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Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Few chips from backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: Lew Brady's Partner, by Samuel Merwin; Ingram & Co., by J.W. Marshall; Jack Farrington's Beanstalk - VIII, by David Loraine and Arthur Floyd Henderson; The Lost Legacy, by C.A. Stephens; Greenland Ho! (with black and white photos), by David Binney Putnam; Model Airplanes - V, by F. Alexander Magoun; The Wonder Story of Steinmetz - VII - photo of Steinmetz with Edison, by John Winthrop HAmmond; How Nancy Ann's Grandfather Scared Three Bears, by Frances Margaret Fox. Nice ad for the "Hawaiian Banjo-Uke" on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Some scribbles inside front cover and spots on some pages. Black and white illustrations by Don Nelson. 5 1/4"w x 7 3/8"h.
1943138074Eclaireurs Unionistes de France 1943. Paperback. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture souple. Ecrit par une figure du scoutisme unioniste. 2 volumes brochés. 118 130 pages. Rousseurs. <i>ref. 138074</i> Eclaireurs Unionistes de France paperback
1943138074Couverture souple. 2 volumes brochés. 118 + 130 pages. Rousseurs.
3027in 8 pleine toile verte titre doré et filets à froid au dos,faux-titre,titre,210 pages,illustrations dans et hors-texte Jouve & Cie sans date petite décoloration angle inférieur droit du premier plat
19421146271942 Edition des Eclaireurs Unionistes de France, collection "Les Pionniers" - 1942 - Troisième édition - In-8, broché couverture illustrée - 117 pages - 271 figures dessinées par Annette Morley (Ourson Timide), en N&B in et hors texte
Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
cROU-727Bourges, editions Tardy, 1950; plaquette petit in-4° brochée, couverture illustrée en couleur; 16pp. y compris la couverture.Illustrations dans le texte ou à pleine page par Rej.
19690009082New York: Harper & Row 1969 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 12mo 61pages laminated boards; edgeworn top panel of dj <br/><br/>In Harper;s Spanish I Can Read series. Minarik's loved "Little Bear" story with Sendak's illustrations. Harper & Row hardcover
164 pages. A tribute to the stars of stage and screen, past and present who are also gifted visual artists. Over seventy well-known actors and actresses have contributed their works of art - works that reveal a facet of their personalities many have never seen. Specially commissioned photographs taken inside their homes, gardens, and art studios, complement this stunning and varied collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Book very lightly worn, clean, bright and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears one inch tear with missing chunk at top of front panel else is lightly worn. Nice copy. Book
160 pages. Written upon the 100th anniversary of the province of British Columbia. This book is "...within the range of the still camera's lense and the limit of words, enough provocation I hope, to entice you to go see for yourself. See the Abundance! See the Challenges! If you are sixty, cry a little. At any age you will be uplifed, inspired, charged with excitement. Ours is this kind of country." - author. Lovely book is unmarked and showing faintest wear. Attractive brown cloth boards protected by clear plastic sleeve. Slipcase in good condition with top seam peeling. Book
ORD-14933Traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par A. Letellier. Paris. Hachette. 1863. In-12 (115 x 180mm) dos lisse chagrin noir orné de filets et de caissons dorés, plats et gardes marbrés, 2ff., 427 pages, 8 gravures hors texte. Qq. rousseurs sinon bel exemplaire, en belle reliure ancienne. Rare édition originale de la traduction française. Voir Thiébaud page 645 qui la date de 1865.
4967Paris, Sté Fse d'Imprimerie et de Librairie (ancienne Librairie LECENE, OUDIN & Cie), sans date, reliure pleine toile rouge d'éditeur, 18x26 cm, 158 pages. Adaptation de Lucien DEMAY. Une illustration en couleurs en frontispice, illustrations dans le texte et pleine-pages en noir et blanc et couleurs.
194660201946 éditions G. Ratier paris 1946 In12 broché 216 pages
M18082P , M Levy , 1859 , in12 , 1/2 chagin bleu nuit , 307pp . Langue: Français
158éditions GP 1963 in 8 cartonnage éditeur 186 pages
ORD-17579Marseille. L. Vers 1910. Carte postale en noir et blanc, très animée, montreur d'ours accompagné de plusieurs personnes dont une femme et un homme portant un tambourin devant un tramway et le casino. Timbre semeuse dans l'angle supérieur gauche, non gênant. Bel exemplaire. Photo sur demande.
Book is in excellent condition, as new. 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. 212 pages. Topics include: Mongolia, Sandstorms, Russia, China, Communism, Herdsmen, National Parks, Mountains, Stand-Stone Canyons, Dunes, Singing Sands, Snow Leopards, Desert Bears, Wild Horses, Roy Chapman Andrews, Dinosaur Eggs, Flaming Cliffs, Michael Noacek,
2007L5041Massin, 2007, 174 p.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Slight wear to dust jacket. 9 1/4"w x 12 1/4"h. 86 pages.
in-12, 235 pages, illustrations h.t. n/b, broche, couverture. Bel exemplaire. [CA28-7]
