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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good solid copy of this classic 128-page book. No tears or missing pages. The name "Geoffrey Coles" has been handwritten and stamped inside the front cover and "J Coles" written on the page edges (see photos). Apart from these there are no other markings on the pages. The lovely illustrations are clear and the story is complete. Sadly, I have no knowledge of who Geoffrey Coles is or was, but then the book is 79 years old. W Bryce Hamilton (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. Red cloth. Cheap edition. 187pp. B&w illustrations. Light off-setting to end-papers, else very good in like dust jacket. Thomas Henry (ilustrador).

Hard cover. 230p., ill., 23 cm. Originally published as Rouffignac, ou la guerre des mammouths. La Table Ronde, 1957. ex-lib with the usual markings, still clean and tight. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First Edition. A beautiful copy with light bump to crown of spine and some edge-wear to jacket head. Text clean. Binding tight. Illustrated by Felix Kelly (ilustrador).

Blue Cloth. Condición: Good+. No Jacket. Sixth Printing. Light soiling to cover edges, pages quite yellowed. Sound, unmarked copy. Kenneth Lovell (ilustrador).

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Jacket is scuffed with edgewear. Cover is slightly faded. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

hardcover. Condición: Fine. 2nd prt. Small 4to, 88 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Illustrated (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Brown hardback with darker brown print on boards. Front board illustrated with city outline. Minimal bumpng to corners of boards. Pages tight but book will lay open. A bit of separation between pages 48 adn 49. Pages clean/unmarked with slight browning. 188 pages. Brown DJ with red print and same illustration as on boards. A bit of chipping along edges of DJ; minor general shelf wear to DJ. No print year or copyright info stated though Intro by author is dated 1925. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 images, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 70, December, 1896. Images include the sketch attributed to St. Peter, the St. Veronica image, the ancient Hebrew medal from about the first century showing the profile of Christ, the likeness attributed to St. Luke, the likeness supposed by an unknown contemporary artist, the King Aggbanus portrait, the Ecce Homo by Guido, the Ecce Homo by Laville, the Saviour by De Caisnee, the unfinished Head of Christ by Signol, The Christ by Paul Delaroche, and The Light Of The World, by Holman Hunt. Housed in mylar report cover with spine sleeve.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 10pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 photographs and drawings, including portraits and a map of the polar regions showing Nansen's course, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 70, December, 1896. Illustrations include a view in Nansen's study, the group portrait of the "lucky thirteen," a view in the saloon of the Fram, a view in Nansen's work-toom on the Fram, Nansen's birthplace at Froen, Christiania, Nansen in his kayak, and portraits of Nansen and Mrs. Nansen, and Captain Sverdrup. Housed in mylar report cover with spine sleeve.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 9pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 18 photographs, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 70, December, 1896. Illustrations include the ship Umbria covered in ice at the Cunard Wharf, New York, February 10, 1895, two giant hailstones after a thunderstorm at Richmond and Harrogate, Yorkshire, July, 1893, icicles on a frozen dam in the Black Forest, the Broxburn Icicle from 1895, said the be the longest on record, part of an icicle at Niagara Falls, Little Niagara icicles in from of the falls, big Hong Kong icicles on a garden seat, a tree at Lincoln covered with ice, the fountain in Albert Square, Dundee, during the winter of 1881, an ice-shove on Commissioner Street, Montreal, a view of ice on Union Avenue, Montreal, in March, 1895, a view in New York City after the great blizzard, March 12, 1888, a view in Prospect Park, Niagara Falls, the "Ostrich Plume" at Lincoln, January 7, 1889, an ice-thatch at Niagara Falls, the Hecht Brothers, Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts, and the fire-engine after the Hecht Brothers fire. Housed in mylar report cover with spine sleeve.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 6pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 11 photographs, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 70, November, 1896. Illustrations include a view of Lower New York City from the harbor, the Bay of New York, the elevated railroad from Morningside Park, a Pennsylvania Railroad ferry-boat, a street scene, a view down Fifth Avenue with the homes of the rich, a view of the poor, the World Building with City Hall, a view of Mott Street in the Chinese Quarter, a view on Baxter Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Housed in mylar report cover with spine sleeve.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 8 photographs and drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 70, November, 1896. M. Ernest Bazin and his boat constructed on rollers. Illustrations include the roller-boat crossing the channel, a model of a transatlantic steamship, the roller-boat just before launching at St. Denis on the Seine, the roller-boat afloat on the Seine, front and cross-sections views of the boat, the boat at the Cail Works, St. Denis, and a portait of Bazin. Housed in mylar report cover with spine sleeve.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 3pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 17 examples, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, September, 1896. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 12pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 19 photographs, including portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 69, October, 1896. Portraits include Sir Robert Harvey, Mr. Turner-Turner, and Mr. T. W. Greenfield. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 10pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 18 drawings and portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 69, October, 1896. Sailor's awarded the Victoria Cross. Portraits include Rear-Admiral C. D. Lucas, who was the first recipient, Rear-Admiral John Bythesea, Admiral Sir John E. Commerell, Quartermaster W. Rickard, Midshipman Arthur Mayo, Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, Rear-Admiral A. K. Wilson, Seaman W. Hall, Lieutenant-Colonel G. D. Dowell, Chief Gunner Israel Harding, Rear-Admiral H. J. Raby, Seaman Edward Robinson, and Seaman George Hinckley. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce. C. J. Staniland (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 4pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 13 photographs of instruments of faces showing the various effects, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 69, October, 1896. From the opening paragraph, "Thousands of people, it would appear, are dissatisfied with the shape or hue of the nose with which Nature has endowed them. Knowing this, the inventor arose in his might, and invented an 'improver' to improve the most prominent feature into almost any shape you wish, from the nez retrousse to the nose Hebraic." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 11pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 11 photographs, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, September, 1896. From the text, "Even in these latter days, when mechanical science has largely taken the place of handicraft skill, excitement and emotion such as are here suggested are still to be remarked among the vast crowds which invariably gather to view the spectacle of some great ship -- swift 'ocean greyhound' or ponderous battleship -- being bodily transferred from terra firma to the yielding bosom of the deep." Illustrations include the launches of the ships Revenge, Victoria, and Resolution, a broadside launch at Paisley, the ship Campania in the cradle, the City of New York showing the twin screws and launching cradle, a bow view of the ship, the apparatus used in launching the Royal Sovereign, the Harlech Castle showing single screw, the launching of the St. Louis in Philadelphia, November 11, 1894, and President Grover Cleveland and the Presidential party at the launching of the St. Louis. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 14pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 18 photographs and drawings, including portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, August, 1896. Illustrations include the ships Marlborough and Defence, a scene of replacing the American flag at Honolulu, the ship Galatea, the ship Condor in action against the Marabout Fort at Alexandria, a scene of the Fight of the Safieh at Wad-El-Habeshi, the Ingram mummy, etc., an portraits of the subject in military uniform, the subject at the age of 18, and the Khedive Tewfik. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 11 photographs and drawings, including portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, August, 1896. Recipients of the Albert Medal of the First Class and their stories. Illustrations include portraits of Thomas Averett Whistler, William Hinton, Edward Scullion, Captain Pulteney Malcolm, Henry Davies, John Harris, William Dodd, and Captain W. J. Nutman. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce. …

