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193940 pages. Features: Hard-to-believe colour photo ad for an International Delivery truck inside front cover looks like a cross between a banana and a toaster; Net Results (short story); The Truth About the Bren Gun Article - feedback after the storm of controversey which resulted when Maclean's printed an article by Lieut.-Col. George Drew describing "the most abominable contract that could possibly have been imagined" - includes photos of many of the main players; Overload (short story); Britain Accepts Conscription - part of Beverley Baxter's update from London; Sea Room (short story); Edward Johnson of Guelph (part 2) - with indomitable will he conquered music, strange tongues and life's tragedy in his determined invasion of the operatic world - article with photos; Ribuck! (short story); Hot Dogs - how to help your pet during a heat wave; Nice Coke ad on back cover features young couple heading to a soda fountain, with photo of soda jerk inserted. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
195188 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
18232 voll. in 4, pp. X + 304 + (2) con busto di Sofocle inc. all'acq. all'antip. e 2 tavv. f.t. inc. all'acq; VII + 261 + (3) con 2 tavv. f.t. inc. all'acq. Il primo vol. presenta la br. edit con dorso rifatto con carta d'epoca. Il secondo volume conserva il p. post. orig., il p. ant. e il d. sono rifatti con carta coeva. Gora estesa ma non troppo insistente alle prime 15 cc. del II vol. Traduzione in versi di alcune tragedie sofoclee con ricco apparato di note: Trachinie, Aiace, Edipo Re, Edipo a Colono, Antigone, Filottete, Elettra. 'Lexicon bibliographicum', p. 615.
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1714Sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with engraved frontispiece and title-vignette, some light age-staining as usual; handomely bound in full blue morocco, sides with gilt frame border, gilt back, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy of a scarce edition. With the final leaf of epilogue spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle. First published in 1702. SCARCE.
1785ref. PHO-2528Paris, Cussac, 1785-1789. 13 volumes in-8° (22 × 13,5 cm), reliés en papier de l’époque, dos lisses avec pièces d’auteur, de titre et de tomaison. Petits frottements, quelques coins usés, quelques rousseurs. Exemplaire non rogné, non coupé tel que paru.
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ref. 21099Paris - Genève Chez J. J. Paschoud, Libraire 1809 in 8 (22x14,5) 1 volume broché, sous couverture d'attente de l'époque, titre, LII et 214 pages, le dernier faux-feuillet manque (errata), non rogné. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1753In-4° (248x180 mm), leg. coeva in cartonato alla rustica; pp. [8], 136, [4]. Vignetta xilografica al frontespizio. Iniziali, testatine e finalini xilografici. Prima edizione. L’opera è una risposta agli attacchi oscurantisti che il padre Daniele Concina aveva sferrato contro gli spettacoli teatrali, e in particolare contro l’autore. Rif.: IT\ICCU\UBOE\028294. Cond.: Esemplare fresco e con barbe, quasi in ottime condizioni.
19358vo., First Edition, with a large folding map on japon as frontispiece, nd a folding map on japon; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title. With 4pp contemporary catalogue from publisher John Murray loosely inserted. Lovely copy of a scarce and important work.
