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Features: Cueva Cheve - a trilogy of Recent Deep Cave Discoveries; Coral Sea Reef Sharks; Searching for the King Nautilus in the Admiralty Islands, PNG; The Literary Contributions of Ernest Ingersoll. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and endpaper maps; sand cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, covers lightly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy. Published simultaneously with the US edition. Enser, p.124.
Pages 565-592. Features: Photo and major article celebrating the 100th Anniversary of this publication; Two-pages of illustration of London 100 years ago; Two pages of dramatic photos of bomb damage in present-day London; Page of interesting illustrations from the first issue, 100 years ago; One Hundred Years of Warfare (article); Photos of nine personalities of the week, including Dr. Felix Weingartner, Lord Amulree, Admiral Leahy with Marshal Petain, the Duke of Gloucester on the Libyan battlefront, and Major-General Sir William Dobbie with is wife; Article on the great writer contributors to this publication over the last century - with 17 photos/illustrations; Seven photos of convoy drama in the Mediterranean - Two-page photo spread entitled "Russia, 1942 - the melting snows herald the opening of gargantuan battles with the German invaders; Photos of Germany's new fighter, the Focke-Wulf F.W. "190"; Air photo of bombs exploding on Zeebrugge; Air photo of bombs falling on Dunkirk dock area; Three photos and map of Madagascar beneath caption 'Vichy French Surrender in Madagascar after Severe Fighting'; H.M.S. "Edinburgh" sunk; Free Dutch gather in London; Return of H.M.S. "Upright"; Battle of the Coral Sea - photos of the U.S.S. "Saratoga" and "Lexington", plus Douglas "SBD-1" dive-bombers and map; Interesting one page of illustrations explain American warship design, considerations of speed and range in relation to naval strategy; One page of illustrations explain how Allied pilots recognize Japanese warships from the air; Photos of King an Queen making 1,000-mile tour of the West Country; Half-page ad for War Savings Groups highlights Mrs. Venning of Crouch House, Rickmansworth, Herts.; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
Pages 207-312 plus 6 pages of ads. Maps. Black and white photos. Contents include: An Expedition to the Coral Reefs of Torres Straits; The Cellular basis of Heredity and Development (II); The Decreasing Population of France; The Rise of a New Profession - The Age of Administration; The Place of Illustration in Book-making; Determining Educational Values; A League of Peace; Nice one-page illustrated ads for Thomas Dunham Company sidecars for motorcycles, and Reading Standard (RS) Motorcyles. Front cover missing. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Some pages unopened. A sound working copy. Magazine
72 p. : col. ill., 1 col. map ; 22 x 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
U/W photografy - A work of supreme artistic quality....celebrating the beauty and exitement of te underwater wilderness... illustrazioni a colori a piena pagina dell'autore - with full page coloured photographs by the author. Scientific consultant: John E.Mc Cosker Edito in Italia da Silvana editoriale d'Arte - Milano
6 pages. Nice cover photo of Teresa Brewer. Light to moderate wear. Prior owner's signature upon front cover, otherwise unmarked. A quality copy. Sheet music
First German edition, 4to (245 x 200 mm), 52, 168pp., copper engraved frontispiece and 46 numbered leaves of plates (of which 6 are folded), Latin name of each item illustrated provided in a cont. hand, early plain paper boards. The first German edition classic text on corals, the original having been published at London in 1755. This expanded edition contains an additional 8 plates not found in the first edition. "Ellis in 1754 had persuaded Ehret, the great botanical artist, to accompany him to Brighton 'there to draw from Nature, whatever the Microscope presented him of those extraordinary Beings'. The book duly contains delicate engravings from these drawings."?Knight. Knight, Zoological Illustration. p. 103.
14 pages. Includes: The Coral Tree; Freom Sea-Green Caves; The Noon Sirens; The Echo Nymph; A Seaborn Knight; Mermaid's Lullaby; Sea Hunting; Naids' Rest Call; Halls of Delight; The Passing of Una; A Starlight Frolic; The Sweet Hush of Dawn. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
56 pages. Features: The Population Explosion; Christine Pattinson Holds the Canadian women's record for straight-distance gliding - article with photos; Electrohome ad shows fan at football game watching the game on his 'portable' TV; Photos of Inuit merriment at Coral Harbour in the central Canadian Arctic; The Viet Cong Soldiers are Hard to Track Down - and Harder to Kill - article with colour photos - a look at the Vietnam ground war; Beautiful colour photo ad for Heinz baby food, complete with tear-out coupon for one free bottle; Nice colour photo ad for Timex watches; Learning German; Ski Fashion Photo Feature; Two-page colour photo ad for Ronson products; E.P. Taylor's Horse Sale at Windfields Farm in Oshawa - article with photos; Jeweller with a Gem of a Car - Roger Lucas of Montreal owns 'the most beautiful Jaguar-D in the world; Rookie Gilles Marotte Dreams of playing in the N.H.L. for the Boston Bruins - colour photos and article; Nureyev and Fonteyn in Romeo and Juliet - article with three photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
70 pages. Features: Diamond finds; plowed fields - a THer's bonanza; Over discrimination - enemy number one; Suwanee River Coral; Lapidary skills not hard to learn; Copper country adventures; Digging up glass money - serious bottle diggers make money; Bad start, good finish - gals discover a great coinshooting spot; Treasure hunging - romantic adventure; Stanton, Arizona and its ruthless shopkeeper - the history of a ghost town; Black Hills treasure - some placer gold may lay hidden between Deerfield Reservoir and Mystic; The Invisible Purple - the amethysts of Maine. Above-average wear. Book
78 pages. Features: a look at some fine young treasure hunters; getting the drift on wood; what to do for an 'overshoot' signal problem; old house reveals forgotten treasure; down in the dumps; testing the Daytona Rangar metal detector; Coral Fever; Helpful hints for the gold rush, 1980; Sapphire, trout, gold and gemstones in Maine; Beware of Cacti; Winter fun areas pay off in summer; Mining for gold rush artifacts in Alaska; storm shooting Above-average wear. Book
