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Unpaginated. Based upon the Walt Disney motion picture "The Sword in the Stone." Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
Features: Killer Whale in the Net - Alaskan Diver Virgil Burford tells his tale; Take off to Trouble - Blizzard forces a crash landing in Greenland for Gerald Abrahams; Night Duel with a Bear - Young men out for fun on the Queen Charlotte Islands have a near-tragic experience; How I became a White Fulani Warrior; Toopua - I Know An Island - Part I; Soldiers of the Sky - Paratrooper John Seymour Townsend; Hekla - Gateway to Hell (the worst volcano in the world); The Night it Rained - a Northern Quebec Adventure by Ronald H. More; The Belles of Mbowe; Ask the Man Who Owns One - a story about dogs by Lt.-Col. T.A. Lowe; Little Sir Echo - Bats; Ham-Handed Hero - Harry Higgs; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
Features: Bare Hands & Fury - Man Against Cougar on Vancouver Island; Sportsmen's Shows in Toronto and Montreal; It's March - Be Kind; .22 Semi-Automatic; The English Setter; J.B. Crucq's Target of the Year; Nice ad on back cover announces winners in the Third Annual Thomas Adams Ontario Deer Hunting Competition; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Arizona's Last Lynching; Olive Oatman, Mojave Captive; The West's Greatest Marksman; Disaster on the Yukon; Ouray - the Arrow; Duel at Dawn; When death Came to Savory Island; Fort Union; The Trimmers of Genoa; Old and Abandoned Mines in the Great Southwest; Gunfighter - Part 2; Dat-so-la-lee - queen of the basketmakers; Gems of Frontier Humor. Magazine
In 8, pp. 35 + (1). Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca. Ed. orig. di questo pamphlet contro il duello: 'En 1836, le colonel baron de Perron fait publier dans une brochure le texte d?une Pe'tition contre le duel adresse'e a' la chambre des de'pute's. Voulant expliquer la persistance d?une coutume qu?il juge anachronique, il y affirme que c?est l?imitation des usages de l?ancienne noblesse qui a ramene' peu a' peu le duel dans les classes qui ont remplace' celle-ci et qui ont surgi de l?arme'e, du barreau, des arts et du commerce. Cette opinion sera souvent reprise...'. Francois Guillet, La tyrannie de l'honneur. Les usage du duel sans la France du oremier XIXe siecle' in 'Revue historique', 4, 2006.
279 pages. Index. black and white illustrations. Bookplate signed by author affixed to front free endpaper. "Few men have played as many roles in this colourful pageant of changing times as John D. Nicholson, whose life story is told in this book. Few have had the opportunity to serve in so many ways in the exciting, hazardous and inspiring task of founding this last great homeland as this vigorous character with whose name and life are linked so many of the incidents which make up such a large part of the traditions and history of our Canadian West." - from Preface. Prior owner's details lightly pencilled upon half title page. Above-average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Book
Contents: Color ad for GM's Electro-Motive Division; Color ad for the new Pontiac (car); Color Kuppenheimer clothing ad; Moscow-London duel attests problems of Truman and Attlee in shaping policy on atomic bomb; Nice color military-themed Coke ad (in Leyte, Philippines); Nice color Camel cigarette ad; Stalin rumors kindled by failure to show up for Red celebrations; photo of tubby Col. Esao Tokunaga who abused Allied prisoners in Hong Kong; Evidence of Japanese war crimes in the Philippines; Blood over Manchuria; The idle GI and liberated France are mighty tired of each other; Dee Balla - Sweetheart of the Marines; Color ad for Pullman-Standard; Great color centerfold ad for the new 1946 Chevrolet; Two photos of a German weapon, the "Viper", a rocket-powered, piloted midget plane which was to be aimed at enemy bombers at 620 mph - the pilot would bail out pre-impact; Canada's arctic exercise Musk Ox; Lewis-Murray feud blurs start of labor-management meeting; Clarence Birdseye now holds 300 patents - his latest invention is a quick-dehydration method; nice color White truck ad; Edgar Bergen marries Frances Westerman; Prokofieff's voice is cosmopolitan - his theme is the spirit of Russia; Photo of German POWs at Fort Custer, Michigan; color ad for Philip Morris & Co. - Bond Street and Revelation; William Keighley; It's Pepsi's Money - Portrait of America Exhibition at Rockefeller Center; Color ad for Scheaffer's pens inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Nice color Bermuda tourism ad inside front cover features golf scene with young black caddy; Nice one-page photo ad for Plymouth cars; 1/3-page ad for United Air Lines with photos; Mercury 8 one-page illustrated car ad; Lawrence Olivier and Jill Esmond divorce; Orson Welles and Virginia Nicolson divorce; Novelist Adela Rogers St. Johns is jailed; Brief obituary for Dr. George De Bothezat, builder of the first successful helicopter; Nice one-page photo ad for Dodge cars; The work of Martin Dies; Rev. Charles Coughlin under attack by the Jewish People's Committee; Census Revolt; Photo of tent city build for Californai Okies; Punxsutawney, PA groundhog predicts weather; The Convoy System - Britain depends on it; A look at the Finnish situation; Poultney Bigelow reveals ex-Kaiser Wilhelm wants the Nazis to turn on the Bolsheviks; Swedish volunteers help Finns resist Russia; Bombers supplanting U-Boats and Mines in Blockade Duel; Eddie Arcaro Rides Winners; Photo of basketball being played on skaes!; "Grapes of Wrath" hits movie screen as powerful social drama - with photo of Henry Fonda and his movie parents; Nice one-page color ad for the Good Year Double Eagle Air Wheel (tire); James Jefferson Davis Hall is the Bishop of Wall St.; Photo and write-up on the Air Corps' new 400 mph Airacobra; Nice 2/3-page two-color ad for Beech-Nut Gum features young lady reading mystery book; Neutrality Dodge - photo of big Lockheed bomber, destined for Allied war service, crossing the North Dakota/Canada border behind a team of horses; Big Pepsi-Cola skywriting contract; Nice color-photo ad for Four Roses Whiskey on back cover; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Bold and dramatic Canadian Red Cross ad inside front cover shows nurse with outstretched arms pleading for help in a war-torn world; Why German Surrender Must Be Unconditional; Editorial on tax inequities between private businesses and co-operatives, mutual insurance organizations and government-owned businesses; Generalship with Genius - photo-illustrated article on Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander; A River Fights the War - photo-illustrated article on the St. Maurice River and the major industries it supports; Sky Duel (short story); The Sheriff Says "No" (short story); East Wind (short story); The Fleet is the Town - great photo-illustrated article on H.M.C.S. "Cornwallis" in Nova Scotia; Cocooney Kelly (short story); The Canadian Red Cross in Scotland - article with photos including N/S Barbara Stanton of Port Stanton, Ontario, Gunner Robert Lattman of Prince George, B.C., and seven Canadian Nursing Sisters working at the Canadian Orthopaedic Unit at Hairmyers Hospital, East Kilbride, Scotland; One-page ad for Heinz soups features illustration of lady swooning over the taste; Great one-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Tpr. K. Kosak of Mundare, Alberta with Dutch lady in traditional garb; Mend Your Manners; Woodbury soap ad features photos of newlyweds Elizabeth Strong of Montreal and Flying Officer Leonard Barrett, of the Royal Australian Air Force; Photo of Bonita Granville in Arrid ad; Photo of Lucille Ball in Jergens Lotion ad; Easter Fare on the Kitchen Front; Chase & Sanborn ad features colour Charlie McCarthy comic; Great one-page wartime Canada Post Office ad includes photo of troops overseas receiving mail and instructions how to address letters "to face the rigors of war'; Fashion article and illustrations; Colour ad for Singer sewing machines; World Sayings; Proud Ford ad inside back cover entitled "These 700" explains how they stopped making civilian vehicles on March 31, 1942 but are now resuming civilian production - and all 700 of their dealers remain!; Colour back cover ad for Marboleum floors; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
cm. 17 x 24, 104 pp. con 37 figg. Olschki, Leo S. - Cataloghi della libreria antiquaria 146 gr. 104 p.
88 pages. Features: Fantastic fold-out two-panel colour cover photo of the four Richardsons of Regina who are world curling champions; Brief article on how Nanaimo Realty paid its realtors to lose weight - and sales increased!; Nice one-page black and white Volkswagen photo ad entitled "Who backs up the Volkswagen?"; Nice one-page colour photo ad for Florida orange juice shows smiling girl wearing white ear muffs; What Winter Does to Canada - and vice versa; What to wear to a Fashion Opening - photo-illustrated article; Duel in the Kitchen (fiction); The Return of the Winter Carnivals; The Simple Joys of Camping in a Snowdrift; Hockey Isn't As Rough as it Used to Be - Part 1 of Jack Adams' "My 43 Years in Hockey" - photo-illustrated article (with large photo of Howie Meeker pounding a limp Canadien); The Second Splendid Discovery of Spices; How to Gain Entree to the Social Pages; Canada's world champions of Curling - Ernie Richardson and the Richardsons of Regina; Population Explosion on the Ski Slopes; Skier's Dream - two-page colour-photo-illustrated brief article with two maps describe how Franz Wilhelmsen and the Garibaldi Olympic Committee seek to have the massive potential of Whistler Mountain developed for the Winter Olympics of 1968; Best and Worst Movies of 1960; Escape to the Sun - Robert Thomas Allen's road trip from California to Florida; Seagrams ad features colour painting of winter carnival by Henry Simpkins; Large colour ad for Apollo Beach waterfront real estate development near Tampa; Canadian Club colour-photo one-page ad features Walter Gonnason falling into an ice crevasse on Mount Victoria Glacier in Alberta; Why color TV isn't here yet - and when it may be; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features skating couple; and more. Discrete six-inch clear archival tape repair to bottom left corner of front cover, otherwise unmmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Edition originale d'un ouvrage classique réputé pour son iconographie.
