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1919Pages 354-440 plus 24 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Bullet-proof Scotchman - an adventure of John Mundell in the Pampas of Uruguay; ; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part I - wonderful photos in China; An Exciting Trading Trip - efforts to trade with a warlike tribe in East Africa; Some Strange WWI Escapes from Germany - part II; Interesting photo and short article of Dog Rib Indians in Canada receiving their annual grant of one pound, as well as presents, from the Canadian government; Among the Wild Tribes of Darien - exploring the native tribes of Panama - with great photos; Stories of the War - Thirty Hours in No Man's Land - in WWI an Australian trooper on the Western Front is wounded and must make his way back to his own lines; Siringa's Last Battle - a native boy helps in one of the first fights in German East Africa, A Week in a Lens Dungeon - McLean and Ebbs of the 87th Canadian Battalion hid in a cellar for a week before making their way back to their lines; Miraculous Escapes from Sunken Submarines; An Adventurous Hunt After Man-eating Crocodiles - in Victoria Nyanza; The Mountain Warriors of France - excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - part II of what happend when Zulus killed an Englishman to use his body for love medicine; Wonders of Northern Syria - article with many great photos of architectural remains; Carter's Exoneration - a stirring story of the Australian Mounted Police. Great multi-page advertising feature on the Waterproof Products Corporation. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
196660 pages. Bibliography. Chronological table. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
1919Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
191988 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
197288 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Colonel Gaddafi of Libya with Nasser in background; Many fantastic color fashion ads; Colonel Qadhafi - Libya's Mystical Revolutionary - article with photo of Anwar Sadat seated between Quadhafi and Vice-President Mahmoud al-Ayubi of Syria, plus photo of Qadhafi seated with Gamal Abdel Nasser; The Secrecy Dilemma - Schlesinger expounds on the conflict between freedom of the press and government secrecy; The French Connection in Real Life - searching for clandestine heroin labs in Marseilles - article with photos; The American Malaise - a sociologist disagrees with Nixon's suggestion of a parallel with ancitn Greece and Rome; Gold Key Estates real estate development ad; New China Policy in Rock Glad, N.J.; Photos of Jade jewellery; Psychedelic one-page Peter Max ad; Oriental Mix - color photos of Manhattan apartment designed by Winkler-Patino; Many camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1919Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. 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
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Man Who Turned Thief - Part I - remarkable narrative of an honest man turned criminal who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies in American history; With a Camera in Portugal - nice photo-illustrated article; Mr. Todbury's Trawler Trip - a confirmed landlubber, advised by his doctor, goes on a sea-voyage on a little trawler; A Record Laugh - A story from Kimberley, South Africa involving an unsophisticated Kaffir, a "live" wire, and a laugh that could be heard from miles away!; Mistaken Identity - H.A. Garrett went to Chile to make a living but narrowly escaped being hanged instead; Through the East by Air - Part I - Richard Carline and his brother Sydney were commissioned to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum after WWI, and did so for ten months - with much adventure - article with photos; The Golden Cheeses - an expedition hopes to recover 2 million pounds of German gold from a ship torpedoed in the war; The Little Captain - some joyous fragments from the chequered life-history of one of the most irresponsible dare-devils imaginable - a young Mexican; Trailing the Gun-runners - Part III - continuation of the adventures of U.S. authorities attempting to block the flow of arms to revolutionaries in Dominica; Big-Game Shooting in Northern India - exciting stories about pursuing tigers and leopards; The Sea-Devil - two men are lucky to escape with their lives after a prolonged battle with a shark; and more. 85 pages plus 8 pages of vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Sorcerer of Nerac - The disappearance of a young farmer leads to the discovery of an amazing tragedy of superstition, leading to Frenchman Pierre Faget, the stoop-shouldered old wizard of Nerac, being sent to prison for trial; Our Crocodile Hunt - a Lake Nyassa tale involving a brush fire, a crocodile hunt, and the Kaiser's elephant gun - a lifetime of excitement in a few hours; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part II - the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever take place in America; At the Back of Beyond - photo-illustrated account of some experiences in remote Chitral; The Mutiny of the Athol - a very exciting story of the old whaling days in the Pacific, obtained from the ship's original log; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part IV - conclusion of this thrilling story of adventure in the turbulent negro Republic of Dominica; P.M. Clarke - Correspondent - the story of an odd character whose pretty exterior concealed plenty of pluck and inexhaustible energy; "Honeymoon Island" - Photo-illustrated feature on idyllic Norfolk Island, originally a convict settlement, in the lonely Pacific; Through the East by Air - Part II - The memorable adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline, who were commissioned to make paintings of scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum; The Banker's Bet - the tale of a cautious banker, an unwary Scandinavian, and two clever rogues; Photo of "The Peanut Office" and its Nantucket, MA proprietor; and more. 86 pages plus 8 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1951474, xvii p. Hardcover Very good condition
1979244p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1907568 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends worn
1867377 p., [4] leaves of plates Hardcover Very good condition
1959No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight sunning to spine and front fore-edge and minor foxing/rubbing to upper edge. 184pp. An account of a journey with the author and accompanied by Wilfred Thesiger around Iraq and Syria in 1957. Illustrated.
