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Keddell, E.A.; Nocross, Charles P.; Albert, Allan D.; MacDonagh, M.; Sawyer, Henry; Tritton, Sir I. Herbert; Winter, Nevin O.; Hendrick, Burton J.; Howe, Frederic C.; Crocker, Pearcy K.; Clear, Claudius; Markham, Edwin; Dark, Richard; Crissey, F.; Et al
The Busy Man's Magazine, February [Feb.] 1907, Vol. XIII, No. 4 - The Great Jewish Invasion [of New York]
A rare surviving issue of this publication which was renamed Maclean's in 1911 after its founder Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean and remains in publication with the same over one-hundred years later. "Containing the choicest and most entertaining articles and short stories appearing in the current numbers of the leading magazines of the world." - front cover. 9.25" x 6.25" in red card covers. 176 pages including 38 pages of wonderful ads, many illustrated. Contents include: James Bryce, LL.D., new British Ambassador to the U.S.; Lumber king and billionaire Frederick Weyerhaeuser; The Rapid Advancement of George Bruce Cortelyou; The Lords as the Supreme Court of Appeal; Great Men as Commercial Assets; A Solution to the Problem of the Unemployed in large English cities; The Financial Supremacy of London; Guatemala - land of opportunity; The Great Jewish Invasion - the industrial and social progress made by the Jewish population of New York; A Contrast between the American and British City; New York Businessman Pearcy K. Crocker in Jamaica; On the Value of Thrift; Work is the World's Law; Short Stories; Fire Waste and How to Reduce It; Capturing Wild Elephants in Mysore; Hints on Dismissing Unwelcome Callers; Brawn and Character; Cattle Raising in the Argentine; Other Contents of Current Magazines; and more. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Kipling, Rudyard
Slonenok. (Perevod s anglijskogo: The elephant's child). Risunki Vladimira Vasil'evica LEBEDEVA. [Reprint der Ausgabe 1922]. (Vstup. stat'ja i kommentarii Jurija Jakovlevica Gercuka).
Leningrad, Chudoznik RSFSR, 1982. 16, 16 S. Mit zahlr. s/w Illustr. 4to (29 cm). Illustr. OBrosch.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 76069
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KOPAC Slavko
Chapeau ivre
Vence Pierre Chave 1994 Broché, étui de l'éditeur
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 015917
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KOPAC Slavko
Mes très riches heures
Vence Pierre Chave 1972 En feuilles sous chemise et étui
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009381
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KOPAC Slavko
Mes très riches heures
Vence Pierre Chave 1972 En feuilles sous chemise et étui
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009382
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Koppel, H.; Frost, M.O.; Philby, H. St. J.B.; Cuthbertson, R.M.; Franck, H.A.; Walmsley, L.; Thomason, H.; Noble, W.; White, T.W.; Et al
The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV - No. 264, April (Apr.) 1920 - Across Arabia in Disguise / Dominic Pietro
Pages 449-536, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Mystery of Dominic Pietro - how an innocent man was saved from the gallows; The Trials of A Naturalist's Wife - part 4; A Woman's Ordeal - Mrs. C.T. Sturgis was a prisoner of Mexican bandits; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - Part 2 of the great photo-illustrated story of the author's travels among the Wahhabi Arabs; Hunting the Addo Elephants - they were marked for extinction at the hand of famous hunter Major Pretorius - article with many photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 5 - Adventures in Peru, with great photos, including carrying a piano up a mountain!; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season - terrible flooding makes travel very difficult; Photo of 30,000 coconuts being sprouted in Tobago; In Old Madrid - two Americans are left behind in Madrid with an elephant and soon the animal is matched up for battle with a fine Spanish bull!; Photo of London "Dog Market"; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron - Part 2; Photo of the only inhabited "Cloghaun" in Ireland; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 4 - The Adventures and Daring Escape of Airman Capt. T.W. White; A Land of Gods - photo-illustrated article about the people and places of the Kulu Valley of India; The Hunting of Lot Shumway - the pursuit and ultimate capture of this Northern Arizona badman; How Nixon Made Good - a western railroad tale; Photo of Harry Rich of Kansas City - the Human Gun Carriage!; Photo of large tree growing up through millstone at Sheldon's Mill at South Dover, New York. Somewhat above-average wear with openings along backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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KRUGER
Les mémoires du président KRUGER
traduction de Jules Hoche in 8 carré pleine toile bleue, titre et décor dorés sur le premier plat,titre doré au dos, Faux-titre,frontispice,titre 414 pages sur vergé,tête dorée,non rogné,illustrations photographiques hors texte, Félix Juven,éditeur sans date pages de garde papier moiré avec dentelle dorée en encadrement,bon exemplaire;peu courant avec les photos
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6028
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Kunkel Reinhard
Elephants
H. N. Abrams 1982 Livre en anglais. In-folio reliure éditeur pleine toile gris sous jaquette, 34,8 cm sur 27,5. 255 pages. Jaquette en assez bon état. Bon état d’occasion.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 141445 ISBN : 810908638
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LA CROIX ILLUSTREE
La croix illustrée N° 398. Première page : Pittoresque sauvetage d'un jeune imprudent (éléphant). Dernière page : Une maison de correction à Rome.
