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90 pages plus 16 pages of nice ads. Features: Our Hunting Trip in Brazil - dealing with giant snakes and jaguars; Photo of Sulphur Bottom Whale leaping out of water to avoid swordfish; Stalked by a Mountain Lion (cougar) - while mining in the Selkirk Mountains near Golden, British Columbia; The Leaf-Wearers of Orissa - great photo-illustrated article on these native people's of India; My Adventure in Sing Sing; Silk Mask Jim - this amazing Chicago criminal, James J. Harrigan, was head of a great thieves trust responsible for over seven hundred robberies in a single year; My Strangest Experience; A Fight on a Mountain Top - the Philippine Constabulary seeks out remnants of Aguinaldo's forces - article with photo; Into the Unknown (part 1) - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea ; The "Pinto" of Great Black Pine Mountain - the life and death of a wonderful wild horse in Southern Idaho; The Lifted Veil - part 5 of the story of two British officer POWs in Turkey who apply Spiritualism to escape; Where No Writ Runs - photo-illustrated article on life in the highlands of Kurdistan; The Ghost of the "Lycaon" - a steamship of the Blue Funnel Line; Wolves in Sheep's Clothing - when policement become criminals; The Rector's Story - a South African clergyman's story; Odds and Ends - photo of Arizona Gila Monster listening to phonograph. Covers beginning to detach from textblock. Average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
Pages 265-304. Features: Cover photo of fire damage at the English Hollywood, Elstree film studios; Photo of the archduke Otto leaving a Paris hotel; Photo of M. Flandon with prince Starhemberg; Photo of smiling Canadian Olympians offering Nazi salute as they march past Hitler during opening ceremonies of the fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria; Four additional photos of the Garmisch winter Olympics; Photos with the Italians in North and South - battles on both fronts, with photo of Gen. Graziani on horse; Capt. Bligh's own account of the mutiny on the "Bounty" - a chapter from his narrative describing the whole voyage, with illustrations; Dancer Anna Pavlova's "Dying Swan" immortalized in rare sequence of 15 images; Two-page illustration of Parisien opera fashions; A new Mycenaen beehive tomb - discoveries at Berbati, near Mycenae, some of the finest painted vases to be found in Greece, in a tomb dating from about 1400 BC - photo illustrated article; Photo of state funeral of general Kondylis in Athens; Two-page centrefold illustration of Hopi Indians dancing with live and venomous snakes in their mouth and hands; Two pages of photos of naval vessels "Renown", "Greyhound", "Repulse", and "Gotland"; Photos of personalities in the news include Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Sir C. E. Corkran, Sir Charles Ballance, Herr Gustloff (German Nazi leader in Switzerland), Dr. Wilhelm Solf, I. H. D. Rolleston, Lieut. T. Rose (record-breaking aviator), vice admiral E. R. G. Evans with Cmdr. Rudberg, Walter Runciman, commander A. D. Cochrane, members of the new Egyptian government, including Ali Pasha, and British Nurses for Abyssinia; Four amazing photos illustrate construction of the Olympic Bob-run - bricklaying with ice from a lake; One page photo portrait of the highest waterfall in the world, Gersoppa Falls, in southern India; One page illustrated ad for the Austin Sherborne car; One page illustrated ad for Kenistas cigarettes features dame Sybil Thorndike; Handsome halfpage Rolls-Royce ad; Halfpage illustrated ad for Hooper & Co.; Halfpage photo ad for Morris Motors Limited features their Big Sixes; Photo of the British Continental Airways liner "St. George"leaving Croydon as it initiates air service between London and Sweden; Colour-illustrated back cover ad for Black-and-White Scotch whisky features The Scots Guards. Centrefold holding by one staple. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., later impression, handsomely bound in red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Arguably the most ingenious POW escape of WWII, it became a legend among servicemen long before its publication here in 1949. Two officers made home runs via a tunnel dug in the open air beneath a wooden vaulting horse. The scene was Stalag Luft III (site of the 'Great Escape' later in the war) and the story one of the true classics of WWII. Endlessly reprinted, it has now achieved the status of popular folklore. It was filmed by Jack Lee in 1950 starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Bryan Forbes. Published in the same year as the first edition. Astonishingly, not recorded by Enser.
