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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
136 pages. Several pages of black and white photos of Tom T. Hall plus two pages of biographical information. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Back When We Were Young; The Bourbon Man; Canadian Woman (Canadian Clubs); Candy in the Window; Coot Marseilles Blues; Country Cabin-itis; Country Is; Forget It; God Came Through Belleville Georgia; Gone to Hell in a Basket; Grandma Whistled; I Feel Like Flying Away; I Know Who I'll Be Seeing in New Zealand; I Love; Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You; Last Hard Town; The Loneliest Girl in the Crowd; The Man Who Hated Freckles; Me and Jesus; The Monkey That Became President; More About John Henry; Never Having You; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine; One More Song for Jesus; Original Traveling Man; Pamela Brown; Pay No Attention to Alice; A Piece of the Road; Pratt Street; The Promise and the Dream; Ravishing Ruby; The Rolling Hills of Middletown; Running Wild; She Gave Her Heart to Jethro; Souvenirs; Spokane Motel Blues; St. Louis Named a Shoe After Me; The Story of Your Life is in Your Face; Subdivision Blues; That Song is Driving Me Crazy; Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On; When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore; Who Needs a Baby; Windy City Anne; You Love Everybody But You. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Tom T. Hall memento. Book
pp. vii, 108. Ruled decorated title page. Penciled underlinings. Small 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, decorated and embossed in green. Original dust jacket, spine darkened with small loss. Nice copy. First Edition. Coldwar/Economics 10
grand in-8°, 80 pages, ill. et fig. in-t., index bibliogr., broche, couv. Bon exemplaire. [DV-15]
58 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The State Street Mall - what, where and why; Daniel (Dan) Hudson ("Make No Little Plans") Burnham - the man who got things done; Beneath the Planet is Where the Apes Are - Lincoln Park Zoo's new ape house will be built underground; Directory of Architects licensed in Illinois; Commonwealth Edison ad features photo of Ed Steeve and Carl Knutson with vacuum chamber weld tester; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
in-8°, 192 pp., photos h.t. n/b, broche, jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire, bien complet de sa bande pub. [DV-8]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear to orange cloth cover. 248 pages. Black and white photos.
88 pages. Features: Towns on the Edge - Ocean Falls and Alert Bay, B.C.; Poems for absent friends; The longest season in Afghanistan; Crazy monkey carnival; Steam, sweat and tears. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy. Magazine
pp. xvi, 208 + Plus numerous photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. JAZZ 1
pp. xvii, 197. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket with price, worn with 1/2"; loss at base of spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. SPACE/4
20 pages. Black and white illustrations. Includes these stories: Uncle Wiggily and the Red Monkey; Uncle Wiggily and the Butterfly; Uncle Wiggily and the Roast Potatoes; Uncle Wiggily and Buddy Pigg; Uncle Wiggily and the Hippity-Hop Toad; Uncle Wiggily and the Angle Worms; Uncle Wiggily and the Black Beetle; Uncle Wiggily and the Kittie Kat. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this wonderful children's collectible. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Tears on edge worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Light foxing to side page ends. 6 7/8"w x 9 1/8"h. 248 pages.
40 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Printed in Bavaria. Prior owner's name inside front board. Hinges cracked but holding. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy with attractive colour-illustrated front board. Book
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. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 329 pages, contents include: Eutrophication and recovery, How aquatic communities work, Detergent, Puget Sound, Mono lake, Panama canal, Hubbard Brook, Lake Tahoe, Long Lake, Saline Lakes in the lower Grand Coulee, Experiments with whole lakes, etc.
32 pages. Reprint of the 1953 first edition. Wonderful colour illustrations on every second page. Illustrated endpaper. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Name on front cover, Child's markings inside front board and atop front free endpaper. Rough externally but contents in decent shape. A worthy copy of this charming vintage title. Book
56 pages. Features: Babies for Export - Province of Alberta trafficking in illegitimate babies(!); Billy Butlin - great photo-illustrated article on this Canadian who went to Britain with $25 and made a fortune out of holiday camps; Brutal Vancouver Murder - Who Killed Woo Dack? - Famous Canadian Crimes #18; What's New in Toys? - Four pages of great photos, including a super-streamlined aluminum bicycle; Bach to Boogie - Quebec's 18th Century Orchestra of Chamber Music - article with photos; Drunken Elephants battle in India! - article with photos; Adele Inge - The World's top ice-acrobat - article with photos of her forward and backward somersaults on skates!; Tail Spin; Holiday Stills - Christmas glamour shots featuring Patricia Roc, Jane Hylton and Diana Dors; Jo-Anne Chong of Toronto; Harry Mathers; Thor Hansen; Spotlight on Oscar Peterson - article with photo; FDR film review with many photos; Birth of a Monkey - Ruby at Philadelphia's Zoo; Alice Bradshaw; Ruth Warwick's Wardrobe. Stories: The Gift of the Magi; Miracle of the Bells (condensed book). Average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. 40 pages.
128 pages. First issue by new owners, Defenders of the Faith. Features: A New Year's Meditation; The Key to Greatness; Nobel Prizes and International Communism - do these awards advance a one-world super state?; Lady - Are You the Man of the House?; The Gifted Child - how to develop the special child; The U.N. "Gatt" at America's Heart... and Unemployment; Education and Freedom; Monkey Business; The Teacher Shortage That Isn't There; Panmunjom - Six Years After - in an ex-Korean game preserve, International Communism is frustrated (temporarily) and Freedom Village thrives; The Day Our House Died, by Ewart A. Autry; Europe on $1k; Power from Below - geothermal energy; American Mercury Acquired by Defenders of the Faith; Prayer Can Change Your Life; Management's Right to Manage; My World Stood Still, by Charles E. Kaufman of a Pennsylvania Dutch family; The Professional Type; The great Pigeon War; Beethoven - Humanitarian and "Physician"; Old Glory and the Flag of Necessity - tax dodgers on the high seas discredit our flag; My Eleven Self-Congratulations; Let's "Protire"; The Problem of Communism - will our inaction defeat us?; We Can Win the Cold War; The Man Who Makes Weeks; The Spirit of Love Day; A Campaign Promise To Break - right-to-work laws; Adult Delinquency; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-16, 283 pages, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Très bel exemplaire. [FM-1]
In-8 (cm. 24.30), brossura con sovracoperta, pp. 600, (2bi.). Tracce di polvere alla sovracoperta. Piccole mancanze alla cuffia inferiore della medesima; peraltro, testo in buono stato (text in good condition).
in-8, 382 pp., illustrations et figures, index, bibliogr., broche, couverture illustree.- 9782213609232 Tres bel exemplaire [NV-17]
Paperback Like New. Ships directly from publishers being a new release book . Pls. allow a minimum of 25 business days delivery time.
Paris, Société nationale de protection de la nature et d'acclimatation de France 1979. In-8 broché. Observations écologiques sur le Néotrague de Bates du nord est du Gabon. Etude du budgets temps d'un groupe de macaques de Java Macaca ... Une approche synécologique des milieux humides savoyards et de leur avifaune. Très bon état
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, 6 coloured illustrations (one double-page) and folding map; pictorial blue cloth blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.
Mm 125x195 Prima edizione. Brossura originale, 180 pagine. Copia eccellente; in apertura presenta una dedica con firma dell'Autore, un timbro di premio letterario ed un ex libris di biblioteca privata dismessa. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
