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rif. 697489345Ashgate Publishing Company . Hardback. New. pp. 220 Ashgate Publishing Company hardcover
1963rif. 18387Paris François Girand 1963 1 in-folio cartonnage un cartonnage in-folio Editeur (32 x 47 cm), sous couverture crème rempliée illustrée en couleurs par Jacques Cartier (couverture illustrée d'un grand dessin en couleurs représentant une gibecière accompagnée d'un fusil, un chapeau, une cartouchière et une poire à poudre) recouvert d'un rodhoïd avec un manque en tête, dos muet (spine whitout title), 16 pages texte + 12 très grandes planches en couleurs par le peintre animalier Jacques Cartier, 1963, Paris Editions François Girand Editeurs,
2008rif. 1-1934857084Catalyst Game Labs 2008. Hardcover. New. 208 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.50 inches. Catalyst Game Labs hardcover
rif. 21283On letterhead of Heatherside Worpledon Surrey. 11 June 1902. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. He begins by informing the unnamed recipient that the reason for the delay in answering his letter is that Selous has 'just returned to this country from a trip to Hungary'. For his part Selous will be 'very pleased if you will quote anything you like from my book “Travel and Adventure in S. E. Africa”. He presumes that 'the publishers to whom the book I suppose really belongs will have no objection either as to quote any passage from a book is to call attention to the book itself which may result in the sale of a copy'. On letterhead of Heatherside, Worpledon, Surrey. 11 June 1902. unknown
1938rif. 62095London: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd. 1938. Tall 8vo. 287 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates with 56 photo illustrations. Scarlet-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear minor bumping to couple corners slight foxing to fore-edges 1 sunned spot from d.j. tear on spine w/ d.j. cover art of tribesman hunting with bow & arrow by R.W. Bellmer edgewear minor tear to spine lower fore-edge front cover minor creasing still VG-/G copy from the library of J.R. Brocklebank The United Africa Co. Ltd. and was member of the Royal African Society with printed card laid-in. First edition of this rousing anthology of reminiscences from the prolific author on his hunts and travels through South Africa West Africa and Zanzibar. Included here are sections on lion hunting in Northern Rhodesia diamond hunting on the Vaal River driving across the Kalahari and more. Uncommon in dustjacket. Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd., hardcover
rif. 017115The original and unusual chessmen for Chess '72 were designed and sculpted by Alexander Silveri of Graz Austria. Silveri a retired professor of art has since winning his first state prize in Vienna in 1933 won many European art prizes and exhibited his works throughout most of Europe and Brazil. Each piece is molded from ridged plastic. The set includes George McGovern Richard Nixon Henry Kissinger Eugene McCarthy J. Edgar Hoover Edward Kennedy and more. All housed in original black box with board. unknown
rif. 59859EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Commissioners of Fisheries Game and Forest of the State of New York Albany NY. 1896. 375 pgs. Illustrated with Color lithograph plates and Black and White Plates. Previously owned by one H H Lyman. Bound in decorated binding with gilt titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities spine is rubbed and worn. Previous owner's name stamped to the title page. Foxing present throughout. Lower right corner of the text block is dampstained however all pages do turn freely pages do sound crinkly however. Text is free of any textual marks. Binding tight and solid. The color fish plates are: Brook Trout Atlantic Salmon White Fish Small Mouthed Black Bass Large Mouthed Black Bass Pike Perch or Wall-Eyed Pike Mascalonge Pike Pickerel from upper Hudson River Pickerel from a pond in Massachusetts Shad Rainbow Trout Brown Trout and Smelt. There are also color plates by Denton of the Virginia Deer and the Mongolian or Ring-Necked Pheasant. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
rif. BN313949Delcourt. Softcover. L'Âge d'ombre L'Âge d'ombre CAZA Delcourt paperback
2003rif. BN672827Les Humanoïdes Associés 2003. 2003. Hardcover. Intégrale Scènes de vie de banlieue Intégrale Scènes de vie de banlieue Caza et Caza Les Humanoïdes Associés hardcover
rif. CZC-13929avec une collection considérable de figures et de pièges propres à différentes Chasses; par Buliard. Neuvième édition revue, corrigée et augmentée d'un Traité complet sur la Chasse aux cailles, aux alouettes et autres oiseaux de chant et de volière. Contenant l'Art de leur faire passer la mue forcée, pour qu'ils chantent tout l'hiver; les guérir et les préserver de toutes leurs maladies; la manière de les élever, les nourrir et les empailler; le tout démontré avec soin, par C.-J. Kresz ainé, fabricant d'ustensiles de Chasse et de Pèche, ayant exercé la profession d'Oiseleur pendant vingt ans;Et d'un Traité succinct du Rossignol et des oiseaux de volière ou de chant; d'un Traité général sur les Chasses au piège et au fusil; sur celles des quadrupèdes, tels que le lièvre, lapins; des bêtes puantes, comme renard, blaireaux, belettes, fouines, putois, etc; notamment sur celles du loup et du sanglier; 1 Frontispice, 34 planches hors texte numérotées et 4 planches dépliantes (in fine). Volume in8, demi cuir, accrocs, 17x11cm, bon état intérieur, 386pp. Peu courant. Par J. Cussac.A Paris, chez Corbet - 1822 - xxxij et 386 pages.
