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IN-8°, PP. 126 (6), BROSS. EDIT., COP. ILL. COL. (LIEVISSIME TRACCE D'USO), LEGGERISSIME BRUNITURE AI MARGINI DELLE CARTE, OTTIMO STATO (F), (INGRANDIMENTI). 898 B
In-4, brossura. In buono stato di conservazione. In questo numero: “La guerra Ispano-Americana - Fortificazioni della città di Manilla - Batterie dei bastioni”.
Milano, 1937, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 191/210 con numerose fotografie e tavole fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Milano, 1959, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 181/192 con numerose illustrazioni ed una tavola fotografica. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
pp. 330, (6)[List of Author's Works] + Plus photo frontis and full page plates. Title printed in black and red. 8vo. Original full light brown cloth binding. Decorated in black, red and gold. XLib from the Reddig Library, Shippensburg, PA. Gilt call letters slightly erased on spine. Inked call letters on dedication page. Rear fly leaf and paste down marked. Otherwise a nice copy. HUMOR 2.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and coloured pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The author served in the South Pacific, primarily in the Philippines. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Insieme di quattro vignette: Paco, villaggio incendiato nelle vicinanze di Manilla - L’ammiraglio Dewey - Il generale Otis - Il primo reggimento Dakota in un combattimento presso Manilla. Testo al retro
Due vedute delle fortificazioni della città di Manila nelle Filippine. Testo al retro
Insieme di vignette raffiguranti vedute di Cavite e Manila: Entrata del porto - Porta Isabella - Chiesa di S. Rocco - Porta di Santiago. Testo al retro
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, covers mildly age-browned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges. SCARCE.
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior clean with slightly loose binding. Color photographs of people in this unique marketplace. 93 pages.
248 pages. A bedside treasury of delightful and informative reading from the Philippines. Presented exclusively for guests of the Manila Hilton. Divided into the following sections: Portrait of the Filipino; Tales of the Filipinos; The Philippines Scene; Philippine Folklore; A Harvest of Philippine Love Lyrics; Filipinos at Home and Play; Wit or Without. Author is former Commissioner on Literature, National Commission on Culture. Illustrated in black and white. Light to moderate wear. Unmarked. Reading crease to spine. Nice copy in glossy covers. Book
24 pages. Contents: Wanted - A Program for Flood Control; Photo of Jean Harlow kissing Senator Robert L. Reynolds of North Carolina; General Motors Strike - with photo from behind the strikers' battle line; C.C. Fleming of Chelan, WA is tasked with spending $200 in a month; Digest of Hitler's interesting two-hour speech, with photo of him inspecting troops; Article on Moscow's show trials with photo of Karl Radek; Spanish Lull; Canada talks constitutionsl reform; Japanese Cabinet News; Photo of Gilbert Lewis who has been working to improve the status of minority stockholders; "Feminine" Thugs; Photo of Dr. Clarence Cook Little who declared to birth control workers that their job was "deeply religious"; Article on marriage of 22-year-old Charlie Johns to 9-year-old Eunice Winstead Johns in Tennessee; Manila cleans up for International Eucharistic Congress of the Roman Catholic Church, with photo of Cardinal Dougherty; Editorial; Last words of Gregory Piatakoff in Russia; Article on Joseph Stalin, with photo; Photo of actor John Trent; Photo of Reformer Hamilton Fish of New York; Back cover ad for the McCleary Sanitarium & Clinic of Excelsior Springs, MO; Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Fountains of the deep - initial experiments in mixed-gas cave diving; Huautla '88 and '89 - studying the hydrogeology and making the movie; The Hayes River Expedition - how to turn a kayak into toothpicks; Underwater Papua New Guinea; Manila Galleons Discovered off Guam; Greenland Ice Cap Expedition; Glasnost and Underwear Diplomacy in the Arctic. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Pages 337-376. Black and white photos. Features: Radar Proved Miracle Development of WWII; Radio in Freight Yard Service on the B.&O.; Survey of Union Members' Interest in Publications; Trades and Labor Congress Meeting; The Atomic Bomb is no Secret - Decisive discovery which led to the building of the atomic bomb was made by Germans in 1938 - with photos, by Dr. Edward U. Condon; Signal Changes on Milwaukee, Rock Island and Kansas City Southern near Kansas City, Mo.; The Fall and Rise of Manila - after more than three years of Japanese rule little was left of the once great "Fool's Paradise" - with photos, by E.H. Jacoby; Head-end collision on the Missouri Pacific; and more. Average wear. Fold-mark down middle. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Stories: The Ice Jam; The Manila Fireflies; Squaw Mike; Crashing into Burma; The Wheat Stealers; What Happened to the Bullion Box; One Christmas Day; The Railroad Boomer; There She Blows!; Rounded-up Wild Elephants; Tracking Down Hot Oil; Witchcraft; A Ride for 1000 Pounds; On Patrol with the B.P.P. Average wear. Book
94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West, 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1, and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Cover illustrations of old Watch Cocks; Alsatian Knit Carpet frontispiece illustration (1706); Knitting - a little-known field for collectors; Watch Cocks as Collectibles; Prints After Lost Paintings by William Sidney Mount; New Bottles for Old Wine - American Artisan, Amateur, and Folk Paintings; Antiques in Domestic Settings - The New York Apartment of Mrs. Clendenin J. Ryan Sr.; Chippendale Influence in a Philadelphia Sofa - attributed to Jonathan Gostelowe (c. 1745-1795); The Hornbook for Collectors - The ABC's of American Windsor Chairs; Admiral Dewey - The First Hero of Manila; Pots for celestial beverages; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 221-280. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
