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Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
30 pages. Features: Human Bloodhounds of Outback Australia; First Canadian Open All-Around Skeet Championships; White Fury - Beluga whales in Hudson's Bay (part 1 of 2); Spoon Slow for Walleyes; Smoke Jumpers; Feeding the Ducks; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Un volume de format in 8° de 256 pp.; belles illustrations en noir ou en couleurs de Henri Dimpre. Reliure de l'éditeur en pleine toile; décor estampé; jaquette Rhodoïd. Ex-dono manuscrit sur une garde; sinon état de neuf.
Includes music and lyrics for the following songs: The Band Played Waltzing Matilda; No Man's Land; Leaving Nancy; Since Nancy Died; Now I'm Easy; The Song of the Whale; Leaving in the Morning; Glasgow Lullaby; Shining River; Sandy is a Soldier; Life-Boat Men of Hoy; Belle of Broughton; No Use for Him; Mary and Me; Front Row Cowboy; The Wee China Pig; Big Mansion House on the Hill; The Aussie Bar-B-Que Song; She'll Be Right; The War Correspondent; Love Song of a Simple Man; My Youngest Song Came Home Today; Song Notes. Interesting black and white illustrations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
52 pages. Provides general tips on how to watch whales safely from various types of boats without disturbing them. Chapters include: Guidelines, Distinguishing Whale Groups, Identifying Species from what can be seen out of the water, Comparison of various whale species observed from the surface, Rorquals, Gray Whales, Right Whales, Sperm Whales, Oceanic Dolphins, Porpoises, Narwhal and Beluga. Abundantly illustrated. Book
Pages 121-160. Features: Unconquered Everest - the story of the Gallant Swiss attempt; Karsh one-page photo portrait of celebrated composer Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M.; Heligoland stirs again - numerous photos, including bombing practice devastation; Three Atomic Spies and Their Betrayals - Fuchs, Pontecorvo and Nunn May; various photos of royals; maritime photos; the U.S. Navy's new rubber life raft; Photos of racing horse Tulyar; Dramatic photo of the U.S. Navy's jet aircraft the D 558 Skyrocket in flight; sports photos, including Bisley winner Major A.B. Kinnier-Wilson; Sandhurst Royal Military Academy; Great photos of opening ceremonies at the Helsinki Olympics, including wonderful centerfold photo of the American team entering the stadium; Secrets of the Whale; Photo of Gliding champion Mr. Philip Wills; Photos of F. Trueman, the young Yorkshire fast bowler; Rebuilding the Vienna opera house; Photos of ongoing repairs to the famous Bredon-Tithe-Barn near Tewkesbury; Five excellent photos of the nearly extinct Alpine Ibex in the Bavarian Alps; Legacy of Alexander the Great's invasion of India; Charles Keene art exhibition; Nice colour ad for Number Seven cigarettes on back cover shows sailing scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Pages 617- 644. Features: Page of six photos document Japan's Emperor Hirohito informing his ancestors that World War II has ended; Two pages of photos and illustrations explain the complicated machinery used to transform coal into household gas and valuable byproducts; Eight interesting photos present the vessel "Empire Victory" which, along with nine whale catching ships, will spend seven months catching and processing whales near Antarctica; Two-page illustration shows German U-boats making their last voyage and tow, and the demolition of U-2321 at sea; Two pages of photos present a pictorial survey of British troops' thankless task in the Netherlands East Indies - Surabaya and Batavia; Illustrations from Nuremberg show court proceedings and prison life of the war criminals; Centrefold illustration of Nuremberg's central courtroom during the hearing of evidence by general Lahousen, with Goering and a German counsel interrupting the witness; Article entitled "Record of the Sixth Airborne Division" includes photos of Maj. Gen. R. N. Gale and Maj. Gen. E. Bols, plus a photo of their men clearing the streets of Tel Aviv after riots during which they were stoned; Photos of the Nuremberg trial include general Lahousen, Hess, Ribbentrop, and Goering; the British prosecuting body, and a rare moment of levity with the Nazi accused, surrounded by their guards, all laughing; Photos of personalities of the week include John Amery, John Pearce, Eric Boal, the captains of the Oxford and Cambridge football teams, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill with their grandson, the deposed ruler of Yugoslavia, King Peter II and his queen, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece, Justice Bucknill, Domingo De Las Barcenis, William Grimes, Dwight Filley Davis, Sir Robert Robinson, Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley, and Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald E. Nye; Photo of troops of the British sixth Airborne Division clearing a Tel Aviv St. during the recent revival of Jewish-Arab unrest and rioting; Photo of the headquarters of the controller of light