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xxii, [8], 148 pp. Many black and white diagrams and reproductions of archival photos. At time of publication the author's family was the only American builder of authentic wooden highway covered bridges. "Anyone who almost single handedly has repaired, rebuilt and even completely constructed twenty-two covered bridges deserves a marble pedestal in the antiquarian Hall of Fame. This has been the accomplishment of Milton Graton. The bridges described in this volume round out a significant and colorful contribution to the preservation of the New England heritage." - Foreword. Bit of writing on front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear to colorful dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A quality copy of this excellent history. Book
120 pages. Features: Cover painting of Okanagan apple harvest by James Hill; Great macho colour ad for GWG workwear inside front cover features hardy men building pipeline; Don't damn the U.S. for facing up to segregation; Let's stop leaving our future to old men; We're not so smart about the U.S.; Nice one-page colour Canadian Pacific ad features the luxurious new Empress of England; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for the GE pushbutton range (yellow); Your stake in teh U.S. Election between Eisenhower and Stevenson; The Next Ten Years of TV - amazing article foretells remote control, recorded programs (i.e. VHS), and TV in cars; Our Hidden Canadian Art Treasure - a new National Gallery promises to give breathing space to it - article with six pages of colour illustrations; They're Building a Vest-Pocket Empire on the Fraser - the Duke of Westminster bought agricultural Annacis Island in the Fraser River and plans to turn it into an industrial colossus - article with great photos, including aerial photo of the island before work started on industrial sites; From the Notebook of Dr. Hans Selye - this famous Canadian doctor, whose theories on stress inspired a new approach to medicine, looks at our ills, worries, hopes and failures and offers fascinating findings; The Killing Ground - complete novelette; Photo-illustrated article on young Canadian actress Jacqueline Ellis; The spectacular farewell of Wellington Axminster; The Black Day the Quebec Bridge Fell - on August 29, 1907, 75 people were killed when the world's biggest cantilever bridge collapsed while under construction - photo-illustrated article; Bill Dawe transports 740 mink 4,000 miles from Vancouver to Newfoundland in pursuit of cheap whalemeat - photo-illustrated article; Nice colour ad for the Omega Sapphette ladies' watch; Attractive lady featured in one-page colour ad for Philips TVs with 'Focalite' tuning eye; One-page colour ad for Massey-Harris-Ferguson features painting of pastoral farm scene with Holsteins in the field and farmer driving seed drill back to barn; Nice one-page Hammond Chord Organ ad; Nice one-page photo ad for the Schick '25' electric razor features red-headed man in suit and tie; Rexall centerfold ad features dozens of sale items at 1950s prices; One-page ad for GE's Ultra-Vision TVs; Vintage Allied Van Lines ad; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ad for O'Keefe's Ale features man hanging from end of train swinging yellow lantern; One-page ad for Birks Silversmiths advertises their Birks Sterling; Colour Wiser's Whisky ad features elegant couple; Champion Spark Plug ad features inset photo of Alick S. Dick, Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company; Colour-photo one-page ad for Canadian Club features condor catching in Peru's Andes; Dr. Heinz Unger recalls a birthday feast during the Russian Famine; Crane heating ad features illustration of men sitting around comfortable pot-bellied stove in country store; Sidney Katz' system of writing; Funky one-page colour ad for Simmons Hide-a-Beds features lady in orange dress on green hide-a-bed; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 260x290 Nuovo - Volume cartonato rigido, 143 pagine con numerose illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Libro in condizioni di nuovo - brand new. Testo italiano-inglese - English-Italian texts. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 100x150 Brossura editoriale di pp. 287, normali segni d'uso. Opera in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALL'ORDINE.
Mm 105x165 Volume rilegato di pp. 256, prefazione di Carlo alberto perroux presentazione di Benito garozzo e pietro Forquet. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Milano, Mondadori, 1966, 16mo brossura editoriale con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 287 (stato di nuovo) .
In 8°, br. edit., pp. 181,(3); coll. "I Giochi"; copia molto buona. (a001/d) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
In-16° pp. 263, bross. edit. ill.
