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The Saturday Evening Post, March 2, 1963
Features: England's place in the sun - Selwyn Lloyd; Birmingham, Alabama - a City in fear as racial violence smolders in this Deep South inderbox - with black and white photos; The new pulse of Australia - Jolly swagmen, kangaroos and tough outback cowboys are waltzing, like Matilda, toward a new destiny; Buck$ Benny Rides Again - the world's best-paid comedian, Jack Benny, still 39, returns to Broadway after a 32-year absence; Why I Didn't Quit the Ministry - by Norman Vincent Peale; Funny Side of the Bunny Business - a new Playboy Club whirls in a tangle of corn, beefs and cabbage; Dishrags to Riches - The Saga of Heloise Cruse; The Convict Volunteers - when scientists need human guinea pigs to submit to cancer shots or to test drugs, thousands of prisoners step forward, for surprising reasons; Atomic Bombs for Everyone - the exclusive 'nuclear club' may become crowded with new members including Egypt, Indonesia, the Congo. Absolutely *fantastic* colour full-page ad for 12 huge Cadillac models of varying colours. Book
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Wilson, J.F.; "Billy See"; Nolan, John H.E.; Bodley, R.V.C.; MacLeod, Captain Jack; Taylor, Carl N.; Adams, W.H.; Stuart, Murray; Charnley, W.; Mackenzie, Lieut.-Colonel Donald; "Gundi"; "The Captain"; Melville, Fred. J.
The Wide World Magazine, June 1929 - "Chink Running" Cover Illustration
Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
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Brockie, Constable W.; Tench, C.V.; Nyberg, Captain Charles E.R.; Martyn, T.; McMaines, F.M.; Samuel, EdwardTaylor, Carl N.; Easterbrook, W.H.; Thomason, Capt. Hugh; Robertson, Wilfrid; Andrew, B. Le M.; Berry, Mike
The Wide World Magazine, March 1944 - The Man Who Lost Face
Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the British Columbia coast; Fish-Spearing in the South Seas; and more. Above-average external wear. Covers nearly loose. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Gzowski, Peter; Sclanders, Ian; Allen, Robert Thomas; McLean, James W.; Boultbee, Jerry; Clausen, Oliver
Maclean's Magazine, 21 March 1964 *THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAF MONEY MACHINE*
64 pages. A wonderful memento for Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Features: Front cover colour photo shows Leaf bench with George Armstrong, Frank Mahovlich and Eddie Shack; Colour photo ad for the Ford Country Squire Station Wagon inside front cover; Maclean's Reports - How one obscure report inflamed both sides of the Fluoride debate all over again; Editorial on Hypocrisy in the Criminal Code - "preventing conception" is an offense; The Maple Leaf Money Machine - a report on how they play and pay, by Peter Gzowski - fantastic two-page-wide black and white candid photo of the team spread out along the boards, complete with their names and positions - the following pages feature a similar two-page-wide black and white photo of the players spread out along the boards in their street clothes, complete with their names and second job, perhaps the most interesting of which is Myles G. (Tim) Horton, "Restaurateur" - little did he know how big his name would become with the eventual growth of his donut business; The Birth-Control Explosion; Portrait of Toronto's Little Italy - its citizens are 160,000 Italian Canadians; The Intimate Record of Sigismund Zippel's Open Heart Operation - artificial leaves in his main heart valve; Report from Africa's unreported war - in Portuguese Angola -Holden Roberto's rebels attack from the Congo; The Taping of Hamlet, starring Christopher Plummer and Elsinore; Colour illustrated Chevrolet centrefold ad; Colour photo full-page ad for TCA, Trans-Canada Air Lines/Air Canada; Cool all-red full-page photo ad for the 1964 Buick Special - with three models shown; Sidney Katz makes the case for a sane look at drivers who drink. Contents gently tanned with age. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Magazine
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MacRobert; Rimell, Raymond Laurence; Nemey, Serge;
