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1906Features: The Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
1915Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Volcanic Eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides in 1913 - article with spectacular photos; The Mad Mule - a mine mule turns murderer at the Blue Mountain Mine in Butte, Montana; The Mystery of Crowhurst Aylmer - a remarkable romance from 1890 is narrated by a life insurance manager; Whale-Hunting With A Camera - A fascinating account of the work of scientific naturalist-photographer H.J. Shepstone - the first man to secure a complete set of striking photographs of the various species of whales 'at home' in the water, and being harpooned, at a time when they were already facing extinction; An Accessory After the Fact - An English mining engineer's queer experience in Mexico; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part I - J. Campbell Besley and his expedition discover the source of the mighty Amazon high in the mountains of Peru and follow it down to the Atlantic, time and again fighting for their lives against savages and forces of nature; The Buried Treasure - the extraordinary experience of travelling salesman R.D. Morrison in North Carolina; The Hermits of the Alps - The lonely life of herdsmen who take their herds and flocks to high mountain pastures each summer - article with great photos; In Search of Adventure - Part III - The Story of a Chequered Cruise; Fighting a Giant Saw-Fish - James Willoughby describes a monster catch and the battle he put up - article with great photo of the fish, 14.5 feet long; A Capture of Dacoits - an account of an exciting day's work in the Punjab; and more. pp. 6 [ads], 482-576, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1978Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light shelf wear only, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 96 page auction catalog in trade size format with b&w photos of sculpture, carvings of soapstone and ivory, stone block prints, engravings, and other art from a great many artists from Broughton island, Pelly Bay, Coppermine, Great Whale River, Lake Harbour, Port Harrison, Clyde River, Baker Lake, Cape Dorset, Pangnirtng, Chesterfield Inlet, Pond Inlet, Wakeham Bay, Arctic Bay, Povungnituk, Frobisher Bay, Belcher Islands, Repulse Bay, Ivujivik. About 45 artist listed, about 180 carvers. With loose leaf "Prices Realized" sheet from the auction.
1903714 pages. Contents include: How Mrs. S.E. Waller's Pictures Have Been Painted; The Money Kings of the New World, by W.T. Stead; Dr. Niels Finsen and his remarkable discovery of healing rays - with wonderful photos; The Making of a Flume - with great photos; The Tame Fish of Logan; The New Khartoum - with many photos; The Floor of the Pacific, by The Hon. W.E. Meehan, Fish Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World II - The Rothschilds, by W.T. Stead - with several photos and illustrations; The Momentous Motor - great vintage technology article with photos; "Skin O' My Tooth" - Edited and Compiled by Baroness Orczy; Bird Babies; Strong Mac; The Making of a Mandolin - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Part III - Mr. J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan; Municipal Ambulance Work - with fantastic photos of horse-drawn ambulances; Baron Shibusawa of Japan - with great photos; The Game of Sticke - its evolution and progress; The Fiscal Policy of The Empire, by John Holt Schooling; Coalport Porcelain - the story of an ancient and famous industry; The Most Wonderful Map in the World - France, in Jasper, Set with Jems; Hints on Sea-Swimming - Mr. Montagu A. Holbein give advice, and suits the action to the world for photographic illustration; The Nelson Room at Trafalgar House; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Some European Potentates - M. Witte, Baron Hirsch, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Beit, Herr Krupp, M. Jean de Bloch; The Fiscal Policy of the Empire - Part II; A Painter of the Sea-Coast - Mr. Elmer Keene and his Art; Sir James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak; Pictures in Postage Stamps - using old postage stamps to create art; Capturing A Sperm Whale - with awesome photos; plus many fictional stories. Backstrip all but detached. Front free endpaper and first several pages loose but present. Several other pages loose. Hinges open. Above-average wear. Reading copy only, but remains a very informative and enjoyable reference. Book
1940réf. 8826New York: Press of the Woolly Whale 1940. One of 200 copies. 12th in the series of Armistice Day volumes. With an introduction by printer Melbert Cary. Handset by George W. Van Vechten Jr. in Lutetia type. 8vo. original pink paper covered boards oval title label to upper cover. Spine faded some minor wear to spine ends and corners.Inserted loose is a TLS from Melbert Cary of the Press of the Woolly Whale to Arthur Rushmore of the Golden Hind Press presenting the book. The letter is accompanied by the original typed address label. With a TLS from the printer Press of the Woolly Whale hardcover
réf. 1020339217.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
200372 pages. Features: 10 questions for Rudy Giuliani; Hamas' French Funds?; Chief Justice Rehnquist; How U.S. forces grabbed Saddam's right-hand man and launched a dragnet for the dictator and his loyalists; Iyman Faris and the triple-life of an al Qaeda man; China lectures Cuba on human rights; Whale conservationalists win big round in Japan; Tony Blair - downhill from here; Christian missionaries undercover in Muslim lands; Canada's acceptance of gay marriage; The globalization of the David Beckham brand; Architect Zaha Hadid - Busting the Box. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
réf. SKU1749150Saunders 2019-09-19. paperback. New. 8x8x10. New Book Ships with Tracking Saunders paperback
1990281p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
réf. M18082P , M Levy , 1859 , in12 , 1/2 chagin bleu nuit , 307pp . Langue: Français
1904réf. 20071Yacht "Maroussia", 1904 ; Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, [1905] ; in-8, broché ; [4] bl., [IV], X, [1] frontispice coul HT, 77 pp., [1] p. [4] pp. bl. et 55 photographies hors-texte en noir et blanc, imprimées au recto ou au verso seul, couverture chamois granitée imprimée en bleu foncé ; ouvrage imprimé sur papier glacé (couché deux faces brillant).
