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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
194548 Pages. Features: Cover photo of bombing crew mission debriefing session; Nice one-page color ad for Woodbury film-finish powder features Sonja Henie; Temple radio ad; We must not delay rebuilding the world; Photo of B-17s over the Reich; Photo of Allied infantry and armor fighting along the German Westwall; Dramatic photo of B-29s thundering over Mount Fuji on way to Tokyo; Photo of American troops in landing barges on way to a Pacific Island; Last Fortress of the Nazis - article and photos explain how in the Alps east of Switzerland Hitler's henchmen are expected to make a final stand - includes caricatures of Hitler, Himmler, Goebels and Goering; The Soviet Soldier Does Not Forget - he remembers the long ordeal of his people and says it must not happen again; The Censor Defends the Censorship - Director of Censorship Byron Price replies to those who complain that too much news is kept from the public; General Lewis A. Pick of 'Pick's Pike' - photo-illustrated article of the builder of Stilwell Road, the 620-mile land route to China from Burma; One-page color ad for the Parker '51' pen; Poem - "Lincoln's Last Birthday"; One-page color ad for Benson & Hedges Virginia Rounds cigarettes; The Horace Mann-Lincoln School of teachers College; Photo and article on Shirley Temple - who tells how she evolved from gurgling to glamor; ad for Philharmonic radio-phonographs; William Gallacher - the only Communist M.P. in Britain, and one of the most persistent Churchill-baiters in Parliament - article with photo; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Great letter about jobs for men and women by Ann Maulsby; Lieut. Gen. Kurt Dittmar is 'The Voice of the Wehrmacht" - article with photo; Color ad for Nestle's evaporated milk; Nice color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread; Meals with Little or No Meat; Color Crisco ad; The Bare Arm Look (fashion); Decorating Ingenuity; Kingergarten Enterprises; Cocomalt ad features boy on stilts; Lovely two-page fashion section features attractive photos of formal fashions; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes features lady in red polka-dot summerwear; Postman's Daily Rounds - article on letter carriers of the New York area distribute 80 tons of mail daily; Color one-page ad for Fabrics by Stafford, sold by Goodman & Theise; Fantastic color-photo back page ad for Rheingold Beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd, bowling. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
FIRST EDITION of this important late medieval mystery play about St. Bernard de Menthon, best known as the "saint of the alps", for whom the rescue dogs were named. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED ON FINE WHATMAN WOVE PAPER, WITH THE TITLE-PAGE IN RED AND BLACK. Large 8vo. Original parchment wraps. Uncut and unopened. Light chipping to wraps, else FINE AND BRIGHT.
1922Pages 169-252 plus 40 pages of ads. Features: A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part 1 - Prof. Propercio de Mello Saraiva travelled 25,000 miles documenting the Amazon - article with photos; That Christmas Dinner - a funny story; A Fairy Land of the Far East - photo-illustrated article on the Court of the Emperor of Annam in Indo-China; A Close Call - what happened when a whaler attempted to replenish its water supply at an unfriendly island; Photo of pelt of the world's record bear, with its shooter, Mr. Lionel J. Tucker, a forestry engineer of Vancouver; My Island of Dreams - Part III (conclusion) - The Adventures of an Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings; Cycling Over the Alps - G. Butler Morris recounts his interesting experiences, illustrated with his own photos; A South African Man-Hunt - an escaped half-breed was the terror of the district; Hank Vaughn - a young Englishman's experience with a 'bad man'; The Vengeance of Megana Kol - an Indian aboriginal armed only with a bow and arrow kills a panther which had killed over fifty people, including his own two children; A Man's Luck - Part IV of Hjalmar Rutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Tiger's Teeth - tale from a Devonshire village; The Secret Dance - Mrs. S.A. Clarke-Kennedy witnesses a secret Australian aboriginal "corroboree" ceremonial dance; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1936Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi, Marshall Badoglio, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India, with photo of winner, Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff (Cinthe) under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou", the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye", this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory, the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud, near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch, Señor Alcala Zamora, Dr. Constantine Demerjis, Señor Martinez Barrio, and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome, Hong Kong, after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham, and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere, The Tatler, The Sketch, Sporting and Dramatic News, and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
