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Carta geografica, antica ed originale, inserita nel VI Tomo ”Atlas Historique ou nouvelle introduction a l’Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne…”, pubblicato ad Amsterdam nel 1719. Atlante che, con la sua pubblicazione, coniuga le mappe geografiche con incisioni e informazioni di carattere geografico, araldico, etnografico e storico così rendendo l’opera in sette volumi molto innovativa. Incisione in rame 370x430 mm.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743), pastore ugonotto originario di Parigi visse alternativamente a Parigi, Londra, L'Aia ed Amsterdam. Conosciuto come cartografo olandese per il sua opera cartografica monumentale in sette volumi “Atlas Historique” pubblicata ad Amsterdam con i suoi fratelli. Mappa con 2 inserti e 7 vignette: "Carte De L'Isthme De Darien Et Du Golfe De Panama", "Cote septentr. del'Isthme del'Amerique a l'Ouest de Panama; Cote merid. de l'Isthme del'Amerique a l'Ouest de Panama". "Carte de l'Isthme di Darien et du Golfe dei Panama. Le vignette rappresentano la flora e la fauna della regione, tra cui pesci, uccelli e flora
160 pages. Features: Our Silent Partner Against Communism - Reinhard Gehlen; Who'll Pay for Your College Education?; A Footnote to the Air Force Manual; The Enemy Whacks Away at The Family Bible; Pat Brown - California's Controversial Governor; The Swastika vs the Hammer and Sickle; The Money Changers - conclusion of a 10 March 1935 address by Father Charles Coughlin; Threat to Internationalize the Panama Canal; Magnetism! - man taps nature's invisible web of force; Kelp - Abundant Sea Harvest; Betrayal of South Korea; Cyrus Eaton "Honored" with Lenin Peace Prize; Your Amazing Blood; America's Youngest teachers - The Science Clubs of America; Congress Views UNESCO; Stop Pampering Sneak Intruders - counter-intelligence; Hot Dog!; A Salute to Helen Keller; Sharing America's Abundance; It's Never Too Late; Muscle in on Health; Freak Squeaks; Why Kentucky Colonels?; Rothschilds and Rockefellers, Part III - their interests penetrate all aspects of American life; The St. Lawrence Seaway; Does Russia Have the Earth's Stablest Currency?; Communist Swastikas - Pat Walsh of the RCMP says Communists used to paint swastikas on Montreal synagogues to scare local Jews into voting for and supporting them; executive Health; America Keeps a 165-Year Old Promise - payments to the Indians of the Six Nations; A Clue in the Missile Lag History - Five Years Ago Congress Could Not Stomach Joseph McCarthy's Censurable Truths - But Today...; Cigarette Smoking - major cause of lung cancer; Survival in Learning; Death of a Church - Holy Trinity Episcopal Protestant Church in Brooklyn; Parental Function; Adolph Eichmann and the Bitter Harvest of Hate - Voice of All Faiths Protest His Kidnapping by Israel in Argentina; Cowboy Talk; Who Are Our Rulers? - Fascinating article on the Rothschilds / International Bankers and their techniques for control; Lesson of Experience - Foreign Aid; Your Health - Two Factors for Longer Life; Maine Becomes a State of Mind. To Tranquilize or Not?. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Madrid, Juan Vidal, Editor, 1880. Dos volúmenes en folio; I: 68 pp. + 160 pp. + 180 pp. + 176 pp., 2 hs. .II: 2 hs., 151 pp. + 172 pp. + 199 pp., 2 hs. Además 192 pp. que contiene los números 1 a 12 de la "Revista Geográfica". Impresión a doble columna. Con numerosas ilustraciones entre el texto, algunas a toda plana, 67 láminas fuera de texto y 7 mapas dobles, impresos en color, dibujados y grabados por Daniel (Urrabieta) Vierge. Encuadernación de época en media piel, con pequeñas faltas de la misma en lomera. Contiene el "Viaje a Nueva Guinea" de Achille Raffray, el "Viaje en el vapor Vega para realizar el Pao del Nordeste" de Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, el "Paseo alrededor del mundo" del Barón Alexander Joseph von Hübner, el "Viaje a la Australia" de Désiré Charnay, traducido " y aumentado con importantes datos de excursiones hechas en el interior del pais" por Adolfo Suarez de Figueroa, y "Exploraciones de los Istnos de Panamá y de Darien" de Armand Reclus.