rif. CZC-13929avec une collection considérable de figures et de pièges propres à différentes Chasses; par Buliard. Neuvième édition revue, corrigée et augmentée d'un Traité complet sur la Chasse aux cailles, aux alouettes et autres oiseaux de chant et de volière. Contenant l'Art de leur faire passer la mue forcée, pour qu'ils chantent tout l'hiver; les guérir et les préserver de toutes leurs maladies; la manière de les élever, les nourrir et les empailler; le tout démontré avec soin, par C.-J. Kresz ainé, fabricant d'ustensiles de Chasse et de Pèche, ayant exercé la profession d'Oiseleur pendant vingt ans;Et d'un Traité succinct du Rossignol et des oiseaux de volière ou de chant; d'un Traité général sur les Chasses au piège et au fusil; sur celles des quadrupèdes, tels que le lièvre, lapins; des bêtes puantes, comme renard, blaireaux, belettes, fouines, putois, etc; notamment sur celles du loup et du sanglier; 1 Frontispice, 34 planches hors texte numérotées et 4 planches dépliantes (in fine). Volume in8, demi cuir, accrocs, 17x11cm, bon état intérieur, 386pp. Peu courant. Par J. Cussac.A Paris, chez Corbet - 1822 - xxxij et 386 pages.
1802rif. 207728Lond. W. & T.Darton. 1802. Large folding hand-coloured map of England & Wales. 550x530cm when unfolded. Has 118 place markers on which counters can move when a totum is thrown. The counters can be purchased separately. The players commence in Maidstone no.1. and end in London No.118. Contained in a rubbed card case. Good copy. Scarce. The directions for playing s printed on the sides of the map. Lond. W. & T.Darton. unknown
1952rif. 218517東京. Tokyo.: 集英社. Shūeisha. Showa 27 1952. Folding colour game board 37.7 x 20cm with accompanying sheet of cut-outs of players and for constructing the stadium 19 x 27.2cm additional small picturebook of 早慶優勝戦. Sōkei yūshōsen. Some light browning but otherwise very good. This collection comprises three items: a baseball board game a cut-out sheet and a miniature picture book. The board game was distributed as a supplement to Omoshiro Bukku おもしろブック issued in March 1952. Included is a coloured sheet depicting a baseball field with an additional game on the reverse; a cut-out sheet featuring players spectators scoreboards and advertising panels for assembling a miniature stadium; and a small picture book narrating the final game between the university rivals Waseda and Keio. Baseball had become one of Japan’s most popular sports since its introduction in 1873 by Horace Wilson an American teacher in Tokyo. Rivalries in both the professional league—most famously between the Giants and the Tigers—and in the Tokyo University League particularly between Waseda and Keio were legendary and are reflected in this set. The illustrated players are shown in the uniforms of those teams while the booklet recreates the excitement of a Waseda–Keio match in the style of a live radio broadcast. The cut-outs for the stadium are particularly detailed with spectators animatedly cheering and advertising boards promoting Shueisha’s children’s magazines. . 集英社. [Shūeisha]. hardcover
1910rif. 60826New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1910. Tall thick 8vo. xv 1 529 1 pp. Photogravure frontisp. numerous plates photos some photogravures maps text photos & illusts. Khaki-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine gilt elephant silhouette profile decorations t.e.g. very slight sunning to spine also very slight bumping to foot of spine NF mostly uncut & unopened copy. First edition of this famed work on African big game hunting chronicling the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition to collect specimens for the new Natural History Museum. The 11400 specimens shipped back from the expedition took Smithsonian naturalists over eight years to catalogue. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
1939P., Payot, 1939. In-8, 271 pages avec des illustrations dans le texte et des hors-textes.
