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Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Thus. 8vo. 13pp booklet. A good copy with owner's name stamped on front cover. also Grant institue of Geology stamp on front cover. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good -. 78, [2 p.]: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color cover illustration by Leslie Thrasher. Contents include: Slim: The Story of a Master Thief by Walton Green; pictures by Rico Tomaso [part 3 of 3] -- Rickenbacker: The Ace of Aces of the A.E.F. by General William Mitchell -- War Without Women and Some Films of Women Without War [movie reviews] by Kate Cameron -- Her Paris Divorce by Micheline Keating; pictures by John H. Striebel -- Sporting Life in America: Dozing by Robert Benchley; pictures by Peter Arno -- The Mystery of the Typhoid Oyster: The Somber History of the McClintock Forturne by Sidney Sutherland -- In the Dark by Walter E. Butts, Jr. -- Battle Royal: A Story of Jungle Love by Paul Annixter; pictures by Paul Bransom -- New Faces for Old: What the Talkies Have Done to Hollywood by Florabel Muir -- Smoke Screen by Lawrence Saunder; pictures by J.M. Clement [part 9] -- One Man's Poison: How Geography Rules the Effects of Germs and Alcohol by E.E. Free; pictures by T.S. Tousey. In Very Good- Condition: cover is slightly soiled with chip at head of spine; pages are browning and brittle; clean and tight.

HARDCOVER. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated by BEVANS, MICHAEL H. ILUST (illustratore). First Edition?. GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S5.00) DUST JACKET.TOP 3" FRONT COVER HAS BEEN WET, COLOR WASHED OUT.DUST JACKET IS QUITE NICE.EP HAS TASTEFUL BOOKPLATE "MARY C.J. GONI" else book not marked up.; ep shows world m ap & a border of animals, plants.all in green.3x4" photo back dj panel photo of author as young man. ; 306ps pages; dramatic green dust jacket. Not a common title by this author (ed).

12pp, 3 figs, plus 1 full-page b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC,

paperback. Condizione: Good. Previous owner left name and inscription on first preliminary page. Otherwise in great condition.

Hardback. Condizione: Near fine. No jacket. First edition. First edition. Medium 8vo. Pp. xiv, 191, [1]. Quarter-bound cream cloth over patterned tan orange and white boards, printed paper title label to upper cover. Tissue-guarded colour frontis, plus 11 full-page illustrations (some in colour) by Katherine Cameron, Jessie M. King, Phoebe Traquair, Cecile Walton et al., including a photographic portrait of Virginia Woolf. Comprising a print run of 2000 copies, 950 of which were bound in November 1926 in a white cloth spine (in five binding variants), and 50 in vellum, with this copy being the primary tan binding. A further 250 copies were bound in 1927, with the remaining 750 copies being pulped in June 1956. Sans the scarce Otto Schlapp-designed dustwrapper. Spine tanned, top edge dust soiled, signature to flyleaf, endpapers lightly foxed, else Near Fine. Edinburgh University Women's Union 21st anniversary issue. With the first appearance of Virginia Woolf's short sketch, 'A Woman's College from the Outside' (being a dropped episode from Jacob's Room), 'Two Unpublished Sketches' by Katherine Mansfield; additional contributions by Hilaire Belloc, W. H. Davies, Walter de la Mare, Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Muir, T. Sturge Moore et al. [Kirkpatrick & Clarke B6].

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. Sindall, A.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Inns, Kenneth; York, W.G.; Burns, Inder; Abbey, S.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Hiley, Francis E. (illustratore). First Edition. Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustratore). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.