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Sm. folio, Second Edition, with 20 double-page coloured plates and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; original ivory cloth, upper board blocked in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. First published in 1971.
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.
Features: 'The St. Paul Road' - there is no train in service on any railway in the world that equals in equipment the pioneer limited trains in daily service between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Minneapolis; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; The Pioneer Limited - the train they called the "Rolls-Royce of American Railroading!" - many great photos and article; The Schizophrenic Nevada Northern - Kennecott Copper's offspring; Black Smoke over Nebraska - amazing 2-page photo; Trains Goes Around the World - 6 - "The Best Travel Experience in the Whole of India" - 0-4-OT's to Shangri-la; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
60 pages. Features: Arthur Erickson and Canada's mirror-sheathed pavilion at Expo '70; Clarence Eckert and his Rolls-Royce; Angela Davis; Black Panther Lonnie McLucas and the New Haven Eight; Who's Come a Long Way, Baby? - Feature article on women's rights; The Liberation of Kate Millett; What it Would Be Like if Women Win; Middle East - Toward the Start of Talks; Watch on the Suez - Intelligence Gaps - air photos purport to show Egypt installing SAM-2 missiles in cease-fire zone; Maps of possible Israel/Egypt border; Lovely one-page color photo of Senegalese Dancer Issa Teuw Niang with friends in Dakar; Three additional pages of nice color photos of prominent black women in Africa; The Spetsopoula Incident; Urban Trend in Vietnam - with photo of horrific canal-side squatter structures; Joseph Rhodes Jr. and the Kent State investigation; Musical group "The Band" - photo and article; Cholera epidemic in Lebanon; Film producers Christopher Dewey and Dennis Friedland; Reuben Maury; Aquaculture - article with photo of streetcar being lowered into the Sea of Japan to provide 'apartments' for fish; Golfer Dave Stockton; Sculptor Alberto Sanchez; Passing of Leo Ciceri, Beniamino Fubano, Eugene Barnett, General Archimede Mischi and William Hamm Jr.; The Energy Shortage Worsens; Blighted corn in the U.S. South; Financial challenges for U.S. airlines as the upgrade to the 747; Interesting one-page color Hitachi ad illustrates "Floating Train of the Future"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers, page-edges browning slightly as often; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue edges, a very good, clean copy. Includes detailed chassis tables.
128 pages. Features: Triumph TR Supplement; Development of the Breed - TR2 through TR6 - a wealth of information over many pages of text, diagrams and reproductions of photos; Rolls-Royce - How they are making the best cars in the world even batter - article with photos; HWM - a look at the men who created HWM8s - John Heath and George Abecassis; On the Road with - Daimler Double Six; Sunbeam Talbot - article with photos; 1980 T&CC Concours; Classic Sport - Donington Park International July 19/20; Classic Climb - Shelsley Walsh revisited for the 75th anniversary year; Paris-Nice classic and vintage car rally; XK Engine Re-Build - this, part 1, covers cylinder head overhaul; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: An Austin Healey Rejuvenated - Paul Skilleter strips-down and reconditions his staff car Austin Healey 3000's engine; A trip to Welshpool to look around the scrap yard that specialises in new parts for thirties and classic cars; One out of Three - To most Arnotts were 500s - Robin Rew tries one of the sports-racers - nice colour photo; Lightweight E-Type - a quick car from Jaguar's Browns Lane factory - an examination of its history and derivation, plus a Silverstone drive; R.G.S. Atalanta - Jonathan Wood tells the story of Dick Shatlock's post war specials based on the Atalanta sports car of the late thiries - article with great photos; On the Road - Triumph Stag and Rolls-Royce Camargue; Sir Henry (Time) Birkin; Dixon Riley; Historic Grand Prix Reunion in France - former Grand Prix drivers and cars gather for an unforgettable meeting - great colour photos; Model Mania; Mini Manual for the Lotus Elan; History of the Post war Touring Car - Part 5; Lancia Appia Zagato - article with nice photos including some in colour; The 1938 Lagonda LG6; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean in dustwrapper. The standard reference. Includes detailed chassis tables.
4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, coloured and monochrome plates, and monochrome photographs in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
432 pages. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. "Still the basic Rolls-Royce work of reference and the best." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
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.