Couverture souple. 8 pages. Légèrement défraîchi. Pliure au milieu.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 93156
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Langdon, Steven; Butson, Tom; Lemelin, Claude; Nowlan, Alden; Frum, Barbara; Clarkson, Adrienne; Batten, Jack; Paris, Erna; Anderson, Owen; Barr, John; Newman, Peter C.; Henry, Chief John; Savoie, Renald; Hedley, Tom; Hofsess, John; Macfarlane, John
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, June 1971 - The Class (University) of 1971 - The Class Nobody Wants - Six Valedictorians Speek Out / The Guess Who!
72 pages. Features: Great Volvo photo ad shows six Volvos stacked on top of another!; Two-page Mutual Life shows photos of dozens of their top sales agents from across Canada; Colour photo Canadian Club ad shows Mr. and Mrs. Tony Parkinson firing darts at elephants in Kenya; Alden Nowlan's Canada; What Went Wrong for the Class of '71? - feature article by Barbara Frum with statements from six university valedictorians from across Canada; Three men from three generations talk to Adrienne Clarkson on love, sex, adultery and what marriage is all about; The Guess Who - Canada's richest and raunchiest rock band - article with large photo of band on stage; The radicalization of Robert Lemieux - lawyer for the FLQ; The West is Ready to Revolt - John Barr and Owen Anderson state their case for separatism; The Table Talk of Marshall McLuhan - article by Peter C. Newman with nice photo of McLuhan; It's No Longer Possible to be an Indian - Chief John Henry describes the impact of white man's ways; Paris Smiles Again; Nice full-page CBC Radio/TV colour photo ad shows a group of famous Canadian athletes wearing their gear - including Mel Profit of the Toronto Argonauts and boxer Clyde Gray; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1216 : L'épée du capitaine Fiegenschuh. (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: La vengeance de l'éléphant.
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 46117
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 933 : En Bavière, une jeune fille se brûle au pied d'un calvaire.(Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Chasse à l'éléphant en automobile.(A Hambourg).
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 46113
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 933 : En Bavière, une jeune fille se brûle au pied d'un calvaire.(Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Chasse à l'éléphant en automobile.(A Hambourg).
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs. Défraîchi. Papier bruni.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 125409
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 956 : Bourreaux d'enfants. (A Asnières). (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Rhinocéros contre éléphant.
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 46114
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Leksukhum, Santi;
Temples of Gold: Seven Centuries of Thai Buddhist Paintings
Book is in excellent condition, as new with deep red covers and gilt print in very large format. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, printed on heavy, glossy paper Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 263 pages with large full color photos throughout with sections on the school of Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Rattanakosin (1st and 2nd periods) the ddhas of the past, Ten great Jatakas, The Buddha, Personas of high rank, Secondary persons; with a map, notes, bibliography, glossary at the back. Lots of boobs, abductions, the occasional cock n' balls, demons, big hats, elephants.
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Lindner (Kurt) :
Chasse (La) préhistorique. Traduit de l'allemand par le Dr George Montandon. Avec 143 figures et 24 planches hors-texte. Avant-propos du traducteur.
Paris, Payot (Bibliothèque Scientifique), 1941 ; in-8, broché ; 480 pp. Bibliographie.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12448
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LIVINGSTONE David
Explorations dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique Australe et voyage à travers le continent de Saint-Paul de Loanda à l’embouchure du Zambèze de 1840 à 1856.
Ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mme H.LOREAU.In 8 demi-chagrin rouge époque titre,fer,roulette filet dorés, filets à froid.Faux-titre, grande vue dépliante(chute du Zambèze)en frontispice, titre,1 page,1 portrait de l’auteur,688 pages,un appendice de 4 pages:situation des lieux visités par le docteur LIVINGSTONE.Nombreuses gravures Hors-texte, une coupe idéale du centre de l’Afrique Australe(dépliante.Une grande carte dépliante,détaillée de l’itinéraire suivi par le Dr LIVINGSTONE.Une carte dépliante de l’Afrique Australe indiquant les voyages du révérend docteur LIVINGSTONE. Hachette & Cie 1877.Très bon état,pratiquement sans rousseurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5665
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LIVINGSTONE David et Charles
Explorations du Zambèze et des ses affluents et découverte des Lacs CHIROUA et HYASSA 1858-1864
ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation des auteurs par Mme H.LOREAU in 8 demi-chagrin rouge époque, titre,roulette,filets dorés,filets à froid.Faux-titre, titre IV 588 pages,47 gravures hors-texte,complet des quatre cartes dépliantes en fin de volume.Hachette & Cie 1881.Rousseurs éparses,sinon Très bon état 262 LIVINGSTONE David révérend docteur Explorations dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique Australe et voyage à travers le continent de Saint-Paul de Loanda à l’embouchure du Zambèze de 1840 à 1856. Ouvrage traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mme H. LOREAU. In 8 demi -chagrin rouge époque titre, fer, roulette filet dorés, filets à froid. Faux-titre, grande vue dépliante (chute du Zambèze) en frontispice, titre, 1 page, 1 portrait de l’auteur, 688 pages, un appendice de 4 pages : situation des lieux visités par le docteur LIVINGSTONE. Nombreuses gravures Hors-texte, une coupe idéale du centre de l’Afrique Australe (dépliante). Une grande carte dépliante, détaillée de l’itinéraire suivi par le Dr LIVINGSTONE. Une carte dépliante de l’Afrique Australe indiquant les voyages du révérend docteur LIVINGSTONE. Hachette & Cie 1877. Très bon état, pratiquement sans rousseurs. 250€
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5664
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Luce, P.; "Ungandu"; Rey, C.; Shields, T.; Tench, C.; Barkas, G.; Evans, E.; Frankl, A.; Upfield, A.; "Guidon"; et al
The Wide World - True Stories of Adventure, May 1927, No. 349, Vol. LIX - Trekking in Unknown Abyssinia / Elephant Hunt in Canada
84 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: An Elephant-Hunt in Canada - a six-week hunt results when seven valuable elephants escaped from a circus and took to the British Columbia woods - article with photos; A Fugitive in Thirstland - A former German officer who became a adventurer is South Africa is continually chased by the police; Trekking in Unknown Abyssinia - great photo-illustrated article; The Friendly Mosquito - how a mosquito saved the life of T.A. Shields; Our Salvage Job - a plucky attempt to salvage the crippled vessel Stiklestadt; The Decree of the Wild - a grim tale of the Canadian Far North, 1,200 miles north of Edmonton; "The White Man's Great War-Game" (part III) - amongst the savages of the Sura, Angas, and other primitive tribes of Northern Nigeria, Geoffrey Barkas produced a film founded upon the history of British Administration - article with great photos; Gulbaz Khan's Revenge - the story of a long-delayed vengeance for a trifling action that had far-reaching consequences; Where Everybody Plays "Cat's Cradle" - photo-illustrated article on the people of the Pelews (Pelew Islands); Fur-Getting in Australia - Australian men make a good living hunting rabbits and foxes for their furs; The Partnership That Went Wrong - four U.S. Army soldiers pool their savings to run a sawmill; What Happened to Wilson - struggle for life with an enraged tiger in the heart of a big city; Through France with "Sylvabelle" (part II) - Mr. Leslie Richardson's yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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MAIN (Monique), PERREAUX (Françoise)
Les animaux de Paris.
