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193448058New York: Minton Balch & Company 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Walter Cole; 304pp. A hint of shelf wear to jacket extremities including tiny loss at top margin of upper panel spine a bit toned else Very Good or better. Sensationalist history of Haiti and voodoo published during the American occupation in part as a sequel to the author's Black Baghdad 1933 advertised on the rear panel of the present dust jacket as "The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti." The author a former U.S. Marine captain served as "a white officer of black troops in the interior and subsequently as Chief of Police in Port au Prince." More importantly Craige's "Two cauliflower ears a broken nose and a Mexican bullet in his hip are silent testimony to the fact that Captain Craige has been a man of action" - rear jacket panel. SCHOMBURG p. 1732. Minton, Balch & Company unknown
193448058New York: Minton Balch & Company 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Walter Cole; 304pp. A hint of shelf wear to jacket extremities including tiny loss at top margin of upper panel spine a bit toned else Very Good or better. Sensationalist history of Haiti and voodoo published during the American occupation in part as a sequel to the author's Black Baghdad 1933 advertised on the rear panel of the present dust jacket as "The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti." The author a former U.S. Marine captain served as "a white officer of black troops in the interior and subsequently as Chief of Police in Port au Prince." More importantly Craige's "Two cauliflower ears a broken nose and a Mexican bullet in his hip are silent testimony to the fact that Captain Craige has been a man of action" - rear jacket panel. SCHOMBURG p. 1732. Minton, Balch & Company unknown books
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original olive green cloth boards printed in black. Very clean inside and out. Loss to bottom corner of one page, not affecting text. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with 133 drawings of insects of Haiti. 8" high X 6" wide, 440 pages. Not x-library. Scarce. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Pages 761-808. Features: Nice colour ad for six models of Kodak camera inside front cover; One-page ad for the Daimler Conquest auto; Excellent half-page photo ad for Aston Martin entitled "From le Mans to Runnymede'; Dramatic photos of the result of the crash which slice off the bow of the British Railways ship 'Duke of York'; Royal photos; Phillip gets his wings; Jordan Revisited - article with photos of Jordan, King Hussein, Palestinian refugee camp; House-trained otter of Mrs. Puggaard in Denmark; Training horses for Coronation Day; Extensive rehearsals for Coronation Day; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brig.-General E.N. Tandy, Crown Prince Akihito; Edward Shanks, Monsieur C. Kastally of Tunis, and some members of the 1953 Everest Expedition to be led by Colonel John Hunt; Pablo Picasso with his 'Goat and Bottle' sculpture; The 280-mm artillery guns which willl be used to fire the world's first atomic shell in Nevada; Two pages of photos and information on Laos - its King and Capital, and the fortified plain of Jars; Centerfold photo of Everest from the 20,000 foot level on Pumori; Photos of mountain climbing training and practice with oxygen equipment prior to the English assault on Everest; Photos of Navy helicopters in Malaya; Photo of the Canberra bomber which set a new world altitude record, and her pilot, Wing Commander W.F. Gibb; Photo of wrecked B.O.A.C. Comet which crashed after takeoff from Calcutta on May2nd; M. Jean Rousseau's pocke submarine in action; Wow - photo of a very early drone - an Australian-designed Jindivik Mark I pilotless jet is tested at Woomera; Photo of the Short SB5 adjustable wing research aircraft in flight; Photos of the Queen's Faberge Beasts - lent for a London exhibition; Recent Royal photos; Photos of the latest British fighting vehicles - the Field Mouse, universal tracked carrier and Saracen infantry carrier; Photos of the Queen at the Old Vic to watch 'King Henry VIII"; Jumping Frogs; Colour-illustrated Good Year ad inside back cover features the coat-of-arms of James Andrew Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie; Nice colour-illustrated Dry Sack ad on back cover shows the Seville Cathedral; and more. Four-inch opening at top of coverfold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
