160 résultats
Features: Congress must reform - Roscoe Drummond; Howard Hughes - he battles for an empire - Spruce Goose photos and more; The Rage to Ski - millions have developed a mad love affair with a sport that provides the thrill of speed on snow; Social Climbing on the Slopes; A condensation of the most startling book ever to be published in the Soviet Union - the truth about Stalin's prison camps; Stan Freberg - His Private War - the comic genius who harpoons the pompous, lampoons the ridiculous; The Wonderful, Wide, Backslapping World of Rotary; How the Modern Minuteman Missile Guards the Peace - great photos, air and ground. Average wear. Chips from back cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
106 pages. Short Stories: Love Isn't Logical; The Flying Jeep; Escape Artist; The Man Who Invented a Girl. Articles: I Can't Stop Singing - Mahalia Jackson - nice photo-illustrated article; If an Attack Comes - the SAGE electronic warning system; We Dived for the Mystery Treasure - penetrating an unidentified ship off the Yucatan; The Jerry Giesler Story - Part 4 - The Lana Turner Case; Comeback of a Shabby City - Philadelphia - article with many great color photos; Adventures of the Mind #41 - The Final Answer. Serials: Violence on the Plains (part 3 of 8); Too Many Ghosts (part 6 of 7). Ads: Old Spice (inside front cover); Fisher Body ad features beautiful black Buick Electra 225 4-door Riviera sedan; GE Washer and Dryer; Chanel No. 5; Stanley Tools; Hammond Organs; American Tourister luggage; Tyrex; Black and Decker tooks; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Campbell's Soup - Tomato Rice and Cream of Vegetable; Anacin; Pontiac Bonneville Convertible for 1960; Renault Dauphine; Argus photo equipment; GE TVs; Kodak projectors; Toastmaster appliances; Singer Sewing Machines; Motorola TVs; Bulova; Arvin sound products; Coffeematic coffee makers; Morris cars; Kaywoodie pipes; Hoover cleaning products; Camel cigarettes (back cover ski scene). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
86 pages. Features: Color 7up ad with trampoline illustration; Great color-photo 1961 Buick ad shows red convertible being rafted across river; Gorgeous Smirnoff ad shows alluring temptress with booze on tiny desert island in romantic sunset; Whitman's Sampler chocolates color-photo ad; Wonderful color-photo-illustrated article on actor James (Jimmy) Stewart (part 1); The Tale of the Tommy knockers; The Winning Ways of Clifford Case - New Jersey's liberal Republican senator won re-election by a landslide while his party lost the Presidency; Cloak of Cowardice (short story); I've Got Ski Fever - Eric Hatch takes up skiing at age 54; When the Honeymoon is Over (short story); Psychiatrists on the Assembly Line - industrial psychiatrists; Terre Haute - Indiana's Delinquent City - photo-illustrated article; Great color photo of racing dogs at the $50,000 Phoenix Futurity at Greyhound Park; L.E. Chittenden almost signed his life away in 1861; The Professor is a Beatnik (short story); The Case of the Curious Spinster (short story); Nice color-photo ad for a pale green 1961 Dodge Dart; Captives of the Storm (conclusion); Nice color-photo Pepsi ad shows couple in front of white brick wall; Nice one-page ad for the 1961 Ford Falcon; Interesting color-photo ad for electric power companies shows multiple historic queens in yellow kitchen; Back cover color Coke ad shows lady in pink gown with hearts. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
188 pages. Features: Nice Sue Brett Fashion ad; Beautiful Danskin ad features model lying atop white grand piano; Sony Portable Radio ad entitled "A Moveable Feast"; Safire on "Taking a Dare"; Lovely Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad; The One-Necktie Man; Two-page color Farberware (cookware) ad; Interesting Harry Winston ad features large diamond on model's forehead; A Decade of Constitutional Revision (part 1 of 2) - The U.S. Supreme Court; Immortal Anna O. (Bertha Pappenheim) - from Freud to Feminism - the young Viennese patient who spurred Freud on to the development of psychoanalysis became a zealous champion of women's rights and pioneered new approaches to social work; The Kennedy Network - After JFK's death, his tough, tight entourage of political intellectuals offered their high-powered services to Bobby - Now it's Teddy's turn to mobilize the Kennedy Network; The "House" Charles De Gaulle Built - his personal home is now a museum and his country is undergoing subtle but significant renovations; Nice mink coat ad shows model on shoeshine stand; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; Britain's Notable Nonagenarians - the fond admiration accorded to England's senior citizens is unimaginable in the youth-oriented United States - with photos of Lord Brockway, Lord Shinwell, Catherine Bramwell-Booth; Prince Alice, and Ben Travers; Peugeot 504 car ad; Great one-page color-photo Izod ad features golfers Jerry Pate and Hubert (Hubie) Green; Nice two-page Carlsberg ad; Marlboro ad features fall leaf theme; Half-page ski ad for Park City, Utah; Nice one-page color Technics turntable ad; Nostalgic one-page ad for solar alarm watches by The Sharper Image; Look 37 ski binding ad; Black and White Scotch ad features photos of backgammon players including Harry Joe Brown, Jr., Kenneth Lubben, and many others; How Robert Kennedy's people blew the 1968 Oregon campaign; Humble Hampton's home designed by Tod Williams; Color fashion photos of sweaters for cool nights; Michael Norman describes a Vietnam wound that will not heal - the loss of his friend Jim Payne; Chivas Regal ad on back cover; and more. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
