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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
13114Pnom-Penh, Editions Aymonier, 1944. 1 volume in-8, 280 pp., agrémenté de 28 photographies et de 14 dessins à la plume de Jean Camus, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couverture illustrée conservée, très bon état. Enrichi d'un envoi à Monsieur May ""en souvenir de nos longs mois au Cap Siant-Jacques."
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
1972009382Vence Pierre Chave 1972 En feuilles sous chemise et étui
72 pages. Features: Great Volvo photo ad shows six Volvos stacked on top of another!; Two-page Mutual Life shows photos of dozens of their top sales agents from across Canada; Colour photo Canadian Club ad shows Mr. and Mrs. Tony Parkinson firing darts at elephants in Kenya; Alden Nowlan's Canada; What Went Wrong for the Class of '71? - feature article by Barbara Frum with statements from six university valedictorians from across Canada; Three men from three generations talk to Adrienne Clarkson on love, sex, adultery and what marriage is all about; The Guess Who - Canada's richest and raunchiest rock band - article with large photo of band on stage; The radicalization of Robert Lemieux - lawyer for the FLQ; The West is Ready to Revolt - John Barr and Owen Anderson state their case for separatism; The Table Talk of Marshall McLuhan - article by Peter C. Newman with nice photo of McLuhan; It's No Longer Possible to be an Indian - Chief John Henry describes the impact of white man's ways; Paris Smiles Again; Nice full-page CBC Radio/TV colour photo ad shows a group of famous Canadian athletes wearing their gear - including Mel Profit of the Toronto Argonauts and boxer Clyde Gray; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
5665Ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mme H.LOREAU.In 8 demi-chagrin rouge époque titre,fer,roulette filet dorés, filets à froid.Faux-titre, grande vue dépliante(chute du Zambèze)en frontispice, titre,1 page,1 portrait de l’auteur,688 pages,un appendice de 4 pages:situation des lieux visités par le docteur LIVINGSTONE.Nombreuses gravures Hors-texte, une coupe idéale du centre de l’Afrique Australe(dépliante.Une grande carte dépliante,détaillée de l’itinéraire suivi par le Dr LIVINGSTONE.Une carte dépliante de l’Afrique Australe indiquant les voyages du révérend docteur LIVINGSTONE. Hachette & Cie 1877.Très bon état,pratiquement sans rousseurs.
5664ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation des auteurs par Mme H.LOREAU in 8 demi-chagrin rouge époque, titre,roulette,filets dorés,filets à froid.Faux-titre, titre IV 588 pages,47 gravures hors-texte,complet des quatre cartes dépliantes en fin de volume.Hachette & Cie 1881.Rousseurs éparses,sinon Très bon état 262 LIVINGSTONE David révérend docteur Explorations dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique Australe et voyage à travers le continent de Saint-Paul de Loanda à l’embouchure du Zambèze de 1840 à 1856. Ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mme H. LOREAU. In 8 demi -chagrin rouge époque titre, fer, roulette filet dorés, filets à froid. Faux-titre, grande vue dépliante (chute du Zambèze) en frontispice, titre, 1 page, 1 portrait de l’auteur, 688 pages, un appendice de 4 pages : situation des lieux visités par le docteur LIVINGSTONE. Nombreuses gravures Hors-texte, une coupe idéale du centre de l’Afrique Australe (dépliante). Une grande carte dépliante, détaillée de l’itinéraire suivi par le Dr LIVINGSTONE. Une carte dépliante de l’Afrique Australe indiquant les voyages du révérend docteur LIVINGSTONE. Hachette & Cie 1877. Très bon état, pratiquement sans rousseurs. 250€
188195467Paris, Amand-Durand, [ 1881]. 12,8 x 10,2 cm (Einfassung). Blattmaß 14,4 x 12 cm. Verso mit dem rotem Orig.-Stempel des Stechers. Unter Feinkarton-Passepartout.
