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1923Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
193844 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in swimwear by Corinne Malvern; Editorial mentions these three topics - the British Ministry of Air, Turmoil in Mexico, and Midsummer in Canada; Little Miss Hurricane (short story); Mr. Burgoyne's Octopus (short story); Wonders of Zululand - great photo-illustrated aritcle, including photo of chief Sidiya; Strictly Personal (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker (part III); Windmills for Sale (short story); Air Liner (short story); Tennis Stars Wanted - photo-illustrated article claims the tennis world will be boring until a challenger for Don Budge arrives on the scene - with photos of Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, Donald (Don) Budge, Frank Parker, Walter Senior, Bob Murray, and William Tilden playing Wilmer Allison on Wimbledon's famous middle court; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Dorothy (Dot) Cunningham of Montreal; Movie News with photos of Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Erroll Flynn, Ian Hunter, Don Ameche (performing swan dive), Johnny Weissmuller, Allan Jones and Dick Powell; Personal finance article; Cosmetics article; World Sayings; Elegant Heinz ad inside back cover; Kodak ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1916Pages 290-380 pages plus 36 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver" which shot its men from its torpedo tubes! (per cover illustration); The Fetish Man's Downfall - a tale from Accra in 1899 involving prisoner Yao Dwirra; Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line - marvelously photo-illustrated article about the engineering and scientific wonders of the first phone line connecting New York to San Francisco; "Black Tom" - an exciting story from the early days of the Pennsylvania oil-fields; "On the Wing" - extraordinary adventure with a big rattlesnake in southern Mississippi; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth (part V) - incredible tales of a party working its way through hostile svages and the forces of nature; The Train-Robbers - the tragic story of a hold-up on the Northern Pacific Railroad and the long man-hunt which followed, 1892-1894; Wicks's Ordeal - the terrible menace which a man-eating tiger constitutes to a community; Two Girls on a Ranch (part II) - two young ladies try to win fortune by running a ranch in the wilds of Arizona; The Secret Post Office - an amusing echo of the Boer War showing how the well-known 'slimness' and fertility of resource of the Boers were for once turned against them; Concerning Camels - some amusing stories; A South Pacific Piracy - an account of the tragic voyage of the brig "Moa," of Auckland, New Zealand in 1870; The beacon of the Gulf - photo-illustrated article on Bird Rock, which lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Photo of a 'home-made' train run on the only railway in British North Borneo; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
ref. 056290Lisboa Na Regia Officina Patriarcal 1793 in 16 (14,5x9,5) 1 volume reliure pleine basane havane marbrée de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de cuir vert, 496 pages. Miguel do Couto Guerreiro. Rare. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1808ref. 130096Imprimerie Dissez A Rodez, de l'Imprimerie Dissez, 1808. In-12 en feuillets cousus en dos, 103 pages. Réédition sans nom d'auteur de la rarissime édition de 1660. Cette édition de 1808 étant elle aussi de toute rareté. Page de titre brunie ainsi que les 10 premiéres pages, des rousseurs. Bibliographie : Couderc. Ce très rare ouvrage mériterait la reliure.
1808A Rodez, de l'Imprimerie Dissez, 1808. In-12 en feuillets cousus en dos, 103 pages. Réédition sans nom d'auteur de la rarissime édition de 1660. Cette édition de 1808 étant elle aussi de toute rareté. Page de titre brunie ainsi que les 10 premiéres pages, des rousseurs. Bibliographie : Couderc. Ce très rare ouvrage mériterait la reliure.
