HEYERDAHL THOR: (1914-2002) HEYERDAHL THOR: (1914-2002) Norwegian adventurer and…

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HEYERDAHL THOR: (1914-2002)

HEYERDAHL THOR: (1914-2002) Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer, famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Heyerdahl standing outdoors in a half-length pose with his arms folded. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. EX

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HEYERDAHL THOR: (1914-2002)

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AEROPHILATELIE - PREMIER VOYAGE CIRCULAIRE EUROPE / TROIS AMERIQUES du GRAF ZEPPELIN "HINDENBURG" LZ 129 () Return stopover June 5, 1930 from SEVILLE Spain to FRIEDRICHSCHAFEN, its base in Germany. Postcard, franked with 3 stamps bearing the effigy of King Alfonso XIII, dispatched from the Siemens branch in Seville. Seville flame cancel - date stamp June 5, 1930. Carries 2 commemorative flight stamps: large purple diamond-shaped cachet (90mm) "ROUND FLIGHT EUROPE PAN-AMERICA" with flight route map and flight cachet and flight-specific cachet Seville/Germany in red - 2018 transported folds - Muller 43 LZ 129 - passenger zeppelin (50 to 72) with 61 crew. First flight March 4, 1936, destroyed May 6, 1937. Length 246 meters, diameter 41 meters - cruising speed 85 km/h - the largest airship ever built. Most famous for its demise, an event that received worldwide media coverage and put an end to the adventure of transatlantic airship transport: spectacular fire on landing at Lahehurst /NJ, USA, rapidly fuelled by hydrogen, resulting in the deaths of 35 people on board and one on the ground.

Basquiat - Thor

Estim. 120 - 300 EUR

Reunion of 4 19th century works on curious Paris, in 5 bound volumes: 1. TOURNEUX (Maurice): Paris in the 18th century. Les promenades à la mode. Etching by Ad. Lalauze. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1888. One volume. 10.5 by 17.5 cm. 1 engraved frontispiece-(4)-XV-(1)-112-(3) pages. Contemporary glaucous half-maroquin (it's a color) with corners, ornate ribbed spine, cover boards preserved, gilt head. Binding signed Pierson. "Printed in a very small number. Collective edition of light pieces relating to Parisian mores in the 18th century. 2. BRAZIER (Nicolas): Histoire des petits théâtres de Paris depuis leur origine. Nouvelle édition, corrigée et augmentée de plusieurs chroniques. Paris, Allardin, 1838, 2 volumes in 1 volume. 8.5 by 14.2 cm. XVI-303-(1); (4)-264 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane. Some rubbing, scattered foxing. Pp. [247] to 264 of vol. 2: Catalogue of plays performed by Brazier in Paris, from 1803 to 1838, with the names of his collaborators. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1837). Laporte, Biblio. contemporaine II-6. "2nd edition more sought-after than the 1st, it is augmented by some rather naughty adventures." (Laporte). 3. PRIVAT D'ANGLEMONT (Alexandre): 1) Paris anecdote. Paris, A. Delahays, s.d., 243 pp. ; 2) Paris inconnu. Preceded by a study of his life by M. Alfred Delvau. Paris, Adolphe Delahays,1875, (4)-315 pp. + 1 portrait h.t. ; 2 works in 1 volume. 12 by 15.5 cm. Contemporary light blue half-percaline with corners, cover boards preserved for the second volume. Very good condition for both volumes. Privat d'Anglemont, a Bohemian journalist, "devoted many articles to the Paris of small trades and rare industries [...], which appeared in newspapers, particularly Le Siècle, and were collected in two volumes: Paris anecdote (1854) and Paris inconnu (1861) [...]. Privat d'Anglemont explored Paris by night with the same spirit of adventure, the same appetite for discovery that one might feel for more distant lands." (Jean-Pierre A. Bernard, Les deux Paris, les représentations de Paris dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, pp. 200-201). 4. VEUILLOT (Louis): Les odeurs de Paris. Paris, Palmé, 1867. One volume. 13.5 by 22.5 cm. in-8 of XVI-498 pp. + 1 f. n.ch. (prospectus for 2 books). Contemporary brown half-chagrin, 5-rib spine. Very minor rubbing, some discreet foxing. First edition. P. Lacombe, no. 1144; Van Tieghem, p. 4071. "Genuine first edition (and only edition in this format) of this famous work which, as we still remember, caused such a stir in Paris when it first appeared. The first two books, devoted to the press, and the third, devoted to Parisian entertainment (theaters, cafés-concerts, etc.), provoked the strongest complaints in the world and in the newspapers because of the violence they contained [...]. Louis Veuillot often painted his characters under assumed names. We find Passionnard d'Auvergne (Jules Vallès), Eliassin Lupus (Albert Wolff), Amanda Pigeonnier (Marie Colombier), Passe-Partout (Adrien Marx), Lilia (George Sand) [...]." A compendium of erudite, reactionary nastiness...

Estim. 70 - 100 EUR

EDITIONS LUG. SPIDERMAN and miscellaneous. Set of periodicals including: Spidey in color. Ed Lug. Fair to good condition, issues: 1 / 3 / 4 / 51 / 52 / 66 / 67 / 68 / 70 / 71 / 72 / 73 / 77. A total of 14 issues. + Magazines "Une aventure de l'araignée" issues: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4/ 7 / 8 / 9 / 18 / 20 / 22 / 23 / 24 (fair to good condition) + Ombrax Saga n° 244 / 245 / 247 / 248 / 253 + Collection "Lug presents a complete Marvel story" issues: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 9 / 11 and "Iceberg". + A set of twelve Aredit albums devoted to Thor and various Aredit publications. + An X men adventure 1 kazat (average condition, booklet detached) + Strange monthly n°7 as is.

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