v + ix + 261pp. illustré de vignettes dans le texte + ca. 40 planches hors-texte (portraits de tireurs), la page de titre et le frontispice semblent à manquer, 26cm., brochure originale illustrée tachée, imprimé sur papier de luxe (probablement sur papier de Hollande), texte et intérieur en bon état, G94047
Présentation des escrimeurs parisiens, classés par salles, et de professeurs de petites salles, par Albert de SAINT-ALBIN, vaudevilliste, rédacteur en chef du "Jockey", rédacteur au Figaro et chroniqueur sportif sous le pseudonyme de Robert Milton (1843-1901); avec 20 portraits d'escrimeurs hors texte gravés sur cuivre par Charles COURTRY; index. Tirage à 550 exemplaires: 1 des 500 sur Van Gelder Zonen, justifié n°408 (après 20 sur chine et 30 sur Whatman), relié. Français
français Imprimé le 15 nov. 1881. In-8 de XXXII-167-(2) pp.; broché, couverture rempliée illustrée en couleurs par Le Natur et A. Ferdinandus. Préface par Aurélien Scholl. Frontispice et 2 planches à l'eau-forte gravés par J. Jacquemart et par F. Oudart, 15 en-têtes, lettres ornées et culs-de-lampe, dessinés et composés spécialement par Mesplés, et 24 portraits inédits de MM. Arcos, Berne-Bellecour, Feyen-Perrin, Jeanniot, T. Lepic, E. de Liphart, G. Merlet, Poilpot, Princeteau, P. Robert, Rosset-Granger, Sargent, A. Stevens. Tirage à 650 exemplaires, un des 600 sur papier vergé. Celui-ci n. 289. Tampon d'ancien Ex-Maître d'escrime en marge du faux-titre.
français In-8 de XXI-180 pp.; broché, couverture rempliée illustrée en couleurs par Le Natur et Berne-Bellecour. Préface par Aurélien Scholl. Frontispice par Berne-Bellecour, en-têtes, lettres ornées et culs-de-lampe, dessinés et composés spécialement par Mesplés, et 24 dessins et portraits inédits par C. Delort, Jeanniot, E. de Liphart, G. Saint-Pierre, G. Rochegrosse, F. Regamey, Mesplés, Du Paty, Paul Mervaert. Tirage à 650 exemplaires, un des 600 sur papier vergé. Celui-ci n. 339 avec des cernes claires dans les premiers et derniers feuillets, un tampon d'ancien Ex-Maître d'escrime en marge du faux-titre.
- Imprimerie Paul Schmidt, Paris 1888, 14,5x18,5cm, broché. - Edition originale imprimée à petit nombre sur vergé. Deux petites déchirures sans gravité en tête et en pied du dos marginalement insolé, agréable état intérieur. Tampon imprimé de bibliophile estompé sur la page de titre. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- A. Hardel, Caen 1858 & 1835, 13x22cm & 12x19cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1. - Edition originale pour chacun des volumes. Reliure en demi chagrin vert bouteille à coins, dos à cinq nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, mots comportant des traces de frottements, plats de papier marbré, deux manques de papier sur le premier plat, gardes et contreplats de papier peigné, tête dorée, coins émoussés, ex-libris encollé en tête d'un contreplat. Quelques petites rousseurs. Rare. Il a été monté sur onglet, en tête de l'ouvrage, un rare fascicule intitulé "Combats judiciaires en Normandie" par le même auteur et consistant en un tiré à part du Recueil de la société libre d'Agriculture, sciences, arts et belles-lettres de l'Eure paru en 1835. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
français Grand in-8 de 231 pp.; broché illustré de l'éditeur. Avec une notice sur Robert Ainé par Ernest Legouvé et une lettre de Hébrard de Villeneuve. Figures et dessins par Christophe. Avec portrait et tableaux synoptiques. Cernes claires dans la partie supérieure de certains feuillets, couverture usagée (particulièrement le dos).
français Sans date (circa 1910). In-8 de IX-(2) pp. + 58 pl. légendées; broché, couverture rempliée illustrée. Avec la collaboration de Maurice Picard. Préface de Vigeant. Avec 58 illustrations en glyptographie. Tirage limité à 250 exemplaires, un des 230 sur papier vélin (n°166). Cernes en marges de la couverture, petit manque de papier au bord de la planche 53. Ex-dono et tampon d'ancien Ex-Maître d'escrime en première garde. Peu courant.
français Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1888. In-4 de (8)-XLVII-281 pp.; cartonnage de toile décorée de l'éditeur (Magnier & ses fils). Illustré de reproductions de vieilles estampes et de photogravures. Traduit de l'anglais par Albert Fierlants, Président du Cercle d'Escrime de Bruxelles. Bon état. Un tampon d'ancien Ex-Maître d'escrime en marge du titre, cernes claires en marges des premiers feuillets.
in folio (grand format) non pagine (environ 150 pages), reproduisant les planches de la fameuse encyclopEdie (nombresues planches de figures d'escrime). Bel exemplaire. [PLC-1]
Une revue de format in 4° de 20 pp., couverture comprise; entièrement illustrée par René Berger. Bel état. Voir les photos.