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Les caves du vatican
1972Gide Andre Les caves du vatican. , Sodis 1972-01-01, Libro complessivamente in buonissimo stato. Buono (Good) . Libro 250 978-2-07-036034
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1947Octavo in stapled white illus wraps; 47 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Uncommon. Numerous worthwhile b/w photos. Covers the first and second expeditions. || Caves -- Virginia. Speleology -- Virginia. Endless Caverns (Va.); Subterraneana
1940Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Bumping to top of spine. ; Contents: The North Cave and courtyard; South Cave complex; Description of Plates; Chronology of South Cave Complex; Nabataean Sculpture; Derivation of the Rock-Cutting at Petra; Appendix I. Games; Appendix 2. List of Plants. 41 Plates; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch
1966Haroun Tazieff was a member of the exploration team of the caves at Gouffre Pierre-Saint-Martin in the Pyrenees at the border between France and Spain, the deepest cave of the World. He was a volcanologist, geologist, photographer, scientific writer and film director Text in French. Gilt title on spine and illustration on front cover. Has clear wrapper with the title; tear to top of cover and loss at lower back edge.
1111Part XI, "of about 24", featuring Australasia and the Pacific; Egypt. Circa 1910. Numerous photographs. One colour plate. Paginated 321 to 352. Staple bound, with rusty staples, front cover half detached with tear midway on joint edge.
1929With 28 illustrations. Fading to covers on spine and top edges. Wear to cover corners and spine bumped top/tail. Light browning/foxing to half-title and following pages.
1972Gide Andre Les caves du vatican. , Sodis 1972-01-01, Libro complessivamente in buonissimo stato. Buono (Good) . Libro 250 978-2-07-036034
1992A clean, unmarked copy. Previous owner's label inside.
1992A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 196 pages. Pictorial boards. Many b&w photos and illustrations. Previous owner's name on endpaper covered by blank label.
1969Book with dust jacket, in box. In green cloth, one corner of back cover very lightly bumped, price marked in pencil on title page with price code, otherwise book is As New, with no blemishes of any kind. Dust jacket has been price clipped at lower corner and is wrinkled a bit at edges but is clean with no tears and very little edgewear. Box is VG with one torn corner, light edgewear, another corner with about 1/4" of pictorial exterior peeling away. The subject of The Saturday Book #29 is Love.
1959A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. Tears on dust jacket. 130 pages. 6 7/8"w x 9 1/4"h. Black and white illustratins with sepia spot color by Will Huntington.
1971Large-format staple-bound publication with content and advertising about such topics as legal rights, prisons, education, farming, outdoor living, caves of Washington, floating homes, the geoduck, skid road, dome plans, "Is non-sexist pornography possible?" and more from the halcyon hippie days of 1971. 62 pages.11"w x 15 1/2"h.
1965pp. 31-35. Double column. Small 4to. Original green printed wraps. PA PAMPH 20_10 BX1 = 3c.
