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335p. Numerous photographs. 12mo. Original full tan cloth binding, soiled. WWI 2
français Iin-8 carré de 90 pp.; cartonné de l'éditeur. Dessins de Jacques Arbeau. Introduction de Christine Caron.
358pp VG/G dw slightly creased at the edges and stained on the lower side rear, stamp on endpaper otherwise very good conditions. Standard reference work on swimming pools for architects, engineers and owners.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Foolscap 8vo. (16 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 64 p. F¿rst Edition. Türk yüzme tarihi. History of Turkish swimming.
Broch?. 294 pages. 22,5 x 28 cm. Rousseurs.
78 pages. Cover photo of Sue Laurence and Jackie Vargas of the Athen Water Follies, Oakland, California. Includes 1960 official synchronized swimming rules, national summaries, and list of champions. Many diagrams and great black and white photos of prize-winning swimmers. Heavy wear and soiling. Tape along spine. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this vintage work. Book
32 pages. From the Inner Ring Sports series of exciting stories as different as swimming and self-defence. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid copy in glossy illustrated boards. Book
127 pages. "Examines the benefits and enjoyment you can find when you dive into health and fitness." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy Book
Features: Kingdom in the Clouds - Kangchenjunga was once thought to be the world's highest mountain; Swimming into the Past - The St. Lawrence River as underwater playground and history teacher; Missing Angela - HIV is sweeping through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside; Wagner's Wonderland - a city-encircled wetland is a refugium for creatures great and small, and an army of volunteers is working hard to keep it that way; Remains of the Day - Giganotosaurus carolinii is the largest theropod known to science, but as a team of Argentinean and Canadian paleontologists recently discovered, in the world of dinosaurs, there's always a bigger bone to pick. Clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
78 pages. Features: cutting and polishing stones is a lot of fun; 14 ways to hunt 'worked out' areas; Coinshooting old homes; Detecting accessories improve hobby; Arkansas pearls; Digging a Minie Ball "Gloryhole"; How to find coins around old swimming holes; The mystery of the beautiful bottle; A dump by any other name; Find where the ancients wandered; Roubaix and the Uncle Sam gold mine; Coal Town - Pennsylvania. Above-average wear. Book
150 pages. A practical and easy-to-use program designed to teach both novice and competitive swimmers the most effective swimming techniques. Combines the scientific skill-learning approach to swimming developed by the renowned swimming coach, Dr. Jeno Tihanyi, with tips and personal observations from Olymbic gold medallist Alex Baumann. Generously illustrated. Minimal wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
144 pages. Bibliography. "Captures a bygone era of red-hots, Downey Flake Donuts, and rides on the magnificent merry-go-round, before small-town quaintness gave way to big city dreams." - from back cover. Archival black and white illustrations throughout. Address label atop title page else clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
121 pages. Bibliography. "In lively text and more than 250 photographs, most in color, Margolies brings to life the new style of lodging that sprung up to serve the automobile traveler, from auto camps and mom-and-pop tourist cabins early in the century to today's familiar motel chains. Along the way, he highlights many of the services and amenities - the decor, the swimming pools, the restaurants, and the pulsating signs - used to lure motorists into the nearest Kozy Kottage." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details covered by neat white address label upon front free endpaper else book and jacket clean, bright and unmarked with slightest wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy of this most wonderful and nostalgic work. Book
16 pages. Contents: Arranging Bouquets; Ladies' and Children's Bathing Suits; Autograph Seekers; Manners upon the Road - of a drop of oil; New York Fashions - fall fashions, sea-side suits, wraps, bathing suits; Personal; Carriage-leather bathing bag; pink satin, crape, and mull sachet; embroidered pen-wiper; carriage-leather bathing slippers; Swiss muslin jackets; Edith Causton's Highland Campaign; English Gossip; "Ladies' and Children's Summer Dresses" - full-page illustration; Swiss muslin and pink gros grain ribbon breakfast cap; Swiss muslin and blue ribbon breakfast cap; ladies' breakfast and dress caps; Sayings and Doings; London's Heart - continued; Silk Gauze and gros grain bow for the hair; coiffure for little girl; oiled silk bathing caps; twisted crod border for trimming dresses, skirts, etc.; Embroidered Swimming Belt; Foundation for bags, slippers, footstools, etc.; humor. Average wear. Clipping from cover page. Clipping from page 467. Book
