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1913Best.-Nr. 62084London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1913. Thick 8vo. xvi 2 216 1 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 23 photo plates. Pictorial green linen publisher’s cloth gilt illustration front cover of tiger attacking elephant and hunter gilt lettering front cover & spine very slight bumping to couple corners minor shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. dark gray-green paper illust. repeated on front cover in blue blue lettering VG/NF copy w/ “Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge” prize bookplate on front pastedown to F.H. Giltrap of Mountjoy School in 1914. Second edition of this informative memoir drawn from personal interviews experiences and notebooks of big game hunter and late Inspector General of Police Bombay Digby Davies as well as the author’s own sporting experiences. At the time he had been specifically requested to eliminate all personal names and references in the incidents with Davies whom Gouldsbury would specifically mention in the follow-up “Tiger Slayer by Order” 1915. Gouldsbury writes of numerous encounters with tigers in his own adventures hunting from elephant back and machans as well as leopards and maruading elephants with additional references to bison ibex and others. Davies relates his time serving during the Sepoy Mutiny work as a sporting inspector and specifically hunting down tigers elephants and others endangering villagers and livestock. One chapter specifically mentions hunting a 419 lb. tiger stretching over 10 feet 7 inches from nose to end of tail and standing 3 1/2 feet which had terrorized villagers killing cattle across Bengal. Very rare in original dustjacket. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. 98475France. July 20 1918. 1918. Very good. - Octavo 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide. Approximately 173 words penned on three of the four sides of a folded sheet of personalized letterhead. The letterhead from his family home of Brockhurst Grange Road Guernsey was used elsewhere as is indicated by the identification having a line crossed through it. Dugmore is most probably writing from France. He writes to the American lecture manager James B. Pond that "I am to return under the instructions of the comparatively new Ministry of Information as soon as I have gathered the material I want. This will include the results of a visit to the front both with the British & American forces in France a probable visit to the Grand Fleet visits to the largest munitions works & ship yards. So I hope to be ready to return in September. That is to say leaving here about the middle of that month. The plan to go to the west coast California etc. will be first rate.By the way I have been a Major since Feb 10th & never knew it till the other day." He signs in full "Very truly yrs A Radclyffe Dugmore". In a postscript he writes: "Are you mentioning the African lecture for the west". Pond has stamped the note:"ANS'D AUG 29 1918". A few words are slightly smudged and the letter is folded twice for mailing. Very good. The big game photographer and author Major Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore 1870-1952 was also an artist illustrating some of his books and producing a series of prints of wildlife. He traveled extensively photographing and filming animals throughout the world and particularly in Africa. The author of "The Wonderland of Big Game" "The Romance of the Beaver" "Camera Adventures in the African Wilds" and "The Romance of the Newfoundland Caribou" among others his films include "The Wonderland of Big Game". He was the subject of a 1931 Lowell Thomas biography "Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore". At the beginning of World War 1 Dugmore went to the battle front and recorded his experiences. He wrote of them in his book "When the Somme Ran Red". Quoting from the dust jacket of the book: "This book was written during wartime by a gassed British infantry officer incapacitated and no longer fit for service in the trenches. Dugmore was an unusual soldier who would normally have been considered too old for front line duties from the outset. He was already well into middle age at the outbreak of hostilities having spent a career as a naturalist and sportsman and it was only due to influential friends that he managed to obtain a commission in an infantry regiment - the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Yet this was not his first experience of the Western Front. As the German Army swept into Belgium the civilian Dugmore-armed only with a cine camera-travelled to the front as the small Belgian Army vainly attempted to stem the advance to experience the war at first hand. His account of this early stage of the war makes unusual and fascinating reading. After joining the army the author joined his regiment serving in the trenches during the period leading towards the First Battle of the Somme in 1916 and it is this and his time during the battle itself that are the principal subjects in this account." [France?]. July 20, 1918. unknown
2021Best.-Nr. BN498079Spink & Son London 2021. 2021. A Handbook of Late Roman Bronze Coin Types 324 - 395 A Handbook of Late Roman Bronze Coin Types 324 - 395 Caza Shawn M. Spink & Son, London unknown
Best.-Nr. 201393Emile Nourry, Librairie Cynégétique Paris 1930 Grand in-8 ( 290 X 200 mm ) de 186 pages, broché sous couverture illustrée imprimée comme la page de titre en rouge et noir. Bel ouvrage illustré de quelques illustrations in-texte. Edition originale. Thiebaud col. 369. «Lintroduction est suivie dune bibliographie très détaillée des recueils de fanfares.» ( Thiebaud ). Un des 1000 exemplaires numérotés à la presse sur Alfa Satiné. Quelques rousseurs, bel exemplaire.
