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1919Features: Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, G.C.M.G., Appointed High Commissioner, Constantinople, November, 1918, following upon the armistice with Turkey. Includes final installment of the chapter "Triumph of the British Navy". Great photos. Various nautical photos/illustrations on centerfold, including Britain's giant K class boats. Also includes Chapter CCLXXXVIII - "The Roll of Honour - Concluding Survey". Somewhat above-average wear. Some corners folded. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
189316 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: The famous war-scarred castle of Chapultepec, Mexico; The National Palace, City of Mexico; The Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah; Brighton Beach, Coney Island; The City of Montreal, Canada; City of Benares, India; Lahore Gate, Delhi; Castle of Nijo, Japan; The Royal Throne, Honolulu; Town Hall and Cathedral, Sydney, Australia; The Mosque of St. Sofia, Constantinople; The City of Tyre; The City of Alexandria, Egypt; The Acropolis, Athens; Interior of Ann Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford, England; City of Geneva, Switzerland. Unmarked. A nice clean copy with moderate wear. Book
189416 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Seven Dials, London; Eaton Hall, near Chester, England; Royal Library in Berlin; The Interior of St. Mark's Church, Venice; Panorama of Naples, Italy; St. Gothard Tunnel, Switzerland; Lady Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg; Private Mosque of the Turkish Sultan, Constantinople; Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand; Yale College; The Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Canada; Railroad Station, Santiago, Chili (Chile); Church and Convent of San Francisco, Lima, Peru; The Holy Family, by Murillo; The Lion of Lucerne; Street Scene in Melbourne. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
189416 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The Royal Exchange, London; Irongate, the principal retail business street of Glasgow; Jungfenstrasse, Hamburg; A 'Street' or canal in Venice; Entrance to Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Ramble St. Monique, Barcelona; The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens; Ahmedieh, or Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Constantinople; Natives bathing in natural hot springs, New Zealand; Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey; North American Indians - a plans Indian scene; Government Palace, Buenos Ayres (Aries); Cathedral at Bogota, Columbia; Kenilworth Castle, England; The Ascent of Mount Vesuvius - great cablecar scene; The Night-Watch, by Rembrandt. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
188620 pages. Contents: Cover Illustration "They Carefully Put Their Teeth Into the Lye..."; Thanksgiving; Women and Men - Opressive Leisure; Family Living on $500 a Year - part XLVI - Thanksgiving Dinners; New York Fashions - furs, small girls' and misses' costumes; Personal; Sketches in Constantinople - Bridge of Galata, Palace of Dolma Bagtche Imperial Palace, Mosque of St. Sophia, Turkish Ladies Shopping, etc.; Lyd's Three Thanksgivings - with illustrations; Wonderful vull-page illustrated ad for the opening of the new Grand Street Building of Edward Ridley & Sons of New York - "Ridley's, 309 to 321 Grand St."; Lovely centerfold illustration "Portrait of a Lady" - from the picture byCarolus Duran exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1886; A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready - first part; Misses' and girls' dresses and cloaks - nice full-page illustration; Corsages for dinner and reception toilettes; laundry basket; afternoon toilettes; some infant schools; a beautiful air-plant; humor. Above-average wear and soiling Book
188620 pages. Contents: Winter Toilettes; Princesses at a Watering-Place; The Household Herald; Women and Men - every one that thirsteth; New York Fashions; Tapestry band for reclining chairs, etc.; background stitches for tapestry cushions ; fans and flowers for evening dress; Mrs. Burkes Pudding; The Woodlanders - continued; Family Living on $500 a Year - par XLVII; Some Christmas Suggestions; Sketches in Constantinople - text with illustrations; The Cocaine Habit - The Worst Slavery Known - New Revelations of Power; Nice centerfold illustration "Going to the Market in the Tropics" whows black man and woman on horseback; full-page illustration of "The Young Scion of the House of Alvarado on a Fiery Half-Broken Mustang; A Millionaire of Rough and Ready - continued; Knitted Chenille cape; Seal-skin wrap with beaver trimming; fur-trimmed mantle; Plain and plaid wool dress; India cashmere dress; A New Phase of Darwinism; humor. Above-average wear. Pattern included. Book
19286 pages. Average wear. A sound copy. Sheet music
200382 pages. Features: The True Extent of the Medieval World - East to West; Love in a Cold Climate; In Search of Raedwald's Grave; Lift the Lid on Medieval Cookery; The Battle of Nicopolis;Chinggis Khaan - Son of Heaven; The Walls of Constantinople; Strengleikar - Norwegian tranlsations of French Romances; The Medieval Sources of Place Names; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
