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Lacepede
L'HOEMACHATE LA BRASILIENNE
Bella incisione colorata a mano del 1825 circa tratta dalla monumentale opera di storia naturale di Buffon, carta spessa. L'incisione rappresenta due specie di serpenti: una vipera e un serpente brasiliano<BR>In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata AUTORE: Lacepede DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 22x13,5 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9 EPOCA: 1825 circa Buffon fu un'esponente del movimento scientifico legato all'illuminismo e le sue teorie influenzarono le generazioni successive di naturalisti in particolare Jean Baptiste Lamarck e Charles Darwin.<BR>Questa è la sua opera più celebre ed è l'"Histoire Naturelle" pubblicata per la prima volta tra il 1749 ed il 1789 in 36 volumi di cui 8 postumi grazie al lavoro di Bernard Lacepede. Buffon espone tutto il sapere dell'epoca nel campo delle scienze naturali e proprio in questo scritto rilevò le somiglianze tra l'uomo e la scimmia e la possibilità di una genealogia comune. Nice engraving of 1825 circa taken from the monumental work of natural history by Buffon, wide paper. The engraving represents ttwo species of snakes: one viper and a Brazil snake. In good conditions, foxings TECHNIQUE: coloured steel engraving AUTHOR: Lacepede LEAF SIZE: cm 22x13,5 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9 PERIOD: 1825 circa Buffon was an exponent of the scientific movement connected to illuminism and his theories inspired the next generations of naturalists in particular Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.<BR>His most famous work is l'"Histoire Naturelle" published for the first time between 1749 and 1789 in 36 volumes of which 8 are posthumous thanks to the work of Bernard Lacepede. Buffon exposes in the work all the notions in natural history and in this writing in particular underlined the similarity between monkeys and man with a possibility of common genealogy.1
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Lacepede
LA COULEVRE COMMUNE LA QUATRE RAIES
Bella incisione colorata a mano del 1825 circa tratta dalla monumentale opera di storia naturale di Buffon, carta spessa. L'incisione rappresenta due specie di serpenti: La biscia comune e il Cervone (Elaphe quatuorlineata) In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata AUTORE: Lacepede DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 21,5x13,5 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9,5 EPOCA: 1825 circa Buffon fu un'esponente del movimento scientifico legato all'illuminismo e le sue teorie influenzarono le generazioni successive di naturalisti in particolare Jean Baptiste Lamarck e Charles Darwin.<BR>Questa è la sua opera più celebre ed è l'"Histoire Naturelle" pubblicata per la prima volta tra il 1749 ed il 1789 in 36 volumi di cui 8 postumi grazie al lavoro di Bernard Lacepede. Buffon espone tutto il sapere dell'epoca nel campo delle scienze naturali e proprio in questo scritto rilevò le somiglianze tra l'uomo e la scimmia e la possibilità di una genealogia comune.Nice engraving of 1825 circa taken from the monumental work of natural history by Buffon, wide paper.<BR>The engraving represents two species of snakes: common snake and Four lined snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata).In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: coloured steel engraving AUTHOR: Lacepede LEAF SIZE: cm 21,5x13,5 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9,5 PERIOD: 1825 circa Buffon was an exponent of the scientific movement connected to illuminism and his theories inspired the next generations of naturalists in particular Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.<BR>His most famous work is l'"Histoire Naturelle" published for the first time between 1749 and 1789 in 36 volumes of which 8 are posthumous thanks to the work of Bernard Lacepede. Buffon exposes in the work all the notions in natural history and in this writing in particular underlined the similarity between monkeys and man with a possibility of common genealogy.
