Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A very good- copy with faint sunning and creasing to stapled spine; light scuffing and creasing to wraps; minor bumping to edges and corners; ink writing on lower wrapper. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition held from October 23 through November 16, 1970 at the Polly Friedlander Gallery in Seattle, Washington. B/w Illustrations.
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution, 1881, 1878, 1872, 1877, 1879, 1880., City of Washington, 1881
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Rebound in sturdy green library buckram with white title, volume number, and dewey decimal number on spine. Ex-library with library stamps on top, bottom, and fore-edges. Due date slip, few number notations, one in ink, the rest in pencil. No other library markings such as cardholder, etc. Slight edge tanning to leaves, Near Fine. Original wrappers not bound in. Large quarto (nearly folio). xvi + viii + 130 + iii + 34 + iii + 16 + xii + 277 + vii + 258 pp. All 18 plates called for are present and pristine.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1922
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. de Walton, John; Robinson, T.H.; Whitaker, W.G.; Reynolds, Warwick; Prater, Ernest; Wigfull, W.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Small, A.G. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Human Fly - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Jack Williams, a man who scales lofty buildings with no equipment other than his fingers and toes - article with great photos ; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part II - Tragedy befalls French troops overwhelmed by the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; The Disappearance of Ivan Varlamoff - an epic fight in Uleaborg, Finland; Locked in a Freezing Chamber - a meat inspector's ordeal in South Africa; "UMRI" - the tragic story of a panther, once a police officer's pet, which becomes a terror of the district in India; The "White Man's Grave" - Filming The "Gold Coast" of Africa - article with great photos; The Friend of the Birds - photo-illustrated article on Jack Miner, Ontario's friend of the Canada Goose; My Jiu-Jitsu Combats - Captain S.L. McLaglen is a Jiu-Jitsu expert; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part III - an exciting trip to the "Mysterious Richtersveld" of Southern Africa - article with photos; Adrift in the Atlantic - Grenfell of Labrador sets down a remarkable experience related by a former engineer of his; A Man's Luck (conclusion) - the author met the girl of his dreams and tried to build a dream home for them in Alaska, but he keeps being jailed; A Film-Hunter in the Amazon - Part V - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies - article with excellent photos; The "King of the Brushwood" - the brigand chief of Corsica; Roping a Bear - foolish youngster ropes a cinnamon bear; A Barbed Wire Frontier - people not allowed to pass between Hungary and Czechoslovakia; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3] 88, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.