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BERTALL
La vigne voyage autour des vins,de France,étude psychologique,anecdotique,historique et même scientifique
in 4 demi chagrin rouge à nerfs,titre et caissons dorés, plats percaline rouge à quadruple filet à froid.Faux-titre, frontispice,titre avec vignette,659 pages,tranches dorées, 94 illustrations hors-texte et nombreuses illustrations dans le texte de BERTALL,Plon & Cie 1878,premier tirage (une petite décoloration sans gravité sur le premier plat) sinon très bon exemplaire pratiquement sans rousseurs Fervent disciple de Bacchus,Bertall passe en revue les divers crus du Bordelais,de Bourgogne,de Champagne, et relate avec verve de multiples anecdotes sur les vignerons, les dégustateurs,les aubergistes.Ouvrage délicieusement illustré.Oberlé,138,Vicaire,87(qui indique seulement 64 hors-texte),Bitting,38.
Bookseller reference : 3513
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ROZET Georges
La Bourgogne tastevin en main
in 4 broché,couverture rempliée,faux-titre,titre,212 pages, non coupé,1 feuillet de table illustré,illustrations hors-texte de Régis MANSET Bandeaux et lettrines de Jean REPESSE Horizons de France 1949,exemplaire sur alfa mousse non justifié
Bookseller reference : 3074
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MARRE E.
Le Roquefort
in 4 reliure amateur demi-toile verte muette à coins,pièce de titre imprimée sur le premier plat. Faux-titre,frontispice(cabanières de Roquefort)titre,200 pages,non rogné,151 illustrations dans le texte,pleine page et hors-texte.Carte dépliante des laiteries de Roquefort, nombreuses publicités illustrées en fin de volume.Avec 1 feuillet de liste alphabétique des annonceurs Rodez E . Carrère éditeur 1906. Belle édition sur papier Couché.Page de faux-titre poussiéreuse;le haut de la page de titre est resté collé au haut de la page suivante;sans gravité(ce qui est très fréquent avec le papier couché)sinon très bon état d’ensemble rare édition originale.
Bookseller reference : 2612
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POURRAT Henri/Yves BRAYER
L’aventure du Roquefort
in 8 carré broché couverture jaquette imprimée,faux-titre, frontispice en couleurs,titre avec vignette,236 pages, illustrations pleine page en couleurs de Yves BRAYE Société anonyme des caves des producteurs réunis de Roquefort. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin blanc filigrané.15 décembre 1955.Dos avec de très petits manques,habilement doublé . Epidermures sur les plats
Bookseller reference : 2616
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BALCH H.E.
Wookey Hole. Its Caves and Cave Dwellers.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with a frontispiece and 19 plates; original boards, cloth back, covers mildly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Nice copy of this caving classic
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THORNYCROFT L. B.
The Story of Cheddar. Its Gorge, Caves and Ancient History in Fact, Fiction and Photo. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text, and folding table and very large folding map (both on japon); original pictorial wrappers printed in green and brown, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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THORNYCROFT L. B.
The Story of Wookey Hole in Fact, Fiction and Photo. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text, and a very large folding map on japon; original pictorial wrappers printed in green and brown, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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COON Carleton S.
Seven Caves. Archaeological Explorations in the Middle East.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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Gatacre, E. V. & Diana Winsor
Wookey Hole
32 pages, illustrated, map, chronology. eng
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Middleton, John & Tony Waltham
The Underground Atlas : A Gazetteer of the World's Cave Regions
Reprint. 8vo, 239 pages, illustrated, glossary. Nr fine condition hardback in nr fine condition dust jacket. 40787. eng
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National Audubon Society
Cave life
1st edition. VG pbk. Stickers pasted down. (Nature Program). 15059. eng
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Innes-Smith, Robert
Castleton and Its Caves
8vo, 16 pages, illustrated throughout. eng
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Judson, David
Ghar Parau
216p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Waltham, A.C. (editor), 1974.:
The limestones and caves of Northwest England.
