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Zustand: Good. Hofmann, Drew (illustrator). Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Hofmann, Drew (illustrator). Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. HARDCOVER; in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Edward Finden, George Pickering (illustrator). viii 541pp, second series,' with 11 collotype reproductions of the original engravings', very good in a chipped and spotted wrapper, pencil ownership signature to front free end paper.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Part I only. Paperback with lightly worn leading corners, minor film peeling to lower edge and numerous superficial scores and scratches. Page block is slightly grubby with small yellow stain on leading edge. Half-title page are very lightly creased (probably printing error). Minor creasing to final pages. Binding is tight, and text remains clear throughout. T. Used.

Zustand: New. Hofmann, Drew (illustrator). In.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 310-374. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; Some "Lake City" Men and Industries - great feature article on Laconia with many excellent photos; Life-s Path (poem); An Old House and its traditions; Gramma's Hollyhocks (poem); The Dana Meeting-House - article with photos, Hew Hampton; Goodman Keyzar (poem); Count Rumford; Truth (poem); The Old Meeting-House at South Sunapee; Melinda Rankin; Nice full-page photo-ad for the First National Bank of Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. George Pickering (illustrator). The complete two volumes of this influential two-volume study on English folklore, 'The Traditions of Lancashire'. Both are illustrated, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Being the first and second series and held in the original unclipped dustwrappers. The first volume of this work was a huge success with the British upper classes and was reprinted within a year. This lead to the second series being published in 1831. With a preface memorial of the author. Bookseller's label to the front pastedowns, B H Blackwell Ltd. With illustrations by George Pickering and engraved by Edward Finden. To volume I there is a frontispiece and eleven plates, to volume II there is a frontispiece and ten plates. In full cloth bindings and held in the original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, generally smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of spines. Dustwrappers are chipped to the head and tail, with further chips to the extremities. Wraps are lightly age toned with scattered spots and handling marks. Tape repair to the verso of front wrap to volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Dugdale, T.C.; Wigfull, W.E.; De Walton, John; Soper, George; Reynolds, Warwick; Somerfield, T.; Simmons, Graham; Machefert, A.C. (illustrator). First Edition. 100 Pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Features: The Crusader's Ghost a tale from Manorbier, a village in Pembrokeshire; The Ice-Harvest of Norway - *fascinating* article and many descriptive photos explain how large blocks of ice are produced and transported to London for sale; Twenty Dreadful Days - Captain W.H. Derard's vessel, the "Siddartha" was dismasted in the Atlantic; Through the Land of Witchcraft - Part 3 - "Ju-Ju" in remote bush districts of West Africa; How We Saved the Team - an Australian teamster saves his runaway bullocks as they hang over a precipice; Paid in Full - Captain G.D. Haigh was captured and mistreated by Boers but he escaped and brought justice to his former captors; Our Trip to the Cedars of Lebanon - *magnificently* photo-illustrated article; The Hunted Hunters - While chasing a French-Canadian lumberman/murderer the pursuers are hunted by wolves!; Stopping a Runaway Engine; Across the Congo - Part 4 - photo-illustrated article describing the 3,500 mile journey of Marguerite Roby from Boma to Elizabethville; The "Beast-Man" - John Tornow vowed a vendetta against the entire human race in the Chehalis County area of Washington state; A Wanderer in Sicily - wonderful travel article with many great photos; School-Teaching in the West - wild times at a mixed composition school at Beaver Creek near Fort Benton, USA. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.

Zustand: Gut. Kino --- Optisches Spielzeug um 1921: Ombro Cinema, mechanisches Schattentheater, Charlie Chaplin und George Roby, guter Zustand Sehr schönes Exemplar des "Ombro-Cinéma. Illusion du Movement", ein mechanisches Schattentheater (optisches Spiel), das 1921 eine Goldmedaille des Concourd Lépine erhalten hat. Die schöne chromolithographisches Deckelillustration zeigt ein Standbild eines Films, umrahmt von Charlie Chaplin und George Roby. Der Spielkasten / Schaukasten besteht aus einer Papier-Schattenbildrolle, auf zwei Spulen aufgewickelt, die sich hinter einer im Holzrahmen montierten Folio mit Straßenszene (Zaun) mittels einer funktionierenden Spieluhr bewegen lässt. So entsteht wie beim Schattentheater die Illusion, die Figuren würde ihre Füße voreinandersetzen und sich die imaginäre Straße entlangbewegen. Zu sehen ist u.a. eine Hundejagd. Auf der Innenseite des Deckels montierte Spielbeschreibung. Paris, Saussine um 1921 Schaukasten im Format 30 x 43 x 6 cm (Fenster 20 x 26 cm). Breite der Papierrolle 14 cm. Der Kasten im Format 33 x 45,5 x 7 cm. --- Zustand: Etwas berieben; Einriss im Deckel alt repariert, ansonsten guter Zustand. Guter Zustand.