Book is in excellent condition in heavy weave tan HB covers, gilt over red at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners with a very light bump to lower front, 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, price clipped, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 322 pages on high quality heavy white paper, reprinted form 1903. Rare by this publisher. Full page Author illustration opposite title page, Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions; selected from ancient paintings. "This book is a key source for information on leisure time activities in 'Olde England,' including sports, hunting, games, dancing, gymnastics, music, festivals including Christmas and May Day and customs such as Mumming, The Boy Bishop, and The Lord of Misrule, Horse Racing, Slinging of Stones, Hand Ball, Archery, Dancing, Tumbling, Balancing, Jugglers, Juggling, Bowling, Tennis, Bat and ball, Jousts, Tricks Taught to Horeses, Animals Imitated, Quintain, Tilting, Kayles, Cards, Chess,. It answers questions such as "How do you score a joust?," "When did feral wolves become extinct in Britain?," and "How much do you pay the piper?" And what is Shakespeare talking about when he mentions Shove-Groat or Nine Men's Morris? (The modern equivalents are shuffleboard and tic-tac-toe). Included are numerous quotes from original documents and dozens of plates based on period illustrations. Strutt also documents the constant conflict between popular culture and the religious and secular powers."
Eighth edition, 8vo (205 x 120 mm), xvi, 197, [1]pp., frontispiece silhouette portrait of Astley and 9 engraved plates, in an elegant twentieth century half green morocco binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine lightly faded, spine lettered in gilt direct, t.e.g. Philip Astley (1742-1814), equestrian performer and circus proprietor. As well as being considered the creator of the modern circus (Astley's Amphitheatre), Astley also had a very successful career in the Army. At the age of 17 he enrolled in the 15th Light Dragons, a cavalry regiment newly formed by Colonel Granville Elliott. A gifted equestrian, he was put in charge of breaking new horses for his regiment. In 1761, Astley and his regiment embarked for the Continent to fight alongside King Frederick II of Prussia in the Seven Years' War, he returned to England in 1766 with the rank of Sergeant Major and obtained his discharge on June 21st of that year. When the war between the United Kingdom and revolutionary France broke out in 1793, Astley, who was then 51, re-enlisted in the 15th Light Dragons, "acting as a horse-master, celebrity morale-booster and war correspondent in one."
First edition, 4to (260 x 205 mm), xxiv, 212pp., 18 copper-engraved plates (5 of which are folding), slightly offset, plates I-XV accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress, cont. half calf, marbled paper boards, neatly rebacked with orig. label laid-down, attractive simple gilt tooling, a very good copy. The scarce first edition published in Birmingham, the home of the author before he moved his veterinary practice to London. Smith had only seen the later edition of of this work and was not aware of the date of the first edition. Provenance: Contemporary armorial bookplate of Bradford Wilmer to front paste-down. Smith, Veterinary Literature III, pp. 106-108; Dingley, 390.
