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Introduzione alla medicina pratica del dottor collegiato torinese Pietro Anselmo Gallo

In 16, pp. 311 + (1) con ritratto all'acq. f.t. di Lorenzo Bruni, professore di Anatomia all'Universita' di Torino. Sporadiche fioriture. Legatura coeva in p. pl. marrone con fregi e tit. oro al d. Tagli rossi. Alla sguardia firma di possesso del notaio Pistone in data 1785 e del prete biellese Luigi Ramella in data 1843. Errore di numerazione. Le pagine 257-264 sono inserite fra le pagine 240-241. Ed. originale di questa trattazione medica di Anselmo Gallo, nato a Vercelli (Casanova, 1743 - Torino, 1815), allievo di Lorenzo Bruni cui e' dedicata l'opera. Ottimo esemplare.

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, May 1928, Vol. LXI, No. 361: Hunting the "Moonshiners" / Fire-Walkers of Mauritius / America's Murder Gangs Unmasked

Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book

The New York Times Magazine, November 22, 1942 - The Pacific Sailor

40 pages. Features: Cover photo of naval gunners in action; Military photo-illustrated poem entitled Thanksgiving, 1942, by Edna St. Vincent Millay; Intimate Portrait of the Pacific Sailor - The Cock of the Walk; Fiery Frenchman General Henri Honore Giraud says "Always Attempt the Impossible!"; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and his mastery of the art of surprise has been vividlly shown in recent military events; Governor Ernest Gruening tells the story of the building of the great Alaska Highway; Great one-page color Navy recruiting ad with title "You Can Fight Best Where You Fit Best" offers free training in 49 trades; The CD (Civil Defense) Army swings into full action; The Nightmares That Haunt Germany; - appearance of an American army in Africa is one; "Our Best" - Our Fliers - John Steinbeck writes of a very special kind of man on that can be welded firmly into bomber teams; Beau Catchers - great fashion photos of ladies' hats; Article on Canada's Air Fighters, with photo of Wing Comdr. Douglas Bader; Soiling to covers. Unmarked. Average wear. Moderate age-toning to contents. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book

The New York Times Magazine, June 11, 1967 - Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power"

112 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Great Robin Hood-themed ad for Patty Petite fashions; Nice one-page black and white photo portrait Hohner harmonica ad features Al Hirt; Lovely Springmaid color-photo centerfold Springmaid ad features Sandy Hilton; Nice Jade East ad; Great Jane Irwill ad entitled Knitticism!; Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power" - photo-illustrated article in which King says Blacks respond to violence because they lack influence on American thought, and he advocates the use of Black economic, political, and ideological power (Fisher, page 10); What's Wrong with American Newspapers? - a newsman's critique of the press; The Ibos go it alone in Nigeria - photo-illustrated article; WWII sex education cartoon by Sgt. George Baker features Sad Sack after watching an Army sex hygiene film; Lovely two-page Faberge lipstick ad; Nice color ad for Rooster square-bottom ties; What We're Learning About Learning; Italian villa of Romano Rui designed by Gian Case; Great photo of 1920s New York newsstand; Elephants to the Rescue in Vietnam; Fantastic very colorful one-page photo ad for Pinch whisky appears to feature Benny Goodman and friends; and more. Please note: Missing pages 87-92. Above-average wear. Some pages loose but present. Covers loose but present. Faint library stamp and handwritten date upon front cover. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book

The New York Times Magazine, December (Dec.) 8, 1968 - Looking at What Happened to Czechoslovakia

200 pages. Features: Many glorious color-photo fashion ads and Christmas gift ideas; The Total Involvement of Thomas Hoving; Looking at What Happened to Czechoslovakia - The Yugoslavs say they will fight if....; A Different Way to Restructure the University; The Man in the Bill Blass Suit;- photo-illustrated article on fashion designer Bill Blass; The U.S. Attorney for 'New York South' - Robert S. Morgenthau; Che! (Guevara) - The Making of a Movie Revolutionary - photo-illustrated article on making the movie "Che!" starring Jack Palance and Omar Sharif; PBM ad features four color photos of Arnold Palmer in blazers; Soul Story; Centerfold ad for Gold Label Cigars; Color photo of Jack Carter in Thorne's Scotch ad; Great ad for Rooster square-bottom ties (remember those!); Nice one-page color ad for L'Oreal products; De-escalating the Violence on TV; Ron Rico Posters ad; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Covers partly loose. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book