High Flight Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 3 - Captain Loudon Pierce Watkins, MC - Zeppelin Fighter
Pages 82-103. Undated. Circa 1980? Features: Chronology 1933 - part 14 - many photos; Captain Loudon Pierce Watkins, MC - Zeppelin Fighter; Normandy Summer; Book Reviews; Clunks to the Congo - The Story of Operation Simba; Airman's Album 15. Average wear. Binding intact. Bit of writing on page 101. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, May 5, 1962 - Toronto's Fluoridation War
Features: Great colour ad for the new International Scout, by International Harvester, inside front cover; Brief article on Toronto's fluoridation war; Ask the Name of the Lion - part 1 of Ralph Allen's novel of pride, fear and lust in the new Congo; How to tell the Grits from the Tories, by Peter C. Newman; Case history of a drug addict - 35 wasted years; More laughs to the square revue - Spring Thaw's fiftieth season; Alberta's Affair with a Rainmaker - for six years farmers near Knee Hill have been taxing themselves to buy the services of Irving P. Krick, who says he can prevent drought and destroy hail; Political struggles in Cottage Country; Colour Molson Canadian ad shows photo of bridge under construction over the Welland Canal near St. Catherines; Fantastic colour full-page ad for the GM Acadian. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, August (Aug.) 1918: Thrilling Stories of the Air
93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, May 19, 1962 - Saga Of The S.S. Tropic See
Features: The unfolding tragedy of drug-deformed babies - side effects of a new drug called thalidomide are causing tragic deformities in newborn Canadian babies; The Slapstick Saga of the S.S. Tropic Sea - she'd been a virtuous lady on the Great Lakes, but she was a notorious tramp in the Caribbean and sailed into piracy, gunplay and mutiny, or so the rumours went; How the NAACP Plots the Negro Revolution; The only Canadian the Chinese ever heard of - Dr. Norman Bethune is one of China's five national heroes; How John Bassett, businessman, became a celebrity; Ask the name of the lion - part 2 of Ralph Allen's novel of the new Congo; The Bankruptcy Racket - many of Canada's 1,500 bankruptcies a year are deliberate, planned frauds in which everybody is bilked but the bankrupt and his friends; The New Wave in Canadian Music - Ronald Turini, Marek Jablonski, Richard Gresko, Zubin Mehta and Boris Brott. Additional story: Japanese join Canadian whalers off B.C.'s coast. Nice colour Pepsi ad on page 49. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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James, George: Editor (Signed)
Congo Footprints: A Blessing to Share
223 pages. Signed by Editor upon title page. Black and white illustrations from photos in text. "The story of a brave and noble company of men and women, inspired by the love of Christ and committed to obeying His parting directive to His disciples, recorded in Mat. 28:18-20. The story is humbly told by members of the group of missionaries who went to the Belgian Congo in the first half of the 20th century." - from Foreword. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, August 11, 1967 - Whitney Young of the Urban League
Contents: U.S. Riots - 1967 Toll and before - detailed coverage; Reagan leaves hospital; Successful Minuteman II Launch; William Dale Archerd - charged as insulin murderer; Wilcox Expedition on Mount McKinley; Israel's new territories; Vietnam war update; Photo of Wuhan's double-decked road & rail bridge over the Yangtze; Photo of Stalin and daughter in 1934; Mercenaries in the Congo; Photo of Rees-Mogg; Photo of Mick Jagger; Uncommon full-page colour RCA ad shows their computer being used in a school - years before Apple!; Photo of Roger Maris with Orlando Cepeda; OGO-4 Satellite; LSD & the Unborn; Shirley Polykoff and advertising; Alfried Krupp; Shell Oil Refinery at Rotterdam; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
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Dunn, H.; Burne, P.; Spens, A.; Chinnery, E.; Blake, W.; Wingate, R.; Heald, T.; Thomason, H.; Aymer, G.; West, J.; Kingsley, L.; Martyn, F.; Stringer, H.; St. Lawrence, B.; Webster, F.; Jones, W.; McMahon, T.
