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Condizione: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Fifth Edition. very good hardcover; an exWalter Reed library copy with usual markings ; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; Size: 6 x 9". Ex-Library.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good-. Reprint. 5.25 X 0.96 X 8.08 inches; 411 pages; B&W illustrations. Very minor curl on the bottom corner of the book's body. Very slightly cocked spine. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Fresh illustrated covers, spine-ends are lightly bumped, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0871873966. ISBN/EAN: 9780871873965. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60412110073. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. Light tape marks to end papers. DJ has some edge wear and toning to spine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2nd Edition . Small stamp marks and name of the previous owner. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. 2nd Edition, 1964. Publication of 523 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dustwrapper. New impression. New designs by Keyl and Smith, engraved by G. Pearson. Frontispiece engraving of Osprey and Grakles, with tissue guard, 20 further full-page engraved b.w. illustrations and many more within the text. pp. xix, 632. Orig. cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, embossed decoration on upper cover inc. Wood's signature. In near fine condition internally other than a few faint pencil annotations, binding firm and in very good condition, spine shows some fading. No inscriptions. A very good copy. An interesting subject, includes burrowers (birds, mammals, insects, etc.), builders, social habitations (incl. bees), parasitic nests and more. 8vo. W. F. Keyl and E. Smith (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. ISBN 9780520029996, 9780520037199, 0520029992, 0520037197 OCLC 3289253 LCCN 75007193 LC ML3561.J3 S39 Dewey 785.420973 ; gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket ; Contents: Preface / Chadwick Hansen -- Introductions -- Introducing the Jazz Record 1943 / Art Hodes -- Jazz Record: the first year, 1944 / Art Hodes and Dale Curran -- Jazz Record remembered, 1973 / Art Hodes -- Part 1: Facts Of Life / Art Hodes -- Rainbow cafe -- Everybody's in the union -- Playing for kicks -- Wingy, Louis and me -- Liberty Inn drag -- Jam session -- Cops -- Taxi dance hall -- Big bands: 1 -- Big bands: 2 -- Making a record -- Enlightenment-through radio -- Blues for Bennie -- Blues for the dago -- Blues for Nick and tricky Sam -- Blues for 52nd street -- Part 2: Beginnings-Blues, Boogie-Woogie And Ragtime -- Cow cow and the boogie-woogie / Cow Cow Davenport -- Mama don't low no music / Cow Cow Davenport -- Blues in his heart / Jasper Wood -- Rag alley story / Rudi Blesh -- Little brother / Eurreal Montgomery -- Preserve genuine early ragtime / S Brunson Campbell -- They all had it / S Brunson Campbell -- Scott Joplin / R J Carew -- Baby, I done got wise / William "Big Bill" Broonzy -- Memories of Bessie Smith / Carl Van Vechten -- Bessie Smith / Art Hodes -- Really the blues / Milton (Mezz) Mezzrow -- I remember the queen /Zutty Singleton -- Part 3: New Orleans And All That Jazz -- New Orleans trumpeters / Cy Shain -- Jazz music of the gay '90s / John A Provenzano -- Mardi Gras, chic la pai / John A Provenzano -- Mr Armstrong and Mr Robbins / transcribed by Lorraine Lion -- When Armstrong came to New York / Kaiser Marshall -- King Oliver's last tour / Fred Moore -- King's nephew / Dave Nelson, as related to Danny Barker -- Mostly about Morton / Omer Simeon -- Oh, Mr Jelly / Charles Edward Smith -- Oh, play that thing / Warren "Baby" Dodds -- Forty-eight years on the string bass / Pops Foster -- Blues for Jimmy / Vincent McHugh -- Tribute to Joe Darensbourg / John Wittwer -- Once upon a time / Eddie Edwards -- Kid Ory / Alma Hubner -- Letter from Bunk / Bunk Johnson -- Jam session with Bunk / Lewis Eaton -- Play number nine / George Lewis -- New Orleans trombone / Jim Robinson -- Big eye Louis Nelson / Robert Goffin -- Part 4: Second Line -- Baby Dodds knew how / George Wettling -- Drummer from Chicago / Earl Wiley -- Drummer Danny / Bob Aurthur -- Kazoo come on / Jack Bland -- As I knew Eddie Lang / Jack Bland -- Idyll of the kings / Amy Lee -- Riverboat Jess / Mary Peart -- Barrelhouse Frank Melrose / Pete Daily -- Davenport piano / Floyd Bean -- Portrait of George Bruni(e)s / Amy Lee -- Modest George / Harvey Lebow -- Bud Freeman said it / Jasper L Wood -- Pee Wee's soul is music / Alma Hubner -- Rod Cless as I knew him / Ray Cless -- Muggsy Spanier / Alma Hubner -- Hear that ragtime band / Dale Curran -- Wild William / Bob Aurthur -- Talking about boze / Mary Peart -- Dixieland, twin city style / Paul (Doc) Evans -- Gentleman of jazz / Fats Baker -- Music is a business / Fats Baker -- Village tavern league / George Avakian -- Musicians are independent / G F Quittner -- Part 5: Lest We Forget -- Gram-o-phone days / Dale Curran -- Recording with Panassie / Mezz Mezzrow -- I'm a sweet Papa Pigment / Alsion Blair -- St Louis Jazzman / Ed Crowder and A F Niemoeller -- Drums on the Mississippi / Harry Dial -- Everybody loves Cecil / H B M -- Music is my business / Henry Goodwin -- Fats Waller and James P / James McGraw -- Trouping with Fats Waller / Gene Sedric -- You got to be original, man / Allan Morrison -- Sidney Bechet, musical father to Bob Wilber / Al Avakian -- Selections from the gutter / Art Hodes ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. "Being A Description Of The Habitations Of Animals, Classed According To Their Principle Of Construction". Edition and printing not known. In very good minus half green cloth and olive green leather, with five raised horizontal bands on spine, gilt titles and decoration. The boards are very firm and flat, quite clean, leather on sides of spine and edges of corners scratched and a little torn. Unmarked red, green and off white marbled end papers. The gilt-edged text pages are very tightly bound and straight; prelims and end pages slightly foxed; the Index is lightly tanned; the rest of the pages are clean. No dedications etc. With 'new designs by W. F. Keyl and E. Smith, engraved by G. Pearson'. Very good minus condition. Without jacket. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK. W. F. Keyl and E. Smith, engraved by G. Pearson (illustratore).…