1889Public Acts dealing with: Consolidation of the Statutes, Bush Fires, Charitable Associations, Companies, Courts - Official Stenographer, Regulation of Elections, Protection of Game, Jurors, Land Grants, Licenses, Mechanics Liens, Lulu Island (railway purposes), Magistrates, Medicine and Surgery, Minerals other than Coal, Quartz Mines, Municipalities, Probate and Letters of Administration, Canadian Western Central Railway, Columbia and Kootenay Railway, Public Roads, Royal Columbia Hospital, Royal Hospital, Public Schools, Summary Proceedings before Justice of the Peace, Supply, Taxes on Property, Trespass on Enclosed Land. Private Acts relating to: Anglican Synod of B.C.; Brockton Point Athletic Club, Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, New Westminster Incorporation, Canadian Western Central Railway, New Westminster Southern Railway, New Westminster and Vancouver Short Line, Vancouver Street Railway, National and Electric Tramway and Lighting, Vancouver Incorporation, Victoria City Official Map. Binding fragile. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Rubber stamp of one E. Johnson inside boards and scattered through text. Book
1970xxi, [1], 193, [7], pages. Index. Glossary. This undated reprint of the 1955 first edition appears to be circa 1970. Includes a lengthy new Introduction by Carr dated 1958 and endorsements by prominent men on page 192. "... Published to expose the ramifications of the International Conspiracy which was originated by a small group of wealthy and influential men in 1773 for the purpose of ultimately obtaining undisputed control of the wealth, natural resources, and manpower of the entire world... Explains how the continuity of their Long Range Plan was assured by appointing their successors from their own entourage while still alive." - Foreword of the first edition. Commander Carr was a distinguished English-born Canadian naval officer who served in both world wars. Sombre cover illustration depicts Soviet chess pieces moving in for the kill. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality early copy of this highly controversial work. Singerman 921, Weems p.58. Book
1957112 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Red-Shafted Flicker by Fenwick Lansdowne; Colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Classy one-page colour ad for James Richardson & Sons celebrates their 100th anniversary; Half-page colour ad for GE electric blankets; "We don't have to put up with rock 'n' roll"; Beverley Baxter column talks about Lord Altrincham; Nice one-page colour ad for RCA Victor hi-fi products; Joseph Tucker's Triumphant Retreat from the Twentieth Century - he lives in the log cabin he built in Kuroki, Saskatchewan 46 years ago - great photo-illustrated article; Rosa Tremblay and her Seven Sets of Twins! - photo-illustrated article; The Dance of the Bells (short story); What Kind of Man Was Herbert Norman? - did the brilliant diplomat take his own life? - photo-illustrated article; Hangover at the OK Coral - what would happen if Hollywood stars really drank that much alcohol?; Seven gorgeous colour pages of bird illustrations by Fenwick Lansdowne; The Comedian Who Made the House of Commons - Photo-illustrated article on John Pratt; William Lawrence and his wonderful windjammer; The Unseen World of Taste and Smell; Vintage NCR one-page colour ad features supermarket checkout with huge old cash register; Lovely colour-photo two-page ad for Del Monte canned foods; Eight-page colour celebration of the 100th anniversary of the House of Seagram; Eva-Lis Wuorio describes her most memorable meal; Nice one-page colour-photo Caterpillar ad features Manitoba's Highway 1E before and after it was modernized; Nostalgic colour-photo Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank ad shows classic teller scene with glass barrier along counter; Colour-photo one-page Canadian Club ad features Charles Fidani who snatches ribbons (rosettes) from the forelock of charging bulls in Saliers, France (The Ribbon Game); Attractive one-page ad for Philips Styline TVs; One-page ad for Dictaphone shows executive speaking into microphone in his impressive office; Nice colour-photo Old Vienna beer ad shows man reaching for tray; Pilkington Glass colour-photo