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Lacepede
LA VIPERE COMMUNE L'ASPIC LA VIPERE D'EGYPTE
Bella incisione colorata a mano del 1825 circa tratta dalla monumentale opera di storia naturale di Buffon, carta spessa. L'incisione rappresenta tre specie di vipere delle quali una vipera comune, una vipera aspis, una vipera rostrata. In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata AUTORE: Lacepede DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 22x14 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9 EPOCA: 1825 circa Buffon fu un'esponente del movimento scientifico legato all'illuminismo e le sue teorie influenzarono le generazioni successive di naturalisti in particolare Jean Baptiste Lamarck e Charles Darwin.<BR>Questa è la sua opera più celebre ed è l'"Histoire Naturelle" pubblicata per la prima volta tra il 1749 ed il 1789 in 36 volumi di cui 8 postumi grazie al lavoro di Bernard Lacepede. Buffon espone tutto il sapere dell'epoca nel campo delle scienze naturali e proprio in questo scritto rilevò le somiglianze tra l'uomo e la scimmia e la possibilità di una genealogia comune. Nice engraving of 1825 circa taken from the monumental work of natural history by Buffon, wide paper.<BR>The engraving represents three species of snakes: one of them a common viper, an aspis viper, a Rostrata viper. In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: coloured steel engraving AUTHOR: Lacepede LEAF SIZE: cm 22x13,5 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9 PERIOD: 1825 circa Buffon was an exponent of the scientific movement connected to illuminism and his theories inspired the next generations of naturalists in particular Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.<BR>His most famous work is l'"Histoire Naturelle" published for the first time between 1749 and 1789 in 36 volumes of which 8 are posthumous thanks to the work of Bernard Lacepede. Buffon exposes in the work all the notions in natural history and in this writing in particular underlined the similarity between monkeys and man with a possibility of common genealogy.
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Lacepede
LA VIPERE FER DE LANCE LA TETE TRIANGULAIRE
Bella incisione colorata a mano del 1825 circa tratta dalla monumentale opera di storia naturale di Buffon, carta spessa. L'incisione rappresenta due specie di vipere delle quali una vipera ferro di lancia<BR>In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata AUTORE: Lacepede DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 22x14 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9 EPOCA: 1825 circa Buffon fu un'esponente del movimento scientifico legato all'illuminismo e le sue teorie influenzarono le generazioni successive di naturalisti in particolare Jean Baptiste Lamarck e Charles Darwin.<BR>Questa è la sua opera più celebre ed è l'"Histoire Naturelle" pubblicata per la prima volta tra il 1749 ed il 1789 in 36 volumi di cui 8 postumi grazie al lavoro di Bernard Lacepede. Buffon espone tutto il sapere dell'epoca nel campo delle scienze naturali e proprio in questo scritto rilevò le somiglianze tra l'uomo e la scimmia e la possibilità di una genealogia comune. Nice engraving of 1825 circa taken from the monumental work of natural history by Buffon, wide paper.<BR>The engraving represents ttwo species of snakes: one of them lancehead viper.<BR>In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: coloured steel engraving AUTHOR: Lacepede LEAF SIZE: cm 22x13,5 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9 PERIOD: 1825 circa Buffon was an exponent of the scientific movement connected to illuminism and his theories inspired the next generations of naturalists in particular Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.<BR>His most famous work is l'"Histoire Naturelle" published for the first time between 1749 and 1789 in 36 volumes of which 8 are posthumous thanks to the work of Bernard Lacepede. Buffon exposes in the work all the notions in natural history and in this writing in particular underlined the similarity between monkeys and man with a possibility of common genealogy.
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Lacepede
LE NAJA OU SERPENTE A LUNETTES LE CHAYQUE
Bella incisione colorata a mano del 1825 circa tratta dalla monumentale opera di storia naturale di Buffon, carta spessa. L'incisione rappresenta due specie di serpenti dei quali il cobra dagli occhiali o cobra indiano. In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata AUTORE: Lacepede DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 22x14 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9 EPOCA: 1825 circa Buffon fu un'esponente del movimento scientifico legato all'illuminismo e le sue teorie influenzarono le generazioni successive di naturalisti in particolare Jean Baptiste Lamarck e Charles Darwin.<BR>Questa è la sua opera più celebre ed è l'"Histoire Naturelle" pubblicata per la prima volta tra il 1749 ed il 1789 in 36 volumi di cui 8 postumi grazie al lavoro di Bernard Lacepede. Buffon espone tutto il sapere dell'epoca nel campo delle scienze naturali e proprio in questo scritto rilevò le somiglianze tra l'uomo e la scimmia e la possibilità di una genealogia comune. Nice engraving of 1825 circa taken from the monumental work of natural history by Buffon, wide paper.<BR>The engraving represents two species of snakes: one of them the Indian Cobra.<BR>In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: coloured steel engraving AUTHOR: Lacepede LEAF SIZE: cm 22x13,5 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9 PERIOD: 1825 circa Buffon was an exponent of the scientific movement connected to illuminism and his theories inspired the next generations of naturalists in particular Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.<BR>His most famous work is l'"Histoire Naturelle" published for the first time between 1749 and 1789 in 36 volumes of which 8 are posthumous thanks to the work of Bernard Lacepede. Buffon exposes in the work all the notions in natural history and in this writing in particular underlined the similarity between monkeys and man with a possibility of common genealogy.
