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ref. 86652London Rigel Press 1974 1st. Hardback approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good near fine condition. over else clean and smart. Pages all clean and tight. No inscriptions or marks. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. 71pp. London, Rigel Press, 1974 1st hardcover
19588vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
1924Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1974ref. 008025United Kingdom: Rigel Press Ltd 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Complete Texts of the Witches' Rituals. The author's Peter West courageous decision to publish these sacred ceremonies known as The Book of Shadows have put him under 'pain of death' - it says on the fep. First Edition. Rigel Press Ltd London 1974. 72pp hb dw clipped & slightly frayed dw has "Proof Publication Date 15 April 1974" printed on reverse signs of a small label removed scarce book book fine Rigel Press Ltd hardcover
1820ref. 3013Paris, L'Huillier et Lemoult (imp. de Pierre Gueffier), 1820 ; deux tomes in-12, reliés en un volume demi-veau vert foncé, dos lisse à faux-nerfs dorés, fleurons dorés, titre doré (reliure mi-XIXe) ; 284 pp., (2) ff., 248 pp.
1908Pages 81- 120 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in San Francisco; "Overloch" - The fountain of the formal garden; "Overloch," The Country Home of John A. Burnham, Esq., Wenham, MA; The Disposal of Bric-A-Brac; Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter, Esq., Nyack, NY; Fences in Towns and Villages; Illumination at Mount Vernon; The Summer Home of Spencer Hall, Esq., Water Witch, NJ - Built in the Mission style of Architecture; Planning a Country Home; The House Roof and It's Garden - a neglected opportunity / a successful house-top garden; The Historic Wentworth House at Little Harbor, NH, owned by Mr. J. Templeman Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, MA; Three Pennsylvania Houses designed by Mr. D. Knickerbacker Boyd, of Philadelphia; The Plant and the Season; Fantastic back cover ad for Pacific Mail S.S. Co. of San Francisco promotes their boat service from San Francisco to Hawaii, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila; and more. Printed on glossy stock. From a bound volume. Complete and unmarked with Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
19967 vols., 8vo., Seventh Impression, with numerous illustrations throughout; dark green buckram, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and silver, a near fine set in publisher's illustrated gold board slip-case with maps mounted on two sides. The series comprises (in order of publication): The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and his Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
ref. 013887Guillaume Yvelin (?-1644), médecin spagirist des rois Henri IV et Louis XIII, médecin ordinaire de la reine Anne d'Autriche, originaire de Rouen ou Evreux. Yvelin a laissé une trace en tant que membre de la commission nommée par Anne d'Autriche pour étudier le cas des possédées de Louviers et c'est lui qui conclut à une simulation et non une possession. Michelet le cite dans La Sorcière. P.S., 12 août 1620, 1p in-8 oblong. Sur parchemin. Reçu pour le paiement de ses gages pour les six premiers mois de 1620. Il est parfois prénommé à tort Pierre. [331-2]
1895ref. 15352Paris, Chamuel, 1895 ; in-12, broché ; 177 pp., (1 bl.), (2) pp. de catalogue, couverture crème rempliée, illustrée, imprimée en vieux-rose et noir, petites figures.
1903ref. 1220251965DICKINSON E. E. Co. Essex Connecticut. Company Ledger for Dickinson's Witch Hazel Co. 1903–1906. Large folio ledger approx. 20 x 12 in. contemporary half calf over ribbed cloth gilt-lettered spine; marbled endpapers with original Dickinson's Witch Hazel advertising labels. Several hundred pages extensively filled in a neat clerical hand; minor wear to binding internally clean and legible throughout. A substantial early 20th-century business ledger documenting the operations of the E. E. Dickinson Company one of the most prominent American producers of witch hazel extract during a period of established national distribution. Entries record "Cash Received" and "Cash Paid" detailing transactions with druggists wholesalers and regional firms with columns for freight discounts and credit structures offering a clear view of the firm's commercial network and accounting practices. Founded in 1875 by Edward E. Dickinson Sr. building on earlier developments by the Rev. Thomas N. Dickinson the company expanded into the dominant force in the trade at one point supplying a substantial portion of the world's witch hazel. The present volume reflects that scale capturing the routine mechanics of a mature manufacturing enterprise operating within a national market. Retaining original Dickinson's advertising labels the ledger underscores the firm's developed brand identity and provides an unusually vivid and well-preserved record of American pharmaceutical commerce at scale. hardcover
1899Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
ref. 441-Eo.J. Pinsel in Grau, grau laviert und mit Deckweiß gehöht, auf blauem Bütten. 25,4 x 21,5 cm. Provenienz: Sammlung ABV mit Dreifachkreuz, nicht bei Lugt. Die Schlange zählt zu den Hilfsgeistern der Hexe. Durch das Abstreifen der Haut verkörpert sie das Ewige.
