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Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 159 pages, full of color & b&w photos throughout, covering 40 years of championship riders from the 50's forward.
16 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Joseph Weider's Personalized Private Correspondence - The Saga of Wrestling; Wrestling 'Round the World; Know Your Body; Practice Your Footwork!; Learn This Basic Monthly Stance; Practice These Eight "Smash-Down" Holds; Crippling Ground Holds; "Get Behind" Holds; How to Fall Without Injuring Yourself; How to Knock an Opponent Senseless - Even When He's Twice Your Size!; List of Do's and Don'ts. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings and yellow highlights throughout where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound vintage copy of this iconic collectible. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: The Saga of Rough-and-Tumble Fighting; 29 Vital Areas to Hit Hard!; How to Defend Yourself From These Vicious Rough-and-Tumble Tactics; Protect Yourself from these Devastatingly Dangerous and Viciously Rough-and-Tumble Tactics; Self-Defense Tricks that can mean Life or Death to You!; "In-Fighting" - Use your attacker's clothes and body to demolish him; Use these brutal rough and tumble tactics to smash down your toughest tormentor in seconds!; Use a Stick and Finish Off your Savage Attacker with one blow or jab to these 23 areas; Vital Life-Saving Things you Learned in this Lesson. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings on most pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this vintage collectible. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: Joseph Weider's Personalized Private Correspondence - The Stranglers of the Far EAst; Your Throat - the vulnerable areas you must learn to protect; Strengthen Your Neck to Prevent Strangulation; Avoid Attacks from Modern Thugs; Apply These Modern Scientific Strangle Holds; Annihilate the Toughest Man with these Rigid Pressure Strangulations; How to break out of the sure-death strangle holds of the Demon Hand-Strangler; Defend Yourself from a Demon Strangler who uses a Rope, Chain or Similar Devilish Device; You need never again fear the kill-happy Strangler!. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings on most pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this vintage collectible. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: Joseph Weider's Personalized Private Correspondence - The Savage Art of Foot Fighting; High Kicks; Medium Kicks; Low Kicks; Put Cyclonic Speed in your Spins with these Savate Pivots - Toe and Heel Pivots; Savate Muscle-Building Exercises; Practice these Leg Movements for Blinding Kicking Speed; Kicking Skill Drill; Terrific Heavy Bag Kicking Exercises; Basic Kicks; Flatten the Toughest Bully with these Paralyzing Knee Kicks; Devastating Front Kicks; Destructive Side Kicks; Crippling Rear Kicks; Devastating Surprise Kicks; Frightful Savate Kicks to Finish off your Attacker when he's on the ground; How to protect yourself from a vicious hoodlum's treacherous boots; You learned these Deadly Explosive "Kill-Kicking" Secrets in this frightfully destructive lesson. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings on most pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this great vintage collectible. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: Joseph Weider's Personal and Private Correspondence - How to Defend Yourself Against the Senseless Wanton Attacks of Vandal Destroyers; Protect yourself from being Knocked Out by Club, Stick, Bat or Blackjack Attacks to these Vulnerable Areas of Your Body; Watch Out for these Deadly Weapons Used by Vandals to Attack You; What a Weider "Terror-Fighter Does in case of Emergencies; Flatten your "Vandal" Attacker in Seconds; Defend Yourself Against Vandal Attacks by doing this; Avoid Vandal Attacks With These Defensive Counter-Attacks; Fight off a Hockey Stock, Baseball Bat, Lead Pipe or Blackjack with these defensive tactics. Vandal Attackers are a "Push-Over" When you Follow these 6 Golden Fighting Rules. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings on two pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this great vintage collectible. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: How to Crush Gang Attacks; Beware of These Dangerous Gang Attack Situations; How to Demolilsh Two or More Armed Thugs with the Speed of a Guided Missile; How to Cheat Death if you are forced into the back seat of a car by a Gang of Professional Killers; How to "Drop" Two Sadists at the Same Time; Use These Terrifying Weider Terror Tactics to Flatten Any Cowards Who Gang Up on You! - how to pulverize the treacherous gutter rats who jump on your back and try to pound you to death; Pound Two Attackers into Oblivion - with these special Gang-Defense Counter-Attacks!; Beat up the Toughest Gang of Attackers Single-Handed with these Devastatingly Destructive Defense Tactics; What to do if you are Smashed to the Ground by a Gang of Hoodlum Attackers who intend to Pound You to a Pulp; How to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from Prowlers; How to Annihilate Two or more Bums in the Flick of an Eye. How to get the most out of This Course. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings to three pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this great vintage collectible. Book
Book is in excellent condition with brown cloth hardcover boards, gilt print on cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, with some edge wear, no tears. Marked "First Printing" on title page.
