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1918Pages 265-352 plus 24 pages of great vintage ads. Features: My Adventures in the World War - a startling and thrilling contribution upon the great conflict by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Vengeance of the "Stroapers' - exploring for gold in Guiana leads to adventure and death; In the Land of the Lapps - great photo-illustrated narrative of Frank Butler's travels throughout Lapland; The Secret Press of Belgium - how 'La Libre Belgique' had the courage to tell the Belgian people the truth and counteract the evil influence of their brutalizers; Trooping Cattle in Paraguay - taking 1,000 cattle from the ranch of Zanja Moroti to the ranch of San Antonio; The Strangest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated account of a recent visit to the Mount Athos Peninsula; Historic Crime and Mysteries - The Iron Judge of Malt; My Firework Display in China; In the Jaws of the Alligator - woman is pulled from the arms of her husband in Papua; Doctoring War Dogs - touching photo-illustrated account of a visit to the Countess Yourkevitch's hospital for wounded dog soldiers at Neuilly/Paris; The State Documents - How a great german spy system was laid bare in Rome; A Man-Hunt in the Arctic - A Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol from Fort Norman up the Bear River was the longest in the history of that famous organization; The Tragedy at Ras Elka - Sudanese stevedores revolt and pay dearly; Moderate wear. Openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy of this exquisite issue. Book
191791 pages plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: The Artificial Volcano - an incident of the Italian campaign in the Dolomites; Soko the Stanleyville Chimp - raised by the author J.A. Jordan - with many photos; Seven to One - a vendetta and Arkansas farmer Walter Ridgeley of the Texarkana area; A Lofty Ambition - Tom Needham of Cleveland, Ohio recounts how he tried to perform a high dive from a lofty bridge to become a famous actor - with photos; A Canadian Lumber Camp at Riviere aux Ecorces, Quebec - Part II - with photos; In the Casting Pit - a tale of one of the finest deeds of courage and self-sacrifice on record; On the Road in the country of Georgia, by R.Courtier-Forser - illustrated; The White "Maori" - Kimble Bent spent 50 years in the bush - with photos; The Old Firm - a remarkable mystery is recounted from the documents and personal narratives of W.H. Holloway; The Strength of Dan Dempster - this Canadian frontier railway track foreman saved the men of a work-train from destruction with a superhuman act of strength; Round Labrador and Hudson's Bay - Part 1 of E.W. Hawkes' 3,000 mile journey, with great photos; Finding a Wife - S.A. Beattie went hunting for Jaguars in the British Honduras... but ended up with a wife; Throssell's "V.C." - How Hugo Throssell won the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli; Photo of two Jewish street merchants in New York's east side. Lovely color ad for the Vose Player Piano on back cover. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
1950Black and white illustrations throughout. Features: Northland Patrol - RCMP Constable DeLisle's three-thousand-mile mid-winter sled-trip through the Canadian Arctic to investigate a murder; The Hoodoo Liner - A strange yarn from a bad-luck mail steamer; Jungle Racket - A curious story from the wilds of Malaya; The Lurking Terror - Australian launch skipper Peter Brooks catches a giant groper which menaced pearl divers - article with photo; The Maharajah's Elephant - what happened when a royal elephant died in India; The Cleaning-Up of Williamson County, Illinois (part 2) - Bad Charlie Birger is finally put out of commission; The "Tom Thumb Circus" Affair - murder mystery against the bizarre background of a collection of performing animals and birds; Titus George's Trouble - a poltergeist story from a Ceylon tea estate; Jungle Pets (with photos - including lady riding a giraffe; They Prowl By Night - an encounter with a lion-man; Mrs. Brown's Good Cause - everything goes wrong at an Indian grand concert fundraiser; The Mountain of Fate - an attempt to scale Mount Kungwe in East Africa. 66 pages plus 22 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1925116 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "A treatise on the training of pointers, setters, foxhounds, beagles, airedales, spaniels, and police dogs." - subtitle. Unmarked. Front hinge opening, otherwise average wear. Book
1939ref. 20220148Chicago: Privately Printed 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 12mo viii 136 pages blue cloth; edgeworn glassine dust jacket in a mylar dust jacket protector. Signed by Harris who was the scion of the founder of the Harris Bank & Trust in Chicago. Albert rose to the Presidency of the investment bank but had the skills to empower it even further. He loved animals especially this yellow dog. He raised the Harris Arabian horses. Chapter 9 describes his adventures hunting in the Kankakee Marsh in Indiana at the Davis Farm. He did it with that yellow dog Sam. Other adventures in the Ozarks Missouri Wisconsin Chicago. Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons. 5 plates including a color one of Sam the yellow bull terrier. Privately Printed hardcover
1980166 pages. Index. Many illustrations, most in black and white, some in colour. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is missing back flap and now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
1974224p. Numerous text photographs. 8vo. Original full pictorial glossy binding. Nice copy. PETS/1
1964255 pages including index. Concentrates upon bringing into focus the wonderful character of this breed as well as how to maintain this energetic breed so that it will be able to give the very best of itself for the longest possible time. Average soiling and wear with dozens of black and white illustrations. Book
