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322 pages. "Sure to create many new players with a real understanding of what bridge is all about." - Alan Truscott, Bridge Editor, New York Times. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this popular work. Book
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
50 pages. Features: Silent Cities - Photo-illustrated article on Canadian military cemeteries abroad; Our Air Heroes - excerpt from play "Target for Peace" which was broadcast on the CBC; Photo of the 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe band playing in Italy; Top Priority on Homes for Heroes is Legion Demand; How the Town of Renfrew Solved its Housing Problem - article with photo; Education for Citizenship - Lieut. - Col. the Hon. Wilfred Bovey flays those who would throw away Canadian democracy for the way of the Russians; Photo and brief write-up of 93-year-old Sgt. Daniel Byrd Hoskins Power of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, who explains the secret to his long life; Canada's Veterans in the U.S.A.; The Second V.C. of the R.C.A.F. - The Late Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski; Photo of Bailey Bridge inventor Sir Donald Bailey in Ottawa; Update Colonel Percy J. Philpott, Adviser to the Deputy Minister concerning Veterans of both wars; Review of book "Detour" which describes the life of Prisoners-of-war in Germany; Article on Legion Policies and Activities; Monthly notes on the great humanitarian work of the Dominion Service Bureau of the Canadian Legion; The World in Review - Part 12 - September 11 to October 10, 1946; The Small Holdings Plan; Photo of Victoria Legion's undefeated lacrosse team; Photo of the Jewish legionaires' basketball team of the Fredric Kisch Branch in Montreal; The Canadian Army at War - The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944, 3rd part; Nice one-page cartoon-illustrated ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery features hunter being chased by bear; Nostalgic colour ad inside back cover for Blue Top Brewing of Kitchener, Ontario features illustration and floor-plan diagram of an economical home. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Front cover partially faded with mild undulations. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by R.F. Micklewright.
8vo., First Edition, some minimal offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities and a little browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. Dustwrapper artwork by R.F. Micklewright. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece, endpapers browned; cloth gilt, gilt back, upper hinge cracked at Foreword but quite sound, corners lightly bruised else a very good copy of an uncommon work. These two scarce pamphlets are reprinted here by Marion Grieg Hedden (the author's daughter) from the 'Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art'
8vo., First US Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled at extremities.
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady with three kittens; Great colour GWG (Great West Garment ad inside front cover features farmer with pitchfork in his Red Strap overalls; Half-page colour Canada Dry ad shows happy kids with mom; Massy-Harris one-page colour ad shows combine harvester at work; Fascinating post WWII article considers Liberty, Imperialism, Food Controls, and Cost of Living; Nice one-page colour B-A ad shows four happy motoring scenes; Colour half-page V-8 veggie drink ad; Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Sunworthy Wallpapers shows elegant lady and wallpaper photos; Great one-page colour Coke ad shows high school kids at lunch time and a large Coke ice chest full of bottles; What's Wrong with Canada-U.S. Relations?; Partners in Fact (short story); The Boy Who Stopped Niagara - children Jeff Martin and Norah McFarlane made a very successful movie; In Post-War Italy - photo-illustrated article discusses the 'black market mind', and the intriguing story of the Monks and the hand grenades; The Blonde Baby (short story); Professionals (short story); The Tug with a History - photo-illustrated article on London's Tower Bridge Tug; , with photos of John Sumpter, Roy Evans, Richard Dominy Hollingum and William Adie; One-page ad for the 1948 Chevrolet features red 2-door Fleetmaster with black background; Watch Your Laundry (short story); Article on records with photo of Johnny Long; One-page Champion Spark Plug ad features illustration of racer Ted Horn, national AAA champion; Fashion illustrations; Spalding ad shows lady hockey player sprawled on ice beneath caption "Hockey for Housewives? NO!"; Beauty article; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Fashion article with photos; Classy half-page colour-photo ad for Monarch's debutante hosiery includes photo of lady with stocking lines up the back of her legs; Easter recipes; Uncommon half-page colour ad for Sovereign Potters of Hamilton, Ontario features their Montcalm Pattern, Number 718 Maroon; Nice mother and daughter colour ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover; Back cover O'Keefe's colour ad features reproduction of painting "The Miner" by Rex Woods; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Features: New software for complex beam analysis; New guidelines for bridge design; Implications of single-hull tankers phase-out; Finland; Green ship technology; China update; Cruise liner technology; Cranes and cargo handling. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
