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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Satan - story of a pet monkey in the Ivory Coast; Exploring in Brazil - photo-illustrated account of a sixteen-hundred mile trip up rapid-strewn rivers in a tiny launch through territory almost unknown to Europeans; The "King of the Clearwater" - a man claimed an area in Clearwater country, about sixty miles west of the North Thompson River, as his own and would go to any length to keep out intruders; The Ivory Raiders - Part II - a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the Swahili ivory-raiders and Turkana warriors of Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf; An Isle of Unrest - a chatty account of a little tramping holiday in Crete, with nice photos; Aquarium Adventures - remarkable stories of aquarium predicaments related by curators of various institutions; The Cat - Photo-illustrated tale from near Boise, Idaho; In Quest of the Unknown - Part IV - Photo-illustrated account of "Our adventures among the Chucunaque Indians (conclusion); The Second Touch - one of the queerest things that ever happened in Alaska; After a Native Murderer in Rhodesia - A B.S.A. Police trooper's story; On the "Devil's Staircase" - a New Zealand trapper's dangerous experience in a mountain blizzard; The Burmese Buddha - A stolen image of Buddha, stolen from the Shwe Dagon Pagoday, Rangoon, is returned after forty years; My Jungle Jaunts - Part II - An Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos (conclusion); A Wild Goose Chase - A sportsman's account of his first experience with a wily Canada goose; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
[6], 168 pages. 9.5" x 6.5". Includes black and white illustrations by C.W. Jefferys from the Imperial Oil Collection. "Here we have the history of [Albion Township] , written by Esther Heyes, who is well qualified for such research and writing by her previous newspaper experience, and published by Werden Leavens of The Bolton Enterprise, well-known for his interest in historical projects. The Township lay outside the land included in the Toronto Purchase from the Indians in 1787-8 and belonged to the Mississauga Indians until 1818." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this informative Ontario local history. Bishop p.1100 Book
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; grey cloth, gilt back, blue top, a bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed and creased at edges.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Attractive small format: 4 3/4"w x 7 1/2"h. 350 pages.
Clean and unmarked; tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. Age-toned paper. 284 pages.
in-8, 345 p., ill. h.t. coul., fig. et ill. n. in-r., broché. Lég. tr. de mouill. en fin d’ouvr. sin. b. ex. [NV-37]
Hardcover Light wear on cover with fold scruff marks. Pages all clean with no writings, no tear and no highlights.
Prefazione - Il caso 'Lotrionte' e la perizia di un neo-apiologo - La trovata di Italo Giglioli - Le panzane di Augusto Poggi - Il Pretore e il Sindaco di Villacidro - Una dinastia di Faraoni e il Prefetto di Udine - La giurisdizione feudale del prof. Vivenza - Un enigma presidenziale - Riassunto critico 1 24,5x16,5 cm., in brossura, pp. 120 (1), prima edizione, primo migliaio, in italiano, dorso un po' lacerato, normali segni del tempo, buon esemplare. Dedica manoscritta dell'A.
in-8°, XIX-319 pages, ill., broche, couv. Bel exemplaire, non coupé. [SC-1]
Hardcover grand in-8, 316 pp., cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée. Bel exemplaire (aacrocs à la jaquette). [BL-9]
in-8, 368 pp., index, broché, couv. Bel exemplaire. [CA27-6] .
Eight Volumes. Volumes 5, 6, 7 and 8 are plate volumes. Wonderfully illustrated. Bookplate of R. B. Wardlaw Ramsay. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings embossed in blind. Volume one missing spine. Hardbound set. Second edition. The Scotsman, John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), was the most eminent early 19th century expert on landscapes, gardening, and agriculture. At the age of 20 he visited London and was shocked by the gloomy trees and plantings in the public squares. He published an article, Observations on Laying out the Public Squares of London" in the Literary Journal, in which he recommended the Oriental plane, almond, sycamore, and other lighter trees, instead of the lugubrious plantings that had hitherto been in vogue. His advice gradually prevailed, and the effect is still to be seen in London and throughout the kingdom. Now he was an author, as well as practical workman, and his pen went onward with little intermission for forty years. , until his life terminated. Many of his works were enriched with copperplate engravings of landscape scenery, drawn by himself. He became a successful practitioner and instructor in agriculture, gardening, architecture, botany, etc. His greatest work, which would of itself have been sufficient for any ordinary lifetime, was this Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum," in which he gave an account, with pictorial illustrations, of all the trees, wild or cultivated, that grow in Great Britain. This production, which was published in 1838, at his own risk, was so unsuccessful, that after paying artists and other persons engaged in it, he found himself in debt to the amount of L10,000 to the printer, stationer, and wood-engraver, while the sale of such a splendid publication was so slow, that there was no prospect that it would ever pay its own expenses. Though sick of heart and body, he went on to publish other enormously significant works that are valued today by collectors, historians, scientists, and all who work with plants in any capacity. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W133