Glossaire du parler de Pléchâtel (canton de Bain, Ille-et-Vilaine) - Précédé d'une étude sur les parlers de la Haute-Bretagne et suivi d'un relevé des usages et des traditions de Pléchâtel

RENNES, Plihon et Hommay / PARIS, H. Welter Ed. - 1901 - In-8 - 1/2 reliure toile - Pièce de titre noire - Plats et gardes marbrés - Couverture conservée - 2 cartes in fine - CLVIII & 216 pages - Très bel exemplaire Joint : coupures de presse sur le Gallo

Miscellanea di scritti vari in memoria di Alfonso Gallo.

cm. 22 x 32,5, viii-712 pp. con 42 tavv. f.t. e 1 ritratto. 2526 gr. viii-712 p.

Colliers, The National Weekly Magazine: 18 July, 1936

Features: The last stretch - in which a man squares himself with a horse (Max Brand); The Natural Thing - the happy consequences of bringing strangers home for dinner (Petere Paul O'Mara); Manila (Philippines) Merry-go-round - Mr. and Mrs. Ramirez at home (Jim Marshall); Little Red Rooster - a girl to crow about (Blake Cabot); Hand in Glove - Tony Canzoneri - a good little man (Quentin Reynolds); Meals a la Cart - Streamlined Eating (Ruth Carson); The Prodigal Nurse, Part IX - Mrs. Daklin takes a hand (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Fog on the Bay - Modern piracy in New York Harbour (Paul Deresco Augsburg); Comedy - Six days a week - Edward Everett Horton, funny fellow (Kyle Chrichton); Three in a Row, by James Aswell; Trouble Shooter, Part V - a wedding is scheduled (Ernest Haycox); Cancellation comes home - why pay your debts? (George Creel); Keep up with the world - Things you never expected (Freling Foster). Colour ad for Camel cigarettes reads "For Digestion's Sake... Smoke Camels!" Great colour GM centerfold. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book

'The encounter between Hernando Cortes and Montezuma II, Mexico, 1519. Plate 63 of Volume I of "Il costume antico e moderno, o storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni provata coi monumenti dell'antichità e rappresentata cogli analoghi disegni", by Giulio Ferrario.

Aquatint etching by Gallo Gallina with original hand coloring on wove (vellin) paper. Original blindstamp at bottom right image. Sheet size: 26 x 36 cm.; image size: 14 x 16,5 cm. Framed around 1900. Old collection stamp.

Temples of Gold: Seven Centuries of Thai Buddhist Paintings

Book is in excellent condition, as new with deep red covers and gilt print in very large format. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, printed on heavy, glossy paper Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 263 pages with large full color photos throughout with sections on the school of Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Rattanakosin (1st and 2nd periods) the ddhas of the past, Ten great Jatakas, The Buddha, Personas of high rank, Secondary persons; with a map, notes, bibliography, glossary at the back. Lots of boobs, abductions, the occasional cock n' balls, demons, big hats, elephants.

Cock Robin and Other Stories - with Variations and Illustrations

16 pages. Lovely color-illustrated front cover. Contents consist of charming black and white illustrations with accompanying text on each page. Moderate wear and soiling. Some openings along coverfold. Small chips from back cover. A pleasing vintage copy. Book

Il camoscio. Con brevi cenni sulle caccie delle Giudicarie.

Cm. 20,5, br. edit. ill.ta, pag. 111. Con ill.ni fotografiche n.t.. Importante "manuale" sull'affascinante caccia al camoscio in Trentino. Note su altre cacce, in particolare il Gallo Cedrone. Ottimo esemplare. Ceresoli, 152.

