painless Childbirth? - Major article by June McFeely examines new anesthesias; Communism over France, by Joachim Joesten; Miss Letitia's Profession - fiction by Lupton A. Wilkinson; Television - "High Costs are Keeping it a Novelty for the Social Club and Public Gathering Place" - major article by Vince Lunny... Fascinating!; Laying down the Law - fiction by Gregory Clark; Humourous Yachting Story by Ken Johnstone; Book Reviews; Judas is Harriet - fiction by Jacqueline Sirois; 20 page colour comics section; Joy in the Morning - story by P.G. Wodehouse; Wonderful large photo of 2 year-old James W. Hurston in kilt; B.C.'s depressed Whale Industry - photos and article; "Baby Farm - Adoption Racket" libel suit against The Standard fails - brought by the Ideal Maternity Home of East Chester, NS; How Hamilton, Ontario is promoting itself - story and photos; Canada's top fighter pilot ace "Buzz" Beurling can't find a flying job! - story and photo; Edgar Simons kills the wife and child of his best friend, Frederick Rupert at Pancake Bay, Ontario; California Fashions; Careers in Nursing; Sports News; Highly informative article (with photos) of what Toronto Maple Leaf players do in the summer; Pool Train - Crack Montreal-Toronto Flyer resumes pre-war schedule - super photos with text; Monsieur Verdoux - First Charlie Chaplin movie since "The Great Dictator" creates controversy among critics - many photos and write-up; Colour Chevrolet ad on back page; and more. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Newspaper
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
34 pages. Features: Briefly Told - fascinating news bits inside front cover; William Jennings Bryan - The Great Commoner - article with photos; Who is the Governor of Texas? - Miriam A. Ferguson - photo-illustrated article; Home Crafts for Idle Hands; A Jewish Rabbi in Jerusalem (Joseph Klausner) Writes "Jesus of Nazareth" and refutes Jewish traditions - a review of this much discussed book; How the Coolidge Cabinet Funcations; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - The Qualities of Practicability in Ideas; Editorial - What is the Neglected Truth?; The Couzens Investigation; Chats with Office Callers - Who Owns the Movie Industry? - A Man From Poland Describes Conditions in his Country where 'business is entirely out of the hands of the Poles', General Coxey of "Coxey's Army; Sapiro Officials Run a Sideline - second article on the plight of Sapiro's tobacco co-operatives, "all members of Sapiro associations should read these articles"; Famous Conductor Sir Henry Wood, of Queen's Hall Orchestra in London; Hynes E. Terry Guides People Through the Capitol; Bell Collection at the Glenwood Mission Inn, California; Interesting news items from across the nation; Aviation from the Navy's Viewpoint - conclusion of a photo-illustrated article by Captain W.S. Pye, U.S.N.; An Icelandic Tale; Are the Movies Cruel to Animals?; Some further instruction on the Correct Movements in a Plain Quadrille Dance - with illustrations; Aerial photo of cloud-shrouded Mount of the Holy Cross in Eagle County, Colorado. Some pages free from staples but present. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
393-488, 126 [ads] pages. One fold-out drawing. Profusely illustrated with detailed drawings and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrated ads. Features: The Residence of F.F. Peabody, Esq., Montecito, California; The Ravisloe Country Club, Homewood, Illinois - George C. Nimmons & Co., Architects; The Phi Delta Theta Chapter House at the University of California, John Reid Jr., Architect; Otto R. Eggers, Architectural Renderer and Designer; The Creole Architecture of New Orleans; Industrial Housing Developments in America - Part III, Sawyer Park, Williamsport, PA, George S. and Lewis E. Welsh, Architects; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Hispanic Society Publications. Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings at each end of backstrip. Two small binding holes near spine. Faint library stamp upon front cover. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Two leather volumes with engraved borders to boards, AEG, marbled endpapers, gilt to front boards and spines, raised bands, x, 708; 680 pages, b&w illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. California -- San Francisco Bay Area, History, Biography. || Includes loose b&w plate to volume II.
