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Publication Date: 1953
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. Brooklyn 1953. Poetry translated to English. Poets include: Hafiz, Fuzuli, Orhan Kanik, MNH, Lawrence E. Patterson, Helen Burlin, William Hull, Seymour Gresser, Philip Whalen, Robert George Ralske and William McDermott. Volume 5, No. 3 Spring 1953. Octavo, 16pp., original wraps. VG, slight bleeding of red cover onto outer margin of two pages.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1916
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - September 1916 - No. 221, Vol. 37. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Walter G. Patterson, Lacey Amy, B. St. Lawrence, S.J. Harold, A.E. Johnson, Frank Wise, & several others. Cover story is "In the Grip of the Hip Sings", by Walter G. Patterson, & illustrated by A. Gilbert. Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Front & rear covers printed in colour. Printed & published in Great Britain. "The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine, & it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black & white drawings." Staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A FAIR to GOOD COPY ONLY. Much handling wear, soiling & wear & creasing to covers & spine, old tape-repair to spine (peeled off), front cover entirely detached (but present), rear cover loose, light insect nibbling to cover edge, mild foxing & marginal toning, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally VERY GOOD. 387-480pp + 24pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. SB-29.
Published by The Canadian Geographical Society, Canada, 1946
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 1-53 plus nine pages of nice ads. Features: The National Museum of Canada; Australia's Great Barrier Reef; Turtle-Hunting in Coral Seas; Cartier at Montreal; An Eminent Geographer; Civil Engineering in Frozen Soil; Fur Production in the Northwest Territories - article with many great photos plus production statistics; The Scottish Borderlands; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Small name stamp inside front cover. A sound vintage copy.
Published by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. [Affiliated with Sotheby & Company, London], New York
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Dates: 1966--1970. Original dark blue paper covered boards w/ titles in gilt; volume 8 is blue cloth. Faint sunning to edges of Volume 3. Volume numbers written in ink to bottom edge of text block of all volumes, except Index volume. Lacks volumes 4 and 5. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents very nice.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M.; Carruthers, G.P.; Woodville, R. Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, F.E.; Sherie, E.F. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1916
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Gilbert, A.; Elcock, Howard; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, Arch;Buchanan, Fred; Somerfield, Thomas; Gillett, Frank; Evison, G.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 385-480 plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: In the grip of the "Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; The fatal wood - a graphic account of a dramatic episode in the great Battle of Verdun; Minnie Florea's ordeal - a hurricane swept her to sea where she, the only member of her father's party of 13 to survive, battled the storm for 24 hours; The heart of Sweden - an interesting description of rural Sweden with wonderful photos; Three men in a tree - how they survived a flood in Australia; Comedies of the war - WWI anecdotes; Sandy McLain's Log-Jam - how a young Scotsman broke up one of the biggest log-jams in the history of Minnesota; Our adventures at the Chincha Islands - a lively time picking up a load of guano; From Job to Job around the World - part VII - Alfred Fletcher describes his adventures in Constantinople, his trip through Italy and across Europe to Paris - where he was shut in Voltaire's tomb for a night!; Where Grass is King - a woman's account of her live on a homestead in a region of America where grass is used for everything - with nice photos; My Romance - how Miss L.V. Smith saved a crowded train from destruction; Photo of a six-foot shark caught in the Tigris at Baghdad Great full-page ad for the Red Cross Line. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backsrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, September 1916 in the Grip of Hip Sings Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; Th.