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1982Translated from the German, first published in 1914. 1180 pages. Index. Two fold-out maps at back. Illustrated with black and white diagrams. "This monumental work will increase in stature as time goes on and habitats fall to bulldozers and man's incursions that lead to irreversible destruction and change... A Priceless gift from earlier days never to return. The more the book ages, the more important and valuable it will become." - from Foreword. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unused. A superb copy. Book
1941392 pages. Index. Black and white frontis photo portrait of author. Map endpapers. "Heavily worn. Front hinge open. Library markings to first blank leaf. Front free endpaper, first blank leaf, and page 3 detached but present. A worthy reading copy of these engaging medical adventures. Book
1935xiv, 308 pages. "Blackbirding was full of horrors, of brutalities, of tragedies as was the African slave-trade - and fuller of romance, of heroism, and of self-sacrifice. It was not on such a great scale as the negro slave-trade, nor did it last so long, yet the Queensland slave-trade, which almost depopulated whole islands in the New Hebrides and in the Solomons, was only part of the Pacific slave-trade which may be included under the general term of blackbirding." - from Preface. Author's surname pencilled atop front free endpaper, presumably not by him. Moderate foxing to edges and prelims. Spine slant. Binding intact. Average wear. A worthy reference copy of this important reference. Book
196164 pages. Features: Cover illustration of old Montreal stairways by Ghitta Caiserman; (Scared) Scientist N.J. Berrill makes fearless forecast of the 21st century; A Fond Last Look at Montreal - text with photos of historic architectural features; It Was Fun To Be Poor in Paris - Mordecai Richler remembers; Canada - a nation of dental cripples due to major shortage of dentists; Peter Stollery Hitch-Hikes to the Gulf of Guinea - article with photos; Two Million Illiterates - Canada's Obsolete Tenth; How Robert Morse III Wages Corporate War; Maverick Politician Douglas Fisher; Colour-photo Ford of Canada centrefold; Why One English Family is Coming Back to Canada - Dennis, Billie and Craig Davill; Seagram's ad inside back cover illustrated with nice colour painting by Franklin Arbuckle of bush aircraft the "Norseman" about to land on a lake; Marjorie Pigott teaches Japanese art to the Japanese! (short article); Coke ad on back cover features colour photo of university grads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1951Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1957xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1889Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
1957278 p. Hardcover Good condition, green cloth cover, water spotted on front in worn d.j. fair
1930298p., illus. With 2 maps, 90 illus. (color plates & drawings), & photographs mostly by the author. Hardcover Good condition; top & bottom of spine worn, frt. hinge cracked
1945Folio 256p., illus. cover title: Displaying Australia & New Guinea Hardcover Very good condition There were two editions of this in 1945 with separate forewords, one for American servicemen with a dedication to them and this one for Australians dedicated to the pioneers of Australia.
1966548pp. , map, ports. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1945Folio 256p., illus. cover title: Displaying Australia & New Guinea Hardcover Very good condition, faint fore-edge dampstain There were two editions of this in 1945 with separate forewords, this one for American servicemen with a dedication to them and one for Australians dedicated to the pioneers of Australia.
1921337 p. front., plates, ports., fold. map, diagr. 23 cm. Hardcover Good condition, corners rounded, some wear to head of spine
1922287 p. front., plates, ports., fold. map, diagr. 23 cm. Hardcover Good condition, corners rounded, some wear to head of spine Inscribed by the author to T. Bentham
1956In 16? (cm 18,5), Leg. edit. tutta tela, pagg.(4)-288 con diverse fotografie b.n. e a colori f.t., all'antiporta fotografia a colori raffigurante l'Autrice con un leopardo, titolo in oro al dorso, segni del tempo alla cop., ma buon es. Nel libro, Michaela Denis (Londra 1914 - Nairobi, 2003) descrive i suoi viaggi in Africa, Nuova Guinea ed Australia al seguito del marito, l'esploratore Armand Denis, con cui produsse e realizz? documentari.
Romae, Jesuit Historical Institute, 1971.In 8°pp.VIII+402n. Una Tavola f.t. ripiegata.bross.edit.
18801vol- formato in 16°- leg. in bross. ed. con difetti- piatto post. parzialmente sbiadito-130 pagine- completo
195125x17. 71p. Ejemplar mareado.
195624x17. 280p.
194521x16. 386p. Prólg. F. Hernandez-Pacheco.
199222x15. 197p. Algunos textos en edición bilingüe español y bubi. Col. Ensayos, N. 9.
1970Collana “Atti”, 20. Un volume di 134 pagine, brossura editoriale. Dimensioni: 11x18 cm. Lieve brunitura dei margini delle pagine, per il resto ottime condizioni. La descrizione della guerra rivoluzionaria in Guinea Bissau contro la dominazione portoghese.
1985pp. 120, cm 23x16, rilegatura editoriale in t.t., Beihefte zur zeitschrift fur Romanische Philologie, 209.