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Lagrillière-Beauclerc (Eugène-Claude ; 1855-19..):
Au Cambodge et en Annam. Voyage pittoresque. 35 illustrations d'après les photographies rapportées par l'auteur.
Paris, Collection Paul Paclot, Albin Michel, s.d. (circa 1905) ; in-8 (270 mm), broché ; [4], 153, [1 bl.], [2] pp., couverture grise.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 20355
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LALUNG Henry De
Le Serpent De La Martinique
Paris Laboratoires Corbière 1934 Grand In-8 Ecu 77 pp, (.) Sa légende, ses moeurs, ses ennemis. Comment les Caraïbes et les Nègres soignaient ses piqûres. Essai de médecine rétrospective. Nombeuses illustrations en noir in-texte, rousseurs éparses. Dos muet, frottis d'usage et rousseurs sur le brochage.
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LALUNG (Henry de).
Le serpent de la Martinique. Sa légende, ses moeurs, ses ennemis. Comment les Caraïbes et les Nègres soignaient ses piqûres. Essai de Médecine rétrospective.
Paris, Laboratoires Corbière, 1934 ; petit in-4, broché, 74 pp.
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LALUNG (Henry de).
Le serpent de la Martinique. Sa légende, ses moeurs, ses ennemis. Comment les Caraïbes et les Nègres soignaient ses piqûres. Essai de Médecine rétrospective.
Paris, Laboratoires Corbière, 1934 ; petit in-4, broché, 74 pp. Planches en noir dans et hors-texte.
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Lambert, Janet
A Look Around Snakes
2nd printing. 8vo, 32 pages, illustrated in colour. Illustrated by Ray Keane, name of previous owner on title page in pen. Light creasing to the covers. eng
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Lapini, Luca
Anfibi e Rettili : Vol. 1.
Tricesimo, Carlo Lorenzini Editore, 1983. 4° (29x22), 142 p., con fotografie e mappe, rilegato con sovracoperta, buono,
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 42893AB
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LASSERRE Henri
Les serpents. Etudes d'histoire naturelle et de politique
Paris, Victor Palme, 1863. grand In-8 broché de 204 pages. Ouvrage débroché et présentant des rousseurs irréulières.
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LAUGEL Anselme.; SPINDLER Charles:
Costumes et coutumes d'Alsace.
Strasbourg, Imprimerie Alsacienne Anciennement G. Fischbach, 1902. In-folio de XI-300 pages, reliure d'éditeur, demi-basane marron à coins, dos lisse orné de fleurons et titre dorés, plats de toile bleue, titre et doré au centre du premier, tranches rouges.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 11424
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Laurent, R.F
Contribution à l'Herpétologie < Herpétologie > de la Région des Grands Lacs de l'Afrique centrale. I. Généralités. II. Chéloniens. III. Ophidiens. < Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge >.
Tervuren, 1956. 390 Seiten, XXVII planches, Gr.8°, broschiert, nicht aufgeschnitten.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : Spa007
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LAVEDAN Henri:
Volange. Comédien de la Foire (1756-1808). Suivi de Les Battus paient l’amende et de Janot le dégraisseur.
