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1924Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1907Includes the following stories: A Chase in the Clouds; Some Historic Curses - II; The Totem Pearl; On the Frontier in Central Africa - IV; The Runaway Steamer; The Land of the Vendetta; Queer Fixes - a battle with wolves, and the plot that failed; Through the United States on Bicycles - III; The Sailor Cowboys; Wide World Picture Tours III - Australia and New Zealand; The Secret of the Farm; A "Floating Gold-Mine"; A Brush with Cannibals; The Haunted Stable; Queer Fixes - The River-Driver, and The Downfall of "Red Mike"; Across Unknown Bhutan - I; The Disappearance of Bryant Crandall; In the Andamans and Nicobars; The Gliding Death - In the coils of a boa-constrictor, touch and go, and an hour with a rattler; Watchers of the Lights; What happened at the Bungalow; Wide World Picture Tours IV - British Africa; Darkness and Light; Our Trip Down the Zambezi; Through the United States on Bicycles - IV; At Sea with a Menagerie; The Poachers Vengeance; A Beetle Hunter in the Amazon; Across Unknown Bhutan - II; A Tragedy of Solitude; Kangaroo Farming; From India to England Overland - I; The Boy Who Ran Away; With a Survey Party in the Field; On Board the "Luciline"; A Maori "Canoe Poi"; The Lost Explorers; A High Climb in Himalaya; The Eye of the King; Our Cruise on the Friesland Meers; An Alligator Hunt By Night; Our Bunch of Bananas and What They Cost Us; The "Knill Festival" at St. Ives; The Passing of a Pathan; The Romance of Mining - The Coyote Mine, Forty Feet From Fortune, The Vanished Vein; The Hunted Hunter; A Cinder in the Sea; Selling the Empire's Secrets; An Eastern Theatre; Six Thousand Miles on Horseback - I; Fighting a Burning Gas-Well; An Exciting Weekend; The Lalla Khan Hoax; From India to England Overland - II; Raiding on the Cumberland; How Pearson Saved the "Overland"; Sport and Adventure in Central Africa - I; Nine Days Entombed; From India to England Overland - III; Tinker - The Story of a Dog; As the Sign of the "Cup-and-ball"; Six Thousand Miles on Horseback - II; The "Killers of Twofold Bay; Captured by Dyaks; Some of My Experiences; My Man Jose; Witch-Doctors and Their Ways; The Mystery of the Magazine; Across America by Motor-Cycle; An Unexpected Visitor; A Village of Smiths; A New Year Parade; Lost in a Mine; A Paradise of Birds; The Man-Eater of Lalpur-Arani; Fighting Snow in the Rockies; Alone in the Wimmera; Log-Rolling; The "White Avengers" - II; My Last Climb; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - I; "Bully" Hayes's Supercargo; "The Emperor of the Sahara; The First Ascent of Chogo Loongma; Cast Away in the Arctic; A Deal in Eggs. Modest lean to spine. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1975Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features sexy young beauty holding parasol in canoe. She is wearing only short shorts and a skimpy red top which is pulled down to reveal her right breast. Periphery features illustrations of the many products offered by the Great Eastern Dispensary Ltd. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai and a classy addition to the wall of any Asian man cave. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Fought a Regiment - Bandit, murderer and escaped felon, "human monster" Paul Jawarski was pursued by over 250 heavily-armed policemen; The Optimist - The moving story of a gentleman who thought he could make a profitable living out of elephant-hunting; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record - Part I - Robert Copeman and John H.E. Nolan set out from Edmonton for the Gulf of Mexico over 6,000 miles away! - article with photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part III - The continued misadventures of John Gibbons as he tramps from the French coast to Lourdes; "Hitch-Hiking" Across the United States - Alfred Batson hitch-hiked from New York to San Francisco and had some very odd and exciting adventures - includes map and photo; Byways of Old Pekin [Peking / Beijing] - A wonderfully photo-illustrated presentation of the quaint street-life of the unspoiled native quarters of the Chinese capital, where things still go on much as they did in the Middle Ages; What Happened at "Warne's Folly" - A prospector's terrible predicament in an abandoned Queensland mineshaft; The Horns of a Dilemma - A Queensland bushman's amusing account of an argument with a bad-tempered old cow; Saved By Man-Eating Sharks - A deep-sea diver's terrifying experience in the Sulu Sea; "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part II of W.B. Seabrook's adventurous trip to meet Mitkhal Pasha, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr, with photos; Photo and bried write-up of a large sink hole near Sharon Springs, Kansas; The Mystery of Crocodile Pool - A weird adventure that befell a young police corporal who is now one of the leading officers of the South African C.I.D. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
