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Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
36 pages. Index of advertisers inside back cover. Features: Windjammer Days, by Captain C.c. Sainty; Westernmost Lighthouse in the U.S.A., by Eric Wahleen; International Tugboat Races; Princess of Vancouver; Ramblings in Indonesia, by Captain A. Cabot; Weather Observing in Ships, by L.K. McGlening; Ghosts of Old Seaman Behind Stained Glass, by Norman Hacking; Venture Proves Successful - Jervis Inlet Water Taxi Limited; New Freight Carrier Introduces "Pick a Back" System - the M.V. Clifford J. Rogers; New Company - The North Shore Dock & Warehouse Co., Ltd; ; Aerial Views of Harbours - Montreal, Sarnia, Prince Rupert, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Victoria; Lions Gate Bridge photo taken from south end - with two handwritten names; Pilot's Convention; The Appointment of Captain Lee, by Captain Thomas Gilchrist; Half-page ad for The Black Ball Line; Mere Figureheads, by James E. Carver; M.V. Chinook II; Business is Coming to British Columbia; Sixth International Tugboat Races; They Have Passed On; Pigs and Ships. Writing on front cover. Gift inscription on President's Message page suggests this copy formerly belonged to Captain H. Roach, President of the Guild in 1955. Average wear. A sound copy. A great memento from the earlier days of west coast maritime navigation. Book
Features: Railroads in Canada One Hundred Years Ago - interesting article with many nostalgic photos/illustrations; C.P.R. Track Construction - chart and map of progress of CPR track construction westward from Winnipeg Season - 1882; Diagram and details of CPR Sleeping Car circa 1882; Victoria Bridge - the Railway wonder of Canada in 1882 - great illustrations; Major Rogers discovers the Rogers Pass. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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.
38 pages. Features: Lost Fenian Gold; John Herron - Policeman, Plainsman and Politician; Bridge Creek Correspondence; The Home-Made Propellers; Fort Victoria 1858 (Part IV); John Innes' Historic Paintings of British Columbia. Average wear. Moisture exposure/staining to bottom edge. A worthy reference copy. 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
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. 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. 416 pages full of full page color photos, floor plans, elevations, landscape drawings, etc. Features include:Wild Turkey distillery complex, Inout house, the Smile, Wrap house, Linear cabin, Michigan lake house, Newberg residence, North main, Point house, Immanuel church and paris centre, Cologne, Mont-Blanc base camp, Nanjing Wanjing garden chapel, Grandview Heights aquatic centre, T3, Samuel Beckett civic campus, et al.
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. 11907. eng
No marks or inscriptions. Light crease to upper corner of rear cover, no creasing to spine. No bumping to corners. A very clean very tight copy. 96pp.
119 pages nearly entirely of large, sometimes full page, color photos of Chinese residential architecture and architectural detail from seven areas in China and Tibet in an oversize, oblong format. Captions both in Chinese and English. Lots of unusual examples: "two storey round earth-built tower,""log cabin of Tibetan residents." "carved beams in Langshelin Villa". Upper corner of front cover is damaged and lower corner of same is missing piece of dust jacket, general wear and scuffing otherwise to dust jacket. Interior/text is clean and unmarked in any way. Very unusual volume.
112 pages. Illustrated with colour photography. Inspires innovative entrepreneurship between city and countryside. "An intimate look into the life and process of Jan Huijgen and the creation of Eemlandhoeve." - from back cover. Text in English. Unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
[1937] With 23 plates and many diagrams in the text. 158 pages. A little curling to covers. Light wear to cover extremities.
44 pages. Dozens of black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Woods and Materials; Mold & Work Board; Boiling Through; Tools & Glue; Bending the Sides; Linings and End Blocks; Assembling the Sides; Jointing Top & Back; Top & Back Construction; Neck Construction; Fretboard; Bridge; Gluing Top and Back; Banding and Purfling; Finishing; Supplement - for folk guitar construction. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Pencil markings to page three, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent guide. Book
8°, tela rossa edit., tit. in oro al piatto ant., pp. 68 - (2). Fioriture per il tipo di carta ma buon es. Prima edizione.
