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The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, August 1919, No. 256, Vol. XLIII - The Theft of the Zuni God / Flying in Central Africa / Our LIfe at Holzminden

By: 'Woodpecker'; Rose, Frank; Heald, T.; Webster, F.; Martyn, F.; randall, S.; Somerset-Lister, H.; Thomason, H.; Evans, E.; Et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: New York, The International News Company : 1919

Seller ID: 123h0764

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventure...
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Vantine's - The Oriental Store, 1918 Catalog (Catalogue)

By: A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New York, A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc. : 1918

Seller ID: 349h0641

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Exquisite vintage 1918 catalog for Vantine's, a "veritable Mecca of objects of art and utility, centrally located on Fifth Avenue... The recognized headquarters in this country for the best that the Orient produces." - from back cover. 24 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Presents women's hats, blouses, nightgowns, kimonos, robes, hosiery, slippers, purses, handbags, jewelry, toiletries, silks, men's ties and shirts, and knitting tools. Blank order form laid-in. Color illustration and photos on covers. Extensively illustrated, including several black and white photos. Unmarked with mode...
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To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense

By: Alford, William P.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: USA, Stanford University Press : 1995

Seller ID: 103a4616

ISBN-13: 9780804722704

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

222 pages. Index. Bibliography. Extensive footnotes. Intellectual property law in Chinese civilization. Occasional marginalia throughout text. Moderate wear. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Intellectual property law in Chinese civilization. China Laws Legal Plagiarism History
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The Canadian Magazine, July 5, 1975 - Norman Bethune Cover Illustration

By: Allan, Ted; Cobb, David; Gormely, Sheila; Grescoe, Paul; Benoit, Jehane;

Price: $195.00

Publisher: Toronto, Southstar : 1975

Seller ID: 316g2183

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

28 pages. Features: Norman Bethune - The Sinner Who Became a Saint - article with many illustration in colour and black and white; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Benson & Hedges cigarettes features fishermen holding their catch; Plain Jayne - Actress Jayne Eastwood - with great full-page colour photo; Scotiabank centerfold ad; Joseph Sedgwick - Master of Advocacy - article with full-page colour-photo portrait of this great Canadian lawyer; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Crown brand corn syrup; The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Mailman - How Ottawa cut Tom Howard's Olympic Chances in...
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Neolithic Cattle-Keepers of South India - A Study of the Deccan Ashmounds

By: Allchin, F.R.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: UK, Cambridge at the University Press : 1963

Seller ID: 871g4028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

189 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and black and white photographic plates. Black and white diagrams in text. Fold-out diagram. "A book about cow dung, or rather the ash of cow-dung. As a serious inquiry it might be said to have arisen from a mining engineer's incredulity that anyone could have brought together such a monstrous collection of cow-dung 'cakes'." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Outwardly handsome and unmarked. Usual internal library markings. Binding sound. A quality copy.
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Where Life and Death Hold Hands

By: Allister, William

Price: $79.95

Publisher: Canada, Stoddart : 1989

Seller ID: 553h1333

ISBN-13: 9780773722682

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

245 pages. Black and white illustrations. "On Christmas Day 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese. William Allister, a young Canadian, was one of 10,000 prisoners captures that day... Like many who suffered in the camps, he returned home a troubled man. For the next forty years he would try to piece his life together, knowing one day he needed to return to Camp 3D in Kawasaki, Japan, to reclaim, resolve and understand." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Moderate tanning to contents. Binding tight. A sound copy.
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, September (Sept.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 329 - A Woman in Unknown Morocco

By: Anstruther, Charles; Lugrin, N. De Bertrand; McMillan, R.D.S.; Richards, H.G.; Brennan, W.; Stuart, J.K.; Cook, O.; Harries, C.L.; Stuart, F.S.; Taylor, M.M.; Charnley, W.; McMahon, R.; Hayter, C.N.C.; Dickie, F.