Mm 165x240 Volume nella sua brossura editoriale, 165 pagine con un dettagliato elenco delle piante e delle erbe nettarifere della regione e con 15 illustrazioni a colori su tavole fuori testo. Opera in buone condizioni, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
in-16 broché, couverture illustrée. Bel exemplaire [P-9]
in-16, 244 pp., ill. in-t. n., broché, couv. ill. [MB*]
Features: The Relevant Ape - Twelve years among orangutans, the world's most furtive great primate; Repectable Rebel - At 86, the Group of Seven's A.J. Casson remains the dean of modern Canadian art; In the Beginning - Canadians turn the world's most powerful telescope toward the dawn of the universe; Chutzpah & Old Grace - Canada's Honest Ed Mirvish revives a British theatrical landmark; Paradise Betrayed - Exiled Haitians struggle for status in Montreal's brave white world. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Bluefin in the Balance - Masters in their own domain, the giant tuna have proved no match for modern man; The Arctic Fox - Following in the footsteps of Dr. John Rae, the last of the great northern pathfinders; The Fish Gang - Heaven-Storming the Manhattan skyline with the ironworkers of Newfoundland; Sanitized Sourdough - with its soul at stake, Dawson City goes panning for tourists; The Anatomy of Addiction - New Evidence indicates drug and alcohol abusers inherit the monkey on their backs. Above-average wear. Library pocket upon first leaf else unmarked. Book
Features: The Right Whales of Patagonia - a diving and photographing expedition; Mount St. Helens Report - emergency measures taken to meet crisis; Rio Iglesia 1980 Expedition - the year of the Nitas; Vail Archeological Site Excavation - Maine site yields important finds; Guyana, Primeval Land - is it Doyle's "Lost World"; Search for Primitive Life Forms - Cyanidium caldarium may be missing link; The Mighty Roan - African antelope royalty; Japanese Monkey Performances - an ancient art revived; The Sumerian Paradise Puzzle Solved - alleged 'East" passage not on Deluge Tablet; Giant Ammonites Found in Turkey - Lytoceras in Jurassic formations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: An Explorer's Credo, by Theodore Paul Bank II - with his photos from the Aleutians and Hokkaido; Ted Bank 1923-1981; Western Egyptian Desert Expedition - Radiographic imaging to evaluate relics; Florida Sinkhold Archeological Site - yields evidence of human life 12,000 years ago; The Hyksos; The Outer Hebrides; Diurnal Raptors in Amazonia; The Elegant L'Hoest's Monkey; Search for Chili Peppers in Bolivia - botanist pursues research of evolution; Coring in Antarctica - searching for clues to the past; Nomads of the World - an endangered way of life. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: A guideline on growing ferns; Ferns of the Redwood region; Davallia pyxidata; taming of the native ferns; The flying monkey spider monkey Treefern; Scollies; A "Tropical Rainforest" in Miami - Part 3; and more Book
12 pages. Features: Edna Garnett marks retirement; Mr. Chester E. Moffet honoured; Fashion Departments make merry!; Footwear Department party; Mrs. B. Webster joins staff as Welfare Nurse; Chipper the monkey entertains crowds; Great photos and story from Japan by former Eatonian Jo Bishop. Additional employee news. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features include: A Matter of Magic - a battle of wits between a white man and an East African witch-doctor; Hill Section - a 115 mile section of railway linking Northern and Southern Assam; The Amateur Elephant Hunter; The Lead-Dog's Warning - Told by a Canadian trapper, illustrates the perils awaiting dwellers of the far north; The Captain's Mutiny - Captain Arnas Loivikas in 1931; The Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 3); Philo's Dream - an amazing affair in a tribal village in Papua; Monkey Business - A Moroccan Story; Spawn of Evil - A wild stallion the author endeavoured to break; Memorable Voyage - A South African Story; Pennies for Fools - The Australian Prospector; Four Shark's Teeth; Chasing Red Sea Smugglers - a breezy account of a decidedly interesting job; Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to covers. Contents good. Name atop back cover. Magazine
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Stories: Dead Man's Valley; The Old Firm; The Spoofing of Hi-Unk; Kidnapped!; Hoodoo Gold; Monkey Business; The Human Bomb; Our Temple; Deer-Culling in New Zealand; What Happened to Sam; A Sailors Bride. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Smoke Jumpers of Silver City - forest firefighters of the United States Forest Service; Buffalo Bull - a gripping story set in the wild Acholiland province of Uganda; Contraband Cruise - sten gun pirates terrorize Tangier's 'free-traders' on the Mediterranean; Search for the Sahara Stallion - a quest for a fabulous strain of horses; The Gold-Rush Murders - the most shocking crime the Yukon had ever seen; The Fang Men of Malaya - The Hairy Giants/Ape Men of the Malayan Jungles; I Had a Man Friday - I Know an Island, Part IX - Antigua; Struggle for Survival - a continuation of 'Manhunt in Green Hell' - adventure in the jungle of French Guiana; and more. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
