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1919pp. 173-229. Illustrated with numerous photographs, a few plates in color. Major loss of top margin corner. Title page soiled. 250mm. Original printed wraps, very soiled and worn with loss. The articles include: Human Heads as Trophies; New Ireland Masks; Egypt, Syria and Palestine; Remarkable Indian Art; Spiritualism in Primitive Siberia; Ancient Italian Potters. SCIENCE BX 3
1966Facsimile of the rare original account, first published in 1780, of the great explorations into Russia, Siberia, and North America. Tall 8vo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition.These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW29
1899413 + Plus frontis and full page portraits. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, stamped and lettered in gold. Though XLib, still a nice copy. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! RUSSIA/1
1933pp. ix, 368. Decorative pastedowns and endpapers printed in black and red of Soviet workers. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Original pictorial dust jacket showing a red sun and 1933 tractors. Slight wear and small loss to DJ. ". the Russians have waged their Offensive for a new world along two vast all-embracing fronts - that of economics with the aim of creating a new economic order, and that of sociology with the aim of creating a new human personality. It is on the economic front that they have encountered their chief setbacks." Coldwar/Economics 4 x2
188429p. Illustrated. Mildly XLib. Sm. 4to. Original printed wraps, soiled. SCIENCE BOX 3
in-12, 235 pages, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee à rabats. Bel exemplaire [CA32-2] Le journal minutieux d’un long " voyage vers l’Est " dont le terme est Irkoutsk, en Sibérie.
grand in-8°, 251 pages, tableau chronologique, index, relie cartonnage sous jaquette illustree, emboîtage. Tres bel exemplaire, très frais. [NV-5]
in-4° 225 pp., nombreuses illustrations couleurs (vignettes, planches, doubles-pages), vignettes en noir, carte double-page. broche sous couverture illustree couleurs. Catalogue de l'exposition du Grand Palais (Paris), 1975. Arts antiques d'Asie centrale et de Siberie du Sud. [PLC-1][POR-1][BAT-9] Bel état sauf petite morceau d'adhésif transparent sur le 1er plat de couverture.
in-8°, 254 pages, 1 carte, reliure demi-basane à coins, dos à 5 nerfs, couverture conservée. Bel exemplaire. [RE-2]
in-8°, 269 pages, figures, broché, couverture illustree. Les ongones médicaux zoomorphes - Les ongones de chasse - L'origine totémique des ongones - Les ongones anthropomorphes - Les ongones d'élevage - Les offrandes votives - Le chamanisme et le culte des ongones Bon etat. [MI-28] Bon etat.
in-12, 132 pages, broché.- Édition originale avec mention de douzième mille. Bon état. [BL-10]
fort volume grand in-8°, 703 pages, illustrations, cartes, 3 index, broche, couverture illustree. Très bel exemplaire. [JU-1]
1989196 pages. Reproductions of dozens of black and white photos. Author documents the dramatic trip which saw her ripped her from her comfortable Polish home on her sixteenth birthday in 1940 and took her thousands of miles, eventually settling in England. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact with some lean to spine. Small address labels inside each cover. A worthy copy of this important and unforgettable true story. Book
1924297 pages including bibliography and index. "...into the heart of the vast Pacific the tale shall lead us, where men and ships are dwarfed to veriest specks which crawl laboriously a little space and then are lost to view." - from Introduction. Subjects include: the Straits of Anian; How the Russians crossed Siberia; Vitus Bering; James Cook; John Meares; George Vancouver; Quadra; and more. With 12 illustrations and 7 maps. Binding intact. Soiled but not overly so. Moderate lean to spine. Decorated biege boards. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Remains a decent copy. Book
19048 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
1902Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
1924Approximately 100 pages. Features: A Reconnaissance in Turkestan and Southern Siberia; Native Tin Smelting in Nigeria; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
1957222 pages. The account of a German soldier held captive behind the Iron Curtain. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
195866 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
1991Features: The Eider Man - Passion and controversy mark Jean Bedard's ambitious plans to save the island ecosystem of the lower St. Lawrence; Preservation Instinct - Science and craft come together at the Canadian Conservation Institute, a lifeline to the nation's past; Mystery of the Murrelet - a secretive seabird flies into the heart of a West Coast controversy; Passage to Baikal - an uneasy journey to the troubled heartland of Siberia; Baby Chase - hailed by the infertile, reproductive medicine is revolutionizing human conception, but critics see it as a ticking time bomb. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1997176 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
1982229 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
1972Features: Black Jack Ketchum tried to give me a break - before and after photos of his decapitation during hanging; Mysterious Lillian Human Homing Pigeon - Lillian Alling and her travels through northern British Columbia toward Siberia; Laying tracks on the High Plains; No mine except Tayopa has fascinated the Mexican Rainbow-runners as much as El Naranjal; Family Papers - what's going to happen to them?; The Lucky Town the World Forgot - Sisterdale, Texas; A Night of Suspense in Indian Country - the killers of Major Powell's men were still roaming the canyons; Pelton's Wondrous Wheel - photos; Gray Wolves and Buffaloes - were they really guardians of the herd?; Buckaroo and Bobwire - Every boy should have an 'Uncle Dan'; Tex Ritter - Voice of 'High Noon'; Wild Old Days!. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
1972Total 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
1957347 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