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Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Paperback. Zustand: Good+. B&W Photographs & Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages; Vol. XXVIII. No. 2, March-April, 1945. Single issue WWII aviation bi-monthly magazine published by the Curtiss-Wright aircraft co. 32 pages magazine format with pictorial covers and saddle stapled binding. Numerous articles on the exploits of aviators flying Curtiss planes. Light shelf rubbing to cover edges and surfaces; thin area of fading to the color of the cover along the spine and top edges. Mild rust to binding staples. Illustrated with photos and drawings. G++ to VG-.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 600 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Lost in the Pacific - John Edwin Hogg attempted to take a small boat to Panama from some islands 90 miles off the coast, but encountered treacherous seas; On Niagara's Brink - Orrin E. Dunlap, the unofficial historian of Niagara Falls, describes the area's most thrilling adventure, that of a barge and two men, Lofberg and Harris, who drifted to the verge of Horseshoe Falls - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part I - Oxford Anthropology student Winifred S. Blackman relates her experiences in three winters of living with the people of Upper Egypt - article with photos; Captain Doudera's Bet - The amazing photo-illustrated story of Captain Frank Doudera, of Brooklyn, New York, and his quest to obtain a timber wolf pelt within six weeks; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part II - Beatrice Grimshaw travelled up the Sepik River of New Guinea, where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Chippin' Paint - An amusing sea story; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part II - A British officer's remarkable journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; The Treasure of Tristan Da Cunha - Photo-illustrated article about a hoard of gold and jewels said to have been hidden here by pirates in 1810; Photo of a literal river full of logs in British Columbia; The Three Angleteers - Part IV - Three bored Englishmen travel to Europe for trouble and adventure; In the British Guiana Jungle - A vividly-written photo-illustrated account of an eventful boat-journey into the interior of British Guiana with a motion picture camera, culminating with a visit to the mighty Kaietuerk Falls, the greatest cataract in the world, five times higher than Niagara; The Secret of the Wilds - photos of wild animals which resemble those of prehistoric times; "Grip" and I - Part II - A bull-terrier spared from death by its new owner Count Nils Cronstedt returns the favour by saving him multiple times during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendent in Northern Nigeria; One Night - the story of a hunt in the darkness and a panther who stood his ground; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1924, Lost in the Pacific, John Edwin Hogg, Panama, Niagara Falls, Orrin E. Dunlap, barge, Lofberg , Harris, Horseshoe Falls, An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt, Winifred S. Blackman, Upper Egypt, Captain Frank Doudera, timber w. Illustrated by Hiley, F.E.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Wightman,W.E.; Woodville, R. Caton; Abbey, S.; Prater, Ernest; Constable, Douglas (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. 3 vols in 1, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, leather lettering labels, joints cracked, books plates to front paste-down and front endpaper, folio.22 x 33cm.Wormholes in lower right cortner of first 50 pages, mostly small., Santi Bartoli, Pietro and Giovanni Pietro Bellori.Le Pitture Antiche del Sepolcro de Nasonii Nella via Flaminia.,1 double page and 34 engraved plates, damp-staining to initial leave of text, affecting the engraved plate at corner, Giovanni Battista Bussotti, Rome, 1680; .Menestrier (Claude François) Symbolica Dianae Ephesiae statua. 24 engravings, Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1688; Writ (Giovanni Michele) Ragguaglio della solenne comparsa. dall'illustrissimo, et eccellentissimo Signor Conte di Castelmaine., engraved frontispiece, one large folding and 14 engraved plates.*** The third work contains an account of the Earl of Castlemaine's embassy to Rome in 1687, on behalf of James II, who wished to return England to the Catholic Church.Text and plates describe wall-paintings and vaults of the ancient tomb of the Nasonii on the Via Flaminia, which had been unearthed in 1674. The work was reprinted throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and served as a pattern book among such Neoclassical designers as Adam, Wyatt, Soane, Percier and Fontaine, Hope and Nash.The plates show: 1. excavation and the façade of the tomb; 2. the plan of the tomb; 3, 4. overall views of two walls of paintings; 5-20. details of the paintings; 21. overall view of a painted ceiling; 22-35. details of the ceiling paintings. The paintings show Greek mythological subjects, hunts and the seasons. The book also carries decorated initials.Bartoli's drawings of the murals are preserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. They were used by G. Turnbull for some plates in A curious collection of ancient paintings (1741).OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:702324701;OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1085650529; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 800892296.Provenance: Thomas Longueville, Skene Library, Ampleforth Abbey Library.…