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66 pages. Features: Taped Smut - recordings of unsuspecting newlyweds in hotel rooms and dirty stories read by sultry-voiced actresses are latest gimmic of Filth Peddlers; When the Nazis Tried Human Vivisection, as told by a former Corporal in the SS; Tijuana - city that mass-produces vice (with photos); It's the Day of the Gray Flannel Fag - "Not all Homos are Easy to Spot"; Ripley's Torture Museum; When a Gal Says "Your're the Dad!"; Phallic Worship in Japan; The Dawn I Knifed an Arab - when you live on the Borders of Israel you work, eat, sleep and make love with a gun at your side (with photos); Blood on the Diamonds - a tale from British Guiana; Air Gunner Gone Native - he wanted to stay with his 11 native wives and 47 kids on Kopu, Largest of the Ongtong Java Islands; I Escaped Siberia in a Coffin; and more. Above-average wear. Evidence of moisture exposure. No odour. A decent copy. Book
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: New Northern Wire Proposed - Suggests cable and telegraphic communication with Russian Siberia; Russo-Japanese War; Particulars of New Enterprise Mentioned for Point on Clayoquot Sound; List of Vessels Bound to British Columbia and Puget Sound from Ports of the World; Whaling Catch 1904 - presents a list of the arrivals of oil and bone for the season of 1904 from Oct.11 to Nov. 12; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "Wanted - a thoroughly reliable man, of good address, to canvass for a well-known firm in this city." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Stress crack to central portion of all pages. Front page detached but present. Book
229 pages. Author's signature upon first blank leaf. "A novelized history of one man's family and the travails of building a society in a barren land... Captures the hardships and fortunes of Czarist Russia, continuing through the throes of the Bolshevik Revolution, and on to a new life in Canada... A gathering of high adventure, folktales, history, emotion and tradition too valuable to be lost." - from back cover. Average wear. Tight and square. Unmarked. Black and white illustrations. A sound copy. Book
176 pages. Index. "Early in his career, Harold Pfeiffer, an accomplished Canadian portrait sculptor, made it his mission to complete bronze portraits of native people from Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Siberia before they were irrevocably changed by contact with modern civilization... This book celebrates his art and life." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1820réf. 10658Paris, J.L.F. Foucault (Versailles, Imprimerie Lebel), 1820 ; 5 tomes in-8 ; plein veau bronze moucheté, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, fleurons décoratifs dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouges, roulette décorative dorée d'encadrement des plats (reliure de l'époque) ; 394 ; 480 ; 508 ; 382, (2) ; 360 pp., 6 gravures hors-texte y compris le portrait en frontispice.
réf. 606995Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1993. In-8, rel. éd. pleine-toile caramel sous jaquette ill. en coul.; XXII-291 pp., 21 planches de fig. et carte en n/b., texte en anglais, bibliographie, index.
1948réf. T56923Helsinki, Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1948 Complete (2 parts bound in 1 volume): xxxv + 1199pp., cloth, 27cm., VG
Complete (2 parts bound in 1 volume): xxxv + 1199pp., cloth, 27cm., VG
Carta geografica raffigurante i territori dell'Impero russo. Piccoli fori di tarlo che non compromettono l'ottimo stato di conservazione generale. Attraente coloritura coeva all'acquerello.
1790réf. 279411790 une Vue d'optique en couleurs. Dimensions de l'image: 44,5 x 25,5 cm (dimension totale), GRAVÉE A L'EAU-FORTE ET AQUARELLÉE, Gravure originale. Vue d'optique rehaussée en couleurs à l'aquarelle, représentant des bateaux du 18ème au milieu d'une tempète, par SARASIN Pinxit., LA CHAUSSÉE Sculptsit., sans date (1790) sans lieu ni Editeur,
1880réf. 20471880 Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1880. Grand in-8, demi-chagrin, dos orné, doré sur les 3 tranches. (lvi), 344 pages. Traduit du Russe par G. du Laurens. Préface de Delmar Morgan, introduction du Colonel Yule. 4 cartes, 42 gravures sur bois. Portrait de l'auteur en frontispice
xii, 328 p. illus. 23 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition
The frozen conditions of the Altai region of Siberia preserved the contents of the barrow tombs which were first excavated at Pazyryk in 1929, and later by the author from 1947-1949. In addition to metal and ceramic materials they discovered mummified bodies and finely decorated leather and textiles and carved wooden artifacts reflecting the life of the people and their horses. Translated with a preface by M.W.Thompson.340p.+ 147 B & W plates and 33 color plates, illus, bibliography, index. [NOTE A very heavy, oversized volume weighing almost 2 kg/ 4 lbs.] Book
1903réf. 316679London: Willianm Heinemann 1903. First edition. Illustrated with 63 plates. pp. xiii i 1- 317pp. 8vo. Bound in modern mottled brown calf and marbled boards green title label. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 63 plates. pp. xiii i 1- 317pp. 8vo. Willianm Heinemann unknown books
1896réf. 316680London: Charles H. Kelly 2 Castle St. City Road.; and 66 Paternoster Row E.C. 1896. First edition. Illus Photograph frontispiece portrait tipped in folding map. ii 240pp. 8vo. Bound in modern mottled brown calf and marbled boards green title label. Fine. First edition. Illus Photograph frontispiece portrait tipped in folding map. ii 240pp. 8vo. Signed. Signed by author beloe portrait frontsipece. Charles H. Kelly 2, Castle St., City Road.; and 66, Paternoster Row, E.C. unknown books
347 pages. "Surely one of the most dramatic human adventures of our time is this amazing escape story of a German prisoner of war, sentenced to twenty-five years of forced labor in a Siberian mine. Rebelling against the brutal life of a Soviet prison camp, Clemens Forell undertook three years of lonely, fear-haunted flight across the endless wastes of Siberia - in pursuit of freedom." - from dust jacket. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy mylar cover. A sound copy. Book
réf. 13975092Paris: Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, [1854] gr. in-8, 540 pages, 21 planches hors texte sous serpente dont le frontispice et 8 planches en couleurs. Demi reliure chagrin brun de l'époque, plats de percaline, dos à quatre nerfs orné de caissons et de filets dorés, tranches dorées, gardes moirées, petites usures et épidermures, 2 coins émoussées, rousseurs, nonobstant bel exemplaire. Charles de Saint-Julien (1802-1869), homme de lettres, journaliste, lecteur de littérature française à l'université de Saint-Pétersbourg, Bibliothécaire au musée Roumiantsev (Moscou). Table des matières: Saint-Petersbourg - Finlande - Route de Moscou - Moscou - Route de Nijni-Novgoro - Le Caucase - En Sibérie et au Kamtchatka. Vicaire Livres du XIX e siècle VII, 24. EDITION ORIGINALE.