ad with scene in home of E.C. Vandervoort, Kingston, Ontario; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Simmons Hide-A-Beds; One-page colour-photo ad for Youngstown Kitchens; Trans-Canada Air Lines one-page ad shows Venice scene; Crown & Anchor beer ad features colour photo of golf scene; Vintage colour-photo Samsonite luggage ad features beautiful Miss Canada 1957, Joan May Fitzpatrick; Vintage one-page A.V. Roe ad entitled "Belgium Chooses the Avro CF-100", with two photos; Back cover colour Coke ad with illustration in Germany's Black Forest; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1915Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
195976 pages. Features: Cover illustration of an evening scene on Montreal's Des Erables St. shows residents watching baseball game in distant Delorimier Stadium; One-page ad for Sparton TVs; Vintage one-page Bank of Montreal (BMO) ad features family finances; Wedding photos of Meribah Baxter and her husband-to-be, Lieutenant Brian Stark; One-page Holland-America Line ad features photo of their new flagship, the Rotterdam; One-page colour-photo Royal Trust ad features wealthy grandmother with grandson; The Day Canada Went to War - September 10, 1939 - excellent photo-illustrated article; My strange encounter with the world's most mysterious assassin - Terence Robertson's photo-illustrated article on the anonymous killer ('Jacson-Mornard-Mercadcer') of Leon Trotsky, who has been imprisoned in Mexico for 19 years; How TV Writers Get That Way - article on Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth with photos including Julie London and Andy Williams; Portrait of a High School - wonderful photo-illustrated article on Vancouver's King Edward High School; Are the British Better Off Than We Are? - photo-illustrated article; The Tragic Failure of Organized Medicine, by Harry Paikin, M.D.; "My Week In and Out of Modeling Schools' - R.T. Allen's great photo-illustrated article; Attractive colour one-page Black Label beear ad features golden prairie scene looking to the horizon; Northern Electric one-page colour ad features Saskatchewan theme; Canadian National (CN) passenger rail ad features photo of traveler and black porter; One-page Electrohome features their TVs, stereos and furniture; Waterloo County's Great Tombstone Mystery - tombstone of the two young wives of Dr. S. Bean; One-page Caterpillar ad features large aerial colour photo of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting's Flin Flon, Manitoba operation; Colour-photo ad for La Renault Dauphine car; GE Ultravision TV one-page photo ad features a young Robert (Bob) Goulet; Nice Hammond organ ad; Hertz ad on back cover features four photos of a ghastly pink 1959 Chevrolet; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
195992 pages. Contents: Cover illustration by Don Anderson of high school football final - view of field from beneath bleachers; Is our youth equipped to face the future? - by Sidney Katz; Will Germany's Krupp become Canada's biggest mining man?; The World According to Duddy Kravitz - conclusion of excerpts from the new and major Canadian novel by Mordecai Richler; Why I'm Through with Sports, by Red Storey; Holiday Weekend in Victoria; The Beothuck Indians of Newfoundland - They are extinct today because, for more than two centuries a favourite sport of the island's whites was hunting the natives like big game; What are you afraid of; How Innocent card players become bridge fiends. Many nice ads, often in colour. Great colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Please note: Table of Contents has been removed and is not included. Book
