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14044Genève, Sadag, In-folio en feuilles à l'italienne de [8] pages suivies des planches, sous chemise à rabats, large vignette contrecollée au premier plat.
19048546New York and London, Walter Dunne, [1904]. Ensemble complet en 10 volumes plein chagrin bleu, dos lisses ornés de fleurons et titre dorés, premiers plats ornés d'encadrement, filets et décors rouges et dorés avec un F au centre d'un médaillon, têtes dorées, gardes ornées du même décor que les premiers plats. Dos passés, 2 seconds plats tachés, coiffes et coins frottés, quelques charnières faibles, mors sup. du volume 1 fendu sur 2 cm., manque en tête du volume 7. Intérieur en bon état. Reliure signée St. Dunstan.
193013406Genève, sans nom [Imprimerie du Journal de Genève], 1930. In-4 de [2]-175-[3] pages, demi-maroquin bordeaux à coins, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre dorés, filets dorés ornant les plats, gardes marbrées en rappel du papier des plats. Reliure signée Asper.
1827AUB-8459London 1827. Bon exemplaire relié, reliure pleine toile, 40 pages + planches. (+solde texte vol. I).
014587Luchon Lafon, libraire 0 In-4 à l'italienne Reliure de l'éditeur
1850247241850 Paris, à la Société Bibliophile, (1850). 3 volumes. In-8. Reliures demi-basane tabac, dos lisses, 488-480-427 pp., texte sur 2 colonnes, 43+46+59 planches gravées réhaussées en couleurs soit un total de 148 pl.coloriées et gommées. Reliures légèrement frottées , mouillures marginales au texte aux coins de quelques pages sans traces sur les planches fraiches.
98854First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo 133 pages being pages 146-277 in over 600 pages. Cloth lightly flecked; leading edges lightly foxed; endpapers offset and foxed; an excellent copy. Offered together with a copy of the Journal and Proceedings . for 1892 Volume 26 in similar condition containing a related article by the same author: The Venom of the Australian Black Snake 25 pages plus an illustration. These volumes also contains other lengthy interesting and important articles and would suit any budding polymath. The range includes HARGRAVE Lawrence: Paper on Aeronautical Works 8 pages plus 9 plates most of them folding and another on 'Flying Machine Work' 6 pages; DAVID T.W.E.: Notes on Antarctic Rocks collected by Mr C.E. Borchgrevink 31 pages plus a plate; ALLAN Percy: Timber Bridge Construction in New South Wales 19 pages plus 8 plates most of them folding; FRASER John: Some Folk-Songs and Myths from Samoa 38 pages in one volume 28 pages in the other; HAMILTON Alex: On the Effect which Settlement in Australia has produced upon Indigenous Vegetation 63 pages; and other articles on the languages of Ponape and Hawaii Oceanic languages and observations on Shell-heaps and Shell-beds. 2 volumes. hardcover
192814435Paris, Alpina, [1928]. Grand in-4 de 162-[4] pages, plein chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré, couverture conservée.
192115392Paris, Editions d'Art H. Piazza, 1921. Grand in-8 de [4]-144-[8] pages, plein maroquin pétrole, dos lisse avec triple filet doré, pièces de titre tabac, quadruple filet doré encadrant les plats avec lisière tabac entre ceux du milieu, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés, belles gardes de soie moirée jaune , double filet doré aux contreplats. Etui de carton marbré, bordé de maroquin. reliure signée A. Choumette.
19222791922 - broché - L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, Paris - Achevé d'imprimer le vingt-cinq septembre 1922, sur les Presses de l'Imprimerie G. Kadar à Paris - In-4 (30,5 x 23,5 cm) broché, couverture rempliée avec illustration sur la première de couverture - 103 pages - Superbes illustrations de Arthur RACKHAM : 16 gravures en couleurs avec serpentes légendées contrecollées, 6 gravures en noir, 7 compositions in texte, lettrines et texte encadré d'un liseret - Ouvrage tiré à 1300 exemplaires. Exemplaire numéroté N° 766
191014466Genève / Paris, Kündig / H. Champion, 1910. 2 volumes in-4 de CLXIV-355-[5] et XXIII-631-[3] pages, plein vélin blanc, titre, date et tomaison dorés aux dos, filets dorés encadrant les plats, couvertures conservées.
191016357Genève/Paris, Kündig / H. Champion, 1910. 2 volumes in-4 de CLXIV-355-[11]; XXIII-[1]-631-[3], demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné des armes de Genève, couvertures conservées.
9863[Paris], [Librairie Nouvelle, imprimerie Lemercier], sans date. In-folio de [60] pages, pleine percaline bleue avec décor couleurs et or aux plats et au dos, titre doré au premier plat, tranches dorées. Coiffe supérieure et coins un peu frottés avec petit accroc au mors, percaline legèrement tachée, nom de possesseur sur garde, rousseurs malheureusement importantes sur les premiers feuillets.
9862[Paris], [Librairie Nouvelle, imprimerie Lemercier], sans date. In-folio de [80] pages, pleine percaline bleue avec décor couleurs et or aux plats et au dos, titre doré au premier plat, tranches dorées. Coiffes et coins un peu frottés, percaline legèrement tachée, nom de possesseur sur garde, rousseurs relativement importantes.
