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pp. 247-318, 216 figs. on 8 pls., refs. Plain new wrs.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Unpaginated, about 200 pages in full color
64 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart, red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet, one of 2,500 insects, butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys, Jan Campbell, Marilyn Macdonnell, Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; (Toy) Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
4to. Pp. iv,36, 15 figs., refs. Orig. wrs.
Pages 502-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Hunting Down of Tiburcio Vasquez, the Dick Turpin of California; "Red Fagen" - a veteran shipmaster's story of the undoing of a villainous 'crimp'; A Cycling Tour Through Central Africa (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures on the way from Rhodesia to Egypt; The Spectre of Mekeo - a supernatural tale from British New Guinea; Spiders; The Javelin Throwers - an exciting adventure with Venezuelan savages; Following the Fur Trails - photo-illustrated article of a Canadian government naval survey crew's winter on the ice-bound shores of Hudson Bay; Lost in an Underground Labyrinth - photo-illustrated account of a man who was thrown into the sewers of Milan and lost for many days; The Eagle's Nest - the mountaintop town of Peillon in the South of France - article with many photos; The Mystery of Fraser Island - a strange sequence of events on an island where the Queensland 'dumped' troublesome blacks; Our Lunatic; A Matter of Business - a West African trader is charged with removing stock from stations set to be closed - despite native objections; The "Crooked House" - at Kingswinford, near Birmingham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
8vo. Pp. 44, several fine drawings. Orig. printed boards.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 62 coloured plates, 130 plates and illustrations in monochrome, 88 diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of coarse-grain terracotta leatherette, upper board framed in black and blocked and lettered in gilt and black, backstrip blocked in black and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, radial corners, a near fine copy. Includes descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, and the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Colour plates by Florence M Brummitt. Enlarged and extended version of the original edition of 1935; the section on harvestmen is enlarged and the sea-spiders appear here for the first time. A lovely copy. See Marren, pp.166-167.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 62 coloured plates, 130 plates and illustrations in monochrome, 88 diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of coarse-grain terracotta leatherette, upper board framed in black and blocked and lettered in gilt and black, backstrip blocked in black and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, radial corners, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, and the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Colour plates by Florence M Brummitt. Enlarged and extended version of the original edition of 1935; the section on harvestmen is enlarged and the sea-spiders appear here for the first time. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Marren, pp.166-167.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, numerous illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of tan faux-morocco, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt back, radial corners, red sprinkled edges, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 'A masterly account that is still well-regarded today' (Marren). One of the few titles of the series to have but one edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Marren, pp. 179-180.
pp. 433-517, 56 figs., 5 distrib. maps, tabs., refs. 8vo. Orig. wrs.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 116 pages; many color photos. Slight wear at top of dust jacket spine.
127 pages. Glossary. Index. Unlimited black and white illustrations. Colour plates. "Meet all the tiny creatures who share your backyard, and let an experienced naturalist and noted natural history illustrator make the introductions for you. You'll learn how to hunt for insects in the air, on the ground, and underwater - along with tips on how to create your own collection. You'll also find out how they live, how they breed, and what they eat." Clean, and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Very nice copy. Book
Large 8vo, 25.3cm. Pp. 78, 289 drawings in text, refs. Stapled as issued. Very good.
In 8, pp. IV + 507 + (1) di errata + (IX) + (1b) con 12 illustrazioni in litografia a piena pagina n.t. (cartine, carte idrografiche, carte archeologiche...) e 23 illustrazioni n.t. Legatura coeva in mz. pl. con filetti e tit. oro al dorso (leggeri segni di consunzione nella parte alta e bassa del dorso). Edizione originale di quest'opera di scienze naturali del Mantovano. Si segnalano in particolare il ricco catalogo degli animali indigeni e di passaggio del mantovano (mammiferi da p. 347 a p. 353, uccelli da p. 353 a p. 375, rettili e anfibi da p. 375 a p. 379, pesci e crostacei da p. 379 a p. 385, aracnidi da p. 385 a 386, insetti da p. 386 a p. 436, molluschi da p. 437 a p. 446). Segue poi il catalogo della flora locale (da p. 447 a p. 507). La prima parte e' dedicata a nozioni di geografia fisica, la seconda alla geognosia, la terza alle valli Salse di Sermide, la quarta alla geogenia, la quinta all'archeologia, la sesta e la settima sono appunto dedicate ai cataloghi di fauna e flora.
Madrid, Editorial America, s.d. (fine anni '20 del secolo XX), in-16, br. editoriale, pp. 257, (3). Minime mancanze reitegrate al dorso e al margine della copertina anteriore. "Biblioteca de autores célebres". Ex libris Lorenzoni. Esponente dell'anarchismo, ideatore a Rio della Università Popolare (negli anni '10 fu ampia sia in Brasile che Argentina la diffusione delle scuole libertarie autogestite dai lavoratori e sviluppate attorno alle piccole biblioteche popolari), Carvalho fu anche scrittore, poeta, giornalista, traduttore di Wilde e diffusore delle ideee filosofiche di Nietzsche e Stirner.
pp. 195-233, many figs. on 2 pls., figs. in text. Offprint, orig. wrs.
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Habitat, Companionship, Talkers, Workers, habits, Red in tooth and claw, Monsters, Death and extinction etc. Also poems on slugs, spiders, foxes, wolves, cattle, silkworms, loathing, curiosity, wonder, detachment, and writing by Darwin, Judith Wright, John Skelton, Michael Drayton, Milton, Blake, Cowper, bedbugs, mosquitoes, vultures, etc.
pp. 485-534, 2 pls. Large 8vo. Orig. printed wrs.
pp. 523-555, many figs. on 1 lithogr. pl. 4to. Plain new wrs.
8vo, 24.5cm. Pp. 62,[2] (=327-396). Re-paginated offprint, orig. printed wrappers. Trace of a bit of dog-earing, good otherwise. - With author's presentation inscription to Prof. E.H. Giglioli.
Features: Roadchucks - street smart woodchucks; The spirit of the wild - Four artists; Salvador the Snapping Turtle - raised by humans; Trees of the Western Wind - the wind whispers among the limber pines; Spiders in fact and fancy; Lost Stands - the crisis in our forests - part two. Few library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Full blue gren boards show some discoloration. 6 3/4"w x 9 3/4"h, 96 pages. Previous owner's sticker inside. Loose front hinge. Some staining (see photo). A collection of non-fiction stories about such subjects as snow crystals, the aurora borealis, May day, mushrooms, common salt, moose, telescopes, spiders, wool, and more.
Paperback Like New. Pls. allow within 20 - 25 business days delivery time as this is a new relase book from publishers.
In-8, 254p. Avec quelques illustrations dans le texte.
Paris Bibliothéque CHarpentier 1932, In-8 broché, 222 pages. Bon état.