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196018 pages. Features: Mailbag; How Wide is Steelhead Ocean Range?; Quail Hunt - article with photos of Pete Worobey and his song Bob; Bouncing the Bars - photo-illustrated article by Jim Railton about fishing in the Cowichan River includes photos of The Hancocks, Bob Hazeldine, Art Hancock, Dick Mahoney, Murray West, and Terry Thomas; Six-Pound Dynamute - Ed Meade writes about the six pound Breda magnum rifle, with photo of Jack Hutton; Boats; Photo of Wally Gentles holding 23-lb Spring salmon caught at Brentwood on Vancouver Island; Photo of near record Caribou trophy shot by Harold Daye with Don and Wes Bickerton and Innis Short near Burns Lake; Photo of Mrs. Montgomery of New Westminster holding 18-lb Steelhead caught in the Kispiox River; Back cover Lucky Lager beer ad shows men watching football on TV; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
199952 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Averity; Great centrefold photo of preserved victory ship Lane Victory; Vintage Passenger Ships of the World - Part 4; Victory Ships of WWII; Naval Review; Piracy Today; A-Z of Ocean Liners; European Ferry commentary; Ships Pictorial; Return of the Severn Princess; Flensburger Damf-Rundum; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1939pp. [42]. "Commemorating the visit to Victoria [B.C.] of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth." - front cover. This visit took place in May 1939 as part of a major North American tour at a time when another major war in Europe seemed imminent. Queen Elizabeth II took part in the tour and is said to have 'lost her heart to Canada and Canadians' as a result. Oblong 9" x 12". Each page contains a black and white reproduction of a photo of a noteworthy site in the Victoria region or up-island. Some noteworthy details include angle parking on Douglas and Yates, jaunty men's golf fashions of the day, a marvelous view of Saanich farm lands from Mount Douglas, the Italian gardens and residence of Mr. Butchart, tall timber along Cowichan Bay Road, the Malahat Drive alongside Goldstream, and a day's catch of huge fish near Victoria. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent memento and snapshop of life in Victoria and on Vancouver Island in 1939. Not listed in Edwards & Lort. Book
1915Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. 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
1965An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: On the Town - Spark's Pub South; Show Business - the "New" American cinema; Let's Broaden Your Education - Photos of gorgeous Maya Martinez; A Girl Called Boom Boom - fiction; A Fresh Look at the Boss-Secretary Relationship - office affairs can be beautiful; Problems of the Unwed Father - sociology; Limericks for the High-Living Hobbyist - humor; Ocean Liner Gigolo - Interesting Occupations No. 76; Wine, Women and Wenzel - cartoons; Star Gazer - Photos of buxom Liz Miles, including color centerfold; The Business of Bareness - "Nude figure photography" in San Francisco and Los Angeles; You Are Invited to an Orgy - the good old days; The 'New' Sex Revolution in Scandinavia - travel guide; Ah, The Cruelty of Virtue - ribald classic tale of an Italian who was duped by the young maid he had hoped to ravish; Let's Play Statues - Photo feature of Jill Adams; With Additional Dialogue by Manny Silverhorn- film fun; Interesting ad inside back cover for Erotica and Erotica 2, LP records which provide "the actual, almost unbelievable sounds of erotic love"; Vintage color-photo ad for Mr. H.Esq on back cover features young man in Danish-inspired ski-wear. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1912Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1990Hardcover. Some marks on plastic wrapper. Library sticker on spine foot and FEP. Lending history on FEP. Signed by the author on title page.. Ex - Library
1935Beebe SC. D., LL. D, William/Beebe, Charles William (Direttore del Reparto Ricerche Tropicali della Società Zoologica di New York) - Scortecci, Prof. G./Scortecci, Giuseppe (Direttore del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano): Prefazione di Mille Metri Sott'Acqua. Milano - Verona, Editore Valentino Bompiani (Soc. An. Editr. V. Bompiani and C.) - Arti Grafiche Chiamenti (stampa) 1935 (XIII) italian, in ottavo pp. XXIV+384=408 I ed. italiana: 1935 - XIII (ed. originale: Half Mile Down, New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company 1934). Traduzione di Carlo Coardi. VIII/XXIV+384=408/rilegatura in mezza pelle bianca con titoli e disegni oro e con i piatti rifiniti in carta patinata illustrati a colori. Con 124 figure in nero f.t. e in b/n in tavole patinate f.t. e XII figure a colori in tavole patinate f.t. protette con acetato trasparente. Fogli di guardia con cartae in nero delle 26 discese della Batisfera nelle Bermuda). Stato buono (manca il cofanetto editoriale - leggera usura della copertina - fogli di guardia e pagine bruniti - usura degli acetati a protezione delle tavole a colori).
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1983338 p. Signed by the author. Hardcover Good condition; cocked spine in worn d.j. fair
1966246p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
