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70-3922London: Vanity Fair 1870. Original color lithograph 13.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on December 17 1870 depicting Sir William Fergusson 1st Baronet FRCS FRS FRSE 20 March 1808 – 10 February 1877 a Scottish surgeon.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1870 unknown
Features: Lost from the Fleet, by George Allan England - 1; President Lincoln's Beaver Robe, by C.A. Stephens; The Epidemic at Hemingway's, by Ruth and Robert Osborne; The Adventures of William Tucker - IX, by George Halsey Gillham; Hunting with Bow and Arrow, by Edward W. Frentz; Fact and Comment; The Miscellany Page - hands of good men; This Busy World - Mussolini on Democracy, Did Civilization begin in Brazil?; Poise instead of shyness. The Bobbed Monkey - E.W. Frentz. Cleansing Delicate Garments - lovely Ivory Soap Flakes ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
70-3834London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original color lithograph 13.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on May 27 1871 depicting Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild 29 June 1818 – 6 February 1874 an English businessman and politician of the English branch of the Rothschild family. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hannah Barent-Cohen and Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1777–1836. He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild for his grandfather the patriarch of the Rothschild family.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1871 unknown
70-4290London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original color lithograph 14 x 9 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on May 27 1871 depicting Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild 29 June 1818 – 6 February 1874 an English businessman and politician of the English branch of the Rothschild family. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hannah Barent-Cohen and Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1777–1836. He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild for his grandfather the patriarch of the Rothschild family.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1871 unknown
Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
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
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
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: 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
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
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
70-4467London: Vanity Fair 1869. Original color lithograph 14 x 9 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on September 11 1869 depicting Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl of Carnarvon KP PC DL FRS FSA 24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890 known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849 a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the Colonies and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1869 unknown
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.
70-3506London: Vanity Fair 1875 . Original color lithograph 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing from age in margins not affecting image. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Published on January 23 1875 depicting Robert Cumming Schenck October 4 1809 – March 23 1890 a Union Army general in the American Civil War and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862 and the Battle of Cross Keys. He served two separate multi-term stints in the U.S. House of Representatives.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1875 unknown
19902080502106910361Not Available 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2008Q-1556437617North Atlantic Books 2008-12-02. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North Atlantic Books paperback
70-3520London: Vanity Fair 1875 . Original color lithograph 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Minimal foxing in the upper and lower margins. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Published on June 26 1875 depicting William Nevill 1st Marquess of Abergavenny KG MVO JP 16 September 1826 – 12 December 1915 styled Viscount Neville between 1845 and 1868 and known as The Earl of Abergavenny between 1868 and 1876 a British peer.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1875 unknown
0702214175.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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70-4455London: Vanity Fair 1869. Original color lithograph 14 x 9 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on June 12 1869 depicting George Joachim Goschen 1st Viscount Goschen 10 August 1831 – 7 February 1907 a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal then a Liberal Unionist before joining the Conservative Party in 1893.Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social political and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures drawn by renowned artists captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor satire and artistry. London: Vanity Fair, 1869 unknown
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, and endpaper maps on blue stock; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON DEDICATION with newspaper obituary mounted on title verso. SOLD WITH A SMALL ARCHIVE OF STEPHENSON MEMORABILIA, INCLUDING 3 A.L.s, ASSOCIATED LETTERS AND COPY-LETTERS, Report & Accounts of the London Flotilla for 1972, Obituary number of the London Flotilla Bulletin (No. 2 July 1972) with cover photograph and extended obituary, and Order of Service of Thanksgiving at St. Martin-in-the-Fields 22 June 1972. Published a month after the first edition. Fascinating account and character sketch of the man who did more than any other to train the Royal Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Well-known BBC presenter and journalist Richard Baker, like many thousands of others, trained at Tobermory on Mull for the longest-running and hardest-fought campaign of WWII. A RARE AND RELEVANT ARCHIVAL COPY RELATING DIRECTLY TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INSPIRATIONAL COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
24 pages. Charming color illustrations on each page. Appears to be a first edition as no mention of any prior printings. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this happy animal tale. Book