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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.
1943158p. Text drawings. Bookseller's label. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding. Nice copy. PETS/2 + xc
1951128p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Scarce. PETS/1
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
1974224p. Numerous text photographs. 8vo. Original full pictorial glossy binding. Nice copy. PETS/1
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
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
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
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
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
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
1918Cover illustration of H.M. Field Pigeon Post. Illustration of a runner. "How Japan May Rescue Russia" by Lovat Fraser. Photos of Allenby's Anzacs reaching Jericho and the Jordan. Photos of Maple Leaf Heroes Who Hold the Line at Lens. Photos of Men of the Navy Active Mid Arctic Snow & Ice. Photos of Getting Ready for the Roaring of the Guns, including photo of a great dump/shell park along the French Western Front. Photos of Great Naval Ordnance that Awaits the Onset. "The Assembly Trench" by 'Sapper'. Photos along the Allied Line; Peaceful pursuits over classic battlefields. Illustration of Canadian narrow-gauge armoured engine supplying ammunition to the front. "F.O.O. in a Daylight Raid" - 20 minutes in an enemy trench. Wounded borne in barges by quiet waterways. Women's war work. Illustration of German observer post concealed behind an image of Christ on the cross. Safeguarding the Soldier - how Australia has taken thought for the future. Photos of Americans in France. Mascots and Pets share their masters' peril - photos. And more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. 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
2016viii, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm Hardcover Very good condition very good
1743ref. 028230B.Dod. at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers Hall 1743. Book. Very Good. Leather. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 6.75" 151 pages plus index. Leather bound. Small loss to bottom of spine but in excellent condition for age. Name or notation written to top of title page with date 7th 1817. Is missing almost all of page 67/68 £1 coin sized stain through pages 134/145. B.Dod. at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers Hall Hardcover
1934256 pages. Black and white frontis portrait of author plus dozens of wonderful black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Topics include: Origin and History of Wild Animal Training, Housekeeping for Wild Animals, The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants, Characteristics of Different Animals, Animal Instinct, How to Capture Whild Animals, How to Teach Wild Animals, The Principles of Training, The Animal Trainer, Guarding against Accidents. School stamps and a variety of pencil jottings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Above-average external wear. 3"x3" ink stain upon front board. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy reading copy of this most interesting work. Book
1979ref. 170526006North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association 1979. 4th Printing. spiralbound. very good. Spiral Bound very good condition typical reader wear. North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association unknown
ref. 1852792264.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