342 pages. Signed and generically inscribed by author atop first blank leaf. Some black and white illustrations. The twenty chapters include such titles as: 'Workin' on the Railroad', The Transcontinental, Auction Sale!, Pioneering, We Become a Town, Fire!, The Settlers, Elephants Clear the Land, July 29/1916, Aftermath, The Road Back, Typhoid!, and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Minor lean to spine. A worthy copy of this vintage history. Book
Features: Galleon Gold - Lieut. Harry E. Rieseberg is continually drawn to the silver shoals off the Bahamas to search for underwater treasure; Trapped by the Bor Herd of Elephants; The Mowha Maneater - a tiger story in the Indian jungles; We Chose Danger - an adventure of Frank Illingworth in troubled Morocco; Badboy of the Fisheries - the common seal; H.M.S. Thule Intercepts - an intensely dramatic story of a submarine at war as told by its Commander, Alastair Mars, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar; Volcanic Island - "I Know an Island"; Swallowed by the Jungle - the conclusion of "Manhunt in Green Hell", a story from the French Guiana jungle; Iceland Pony Race; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chip from spine. Sound copy. Book
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
Pages 1009-1048. Features. Amazing cover-page photo of 10% of South Africa's white population gathered for the inauguration of the Voortrekker Memorial at Pretoria on December 16th (plus two more photos inside); Five photos of the 30-hour Covent Gardens blaze where firefighter Station Officer Fisher lost his life; Two photos of the funeral procession of the late Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Stewart, in Singapore; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's tour of H.M. Dockyard, Malta; One-page photo of the consecration of the New Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, the Right Reverend Monsignor Cyril Cowderoy; Two-page illustrated chart showing the cost of some imported commodities and the proportion obtained from the dollar area, and the volume of British imports and exports in 1948; In the hands of the Gestapo for six years - Mr. Hugh W.A. Oloff De Wet; Six illustrations show the House of Commons new Annunciator system which keeps members informed when absent from the chamber; Six photos of construction of the new House of Commons; Six nice photos of food galore in 'Dublin's Fair City', in contrast to Britain's food shortages; Fantastic two-page spread of eight photos illustrates "One of Tokyo's Most Westernised Aspects - Shopping in the Japanese Capital's Great Department Stores"; The Russian Theatre of the Second World War - a review of 'La Guerre Germano-Sovietique, 1941-1945, by General A. Guillaume; Page with large photo and smaller photos and text entitled "Seventy Years Old - The World's Most Powerful Dictator and Least-Known Ruler - Joseph Stalin"; Five fascinating large photos illustrate the mining and production of clay which is used to make porcelain - with one-page photo of a deep Cornish China stone quarry; Two-page photo-spread illustrates Bertram Mills' Christmas Show (Circus) at Olympia, including elephants, The Seven Ashtons, the great Arturos Troop, and drinking polar bears, all under the "Big Top"; Two pages of photos of Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins and the round-up of wild horses using aircraft; Two pages of photos of fashions worn by well-dressed women and children from 1770-1927; 600th Anniversary of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; American excavations on the Athenian Agora in Greece; Photo s of personalities of the week included Mr. Albert Toft, Dr. George De Hevesy, Field Marshal Von Manstein, Mr. George H. Lloyd Jacob, Mr. Richard G. Casey, Dame Enid Lyons, Dr. J.P.S. Jamieson, Vice-Admiral R. Ivelaw-Chapman and Minister of Food, Mr. Strachey; and more. Taped repairs to outer advertising pages which are lacking back page. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Magazine
ORD-686Paris. Théodore Lefèvre. (1876). In-8 (170 x 246mm) dos chagrin noir à 5 nerfs, caissons ornés or, plats toile chagrinée de même couleur, gardes moirées, tranches dorées, 2ff., 396 pages, frontispice, illustrations dans le texte dont 29 en pleine page. Couverture lgt déjetée sinon bel exemplaire, papier très blanc. (Thiébaud, col. 52).