800Foto di dimensioni 18x24, leggermente sciupata
1941Soft boards have some toning. Pages unopened ; The Green Guide Books; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 260 pages
1958Prima edizione.Contiene 64 tavv.fotografiche e una carta.Legatura editoriale tutta tela,decorata al piatto.Ottima copia.Pp.276
Amsterdam & Leipzig, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1749- T. X - E.O. - 1 volume In-4 - 1/2 Reliure, Plats muets - T. X - Table (2), 680 pages - Frais intérieurement. - Gravure dépliante du Palais de Néron, Plans dépliants du grand cirque commencé par Romulus & Hippodrome avec l'obélisque Theboine. - Carte dépliante du Bosphore de Trace avec Constantinople divisée en quartiers.
Amsterdam & Leipzig, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1743 - T. IIII- E.O. - 1 volume In-4 - 1/2 Reliure, Plats velin de réemploi (d'époque) - Epitre dédicatoire (4), Plan de l'ouvrage (4), Préface (62), 574 pages - rousseurs éparses -La préface comprend les de longueur, a nglaises, Grecques, Romaines dans l'Ecriture, les Monnaies (14 pages) - envoi rapide et soigné. Taduction française de l'ouvrage de ...... Vers 1730, on publia les premiers numéros d'une vaste entreprise littéraire, proposée par souscription dont le plan avait été dressé par M. Sale, habile dans les langues orientales : c'était une histoire universelle de tous les peuples du monde. Comme cet ouvrage obtenait peu de succès, les propriétaires, ayant appris que Psalmanazar avait dirigé ses études sur l'histoire ancienne, lui proposèrent de coopérer à cette entreprise. Il y consentit, à condition que l'ouvrage soit rédigé dans un tout autre esprit et que les écritures saintes soient prises pour base. Dès que Psalmanazar eut mis à jour les volumes dont il était l'auteur, le nombre des souscripteurs augmenta considérablement. Il s'y consacra jusqu'à sa mort en 1763. Cette compilation eu un très grand succès. Elle contient notamment l'histoire des Juifs, des Celtes, l'histoire ancienne de la Grèce, de l'Espagne, l'histoire des anciens Empires de Nicée et de Trébizonde, les histoires des Germains et des Gaulois, l'histoire de Thèbes et de Corinthe, la retraite des dix-mille pour la partie ancienne;...."L'histoire ancienne est plus estimée que la moderne". Brunet III -212....
Amsterdam & Leipzig, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1745 - T. VI- E.O. - 1 volume In-4 - 1/2 Reliure, Plats velin de réemploi (d'époque) - Epitre dédicatoire à Procope Aldabert, Comte Czernin de Chudernitz avec Armoiries (4), (2), 692pages - Frais intérieurement. - 4 Cartes dépliantes des conquètes d'Alexandre, de la Syrie après la mort d'Alexandre le Grand, d' Egypte & Cyrenaique & des royaumes d'Arménie, de Pont, de Capadocie & de Médie
LA HAYE, H. scheurleer, 1748 - E.O. - In-4 - 1/2 Reliure très frottée, avec manques, plats velin de réemploi (d'époque) - - (2), 678 pages - - 2 Cartes de la Syrie et de la Phénicie, Etats desCananéens, Moabites, Hammonites, Madianites, Iduméens, Amalécites avant et lors de la sortie des Israélites d'Egypte - 5 planches dépliantes deTadmor, Palmire, Sépultures phéniciennes, Camp d'Israël - Frais intérioeurement Taduction française de l'ouvrage de ...... Vers 1730, on publia les premiers numéros d'une vaste entreprise littéraire, proposée par souscription dont le plan avait été dressé par M. Sale, habile dans les langues orientales : c'était une histoire universelle de tous les peuples du monde. Comme cet ouvrage obtenait peu de succès, les propriétaires, ayant appris que Psalmanazar avait dirigé ses études sur l'histoire ancienne, lui proposèrent de coopérer à cette entreprise. Il y consentit, à condition que l'ouvrage soit rédigé dans un tout autre esprit et que les écritures saintes soient prises pour base. Dès que Psalmanazar eut mis à jour les volumes dont il était l'auteur, le nombre des souscripteurs augmenta considérablement. Il s'y consacra jusqu'à sa mort en 1763. Cette compilation eu un très grand succès. Elle contient notamment l'histoire des Juifs, des Celtes, l'histoire ancienne de la Grèce, de l'Espagne, l'histoire des anciens Empires de Nicée et de Trébizonde, les histoires des Germains et des Gaulois, l'histoire de Thèbes et de Corinthe, la retraite des dix-mille pour la partie ancienne;...."L'histoire ancienne est plus estimée que la moderne". Brunet III -212....
Amsterdam & Leipzig, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1746 - T. VII- E.O. - 1 volume In-4 - 1/2 Reliure, Plats muets - T. VII Epitre dédicatoire à Monsieur le comte Jumoius Gebhard de Hoym, Seigneur de Droysig, etc.. avec Armoiries (4), (2), 538pages + Table des 7 tomes contenues dans cette histoire universelle - Frais intérieurement. - 2 Cartes dépliantes Palestine et Terre Sainte, de la Parthie et la Perse. . - 2 Plans de la ville de Jérusalem, suivant Josephe et les Rabbins et de la Cour intérieure de l'Autel etc.. dans le sacrifice à la fête des Tabernacles.
Cm. 37x29; pp. XXV, 433. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, titoli in oro al dorso. Ricco apparato illustrativo fotografico. Ottimo esemplare. (Archeologia, Siria) 1407/P
Two Vols. Cm. 19; pp. IX, (3), 412; (8), 484. Contemporary half leather. Complete with 6 Chromolithographies and a map. Well preserved. First edition. (Midlle East, Egypt, Syrian) 1395/P