1918Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Strange Case of Sergeant Pron - a story of the French Foreign Legion; Turned into a Pillar of Salt - a salt-miner becomes lost in his mine; Mysterious Fish with Strange Arabic Inscriptions - photo and brief write-up of fish caught at Zanzibar ; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part I - Eva J. Jordan's amazing journey through mysterious Africa, this part dealing with Uganda (with photos); How I Fired the First Shot for Britain in the Great War - Trooper William Craig, of the 4th Dragoon Guards was also the first British soldier to bring down a Uhlan; Chased by Bees - while observing apes E.F. Martin unknowingly disturbed a nest; In the Clutches of a Boa-Constrictor - adventure in Rhodesia; With the British Armoured Cars in Russia - Part II - a stirring account of their work and adventures, with great photos; The House of a Hundred Rooms - Part II - Chinese Tong-men and gamblers operated a building in Philadelphia's tenderloin district which had secret cellars and dungeons which were put to diabolical uses; My Adventures in the World War, Part IV - famous war correspondent E. Ashmead-Bartlett offers startling and thrilling contributions; The Mystery of the "Haunted Hills" - a strange story from Australia's Queensland bush; The Soldier Samson of the Italian Alps - photo-illustrated tales of an incredibly strong soldier in an Italian Alpini battalion (with photo of him lifting five men!); Human Tanks - An Ingenious Body Shield invented by Italian troops; The Papuan Chief's "Revenge" - intereseting photo-illustrated story; Some African Fashions - humorous illustrations; Arctic Painter's Thrilling Adventures - M. Borissof became lost along the northern shores of Nova Zembla and nearly died (with photo of his studio); Photo of Indian chief Wa-Ha-Gunta who just turned 134 years old!; and more. Average external wear. Bit of writing on front cover and Table of Contents. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1915Pages 194-288 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: A Millionaire's Adventure - Milan millionaire Signor Luigi Beretta becomes the victim of an infamous plot; War-Time Wanderings in the Italian Alps - a merry trio of climbers have some fun; A Fight for Life in Mid-Air - a workman dismantling a great chimney at the Whitehall Road electric power works experiences a terrible industrial accident; The Adventures of Howard Blackburn - Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris, P.C., Prime Minister of Newfoundland, describes nautical adventures of Howard Blackburn; "Grubb of Gran Chaco"- The adventures of pioneer W. Barbrooke Grubb in the Paraguayan Chaco; Six Weeks in Lahoul - a hunting trip for ibex and red bear; Allen's Well - how a man was buried at the bottom of a deep well and was rescued; The Lion's Cub - a striking story from the Coast Mountains of Southern Oregon involving 'Yellow Tail' the mountain lion, Jud Bucklin, and Dick Wimer of the U.S. Forest Service; Aunt Barbara Visits Mustypore - an amusing story from an Indian coffee-planting district; A Woman Alone in China (part II) - Mary Gaunt met with many odd experiences and saw many strange sights, which are here described in most entertaining fashion, with photos; A Tragic Ocean Race - Five clipper ships started on a race from Australia to China, but strange and terrible things happened aboard the "Island Bay"; After Gold in the "Land of Fire" - an unfortunate prospecting expedition in Tierra del Fuego; The Haunted Tomb - a tale from the Southern Punjab; and more. Covers nearly detached as one. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
ref. 015982[Dessin romantique] signé G.M., Une femme dans un paysage de montagnes, probablement Alpes ou Suisse. Gouache sur papier, environ 81*68mm, contrecollée sur une feuille sur laquelle un cadre est dessiné, environ 170*158mm. Daté 1833. D'un ensemble de trois dessins signés G.M. sans que nous ayons pu identifier l'auteur (voir mes autres ventes). Beau dessin. [215]
1818ref. 81081L.-G. Michaud | Paris 1818 | 14 x 21 cm | 4 volumes brochés
ref. 477833Jouglard Gap 1861 In-8 ( 230 X 150 mm ) de 528 pages, demi-basane bleue à la bradel, dos lisse janséniste, premier plat de la couverture conservé, non rogné. ( Reliure postérieure ). Bel exemplaire.
ref. 107482Chez l'Auteur à Grenoble/ Lyon, de l'Imprimerie Grange & Giraud, rue Jean-Carriès, N°2, 1922, 1 volume in-4 de 295x230x25 mm environ, 3 ff.blancs, faux avec justificatif de tirage au dos, titre, x-125 pages, 1f. (table), demi-chagrin chocolat, dos à nerfs portant titres dorés, gardes marbrées, couvertures et dos conservés (petite restauration sur le premier plat), feuillets non rognés. Exemplaire nominatif N° 25/250, signé par l'auteur, contenant 79 reproductions en noir et en couleurs in-texte et 38 planches hors-texte (dont 13 couleurs y compris la carte du Dauphiné dressée par l'auteur). Quelques rousseurs légères, sinon bon éta.
ref. ORD-20287Avec les pièces justificatives et augmenté d'éclaircissemens et documens historiques. Paris. Baudouin Frères. 1824. In-8 (130 x 210 mm) dos lisse veau noir, titre, filets et roulettes dorés, plats et gardes mouchetés, 2+ff. n. ch., XIV, 390 pages. Petits défauts, rousseurs éparses, assez bon exemplaire. étiquettendu Comte Adrien Astorg collée sur la page de titre.