Outer dimensions: 21.75" x 14.5". Counties individually colored. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Bonus: includes separate extensive list of California counties and cities/towns, complete with their (1889) populations. Book
12mo [18.5 x 12 cm]; x, [ii], 84, 74A-84A, 85-138, v [index], [i, ad] pp, irregular pagination but complete with chapter IX, with pages numbered 74A to 84A. original pictorial printed heavy paper wraps, chipped at spine ends & small chip to rear cover edge, front cover and endpaper with moderate foxing, touch of foxing on some other leaves, but clean, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon r Hill p. 65: 'English firms fitted out the schooner Columbia for the fur trade between the northwest coast of America and China. Peter Corney sailed as first lieutenant on this voyage which lasted more than four years. The ship was finally purchased by King Kamehameha of Hawaii. The voyage provides much interesting information concerning Hawaii and the abortive Russian settlement on Kauai. Howes 785 describes the work as 'very rare'. The title continues: 'Early Account of Kamehameha's Realm; Manners and Customs of the People, etc, and Sketch of a Cruise in the Service of the Independents of South America in 1819, with a Preface and Appendix of Valuable Confirmatory Letters Prepared by Prof. W. D. Alexander'
Octavo in dark brown-grey ornemental blind-stamped cloth; 394 pages, with seven full-page illus in b&w, frontispiece (portrait) with tissue attached & intact; 20 cm Well-written and entertaining, with interesting anecdotes and descriptions of gamblers, reprobate sailors and both sinful & righteous city life in Gold Rush-era San Francisco. Includes a chapter on preaching in Sacramento. || 19th Century History. California Gold Rush, San Francisco, California. Christianity. Evangelical. Evangelists. Preacher Biography. Evangelism. Methodism.
Black octavo, gilt to front board, chiefly b&w illus. (some color). California, San Francisco, Parks, Recreation. || No records found in WorldCat. || The Sharon Building article on separate sheets of paper to rear endpaper.
Incisione in rame di cm 32 x 35,5 alla battuta, su foglio di carta vergellata di cm 44 x 56. La carta è un affascinante studio di cartografia comparata della costa occidentale del Nordamerica, dal leggendario stretto di Anian a Cabo San Lucas e la punta meridionale della Baja California. Consiste nell'estratto di due carte antiche, realizzate dal Vischer nel 1612 e nel 1641 sulla base di informazioni di Gerardus Mercator e Petrus Plancius. Strappetto al margine inferiore, in corrispondenza della piegatura centrale. Bell'esemplare.
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of sledding scene; Classy two-page 1934 Chevrolet ad with prominent illustration of handsome grille; One-page yeast ad features photos of Dr. Edouard Antoine of Paris; Australia's Central Bank - interesting article on contemporary developments in central banking; One-page color Crisco ad; Mean People (short story); The Beginning (short story); Taking Children to Sea - interestin photo-illustrated article on attractions offered for children aboard ocean liners; The Trimming of Paul Lumiere (short story); The Girl in Green (short story); White Cargo (part 2 of short story); Tomorrow's Transportation - interesting photo-illustrated article; The Impregnable "Mountain" - photo-illustrated article on Stony Mountain Penitentiary and its escapee California Bill; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Henry Field of Chicago; Two-page Dodge photo ad features crowd gathered around car and another photo of car flying over cliff; Photos of Hollywood stars; Interesting Lux ad includes photo of Barbara Rainforth; Movie News and photos; Nice two-page photo ad for the New Plymouth Six includes photo of Walter P. Chrysler; Radio Stars - news and photos; Movie Reviews; Beauty article; Cooking article about Tea; One-page ad for Magic Baking Powder features photo of Madame R. Lacroix; Interesting Bovril ad includes photos of their product being loaded onto ship, the "Bear of Oakland", of Antarctic explorer Admiral Byrd; Fashion illustrations; One-page Kodak ad entitled "Snapshots at Night!"; Magnificent colour ad for Heinz ketchup inside back cover entitled "Wonderful Wedding" depicts 'blue-blood' female tomatoes being paired with Asian spicy males!; Colour Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 386-478 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Price of Gold - an appalling catastrophe strikes a prosperous mining camp at South Porcupine, Ontario; Besieged by Cannibals - a solitary man in the Congo is besieged in his house by a mob of bloodthirsty savages; The Bull and the Barque - a bull on board a ship is worse than a bull in a china-shop; A Bad Bargain - a young Englishmen is tricked into years of misery on the deadly Niger coast before turning the tables on the tricksters; The Empire's Secrets - a British soldier consents to sell plans and photos of the defences of one of Great Britain's most important bases in the East - before disaster overtook him; Out of the Darkness - a rash young man crosses the Rocky Mountains alone in winter-time; Wanderings in Northern Persia (part I) - great photo-illustrated account of a journey beginning from Enzeli; From Job to Job Around the World (part I) - two young Americans with ten dollars between them set out to work their way around the world; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth (VI) - the author's expedition fights nature and hostile natives; McGrath's Voyage - a white trader, a boy, and a pig make a wonderful 2,000-mile trip across the South Pacific in an open boat - safely passing through a hurricane; photo of a hot-water geyser struck by drillers in Calistoga, California; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