Paris, Ed. Tallandier, 1933. 1 vol. br. in-4 de 192-[4] pages. En belle condition, non coupé.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1937
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LE COMTE DE LA CEPEDE
HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES SERPENS
Tome quatrieme A PARIS HOTEL DE THOU 1790Anoter en fin de volume apres la table des matieres : une eloge de Buffon sur 12 pagesCharmant volume in 8 dans sa reliure en bon etat , plein veau d'epoque dos à cinq nerfs largement decorés , nombreuses gravure et planches, culs de lampe
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Leach, Michael
The Secret Life of Snowdonia
Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. The contents are very good (+). No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with tape-free black cloth boards with tiny marks to lower front edge and no bumping to corners. Half-title page missing. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with lioght creasing and traces of handling. 122pp. The fascinating array of wildlife and scenery through the changing seasons is captured in Michael Leach's outstanding colour photographs, and his text is an impassioned plea for the preservation of Snowdonia.
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LEUTSCHER (Alfred).
Le vivarium. Manuel sur les batraciens, les reptiles et les poissons d'eau douce en captivité.
P., Payot, 1953, 1 vol. in-8 br. de 218 pp. Très bel exemplaire.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 344
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LOW David:
The Breeds of the domestic animals of the British islands... Illustrated with plates, from drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, R.S.A., reduced from a series of portraits from life, executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels, R.S.A.
London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, [1840]- 1842. 2 tomes en 1 volume in-folio de [2]-XXII-46-XXII-55-[1]; [2]-V-[1]-72; 8-18 pages, demi-maroquin à coins verts, dos à nerfs très richement orné, pièce de titre beige, tranches dorées. Reliure signée J. Wright.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 16561
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LUBBOCK John; BARBIER Ed. (trad.):
Les origines de la civilisation. Etat primitif de l'homme et moeurs des sauvages modernes. Traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde édition.
Paris, Germer-Baillère, 1873. In-8 de [4]-III-657 pages, demi-maroquin vert, dos à 4 nerfs orné de fleurons, roulettes, filets, encadrements et titre dorés, plats de percaline décorés à froid, tranches dorées, gardes moirées blanches. Reliure à peine frottée, rousseurs.
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MAC ORLAN Pierre:
Sous la lumière froide.
Paris, Emile-Paul frères, 1945. In-8 broché de 226-[4] pages, couverture bleue rempliée décorée en deux tons. Quelques traces de pli à la couverture, belle condition générale cependant.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 11938
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MAGNE Emile:
Ninon de Lanclos. Portraits et documents inédits.
Paris, Emile-Paul Frères, 1925. In-4 de [8]-244-[4] pages, demi-vélin, dos orné de filets et titres dorés et de libellules et papillons colorés et dorés, tête dorée, filet doré ornant les plats, couvertures conservées. Belle condition, partiellement non coupé. Reliure signée Asper.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 8904
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MAIN (Monique), PERREAUX (Françoise)
Les animaux de Paris.
Massin, 2007, 174 p.
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Mary Jane Ward
La Fosse aux Serpents
Editions Gilbert Droin 1949 220 pages in8. 1949. broché. 220 pages. Roman autobiographique publié en 1946 qui décrit l'expérience traumatisante de l'auteure lors de son internement dans un hôpital psychiatrique offrant un témoignage critique sur les conditions de traitement des patients en psychiatrie à cette époque
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MASSON Frédéric:
Cavaliers de Napoléon.
Paris, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, 1895. In-folio de [4]-238-[2] pages, demi-chagrin bleu à coins, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré, tête dorée. Minuscules épidermures, rares rousseurs.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 9835
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MASSON Frédéric:
Napoléon et les femmes.
Paris, Goupil & Cie, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, 1906. In-4 de [4]-303-[5] pages, demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés. Reliure passée, toute petite étiquette de librairie ayant marqué le faux-titre. Reliure signée P. Ruban.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 9804
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Mattison,Chris
Enzyklopädie der Schlangen. Aus dem Englischen (The New Encyclopedia of Snakes; London, 2007) von Michael Lohmann, unter Beratung von Wolfgang Böhme.
Augsburg, Weltbild Verlag, 2011. 4° (28x22), 272 S., mit zahlr. fotograf Aufnahmen, Verbreitungskarten, OPbd mit fotoill OU, ohne Gebrauchsspuren, offensichtlich ungelesen, frisch,
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 59010AB
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Maynard, Frank; Conway, Philip; Andrew, Jay; Laroyan, Scott; Delacroix, Robert; Dodgson, Brian; Stewart, Leslie; Batham, Guy; Keighley-Bell, G.H.; Hennessey, Michael;
The Wide World - The True Adventure Magazine for Men, July 1957 - Cat Trains
xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Mertens, Robert
Die Lurche und Kriechtiere des Rhein-Main-Gebietes. Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Frankfurt am Main.
