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Lorenz Books Staff
Elephants Nature Watch
London United Kingdom: Lorenz Books. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Decorative Illustrated Boards. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall 1859676391 Hardback Hardback. 24 information spreads cover all aspects of elephant live and behaviour. 5 focus spreads take an in-depth look at one species or aspect of elephant life. Packed with over 180 stunning colour photographs. Detailed cross-sections and diagrams reveal the complex inner workings of an elephant's body. Ideal for home and shcool use for 8- to 12-year-olds. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. 63 pp. . Lorenz Books hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 047229 ISBN : 1859676391 9781859676394
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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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Markert Jenny
Elephants
Newfield Publications 1996. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards/No Jacket. Illus. by Color Photographs. Newfield Publications hardcover
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: 1005130 ISBN : 0895657244 9780895657244
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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 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
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: 4217
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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..
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: 9545
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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.
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: ORD-7626
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MOUHOT Henri
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos
John Murray, London, 1864. 2 vol. 303 et 301p, Frontispice, 78 gravures, 17 gravures hors texte et une carte, completreliure verte et or , la couverture du volume II ayant subi l'humiditéintérieur frais
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 130
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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.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 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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OBERTHUR J. Illustré par l'auteur.
Géants de la brousse et de la forêt.
Couverture souple. Broché. 22 x 28 cm. 172 pages.
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: 31270
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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.
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: ORD-7885
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OBERJOHANN Heinrich
Mes éléphants du Tchad.
Couverture souple. Broché. 196 pages.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 4672
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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
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: 5772
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Parragon
Disney Dumbo
Parragon Inc 2010 27 pages 18 034x1 524x22 352cm. 2010. Relié. 27 pages.
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: 500101275
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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
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: LFA-126720276
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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
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: LFA-126738991
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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.
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: PHO-1636
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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.
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: 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
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: 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).
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: 78885
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Ross, Doran H.
Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture
424 pages. Excellent photography, primariliy in colour, throughout. "In the final analysis, this book should serve as an homage to the African elephant and as a celebration of African creativity." - From Preface. Needs rebinding. Hanging together but loosely. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. A wonderful work worth preserving. Book
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Rudyard Kipling
The Elephant's Child. From the Just SO Stories.
N.Y., Alfred A.Knopf Publishers, 1986. origi.Pappband mit Schutzumschlag, quer kl.4°, ca.20 Seiten. Illustrated by Tim Raglin.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 32640 ISBN : 394884019
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Schlote, Wilhelm
Les elephants du paradis. Kassette mit 11 farb. Offsetdrucken.
(Köln), Wolf Weitzdörfer, o.J. Kl.-4to. 26 cm. Mit farb. Deckel-Illustr.
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: 86501
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Schongauer, Martin. - Amand-Durand, Charles
Der Elefant | The Elephant | L' Èléfant. Heliogravüre von Charles Amand-Durand nach einem Kupferstich von Martin Schongauer (um 1480).
Paris, Amand-Durand, [ 1881]. 12,8 x 10,2 cm (Einfassung). Blattmaß 14,4 x 12 cm. Verso mit dem rotem Orig.-Stempel des Stechers. Unter Feinkarton-Passepartout.
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: 95467
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SCOTT Robert L.
ENTRE LES YEUX DE L'ELEPHANT.
Paris, Julliard (La croix du sud), 1956. In-12, broché.
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: 8554
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sesyle joslin
baby elephant goes to china
<p>ex lib with markings no dust jacket</p> harcourt brace & world hardcover
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: biblio872
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Seuss Dr. Theodore Geisel
Horton Hatches The Egg
New York: Random House 1940 . Early printing. Hardcover. Good. 4to brown boards slightly shaken blank spine as prescribed; presentation inscription to Bobby Dressel Dec. 1954 <br/><br/>Lacks the first edition statement on copyright page. Random House hardcover
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: 4859
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Shand, Mark
Queen of the Elephants. With photographs by Aditya Patankar.
1995. 193 S.; Ill. Pb.; mit Schutzumschlag
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: 132934
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SHOSHANI Jeheskel
LES ELEPHANTS.
Bordas, Paris, 1993.
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: 22564
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SIKES Sylvia K.
The Natural History of the African Elephant. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 8 coloured plates on 4, and 115 monochrome plates and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of one of the best and most comprehensive monographs on the species. Scarce, especially in this condition
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SOMMER François
Pourquoi ces bêtes sont elles sauvages.
Préface d’Ernest HEMINWAY In 8 demi-chagrin marron (dos insolé) titre et filets dorés ; Faux-titre, titre, 228 pages, 1 page de table des matières/ La toison d’or 28 mars 1951. Photographies de l’auteur et F. DIEZ et du Marquis DEL MARITO. Les illustrations sont de Lucien BLACOU.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 12598
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SPINAGE C.A.
ANIMAUX SAUVAGES D'AFRIQUE.