1802pp. v, (4), 226, (2) + Plus engraved Frontis, Plates of scenes and large folding maps and charts. One map includes the sketch of soils, canals, etc of Lancashire. LACKS full page plate of Furness Abbey. View of Keswick Lake repeated on page 107 and 125. View of Bassenthwaite omitted. Two pages have old tape repairs with no loss. Map of the districts has small tape repair on one fold. Offsetting from Frontis on title page. Age stained and foxed. Engraved amoral bookplate of William Scott Elliot of Arkleton. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather binding. Boards detached. Small loss on spine. Binding worn. Hardbound. A rather poor copy of a great book. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/7
1890112 p. + Portrait Frontis of the Alpine Club, one gentleman with a crutch, and full page plates with original tissue guards. Front inner hinge cracked. Paper fault on margin of page 15. Old newspaper stain on pages 12 and 13. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Tall 8vo. 230 mm. Original full gray cloth binding, soiled. Beveled edges. Front board in silver and black with designs of mountain and falls. Embossed lettering in gilt gold. Extremities bumped and worn. Presented by the author to Capt. O.C. Applegate, May 28, 1899. First edition. Steel's aim in writing this work was to provide descriptions of Mount Hood and Crater Lake. He calls the latter 'one of the grandest points of interest on earth. Here all the ingenuity of nature seems to have been exerted to the fullest capacity, to build one grand, awe-inspiring temple'. Also contains details of the formation and constitution of the Oregon Alpine Club, predecessor of the Mazamas, together with short biographies of its first three presidents. At the end is an Oregon bibliography. ACLC p. 298; NLS M500; Neate S160; Perret 4141. Scarce original edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W10
1947Stories: El Dorado of the Fogs; Forbidden Territory; The Man Who Didn't Understand Pictures; The Haunted Woman; The Great Idea; The Old Gent Gets Tough; The People of the Caves; The Wooden Horsemen; When the Rain Came; Hunting the Giant Octopus; Dennis; Delayed Action; Fourteen Days. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
1932Stories: Canada's Radium Rush; Del Fut Bol; Floating to Freedom; Loosewallah; Into the Unknown Triangle - Part 2 of 2 - Captain F. Kingdon-Ward and Lord Cranbrook travel to Burma to explore the Upper Irrawaddy and collect rare botanical speciments - article with eight photos; Dangling in Space; Lions with a Vengeance; The Tiger that Forgot Itself; The Dingo-Trap; Cycling to Eldorado; My Tragic Honeymoon; The Keeper of the Crocodiles; What Happened in the Bat Caves; The Mountain of Gold. Average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
196972 pages. Features: Benjamin Franklin Daniels - Fighting Man!; Big Bend Treasure Hunt - Indian Caves; Grey Robe - Mysterious Benefactor of the Navajo; Radersburg, Montana - a town that split the difference; Seige of the McSween House in Lincoln; Jesse Knight - The Mormon Wizard; An early California tale of adventure; A Choctaw's Revenge - Alfred Victor hunts down the killers of his son; The 1913 Dump of Snow on Denver - Thirteen Million Tons!; Good men and bad in a famous saloon on the Santa Fe Trail, the Don Diego Hotel; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Magazine
1988Features: Montreal's theatrical Cirque du Soleil is taking the world by storm; The Lessons of Monteverde - Canadian funds, and grass roots initiative, provide a blueprint for the preservation of the world's rain forests; Caves of Mystery - A team of Canadians seeks adventure in - and beneath - one of China's most celebrated landscapes; A Matter of Taste - Niagara vintners confront an unsavoury past; The Illustrated Bird - A land of winged resources, Canada has attracted and produced some of the world's best avifaunal artists; Boneyard Enigma - Archaeologists in Alberta ponder the riddles of North America's oldest and largest buffalo jump. Average wear. Sound copy. 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
1923Pages 301-346. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; As the road unrolls - some impressions of an early summer motor trip - feature article with great photos; Future policies of the Republican Party - Three New Hampshire leaders analyze the situation - a revival of party loyalty wanted, A party program, a forward-looking party; Polar caves - short article with photos; The day old chick industry in New Hampshire; The Road to Lariat; Three women who lead New Hampshire club work - Mrs. Clara Fellows, Mrs. G.E. Speare and Mrs. George H. Morris; An anthology of one poem poets; Gould Hill Farm - How a fine apple orchard grew from small beginnings - article with great photos; A gold mine in Jerseys - George M. Putnam's Herd of Champions - great article with photos; New Hampshire Necrology; Great full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. showing their No. 11 mill - the largest textile manufacturing plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; and more. Average wear. External soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1923Pages 353-402. Black and white photos. Features: