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Features: The Enchanted Islands - The Galapagos Islands; The Mountain of Gold - reprint of a 1926 story in which an Englishman accepts an inviation to travel to a 'mountain of gold' in British Columbia, Canada; The Way Back - After crashing in Iceland, 2 airmen walk 70km to civilization - author Major-General H.L. Davies; The 'Black Magic' Tiger - in India a rifle is 'charmed' to kill a tiger; Pork-Knocking - fellows who go into the wilds of British Guiana to dig for diamonds - great photos; When Awang Ruled Simporna - the story of a prisoner in British North Borneo; Our Murder Mystery in the Cook Archipelago; A Question of Feet - a wily old farmer in South-West Africa outwits the police; Sky Workers - men who work at dangerous heights (great photo); Trail of the Snake - West African Gold Prospectors follow the advice of a Witch Doctor; and more. Front cover loose but present. Backstrip missing. Faint signature atop front cover. Binding intact. Book
34010401Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1930's Aw Boon Haw. Twenty photos each mounted on a black card size: 9 x 7 cm. image size: 8 x 6.5 cm. each is black and white hand-colored very good clean sharp images no fading 2 photos on each card front/back. A group of 10 cards with 20 photographs lightly laid down on a black card showing twenty views of old and most famous "TIGER BALM GARDEN" "AW BOON HAW MANSION." . The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935 was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life death happiness sadness joy evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. THE HISTORY: In 1935 the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004 thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN vanished for ever. SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: This miniature photograph collection shows some twenty hand-colored original photographs of the Garden its lovely pavilion and scenes of Buddhas eight beautiful & very naked women view of the Kwai Fei taking a bath also more nude ladies ! Kan Chin Pavilion two pagodas lakes Buddhist monuments Buddhist heaven & hell panoramic view of the gardens & mansion half-nude mermaid Fat Buddha skinny Ancestral Buddha "Tiger-Balm Tiger" and many others ! . Each photograph has a Chinese and English caption at the bottom margin. Each photograph is 8.4 x 6.4 cm. including the margin. The photo image is 8.1 x 6 cm. PHOTO CONDITION: Each miniature black & white photo was hand-painted and tinted. Each photo is lightly layed down on the black card. The photographs are all in excellent condition no fading or demerits. There is some of the usual rubbing to the black card but this does not affect the photos at all. REFERENCES . unknown
35006101Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1920-30's Tiger Balm Garden. A hand- colored photographic guide 20 scenes 8.5 x 6.2 cm.English & Chinese captions mounted on thick black accordion-folded card very clean bright & solid photos. R A R E ! This is a lovely and charming work. It contains 20 hand-colored miniature photographs mounted on a very long accordion folded black card extending to 80.7 cm. Each photo is 8.5 x 6.2 cm. . The black folding card is contained in a buff colored folding case with one additional printed view of the Tiger Balm Balm pagoda. The title is in both English & Chinese. This is a typical tourist item serving as a memento of a visit to the historic gardens. It is small enough go to in a shirt pocket. The views are: 1. Ah Boon Haw Mansion Pagoda 2. Twin Pagodas in Tiger Balm Garden 3. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 4. Luk Tso Priest 5. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 6. A Picture of Eight Beautiful Girls shows several nude . women Asian and European 7. Side View 8. A View of Bower in Tiger Balm Garden 9. A Tiger 10. Pano Ramio View of the Tiger Balm Garden 11. No title 12. A View in Ah Bon Hwa Mansion 13. Whole view of the swimming pool 14. A Mermaid H.K. 15. Boxers Eighting sic for Skating on the Stakes 16. A piety woman 17. A Fat Buddha 18. Paulion H.K. 19. Long Pavilion in Ah Boon Hwa Mansion 20. Whole View of Haw Par Mansion. HISTORY OF AW BOON HAW TIGER BALM GARDENS" The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935 was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life death happiness sadness joy evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. THE HISTORY: In 1935 the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004 thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN vanished for ever. CONDITION: This item is in excellent condition. Each photo is bright clear focus and exceptionally clean with hand coloring. All of the hinges are very solid no wear or weakness. Exceptionally good example. REFERENCES: . unknown
A9781441166272Hardback. New. hardcover
48537Paris.1864.In-8 demi-relié.319 p.avec table des matières.Frontispice.4 gravures.2 plans.Figures i-t. Demi-reliure à coins au dos orné et pièce de titre dorée.Tranches peigne.quelques piqùres.
2017x-113852350XTaylor & Francis 2017. Hardcover. New. 266 pages. 9.01x5.98x0.34 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
559CGLeipzig, F.E. Wachsmuth. Farbige Lithographie. Bildformat: 66 x 89 cm.
18863040BBStuttgart, Wilhelm Nitzschke, (1886). 4°. (2) 6 S. Mit 4 chromolithogr. Tafeln von C. Offterdinger. Halbleinenband der Zeit mit mont. Orig.-Einbandillustr. (leicht berieben und bestossen).
