Webster e et al (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9781405129145. …

Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial front- and backcover, 4to: 216pp. 275 illustrations, abbreviations, bibliography. 200 treasures described and depictec [Alfred Jewel - Benedictional of St. Æthelwold - Benedictional of Archbishop Robert - Exeter Book - Beowulf Manuscript].

Zustand: NEW.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good No dust jacket as issued. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. This extra large special issue "provides a glimpse of the huge and surprising storehouse of treasures to be found in the permanent collections of our museums, art galleries and historic sites from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island." - Editorial. Features: The Pursuit of Heritage; The National Gallery as Collector; Furniture for History; Preservation in Canada; Canada Council; Development of Museums in Canada; Prince Edward Island; Art Collection of Memorial University; The NovaScotia Museum; L'Art Traditionnel Musee du Quebec; Art Gallery of Ontario; R.O.M. Canadiana Gallery; Ontario Council for the Arts; Arts and Periodicals; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Vancouver Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Treasures from the Northwest Coast; The Crisis in Art Museums; Saskatoon Art Centre; James Henderson - Western Artist; Edmonton Art Gallery; The Hudson Cup. 82 glossy stapled pages. Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage example.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November 1969 *The Huge and Surprising Storehouse of Treasures in the Permanent Collections of Canada's Museums, Galleries and Historic Sites Pursuit of Heritage; The National Gallery as Collector; Furniture for Histo.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: My Rest-Cure - experience on a house-boat in Kashmir; The Saving of the "Cardium" - what happened with this oil ship caught fire with 12,000 tons of benzene aboard; The Hinton Murder Case, and George W. Pendleton; "Little Woman of Flame" - what happened with two solitary white women took up farming in East Africa; Photo of steeplejack Jack Hassler climbing a building in Philadelphia; "My Strangest Experience"; The Lifted Veil, part 6 of a strange story of two British officer POWs in Turkey; The Temple of the Tapirs - an exciting trip into the wilds of Mexico; "Draw Poker" - a detective recounts a New York story; Among the Bolshevists - an R.A.F. officers interesting sidelights on the operations against the Bolshevists in North Russia - with great photos; Into the Unknown - part 2 - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea; A Cowboy Adrift; A Kedah Buffalo-Fight - photo-illustrated story of this little-known Malay (Malaysian) sport; Photo of huge (dead) gorilla in the Cameroons; Anthropop-Apology; The Long Arm of the Law - murderers who were detected years after their crimes; The Battle of Ludlow - strikers battle state militiamen in the Colorado coalfields. Covers detached but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Somerfield, T.; Hodgson, E.S.; Sheldon, C.M.; De Walton, John; Sutcliffe, J.E.; Whittaker, W.G.; "Robin"; Elcock, Howard; Small, A.G.; Wright, Frank; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, Ernest; Paxton, R.B.M.; Morrow, Albert (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Soper, G., Nicolson, W.C.; Holloway, W.H.; Hodgson, E.S.; Webb, Arch; Carruthers, G.P.; Prater, E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Valda, J.H. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Tennant, Dudley; Whale, Lieut. J. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 90 pages plus 16 pages of nice ads. Features: Our Hunting Trip in Brazil - dealing with giant snakes and jaguars; Photo of Sulphur Bottom Whale leaping out of water to avoid swordfish; Stalked by a Mountain Lion (cougar) - while mining in the Selkirk Mountains near Golden, British Columbia; The Leaf-Wearers of Orissa - great photo-illustrated article on these native people's of India; My Adventure in Sing Sing; Silk Mask Jim - this amazing Chicago criminal, James J. Harrigan, was head of a great thieves trust responsible for over seven hundred robberies in a single year; My Strangest Experience; A Fight on a Mountain Top - the Philippine Constabulary seeks out remnants of Aguinaldo's forces - article with photo; Into the Unknown (part 1) - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea ; The "Pinto" of Great Black Pine Mountain - the life and death of a wonderful wild horse in Southern Idaho; The Lifted Veil - part 5 of the story of two British officer POWs in Turkey who apply Spiritualism to escape; Where No Writ Runs - photo-illustrated article on life in the highlands of Kurdistan; The Ghost of the "Lycaon" - a steamship of the Blue Funnel Line; Wolves in Sheep's Clothing - when policement become criminals; The Rector's Story - a South African clergyman's story; Odds and Ends - photo of Arizona Gila Monster listening to phonograph. Covers beginning to detach from textblock. Average wear. A nice vintage copy. Reynolds, Warwick; Small, A.G.; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; De Walton, J.; Hodgson, E.S.; Holmes, Fred; Bates, Leo; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; Elcock, Howard; Somerfield, T.; Hodgson, E.S.; Ferrier, A.; Soper, G. (illustrator).…