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1928Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Hidden Bay - A member of the Cape Police investigates a series of missing boats and their crews; The Parson - A Tale of old frontier days in Marshall, Texas; A Gambling Raid in Malaya - A white police officer single-handedly attempts to raid a gambling-den in the Malay States; Through Arctic Seas - Part III - The continues adventures of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo in the Western Arctic as it studies the Eskimos and wild life - with map and many nice photos; Among the Kazak Nomads - Matthew Edwards describes his time with these hardy riders of the plains, who enjoy hunting with trained eagles - including many very nice photos; On Tour With a Puppet Show - Part I - Walter Wilkinson travels through the West of England with his glorified Punch-and-Judy outfit; George's Crocodile - an amusing tale from the coast of China; "Bimbo" - Russell Afzal's dog killed a sacred monkey, was cursed, and died a mysterious death; Pat the Teacher - He drifted to a remote Australian sheep station and proved his manhood to the full; The Isle of Rip Van Winkle - A visit to the quaint and beautiful island of Banda, the "Pearl of the Moluccas" - with photos; The Romance of Pearls - An excellently photo-illustrated account of the fisheries of Ceylon, with some interesting stories concerning pearls; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part II - The continued tale of Major Jackson's year-long, 6,000 mile trip from Beira to Banana - with interesting photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
2011rif. x-1848854250Tauris Academic Studies 2011. Hardcover. New. 304 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches. Tauris Academic Studies hardcover
1792rif. PHO-991À Paris, Chez Buisson, 1792. In-8°, viii-562p ,cartonnage marbré (reliure début XIXe s.).
2026rif. x-3032313651Springer 2026. Hardcover. New. 341 pages. 6.14x0.81x9.21 inches. Springer hardcover
rif. 62079110I.B. Tauris & Company Limited . Hardback. New. pp. 304 I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited hardcover
1900rif. 316899London: Sampson Low Marston and Company Limited St. Dunstan s House 1900. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Bound in half brown polished calf marbled paper sides red leather title label a.e.g. Fine. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, St. Dunstan s House unknown
1816rif. 185242London.: Thomson. 1816. Engraved map with full handcolour 50.5 x 59.7 cms ; 53.9 x 73.8 cms sheet central fold a few minor edge tears one intruding into the top border the map unscathed marginal edgewear two corners with some loss but the map in very good crisp condition. An elegant map with great detail prepared for John Thomson's influential "New General Atlas" 1814-1821. Showing India from 20 degrees to 7 degrees north of the equator and includes the northern half of Ceylon with territorial interests attractively coloured. . Thomson. unknown
1900rif. 316899London: Sampson Low Marston and Company Limited St. Dunstan s House 1900. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Bound in half brown polished calf marbled paper sides red leather title label a.e.g. Fine. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, St. Dunstan s House unknown books
In-4, 502p. Illustré de 20 gravures sur acier hors texte, dont 4 en couleurs. Rousseurs éparses et quelques taces d'usage à la reliure, mais dans l'ensemble bon exemplaire.
1672rif. 910579CGAmsterdam:, Janssonius und Waesberge, 1672. Kupferstich 27,5 x 36 cm, Blattgröße 31 x 38 cm.
rif. 221801Paris, Fayard frères, s.d. (1900) in-8, [3] ff. n. ch., 404 pp., [2] ff. n. ch. de table, avec 48 planches hors texte réunissant 96 illustrations, demi-chagrin havane à coins, dos à nerfs orné de pointillés et doubles caissons dorés, double filet doré sur les plats, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque).
rif. 109293A Paris, Chez Lavillettte et Comp. Libraires, rue Sandré-des-Arcs, N° 46, 1801, 1 volume in-12 de 195x130x30 mm environ, 1f.blanc, 3ff. (faux-titre, titre, avertissement), 288-111 pages, 1f.blanc, demi-basane fauve, avec coins en parchemin crème, titres dorés sur dos lisse, tranches mouchetées de rouge. Deuxième Edition traduite par L.M. LANGLES et F.J. NOEL. Cartonnage frotté, galeries et trous de ver sur le cuir, quelques rousseurs et pages brunies.
192632 pages. Features: When Old Salem Hunted Witches - men and women were put to death on the accusation of little children; The Man Who Fights Alone - "The Cop is the World's Greatest Warrior" - article with statistics of policemen killed on the job; Why I Left New York (part 1) - a middle westerner moves there but is in conflict with its alien atmosphere; Who Pays for Our Radio Programs? - noted economics author explains how national advertisers foot the bill so we can listen-in without charge; Captain Kidd - Pirate-Catcher - the rover is commissioned to capture ships flying the black flag; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - no amount of pretense can improve upon the original; Editorials - the time of England's trouble, is the jury system a failure, police death roll, the family is the unit; Woodrow Wilson (part 9) - He refused to be rushed into hasty decisions; World War's Effect Upon the Negro - overseas the colored soldier acquired an entirely new estimate of his importance in the scheme of things; Dry-Farming - The Tragedy of the West - scores of deserted homes stand as mute monuments to the settler's struggle in a land where rain seldom comes; Moonlight Midnight on "Old Tim" - Climbing Mount Timpanogas; The Voyage of the Victoria - part 3 - further adventures of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers; A Dance a Week - Hull's Victory, Lady Walpole's Reel, and Speed the Plow (with piano music for each); amazing photos of strange worldwide professions - a daredevil juggling atop several chairs, rubber tappers in Ceylon demonstrating the herringbone system,Egyptian dervishes passing skewers through their cheeks, and a Korean peddler of earthen ware - carried upon his back! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1802rif. REIS0991Berlin und Hamburg 1802. 8°. Reihent., Titelbl., 435 S., mit zwei gestochenen Taf.; Karten fehlen. Halblederband d. Zeit, zwei Rückenschildchen u. Rückenzierlinien goldgeprägt, Vorsatz aus zweifärbig bedrucktem Buntpapier, Kanten bestoßen, Einbanddeckel berieben und abgeschabt, mit kleinem Wurmgang im vorderen Innengelenk, fliegende Vorsatzblätter fehlen. Seiten schwach gebräunt und wenig fleckig. Mit e. teilw. überklebten Bibliotheksschildchen mit alter handschriftlicher Zahl am vorderen Innendeckel. Vgl. Engelmann. Bibliotheca geographica 130 u. 132 - als zehnter Band der Reihe 'Bibliothek der neuesten und interessantesten Reisebeschreibungen' erschienene Übersetzungen des Berichts über eine Reise in diplomatischer Mission zum König von, im heutigen Sri Lanka gelegenen, Kandy 'A journal of an embassy from the Government of Madras, to the king of Candy, in Ceylon, in the year 1782' des irischen Autors Hugh Boyd (1746-1794), der 1781 eine Stelle als Sekretär des Gouverneuers von Madras, Lord Macartnay, angenommen hatte und eines Berichts des Ingenieurs der französischen Ostindiengesellschaft, J. F. Charpentier de Cossigny (1736-1809), von seiner Reise nach China und Bengalen. Unser Exemplar ohne gestochene Karten. [2 Warenabbildungen]
rif. 83056Dentu, an IX (1803), 2 volumes de 130x205 mm environ, (1) f., 1 faux-titre, 1 titre, (3) ff. (avertissement, épitre), 316 pages, 2 cartes dépliantes - (1) f., 1 faux-titre, 1 titre, 304 pages, 2 cartes dépliantes, (1) f., reliures demi basane fauve, titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièces de titre rouges et pièces de tomaison vertes, tranches finement mouchetées. Cuir abimé, et cartonnage frotté, des rousseurs, notes et passages soulignés dans les marges au crayon bleu.
1888rif. LBW-2417Paris, 1888. 615 x 441 mm.
rif. #[37453]Den Haag Staats-drukkery 1803. Broadsheet with coat of arms with device Concordia res parvae crescunt. Ca. 42 x 335 cm. Ordinance concerning the exemption from payment for the importation of cinnamon from Ceylon into the Bataafsche Republiek. unknown
rif. 61188c.1875. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 208 by 258mm. 8.1 by 10.1 inches. [c.1875]. unknown
1947rif. 100801947 emboîtage (slipcase) jaune paille in-quarto - présenté avec un étui (with the case) - titre frappé or (gilt title), feuillets libres (leafs frees) sous chemise rempliée en papier (under paper jacket), tirage limité tiré à 1000 exemplaires sur Johannot pur fil (limited edition - 1000 copies were printed), illustrations originales de D. Charles Fouqueray, 208 pages, 1947 à Paris Les Editions Monceau,
18194 volumi, cm. 18, brossura editoriale, pag. XX, 222 (2) più carta geografica in b/n ripiegata e 5 tavole a colori f.t.; 247 più 4 tavole; 283 più 3 tavole (su 4: manca la guardia a cavallo del Cassay); 272 più 3 tavole. Symes, ufficiale della Compagnia delle Indie Orientali, fu inviato in Birmania dal Governatore generale delle Indie inglese a difendere gli interessi della corona in Birmania. Collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo, tanto per terra quanto per mare, dopo quelli del celebre Cook...". Ottimo esemplare, purtroppo mancante di una tavola.
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