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Features/Photos: Syria's break with Egypt/Colonel Nasser; 200 km/hr bicycle!; A primitive jungle race of Thailand exists mainly on bamboo; Commercial flying among the Swiss mountain peaks; Great London Livery Companies - The Vintner's Hall; Aden Colony through an ultra-wide angle camera; using pumps to save fish in frozen over lakes; The state funeral of Dag Hammarskjoeld in Uppsala; Car of the Month - the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Features: Two-pages of Soviet cities now facing the gigantic Nazi battering-ram; Illustrations of two missing aces - Flight Lieut. J.C. Mungo-Park and Wing-Commander J.R. Kayll; Clearn photo of the Soviet emergency "Council of Defense", including Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Malenkov and Berya; Wonderful photo of three large drums built for Haile Selassie and his new Abyssinian state; How the Nazis took Crete - five enemy views of paratroop operations; Thirteen photos of personalities of the day, including good photo of the funeral cortege of German ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nine great photos of the besieged garrison of Tobruk; Article - Hitler's assault on Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of French Aerodromes at Boulogne and St. Omer smashed by the R.A.F.; Super before and during photos of R.A.F. attack on the rail marshalling yard at Hazebrouck; Centerfold illustration of large-scale English mimic night attempt to land barge-borne troops and tanks (early D-Day training); Photos of Home Guard excercises - street fighting on London; Four photos of camouflaged snipers; Iraqi armistice - six photos, including one of Imir Abdul Illah, the Regent; After the Battle of Amba Alagi - The Italians Surrender - Two good photos; Photo of Nazi glider in Crete; Amazing photos of the "Imperial Transport", cut in half by a U-boat but still salvaged!; Article - the nutritive value of plankton; Syria's historic invasion route - inscriptions at the Dog River - seven photos; Nice half-page ad for Rolls-Royce cars. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Great full-page photo of the King, Queen and two Princesses in coronation dress; Larger Royal Family photo in Coronation Dress; The Surprise Royal Drive in North London - Great Popular Enthusiasm; Three incredible photos of the Hindenburg disaster in progress; Monte Carlo Casino - photo-illustrated article by General Pierre Polovtsoff; The Royal Visit to the City - Their Majesties Passing Temple Bar - full-page photo; Huge almost two-page photo of the King and Queen at Luncheon with the Lord Mayor in Guildhall; Mr. Baldwin's CAll to Youth in a Farewell Speech as Premier; Coronation Naval Review - photos of the "Revenge" and the "Hood"; Photos of numerous foreign warships at Spithead to pay respects - including the swastika flying over the Graf Spee; Incredible huge 4-panel centerfold measuring 38"x14" presents a cutaway drawing of the recently commissioned "Southampton" - a vessel of novel features including 6-in guns in tripple turrets, athwartship catapult and multiple A.A. guns; Large photos of Coronation Lights O' London - Panoramas taken from the summit of the Duke of York's Column; The King of Denmark's Silver Jubilee - photos; Nice full-page ad for the Austin Eighteen car; Wonderful half-page black and white photo ad for Rolls-Royce Automobiles; Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold and next page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Lovely full-page ad for Benger's Food; Front page photo of the King - Chief Mourner of the Unknown British Warrior; Article by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of notable world events in the news; Sport and Earnest - photos of notable events at home and abroad; Photos of personalities of the week; Illustrations and photos of the famous pall-bearers for the unknown warrior; Full-page photo of the H.M.S. Verdun; Gassing the Gassed - photos of Paris Doctor Arnold's apparatus for curing victims of Germany's poison gas weapons; Colour centerfold (loose but present) illustrates the burial place of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey; Excellent colour full-page ad for Treloar Carpets; Rare photo of doubl-column of fume and incandescent gas 40,000 feet high rising from the Hawaiian volcano, Mauna Loa; The Greatest Poison Trial of Modern Times - The Greenwood Case at Carmarthen - with illustrations of the dramatis personae and a view of the court in session; Full page ads for Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky, Cadillac automobiles, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and smaller ads for other auto manufacturers. Full-page Michelin ad inside back cover missing chips, as is two-colour ad for McClinton's Colleen Toilet Cream on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint ink stamps on front cover. External advertorial coverfold mostly open. A worthy copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of hundreds of British troops marching over Westminster Bridge; First drawings of British forces at work in France; Two-page photo feature on the making of A.R.P. 'tin-hats' - mass production from steel blanks to painted and lined helmets; Photos of Stalin; Photos of Europe's busy diplomats; Two-pages of the Turkish sailors of tomorrow, including scenes at "Deniz Harp Okulu; Photo of the "Thetis" being raised to the surface; Photos of current events in England; Photos of the King with his troops; Photos of Royal occasions in wartime London; Royalty and the Red Cross - Sewing Party at the Queen's Palace; Centerfold illustration of British tanks advancing in France; The First Nazi Raid on Britain - the Firth of Forth Attack; Fruitless German "Glide-bombing attack on the Forth Bridge; Photos illustrate Germany's war, at home and at sea - makeshifts, losses and lies; Photos in the wake of German Air Attacks which ended Ingloriously; Great full-page photo of three cruisers of the "Southampton" class proceeding in line with guns at the ready; The War with Nazi Germany - The Echo in the Balkans - article by Cyril Falls; Four photos aboard the "Bremen" on her flight to German Sanctuary; Rolls-Royce half-page announcement that they have ceased to manufacture motor car chassis in order to perform Government work; and more. Bit of writing on front outer cover. Some pages loose. Missing pages 657-58 and 661-662. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous colour and monochrome photographs in the text, a few items underlined in red on Contents; original black cloth, gilt back, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, clean copy. This original edition of the standard reference is already extremely scarce.