Massin, 2007, 174 p.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : L5041
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Marwick, Alice (Signed)
Northland Post - the Story of the Town of Cochrane
342 pages. Signed and generically inscribed by author atop first blank leaf. Some black and white illustrations. The twenty chapters include such titles as: 'Workin' on the Railroad', The Transcontinental, Auction Sale!, Pioneering, We Become a Town, Fire!, The Settlers, Elephants Clear the Land, July 29/1916, Aftermath, The Road Back, Typhoid!, and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Minor lean to spine. A worthy copy of this vintage history. Book
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Matthiessen, Peter
Shadows of Africa
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark green cloth boards show slightly bumped corners. 120 pages. 10 1/2"w x 10"h, 71 reproductions of artist Mary Frank's work, including 23 plates in full color. Essays by Peter Matthiessen.
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Maxwell, Marius
Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa
Limited edition of 568 copies, of which 550 were for sale and of these 250 were reserved to the United States of America; this copy is numbered 249. Signed by author. With 113 plates. Large foldout photo in pocket on end pastedown. xxii, 202 pages. Includes Index. Fading to areas of covers. Black mark on spine. Marks on front pastedown. Text moderately foxied but plates mainly clean. Heavy book, extra postage for destinations other than UK.
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Melland Frank
Les Eléphants d'Afrique Préface du très honorable comte d'Onslow 12 illustrations de Stuart Tresilian
Payot Paris, 1939 In-8° de 216 pp.,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : CC519
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MELLAND Frank
Les éléphants d'Afrique.
broché - 14x22,5 - 216 pp - 1939 - Editions Payot, Paris - collection "Bibliothèque géographique".12 illustrations de Stuart Tresilian.Préface du très honorable Comte d'Onslow, Président de la Zoological Society de Londres, Président de la Société pour la protection de la faune de l'Empire..
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9545
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MELLAND Frank
Les éléphants d’Afrique
in 8 broché couverture muette d’origine de chez PAYOT.Faux-titre,titre,216 pages,1 tableau sur double page, illustrations hors-texte de Stuart TRESILIAN Payot 1939,très bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4217
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Morris, Judy K
Nightwalkers
133p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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MOSS Cynthia.-
La longue marche des éléphants. Treize années avec les grands troupeaux du Kénia.-
Traduit de l'américain par Danielle LARUELLE. Paris. Robert Laffont. 1989. In-8 (160 x 228mm) dos basane rouge à 5 nerfs, plats moirés, gardes marbrées, couverture illustrée couleurs, conservée, 289, (2) pages. Bien complet des planches hors texte. Dos lgt passé, petits manques de papier en haut et en bas de la couverture (massicotage trop généreux) sinon bon exemplaire, bien relié.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ORD-7626
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MUKERJI Dhan Gopal Dessins de G. Burnand.
Le chef du troupeau.
Couverture souple. État correct. Broché. 202 pages. Couverture légèrement défraîchie.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 117325
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Muldrow, Diane
Walt Disney's Dumbo the Circus Baby
12 page board book featuring lovable Dumbo and his happy adventures in the circus. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Pathfinder Magazine - A Weekly Digest of World Affairs From the Nation's Capital, July 4, 1936 - Can You Outplan the 17-Year Locusts?
24 pages. Contents: Can You Outplan the 17-Year Locusts?; Commodity Exchange Act; Dismissal Wage Plans; Extensive soil erosion; Foreign News; Violence in Palestine near Tulkarem; Jews flea Minsk for Warsaw; Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Philippine defense plan; Anglo-Italian Deal Negotiated - Sanctions Ended, and League of Nations' future debated; Current Events; Hindenberg makes third crossing of North Atlantic in record time of 59 hours 50 minutes; National News - with photo of former Governor "Al" Smith; Congress; Editorial; Marketing; Declaration of Independence Says All Men Created Equal; Science News; American Elephants; Illustration of Mme. Irene Joliot-Curie; Tennesse Chiropractor Dr. W.E. Mephvin makes flight discovery by observing pigeons; Social Security Law Intended to Banish Poverty Fear of the Aged and Jobless; Vintage ads; and much more. One-inch by two-inch hole in front page. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine - Volume 21: May Through October 1908
