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1894Extrait de la Revue de Comminges, années 1893 et 1894, tiré à cinquante exemplaires numérotés à la presse (n°3), 1 vol. in-8 br., Imprimerie et Librairie Abadie, Saint-Gaudens, 1894, 144 pp. Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, tirée à seulement 50 exemplaires numérotés. Prix en l'état pour cet exemplaire en état moyen (dos fendu sur la longueur et petit frott. en dos, bon état par ailleurs) mais méritant d'être établi dans une reliure de qualité. Labarère, 870 : "Rare. [ ... ] Une autre édition, très augmentée, a paru en 1895". Français
1843Publié d'après les ordres de M. le Ministre de l'Agriculture et du Commerce, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage postérieur vert, couvertures conservées, Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1843, 374 pp. avec carte dépliante (probablement en très bon fac-similé) De la belle bibliothèque pyrénéiste de Christian Galau (avec son ex-libris), lequel a annoté une notice de libraire jointe : "Excellent ouvrage". La grande carte dépliante, présente, est vraisemblablement un très bon fac-simile. Bel exemplaire par ailleurs. Français
1894rif. 55878Avec illustrations de MM. de Calmels, Dosso, Sadoux, etc. et deux cartes, 1 vol. in-12 reliure demi-basane verte, Librairie J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris, 1894, VIII-371 pp.
1894Avec illustrations de MM. de Calmels, Dosso, Sadoux, etc. et deux cartes, 1 vol. in-12 reliure demi-basane verte, Librairie J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris, 1894, VIII-371 pp. Etat satisfaisant (dos fort. frotté avec épidermures, bon état par ailleurs) pour ce rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, dont de nombreuses illustrations ont été dessinés par Franz Schrader Français
1923Pages 90-178 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The pitfalls of a man who purchased three submarine-chasing 'M.L.'s' and set out to bring them from Rosyth to the Thames - with only one boat reaching her destination - with illustrations and a photo of the boat which survived; Some Adventures with Jaguars; Photo and brief write-up of a nine-foot boa constrictor housepet in Ecuador which showed remarkable affection for its master; Unkown Peru - an Englishman who has lived in Peru for many years describes his experience in unknown regions - illustrated with his photos (part 1); Mangahau the 'Magician' - a Maori tale of a prodigal son and Tapu ; In Search of Sea Monsters - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges sets out on a two-year expedition to find and catch the world's largest fish - with photos (part 1); The Poker Bandits; a 'hold-up' at the Red Deer Lumber Company's camp in Manitoba leads to an exciting and tragic man-hunt; A Miracle of Marine Salvage - the strange case of the 'St. Paul' - with photos; The Road to Timbuctoo - another humourous adventure of Leo Walmsley of the "Three Asses in the Pyrenees" articles; A Motorcycle in High Albania - Kenneth Robertson was the first motorcyclist to cross the Albanian Alps; Winter Wild-Fowling in Friesland (Northern Holland) - with great photos of their decoys and more; Our Adventure in Normandy - a cycle-camping trip leads to an odd experience; Frank Miller's Last Fight - a gas bomb is used to overcome a cop-killing desperado in Jersey City, New Jersey - with photos; Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
PARIS, Imp. BECQUET - Se vend chez Lafon, Libraire à Luchon, s.d. [c. 1860] - Reliure cassée, dérelié - Petit in-folio oblong, 35 x 26 cm -pleine percaline verte de l'époque, titre doré sur le premier plat, plats gaufrés. Première édition (Labarère : albums 177, pp. 89 à 91). Gorse a publié plusieurs albums de vues sur les Pyrénées, avec des variantes de titre et de contenu (Perret 1990). Notre exemplaire contient un titre gravé en couleur et 42 planches lithographiées sur fond teinté et rehaussées à l'aquarelle, 41 vues et 1 costume dont 8 sur double page - (rousseurs importantes en particulier sur les contours)
1866rif. 10181Paris, Toulouse Hachette, Privat 1866 Un volume in-12 broché, couverture verte, 297 pages, complet de ses 12 cartes. Bon état.
