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64 pages. Songs include: Goofus; Little Rock Getaway; Tiger Rag; Josephine; Darktown Strutter's Ball; Hot Lips; Sleep Time Gal; Stumbling; Wabash Blues; Rose Room; Johnson Rag; Forever and Ever; Wang Wang Blues; At Sundown; Turkey in the Straw; Ja-Da; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; I'm a Ding Dong Daddy; Chicken Reel; My Blue Heaven; Do You Ever Think of Me. Unmarked with average wear. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
Roma, 1930, 21 settembre, fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata", con copertina a colori.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
romanzo
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
256 pages. Index. "Through the four decades of the team's existence, fans have witnessed the courage of Trevor Linden and Curt Fraser; the heart of Stan Smyl, Gary Lupul and Matt Cooke; the peculiar virtuosity of Gary Smith and Richard Brodeur; and the artistic Petulance of Petri Skriko and Pavel Bure. Fans have revelled in the fists of fury flung by Gino Odjick and Tiger Williams, the stately elegance of Jyrki Lumme and Orland Kurtenbach, the presence and power of Greg Adams and Todd Bertuzzi, and the God-given grace of Markus Naslund and Thomas Gradin. All of these players and many more are profiled... Full of anecdotes and trivia, and overflowing with four decades' worth of photography, this book is a must-have for canucks fans everywhere." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy of this magnificent Canuck collectible. Book
Pages 442-528 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: A Man's Luck - Hjalmar Rutzebeck's story of life and love in the far north (Part I); Where Men Live Without Water - photo-illustrated article of life in the Kalihari Desert; Photo of the World's Biggest Saws in British Columbia - 9' in diameter with 190 detachable teeth; The Truth About Louis De Rougemont - photo-illustrated article; A Woman Doctor in the Bush - Margaret Lamont in New Zealand; Buried Cities of Asia Minor - IV - adventures of archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley and Colonel T.E. Lawrence investigate the towns of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; A Tug-of-War with an Alligator - extraordinary affair on the coast of Northern Queensland; Photo of a Pergola made of tombstones at Galt, Ontario; Through Central American on Horseback - Part III - Eugene Cunningham and a friend ride through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - article with photos; After Wild Boar in Anatolia - story with photos; Our Man-Eater - story of a tiger on a tea plantation; A Night Hunt in the Sahara - hunting jackals and gazelles on horseback by night; The Rendezvous of Death - how two tribes of Bedouin Arabs of Palestine finally settled a blood-feud that had cost many lives on both sides; A Fight with a Sea-Tiger (Orca) - Southern California encounter ends badly for veteran fisherman; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - Part VIII (last instalment) of G.O'Hara's adventures; Ah Kim the Astute - a simple Chinaman allows an employer to 'put one over' on him; A Museum of Odds and Ends - photo-illustrated short write-up of the home of Mr. W.W. Beach on the summit of Mount Parnassus; and more. Back cover missing. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
74 pages. Features: I Stole a Million (part 1 of 2 - Insurance Fraudster David Schiffer; Hell on Ice - Ice boating; It's Smart to be Stupid; The Greatest Drug Since Penicillin - Chloromycetin; A Murder a Minute; Peak of a Skyline - The Empire State Building; Nightmare in Santo Tomas - Robert Robb was kept prisoner by the Japanese in Manila; Penny and Me - number 6 in a series devoted to America's top comic strips; Tulsa, Oklahoma - Great Aerial color photo; Red Hysteria Pleases Moscow - back page editorial. Short Stories: The Girl Who Wasn't For Sale; Tiger, Tiger; A Time to Mourn; The Three-Cornered Heart; Mrs. O'Brien Cures The Seven-Year Itch; Ringside Maiden (part 6 of 8); Ads for: Philco televisions, Heinz Soups - super two-page ad, 1949 Ford cars, Chesterfield cigarettes back cover color photo ad featuring Joan Fontaine and Van W. Daniel of Ruffin, N.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Detailed and well-illustrated accounts of the WWI awards made to Private William Buckingham, The Leicestershire Regiment, and Captain Robert Gee, 2 Bn The Royal Fusiliers. Uncommon.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River, British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati, disguised as Arab beggars, sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world, fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery, of Main Street, Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment, disillusionment, and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam, near Pretoria, South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Albin Michel 1973. In-8 broché de 243 pages illustrées. Bon état
A comprehensive guide to the history and lifestyle of the tiger, thekind of the Forest, including folklore and myths about this magnificent animal. More than 200 hundreds full colour, specially commissioned photographs of the Bengal Tiger plus stunning images of the tigers' co-predators and prey. Detailed information ont eh habitat and the range of all the species of tiger in the world.