174791084Hamburg, Georg Christian Grund, 1748 [recte: 1747]. [4 Bll]., 487 S., 196 S., [7 Bll.]. Mit 1 gest. Titelvignette sowie 3 Kupfertafeln (Türkisgruben in Frankreich) u. 1 Textkupfer (Empfängnis außerhalb der Bärmutter (Gebärmutter). 18 cm. Geprägt. HLdr. d. Zt. mit marmor. Schnitt.
1863LFA-126738991Un ouvrage de 554 pages, format 190 x 270 mm, illustré + 2 cartes dépliables, relié percaline dos cuir à nerfs, publié en 1863, Michel Lévy Frères, Libraires Editeurs (Paris), bon état
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.
19464855DBParis u. Lausanne, Hachette u. Roth, (1946). Gr.-4°. 48 S. Mit farb. Illustr. von Jean de Brunhoff. Farb. illustr. Orig.-Halbleinenband. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 4855DB|4855DB_2 [2 Warenabbildungen]
1930PHO-989Éditions Duchartre et Van Buggenhoudt, Paris, 1930, in-8° carré (210x165) ,xliv-296 pp. , illustré de 16 gravures H.T. , relié demi chagrin vert , dos à 5 nerfs avec auteur et titre , couverture conservée , bel exemplaire.P2-5A
158035503809[Anvers], Philippe Galle, (vers 1580) ; 25 X 20,5 cm., coupé au trait, monté sur une feuille de papier vergé (collé aux marges seulement). Superbe estampe montrant 7 éléphants soulevant des troncs d’arbres et des rochers dans un paysage de palmeraie. Jean Strada (Jan van der Straet) était un peintre et dessinateur né à Bruges en 1523. Il voyagea en Italie et se lia avec Vasari à Florence. Il est surtout célèbre pour les nombreux dessins qu’il exécuta pour de grands graveurs comme Collaert, Galle, Goltzin et Sadeler.Sous la gravure, un quatrain latin explique le travail des éléphants. Cachet de la Collection Louis Debacq au verso.
188925168Paris J. Hetzel et Cie 1889 GRAND In-8 cartonnage évantail à deux éléphants, titre dans le cartouche, dos passé et plat légèrement usé, état tès acceptable , tranches dorées, non dérelié, gardes en bon état , carte en coulmeurs du cours du saint-laurent, pas de rousseurs , catalogue éditeur in fine , normalement c'est le cartonnage de type 3 ( cf Jauzac )
Features: Jungle Man-Hunters - horse-mounted frontiersmen of Ecuador - photos; The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell; Terror by Night - Man-Leopard killings in Nigeria (part I); Vagabond in Corsica - a tramp through the interior of Corsica - photos; The Dope-Runners - illegal drug traffic in South Africa; Diving for Crocodiles - at the Tanganyila-Nyasaland border; The "Mulga Wire" Mystery; The "Football Wallahs" - an amusing story from India of how a British soldier made friends; My Friend Sung Li - the companion of an ex-sailor; Beware of Elephants - encounters with elephants on the Queen's Highway; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
19464855DBParis u. Lausanne, Hachette u. Roth, (1946). Gr.-4°. 48 S. Mit farb. Illustr. von Jean de Brunhoff. Farb. illustr. Orig.-Halbleinenband.
Limited edition of 568 copies, of which 550 were for sale and of these 250 were reserved to the United States of America; this copy is numbered 249. Signed by author. With 113 plates. Large foldout photo in pocket on end pastedown. xxii, 202 pages. Includes Index. Fading to areas of covers. Black mark on spine. Marks on front pastedown. Text moderately foxied but plates mainly clean. Heavy book, extra postage for destinations other than UK.
1976317035Gauhati Assam: Publication Board Assam 1976. xiv 266 pp.; illustrated throughout mostly in colour. 9 x 15 1/2 inches. Publisher's pictorial buckram. xiv 266 pp.; illustrated throughout mostly in colour. 9 x 15 1/2 inches. A reproduction of one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of Assam with explanations in English on facing pages. Commissioned by King Siva Singha 1713-1744 and produced by Sukumar Barkaith it deals with the management and care of elephants in the royal stables. A very attractive copy. <br/><br/> Publication Board, Assam hardcover