industries in Tel Aviv, badly damaged by rioters; Nice photo of the HMS "Indomitable" arriving to a waving crowd at Portsmouth, after a Far East mission; Photo of the King of Thailand speaking with Prof. SiriBhada before leaving Switzerland in a British military aircraft; Photo of Swedes demonstrating against their government's decision to deport Baltic refugees; Photo of Benedictine monks and reconstruction work amongst the ruins of Monte Cassino; Photo of the new French cabinet; Photo of farewell ceremony as Russian troops leave Prague; Photo of large crowd of Dutch re-burying 17-year-old Hanni Schaft, whose body was discovered in sand dunes near Harlem after she was killed by the Nazis; Interesting photo of competing political posters in Vienna; Photo of American soldiers viewing the ruined and dismantled Nazi Hall of Fame at Munich; Photo of the blazing ruins of British airliner "Hermes" which crashed on it trial flight; Interesting photo of large granite bust of Hitler, sold for 500 pounds at German Embassy sale. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 765-804. Features. Cover photo of fire at the No. 2 Gladstone Dock, Liverpool; Photo of Pandit Nehru and other dignitaries at The Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall; Photo after coach horses bolted into Queen Victoria Street crowds, injuring 21 bystanders; Photos of H.M. the King aboard American cruiser the U.S.S. Columbus; Photos of Princess Elizabeth visiting road safety centre; One-page photo of flag-festooned U.S.S. Columbus at Portsmouth; Review of "The Grand Peregrination" by Maurice Collis; Water-colours by Edward Seago; Photos of the U.S. frigates Constellation and Constitution, the destroyer Offa, and H.M.S. Ajax; Photos of Cherbourg marker beacon tower where French sportsman M.Marcel Petit lost his life; What Happened at Kinsale; Photos of new discoveries at Smyrna; Two pages of photos from the newly opened camera museum, Eastman House; Photos of personalities of the week include Colonel Igal Yadin, Sir George Thomson, Prof. R.A. Peters, Sir John Forsdyke, Prof. Hideki Yukawa, Field Marshal Papagos, Admiral Sir John Edelsten, Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Kinahan, Roberto Benzi and Pandit Nehru; One-page photo of one-year-old Prince Charles in baby carriage attended by five-year-old Prince Richard of Gloucester; Centrefold illustration of Trinity College, Dublin; Two pages of photos and article about the world's only captive whale, a pilot whale at Marineland, Florida; Photo of inventor Robert Barker with his portable atomic pile; Photos of London rally of 50-year-old autos; and more. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. Advertising outer wrap not included. A sound copy. Magazine
pp. xx, 379 + Plus Frontis, folding map and full page plates. Inked Christmas wish to Gerard from Bernard. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold in lettered. Front board impressively decorated with Harpooners at sea. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Rudyard Kipling's endorsement "I've never read anything that equals it in its deep sea wonder and mystery." NAVAL BOX 2
25 pages. "Long ago, Orca was only one colour, black, and she lived, like all the other sea animals, in the water, coming to the surface to breathe." Then she and Osprey fall in love, and the result is the black-and-white whale who loves to leap high out of the water and sing a song so beautiful that all creation listens. Unmarked. Bright blue illustrated covers. Author has previously retold two Indian myths for children. She lives in Robson, BC. Book
Pages 81-398. Includes 25 articles with title such as: Status of the Aurora Trout; Status of the Squanga Whitefish; Status of the redside Dace; Status of the Sea Mink; Status of the Stellar Sea Lion; Status of the Fin Whale; and many more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
34 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Editorial - The Future of Alaska's Gold Mining Industry; Indestructible "Pappy" Walker homesteaded on the Kenai Peninsula and survived a bear attack; J.H. Giese, tin-cutter and the first mayor of Nome had problems with dogs, revenues and a fire engine; The Yukon on the Yukon - travelling the treacherous Yukon River in Interior Alaska by comfortable steamboat; Muktuk - butchering a whale anchored to the ever-shifting ice of the Bering Sea is a challenge; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Canadian Furniture; Papier-mache from England's Midlands; Asia Minor Prayer Rugs; Local History Relived at the Murray House; Interview with Ceramic Historian Henry Sandon; Whale Bones and Crinolines - a bustling age of costume; Gardiner's Ceramic Museum Opens; Royal Silhouettes; Reflections on Mercury Glass; and more. Bits of writing on one ad, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition with uncreased covers and spine, appears unread, slight indication of shelf war only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 58 pages, b&w and color photos.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's address stamp inside. 