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1902Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
1917Cover portrait of King Alexander, Constantine's Second Son and Successro. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents: effect of the 'Battle of Athens", December 1916; Exposure of Constantine's hostility to the entente; The history of modern Greece; entente doubts and difficulties; position of Italy; Exchange of Notes; Effect of Russian Revolution and American Intervention; The Thessalian Crops; Entente Discussions; M. Jonnart appointed High Commissioner; Adbication of King Constantine; The New King, Alexander; Constantine's departure from Greece; M. Venizelos becomes Prime Minister; Persecution and massacres of Greeks in Turkey and Macedonia. Contents also discuss 'Care of Disabled British Soldiers'. Topics include: Pioneer work in France; Science of orthopaedics; Sir Robert Jones's work at Liverpool; Restoration of Function; Nerve Sutures; Muscles, Tendons and Bones; Sliding Splints; Shepherd's Bush; Curative Workshops; Training for Trades and Professions; Limbless Soldiers; Roehampton; Erskine House, Glasgow; Surgery and Disfigurements; The Blind; St. Dunstan's; Nervous Disease; The Star and Garter, Richmond; A Catechism for the Disabled. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. It is suggested that this issue be read in conjunction with the following issues: Part 21 - The 1st Austrian Invasion of Serbia; Part 28 - The Intervention of Turkey; Part 36 - The 2nd and 3rd Austrian Invasions of Serbia; Part 88 - The Tragedy of Serbia; Part 144 - The Salonika Expedition, Oct. 1915-Nov. 1916; Part 165 - Greece and the War, 1914-1916. Magazine
1903Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
1854"Comprised in twenty-six maps showing the various divisions of the world as known to the ancients composed from the most authentic sources with an index of the ancient and modern names." - from title page. Includes the following maps: Orbis Veteribus Notus; Roma; Italia Meridionalis; Athenae; Peloponnesus et Attica; Graecia Septentrionalis; Insuleae Maris Aeg Aei; Macedonia, Thracia, Illyria, Moesia, et Dacia; Britannia; Insuleae Britannicae; Gallia; Germania; Vindelicia, Noricum, Rhaetia, Pannonia, et Illyricum; Hispania; Africa Septentrionalis; Aegyptus; Asia Minor; Palaestina; Syria; Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, et Babylonia; Arabia; Imperium Persicum; Indiae. Fold-out map entitled 'Central Italy with the Adjacent Countries from the Peutingerian Tables, constructed about A.D. 393'. Extensive 44-page index of place names. Hand done colour outlines to most maps. Average external wear. 1.5" opening to upper corner of front free endpaper. Toning to endpapers. Gilt titling clearly legible upon backstrip. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful reference. Book
1919Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Book
1997220pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Amsterdam & Leipzig, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1749- T. X - E.O. - 1 volume In-4 - 1/2 Reliure, Plats muets - T. X - Table (2), 680 pages - Frais intérieurement. - Gravure dépliante du Palais de Néron, Plans dépliants du grand cirque commencé par Romulus & Hippodrome avec l'obélisque Theboine. - Carte dépliante du Bosphore de Trace avec Constantinople divisée en quartiers.
Amsterdam & Leipzig, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1745 - T. VI- E.O. - 1 volume In-4 - 1/2 Reliure, Plats velin de réemploi (d'époque) - Epitre dédicatoire à Procope Aldabert, Comte Czernin de Chudernitz avec Armoiries (4), (2), 692pages - Frais intérieurement. - 4 Cartes dépliantes des conquètes d'Alexandre, de la Syrie après la mort d'Alexandre le Grand, d' Egypte & Cyrenaique & des royaumes d'Arménie, de Pont, de Capadocie & de Médie
1944EINAUDI 1944 XII - 345 PP. “FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: RESIDUO DI ADESIVO DELL'ACETATO AI CONTROPIATTI SEGNI DEL TEMPO, INGIALLIMENTO DELLE PAGINE, TUTTE LE PAGINE ANCORA DA PARIRE, LETTERALMENTE INTONSO”
1979cm. 17,5 x 25, x-258 pp. con 23 tavv. f.t. 645 gr. x-258 p.
1973In 8 (21x15,5) Brossura; pp. 408; copertina sciupata, strappo in antiporta, internamente buono
1908Paris, Perrin, 1908. (mm. 200). Mezza percallina verde coeva con titolo impresso e dorato al dorso. pp. (2), XI, 603 con 2 carte geografiche f.t. più volte ripiegate ed un'altra nel testo. Ottimo esemplare.