2025ref. x-1032734043Routledge 2025. Hardcover. New. 332 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
194196 pages. Features: Cover photo of the first Canadian-built Hampden Bomber leaving Canadian Associated Aircraft Ltd. hangar for its first flight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Great illustrated full-page ad for Brewster shows a great aircraft carrier scene; Nice full-page Vickers ad includes photo of a "Stranraer" - the largest aircraft ever built in Canada; Full-page ad for the Ryan ST-3; Great Wright Aircraft Engine full-page photo ad shows dozens of their large new engines in a warehouse waiting to be shipped; Nice two-page two-colour ad for Snap-On Tools shows a map with their 35 dealer branches in North America; Canada Wire & Cable ad shows their product being used by assemblers at Fairchild; The Bristol Bolingbroke Bomber-Night Fighter is Made in Canada - article with fantastic photos; When Pilots Reach the Ceiling - what the Luftwaffe has learned about the effects of altitude on men; Observations in an Avro Anson - article with photos; Great two-page two-colour photo ad for Snowgo runway snow removal equipment; Ad for teh Vega 35; Canadian Fighter Pilots Score - the story of Bader's Famous All-Canadian Squadron in the R.A.F.; There are no Miracles in Aircraft Production - the case for a great, growing industry; National Steel Car ad with photos; Canadian Aircraft Production - major feature articles; Intelligent Vigilance is check on Saboteur in aircraft production; Great two-page colour Lockheed ad boats of their stamina; Great photo ad for the National Defense Cessna AT-8; Aircraft Accessories offer Easy engine starting; Beautifully illustrated Bristol engine ad shows what appears to be a large Caribou flying over a huge ship; Text of speech by Horace T. Hunter on Courage; Great illustrated Avro ad for their Reconnaissance and Training Aircraft; Cygnet ad; Stylish ad for Bell Airacobra; T.C.A. Reports Year of Rapid Expansion; Index to advertisers; Report on Contracts Awarded by Munitions and Supply Dept; Intava ad on back cover announces their new Aviation Oils D.M.S. oils; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Clipping from page 73 has removed half the page; Covers present but free of staples, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
1802ref. 21763Paris, Dabin, an X, 1802 ; in-8, demi-veau glacé fauve, dos à nerfs décoré de filets et pointillés dorés, pièce de titre rouge (reliure légèrement postérieure); 60 pp.
1729ref. GITj971A Amsterdam chez Pierre Humbert 1729. In-12 22 feuillets non chiffrés (faux-titre, titre, épître dédicatoire, préface, table des matières) 371pp. Pleine basane havane marbrée, dos à nerfs orné de cadres de filets et pastilles dorés, pièce de titre grenat, tranches brique, reliure de l'époque. Mors du 1er plat fendillé en queue (environ 3cm). Bel exemplaire complet et frais à l'exception du défaut signalé. Caillet 10153. Quérard France Littéraire IX, 68. Brunet VI 8898. Pas dans Dorbon.
1919Pages 354-440 plus 24 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Bullet-proof Scotchman - an adventure of John Mundell in the Pampas of Uruguay; ; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part I - wonderful photos in China; An Exciting Trading Trip - efforts to trade with a warlike tribe in East Africa; Some Strange WWI Escapes from Germany - part II; Interesting photo and short article of Dog Rib Indians in Canada receiving their annual grant of one pound, as well as presents, from the Canadian government; Among the Wild Tribes of Darien - exploring the native tribes of Panama - with great photos; Stories of the War - Thirty Hours in No Man's Land - in WWI an Australian trooper on the Western Front is wounded and must make his way back to his own lines; Siringa's Last Battle - a native boy helps in one of the first fights in German East Africa, A Week in a Lens Dungeon - McLean and Ebbs of the 87th Canadian Battalion hid in a cellar for a week before making their way back to their lines; Miraculous Escapes from Sunken Submarines; An Adventurous Hunt After Man-eating Crocodiles - in Victoria Nyanza; The Mountain Warriors of France - excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - part II of what happend when Zulus killed an Englishman to use his body for love medicine; Wonders of Northern Syria - article with many great photos of architectural remains; Carter's Exoneration - a stirring story of the Australian Mounted Police. Great multi-page advertising feature on the Waterproof Products Corporation. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1994ref. x-0471579289Wiley-Interscience 1994. Hardcover. New. 630 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. Wiley-Interscience hardcover
19971106 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Handsome maroon boards adorned with gilt lettering. A high-quality copy. Book
1861ref. GITf392Paris Librairie de Mme Ve Poussielgue-Rusand 1861-1862. 5 volumes in-12 496, 414, 535, 619 et 584pp. Demi basane fauve, dos à nerfs, plats de la couverture conservés, reliure postérieure. Quelques rousseurs par endroits. Bel exemplaire bien complet des volumes et de leur texte, dans une reliure sobre postérieure de bonne qualité et en très bon état.