176 pages. Front board illustrated with colour photo of Bobby Hull and the Avco Cup. Loaded with many dozens of reproductions of black and white photos from back in the day, as well as a generous selection of colour photos, including large colour team photos upon endpapers. Also included are statistics and wonderful team anecdotes. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Very uncommon. Truly a stupendous gift for any die-hard fan of the recently reborn Winnipeg Jets. Book
32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Woodrow Wilson Was Best and Worst Copy - his passion for accuracy conflicted with newspapermen who ignored serious things to ask him 'what he ate for breakfast' - part 3; Housekeeping in Our Paris Flat - how two Americans fared in the French Capital and "Got to Love Passy"; ; Never Separated a Single Family - open-door immigration specialists slander the United States Government - Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, urges passage of the most liberal of all the liberalizing measures - the Perlman bill; Life and Death on the Screen - A.C. Pillsbury films bacteria and pollen in action - motion pictures of flower fertilization; What's the Matter With Jim? - the story of a boy who would only work when he thought it play; Mr. Ford's Page - interesting thoughts on the forces involved with prohibition; Editorials - major criticism of the World Court and claim that in Michigan a list of Americans targetted for assassination by communists has been found; Golf - Can You Pick the Champions? - Americans will attempt to capture leading British honors - article with photos of Glenna Collett, Francis Ouimet, Macdonald Smith, Walter Hagen, Watts Gunn, Long Jim Barnes, Bobby Jones and Robert Gardner; Lincoln's Murder - Amazing Man Hunt - John Surratt and Papal Zouave accused of the crime, who leaped for liberty over a hundred-foot precipice - article with photos of John Surratt, John Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Mary Surratt; What it Costs the Chinese to Worship Their Ancestors - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Is America a Nation of Coffee-Bibbers? - Its people drink upward of forty billions of cups of this seductive beverage each year, consuming more than half of World's Production; Union of Irish and Jews in recent 'propaganda' plays - Abie's Irish Rose, Kosher Kitty Kelly; Great Writers Who Have Failed as Novelists; Seeking to Know What the Earth is Made of - the work of Professor Stjepan Mohorovicic and others; When the Broker Breaks the Law; A Dance a Week - The Lancers, a graceful square dance - first two figures, with piano sheet music (to be continued); Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis, Oregon offers course in the guardianship of a real baby; The Jolly Old Pedagogue; Back cover features illustration of and quotation by Henry Thoreau. Small chip from fore-edge of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; pale blue boards, upper board lettered in black, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
272 pages. Index. Bibliography. Author's signature and nice inscription upon front flyleaf. Packed with line diagrams and photography in both colour and black and white. "The most comprehensive text on the subject written by an authority. If you are interested in learning or improving your skating technique and skate like a champion, this is the superb text-of-your-choice. It is up-to-date, thorough, instructive, informative and easy to understand and follow. Contains numerous technical sequential photos of recent World and Olympic Champion skiers, together with elaborate graphs and illustrations, physical and mechanical analysis, and scientific testing of ski skating." - from back cover. Light to moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. Quality copy. Book
52 pages. Cover photo of female Canadian munitions worker surrounded by room fulled with 500lb bombs, 'exports for Germany'. Features: Escape from Hong Kong (part 1) - Excellent photo-illustrated article by Canadian C.E. 'Ted' Ross on the heroic last days in Hong Kong and a daring flight to freedom; Woman Power - will they remain in the work force when the war ends?; The Army's Keyman - Lt. Gen. Kenneth Stuart, the Army's C.G.S. is responsible for blueprinting Canada's army and plan for the nation's defense; Page 15 provides brief statistics on Japanese residents moved inland from the B.C. coast; Fun and Games - a grand time is had by all when Vernon goes cow-town, Kelowna has a regatta or Princeton runs a ski-meet; Conducted by Fricker - conductor Dr. Herbert Austin Fricker of Toronto. Fiction: The Shinging Links; Apple Boy the Soothsayer; Green Geese (part 2). Nice Pepsodent photo ad features twin brothers and swimming champions Jack and Alan Sampson. Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows one of their crawlers pushing through wartime jungle. Back cover colour Coke ad shows brawny worker's arm, sleeve rolled up, clutching a cold bottle. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Portion of Swift ad on page 25 is removed, taking with it a portion of the Green Geese short story on the back side. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
90 pages. Features: Interview with Director Nicolas Roeg; 'Walkabout' (photos); 'Diamonds are Forever' (photos); Interview with James Goldstone; Article on Yesterday's Hollywood - part 4; Survey of Sidney Poitier's Career, Part 2 of 2, including filmography; Box Office Champions of 1971; Films and Filming Honours for 1971; Reviews; 'Lions Love' (photos); 'I Am a Nymphomaniac' (photos); 'Love Me Baby, Love Me'; Bugs Bunny Pin-up of the past; 'Extremes'(photos); 'The French Connection' (photos). Ads include: 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'; 'Straw Dogs'; 'Diamonds are Forever'; 'The Last Run'; 'Gumshoe'; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 205pp. The story of the extraordinary year of 1993 for the author and for Manchester United when they won the FA Cup and the Premier League Championship.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 328pp. Chris Hoy's account of the record breaking year in British cycling in 2007/8. Illustrated.