Frankfurt/M, Verlag Waldemar Kramer, 1947. gr8° (24x16), 144 S. + 32 Tafeln mit 58 fotograf Aufnahmen sowie 20 Abb. im Text, OHln, minimal angestaubt, etwas gebräut, kaum gelesen, fest sauber und gepflegt, [= Senckenberg-Buch; 16],
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 27675AB
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MILTON John:
Le Paradis Perdu. Traduction de Chateaubriand. Précédé de réflexions sur la vie et les écrits de Milton par Lamartine.
Paris, Amable Rigaud, 1863. In-folio, reliure de l'époque chagrin vert olive, cadres de filets à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné à froid, dentelle intérieure, filets dorés sur les coupes, tête dorée, non rogné.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 21951
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Mitchell, Andrew W
The Enchanted Canopy : Secrets from the Rainforest Roof
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 255pp. This book provides a combination of stunning photographs and an authoritative yet accessible text describing the astonishing riches and complexity among the crowns of the giant rainforest trees.
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MONTESQUIOU Robert de
L'Inextricable graveur Rodolphe Bresdin
Paris H. Floury 1913 In-4 Broché, couverture rempliée.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 016218
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MONNIER Philippe:
La Genève de Töpffer.
Genève, sans nom [Imprimerie du Journal de Genève], 1930. In-4 de [2]-175-[3] pages, demi-maroquin bordeaux à coins, dos à 5 nerfs avec titre dorés, filets dorés ornant les plats, gardes marbrées en rappel du papier des plats. Reliure signée Asper.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 13406
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MONNIER Philippe:
La Genève de Töpffer.
Genève, sans nom [Imprimerie du Journal de Genève], 1930. In-4 broché de 175-[3] pages, sous jaquette muette décorée en deux tons.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 13407
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MONNIER Philippe:
La Genève de Töpffer.
Genève, sans nom [Imprimerie du Journal de Genève], 1930. In-4 de [2]-175-[3] pages, plein chagrin vert, dos lisse orné, tête dorée, couvertures conservées.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 21563
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Multiple Contributors
All Top Hits - Recorded By Today's Top Stars: Words, Music, Guitar Chords
111 pages. An awesome collection of blues songs including: All Your Love, Back Door Man, Blues Get Off My Shoulder, Boom Boom, Bring it on Home, Call Me, Can't Hold On Much Longer, Carol, Checkin' Up on my Baby, Close to You, Don't Start Me Talkin', Every Day I Have the Blues, Evil is Going On, Fattening Frogs for Snakes, Goin' Down Slow, Good Morning Little School Girl, Here Tis', I Can't Quit You Baby, I Love the Life I Live, I'd Rather Go Blind, It do me so Good, Killing Floor, Little Queenie, Mellow Down Easy, Mother Earth, Reconsider Baby, The Seventh Son, Sitting on Top of the World, Smokestack Lightnin', So Many Roads, Spoonful, Steppin' Out, The Sun is Shining, Susie-Q, Tell Me, That's All Right, Walking by Myself, Wang Dang Doodle, Who Do You Love, Who's Been Talking, You Shook Me. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening to front cover at base of spine. A worthy copy of this superlative compilation. Book
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Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1923 Through December 1923
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of downton Nelson; Bird's-eye photo of Nelson from atop a mountain on north shore of west arm; Kootenay Feature 'The Romance of the 1890s - 8 pages of text and archival photos, including electric street cars in Nelson!; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Cover advert. for Northern Electric Vacuum Cleaner!; Review of growth show steady expansion - 3 pages; Telephoning across Atlantic by AT&T Wireless continued for hours; When the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company issued its own (one call) nickels; B.C. Industrial Review - statistics; Bar graph of # of phones operated from 1906 through 1923; the company's operator school; Issuing of monthly phone bills a work of magnitude - 4 page article with photos; photos of the halibut industry before 'the fish were scarcer in quantities and their habitats more scattered'; William Farrell- an appreciation of the former company president; 7 page article on B.C.'s deep sea fishing industry - great photos - halibut, herring, flounder; multiple photos from