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1976365 pages. A public health inspector spends twenty-five frustrating years trying to be of service to his community (Victoria, British Columbia). At fifty he resigns and goes in search of a more satisfying life. He finds it in tropical Northern Queensland. This is his story. It is a novel and an anthology. Essays, verses, short fiction, travel, observations, character sketches. It is the compellingly written, informative, enlightening, thought-provoking, always entertaining experience of a man with intelligence, wit, and humour. The reader will find that she/he is seeing himself and his own community, because this book is not just about a small Canadian city or one corner of the sunny South Pacific. Nor is it just about one man's escape from a frustrating job. It is a forthright assessment of a society in trouble by a man who has a wider view because he deliberately stepped outside. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1950Best.-Nr. N16LOS Angeles Ca: Wetzel 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good in Good dust jacket. DJ chipped pages clean binding very good 245 pgs.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall DR3. Wetzel unknown
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1918Topics: preparedness of the Boy Scouts; Sir R. Baden-Powell as a Prophet; Holiday and War; The Boy Scout Organization; Work of a Wartime Camp; Lord Kitchener's View; The Public and the Scout; A Non-Military Movement; Opinions of the Press; The American Ambassador; Scout Law; Scout Badges; Gallantry in the Navy; Sea Scouts as Coast Guards; Gallantry in the Army; Influence of the Scout Spirit; War Emergency Work; Work for the Government; Agricultural Help; Boy Scout Tests of Citizenship; Recreation Huts and Collections; Helping the Police; In Air Raids and Bombardments; Work for Hospitals; Boy Scouts of the Empire; The Movement in Foreign Countries; Scouts of the Allies. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
1762Best.-Nr. 1105901762. In der Platte signiert "Piranesi F." und mit dem Titel "Sepolcro di Cecilia Metetla". 45 x 64, 5 cm (Plattengröße).
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196240 pages. Features: Exercise in Space - interesting article with photos explains how the company seeks to minimize the space of the shipping boxes it uses to transport its vehicles by ship; Vintage Ride - a wonderful 2856-mile trip that was made in a Vauxhaull 30/98 at Luton over 40 years ago; Garden Guests; Dressed in White - photos of a trip to St. Moritz by Douglas Dickins in his Vauxhall; Major Roads Ahead - some of the many road building projects presently under construction; "Motor" road-tests the Victor Super - detailed review article; Alan Brinton's View; Fishiology - An Gilmour's fishing trip in her Dormobile caravan; Art in Iron - photos of signs; 65 m.p.h. in a speed-limit area - not 'dangerous'; Readers letters; Many pages of great ads; Nice colour photo ad on back cover for the VX4/90. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1962Pages 85-132. Features: Colour cover photo of a VX 4/90 being loaded into the nose of a Carvair (Channel Air Bridge); The 100th course of the R.A.C. Junior Driver Scheme - article with photos; You Must Give Way - animals on the road take precedence over motor traffic; Pressure Group - the 800 ton Schuler press at the Luton factory; Fuel Consumption Test; Photos and story of a motor trip to Italy in a Velox; Page of photos of vintage accessories for your Vauxhall; The Mountains Move Nearer - A VX 4/90 helps make history on the inaugural flight of the new Channel Air Bridge car ferry services to Switzerland - article with photos; Brinton's View; Ladies' Maid - A New Zealand trip - article and photos; Photos of interesting parking signs; "Your Name and Address Please" - how to deal with the police when stopped. Many pages of great vintage ads. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1963Pages 89-136. Features: Photos of accessories for your Vauxhall; Converting Britain's Railways into Roads? - interesting article; Vauxhall's Policy of Expansion - a brief picture report of the growth of the new Ellesmere Port Factory; Scramble - Article and great photos of the early days of the sport which had not yet been named Motocross; You Could Hear a Feather Fall - article and photos of General Motors' search for still greater silence and smoothness in motor vehicles; The Mobil (Fuel) Economy Run - photos of cars which attained in the 30-40 mpg range; Thoughts about car telephone systems; Alan Brinton's View; Testing the vision of drivers; Hasta la vista - a trip to Spain - article with photos; Test of the VX 4/90 - detailed article with photos; Keep that gear change clean and slick; Legal article; Readers' letters; Velox ad inside back cover; Many pages of great vintage ads. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
2010Best.-Nr. 21128ABPortland-London, Timber Press, 2010. 23,5 cm. 207, (1) S. mit zahlr. farb. Abb. Original Pappband (Hardcover), Fadenheftung. Neuwertiges Exemplar.
