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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
pp. 183-233, 4 photogr. pls., 8 figs., 1 graph, refs. 8vo. Journal issue wrs. Spine neatly mended.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn with very faint creasing to upper edge. 256pp. Starting with sections on how amphibians and reptiles have evolved to their present status, the book goes on to describe these species in detail. Very well illustrated in colour.
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
pp. 113-208 + Numerous full page photographs of snakes. Numerous text drawings. Plate XVII torn. Fore edges stained. Ownership initials of E.L.S. on title page. Tall 8vo. Original pink printed wraps, spine and front cover crudely taped. Covers worn with loss at edges. PA PAMPH 20_26 BX7 x 2nd c. lacks wraps and last page.
Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
125 pages. Brings three characters to life doing what they do best - telling tall tales collected by the author from across North America. In the author's hands the art of storytelling is still rolling along... like hoop snakes after tree frogs. Moderate wear and soiling. Unmarked. 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
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
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 365 pages. Attractive small format: 4 1/8"w x 6 7/8"h. Full maroon cloth boards. Small tears and edge wear to dust jacket. With four colored plates and 103 drawings by Albert A. Enzenbacher.
Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only, appears nearly new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Appendix with glossary of plants, b&w drawings throughout, short color photo section. Sections include: the Arapaima, Monkey, jaguar, Mermaid, Pink dolphin, anaconda, Bushmaster, Ants, Piranha, Caiman, Sloth, Electric eel, Goblins, Magical Plants, Interpretation of dreams, with tales & myths around each animal or theme. 80 pages.
Librairie Delagrave 1934, grand et fort In-8 broché, 343 pages. 11 planches en couleurs et 24 planches en noir et blanc + 13 fgures en trait dans le texte. Couverture un peu abimée en dos, corps de l'ouvrage en bon état. Edition originale.
Gr. In-8, 343p. Deuxième édition. Illustré 11 planches en quadrichromie et de 24 planches en héliogravure. Inscription en page de garde, sinon bel exemplaire, agréablement relié.
Gr. In-8, 343p. Troisième édition. Illustré 11 planches en quadrichromie et de 24 planches en héliogravure. Tampon de possesseur en page de garde, sinon exemplaire en parfaite condition.
14pp.+ 2 planches hors-texte, Mémoire présenté à la séance du 10 juillet 1847, publié dans et extrait de "Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers, publiés par l'Académie Royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique" Tome XXII (22, 1846 et 1847), in-4, non coupé
111 pages. An awesome collection of blues songs including: All Your Love, Back Door Man, Blues Get Off My Shoulder, Boom Boom, Bring it on Home, Call Me, Can't Hold On Much Longer, Carol, Checkin' Up on my Baby, Close to You, Don't Start Me Talkin', Every Day I Have the Blues, Evil is Going On, Fattening Frogs for Snakes, Goin' Down Slow, Good Morning Little School Girl, Here Tis', I Can't Quit You Baby, I Love the Life I Live, I'd Rather Go Blind, It do me so Good, Killing Floor, Little Queenie, Mellow Down Easy, Mother Earth, Reconsider Baby, The Seventh Son, Sitting on Top of the World, Smokestack Lightnin', So Many Roads, Spoonful, Steppin' Out, The Sun is Shining, Susie-Q, Tell Me, That's All Right, Walking by Myself, Wang Dang Doodle, Who Do You Love, Who's Been Talking, You Shook Me. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening to front cover at base of spine. A worthy copy of this superlative compilation. Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of downton Nelson; Bird's-eye photo of Nelson from atop a mountain on north shore of west arm; Kootenay Feature 'The Romance of the 1890s - 8 pages of text and archival photos, including electric street cars in Nelson!; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Cover advert. for Northern Electric Vacuum Cleaner!; Review of growth show steady expansion - 3 pages; Telephoning across Atlantic by AT&T Wireless continued for hours; When the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company issued its own (one call) nickels; B.C. Industrial Review - statistics; Bar graph of # of phones operated from 1906 through 1923; the company's operator school; Issuing of monthly phone bills a work of magnitude - 4 page article with photos; photos of the halibut industry before 'the fish were scarcer in quantities and their habitats more