1924Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1924Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
191596 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1923Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1923Pages 89-176, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The House of Death - how an Oklahoma rancher saved his own life; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 6 - the continued story of this European adventure trip; Bali - Isle of Wonder - wonderfully photo-illustrated article; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - part 1of the adventure of Mrs. Idelle S. Meng and her husband on one of the loneliest islands in the Pacific; The Six Feathers - the unfortunate experience of a New Guinea trader who tried to smuggle the forbidden bird-of-paradise plumes out of the country; The Wood-Carvers of the Tyrol - great photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Groden VValley; The Romance of the Fur Trade - photo-illustrated article on fur trapping and fur farming in North-west Canada, including photo of a large polar bear being hauled into a boat; A Woman in Unknown Albania - part 3; The Trail of the Lonesome Postman - letters being delivered to some of the world's most remote locations; Caught by a Crocodile a British officer attempts to fill his water bottle at a river; The Idol That Jumped - the author purchased a 'devil-devil' figure from a Solomon Island chief, then startling things happened; The Merepur Mystery - a mystery is solved in India; The Man Who Fell Six Miles - Major R.W. Schroeder and his airplane - article with photos; The Written Word - Jim Carter saved himself in India with some clever writing. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1923Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1923Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1867rif. 10772Paris, E. Thunot, 1867 ; in-8, broché ; (4), 548 pp., couverture bleue décorée.
rif. 187682Paris, Rozier, 1870 gr. in-8, 580-[4] pp., bradel demi-percaline verte à coins, couverture et dos conservés (reliure de l'époque). Dos passé. Rousseurs.
1838rif. 0021541838 Clermont-Ferrand, Imprimerie de Thibaud-Landriot, 1838. In-8 (140 X 220) broché, couverture jaune imprimée ; 438 pages. Quelques petits défauts à la couverture.
1977Pau, Les amis du livre pyrénéen, 1977. 7 volumes in-8 reliés pleine toile éditeur orange cuivrée. Exemplaire n°58 /1000 sur papier bouffant. Réimpression de l'édition originale de 1898-1904 dont le tirage à 300 exemplaires explique la rareté, et l'intérêt de cette réédition également recherchée.
1970rif. MUS5694MPlus d'une trentaines de documents autour de l'artiste basque Luis Mariano ( journaux, lettres, photos, publicités ) souvent atour de 1970. Notamment La république des Pyrénées, Paris-Jour, Le parisien, France-Dimanche , etc.., Les journaux sont parfois entiers, parfois découpés ou séparés des autres pages. Très bon état général. Deux affiches contrecollées sur petit contreplaqué probablement parues à l'occasion de la sortie d'un single et/ou d'un album, "La voix de son maître" ( 120 x 78 cm ) et "La caravelle d'or" ( 110 x 78 cm ), assez bon état.
1924rif. ZNF-541Mémorandum publié à l'occasion du cinquantenaire du Club alpin, Chez l'auteur/Henry Barrère, 1924. Avec ses 5 planches.
1812rif. 0050621812 Toulouse, Manavit, 1812. In-12 (114 X 180 mm) broché, couverture d'attente muette de papier marbré ; VII-181 pages. Ex-libris ancien «Cte Th Caffarelli » collé sur le titre. Petit manque de papier en tête du dos.
rif. 214358Toulouse, Edouard Privat, 1885 in-8, 20 pp., demi-toile chagrinée cerise modeste, dos lisse, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque).
rif. M14162Toulouse , Baour , 1786 , in8 1/2 veau , dos lisse , 184 -36 pp Reliure XIX ème - Jolie gravure tête de chapitre.
1941rif. 0046221941 Toulouse, Privat, 1941. In-8 (172 X 251 mm) demi-veau fauve, dos quatre nerfs filetés or, fleuron à froid dans les compartiments, pièces de titre vert lierre, date en queue, tranches jaspées, plats de la couverture conservés (reliure moderne) ; XI-460 pages, (1) f. d'errata et (1) f. de supplément d'errata, (1) f., 4 tableaux dépliants, 16 ff. de planches photographiques sur papier couché, 5 planches dépliantes contenant 6 plans.
1935rif. GITb172Paris Picard 1935-1938. 2vol fort in-8 broché XLVIII 428 VIII 600pp. Illustré de 26 planches hors texte et 3 cartes.