1931Best.-Nr. WOC-169Illustrations hors-texte et dans le texte du Comte Xavier de Poret.Paris«Le Document»,Édition D'Art,1931.Petit in-4(22,3x17cm)broché,couverture rempliée imprimée en rouge, noire et ornée d'un dessin de Poret.129pp.+table.Tirage à 771exemplaires,celui-ci n°574/750 sur Vélin de Navarre. Rare.
Madrid, Miguel Guijarro, 1876, 18 x 12 cm., tela de época, 329 págs. + 1 hoja.
Best.-Nr. 214048Early 20th Century. Colour folding game sheet some light browning and a few small holes at folds but overall a good and attractive game. 54 x 80cm. The title of this board game sheet indicates that the game is designed for two opposing sides with one side acting as the attackers and the other as the defenders. The defending side possesses more naval power compared to the attacking side. Although specific playing instructions are not provided information on the right-hand side suggests that offensive tactics should involve either seizing or charging. At the top and bottom there are lists of rear force units for both sides including docks for housing captured enemy boats and sunken boats Red Cross field hospitals and facilities for casualties. Additionally in the corners two small illustrations of warships are printed in blue ink. . unknown
Best.-Nr. 42614270like new. unknown
Best.-Nr. 42614270-nnew. unknown
18898vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 464, 24 [publisher's catalogue] pp, fine color lithographed (chromolithograph) frontis, tissue guard, 8 plates from drwgs and photo with tissue guards (one with letterpress key), other engraved illus, complete. original brown pictorial cloth with gilt mountain sheep in decorative border, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped & worn, corner wear, internal hinges repaired, faint blindstamp on title margin & cancelled libr bookplate on verso, good, copy. A Yakushi, M23: 'The author traveled from Srina -gar to Leh, and then to Chang Chenmo, Lingzi-tang in 1871'. Interesting descriptions of the peoples, their customs, cities, religion, and of nature including tiger, bear, mahseer, pheasant, partridge, jurrow, leopard, hog, musk-deer, ibex, swamp-deer, elephant, surrow, stag, yak, ovis ammon, goa, burrell, hunting and fishing, Goorkas, etc. Extensive travels including Cashmere (Kashmir), Sind, Ladak, Tibet, parts of China, India, Himalaya foothills, etc, over a 30 year period beginning in 1853. The author was an officer with the Gurkhas and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Later printings did not have the frontis in color.
Best.-Nr. 11282Date of publication and name of printer not stated 1840s Paris. 2 pp 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium of wove paper. Fair on lightly-aged paper. Signed 'L. N.' in type at end. A 114-line poem in rhyming alexandrine couplets beginning 'Messieurs au jeu du whist adoptez constamment L'air grave britannique et le flegme allemand. Au-delà du détroit le whist a pris naissance; Depuis un siècle à peine on le connait en France; Et tous ces mots anglais: robres chelem et tricks Avec le singleton sont rentrés dans Paris.' A brief and spirited discussion of the various aspects of the game including the somewhat doubtful claim that 'Vingt mille Anglais se sont jetés dans la Tamise Eperdus décavés désespérés et fous De 'n'avoir pas su faire une attaque en atouts: Il faut jouer atout alors surtout qu'on doubte Car c'est un éclaireur qu'on jette sur la route.' The author sums up in the final two lines: 'En d'autres mots enfin retiens que la victoire Est le prix du calcul et le prix de mémoire.' Scarce: no copy on COPAC or in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. See Image. Date of publication and name of printer not stated [1840s Paris?]. unknown
20222 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, text in gold and black, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, illustrations in the text and printed endpapers; pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and colours, gilt backs, black tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration. Fifth instalment of the splendid FS edition of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. The set comprises Vol. I: Dreams and Dust; Vol. II: After the Feast.
