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1920Pages 177-272, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Blue Bandits - Part 1 - Elusive thieves operate in the Franco-Italian villages on either side of the frontier in the French department of the Hautes Alpes and the Italian district of Monte Viso; How I Lost My Christmas Dinner - hilarious story of a Christmas spent with the Maori adherents of self-styled "prophet" Rua - article with photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 2 - photo-illustrated account of Harry A. Franck's visit to Quito and his tramp through Ecuador; The Last Voyage of H.M.S. "Drake" - a vivid glimpse of the perils of convoy work and the "price of Admiralty"; ; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 1; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 1of Airman Capt. T.W.White's adventures and daring escape; The Moonshiners - what happened when the author stumbled into a camp of Tennessee moonshiners; Photo of thousands of snakes at breeding time in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area; The Wonderland of the Arctic - description of a trip to Danish Greenland, with photos; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 3 - exploration and adventure in unknown New Guinea; Photo of German "Death Clock" constructed primarily of skulls and other bones; Two Balloonatics - an exciting balloon adventure from just before the war (WWI); Treasure Island - great photo-illustrated article about the remote South Pacific island of Nauru; The Mad Millionaire - how vast wealth came unexpectedly to a poor Mexican Indian, and the tragedy that ensued; The Sacred Mountain - photo-illustrated account of a picturesque Tibetan pilgrimage; The Resurrection of "Red" Wilson - an exciting story of the old days in the south-west, when the Apaches were still a terror in the land; Photo of a lakatoi (lakatois) New Guinea boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1920Pages 449-536, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Mystery of Dominic Pietro - how an innocent man was saved from the gallows; The Trials of A Naturalist's Wife - part 4; A Woman's Ordeal - Mrs. C.T. Sturgis was a prisoner of Mexican bandits; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - Part 2 of the great photo-illustrated story of the author's travels among the Wahhabi Arabs; Hunting the Addo Elephants - they were marked for extinction at the hand of famous hunter Major Pretorius - article with many photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 5 - Adventures in Peru, with great photos, including carrying a piano up a mountain!; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season - terrible flooding makes travel very difficult; Photo of 30,000 coconuts being sprouted in Tobago; In Old Madrid - two Americans are left behind in Madrid with an elephant and soon the animal is matched up for battle with a fine Spanish bull!; Photo of London "Dog Market"; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron - Part 2; Photo of the only inhabited "Cloghaun" in Ireland; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 4 - The Adventures and Daring Escape of Airman Capt. T.W. White; A Land of Gods - photo-illustrated article about the people and places of the Kulu Valley of India; The Hunting of Lot Shumway - the pursuit and ultimate capture of this Northern Arizona badman; How Nixon Made Good - a western railroad tale; Photo of Harry Rich of Kansas City - the Human Gun Carriage!; Photo of large tree growing up through millstone at Sheldon's Mill at South Dover, New York. Somewhat above-average wear with openings along backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1920Pages 273-360, plus 24 pages of great ads. Features: The Black Hand - a curious story of the abortive Egyptian revolution; The Land of Model Husbands - In the Marshall Islands women are the queen of all they survey - fascinating article with many wonderful photos; "Blue Mary's" Last Run; Photo of petrified forest in Arizona; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 2; The Smallest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated article on San Marino; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 4 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea; The Ship That Sought Adventure - The skipper of the "Zodiac" was a glutton for excitement during the anxious days of the submarine campaign during WWI; Cave-Dwellers of Today - article with wonderful photos of cave-homes around the world; Blue Bandits - Part 2 - criminals who operated near the Italian/French border murder the Abbe Rossignol of La Bessee; On Foot Through South America - Part 3 - the wilds of northern Peru; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 2 - the adventures and daring escape of airman Capt. T.W. White; A Human Tiger - a man in British Baluchistan declares war on the government; Photo of airplane caught high in a tree near Coshocton, Ohio. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1927Stories: The Naked Man - a story from Africa; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - our experiment in orange growing; Nine Lives - an interesting cat story; Doctor Ash Takes Charge - an amusing story of how a lazy family came to do some real hard work - perhaps for the first time in their lives; A Flight to Save a Ship (The Lipari) - the author rents a plane to locate a beached vessel and claim it for his salvage company; Chinese Pirates of Today - photos; The Big Voyage of the Little Shanghai - from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a 42 foot yacht; A Trooper's battle with a Lion; The Old Rifle - a New Mexico Tale involving the Halleck and Howard Mill at La Madera; The Mail Bag Mystery - a delightful Irish story; A bear with a Brain - a very clever thieving Grizzly; The Diamond Smuggers - the author describes his gem-running exploits; Land of Volcanoes - a visit to the Tengger, the principal volcanic centre of Java; The Last of the Corsican Bandits - the meteoric career of Romanetti; Prior owner's name pencilled atop front cover else unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Back cover nearly detached. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1914100 pages plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Real-Life Romances - six narratives of travel in Italy; Captain Thompson's 'Catch' - Captain Thompson of Knight's Key, Florida catches a huge bizarre 'whale/shark' - article with photos; Drifting Through Mesopotamia - Russian M. Dutkevitch and his photo-illustrated account of floating down the mighty Tigris to Bagdad; A Naturalist in the Arctic - Mr. Koren, a Norwegian naturalist, becomes a castaway in Siberia after his vessel is wrecked in the ice; The "Phantom Brigands" of Pegomas - how the puzzle of these these French criminals (described in the March, 1912 issue) was finally solved; Our Trip to the Kolahoi Glacier - a journey by two officers of the Indian Army to the source of the Jhelum River - with great photos; My Adventures in Sarawak (part II) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her time as the Rajah's bride; Two Years in Guatemala - Alfred R. Lamb describes his eventful time organizing the police force of Guatemala; The Bishop's Visit - what happened when a Bishop visited the bungalow of an Indian planter; The Fur-Buyer's Peril - Frank J. Scheider nearly froze to death in the wilds of Ontario; Moose-Hunting in New Brunswick; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1966Fuller title: The vigilantes of Montana, or, Popular justice in the Rocky Mountains : being a correct and impartial narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of Henry Plummer's road agent band, together with accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperados, the whole being interspersed with sketches of life in the mining camps of the "Far west" . Facsimile of the rare Virginia City 1866 first edition. 12mo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. A wonderful record of the wild times in the west. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29
2018rif. __1846826357Four Courts Pr Ltd 2018. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. Four Courts Pr Ltd hardcover
rif. 1020630981.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1120931207.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1167243595.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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rif. 0121955524.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1978rif. BN130398Academic Press London 1978. 1978. The Spectrum in Chemistry. The Spectrum in Chemistry. Crooks J.E. Academic Press, London unknown
1978rif. 5835316Academic Press Inc 1978. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0121955508 Academic Press Inc hardcover
1978rif. NB514New Academic Press Inc paperback
2015rif. 1-1940363314Benbella Books 2015. Hardcover. New. 311 pages. 9.00x6.50x1.25 inches. Benbella Books hardcover
1974rif. 527j0237Seattle WA: The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. Good. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Cover photo of launching day in Seattle's Nilson & Kelez Shipyard; A Busy Week for the Snohomish; Vignette of the Sea; Chickamauga Alias Sea Chicken; Wreck of the Al-Ki; SS Lurline 'Lost' on Puget Sound; The San Juan Boundary Dispute; Mail Buoy. 44 stapled pages generously illustrated in black and white. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to . The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society paperback
1961Features: The Crooks Get all the Breaks - Virgil W. Peterson; Can our children learn faster? - at the Whitby School in Connecticut, the Montessori method is used to teach the three Rs; People on the Way Up - Gigi Reynolds Carrier, Dick Gregory, Joy Tymezyszyn Jr., Jane Marilley; Abraham Kaplan on 'Are Psychiatrists and Clergymen enemies or allies?'; Connie Francis - what made her a star, and how does she survive the competition?; Casey Stengel; How Sotheby's venerable London auction house sets prices and tastes for highbrows; The Vanishing Hillbilly - the proud Ozark mounaineer is being modernized out of existence as TVs become more common than indoor plumbing. Great 2-page color Chevrolet Jobmaster Trucks ad. Nice Coke ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
196096 pages. Short Stories: Fair Warning; Swindler in the Family; Night Marshal; A Sentimental Subject. Articles: The Night Our Town Blew Up - photo-illustrated article of Roseburg, Oregon, scene of a massive explosion in 1959; The Animals Come First; They Called Us "The Law" - recollections of the wife of District Attorney W.A. (Bill) Morrison in Milam County, Texas; The Fight to Save the "Preemies" (premature babies); Speediest Kids Afloat - Australian swimmers John and Ilsa Konrads of Australia; They Killed Heydrich (Conclusion) - Seven Against a Regiment - story with many photos of the aftermath of the murder of SS Gen. reinhard Heydrich; The Face of America - The Well-Trained Angels; Beloved Bandits of the Skyways - a seagull story. Serials: The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 1 of 7); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 5 of 8). Ads: Caterpillar ad features photo of Philadelphia demolition scene; Dodge Trucks - with U-Haul theme; Nice one-page Pepsi ad with beach scene illustration; Campbell's Tomato Soup - used in BBQ sauce; Very nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1960 Turbine Drive Buick, featuring a black Electra 225 four-door sedan with yacht in background; Salem cigarettes - nice creekside scene; Dutch Boy Nalplex paint; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible features white car and white horses; The Taylor family is featured in a two-page ad for the Insured Savings and Loan Association; Fisher Body; One-page color photo of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN; Lennox ad inside back cover; Great back cover color-photo Coke ad features bottle and glass floating on iceberg. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
rif. 1363943707.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0243394632.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 0483779075.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2000rif. __0822324865Duke Univ Pr 2000. Hardcover. New. 412 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. Duke Univ Pr hardcover
1979No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked faux-leather padded boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. A very well illustrated history of the criminal fraternity at sea. Tucked in is a wallet holding two images of typical pirate ships - a brigantine and a sloop, and two official ships - a naval sloop and a man-of-war.
