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Soft cover, missing wraps. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. ORIGINAL 1929 PUBLICATION; includes seventeen folded plates in rear pocket (complete for this publication); ex-corporate library; missing covers; spine and hinges reinforced w/ tape; light browning of leaves; edges of rear pocket split; o/w contents in good condition. Book.…

Zustand: Good. Signed by the author. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, sun fading and minor tears.

Single Sheet Engraving. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. LONDON, A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF THE COUNTIES, TWENTY MILES ROUND LONDON BY THOMAS BOWEN, AN ANTIQUE MAP, CIRCA 1780, GOOD MAP . VERY REASONABLY PRICED, . MEASURES 14.5 X 12 .5 INCHES, 37 X 32 CMS, SLIGHTLY FRAYED ROUND THE BLANK MARGINS BUT NOT AFFECTING THE MAP ITSELF, SHOWS SLIGHT FOLD MARKS, , DISPATCH WELL PACKED AND ROLLED IN A STRONG TUBE, VERY GOOD CONDITION, SPLENDID VALUE VERY REASONABLY PRICED FOR A BOWEN MAP OF THE 18TH CENTURY . THOMAS BOWEN (illustrator).…

fly emergence and the measurement of population densities with sticky tapes in California Inland Valleys (S. A. Environ. Entomol. Vol. 2, No. 2) 1973. S. 199 - 205. m. zahlr. Abb. (St.) geklammert -3) -Sonderabdruck-.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 88 p. BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ; 804. Includes fold-out maps at the end-pocket.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 1285-1316. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Plucky "Penhurst" (conclusion); Man's Quest of the Depths - Development in Diving Suits over the past 100 Years; Marine Engines and Their Story - Part 10; Thames "Butterfly" Boats - the packets that maintain services between London and neighbouring holiday resorts have a long history; R.M.M.V. "Stirling Castle" - set a speed record for mail delivery from Southampton to Capetown; Fifty Years in Sail - extracts from the log of Captain J.W. Holmes graphically describe his experiences in command of some of the most famous sailing ships in the last days of the glorious era of sail. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 1221-1252. Many great black and white photos. Features: Erling Tambs and the "Teddy" (continued); The Queen Mary's Engines - article, photos and nice colour illustration of the vessel at sea; Fifty Years in Sail - Vivid extracts from the log of the late Captain J.W. Holmes; Troops and Trooping - the work of troopships during the war of 1914-18 solved problems that had never before arisen on so large a scale; Yacht Cruising - amateurs may now set about yacht cruising in an economical and seamanlike manner; Battle of the Nile - the engagement in Aboukir Bay between Nelson and Napoleon on August 1, 1798. Moderate wear. Store stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Features: Through Spain in Disguise - Part I of the story of an odd wager, by the Countess Guerrini Malmignati; The Tiger-Man of the Whynooche - locals of Chehalis and Mason counties in Washington state feared this killer; The Ghost of Ozwatini - a strange story from Natal; "Quarrelsome Mac" - a nautical story; The "Hell-On-Earth" Legion - five years with the French Foreign Legion; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Our experiment in orange-growing (with wonderful photos) - part II; Nature's Nightmares - ugly animals; Nurse Warburton's Ordeal - she became lost while tramping from Hope to Princeton, British Columbia; Hunting the Australian Buffalo - article with super photos; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part III of a trip from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a forty-foot yacht; Trial by Jury - an awkward trial in India; Tuk-Took - a little Eskimo girl, her step-mother, and her dog - with nice photos; A Dead Man's Diary - an unknown white man perishes in the African wilds, but leaves his diary; The Mystery of "Dutch Henry" who was wanted "dead or alive" by two governments; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Cleaver, Reginald; ZMoorsom, F.G.; robinson, T.H.; Wightman, W.E.; Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Sindall, A.; Tresilian, S.; Piffard, H.; Mills, Reginals (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: In Search of the Lost Oases - Part I of a wonderful trip across the desert from Sollum, on the Mediterranean, to El Obeid, in the Sudan, mostly through unexplored territory, with photos; Smugglers Three - Poaching swan eggs; Azizun the Dancing-Girl - Sir George MacMunn owned an uncanny little "frog-girl" in India; The Odyssey of the "Olga" - A trip from Nome, Alaska to Seattle ended up taking over three months!; Photo of sixty-foot-tall statue of the god Gomateswara being annointed with oil on the great hill of Sravanbelgola; Left Behind - A young white woman is left behind at a lonely wayside station in the heart of Rhodesia; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part I - G.M. Dyott was abandoned by his guide in the trackless upper reaches of the Amazon and endured an ordeal to return home - with photos; The Thirteenth Sample - A nerve-trying adventure in the depths of an abandoned mine in Northern Mexico; A Bird-Hunter in the Wilds - G.L. Bates describes a seven-month journey in the remote Cameroon country of Central Africa - with great photos; The Voice in the Darkness - A tragic story of an encounter between a bootlegger and the law during prohibition in Brigson, Alberta; "Sinbad the Sailor" - An American university professor becomes a swindler in Winnipeg; Tiger Tales - Tales from Assam and Sumatra by W.J. Brands; What Was It? - Patrick Brown encountered a mysterious monster in South Africa which appeared to be a survivor of some prehistoric species; The Crocodile Charmers of Java - Javanese witch-doctors 'make love to them, induce them to follow them like pet dogs, and lead them to their deaths'; The Two Strangers - Dr. C.E.Ellis thought he knew a 'bunco man' but then he met two harmless prospectors. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, October 1925, Rosita Forbes, Kufra, Rohlfs, Senussi, Siwa, Sayed Idris Sennusi, Qayi-m-qana, In Search of the Lost Oases, Sahara desert, Sollum, El Obeid, Sudan, Smugglers Three, Swan eggs, Swan Egg Poaching, Azizun the Dancing-Girl. Illustrated by Woodville, R. Caton; Gillett, F.; Leigh, Conrad; York,W.G.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Somerfield, T.; Eyles, D.C.; Brock, H.M.; Holmes,Fred; Briault, S.; Prater, E.; Goss, G.W.; Peddie, Tom; Lloyd, Stanley (illustrator).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. An original antique map, printed circa 1780, but giving no date or publisher. Subtitled "Drawn from several Accurate particular Maps and Charts, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen". From Baffins Bay in the north to Cape Horn in the south, the Solomon Isles in the west to the Canaries in the east. The map has a couple of small tears at the bottom which have been mended with archival quality tape, otherwise in good condition with good colouring and clear printing. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Emanuel Bowen (illustrator).…