200482 pages. Features: Life and Times of Saintly Princess Etheldreda; The Wars of Alfred the Great; The Battle of Fulford, 1066; What Happened to our Medieval Manuscripts; Siege Success and failure at Constantinople and Belgrade; Uses of the English Medieval Garden; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
200482 pages. Features: Venice - The First Thousand Years (part 1); 1204 - a Norman Legacy?; Gerusalemme Liberata and Jihad - God's Will and Realpolitik; There's No Fool Like a Court Fool (Jester); The Welsh Castles of Edward I - in a weekend; The Blunted Arrowhead - The Defensive Role of the Great Medieval Fortresses of Albania; The 'Kingmaker' - a look at Richard Neville and his magnificent castle at Warwick; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1916Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Two Men's Madness - six lives and a fine ship, the Frank N. Thayer, are lost through the unaccountable frenzy of two Indians; In Wildest Ireland - A.W. Cutler describes and photographs "unspoilt" regions of the Emerald Isle - with many fascinating photos; The Guardian of the Line - the ordeal undergone by a humble railway-crossing keeper's wife in Lithuania on the Russian Front; In Search of the Unknown Land - The tragic story of the Stefansson Arctic Exploration Expedition, twelve-page article including many photos; The Tales of Golab Khan - some amusing stories of Indian life; The Airman's Escape - two British aviators raid a Bulgarian town, then one is shot down and must be rescued by his companion; From Job To Job Around the World - part VI - Two American wanderers make there way through the Holy Land to Constantinople - with photos; The Trouble at Crib No. 2 - a tug-boat fireman recounts an exciting story of a winter rescue on the Great Lakes; Australia's Water Miracle - article and photos describe how the Government of New South Wales has created a miracle of irrigation; The Story of Count Seilern - A Tragedy of the Hapsburgs; Alpine Acrobats - A vivid account, illustrated by some very remarkable photographs, of the first ascent of the needle-like "Cigar Rock" in the Italian Alps; Lovely one-page illustrated ad by Canada Steamship Lines promotes their Niagara to the Sea all-water route; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [3], 290-385, 7-32 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. Soiling to back cover. Covers beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue.. Book
1924Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hunting of Gonzales - An adventure of Senor Ramon Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Adrift on an Ice-Floe - Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh Green provides a photo-illustrated account of the amazing fashion in which a primitive Eskimo extricated himself from a predicament which would assuredly spelt death for a white man; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part II - Winifred S. Blackman's photo-illustrated account of the three winters she spent with the local people of Upper Egypt; Fraser's Price - The tale of an angered railroad engineer; The Three Angleteers - Part V (conclusion) of the trouble and adventures of three English wanderers in Constantinople and Athens; "Remember the Mortons" - A stirring story of an episode in the Matabele rebellion of 1895; Salvage Extraordinary - An Indian planter's account of an odd affair on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, including photo of five elephants pushing a stranded steamer; The Head-Hunters of Sepik - Part III - Beatrice Grimshaw explored the Sepik River of New Guinea and dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Where Everyone is Wealthy - The Osage Indians of Oklahoma come up with the strangest ways to divest themselves of their wealth earned from local oil - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part III - Count Nils Cronstedt spares a condemned bull-terrier which rewards him by saving him multiple times while he served in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; "Old White Face" - Allen Borders of Montana relates a terrifying cougar experience; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part III - The story of a British officer's remarkable journey - disguised as an Oriental - across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; "Captain Jed" - a tale of the whalers of New Bedford, MA, involving the "Cap'n Jed" and the "Wanderer" - very few men have ever fought a 'right' whale single-handed and lived to tell the tale; Python and Lion in Nyassaland - after visiting a witch-doctor for poisoning the author is attacked first by a great python, then a lion!; Photo of a Manchurian man 7 feet and 3 inches tall; Photo of a veritable forest of masts at Lowestoft, the Suffolk fishing port, during the height of herring season; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1970Folio 89p., illus. Purnell Library of Knowledge series Hardcover Very good condition
1978No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 194pp. The story of Theodora, born in the gutter in 520 AD, who rose to become a Byzantine Empress, a woman of rare distinction and an unforgettable human being.