Features include: Propagating the Vanilla Vine; Submarine Orchid Growing; Cymbidium Hall of Fame - The Grand Champions of the Santa Barbara Show 1946 - 1968; A Little Legend of Laos; A Revision of the Genus Phalaenopsis Blume - IV; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - VIII; and Collectors' Item: Epidendrum circinatum and Epidendrum coriifolium. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Great cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Penalty box scene at the Montreal Forum with Rocket Richard of the Canadiens glaring at a Toronto Maple Leaf, with formally-dressed crowd in background; Nice colour ad for International trucks inside front cover features Truck Roadeo champions John A. Welsh, Eugene S. Riddell, Norman J. Tomlinson, Douglas R. Chalmers, and Bernard E. Jones; One-page Maclean-Hunter ad proudly announces their new North Yonge St. printing plant in Toronto; Editoria complains that the Canadian Medical Association and various provincial association refuse to license DP (Displaced Persons / immigrant) doctors to practice in Canada; Wanted - A Ceiling on Election Spending; Do Whistling Wovles Bite? - article considers if lamppost Lotharios are a menace or merely amusing; Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (fiction); Gangway for a Warhorse - Winston Churchill seeks to belt Attlee off his throne in the next election; Margerine - Bread's Other Spread; The Doctors Wear Skirts - ladies stand on their rights at Women's College Hospital in Toronto; Article on Sharks; Mazo de la Roche - Canadian creator of the Jalna Whiteoaks; Forbes Radford - Gentleman; They're in the Chips - the carvers of St. Jean Port Joli - photo-illustrated article; Gerhard William Kennedy - Sporty Clothier; One-page recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN); and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 275x310 Volume rilegato in tela, sovraccoperta originale, 118 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e colori. Testo in lingua inglese - english text. Copia in condizioni di nuovo - brand new. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Features: Cover photo of Bobby Moore; Bobby Moore writes "It's going to be a great season."; great b/w photo of Gordon Banks in action; Tribute to Leeds United - League Champions 1969; Brothers in Boots; Colour photos of Ian Morgan (Q.P.R.), Roger Morgan (Spurs) and Nobby Stiles hoisting the Cup; Nobby Stiles tells the story of his clash with Eusebio, the hardest shot in football; Ups and downs of the high and mighty - Spurs and Liverpool; Great colour centerfold photo of some of England's champion team in training; b/w photo of John Barnwell (Nottingham Forest) vs. Jimmy Robertson (Arsenal); Bill Shankly - penalty king; Colour photo of Joe Royle (Everton); Focus on Terry Hennessey; Little Men, Big Stars! - soccer's tiny terriers - Willie Carlin, Ian St. John, and others; At one time, the European Cup was a 'Failure'!; Colour photo of Francis Lee (Man.U. and England) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of George Best (Man Utd. and N. Ireland); Bobby Moore writes "Our First Division - The World's Super-League"; b/w photo of David Wagstaffe (Wolves); When the Saints go Marching in! - Southampton are no push-overs so watch out, Europe!; Colour photo of Ralph Coates; Colour photo of Peter Storey (Arsenal); Can the Kings of Scotland be overthrown? - Rangers and Celtic; colour centerfold photo of Leeds United - League Champions; b/w photo of Bernard Lewis (Watford and Wales under 23); A great look ahead to the 1970 World Cup; Colour photos of: Cyril Knowles (Spurs), Jeff Astle (Albion), Pat Jennings (Spurs), Ian Callaghan (Liverpool); Focus on Roy McFarland (Derby County); b/w photo of Gerry Young (Sheffield Wednesday); The shape of soccer in the seventies; Busby babes would have been the toast of Europe - Disaster ruins United's bid for glory; Colour photo of Keith Weller (Millwall) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: North Vancouver feature - 5 pages with photos; Activity in Plant Department - construction of many apartments in Victoria and Vancouver causing new conditions; Abbottsford exchange burned; Year's Business Shows Fine Increase; Monthly traffic record; New island route; Photo of the company's Victoria hockey team; New Westminster switchboard in action; Organisation Chart of the Traffic Department; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of per cent good toll calls'; Statement of Development - showing the number of operating phones in each exchange in the province; 7-page Feature on the Bayview area with several large photos of prominent home; Early spring construction; Traffic department conference; Full-page photo