Ralph H Carruthers (6 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Staple bound Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 63pp illustrated stapled card covers, disbound, covers rubbed with short tears, good with annotated bibliography to 1935.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Staple bound 8vo. in printed wrappers. 63 pp. with extensive bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs exhibiting various types of insect damage to books and the insects that make it. Monograph on the dangers of what are generally referred to as "bookworms", the insects that cause damage to bindings and text pages. These include the book louse, the silver-fish, cockroaches, the "drugstore beetle", white marked spider beetle, larder beetle, Mexican book beetle, moths, termites, white ants, etc. Each section describes the pests, their unusual habitats, what they feed on, and how to control or destroy them. Very good, wrapper edges toned and with a small edge chip.…

stiff paper wrappers. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Frontispiece; 63 pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin, second printing. Illustrated. Includes a bibliography of 493 books and pamphlets on the subject. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Large 8vo, Hardback. Kings College London ex Library Copy rebound with Original Card Covers bound in Rear. 63 Pages. Illustrations. Library Plate to Rear Front Board and Stamp to Rear of Title Page. Few Light Marks to Cloth. Overall A Very Good Copy. Extra postage costs may apply to overseas orders. All books posted in sturdy book box.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV, No. 259 - Relief Worker's Adventures Kabakon Island Copra The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch.; Thomas, E.H.;Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom; Leete, Alfred; Carruthers, G.P.; Robinson,T.H.; Soper, G.; Evison, G.H.; Cleaver, Ralph; (illustrator).…