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for a Sotheby's auction held at Castle Ashby, Northhamptonshire, England on June 13, 1992. Sale code: "GRIFFON". Lots of handbooks, and automobilia: headlamps, badges, tool kits,etc. The heart of the sale was the last 33 lots: very fine collector's examples of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. 433 lots in the complete sale. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. Almost all lots illustrated, most of the cars in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 65 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
Pages 257 - 352. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. Features: World's Highest Frequency Oscillator Tube; Remote Control in Custom-Built Radio; Fingerprinting 'Noise'; Audio System Design Charts; A Set Tester Deluxe; What Goes On in Your Vacuum Tubes; Radio News Prize 'Ham' Transmitter; Our Future Broadcast Fare; Explorers of the Ether; The Latest All-Wave Receiver Design; Mathematics in Radio; Plug-In Coils Banned; Tuning in Television Programs; S.W. Reception with Broadcast Superhets; A Universal Receiver; Ten Meters for Ten Dollars; Selenium Awakes!; A "Rolls-Royce of Converters; The Crystal Detector Again; An All-Purpose Oscillator. Heavy external wear. Bit of writing atop front cover which is loose but present. A rough copy but worth preserving due to its wonderful vintage content. Magazine
Features: Nice color-photo ad for Rolls-Royce cars inside front cover; Fortunoff one-page photo ad features wine merchant Sam Aaron; Buddhism in America; Should American Business Pull Out of South Africa?; The Importance of Being Rosalynn Carter - article with very nice two-page color-photo montage; Unemployed Monarchs - Iran's Shah is but the latest to join the ranks of unemployed monarchs; Fantastic one-page color-photo Hathaway shirt ad features Jack Nicklaus and his sons; Illustrated Lacoste "Le Gator" jeans ad; Starting Off Fresh - Interior decorating for newlyweds; Wedding cake recipes; Bridal fashion photos; Ad for the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, Inc. lists the names of 56 men and women who have changed from homosexuality; Nice color-photo ad for clog shoes by Olof Daughters of Sweden, available at Coward Shoe; Anesthesiologists - New guardians in the operating room; and more. 128 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Faint school stamp on back cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text, text in cream and green; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Uncommon.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
Sm. 4to., with title-vignette, and coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, underlining in red on title and Contents; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in the series Osprey AutoHistory ; first issued in 1980. Scarce in this condition.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges.
84 pages. Features: Studebaker Runs Again!; Gettysburg National Spring Meet; 1913 Lozier Type 72 Briarcliff Toy Tonneau; The Lozier at Savannah - great article with many photos; Rolls-Royce 60th Anniversary Pageant; Gallery of the American Automobile; On covering your trunk; 1909 Hudson "Twenty" Roadster; What is an AWKSCHT FESCHT?; Swigart Museum Meet; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
3 vols., 4to., First Edition, profusely illustrated throughout; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's blocked board slip-case. The set comprises: Part One: The First Forty Years (2000); Part Two: The Power behind the Jets 1945-1987 (2001); Part Three: A Family of Engines 1987-2002 (2002). With promotional flyer loosely inserted in third volume.
