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Published by J Applied Physics, 1973
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Add to basketPamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 44, No 2, pp. 781-786, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.
REVIEW OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES Vol. 47 No. 1, Summer 2013 Special Section: Cultural Production in the Arab Spring Part I
Fred M Donner, Miriam Cooke, Elliott Colla, Brinda Metha, James B Hoesterey, Richard Bulliet, et al & Amanda J. Wright Cron Richard C Martin
Published by Middle East Studies Association of North America, 2013
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback slightly cocked. 146 pages, unmarked. ; ECR P3P; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages.
Published by TUV, n.p., 2017
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Contact seller5-star sellerMagazine. 32p. includes covers, 8.25x10.75 inches, news, articles, interviews, photos, services and resources, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Began with May-June 2016 issue.
Geology of the country around Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Wenlock Edge and Brown Clee
Greig, D.C., Wright, J.E., Hains, B.A., Mitchell, G.H. et al.
Published by HMSO, London, 1968
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Add to basketHard covers. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Covers sheet 166, new series. xiii, 379 pp. Weight: 1 Language: English Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Geology of the country around Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Wenlock Edge and Brown Clee
Greig, D.C., Wright, J.E., Hains, B.A., Mitchell, G.H. et al.
Published by HMSO, London, 1968
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Add to basketHard covers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Covers sheet 166, new series. xiii, 379 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
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Published by London, Charles Tilt, 1837
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Add to basketCondition: Sehr gut. 27 x 21 cm. Engraved Title, TP and 41 Plates with tissue guarded Engravings, each with a short description. Original dark cloth with blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and foxed. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper, dated 18…36. Complete with all Plates. See images. From the Library of Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland.
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:9781862397293….
Published by New York: Partisan Review, 1943
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Scarce and historic early issue, includes a reconsideration of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry by Horace Gregory, and contributions from other important writers. Unmarked copy with some toning and wear to the a…cidic wrappers. Not Signed.
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Published by J. M. Dent & Co.; E.W. Savory, Ltd., Fine Art Publishers, Bristol, London, 1907
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st Edition. from the Androssan estate of Robert Montgomery Scott, son of Hope Montgomery Scott. inscribed to Luca and Frank from Mother 1916. unpaginated 104 pp. slight foxing and normal aging. hessian cloth with color illustration and black titles.…square and tight w ribbon ties. George Wright; Cecil Aldin; Archibald Thorburn; Lewis Baumer; John Hassall; C.E. Brock; Arthur Rackham; Edwin Noble; Tom Browne; G.D. Amour; Fred Whiting; Will Owen; R.C. Carter; Lancelot Speed; J. Michael Brown; Cuthbert Bradley; Thomas Blinks, et al (illustrator).
More imagesThe Modern Gallery of British Artists | Consisting of a Series of Engravings of Their Most Admired Works, with Illustrative Descriptions 1837 (New Series)
Turner, J. W. M.; Copley Fielding; C. Marshall; R. Brandard; J. M. Wright, et al
Published by Published by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street London . 1837., 1837
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Add to basketFirst edition hard back binding in publisher's original embossed and gilt tooled dark green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, all page edges gilt, pale lemon end papers. 4to. 11'' x 8½''. Contains engraved title, and 41 full-page single-sided engravings all with tissue-guards and each with a short description…. Small repairs to the ends of the spine edges, couple of fox spots but nothing untoward. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British].
The Wide World Magazine, Vol. XLVI - No. 272, December, 1920 - Saving of the "Cardium" / Among Bolshevists
Evans, E.A.; Heighton, J.; Tinsley, H.G.; Webster, F.A.M.; Nicoll, J.M.; Woods, E.P.; Wetgen, A.R.; Jones, E.H.; Dunn, H.H.; Koppel, H.; Masters, D.; Chinnery, E.W.P.; McMaines, Frank; Augustin, James F.; et al
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1920
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: 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 Wom…an 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).
The Wide World, The Magazine For Everybody, November (Nov.) 1917, No. 235, Vol. XL - Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut
Siroux, G.; Patterson, W.; Pitcairn-Knowles, A.; Jordan, J.; Grondona, L.; Ausman, C.; Jackson, H.; Mason, W.; Gingell, W.; Et al
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1917
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 88 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chi…nese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World, The Magazine For Everybody, November (Nov.) 1917, No. 235, Vol. XL - Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls -. Illustrated by Wright, Frank; Evison, G. Henry; Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds,Warwick; McDowell, R.; Coller, H.; Holloway, W. (illustrator).