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Railroads, Elevated Railroads, Broadway Cable Road, and Horse Cars indicated. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cats in knitting basket; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1934; Fleischmann's Yeast one-page ad features large photo of Dr. Edouard Agasse-Lafont with patient; Editorial topics include Whose Shoe Pinches?, Production and Revenue, Take Courage, The Cost of Crime, and Time for a Showdown; Nice one-page Ovaltine ad says Make Sure You Sleep Tonight; The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); Ill Wind (short story); A Castle in the Caribbees (Caribbean) - photo illustrated article explores the option of moving to a Caribbean island; The Strange Romance (short story); Mean People (short story); A Waif And a Workman Who Now Sways the World - incredible photo-illustrated article on Adolph Hitler - "The Incredible Romance of Adolph Hitler, Whom Germany Hails as a "Man-God!"; The Grand National - photo-illustrated article on this famous British horse race; Pond's one-page ad features photo of Eleanor Roosevelt; White Cargo (part 3 of this story); Nice one-page Pontiac ad features the 1934 Straight 8; Fantastic two-page Dodge photo-ad features car flying off a jump, plus photos of famous muckraker Ida M. Tarbell and Miss Mimi Elaine Richardson; Nice one-page illustrated Chevrolet ad; Page 30 features wonderful photos of the airflow Desoto 5-passenger coupe, Ford convertible cabriolet, Buick 5-passenger sedan with built-in trunk, Pontiac coupe, Chevrolet Master Six Coach, Hupmobile Aerodynamic Type Sedan, Hundson convertible coupe with rumble seat, and airflow Chrysler six-passenger four-door sedan; Movie news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Zasu Pitts, Charley Chase, Evelyn Venable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., George Raft, Pepe Ortiz, and Spanky of the popular "Little Rascals" TV show, and more; Nice Lux soap ad features photo of Sally Eilers; More car photos include the Nash Ambassador Eight Brougham, the Graham Convertible Coupe, the Studebaker Commander St. Regis Brougham, and the new Reo Sedan; Wonderful two-page Chrysler ad features one-page photo-portrait of Walter P. Chrysler and his written statement that "I believe Plymouth is the Best Engineered Car in the Low-Priced Field."; Oxydol ad includes photo insert of Mrs. David Neary of Torrington, CT; Radioland - article on radio news; Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets ad includes photo of Mrs. Frank P. Stone of Lacombe, Alberta; Young Man and His Problem; Investment News; Legal article; Cooking article; Fashion illustrations; One-page ad for Singer sewing machines; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Attractive but soiled and worn colour-photo Chipso ad on back cover features Mrs. T.M. Lay and daughters; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Covers detached but present. Pencil markings to back cover. A worthy copy of this historic issue. Book
Pages 293-332 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Darlington," the estate of george Crocker, Esq., Ramsey, NJ; Designs Direct from Nature; "Annesden," the Summer Home of Miss Annie E. Quimby, Bridgehampton, Long Island; Playhouses for Children; A Group of Small Houses - costing from $3,000 to $10,000; Grape Culture in France; A House with a Guaranteed Cost - A House That Can Be Built for Seven Thousand Dollars; The "Wayside Inn", otherwise known as the "Red Horse Tavern" of Sudbury, MA; The Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce Cheap Cottage Competition, won by Miss Esther M. Byers - The First and Second Prize Designs; House of James E. Wheeler, Edgehill Road, New Haven, CT; One-page illustrated ad for the "Invincible" Electric Renovator (vaccum) from the Electric Renovator Mfg. Co.; Back cover two-color ad for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