of the Western Fuel Company (Coal) Number One Mine at Nanaimo; New Central Building on Seymour; 5-page feature on Nanaimo with photos of salteries, the herring fishery, Mayor Shaw, the Nanaimo Exchange, and a great shot overlooking downtown Nanaimo and its harbour; Timing Conversations with a Calculagraph; Large photo of the Eburne sawmills; Fire damage at New Westminster Exchange; 4-page feature on Eburne with photos; Company bowling team - Victoria Commercial League Champions; Photo montage of operator's telephone sets; Great full-page photo of a commercial corner building in Duncan, Cowichan Merchants, Ltd.; 5-page feature on Duncan with several photos including one of the highly successful Duncan Creamery; photo of yachting on Cowichan Bay; Many gangs busy in the field; Weighing service; photos of telephone men at work in the field; photo of Comox and the wharf; 6-page feature article on Comox, including excellent photo of 'Flying Machine' logging in progress; Many extensions to outside plant; How telephone cable is made, 3 pages with photos; Full page photo of the Tug Dola with her tow the Princess Louise, at anchor off Port Grey; Super photo of Dozens of notable men aboard cable ship; Steveston Feature article with 3 pages and photos; 11-page major feature article on the consummation of the cable project connecting Vancouver to Nanaimo - great photos including erection of the highest telephone poles in the province at Brechin Mine, near Nanaimo, several nautical shots, cross-section of the Gulf cable, and more; Saanich Inlet cable installation; photo of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand showing Hon. J.D. Hazen, minister of marine, Commander Halsey, Sir Richard McBride and Hon. H.E. Young, provincial secretary; Five-page feature on Nelson and area with photos; New Zealand's gift to the Imperial Navy - 2 page illustrated feature on the visit of the H.M.S. New Zealand to Vancouver, including shot of two of the monster eight 12" guns; Full-page displaing the 6 chief (lady) operators in Vancouver; 5-page feature on the Saanich Peninsula with photos of subjects including the Brentwood Bay power house, Mr. Luke Pither's model poultry ranch, the Holland Bulb Farm and more; Growth demands more outside plant; Photo of company baseball team; Illustrations of railway telephone device; Photos of the 3 chief operators of Victoria; The Growing of Hops at Agassiz - several pages and photos; Phones for Forest Protection; Manufacturing Protector Micas - raw material obtained from India; Photo of the City of Rossland; 4-page illustrated feature Book
151 pages. Provincial Basketball Championship issue! Only a few markings. Light wear. In black boards. Book
44 pages. Contents: Labor: John Lewis' Little-Steel Engine Stalls: Unions and the People Take Their Bruises to Court; Court: Champions of the Senate Wage Wordy War Over President's Plan; Agriculture: (Edward Asbury) O'Neal Prods Congress Toward New AAA (Agriculture Adjustment Act); Palestine: Might Again is Right - Jews, Arabs Divided and Told to Like It; U.S.S.R.: A Grand Inquisitor (Andrey Vyshinsky) Disappointed in U.S. Equality; Britain: Earl (Francis Douglas Stuart, Earl of Moray) Smokes Self Out of the House of Lords; China: Blanks Shoot Bullets in Japanese Summer War Games; Spain: One Year of Fighting (Civil War) - And Both Sides Only Beginning; Episcopalians: Bitter Feud Looms Over New Divorce Laws; Oxford Group: An Actress And a Parish 'Share' Opinions (Buchmanism); Pleasure and Profit in Stamps; Aviation: Warships and Planes Sweep Pacific for Lost Flyers (Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan); Soviet Russia on Top of the World; Golf: Mysterious Montague Caught in Bunker of the Law (Laverne Moore alias John Montague); British Open: (Henry) Cotton Thrives; Baseball: Ruthless Yankees Glitter in All-Star Spotlight; Banking: Balance Sheets for Laymen and Increased Trade Loans for Recovery; Hotel McCurdy Employees Take Baths and Guests Receive Roses; Radio 'Charlie' Starts a New Boom in Ventriloquism; Pros and Amateurs Busy in Electric-Light (meter tampering) Racket; Screen: Russian and Polish Spies Mix Their Love with Politics in "The Emperor's Candlesticks"; Writers: New Talent is Sought For New Deal in Air Programs; Features: Dead Editor (Morrill Goddard) Still Dictates Big Weekly's Policy; Jaundice: Manhattan Surgeon Reports on Man Turning Green; and Today in America: Golf Balls and Cement (Federal Trade Commission). Color Packard Automobile ad. Full Page Vintage Color Print Ad with Gary Cooper Promoting Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Half page black/white Ol' Judge Robbins Cartoon Ad for Prince Albert Pipe Smoke. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