Stories: Canadian Hold-Up; A Clerk Breaks Loose; The Editor's Post Bag; Have You Seen an Elephant; My Cycle Trip to Spain; Latest From London; Spanish Interlude; The Brass River Affair; They Brought Me Back Alive; Crawford's Cobra; The Wolves of the Cascades; My All Blacks; The Tantanoola Tiger. Average wear. Book
56 pages. Features: Strip-teaser Cupcake Cassidy; Are You a Romantic Match-Maker?; A Canadian Looks at Hiroshima; How to save $300 at the Supermarket; How Horse Trainers Beat the Races - Johnny Starr; Women Hollywood Stars Hate; Tales of Canada's Map-Maker - David Thompson; Murder by Winnipeg's Jilted Gigolo - "Amorous" Albert Victor Westgate; How Sewing Stretches Your Wardrobe; It's Normal to be a bit Neurotic; Connie Stevens - "Hawaiian Eye"; Plight of our Common-Law Wives; August is Sandwich Time; The Forbes Family of Windsor Camps for Fun; Gordon Sinclair hunts for Tiger in India; Fantastic photo of the Ontario Tug-of-War Team of 1893 from Zorra Township which won the world championship at the Chicago World Fair in 1893; and more. Ads: Confederation Life one-page ad showing poverty-stricken man who gambled he wouldn't live to 65; Half-page ad for the CNE; Beautiful young lady in one-page colour-photo ad for Pepsi; Nice one-page photo ad for General Motors in Canada features George Martin fly fishing; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features young couple on beach being struck by wave. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
Features/Photos: Royal visit to Pakistan; Warsak Dam; the Khyber Pass; Swiss disasters - fire and avalanche; New York paralysed by two severe blizzards in 2 weeks - 5 photos; Exclusive photos from on board the Santa Maria, one of the most exciting episodes ever to take place on the high seas; Submarine Oberon commissioned at Chatham; colour portrait depicting golf in the 18th century; Soviet colonialism; Back cover is an excellent colour advert. for Senior Service cigarettes showing the H.M.S. Tiger. Moderate wear. Clean and unmrked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Khrushchev at the U.N.; Princess Alexandra's tour; Khrushchev's American Tour; Labour Party Election Posters; The Sacred Bull of Tchoga Zanbil - destroyed in 640 B.C. and now repaired; Cutaway diagram of H.M. Cruiser Tiger; Nylon rifle needs no lubrication; The Royal Grammar School, Guildford; Attractive Spode China colour advertisement; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
19525005The Flying Tiger Line Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Softcover. A Boorum & Pease Co. "Standard" Loose Leaf book of black leatherette with six holes punched at left. Cover stamped FLYING TIGER LINE in yellow 621 in gilt. Contains original loose-leaf manual with many illustrated pages many fold-outs. Not dated but the notebook has a 1952 calendar card at the front. Laid in is a Braniff International Doppler Sensor Check card. ; 4-1/2" x 6-1/4"; Rubbing to exterior one page wrinkled and torn at the bottom with a small loss minor wear to a few pages. . The Flying Tiger Line Inc. paperback
G0177120339I3N00New York NY U.S.A.: VINTAGE 1970. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. New York, NY, U.S.A.: VINTAGE, 1970 paperback
DADAX076079393XBarnes & Noble Books 0000-00-00. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Barnes & Noble Books hardcover
ria9781441166272_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Written by an experienced drummer and philosopher Groove is a vivid and exciting study of one of music's most central and relatively unexplored aspects. Tiger C. Roholt explains why grooves which are forged in music's rhythmic nuances hardcover
SONG1441166270Bloomsbury 2014-09-25. hardcover. Used: Good. 5.50x0.50x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury hardcover
1979mon0004122954Project Tiger Government of Ind 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Project Tiger, Government of Ind hardcover
DADAX8408126148Timun Mas Infantil 2017-02-07. 1o. hardcover. Used: Good. Timun Mas Infantil hardcover
2012x-0814784062New York Univ Pr 2012. Hardcover. New. 208 pages. 10.00x6.50x1.00 inches. New York Univ Pr hardcover
A9781032592626Hardback. New. <p>Artificial intelligence has deeply impacted our understanding of creativity and the human ability to generate creative outputs. New applications for creative tasks are rapidly evolving and new tools are constantly being developed with much greater optimal capabilities.</p> hardcover
2005Q-9197524360Quality Chess 2005-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Quality Chess paperback
47509502like new. unknown
2001002112New York: Warner Books Inc. 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 11" X 9 1/4. Jim Moriaty cover Golf Digest photographers. October 2001. Preface by the Editors of Golf Digest. Foreword by Earl Woods dated Autumn 2001. Acknowledgments. Book divisions: First Things First; The Short Game 3 chapters; The Full Swing 4 chapters; Playing the Game 3 chapters; Further Thoughts 2 chapters. 305 pp. plus Afterword. Green of course cloth covered boards have white text on spine only photographic ep's and spectacularly illustrated. Unclipped $34.95 FPT &49.95 in Canada DJ has very slight shelf wear. Book may incur extra shipping costs except if shipped within Canada. " . . . the ultimate golf lesson." rear flap FORE ! Bookseller's Inventory # 242112. <br/> <br/> Warner Books Inc. hardcover
ria9781613322529_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
