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Hardcover, no dust jacket. Volume 1 only. Mildew. Foxing of edges of text. Cover worn at end of spind 342 pp.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine. Internally clean. Tightly bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. An original engraved view. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. A portrait of the Marquis de Lavalette, together with a short biographical report.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 438 pages. 6.24x1.18x9.24 inches. In Stock.

Graph, chart, 64pp, 27.5 x 17.5cm, faint library stamp upper corner, small paper adhesion lower cover but overall a very good clean copy. A wide-ranging issue of this important New Caledonian historical journal, with particular emphasis on Kanak history and culture, Wallis and Futuna, and the economic and military history of the French Pacific. Of particular interest are the discussion of the causes and interpretation of the Kanak revolt of 1878, accounts of migration and social transformation in Wallisian society, and the concluding instalment of Loïc Mangematin?s study of the traditional history and mythology of Lifou.…

Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 72pp, original wrappers. Text in French. 27.5 x 17.5cm. Small staple holes upper edge of upper cover, very faint library stamp upper corner but no other library markings, a good copy. Articles include: La Bataille de la mer de Corail; L?Infernale Utopie de la Nouvelle-France en Nouvelle-Guinée; 1879?1881 Histoire des guerres entre Wet et Lössi.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; ix, 404 p. ; illustrated with numerous black and white photogrpahs, portraits; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 66-25516 ; OCLC: 1630383 ; LC: QL31.G73; Dewey: 598.2/0924 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; photos, Arthur A. Allen, Spencer Judd, Wallace Rogers, Ivan R, Tomkins, Willie Gray Cahoon, E P Haddon, john M Hopkins, Stephen F. Briggs, Samuel A Grimes, Howe Sadler, Joseph E King, Carl S. Koford, Steve Crouch, E R Kalmbach, Chuck Abbott, Lloyd E Woolever, Nor man Groth, Martha Odum, A Wetmore, Ruth Greene, N R Whitney, Norman French, Douglas Fulton, Jean French, Mary Anne McClendon, J J Carroll, D. Pyle, W Earle Godfrey ; Earle Rosenbury Greene helped found both the Georgia Ornithological Society and th e Louisiana Ornithological Society. He served for a time as refuge manager for the US Biological Survey at the Okefenokee. In the 1920's and 30's Greene kept detailed notes on bird observations in the Atlanta Georgia area. From these note he published "Birds of the Atlanta, Georgia, Area", one of the first annotated bird checklists for the state, and was co-author of the first formal checklist for Georgia birds, published in 1945. The Georgia Ornithological Society established an award in h is name in 1975. ; includes a Life List of North American Birds, with locations noted for each bird ; with detailed bibliography and index ; FINE. Book. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; Skelton, J.R.; Crombie, Charles; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator).…