Hard Back. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. third Edition. Book has blue boards with rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and spine ends. P/o name on fep. Wrapper has heavy wear with an area of loss to top of pine and front cover, and general wear to edges and hinges, and some general discolouration.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. New Impression. Gold Shield motif and Latin motto on front gilt embossed: Radley College formely St Peter's College Radley. Edges gilt tooled, gilt tooled border on both boards, raised bands, gilt tooled panels, Binding in bright almost unmarked Maroon Leather with slightly chipped, Brown Morocco title label. Unmarked marbled endpapers, without the usual prize sticker, gift inscription. Some spotting on front blanks and marginal spotting on rear endpapers, otherwise internally bright and clean. Engravings throughout. W. F. Keyl, J. B. Zwecker, and E. Smith (illustratore).…

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Parfait État . 1° Édition En Français. Collection " Je veux tout savoir " . S'adresse aux enfants à partir de la 6° qui peuvent aborder de manière attractive les grandes civilisations qu'ils auront à étudier en classe . Mêlant les dessins , les photographies et les tableaux chronologiques en couleurs et les cartes on y aborde la vie des enfants et des habitants des siècles passés et le patrimoine qu'ils nous ont laissé . Belle réussite pour faire aimer l'histoire . - 320 p. , 1 kg 600 gr. R. Shone , T. Smith et G. Wood (illustratore).…

Condizione: Good. None. 651 pages. Brown cloth cover, gilt lettering and design, beveled edges. Some wear and fraying to edges and bumped corners. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Frontispiece and other b&w illustrations throughout. Minor spine separation at endpages. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy. Record # 853116. W. F. Keyl, E. Smith, Messrs. Pearson (illustratore).…

