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1981295 pages. "An account (of Croatian atrocities in World War II) based on German, Italian and other sources." - from title page. Horrific black and white archival illustrations. Dedicated to the one million Serbians, Jewish and other innocent victims massacred by the Croatian Ustashi during World War II. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Front free endpaper neatly removed. A sound working copy of this sobering work. Book
1990Unpaginated. Over one inch thick. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. "Comrade, statesman, ideologist, unserpassed tactician of guerrilla warfare, ingenious strategist of revolution, farsighted founder of the state, and author of the successful union of diverse Yugoslav peoples and nationalities and territories - This is Tito." - from Preface. Text in English. Several openings and chips to periphery of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Light wear to unmarked book. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Slipcase not included. A quality copy of this impressive work. Circa 1990? Book
191885 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1924Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1924Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
2000Una copia ancora imballata, l'altra ha sulla sovracopertina un bollino removibile. Entrambe le copie sono nuove.
1939Milano, Giuffrè, 1939. (mm. 255 x 180). Cartonato editoriale con titoli in rosso e nero. pp. 152. Esemplare intonso. Invio autografo dell'autore
1965Roma, Azienda beneventana tipografica editoriale per le edizioni di storia e letteratura, ottobre 1965. (mm. 255 x 175). Cartonato editoriale con titoli in r / n. pp. XXXVI, 580(le prime due bianche), (10), 1 c. b XVI( prime due bianche), 719(1), (14), 1 c. b. Esemplare intonso. Con 6 tavole f.t. Manca il secondo volume
8°, br. edit., pp. 30.
1867ERI EDIZIONI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA 1967 SECONDA EDIZIONE RIVEDUTA E AGGIORNATA 269 + INDICE LIEVI SEGNI DEL TEMPO ALLA COPERTINA, OTIME ED ECCELLENTI CONDIZIONI GENERALI.
195823x16. 82p. N. 1411.
2002Collana Confini di Comunità, 11. In-8°, pp. 173, (5). Bross. ed. ottimo
1965cm. 15,5 x 21,5, 52 pp. Biblioteca di ?Lares? 114 gr. 52 p.
(Opera Splendidamente Illustrata). (Manca la Carta Topografica). In 4°pp.198n.+2nn. con 25 Incisioni n.t. b.n. Copertina muta moderna. (Frontespizio fiorito e scurito per antica polvere).
Cm. 21; pp. 20. Brossura editoriale a stampa. Interno fiorito. Non comune, buon esemplare. (538/P) 966/32
Cm. 21; pp. 20. Brossura editoriale a stampa. Interno fiorito. Non comune, buon esemplare 538 / P
1951In 8°piccolo.Brossura ed.Coperta in cartoncino nero,titoli in rosso e bianco al piatto e al dorso.Intonso.Grafici e tabelle n.t.Buona copia.Pp.475
1920Cm. 15, tela rig. edit., pag. XXIV, 330. Lievi usure alla cop., internamente perfetto.
1908Paris, Perrin, 1908. (mm. 200). Mezza percallina verde coeva con titolo impresso e dorato al dorso. pp. (2), XI, 603 con 2 carte geografiche f.t. più volte ripiegate ed un'altra nel testo. Ottimo esemplare.
1995Volume in ottimo stato. Brossura