90 pages. Features: My Hop Around the World - Captain James Gallagher - article with great photos; 101 Answers to Cancer; Baseball's Winners of 1949; Young Man with a Sneer - Richard Widmark - article with great full-page headshot photo; Hot Fashions by Hattie Carnegie; Trouble is my Middle Name - part 2 of the 3 part Rocky Graziano article; Nice colour illustrations and article for men's spring fashion. Fiction: You Haven't Changed a Bit; Last Kiss; The Stolen Countess; The Spell of the Jade Goddess; Pride's Castle (part 8 of 8). Includes these ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx ad inside front cover; Bert Parks in an Ipana toothepaste ad, Borden's milk products, Jeep trucks, Chrysler's new car with fluid drive transmission, Lucky Strike (nice photo of girl on horse), Plymouth (with photo of Toby Couture, their main test driver), American Airlines - attractive 2-pages in color, PM Whiskey, Mallory hats, Van Heusen ties, Kaiser cars, Chevrolet, the Dodge Meadowbrook, Elgin watches, Glidden paint, Mercury cars, Burroughs business machines - 2 pages in color, Budweiser - full page in color shows fans at ball game, Canada Dry and a back cover color photo ad for Chesterfield cigarettes featuring Joan Crawford and L.E. Thomason of Paris, Kentucky. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
A.J. Casson cover art features robin hunting for worms amongst trilliums. 80 pages. Additional features include: Nostalgic colour ad for new KB International Trucks inside front cover - ad features photo insert of Jule Chartrand and Frank Bell - Champion Canadian truck drivers; Four-photo full-page ad for Ipana toothpaste features Eileen Cochrane of Montreal and her seven-year-old son Michael; Editorial - Are the Communists entitled to Liberty?; 2-colour full-page ad for DeSoto cars; Top Man in Totem Poles - Marius Barbeau is hot on the trail of that strange beast - the Canadian; Wives Have It So Easy, by James Bannerman; Nightmare Pills - Pierre Berton on Sleeping Pills; Fiction by Arthur Gordon - Listen to Your Heart; Can we Prevent Race Suicide?, by Arnold Toynbee; Newsboy - James Joseph Murph (Murph) has been selling papers outside the Canadian National Railways Building on the northwest corner of King and Yonge, Toronto's busiest intersection, for 58 years - with photo; Fiction - Double or Nothing by Henry Norton; Are Fishing Laws Bunk? - what use are limits when we make our rivers unfit homes for fish?; Nice full-page colour ad for Old English Rubbing (Floor) Wax; What's Wrong with Work?, by Gwethalyn Graham; The Old Man - Lionel Barrymore; You, Too, Can fly, by Eva-Lis Wuorio; Fiction by Arthur Mayse - Someday You'll Thank Me; Leper Colony on Bentinck Island in BC; Black and white Fargo truck ad; Nice two-colour Plymouth car ad; Full-page black and white Austin Motor company ad; Half-page colour photos Pepsi ad shows ping pong players; Lovely full-page colour Lifesavers ad; Dawes Black Horse Brewery ad honours weathermen; Great full-page colour ad for Pontiac cars; Very attractive Gene De Nunzio-illustrated ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover shows mother and daughter and their print dresses; Carling Breweries ad on back cover illustrates the main flyways of North American waterfowl; plus many more wonderful ads. Pages yellowed with age. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful A.J. Casson collectible. Magazine
Pages 453-492 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Country Seat of Howard Henry, Esq., at Camp Hill, PA; The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling; Decorations and Furnishings For the Home - X - Treatment of Fireplaces and Mantels; Old South Salem in Northern Westchester County - article with photos of local buildings including the Horse and Hound Tavern; Artistic Wax Work; A Group of Modern Houses Costing From $1,800 Upwards - nice 12-photo 2-page spread includes the homes of Mr. Warren Bartholf, Mr. W.A. Westerson, Mrs. Colgrove, Mr. R.E. McGregor, Mr. Benjamin A. Paust, Miss Helen J. Holboe, Mr. W.W. Huntress, Mr. Benjamin Waller, and Mr. Ellis Ashley; Handicraftsman - Leather Craftwork; Crafts That Children Can Do; Ostrich Farming as an Industry; The Small Country House - A Dutch Colonial House Costing $2,150 Complete; A Craftsman's House Costing $2,400 Complete; A House of Modern Design Costing $3,200 Complete; A House and a Garage - the home of James Masterson, Esq., at Crescent Hill, Bay Ridge, NY; Garden Notes; American Homes and gardens' Garden Competition - First Garden Prize wond by Dr. Shiro Miyaki, St. Louis, MO, Second Prize Won by James M. Hull, Esq., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Third Prize wond by M.F. Ault, Indianapolis, IN, with photos of all three; L. Wolff Mfg. Co. ad features photo of the new North Western Passenger Terminal Station in Chicago; Ad for Hotel Chamberlain at Old Point Comfort, VA, with small photo of the large hotel; Index to American Homes and Gardens, Volume VII, January to December, 1910; Back cover color ad for the Columbia Grafonola "Regent" and Graphophone; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Small date stamp atop back cover and small piece missing from bottom of page 457, otherwise complete and unmarked with average wear. Disbound from a larger volume with some of the former binding affixed to spine. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