Firenze, Stabilimento Grafico A. Salani, 1953. PRIMA EDIZIONE. Con questo libro la Federazione Italiana Bridge ha divulgato le norme ufficiali che disciplinano il giuoco del Bridge e le sue gare. Prima della sua pubblicazione vigeva in Italia la più brillante anarchia legislativa in fatto di Bridge. Dall’indice: Statuto Nazionale della Federazione Italiana Bridge; Il codice italiano per il Bridge Contratto Duplicato; La licitazione; Il giuoco; Il punteggio; Comitato Organizzatore - Giuria; Il direttore di torneo; Vademecum del direttore di torneo. In 16mo (cm. 19); legatura originale in mezza tela, piatti cartonati rigidi, titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. 130, (2). In allegato in una tasca al retro del piatto posteriore: lo Statuto Nazionale della Federazione Italiana Bridge, approvato dall’Assemblea Straordinaria del 4 ottobre 1953. Ottima copia. PAxs
First Edition, [iii],4-62,[2]pp., later buckram. Begun as a commercial speculation, this bridge project, like others, became the centre of an important political controversy, involving questions of governmental roles in commercial development and public protection and access. Dorchester Neck and the annexation of that peninsula to the town of Boston. The state Legislature approved a petition in 1804 to annex the Neck to Boston and authorised a toll bridge to link the two areas. The Boston South Bridge opened in 1805.
34 pages. Features: Cover illustration of USMC men firing anti-aircraft gun; Hurlburt Motor Truck Co. ad inside front cover says their trucks are first in New York City; Oliver Typewriter ad; Nice Victrola ad includes photos of Martinelli, Alda, DeLuca and Zimbalist; Title page illustration by F.G. Cooper depicts rivetman in pose of attacking soldier with bayonet; The 343 Stays Up (after submarine attack); Adventures with the Crumbling Russian Army (part 2) - great photo-illustrated article; Editorials discuss apprehension about France, the high cost of sailoring, Milwaukee's War-Aid subscriptions, what the enemy knows, and more; The Man Who Cost $50,000; Mobilizing Noah's Ark - two pages of photos illustrating the many animals used in the war effort; Conquering Wound Infection - Some remarkable achievements in surgery and chemiotherapy - article with photo of U.S. Army surgeons at the War Demonstration Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute, with Dr. Carrel in center; Fantastic two-color centerfold ad for the new REO light four car; The Secret of the Frame House; Ad for Toliver puncture-proof tire tubes; Half-page illustrated ad for Selden Trucks at a bridge construction scene; Nice illustrated quarter-page ad for Stewart Motor Trucks; Full-page ad inside back cover for the American Tobacco Company features letter, signed by its President, Percival S. Hill, which explains how the company's entire output of "Bull Durham" tobacco has been put at the disposal of the war effort; Nostalgic back cover two-color ad for Ever-Ready Safety Razors explains how they've been adopted by Uncle Sam for use by the Army and Navy. Average wear. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
94 pages. Articles: How Truman Did It; The Barbizon Hotel - For Women Only - article with nice photos; Dogs are Big Business; I Saw the Reds Taste Freedom - Col. Robert Bishop's dramatic recollection of Bucharest, Rumania's brief taste of liberty in 1944, with great photo; How to Give Money Away; My Life in a Cooking School. Fiction: You Can't Win 'em All!; Girl With a Horse for Sale; The Miracle of Tepayac; Make Something Happen; Passage to Panama (part 6 of 7). Aviation Features: My Story of the Wright Brothers; Cavalcade of Trnasportation; The Collier Trophy - for flight beyond the speed of sound - won by John Stack, Lawrence D. Bell and Captain Charles "Chuck" E. Yeager, USAF; Diary of the First Flight; Our Aerial Arsenal - great compilation of color illustrations of US military aircraft; ; The World the Kitty Hawk Made; Super color aerial photo of Niagara Falls with Rainbow Bridge in backbround. Illustration of basketball player George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers; Ads include: Nice color Canada Dry ad inside front cover; Martin 2-0-2 Airliner; Pan American World Airlines; American Airlines;; B.F. Goodrich; Plymouth cars; International Trucks; Douglas Aircraft - attractive military theme; Good Year's Cross -Wind Landing Wheel; TWA Airlines; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Hiram Walker's liquor; The 1949 Frazer car; Pabst beer features color photo of Mrs. Winston Guest; "Enchantment" movie starring David Niven; Bell Aircraft ad features illustrations of their helicopters and X-1 jet; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows Santa reaching into a fridge for a quick drink. Covers pulling from staples. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Nice 1-page photo ad features 'teen-age' fashion model Kitty Higgins and her two children; Nice 1-page color ad for Lyon Whitewall Tires; The Sweetest Town on Earth - the modest community of Grasse, in southern France has the perfume industry by the nose - article with color photos; The Bosom of My Family (fiction); The Railroads Fight Back; The Flappers Chilidren - a veteran of WWII compares the doughboys who returned from WWI with today's ex-G.I.s - article with photos; Who's Kilroy? Cocktails for One (fiction); Sleeping Beauty (fiction); Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features a K-7 parked outside a diner; 1-page color ad for Seagram's V.O.; Great color one-page ad for Borden's Hemo vitamin drink; 1-page color-photo ad for Ansco film; Grand Slam Gags - a bridge tournament champ passes along some funny stories; Two-page color ad for Old Mr. Boston Liquor; Very colorful 1-page Christmas ad for Carling Red Cap Ale; The Host (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for movie 'The Jolson Story'; 1-page color ad for Harwood's blended Canadian Whisky; Nice 1-page color ad for Gordon's Gin; The Songs Roll By (fiction); 1-page ad for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) features great photo of the first national auto show in 1900; The Bell of San Anselmo (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Christmas in the Desert - color photos of Christmas lights on cactii; Christmas Coke ad on back cover shows family gift-wrapping. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chips from cover fold. A worthy vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Articles: The Red Plan for S-Day (Soviet Day) when American Communists will perform disrupting tactics in America - with photo of Communist leaders arrested for advocating violent overthrow of the government; I'm a Sucker for Screwballs; Chain Store in the Wilderness - The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) - article with great photos from northern Canada; I Catch Bank Embezzlers; Through Hell and High Brass (part 2 of 5) - The Story of Jimmy Doolittle; Magdealena - California's gift to Broadway - with great color dance photos; Steve Canyon and Me - Milton Caniff writes about his popular comic strip; Beatrice Pearson - color photo with write-up. Fiction: Security; Cry Deep, Cry Stilll; Riviera Renegade; Jack Pot; Passage to Panama (par 1 of 7); The Impudent Rifle (conclusion). Ad include: Bell Telephone; Elgin Watches (with Robert Montgomery); Monarch packaged foods; "Every Girl Should Be Married" movie with Cary Grant; Admiral entertainment units; Gruen Curvex watches; RCA Victor radios; 1949 Ford cars; Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page two-color ad featuring Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Arthur Godfrey and Peggy Lee; Plymouth; Nash Airflyte centerfold ad - very attractive; Bostonians shoe ad; Westinghouse electric sheet/blanket ad - color photo; GM - two-page color ad; Very colorful two-page ad for Calvert Reserve whiskey; Hedy Lamarr is featured in an Auto-Lite ad; Hamm's beer; Pepsodent ad features Jacqueline Crouse; Pennsylvania Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features bridge walker Adam Tomey. Average wear. Cover holding by one staple. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
Paris, Julliard, 1959. In-8, cartonnage toilé crème, bien complet de sa jaquette, 381 pp.
London, The Bodley Head, 1972, in- 8, cart. edit. con sovracc., pp. 171, (2).
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing down spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to lower front corner. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with nicks, chips and light creasing to edges. 192pp. A complete treatment of defensive and competitive bidding at Bridge with all the wrinkles as played by leading tournament stars.
In-16° pp. 300, leg. in tela edit. con tracce d'uso e numerose segnature a matita.