Book shows light wear to covers with slightly curled corners. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows light scuffing/shelf wear, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 120 pages with 34 full page, full color prints. Text is reprinted in Spanish in last section of book. Featured artists include: Lezlie Milson, Juan Carlos Marcos, Antonio Madrid, Arturo Lindsay, Roberto Lewis, Teresa Icaza, Silfrido Ibarra, Adriano Herrerabarria, Ignacio Espla, Alberto Dutary, Rossevelt Diaz, Rernando Toledo, Amalia Tapia, Haydee Victoria Suescum, David Solis, Olga Sinclair, Alcia Viteri, Julio Zachrisson, Rodney Zelenka, et al.
120 pages consisting of 89 pages of colour maps of the world, several colour diagramatic graphs, etc., and 25 pages of textual data including distances, historical items, cities and towns. The Canadian Thresherman and Farmer was published in Winnipeg from 1910 to 1919 by E.H. Heath and billed itself as 'Canada's Farm Machinery Magazine'. One can well imagine this atlas was intended to offer a view of the distant world to isolated farmers toiling on the vast expanse of Canadian prairie. Includes a detailed two-page map and profile of the newly completed engineering marvel known as the Panama Canal. Occasional ink writing to contents. Hinges open. Name atop front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's maroon cloth. A worthy and uncommon surviving copy of this vintage Canadian atlas. Book
in-8, pp. 177, (3) di indici, 3 carte geografiche a colori, più volte ripiegate, in fine. Broch. in carta muta coeva rosa. Edizione originale, rara a trovarsi. Quest'opera, che si colloca a metà tra un saggio ed un racconto di viaggio, fu redatta da Belly, giornalista francese che visse alcuni mesi in America Centrale nella speranza di incoraggiare lo scavo di un canale in Nicaragua. Il progetto del canale non era nuovo; dieci anni prima, nel 1846, Napoleone III aveva già pubblicato a Londra un pamphlet intitolato "Canal de Nicaragua ou projet de jonction des océans Atlantique et Pacifique au moyen d'un canal". Secondo lo stesso Belly, Fernando Cortes aveva inviato nel 1528 un primo rapporto sulla possibilità di aprire una rotta tra i due oceani (non viene citata una fonte particolare ma si fa un piccolo riferimento a un testo). Belly sarebbe diventato famoso tra gli studiosi europei per i suoi scritti in difesa della "razza latinoamericana". Buon esemplare, assai fresco.. .
90 pages. Articles: The Red Plan for S-Day (Soviet Day) when American Communists will perform disrupting tactics in America - with photo of Communist leaders arrested for advocating violent overthrow of the government; I'm a Sucker for Screwballs; Chain Store in the Wilderness - The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) - article with great photos from northern Canada; I Catch Bank Embezzlers; Through Hell and High Brass (part 2 of 5) - The Story of Jimmy Doolittle; Magdealena - California's gift to Broadway - with great color dance photos; Steve Canyon and Me - Milton Caniff writes about his popular comic strip; Beatrice Pearson - color photo with write-up. Fiction: Security; Cry Deep, Cry Stilll; Riviera Renegade; Jack Pot; Passage to Panama (par 1 of 7); The Impudent Rifle (conclusion). Ad include: Bell Telephone; Elgin Watches (with Robert Montgomery); Monarch packaged foods; "Every Girl Should Be Married" movie with Cary Grant; Admiral entertainment units; Gruen Curvex watches; RCA Victor radios; 1949 Ford cars; Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page two-color ad featuring Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Arthur Godfrey and Peggy Lee; Plymouth; Nash Airflyte centerfold ad - very attractive; Bostonians shoe ad; Westinghouse electric sheet/blanket ad - color photo; GM - two-page color ad; Very colorful two-page ad for Calvert Reserve whiskey; Hedy Lamarr is featured in an Auto-Lite ad; Hamm's beer; Pepsodent ad features Jacqueline Crouse; Pennsylvania Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features bridge walker Adam Tomey. Average wear. Cover holding by one staple. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