Hardcover. New edition. Octavo, xix, 632 pages. In Fair plus condition with a . dust jacket. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth, gilt stamped image on front. Wear to spine caps and corners, bump to rear bottom edge, light shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge. Cracked front hinge, name in ink on front pastedown, foxing to title page, occasional foxing throughout, puckering to center portion of volume. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and drawings, including plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G. 1379680. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. A lovely new impression of Rev. J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands, exploring the incredible ways animals build habitats without the use of hands. Scarce 1898 new impression of J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands.Beautiful green and gold cloth binding.Featuring illustrations by W. F. Keyl and E. Smith, engraved by G. Pearson, including 21 plates. Collated complete.This work explores the fascinating ways animals, ranging from mammals to birds to insects, build their homes without hands. Author of similar texts such as The Illustrated Natural History and Common Objects of the Seashore and Country, Wood writes knowledgeably and engagingly, Keyl's, Smith's and Pearson's illustrations serving as an enchanting addition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping and rubbing to the spine and very light marking on the front and back board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages mainly bright and clean with some mild spotting to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed. W. F. Keyl; E. Smith; G. Pearson (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 651 pages. In Good condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth, mitred edges, gilt stamped design on front. Mild wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has inscription in ink on front endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings including plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column I (ND-I). 1379679. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1885. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Abridged from 'Homes Without Hands'. Full calf leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine, gilt title and decorations. Gilt border to boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. New edition. xii and 411 pages including index. Joints cracked, front board a little loose because of this. Some surface leather scraped to lower front board. Gilt title and decorations to spine bright. Some rubbing to corners. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, dated 1886. Foxing to fly leaves and a stain to front fly leaf. Else contents are clean and tight. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Keyl, W. F. & Zwecker, J.B. & Smith, E. (illustratore).…

Cloth. Condizione: Good. A fascinating work of natural history by the Rev. John George Wood. Rev John George Wood explores the natural habitats of animals, beginning with the simple burrow, and proceeding with creatures that suspend their homes in the air; those that form their domicile with mud, stones, and sticks; those who live in the water; those that live in communities; parasitic animals; and those who build on branches.A later printing, with new designs by W. F. Keyl and E. Smith, engraves by G. Pearson. Illustrations are featured in the text and in full page plates. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. With shelf wear and bumping to extremities of spine and boards, general light soiling. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to occasional leaf, minor tide marking to upper extremity of occasional leaf, particularly leaves of plates. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous designs both in text and full page. Good. W. F. Keyl; E. Smith; G. Pearson (illustratore). book. …

Condizione: Bueno. Salvat. Tapa dura. Cubierta deslucida. 24 cm. Firma anterior propietario. Este libro está en el almacén 2. Bueno.

1st Ed. 2 vols. Folio. 6 plans including 3 folding, 117 figures, 49 plates (several detached) in plate vol. Hinges cracked, some browning, original cloth backed boards, worn, corners reinforced with card, some browning, spines chipped. The Archæological Survey of Nubia Report for 1907-1908. Report for 1907-1908. Volume II in parts. US$111.…