8vo. Pp. 477, 32 pls. of photos, 86 figs., 14 tabs., bibl., index. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. Small stain on top edges, very good otherwise.
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Stelcl, O. (editor).:
Problems of the speleological research. Proceedings of the International Speleological Conference held in Brno, June 29-July 4, 1964.
8vo. Pp. 220, several pls. and text illus. (some fold.), refs. Orig. cloth.
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Middleton, J., & Waltham, T.:
The underground atlas. A gazetteer of the world's cave regions.
8vo. Pp. 239, 24 pp. of photos, many maps and plans in text, append. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. Very good.
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Bini, A., & Prudenzano, D., 1971.:
Il fenomeno carsico profondo nella zona del M. Dossone (Tremezzo-Como).
pp. 441-474, 1 fold. pl. of plans, several plans and maps in 10 figs. in text, refs. Plain new wrs.
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Aellen, V., & Strinati, P., 1975.:
Guide des grottes d'Europe occidentale. Préface du Professeur A. Vandel. [Les Guides du Naturaliste.]
8vo, 19.4cm. Pp. 316,[4], many photos (partly col.) on 64 pls., 8 sketch maps, 7 figs., gloss., bibl., index. Orig. boards in pictorial dust-jacket.
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Karst- und Höhlenforschung in Ob- und Nidwalden [Switzerland]. [NAGON, Band 1.]
8vo, 21.8cm. Pp. 172, numerous photos and other illus. (partly in colour). Orig. stiff wrs.
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Murray, M. A. and J. C. Ellis
A STREET IN PETRA
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Bumping to top of spine. ; Contents: The North Cave and courtyard; South Cave complex; Description of Plates; Chronology of South Cave Complex; Nabataean Sculpture; Derivation of the Rock-Cutting at Petra; Appendix I. Games; Appendix 2. List of Plants. 41 Plates; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch
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Herber, Elmer C.
A NEW NATURAL AREA, THE CAVE HILL NATURE CENTER WITH A LIST OF THE SPERMATOPHYTA.
pp. 31-35. Double column. Small 4to. Original green printed wraps. PA PAMPH 20_10 BX1 = 3c.
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Housman, John (1764-1802).
A DESCRIPTIVE TOUR, AND GUIDE TO THE LAKES, CAVES, MOUNTAINS, AND OTHER NATURAL CURIOSITIES, IN CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, LANCASHIRE, AND A PART OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. The Second Edition, Embellished with Several Additional Plates.
pp. v, (4), 226, (2) + Plus engraved Frontis, Plates of scenes and large folding maps and charts. One map includes the sketch of soils, canals, etc of Lancashire. LACKS full page plate of Furness Abbey. View of Keswick Lake repeated on page 107 and 125. View of Bassenthwaite omitted. Two pages have old tape repairs with no loss. Map of the districts has small tape repair on one fold. Offsetting from Frontis on title page. Age stained and foxed. Engraved amoral bookplate of William Scott Elliot of Arkleton. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather binding. Boards detached. Small loss on spine. Binding worn. Hardbound. A rather poor copy of a great book. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/7
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Steel, W. G.
THE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
112 p. + Portrait Frontis of the Alpine Club, one gentleman with a crutch, and full page plates with original tissue guards. Front inner hinge cracked. Paper fault on margin of page 15. Old newspaper stain on pages 12 and 13. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Tall 8vo. 230 mm. Original full gray cloth binding, soiled. Beveled edges. Front board in silver and black with designs of mountain and falls. Embossed lettering in gilt gold. Extremities bumped and worn. Presented by the author to Capt. O.C. Applegate, May 28, 1899. First edition. Steel's aim in writing this work was to provide descriptions of Mount Hood and Crater Lake. He calls the latter 'one of the grandest points of interest on earth. Here all the ingenuity of nature seems to have been exerted to the fullest capacity, to build one grand, awe-inspiring temple'. Also contains details of the formation and constitution of the Oregon Alpine Club, predecessor of the Mazamas, together with short biographies of its first three presidents. At the end is an Oregon bibliography. ACLC p. 298; NLS M500; Neate S160; Perret 4141. Scarce original edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W10
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Pemberton, Clive
Kent's Cavern : Its Origin and Story
Light foxing to a few pages. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers. A clean tight copy with slightly marked covers and no bumping to corners. 28pp. Front pull-out map of the Cavern taken from the 1934 survey. Rear pull-out logarithmic chart of world evolution showing events through time. Both pull-outs in excellent condition.