1985réf. 2090202120416147Tokyu Recreation 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Tokyu Recreation paperback
réf. ria9781107647602_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Originally published in 1960 this book was written to provide an accessible account regarding the essentials of Christian theology avoiding an overly technical approach whilst also steering clear of superficiality. Comprehensive in sc paperback
réf. B9781107647602Paperback / softback. New. Originally published in 1960 this book was written to provide an accessible account regarding the essentials of Christian theology avoiding an overly technical approach whilst also steering clear of superficiality. Comprehensive in scope the text illuminates concepts such as the revelation of the Eternal in historic time the problem of evil and the divine victory over Satan. paperback
2014réf. x-1107647606Cambridge University Press 2014. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 172 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.25 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
réf. 697802068Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 184 Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
réf. 1107647606.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1936réf. 602044on a 3/4 length seated pose in costume for "Show Boat" with director James Whale in a behind the camera shot going over the script. Photograph is on single stock; 8" x 10"; very good; 1936. "Showboat" was released in 1936 directed by James Whale and starring Irene Dunne Allan Jones Helen Morgan Paul Robeson Charles Winninger Hattie McDaniel Donald Cook and Sammy White with music by Jerome Kern and words by Oscar Hammerstein II. Robeson 1898-1976 born April 9 1898 Princeton New Jersey; died January 23 1976 Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Black American singer and actor; Jerome Kern wrote the song "Ol' Man River" for Robeson which he sang in the play 1928 and the movie 1936. Whale 1896-1957 born July 22 1896 Dudley England; died May 29 1957 Hollywood California; English actor set designer and then director; imported to Hollywood in 1930 to direct the screen version of his state success "Journey's End"; best remembered for his four stylish horror films "Frankenstein"; "The Old Dark House"; "The Invisible Man" and "The Bride of Frankenstein"; retired from film in early 1940's to pursue painting; drowned in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances.
1936réf. 602044on a 3/4 length seated pose in costume for "Show Boat" with director James Whale in a behind the camera shot going over the script. Photograph is on single stock; 8" x 10"; very good; 1936. "Showboat" was released in 1936 directed by James Whale and starring Irene Dunne Allan Jones Helen Morgan Paul Robeson Charles Winninger Hattie McDaniel Donald Cook and Sammy White with music by Jerome Kern and words by Oscar Hammerstein II. Robeson 1898-1976 born April 9 1898 Princeton New Jersey; died January 23 1976 Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Black American singer and actor; Jerome Kern wrote the song "Ol' Man River" for Robeson which he sang in the play 1928 and the movie 1936. Whale 1896-1957 born July 22 1896 Dudley England; died May 29 1957 Hollywood California; English actor set designer and then director; imported to Hollywood in 1930 to direct the screen version of his state success "Journey's End"; best remembered for his four stylish horror films "Frankenstein"; "The Old Dark House"; "The Invisible Man" and "The Bride of Frankenstein"; retired from film in early 1940's to pursue painting; drowned in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances. books
197828 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
1985réf. 2082702114907448Whale Cavalry Military History Publishing Committee 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 478 pages Size: 22cm Whale Cavalry Military History Publishing Committee paperback
réf. 0421593806.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1987A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 212 pages.
réf. 29702Ohne Ort, ohne Verlag, 2018. 1 Foto, ca. 20,2 x 30,3 cm, Fujifilm, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper Supreme. Gut erhalten.
in-4 obl., XVI-233 pages, ill., index, bind. in boards, illustr. plast. dustjacket. VG++/VG+ [VU-6] Un florilège en hommage aux baleines et aux dauphins…