Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: For the British Academy by Humphrey Milford, OUP, 1914
Anbieter: Gwyn Tudur Davies, Aberystwyth, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 9,51
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Good. illustrated by C. T, Nightingale (illustrator). Pbk, 19 pages ; 26 cm. Covers darkened, inscribed by author? o/w a clean copy in good condition. [English poetry 19th century History and criticism - English poetry 19th century History and criticism Addresses, essays, lectures] r1036 / m16462.
EUR 15,92
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Brand New. 4th edition. 332 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.83 inches. In Stock.
Anbieter: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 18,38
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In den WarenkorbZustand: New. In.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, 1974
ISBN 10: 0875950493 ISBN 13: 9780875950495
Anbieter: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 8,32
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Very good. xiii, 97, col + b/w illus. . PB. Vg. . [9780875950495].
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: A. R. MOWBRAY AND CO, 1964
Anbieter: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 17,81
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. DUST WRAPPER COVER RUBBED AND CREASED WITH STAINING TO THE FRONT (NO TEXT AFFECTED). SOME SCUFFING TO EDGES AND CORNERS. SOME FOXING ON COVER AND OUTER EDGES. SOME TANNING TO INSIDE PAGES. BINDING TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
Anbieter: Emile Kerssemakers ILAB, Heerlen, Niederlande
23 cm. original hardcover. 364 pp. ills, diagrams. references. index. "Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings". -good. 805g.
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 51,19
Anzahl: 2 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Brand New. 286 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Amsterdam : Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press ; New York : Sole distributor for the USA and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland, 1978., 1978
ISBN 10: 0444800476 ISBN 13: 9780444800473
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. viii, 227 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0444800476; 9780444800473 ; LCCN: 78-5231 ; OCLC: 3770657 ; sponsored by Fondation cardiologique Princesse Liliane and Argenteuil Symposium (3rd : 1977 : Waterloo) ; red cloth with silver lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, pocket ; Contents: Composition and structure of high density lipoprotein -- Origin of HDL / R J Havel -- Metabolism and metabolic role of serum high density lipoproteins / Y Stein, D Stein, R Goren -- Mobilization of adipose tissue cholesterol in high density lipoprotein during weight reduction in man P J Nestel, N E Miller -- Chariman's summary / G Schettler -- high density lipoproteins in familial LCAT deficiency / J A Glomset -- Relationship of HDL to other lipop roteins / S Eisenberg -- The metabolic role of high density lipoproteins ; perspectives from Tangier disease / Gassmann -- Chairman's summary / H Greten -- high density lipoprotein and coronary heart disease -- Do high density lipoproteins protect against coronary atherosclerosis? / G J Miller, N E Miller -- Preliminary high density lipoprotein findings. The lipid research clinic program / B M Rifkind, I Tamir, G Heiss -- high density lipoproteins and atherosclerosis ; Comments on the epidemiological background / T Gordon -- high density lipoproteins (HDL) in young male myocardial infarction survivors / G Wiklund, A Gustafson, R Bergstrand, A Vedin, C Wilhelmsson -- Chariman's summary / A M Gotto -- Factors influencing high density lipoprotein concentration and metabolism -- Effects of diets and drugs / B Lewis -- Effects of cholesterol feeding on human and animal high density lipoproteins / R W Mahley, K H Weisgraber, T P Bersot, T L Innerarity -- Metabolic and endocrine control of plasma high density lipoprotein concentration / J Shepherd -- Genetic influence on variation in serum high density lipoprotein / K Berg -- Serum lipoproteins in hypophysectomised and hypoxic rats / V Manninen, M Malkonen -- Chariman's summary : round table on effects of diet and drugs / R I Levy -- What do we know and what do we need to know? / M F Oliver. ; VG. Book.
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1983
Anbieter: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light wear to extremities, spine fading on dj, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo, xx, 324pp+Illus (b/w). Yellow cloth with bookplate on ep, price tag. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket.