The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, July 1915, No. 207, Vol. 35 - A Woman Alone in China / War-Time Wanderings in the Italian Alps
Pescio, Luigi; M.S.T.; Outhwaite, E.; Morris, Sir Edward; Heighton, J.; Dowding, C.; Pitt-Kethley, V.; Et al
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1915
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 194-288 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: A Millionaire's Adventure - Milan millionaire Signor Luigi Beretta becomes the victim of an infamous plot; War-Time Wanderings in the Italian Alps - a merry trio of climbers have some fun; A Fight for Life in…Mid-Air - a workman dismantling a great chimney at the Whitehall Road electric power works experiences a terrible industrial accident; The Adventures of Howard Blackburn - Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris, P.C., Prime Minister of Newfoundland, describes nautical adventures of Howard Blackburn; "Grubb of Gran Chaco"- The adventures of pioneer W. Barbrooke Grubb in the Paraguayan Chaco; Six Weeks in Lahoul - a hunting trip for ibex and red bear; Allen's Well - how a man was buried at the bottom of a deep well and was rescued; The Lion's Cub - a striking story from the Coast Mountains of Southern Oregon involving 'Yellow Tail' the mountain lion, Jud Bucklin, and Dick Wimer of the U.S. Forest Service; Aunt Barbara Visits Mustypore - an amusing story from an Indian coffee-planting district; A Woman Alone in China (part II) - Mary Gaunt met with many odd experiences and saw many strange sights, which are here described in most entertaining fashion, with photos; A Tragic Ocean Race - Five clipper ships started on a race from Australia to China, but strange and terrible things happened aboard the "Island Bay"; After Gold in the "Land of Fire" - an unfortunate prospecting expedition in Tierra del Fuego; The Haunted Tomb - a tale from the Southern Punjab; and more. Covers nearly detached as one. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, T.; Jackson, A.E.; Pitcher, N.S.; Holloway, W.H.; Buchanan, F.; Whitaker, W.G.; McCormick, H.; Lunt, W.; Wigfull, W.E.; Webb, Arch.; Wright, Frank (illustrator).
The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, July 1920, No. 267, Vol. XLV - The Largest Camera in the World / Timber-Cruising in California
Sykes, P.; Schrader, F.; Jones, E.; Lawrence, B.; Fagan, D.; Wright, H.; Beckman, R.; Ray M.; Lambert, T.; Burns, W.; Webster, F.; Et al
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1920
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: 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 o…f 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).
The Architectural Record (Magazine), October (Oct.) 1932, Vol 72, No. 4 : Hillside Housing / Laundry Planning / Air Conditioning
Wright, Henry; Bennett, J.V.; Cory, W.M. & R.G.; Larson, C. Theo.; Et al
Published by F.W. Dodge Corporation, New York, 1932
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 217-271 plus 52 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Tennis Stadium at Hamilton, Bermuda; Hillside Group Housing; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Minnesota Federal Jail Competition; Planning for Laundry Efficiency; Air Condi…tioning (part 2); Checklist of Air Conditioning Equipment; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Architectural Record (Magazine), October (Oct.) 1932, Vol 72, No. 4 : Hillside Housing / Laundry Planning / Air Conditioning Tennis Stadium at Hamilton, Bermuda; Hillside Group Housing; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Minnesota Federal Jail Compet. Illustrated by Rutherford, Walter; Born, Ernest (illustrator).
The Wide World Magazine, Vol. XLV - No. 266, June 1920 - Maddest War Exploit / Bristol Fighter Squadron
Ray, Mason; Wallace, E.; Fitzgerald, G.; Talbot, F.A.; Spencer, H.; Wright, H.; McCarthy, E.T.; Philby, H. St. J.B.; Kenamore, Clair; Franck, H.A.; Et al
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1920
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part 1) - Sister Janina vanished from Isadore, Michigan and it was 12 years before the mystery was solved; Post-Hole Pete - an amusing bear story from the Alaska wilds; The Maddest Exploit… of the War - Trooper Gerald Fitzgerald No. 1313 1st King Edward's Horse was unaware of the Armistice so single-handedly pursued the retiring German Army; The Ship That Came Back - the liner "Sesostris" was wrecked off the coast of Guatemala, lifted into a jungle by a volcano, then salvaged to resume her career! - article with photos; Short Stories; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - and After (part 1) - Sergeant H. Wright, D.S.M., of the Royal Marine Light Infantry provides striking narrative; Ants and Other Pests - Mining Engineer E.T. McCarthy's thrilling experiences; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 4 - Mr. Philby describes his travels in central Arabia among the Wahhabi (Wahabi) Arabs - article with photos; The Hunting of Felizardo, a notorious brigand in the Philippines - photo-illustrated article; On Foot Through South America - part 7 of 7 - travels in the "Great Wilderness" of Bolivia, and a meeting with "Jack Thompson" - photo-illustrated article; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron on the Western Front - part 4 (illustrated); Down at Iceland - sights and events on a trip to Iceland in a typical Grimsby trawler ; A Battle with Bears - an exciting story from the wilds of Wyoming, by Frank M. McMaines; Nice illustrated B.V.D. underwear ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C.; Whitaker, W.G.; Prater, Ernest; Reynolds, Warwick; Gillett, Frank; Hodgson, E.S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Wood, Stanley L.; Horne, A.E.; Avis, W.; Wigfull, W.E.; Small, A.G. (illustrator).