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Davis, R. V.
Geology of Cumbria : Lakeland's Rocks and Minerals Explained
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 80pp. Designed for the interested non-geologist who wishes to know a little more about the processes affecting the Lakeland scenery, and the usefulness of the local rocks and minerals to man.
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Bauer, Ernst W.
The mysterious world of caves
Small quarto in color-illus boards; 129 p. illus. in b/w and color; maps; 26 cm; Bibliography: p. 128. A very well illustrated introduction to caves. Uncommon.
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Baures, Jacques
Merveilles souterraines Ouvrage ornÈ de quatre-vingts photos de l'auteur.
Small quarto in full color DJ; unpaged. (mainly photos) ; illus. 25 cm. In French. Date to last page (in both places) is 1961. High quality gravure b/w photos and some color plates. || Speleology. Caves -- France -- Ariege. Caving.
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Judson, David M.
Ghar Parau
Medium octavo in photo illus DJ; 216 p. illus. 25 cm ; bibliographical references. Parau Cave (Iran) ; Caves
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Acevedo Gonz·lez, Manuel
La expediciÛn espeleolÛgica polaco-cubana
Octavo in color illus stapled wraps; 64 p., illus., 23 cm. Documents the Polish-Cuban Speleology Expedition of 1961. Rare. Only one copy listed in WorldCat. In Spanish. || Geology -- Cuba. Caves -- Cuba. Subterraneana
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No author
Exploring the endless caverns of New Market, Virginia; On U. S. 1 ; : in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.
Octavo in stapled white illus wraps; 47 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Uncommon. Numerous worthwhile b/w photos. Covers the first and second expeditions. || Caves -- Virginia. Speleology -- Virginia. Endless Caverns (Va.); Subterraneana
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Petrocheilou, Anna
Spelaion Peramatos Ioanninon [IN GREEK]
Small guide book ro the Perama Caves near to Ioannina , Epirus. 23p. text +32p illus (b & w /col] map [Only 2 copies in WorldCat for the USA] Book
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National Tourist Organization of Greece (NTOG / EOT)
Greece 1971
The 1971 edition of the annual publication of NOTG. Each issue contains beautiful illustrations of the country and it's rreasures.This issue has feature articles on"The Caves of Greece"[pages 131-135] and "Greek Popular Art" [pages 135-143] Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, August 1947
Stories: El Dorado of the Fogs; Forbidden Territory; The Man Who Didn't Understand Pictures; The Haunted Woman; The Great Idea; The Old Gent Gets Tough; The People of the Caves; The Wooden Horsemen; When the Rain Came; Hunting the Giant Octopus; Dennis; Delayed Action; Fourteen Days. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, November 1932
Stories: Canada's Radium Rush; Del Fut Bol; Floating to Freedom; Loosewallah; Into the Unknown Triangle - Part 2 of 2 - Captain F. Kingdon-Ward and Lord Cranbrook travel to Burma to explore the Upper Irrawaddy and collect rare botanical speciments - article with eight photos; Dangling in Space; Lions with a Vengeance; The Tiger that Forgot Itself; The Dingo-Trap; Cycling to Eldorado; My Tragic Honeymoon; The Keeper of the Crocodiles; What Happened in the Bat Caves; The Mountain of Gold. Average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: May, 1969
72 pages. Features: Benjamin Franklin Daniels - Fighting Man!; Big Bend Treasure Hunt - Indian Caves; Grey Robe - Mysterious Benefactor of the Navajo; Radersburg, Montana - a town that split the difference; Seige of the McSween House in Lincoln; Jesse Knight - The Mormon Wizard; An early California tale of adventure; A Choctaw's Revenge - Alfred Victor hunts down the killers of his son; The 1913 Dump of Snow on Denver - Thirteen Million Tons!; Good men and bad in a famous saloon on the Santa Fe Trail, the Don Diego Hotel; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: March/April 1988