92 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan; Magnificent full-page photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division features Montreal's Miron & Freres Ltd. using an HD-20G, the world's largest tractor shovel with a 4-yard bucket; Very colourful full-page ad for BA service stations; Great colour photo full-page ad for the General Electric Twin-System refrigerator; The fight over Vitamin E - a bonus length feature on how Dr. Evan Shute and Dr. Wilfred Shute claim to be using Vitamin E to improve major health problems of their patients - with photos; Response to the Vitamin E article by the Canadian Medical Association; The corpse that hoaxed the Axis - Part One of the amazing story of how "Major Bill Martin" was part of a British Secret Service plot to mislead the Nazis into thinking the Allies would invade Sardinia, not Sicily; Anna had to be a clown - Claudia Anna Russell-Brown is a funny lady! - with large photo; The Duke of Edinburgh - the man behind the Queen - part 7 and final instalment of series "The Family in the Palace"; Can the West Stand Peace? - will Malenkov's peace offensive increase the danger of a slump and turn it into a propaganda victory for the Communists?; Louis Hemon - Vagabond Genius - article with photos; The Strange Death of Daddy Daniels (fiction); Henry Morgan and Company Limited, of Montreal, are the holdest and most courtly department store keepersin Canada - article with great photos; Never tell a woman anything (humour); The fastest man on four legs - Horse Jockey Johnny Longden - article with photos; Colour ad for the Chevrolet Bel Air 4-Door Sedan; Nice vintage colur ad for Cycla-matic Frigidaire refrigerators; Nice full-page two-colour ad for 1953 GMC trucks; Electrohome television and radio ad; Excellent colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows 1953 scraper in action plus a rare 1923 photo of a tractor pulling a scraper which is loading a horse-drawn wagon with earth; Great Coke ad on back cover shows smiling woman at gas station; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Folio, [2], [6]-303pp., including several inserted advert leaves, chromolithographed title, 8 chromolithographed plates and numerous woodcut illustrations, several blank margins repaired, tears to 4 leaves repaired with archival paper, recent maroon cloth. A richly illustrated 19th-century equestrian trade catalogue by a leading New York manufacturer and importer, with salerooms in London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow. Romaine described the 1879 first edition of this catalogue as "the most outstanding record [of horse goods] ever issued". Romaine, p. 208.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original cloth bdg. with extra new full leather wrapper in the Ottoman style. Faded on cloth. Some slight stains on several pages. Avery good copy. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. 11, 18, 228, 4 [...] p., 48 numerous b/w full paged plates. Ihsan Abidin, who completed the "Askerî BaytarMektebi" [I.e. Military Veterinary School] in 1904, was brought to the health and zootechnical professor of this school upon the merger of the Istanbul Military and Civilian Baytar Schools under the name of "Baytar Mekteb-i Alisi". He served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture (1927-1931) and had important services in the field of zootechnics. Ihsan Abidin Bey played an important role in the establishment of Higher Agricultural Institutes, studlands and warehouses. He has signed many articles and more than fifteen books published domestically and in Europe. His the most important book is 'Osmanli atlari' [i.e. The Ottoman horse and horse breeding] including 48 numerous plates and text in 279 pages. In his book, Akinci gives examples from Europe and Africa; He extends to the remotest corners of Asia and talks about the care, feeding, characteristics of horse breeds and emphasizes the importance of horse breeding. Only two copies located in OCLC 984405354.; Not in the Arabian horse bibliography of Boyd & Paul.; TBTK 2831.; Özege 15856.; Not in Kazancigil & Solok (Veterinary bibl.). First and Only Edition.