The Wide World Magazine, The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV, No. 259, November (Nov.) 1919 - Auguste Englehardt is The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut)
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
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Fitt, Alfred B.; Grimond, J.J.; Shipler, David K.; Porter, W. Thomas Jr.; Cameron, James; Epstein, Helen; et al
The New York Times Magazine, September (Sept.) 8, 1974: "Rumble in the Jungle" - George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali in Kinshasa, Zaire
124 pages. Features: Magnificent boxing poster-style cover featuring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman as they prepare for their fight in Zaire; Many lovely fashion ads. Funky one-page photo ad features young white male with bushy hair and beard, for the city of Cleveland; Amnesty - the painful issue of how to handle Americans who dodged the draft; Putting Zaire on the Map - article on the upcoming boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire - with one-page photo of President Mobutu; Hooked on Vietnam - hundreds of unusual Americans have chosen to stay in Vietnam, including: Seminarian John Tabor, Harry Hartwig, and Frank Mariano; 'Computer Raped by Telephone' - and other futuristic felonies by electronic con men who leave no footprings (a remarkably prescient look ahead to modern day hackers); Letter from Erica Jong; Two-page Teacher's Whisky ad features one-page photo of Mel Brooks in caveman attire; The Case of the Hot Writer - a visit to Cornwall's David Cornwell - far from the neurotic insecurity of John Le Carre's unholy underworld; Color-photo centerfold ad for Bill Blass Collection beddings; Home is Next to the Factory - The Tai and Rosita Missoni home; Suicide - a sin or a right?; Will My Baby be Normal? - Genetic counselors are having increasing success in anwering this heavy question. Above-average external wear, particularly along cover fold. Bit of writing in upper corner of front cover at spine. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless boxing memento. Book
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Hughes, Emmet John; Tuohy, William
Newsweek Magazine, August 24, 1964 - Robert Kennedy (RFK) Cover Photo
88 pages. Features: RFK seeks New York Senate seat; Barry Goldwater and Republican Party leaders meet to seek unity; "Frontlash" - might be how LBJ described Goldwater's initiative; Cyprus - Precarious ceasefire; South Vietnam - guerrilla war returns; Congo - rebel siege/approaching chaos; Negro problems in Elizabeth and Paterson, NJ; Two-page photo ad by NBC features political convention coverage by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley; Interesting 2/3-page article on James Bond author Ian Fleming, with small photo; Leon Bibb; Canada's Maclean's Magazine faces financial challenges; Golfer Juan (Chi Chi) Rodriguez - article with photos; August is Europe's Mad Vaction Month; Excellent one-page color-photo ad for International Trucks shows cab being mounted on frame in assembly plant, and finished product on the road; Lee Iacocca - his bet on the Ford Mustang pays off; Who Drinks? - The Beer Brewer's Dilemma; Hammermill Bond ad features large photo of Don Steele of Kansas City; The first papal helicopter ride; Billy James Hargis and the Christian Crusade for Christ and America; Two-page NBC Radio Network ad features illustrations of Russ Ward, Robert McCormick, Peter Hackes, and Morgan Beatty; Interesting color-photo ad inside back cover for Bank of America Travellers Cheques features scene in formal Japanese restaurant; Back cover color ad for Tempo cigarettes "with far more activated charcoal"; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine (Canadian Edition), July 6, 1970 - Fight Over the U.S. Flag
60 pages. Features: Ad for the Peugeot 504; Challenges for Ed Schreyer in Manitoba; Nova Scotia fishworker labour strife; Photo of offshore drilling rig 'Sedco H" leaving Halifax; Great photo of people storming police line to shake hands with Richard Nixon in St. Louis; Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? - feature article with four pages of wonderful color photos showing the stars and stripes incorporated into bedding, clothing, vehicles, and more; Admiral Thomas Moorer takes over Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assessment of the Cambodian adventure; Nixon's Champion - Robert Dole of Kansas; Photo and brief article on Charlie Rangel; The Middle East - Statesman Speak and Guns Answer - article with photo of Arab leaders watching Libyan military parade; Phnom-Penh - What is going on?; Bernadette Devlin; Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber; Rehabilitation