Features: Montreal's theatrical Cirque du Soleil is taking the world by storm; The Lessons of Monteverde - Canadian funds, and grass roots initiative, provide a blueprint for the preservation of the world's rain forests; Caves of Mystery - A team of Canadians seeks adventure in - and beneath - one of China's most celebrated landscapes; A Matter of Taste - Niagara vintners confront an unsavoury past; The Illustrated Bird - A land of winged resources, Canada has attracted and produced some of the world's best avifaunal artists; Boneyard Enigma - Archaeologists in Alberta ponder the riddles of North America's oldest and largest buffalo jump. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine - Volume 23: May Through October 1909
Features: The People of the Caves; My Journey in Bhutan - I; An Arctic Man-Hunt; The Sydney "Flying-Machine"; An Odd Voyage; The Rescue Dogs of St. Bernard; How we Bluffed the Bushrangers; Life in a Japanese Prison; Short Stories - An Adventure in the "Towers of Silence", Hassan's Bride, Prospecting for Yaqui Gold; The Sportsmen of the Near East; Ning Wo the Wonderful; The Golden Beetle; The Riddle of the Zambesi; A Hero's Life Story; "The Hermit of Rotheneuf"; Marooned on a Sandbank; The "Tank Scrap"; Short Stories - A Luncheon Party in Rhodesia, The Ordeal of Mrs. Benns; The Deputation That Failed; An Island of Mystery; The Ghost of No. 1 Jetty; My Journey in Bhutan - II; The One-Eyed Parrot; The "Pearl of the Mediterranean"; A North Atlantic Tragedy; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; A Lost Hamlet; How I Climbed Mount Popocatepetl; The Masked Bandit of Tucson; Under the Star and the Crescent - I; Pegging out the Empire; Short Stories - The Jail-break at Kungyangon, The Missing Bracelet, The Story of a Glass Eye; Earnst's Luck;; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - I; The Gipsy Polka; Abalone-Fishing; The Old Mexican Mine; A Mystery of the Bush; An Artist's Adventure; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - I; The Rival Rain-Makers; Pegging Out the Empire - II; The Clue of the Marked Bamboo; Earthquakes from a Japanese Point of View; The Robbery at Goldsmiths; The Experiences of a Deputy-Postmaster; Some Adventures with Sea-Lions; Under the Star and Crescent - II; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - II; Lost in an Underground Maze; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - II; On the Hill Crest Patrol; Stories of "Stripes" - the Tiger and the Tow-Boat, The Phantom Tiger; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - II; The Dynamite Smuggler; A House Built in a Day; Bulstrode and the Bear; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - I; The Castaways of Guadalupe Island; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - III; Sport in India; Phaulkon's Treasure; The Balinese and Their Ways; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - I; My Most Exciting Ballooning Experiences; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - III; The Gum-Hunter; A Himalayan Arcadia; The Jealously of Pepe; A Texan "Snake-Farm"; One New Year's Day; Twelve Hundred Miles in a Paper Boat; Fishing on the Molopo; Locating a Leak; Two Men in a Cave; A Wanderer in Asia Minor - I; Wilson's "Scoop"; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - II; A Race for a Gold-Mine; In the Far North-West - I; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - II; How I Lassoed a Moose. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Moses, George H.; Knox, Frank; Musgrove, Frank; Richardson, A.W.; Manson, Grant Carpenter; Potter, G.F.; Bridges, H. Styles
The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine - July, 1923:
