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Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for pages 8 and 9 with marginalia and underlining. 586 pages, chapters include Of terrorism and the arts, Posh art and post-historic art, The anti-aesthetics of an art of chaos, Furniture as frame, Vital structures: the constructive nexus in South America, The ruptura group and concrete art, Gego and the analytic context, Julio Le Parc, promoter of technological art, On the subject of Waldemar Cordeiro's popcretos, Critical painting of Jose Balmes, Leon Ferrari: Dogma and resistance, Play and grief, etc. Full color prints and photos throughout, often full page.
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1858 - In-4 - Broché - 191 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) -rousseurs éparses - bon ensemble - envoi rapide et soigné
92 pages. Features: Nice Mimeograph ad shows their duplicator in use in many military offices; Great Fairbanks, Morse & Co. ad shows sub sinking Japanese carrier with caption "The Speak a Language the Japs Understand"; One-page Boeing photo ad for the B-17 shows an Axis plane about to crash land; Marjorie Gestring marries - with photo of her; Brief obituaries for Mrs. Emma G.M. Fall, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sir Edward Beatty, and Ben B. Lindsey; Dramatic Beech Aircraft one-page photo ad shows an AT-11 dropping bombs; Uncommon Cadillac ad shows their new M-5 tank (who knew Cadillac made tanks?); Fall of Gabes - Montgomery won on his biggest gamble; Major war coverage; Photo of US bombers attacking Japanese ship in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea; Aerial photo of Krupp Works bombed by RAF; Interesting photo of Japanese soldiers in Burma dancing with Geisha girls; Series of domestic rebukes to FDR; Photo of Fiorello H. La Guardia in uniform during WWI; Before and after photos of a Seattle meat market illustrate meat shortage; Buick ad shows large shells being manufactured; Great one-page color ad for the Vega Ventura aircraft; Photo in massive Douglas Aircraft factory at Oklahoma City which builds Skytrains; Photo of Greg Rice and his two-mile world's record run; Photo of sheep grazing in the Pasadena Rose Bowl(!); Photo of "Hit Parade" dance star Chinita; Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota; Canadian Club ad features color photos of Tarpon Springs, Florida Sponge-fishermen; Nice back cover color-photo ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features night photo of Merchant Mariners at sea; and much more. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Almost two inches thick. Some of the many topics include: Blood feud between Iraq and Iran; Uniforms for white collar industries; Shelly Duvall; Helmut Schmidt; Pierre Trudeau and Canada's Arctic Oil; Lindsay Wagner; Urban Cowboy; Strike by PSAC; Anne Murray; Politically incorrect lawn jockeys; Burt Reynolds; William Pollock and Drake International; France's Nuclear Gamble; Rita Moreno; Vietnamese Boat People; CDC - Canada Development Company is now majority-owned by private shareholders; El Asnam Earthquake; Brian Peckford - Confederation's Bad Boy; Carter vs. Reagan campaign; Tennessee Williams; Monique Leyrac; Big Government Squeezes Big Oil; Trudeau's National Energy Policy (NEP); Sterling Lyon; Michaele Jordana; Reza Pahlavi assumes the mantle of Shah in exile; Reagan Beats Carter; Single parent poverty; Problems with the Dall Sheep in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon; Lockeport Nova Scotia has lost three fish plants but the people remain strong; Melody Anderson; The Global Struggle for Human Rights; Discovering Saturn; Susan Jacks; Lynn Johnston; Roy McMurtry and RCMP wrongdoing; The West Goes Wild over federal energy policy; Douglas Christie and the Western Canadian Concept; Sharon Timmins; Nick Taylor; John Fraser views China; The Pain Threshold; Mood Drugs - cure or curse; Cherie Lunghi; Farewell to Jules Leger; Devastating earthquake in southern Italy; Search for an industrial strategy for Canada; Viktor Beleko lands his Soviet Union Foxbat aircraft in Japan; Two Hungarians defect to Canada; Soviet tanks roll into Poland; Joni Mitchell dons black face to play a pimp; John Lennon killed - cover photo; Brooke Shields; Poles in search of food; The Kent Commission looks at the concentration of Newspaper ownership; Light wear. Firmly bound. Few library markings. Book
