Samuel w barker (3 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. 31pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. A complete list of poetry and plays arranged under author or editor of poetry and plays, Faber paper covered editions, Ariel poems, Sesame books, and an index of titles. Scarce, *OCLC* locates no copies.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady with horse; One-page Parker Pen ad with military theme; Colour Marboleum ad inside front cover shows vintage kitchen; One-page Singer sewing machine ad includes three photos of their ornate furniture; Wonderful one-page ad for the RCA Victor Globe Trotter Model A-31 radio includes airman; The General's Big Bull (short story); Known to Nobody (short story); Secrets of the German (Nazi) Air-Armadas - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Ghost of Captain Renny (short story); Where the War Dollar Goes; Canada'a Forgotten Back Door - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada through Hudson Bay?; Beyond the Circle (short story); Carry On - football article includes photo of Squadron Leader Dave Harding at the Malton Airport with new military recruits asking him questions about his days with the Ottawa Rough Riders; Movie news and photos; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast features great photos of man cleaning massive locomotive and horse-drawn wagon being loaded with sheaves; Woodbury ad features photo of Annabella; Anothe Woodbury ad features photo of Miss Nancy Weir of Toronto; Small ad for the Chesley Chair Company of Chesley, Ontario; The Ten Bob Note (short story); Homes of Tomorrow - photos of interior design ideas; Saturday Night Bath - tips on how to have a good bath; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Lux soap features three photos of Carole Lombard; Illustrated instruction how to knit soldier and sailor dolls; Win the War in Your Kitchen - cooking article; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad entitled "As Sure as the Sun Rises"; World Sayings; Magnificent red and black Canadian Red Cross ad inside back cover shows nurse with arms outstretched over servicemen and refugees; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover shows lovely young lady holding six-pack; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The National Home Monthly Magazine, October (Oct.) 1940 - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada Through Hudson Bay? cover illustration of lady with horse; One-page Parker Pen ad with military theme; Colour Marboleum ad inside front cover shows vintage kitchen; One-. Illustrated by Iligan, Ralph (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Burke, May C.;Garland, C. George; Clymer, John F.; Diamond, Samuel; (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. A two volume set completing the first edition of this sought after account of the Central Africa expedition for the suppression of the slave trade of 1869. The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete in two volumes. Sir Samuel W. Baker tells of his expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade. Between 1869 and 1873 Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, appointed Barker as governor-general of the equatorial Nile basin with the rank of pasha in the Ottoman army. Among his duties were the annexing of the equatorial Nile basin, establishing Egyptian authority over the region south of now South Sudan, suppressing the slave trade, and opening the great lakes near the equator to navigation.The present volume provides a charming account of the author's travels and military experiences during the four-year-term, with some chapters recounting of the hunting of big game.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and twenty full page plates to vol. I, as well as a frontispiece, a coloured map, and twenty-nine full page plates to vol. II. Collated, complete.With numerous leaves of advertisements to the rear.From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. Her passion for literature is displayed by her impressive library.She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things'. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, some minor chipping to the spine and extremities and minor marking to the front boards. the spine has slightly darkened. Internally, the hinges are slightly tender, the volumes generally firm throughout. With evidence of the removal of a bookplate to the front pastedowns, and library stamps to the recto of the frontispiece, the first leaves of text, and to the margins of the occasional leaf of text or plate throughout. With a minor faint scattered spotting throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and twenty full page plates to vol. I, as well as a frontispiece, a coloured map, and twenty-nine full page plates to vol. II. Collated, complete, with some minor tape repairing to the folding map. Good. Zwecker and Durand (illustrator). book.…