1919Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Tiger-Hunting Adventures in India; Adventures of Newspaper-Man, Frederic Martyn (part 2); Canada's New Wonderland - new railway in the neighbourhood of the Yellowhead Pass runs from Edmonton to Prince Rupert - article with great photos; The Raid - author brings down a Gotha; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part 4 - major article of times spent in China with many fascinating photos, including a 3-year-old couple engaged to be married!; Choking An Alligator; In a Cauldron of Fire; Lost in a Limestone Cave; Treed by a Leopard - a missionary's story of a Chinese farmer's terrible predicament; Through Holland in a Canal Boat - article with lovely photos; The Winter Tragedy of the Yellowstone - Corporal Thomas M. Connery recounts the life of the Yellowstone Mounted Police and the nerve-wracking, monotonous life of the winter guard, which led to a terrible tragedy; Photo of the smallest boot in the world; The Catching of "Black Abyss" - involves Australian horseman Harry Pitt; The Fatal Curve - rail coach goes down an embankment; A Fateful Night - adventures in the west - where revolvers settled disputes and vigilance committees made quick work of trials; My Experiences in the "Black Republic' - wild tales from Haiti (Hayti) "where complete savagery has been permitted until even recent years; My Adventures with African Wild Dogs - savage and cunning creatures of which little is known; The Bushranger - adventures involving a crook in the Australian goldfields; The "Water Trees" of the Soudan - the amazing Tebeldi tree - article with photos; Photo of large fruit tree being gassed beneath a large canvas to kill pests; Interesting back cover ad for Haywood's Tire Surgery features illustrations of Richard A. Oldham of Illinois and E.T. Buchmann of Chicago. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
191796 pages plus several pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: "Todger" Jones, V.C. - The Man Who Captured a Hundred Germans Single-Handed - his story as told by himself - with photos; A Flying Man in South America - part II - the strange adventures of Mr. John G. Barron - great photos; The Man Who Didn't Exist - the Belgian story of the most carefully planned murder case on record involving M. Guillaume Bernays; On the Borders of Tibet - Part I - the story of two years' wanderings by Reginald Farrer, with wonderful photos; The German Spy in France, by Bernard St. Lawrence who was engaged in collecting authentic information concerning German spies and their methods; Airmen in the Desert - adventures of the Royal Flying Corps in Sinai, by F.W. Martindale; The Hon. Roderick Buckley Mystery - the disappearance of a wealthy young man formerly well-known in London society; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - part 3 - E.W. Hawkes writes about his eventul cruise - with great photos; Mulai Hassan's Donkey - a favorite Algerian tale as related by Donald Maclean; ; Thirteen Days Adrift - an Atlantic Tragedy after the steamship "Columbian" took fire in the Atlantic; Curiosities of Soudan, by H. J. Shepstone, with many excellent photos. Nice color ad for Vose player pianos on back cover. Massive eleven-page illustrated ad for the National Rubber Co. of New York which seeks to sell shares to readers; Photos of a sundew reaching out to seize a fly. Above-average wear. Crease to front cover. Chips from backstrip. Few light pencil marks to contents. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
1909Features: The People of the Caves; My Journey in Bhutan - I; An Arctic Man-Hunt; The Sydney "Flying-Machine"; An Odd Voyage; The Rescue Dogs of St. Bernard; How we Bluffed the Bushrangers; Life in a Japanese Prison; Short Stories - An Adventure in the "Towers of Silence", Hassan's Bride, Prospecting for Yaqui Gold; The Sportsmen of the Near East; Ning Wo the Wonderful; The Golden Beetle; The Riddle of the Zambesi; A Hero's Life Story; "The Hermit of Rotheneuf"; Marooned on a Sandbank; The "Tank Scrap"; Short Stories - A Luncheon Party in Rhodesia, The Ordeal of Mrs. Benns; The Deputation That Failed; An Island of Mystery; The Ghost of No. 1 Jetty; My Journey in Bhutan - II; The One-Eyed Parrot; The "Pearl of the Mediterranean"; A North Atlantic Tragedy; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; A Lost Hamlet; How I Climbed Mount Popocatepetl; The Masked Bandit of Tucson; Under the Star and the Crescent - I; Pegging out the Empire; Short Stories - The Jail-break at Kungyangon, The Missing Bracelet, The Story of a Glass Eye; Earnst's