Features: Classy ad for Halston men's belts and billfolds inside front cover; Nice color-photo ad for the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow at The Hopewell, New Jersey John Hart Farmstead; Uncommon two-page ad for platinum rings sponsored by PLATINUM, 420 Lexington Ave, NYC; Harry Winston ad features the Star of Independence diamond, 75.52 carats; Saudi Arabia's epidemic of money - the new oil billions are eroding the puritanical rigor on which the country was founded; Making New York Smaller - Roger Starr argues that the city's grim economic outlook means it should plan to shrink; Post-Watergate Morality, by Irving Kristol; The Miracle of Chateau Gloria - Henri Martin created a great wine in Bordeaux in 30 years; Nice Lakeland Coat color-photo ad features Milwaukee Bucks forward and NBA All-Star Bob Dandridge; Uncommon one-page color ad for Big Yank jeans; Half-page black and white photo ad for The Barclay Hotel; The Extinction of obscure species, such as the riffle shell, by pollution and commercial exploitation; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Mademoiselle Magazine; Houston Real Estate Developer Gerald D. Hines; Tennis star John Newcombe appears in ad for Interwoven tennis clothing; Fashion Designer Kenzo Grows Up - article with photos of the opening of his Jungle Jap boutique in Paris, including photo of model Grace Jones; Recipes for dormitory life; Richard Condon describes his personal Guinness records; and more. 140 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Faint school stamp upon front cover. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Imperial Dentistry; Life with Father - More and more divorced men are demanding the right to custody of their children - with photo of Dr. Joseph S. Bell and his children Gerald and Jennifer; Nice Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II ad; To Be Young, Rich - And a Spy - Andrew Doulton Lee and John Christopher Boyce passed secret U.S. defense documents to the Russians through the Soviet embassy in Mexico City; Spoleto U.S.A. - Gian Carlo Menotti has made the Italian summer festival a byword for artistic excellence for twenty years, and now he's taking it to Charleston; Color BMW ad features the 530i; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Mademoiselle Magazine; How "Moral" Can We Get? - by injecting human rights into foreign policy, (Jimmy) Carter has revived an old American dilemma; Small ad for the Lotus Esprit; Piracy on the Low Seas - Vessel 'Pirate's Lady' vanishes with Tony Latuso and David Diecidue aboard, after fueling at Apalachicola on the Florida panhandle; Bausch & Lomb ad features Halston designed frames for glasses; Sotheby Parke Bernet ad features photo of Jane Wyeth; White-Water High - a great wave of boating is hitting America's rivers; Suddenly it's Summer - gorgeous beach fashion photos; Summer Rental Redo by Bob Patino and Vincent Wolf; Sunoco ad features their 'Penny Pinching Pump'; Small Beer. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
80 pages. Features: Are Space Probes Worth It? - L.V. Berkner argues yes; Drama of the Secretary-General of the U.N. (Dag Hammarskjold) in photos; No, it is Not Money Down the Drain - foreign aid is doing some good - two Asian students speak; It's Now Forty Pay-Later Billions - article about American consumer debt; Venus Wasn't a Shot-Putter - article on athletic women and their attractiveness to men; 'My Friends' (You Assorted Nitwits) - humorous dissection of election speeches; Of the 'Peaceable Kingdom' - Edward Hicks was America's greatest primitive painter; Francisco Franco Ponders - What Kind of King will succeed him? - Don Juan or Juan Carlos; The Rolls-Royce Keeps Rolling Along - a look at the luxury auto brand; Magnificent color-photo centerfold ad for Rheingold lager beer features the candidates for Miss Rheingold '61 riding in a white Lincoln Continental convertible - Liz Gardner, Barbara Weingarth, Annette Cash, Peggy Jacobsen, Linday Bromley and Janet Mick; Nice color-photo ad for Dr. Posner scientific shoes; Article on Ocean Grove, NJ; How Black is the White Lie?; Interior design photos of built-ins - beds, closets, chests, etc.; Vintage ad for Puritron air cleaners; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate chipping and yellowing at periphery. A sound copy. Book
Features: Improving ferry design through passenger-flow simulation; Integrated automation for LNG tankers; ECOPAINT project fulfils new emissions rules; Wondermar - hoping to enhance Europe's competitiveness; Fatique in ship structures - new light on an eternal issue; Rolls-Royce/IZAR fast cargo ferry - competing with road transport; Cruise liner technology; Norway's marine industries; CAD/CAM update. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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.