120 pages. Contents: The Command and Control of Nuclear War, by Ashton B. Carter; Collapse and Formation of Stars, by Alan P. Boss; The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy, by Peter D. Eimas; Alzheimer's Disease, by Richard J. Wartman; Hot Nuclear Matter, by Walter Greiner and Horst Stocker; The Reliability of Computer Memories, by Robert J. McEliece; Jet-Propelled Swimming in Squids, by John M. Gosline and M. Edwin DeMont; The Crossbow, by Vernard Foley, George Palmer and Werner Soedel. Nostalgic ads for floppy disks and the IBM PC - with Charlie Chaplin look-alike, and more. Initials written atop front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this interesting and informative issue. The crossbow article is particularly interesting. Magazine
126 pages. "Recalls Scott Fitzgerald's dictum that all good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath. This deeply ironic monologue shows the heroine floundering in a patriarchal society bounded by set expectations and cliched responses." - from dust jacket. Some markings and underlining. Very light wear to book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
140 pages. Features: The homelessness problem; Undersea volcanoes; Immunotoxins; Form and function in fish swimming; Symbiotic stars; Multilingual word processing; the mathematics of three-dimensional manifolds; medieval roots of the industrial revolution; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
pp. 323, 9 [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis and title page appear to be lithographed. 28 Full page line engravings (may lack some plates?). Engraved text vignettes. Linen endpapers. Manuscript ownership of Joseph Wright July 28, 1863 incised on front paste down. All edges gold gilt. 12mo. 195 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Boards elaborately embossed with gold gilt flowers and vines. Front board and first signature detached. Spine worn with loss at tail. From the Ninth London edition. Hardbound. Binding impressive, but poor. Text very good. SCARCE. PAIMP 23
28 pages. Features: Nice photo of Iris Steeves with photo of post-war 'shortages' company ad; Two pages of photos of lovely young lady employees; One-page photo of operator and swimming star Miss Mary Baggaley; Photo of the Trail switchboard at work with related article - 18,000 calls a day; Welcoming employees back from the armed forces; Article on the supply difficulty situation (result of war); Photo of Charlie McAndrew who has installed 40,000 phones!; Article on new Air-Sea-Land phone service; Fascinating article on page 19 requests female operators - either single or widowed; In Memoriam - James H.H. Nelson and David H. Charles; Much company ocial information. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty very slightly marked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 32pp. The programme for a celebration - 'Cavalcade of Sport' - at the Theatre Royal Huddersfield of Anita Lonsbrough's Olympic Gold Medal in 1960. The programme gives her sporting history and others Olympians and similar. She won the 100 metres breast stroke at the 1960 Rome Olympics, creating a new World Record in the process. Well illustrated. Extremely scarce.
Pages 161-196 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover photo of the Eiger, where Barry Brewster lost his life, plus text and more photos; Russian dock collides with the South Goodwin lightship; Photo of Simon Paterson coming ashore after swimming the English Channel underwater in just under 14 hours; Photo of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the pro--fascist union movement, being knocked to the ground by demonstrators in Manchester on July 29; Four photos of the Queen at Plymouth and Dartmouth; Indian forces attack Chinese post in Ladakh - article with photo; Photo of Egyptian tank and Conquerer rocket; Major Michael Banks, Lieut. Hugh Wiltshire, and John Hinde successfully climb Mount McKinley; Major E. J. E. Mills and Capt. M. R. Jones are killed 5000 feet from the summit of Khingyang Chish in the Himalayas; Photo of new French bathyscaphe, L'Archimede, which successfully plunged to a depth of 31,350 feet on July 15; Photo of First Lady Mrs. Kennedy and Col. John Glenn waterskiing near Hyannis Port Massachusetts, Photo of Russian high jumper Valeriy Brumel setting world record of 7'5" at Stanford on July 22; America's Cup sailing photos, Aerial photo of devastation caused by exploding propane truck at Berlin, New York; Honolulu crash scene photo where 27 people died when a Britannia airliner crashed while landing; Photo of triple-hulled airship under construction at Trenton, New Jersey; Two photos of NASA's "Project Apollo"; Review of "Red Plush and Black Velvet", by Joseph Wechsberg - Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's queen