56 Pages. Features: Cover photo of FDR and Molotov; One-page color ad for Commercial Travelers insurance; Nice one-page ad for Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Luxuria products; First-Hand Report on the German Soldier - photo-illustrated article by correspondent who questioned German prisoners fresh from the front; Photos of the "Big Three" meeting at Yalta between Stalin, FDR and Churchill; Poland - Country of the Missing - article and depressing photos; "People Must Speak to People' - article on freedom of communication to prevent misunderstandings; Notes of War Nurse Lt. Doris Schwartz - photo-illustrated article; Photo-illustrated article on France and how it must cleanse the faults which led to her betrayal by some of her citizens; Bold color one-page Celanese ad features red chain; Porto Rico Line ad; The House Washington Loved; Lovely color-photo one-page fashion ad for Tegra Labtex fabric; How Long Should a Movie Be?; Photo-illustrated article on Congressional freshmen Emily Taft Douglas and Helen Gahagan Douglas, "The Douglas Girls"; Coty has sponsored a classy one page announcement of the American Fashion Critics' Award for 1944; The Bull Cook - wonderful article on this camp job; Article on Black Market in Babies; San Benito Champagne ad; Nice one-page ad for Thor washing machines; West Point goes in for skiing - article with photos; Rinso ad features the Dietz twins, Merrie and Eiileen, of Flushing, Long Island; Meatless recipes; Parent and Child - Freedom from Prejudice against those of other races; Two pages of lovely fashion photos for spring; Nice one-page color-photo ad forDuo-Byrds reversible raincoats; Nice one-page ad for Shalimar; Nice color ad on back cover for Decca Records features Bing Crosby. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
Features: Cover photo of Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, who figure prominently in the feature article about their movement in troubled Northern Ireland to "declare war on war"; Gorgeous one-page color-photo Chanel ad featuring Catherine Deneuve; "Oilcan" Eddie Sadlowski - Rebel candidate for president of the Steelworkers union; The Heist of the Century - $10 million allegedly stolen from Societe Generale in Nice, France by the Sewer Gang consisting of Almoor Alfred, Homer Filippi, Francis Pellegrin, Alain Bournat, and Albert Spaggiari; William Saroyan encourages kids to "lay off these Christmas stories about supersensitive kids"; Dancing classes are back for youngsters and adults; Ski homes for the village of Loon Mountain, NH, developed by Edward Keating and Austin Eaton, with planners Sasaki Walker, and architect Huygens and Tappe; Recipes for Ski food; and more. 104 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Faint school stamp upon front cover and table of contents. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
188 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mother Teresa; American Airlines ad features Margaret SanGemino; Gorgeous Monet ad features gold earring on model with black background; Safire on Machisma; Murder Most Foul; Great two-page color-photo ad for Ralph Lauren Western Wear; Blackglama ad appears to feature Angela Lansbury wearing mink; Very artistic ad for Pierre Cardin Man's Cologne; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; The World of Mother Teresa - photo-illustrated feature article; Warring over new missiles for NATO; Chivas Regal ad; One-page ad for the Look 37 ski binding; One-page Bermuda tourism ad; Britain's Establishment Spies - Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean; Hidden Splendors of Tibet - color-photo-illustrated article; One-page Cuisinart ad; Beautiful Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad featuring model in red top; Twins Reared Apart - a living lab - with photos of Jim Lewis and Jim Springer - Thomas Bouchard's lab; Big Business on the Offensive - they are now the biggest lobby in Washington; Peter Pan and How He Grew - James M. Barrie's timeless play of youth was inspired by his unique friendships with children; The Party's Over for Political Parties; Gorgeously photo-illustrated Jewel fashion feature - with photos of designers Angela Cummings, Kai-Yin Lo, and Kristin Moore; Artistic ad for Crayons footwear; The Year of the Trichologist; Featured Home - a former industrial library is domesticated by Angus Bruce and others; Garlic article; Camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp and small check mark atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 77- 116. Features: One-page ad for 'Ski Paradise' Austria; Photo of Egypt popular young Monarch King Farouk; Photos of a royal wedding in the Dutch Indies; Photo of the Bavarian Frey brothers being rescued from the Watzmann; Photo of first airmail plane leaving Ratmalana, Ceylon; Photo of Toscanini receiving Orange Grove from grateful Jews after he conducted pioneer concerts in Palestine; Photo of Hitler receiving traditional gift of salt from representatives