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1962Features: The unfolding tragedy of drug-deformed babies - side effects of a new drug called thalidomide are causing tragic deformities in newborn Canadian babies; The Slapstick Saga of the S.S. Tropic Sea - she'd been a virtuous lady on the Great Lakes, but she was a notorious tramp in the Caribbean and sailed into piracy, gunplay and mutiny, or so the rumours went; How the NAACP Plots the Negro Revolution; The only Canadian the Chinese ever heard of - Dr. Norman Bethune is one of China's five national heroes; How John Bassett, businessman, became a celebrity; Ask the name of the lion - part 2 of Ralph Allen's novel of the new Congo; The Bankruptcy Racket - many of Canada's 1,500 bankruptcies a year are deliberate, planned frauds in which everybody is bilked but the bankrupt and his friends; The New Wave in Canadian Music - Ronald Turini, Marek Jablonski, Richard Gresko, Zubin Mehta and Boris Brott. Additional story: Japanese join Canadian whalers off B.C.'s coast. Nice colour Pepsi ad on page 49. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1963Features: England's place in the sun - Selwyn Lloyd; Birmingham, Alabama - a City in fear as racial violence smolders in this Deep South inderbox - with black and white photos; The new pulse of Australia - Jolly swagmen, kangaroos and tough outback cowboys are waltzing, like Matilda, toward a new destiny; Buck$ Benny Rides Again - the world's best-paid comedian, Jack Benny, still 39, returns to Broadway after a 32-year absence; Why I Didn't Quit the Ministry - by Norman Vincent Peale; Funny Side of the Bunny Business - a new Playboy Club whirls in a tangle of corn, beefs and cabbage; Dishrags to Riches - The Saga of Heloise Cruse; The Convict Volunteers - when scientists need human guinea pigs to submit to cancer shots or to test drugs, thousands of prisoners step forward, for surprising reasons; Atomic Bombs for Everyone - the exclusive 'nuclear club' may become crowded with new members including Egypt, Indonesia, the Congo. Absolutely *fantastic* colour full-page ad for 12 huge Cadillac models of varying colours. Book
1949Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
197060 pages. Features: Ad for the Peugeot 504; Challenges for Ed Schreyer in Manitoba; Nova Scotia fishworker labour strife; Photo of offshore drilling rig 'Sedco H" leaving Halifax; Great photo of people storming police line to shake hands with Richard Nixon in St. Louis; Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? - feature article with four pages of wonderful color photos showing the stars and stripes incorporated into bedding, clothing, vehicles, and more; Admiral Thomas Moorer takes over Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assessment of the Cambodian adventure; Nixon's Champion - Robert Dole of Kansas; Photo and brief article on Charlie Rangel; The Middle East - Statesman Speak and Guns Answer - article with photo of Arab leaders watching Libyan military parade; Phnom-Penh - What is going on?; Bernadette Devlin; Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber; Rehabilitation of Stalin in the Soviet Union; The Ordeal of A. Dubcek; Joseph Mobutu of the Congo; Pele and Brazil win soccer's World Cup; Their hearts belong to daddy - article on stripping; The Green Wrist Mania; Tony Jacklin wins golf's U.S. Open; Lord Snowdon on Pets; Michael Dann of Sesame Street; Quenching California's Thirst; Abortion on Demand; Pantsuits for Nurses; Debate over Catholic Marriage; Passing of the Maharajah of Jaipur, Rupert C. Thompson Jr., Colonel Roscoe Turner and Heenrique Galvao; Penn Central - the biggest bankruptcy Ever; The Case For - and Against - Railway Nationalization; Tremendous growth in amount of commercial paper outstanding; Cashing in on Campers - KOA (Kampgrounds of America); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
196198 pages. Features: United States Lines one-page color-photo ad features Colonel and Mrs. Leon Mandel of Chicago, Mr. & Mrs. Russell V. Downing of New York, and Mr. & Mrs. Allyn H. Barber of Pasadena; Chlorine gas leak near Labarre, LA; Special Report on "The House That Sam (Rayburn) Built"; Heavy snow in New York City; Short Mardi Gras article with photo; Classy one-page color-photo ad for American Airlines; Two-page ad for Metrecal weight control products; Photo of people reaching for food aid in Congo; War and Revolution come to the Watusis, the Bahutus, and the Pygmies; Adolph Eichmann formally indicted on fifteen charges; Photo of passengers being pushed into Tokyo train (shirioshi); centerfold Goodyear ad loose but present; Passengers of hijacked Portuguese luxury liner Santa Maria safe; Dodge Lancer color photo ad shows misty lady dressed in white in background; One-page photo of Jerry Lewis with large sucker in Consolidated Paper ad; Chimp sent up on rocket from Cape Canaveral; What Makes a Prima Donna?; Meet Eileen Farrell; Photo and brief article on college hockey phenom Phil Latreille; Passing of Eugene Dennis, Perry W. Howard, Anna May Wong, Dorothy Thompson, Alphonse Picou and John Zahnd; Tax Reform; Scantlin Electronics and John R. Scantlin; Article on pending national fresh water shortage and possible remedies; Henry Hazlitt on 'Pledges vs. Policies'; Interesting color-photo ad inside back cover presents the huge accounting machine made by National; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
rif. 13981348Bruxelles: Editions van Asshe, 1939 in-12, 664 pages, ills., 2 cartes se dépliant. Broché, couv. illustrée d'un beau dessin en couleurs de James Thiriar, très bel exemplaire, intérieur très frais, marque-pages publicitaires conservés.