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 11pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 24 photographs, mostly showing examples of the new pictures, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, August, 1896. Professor Rontgen and his rontgen rays, or x-rays. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 19 photographs, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, September, 1896. From the text, "Now, I am about to consider the sports and pastimes that are organized on board the superb steamers of the Union Line, which have transformed the voyage to the South African ports into a delightful pleasure cruise." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 16 photographs including a number of portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, August, 1896. Portraits include Thomas F. Bayard, James R. Roosevelt, David Dwight Wells, John R. Carter, Lieutenant Commander Cowles, Charles Hodson, Fran Hodson, Patrick A. Collins, John J. Collins, and Francis W. Frigout. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 10pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 20 reproductions of old broadsides and prints, and also facsimile sections of the old newspapers, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, September, 1896. Newspapers represented include The Moderate Intelligencer, January 9, 1649, Mercurius Politicus, September 3, 1658, The Intelligencer, June 26, 1665, The London Gazette, September 2, 1666, The Morning Post, November 7, 1805, The Morning Chronicle, June 22, 1815, The Times, May 25, 1819, and The Times, June 29, 1838. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 12pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 8 drawings, including a full-page plate, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, September, 1896. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Scarce. Paul Hardy (ilustrador).

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 22 photographs, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XII, No. 68, September, 1896. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 13pp story, printed in double columns, illustrated with 8 drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XIII, No. 77, June, 1897. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. W. Christian Symons (ilustrador).

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 3pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 7 photographs showing the various stages of a snake eating, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XIII, No. 77, June, 1897. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 9pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 17 photographs, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XIII, No. 77, June, 1897. From the opening paragraph, "To all intents and purposes, the working elephants of Burma, Siam and India are trained laborers of enormous strength, and frequently possessing far more intelligence than their mahouts, or so-called drivers." Photographs show the animals at work. Housed in protective mylar report cover.…