Pages 177-272, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Blue Bandits - Part 1 - Elusive thieves operate in the Franco-Italian villages on either side of the frontier in the French department of the Hautes Alpes and the Italian district of Monte Viso; How I Lost My Christmas Dinner - hilarious story of a Christmas spent with the Maori adherents of self-styled "prophet" Rua - article with photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 2 - photo-illustrated account of Harry A. Franck's visit to Quito and his tramp through Ecuador; The Last Voyage of H.M.S. "Drake" - a vivid glimpse of the perils of convoy work and the "price of Admiralty"; ; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 1; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 1of Airman Capt. T.W.White's adventures and daring escape; The Moonshiners - what happened when the author stumbled into a camp of Tennessee moonshiners; Photo of thousands of snakes at breeding time in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area; The Wonderland of the Arctic - description of a trip to Danish Greenland, with photos; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 3 - exploration and adventure in unknown New Guinea; Photo of German "Death Clock" constructed primarily of skulls and other bones; Two Balloonatics - an exciting balloon adventure from just before the war (WWI); Treasure Island - great photo-illustrated article about the remote South Pacific island of Nauru; The Mad Millionaire - how vast wealth came unexpectedly to a poor Mexican Indian, and the tragedy that ensued; The Sacred Mountain - photo-illustrated account of a picturesque Tibetan pilgrimage; The Resurrection of "Red" Wilson - an exciting story of the old days in the south-west, when the Apaches were still a terror in the land; Photo of a lakatoi (lakatois) New Guinea boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1885317393Calcutta: Printed and Published by D.M. Traill 1885. First edition. x ii 1-176 v pp. 12mo. Modern cloth and paper over boards. First edition. x ii 1-176 v pp. 12mo. INSCRIBED. The author has inscribeds the book on the title-page: "To the Rev. Father Laford/with the author's compliments. Printed and Published by D.M. Traill unknown books
Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover shows their Weasel tracked vehicle in action on a Pacific shore (it appears this vehicle or its engine was made in Windsor, ON); Not Enough To Eat - food shortages loom in the wake of WWII; My Author Husband - by Dorothy Duncan, wife of Hugh MacLennan; Hearts to Let (fiction); Test in Berlin - can Russian and Anglo-Saxons reach a common basis for the peace; What Canadians Don't Know (testing our general knowledge); Whopper! - New York Mayor La Guardia's 550 acre $42 million municipal airport; A Guest for Mary Ellen (fiction); The Liar Hunter, by W.O. Mitchell; Shoplifting in Canada; Snakes Alive!, by Gordon Sinclair on Ryerson Island in Lake Erie; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer to Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; Several lovely colour ads; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
256 pages. Black and white frontis portrait of author plus dozens of wonderful black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Topics include: Origin and History of Wild Animal Training, Housekeeping for Wild Animals, The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants, Characteristics of Different Animals, Animal Instinct, How to Capture Whild Animals, How to Teach Wild Animals, The Principles of Training, The Animal Trainer, Guarding against Accidents. School stamps and a variety of pencil jottings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Above-average external wear. 3"x3" ink stain upon front board. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy reading copy of this most interesting work. Book
1788vd1531A Paris, Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins Sélection Chantefable Relié 1788 Quatre volumes, in-12° relié plein veau marbré, dos à 5 nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, tranches marbrées. Bien complet des 49 gravures. volume 1 : faux-titre, titre, puis 18 pages paginées pour l'avertissement, 2 pages pour la table des articles et 16 pages pour la table alphabétique, puis 22 pages pour la table méthodique et ensuite le texte, soit 359 pages. 12 gravures. Volume 2 : faux titre, table des articles, titre, 462 pages puis un feuillet contenant explication de quelques planches des deux volumes, errata, 15 gravures. Volume 3 : faux-titre, titre, avertissement sur 5 pages, extrait des registres de l'académie royale des sciences sur 9 pages, la table des articles sur 4 pages, texte pour 432 pages. Volume 4 : titre, table des articles sur 6 pages, puis le texte sur 348 pages, table alphabétique sur 14 pages, table des matières sur 34 pages. Puis l'éloge du comte de Buffon sur 12 pages. Au total 408 pages. 11 gravures ; coiffes rognées et abimées, coins légèrement usés, bon exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
13776P., Ledoux, 1845 ; 3 vol. de texte et 1 atlas, in-8. Demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs, titres et roulettes dorées. 2 ff.-488 pp. - 2 ff.-480 pp. - 2 ff.-427 pp. - 153 planches sur acier coloriées. Rousseurs parfois marquées sur les volumes de texte. Papier un peu jauni pour l'atlas.
14400Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 19301931. 2 volumes in-folio de [6]-564 et [6]-315-[5] pages, demi-basane noire à coins, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré, gardes marbrées, têtes dorées, couvertures conservées.
192315408Paris, Chuliat, 1923. In-4, relié en demi-chagrin bleu à coins, tête dorée, premier plat de couverture conservé.