Luck;; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - I; The Gipsy Polka; Abalone-Fishing; The Old Mexican Mine; A Mystery of the Bush; An Artist's Adventure; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - I; The Rival Rain-Makers; Pegging Out the Empire - II; The Clue of the Marked Bamboo; Earthquakes from a Japanese Point of View; The Robbery at Goldsmiths; The Experiences of a Deputy-Postmaster; Some Adventures with Sea-Lions; Under the Star and Crescent - II; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - II; Lost in an Underground Maze; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - II; On the Hill Crest Patrol; Stories of "Stripes" - the Tiger and the Tow-Boat, The Phantom Tiger; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - II; The Dynamite Smuggler; A House Built in a Day; Bulstrode and the Bear; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - I; The Castaways of Guadalupe Island; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - III; Sport in India; Phaulkon's Treasure; The Balinese and Their Ways; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - I; My Most Exciting Ballooning Experiences; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - III; The Gum-Hunter; A Himalayan Arcadia; The Jealously of Pepe; A Texan "Snake-Farm"; One New Year's Day; Twelve Hundred Miles in a Paper Boat; Fishing on the Molopo; Locating a Leak; Two Men in a Cave; A Wanderer in Asia Minor - I; Wilson's "Scoop"; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - II; A Race for a Gold-Mine; In the Far North-West - I; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - II; How I Lassoed a Moose. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1906Features: The Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
1814In-24 gr. (mm. 138x92), 6 volumi, p. pergamena coeva, fregi e tit. oro al dorso su due tasselli, tagli gialli, pp. complessive 1748, con bella antiporta figurata, inc. in rame da Perico su disegno di Colignon, un ritratto dell’Autore e 21 pregevoli tavole f.t., inc. in rame da Perico su disegno di Bozzoli, una per ogni tragedla della raccolta. "Mancano" le antiporte (uguali alla prima) dei restanti 5 volumi Introdotte da una “lettera di Ranieri de Calsabigi all’A. sulle quattro sue prime Tragedie”, vi figurano: 1° vol.) “Filippo - Polinice - Antigone” / 2°) “Virginia - Agamennone - Oreste - Rosmunda” / 3°) “Ottavia - Timoleone - Merope (segue) Lettera dell’Abate Cesarotti sulle tre precedenti Tragedie, con note dell’A. che servono di risposta” / 4°) “Maria Stuarda - La congiura dei Pazzi - Saul” / 5°) “Agide - Sofonisba - Bruto Primo - Mirra” / 6°) “Bruto Secondo - Alceste - Antonio e Cleopatra (segue) Parere dell’A. sulle Tragedie: invenzione, sceneggiatura e stile”. Cfr. Bustico,22: “Questa ediz. è la prima, in ordine di tempo, dove si trovino gli Argomenti per ciascuna tragedia, stesi dall’ab. Carlo Mengoni per incarico dell’editore”. Esempl. ben conservato.
1541ref. GR143Basilae, Roberti Winter, 1541, in-8o, A1-Tt8 p., ( Hoffmann I, 83 ). A' edition latine seule. Reliure veau, dos recent. Marque d'editeur au colophon, lettrines xylographiees.
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1728ref. 9718Delphis, apud Adrianum Beman, 1728. In-4 de [124]-802-[214-index] pages, plein veau moucheté, dos à 5 nerfs orné d'encadrements, fleurons et titre dorés, triple filet doré ornant les plats, double sur les coupes, roulette intérieure, tranches dorées. Bords, mors et coins un peu frottés, quelques ff. brunis, quelques rousseurs.
1777ref. 002085Genève s.n. (Cazin) 1777
1821ref. LIT7524MLadvocat | Paris 1821 | 13 x 21 cm | 6 Volumes reliés | Edition originale collective dans la traduction française du baron Prosper Brugière de Barante. Un portrait lithographié au frontispice. Longue notice sur la vie et les écrits de l'écrivain. Cette entreprise de traduction est la première qui se veut exhaustive du théâtre de Schiller. Elle fut déterminante pour la connaissance de l'écrivain en France, qui ne connut une nouvelle traduction complète de son théâtre qu'en 2005. Reliure en demi-chagrin doré. Livres en très bon état général, de très légères rousseurs en intérieur, quasi anodines. Les reliures présentent pour certaines quelques légers défauts comme des émoussements et des pliures peu dérangeantes. Contient : Les brigands, La conjuration de Fiesque, L'intrigue et l'amour, La pucelle d'Orléans, Marie Stuart, Le camp de wallenstein, Les Piccolomini, La mort de Wallenstein, La fiancée de Messine, Guillaume Tell, L'hommage des arts, Le misanthrope, Don Carlos, Demetrius.