Features: More Queer Fixes - A Meeting with a Meteor, In the Dark with a Mamba; A Night Attack; The Shot-Pickers; The Underground Pirates; Housekeeping Troubles in Annam; "In the Name of the Czar!" - I - A Subterranean Duel; Across Africa By Boat - I; Cupid and the Wire; Fallen Among Thieves; Remarkable "Follies"; Through the Black Canyon; Across Australia on a Bicycle; The Crop that Failed; Eight Days on an African Farm; Across Africa by Boat - II; More Queer Fixes - A Ride With Death - Sixteen Days Entombed - Lost in a Swamp; On the Roof of the Western World; Black Magic - A Weird Experience - Tambooze the Zulu; Life in the Sulphur Mines of Sicily; A Fight for Life Under Water; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger"; The Present that Went Astray; The Menace of the "Black Hand"; The Wreck of the "Dundonald"; The Experiences of a "Jackaroo"; The Story of Jasper Brown; Sporting Stories - A Brush with Elephants - The Senator's Tiger - A Ride on a Rhino; Buried Treasures in England; Six Months on a Drifting Ice-Floe; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger" - II; A Deal in Diamonds; Elk-Hunting in Sweden; How I Found My Wife; Across Africa by Boat - III; More Queer Fixes - an up and down affair - a battle with a shark; The Romance of Hermann Ochs; The "Night Riders" of Kentucky; "Captain Starlight"; More Queer Fixes - Imprisoned Under a Ship's Keel - A Motor-Boat in a Cyclone - An Uninvited Guest; A War Against a River; A Railway Stowaway; The Kauri Timber Industry; "Who Am I?"; My Ascent of Aconcagua; Running the Gauntlet; Eight Years in Babylonia - I; The Secret of the Castle; Ruined!; An Island in the Making; A Duel of Brains; Across Africa by Boat - IV; An Encounter with a Waterspout; The Ship that Disappeared; A Mountain of Gold; The "Vultures of Paris"; Eight Years in Babylonia - II; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - I; Caribou-Hunting in Newfoundland; More Queer Fixes - An Actor's Adventure - A Shifted Cargo; Through France in a Yacht; The Keeper of the Light; Flooded Out; The Bridge-Builders; Five Days in a Blizzard; A Holiday in Crete; A Short Cut; A Lion-Hunt in a Sewer; The Carriers of the Thames; How I Visited the Gouliot Caves; A Day with the South Sea Prince; More Queer Fixes - A Race Against a Leak - Two Hours in a Crevasse - The Millionaire's Messenger; The Perchten Dancers of Salzburg; The Wassmann Diamond; On the Frontier at Gibraltar;; A Romance of Two Islands - I; A Railway Smash to Order; The Ghost of the San Jose Mine; Up the Athabasca with the Fur-Traders; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - II. Average wear. Modest lean to spine. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, April 1957- Australian Edition
Features: Galleon Gold - Lieut. Harry E. Rieseberg is continually drawn to the silver shoals off the Bahamas to search for underwater treasure; Trapped by the Bor Herd of Elephants; The Mowha Maneater - a tiger story in the Indian jungles; We Chose Danger - an adventure of Frank Illingworth in troubled Morocco; Badboy of the Fisheries - the common seal; H.M.S. Thule Intercepts - an intensely dramatic story of a submarine at war as told by its Commander, Alastair Mars, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar; Volcanic Island - "I Know an Island"; Swallowed by the Jungle - the conclusion of "Manhunt in Green Hell", a story from the French Guiana jungle; Iceland Pony Race; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chip from spine. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, December =1953 - Australian Edition
Features: Jungle Man-Hunters - horse-mounted frontiersmen of Ecuador - photos; The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell; Terror by Night - Man-Leopard killings in Nigeria (part I); Vagabond in Corsica - a tramp through the interior of Corsica - photos; The Dope-Runners - illegal drug traffic in South Africa; Diving for Crocodiles - at the Tanganyila-Nyasaland border; The "Mulga Wire" Mystery; The "Football Wallahs" - an amusing story from India of how a British soldier made friends; My Friend Sung Li - the companion of an ex-sailor; Beware of Elephants - encounters with elephants on the Queen's Highway; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, June 1937
Stories: The Ice Jam; The Manila Fireflies; Squaw Mike; Crashing into Burma; The Wheat Stealers; What Happened to the Bullion Box; One Christmas Day; The Railroad Boomer; There She Blows!; Rounded-up Wild Elephants; Tracking Down Hot Oil; Witchcraft; A Ride for 1000 Pounds; On Patrol with the B.P.P. Average wear. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American October 1931 Volume 144 Number 1
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
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Murphy, Jill
All in One Piece
Illustrated in colour, binding repaired. eng
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NEUMANN Arthur H
Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. Facsimile reprint with a new Frontispiece, and Introduction by Professor James A Casada. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with additional portrait frontispiece, frontispiece, coloured plates, plates in monochrome and large folding map coloured in outline, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. African Hunting Reprint Series, vol. 6. High-quality facsimile reissue of the scarce Rowland Ward edition of 1898. The plates are by Millais, Caldwell and Lodge.