Pages 301-346. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; As the road unrolls - some impressions of an early summer motor trip - feature article with great photos; Future policies of the Republican Party - Three New Hampshire leaders analyze the situation - a revival of party loyalty wanted, A party program, a forward-looking party; Polar caves - short article with photos; The day old chick industry in New Hampshire; The Road to Lariat; Three women who lead New Hampshire club work - Mrs. Clara Fellows, Mrs. G.E. Speare and Mrs. George H. Morris; An anthology of one poem poets; Gould Hill Farm - How a fine apple orchard grew from small beginnings - article with great photos; A gold mine in Jerseys - George M. Putnam's Herd of Champions - great article with photos; New Hampshire Necrology; Great full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. showing their No. 11 mill - the largest textile manufacturing plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; and more. Average wear. External soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Lyford, James O.; Potter, G.F.; Stevens, Henry Bailey; Keene, Erwin
The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine, August 1923
Pages 353-402. Black and white photos. Features: Full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.'s No. 11 mill - the largest textile plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; Full-page photo of the observatory on Garrison Hill; The Month in New Hampshire; What shall we do with our railroads - consolidate or sell out - with map of New England railroads and connections?; How Dover Grew - the development of her factories; The Savings Bank Centennial - the one hundredth birthday of New Hampshire savings banks; An anthology of one poem poets; An orchard and a college education - apples from the French farm were sold to pay for education; Where the past lives still - Portsmouth - article with photos; Farmers' and Home-makers' week; A New Hampshire crusader; The high school essay contest; A kitchen of 1825 in a thriving New England town - the heart of our ancestors' house; What qualities make for success?; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Blanchard, Grace; Stevens, Raymond B.; Sargent, Eaton D.; Farrand, George E.; Winant, John G.; Goodwin, H. Reynolds; Woodbury, E.E.; Nabstedt, H.M.; Worthen, Samuel Copp; Potter, G.F.; Woodsworth, Harry C.
The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine, September 1923
Pages 405-455. Black and white photos. Features: Future policies of the Democratic Party - i. forty-eight hours, taxation, and water power ii. the Democratic Party of the future iii. for the rights of the average man; "Three sentinels of the north" and the Durham meeting; New Hampshire looks back over her splendid past - photos of scenes from this month's celebrations; "Are you a hiker?" - some suggestions for campers; A forest fire - article with sad photos of the aftermath; The Bristol Dam - an important water power development - article with four excellent photos; The story of a Kensington warrior - Major Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington; An anthology of one poem poets; New Hampshire apples at their best - the story of Hardy and Son - article with great photos; The New Hampshire League of Woman Voters; Marsh King and the King Farm - a two-man farm with a wonderful record - article with nice photos; Prohibition; Nice full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.'s largest textile plant in the world; Full-page ad for the Polar Caves; Full page photo of President Calvin Coolidge - First New England President since Franklin Pierce; The Legion at the Weirs, Aug. 13-16 - great photos; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Newsweek Magazine, November 13, 1944 *SOLDIER VOTE, 1944*
Contents: Ford ad (color) inside front cover; Boeing B-29 ad; Plymouth car ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and family; International Trucks ad; War election proves to world America's faith in democracy - campaign hottest in years but politics stop at the borders of nation united in arms; Wehrmacht wages bitter fight to prolong war through winter - but British storm Walcheren, opening way to use of Antwerp as supply base for Allies; Photo of Red Army soldiers parading through Belgrade; One man's fight against corruption - the story behind the Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Incident; Risque ad for Samson card tables features stripper (?) standing on table while soldiers look on with pleasure!; Heavy Going - Japs fight