9 3/8"w x 6 7/8"h. Includes artwork by Ken Mowatt, Neil Sterritt, Walter Harris, Vernon Stephens, Art Sterritt, and Earl Muldoe.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Volcanic Eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides in 1913 - article with spectacular photos; The Mad Mule - a mine mule turns murderer at the Blue Mountain Mine in Butte, Montana; The Mystery of Crowhurst Aylmer - a remarkable romance from 1890 is narrated by a life insurance manager; Whale-Hunting With A Camera - A fascinating account of the work of scientific naturalist-photographer H.J. Shepstone - the first man to secure a complete set of striking photographs of the various species of whales 'at home' in the water, and being harpooned, at a time when they were already facing extinction; An Accessory After the Fact - An English mining engineer's queer experience in Mexico; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part I - J. Campbell Besley and his expedition discover the source of the mighty Amazon high in the mountains of Peru and follow it down to the Atlantic, time and again fighting for their lives against savages and forces of nature; The Buried Treasure - the extraordinary experience of travelling salesman R.D. Morrison in North Carolina; The Hermits of the Alps - The lonely life of herdsmen who take their herds and flocks to high mountain pastures each summer - article with great photos; In Search of Adventure - Part III - The Story of a Chequered Cruise; Fighting a Giant Saw-Fish - James Willoughby describes a monster catch and the battle he put up - article with great photo of the fish, 14.5 feet long; A Capture of Dacoits - an account of an exciting day's work in the Punjab; and more. pp. 6 [ads], 482-576, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-4 obl., XVI-233 pages, ill., index, bind. in boards, illustr. plast. dustjacket. VG++/VG+ [VU-6] Un florilège en hommage aux baleines et aux dauphins…
114 pages. Glossary. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Signatures of author and cover artists upon title page. "...Intended to inform the average reader through stories gleaned from old-time whalers and their descendants, and to provide a quick reference for serious researchers." - from back cover. "Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
Three Volumes. Engraved title pages in all three volumes. 49 full page plates. Offsetting from plates. Foxed. Early pencil manuscript ownership of William Slovis? Port Carbon, PA on rear paste downs. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather bindings. Volume 2 & 3 have original leather labels. Bindings rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. This work established new standards for the study of natural history in 19th century America. The illustrations are especially noteworthy. Maryland born John Davidson Godman (1794-1830) was a medical doctor, who may have been the first American to make a living by writing about natural history. S&S/AI 24696. First Edition. SCARCE. PAIMP 10
pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 212 pages.
184 pages. Line drawings. Illustrator's inscription and signature inside front board. "This is a story about the Indian tribes in British Columbia who hunted the giant whales of the Pacific." - from dust jacket. Intended for readers aged 12 and up. One of the three names to whom Ms. Weiler inscribed this copy has been obscured by ink. Moderate wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Great colour cover photo of scene inside trading post; Delta Marsh Revisited - waterfowl research station on the shores of Lake Manitoba; Eskimo Sleds - photo-illustrated article; Trading at Padlei, N.W.T. - ; Northern Portraits - photos taken along the Alaska Highway; Conflict on Puget Sound - friction between the Company men at Nisqually and the incoming American settlers, a century ago; First Short-Wave in the Arctic (part II); Filming the Northland - the making of the NFB film 'Indian Canoeman'; Klondike Memories - adventures of young Englishmen who struck it rich in the Klondike; There Go Flukes! - giant sperm whale fights for its life against killer ship ("Nahmint") and killer whales - photo-illustrated article; La Perouse on Hudson Bay - hitherto unpublished eye-witness account of the French capture of Prince of Wales's Fort and York Factory in 1782; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay shirts for men and women on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
104 pages including index and sources. Author plunges into the sea with these giant creatures, and he takes the reader along on an exciting, heart-wrenching voyage. Author is an award-winning science writer and veteran whale watcher. A remarkable chronicle of a year in the life of about a dozen humpback, right, and blue whales. Moving through their migration cycles in the North Atlantic the whales sing, fight, play, mate and feed. Includes more than 75 colour photographs. Book
32 pages. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