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NO MAD LIVING The Story of the Illuminated Elephants
7182
In Pristine Condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : Vanbart, Jan Svante
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OBERJOHANN H.-
Mes Éléphants du Tchad.-
Couverture et têtes de chapitres de René Garcia. Arthaud. 1952. In-8 br. jaq.ill. 198pp. 14 photos h.-t.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ORD-7885
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OBERTHUR J.
Géants De La Brousse et De La Forêt
Paris Durel 1946 In-4 172 pp - 1ère couverture conservée
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25647
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OREJOHANN H.
Mes éléphants du Tchad
in 8 broché,couverture jaquette illustrée.Faux-titre, titre 195 pages,2 pages de table des illustrations, table des matières.En tête et illustrations photos horstexte. Arthaud 26 juin 1952
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5772
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Parragon
Disney Dumbo
Parragon Inc 2010 27 pages 18 034x1 524x22 352cm. 2010. Relié. 27 pages.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500101275
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Paul du CHAILLU
VOYAGES et AVENTURES dans l'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE
Un ouvrage de 554 pages, format 190 x 270 mm, illustré + 2 cartes dépliables, relié percaline dos cuir à nerfs, publié en 1863, Michel Lévy Frères, Libraires Editeurs (Paris), bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126738991
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Paulo PERRIER
CHASSE à l'ELEPHANT à la SAGAIE à CHEVAL
Un ouvrage de 49 pages, format 135 x 210 mm, illustré, broché, publié en 1965, bon état, peu courant
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126720276
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PERCIVAL, Robert.
Voyage à l'île de Ceylan fait dans les années 1797 à 1800; contenant l'histoire, la géographie et la description des moeurs des habitants, ainsi que celle des productions naturelles du pays...
Paris, Dentu, an XI (1803). 2 volumes in-8 (191 x 124 mm). 4 cartes et plans repliés hors texte : une carte de l'île de Ceylan par Arrowsmith et de la pêche des perles et les plans des ports de Trinquemale et Colombo, basane mouchetée de l'époque, dos lisses ornés avec pièces de titre et tomaison, dentelles dorées sur les plats, frottements et vieille épidermure au tome 2.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : PHO-1636
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PETIT-DUTAILLIS Yves MANI MULLA
L'inde Dans Le Monde
Paris Payot 1951 In-8 239 pp. Cachets discrets de la société de géographie de . préface de Paul Masson-Oursel
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28287
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PEYSSONNAUX (H.) & CADIERE (L.)
Les Français au service de Gia-Long - Carnets d'un collectionneur - Les Eléphants Royaux
Hanoï-Haiphong, Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, Bulletin des Amis du Vieux Hué, 10e année, Tome 3, Année 1923 (juillet-septembre). Tirage limité à 600 exemplaires. 1 volume in-8, 102 pp., broché, couverture souple illustrée, enrichi de XXXIII planches (photographies-dessins-aquarelles), très bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1277
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PFLIEGER P. Robert
Petits et grands seigneurs de brousse
in 4 broché, couverture rempliée illustrée, titre en long au dos. Faux-titre, titre, 146 pages, 1 page de table des matières. Préface d’Henri SCHOUTEDEN. 4 planches hors-texte et culs de lampe gravés de Paul de MASY. Une carte, et nombreuses reproductions photographiques prises par l’’auteur. Raymond DUPRIEZ éditeur, Bruxelles Mars 1939. Un des exemplaires numérotés 425/500, sur simili japon teinté ivoire. Très bon état Route dans l’est africain- Départ de Namanga- Rhino camp- Après midi à rhino camp-Ngarongoro- vers les plaines du serengeti-Seronera-dix lions-campi ya simba Mbaya-A travers la brosse- les chutes de Murchison- glossaire
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11183
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Philipp, Martin Erich (1887-1978)
Elefant, stehend. Kaltnadelradierung von M. E. Philipp, unterhalb der Darstellung vom Künstler hs. bezeichnet, signiert u. datiert.
[Ca. 1936]. Bildgröße 12,5 x 16 cm. Unter Passepartout (24 x 30 cm).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 78885
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