hard in Leyte Caves but defense lacks organization; De Gaulle's sway over France challenged by turbulent reds; Lucky Strike - nice color ad; Goodyear color centerfold ad shows the 'Rubber Railroad'; photo of soldiers outside an Italian showing of Charlie Chaplain's "The Dictator"; Photo of Greek money changer - inflation forces him to carry a literal armload of paper drachmae - with text; Mackenzie King names McNaughton to Cabinet - may avert showdown over Zombies; Jack Miner passes away - Canadian Goose man; Britain asks a helping hand to regain vital export trade - wants modified lend-lease and joint reconversion timing after victory in Europe; Kuppenheimer clothing ad - in color; Horse racing and betting popular; Homer P. Rainey booted out of the University of Texas; Brooks Atkinson's Chinese Drama; A.J. Cronin - doctor and craftsman; Great Northern Railway ad shows refrigerator cars for apples being pre-cooled with large blocks of ice; embarassing ad for Kreml Hair Tonic; Chesterfield cigarette color ad (nice) on back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. 2" X 1" chip from lower corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Happy Motoring - Imperial Oil/Esso Periodical Volume 21, Number 4: Special "Odd" Items About Canada Issue
Features: the Garden of Wonders at Montreal's LaFontaine Park; Tiny Chapel in the badlands near Drumheller; Saint John County Court House remarkable stairway - no posts; Stalactites in Ontario - the Bonnechere Caves; The West's First Post Office - on Winnipeg's Higgins Ave; Little Lake Manitou, Saskatchewan; Acadian heritage; Buddies on the Border - the New Brunswick/Maine border; Land of Monsters -Okanagan's Ogopogo; Little Britches Dude Ranch at Patricia, Alberta; Car Maintenance points to check. Small piece missing from lower corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Nature Magazine, June 1935
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Hiking and Camping Forum; Canada's Quetico Park; San Nicolas - The Passing Island; The Golden Bird - the Yellow Warbler; Ice Caves amid Lava Beds - near Winona, Arizona; The Truth about Cloudbursts; Celia Thaxter - Poet of Nature; Birds lead Hazardous lives; Grass Bouquets; A Valiant Lance Bearer; Tracking Microcosmic Giants; Conservation - tests for hunting licenses; The Truth about the Black Bear; Duck 'Abundance'; Save Yosemite Sugar Pines; Vermin Hunts; Leopold on Waterfowl; Hercules - the Giant Sky-Figure. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Carroll, Walter
Water Sprites: Twelve Short Pieces for Pianoforte
14 pages. Includes: The Coral Tree; Freom Sea-Green Caves; The Noon Sirens; The Echo Nymph; A Seaborn Knight; Mermaid's Lullaby; Sea Hunting; Naids' Rest Call; Halls of Delight; The Passing of Una; A Starlight Frolic; The Sweet Hush of Dawn. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril
The Illustrated London News, May 17, 1941 *Cover Photo of Westminster Abby Bomb Damage / The Sensational Flight By Rudolph Hess from Germany to Glasgow
Features: Portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Robert Haining; Photos of Chinese people in bomb protection caves - Chunking air defence HQ photo; Photos of Chunking, China's devastated capital; Four illustrations of a mock panzer attack thrusting toward London; Review of book on F.W. Woolworth, with photos of his earliest stores; The Battle of Keren - two photos; The Army in Training - article by Cyril Falls with five photos; Augsburg to Glasgow - Rudolph Hess's Sensational Flight from Germany - with eight photos - "Hitler's Deputy and "Dearest Friend" escapes to Britain; The first tank battle in history - a graphic description by a German Tank Officer who took part in the fight between France and Germany; Centerfold illustration of tank battle exercises in East Anglia; Before and after photos of the devastation of England's House of Commons; Photo of damaged Big Ben; Full-page photo of Churchill amongst the ruins of the House of Commons; Photos of destruction to Westminster Abbey, Hall and School; 10 photos of war events and personalities of the week; Great photo of the forward guns of the battleship "Gneisenau"; The War at Sea - photos of the recapture of Berbera and R.A.F. pigeons, plus the first corvette built in Canada for the Royal Navy and manned by Canadians; Wonderful photo of the H.M.S. "Cornwall"; Great photo ad for The British Power Boat Company; Similar photo ad for Thornycroft patrol vessels. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril
The Illustrated London News (ILN) Magazine, 14 March 1953 - Death of Stalin
Pages 381-420. Features: Cover photo of Joseph Stalin; Nice color ad for Sanderson fabrics and wallpapers inside front cover; Two pages of photos and information on Mr. Stalin; Photos of the Coronation Maids of Honour; Photos of Stalin mourners; Article on Russian Succession; Photos of new members of the Russian government, led by G.M. Malenkov; Two-pages of interesting illustrations explain the young science of oceanography which may one day avert disasters such as the North Sea floods; Photos of flood of refugees from East Germany; Cross country championship won by D.A.G. Pirie of South London Harriers; Photo of the first intact MIG 15 to fall into western hands, courtesy of a Polish pilot requesting political asylum at Roenne Airport, Bornholm Island; Bodies of French aviators of the "Normandie-Niemen' squadron returned to France from the Russians; Photo of signing of the Tripartite Balkan Pact at Ankara on February 28th by the foregin ministers of Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia; Photo of U.S. embassy in Moscow which is nearing completion; Mr. Colin Fox completes 87 day solo sailing across the Atlantic; Photos of personalities of the week, including chess player Dr. Tartakower, Marshal Tito, Malayan communist Lee Meng, convicted British spy Edgar Sanders, Kenyan Chief Simeon Kioko, Sergei Prokofiev, Sir Robert Gower, Clare Boothe Luce, and Mr. C.G.M. Des Graz, the former Chairman of Sotheby's; Article and photos regarding a Troglodyte city of 20,000 years ago - new discoveries in Spanish caves; Life and death of the cave bear; Swiss Watchmaker's ad inside back cover features lovely woodcut of man peering through microscope; Reed Paper colour illustrated ad by Roy Carnon on back cover features girl in red coat in shop; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Amoury, G.; Klingsberg, H.; Harvey, F.; Bankier, W.; Baldwin, H.; Howard, T.; Crosetti, F.; Wyden, P.; Martin, J.; Hill, E.; Stern, R.; Kelland, C.
The Saturday Evening Post, August (Aug.) 8, 1959 - The Struggle to Get (Jimmy) Hoffa
88 pages. Short Stories: New Girl; Dangerous Gift; The Death Dust; The Wrong Impression. Articles: Our Fighting Men Have Gone Soft - photo-illustrated article, including Korean War POWs and turncoats; So You Want to Live in Paris - photo-illustrated guide to apartment hunting; I Coach the Hot Corner - Frank Crosetti of the New York Yankees; Danger - Boss Lady at Work - Olive Ann Beech runs Beechcraft (Travel Air Company) and is the only woman CEO in the aircraft industry; The Struggle to get Hoffa - Conclusion - How Long Will He Last? - with photo of Kennedy and Hoffa; The North Salem Mystery - unexplained caves and carved stones of Mystery Hill, HH. Serials: Set Up for Murder (part 1 of 2); Mark of Treachery (part 5 of 8). Ads: GE Fridges (in color); Bufferin; Colgate Dental Cream - with Gardol; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti; Hotpoint Fridges; Caterpillar - oil drilling scene; United States Steel (centerfold); Owens-Illinois cardboard boxes; Dial Soap; Anacin; Chevrolet nine-passenger Kingswood Station Wagon; Foremost Sherbets; Northern Tissue; Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic; Royal Crown Cola; Employers Mutuals of Wausau - with photos of Louis W. Prentiss, Jim Miller and Fred Weber; Pan American's new Pacific Jet Clippers; Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. ad features red-headed boy getting hair cut; Betty Crocker cake mixes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Evans, E.A.; McMillan, R.D.S.; Walmsley, L.; Carleton, W.F.; Smith, C.P.; Hunter, R.P.; Bevan, J.M.; Pound, R.; Cobb, E.; Mitchell-Hedges, F.A.; Denys, C.; Bailey, E.; Truscott, C.; Casserly, G.