of Stalin in the Soviet Union; The Ordeal of A. Dubcek; Joseph Mobutu of the Congo; Pele and Brazil win soccer's World Cup; Their hearts belong to daddy - article on stripping; The Green Wrist Mania; Tony Jacklin wins golf's U.S. Open; Lord Snowdon on Pets; Michael Dann of Sesame Street; Quenching California's Thirst; Abortion on Demand; Pantsuits for Nurses; Debate over Catholic Marriage; Passing of the Maharajah of Jaipur, Rupert C. Thompson Jr., Colonel Roscoe Turner and Heenrique Galvao; Penn Central - the biggest bankruptcy Ever; The Case For - and Against - Railway Nationalization; Tremendous growth in amount of commercial paper outstanding; Cashing in on Campers - KOA (Kampgrounds of America); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors Including Henry Hazlitt
Newsweek Magazine, February (Feb.) 13, 1961 - Eileen Farrell Cover Photo
98 pages. Features: United States Lines one-page color-photo ad features Colonel and Mrs. Leon Mandel of Chicago, Mr. & Mrs. Russell V. Downing of New York, and Mr. & Mrs. Allyn H. Barber of Pasadena; Chlorine gas leak near Labarre, LA; Special Report on "The House That Sam (Rayburn) Built"; Heavy snow in New York City; Short Mardi Gras article with photo; Classy one-page color-photo ad for American Airlines; Two-page ad for Metrecal weight control products; Photo of people reaching for food aid in Congo; War and Revolution come to the Watusis, the Bahutus, and the Pygmies; Adolph Eichmann formally indicted on fifteen charges; Photo of passengers being pushed into Tokyo train (shirioshi); centerfold Goodyear ad loose but present; Passengers of hijacked Portuguese luxury liner Santa Maria safe; Dodge Lancer color photo ad shows misty lady dressed in white in background; One-page photo of Jerry Lewis with large sucker in Consolidated Paper ad; Chimp sent up on rocket from Cape Canaveral; What Makes a Prima Donna?; Meet Eileen Farrell; Photo and brief article on college hockey phenom Phil Latreille; Passing of Eugene Dennis, Perry W. Howard, Anna May Wong, Dorothy Thompson, Alphonse Picou and John Zahnd; Tax Reform; Scantlin Electronics and John R. Scantlin; Article on pending national fresh water shortage and possible remedies; Henry Hazlitt on 'Pledges vs. Policies'; Interesting color-photo ad inside back cover presents the huge accounting machine made by National; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Bowen, Patrick; Olden, C.; Woollacott, A.; Tench, C.; Torday, E.; Cassels, G.; Et al
The Wide World - True Stories of Adventure, September (Sept.) 1927, No. 353, Vol. LIX - The Alligators of Cambridge Gulf / Kwis-Kwis the Killer
Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Ziek, Bhakti; Marzolf, Marion T.; Baizerman, Suzanne; Kestenbaum, Stuart; et al
Surface Design Magazine, Winter 2008 - Structured Surfaces
76 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color. Features: Catharine Ellis - Innovative Cloth Constructions; Sherri Smith - Science as Inspiration; Image, Structure, and Emotion - Lia Cook's recent work; Lissa Hunter - Finding Her Truth; Joan Livingstone - Corporeal Dynamics; Gail Resen - Patterning Light; Yvonne Morton - A Dorset/Congo Connection; Kim Kamens - String to the Nth Degree; Mind + Body - Reflections; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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VISSEQ ALEXANDRE
Dictionnaire Fiot - Francais. Par le R. P. Alexandre Visseq de la Congregation du Saint - Esprit et du Sant.Coeur de Marie
Cm. 18; pp. III, (1), 212. Mezza tela coeva, piatti marmorizzati. Raro dizionario della Lingua Fiot dell'Africa meridionale, della zona del Basso Congo. Etichetta al dorso di collocazione di biblioteca. Qualche piccolo difetto, buon esemplare 634 / P
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BELLOTTI FELICE
Prodigioso Congo
Cm. 24; pp. (10), 272. Br. Ed. a stampa. 96 tavole fotografiche fuori testo. Maldestro rinforzo con adesivo alle cerniere. Timbri di biblioteca 255
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AA.VV
Les recherches congolaises. Bulletin de la Société des Recherches Congolaises. N. 24. Novembre 1937
1 Vol. In-8 gr pag. 233 varie ill., tavv e cart f.t.Copt. ill PROG 40653 CATT_ATT 54
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ERRERA CARLO
Congo Belga. Con due carte a colori.
Cm. 21; pp. 35. Brossura editoriale a stampa, due carte geografiche del Congo Belga e dell'Africa Centrale nel 1873. Ottimo esemplare. (23 / 459) 731 / 30
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COLLECCTIF
L'avenir politique du Congo Belge; colloque du 22 novembre 1958. Bibliothèque de l'institut Belge de Science Politique, première série, 8.