Price: $299.95

Publisher: London, George Newnes, Ltd. : 1925

Seller ID: 123g4372

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atla...
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Crossing Cultures

By: Anton, Karen Hill

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Tokyo, Japan, The Japan Times, Ltd. : 1994

Seller ID: 528a5735

ISBN-13: 9784789007115

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

159 pages. Author is a Black American, born in New York City, who has lived in Japan since 1975. Her bimonthly "Crossing Cultures" column was a popular feature of the Japan Times. This publication is a compilation of 65 of those columns. "Not a few times, I have been asked if this or that 'really' happened, if someone 'really said that.' Though I admit I write fiction, I do not write it for the Japan Times." - from Introduction. In fine condition but for moderate spine lean. Unmarked. Very light wear. Bright colour-illustrated glossy covers. "Maybe it is the sense that you love Japa...
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Japonica

By: Arnold, Sir Edwin M.A. K.C.I.E. C.S.I.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1891

Seller ID: 528j0176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

"As I am quitting Japan a communication arrives from the conductors of 'Scribner's Magazine,' intimating their desire to reprint the articles entitled 'Japonica' in book form and inviting me to prefix a few words by way of introduction. The invitation is welcome because it enables me to say, in bidding farewell to fair and friendly Japan, how much I desire to emphasize all the favorable things I have written about the land and people, and how deeply grateful I feel to the innumerable Japanese friends, of all sorts and conditions, who have conspired to render my year's sojourn among them one o...
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster - Elegantly-Dressed Young Lady

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $149.95

Publisher: China, Publisher Unknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3220

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features elegantly-dressed young lady with hair tied back. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster - Features Elegant Lady in Blue Dress Seated on Bench

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $250.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3228

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in elegant long light-blue dress seated on bench with floral backdrop. Illustration at bottom suggests this is an ad for a high-quality fabric brand. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Last few inches of lower right corner detached from metal strip. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster Featuring Seductive Lady in Low-cut Dress with Fan

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $295.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3223

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features tempting young beauty in elegant low-cut black dress and pearls holding fan. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster Featuring Two Young Lovelies Playing Mini-Golf

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $195.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3224

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features two charming young ladies in elegant long silk dresses playing mini-golf. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster Featuring Young Lovely on Bicycle

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $250.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3225

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the iconic pre-WWII original. Features comely young lady on bicycle wearing shorts, heels, and an open top revealing a tantalizing glimpse of her right breast. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster For Kwong Sang Hong, Ltd. (Hong Kong) Toiletries for Women

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $295.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3222

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features two lovely young ladies in long cream floral-illustrated dresses surrounded by flowers and illustrations of the company's many products. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster for Polytanin Bottled Health Tonic

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $395.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Unknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3219

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features gorgeous smiling young lady in sleeveless red and white patterned dress seated at what appears to be a trendy restaurant table with white floral bouquet in background. Illustration of brown glass bottle of Polytanin in lower left corner. Polytanin, exported from Japan, was a 'eutrophic of amino acids'. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A very attractive memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Advertising Poster for the Personal Soaps of Wm. Gossage & Sons (China) Ltd.

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $295.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Unknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3218

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features elegant young lady in long blue and white dress with parrot and flowers in background. Illustrations of bars of primrose and honey soaps at bottom. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Cigarette Advertising Poster Featuring Attractive Young Lady and the Fiddle, 5 (Five) Bats and Good Crop Cigarette Brands

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $250.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3226

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in long red and white dress seated in what appears to be an elegant restaurant. Illustrations of cigarette packs across the bottom include the Fiddle, 5 Bats and Good Crop brands. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Cigarette Advertising Poster Featuring Young Lovely and the Gold Bar and Hatamen Cigarette Brands

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $250.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Uknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3221

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in long red floral print dress with white fur around her neck. Illustrations of Gold Bar and Hateman cigarette boxes along bottom edge. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Chinese / Shanghai Replica Red Lion Cigarette Advertising Poster Featuring Young Lovely in Blue Dress on Bench

By: Artist Unknown

Price: $295.00

Publisher: China, Publisher Unknown : 1975

Seller ID: 669h3217

Binding: Loose Leaf

Condition: Very Good

Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features lovely young lady in long blue and white patterned dress and tan coat legs crossed on bench amidst attractive flowers and tree. Illustration of Red Lion cigarette pack in lower left corner. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.
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Category: Asia