The Wide World Magazine, July 1924, Vol. LIII No. 315 - The Road to Timbuctoo
Pages 177- 264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Prime Minister's Story - a tiger adventure from India; Filming in a Land of Mystery - amazingly photo-illustrated article on a visit to Lhasa, Tibet; The Road to Timbuctoo - part 2 - funny adventures; Photo of pathetic beggars in India; My First Man-Hunt; The Missing Money Bag a story from Rajputana; Hate - an exciting tale from Malaya; Unknown Peru - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article about investigations in prehistoric Inca towns and treasure caves; Hunting Big Game in India - the Vernay-Faunthorpe expedition - article with great photos; Rescuing the Doctor - a doctor and his wife are surrounded in the Peruvian jungle by cannibal Indians; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 4 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' world travels to catch the largest fish in the world - with great photos; The Gandipur Man-Killer - putting down a brute tiger; The Mysterious Mine - owned by Sir George Cooklin; Revenge! - a young Pole named Leo Leopold (Leo Rogers) vows to get the policeman, Fred Lefbyre, responsible for his incarceration in a Kingston, Ontario penitentiary; Nightmare - terrible experience of an Indian Army officer; photo of wonderfully decorated stern of a Chinese junk (boat); Nice back cover ad for the Security Pen Co. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John; Pycraft, W.P.
The Illustrated London News (ILN), Saturday, August (Aug.) 9, 1941 - End of the Syrian Campaign
Pages 161-192. Features: Cover photo of German aircraft downed at Palmyra with Vichy markings painted over swastika - absolute proof of collaboration between Vichy and the Axis powers; Photos of personalities of the week include Wing Commander Whitney Straight, Sir Emsley Carr, Sgt. Pilot James Allen Ward, V.C. (the first New Zealand V.C. in the present war), British POWs from Syria detraining at Baalbek; New British 18-ton "Crusader" tank; Photos of the "Beaufighter"; R.A.F. Channel rescue craft; Six photos of fighting at see in the Mediterranean and in Heligoland Bight; Air-photo of submarine building yards at Le Trait bombed by "Blenheims" in daylight; Two-pages of illustrations demonstrating that tanks are not invincible; Fishermen at War (article); Photos of British units ousting snipers from the ruins of Zenobia's Palmyra; Seven great sepia-tone photos illustrate the end of the Syrian campaign as Beirut fetes the entry of Allied troops under Generals Wilson and Catroux; Two pages with ten fascinating photos from the Russian Front, showing U.S.S.R. army units fighting with magnificent elan against the common enemy; Soviet Russia At War (article); Photo of signing of Poland's Pact of Friendship with Russia - Prime Minister Sikorski and M. Maisky, with Eden and Churchill at head of table; Centerfold illustrations demonstrate the value of pigeon-post as an accessory to wireless in war; Four excellent photos of the "Fortress I" bomber as it arrives in England - on its way to Germany; Two pages of photos of night and day scenes at a Fleet Air Arm training station; Two pages of photos of construction of the "Trans-Saharan" rail line to Dakar - with map and two artist's renderings of the diesel electric locomotives planned to service the line; Romantic discovery of a vast and unknown cavern on Mendip - article with three photos and map; Three pages of photos inside the newly-discovered Stalactite Caves at Mendip; Half-page photo-illustrated ad for the British Power Boat Company; Nice half-page Burberry services equipment ad; more vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
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Williams, R.M.; Chestnutt, Jack; Hronek, Clarence L.; Et al
B.C. (British Columbia) Motorist (Magazine), November (Nov.) - December (Dec.), 1964, Vol. 3, No. 6 - B.C. Indian Art / Horne Lake Caves
24 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: Vintage ad for B.C. Tel's mobile radiotelephone service inside front cover; Kwakiutl Art - B.C.'s Unique Heritage; Emergency Road Service; Small ad for Canadian Pacific's ferry service from Vancouver to Nanaimo on the 'Princess of Vancouver'; Nice one-page photo-illustrated ad for 1965 Chrysler cars including the Signet (convertible), Barracuda, Custom 200, and Custom 100; Fifty Years Ago; Horne Lake's Wonder Caves; Small ad for the Empress Hotel; Photo of the B.C.A.A. office in New Westminster; Travel Tips; Nice colour-photo back cover ad for the 1964 Datsum 'Cedric'; Bonus B.C. native art articles from other publications laid-in. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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