Stock, collection "les livres de nature", 1964, in 8 broché, 180 pages + cahier de photos en n&b, exemplaire convenable.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 4399
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Squire, Sir John; Elliott, Clarence; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, December (Dec.) 31, 1949 - Inauguration of the Voortrekker Memorial
Pages 1009-1048. Features. Amazing cover-page photo of 10% of South Africa's white population gathered for the inauguration of the Voortrekker Memorial at Pretoria on December 16th (plus two more photos inside); Five photos of the 30-hour Covent Gardens blaze where firefighter Station Officer Fisher lost his life; Two photos of the funeral procession of the late Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Stewart, in Singapore; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's tour of H.M. Dockyard, Malta; One-page photo of the consecration of the New Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, the Right Reverend Monsignor Cyril Cowderoy; Two-page illustrated chart showing the cost of some imported commodities and the proportion obtained from the dollar area, and the volume of British imports and exports in 1948; In the hands of the Gestapo for six years - Mr. Hugh W.A. Oloff De Wet; Six illustrations show the House of Commons new Annunciator system which keeps members informed when absent from the chamber; Six photos of construction of the new House of Commons; Six nice photos of food galore in 'Dublin's Fair City', in contrast to Britain's food shortages; Fantastic two-page spread of eight photos illustrates "One of Tokyo's Most Westernised Aspects - Shopping in the Japanese Capital's Great Department Stores"; The Russian Theatre of the Second World War - a review of 'La Guerre Germano-Sovietique, 1941-1945, by General A. Guillaume; Page with large photo and smaller photos and text entitled "Seventy Years Old - The World's Most Powerful Dictator and Least-Known Ruler - Joseph Stalin"; Five fascinating large photos illustrate the mining and production of clay which is used to make porcelain - with one-page photo of a deep Cornish China stone quarry; Two-page photo-spread illustrates Bertram Mills' Christmas Show (Circus) at Olympia, including elephants, The Seven Ashtons, the great Arturos Troop, and drinking polar bears, all under the "Big Top"; Two pages of photos of Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins and the round-up of wild horses using aircraft; Two pages of photos of fashions worn by well-dressed women and children from 1770-1927; 600th Anniversary of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; American excavations on the Athenian Agora in Greece; Photo s of personalities of the week included Mr. Albert Toft, Dr. George De Hevesy, Field Marshal Von Manstein, Mr. George H. Lloyd Jacob, Mr. Richard G. Casey, Dame Enid Lyons, Dr. J.P.S. Jamieson, Vice-Admiral R. Ivelaw-Chapman and Minister of Food, Mr. Strachey; and more. Taped repairs to outer advertising pages which are lacking back page. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Magazine
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STANLEY Henri M.
A travers le Continent mystérieux
découverte des sources méridionales du Nil, circumnavigation du lac Victoria et du lac Tanganika, descente du fleuve Livingstone ou Congo jusqu’à l’atlantique.Durée de l’expédition 990 jours,distance parcourue 11571 km.Traduit de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur.Deux tomes en deux volumes in 8 demi-chagrin rouge d’époque,titre,roulette,filets,dorés.Tome1:faux-titre,frontispice portait de STANLEY,titre,6 pages,IV,Une carte en couleurs Stanley 1874-1877.490 pages,nombreuses illustrations gravées sur bois dans et hors-texte.Six cartes en couleurs dont une très grande dépliante(78x87cm) en fin de volume.Tome 2:Faux-titre,frontispice,titre,544 pages,nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte. 3 cartes dont une très grande dépliante, en couleurs(70x87 cm),en fin de volume.Hachette & Cie 1879 édition originale de la traduction française. Quelques petites rousseurs en début et fin de volume,sinon très bon état.
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: 5674
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STIGAND Captain Chauncey Hugh
Hunting the Elephant in Africa and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings. Facsimile reproduction with new Frontispiece, and Introduction and Bibliographical Note by Professor James A. Casada. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with additional portrait frontispiece, frontispiece, plates and folding chart; 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. 8. High-quality facsimile reissue of the Macmillan edition of 1913. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
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Stock, Frank C.
The Training of Wild Animals
256 pages. Black and white frontis portrait of author plus dozens of wonderful black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Topics include: Origin and History of Wild Animal Training, Housekeeping for Wild Animals, The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants, Characteristics of Different Animals, Animal Instinct, How to Capture Whild Animals, How to Teach Wild Animals, The Principles of Training, The Animal Trainer, Guarding against Accidents. School stamps and a variety of pencil jottings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Above-average external wear. 3"x3" ink stain upon front board. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy reading copy of this most interesting work. Book
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STRADANUS [STRAET (Jan Van Der)] - COLLAERT (Ioan).
Les éléphants. Estampe originale gravée par Collaert.
[Anvers], Philippe Galle, [Anvers], Philippe Galle(vers 1580) ; 25 X 20,5 cm., coupé au trait, monté sur une feuille de papier vergé (collé aux marges seulement). Superbe estampe montrant 7 éléphants soulevant des troncs d’arbres et des rochers dans un paysage de palmeraie. Jean Strada (Jan van der Straet) était un peintre et dessinateur né à Bruges en 1523. Il voyagea en Italie et se lia avec Vasari à Florence. Il est surtout célèbre pour les nombreux dessins qu’il exécuta pour de grands graveurs comme Collaert, Galle, Goltzin et Sadeler.Sous la gravure, un quatrain latin explique le travail des éléphants. Cachet de la Collection Louis Debacq au verso.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 35503809
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TALBOYS-WHEELER James
Les anglais dans l’Inde (1700-1805).Traduit de l'anglais avec autorisation de l'auteur par Jocelyn Pene-Siefert.
Paris, Firmin-Didot, sans date (ca 1895) , in-8, 19 x 27 cm., 302 pp. Orné de 45 figures dont un frontispice et certaines à pleine page relié demi cuir époque , dos lisse avec auteur , titre et provenance , dos insolé , papier uniformément bruni .P2-8B
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: PHO-911
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