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Hardcover. 23 x 15 cm. Hardcover. Former library possession with stamps and signatures. With tables and some illustrations in black and white in text. Good condition. --- Brauner neuerer Halbleinenband. Aus dem Bestand der Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät Berlin mit den üblichen Stempeln und Signaturen. Mit einigen s/w Abbildungen, Fotos, Tabellen und Grafiken im Text. Guter Zustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Wenn es draußen stürmt, können Sie es sich mit einem guten Buch gemütlich machen und ein warmes Getränk dazu genießen. Bei uns finden Sie die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K08801Ueb-300906.…

Hardcover. 4to. pp 302. Blue and white illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Signed by Geoffrey Nuttall at half-title page. ISBN: 0716202883 Very good indeed in heavily sunned at spine, very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; xv, 343 p., incl. front., illus., plates, ports. 20 cm. LCCN 20011644 OCLC 3247460 LC F327 .M44 ; blue cloth with lettering in black ; no dustjacket ; tear at top of spinAfter searching for more than a year for stories of heroes, deeds of daring, of interesting adventuresand worth-while happenings in the history of our state, I came to feel that Alabama's history is so filled with glorious deeds, magnificent sacrifices, thrills and heart-throbs, that the children of the state should be told what truly great men and women their forebears were." ; Contents : Jean Ortis / De Soto's Arrival in Alabama -- A Very Impolite Guest, The Battle of Mauvilla Bienville -- The First White Settlement -- The Expedition That Failed, French Massacred at Natchez Settlement -- The Girls Who Came to an Unknown Land, The First Wives for the Colonists , Twelve Ugly Ducklings, Girls of the Chest -- The Emperor of Coweta, How the French Made Friends with the Indians -- Game Losers, Conditions During Early Settlement -- A Russian Princess, An Early Romance at Wetumpka -- His Mother, An Indian's Courage -- Princess Mary, James Oglethorpe Comes to Alabama -- Stung Arm, An Indian Princess Befriends the French -- Lachlan McGillivray, English Traders Come Among the Indians -- Alexander McGillivray, A Man Whose Power Affected the Nation -- The Heroine of Little River, How the Tensaw Settlers were Saved -- The Camp Angel, British Refugees Wander Through Ahibama, Courage Wins Reward, Paro Saves the Wanderers -- A Real Hero, A Negro Saves the Lives of the Immigrants -- Little Tempey Ellis, Tiny White Girl Rescued by "Old Milly" -- Isaac Heaton's Dogs, Fort Sinquefield in the Greek War -- A Brave Indian, Talladega Fort Saved by General Jackson -- The Canoe Fight, Sam Dale, Jere Austill and James Smith Stage a Great Fight -- Kindness That Came Back, The Fort Mims Massacre -- The Red Eagle, A Reproduction of Alexander Meek's Poem of the Creek War -- Nannawyah, Indians are Warned of Their Removal to the West -- The Stranger Within Our Gates, Aaron Burr's Capture --The Yazoo Fraud, Early Settlers Come into Alabama --The One-Man Senate, Alabama Becomes a Territory, then a State -- The Vine and Olive Company, French Refugees Settle Dcmopolis -- The Man Who Could Make Cow-Bells, St. Stephen's Prosperous Days -- John Hunt's Town, The Founding of Huntsville -- Andrew Dexter's Tract, The Beginning of Montgomery -- Cedar Creek Furnace, The Beginning of Iron-Making in Alabama -- A Vice-President of the United States, Wm. Rufus King, the Founder of Selma -- A Captain of Industry, Daniel Pratt, the Founder of Prattville -- La Fayette's Visit, A French General, the Friend of Amerioa -- Francis Scott Key's Mission to Alabama, Trouble with the Indians -- The First Railroad in Alabama, Experiences of Early Railroad Builders Osceola, The Leader of the Creeks and the Seminoles -- William C. Travis, Leader in the War for Texas Independence -- Billy Goold, The Man Who Found Fortunes for Others -- Jefferson Davis, Memories Recalled by Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt -- Supplies for Southern Soldiers, The Ordnance Department of the Confederacy -- The Boy Artilleryman, John Pelham -- Emma Sansom, The Girl Who Showed General Forrest "The Lost Ford"-- A Story of Real Strategem, General Streight Surrenders to General Forrest -- Fighting Joe Wheeler, Hero of Two Wars -- The Flagship Tennessee, A Naval Battle in Mobile Bay -- A King -of the High Seas, Raphael Semmes, Commander of the "Alabama" -- The David and Goliath of the Sea, The First Torpedo Boat -- A Boy Hero, Thomas Jones Shows His Courage -- Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction Days in Alabama -- What One Boy Made of Himself, How James Pugh Became "The Patrick Henry of Alabama" -- The Birth of Birmingham, How John T. Milner Laid the Foundation for the Great Town , Difficulties of the Young Engineer, The Trick that Didn't Work, The Greatness of the Resources of "The Pittsburg of the South" etc ; scarce ; G. Book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 126 pages. Features: Cover photo of Princess Margaret; Bell Telphone ad for "New Public Phones" (payphones); Two-page Chrysler ad; Coke at features clinking glasses and lovers' hands; A Protestant View of a Catholic President; Medicine for peace - Dr. Hernan Lillo helps his fellow Chileans; Mark Twain - article with wonderful photos; Budweiser color ad looks surprisingly modern; Kodak ad features color photos of Peter Lawford and his family; William P. Rogers - Richard Nixon's best friend; New role for radishes; Nice two-page color ad for the 1960 Ford Galxie (white four-door); California's new one-piece bathing suits - beautiful color photos; Princess Margaret - Royal Rebel; Jell-O chocolate-mint pudding ad; Very nice two-page color ad for the1960 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Scenicoupe (blue); Hitler's Last Days - defeat, despair, madness, and death; Nice color ad for the 1960 Ford Comet; Ivy Nicholson - photo-illustrated article; How to save 19,000 lives a year - vigorous traffic law enforcement and political courage, as Connecticut is demonstrating; Arthur Godfrey Sounds Off on what's wrong with the TV networks, the sponsors and the public's taste; A Big-League baseball manager's agony - with photos of Chicago White Sox Manager Al Lopez in action; The secret behind the East/West Summit; Schlitz ad shows happy couple at table in bar after horse race; Will Success spoil the poodle; Nice Four Roses whiskey ad inside back cover shows four gents in suits read stock ticker tape in bar with bulldog at their feet; Back cover Lucky Strike ad with photo of man admiring oars he has just painted red; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Antony Armstrong-Jones (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald; Silas, Ellis; Hall, Tom; Sindall, A.; Litchfield, G. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. xx, 364 pages. Two partially-coloured fold-out maps, of Australia and New Zealand, in excellent condition. Chapters include: Australia - General; New South Wales; Victoria; Queensland; South Australia; Western Australia; Australian Aboriginals; The Beginnings of an Australian Literature; Australian Fisheries; Tasmania; The Lost Tasmanian Race; New Zealand; The Maoris; Women of Australasia; British New Guinea; The Islands of the Western Pacific. Dark reddish cloth-covered boards adorned with gilt. Binding sound. Prior owner's name, dated 1911, inside front board. Moderate quanity of light pencil markings, primarily to latter half of book. Moderate wear. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Australasia - Volume IV of The British Empire Series Maps Australia - General; New South Wales; Victoria; Queensland; South Australia; Western Australia; Australian Aboriginals; The Beginnings of an Australian Literature; Australian Fisheries; Tasmania; T.…