132 pages. Features: Adam and Eve cover; Great color fashion ads; Blackglama; Quana ties; Swank cuff links of the world; How to Merchandise an Actor on TV - article with photo of Dick Linke and his star client Andy Griffith.Miracord 770H ad features photo of Doc Severinsen; Alaska fur seal coat by The Fouke Company; Photo of Gomer Pyle (another Dick Linke client) being yelled at by his sergeant (Frank Sutton); Swakara black lamb coat from South Africa; Is Male Dominance a Sexist Plot?; The Militants Who Play with Dynamite - with mush shots of Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Rae Dohrn, Dwight Alan Armstrong and Karleton Lewis Armstrong; Quiet Democratic Senatorial Candidate Richard Lawrence Ottinger; Ronald Reagan is Giving 'Em Heck - photo-illustrated article of Reagan's attempt for a second term as California Governor; Race Relations is Their Business - article with photo of black headhunter (executive search consultant) Richard Harris; Supp-hose socks ad; La Mode ad features four ladies wearing the same purple dress; Excellent Fruit of the Loom two-page color-photo ad features hunky guy in striped tank top lying in grass; Fashion photos of Haute Boutique; Photos of famous home Andalusia on the Delaware; Amazing one-page ad for the Village Voice shows riot cop with baton on top of their reporter while lady restrains cop from rear; Save the Children Federation ad features photo of John and Abby Seymour; Great photo of Bob Hope, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra - all in formal attire - at Reagan fundraiser; Photos of cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova - in training and with her husband and baby daughter; Dewar's Whisky ad features Jackie Rivett. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
148 pages. Features: Cover photo of barred Harlem bookstore window; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Royal Copenhagen Porcelain offered by Swank; Qiana Ties; Blackglama Mink; Piaget watches; Two-page Lan-Chile ad (Chilean airline) features three beautiful women and heading "The Savages of South America"; Zodiac SST watch; Movado watches; Five spots for New York's Midnight Chic - Maxwell's Plum (with photo of owner Warner LeRoy), Elaine's (with photo of owner Elaine Kaufman), Raffles (with photo of operator Derek Hall-Caine), Le Club (with photo of Oleg Cassini) and Hippopotamus (with photo of Manager Olivier Coquelin; The Unholy Alliance Against the Campus; Indian Revolutionaries with a Chinese Accent - photo-illustrated article on the Naxalites; Your Policy is Hereby Canceled - the difficulty of obtaining insurance in ghetto and suburb alike; Leroy Johnson Outslicks Mister Charlie - article including photo of Muhammad Ali; Swakara lamb coats; The Omega Dynamic watch; Nice ad for genuine United States Silver Dollar 17-Jewel Watches; Two-page color Cunard Line features the QE II; Johnny Carson Apparel ad features johny in blue and gold; Patek Philippe watch ad; Fantastic 'Boutiqueland' fashion photos; The Troubled Child; Photos in the homes of Kiki Kogelnik and architect David Beer, Henry Geldzahler and Eliot Janeway; Nice one-page color-photo ad for teh National Bank of North America shows brighly-dressed ladies at the door of a walk-in safe; Dewar's Whisky ad features photo of artist Leroy Neiman; Photo of John and Abby Seymour in Save the Children Federation Ad; Sunnyland Farms Pecans ad with photo of Jane and Harry; Nice back cover ad for No-Cal Root Beer says "We Ain't Got No Sugar". Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
AN UNRECORDED EDITION (apparently the second) of the first monograph on the merino sheep. The first edition is dated "ventÙse, an V" (February-March, 1797) and the next recorded edition is dated "frimaire, an VII" (November-December, 1798). This edition is dated simply "an VI" (September 1797 to September 1798), and thus clearly falls in between. 61 pp. 8vo. Printed on very fine laid paper. 8vo. A PRISTINE COPY, ENTIRELY UNCUT, SEWN AS ISSUED IN UNPRINTED WRAPS. Some tearing to spine of wraps, otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT. An extremely rare survival.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Hidden Bay - A member of the Cape Police investigates a series of missing boats and their crews; The Parson - A Tale of old frontier days in Marshall, Texas; A Gambling Raid in Malaya - A white police officer single-handedly attempts to raid a gambling-den in the Malay States; Through Arctic Seas - Part III - The continues adventures of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo in the Western Arctic as it studies the Eskimos and wild life - with map and many nice photos; Among the Kazak Nomads - Matthew Edwards describes his time with these hardy riders of the plains, who enjoy hunting with trained eagles - including many very nice photos; On Tour With a Puppet Show - Part I - Walter Wilkinson travels through the West of England with his glorified Punch-and-Judy outfit; George's Crocodile - an amusing tale from the coast of China; "Bimbo" - Russell Afzal's dog killed a sacred monkey, was cursed, and died a mysterious death; Pat the Teacher - He drifted to a remote Australian sheep station and proved