Anbieter: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992. The Garland Full Cloth True First Edition, First Printing, not the Taylor & Francis / Routledge imprint - reprint. Gently read, if at all. Touch of extremity wear, light extremity age. Square, Sewn binding Extremely tight. Internally Unmarked. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. Very Good+/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - 9¼" tall.
Verlag: Distributed by The Viking Press, New York, MCMXLIII (1943), 1943
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Julian Brazleton (illustrator). Literary Classics Edition xiv, 655 p. illus. (facsim) 17 cm. LCCN 43051076 OCLC 944648 LC PS507 .W64 Dewey 810.82 ; grey-green boards with blue designs and lettering, in color dustjacket ; Contents: [1.] American fiction. The devil and Daniel Webster/ Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Tom Whipple / Walter D. Edmonds -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Missionary journeys / Willa Cather -- The duke and the daupin come aboard / Mark Twain -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- A preacher goes to war / John W. Thomason, Jr -- Uncle Remus / Joel Chandler Harris -- A last will / Williston Fish -- One arrowhead day / Harry Leon Wilson -- The skylight room / O. Henry -- Rupe Collins / Booth Tarkington -- Our new telephone / Ruth Gordon -- Some like them cold / Ring Lardner -- At the end of the car line / Ben Hur Lampman -- The Japanese / Ogden Nash -- Fifty grand / Ernest Hemingway -- The waltz / Dorothy Parker -- You mean common / Arthur Kober -- Address Unknown / Kressman Taylor. -- [2.] American verse. -- Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Death and General Putnam / Arthur Guiterman -- Home, Sweet Home / John Howard Payne -- To Helen / Edgar Allan Poe -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Battle hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe -- Nancy Hanks / Rosemary Bene?t -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Walt Whitman -- As toilsome I wandered Virginia's woods / Walt Whitman -- Little boy blue / Eugene Field -- The last leaf / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore -- American laughter / Kenneth Allan Robinson -- Plain language from truthful James / Bret Harte -- Little Willie / Eugene Field -- The mystery of Gilgal / John Hay -- I hear America singing / Walt Whitman -- The old man and Jim / James Whitcomb Riley -- John L. Sullivan, the strong boy of Boston / Vachel Lindsay -- Afternoon on a hill / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger -- my sweet old etcetera / e. e. cummings -- Two-volume novel / Dorothy Parker -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight / Vachel Lindsay -- The maid-servant at the inn / Dorothy Parker -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Lament / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Mending wall / Robert Frost -- Early moon / Carl Sandburg -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- Grass / Carl Sandburg -- Shenandoah Road / E.B. White -- Aged four / Mildred Focht -- Mr. Flood's party / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- To fight aloud is very brave / Emily Dickinson -- Song in exile / Alice Duer Miller -- Scum o' the earth / Robert Haven Schauffler -- My city / James Weldon Johnson -- Farewell, my friends / Clarence Day. -- [3.] American fact. -- The declaration of independence -- A letter from Franklin to Washington -- Under a cloud of sail / Richard Henry Dana -- Where I lived and what I lived for / Henry David Thoreau -- The hunting camp / Francis Parkman -- The only one / Maude Barnes Miller -- The death of John Quincy Adams / Carl Sandburg -- For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott -- The second inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- The Confederate army / John W. Thomason, Jr -- The first G.A.R. parade / Lloyd Lewis -- Three speeches / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr -- The Trawnbeighs / Charles M. Flandrau -- Thanksgiving proclamation / Wilbur L. Cross -- Mary White / William Allen White -- A wedding notice from the Fountain inn tribune / Robert Quillen -- A letter from Nicola Sacco to his son -- Mon pays / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Coon hunt / E.B. White --A visit to London / Frank Sullivan -- The turtle / Ogden Nash -- The Norse travel again / W.L. White -- First fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A talk to young men / Robert C. Benchley -- P.S. he got the job / Anonymous -- The new colossus / Emma Lazarus -- Inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier ; FINE/VG. Book.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1840646373 ISBN 13: 9781840646375
Anbieter: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, USA
EUR 177,12
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbZustand: New. 2001. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Verlag: Interweave Press, USA, 2003
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 96 pages. Features: Fabric forecast spring/summer 2004; Ellen's Table Runner; Future Fiber Artists; Gifts for the Teacher; Felting on Handwoven Cloth; Wook cape and lace pinafore for kids; Waldorf style inkle band babies; Family blanket for when you're home alone; Crayon blanket and pillows; Fellowship cloaks in the Lord of the Rings; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Handwoven (Hand Woven) Magazine, November (Nov.) / December (Dec.) 2003 - Lord of the Ring Cloaks Fabric forecast spring/summer 2004; Ellen's Table Runner; Future Fiber Artists; Gifts for the Teacher; Felting on Handwoven Cloth; Wook cape and lace pinafo.