8vo, 127 pages, illustrated throughout. Inscription of a previous owner on the inside front cover. eng
200 pages. Features: Cover photos of Charles de Gaulle; Attractive fashion ads; One-page RCA Victor ad for Sid Caesar's album "Little Me" says "Sex, Caesar and Song"; Peugeot 404 ad; Fallacies and Facts About Automation; Photos of scenes in France; A Long Look at Stalin Ten Years Later - remembered as 'a man who did dreadful things but built a great power'; Fourteen Clues to Washington News - article on Washington correspondents with nice photo of JFK at press conference; The Brave 'Buddelers' of Berlin - photo-illustrated article on the daring escapes by tunnel by refugees from Communist Germany; What Drives Bobby Kennedy (RFK)?; Is Communism a Menace? - Bertrand Russell's Answer; The Crime of Art-Napping - famous paintings around the world are being stolen; Hubert Humphrey's ideas for making legislators more effective; The Number of Special-Purpose Organixations (Clubs) is on the Upswing; Photos and illustrations from Victorian times; Beautiful one-page color-photo Monet Jewelry ad; Spokesman for Darwin, and for Science; General Tom Thumb's Fairy-Tale Wedding; Photo of Charles Sherwood Stratton (General Tom Thumb) at age 18; What Makes a Safer Driver Safe?; Quest for the Best Hotel in the World; Radiant color-photo centerfold ad for Wamsutta features five gorgeous models in dresses; Stiffel Lamps ad; Nice one-page ad for the 1963 Ford Mercury Comet Sportster hardtop - white two-door with sheepdog in front; Macy's Home Food Service; United States Lines ad features color photos of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald BAlcom with Mrs. Andre Embiricos plus Mr. Barry Bingham, Miss Carrie Anna Crockett, Mr. Richard Lewis and Miss Suzanne Francoeur; Sketches of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction; Photos of Navy Seals in training; Fashion photos of women's exotic head wrappings; Plight of the brand new parent; Photos of fireplaces used as furniture; Crossword completed in pencil; Pfaff sewing machine ad entitled 'pfun'. Please note that page 113/14 is missing, otherwise this copy shows average wear and is unmarked. An interesting vintage copy Book
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of Japanese Renaissance Man Yukio Mishima who took his life three months later; Dear Prince - a letter to Norodom (Prince) Sihanouk on the situation in his native Cambodia since he moved to Peking (Beijing) and US troops came and went; Photo-illustrated feature article on Yukio Mishima; How to Lose the Bermuda (Yacht) Race (from Newport, RI to the Onion Patch); Beautiful color fashion ads; Portrait of a Decade - what the census shows about the turbulent 60's; Fashion photos entitled 'Cop-out Clothes; Photos of Robert T. Snyders' home in Brooklyn; Bridge article; No-Cal Cola ad on back cover says "We Ain't Got No Sugar." Above-average external wear. Crossword completed in pencil. A worthy vintage copy of this rare Mishima memento. Book
48 pages. Features: Rheingold lager beer ad features color photos of Jean Welch, Jill Darnley, Maggie Long, Helen Riickert, Dorothy Hart and Rita Daigle, the Miss Rheingold 1946 candidates; Illustrated ad for the Fairchild "Flying Boxcar"; We Enter the Atomic Age - the momentous story of the atom whose energy science has now unleashed; Two pages of fantastic photos illustrating the dramatic story of the atom - from radium to the atomic bomb, including the Curies, Einstein, Niels Bohr, Dr. E.O. Lawrence with a cyclotron, and the great factory at Oak Ridge, TN; Ernest Bevin - a new kind of statesman; When do we abolish (wartime) business controls: Germany is Not Yet Defeated - Senator Harley M. Kilgore argues her industrial power must be destroyed; China - Unless we preserve her full integrity we shall face still another war - Nathaniel Peffer's formula for peace in the Far East; One-page ad for Drene shampoo features three color photos of beautiful Bettina Bolegard, New York fashion model; Veterans storm the academic beachhead; Our music-loving Presidents; Benjamin ('Ben') Victor Cohen is expected to be a bridge from the President to Byrnes and Vinson; Jones & Laughline Steel ad includes sketches of Donald Gortner and Ralph Ardary; Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees looks forward to moving his bulldozers into Japan; Boom in New Yorkers studying foreign languages; Interesting half-page ad for The American Mercury features heading "Can We Do Business With Stalin", with illustration of Stalin; Nice one-page Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna ad; Two pages of photos of ladies in fashionable coats; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Opening to central portion of front cover mended with archival tape. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Tormented Officer in a 'Dirty War' - photos and article of French officer Captain de V. - torn between his soldier's conscience and practical demands in the Algerian fighting; Our Bases - Targets of Khrushchev - interesting photos; 'In-de-pen-Dance' Comes to the Congo - photo and article; Needed - A Credo for Foreign Aid - article discusses the need to re-examine our basic motives; Playing Politician Possum Isn't Easy - lie low while waiting to be drafted for a Presidential nomination; State of the Drama - Debate Continued - is our theatre too ful of violence, gloom and corruption?; At 80 - The Miracle of Helen Keller - article with photo; Double-Duty for a Noble Bridge - photo feature with explanation of how second (lower) deck is being added to the George Washington bridge due, in large part, to the original designers whose original design foresaw such a need; Color ad for Polish ham; Rhubard recipes; Nice one-page color ad for Yuban coffee; Attuning the Young to Music; Architectural photos of a fashionable dune home; Wonderful black and white 'Under the Sun' ladies' fashion photos by Hiro; Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray - article with photos; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Pages tender and partially yellowed. A worthy vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of Clement Atlee; RCA ad inside front cover with photo of RCA Laboratories at Princeton, NJ; Nice color ad for Dubonnet wine; Fairchild ad includes illustration of their Flying Boxcar in use by Western Union; The Atomic Bomb - problems confronting statesmen; FDR's Home, Hyde Park, becomes a new shrine; Teaching democratic ABC's to Nazi PW's (POWs) - a first-hand report; Four Million Families want ti build or buy a home; New Highways for a better New York - article with artist's renderings of the Cross-Bronx Expressway near Parkchester, the Cross-Bronx Expressway at the Washington Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge in Richmond, and an intersection of the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens; One-page color ad for Virginia Rounds cigarettes; Dean Margaret Pickel challenges women to face the responsibilities of their full citizenship; Photo-illustrated article on what goes on in cow country when beef cattle are shipped to market; Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Revlon's 'Fatal Apple' nail color; Five photos of New York-area Girl Guides in action; Eight gorgeous photos of dresses for dancing dates; One-page color ad for Gemey perfume; Bold red Schaefer beer ad features checkers board; One-page color ad for Croix Royale California wines; Nice color back-page ad features Cobbs Florida fruit gifts; and more. Moderate external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Mild age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the Stardust slip modelled on page 35; Castro Tries to Export 'Fidelismo' - article with great photos; Which is the Best Road to the White House?; As They See Things in the Holy Loch - article (with photo) on reaction in Holy Loch, Scotland, where it has been announced that a U.S. nuclear sub base will be located; Integration - The Third Critical Phase as it begins in the core states - article with dramatic photos; In Pakistan, "Maybe President Mohammed Ayub Khan Can Help Us" - article with photo of the President confering with Prime Minister Nehru of India; 'Welfare State' a Debate That Isn't - the real question is, to what extent should government intervene in the economy?; Tyrants of the Podium - Famous Musical conductors speak loudly and carry a small stick; Les Halles Must Move - Maybe - article and photos of the ancient Paris market which is to be modernized; Powerful two-page color ad for Accutron watches by Bulova; Top Denizens of the Myth Zoo - mythical animals; A Niagara of Power - construction photos and sketch of the new Niagara Power Project; The Vision of Spanish artist Velasquez - the 300th anniversary of his death; When Royalty Marries Commonality - photos of famous 'mixed' royal couples; Vintage full-page color ad for Parker Bros. game Kimbo; Nice color photo one-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Interior design photos with a medieval taste; Nice one-page color ad for nine of Milton Bradley's board games; The Child of 'Emotional Divorce' - the rift that can exist between parents who stay together 'for the sake of the kids'; Nice women's swimwear and hat fashion photos; Photos of raising a 60'x90' US flag on the George Washington Bridge; Wonderful one-page color ad for Cobbs Christmas gift baskets (yes, back then ads could mention Christmas). Unmarked. Average wear. Paper tender with peripheral age-toning. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Articles: Gerald E. Panting and the Development of Maritime History in Canada; Showing the Flag - Hugh Palliser in Western Newfoundland; Newfoundland Spring Sealing Disasters to 1914; A Bridge Across the Water - Liverpool Shipbrokers and the Transfer of Eastern Canadian Sailing Vessels, 1855-1880; The Shipping Industry in British Columbia from 1867 to 1914; plus numerous book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Dustwrapper artwork by F. Exell.
