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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 2nd Edition. Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front. Light edge wear to boards; internally very good; pages are clear and unmarked. Light soiling and edge wear to unclipped jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Royal octavo. Pp. xix, 162. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In mint condition, practically new copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. The Coptic Gnostic Library. Nag Hammadi Studies, XVI. OSIRIS-6.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart three volume set of humorous nineteenth century works, illustrated throughout. A three volume set. In the publisher's original green cloth bindings. Including: (1869) Artemus Ward's Lecture (As Delivered at the Egyptian Hall, London.) The first edition. A work by Charles Farra Browne, an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. Ward was the character of an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense". Edited by T.W. Robinson and E.P. Hingston. With a frontispiece, and 34 plates. (1869) Carols of Cockayne. An early edition. By Henry S. Leigh,an English writer and playwright. The volume contains a collection of humorous verse and satire. With in text illustrations by Alfred Concanen and John Leech. [1870] Gamosagammon; or, Hints on Hymen. For the use of parties about to connubialize. The first edition. By the Hon. Hugh Rowley. With in text illustrations throughout by the author. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Fading to spines, with bumping to the heads and tails. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste downs. Odd small mark to boards. Binder's label to rear paste down of 'Carols of Cockayne'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting and age toning to the front and rear. Very Good. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 16 [ads], 63-118 pages. Features: Rogue Elephant Herd of the Sabi Valley - article with photos; Two Stowaways did not determine the destination of the ship they boarded, and problems resulted; Meeting the Wife - tragedy strikes as Mr. Barker journeys to meet his wife at a remote Tanganyika plantation; Land of Giraffe-Necked Women - the Mon-Khmer Padaungs of Burma - one-page article with great photo of Padaung beauty playing cards; Island Watchers of Koro Koro, New Zealand - one of the loneliest jobs in the world; A Night With Pirates - a man's small boat is taken over by pirates in Singapore waters and used to attack a junk; The Kwapa Diamond Chase - a curious development in the development of Nigerian mining; The Stone of Evil - story recounted by a missionary to Melanesia in 1928; Derby Commentary; "In the Bag" - interesting stories from P.O.W.s of the Japanese; Eight Thousand Dollars - South Seas silver robbery; Cattle-Droving in Australia - article with photos; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Prater, Ernest; Brock, H.M.; Wightman, W.E.; Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Moorsom, F.G.; Sutcliff, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Lloyd, Stanley; (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Cycling Round the World - Part I - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years travelling over 20,000 miles on his own!; Akimaldo's Great Idea - A story which proves West Africans have a sense of humour "even if in a somewhat perverted form"; The Girl Stowaway of the 'Cecilie' - Part I - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; The "Teak-Wallahs" of Northern Siam - A fascinating photo-illustrated look at the teak industry of northern Siam; Two Men and a Donkey - Part III - The adventures of two young artists walking from the South of France to Spain; Europeans Walk Through Fire! - An amazing photo-illustrated account of two Europeans who traversed white-hot coals barefoot with Hindu devotees, emerging apparently unscathed!; Hide-and-Seek With a Lion - A rare time when a can opener saved a life; All in the Day's Work - J.A. Browne, a policeman at Antler, Manitoba, heads out to gather a tough character - with photo of Browne; The Secret Pass - "Slippery" Wiley continues his misdeeds in the West Australia goldfields; The Yok San Mystery - Ning Wo solves another puzzling mystery in the Malay States; The Avenger of Blood - A curious case of Eskimo blood-vengeance from Alaska; "The Land of Opportunity" - Part II - Arthur W. Upfield provides readers with an idea of what lies in store if they elect to 'try their luck' in Australia, with photos; An African Man-Hunt - E.E. Stuart-Reid chased a rogue native constable of the Northern Rhodesia Police through the forest for three weeks; 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Square inch of loss to upper corner of front cover. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Gordon, Alexandre; Evans, Treyer; Pride, Sid; Somerfield, T.; Evison, G. Henry; De Walton, John; Holloway, W.H.; Elcock, H.E.; Wigfull, W.E.; Webb, A. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R.R. in Nebraska; My Adventures in Sarawak (part III) - adventures of the Rajah's bride amongst 'the lovable little people'; Hona's "Tapu" - what happened to to men who attempted to brave the curse of a Maori chief upon a rich gold-reef; An Unlucky Ride - in New Zealand a man sets of on a perilous 120 mile journey to see his lady, only to arrive late and offend her; Our Travels in Safari-land (part I) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) travels through British East Africa; The Night-Watchman's Story - an 1885 tale from the steamer 'Bengal Tiger' shipping from Paducah, Kentucky, as told by Ernest Prentis; Penelope Visits Finland - holiday jaunts to the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes"; Parker's Lesson - a 1913 story of a young man from Cambridge who went to Nigeria with ideas of how the natives should be handled; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.;Rountree, Harry; Wigfull, W.E.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby (illustrator). United States Edition. Features: A Fall From the Clouds; Mary Gaunt - A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar; Eight Thousand Dollars; Insect Oddities; Byways in Sind and Baluchistan; The Pirates of the "Tai On"; Odds and Ends. Pages 97-192, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this excellent vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, June 1915, No. 206, Vol. 35 Fall From the Clouds; A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar;