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1996Histoires de trésors trouvés, "trésors de terre" (à Paris, à Arras, dans des édifices religieux, au cours de travaux) et "trésors de mer", ou histoire de la recherche des épaves depuis le XVIIè siècle (galions espagnols ou portugais, navires des Compagnies des Indes, épaves du XXè siècle), précédées d'un chapitre sur les "Mythes et légendes des trésors" (dont revues, clubs, filmographie, littérature) et suivis d'un chapitre pratique: "Les coulisses de l'exploit: techniques, financement, parrainage et vente"; index; bibliographie; par de Sabine BOURGEY, experte en numismatique; photos. Prix 1997 de l’Association Internationale des Numismates Professionnels. Français
Paris, Payot, Bibliothèque géographique, 1938 ; in-8, broché, 236 pp. Avec une carte.
1967Book is in excellent condition with a bump to the lower corners, light shelf wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 410 pages, heavily illustrated with a great many full page and large b&w and color photos. Contents include: Northwest coast, Craft and technology of the Artist, Kwakiutl religion and mythology, Inheritance, Potlatch, Copper complex, Ceremonial year, Klasila, Tsetsekseason, Staging Tsetseka, Hereditary officals, ceremonial roles, Dancing societies, Hamatsa ritualWinalagilis ritual, Atlakim dancing, Dluwalakha dancing and masks, Supernatural treasures, Batons, whistles, clapers and rattles, Mourning masks, Masks of gakhula, the intruder, Hamatsa bird-monster masks, Hamatsa cedar bark head and neck rings, Noohlmahla masks, Tanis masks, Ceremonial skulls, Sisiutl headdresses and eremonial objects, Atlakim masks, Tsonokwa masks, etc.
1999A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear. Full blue cloth boards. Inscribed by author. 9 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 224 pages.
2001Possibly unread. No marks or inscriptions. A little storage creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 159pp. A journey to the Promised Land with its history, customs, fertile valleys, desert and holy places. Lavish photographs with captions and an associated descriptive text throughout.
1977français In-8 de 204-(1) pp.; broché de l'éditeur.
2013No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to top of spine. 138pp. Britain's biggest music magazine with features on Daft Punk, Stone Roses, Kings of Leon, Blur, Johnny Borrell, Empire of the Sun, Muse, Biffy Clyro, Beatles treasures, the Birth of Britpop and lots more.
1993186 pages with index and many colour plates. Previous owner's shiny gold owner's sticker on front cover. Vast properties, countless pieces of priceless jewellery, art treasures, a string of thoroughbred racehorses - these form but a small part of the Windsor fortune. "Andrew Morton's study of the royal loot stands out because it is based on shrewd, honest digging." The Guardian. Book
1990146 pages including index. Appetizers, desserts, main dishes and exotic drinks provide tempting fare in this very special cookbook. Recipes combine easily available ingredients including spices and nuts, coffees and teas produced through community projects in the developing world. Volunteers have collected family food treasures with names like Akmal's Bengali Chicken, Cheese and Oyster Bake, Pesto with Cashews, Mocha Nut Tortoni and Rhine Wine Punch. Light wear. Unmarked. Glossy colour illustrated covers. Book
1978Features: Macrothelepteris uliginosa; Treasures of the Everglades; Ferns and their Life Cycles; Ferns from India; and more Book
1989355 pages including index and a profusion of colour photographs. Captures all the treasures and beauty of this unique island. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A superior travel guide. Book
1991209 pages. An intimate chronicle of the people and events that have shaped the university for some 150 years. Ten prominent Canadian writers, many of them graduates or teachers from McGill, capture the spirit of the university in delightful anecdote and insightful overview, recreating the exploits and accoumplishments of its historic figures and revealing its role in the modern world. More than one hundred beautiful colour photographs, commissioned from four noted Montreal photographers, portray the McGill campus, its students, and the treasures of its libraries and museums. Historic pictures from the McGill Archives, splendid Notman photographs from the original class negatives, and charming vignettes from Old McGill create a pictorial history of the university. Gift greetings upon title page else clean, bright and unmarked. Negligible wear overall. Lovely copy. Book
198074 pages. Features: Found - Masada's fabled treasures!; Dowsing - bright star in THing's future; Iowa's huge murder caches; The Tesoro deep search VI. Average wear. Book
198178 pages. Features: Tumbling - how to start; After hours treasure hunting; Prospecting with White's coinmaster 5000D, 6DB, 6000D; Planning, Persistence, and Patience - keys to profitable treasure hunting; Finding fossils is fun; Military insignias make fine collectibles; Gold crevicing with a baby; Double fun; College treasures; Why can't you find the big one?; Keeping track of your finds; Beach bonanza; A successful artifact collecting team. Average wear. Book