of the Halle salt mines; One-page photo of Hitler greeting diplomats in Berlin, an occasion at which he assured the French ambassador that Germany had no designs on Spanish Morocco; Book review of "The Conquest Of Morocco", by vice Adm. C. V. Usborne, with photos; One-page pictorial map of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking east - showing Spanish Morocco, the object of alleged German penetration, and possibly to be protected by a Franco-German agreement; Nice one-page photo of Royal wedding at the Hague, showing Princess Juliana and the Prince of the Netherlands in their gold coach driving through the city; Two page photo of crowd in church to witness the royal wedding; Two pages of text and photos describe ingenious tests for German drivers aimed at preventing death on the roads; Two pages of photos of Hellenistic panels in the Al-Aqsa mosque; Centrefold illustration of Britain's two largest battleships, HMS "Nelson" and "Rodney" firing their 16 inch guns at towed targets with deadly precision; Two fascinating pages of text and photos of skull groves on the Burmese border - headhunting trophies for harvest luck; Peking man's food - the first diet records of Pleistocene date - text with photos; Photos of personalities of the week include Gilbert Holliday, Frank Hodges, Lt. Col. R. S. Stafford, Arthur G. Pite, Prof. Henry Tonks, Lord Wakehurst, Basil S. Long, Sir Edward Ellington, the Duke of Kent, the grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, the Earl of Athlone; One-page illustrated Egyptian travel ad; and more. Several interior pages loose but present. Name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
114 pages. Profusely illustrated, frequently in color. Features: Chipperfield's Circus; Dr. John Dee - 16th century astrologer, alchemist, cryptographer and navigator; New sculptures for Exeter Cathedral; Underground (short story); London's Livery companies; The Hidden Language of Art; Christmas Bazaar 1913; A Return to King Solomon's Mines; A History of Jousting and its modern devotees; Skiing at St. Moritz; Beatrix Potter's Magic World; Illustrating the 18th Century; Ship's Figureheads; American Pieced Quilts; The Legend of Clicquot; Cheese - A Taste for All Times; Lost Palaces; Piaget watch ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 60-108. Features: Bold red and black ad for C.I.L's Dominion Ammunition inside front cover; Wonderful full-page photo of a fashionable young couple in contemporary swimwear at the Radium Hot Springs drinking fountain; The Story of the Canadian Forestry Association; Photo of crowd at the Fairy Lake ski jump near Hull, Quebec; Winter Tenting has its compensations; Trees produce successive crops; Grey Owl's beloved beavers are killed; The Dogs of the Trails - sleigh dogs delight in hard work when well treated; Leaks in our Game Supply - Part 2 by Hamilton M. Laing; ; Doctor Forest - Wholesale Druggist - good medicine found in the forest - some of which is worth more than its weight in gold; This Game Warden has a Man's Job - Sergeant Rose enforces Canadian law over 190,000 square miles; Birds of the Bread Line - they bring drama and romance to the window sill; Stalking a Lynx - by Bonnycastle Dale, Jr.; The Tree Acrobat (the Squirrel) - part 2, by A. Brooker Klugh; Tree Shelter Belt in Manitoba; Tree Tips from Nature; The Relation of Wood and Bark - function of cambium in their origin and growth - trees as historians; When Winter Comes in the Woods; The Pioneer Fishermen of the North, by Mary Loretto Weekes; Forestry in Sweden - many valuable suggestions in forestry may be obtained; Fantastic photo ad inside front cover by Mussens Limited shows their Fordson tractor modified for winter logging; Wonderful colour ad on back cover for Victoria's Empress Hotel 'climate tempered by the Japan current'. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Minor nibbling to top of front cover - image unaffected. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Fun photos of children inside front cover; Debt - Our Biggest National Industry/Money - Our Most Costly Commodity - Can the Price of Money Be Decreased?; The Backstage Story of the Marion Talley Drama - article with photo; Morality That Was First Military - army commanders long ago discovered principles now claimed by pacifists; Where the People of the British Isles Came From; Books That Started the Bells Ringing; Henry Ford's Page - Businessmen are leaders of social movements; Editorials - the McNary-Haugen Bill is vetoed, Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver advocates trial marriage, Madame Schumann-Heink denies endorsing a cigarette (being aimed at women); Skiing in the Bavarian Alps; Paid - A Billion Dollars for Beauty - Sleuths of Science Still on the Trail of Elixir of Youth; Benjamin Franklin as an Abolitionist - fascinating article; Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard - photo-illustrated article; Chats with Office Callers; I Read in the Papers; News Bits; Nice dog/puppy photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Bonus: Blank 8.5" x 5.5" subscription renewal form laid-in. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, endpapers lightly browned, blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-worn dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at head and tail of backtrip.