his manhood to the full; The Isle of Rip Van Winkle - A visit to the quaint and beautiful island of Banda, the "Pearl of the Moluccas" - with photos; The Romance of Pearls - An excellently photo-illustrated account of the fisheries of Ceylon, with some interesting stories concerning pearls; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part II - The continued tale of Major Jackson's year-long, 6,000 mile trip from Beira to Banana - with interesting photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Taking of Hamjah's Head - One of the most elusive outlaws ever to trouble the Philppine Constabulary finally meets his fate - with photos; Smuggling on the Spanish Main - J. Vance Marshall became acquainted with two leading Spanish-American contrabandistas and became entangled in some most exciting happenings; The Man Who Was Buried Alive! - Part II (conclusion) of the amazing adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert", with photos; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - part I - Quaint experiences of a three month journey through France in a fifteen-foot boat, with photos; "Monty" the Man-Eater - Part II - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; M'tagati (the Zulu word for witchcraft); Money For Nothing - A veteran prospector buys a mine for almost nothing but it produces thousands of pounds of gold, with photo; The Little Red Karen - Hugh Nisbet, a veteran of the forests of Burma and Siam, describes his encounter with Nanchai, a Siamese dacoit who was believed to be proof against bullet and sword - with two photos; Over Shoshone Falls in a Canvas Boat - Al Faussett, a former lumberjack, went over Idaho's Shoshone Falls - a cataract considerably higher than Niagara - in a twelve-foot canvas boat! (with phot of Faussett in his boat); The Kamalu "Ju-Ju" - Frank Hives aims to shut down a mysterious Nigerian Ju-Ju, or fetish, responsible for the disappearance of hundreds of victims; Sheep-Farming in the Sahara - A photo-illustrated account of how R.V.C. Bodley has partnered with an Arab chief to breed sheep, incidentally showing how the rulers of tribes deal with thieves and murderers who occasionally disturb the peace of the desert; Desert Ghosts - weird little story from the Egyptian desert; Black Magic - A queer tale from India; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Pages 303-396 plus 28 pages of ads, many wonderfully illustrated. Numerous black and white illustrations and photos in text. Features: Saved by Two Inches - How a big-horn sheep brought a veteran hunter to the verge of destruction in Montana; Gun-Running with Mexican Outlaw Emiliano Zapata - article with great photos; A Terrible Trip - Gold Searching in German New Guinea; Twenty Years in Newfoundland (Part II) - article with nice photos; Fishermen's Luck - a story from New Zealand involving T. Colthart, H. Hewlett and D.G. FitzGibbon; Across the Andes and Down the Amazon - the story of an adventurous journey (part II); The Well of Skulls - a story from Hyderabad; The Lake of Life - the Idiong secret society in Africa; The King Who Met His Match - a story from Sierra Leone; Trapped in a Tank (cover illustration); Captured by the Monkey-Men - an explorer's tale from the Orinoco River; The Smugglers of Gibraltar; Pete the Pup - an adventurous dog in New Mexico. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Minor chipping to back strip. Three inch opening between front cover and base of spine. Overall a pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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
88 pages. Songs include: Squonk; The Carpet Crawl; Robbery Assault and Battery; Afterglow; Firth of Fifth; I Know What I Like; The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway; The Musical Box; Supper's Ready; Cinema Show. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless Genesis compilation. Book
Contains Acts relating to: Appeals; A. Astrico; Alexandra Company; Coroners; Supreme Courts; County Courts; Elections; Insurance; Intestacy; Land; Legal Professions; Licences; Liquors; Loan; Magistrates; Coal Mines; Minerals; Minors; Mortgages; Municipalities; Sheep; Schools; Supply; Statutes; Taxes; Trespass; Thistles. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Ex-Library
