Webb s c et al (6 resultados)

6pp, 3 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

268 pages. Staple-bound paperback: H 19.5cm x L 13.5cm. Tan paper covers with shallow edge-wear; past owner's ink signature and attendance note on front cover; chipping to spine paper. Toning/foxing and some soiling to text block edges. Some foxing and slight edge-wear to interior leaves; several rear leaves have some surface abrasions. Rust evident to staples but binding remains firm. Features seven primary chapters - "The Christian's Hope" by R.A. Webb [Robert Alexander Webb]; "Presbyterian Elements in History" by J.S. Foster [John Shaw Foster]; "Bird's Eye View of the Prophets" by A.W. Blackwood [Andrew Watterson Blackwood]; "Evangelism" by Theron H. Rice [Theron Hall Rice]; "Bible Ethics" by C.W. Grafton [Cornelius Washington Grafton]; "The Unlovely Christ" by R.V. Lancaster; "Social Service" by L.E. McNair - followed by short contributions by L.E. McNair, A.A. Little, and J.A. Frierson. Occasional b/w portrait plates and b/w advertisements. OCLC locates copies at only six member institutions: University of Mississippi, Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson, MS), and four other non-Mississippi seminary libraries. A similarly titled follow-up publication was issued for the Synod's Training School held from June 22 to July 2, 1915.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Large 4to; water mark towards bottom of cover; tear to edges of cloth at top of spine; apart of light tanning to pages, contents are very good; 2 colour plates by W E Johns - 1 large pull out one is the frontis, and the final one; there are 12 colour plates in all, the others by a variery of Illustrators; ; Large 4to; heavy book (over 2 kg unwrapped) ; we have increased the price to allow for the excess postage within the uk; excess postage required outside uk ; Chums; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by John, W E; Webb, Arch; Ellis, Silas; Laidler, T; Pucket, ES; Pollock, J M; Heddon, R; Parker, Eric R Et Al (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Fair. First Edition. Pages 502-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Hunting Down of Tiburcio Vasquez, the Dick Turpin of California; "Red Fagen" - a veteran shipmaster's story of the undoing of a villainous 'crimp'; A Cycling Tour Through Central Africa (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures on the way from Rhodesia to Egypt; The Spectre of Mekeo - a supernatural tale from British New Guinea; Spiders; The Javelin Throwers - an exciting adventure with Venezuelan savages; Following the Fur Trails - photo-illustrated article of a Canadian government naval survey crew's winter on the ice-bound shores of Hudson Bay; Lost in an Underground Labyrinth - photo-illustrated account of a man who was thrown into the sewers of Milan and lost for many days; The Eagle's Nest - the mountaintop town of Peillon in the South of France - article with many photos; The Mystery of Fraser Island - a strange sequence of events on an island where the Queensland 'dumped' troublesome blacks; Our Lunatic; A Matter of Business - a West African trader is charged with removing stock from stations set to be closed - despite native objections; The "Crooked House" - at Kingswinford, near Birmingham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, Thomas; Hodgson, E.S.; Coller, Henry; Holmes, Fred; Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Simmons, Graham; Webb, Arch. (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: 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 (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: 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. (ilustrador).…