Beauty of the Fight

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. Unpaginated, about 150 pages in oversize format, first couple pages contain the intro and preface in English and Spanish, the remainder of the book full page, full color photo prints of the author's work. Includes shots of the neighborhoods Barraza and El Chorrillo in Panama, cock fighting sheds, cock fights, children, local teen age gangsters, children at play , gang members, police on motorcycles with shotguns, local architecture, slums, etc.

Il tesoro di S. Marco e la sua storia.

cm. 17,5 x 24,5, xvi-424 pp.con 113 figg. in 80 tavv. f.t. Fondazione Giorgio Cini - Civilt? veneziana - Saggi 1017 gr. xvi-424 p.

Art Gallo - Romain et sculpture romaine. Recherche sur les formes

In-4° (293x238mm), pp. 384, brossura editoriale grigia a stampa. Una carta ripiegata tra le pp. 306-307, impressa in b.n., della localizzazione dei monumenti gallo-romani. 15 tavv. fotografiche in b.n. f.t. di E. Lefebvre. Ingialliture della carta, per il resto ottimo stato. Edizione originale, poco reperibile, di importante contributo allo studio dell'arte gallo-romana e dello sviluppo dei suoi motivi iconografici nella scultura come nell'architettura. Con bibliografia. L'opera è dedicata al Focillon, di cui la Durand Lefebvre era allieva.

World's Favorite Masterworks for Clarinet, Book One - (World's Favorite Series No. 116)

128 pages. "This volume contains some of the finest etudes ever written for the clarinet combined with the complete 1st Clarinet parts to three outstanding symphonic works for orchestra. These clarinet parts may be used to great advantage for play-along study by working with records of these important compositions. Also included is the clarinet part for a very important solo." - from page 1. Contents include: Twenty-Six Exercises by Fritz Kroepsch; Thirty Caprices by Ernesto Cavallini; Suite from the Opera Le Coq D'Or, by Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakoff; Capriccio Espagnol, by Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakoff, Op. 34; Symphony No. 6 (pathetique), by Peter I. Tschaikowsky, Op. 74; Concertino by Carl Maria von Weber, Op. 26. Average external wear. Contents clean and bright. A quality copy. Undated. Appears to be circa 1970s. Book

Il matrimonio in Cina

In 16, pp. XV + 126 + (2). Intonso. Br. ed. Libretto scritto in occasione delle nozze fra Prospero Anaclerio e Vincenzina Gallo sposi il 25 aprile 1900. Argomenti: Concetto e carattere del matrimonio; Il matrimonio e la patria potesta'; Gli impedimenti nuziali; I riti ed il prestito nuziali: l'etichetta; La fidanzata smarrita; Le nozze; Errori sulle condizioni delle mogli, etc...

Rime di Filenio Gallo. Edizione critica

cm. 17 x 25, 448 pp. Accademia toscana di scienze e lettere ?La Colombaria? - Serie Studi 824 gr. 448 p.

Eques Canis et Galli

Incisione, antica ed originale, raffigurante il Cavaliere ddel Cane e del Gallo in Francia accompagnata da pagina descrittiva divisa su due colonne, a sinistra in latino ed a desta in italiano, con la storia del costume dell’ordine militare rappresentato. Inserita nell’opera “Catalogo degli ordini equestri e militari. Esposto in imagini, e con breve racconto offerto alla Santità di N.S. Clemente XI dal P. Filippo Bonanni della Compagnia di Giesu” In Roma MDCCXI – Nella Stamperia di Giorgio Placco Intagliatore, e Gettatore di Caratteri à S. Marco. Con licenza de’ Superiori

Wesen und Wallenstadter see

Rorschach

Ragatz

St. Gallen

SAN GALLO - THOMAS de LEU [Leeuw or Le Leup or Deleu] (1560-1612) "Cernuus ante crucem proiecto corpore GALLUS" San Gallo, monaco, missionario e scrittore irlandese, visse come eremita ma raccolse attorno a sè molti allievi e combattè le usanze pagane.

Acquaforte e bulino, f. 17x14,3 cm. Sylvae Sacrae hos memores Christi, Thomas de Leu excu., (Paris)