1931ref. 16323London: Jonathan Cape 1931. Book. Good. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In a series of letters to a friend in which are given ample directions for erecting a kennel the management of hounds and the duties and qualifications necessary for a huntsman and whipper-in. Illustrated with sixteen coloured engravings. First published 1781 this edition is reprinted from the illustrated edition of 1796. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
1971ref. 027725London: Michael Joseph 1971. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked light blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor crease to top of spine and some sunning/slight foxing. 60pp. Miss Read's true story of the loss of her cat Timmy and the arrival in winter of another cat Tig with her six hungry kittens. As Miss Read puts it many a human parent could profit from this cat's example of how to raise a family successfully in the face of heavy odds. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Clare Dawson. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Michael Joseph Hardcover
197060 pages. Features: Ad for the Peugeot 504; Challenges for Ed Schreyer in Manitoba; Nova Scotia fishworker labour strife; Photo of offshore drilling rig 'Sedco H" leaving Halifax; Great photo of people storming police line to shake hands with Richard Nixon in St. Louis; Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? - feature article with four pages of wonderful color photos showing the stars and stripes incorporated into bedding, clothing, vehicles, and more; Admiral Thomas Moorer takes over Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assessment of the Cambodian adventure; Nixon's Champion - Robert Dole of Kansas; Photo and brief article on Charlie Rangel; The Middle East - Statesman Speak and Guns Answer - article with photo of Arab leaders watching Libyan military parade; Phnom-Penh - What is going on?; Bernadette Devlin; Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber; Rehabilitation of Stalin in the Soviet Union; The Ordeal of A. Dubcek; Joseph Mobutu of the Congo; Pele and Brazil win soccer's World Cup; Their hearts belong to daddy - article on stripping; The Green Wrist Mania; Tony Jacklin wins golf's U.S. Open; Lord Snowdon on Pets; Michael Dann of Sesame Street; Quenching California's Thirst; Abortion on Demand; Pantsuits for Nurses; Debate over Catholic Marriage; Passing of the Maharajah of Jaipur, Rupert C. Thompson Jr., Colonel Roscoe Turner and Heenrique Galvao; Penn Central - the biggest bankruptcy Ever; The Case For - and Against - Railway Nationalization; Tremendous growth in amount of commercial paper outstanding; Cashing in on Campers - KOA (Kampgrounds of America); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
2004ref. 35480Newton Abbot: David & Charles. As New. 2004. Hardcover. 0715317768 . First edition. As new in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . David & Charles hardcover books
1847ref. ARC-113260Lithographie Le Charivari 4/11/1847 Tout ce qu’on voudra C’est t’y à vous ce chien là ?... Hazard & Delteil N° 2605 N° de pierre 1140
1848ref. ARC-113266Lithographie Le Charivari 14/03/1848 Tout ce qu’on voudra ah! Ma chère, quand on a un chien on ne devrait jamais avoir de mari !…pas plus tard qu'hier le mien a encore eu la chose de refuser une aile de poulet à Mimire, il n'a voulu lui donner qu'une cuisse!.. Faut-y qu'il y aient des hommes qui soyent féroces!… Hazard & Delteil N° 2615 N° de pierre 1118
ref. 9479petit in 4 cartonné souple, couverture illustrée en couleurs, titre illustré en couleurs, 28 pages illustrées d’André JOURCIN, dont 5 en couleurs. Editions BIAS 1944. Une trace de pliure angle inférieur droit de la couverture. Angle inférieur droit de la page de titre, légèrement froissé.
2007ref. 500102887Toucan Jeunesse 2007 20 4x0 8x14 2cm. 2007. Broché.
1890ref. 13801Paris J.B. Baillière et Fils 1890 GRAND In-8 Fort 1064 pp, 4ème édition avec la collaboration de S. Arloing, avec 455 figures intercalées dans le texte et en partie coloriées. Déchirures restaurées sur les premières pages, rares rousseurs, corps d'ouvrage fatigué par endroits. Plats muets, dos orné de fleurons et titre dorés. Epidermures sur dos insolé.
1855ref. 13803Paris Labé 1855 In-8 Fort X+724 pp, 2e edition avec figures intercalées dans le texte, rousseurs et mouillures claires. Plats muets, triples filets, roulettes et titre doré au dos, fines épidermures sur les coiffes, coupes et coins émoussés.
ref. 47897aafLausanne, Payot & Cie, 1901, pt. in-8vo, 78 p. + une annexe (tableau ill. (dents, cornes) dépl. de l'âge des animaux domestiques), cachet sur titre, cartonnage original. (Première édition).
1989165 pages. "Will help the would-be trail rider prepare for and enjoy a wilderness journey on horseback. Full of practical advice, dotted with personal anecdotes, its many photographs and illustrations will encourage and inform those planning such an outdoor adventure." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
1951128p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Scarce. PETS/1
1943158p. Text drawings. Bookseller's label. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding. Nice copy. PETS/2 + xc
1999Book Plus VHS videotape in case. Shares the insights of veterinarians and others in providing relief to animals affected by disasters. Average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy working copy. Book
ref. 14269Paris 1825 in 8 1 volume reliure demi maroquin bleu, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (reliure signée Smeers), 68 pages, et 2 faux feuillets non chiffrés in fine dont une planche de musique; et une pièce d'une page ajoutée in fine: Ode inodore (25e édition), se vend chez Verrassel-Charvet (propriété déposé le 30 avril 1857). Barbier VIII 715, IX 22. Cette oeuvre zéphyrienne a pour auteur un Rouennais, ancien magistrat et ancien député sous le gouvernement de Juillet, M. Eugéne Aroux. Rare et bel exemplaire dans une reliure finement établie
1972No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with mainly clean boards and no bumping to corners. 100pp. Contact us to take advantage of multiple purchases of this magazine.