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
32 pages. Features: Fall of Bardia (cover photo); Photo of King George II talking with General Metaxas, the Greek Prime Minister; Page of illustrations show how ice and snow are silent enemies of the bomber; Illustrations of tank warfare in Libya; Two pages of illustrations of R.A.F. unit badges and mottoes; Four photos of Tobruk - General Wavell's new goal; Two pages of Australian troops training for their successful assault on Bardia, including Major-General Iven Giffard Mackay; The War with Nazi Germany - article discusses Hitler's assault on Britain and the victory at Bardia; Two pages of photos illustrate the Greek triumph over Italy at Koritza and Argyrokastro; Centrefold illustration of Wellington bomber No. 2-A taking-off; Eight photos of Italy's 'Run-Away' Navy - graphic pictures of the Sardinia action; Small photo of Miss Amy Johnson, C.B.E., reported lost in an accident off the Thames Estuary; Two pages of bomb damage in Liverpool and G.P.O. (postal) workers carrying on their work; Three pages of very graphic photos of bomb damage in London; Illustration of fire-fighters at the home of Dr. Johnson at No. 17, Gough Square; Illustration of the path of Cunningham's Comet; Nice photo Rolls-Royce ad; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of message being passed by line from destroyer to cruiser while at sea; Series of illustrations show 'Position' land-mining a road surface for depth-charges; Two-page illustration of night training for attack in enemy country; Photo of Packard draughtsmen at work in the U.S. where they are contracted to produce 6,000 Rolls-Royce engines; Two impressive photos of Pittsburgh's impressive steel productive capacity; Aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb strikes on Boulogne and Addis Ababa; Ten photos of Tripoli, the beautiful capital of Italian Libya; Map-illustrated article considers German invasion of England; Personalities of photos of the week include Lady Austen Chamberlain, Dr. W.M. Carter, Colonel Lindbergh (who urged a negotiated peace), H.W. House, Dr. E.G.W. Braunholtz, The King and Queen inspecting bomb damage, P.W. Kerr, Walter Krivitsky, Major-General Fleischer of the Norwegian forces, M. radu Florescu, and C.F.A. Voysey; Illustration and photo of German inflatable dinghy for downed airmen; Two-page photo of dawn paratroop attack; Seven photos of America's parachute troops training at Fort Benning; Full-page cutaway illustration of Wellington bomber; Photos of London statues being saved; Photo of huge unexploded Nazi bomb now used as a $ collecting box outside St. Paul's Cathedral; Photos of gas masks in use in Brighton as part of gas 'alert' test; Photos aboard corvettes - little ships which are grappling with the U-boat menace; Six large photos show meal preparation at Liverpool's communal feeding centre - capable of serving 16,000 repasts daily; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. 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
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
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
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
Pages 81-120. Features: Nice colour ad for Humber Hawk car inside front cover; One-page Recruting ad for the R.A.F.; Nice ad for the Armstrong Siddley Sapphire car; Beautiful and classy one-page photo ad for Rolls-Royce, "The Best Car in the World"; Cover photo of indo-China military negotiators and their hut; Photos of terrible flooding in central Europe; Large American navy ships practice spraying themselves off to decontaminate in the event of radiation; Various Royal photos; Lovely photo portrait of the Duchess of Kent and her debutante daughter, Princess Alexandra, in her garden at Coppins; Photos from the battle of Phu-Ly - a French withdrawal in the Hanoi 'Box"; Great aerial photo of fortified French position at Nhai Tuu, six miles northwest of Phu Ly; Photos of refugees in the Red River Delta - the evacuation of Vietnamese civilians; Excellent photos of 'Operation Auvergne' - the regrouping of French Union forces in the Red River Delta; Excellent one-page colour photo portrait of Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia since 1953; Nice colour photos of the H.A.C. Company of Pikemen and Musketeers; Photos of the Queen at the Royal Show in Windsor; Nice one-page aerial view of the crowded Royal Show at Windsor; Brighton Aquarium today and 80 years ago; London's re-built Dutch Church opened by Princess Irene of the Netherlands; Photos of personalities of the week, including F. Green and C.J. Chataway, Winston Churchill with Mrs. Pandit, President of the U.N. General Assembly, The Queen as Godmother to the younger daughter of the Earl and Countess of Euston; Mr. Gabriel Pascal, and golf champion Peter Thomson; Photos of historic horse-drawn carriages at the Show; The new "Lapwing" sailing rig; Sabena helicopter flight from Brussels touches down in London; Three photos about the Guatemalan revolution; New York Park Avenue skyscraper is walled in only 10 hours; Nice half-page Burbery's fahion ad; Color ad for Reed paper sacks on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine