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français In-8 de 222 pp.; cartonné de l'éditeur. Collection la marche du monde n° 39. Avec carte et photographies hors texte. Exemplaire sans jaquette.
293pp. + 11 bl/w ills. out of text & 3 folding map, with 3pp. of theses, 24cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, A112263
143pp.avec ills.hors-texte, relié en couvert.cart.avec plats marbrés et dos en toile, 19cm., qqs.cachets, bon état
Seuil, 1979. In-4 relié toile sous jaquette illustrée rempliée de 263 pages. Nombreuses Photos. Préface d'André Malraux. Très bon état.
60 pages. Features: My Favorite Yashio Azaleas; Rhododendron "Marcia Ann' - Grandchild of the ARS Seed Exchange; What is an Azalea; Sikkim 2000 - The Danish Rhododendron Adventure; Root Weevils - Troublesome Rhododendron Pests; Fifty Years of Azalea Gardening at Callaway; Trekking the Siskiyous; Building a Garden in a Georgia Woodland; Treading Paths of Dr. Sleumer in the Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea; Let's Talk Hybridizing; Volume 55 Index; Society News. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Rubbing to spine ends and with gilt lettering faded. Edges darkened and with light foxing. Moderate foxing to first few pages. ; 8vo; 337 pages
8vo., Third Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 36 plates and a folding map, endpapers lightly spotted; original blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good good copy. Sold from a naval institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and crest block in gilt on upper cover.
Broch?. 320 pages.
21p. + Plus ten photogravures and drawings of skulls. 4to. Original printed blue wraps. Very good copy. In 1899 the author learned that a series of 24 skulls from the Gazelle Peninsula were in the University Museum and obtained permission to examine them and make this contribution to racial anthropology. SCIENCE BOX 3
fort volume in-8, 606 pp., illustrations, broche, couv. ill. à rabats. Tres bel exemplaire du SP, DEDICACE par les traducteurs. [TX-9]
in-8, 344 pages, cartes, broché, couv. ill. à rabats. Tres bel exemplaire [HI-3/2]
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. Illustrated in color and black & white. Maps. Bibliography. 297 objects illustrated. 9" high X 7" wide, 112 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
188pp.+ 636 ills.out -of-text (in colour & bl/w), cart.cover, text in german, VG
250pp. + uitvouwbare kaart & 2pp. stellingen, 24cm., gebroch., Doctoraal proefschrit (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden), stempeltje op verso titelblad, goede staat, R111651
Maisons des sciences de l'homme, Paris, 1986, 479 pp., broché, trace de pli sur le dos, bon état.
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
8vo., First Edition; oatmeal cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges and with one closed tear. An AP correspondent alone in the jungle. SCARCE.
grand in-8, 75 p. + 148 planches h.t. n/b, relie cartonnage editeur. Très bel exemplaire. [TX-11][WE-1]
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Traduction, par Nicole BELMONT, de la 2è édition, de 1963, de "Sorcerers of Dobu", de l'ethnologue néo-zélandais Reo Franklin FORTUNE (1903-1979); introduction de Bronislaw MALINOWSKI pour la 1ère édition, de 1931; préface de l'auteur à cette nouvelle édition; notes et références; chants de danse blingues; Index; cartes. 1er tirage, à 3300 exemplaires, dans la collection dirigée par Maurice Godelier. Français
1 vol in-8°, 240 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire, SIGNE par l'auteur. [NV-31](nv-16?)
Broché. 238 pages.
