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Deliziosa incisione del 1770 circa che mostra un leone e una tigre. Grandi dimensioni. Autore: Antonio Baratti (1724-1787) Atlante: Diderot et d’Alembert – Encyclopedie – Livorno, 1770-1778 Data: 1770 circa Tecnica: incisione a bulino acquarellata a mano Dimensione della pagina: 42x29 cm Dimensione dell'incisione: 36x22 cm Condizioni: ottime. Qualche fioritura Segno di tarlo al margine inferiore Nice print of 1770’s featuring the leion and tiger. Big size. Author: Antonio Baratti (1724-1787) Atlas: Diderot et d’Alembert – Encyclopedie – Livorno, 1770-1778 Date: 1770 circa Technique: burin engraving Leaf Dimension: 42x29 cm Engraving Dimension: 36x22 cm Conditions: Very good conditions.
In-4, brossura (dorso restaurato), peraltro in buono stato di conservazione. In questo numero: “Tragica lotta nella jungla indiana. Una tigre scovata e ferita dal funzionario Lewis, lo sbranava. La belva, poi, strappava un braccio al segretario del Lewis, Battgate, che aveva tentato di ucciderla a colpi di accetta.” "Nella Cina senza pace. Sul fiume Yangtse, una giunca cinese si collocava sulla rotta di un piroscafo inglese, carico di rinforzi, per impedire che proseguisse. Ma il piroscafo non si arrestava, e tagliava in due la giunca.".
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
in-8 (21,5x14), 279 pp, photogaphies et illustrations n&b, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [MI-27]
Mm 155x240 Brossura editoriale di pp. 402, in lingua francese, conlst in bianco e nero, e leggerissime tracce di umidità. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 160x225 Published by the Foreign Relations Bureau of the Tigray's People's Liberation Front - Edizione in inglese / English edition - Brossura editoriale di 25 pagine con illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Qualche fioritura al retro di copertina, peraltro esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
56 pages including eight pages of wonderful colour photos of the band. Songs: Arrival; Dancing Queen; Dum Dum Diddle; Fernando; Knowing You, Knowing Me; Money, Money, Money; My Love, My Life; That's Me; Tiger; When I Kissed the Teacher; Why Did it Have to Be Me? Above-average wear. Some pages taped in place. Still a worthy copy of this vintage ABBA songbook - probably their best. Book
1 volume in-8°, 246 pages, photos n&b hors texte, cartonnage ed. illustre plastifie. Bel exemplaire. [NV-2] Dans la forêt indienne à la poursuite des grands fauves.
Numerous illustrations. Light wear to covers.
Mm 145x220 brossura cucita di pp. 148 con 10 illustrazioni a due colori nel testo, sovraccoperta editoriale. Opera in perfetto stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALL'ORDINE.
Hardcover Like New. Shipped directly from publishers. Pls. allow a minimum of 20 - 25 business days delivery time. If not on stock will be bac kordered.
In-8 (cm. 21.50), brossura plastificata, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata (tracce d’uso), pp. 316, (2), con illustrazioni a colori fuori testo. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
Milano, 1932, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 337/346 con 13 illustrazioni fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
12 pages. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Stories include: The Black Bears; The Deer; The Lion; The Bison; The Hippopotamus; The Tiger. Above-average but not excessive wear. Openings along coverfold. A worthy vintage copy. Book
63 pages. "Highlights the development of this force, in particular battles, through the years of World War II. The detailed and thoroughly illustrated text takes you from the early days when German tank superiority was beginning to astound the world through the closing days in 1945." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
Book shows light shelf wear only, a few marks to back cover, a bit of edge wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Staple bound pamphlet with 55 pages, lots of b&w photos. Contents include: First Tiger twin, Early postwar years, Alloy engine, Pivoted fork and 649 cc, Duplex and bathtub, Tiger racing, Specs.
Features: Alan Dershowitz on Indeterminate Prison Sentences - and why they are now considered a mess by both left and right; Vietnamese Refugees in America - From Maine to Texas they are getting the hang of the American way; King of Schlock - Roger Corman has put out 150-ldd non-epics, but many top directors, actors and writers learned the ropes working for him; Rocky Mountain High - Sold only in the West, Coors beer is smuggled to the East; Nice one-page color ad for Kellogg's new Frosted Rice cereal features Tony the Tiger, Jr.; Pate recipes; Dress fashion photos; Magic Furniture - expanding tables, collapsing chairs and folding carts; Follow-Up, 1975 - a second look at some of the personalities features in this magazine in 1975, including John Bermingham, Victor Snyder, and John Hersey. 40 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white photos. Faint school stamp on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
With 673 illustrations. Rough-cut page edges. Wear to top/base of spine, and joint of spine/back cover, cover corners also worn.
Dark spill to edge of last ten or so pages. Wear on cover. Small format: 4 1/4" x 5 5/8"h. Red cover. No date - reprint circa 1990's. Super cute bright colorful illustrations.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. Large format: 10"w x 12 1/4"h. 88 pages. Many full-page color and b&w illustrations by Jacob Bates Abbot.