Features: Puget Sound Branch a Good Investment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's; Rumors of Graft in Puget Sound Extension; New Station at Kelso Opened; Robert Dollar's Views; What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port - by R.F. Ayers, President Pacific Terminals Company (with photo of Mr. Ayers); Ten Reasons Why There Should Be Free Tolls (through the Panama Canal); The Panama Canal and the West Indies; Coaling Light Vessels at Sea Hazardous Work - article with photo of light vessel stationed on Swiftsure Bank; Anti-Rolling Tanks Death to Seasickness - article with two diagrams illustrating tank arrangements; Jury Decides for Underwriters; Water Grades a Large Factor in Commerce; Repairs, Drydocking and Other Work; Photo of steel stern frame made by the Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Company; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: B.F. Bush on Evil Results to Accrue from Diversion of Capital from Railway Enterprises; Japanese Trainmaster kills self after Emperor is delayed; Tell the Truth, Mr. (Gifford) Pinchot! - fallout from a December 16th article about Alaska; Charles F. Speare discusses the alliance between the Northern Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads; Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail (article from the Wall Street Journal); Cash Shortage in Western Canada; Captain N.E. Cousins has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Lines Co. since 1878 - article with photo; Get Ready for the Opening of the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 2) - major article with map; Cunard and Anchor Lines Amalgamate - article with list of the vessels, and their tonnage, of each company; Protest the Carriage of Navy Coal in Foreign Bottoms - George F. Thorndyke of the Globe Navigation Company speaks out; Edvard Jansen to take over from Ida Wilson Lewis, "The Grace Darling of America", tending the Lime Rock light station; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Illustration of the central winch on Dredge New Orleans; Portland News Notes; Schedule for Canadian-Pacific Railways Steamships connecting Seattle with Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
"Get Ready For the Panama Canal". Features: Over $25 million invested in Harriman Terminals; Kenneth C. Kerr describes Washington and Alaska's attendance at big New York land show; Editorial discusses the early opening of the Panama Canal and describes it as the "Greatest Epoch in American History"; Martin A. Knapp discusses Interstate Commerce Regulations; O.-W.R. & N. Co. News; G.W. Luce of the Southern Pacific discusses Panama Canal; Brief business biography of Frank W. Parker of the Northwestern Line, including photo of Parker; Appointments, Changes, Personals, etc.; Article by J.H. Bloedel, President of the Larsen Lumber Co., about the Panama Canal with reference to its influence on Pacific Coast Forest Products; Economy of the Commission Plan; Port of Vancouver Drydock and Shipbuilding Company plans big steel drydock for Vancouver; American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. Enters Bids for Carrying Mail; Big Coal Depots for Panama Canal; Missouri River Preparing for Panama Canal; Modern Fireboat Badly Needed for Tacoma's Harbor (article with photo of the harbor); Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Pacific Coast Casualties; "The Chester" - The World's Lightest Draft Steamer - article with photo; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, for local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A sound copy of this highly-informative memento of the rail and marine businesses of the Pacific Northwest over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Attractive black and white photos and illustrations in text. Includes Panama Canal construction. The highlight of this article is the eleven-page article on the Rescue of Titanic survivors by the Carpathia. This article includes twelve black and white photos and is a must for Titanic collectors. Almost two inches thick - a substantive volume in marbled boards with maroon trim. Somewhat above-average wear. Narrow opening in binding at first page, which is partially loose. Narrow opening along back hinge. Usual library markings. Liquid paper applied to upper corner of front free endpaper. A worthy copy. Book
Trad. da Eduard Hoepfner, pref. di Carl RITTERIn-8° (cm. 21,7x13,4), pp. XVIII, 570 + 4 CARTE (2 ripieg.; del Nicaragua; del corso del fiume San Juan + 5 sezioni; pianura di Leon e Fonseca-Bai), + 31 TAVOLE, molte incise da Rob. KUPFER (tra cui 4 colorate a mano, 1 doppia litogr. a colori; 8 ripiegate; 11 vedute a piena pagina; 87 figg. di statue di molti IDOLI, oggetti, vedutine, incisioni rupestri ecc.). Mz. tela post., tit. oro, bella carta decorata antica ai piatti. Tracce di colla e della cop. orig. aderiscono al marg. int. del. front. Fioriture solo a qc. tav. L'ingegnere e archeol. SQUIER nel 1848 fu ambasciatore USA in Am. Centrale. Col tit. "Nicaragua; its people, scenery, monuments, and the proposed interoceanic canal" uscì nel 1852. Informaz. di prima mano su paese, geol., geogr., lingue native, etnol., società, storia dell'Am. Centrale fin dall'indip. dalla Spagna. Un cap. di 62 pagine sull'auspicato CANALE tra la Baia di San Juan del Norte e il Pacifico. Un capitolo di 102 pagine sulle popolazioni originarie "Die URBEWWOHNER Nicaragua's. Fondamentale.