of song; Two pages of illustrations show how the USA proposes to land two men on the moon in a few years; Two pages of photos of the new Chelsea barracks; Fantastic centrefold aerial photo of a packed Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium surrounded by many acres of cars; Four illustrations of the threatened monuments of Nubia; Photos of historic English buildings to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Aldington, Sir Burke Trend, Sir Laurence Hellsby, W. Armstrong, the Very Rev. M. M. Gibbs, Mr. C. Dearrsley, Aelred Watkin, Lord Freyberg, V. C., Major E. J. E. Mills, Capt. M. R. Jones, Mr. J. Mannings, Mr. J. T. Molony, the Duke of Norfork, The Right Honourable T. Rinfret, P. C.; Page of photos of horses and riders at the Royal International Horse Show; One-page photo of Miss Pat's Smythe riding Flanagan at the White City; Three photos of Bubbles, the 14 foot black pilot whale at Marineland, California, performing her tricks; Beautiful one-page aerial photo of the Colossus of Chiba, Kwannon, the Japanese goddess of mercy, standing 170 feet tall; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Pages 902-964 plus 10 pages of lovely nostalgic ads. Features: Illustration of Effie Dean; Heroines of Nineteenth-Century Fiction (9th paper) - Scott's Jeanie Deans and Cooper's Lack of Heroines; Friends; The Art of Swimming; Elfin Tres (Bonsai) - photo-illustrated article; Mrs. Varney's Freedom; The Wife of a Boer President - Mrs. Steyn; Babs the Impossible; Midsummer Fashions - article with many marvelous illustrations; Fashions in Little Things; For Future Use; The Palais de Costume at Paris - article with four marvelous photos; Cut Paper Patterns; The International Council of Women - its secret sessions in Paris - article with photos of Mrs. May Wright Sewall and The Countess of Aberdeen; Mrs. William McKinley and Mrs. William J. Bryan - article with photos of each lady; A Boat Song; Summer Gayeties in Paris; Recipes for Warm Days; Editorial Comment; In Jocund Vein; and more. Detached front cover is chipped and repaired with tape. Back cover missing. Few library markings. Average wear. A worthy copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice Orient & Pacific (Cruise) Lines ad inside front cover shows one of their boats at see with guests swimming and playing sports on deck; Nice colour Oldsmobile ad; Inflation can kill our nation; The two ordeals of Kikik - an Eskimo is forced to kill a man and then survive a frigid ordeal to try to save five children, only to be charged for murder by the white man's law - article with many photos; Can you loaf your way to a better figure?; How to Endure a Father (Robert Thomas Allen); Flora Lewis kept house behind the iron curtain - article with photos; The gay and gusty world of the college press - article with photos; Excellent centerfold ad for the new Ford Galaxie - wedding theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Undated. Appears to be circa 1942 as ad atop page 4 indicates a printing date during WWII. Offers recipes for: Soups; Meats, Fish & Supper Dishes; Salads and Dressings; Quick Breads; Pies and Tarts; Puddings and Desserts; Cakes and Icings; Small Cakes and Cookies; Pickles and Preserves; Beerages; and Candy. Blue card covers. Vintage Neilson's Cocoa ad on back cover. Interesting ad for Camp Tapawingo inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Nibbling to top corner of all covers and pages. Tanning to contents. A worthy copy of this uncommon work. (Driver 099.1) Book
Features: Behind the scenes of news gathering - a co-operative, non-profit organization aids in disseminating accurately the news of the world (the Associated Press); Editorials - cause or effect of war? - fundamentals of education - "Rolling down to Rio" by airplane - drug control; More hard luck for the ether - a funal blow is dealt to the ether theory by experiments performed with a highly refined interferometer; Tungsten bows to the plating bath - this important metal can now be deposited electrolytically; The sun an atom builder - a new theory - an attempt to explain where the sun gets the energy which it radiates; Wings over three Americas - safety and comfort for passengers are the aims of international airways; Science lends a hand to the Red Cross; New paints from synthetic resins; Are swimming pools a health menace?; Some important exhibitions in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; A solar observatory for the amateur - how to build simple equipment for solare research work; Cotton stalks - a new source of rayon; Celluloid taxidermy; Taming Silicosis; Combating magnetism in watches - Elinvar makes possible non-magnetic watch parts; When a sunbeam splits - an elementary principle of physics and an unusual analogy; The private car, yacht of the rails - the utmost in luxury that can be built within the limitiations of a railroad car. Two creases to front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book