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1st in this edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/G (frayed, loss to the head of the spine). Translated by Mrs Wilfrid Jackson with an introduction by A.J. Hoppe. (Everyman's Library ; 967). 21182. eng
4to., First Edition, with mounted plates toned in sepia; red cloth, upper board framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, covers unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Book and jacket in as new condition. 176pp. Catalogue of National Portrait Gallery Exhibition of E O Hoppe, one of the most important photographers of the first half of the 20th century. Featuring the images of many celebrities as well as many others. His work was in black & white and this study mainly consists of full-page photographs with the name of the subject beneath plus a concise biography of the German photographer.
26 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Inland Focus; What Should Chicago Do About High-rise Fires?; Nature at Home in Springfield - Ralph C. Haun's home; Carl Condit Diagnoses the City of Disaster; Thinking Tall - Peter Pran and his students think big - his student, Charles Leyster, proposes a 200-story 'city within a city; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Nice color ad inside front cover for Nash cars features a picnic scene; One-page Plymouth car ad; Igor Stravinsky marries Vera Sudeikina; Gracie Fields marries Monty Banks; Obituaries for Blanca Errazuriz de Santacruz, Col. Frank White, Sir Patrick Playfair Laidlaw and Sir John Harry Lee Fagge; Charming one-page photo ad for H.J. Heinz features Rene Black of the Waldorf-Astoria, and Crosby Gaige, Chairman of the Wine and Food Society; Murder for sale in Brooklyn; Article and photos on France's new war Premier, Paul Reynaud; War by Moonlight; Gandhi's Victory; Great color one-page Firestone "Champions" ad features color illustration of five racers who won on Firestone Tires - Louis Unser, Mauri Rose, Ab Jenkins, Wilbur Shaw, and Roscoe Turner; Nice one-page color ad promotes the new Golden Gate International Exposition; Finns withdraw before Reds - Swede concern grows; Search for Dr. Hjalmar Schacht aboard Italian liner Conte di Savoia at Gibraltar; The military significance of crisscrossing the North Sea with Air Raids; The Effect of Air Raids on future sea strategy; James R. Young convicted in Tokyo civil court; Vast British evacuation is altering class barriers; Photo of Maj. Armstrong - FM inventor; Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn arrives in New York to a hearty welcome; Classy one-page color ad for the major US airlines features Mr. & Mrs. Lang Wharton, Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Thomas and Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Howard; Nice one-page two-color ad for Texaco gas dealers features fire trucks; Billiard player Willie Hoppe; All-American rookie Lou Mandel of the St. Louis Cardinals; Centenary of dentistry; Student Joan Lawrence sues to avoid using shower room at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra; Frank Davenport Duncan Jr. paints his way in college; Photos of Frank W. Andrew of Palmyra, Ill who watches his tractor work in circles by itself; Chairman of the SEC - Jerome N. Frank; Lord Calvert Whiskey color ad inside back cover features $75k Hawthorn Vase; Back cover color ad for Grace Line South American Cruises features couple preparing for fancy dress party; And much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: 1941 Ford car ad inside front cover shows food market scene and mentions their amazing Rouge Plant; Jones & Laughlin Steel ad; Douglas Aircraft ad presents the world's largest bomber, the B-19; Nice one-page two color ad promotes the February 22, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, including photo of Leta Cromwell who purchased a large island in the Bahamas; Brief obituaries for Donna Damerel, Swagar Sherley and Lady Chamberlain; War among Republicans over Willkie's Stand; Great one-page two-color ad for New International Trucks features a yellow and grey model; Lend-Lease Debate; Everett Scott's dog dies after he is called to the Army; Hitler Corrals Balkan States; Nice one-page color-photo ad for American Cyanamid features black lady picking cotton; Lots of war news; Fantastic one-page color Cadillac ad with large image of front grill; Edwin Ezell Orbison of Sacramento killed in action; Nice one-page ad for Vultee Aircraft, Inc.; America's Machine-Tool Industry; Nice Buick ad features the Special 4-dr Sedan, Model 47; Fantastic Oldsmobile color-photo ad features lady driving car with Hydra-Matic Drive - no clutch!; Nice color ad for Calvert Whiskey features the Cinnamon Bear; Great coverage of the construction of Fort Leonard Wood in the Ozarks - with photos; The Snuff business - with photos of how to sneeze or daub it (gross); Photo of Date Queen, Jacqueline Lambert; Nice one-page Pullman ad shows businessman waking up in his spacious bed aboard a train; Billiard Wizard Willie Hoppe; Nice photo ad for Briggs pipe tobacco shows grandchild asleep in Grandpa's lap; "Belgium has a worm interest in Negroes"; Photo of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick; Very attractive color-photo ad for Monsanto Plastics inside back cover promotes their Opalon plastic and a bright red radio made of the material; and much more. Average wear and external soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
94 pages Features: My Friend Ethel Barrymore; Trouble is My Middle Name - Rocky Graziano Story (part 3 of 3); Why You Haven't got a House; Thrill Pills Can Ruin You - Barbituates; The Strange Case of the Dionne Quints - article with great photos of the 15-year-old girls; Fox of the Indies - Matthew Fox on the prowl in Indonesia. Fiction: The Lollipop Tree; Arabella and the Susquehanna; A Wife Walks Out; For Every Man There's a Woman; The Rain Maker; Pride's Castle (part 6 of 8). Includes these ads: a great colour one-page ad for Zenith radios, Packard cars, RCA Victor radios, Ford cars, Oldsmobile cars, Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page color photo ad featuring Lou Boudreau, Ben Hogan, Joe Di Maggio, Jack Kramer and Frankie Albert, Hudson cars, Santa Fe Railroad, The Douglas Super DC-3, Monarch Coffee, and a back cover colour photo ad for Camel cigarettes featuring pool players Willie Mosconi and Willie Hoppe. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