Features: The Home Sales Game - coffee, cake, and buy, buy, buy - Tupperware, etc.; The Loneliness of an Old Master - Snooker Champion George Chenier; The Auto Theft Industry; The real truth about the bible baddies; Sand Skiing at Tadoussac; Maggie Grant; Snake Charmers (fashion feature); Cybermedix - get Canada's most complete medical checkup without seeing a doctor; Part of page 33 has been clipped out - it appears to have been from an article about coloured rock; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
30 pages. Features: How to Actually Enjoy Winter; The Moosemeat Special - the train that runs from Sault Ste. Marie and stops for two liquor stores, whenever a hunter wants on or off - and whenever it hits a timber wolf; How to actually enjoy skiing; Southern exposure - fashion feature; Maggie Grant; The Granddaddy of Draft Dodgers - Jim Blake and his brothers fled into the mountains to escape from Prime minister Borden's conscription law at the time of the first world war; Myrna Lorrie - getting back on track at age 29; Everything about cats with Dr. Robert Williams; Doug Wright's Family. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Arthaud 1970, In-8 broché sous jaquette illustrée. 215 pages + photos en hors texte. Bon état.
in-8°, 299 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, couverture illustree à rabats. Bel exemplaire. [SO-3]
260 p., illus. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Inscribed by the editor to a friend
VHS video tape 28 minutes in length. "An epic ski mountaineering journey to the sleeping volcanic giants of the Pacific Northwest: Mounts Shasta, South Sister, Bachelor, Hood, Adams, St. Helens, and Garabaldi Park, British Columbia." - from cover. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
Trento. Edit. Manfrini, 1982. Numerosas ilustraciones en color. 141 p. 4º mayor. Cartoné editorial ilustrado. Muy buen ejemplar.
Hardcover in-4, 93 pages, abdt ill. in-t., cartonnage illustrée, dos toile. Schönes Exemplar -.FINE COPY - Bel exemplaire. [PLC-13] Mit 76 ganzseitigen Bildern im Kupfertiefdruck. Einleitender Text: Burghard V. Reznicek.
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing adjacent tospine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly sunned boards and no bumping to corners. Large fold-out maps of sites in Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy in excellent condition. Also West Germany. 40pp. Advice about each country, exercises to help with ski fitness and information about specific sites. Scarce.
G (no dj, lightly marked turquoise cloth with silver titles on spine, front free endpaper missing else contents no significant fault) octavo 166pp. A general survey of ski-ing, ski resorts, ski equipment, and other matters likely to intrest the average skier. Includes a chapter on Norway. 24 b/w illustrations.
Approximately 100 pages. "An instructional film of 450 instantaneous movie photographs." Front hinge gone, otherwise in fair condition. Unmarked. Well-worn. While perhaps nostalgic, this volume provides a concise and timelessly helpful coverage of what a beginning skier needs to know. Book
143 pages including index. Two books in one. First, a cross-country instruction manual covering everything from your first time on skis to learning eight different kinds of turns. Second is a guided tour of all of the Methow Valley's ski-touring centers and trails - and several exciting backcountry routes - with maps and information on accommodations. Novice skier or backcountry veteran, you'll find what you need here. Author's signature upon front flyleaf. Only faint wear to book. Author is a fully certified member of the Professional ski Instructors of America. Front cover does not quite lie flat. Book