Sprache: Deutsch
Verlag: Schwarzkopf; Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany, 1994
ISBN 10: 3929139553 ISBN 13: 9783929139556
Anbieter: Bildungsbuch, Flensburg, Deutschland
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Softcover. Zustand: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. Paperback, Großformat, Schwarzkopf bei Edition Monade, Bd. 3, "X 94 - Junge Kunst und Kultur", 112 Seiten auf deutsch, s/w u. farb. Abb.; innen sauber, keine Eintragungen oder Markierungen, Ebd. fest, sofort lieferbar.
Verlag: The Umbrella Club, Coventry, 1959
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 104-142pp. Stapled wrappers. Lightly rubbed with corner crease, near fine. This literary magazine include Philip Larkin's essay, "Not the Place's Fault," which he came to dislike because he felt it revealed a bit too much about himself and so was not reprinted during his lifetime. Additional contributions from Watson, Paul Jennings, R. Bryan Tyson, Ian Lovelock, John Hewitt, Alan Oliver, Taner Baybars, A.E. Burrows, Stephen Joseph, Owen Leeming, and Gerald Morrish.
Verlag: Collins Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, 1930
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
EUR 101,01
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good. A. A. Dixon; W. H. C. Groome; T. H. Robinson; Harold Piffard; J. Finnemore; E. S. Hodgson; Wilmot Lunt (illustrator). A delightful, neat collection of ten significant literary works by various eminent authors, including Dickens, Bronte and Scott, profusely illustrated throughout. Collection comprised of:Christmas Books by Charles Dickens, ill. by A. A. Dixon;David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, ill. by W. H. C. Groome;Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte;Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott, ill. by T. H. Robinson;The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith;Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, ill. by Harold Piffard;The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, ill. by J. Finnemore;The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo, ill. by E. S. Hodgson;Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore, ill. by Wilmot Lunt;The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner.Uniformly bound collection in green and blue pebbled-cloth soft covers.All works are dated circa 1930 by copies held by the British Library and University of Cambridge Libraries.Extensively illustrated collection. All titles feature a frontispiece and, exluding Jane Eyre, The Vicar of Wakefield and The Story of an African Farm, a vignette title page. Christmas Books also contains five plates. David Copperfield, Round the World in Eighty Days andThe Toilers of the Sea feature six plates each. Jane Eyre and Rob Roy both contain four plates. Lorna Doone is profusely illustrated with eighteen plates. The Innocents Abroad features a number of vignettes. Uniformly bound collection in green and blue pebbled-cloth soft covers. Jane Eyre and Lorna Doone are signed by previous owners to the front free endpapers. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth at spine heads, tails and tips. Internally, front hinges generally weak, particularly to Lorna Doone, Jane Eyre and David Copperfield, leaving the first few pages of the affected volumes a little fragile. Text blocks otherwise firmly bound. With the exception of light spotting to the first and last few pages of each work, a very bright and clean collection. Very Good. book.
Verlag: Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., USA, 1949
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Van Gogh, Vincent (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 80 pages. Features: Vincent van Gogh; "My Friend Stephen" - oil painting by Jerry Farnsworth; John Averill - illustrator with a whimsical pen; The Weathervane - painting in the U.S. 1949; How to become a Michelangelo; American Furniture Design; Roger Duvoisin; The Hurst Page; "Grandma and Baroque" a caseine painting by Jacob Getlar Smith; and more. Average wear. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; American Artist Magazine, December (Dec.) 1949 - John Averill / Roger Duvoisin Vincent van Gogh; "My Friend Stephen" - oil painting by Jerry Farnsworth; John Averill - illustrator with a whimsical pen; The Weathervane - painting in the U.S. 1949; How to.
Verlag: George Newnes, London, 1935
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Sindall, Alfred; Tresilian, S.; Golden, Grace; Leigh, Conrad; Cuneo, T.C.; Prater, Ernest; Lathan; Wenban, R.; Stott, W.R.S.; Soper, Geo. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 85-168, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Queen Side of Things - The Shot That Failed; Derelicts of Misfortune; Short Stories - The Novice, My Friend the Sea; Clearing the Road; Through Borneo by 'Bus; Tshaka's Treasure; When Davy Jones Invaded Eden; Work-Hunting in New Zealand - part 1; A Run on Raincoats; Phases of Life - When the Tanker Took Fire, The Tribal Law, Streets Paved with Gold; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.
Verlag: London: 1841., 1841
Anbieter: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, USA
Zustand: Good. 3 preliminary leaves and 40 etched plates. Text and illustrations on India paper, mounted. (Folio) 37x25.5 cm (14½x10") period three-quarter green morocco and cloth, title in gilt on front, spine gilt, all edges gilt; marbled eps. Binding worn, some foxing; very good. (Bookplate of Melville E. Stone. Melville Elijah Stone (1848 - 1929) was a newspaper publisher, one of the organizers of The Associated Press, and a leading figure in American journalism.)Illustrations by members of the Etching Club, artists include: T. Webster, C.W. Cope, T. Creswick, R. Redgrave, F. Tayler, H.I. Townsend, J.C. Horsley, C. Stonhouse, and John Bell.Preceded the trade edition of 1842, published Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Gordon Ray. The Illustrator and the Book in England, no. 214.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1924
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy.
Verlag: The International New Company, New York, 1923
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Prater, E.; Hiley, F.; Wood, Stanley L.; Whitaker, W.G.; Webb, Arch; Robinson, T.H.; Abbey, S.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Waye, A.S. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.
Verlag: The International New Company, New York, 1923
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.
Verlag: Eduardo Arias, Madrid, 1910
Anbieter: Librería Maestro Gozalbo, Carcaixent, V, Spanien
Verbandsmitglied: LIBRIS
Zustand: cubiertas deslucidas. 450pp+20 láminas+ 2 desplegables Rústica cubiertas deslucidas Seccion 7ª Estudio sobre armas de fuego automaticas. Ferrocarriles. Sobre la influencia de los cebos en el regimen de combustion de las cargas en las bocas de fuego. Algunos problemas comerciales resueltos por la traccion electrica de los ferrocarriles. El problema de la orientacion de las vistas en fototopografia. Calculo de los cambios de v ia. La arboricultura. Las bases de la Geología agricola en España y sus actuales métodos.etc.
Anbieter: Libros El Trovador, TALAVERA DE LA REINA, TO, Spanien
Encuadernados en un volumen de 19x13 cm. en holandesa-tela época, sin cubiertas originales. Madrid, La Novela Teatral, 1916-1917. Diversa paginación. Buen estado. Primera edición. (Ref. PS. 006).
Anbieter: Libreria Oreste Gozzini snc, Firenze, FI, Italien
Mineola, 1973, in-8, tela editoriale.