197962 pages. Features: Seeking out that elusive gold; Napa Valley's abandoned wineries - virgin coinshooting territory; The treasures of Fort Teran; Research, then search the ghost train lines; Barnyard bonanzas; Treasure stories - fact or fiction; national archives can be used by all; Bottle collecting for the gun enthusiast; Down came the school and up came the coins; Build your own research library; Quarry treasures; Coinshooting - a state of mind; Why not collect crystals?; The Old Campsite; Prospecting for gold in a coyote hole - how they did it in the old days. Above-average wear. Book
197962 pages. Features: "Lapidaryitis" - something for everyone; The goldmaker of the Adironkacks; Brass on the beach; 2 people + 1 discriminator = good friends; Lost North Fork placer gold; Coins from the past; Seaprobe to recover deep water treasures; Portland Proprietaries - old medicine bottles; Gold in Rhode Island; Create your own coinshooting calendar; The great salted desert treasure; coinshooting - where not to look; Tracks along a river - an historic spot for TH'ing. Average wear. Book
197962 pages. Features: Around the corner and out of the way - some forgotten places with hidden treasures; Handcrafted Jewelry not that tough to do; locating collection sites; The mysteries of Hollister Peak; Hunting gemstones in New York - quartz, chrysoberyls, tourmaline, and diamonds; A bottle collector's heaven - Washington State; Trash and the treasure hunter; valuable dime found with low-priced detector; Don't give up - a story to encourage you; Mine hopping in Idaho; West Tennessee relic hunting - all civil war camps have not been worked out; Whiskey Run - a Pennsylvania ghost town; Time out to put on a hunt; Coin hunting in the world's greatest gold camp. Average wear. Book
198084 pages. Features: Hunting the little lawns; Faceting; Gold mine garbage; Montana; "Flint Factories" of Southern Illinois; Thar's gold in Mogollon; Silver in the Black Range; Treasure hunting in Puerto Rico; Gold treasures in them flea markets; Collectables near Salome, Arizona; Beachcombing; Vermont Gold Rush; Hunting 'Hunted out' spots; The Hunt in Northampton. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
198178 pages. Features include: cashing in on meteorites; Pennsylvania; Carolina Gold; Patio Sailing; Tumbling cabs for profit; the Rio Puerco Valley; The Byrum Brothers; Aerial photos and how they can help; Northern steamship emblems; Ontario trip; Northeastern sites; coinshooting North Carolina tobacco barns; the psychology of collecting. Average wear. Book
198182 pages. Features: seeking authentic lost gold eagles; mining for fun and profit; Aerial photos; Johnson's Island; Boulevard Bonanza; Workshops; Treasure in trash; California's Chuckawalla Mountains. Some defects by not too bad overall. Book
1994292 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "...A definitive record of events that have, for the most part, remained hidden for nearly half a century." - from dust jacket. "I wondered back then if there was one honest person left in the world." - Captain Howard A. Mackenzie, U.S. ArmyUsual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Lean to spine. Worthy reference copy. Book
1979357 pages. Many archival black and white illustrations. Map endpapers. Contains: Early Claim Map; Mines History; History of Mining Towns; Church History; School History; Sports History; Wycliffe 1900-1930; Personal Histories; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. Nice clean copy. Book
1973Features: A place called Topock, Arizona; His own Paula Revere - "The Sheriff is coming!"; The Soda Springs (Idaho) treasures; Reminiscences of a Trail Cutter - Walter B. Self; Queen of the Snows and King of the Klondike - Mollie Walsh and Packer Jack Newman; A Patron Saint and a little backing - Don Ana, New Mexico; Lion Mountain Silver Camps; Haunted Waterhole; the courage of Charlotte Martin - Ox Driving Girl; Forgotten man of Sutter's Mill - Charles Bennett may deserve credit for California's gold rush; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
1974Features: U.S. Marshal Red Lucas - 3,600 arrests!; "Nobody is my Name" - what happened when a spaghetti western was filmed in ghost town Mogollon, New Mexico; Vallecito's Treasures - a recent find suggests they may exist; French Runaway in Arizona - friend of the sourdoughs, Joe Mayer specialized in grubstakes; A most extraordinary fugitive - Henry Meiggs; mystery priest's cache; life on an Idaho Cattle Ranch; Kanaka Joe - boy murderer on San Juan Island; Queen of the Utah Gold Camps - Kimberly, Utah; Ike Dotson was hard to kill; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
1967Features: complete reprint of rare book "Tales of the West" by Frank W. Calkins; Elkhorn - Montana's amazing ghost town; Stolen Bullion of Indian Ridge - taken from 'Golden Treasures of the San Juan' by John B. Marshall and Temple H. Cornelius; Arizona's Toughest Ranger - Jeff Kidder; The Barker Family looks at the old days - a family moves west/'call-cattle' of the mountains; Utah's Unknown - the Newfoundland Mountains in Utah; The Goldrush follies; Battle at Ball's Ranch, Texas; The Big Old Red Ants of Cow Country - Bert Judia; Where the Gold Turned from Yellow to Green - Idaho's Clearwater country got a second chance; Wells Fargo and the Concord; Lore of Lynx Creek - stray bullet kills a community; 'Cash up' Davis' love affair - his hotel south of Spokane; Garry Owen - the pride of Fort Bliss; Cottonwood Tales of central Kansas; Thirty Days in a Rut - early motor journeys; A Raft of Trouble for the Wrong Train - the Percy train robbers of Wyoming; Lost Fort of the Cimarron; Mrs. Burton's macabre ordeal courtesy of Peter A. Vallat, French Creole born in New Orleans. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine