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Stories: Marijuana Story - Author describes how he first encountered this evil weed, and the perilous experiences in which it later involved him (12 pages with illustrations); Pork and Beans; Shanghaied!; The Back of Beyond; The White Death; Almost My Tiger; Flamingo Island; Crocodile Craft; The Border Patrol; Frozen Horror; Georgie the Ant-Bear; The Coolies' Revenge; Stage Coach Triumphant; The Puri-Puri Man; Dead Man's Opal. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Book
Features: The Loner - Walt Coburn meets a mysterious stranger in Del Mar, California; Navajo Traders for Many Moons - Smith, McAdams, Richardson; Windies - pure and simple - liars; Branded Logs and Timber Rustlers - by Reno 'Dad' Ingles; Zane Grey - he made the west famous; The Oil Game - It takes the measure of a man; A Mountain's Strange Music - the Grand Caverns near Manitou, Colorado; Death Comes to Oregon's Cattle King - Peter French; Wild Old Days; Peter Filscov's Promised Land - farmers plowed for riches; There WAS a Dearborn - Treasure Sequel; Schoolhouse Lynching - Anthony, Kansas. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Features: Fabulous Horse Steel Dust - the true account of Texas' most celebrated stallion; Gunsight on Target! - the Death Valley Jayhawkers; Skid Roads - great logging story by Reno 'Dad' Ingles; The Cherokee Remember Their Badmen; Ruckus at Old Fort Musselshell; Ancient Salt Trails - the ancient Walpi pueble dispatched salt trains annually to Zuni; 1874 - Year of the Grasshopper; True West Scrapbook; Tragedy at Pig Pen, Hidalgo, New Mexico; Wild Old Days; The Prowler with the Big Foot - a Texas story; Hell at 1200 feet! - The Daly-West Mine explosion of 1902; Trailin' Down to Nebraska. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
34 pages. Features: The Comfortable Pew, by Pierre Berton; Carol Morley - Canadian girl from London is a zany, zesty star in a top New York Revue - and now she wants to tackle Broadway; Name Droppers comic strip; How Canada's Flag Was Born, by Robert McKeown; Greased pig event at the University of Alberta's first rodeo - article with colour photos of animated young ladies; George Chuvalo Could Beat Floyd Patterson - photo-illustrated boxing article by Andy O'Brien; Port Moody B. C.'s Thunderbird Fast Draw Club - article and colour photos of the folks who love to shoot fast; Nipper - Doug Wright comic strip. Various tears. Considerable damage to covers. Book
Paris, Asselin et Houzeau, 1917. In-8 relié percaline de l'éditeur. 249 pages. Photos. Bon état.
78 pages. Features: All American Pickup 2000; Cover and two-page color photos of UDREAMN, a 1976 Ford Courier owned by M. Scott Liles; Waterhole #3 - Gary & Shirley Bishop's 1977 Dodge B-200 Maxivan; Toyota's new Van Wagon Arrive; How to Build a hydraulic parts press; Six-Banger Buildup - squeeze more performance from your Detroit straight six; Jerry Tucker's 1955 Chevrolet Stepside - "Tucker's Toy"; Junkyard Gold - Jon D. Venable, Matthews 1956 Ford Panel Van; Ogden '83 Chevy/GMC Event; Chimney Rock '83; Mack Products; Pile of the Month; Night Stalker and Low Lid - chopped vans owned by David & Sonja Guymon (1974 Ford E-100 van) and Larry & Ellen Ryan (1969 Ford E-100 van); PORC 4x4 - Craig Burgwald's 1982 Toyota 4x4. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
8 volumes - Paris, Impr. Nationale - In-4 - Broché - planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1858 - In-4 - Broché - 191 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) -rousseurs éparses - bon ensemble - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851 - In-4 - Broché - 140 pages - 7 planches représentant les animaux primés (avec légende)& 5 planches de machines d'ont 1 sur double page, toutes H.T.- Bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851 - In-4 - Broché - 355 pages - 26 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Mm 210x230 Brossura originale, 138 pagine riccamente illustrate in nero lungo l'intero testo. Copia come nuova, solo una dedica in apertura. Spedizione in 24 ore dalal conferma dell'ordine.
Pages 386-478 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Price of Gold - an appalling catastrophe strikes a prosperous mining camp at South Porcupine, Ontario; Besieged by Cannibals - a solitary man in the Congo is besieged in his house by a mob of bloodthirsty savages; The Bull and the Barque - a bull on board a ship is worse than a bull in a china-shop; A Bad Bargain - a young Englishmen is tricked into years of misery on the deadly Niger coast before turning the tables on the tricksters; The Empire's Secrets - a British soldier consents to sell plans and photos of the defences of one of Great Britain's most important bases in the East - before disaster overtook him; Out of the Darkness - a rash young man crosses the Rocky Mountains alone in winter-time; Wanderings in Northern Persia (part I) - great photo-illustrated account of a journey beginning from Enzeli; From Job to Job Around the World (part I) - two young Americans with ten dollars between them set out to work their way around the world; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth (VI) - the author's expedition fights nature and hostile natives; McGrath's Voyage - a white trader, a boy, and a pig make a wonderful 2,000-mile trip across the South Pacific in an open boat - safely passing through a hurricane; photo of a hot-water geyser struck by drillers in Calistoga, California; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Mm 185x275 Collana "Nuova enciclopedia agraria italiana" - Volume rilegato in mezza tela coeva, viii-187 pagine con 13 tavole e 241 figure in nero nel testo. Copia in ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
148 pages. Contributors include: Eve Garrette Grady, Wallace Irwin, Sophie Kerr, Paul Jones, Frank Condon, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Robert Lansing. Wonderful period advertisements include: Whitman's Chocolates, Sheaffer's Pens, Hart Schaffner & Marx, Campbell's Pork and Beans, La Salle V-8, Oldsmobile, General Electric Refrigerator, Ford Motor Company, Brookfield Butter, Republic Steel, Packard, Willys-Knight (gorgeous 2 page colour ad), Reo-Royale (lovely colour ad), Dutch Boy Paint, White Trucks, Franklin Auto (Colour Ad Featuring Amelia Earhart!), Jantzen Swimwear, DeVaux 6-75, Middishade Clothes, Monarch Foods, RCA Victor Superette. Articles include: Is There Forced Labor in Russia?; When Wilson Failed as Peacemaker, Airport Groundsman, Lion Taming. Average wear. Solid, unmarked copy. Book
<p>18,8 cm brossura editoriale con vignetta (maiale); p. 168 con numerose tabelle e 38 figure nel testo. Qualche macchietta brunita</p>
84 pages. Features: Great cover illustration of Victoria Harbour by Franklin Arbuckle; Parker pen ad inside front cover with photo of Sir Ernest MacMillan; Housing outlook grows darker; Why Wives are Going Out to Work - close-up look at this social and economic revolution - with photos of Mrs. Audrey and Mr. Lorne Hunt and family of Toronto; The White Pagan (fiction by Ward Holm Tanzer); Ontario's Quetico Park; Everybody's Playing the Stock Market Again - the busiest flurry since 1929; Why Uncle Sam has blocked the St. Lawrence Seaway; We Found the Last Wild West (part 3 of this tale by Richmond P. Hobson Jr.); Milk Run to Korea - Pierre Berton flies with the RCAF to Korea on one of its many flights to deliver supplies and bring the wounded home; The Toughest Man Afloat - 57-year-old Fred White, bosun of the Canuk Line freighter Triberg; The Small-town movie house at Hantsport, Nova Scotia; They Say You Taste Like Pork - the last ten years have been easily the worst in the recent history of cannibalism; Nice colour one-page ad for the Hillman Minx (blue convertible); Austin car ad; Nice colour Buick ad features red two-door Riveira Custom; Very nice one-page colour Chevrolet ad features the Bel Air; Half-page two-colour tourism ad for Ontario; Penicillin for Sweet Molly - by James Thurber; 1951 Ford car colour ad; 3/4-page Canadian Pacific ad features their Alaska, Banff and Lake Louise destinations; Dow Brewery Award features James Philpott of Toronto who suffered burns rescuing youngster from Scarborough home; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover with illustration of taxi driver relaxing; and more. Chunk from upper corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
207 pages. Some black and white photographs. Book has a significant cant. Binding intact. Extensive pencil underlining and notes throughout. Danish text on pig breeding and pig husbandry. Book