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A "Gringo" in Old Mexico - An engineer escapes with his life, less a friend and his money; "The Old Small Cat" - Cornered by Shanghai Police, a Chinese bandit only succumbed after a 19 hour battle involving many weapons used against him - includes photos; Flying Thrills in Canada's Northland - A fascinating photo-illustrated article showing how the Far North of Canada is being opened up by passenger and transport aircraft; South African Outlaws - Two prominent law-breakers, Jack Howard and Reilly; At Grips With the Desert - Part I of Donald R.G. Cameron's crossing of the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days; The Mud-Dwellers of Caparroso - Photo-illustrated story about this amazing Spanish village - with photos; Photo of the first three men to scale 'Balanced Rock' near Castleford, Idaho - Clarence French, George Ernest, and John Carolls; A Little Oversight - A story about a 'Palm Oil Ruffian' pioneer trader in West Africa; Something for Nothing - A queer experience that befell Margaret S. Coffman near Goatneck, Texas; "The Bobbery Pack" - A hunting story from India; Waterways of the "Swiss Sahara" - Photo-illustrated article about the fascinating 'bisses' used to divert glacial runoff to irrigate a particularly dry part of Switzerland; The Coffin Ship - A weird story from the Far East dealing with a murderous Chinese secret society; The Gold That Wasn't - A dummy gold ingot is mysteriously stolen in New South Wales; The "Great Scalp Frauds" Case - Frank Mossman, Game Warden of Pacific County in Washington State, explains how he discovered an ingenious swindle; Man and His Needs. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away. Back cover loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
1931Pages 116-164. Features: Great cover illustration of men boating their load through whitewater; Bold red and whiite ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover; Nice full-page photo of an outdoorsy couple snapping a photo; Who Will Repay? - a plea for better understanding by Grey Owl - article with photos; Prizes Offered for Humane Traps; The Land of the "Fighting Rainbow" (Trout), by W.B. Gray; ; The Romance of Maple Sugar, by H. Lamontagne; ; Trees in Myth and Legend - part 1 by James Kay; Corvus - Black Sleuth of Big Timber - the despised 'croaking raven'; New Canadians with Old World Ways - some intimate details of the pioneering efforts of new comers to "Bush Country" in the North Prairies - with interesting photos, including Ukrainian mud construction; Sunday - A day of Observance or Desecration - Which?, by Jack Miner; When Forest and Farm Met; All Seals Don't Come from the Sea - some fur bearers starting out under other names wind up as seal coats; Quality of Wood Improves with Age - how knots are formed, why some wood warps more than others, meaning of heartwood and sapwood; Raising Game Fish by the Billion - restocking of Ontario's Lakes and Streams is being accomplished in a big way; Barnjum Forest - Big Trees saved for public monument on Vancouver Island between Duncan and Lake Cowichan by Frank J.D. Barnjum; Putting up a "Star Boarder" - keeping a Grebe at home; Telling time by the Stars; How the English Sparrow Came; Death of Robert Henry Grier of Nanaimo - photo and article; "Pee-Wee" Dog Derby Made a Hit; Training Covert-Shooting Dogs; Spring Time is Tree Planting Time; Nice Canadian National ad on back cover promotes their Alaskan service. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1925Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
197690 pages. Many wonderful photos in colour and black and white. Features: Colour photo ad for Divorce Hong Kong Style inside front cover; Ad for Luxor TVs features colour photo of lovely Frances Leong; One-page colour photos of Shau Yun Yun, Lin Fung Chew, Shu Feng, and Alen Teng; Two-page color-photo ad for The Chasing Game; Two pages of colour photos from Ching Lao's The Waves; Colour photo ad for New Fist of Fury and The Simple Minded Fellow; Lovely one-page colour photo of Shau Yau; Nice colour fold-out photo of Lin Ching Hsia and Charlie Chinon the beach; King Yu writes about love; Wan Yu and the Han Hwa Kwok Restaurant fight in Taiwan; The faded love of Wang Yu and Lin Ching; Produce Good Film Locally; A visit with King Hu; Trouble between Charlie Chin and Fang Fang; Trip to a Philippine beauty contest; Tsung Hua accompanies Lin Ching Hsia in Hong Kong; Can Yin Nan See's expectations be met?; Producer Lin Hsu; Interview with Chelsia Chan and Kenny B; Love is Like a Game; The Typical Admirable Doctor; Twenty Tomorrow; Low Society; Chiu Chen; The Midnight Song; Two Omniscient Men; The Saviour Monk; Kung Fu film by Chang Cheh; Interview with Hsu Feng, Chia Ling and Tang mei Fang; Colour photos of Shick Kung Chun inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