français 0 Bruxelles, SPRL, 1959. IN-8°, cart., 127p. CONGO AFRIQUE BELGIQUE
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Simon Diomi
Ntuka Kongo kani tondua Non un grazie per il Kongo
Brossura editoriale in cartoncino semirigido lucido, dalla copertina illustrata, leggermente brunita. Ritratto fotografico dell' Autore in quarta. Buonissimo lo stato di conservazione, pagine perfettamente tenute, ossidate da tonalità seppia, come i tagli. Presente una carta geografica fuori testo. Dedica autografa dell' Autore. Numero pagine 92. USATO
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André Cauvin
Bwana Kitoko
Stato discreto, sovraccoperta originale illustrata in carta patinata, alcuni segni del tempo, lievi bruniture, abrasione e traccia di etichetta adesiva su aletta, coperta rigida in tessuto, bel fregio dorato in bassorilievo su piatto anteriore, caratteri dorati in bassorilievo sul dorso, bordo poco sfregato, tagli appena ambrati, pagine, in carta patinata, ben conservate. Presenta illustrazioni in b. e n. in testo, 1 cartina in nero, X tavole a colori. Il volume potrebbe contenere timbri di un fondo regolarmente acquisito dalla nostra libreria. Numero Pagine 104 USATO
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Performer - Martin Sinnock; Performer - Dan Rosenberg
The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungarian Gypsies
Audio CD New Release item. Pls. allow a minimum of 4 - 6 weeks as this is hi p from CD Manufacturers.
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PELLEGRINI LINO
Io Congo. Il secondo libro dell'Africa
Cm. 23; pp. X, 497, (5). Tela editoriale a stampa. Manca sovracoperta. Ricco apparato illustrativo in b/n fuori testo. Buon esemplare 773
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Rossano Zezzos
Nannu Gibba piccolo negro . ( avventure nel congo misterioso ).
Il libro presenta machie di umidità .
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Aresi, Paolo
L'ultimo dono
Le sei suore delle Poverelle morte per l'epidemia di Ebola nel 1995
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Beccegato, Paolo; Nanni, Walter; Strazzari, Francesco
Guerra alla finestra
Rapporto di ricerca su conflitti dimenticati, guerre infinite, terrorismo internazionale.
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Luigi Amedeo di Savoia
Il Ruwenzori
Sua Altezza Reale il Principe Luigi Amedeo Di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi è l'autore di questo imponente tomo che narra l'avventura della scoperta e della conquista della catena montuosa del Ruwenzori in Congo. Con foto in B/N
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Jadot J.-M.
Trois contes de l'Afrique en guerre
Placchetta in-16, pp. 28-(4). Titoli: Manges-en!; Le grand blessé; Comme mon père…; Buon esemplare
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GABRIEL DE FOIGNY
LA TERRA AUSTRALE
INTRODUZIONE DI MARIA TERESA ROVETTI PICHETTO GUIDA EDITORI 1978 235 PP. FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: SEGNI DEL TEMPO, FRONTE RETRO ALLA COPERTINA, VOLUME INTONSO, MAI SFOGLIATO Parole e frasi comuni animali Australiani bestia CAPITOLO causa Charenton chiamano colpi combattimento Concistoro conoscere considerare continente corpo costa Cyrano de Bergerac deismo deriva desiderio Dictionnaire diventa ermafroditi essendo Europei filosofia Foigny Fondin francese Francia fratelli frutto del riposo Genève Ginevra giorno Gonneville Haab Histoire isole Salomone Ivads Jacques Sadeur l'uomo l'utopia LACHÈVRE latine leghe libertini lingua littérature lungo Madagascar mangiare mare mondo montagne morire morte natura nulla obbligati paese Paris parlare parole pensare perfettamente persone piccoli piedi popolo porto Portogallo portoghese prince George pubblico quattro Queiros racconto ragione regno del Congo religione RENTY ritorno seguito selvaggi sembrava sesso sestieri siède soppresso sostituito Terra del Fuoco Terre Australe connue tratta uccelli uomini uomo utopia vascelli vedere Venerabile Compagnia viaggio vivere voyage voyages XVII XVIII secolo Zair
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GIOVANNINI GIOVANNI.
Congo nel cuore delle tenebre.
In 8°, cart. edit. con sovracc. ill., pp. 531,(1), con 53 fot. f.t. b.n. e 4 cartine n.t. b.n.; coll. "Testimonianze fra cronaca e storia. 12. Paesi e uomini, oggi. 1"; copia molto buona. (x056/d)
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HALLET JEAN PIERRE - PELLE ALEX.
Congo Kitabu.
In 8°, br. edit. ill. (lievi tracce d'uso), pp. 460,(4) con alcune fot. b.n. f.t.; Watussi, Pigmei, patti di sangue, cannibali, un safari di dodici anni nelle foreste del Congo, prima ed., lieve brunitura del bordo delle pp. ma buon es.. (x054/d) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
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KUNNE MANFRED.
