Heilner v c (4 résultats)

Etat : Good+; faded spine, no dj. Cloth; 178p, 19 color plates by Lynn Hunt; 1st Ed.

629HEILNER V.C. 1939 A BOOK ON DUCK SHOOTING. 540PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER NO DUST JACKET ISSUED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. SECOND PRINTING. (BIRD-37).

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Fair. First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Tennant, Dudley; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. First Edition: Limited to 950 copies. Quarto hardcover, gilted design on front cover and gilt on spine, very tight spine/binding, pages bright and unsullied, deckle-edged, top edge gilt, faint sunning strip on endpaper, Many unopened pages (never read) else FINE in Scarce dustwrapper which has done its job but at some cost, intact, bright, while the attached picture shows a stain on DJ it is the image of the photographer, VG- and now in clear mylar Brodart type of clear mylar jacket to protect this treasure for 100 more years. A beauty, illustrated thruout. Ernest Hemingway has a strong presence with "Marlon off Cuba" story. ; 4to.…