The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XL - No. 239, March (Mar.) 1918 - We Brought Chinese War Workers to France / British Armourned Cars in Russia
Patterson, W.G.; Cutler, A.W.; Freeman, L.R.; Checkley, C.P.O.; Captain Madigan; Ashmead-Bartlett, E.; Butler, F.H.; Et al
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1918
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 24 pages of fascinating ads. Features: The House of a Hundred Rooms - Part 1 - incredible revelations of a building in Philadelphia with underground cellars and dungeons which were put to diabolical uses by Chinese Tong-men; A Village on a Mountain Top -…nice photo-illustrated article on Mola, Sicily; Enrico Toti - Italy's One-Legged War Hero - how he fought and died at the Carso front; With the British Armoured Cars in Russia - Part 1 - the first authentic account of their work and adventures - photo-illustrated article; In the Grip of the Blizzard - Daring Antarctic Sledge Expedition of Sir Douglas Mawson as described by Capt. Madigan - major article with fascinating photos; My Adventures in the World War, Part 3 of E. Ashmead-Bartlett's adventures as a war correspondent; In the Land of the Lapps - Part 3 - photo-illustrated description of the life and customs of these fascinating and little-known people; The Gum Lands of New Zealand - photo-illustrated article on the Kauri gum industry of New Zealand; How We Brought the Chinese War-Workers to France - important information about the Chinese Labour Corps which assisted British armies in non-combatant duties at the Front were recruited in China and transported from their distant homes in the Far East across the seas to France, travelling via Canada; Marooned in the Arctic - E.H.L. Mitchell went to Alaska on a mining venture but was shipwrecked and marooned on a barren island for eight weeks; The Water-Gardeners of Amiens, France - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Lost in the Mine - the lamp of a boy working in a Welsh coillery went out and he lost his way - and nearly his life; Photo of the four-hundred and fifty Temples of the Law at Mandalay, in Upper Burma. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Gillett, Frank; Webb, A.; Tennant, Dudley; Peddie, Tom; Dowd, L.P.; Wigfull, W.E.; Wright, Frank; Northwood, A.J. (illustrator).
The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, May 1918, Vol. 41, No. 241: The Dalton Gang
Dalton, Emmett; Freeman, Lewis R.; Temple, Alan; Jordan, Eva J.; Paterson, George W.; Lean, L.C.; Rose, C.; Workman, Fanny B. And William H.; Lees, George F.; Et al
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1918
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part I of the First True Account of the Exploits of the World's Most Noted Outlaws, by Emmett Dalton, the only survivor of the "Dalton Gang" - article with photos and great co…ver illustration; Wonders of the Teleferica - an interesting account of the remarkable aerial lines/cableways used by the Italians to transport men, guns, and provisions in the high Alps - article with many photos; The Youngest Soldier in the French Army - photo of 11-year-old Charles Meux of the French Army; Tales of the Service - Part I - A Night in a Vat; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part II - Eva J. Jordan, F.R.G.S. travelled with her husband for four-thousand miles through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa, becoming the first woman to penetrate this area - article with photos; A Night of Terror - an associate of Izaak Walton sinks into quicksand while fishing; Buried in a Snowdrift - a mining engineer is caught in an avalanche in the Andes; "Hooshta!" - the Tragedy of an Australian camel race - a stirring story from the West Australian goldfields; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part I - Fanny and William Workman describe their Himalayan mountaineering exploits - article with map and great photos; Thrice Through the Jaws of Death - Sergeant J. Harte of the Inland Water Transport relates hair-breadth escapes at sea and on land; How We Built the Bridge - War story related by a corporal of the canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps; Crossing the Canal - A despatch orderly attempts to cross the Suez Canal at night; Some Adventures of a Newspaper Woman - Marie Harrison provides a graphic and thrilling account of her startling adventures in search of 'copy'; The Railway Conquest of the Bay - a photo-illustrated account of the building of the Hudson Bay Railway; A Happy Family - humorous account of the antics of a number of strange pets belonging to a party of colonials in Singapore; A Modern Grace Darling - Miss Ella Trout rescues a sailor from a torpedoed ship off the coast of Devon - article with nice photos of Miss Trout; Photo of a group of Solomon Islands head-hunters reading The Wide World Magazine; Interesting four-page illustrated stock offering by Guaranteed Tractors, Inc., Edmund G. Soward, President; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 4-88, 9-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom; Holloway, W.H.; Wright, Frank; Soper, George; Prater, Ernest; Robinson, T.H.; Webb, Arch.; Shepherd, J.A. (illustrator).