350 pages. Index. "In the following letters, written during a stay of nine months in the Philippine Islands, I tried to convey to those at home a faithful impression of the country I was in and the people I met." - from Introduction. Above-average wear. Sturdy library binding remains intact. Please note: map and several plates not included. Book
Features: The last stretch - in which a man squares himself with a horse (Max Brand); The Natural Thing - the happy consequences of bringing strangers home for dinner (Petere Paul O'Mara); Manila (Philippines) Merry-go-round - Mr. and Mrs. Ramirez at home (Jim Marshall); Little Red Rooster - a girl to crow about (Blake Cabot); Hand in Glove - Tony Canzoneri - a good little man (Quentin Reynolds); Meals a la Cart - Streamlined Eating (Ruth Carson); The Prodigal Nurse, Part IX - Mrs. Daklin takes a hand (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Fog on the Bay - Modern piracy in New York Harbour (Paul Deresco Augsburg); Comedy - Six days a week - Edward Everett Horton, funny fellow (Kyle Chrichton); Three in a Row, by James Aswell; Trouble Shooter, Part V - a wedding is scheduled (Ernest Haycox); Cancellation comes home - why pay your debts? (George Creel); Keep up with the world - Things you never expected (Freling Foster). Colour ad for Camel cigarettes reads "For Digestion's Sake... Smoke Camels!" Great colour GM centerfold. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Color Parker pen ad inside front cover; Nice ad for International Harvedster crawler tractors; Color ad for Ford trucks; Color Packar Car ad - a Patriotit Hoarder!; Color Texaco ad; Washington's higher wage plan fails to meet U.S. strike crisis - Administration behind pay boost of at least 15%; Dodge truck ad; Behind Anglo-US Peace Line-up lies horror of Atom Bomb War; Irma Grese - the lady butcher confesses; Swiss Stake - war paid off, peace pockets are empty; Photo of General Yamashita and friends dining on Army chow in a Manila prison; Marshall weighs war and peace - 'Keep our arms, Train our men!' - urges year of service for America's Citizen Army; Color ad for Oldsmobile, with Hydra-matic drive; General Patton - The Mouth; David Dubinsky - leader of the 360,000 member International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Now Chemical War Secrets of the war can be told - with photos and long article; red Rio truck ad; Photo of schoolboys throwing banned Nazi flags and textbooks on a bonfire in Cologne; 1945 World Series; Color TWA ad; Higgins boat ad; Nice color Diamond T truck ad; Nice color Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
108 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Fiberglas ad shows military water tank in Pacific war theatre; Nice photo ad for the National Dairy Products Corp. features sailors doing laundry in South Pacific; United States Rubber ad features tractor tires from 1941 and tank tires from 1945; Uncommon E.H. Scott Radio ad features photo of E.H. Scott; Nice one-page two-color ad for Baldwin diesel locomotives; AiResearch ad features photo of Eddie Rickenbacker; Nice photo ad for Bristol Brass of Bristol, CT features snarly executive; Japs Lose Hope - Nazis Hide Away - Major war coverage; Amazing photos of Third Army rolling two columns along an autobahn while a massive column of prisoners marches the other way; Down Together - Wehrmacht and People; Photos of emaciated US POWs from near Limburg; Nazis killed Vienna's Spirit - Now they doom its beauty to ruin; Sea Blockade by Air - The Modern Way; Nice one-page color ad for Borden's features Elsie the Cow; Dodge Truck ad features nice photo of milkman; Veterans' Administration Under Fire - Hospitals said to be mismanaged; The Crumbling Reich; Nice one-page color ad for Johnson's Wax features photo of Fibber McGee and Molly; Ann Mealer of the Army Nurse Corps; Hunger in Manila; Photo of Billy Hamilton of Brooklyn who is the champion paper collector of his neighborhood; Really nice one-page ad for New York Central shows many jobs/services provided on their passenger trains; Futuristic lawn mower on one-page ad for Bohn; 1941 photo of Japan's Matsuoka signing neutrality pact with Stalin and many others; Lost battles and slap from Moscow shake props of Jap ruling clique; While Holland Starves; Nice color-photo Kokak ad; Photo of L/Cpl. James Howe and his mother Pvt. Minnie Howe of Collingwood, Ontario; Great one-page photo ad for Speed Nuts shows B-29 over Tokyo; Battle against Pellagra in Deep South; Photo of Babe Ruth as wrestling referee; Nice one-page two-color ad encourages people to move to Seattle; A planned economy for Germany; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
74 pages. Features: I Stole a Million (part 1 of 2 - Insurance Fraudster David Schiffer; Hell on Ice - Ice boating; It's Smart to be Stupid; The Greatest Drug Since Penicillin - Chloromycetin; A Murder a Minute; Peak of a Skyline - The Empire State Building; Nightmare in Santo Tomas - Robert Robb was kept prisoner by the Japanese in Manila; Penny and Me - number 6 in a series devoted to America's top comic strips; Tulsa, Oklahoma - Great Aerial color photo; Red Hysteria Pleases Moscow - back page editorial. Short Stories: The Girl Who Wasn't For Sale; Tiger, Tiger; A Time to Mourn; The Three-Cornered Heart; Mrs. O'Brien Cures The Seven-Year Itch; Ringside Maiden (part 6 of 8); Ads for: Philco televisions, Heinz Soups - super two-page ad, 1949 Ford cars, Chesterfield cigarettes back cover color photo ad featuring Joan Fontaine and Van W. Daniel of Ruffin, N.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book