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Edité par Offices of the Sanitary Institute, London, 1886
Vendeur : Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Livre Edition originale
Decorative Silk. Etat : Very Good. Illustrated (illustrateur). First Edition. First edition. 8vo. Decorative brown silk binding, stamped in blind. 460 pp. + 10 pp. advertisements, 2 folding charts, 6 pp black and white plates, index. The book contains 22 papers on sanitary reform, sanitation, water supply, sewerage and water borne diseases. Of the larger papers is one detailing the water supply of Ancient Roman Towns, Infantile Diarrhoea, Circiular Hospital Waters, and Danger to Health from Burial in Imperishable Coffins. The late Victorian age represents the pinnacle of water and sewerage provision, when most cities were being dug up for the installation of pipes and sewers. Important primary source material on the period. Front hinge cracked, a few scuffs to boards, very good.
Edité par The International News Company, New York, 1929
Vendeur : RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membre d'association : IOBA
Livre Edition originale
Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Fair. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Caney, C.E.; Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Soper Geo.; Goss, G.W.; Thompson, Kenneth; Peddie, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Gale, W.J. (illustrateur). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.