72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of boy celebrating summer vacation; Sisman's Scampers shoe ad inside front cover; Editorials deal with these topics - Partial Relief, A Doctor, Not a Nurse, Maintaining the Tradition, The Cooperatives, Farewell Toscanini, and Not Conquest but Murder; Trollop (short story); This Peace (short story); A Modern Odyssey - photo-illustrated article by Edgar N. Brown describes sea travel; Rough 'Un (short story); The Black Ace (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); The Dilemma of Debt; Scotland Yard Versus Crime - photo-illustrated article on the system employed by this world famous organization to track down criminals, law breakers and lesser offenders; Golf Duds & Meteors - photo-illustrated golf article with photos of Charles A. Whitcome, Albert "Scotty" Campbell, Lex Robson, Tony Manero, Willie Lamb, and Tommy Armour; It's In the Bag - interesting article on the history of purses; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features Banff; Palmolive ad features photo of Montreal stylist and designer Doris Preston; Nostalgic half-page ad for McClary Stoves; Vintage half-page photo ad for Eddy's Sterilized White Swan toilet paper shows fellow in bathing suit at the beach; Movie news with photos of Clark Gable, Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, William Powell, Jean Chadburn, Alison Skipworth, Warren William, Conrad Veidt, Renee Ray, and more; Lux soap ad features photo of Joan Bennett; Photo of Dick Powell in Quaker Puffed Wheat ad; Pond's ad features photos of Miss Barbara Hebbard and Lady Daphne Straight; Unusual half-page ad for Blue-Jay Corn Plaster, by Bauer & Black Scientific; Nice half-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad features the Empress of Britain; Business News includes mention of the recent Alberta default; Cooking article; Lovely one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Nice one-page Heinz ad features their vinegar and Olive Oil; Vintage half-page Rice Krispies ad; Beauty article; Why Baby Cries; One-page Carnation Milk ad features five large photos of each of the individual Dionne Quints; World Sayings; Colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso; Rare colour back cover ad for Red Indian oil and Marathon Blue gasoline features illustration of native elders in feathered headgear, painted by Winold Reiss; and more. Covers loose but present. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of moose towering over hunter and his dog; Colour ad for Masonite Presdwood inside front cover; Vintage one-page ad for the Gainaday 200 washing machine made by Northern Electric; One-page Waterman's pen ad features fall maple leaves; Wonderful one-page two-colour (black and blue) recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) entitled "Advance with the Navy" shows sailors climbing onto deck; Very nice colour ad for Monarch-Knit sweaters features pipe-smoking man in yellow sweater raking leaves; One-page Weston's / George Weston Limited ad features the Canadian farmer; Canada Under C.C.F. - Socialism? - article with photos of Pat Conroy, C.H. Millard, Percy Benough, Professor George Grube, Professor Frank Scott and Premier Tommy Douglas; The Torch (short story); Leader of the C.C. F., M.J. Coldwell - photo-illustrated article; Whoa, Pete! (short story); Forum on religious faiths; What it Takes (short story); Nice one-page Chevrolet ad features green 1948 Fleetline; One-page text ad by The House of Seagram entitled "What Price Democracy"; Dot and I Meet Flaming Youth - two adolescent femmes fatales meet the life of the party; D.P. (Displaced Persons) Success Story - article explains how Poles Joe Korol and Leo Polenz have fled their homeland for Canada and are succeeding as independent farmers near Ottawa - with eighteen great photos, including some of their friends Annajean and Rose; Women's section includes photos of Mrs. N.C. Stephens, Mrs. Egmont Frankel, Miss Margaret Hyndman, Mrs. F.C. Brunke and Miss Orian Warwick; One-page colour ad for Heinz soup; Marboleum one-page colour ad shows nostalgic home colour scheme; Half-page colour ad for McClary ranges; Half-page colour ad for Westinghouse fridges; Fashion article with photos; Carling's ad inside back cover features colour reproduction of Rocky Mountain Sheep painting by Beverley Herbert; Wonderful colour Coke ad on back cover features young couple proudly holding six-pack while grocer looks over their shoulders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine wood-engravings by Horace Bray in the text; original boards, buckram backs, backstrips lightly sunned, a very good, bright, clean set. EDITION LIMITED TO 285 COPIES. Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard. Franklin, p.215.
8 volumes - Paris, Impr. Nationale - In-4 - Broché - planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Third enlarged edition, 8vo (225 x 145 mm), [8], 256 + 36pp., of publisher's catalogue "Harding's New Catalogue of Books on Agriculture", engraved frontis., and 8 engraved plates (of which 3 are folding), orig. boards, rubbed, spine defective, uncut. Provenance: Ownership signature of W. B. Thomas, April 18, 1810, Goldsmiths'-Kress, 19812; Perkins, 1640.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with rasied bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. VERY SCARCE.