A clean, unmarked copy (except for note on endpaper). Many illustrations. 152 pages.
Guido Barbone Bridge allegro. , Mursia 1971, Buono (Good) . <br> <br> flessibile <br> 263<br>
Buone condizioni, normali segni del tempo. Non comune seconda edizione di questo bel libro vintage sulla tecnica del bridge.
H. Campbell Il bridge tutti i giorni. , Mursia 1965, Libro in condizioni mediocri, presenta pagine interne ingiallite Mediocre (Poor) . <br> <br> <br> 263<br>
256 pages including index. Black and white photographic plates. A compelling story of Germany, told through the lives of the people who lived in a once-elegant, now dilapidated villa near Berlin. Spot of soiling to fore-edge. Bit of wrinkling to top of front panel of dust jacket. Book
647 pages. "...This indispensable guide to playing bridge is the perfect companion for everyone from beginners to masters." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Terror in a Penthouse; The Man They All Hated; Racing Eights; The Sniper; Glergyman in Khaki; Too Much Talent; Tigers in Paradise; Hocus Focus; Styling a Car; Power Training for Rugby Clubs; Brother Goose; Bloodier Bridge; Olympic Athletes Show You How; Hollywood Horse Race; David Langdon's Sketch Book - Starnewstanard; The Gorilla Hit Low; plus photos of Adele Collins, Julie Newmar (the girl in the moon), and Janice Van Ayre; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
4to., with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fine illustrated survey with wide selection of well-chosen photographs. This is the well-produced reissue of the original edition of 1990.
72 pages. Nice cover illustration of the H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive position; This Way, Please - wonderfully nostalgic photo-illustrated article on the Motion-Picture Theatre Usher; Oil is Where You Take It - article on the 112,000 miles of pipeline in North America; Co-ops Sell Fish and Homes - informative article on the history of the North Island Trollers' Co-operative Association (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the the Tompkinsville co-operative housing project at Reserve Mines on Cape Breton Island; To Be Blind Like This - James McDonald of Alberta explains how blindness since age 6 has not kept him from a full and happy life; Streamlined Groceries - great vintage article on food merchandising circa 1939 and how it eases the burden on housekeepers. Fiction: Graven Image of a Boy; South Sea Saga; So Nicely Put; Deep Waters (serial). Great one-page photo ad for International industrial crawlers and tractors. Excellent two-colour (orange) one-page photo ad for Chevrolet trucks. Lovely one-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge car (orange). Colour Studebaker centrefold ad. 1939 Dodge truck ad. Bromo-Seltzer ad includes photo of Bridge expert Ely Culbertson. Photo of 97-year-old twins Hettie Brenton and Rhoda Dartt, born in Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Vintage one-page ad for Chrysler vans and pickup trucks. Willys Overland photo ad. Nostalgic colour-photo ad for Canadian Pacific's Banff and Lake Louise tourism features poolside ladies in bathing caps. Nice colour back cover 1939 Plymouth ad features a red Custom four-door Streamline Sedan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue from the ominous months preceeding WWII. Book
144 pages plus section with numerous full-page black and white illustrations. Captain Hayman was the skipper of the ferry crossing Okanagan Lake between Kelowna and Westbank before it was replaced by a floating bridge. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Book is in excellent condition with very slight edge wear and a bump to the lower back edge. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear and small tears.49 pages with color and b&w illustrations. Contents include: the Gun Wharf, Tower of london, Chiswick reach, wharves, Brewery below Waterloo bridge, Italian bridge, Richmond House, etc.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.76.
Pages 281-364 plus 80 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Veteran's Memorial Bridge at Rochester, NY; What Has Happened to Architects?; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Drafting and Design Problems - Neighborhood Shopping Centers; Entrance Grille Studies; Westinghouse Electric Elevator Company ad inside back cover features fantastic photo of the Old Colony Building in Chicago; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
95pp. 22 cm. Paperback Very good condition
Translated by Burton Raffel, Forword by Robert Creed. Light wear only to uncreased covers, sharp corners, text/interior is free of marking of any kind. 121 pages. In Business for 21 years, we provide excellent and responsive customer service and pack in padded shipping material.