1775réf. 21554Paris 1775. Very good condition. Large detailed copper engraved map centering on Siberia from Nouvelle Zemle and the Arctic Circle down to Mer Caspiene Caspian Sea and Mer d'Aral. The map with captions above and below the neat lines stating that it shows the tracks of Johann Georg Gmelin and Louis Delisle from "Moskow a Berezow". Gmelin 1709 - 1755 and Delisle 1690-1741 were taking part in the Great Northern Expedition a huge exploring endeavor organized by the Russian emperor Peter the Great. The expedition resulted in the mapping of most of the Arctic coast of Siberia. With decorative cartouche. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages". Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. Folding 19 x 12 1/4" with ample margins. Strong impression very clean. unknown
réf. 049902Hutchinson c. 1929. missing front endpaper; half title page contains inscription from Elsa Branstrom . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hutchinson, c. 1929 hardcover
1896réf. 316680London: Charles H. Kelly 2 Castle St. City Road.; and 66 Paternoster Row E.C. 1896. First edition. Illus Photograph frontispiece portrait tipped in folding map. ii 240pp. 8vo. Bound in modern mottled brown calf and marbled boards green title label. Fine. First edition. Illus Photograph frontispiece portrait tipped in folding map. ii 240pp. 8vo. Signed by author beloe portrait frontsipece. Charles H. Kelly 2, Castle St., City Road.; and 66, Paternoster Row, E.C. unknown
1903réf. 316679London: Willianm Heinemann 1903. First edition. Illustrated with 63 plates. pp. xiii i 1- 317pp. 8vo. Bound in modern mottled brown calf and marbled boards green title label. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 63 plates. pp. xiii i 1- 317pp. 8vo. Mill/Back/ Table Willianm Heinemann unknown
1931réf. 1250791931 Editions Jules Tallandier - Collection "Voyages Lointains - Aventures Etranges" - 1931 - 3 romans reliés en 1 seul volume in-8, dos toilé, couvertures d'origine conservées - 124 + 126 + 126 pages - Illustrations en N&B in et hors texte
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 82 pages with color and black and white photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1960. Features: Fantastic photo ad for Betty Brosemer photos and films; The Frenchman - The World's Saddest Clown; "Soho Gets the Nude Look" - photo-illustrated article by John Ashby; East Side / West Side - fiction by George Tripp; The Butterfly - fiction by Earl Schell; Photo features of Sagebrush Sal; What Ever Became of Boxing? - article by Eddie Borden; The Language of Legs; Tahiti Conquest - photo essay of a modern skipper who loses his heart to the South Seas, and his crew to the beauties of Tahiti - by E.R. Cross; Way Out West in Siberia - story by R. Fred Arnold about a complete American town in Siberia used for the education of Soviet spies; Photo feature of Betsy the Beatnik; Keeping Cool - observations on nightclubs, etc. by "Swizzle"; The Man With the Golden Typewriter - spoof by Bill Majeski; Bullfighting - sport or sadism? - article by Donald Allen; The Sweet Smell of Bottle Sex Appeal - article on perfume by Stanley Paley; Photo-essay on Glamor Girl Marie McDonald; Death of a Nymphomaniac - true crime story from France; Monsieur on the Boulevards... and on the make; "Nymphormation Please" - a little essay on what's with the girls, by one of them; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
18 [ads], 313-374 pages. Features: A Diver Down a Gold Mine - an Italian worker stranded 1,000 feet down a flooded Australian mine is saved by deep-sea divers; The Forgotten Islands - The Chathams; A Tasmanian Robinson Crusoe - In 1904 the British barque Brier Holme went down and the only survivor lived three months on an uninhabited island; The Green Scarab; The Thief-Catcher - a holy man in India; Money to Burn - experiences while left in charge of a Transvaal farm; The Woman Who Walked to Siberia - Lillian Alling; Smugglers All; On the Edge of the World - final installment of Richard Brenton's adventures in Tierra del Fuego; Coin counterfeiters in Tanganyika; The Taking of Ventotene - a naval story in the Drake tradition; The Jinx - a man brings bad luck to others but escapes unscathed; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Total of 178 pages, half English/half German. Black and white sketches. Author was born in 1909 in the Ukraine and imprisoned by the Russians in 1946. She survived years of confinement, made her way to Canada, and was encouraged to document her story in this book. Above-average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. An important historical record. Book
