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194552 pages. Features: Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover shows their Weasel tracked vehicle in action on a Pacific shore (it appears this vehicle or its engine was made in Windsor, ON); Not Enough To Eat - food shortages loom in the wake of WWII; My Author Husband - by Dorothy Duncan, wife of Hugh MacLennan; Hearts to Let (fiction); Test in Berlin - can Russian and Anglo-Saxons reach a common basis for the peace; What Canadians Don't Know (testing our general knowledge); Whopper! - New York Mayor La Guardia's 550 acre $42 million municipal airport; A Guest for Mary Ellen (fiction); The Liar Hunter, by W.O. Mitchell; Shoplifting in Canada; Snakes Alive!, by Gordon Sinclair on Ryerson Island in Lake Erie; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer to Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; Several lovely colour ads; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1957xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1899Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
1917Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1925Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
1956143p., illus. Allabout series 16 Hardcover Very good condition
1991Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. The contents are very good (+). No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with tape-free black cloth boards with tiny marks to lower front edge and no bumping to corners. Half-title page missing. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with lioght creasing and traces of handling. 122pp. The fascinating array of wildlife and scenery through the changing seasons is captured in Michael Leach's outstanding colour photographs, and his text is an impassioned plea for the preservation of Snowdonia.
1989No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 255pp. This book provides a combination of stunning photographs and an authoritative yet accessible text describing the astonishing riches and complexity among the crowns of the giant rainforest trees.
1978No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn with very faint creasing to upper edge. 256pp. Starting with sections on how amphibians and reptiles have evolved to their present status, the book goes on to describe these species in detail. Very well illustrated in colour.
1586In -8°, pp. (8), 83, (1), stemma cardinalizio inciso su legno al frontespizio. Legatura in mezza pergamena. Edizione originale. Trattato medico sui veleni, sulla prevenzione e sul modo di curarsi. Andrea Bacci (Sant’Elpidio, Ancona 1524 - Roma 1600), medico, naturalista e filosofo, professore di botanica e di farmacologia a Roma, offre una definizione di veleno come elemento dannoso alla salute di origine sia naturale, quindi animale, vegetale e alimentare, che non naturale. Le cause di avvelenamento per morso di serpente sono trattate in maniera particolare, anche rispetto alla preparazione degli antidoti e al modo di riconoscere il morso o una generica assunzione di elemento velenoso. Un capitolo specifico è dedicato al morso del cane affetto da rabbia. Durling 428; Wellcome 604 Original edition. A medical work on poisons, their prevention and the way to take soon of. Andrea Bacci (1524-1600), doctor, naturalist and philosopher, teacher of bothanics and farmacy at Rome University, gives a definition of poison as a harmful agent of an either natural or innatural source. The poisoning by a snake bite is considered apart, even in order to antidotes’ composition and to the way of distinguishing a snake’s bite from generic poisoning. A specific chapter is dedicated to the rabid dog’s bite. Durling 428; Wellcome 604
réf. 102421Albin Michel Latitudes Albin Michel, Coll. Latitudes, 2003, 214 p., broché, bon état.
réf. 102490Paris, Furne et Cie, Libraires-Editeurs, 1839, 2 volumes in-4 de 260x170 mm environ, xii-668 et 647 pages, demi-chagrin à coins aubergine, titres et tomaisons dorés sur dos lisses ornés de motifs romantiques, gardes et tranches marbrées. Complet des 36 planches HT en couleurs (tome I. 24 pl. et tome 2. 12pl.). Des rousseurs fortes par endroits et pages brunies, quelques serpentes abîmées (quelques unes absentes), dos décolorés, frottements sur le cartonnage, les cahiers 29, 30 et 31 sont reliés après le cahier 32 (sans manque de page).
1949réf. 5636Editions Gilbert Droin 1949 220 pages in8. 1949. broché. 220 pages. Roman autobiographique publié en 1946 qui décrit l'expérience traumatisante de l'auteure lors de son internement dans un hôpital psychiatrique offrant un témoignage critique sur les conditions de traitement des patients en psychiatrie à cette époque
réf. ag124Gravure Gravure en couleurs (34,5 x 25 cm sur support 42 x 32 cm), non légendée, représentant deux espèces de serpents ; pliure au centre, quelques marques d'usage, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
réf. ag125Gravure Gravure en couleurs (35 x 25 cm sur support 42 x 32 cm), non légendée, représentant deux espèces de serpents ; pliure et réparation (ruban adhésif) au centre, quelques petites traces et marques d'usage, assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
réf. ag126Gravure Gravure en couleurs (35 x 25 cm sur support 42 x 32 cm), non légendée, représentant deux espèces de serpents ; pliure au centre, quelques petites marques d'usage dans la marge, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1922réf. 2791922 - broché - L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, Paris - Achevé d'imprimer le vingt-cinq septembre 1922, sur les Presses de l'Imprimerie G. Kadar à Paris - In-4 (30,5 x 23,5 cm) broché, couverture rempliée avec illustration sur la première de couverture - 103 pages - Superbes illustrations de Arthur RACKHAM : 16 gravures en couleurs avec serpentes légendées contrecollées, 6 gravures en noir, 7 compositions in texte, lettrines et texte encadré d'un liseret - Ouvrage tiré à 1300 exemplaires. Exemplaire numéroté N° 766
réf. 201004357Paris, Stock, 1966 ; in-8, 224 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Broché sous couverture illustrée en couleurs rempliée. Très nombreuses illustrations. Bel exemplaire. zoologie animaux serpents.
réf. 200508981Wiesbaden, Eberhard Brockhaus, 1957 ; in-8, 159 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur avec jaquette. Nombreuses photos.
1946réf. 012218PARIS PAUL LECHEVALIER EDITEUR 1946 COLLECTION FAUNE DE FRANCE NUMERO 45 , un volume grand in-8 broché de 204 pages , ouvrage enrichi de 375 figures in-texte , infimes défauts , bon exemplaire . Bon Couverture souple
1993réf. 8382Genève, Fondation Elapsoïdea, 1993. In-4 broché à l'italienne, couverture couleurs. En belle condition.
1989réf. 20296Lausanne, Payot, collection Atlas visuels Payot, série "Comment vivent-ils". 1989. In-8, cartonnage photographique, à l'état de neuf. Abondamment illustré en noir et en couleurs photographies, dessins et cartes.
1990réf. 20304Lausanne, Payot, collection Atlas visuels Payot, série "Comment vivent-ils". 1990. In-8, cartonnage photographique, à l'état de neuf. Abondamment illustré en noir et en couleurs photographies, dessins et cartes.
