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1949Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
1949Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
1949Features include: They Servant The Elephant - written by a man who spent half a lifetime in the forests of Southern India; The Rowboat Mystery - A decidedly awkward problem confronted the detective department of the Seattle (U.S.A.) police; The Smoke Jumpers - the latest development by the U.S. authorities against forest fires; Unlucky Launch - an amusing account involving a shipyard; The Money-Maker - An amusing confidence trick tale from the files of a Gold Coast District Officer; The "Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 1) - Tanganyikans are suspected of posing as murderous lion-men; The Accessory - rifles suddenly disappear from a battalion in India; Jim Darling's Last Shot - a store clerk catches 'gold fever'; Patrolling the Arctic - Adventures of the hardy members of the R.C.M.P. in the vast wastes of Canada's north; Forests Afloat - Benson Log Rafts; Wolf-Hunting in Finland. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear. Faint pencilled name atop back cover. Tears to spine. Magazine
1951Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
1951Features include: How They Saved the "Ningpo" - A rare occasion when the tables were turned on Chinese sea pirates in 1945; Before the Fact - A missionary's puzzling story from primitive Africa; Seeking Sheba's "Lost" City - Author describes his adventures in Arabia and his accidental discovery of a practicable route to the mysterious city - abandoned for centuries; Over the Iron Curtain - Two R.A.F. officers endeavour to rescue a young Italian from Budapest in December 1945. The "WAFF" goes recruiting - Some amusing aspects of recruiting young tribesmen in West Africa; Wild Boars and Cattle Thieves - An adventure on a lonely island off the California coast; Zombies - a Haitian story; Island of Ships - Rouad, off the Syrian coast. Front cover detached but in good condition. Back cover almost detached. Most of spine missing. Contents in good condition. Name in pencil atop back cover. Magazine
1937ref. 2082702114605793Agriculture Affairs Bureau Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 1937. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Agriculture Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry paperback
1904ref. 2082702114604791Toyama bo 1904. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Toyama bo paperback
1972ref. 2082702114610308Nikko Toshogu shrine office 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Nikko Toshogu shrine office paperback
1904ref. 2082702114602978Bunroku-do shoten 1904. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bunroku-do shoten paperback
1949Features include: The Donkey - A humble donkey co-operates to bring about the discomfiture of sundry Arab thieves; It Pays to Advertise - The Amazing result of the nefarious activities of a rascally 'wild-cat' company promoter and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in Canada; Mr. Zaru - story from a ship; Into the Unknown - exploratino work in Tanganyika; Farm Life in South Africa - intended for aspiring British immigrants to South Africa; Through the Iron Curtain - an ambitious motor-cycle voyage through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Beyond the Barrier - Extraordinary incidents related by a famous stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne; A Matter of Boundaries - an amusing tale of a tribal land-dispute in Nigeria; The Little Gold Disc - A veteran seafarer's account of a remarkable experience on the China Coast; The Tiger That Thought; The Red Lacquer Pagoda; The Ship That Became a House; Guarding New Zealand's Forests - Illustrated in black and white. Chips from and tears to base of spine else average wear. Two inch opening at top of back cover. Magazine
1935ref. 28128UK by Hodder & Stoughton 1935. HBDJ 1935 10th Edition STATED Very Good copy in a Very Good wrapper The wrapper is generally bright and sound. It is worn and rubbed at the edges with Tiny Chips. The DJ spine and back panel are Lightly soiled. Unclipped. The book is bright embossed Red Cloth Title in Black on Spine Cvr. Very clean boards. Sharp corners. Clean pages. tight binding. Light Wear Fox. No cracked hinges no loose pages. 320 pgs NO ADS in Back DJ IN Clear Protective Mylar 4 1/2 X 7 in small Light creases btm front DJRed Topstain. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. UK by Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
1920ref. 134025Brooklyn New York: Brooklyn Public Library 1920. Hardcover. Good ex-library with a few marks and stamps binding solid one or more postcards separated un-glued toning of old newspaper clippings pages wavy probably from glue moisture though there is an occasional localized dampstain. Blue library buckram silt spine titles unpaginated approx. 100 pages with with pasted color illustrations on both sites approx. 25 leaves blank. OVERSIZE GA2. A scrapbook of images of architecture and color images of many beautiful places and things produced the early 1900s. Many are of New York City but also around the country and world presumably collected by the Brooklyn Public Library. Includes many large samples of the work of illustrator Louis Biedermann 1874-1957 along with Clara M. Burd Charles Livingston Burd Adolph Triedler Wilfred Jones Fred Kulz Chum Vine Edmond Oakdale Vincent Lynch and Mary Bassett. News articles from the New York Herald show articles with large color illustrations of views of cities and bridges. Travel postcards from the era depict architecture throughout the world. Includes stained glass windows a real slice of life during an age when color images in magazines and periodicals were fairly new and illustrators. Artcyclopedia calls the years of 1880-1920 the Golden Age of Illustration: it “was a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration. It developed from advances in technology permitting accurate and inexpensive reproduction of art combined with a voracious public demand for new graphic art.” Probably a librarian's pet project. Brooklyn Public Library hardcover