pp. 244, (16) [Illustrated Playing Card Advertisements]. 12mo. Original full printed wraps. Very slight loss at head and tail of spine. Slight loss at bottom corner of front cover. Half of rear cover separated from spine, with no loss. Still, a very nice copy. Covers all sorts of card games, including: whist; poker; five hundred; bridge; auction bridge; cribbage; sixty-six; bezique; gaigel; pinochle; rum; conquain; euchre; rams; napoleon; monte bank; faro; solitaire; piquet GAMES BOX 1
236 p. Hardcover Very good condition; in brown suede & gilt, spine faded
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, page edges tanning slightly; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1461.
Book is in excellent condition, as new.. 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. 367 pages with b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Chapters include: Above Oxford, Oxford to Abingdon, Abingdon to Streatley, Streatley to Henley, Henley to Maindenhead, Maidenhead to Windson, Windsor to Hampton Court, Hampton Court to Richmond, Richmond to Battersea, Battersea to London Bridge, London Bridge to Gravesend, Gravesend to the Nore.
Features: What happened to Common Sense? - Calvin D. Linton says not only do we live in the best-educated age in history, it may well also be the most gullible; Doomsday Merchant of the Far Right - Billy James Hargis leads a witch-hunt in pursuit of Communists; People on the Way Up - Comic Dick Shawn, Ross Pritchard, Charlene Curry, Janet Ades, Rochelle Hood; Czar of the Bunny Empire - Hugh Hefner, with color photos; The Bridge of Hope - Topeka's effort to help mental patients return to regular life; Me and my mixed up trees - Frank J. Taylor and 'the confessions of a compulsive grafter who tells backyard (Luther) Burbanks how to turn the tables on nature; Irrepressible Egoist - Dick Stuart, the Pittsburgh Pirates cocky slugger; Hot Weapon in the Cold War - at President Kennedy's urging, the Army is beefing up its Special Forces, who are trained to combat Red guerillas around the globe. Nice color Pepsi ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
132 pages. Fiction: Vacation at Home; Co-Hater; The Quarrel; The Star of Double Darkness; Forbidden Valley (part 3 of 7); The Magnificent Phoney (conclusion). Articles: We Like the Foreign-Service Life - Russ and Beatrice Ann Russell; Cities of the World - Buenos Aires - article with nice color photos; How Safe is Your Safe-Deposit Box?; I Pick Littler to Win the Open - great golf article with many photos; Too Much is Our Trouble - we pay millions to store excess food while others are desperately hungry; The Face of America - River Tragedy at downed bridge spanning the Homochitto 15 miles south of Natchez - J.E. Lay tries to save other drivers; The Doodads Women Wear! - Jeweler Sam Kramer of Greenwich Village - article with great photos; The Pooches Never Had it So Good. Ads: Northern Pacific Railway - North Coast Limited with the Vista-Dome; Republic Steel; Color-photo ad for KitchenAid appliances; G.E. Clothes Washers; Campbell's Soup; Buick Roadmaster - nice color-photo ad; Texaco - registered rest rooms; Philco appliances; Great color-photo ad for Sealtest features milkshakes; GM; GE Fridges; *Fantastic* two-page color-photo ad for GMC trucks; Chevrolet; Boeing ad features B-52; Fantastic one-page color ad for Seven-Up (7-up) features ice cream floats; Eaton truck axle ad features photo of White Morot Company salesman William N. Labarre as well as fleet owner Everett Lawrence of New Orleans; Very nice one-page color ad for Viceroy cigarettes features 'Facts About Cigarette Smoking'; Interesting two-page black and white photo ad for GE shows their generators and electric motors being used for experimental farm equipment; Nice color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features Marilyn-like lady on bike; Betty Crocker pie crust mix ad on back cover. Above-average but not excessive external wear. Bit of unobtrusive writing at bottom of page 128. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