Duodecimo. Pp. 230, (1) Errata. Plus fold-out plate bound at end with 3 hand-coloured lithographed costume studies. Hardcover, bound in contemporary light green boards, old blank lettering-piece to spine, discoloured and faded; few spots on plate. In fine condition. Excellent copy, wide-margined and bright interior, preserved entirely in the original state. ~ First edition. Of utmost rarity. One institutional holding is located worldwide, that in Duke University, NC. In Germany, only two institutional copies are located, both incomplete, comprising of 220 pages only and without the coloured plate. If these are variants or faulty copies, could not be determined. OCLC 310944894. Not in Sloos.
xii, 131, [1], xiv [misprinted "ziv"], [4] pp., with half-title and 14pp. list of subscribers, a 'Caution to the Practitioner' leaf at end, errata leaf, a few spots in the text, original boards, uncut, lacks back-strip (cords showing), otherwise a very good copy in original state. First published in Stourbridge by Rollason in 1797, this edition is a reissued with a new title-page. Both editions are rare; ESTC locating 5 copies (2/3) of the Stourbridge edition and 5 copies (4/1) of this reissue; Dingley, 229; Smith II, p. 227.
48 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Contents include: Table of Dynasties; The Barter Trade; Wang Mang (7-22 A.D.); Development of Money from the later Han to the Yuan Dynasty; Mongol and Ming Money; Ch'ing Dynasty; List of Inscriptions on Chinese Cash; The Yang Collection of Chinese Coins of All Dynasties - photos of hundreds of ancient coins. Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative and uncommon reference. Book
Includes fascinating six-page photo-illustrated feature by William P. Hitler, Adolph's nephew "who tells so candidly some things about his uncle that only a relative could know". Other features include: Student Nurses - their work and their uniforms; Stockings - short skirts bring new styles - Willy De Mond (Willy's of Hollywood); Why I Want Roosevelt to Run Again, by Harold L. Ickes; Gatti Pictures - an African Chief takes his 70 wives to the Beauty Parlor; Page of America's 10 most wanted, with photos, by J. Edgar Hoover; Movie Preview - Lady of the Tropics, starring Hedy Lamarr, and Robert Taylor; Roosevelt after 1940; Lowdown on Horse Racing, from 'Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmon; America's Best Jockeys; Hattie Carnegie vs. Elizabeth Hawes; Death Dines - photocrime; Sleep on Top of Your Car; and more. 52 pages. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extraordinary issue. Book
Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 1 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Nice cover illustration by R. York Wilson features brass band practicing; W.A. Irwin becomes new Editor of Maclean's - photo and brief article; Relax - It's Good for You; Bee Business - Ervin Hogarth has 150 bees near Tara, Ontario; Mars Gone Barmy - Maj.-Gen. J.F.C. Fuller argues atomic war cannot be won; Where Milk is Medicine - Europe's lack of food in the aftermath of WWII; Britian's Place in the World; Washington Memo - U.S. Strikers want to keep war wages (52 for 40 or Fight!); Backstage Ottawa - NRMA men (Zombies) were sent to the First Canadian Division on or after VE Day; Is the Union Shop Democratic? - arguments for and against; Sculptors Elizabeth Wyn Wood and Mani Hahn - Photo-illustrated article; "When the Ice-Worms Nest Again" - Brief article discussing Robert Service; Stretch the Meat; and more. Short stories include: Molly Was a Doctor; White Horse; Soft Music. Nice ads for: The Wartime Prices and Trade Board (encouraging the mending of clothes); Imperial Oil (featuring oil exploration); Frigidaire, Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese; Canadian Pacific (color illustration of driving of the last spike to celebrate 60 years of progress, 1885-1945); Pepsodent Tooth Paste; Eveready Flashlight Batteries - featuring image of Vancouver radio personality Thora Anders; Arrid deodorant - featuring photo of Gertrude Niesen; Nostalgic one-page Maclean's subscription ad; National War Finance Committee; Nice colour-photo Caterpillar Diesel ad inside back cover features two dozers preparing new rail bed through mountains. 68 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. Book
Padova, Nella Stamperia des Seminario, 1646. In folio (42.5x33.5 cm) reliure demi-basane marron à coins (rel. récente), dos long, ex-libris ancien. p. de fx-t.- p. de t.- frontispice gravé par Juster d'après Dorigny - portrait de Nicola Santa Paulina par Juster- 4 ff. (dédicace)- 208 pp. Quelques figures. tranches non ébarbées. Quelques salissures. RARE.