rif. 13982905Lubumbashi: Société d'Edition, 1969 in-8, non paginé. Broché, couv. avec marques de maniement, autrement très bon état intérieur. Contient des publicités. Rare document.
rif. 13981900Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1906 tiré à part in-8, 60 pages, 5 cartes hors texte. Broché, couv. défr., autrement bon état. Envoi sur la couverture (nom effacé).
rif. 13973926Tervuren (Belgique): Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, 1981 in-8, 164 pages, 5 planches en couleurs, 59 planches n/b, carte. Bibliographie. Broché, très bon état. ** 8°. 164 pp., 5 color plates, 59 b/w plates, map. Bibliography. Wpps., very fine copy.
rif. 13976123Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1985 in-8, xiv-313 p., frontispice, 100 ills. Bibliographie, index. Rel. toile, jaquette, bon état.
rif. 13977301Bruxelles; Gent: KBC; Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 2002 in-4, 240 pages, 28 + 179 illustrations, carte. Bibliographie. Broché, très bon état.
rif. 13979802Stanleyville: Imprimerie moderne N. Colinvaux, 1955 in-8, 188 pages + nombreuses pages de couleurs n.c. Broché couv. illustrée par R. Carlier, petites défauts. Numéroté 474/2000, publicités de toutes les firmes au Congo.
rif. 13977730Tervuren: Musée Royal de l'Afrique centrale, 1962 2 vol. in-4, 231 pages, 3 cartes, 21 illustrations, 62 figures & 48 planches avec 462 illustrations. Broché.
rif. 199464Paris, Flammarion, s.d. (1898) in-8, 437 pp., frontispice, nbses ill. in-t., demi-basane brune, dos lisse orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque). Dos frotté, épidermures, coupes et coins usés. Rousseurs. Cachet (annulé).
1719Veduta, antica ed originale, inserita nel VI Tomo ”Atlas Historique ou nouvelle introduction a l’Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne…”, pubblicato ad Amsterdam nel 1719. Atlante che, con la sua pubblicazione, coniuga le mappe geografiche con incisioni e informazioni di carattere geografico, araldico, etnografico e storico così rendendo l’opera in sette volumi molto innovativa. Incisione in rame 365x430 mm.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743), pastore ugonotto originario di Parigi visse alternativamente a Parigi, Londra, L'Aia ed Amsterdam. Conosciuto come cartografo olandese per il sua opera cartografica monumentale in sette volumi “Atlas Historique” pubblicata ad Amsterdam con i suoi fratelli. Veduta panoramica della mitologica città di Lovango, con dieci vignette del popolo e cerimonie del Regno del Congo. Include il testo descrittivo
rif. 4206Bruxelles, Editions L. Cuypers, 1947. 22,5 x 14 cm, 392 pp. Relié demi-basane chocolat à coins, dos à nerfs orné, titre doré, tête dorée, papier de couvrure imitation peau de serpent (reliure signée Mossly). Bon exemplaire. Édition originale, un des 150 exemplaires numérotés sur Featherweight. Nombreuses illustrations photographiques.
rif. 4206Bruxelles, Editions L. Cuypers, 1947. 22,5 x 14 cm, 392 pp. Relié demi-basane chocolat à coins, dos à nerfs orné, titre doré, tête dorée, papier de couvrure imitation peau de serpent (reliure signée Mossly). Bon exemplaire. Édition originale, un des 150 exemplaires numérotés sur Featherweight. Nombreuses illustrations photographiques.
1972rif. C71379Brussel, Arcade 1972 367pp., met 180 illustraties (waarvan vele ingekleefde illustraties in kleur), 30cm., linnen band met stofwikkel, in linnen etui, mooie staat, standaardwerk, [text in dutch], gewicht: 3.9 kg., C71379
rif. 13982066Bruxelles: Bernard de Grunne, 2022 in-4, 151 pages, 15 figures dans le texte, 70 illustrations hors texte en couleurs. Broché, comme neuf. Texte français et anglais.
rif. 13982683Bruxelles: Bernard de Grunne Tribal Fine Arts, 2013 in-4, 64 pages, 23 illustrations. Broché, couv. illustrée à rabats, très bon état.
rif. 13981849Bruxelles: Editions R. De Rouck, 1938 in-folio, 4 p. n.c., 12 planches à double page en couleurs, 13 pages (index). Cartonnage d'éd., dos et coins tollés, état d'usage.
1893114pp.illustré de tabelles + 4 planches hors-texte, 29cm., br.orig. (dos renforcé), pour la plupart non coupé, extrait du tome LIII des "Mémoires couronnés et Mémoires des savants étrangers publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique" (1893), rare, C89637
1893rif. C89637Bruxelles, Hayez 1893 114pp.illustré de tabelles + 4 planches hors-texte, 29cm., br.orig. (dos renforcé), pour la plupart non coupé, extrait du tome LIII des "Mémoires couronnés et Mémoires des savants étrangers publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique" (1893), rare, C89637
1931rif. 17570Paris Imprimerie Nationale 1931 Fort In-4° 516 pp et de nombreuses cartes et plans dépliants, imprimé sur beau papier vergé Montgolfier . la couverture à été arrachée, brochage à relier où à restaurer. publication dans le cadre de l'Expositrion coloniale 1931.
rif. 9077Paris, C. Reinwald, 1900. 25,5 x 17 cm, viii-724 pp., in fine 5 cartes dépliantes, une très grande planche dépliante "Panorama de la rive gauche du Congo", et 5 planches. Reliure cartonnage d'éditeur pleine percaline, exemplaire en parfait état.