scattered'; William Farrell- an appreciation of the former company president; 7 page article on B.C.'s deep sea fishing industry - great photos - halibut, herring, flounder; multiple photos from the Kootenays of snakes which have climbed up phone poles onto the wires!; photo of 25 year-old phone; Great full-page photo of the CIBC building at Hastings and Granville; 8 page article on the banks of vancouver with excellent photos; First interdepartmental football game; new power plant at Seymour office; A phone in B.C. for every 6 persons; Feature on Dams and the water-powers that turn the wheels of industry - photos of dams and various industries which use electricity, including the American Can factory and grain elevators; new power plant at Seymour office - illustrated; photos of productive farms and ideal homesites with super centerfold luxury Saanich home; Cover photo of U.S. President Harding in Stanley Park; Full-page photos of the U.S.S. Henderson entering the narrows and at dock with President Harding aboard; 13 page illustrated feature on the visit of President Harding - the first visit to Canada made by a President of the United States (President Harding died mere days later on August 2nd in San Francisco and this is reported as well); Photo of Crosland Bros. Farm in Duncan; 9 page illustrated feature on the seed growers of B.C.; photo of Duncan office under construction; Nice 8-page illustrated feature on Haney and area; photographing sound; Exploring Kootenay - Bill Skilling; 9 page illustrated feature on the Delta and Ladner district; Many miles of new long distance circuits; Improved inter-office trunk lines in Vancouver; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of the backstrip which is missing small chips and loose at back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Spine leaning moderately. Book
Features: The First Men on the moon - the ultimate assignment, by John H. Faber; Caucasus Mountain Expedition - a naturlist returns to Central Asia; Sea Bears of the Pribilofs - will they survive human predation?; Saturation Diving - a new frontier of nautical archeology; Exploring Nepal's Rivers - the Talu Beri, Beri and the Karnali; Australia's Lake Eyre - when the rains came; East African Field Trips - students sample ethnic lifeways; Solar Energy - a return to basics; Sea Snakes of Gato Island - an exotic resource of the Philippines. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Kitbashing the Bachmann flatcar and gondola; Acoma Central No. 4; Eliminating rail snakes; Locomotive aging made easy; Installing sound systems; The Marietta & Cincinnati; Working M/U cables; The 7th Annual National Garden Railway Convention. Moderate wear. A sound copy.. Book
98 pages. Features: Double Header; From the Producers of America's Funniest Home Videos; The Myth of the Eternal Beertini; A Folkloric Perspective on the Primal Beginnings of the "Idiot Teens" of Jerry's Corners, New York; Snakes in the Bathroom; Club Hed Ad; Politenessman's Manners of the World; The 1990 Boy Scout Handbook; The Emergency Accountants; The Lost Liebermans - White Headshrinkers of the Amazon!; The National Lampoon Classic Library; Mandela Watch; and more. Some moisture exposure to front cover. Above-average wear. A worthy working copy. Magazine
24 pages. Contents: Venom of Snakes Lends Encouragement to Cure for Disease; How Socialism has Spread Over the Earth in One Century; Too Many Train Wrecks; Blight Hits Elms; Detroit Bank Probe; Admiral Byrd Going South again (with small photo); Split in the German Protestant Church; Lost Canadian Balloon crews found; Death of King Feisal el Husein of Iraq; Cuban Junta Quits with Grau San Martin Provisilnal President; Current Events - with photo of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; Marion Bergeron of West Haven, CT. crowned Miss America 1933; Photo of Norman Thomas, who has been Socialist candidate for President multiple times; Photo of Senator Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin; Capital Chat - with photo of Senators aboard capital monorail subway train; Photo of King Boris III of Bulgaria; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Contents: Managing solid waste; the geometric phase - the behavior of particles in certain quantum-mechanical situation; Plasticity in brain development; Patterned ground; Fertilization in mammals; Soft X-ray lasers; Snakes, blood circulation and gravity; Canal builders of Pre-Inca Peru. Average wear. Book
Features: 'Silent Majorities' and the Vietnam War; The Origin of Galaxies; Genetic Repressors; Computer Displays; How Snakes Move; Neoglaciation; An Archaic Indian Cemetery in Newfoundland; The Clock of the malaria parasite. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