1994Best.-Nr. 52970Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1994. 8vo. xiii 1 238 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illustrations plates maps. Blue simulated leather boards gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. NF/NF copy signed on limitation page by Woods and again on ffep. to John P. Archer Jr. 1924-2016 noted Maryland farmer big game hunter and a member of the Safari Club International. First edition signed & numbered 76 of 1000 copies presented to John P. Archer. This work offers excellent details on tracking and hunting the African leopard as well as shooting advice skinning details and more. Trophy Room Books, hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 22166Paris 1920. Good overall. Beautiful printers proof of a french swimming game with vivid color images of swimmers from around the world flags spectators dogs fish and sailing boats game rules and peculiar oversized characters holding a broom! The object of the game is to find treasure and avoid monsters. Approx. 22 x 30" 3 closed tears repaired archivally from the back edges slightly ruffled not affecting text or images. unknown
Best.-Nr. 2090202122600331Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 9 irregular Not Available paperback
1915Best.-Nr. 6646New York: Garden City 1915. First Edition. orig. publisher's dec. cloth. A very good copy; some light wear to the top of the spine. 8vo. There are several inserted plates. An excellent compilation of golf stories. This copy is an association and was offered as a prize to William Gettinger of the Tampa Golf Club; it is also signed on the endpaper in 1916 by ten members of the club. The book has an illus. presentation leaf inserted before the text. Garden City hardcover books
1940Best.-Nr. 216804Japan. Circa 1940. Colour folding game sheet 36.5 x 26cm 10 wooden playing pieces each with embossed images in beige and blue complete original box 15.5 x 7.6 x 2.3cm considerably worn and soiled and corners reinforced the game itself is in very good bright condition. This is a two-player board game where air planes and war ships fight against each other. Fascinatingly the game sheet illustration shows the battle ground is in the Pacific where islands with palm tree are dotted. Consequently the game might be produced at the early stage of the Pacific War. The players attack each other after starting from a naval base and an air base. There are two islands each where they are safely protected from their enemies. The playing pieces are made out of paper with embossed images of war ships and air planes in beige air power and blue sea power colours. . unknown
1892Best.-Nr. 215726大野栄吉. Ōno Eikichi. Meiji 25 1892. Colour woodblock print 22.8 x 32.5cm evenly browned few chips in margins but overall very good. This colourful woodblock print serves as a point sheet for a horse racing board game. While the game rules are unclear the print vividly captures an exciting race scene featuring three horses and their jockeys. The race unfolds in a festive atmosphere complete with blossoms and lanterns while the spectators appear to include the Meiji Emperor and Empress along with their entourage. The Emperor is depicted in full military uniform and the Empress is shown in a traditional kimono. The print also displays the prizes for first through seventh place which include a silver cup a trophy a riding cap a scarf a shoe and a whip. Western-style horse racing began in Japan in the mid-19th century following the arrival of Westerners and became a high-class social event during the Meiji period. . 大野栄吉. [Ōno Eikichi]. unknown
Best.-Nr. 2X-H16L-GH6TVery Good. hardcover no dust jacket as issued - text appears clean and unmarked binding is square and tight covers are clean -- Dependable seller since 1994 daily shipping with tracking from our brick and mortar store in Madison Wisconsin. hardcover
1880Contains Acts relating to: Affidavits, Declarations, and Affirmations; Bills of Sale; Births Deaths and Marriages; Execution Creditors; Executive Council; Fences; Game; Graving Dock; Insolvency; Lands; Lieutenant-Governor and his Deputies; Members' Indemnity; Municipalities; New Westminster; Independence of Parliament; Partition; Police Constables; Quesnelle River Ditch Company; Sheriffs and Appointment of Registrars of the Supreme Court; Supply; Property Taxes; Telephone Company (Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Co.); Tolls (Cariboo Waggon Road); Victoria City; Waverly Hydraulic Mining Company. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
1887Contains public acts relating to: Absconding Debtors, Assignees, etc. for benefit of Creditors, Bush Fires, Cattle Ranges, Incorporation of Companies, Coroner's inquests within municipalities, Courts of Appeal from Summary Convictions of Magistrates, Courts of Assize, County Courts, Supreme Courts, Drunkards, Sumas Dyking, Estates, Evidence, Game, Jurors, Crown Lands (timber lands), Land Registry, Loan, Married Woman's Poverty, Medicine and Surgery, Minerals (Gold, etc.), Municipalities, Quartz Mines, Kootenay and Athabasca Railways, Shuswap and Okanagan Railway, Public Schools, Statutes, , Statutes Consolidation, Supply, Swine, Property Taxes, Vancouver City. Private Acts relating to: Delta Railway, Kootenay and Athabasca Railway, New Westminster Southern Railway, Vancouver City Incorporation, Victoria Fire Department Charitable Association. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