1958Approximately 48 one-side pages. Includes photos and biographies, activities, literary and sports. Average wear. Unmarked. Clipping from front cover has been patched. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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1990"This chart represents historic time from the creation of the world according to the bible down to the present." - from title page. Contents fold out to display world history graphically in one very large, multi-tracking time line. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this truly superlative reference. Book
1918Features: Article by Lovat Fraser - War Problems of the New Year; Gallant charge of the Fort Garry Horse (photos) - Lieutenant H. Strachan; Chinese men view war's ruin in west; Photos of Australians in France; French Premier with the heroes of Mort Homme; 'Thunderers' (gunes) that defy the foe before Verdun; Glimpses of East Africa from a German Camera; How I was arrested as a spy - an experience undergone three times by Hamilton Fyfe during Russia's spy-fever; Cambrai illustrations; Spotting for the Guns - adventures of John S. Margerison, Observation Officer of the Kite Balloons; From the Yser and Somme to Brenta and Piave; The Kaiser as Patron of the 'Prince of Hell' (illustrations); Airship that searches the sea for submarines; War-time wages and prices - causes and effects of their simultaneous increase (article); Forcing the entrance to Palestine at Gaza (illustrations); Photos of American Engineers who aid the British guards; Photos of English women engaged in agriculture on the home front; Photos of Victoria Cross (V.C.) recipients Pte. M.J. O'Rourke, Sergt. J. Ockenden; Pte. W.H. Butler; Cpl. E.A. Egerton (brief text included); The South Lancashires - 1 page (with photo) information about this regiment. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
1917Photo features: An appraisement of the action of the United States (in joining the war) - article; British Patrols in the Arras Push; Spanish and Chinese visitors view the western war; Australians near Bapaume; The Great Battle of Arras - article by Max Pemberton; Glimpses of the Glorious Battle of Arras; Hats off to the R.F.C. - article; Trekking two hundred miles to safety in East Africa; Supportive pets with soldiers; Vital Needs in Agriculture - article by Principal J.R. Ainsworth-Davis; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average wear. Book
1918Full page illustration of the new chief of the Imperial General Staff, Lieut.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. Some Lighter Aspects of a Fleet Action - by 'Bartimeus'. Preaching and Practising Prudent Economy - 5 photos. An Aeroplane Shoot on the Western Front, by 'O.Pip'. Artillery Preparation Against the Great Attack - 3 photos of a massive British rail-mounted gun and a French shell dump. Amazing photo of French observers serving as part of an anti-aircraft battery. Five photos of kite balloons. Women at work. Tanks and Trimphs from the French Front - 4 photos. From the Forge of Vulcan to the Field of Mars - two illustrations of massive guns. The U Boats and the U.S. - a confident view of the Transatlantic Transport (article). At Army Headquarters, article by Hamilton Fyfe. Arresting Attila's Advance to the Adriatic - 5 photos. New Laws for New Conditions - how the Australian Commonwealth Set the Example. Photos of decorated soldiers. Adventures of an ensign, article by 'Vedette'. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
1917Is Belgium's Deliverance Near? - events likely to follow on the capture of the Ridges - article by Lovat Fraser; Views on the road of victory over Vimy Ridge - 2 photos; Italian Boats that went by mountain ways; Under German fire in Aisne and Champagne; Canadians utilizing the 'tump line' for carrying heavy materials to the front line; Photos of enemy ingenuity i.e. a phony hollow-tree observation post; The Victory of the Flanders Ridges - how British troops won their first sight of Bruges - article; Seven 'Somersets' capture Forty-Two Huns; Rise and Fall of the U-Boat - how Germany's blockade of Britain is rendered ineffective; Prowess and pity in Mesopotamia and Palestine; Splendid work of the gunboats on the Tigris; Humour and courage of the 'jocks' - memories and episodes of the fighting on the Western Front; French air messages and hun air murders; Realistic tests of efficiency at Aldershot. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
1909Features: The People of the Caves; My Journey in Bhutan - I; An Arctic Man-Hunt; The Sydney "Flying-Machine"; An Odd Voyage; The Rescue Dogs of St. Bernard; How we Bluffed the Bushrangers; Life in a Japanese Prison; Short Stories - An Adventure in the "Towers of Silence", Hassan's Bride, Prospecting for Yaqui Gold; The Sportsmen of the Near East; Ning Wo the Wonderful; The Golden Beetle; The Riddle of the Zambesi; A Hero's Life Story; "The Hermit of Rotheneuf"; Marooned on a Sandbank; The "Tank Scrap"; Short Stories - A Luncheon Party in Rhodesia, The Ordeal of Mrs. Benns; The Deputation That Failed; An Island of Mystery; The Ghost of No. 1 Jetty; My Journey in Bhutan - II; The One-Eyed Parrot; The "Pearl of the Mediterranean"; A North Atlantic Tragedy; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; A Lost Hamlet; How I Climbed Mount Popocatepetl; The Masked Bandit of Tucson; Under the Star and the Crescent - I; Pegging out the Empire; Short Stories - The Jail-break at Kungyangon, The Missing Bracelet, The Story of a Glass Eye; Earnst's Luck;; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - I; The Gipsy Polka; Abalone-Fishing; The Old Mexican Mine; A Mystery of the Bush; An Artist's Adventure; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - I; The Rival Rain-Makers; Pegging Out the Empire - II; The Clue of the Marked Bamboo; Earthquakes from a Japanese Point of View; The Robbery at Goldsmiths; The Experiences of a Deputy-Postmaster; Some Adventures with Sea-Lions; Under the Star and Crescent - II; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - II; Lost in an Underground Maze; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - II; On the Hill Crest Patrol; Stories of "Stripes" - the Tiger and the Tow-Boat, The Phantom Tiger; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - II; The Dynamite Smuggler; A House Built in a Day; Bulstrode and the Bear; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - I; The Castaways of Guadalupe Island; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - III; Sport in India; Phaulkon's Treasure; The Balinese and Their Ways; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - I; My Most Exciting Ballooning Experiences; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - III; The Gum-Hunter; A Himalayan Arcadia; The Jealously of Pepe; A Texan "Snake-Farm"; One New Year's Day; Twelve Hundred Miles in a Paper Boat; Fishing on the Molopo; Locating a Leak; Two Men in a Cave; A Wanderer in Asia Minor - I; Wilson's "Scoop"; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - II; A Race for a Gold-Mine; In the Far North-West - I; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - II; How I Lassoed a Moose. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1923Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1957Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
1925Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
196131 pages. Features: How Smugglers try to fool the Mounties; Gatineau Park is a Camper's Paradise; The Deep, Dread-Bolted Thunder - Robert Fontaine's father was afraid of thunderstorms; An Air View of the World's Largest Glacier - Antarctica's huge Beardmore Glacier sits for a unique panoramic portrait; This coach is paid in laughs - squirt softball coach Fred Cederberg of Streetsville, Ontario; Nice Lifesavers ad on back cover; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