6th edition hardback in original cloth Very Good large octavo xvi + 607pp., text ills., appendix, index, Standard text.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. An intricate early edition of this illustrated work of natural history by the Rev. John George Wood. A scarce early printing of the work.With new designs by W.F. Keyl and E. SmithIn half green morocco binding, with marbled endpapers.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 20 plates, and in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.A work by Rev. John George Wood, exploring the natural habitats of animals, beginning with the simple burrow, and proceeding with creatures that suspend their homes in the air; those that form their domicile with mud, stones, and sticks; those who live in the water; those that live in communities; parasitic animals; and those who build on branches. In half green morocco binding. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with fading to spine. Light bumping to head of spine. Slight rubbing to joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. W.F. Keyl; E. Smith (illustratore). book.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A beautiful 1871 green cloth edition, with a scarce and striking cover. A lovely, early green cloth edition of this work, in original binding, with a gilt top edge.Decorated with an intricate gilt motif to the front board, and an atmospheric cobweb design that frames both boards, and the spine. 'Strange Dwellings' has since been reprinted many times without this striking cover, making this copy a scarce artistic artefact.Featuring a woodcut frontispiece, and interspersed with vignette illustrations by W. F. Keyl, J. B. Zwecker, and E. Smith.An influential figure in his area of study, Rev. J. G. Wood wrote many volumes concerned with making natural history accessible to a wide audience.This title was abbreviated from one such work - 'Homes Without Hands', published in 1865 - with the addition, seen in this copy, of artwork by J. B. Zwecker.Includes 32 pages of the publisher's catalogue. Bound in original, green cloth. Externally, in very good condition. Slight shelf wear. Wear to spine tips. Embossed bookseller logo to front free endpaper. Edmonds and Remnants sticker to rear pastedown. Slightly bumped head and tail. Slight handling marks to board. Internally, firmly bound, some slight strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good. W. F. Keyl; J. B. Zwecker; E. Smith (illustratore). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Prater, E.; Hiley, F.; Wood, Stanley L.; Whitaker, W.G.; Webb, Arch; Robinson, T.H.; Abbey, S.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Waye, A.S. (illustratore).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (illustratore).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Knife-Haft Clue - a tale of murder at Cavadiera Camp in Brazil; The War in the Dolomites - article and photos of extremely challenging terrain in Italy; Stalked! - L. Rogers was stalked on a lonely trail by a big mountain lion; The Return Match - follow-up to October 1915 article "A Prize-Fight in Mexico" by N.E. Guthrie, one of the principals in the fight; Two Girls in Camp in British Columbia - Miss H.W. Paul and her friend Fatima, two English nurses, describe their month-long holiday in the wilds of the B.C. coast; In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - part III - an American businessman was also a member of a Chinese tong; The Mutiny of the Z.___ - part I of a tragic story related by the first mate; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part II - exploring America's newest national reserve, Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Disappearance of Charlie Westcott - WWI story of a lucky escape; From Job to Job Around the World - Part IX - Alfred C.B. Fletcher recounts his voyage to Spitzbergen, his coal-mining experiences in the Arctic, and his final return to the U.S., with fascinating photos; "Mike" - The Story of a Mounted Police Sled Dog that rescued a man who had fallen unconscious in a blizzard; and more. pp. 5 [ads], [2], 96, 6-24 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Wood, Stanley L.; Somerfield, Thomas; Pride, Sid; Evison, G.H.; Gilbert, A.; Wigfull, W.E.; Gillett, F.; Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret (illustratore). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Gilbert, A.; Pape, F.C.; Wood, Esmond; Wright, Frank; Rountree, Harry; Buchanan, Fred; Smith, Reg. F.; Evison, G. Henry; Gillett, F. (illustratore).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine for Men, April 1916, No. 216, Vol. 36 South Porcupine Ontario Forest Fire Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - art. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Hodgson, E.S.; Wood, S.L.; Evison,G.H.; Wigfull, W.E.; Leist, F. (illustratore).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Hiley, F.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Nicolson, W.C.; Verpilleux, E.; Graves, Percy; Webb, Arch; Woodville, R. Caton; York, W.G.; Prater, Ernest (illustratore). …

Extremely rare complete set of 8 volumes. Archaeological Survey of Nubia 1, 2 & 3. National Printing Department, Cairo, 1910-1927. First edition. Folio. All volumes are in their original green Hardcover with paper boards (slightly smudged), with edges slightly chipped, except the last volume which is in contemporary grey half-leather. Vol. I,1 (1910): 373 pages. Vol. I,2 (1910): 25 pages, 73 plates, 30 plans. Vol. II,1 (1910): 378 pages, 6 plans. Vol. II,2 (1910): 9 pages, 49 plates. Vol. III,1 (1912): 211 pages. Vol. III,2 (1912): 16 pages, 55 plates, 20 plans. Vol. IV (1915): 180 pages, 41 pages, 5 plans. Vol. V (1927): 239 pages, 36 plates, 14 plans. Vol. IV has a loose piece on spine, without loss, otherwise the whole set is in good general condition. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This set ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Pyramids, Tombs, Temples & Towns, Nubia & Africa.…