118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Navigating the Weather Map; Douglas DC-6; Glider Training; The Aerial Photograph; Atomic Cyclone - the Cycloptron - article with photos, including full-page color photo of the M.I.T. cyclotron; Helicopter Forum; Fulll-page photo of the Convair XB-36 in flight; Biological Warfare - "There is No Defense"; This Field is Small - Use it All - an informal history of McCook Field, Ohio; The Diesel Engine in Aviation; Racing with Rolls-Royce Engines; Evolution of the Model Plane; Firefly 1; A.M.A. Records; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs and drawings in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Standard reference. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Mm 175x250 Volume rilegato di pp. 199 con sovracoperta di velina, con 93 illustrazioni in bianco e nero, a cura di Irving Lavin, ritratto biografico di William S. Heckscher, in ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
60 pages. Features include: Pathfinder - PFF; Mosquito Pilot - Bob Boyden; Whiskey Whiskey Papa (Welland W. Phipps - innovations in Arctic transportation; The Shadow Army - Safe House in Belgium; Dewy is Here - ATG (Air Transport Group); Cherry Blossoms in the Cockpit - North Star strikes trees in Japan; The Unknown Ally - A Mexican in the RCAF; Keeping the Rolls-Royce Merlins Flying; Lester Pearson meets the RFC; Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
Pages 577-660. Lovely color cover art by FM(?) Features: Nice color ad for Wills Sainte Claire, Inc auto inside front cover; Nice illustrated ad for the New Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis - two images with text; full-page black and white Packard automobile ad; Turkey's Coming of Age - photo-illustrated article on how far the new republic is keeping its oath to be civilized and progressive; An Empire Builder of Old Japan - illustrations of Japanese Triptychs collected by Darrell O. Hibbard; Chang and Feng and Wu - photo-illustrated article of the Chinese Political Puzzle into its elementary terms; The Doom-Fraught Sahars - photo-illustrated article on this land where the incessant increase of sand augurs the dying out of plant and animal life; Little Femail "Nanook" - a broken-hearted polar bear tethered outside an Eskimo igloo near Barrow (includes photo of Detroit Arctic Expedition aircraft commanded by G.H. Wilkins - plane on ground with dog team and Eskimos in foreground); Marriage A La Mongole - a wedding where a plate for gifts is passed to guests plied with millet whiskey - photo-illustrated article; J.V. Stalin - Heir of Lenin - an Asiatic, whose iron control of Russia befits his name, which means 'Steel"; Lhasa at Last - a Revelation of Hidden Mysteries and Curious Customs at the Tibetan Capital - photo-illustrated article; "Madam President" in the Chair in India - Sarojini Naidu guides the Indian National Congress; Full page Cadillac ad; Full page illustrated ad for the Chrysler "70"; Lovely full-page color ad for the RCA Radiola; Nice colour ad for Camel cigarettes with July 4th theme; *Fantastic* black and white photo ad for American Leather Producers Inc, featuring interior and exterior photos of a leather upholstered luxury auto with body by Locke and chassis by Rolls-Royce; Nice ad for Canadian Pacific and its Empress of Scotland world cruise; Colour ad for Davey Tree Surgeons; Dollar Steamship Line ad; ad for Bankers Trust travelers checks; Red Star Line ad re: Belgenland world cruise; Very classy colour ad for Lincoln automobiles inside back cover. Color-photo ad for Listerine on back cover promotes its use in the treatment of dandruff. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Partial opening of front cover along spine and chipping to backstrip. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Magazine
194 pages. Features: Cover Car - 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air; Sting Ray - the Corvette retained its purity of purpose in 1963; Lincoln Highway - dedicated on October 30, 1913, but it was little more than a cow path; Rolls-Royce in the U.S.; Bearing Basics - referencing replacements and describing tell-tale signs of faulty bearings; Warmed-Over Dodges - 1927 found Dodge four-cylinder cars facing signs of rejection; Studebaker - they prepared a team of 5 cars for the 1932 Indy 500; Lancia Flaminia - after starting life as a sedan, the Flaminia series blossomed other variations; Antiques in Ohio - search for an early Rambler wiper cable assembly turns into an adventure; Avanti - in many ways the Avanti was as remarkable as the 1963 Sting Ray Corvette; and more. Average wear. Minor staining/waviness from moisture exposure. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: 1973-77 Pontiac Grand Prix; 1956-61 Berkeley; The Cars of 1965 - Detroit's Adding Machines; Hudson's 1940-47 Trucks; The Art Center College of Design at 70; 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Touring Limousine. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Cover photo of a Phantom 1 Brewster Piccadilly. Features: Mulliner, Park Ward Today - contemporary coachbuilding, a happy blend of old and new; 1986 Vintage Tour - Motoring in the mountains of New England; National Vintage Car Tour 1986 - an ode to a tour; Six-Cylinder Technical Seminar, November 8-9, 1986; Whenever you fall in love with a lady - solving a mystery - LWVH81 (with wheel spats!); The Expert's Dilemma - truly "a cautionary tale" (regarding a valve problem); Unclogging the P-I Front Wheel Lubrication System; Threading our way through fittings; From the Shadow's Corner - the world of S.U. carburetters (part 1 of 2); Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover photo of a 1912 Silver Ghost Labourdette tourer; From the Shadow's Corner - Suspension and Shock Absorbers; Notes on the creation of a twenty horsepower petrol tank; Wraith Hub Tool; Testing the Phantom III Engine; Scottsdale Board Meeting, January 22-23, 1988; A James Young Silver Wraith; The Search for the Jade Ghost - Part I, The Acquisition; Before the Ghost - photos of two remaining Henry Royce cars from 1904-06; Copy of a Samuel Adelman invoice for a 'parts car' to Fred Kelly. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover illustration of a 1930 SpeedSix Gurney Nutting Coupe. Features: From the Shadow's cover - Front end allignment and associated hardware - with detailed drawings; Firewall Restoration - Silver Cloud III; Magneto Mumbo Jumbo - detailed sectional diagrams; The Priest with Grease on his Hands - Rev. Jude J. Gray, OSB and the members of the St. Anselm College Auto Restoration Club, Manchester, NH; ... A Rose by Any Other Name, by Keith Marvin; List of Articles about Rolls-Royce and Bentley Cars, compiled by C.S. Shoup. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