1935ref. 10244New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First edition. 8vo x 2 274pp. Bibliography section at rear. Publisher's gray cloth lettered in red in red jacket. Boards a bit edge toned endpapers with some offsetting. Publisher's file copy with label adhered to front of jacket and stamp at rear endpaper. Jacket with rubbing and scuffing mainly to the edges and rear panel. Very good. Exceedingly scarce book by the prolific and popular American psychic investigator and close friend of Houdini Hereward Carrington 1880-1958. Carrington's "psychic life of Christ" interprets the miracles healings resurrection and other supernatural occurrences in the Gospels through the lens of modern psychical research. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1809ref. 3837This is a fascinating magazine from the early 19th century United States. It is a compendium of the odd bizarre and outrageous in all spheres of the human existence. As the extended title indicates the items presented in the volume come under the descriptions of: "Miraculous! Queer! Strange! Marvellous! Whimsical! Absurd! Out of the Way! And Unaccountable!" A comparison to Ripley's Believe It Or Not from the early 20th century would not be inappropriate. Among the many oddities included are: Strange circumstances of a child born with three eyes The musical pigeon as related by Mrs. Piozzi A He-mermiad Natural history of that most extraordinary sea-animal called the Kraken An account of Edward Bright the fat man at Malden in Essex "who weigh'd 616 pounds" Account of a singular custom at Metelin in which men and women reversed roles Donald Fraser ca. 1753-1820 based on his other academic and literary output was a serious individual. He was a schoolmaster in Virginia and New Hampshire before relocating to New York where he taught for some twenty years. In addition to teaching Fraser was an author bookseller and circulating library proprietor. According to Founders Online "He authored numerous educational literary historical and political works during his long career but struggled financially." Among his published works were The Young Gentleman and Lady's Assistant New York 1791 and A Compendium of the History of All Nations New York 1809. The American Magazine of Wonders appears to exist only in the two volumes both published in 1809; no individual issues of the Magazine were located. The bound volumes do not contain title or contents pages of the individual issues. Even the periodicity of the Magazine is not known although contextual hints suggest a possible bi-weekly or semi-monthly schedule. Given the difficulty of magazine publishing at the time it's reasonable to speculate that The American Magazine of Wonders contributed to the previously mentioned financial struggles of the author. References: Kribbs American Literary Periodicals 1741-1850: 45. Lomazow American Periodicals: 82. Lewis A Guide to Engravings in American Magazines 1741-1810: p. 1 four engravings. Condition: Volume II only of 2. Half leather over marbled boards. Heavily worn: leather flaking manuscript spine title label faded library label at base of spine eroded hinges cracked foxing and staining throughout chipping and occasional small tears. "Unsophisticated" would be a generous description. All four engravings called for are present although "Peter the Wild Boy" frontis has a small loss to the upper left corner and been laid down on another sheet. ICN 7818 Printed by Southwick and Pelsue
1930ref. WALTER-FILM005783Les Miracles Cinema. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Paris: Les Miracles Cinema ca. 1930. Vintage original French program pictorial wrappers 8 3/4 x 5 1/2" 22 x 14 cm. stapled 16 pp. Light creasing near fine. A program for King Vidor's Black-cast film the second such talking film with six full-page images of actors four half-pages of scenes from the movie and one 2 x 9" 5 x 23 cm. image of the actors with their arms raised. This program is very scarce. Not in OCLC. Les Miracles Cinema paperback
ref. 901291737, 1 volume in-4 de 195x265 mm environ, (1) f., 1 frontispice (un portrait du diacre de Paris, à genoux en prière), xxij pages (epistre), une grande planche dépliante représentant le miracle de conversion opéré sur l'auteur le 7 septembre 1731), 36-64-38-84-46-56-34-83-65-63-34-47-24-40-18-13-12-33-23-20 pages (1) f., avec 18 belles planches gravées par Yver, plein veau marbré brun, dos à 5 nerfs portant titres et tomaison dorés, orné de caissons à riches motifs dorés, coupes dorées, gardes marbrées, tranches rouges. Edition originale de ce très ouvrage (Cf Caillet, tome I page 300-301). Des rousseurs et pages brunies, rares défauts de marge, quelques erreurs de numérotation sans manque de page, coins émoussés, coiffes arasées, griffures et petites épidermures sur les plats, planches légèrement salies sur les bordures (légèrement débordantes).