1883Contains Acts relating to: Act Interpretation, Regulation of Coal Mines, Prospecting for Coal Mines, Coroners, County Courts, Assize and Nisi Prius, Superior Courts, Creditor's Relief, Attachment of Debts, Sumas Dyking, Evidence, Ferries in Municipalities, Game, Island Railway - Graving Dock and Railway Lands, Jurors and Juries, Justices of the Peace, Crown Lands, Married Woman's Property, Minerals, Prospecting for Minerals, Municipalities, Salt Spring Island, Provincial Officers, Quesnelle Lake Dam, Columbia and Kootenay Railway, Fraser River Railway, New Westminster Railway, South Wellington Railway, Sleighs (on Cariboo Trunk Road), Stipendiary Magistrates, Supply, Victoria City Official Map, Victoria Transfer Company, Voters, Eagle Pass Wagon Road, Yale Fire Brigade, Extention of Yates Street in Victoria. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Ex-Library
194552 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Interesting instructions on what *not* to ship soldiers overseas (so fires won't be started in the holds of ships); Full page ad for Sal Hepatica; Argentine Goose Step - "Hitler's Imitators have scuppered democracy right in our own hemisphere" - article with photos; The Great Fridolin (M. Gratien Gelinas of Montreal) - article with photos; Spark Plug - hockey fiction; What do the federal Liberals stand for? - Mackenzie King answers questions; That Roarin' Game - Curling is sweeping the nation; Why Rundstedt Attacked - after its Ardennes gamble the dice are now in Allied hands; The Disunited Nations; They Also Serve (fiction); Unfinished Anthem - a Canadian by choice tells why he made his choice; Our Pilots Don't "Black-Out" - Wing Commander W.R. Franks O.B.E. and his research to aid Allied pilots - article with photos; Nice half-page two-colour Aunt Jemima pancake mix ad "sho' hits the spot"; Nice colour half-page Pepsi ad; Nice half-page colour Canada Dry ad; Tarts for Dessert. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A high quality copy. Magazine
195796 pages. Features: Cover illustrations of Jasper the bear (and cubs) overlaid on Group of Seven paintings; how the Chinese plan to control their birth rate; How limited Free enterprise survives in China; Lovely ballroom colour ad for Matinee cigarettes; Crown Zellerbach ad featuring John MacNaughton, Editor of the Ladysmith Chronicle on Vancouver Island; Author of Jalna, Mazo de la Roche - "I Still Remember..." - our most famous - and least-known writer breaks a lifetime's silence to recall her childhood, books she loved, her first story, the secret drama of Jalna, and celebrities she has known - with nice black and white photos; Blair Fraser Reports from Peking on the spy system that covers all China, a co-operative farm for 82 families, a model factory town and a Shanghai slum, and Christianity under the Chinese rule - great photos; Arthur Hailey - the hottest playwright in the business; How Bamford-Gordon abolished the income tax, by John Gray; The launching of the Encyclopedia Canadiana; The lurking death of our crowded skyways - mid-air collisions; Father Maurice Metayer, OMI photographs the Arctic - great colour photos of igloos, etc.; 'How I'd Make Hockey a Better Game" - by Charlie Conacher with Trent Frayne; Nice colour '57 Plymouth ad; Two-page colour Canadian Pacific ad featuring "The Canadian" and its dome cars; Nice colour ad for the Sunbeam Automatic Mixmaster; Spectacular colour photo ad for the all-new Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner; Northern Electric centerfold ad entitled 'Forward with Canada'; Colour Pontiac ad; Nice full-page black and white illustrated ad by Trans-Canada Air Lines announcing 'Giant DC-8 jet-liners to bring startling advances in long-distance air travel; Colour O'Keefe ad; Colour ad inside back cover by the Tea Council of Canada. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A nice copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Book
193856 pages. Features: The Guy With the Face, by Charles L. Shaw - Any dolt could see Igar's face was his future; Out of Torment - Peace!, by Beverley Baxter, who is optimistic about the future of Europe after the Munich conference; You're Driving Me Crazy, by Elmin Sproule - never call your wife a nincompoop; Canon Scott, by Hubert Evans - he was a padre who babbled poetry and ate potatoes out of his hat, but the First Division still remembers him as a hero who deserved a halo; The General Died In..., by Benge Atlee - Kent Power in the puzzling case of the General who thought he had no enemies; Drama the Crowd Misses - by Dink Carroll - the inside story of many a football battle is even more thrilling than the game itself; Medicine Man, by George Edward Allen - in which white man's magic dices with death and probes the secret of the Wild Wa's shrine; Nostalgic photos of a fall fair; They Knew Joy Boyle, by Flora Alexander Boyle; Fantastic two-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge Custom; Great two-page colour centerfold ad for the new 1939 DeSoto (held by one staple), followed by another beautiful colour two-page ad for the 1939 Chrysler - this ad missing a 3" x 3" clipping from its right margin; Great colour ad for International trucks on back cover shows the range of their products from light delivery unit through dump trucks. Above-average wear. Pages 5-8 loose but present. Pages 49-52 missing. Address label atop front cover. Book