the Kootenays of snakes which have climbed up phone poles onto the wires!; photo of 25 year-old phone; Great full-page photo of the CIBC building at Hastings and Granville; 8 page article on the banks of vancouver with excellent photos; First interdepartmental football game; new power plant at Seymour office; A phone in B.C. for every 6 persons; Feature on Dams and the water-powers that turn the wheels of industry - photos of dams and various industries which use electricity, including the American Can factory and grain elevators; new power plant at Seymour office - illustrated; photos of productive farms and ideal homesites with super centerfold luxury Saanich home; Cover photo of U.S. President Harding in Stanley Park; Full-page photos of the U.S.S. Henderson entering the narrows and at dock with President Harding aboard; 13 page illustrated feature on the visit of President Harding - the first visit to Canada made by a President of the United States (President Harding died mere days later on August 2nd in San Francisco and this is reported as well); Photo of Crosland Bros. Farm in Duncan; 9 page illustrated feature on the seed growers of B.C.; photo of Duncan office under construction; Nice 8-page illustrated feature on Haney and area; photographing sound; Exploring Kootenay - Bill Skilling; 9 page illustrated feature on the Delta and Ladner district; Many miles of new long distance circuits; Improved inter-office trunk lines in Vancouver; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of the backstrip which is missing small chips and loose at back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Spine leaning moderately. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Explorer's Journal, June 1979
Features: The First Men on the moon - the ultimate assignment, by John H. Faber; Caucasus Mountain Expedition - a naturlist returns to Central Asia; Sea Bears of the Pribilofs - will they survive human predation?; Saturation Diving - a new frontier of nautical archeology; Exploring Nepal's Rivers - the Talu Beri, Beri and the Karnali; Australia's Lake Eyre - when the rains came; East African Field Trips - students sample ethnic lifeways; Solar Energy - a return to basics; Sea Snakes of Gato Island - an exotic resource of the Philippines. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Garden Railways Magazine, September-October 1991
74 pages. Features: Kitbashing the Bachmann flatcar and gondola; Acoma Central No. 4; Eliminating rail snakes; Locomotive aging made easy; Installing sound systems; The Marietta & Cincinnati; Working M/U cables; The 7th Annual National Garden Railway Convention. Moderate wear. A sound copy.. Book
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National Lampoon Magazine, October 1990 - Special Underachiever Edition
98 pages. Features: Double Header; From the Producers of America's Funniest Home Videos; The Myth of the Eternal Beertini; A Folkloric Perspective on the Primal Beginnings of the "Idiot Teens" of Jerry's Corners, New York; Snakes in the Bathroom; Club Hed Ad; Politenessman's Manners of the World; The 1990 Boy Scout Handbook; The Emergency Accountants; The Lost Liebermans - White Headshrinkers of the Amazon!; The National Lampoon Classic Library; Mandela Watch; and more. Some moisture exposure to front cover. Above-average wear. A worthy working copy. Magazine
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Pathfinder Magazine - A Weekly Digest of World Affairs, September 3, 1933 - How Socialism Has Spread Over the Earth in One Century
24 pages. Contents: Venom of Snakes Lends Encouragement to Cure for Disease; How Socialism has Spread Over the Earth in One Century; Too Many Train Wrecks; Blight Hits Elms; Detroit Bank Probe; Admiral Byrd Going South again (with small photo); Split in the German Protestant Church; Lost Canadian Balloon crews found; Death of King Feisal el Husein of Iraq; Cuban Junta Quits with Grau San Martin Provisilnal President; Current Events - with photo of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; Marion Bergeron of West Haven, CT. crowned Miss America 1933; Photo of Norman Thomas, who has been Socialist candidate for President multiple times; Photo of Senator Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin; Capital Chat - with photo of Senators aboard capital monorail subway train; Photo of King Boris III of Bulgaria; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Scientific American Magazine, December 1988
Contents: Managing solid waste; the geometric phase - the behavior of particles in certain quantum-mechanical situation; Plasticity in brain development; Patterned ground; Fertilization in mammals; Soft X-ray lasers; Snakes, blood circulation and gravity; Canal builders of Pre-Inca Peru. Average wear. Book