64 pages. Many black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features include: Transcending Materialism - Tibetan Buddhism in America; The Way of the Buddha; The Meditative Tradition of Tibet; Jamgon Kontrul of Sechen; Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche; Tail of the Tiger/Karma Dzong Meditation Centers; The Bodhisattva Path; The Ten Oxherding Pictures; and more. Average wear. Some soiling to front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting work. Book
xxiv, 129-192 pages. Features: 500 miles to freedom -nine men escape Rabaul after it is overrun by the Japanese in 1942; The land sharks - a story from Canada in 1925 about get-rich-quick schemes in real estate; Man-Eater - the brief but eventful career of a man eating tiger as recounted by a former member of the Burma Frontier Service; The Vale of the Gods the northern Punjab - photo illustrated article; The Ju-Ju Doctor - the facts of an amazing occurrence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - big scare on East Indian Island; Photo of typical Cyprus Brickyard; The Sea-Dyaks of Borneo - photo illustrated account of this little-known race of former headhunters and pirates; Section Man - an interesting glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - 3 People Were Shot Dead in Crawford County, Arkansas; The Bluffton Wolf - famous Texas wolf; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small pencilled name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: The Safety Crusaders versus the Auto Makers - Part 1 of 2 - Will your car protect you if you are in an accident?; Sam Snead's Incredible Eagle - his return to the Canadian Open recalls his famous feat of 1938 - article with photos; Esso ad "Put a Tiger In Your Tank"; The Queen Mother - Her Personal Story (Part 3 of 4); Major photo feature and brief article on Mme. Afsar Kia, wife of Nouredin Kia, Iran's Ambassador to Canada - with photos of the Shah and Empress of Iran visiting Ottawa; Douglas Greeting Card ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
[ cm. 19,5 x 13 ], 176-(3) pp., cart. edit., sovr. ill. col. di C. Lotti, leggere bruniture ai margini delle carte, ottimo stato (F/F), (R '65).<BR><BR>Dello stesso autore:<BR>Ti ucciderò (I, the jury, 1947)<BR>Alba di sangue (Bloody sunrise, 1965)<BR>Il club del vizio (The body lovers, 1967)<BR> 1508
In-16 (cm 17,8x11,3), brossura edit. illustrata a c. Traduzione di Susanna Comi. I edizione "I libri del Pavone" 62-63. Piccola mancanza al piatto posteriore, ordinari segni del tempo, interno molto buono. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY
38 pages. Features: "Unwanted Hair Problem?" - Struggling to Re-present our Bodies; Escaping the Cultural Imperative; Yes + No - Letters from post-referendum Montreal; Scaffolding of the Bone House; Lamayuru; Faceless Elements; Beyond the Body Project - Art and the Interaction of Communities; In Her Own Image; To Visit the Tiger in Review; To Visit the Tiger Artist's Statements; "Be it Resolved..." - The Writers' Union and Cultural Appropriation; In Inglish - Writing with an Accent; A Sari Tale and Hair Scare. Address labels on back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
2 articoli consecutivi in 8, pp. 157-193 + (1b); 195-212. Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca. Stralci dagli Atti del Real Istituto d'incoraggiamento alle scienze naturali di Napoli, tomo V. L'A. 'incomincia dalla storia di questa pianta ed inlina a credere che fosse il trasi o malinatalle di Teofrasto... lasciando detto chiamarsi i suoi tuberi dolzolini in Italia ed habaziz in Sicilia (oggi cabasisi). Vien quindi un'accurata descrizione botanica in italiano del genere cipero e della specie di esso in disamina seguita da un'altra latina pei dotti. Enumera poi le qualita' fisiche della radice e dei tuberi ciperini e ne accenna l'analisi chimica... Venendo poi a discorrere dell'uso medico afferma esser l'azione della radice stimolante diffusiva come quella della valeriana silvestre e della serpentaria virginiana: quindi enumera i diversi casi in cui sia da essa che dei tuberi si e' servito con vantaggio... adoperandoli in infusione, in decotto, in polvere ed in emulsione...' (Il Progresso delle scienza, lettere ed arti: opera periodica, p. 274). Fumi, p. 215. L'articolo seguente e' un'analisi chimica delle caratteristiche della pianta.
1 volume in-8, 314 pages, photos n&b hors texte, c Bel exemplaire. [NV-3]
Pages 266-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Poll Chunk's Son - a story from the hills of Kentucky; The Ivory Raiders - part 1 of a tale fromm the Turkanaland district of Central Africa on the western shores of Lake Rudolf where Major H. Rayne deals with Swahili elephant poachers and Turkana warriors; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - a mysterious Fijian monster; In the Wilds with a Camera - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson take photos in the interior of British East Africa; The Land Sharks - criminal buying and selling of land in Canada; In Quest of the Unknown - part 3 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' adventures amoung the Chucunaque Indians; James Watson - Human Tiger - a remarkable American crime; An Eviction in Patagonia - a rich man attempts to drive away the cattle of a squatter; My Jungle Jaunts - part 1 of an Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos; The Blue Powder - bewitching a District Commissioner in Nigeria; The Sea-Villages of Humboldt's Bay - photo-illustrated article on this Dutch New Guinea area; The Mad Jackal - how a homesick Pathan soldier in Mesopotamia got himself sent back to India; Imprisoned in a hollow tree - Harry Comstock spent horrible days and nights inside a tree in Bexar County, Texas; The Tiger I didn't Get - Movie star Tom Mix recounts an adventure that befell him while tiger-shooting in Bengal; Nice one-page General Electric ad with illustration of new street lighting in Nagoya, Japan; One-page photo-illustrated ad for Hobart Bradstreet of Chicago. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Milano, 1929, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 155/164 con 11 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.
Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of a former British Merchant Seaman, first as a lumberjack and then as a cowboy on a 'dude-ranch'; He Knew Too Much - A grim story of dope-running on the Egyptian border; Lunch-Time Tiger - Author is called upon to deal with a tiger which was terrifying the inhabitants of a Pathan village; The Castaways of the 'Dundonald' - reprint of one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - describes how a British ship was driven ashore on a barren islet in the remote Southern Pacific, where for many weary months the survivors endured many privations in a desperate struggle for existence; A Taste of Freedom - Three firemen jump ship in a South American port... but fate was against them, and they were almost glad to get back; Ghost-Town Memories - Tourist visit the Western U.S. abandoned mining-camps of long ago; Across the Kalahari Desert - The author traversed the trackless Kalahari in a motor-car by way of a dried-up river bed. Black and white illustrations. Chipping to spine. Above-average wear. Magazine
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