188 pages. Fiction: Football Punk - That's Me; The Stalking of Sheila; The Champ's Last Fight; The Misfit; Novelette - High Stakes, Mr. Hornblower; The Killer Wore a Badge - part 2 of 6 by Thomas Walsh; Ruler of the Range - part 4 of 6 by Peter Dawson. Features: Inside Eisenhower's Headquarters - SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe); I'm a Doctor - And I'm Human; The Cities of America - Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange; I Was Stalin's Prisoner - part 4 of 6; The Woes of an All-American - Vic Janowicz of Ohio State; The Sinister Doings at the United Nations - Trygve Lie and Communist penetration of UN staff; What Good Can Come Out of Korea?; Cruel Beauty of the Caribbean - the Negro Republic of Haiti - article with color photos. Ads include: Nice color-photo Nash Airflyte car ad inside front cover; Thompson Products of Cleveland; Great two-page color ad for the Crosley Shelvador fridge; nice one-page color ad for Everhot electric blankets; *Beautiful* two-page color-photo ad for Packard cars featuring famous decorator Mrs. Dorothy Draper and the new Packard Patrician '400' for 1952; Strombert-Carlson ad; Yellow-Bole pipe ad; General Tire; Very nice one-page color Campbell's Soup ad; Fisher Body; Telechron clock timers; 1952 De Soto ad; Image of Betty Crocker endorsing the General Mills Tru-Heat clothes iron; Nice one-page color ad for Dodge job-rated trucks; Ford cars; Seth Thomas watches; Sunbeam Mixmaster; Old Golds cigarettes; Lederle; Aunt Jemima half-page color ad; *Wonderful* one-page color ad for the movie 'Two Tickets to Broadway' presented by Howard Hughes; Life undergarments for women; Multi-Facet Company of New York; Borden's Starlac milk; Nice two-page color photo ad for GoodYear tires; Flexees bras; Hertz auto rental; Cream of Wheat; Honeywell Controls - with photo in submarine; Nice one-page color-photo ad for International Trucks featuring the Metro Body; Great TWA color one-page ad; "Meet Corliss Archer"; Schick 20 shaver; Raytheon television; Nice color one-page ad for United Air Lines; Nice one-page color Canada Dry ad with Pilgrim theme; Nice one-page color ad for the U.S. Army; Dormeyer appliances; Life Savers; Color Capehart-Farnsworth Radio ad; Scary one-page two-color ad for Lumbermens insurance called 'Teenicide' shows teens getting into car; Botany 500; Howard Zink seat covers; REO Trucks - one-page color ad shows truck emerging from mountain; Edgeworth and Holiday pipe tobacco ad features two sexy dames; Whirlpool appliances; Sunwest prune juice; Schrafft's chocolates; Sessions clock sets; Planters mixed nuts; Buck Skein Joe coats; Disston chain saws; Rice-Stix shirts; Cosco stools; Major General William F. Dean, Medal of Honor recipient featured in U.S. Savings Bond ad; Western Electric telephones; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features color image of comedienne Ann Sothern. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
60 pages. Features: Operation Gallant Heads into Action - Canada sends forces to oversee the ceasefire in Vietnam; Glass Gold - recycling bottles; VW switches its Canadian deliveries to Halifax Harbour from Saint John; Stompin' Tom Connors; Feature Coverage of the end of the Vietnam War; Paris peace in nine chapters; A view of Henry Kissinger riding high; Last bombing show - Marine Air Group 12; What lies ahead for Saigon; The ICC (International Commission of Control and Supervision) - an extinct species reborn; Some of the Bravest People - the families of POWs; Looking back on the war; Nixon's Budget; LBJ / Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973; Frank Sinatra and his friends; The Lindbergh nightmare; Advantage, Mr. Brezhnev; Vienna the most important way station for Jews leaving the Soviet Union; Supporting Andhra statehood; Volcano on island of Heimaey; Amilcar Cabral - gentle African rebel; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Clinton Knox; Passing of Alexander Onassis, Lyndon Baines Johnson, J. (Joseph) Carroll Naish, Edward G. Robinson, George Graff, Edward "Kid" Ory and Dr. E. Stanley Jones; Two-page color photo CN ad shows how they use land for non-rail applications; Nice color-photo ad for Zenith Chromacolor TVs includes early remote control; L.B.J.'s Heart condition - with photos of nitroglycerin pill popping in Austin, TX; Stunning court approval of abortion by Harry Blackmun; Instant Champion - George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier in Jamaica; NBA all star game photo of Dave Cowens battling Wilt Chamberlain; The Three Rs in Brazil; Report on exiled executives, including Carter Burgess, Milton Mohr, George Keck, Robert Hansberger, Najeeb Halaby and Thomas Moore; Estate Mogul Arthur Carlsberg; Court ruling against Geritol; Umberto Agnelli of Italy; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
210216Paris, New-York, Geuthner, Stechert & Cie, 1906 gr. in-8, 299 pp., biblio., bradel percaline brune, couv. cons. (reliure postérieure).