First edition, folio, lithographic title and 6 tinted lithographic plates by Day and Haghe after Frankland, some foxing to plates, presentation copy from the author to Lord Wenlock inscribed in pencil at head of title dated 1849, armorial bookplates of Lord Wenlock and Douglas Peter Crossman, cont. calf, rather worn, corners rubbed through, spine defective at head, joints cracked. The scarce suite of plates illustrated the six motions of the horse: 'Walking', 'Ambling', 'Trotting', 'Cantering', 'Galloping', and 'Leaping'. Mellon/Podeschi, 170; Not in Abbey or Huth.
Very Good English Original dark green cloth bdg. Brief title and "Stirps Arabica Vicit" with a saber and crescent moon gilded on the front board. A very good copy. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). In English. 66 p., 5 engraved plates. First and only edition of this handsome and illustrated book of the first Arabian horses presented by Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, bred by Huntington in North America. Arabian horse breeding in North America properly began with the world tour taken by General Ulysses S. Grant after he served as president of America, it is that in March of 1878 the General and his son Jesse arrived in Istanbul (Constantinople ), after the day the Grants toured the private stables of Sultan Abdul Hamid II are distinctly contradictory. Randolph Huntington was an American horse breeder who demonstrated the possibilities inherent in the Arab horse for the purpose of developing a new breed of saddle and road horses. During his first years on the farm, he bought and sold many colts and fillies as coach horses in New York City. He soon came to recognize the value of the Clay stock in that community which was largely the result of the breeding of a horse called Henry Clay which was brought to the nearby Genesee valley and whose stock was distributed through the valley. On May 31, 1879, there arrived in America two very fine stallions which were presented to General U.S. Grant by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. These stallions were named Leopard and Linden Tree. It is generally acknowledged that Linden Tree was a Barb-Arabian while Leopard was a pure Arabian. Prior to the time that these horses arrived in America, the very favorable results from inbreeding to produce typical Clay horses were shown to be practical. After seeing the stallions, Leopard and Linden Tree, Randolph Huntington at once started negotiations to breed three virgin Clay mares to each of these stallions. He hoped thereby to improve the road horse quality of his horses. In the following years, he called them Clay-Arabs. Since Huntington wanted to breed only virgin mares. Leopard was a Seglawi Jedran, desert-bred by the Anazeh, foaled in 1873 and presented by Jedaan Ibn Mheyd of the Fedaan Anazeh to the Turkish governor of Syria. (Some accounts list Ibn Mheyd as the breeder, while Carol Mulder, with typical caution, makes the distinction that we only know he presented the horse) The governor then presented the horse to Abdul Hamid II, who in turn gave him to General Grant.
[6], 169 pages. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. Photographic endpapers. Stated first edition. A thorough and practical exposition of the breaking out of the range raised colt. Chapters include: The Horsebreaker; The First Lesson; The Sack Hobble; Bad Habits Controlled; His First Shoeing; Basic Fundamentals; The Two Rein; The Mountain Raised Bronc; Ground Work; The Stake Rope. Publisher's faux leather brown cloth decorated in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's details atop copyright page. A worthy vintage copy of this exceptionall guide, written by a seasoned expert. Book
Octavo. Pp. (iii), (156) consisting of 78 double-page tables, (vi). Handsome vignette of a mounted knight to title-page. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter morocco and matching paper-covered boards, vellum French corners, spine gilt, black morocco lettering-pieces gilt, old expert mend to joint, pink ribbon marker; spine-ends bit worn, minor spot or two. In a very good condition. A clean, tight copy, well preserved. ~ First edition. Extremely rare.