Caucciù.
In 8°, t.t. edit. (dorso brunito, manca sovracc.), pp. 519,(1); nel complesso buon es., non comune. (x059/d) (la spedizione standard è SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
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Fornasari Lorenzo e Roese Anja
Acque d'Africa
In 8 (26x19) Legatura in tela con sovracopertina illustrata; pp 128 con immagini fotografiche a colori e illustrazioni; sovracopertina con lievi segni di usura ai bordi, per il resto ottimo
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Torelli Giorgio
A pelo d'Africa
In 8 (24,5x17) Legatura in tela con sovracopertina illustrata; pp. 234 con illustrazioni; buono
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Legum Colin
Dramma del Congo (Il)
in 8 (20,5x12) Cartoncino editoriale a risvolto; pp.266; Buono, copertina un po' rovinata
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Kirn, Ann
Beeswax Catches a Thief: From a Congo Folktale
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Unpaginated. Oblong format: 9 3/4"w x 8"h. Wonderful color illustrations by the author.
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Burgis, Tom
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 323 pages with a few with b&w photos.
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Perkins, John
To the Ends of the Earth: Four Expeditions to the Arctic, the Congo, the Gobi, and Siberia
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full sparkly black cloth boards. Edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket. 12 1/8"w x 9 1/8"h. 184 pages. Many full-page b&w photographs.
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Dick-Read, Robert
Sanamu: Adventures in Search of African Art
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full tan cloth coards with black illustration. Edge wear and small tears to price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps. 272 pages. Jacket illustration by Ellen Raskin.
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Wassing, R.S.
African Art: Its Background and Traditions
Large book: 11 1/2"h x 10"w in excellent condition, as new in heavy black cloth HB covers, gilt print at spine. 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 the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 285 pages with a great many b&w and color large, often full page, photos throughout, including sculpture, masks, furniture, pottery, helmets, cookery, plaques, jewelry, doors, etc. from Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, etc. Contents include: The African and his environment: Bushmen, Negritos or Pygmies, Negroes, Bantu, Hamitic peoples, Nilo-Hamites and nilotes; Material aspect of art, Social life : Birth and youth, Maturity, Death, Age groups, Secret societies, legal power, rank and state procedures, Economics, Relion and the supernatural, Play, etc. copyright 2011 Pistil Books
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[ORIGINAL ALBUMEN PRINT].
[BELGIAN CONGO / HUNTING] [Early photograph showing Joseph DeVos, a Dutch hunter in Belgian Congo, in front of an antelope hunted and hung from the ceiling by the feet].
Very Good Dutch Original albumen print photograph of Joseph Devos, a Dutch hunter in Belgian Congo, showing him in front of an antelope hunted and hung from the ceiling by the feet, with two Congolese natives. 11.5 x 9.5 cm. A handwritten note in Dutch on verso: "Antilope wegende 40 a 50 kilos geschoten 10 November 1911" [i.e. Antelope weighing 40 to 50 kilos shot November 10, 1911], and signed "Joseph Devos". The inscription "Belgian Congo" is seen on the stone. Four pinholes and slight chippings on corners. Overall very good condition.
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McCullin, Don.
Hearts of darkness
Don McCullin photographs, selected by him. From rural England to Vietnam and the Congo. Introduction by John le Carré. Light wear to cover edges with rubbing to surfaces.
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CONGO
La vérité sur le Congo. Troisième année. 1906. Bulletin mensuel de colonisation comparée.
Reliure de l'éditeur. 550 pages. Manques au dos. 25x32cm.
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PAYEN Edouard
Belgique et Congo. Une carte itinéraire.
Broché. 123 pages.
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CORSON J.-P.
Schweitzer. (61 pages).
Numéro complet. Broché. 64 pages. 20x29cm.
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BERRIER Jean-Claude - DENIZET Raymond
Hauts lieux d'Afrique. L'expédition française Tibesti, Congo, Ethiopie. Photographies hors-texte. Envoi de J.-C. Berrier. Préface de Henri Lhote.
Broché. 210 pages. Jaquette. (Non coupé).
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LEJEUNE Freddy
A travers l'Afrique ardente. De l'Atlantique à l'Océan indien. Photographies hors-texte.
Broché. 176 pages. Rousseurs. pages mal découpées.
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