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1907Pages 321-360 plus xx pages of ads. Features: Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden - The Seat and Canopy in the Garden Wall, plus color cover photo of her garden; Notable American Gardens - Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden at Beverly Cove, MA; Historic Mansions of the James River - I - "Martin's Brandon," the Home of the Harrisons (including one-page photo of front entrance pocked with civil war bullet holes; Wonders of the Gourd Vine; Curtains and Draperies; The Wild Garden - a Plea for our Native Plants; An Old Brick House of Interesting Form at Wellesley Hills, MA - built for E.H. Fay, Esq.; The Summer Home of Thomas Nash, Esq., at East Hampton, Long Island; Something Concerning Driveways; The House of J.J. Storrow, Esq., Lincoln, MA; New Ant Lore; Great one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. and its porcelain enameled ware; Photo ad for Flandrau & Co., maker of Automobile Bodies and Carriages; One-page illustrated ad for Chickering & Sons pianos; Charming back cover two-color photo ad for Lenox Chocolates / Necco Sweets made by the New England Confectionary Co.; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
191893 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1941ref. R240149372Les livres nouveaux. 1941. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 386 pages. Page de garde légèrement déchirée, avec une annotation à l'encre. Annotation à l'encre en page de titre. Mors légèrement fendus.. . . . Classification Dewey : 231-Dieu et miracles
ref. 055925Lisboa Na Offic. Simao Thaddeo Ferreira 1802 in 8 (20x14) 1 volume reliure pleine basane fauve de l'époque, dos lisse orné de faux-nerfs dorés, pièce de titre, complet des 12 parties (twelve parts) de 32 pages chacune (soit 12 x 32 pages), et illustré de 12 vignettes gravées sur bois (répétées pour chaque mois, la première sur la page de titre (one woodcut vignette to title, and a further 11 identical woodcut vignettes in the text for each month). Rare et complète première édition (First edition). Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
ref. BN450991Verlag Wolfgang Mohrhenn. Kulturpalast: Neue Moskauer Poesie & Aktionskunst S Press Medienpakete Kulturpalast: Neue Moskauer Poesie & Aktionskunst S Press Medienpakete Wonders Sascha Günter Hirt Günter Hirt u. a. Verlag Wolfgang Mohrhenn unknown
1768ref. 5166Printed for Newberry and Carnan sons and successors to the late Mr. John Newberry at the Bible and Sun No. 65. the North Side of St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCCLXVIII. 1768. 1768 12mo. Six volumes. Engraved plates some folding. Contemporary catspaw calf gilt. Spines gilt in panels with two contrasting labels lacks five labels of twelve. Joints cracked on three volumes and Vol.5 has the internal joints reinforced with cloth hinges. Internally clean and tight with loss to caption of one folding plate due to misfolding and an old repaired tear to another with no loss. A pretty set. The plates mostly illustrate architecture or give rather naive representations of anmals. The elephant and rhinocerous are in a direct line of descent from Durer and some others look to have been copied from Tottell. Roscoe A637 2. ESTC T83934. First published in four volumes in 1750. Printed for Newberry and Carnan, sons and successors to the late Mr. John Newberry, at the Bible and Sun, No. 65. the North Side hardcover