58 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of clown bottle-feeding baby pig; If Canada Can Curb Crime Why Not the U.S.?; Blind River - the story of a butterfly who said she'd take bananas; The Haunted House on Beacon Street - uncanny horrors baffle a Boston churchman and his cultured, aristocratic wife; Mike - the revealing story of a radio star's romance (part 2 of 2); Movie News, Reviews and Photos - The Little Giant, A Bedtime Story, The Devil's Brother, Phantom Broadcast; The Private Life of Marie Dressler - article with photos, including Charlie Chaplin; Scarlet Woman (part 6); Pa Potter Procudes a Miracle; Born to Raise Hell (part 9); Antidotes (short story); Vox Pop; To the Ladies; Classy color back cover ad for Beech-Nut Luster-Mint candies - Lemon, Orange and Lime. Above-average but not excessive wear. Moisture-induced rippling and moderate discoloration in places - all text clearly legible. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8vo., Fifth Impression; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Africa's Mystery Beasts - Remarkable stories concerning what may be the progeny of prehistoric monsters, several of which appear to be formidable opponents for any hunter; Through the Heart of Afghanistan - Part I - Emil Trinkler had exceptional opportunities for travelling in untrodden regions, with photos; The Dancing Dead - A veteran gold-seeker's account of a weird and terrifying experience that befell a party of prospectors in New Guinea, with photo of witch-doctor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part II; "King Kauri" - The Kauri tree is to New Zealand what the oak is to England - article with photos; The Two Sheriffs - A strange murder situation is encountered by a veteran cow-puncher in the wilds of Montana; My Wild Boar - A newcomer to India is warned not to shoot wild pig; "Next Time" - An amusing story from the Yukon country; Lachmee's Vow - A tiger tale from Hindustan; The Sacred White Crow of Yaunghwe - brief article with two photos; The Great Boulder Murder Case - The story of one of the most remarkable murder mysteries in the annals of Australia, with photo and map; Photo of salt prospecting in Cheshire; "Bushman's Luck" - A remarkable story from New Zealand; Out of the Deep - The strange story of a famous schooner that sank off Sable Island, the "graveyard of the Atlantic," to reappear in most dramatic circumstances; Sequel to the "Lost Cabin" Mine Mystery - New information regarding this story which appeared in the September, 1920 issue; Trailing the Beaver-Poachers - Game law enforcer Frank Mossman relates some of his experiences with illegal trappers in the North-west, who often do not hesitate to shoot - with photos; "Baldy Red's" Come-Back - A bootlegger smuggles illicit whisky into the forbidden Northland of Canada. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Lower half of backstrip missing. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
196 pages. Features: Clamping a ban on brucellosis; Remote control for kilowatts; Pork profits begin with your boar; It's size that sells your fruit; Bulbs that bring an early spring; Hydraulic power makes tough jobs easy; Farm with fine tradition; Your Hog-cholera worries are whipped Sheep fit a lot of farms; Is your debt load balanced right?; The Great Greenbug fight; The squirrel and the .22; It's always farm-fire season; Tight bins for ear corn; The Kansas Twister (fiction); Scipio Takes a Day Off (fiction); Trail East (part 2 of 4). Ads: B.F. Goodrich ad with photo of Edwin B. Fenske of Reisel, Texas; Oldsmobile super '88'; Rayovac batteries (one color page); Florence heaters; USS Steel ad with photo of Ernest Randal of Morningview Stock Farm of Marion, Alabama; Small clipping from photo of page 31 of the article on the Porter farm of Terrell, TX; Ferguson '30' Tractor (color photo); Ford cars (color photos); Massey-Harris tractors; Studebaker trucks (color); Pontiac car; Dodge car; Chevrolet pickups; Lee work wear; Buick Roadmaster; Blue Bell work clothing; Ford Trucks - nice color photo ad with George Stephens of Douglas, AZ; Amazing Wolverine work shoe ad shows lady pulling plow; Two-page Chrysler photo ad by photographer Anton Bruehl includes designer A.W. Ross, Edward Barna, Leo Poma, and Dorothy D. Cooledge; Plymouth car; Ball Brand boots; Gulistan carpet (2 color pages); GMC truck; Motorola TV (one-page with photo); Homelite chainsaws; 'Peter Pain' attacks man in Ben-Gay ad; Peters ammo ad features Frank Niemuth of Fremont, WI; Willys 4WD Trucks; Lombard chainsaws; Betty Grable photos in Auto-Lite ad; McCulloch chainsaws; Tide detergents; Boltaflex (one page with color photo); Toni ad with Pat Barnard and Rita Daigle plus twins Janey and Joey Pope; Aunt Jemima (color); Domestic sewmachines; Jergens ad with Mrs. John Rinehart; Singer Sewing Centres; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for the American Hereford Association; Morton's salt; Sensational color Camel cigarette ad on back cover features gorgeous Joan Crawford in low-cut red dress. Tiny coupon clipped from page 177. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition except for the bottom edge of the covers that show a little 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. Dust jacket shows light signs of shelf wear only, no tears. A large, heavily illustrated book at 586 pages.
in-8, 518 p., tabl. et fig., broché, couv. Bon etat [CA27/2][NV-13vf]
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, the latter just a little browned at upper edges of fold-ins. The author's first book, and the beginning of a wonderful stream of cookery titles from the only writer to rival her close friend Elizabeth David. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