Full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.'s No. 11 mill - the largest textile plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; Full-page photo of the observatory on Garrison Hill; The Month in New Hampshire; What shall we do with our railroads - consolidate or sell out - with map of New England railroads and connections?; How Dover Grew - the development of her factories; The Savings Bank Centennial - the one hundredth birthday of New Hampshire savings banks; An anthology of one poem poets; An orchard and a college education - apples from the French farm were sold to pay for education; Where the past lives still - Portsmouth - article with photos; Farmers' and Home-makers' week; A New Hampshire crusader; The high school essay contest; A kitchen of 1825 in a thriving New England town - the heart of our ancestors' house; What qualities make for success?; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1923Pages 405-455. Black and white photos. Features: Future policies of the Democratic Party - i. forty-eight hours, taxation, and water power ii. the Democratic Party of the future iii. for the rights of the average man; "Three sentinels of the north" and the Durham meeting; New Hampshire looks back over her splendid past - photos of scenes from this month's celebrations; "Are you a hiker?" - some suggestions for campers; A forest fire - article with sad photos of the aftermath; The Bristol Dam - an important water power development - article with four excellent photos; The story of a Kensington warrior - Major Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington; An anthology of one poem poets; New Hampshire apples at their best - the story of Hardy and Son - article with great photos; The New Hampshire League of Woman Voters; Marsh King and the King Farm - a two-man farm with a wonderful record - article with nice photos; Prohibition; Nice full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.'s largest textile plant in the world; Full-page ad for the Polar Caves; Full page photo of President Calvin Coolidge - First New England President since Franklin Pierce; The Legion at the Weirs, Aug. 13-16 - great photos; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1944Contents: Ford ad (color) inside front cover; Boeing B-29 ad; Plymouth car ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and family; International Trucks ad; War election proves to world America's faith in democracy - campaign hottest in years but politics stop at the borders of nation united in arms; Wehrmacht wages bitter fight to prolong war through winter - but British storm Walcheren, opening way to use of Antwerp as supply base for Allies; Photo of Red Army soldiers parading through Belgrade; One man's fight against corruption - the story behind the Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Incident; Risque ad for Samson card tables features stripper (?) standing on table while soldiers look on with pleasure!; Heavy Going - Japs fight hard in Leyte Caves but defense lacks organization; De Gaulle's sway over France challenged by turbulent reds; Lucky Strike - nice color ad; Goodyear color centerfold ad shows the 'Rubber Railroad'; photo of soldiers outside an Italian showing of Charlie Chaplain's "The Dictator"; Photo of Greek money changer - inflation forces him to carry a literal armload of paper drachmae - with text; Mackenzie King names McNaughton to Cabinet - may avert showdown over Zombies; Jack Miner passes away - Canadian Goose man; Britain asks a helping hand to regain vital export trade - wants modified lend-lease and joint reconversion timing after victory in Europe; Kuppenheimer clothing ad - in color; Horse racing and betting popular; Homer P. Rainey booted out of the University of Texas; Brooks Atkinson's Chinese Drama; A.J. Cronin - doctor and craftsman; Great Northern Railway ad shows refrigerator cars for apples being pre-cooled with large blocks of ice; embarassing ad for Kreml Hair Tonic; Chesterfield cigarette color ad (nice) on back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. 2" X 1" chip from lower corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
1960Features: the Garden of Wonders at Montreal's LaFontaine Park; Tiny Chapel in the badlands near Drumheller; Saint John County Court House remarkable stairway - no posts; Stalactites in Ontario - the Bonnechere Caves; The West's First Post Office - on Winnipeg's Higgins Ave; Little Lake Manitou, Saskatchewan; Acadian heritage; Buddies on the Border - the New Brunswick/Maine border; Land of Monsters -Okanagan's Ogopogo; Little Britches Dude Ranch at Patricia, Alberta; Car Maintenance points to check. Small piece missing from lower corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Hiking and Camping Forum; Canada's Quetico Park; San Nicolas - The Passing Island; The Golden Bird - the Yellow Warbler; Ice Caves amid Lava Beds - near Winona, Arizona; The Truth about Cloudbursts; Celia Thaxter - Poet of Nature; Birds lead Hazardous lives; Grass Bouquets; A Valiant Lance Bearer; Tracking Microcosmic Giants; Conservation - tests for hunting licenses; The Truth about the Black Bear; Duck 'Abundance'; Save Yosemite Sugar Pines; Vermin Hunts; Leopold on Waterfowl; Hercules - the Giant Sky-Figure. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
