George T Spence (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 42 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.11 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Information Today / Scarecrow Press, 2005; no additional printings indicated; iv, 250pp. Signed and inscribed by co-editor/contributor Ben-Ami Lipetz. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of pictorial boards, a few surface scratches on rear board; text very good. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Signed by Editor.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A double sheet print, image area approx. 28 x 38 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, November 1928, Komodo, Butirski, Caucasus British Military Agency, Cheka, Tcheka, Butirski Prison, Julius Weinberg, Trotsky, Djerjinski, Bolshevik Financier, Bill Carlisle - Train Robber, Bill Carlisle, train robbers, In Quest of the. Illustrated by Sutcliffe, Norman; Lance; Sindall, A.W.; Holloway, Cyril;Prater, Ernest; Spence, Percy; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Inns,Kenneth; Seper, George (illustrator).…