rif. DADAX0953195651New unknown
1961Signed, dated and generically inscribed by author/subject upon half-title page. 245 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece photo of author/subject in travel attire. Anderson "recounts his nearly half a century in the Canadian north. By snowshoe and dog team, by canoe, sailboat and steamer, he travelled throughout the woodlands and the Arctic regions of Canada - with numerous side trips to the west coast of Greenland. Includes many a fabulous anecdote - tales of courage and privation, humour in the bivouac and excitement on the trail. Discusses the fur trade and its history, interspersing his narrative with reflections which provide sharp insight to this theme." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Light wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
1747rif. 228514New Jersey 1747. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. Neatly mounted on linen. Old folds some wear at folds else quite good. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. This is a quit claim to a tract of land on Canoe Brook in Essex County New Jersey owned by Gardner and assigning title to Samuel Gardner probably a relative. The very densely written document is signed by Isaiah Ball Gershom Wood and Thomas Gardner. unknown
1747rif. 228514New Jersey 1747. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. Neatly mounted on linen. Old folds some wear at folds else quite good. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. This is a quit claim to a tract of land on Canoe Brook in Essex County New Jersey owned by Gardner and assigning title to Samuel Gardner probably a relative. The very densely written document is signed by Isaiah Ball Gershom Wood and Thomas Gardner. unknown books
1932Sensational vintage compilation of thirty-five 1930s lumberjack songs from the Pacific Northwest. Elmore Vincent was known as "The Northwest Shanty Boy" and the front cover art features his image superimposed over a scene of tall timber being brought down by hand, as chainsaws were but a dream at that time. 64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: A Lumber Lad's Love, Ballad of the Lumberjack, Billy the River Driver, Canaday-I-O, Come With Me In My Little Canoe, Darling Janet, Down in That Lonely Valley, Drinking Song, Fair Charlotte, Grizzly Hogan, Lonesome Lumberjack, Lumberjack Memories, Moose Meat, Smart Johnny the Logger, Song of the Lumberjack, Strawberry Lane, The Death of George Phalen, The Flying Cloud, The Gambling Lumberjack and the Jim Creek Girl, The Good Old Times, The Great Fit, The Green River Girl, "The Jam at Gerry's Rock", The Lakes of Pontchartrain, Three Leaves of Shamrock, The Little Brown Bulls, The Lumberjack and the Pretty Girl, The Lumberjack's Alphabet, The Lumberjack's Bible, The Lumberjack in Town [as sung on Seattle's "Skid Road" by Syd Johnson], The Sandy Stream Song, The Stranger and the Maiden Fair, The Two Sisters, Who Feeds Us Beans, and Yodeling Lumberjack. Most songs have several verses or more. Unmarked with above-average wear. Binding intact. A rare and wonderful musical memento of the glory days of Northwest lumberjacking. Book
199091 pages. First blank leaf features large hand-drawn illustration of a stylized whale signed and inscribed by "Bill Reid & his pet whale 'Spout'". Bill Reid "... is one of the finest living artists working in a native American tradition" - from back cover. Reid passed away in 1998 but is perhaps best-remembered for his sculpture 'The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe' which graces the international terminal of Vancouver International Airport and is featured on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill. Average wear. No other markings. Book
rif. 000689Self-Published. No Binding. Fine. About the painting: Original watercolour by Kayak Bill Bill Davidson: 1948-2002 Measures approximately 22 x 10.5 image only. Painting appears to be in fine condition. Pencil marks are visible. Frame as several nicks and dings and glass has at least one small scratch. Artist from what we have read led a life that would have made people like Thoreau McCandless and Thomson proud. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are. Self-Published unknown
