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Antiques [Magazine], January [Jan.] 1964, Vol. LXXXV, No. 1: Residence of H. Rodney Sharp / 18th Century Porcelain in Seattle
Hyde, J.A. Lloyd; Watkins, C. Malcolm; Buhler, Kathryn; Joy, E.T.; Comstock, Helen; Ripley, S. Dillon; Iverson, Marion Day; Gaines, Edith; Davidson, Rith
Published by Straight Enterprises, USA 1964
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Living with antiques - The Hacienda, Florida residence of H. Rodney Sharp; Eighteenth-century porcelain in Seattle; Smithsonian prev…iew; The Nine Colonial Sugar Boxes; English Furniture Exports to America 1697-1830; Marine paintings by Two Buttersworths - James E. and Thomas; An American triangular turned Chair?; The Bed Rug in Colonial America; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. 134 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, January [Jan.] 1915, Vol. 34, No. 201: Experiences in Keewatin
Garkin, Dmitri; Woodroffe, J. Froude; Patterson, Walter G.; Browne, J.E.; Godsell, P.H.; Prichard, Katharine; Comstock, Edith I.; Et al
Published by The International New Company, New York 1915
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voya…ge down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Roger, Biron; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, A.; Gordon, Alexandre; Hunter, Leslie; et al (illustrator).