196122496Dakar 1961-67 -in-8 broché 1 volume, broché orange in-octavo Editeur (paperback in-8 editor)(24 x 16,3 cm), dos et couverture imprimés en noir (cover printed), toutes tranches non-rognées, envoi autographe manuscrit de GABRIEL DEBIEN, à l'encre noire en haut de la page de titre adressée : ".... à Monsieur le Doyen P. BOIS (Historien. - Professeur d'histoire à l'Université de Nantes, Loire-Atlantique. - Agrégé d'histoire et de géographie), trés respectueusement (signé) G. DEBIEN...", sans illustrations, reliure Editeur du texte paru dans le bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire B - de 1961 à 1967, Pagination de 363 à 387 + 38 pages + pagination de la page 215 à 265 + pagination de la page 166 à 211 + pagination de la page 601 à 675 + pagination de la page 319 à 369 + pagination de la page 755 à 799 + pagination de la page 536 à 558, 1961 à 1967 [Dakar] : [s.n.], Editeur,
1948029591Wetteren Paris 1948 Editions Scaldis Soft cover 1st Edition
232156Port-au-Prince, Imprimerie J. Verrollot, 1898 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., III pp., 390 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, broché. Couverture défraîchie.
Inserita nell'opera "La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo alessandrino, già tradotta di greco in italiano da M. Giero. Ruscelli: & hora in questa nuoua editione da M. Gio. Malombra ricorretta, & purgata d'infiniti errori: ... Con l'Espositioni del Ruscelli, ... Con una copiosa tauola de' nomi antichi, dichiarati co' nomi moderni: dal Malombra riueduta, & ampliata. Et con un Discorso di M. Gioseppe Moleto, .. "
1888mc424Imprimerie Chaix Relié 1888 In-8, (26x17.5 cm), relié pleine percaline verte, 465 pages, table des personnages cités, appendice, ouvrage rare ; petites déchirures sur le dos et les coiffes, petits chocs aux coins, bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
198933829ABLondon, New York, Thames & Hudson, 1989. 31 x 25 cm. 85 S. mit zahlr. farb. Foto-Abb. Fotoillustr. OKart. (no DJ as issued)., 33829A.jpg
42199Centre d'Etudes de Géographie Tropicale et Université de Bordeaux 3.1985.In-4 à l'italienne.Très nombreuses cartes,schémas,photos en noir et en couleurs. BE.Couverture illustrée en couleurs.Fermeture cloutée.Dédicace du responsable de coordination à l'université "C.A.Girault" au Professeur Butel.2 coins émoussés.
195733518Maisonneuve & Larose. Edit. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1957-1976. 3 tomes en quatre volumes , in-4 reliés demi-chagrin fauve, couvertures conservées. T. 1 : 394- T. 2* et T. 2 ** : 729 pages - T. 3 : 507 pages. abréviations, bibliographie, appendices.Ce Catalogue raisonné des versions de France et des pays de langue française d'outre-mer est un ouvrage initié par Paul Delarue et continué par Marie-Louise Tenèze. S'appuyant sur la classification dite de Aarne et Thompson (basée sur le concept de conte-type) élaborée par le folkloriste finlandais Antti Aarne en 1910, ce livre recense et classe des contes populaires recueillis sur tout le territoire français (Métropole, Antilles françaises, La Réunion), ainsi que dans des pays de langue française d'outre-mer (Canada, Louisiane, Îlots francophones des États-Unis, Haïti, Île Maurice). Complet en 4 volumes, très bon état.
Bella carta geografica raffigurante l'arcipelago caraibico delle Grandi Antille, tratta dall'atlante del Borghi. mm 320x240 su foglio di mm 470x360. In ottimo stato (fine copy)
235785Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1791 in-8, 7 pp., cartonnage Bradel de papier marbré, pièce de titre cerise en long (reliure moderne).
1742PHO-12401742 , chez Théodore Le Gras , Paris , un volume in-12 ,de VI-516pp , titre en rouge et noir, illustré de 4 planches , dont une carte dépliante, relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec pièces de titre et tomaison , tranches rouges , manque aux coupes , coins et coiffes usés , débuts de fentes .