1920ref. 134025Brooklyn New York: Brooklyn Public Library 1920. Hardcover. Good ex-library with a few marks and stamps binding solid one or more postcards separated un-glued toning of old newspaper clippings pages wavy probably from glue moisture though there is an occasional localized dampstain. Blue library buckram silt spine titles unpaginated approx. 100 pages with with pasted color illustrations on both sites approx. 25 leaves blank. OVERSIZE GA2. A scrapbook of images of architecture and color images of many beautiful places and things produced the early 1900s. Many are of New York City but also around the country and world presumably collected by the Brooklyn Public Library. Includes many large samples of the work of illustrator Louis Biedermann 1874-1957 along with Clara M. Burd Charles Livingston Burd Adolph Triedler Wilfred Jones Fred Kulz Chum Vine Edmond Oakdale Vincent Lynch and Mary Bassett. News articles from the New York Herald show articles with large color illustrations of views of cities and bridges. Travel postcards from the era depict architecture throughout the world. Includes stained glass windows a real slice of life during an age when color images in magazines and periodicals were fairly new and illustrators. Artcyclopedia calls the years of 1880-1920 the Golden Age of Illustration: it “was a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration. It developed from advances in technology permitting accurate and inexpensive reproduction of art combined with a voracious public demand for new graphic art.” Probably a librarian's pet project. Brooklyn Public Library hardcover books
1961Circa 1961. Provides the serviceman with a fast and convenient reference to information on operations, maintenance and repairs, as well as descriptions of the major units and their functions in relation to other components of the tractor. Covers: Cooling System; Electrical; Engine; Engine Clutch; Transmission and Bevel Gear (14 and 18 series) Transmission (15 and 20 series); Steering Clutches and Brakes; Sprocket and Sprocket Drive; Tracks and Track Frame. About average wear to covers but contents surprisingly clean and bright. Numbers written on spine and front cover (probably serial numbers). Approx. 5/8" thick. Book
1955Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of a former British Merchant Seaman, first as a lumberjack and then as a cowboy on a 'dude-ranch'; He Knew Too Much - A grim story of dope-running on the Egyptian border; Lunch-Time Tiger - Author is called upon to deal with a tiger which was terrifying the inhabitants of a Pathan village; The Castaways of the 'Dundonald' - reprint of one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - describes how a British ship was driven ashore on a barren islet in the remote Southern Pacific, where for many weary months the survivors endured many privations in a desperate struggle for existence; A Taste of Freedom - Three firemen jump ship in a South American port... but fate was against them, and they were almost glad to get back; Ghost-Town Memories - Tourist visit the Western U.S. abandoned mining-camps of long ago; Across the Kalahari Desert - The author traversed the trackless Kalahari in a motor-car by way of a dried-up river bed. Black and white illustrations. Chipping to spine. Above-average wear. Magazine
1996ref. 20827021146006547550 Yen 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 7550 Yen paperback
1931ref. 29141HBDJ 1931 1ST edition with 265 Titles on Back & VERSO of DJ & Pre Zipcode Coupon & 95 centsVG/GOOD COPYRIGHT PG STATES The First Edition from New Plates was Printed Oct. 1931 Small brown cloth with gilt running man oin fron tGood condition. DJ has some wear & Fox on Front & small edge chips. with Misprint #14 on DJ spine Brown cloth with Gilt running streamer man on Front Cvr DJ SPINE ENDS SMALL CHIPS & FOX 447 pgs List of Publishers bks MODERN LIBRARY #14 ON DJ Spine hardcover
1979ref. 29442HBDJ 1979 1st Edition Second Printing with #2 present on Copyright pg early printing hardback with DustJacket VG/VG AS-IS retired from school library expected imperfections still a very clean attractive copy Very Good Condition/VG. EX-LIBRARY USUAL IMPERFECTIONS Stamps Label SPINE DJ ETC. Original Cloth. Black coloured endpapers. . Tan coloured boards with red coloured titles embossed on the front cover and black and red colour titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper again by Frank Mayo with white coloured titles to the front panel and red and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper again by Frank Mayo with white coloured titles to the front panel and red and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Softening to the top .An adolescent fantasy / adventure -- investigation novel. I was new to town of Hammond & Dracula staying in room #13 . He never came down the Stairs. FRANKLIN WATTS NY TRIUMPH BOOK hardcover
1925ref. 29318HBDJ VG/VG- STATED First Published in 1925 !st Edition SOME LITE STAINS ON DJ & EDGE CHIPPING RUB & WEAR blue embossed Cloth With Gold gilt tiles on Spine Cvr Some Interior Pgs FOX DJ edge wear. page edge marks METHUEN & CO LTD LONDON Printed in GB hardcover
1952Features include: Hopper No. 47 - Tragic happenings to an apprentice pilot in Home waters; Mra Toons "Lemon" - A former Revenue Officer's account of an encounter with an astute Oriental who planned to make a fortune by smuggling opium into Burma; Chinchilla Ranching - Describes a new industry; Water Divining in India; South American Excursion - a colourful account of a motor-car trip into the interior of Venezuela; Marijuana - describes the perilous experiences in which a particularly sinister form of "dope" involved the narrator; By Pony to Ladakh - An account of a trip through a little-known region of the borders of mysterious Tibet; Hunting the "Bearded Wonder" - Author sets out to track down a sinister Malayan terrorist leader. Black and white illustrations throughout. Above-average wear externally. Chips missing from spine. Contents in good condition. Unmarked. Magazine
1971ref. 2082702114603470Edited by Ehime Prefecture Yoshikai Town Magazine Editorial Committee 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Edited by Ehime Prefecture Yoshikai Town Magazine Editorial Committee paperback
1998ref. 2082702114610878Fixed 73000 yen Kodansha 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Fixed 73,000 yen Kodansha paperback
1932ref. 2082702114602952Tsukushi Mountain Club 1932. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Tsukushi Mountain Club paperback
1978ref. 2082702114607057Regular 3300 Yen Law Society 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Regular 3,300 Yen Law Society paperback
1967ref. 2082702114605182Misuzushobo 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Misuzushobo paperback