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Scientific American, June 1970, Volume 222 Number 6 - Computer Displays
Features: 'Silent Majorities' and the Vietnam War; The Origin of Galaxies; Genetic Repressors; Computer Displays; How Snakes Move; Neoglaciation; An Archaic Indian Cemetery in Newfoundland; The Clock of the malaria parasite. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
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The Wide World Magazine - Volume 24: March and April 1904 Plus November 1909 Through February 1910
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, May 1957- Australian Edition
Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
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Time Magazine (Canadian Edition), August (Aug.) 3, 1981 - Chuck and Di Cover Illustration
56 pages. Features: Storyteller Michael Parents; G6 Leaders Meet at Montebello - article with color photos; Ronald Reagan - Commander from Culver City; Clinch River - a Breeder Reactor for Howard Baker; New US policies on immigration; Senators urge William Casey to quit CIA; Daniel Yankelovich predicts new "ethic of commitment"; Prince Charles Weds Lady Diana - feature article with color photos; Precarous Peace Between Israel and P.L.O.; Tough Challenges in Poland; U.S. Favouring China over Taiwan; Pope's Assailant Mehmet Ali Agca gets life; Attack from the right in El Salvador; Hunger strikers lose favour in Northern Ireland; Karl Barth's last letters mix vitriol and compassion; The merits oof multi-billion-dollar mergers; Chrysler turns up a winner under Lee Iococca; Cola wars in Thailand; Iceberg Cool - Theodore Taylor uses ice for air conditioning - on a large scale; Sailing article - "Happiness is a Hobie Cat"; Time Inc. shuts the Washington Star; MADD - growing protest against lenient punishment for drunk drivers; Passing of Carol Fox, Fernand Spaak, Gabriel Hauge and Abram Kardiner; Prehistoric zoo at Archer, Florida okra farm; Steps taken to save the whales; A vote for Egypt's Aswan Dam; Soprano Mirella Freni; Summer Computer Camps replace snakes and frogs; The Pessimistic Vision of the late artist Philip Guston; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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True West Magazine, December 1969 *SPECIAL TREASURE ISSUE*
Features: Christmas at the Rocky Point Crossing on the Missouri in Montana; Devil Sam's Gold; Russell Watercolors Found!; The Nightmare of Old Folsom Prison; Half-Million Dollar Stage Coach Robbery - Jacksonville, Oregon and stage driver Jack Montgomery who would only stop for a blown up road!; Perils of Desert Treasure Hunting... and how to survive them! - snakes, bugs, scorpions, Gila Monsters; Mystery of the Sansbois - a taste of the supernatural; Retribution at Fort McLane - the four versions of Mangus Colorado's death; The Aerial Liner for the Forty-niner! - this airline never got off the ground; Child Bride of a Buccaneer - Jean Lafitte's Captain; Lovely old postcards; Wild Old Days!; Missouri's Possible Fortune in Silver?; What Happened to Edna Wilson?. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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MUSSET Alfred de; BIRE Edmond (établ., notes):
Oeuvres complètes de Alfred de Musset. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et complétée de documents inédits, précédée d'une notice biographique sur l'auteur et suivie de notes [relié avec] Illustrations pour les Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset. Aquarelles par Eugène Lami, eaux-fortes par Adolphe Lalauze.
Sans lieu / Paris, sans nom / Damascène Morgand, sans date / 1883. Fort volume in-4 de [8]-950-[4] pages, demi-basane brune, dos lisse orné d'un décor et du titre dorés, tête dorée.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 15373
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Nicolai, K
Exlibris für Lore Mühlhäuser. Motiv: Kinder-Aktpaar gemeinsam einen Stab mit Schlange haltend
o.J.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 107634
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NOLHAC Pierre de:
Hubert Robert. 1733-1808.
Paris, Goupil & Cie, 1910. In-folio de [10]-165-[8] pages, belle reliure en plein maroquin bleu nuit orné de roulettes, décors et encadrements dorés, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons, roulettes, filet et titre dorés, tête dorée, roulette dorée aux contreplats, couvertures et dos conservés.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 7097
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