In-8° (24,6x16,8), pp. 114, (2b). Br. ed., mancanze al dorso che meriterebbe un rinforzo, e ai bordi dei piatti. Buono l'interno, parzialmente intonso. Tratta dei Gesuiti portoghesi del '500/'600, delle MINIERE, della flora, della fauna, dei banchetti, dei vestiti e ormnamenti femminili e maschili, tributi, taglie e gabelle, il cristianesiimo copto abiisno ecc. Qui ci sono, tradotti in italiano, "i capitoli più importanti " del trattato "Del regno del Tigrè" del padre Emanuele BARRADAS (1572-1646), in Eritrea e Etiopia dal 1624-1633.Fu poi riedito da Loescher nel 1912, ma la nostra è la prima edizione.
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: In Search of the Lost Oases - Part I of a wonderful trip across the desert from Sollum, on the Mediterranean, to El Obeid, in the Sudan, mostly through unexplored territory, with photos; Smugglers Three - Poaching swan eggs; Azizun the Dancing-Girl - Sir George MacMunn owned an uncanny little "frog-girl" in India; The Odyssey of the "Olga" - A trip from Nome, Alaska to Seattle ended up taking over three months!; Photo of sixty-foot-tall statue of the god Gomateswara being annointed with oil on the great hill of Sravanbelgola; Left Behind - A young white woman is left behind at a lonely wayside station in the heart of Rhodesia; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part I - G.M. Dyott was abandoned by his guide in the trackless upper reaches of the Amazon and endured an ordeal to return home - with photos; The Thirteenth Sample - A nerve-trying adventure in the depths of an abandoned mine in Northern Mexico; A Bird-Hunter in the Wilds - G.L. Bates describes a seven-month journey in the remote Cameroon country of Central Africa - with great photos; The Voice in the Darkness - A tragic story of an encounter between a bootlegger and the law during prohibition in Brigson, Alberta; "Sinbad the Sailor" - An American university professor becomes a swindler in Winnipeg; Tiger Tales - Tales from Assam and Sumatra by W.J. Brands; What Was It? - Patrick Brown encountered a mysterious monster in South Africa which appeared to be a survivor of some prehistoric species; The Crocodile Charmers of Java - Javanese witch-doctors 'make love to them, induce them to follow them like pet dogs, and lead them to their deaths'; The Two Strangers - Dr. C.E.Ellis thought he knew a 'bunco man' but then he met two harmless prospectors. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Junkers being loaded with heavy freight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features great photo of the Flying Dreadnaught, the Sikorsky XPBS-1; Great full-page Ethyl Corporation ad with Wright Brothers theme; Excellent full-page photo portrait of Major-General Sir James H. MacBrien, a great friend of aviation who passed away 5 March 1938; Freight-Express Carriage for 1937; Nice full-page Gold Flake cigarette ad with Singapore photo; Trans-Canada Air Lines - Progress Report - article with photos including a full page containing the photos and names of 16 company pilots; Nice Kollsman Instrument ad; Nice full-page Stinson ad; Review of Air Mail Services; Great full-page photo ad for the Junkers JU 52 promotes its safe scheduled night air service; Flying Clubs review record year; Excellent two-page photo ad for the De Havilland Tiger Moth; Notable Flights of 1937; Nice full-page illustrated ad for Dunlop aeroplane tire, wheels and brakes; Aerial Leviathan emerges - article and photoss of Boeing's model 314 "South Seas Clipper" flying boat; The Fleet (Aircraft) Freighter is born - article and four photos of this new Canadian plane - followed by a great two-colour centerfold ad which includes five photos of this plane; Nice full-page ad for McLaughline Buick; Commercial Air Services in Review - Canadian Airways Ltd. and Quebec Airways Ltd.; Full-page Aeronca ad; Northwest Aviation Planning Council; Photo of Miss Mary Spearing, of Toronto, with her plane - she is Canada's only female aeroplane owner; Reviewing Licenses in Force; Photo and article about the fruitless search to find Mike Sawchyn who went messing after flying from Souris, Manitoba; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Scout; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; M.A.L.C. News; Two-colour ad for Eclipse starters inside back cover; Two-colour ad for Intava lubricants on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and updated version of the original edition of 1964.
Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R.R. in Nebraska; My Adventures in Sarawak (part III) - adventures of the Rajah's bride amongst 'the lovable little people'; Hona's "Tapu" - what happened to to men who attempted to brave the curse of a Maori chief upon a rich gold-reef; An Unlucky Ride - in New Zealand a man sets of on a perilous 120 mile journey to see his lady, only to arrive late and offend her; Our Travels in Safari-land (part I) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) travels through British East Africa; The Night-Watchman's Story - an 1885 tale from the steamer 'Bengal Tiger' shipping from Paducah, Kentucky, as told by Ernest Prentis; Penelope Visits Finland - holiday jaunts to the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes"; Parker's Lesson - a 1913 story of a young man from Cambridge who went to Nigeria with ideas of how the natives should be handled; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