1931PHO-988Paris, Duchartre , 1931 Deux volumes in-8,relié demi chagrin et coins , dos à nerfs avec auteur , titre et tomaison , couverture conservée XVI-366pp + 478pp, - Avant-Propos de A. t' Serstevens, nombreuses illustrations n/b de l'époque .
230968Paris, Didier, 1868 2 vol. in-8, XIX-456 pp. et (XXIX)- 511 pp., portrait, demi-chagrin bleu nuit, dos à nerfs Rousseurs.
238307[Paris], Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, 1824 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 24 pp., avec un tableau dépliant hors texte, dérelié.
148 pages. Features: Vibrant color cover art of Haitian scene by Casimir Laurent; Garish reddish man's suit featured in GGG Clothes ad; Eleven Alligators in Florida's Political Swamp; Can Archie Bunker Give Bigotry a Bad Name? - with immortal photo of Sammy Davis Jr. kissing Archie's cheek; Progress in Haiti - Leopards in Sneakers Instead of Tonton Macoutes - article with photos; 'Nub City,' and other stories of Insurance Investigator John Joseph (Joe) Healy; Historians' Conference - The Radical Need for Jobs; Interesting one-page text ad for Public Citizen, Inc. features letter by Ralph Nader; Fashions for Children - several pages of beautiful color photos; Brown Rice as a Way of Life - The Zen Macrobiotic Diet; Two-page color-photo Finnair ad features photos of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Duignan, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Lundgren, Judith Sternberg, Mrs. Germaine Willer, Mr. Edwin P. Dubin, Mr. & Mrs.W.J. Thiele, Mr. Emanuel Aaronson, Mr. & Mrs. Philip Warshafsky and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Kritzer; Very funky one-page color-photo ad for platform shoes offered by Bloomingdale's; Olivetti ad features great color photo of row of beautiful saluting young ladies; Irish Country Elegance - Dublin architect Sam Stephenson redoes a Georgian manor house; Uncommon ad for Empire Kosher Poultry, "First Choice for Passover Feasts"; Back cover ad for McGregor clothing features photo of Bobby Rosengarden, Dick Cavett's band leader; Many gorgeous color fashion ads; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint library stamp on each cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
168 pages. Features: Vogue's Point of View - Time and Beauty; The Impact of Modern Beauty - colour, dash - super-model Karen Graham leads the way; Dressing to size, dressing to type - Karen Graham in small-scaled separates and a narrow sweater-dress for day - the little minks - the blouson, the wrap-and-tie, sweater-dressing at night, the small big-evening dress with bareness and glitter; Lives of a Blonde - Dina Merrill; The New Ease in Fur - day and night - the cardigan jacket in sable, blond fox. The wrap-and-tie in fisher, sealskin, white mink - black mink and the little black dress at night; New Chanel dazzle - the black sequin pants suit; The super-allure of men's robes made for women - and the black nightdress; Caring for famous faces - east and west; Volcanic ashes for your hair - down to earth - sea salt for your bath; Karen Graham's 25-minute hair and makeup routine; Blondness - now is the moment and it's easier than ever; Have you a minute? - how to make every second work for you, your figure, your face, your hair; Chanel #19 comes to town; What a dermatologist can do for your looks; Exercise - what you don't know can hurt you; Karen Graham - the private life of a public beauty; Dear Beauty Business - stop telling me the truth and let me buy a dream; An interview with Marilyn Durham; The California House of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne; Silver's new love-light - ivory; Vogue Horoscope - John Lennon, by Maria Elise Crummere; Vogue Travel - Haiti; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Back cover missing. A worthy reference copy of this special Karen Graham issue. Book
Features: Haiti - land of the 'Big Tontons'; Vietcong's 'Shadow Government' in the South; Lie Detectors Don't Lie... But...; When will it be safe to balance the (federal) budget? - this question shows how things have changed since the days we thought it unsafe not to; What Russian Girls are Like; A double standard for murder? - never in Mississippi's history has a white man been found guilty of first-degree murder when the slain person was black. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1791WRCAM35519Paris: De l'Imprimerie Nationale 1791. 174pp. in French. Dbd. Small pair of worm holes penetrating volume joining in rear half barely affecting text. Overall very good. Administrative orders for the colony of Saint- Domingue later Haiti passed by the National Assembly on June 15 1791 two months before the outbreak of the Haitian Rebellion. SABIN 34844. De l'Imprimerie Nationale unknown books