ref. 665771Gap, Imprimerie et librairie Alpines, 1909-1910 2 vol. gr. in-8, XLVI-722 pp. et VIII-576 pp., index, broché. Dos fendillés.
ref. 44421DRAGUIGNAN, IMPRIMERIE DU " VAR ", NEGRO ET FILS PROPRIETAIRES ,1921-1931, 8 vol. in-8 352 PAGES + 519 PAGES + 289 PAGES + 248 PAGES + 336 PAGES + 338 PAGES + 328 PAGES + 529 pages ,brochés ,Bon état ,dos cassé pour le tome 5. Pages non coupées .(5 photos du livre sur mon site https://www.vieuxlivre.fr) .Les frais de port pour la France sont offerts à partir de 25 euros d'achat (Mondial relay ). (colissimo suivi +6,90 ).
ref. 44890Chambéry Chez les imprimeurs Cléaz et Gorrin, An XIII (1804 & 1805) 1804 in 18 (13,5x9) 1 fort volume reliure demi basane fauve de l'époque, dos lisse, filets et titre dorés, XIV, 13 faux-feuillets non chiffrés (calendrier)rural), 48, 176, 256, 72, 8 pages, petite auréole brun clair sur la marge externe des 10 premiers feuillets. Rare. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
ref. 18623Vienne, Tranquillo Mollo et Comp., 1804. 87 x 86 cm, étui et chemise cartonnés (étui défraîchi).
1877ref. 17575Vienne, Imprimerie Savigné, 1877-1881 5 volumes in-4 (18,5 X 28,5 cm) percaline bleue, pièce de titre de basane fauve, blason doré au centre du premier plat. 616 + 574 + 564 + 512 + 524 pp. (Le deuxième plat des tomes I et II sont en partie blanchis par des traces d'humidité sans atteinte au texte).
ref. 665422Paris, Picard, Grenoble, Allier père et fils, 1887-1890 2 vol. in-4, XXXII-204 pp. et X-390 pp., texte sur deux colonnes, index, broché.
1932ref. 81DG1932. Öl auf Leinwand. Bildformat: 44 x 35 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Abb.
1800A Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 18009. Fort in-4 carré relié demi-basane rouge, dos à nerfs, titre doré. Tome II seul. II de XVI + + 424 pages + Eclaircissement pour le tome II de la Géographie de Strabon ; 156 pages. Gaule Transalpine, Iles de Bretagne, &c. Les Alpes. L'Italie ; Ses Iles. Suite de l'Italie et de ses îles. Index des éclaircissemens. Bon état
1800ref. 164458Imprimerie Impériale A Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 18009. Fort in-4 carré relié demi-basane rouge, dos à nerfs, titre doré. Tome II seul. II de XVI + + 424 pages + Eclaircissement pour le tome II de la Géographie de Strabon ; 156 pages. Gaule Transalpine, Iles de Bretagne, &c. Les Alpes. L'Italie ; Ses Iles. Suite de l'Italie et de ses îles. Index des éclaircissemens. Bon état
ref. 14389Lyon, chez Michel Talebard, 1673, 1 pleine basane d'époque, dos à nerfs, coins et coupes émoussés, coiffes manquantes, petit manque sur 1 mors. in-8, titre frontispice dessiné et gravé par Giorgio Tasnière (Arche de Noé dans un médaillon central, encadré de palmes, surmonté des armes de la Savoie et ornés de médaillons illustrés de figures religieuse et ésotériques), titre, 6 ff.n.c. (dédicace à la reine de Savoie et table), 582 pp. + 21 feuillets de table (dernier feuillet de table manquant) ;
1885Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with pictorial and printed titles, 15 fine full-page coloured illustrations, and very numerous illustrations in monochrome in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary brown half morocco BY H WOOD, marbled boards, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers heightened with gilt, original wrappers (printed in red and black) preserved, corners very lightly frayed else a most attractive, crisp clean copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. This splendid copy was presented as a prize in the Grand Concours Annual of the Societe Nationale des Professeurs de Francais. It was awarded in December 1890 to J W Blagden of Dulwich College.The society's fine presentation bookplate, completed in MS and with blind-embossed stamp, is tipped to front paste-down.
ref. 139563aafCambridge Deighton Bell, 1867, in-8vo, (22x15 cm), VIII + 136 p. + 2 p. + 12 p. (list of works by Deighton dated 1867) + 2 folded maps, hw. T. G. Bonney / exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, publisher’s orig. clothbound, title gilt on spine.
ref. 141814aafFrankfurt am Main, Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1815, gr. in-8vo, X + 144 S. + eine Seite ,Druckfehler’. Exlibris von Peter E. Obergfell. Original Halb-Lederband (O.-Rücken neu aufgezogen, restauriert).