Folio 219p., illus. Maps, folded maps and profiles throughout. U.S. House of Representatives, 47th Congress, 2d Sess., Ex Doc. 107 Hardcover Ex-Library in very good condition. 3/4 leather! rubbed
151 p. plates, 20 fold. maps (incl. diagrs.) 31 x 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, some closed tears repair with mending tissue
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
Features: Are the Hill Lines Preparing to Invade California Territory?; Big Railway Systems of U.S. Cutting Expenses; Prepare for the Panama Canal! (Editorial); Nautical biography of Capt. James S. Gibson (with photo); What Should We Do To Be Prepared For the Opening of the Panama Canal?; Salvage of Steamer Spokane is Praised by Marine Experts - article with photo; Portland to have powerful fireboat; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; New Collier Neptune Takes on 13,000 tons of coal in One Day - article with photo; Floating Gridiron for Scows designed by George Francis Fay is built by the Drummond Lighterage Co. - feature article with two photos and three diagrams; News of Tacoma; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Largest scow on the Pacific Coast built by Nelson & Kelez of Seattle - brief article with photo; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Lost in the Pacific - John Edwin Hogg attempted to take a small boat to Panama from some islands 90 miles off the coast, but encountered treacherous seas; On Niagara's Brink - Orrin E. Dunlap, the unofficial historian of Niagara Falls, describes the area's most thrilling adventure, that of a barge and two men, Lofberg and Harris, who drifted to the verge of Horseshoe Falls - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part I - Oxford Anthropology student Winifred S. Blackman relates her experiences in three winters of living with the people of Upper Egypt - article with photos; Captain Doudera's Bet - The amazing photo-illustrated story of Captain Frank Doudera, of Brooklyn, New York, and his quest to obtain a timber wolf pelt within six weeks; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part II - Beatrice Grimshaw travelled up the Sepik River of New Guinea, where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Chippin' Paint - An amusing sea story; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part II - A British officer's remarkable 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; The Treasure of Tristan Da Cunha - Photo-illustrated article about a hoard of gold and jewels said to have been hidden here by pirates in 1810; Photo of a literal river full of logs in British Columbia; The Three Angleteers - Part IV - Three bored Englishmen travel to Europe for trouble and adventure; In the British Guiana Jungle - A vividly-written photo-illustrated account of an eventful boat-journey into the interior of British Guiana with a motion picture camera, culminating with a visit to the mighty Kaietuerk Falls, the greatest cataract in the world, five times higher than Niagara; The Secret of the Wilds - photos of wild animals which resemble those of prehistoric times; "Grip" and I - Part II - A bull-terrier spared from death by its new owner Count Nils Cronstedt returns the favour by saving him multiple times during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendent in Northern Nigeria; One Night - the story of a hunt in the darkness and a panther who stood his ground; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 354-440 plus 24 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Bullet-proof Scotchman - an adventure of John Mundell in the Pampas of Uruguay; ; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part I - wonderful photos in China; An Exciting Trading Trip - efforts to trade with a warlike tribe in East Africa; Some Strange WWI Escapes from Germany - part II; Interesting photo and short article of Dog Rib Indians in Canada receiving their annual grant of one pound, as well as presents, from the Canadian government; Among the Wild Tribes of Darien - exploring the native tribes of Panama - with great photos; Stories of the War - Thirty Hours in No Man's Land - in WWI an Australian trooper on the Western Front is wounded and must make his way back to his own lines; Siringa's Last Battle - a native boy helps in one of the first fights in German East Africa, A Week in a Lens Dungeon - McLean and Ebbs of the 87th Canadian Battalion hid in a cellar for a week before making their way back to their lines; Miraculous Escapes from Sunken Submarines; An Adventurous Hunt After Man-eating Crocodiles - in Victoria Nyanza; The Mountain Warriors of France - excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - part II of what happend when Zulus killed an Englishman to use his body for love medicine; Wonders of Northern Syria - article with many great photos of architectural remains; Carter's Exoneration - a stirring story of the Australian Mounted Police. Great multi-page advertising feature on the Waterproof Products Corporation. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Kidnapped by the "Gavilleros"- the British administrator of a large sugar estate on the West Indian island of Santo Domingo is kidnapped; An Island Paradise - photo-illustrated article on the 'progress, civilized, and thoroughly lovable people' of Fiji; Looking Backwards - 25th Birthday of this publication; An Adventure With a Mad Buffalo; Jimmy's Reformation - Jimmy Boncelek used to be the terror of Stigler, Oklahoma; Seeking the Copper Mountain - photo-illustrated account of an eventful journey through the little-known province of Veraguas, part of the Republic of Panama; A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part II - Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains, a picturesque country where the tribal blood-feud still flourishes - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part V - a tramp with a donkey cart, avoiding all modern luxuries; The Tobacco Smugglers of the Belgian Border - photo-illustrated report; A Soldier of Fortune - Part II - remarkable personal narrative smuggled from a man presently incarcerated in a French prison; Splitting the Herd - A cowboy adventure from the Texas plains; Photos of Chinese cave temple at Gunong Rapat in the federated Malay States; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book