1973236 p. Profusely illustrated in color. Small 4to. Original faux leather binding embossed in the style of saddle leather. Front board decorated with a color oval portrait of The Trapper by Charles Deas. Hardbound. Near fine. W9
1953Features: The Tragedy of the "Ouida" - a pearling lugger disappears along with three members of her crew; That Night in Shanghai - Mr. and Mrs. Aitchison no longer sleep with a tree close to their window; African Nights - a young family is relocated to a home in the middle of the African wilds; A Fool Afoot in France - the amusing narrative of an economy traveller in France; Deadline Hitch-hike - the author, new to America, hitch-hiked from Arkansas to Colorado in 10 days; High Seas Murder - the new Malay fireman was a trouble-maker; Moroccan Location - a breezy account of the adventures of the people engaged in making the well-known "Black Rose" film among the Berber hillmen of Morocco - many photos; Frozen Terrow - Paddy Brennan was as tough as a youngster could be; The Rubber Hunters; Mediterranean Pirates - Recent happenings in Tangiers - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
1949Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
1950Features include: The Tropic Seas for Trochus - author's experience with the hunters of these sea-molluscs; The Cleaning-Up of Williamson County - Part I of the rise and fall of Charlie Birger in Southern Illinois; Born Lucky; South Sea Solomon - The disastrous tale of a man with big ideas in the South Seas; The Runaway Steamer - The illegal voyage of a New Zealand river-steamer, the Ruawai, from Helensville to Auckland; Amazon Wonderland - author's experiences with Amazonian wildlife; Corporal Garaba's Return - A remarkable story from West Africa; Bushed - Lost in the Australian outback; Magic or Moonshine - A veteran inspector's puzzling stories of 'black magic' in Africa; Giuliano - Bandit Extraordinary; Close-Up - Peacock's Feathers; The Beehive. Illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Unmarked. Binding sound. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1913100 Pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Features: The Crusader's Ghost a tale from Manorbier, a village in Pembrokeshire; The Ice-Harvest of Norway - *fascinating* article and many descriptive photos explain how large blocks of ice are produced and transported to London for sale; Twenty Dreadful Days - Captain W.H. Derard's vessel, the "Siddartha" was dismasted in the Atlantic; Through the Land of Witchcraft - Part 3 - "Ju-Ju" in remote bush districts of West Africa; How We Saved the Team - an Australian teamster saves his runaway bullocks as they hang over a precipice; Paid in Full - Captain G.D. Haigh was captured and mistreated by Boers but he escaped and brought justice to his former captors; Our Trip to the Cedars of Lebanon - *magnificently* photo-illustrated article; The Hunted Hunters - While chasing a French-Canadian lumberman/murderer the pursuers are hunted by wolves!; Stopping a Runaway Engine; Across the Congo - Part 4 - photo-illustrated article describing the 3,500 mile journey of Marguerite Roby from Boma to Elizabethville; The "Beast-Man" - John Tornow vowed a vendetta against the entire human race in the Chehalis County area of Washington state; A Wanderer in Sicily - wonderful travel article with many great photos; School-Teaching in the West - wild times at a mixed composition school at Beaver Creek near Fort Benton, USA. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1910Features: 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
1937Stories: Adventures in Bunk; The Daybreak Raid; Live Wires; A Man-Hunt in Jamaica; The Lizard-Master; The Last of the Seris; Prospecting in Peru; Down the Mine; A Call in the Night; A Grips with the Head Hunters; Death in the Air; That Christmas Dinner; Pay-Day at Anna Regina. Average wear. Covers present but separated from textblock. Book
191791 pages plus many pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: A detailed narrative of General Korniloff's 300 mile Escape from the Austrians back to the Russian lines; Some Exciting Experiences with Rhinos, by J.A. Jordan - with photos; Hindengerg's Death Trap - a terrible tragedy befalls the Russian armies amid the Masurian Lakes; The Pygmy People of Mount Marviveles in the Phillipines - the Negritos, or "little Negroes" - with photos; The Vengeance of Eugene Ristori - The Five-Year Story of a Corsican Murder Vendetta which ends in Panama; The House of the Chained Bear - a night of terror in the wilds of Transcaucasia; On the Borders of Tibit - Part 2, by Reginald Farrer, with nice photos; The Three Scarlet Feathers - the terrible experience of a white man who got into the black books of Voodoo people in Hayti (Haiti); A Flying Man in South Africa - Part 3 of John G. Barron's adventures - illustrated; My Experiences as a "Wild Girl" - Carl L. Thompson of Seattle and his strange job; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part 4 - E.W. Hawkes' adventures, with great Eskimo photos; The Snake-Charmer's Vengeance - Alexander Feely recounts a circus tale; Our Catch - an extract from the diary of a Lieutenant of Alpine Chasseurs which describes how six Alpine Chasseurs bluffed three hundred Huns, with eight officers, into surrendering without a fight. Photo of Shrovetide Football at Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Harris-Goar Jewelry ad on back cover. Nice ad for Baseball Magazine Co. Great full-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Bit of writing atop front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1942Stories: Buried Treasure in Britain; The Last Voyage; Truscott Investigates; The Pennsylvania Witch Murder; The Unmasking of Gola Sing!; California Here I Come; Black Devil; What Happened to Jim Wood?; Shaitan Shadd; The Mutton Bird; Mechanically-Minded; Lost in a Swamp; The Kangaroo Hunters. Above-average wear. Book
196055 pages. Features: Archbishop Howard H. Clark, Anglican Primate of All Canada; Miami - City of Intrigue in the Sun - plotters, counter-plotters, gun-runners and exiles from a half-dozen Latin-American lands keep U.S. lawmen busy; How to Improve Your Luck; Colour photos of sweater fashions; Under the Knife - comic; Dog with a Soft Spot for Orphans - a motherly French Bulldog; These Men Are Almost Dead of Thirst - French Hunters Die of Thirst in Sahara; Quebec Novelist Marie-Claire Blais Takes New York in her Stride; Stars on Ice - Stars turn out for the 25th anniversary of the Ice Follies in Hollywood; Patron Saint of the Hot-Rod Set - Gordon Taylor, Transportation Minister of Alberta; Dean Griffing and Frankie Filchock say it is time for Canadian football to go American; A boy's best friend is his duck; Nipper by Doug Wright. Colour ads for: Sun-Up; Crown Royal Syrup; Lady Galt Towels; Heinz Spaghetti; Robin Hood Cake Mix; Philishave Speed-Flex; Salada Tea; Five Roses Flour; Canadian General Electric Appliances; Lux Soaps; Coffee; Birds-Eye frozen dinners; Pepsi-Cola; Christie's Premium Crackers; Maple Leaf Sausages; Aylmer Soups; Cadbury's Choco; Betty Crocker; Simon's Cigars; Electrohome Stereos; SOS pads; Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1999Best.-Nr. mon00042408371/1/1999 12:00:00 AM. comic. Very Good. . MixxZine Issue 1-6. Cover shows light external wear. In otherwise fine condition showing crisp & clean interiors unmarked text and firm binding! A very good copy for collecting. unknown
Best.-Nr. 3052édition hachette collection Pratique. Grand In-8. 2010. broché. 503 pages. Atlas de la biodiversité de la faune sauvage les 90 espèces chassables. Répartition géographique populations et tendances d'évolution à long terme.trés Bon état.
Best.-Nr. 4416Cette plaquette a été éditée pour la SIDI-BRAHIM de Nancy à l'occasion du 11e Congrès National, broché, 15,5x23,5 cm, 28 pages , Dessins de Rob Cadoré (documentation du Passepoil).
1823Best.-Nr. 48883Orné de huit planches gravées (Traité de la Chasse) ; Orné de 12 planches gravées (Art de multiplier le Gibier), 1 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Audot, Paris, 1823, VI-521-VIII-254 pp.
Best.-Nr. 6188contenant les chasses à l’affût à tir et à courre.Augmenté de toutes les lois et ordonnances nouvelles y compris la loi du 24 janvier 1874.et d’un commentaire analytique pour chaque article.In 12 broché couverture illustrée avec titre plats et dos,faux-titre, titre avec vignette,248 pages, vignettes dans le texte,en tête et culs de lampe. Paris Théodore Lefèvre éditeur sans date (1878?)quelques petits raccommodages et quelques rousseurs éparse, sinon bon exemplaire.
2006Best.-Nr. 100126897Touring 2006 576 pages 11 8x3 2x16 4cm. 2006. Cartonné. 576 pages.
1971Best.-Nr. C62811Biggin Hill: Joan Allen Electronics 1971. Paperback . Very Good. 4to. pp 66 Original plain black paper covers with cutaway on on front. Lacking backstrip. Copiously illustrated in black & white throughout. Very good. Joan Allen Electronics, paperback
Best.-Nr. 21256Paris, Editions Crépin-Leblond et Cie, 1965. 14 x 18, 118 pp., 17 figures, broché, très bon état.
2009Best.-Nr. mon0004041142Tequila Cazadores 2009. hardcover. Very Good. . Exhibition catalogue from 2009. Book is in near pristine condition with minimal/no wear intact pages showing unmarked text and firm binding! Tequila Cazadores hardcover
196272 pages. Features: McNelly's Rangers; Three Years' Gamble; River of Gold in the Desert; Deep Ran the Blood in Buffalo; Last of the Invaders; America's Royal Palace; Montana Bill; The Campfire Massacre; Scout for the Apache Hunters; The Bannock and Paiute War of 1878; Story of the Marlow Boys; The Town that Committed Suicide; Death Wore Buckskin and Braids; Land of the Dakotas. Two inch opening at base of cover fold. Magazine
197072 pages. Features: The Indians are Coming!; Truly Western; Mercy Express to Dragoon Springs; The Claim Jumpers; I Danced with Belle Starr; Death Messenger of the Indians; Grass-Grown Streets in Sierra Nevada; Ghostly Happenings around Old Fort Washita; Barren Victory of the Stallion Hunters; 100 Hours of Terror; Trails Grow Dim; Where the Mills Turned; Peg Leg; Tumbleweeds. Magazine
Best.-Nr. 9105Sans lieu ni date (vers 1950). 15 clichés de 24 x 30 cm montés sur carton fort tous signés M. et J. Fievet.
Best.-Nr. 73042Grenoble, Paris, Arthaud, 1944, in 12 broché, XVI-313 pages ; 2 portraits hors-texte ; légèrement fanée.
Best.-Nr. 10874Préface de l'abbé Thellier de Poncheville. Grenoble. Arthaud, 1942. In-8 (20x13). XVI-302 (1)pages. Broché, couverture jaune imprimée.
1960160 pages. Features include: USS Perry; Communist China and the Arab-African area; The Naval Academy of Today and its Mission; Collective Security in the Pacific: 9 years of the ANZUS pact; The US Navy's Hurricane Hunters; The Development of Nuclear Propulsion of the Navy; Bellingshausen Sea Operation; and more. Above-average wear, particularly to spine. Unmarked. Worthy reference copy. Book