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116 pages. Here's a modern treatment of an old "ten-twen-thirt" meller drayma that will have the folds out front hissing, booing and applauding like mad and loving every minute of it. Bookseller's rubber stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Book
2 issues January-February 1969 (vol. 61, no. 1) and March-April 1969 (vol. 61, no. 2). Both VG. Includes articles on early days of the post in Great Britain and on the stamp centenary year in Sarawak. 12702. eng
231 pages including references and index. Through this unique adventure in the art of historical detection, the authors invite you to "decipher the code" that bars our distant past from modern eyes and minds. Includes tools and a sampling of ancient history's most intriguing cases on which to try them. Here are clues locked within artifacts, woven into oral tradition, encrypted in ancient writing, and embedded in the land itself. As new but for prior owner's blind stamp upon title page. Glossy illustrated boards. Excellent copy. Book
162 pages. This incisive analysis of the teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses is the kind of clear-cut thorough-going refutation many Christians have desired. It will be welcomed by those who have been confronted with the doctrines of the Jehovah's Wintesses, realized they were "benders of the truth and weavers of deception," but were at a loss as to just how to make a convincing rebuttal. Author has probed the complexities of the Watchtower thinking and presents a revealing expose that is well-organized and easy to grasp. Places the major tenets of Jehovah's Witnesses under the spotlight of God's Word. A scriptural index adds to the book's utility. Prior owner's name and author's rubber stamp upon half-title page, else unmarked. Well-worn. Binding intact. One inch opening to front cover at base of spine. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards with gilt magnifying glass, stamp tongs, and stamp decoration. 208 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on heavy paperstock.
Small format book. 4"w x 5 1/4"h. 186 pages. Black and white illustrations. An Easy to Read, Graphically Illustrated Guidebook, Designed Especially for the Beginning Stamp Collector.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Scarce.
New English Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. (23 x 19 cm). In English and Turkish. 865 p., ills. Postal history of the Ottoman Empire: Rates and routes, 1840-1922.= Osmanli Imparatorlugu posta tarihi: Tarifeler ve possta yollari, 1840-1922. "The first uniquely illustrated comprehensive study based on original archival material. Turkish philately has been missing a fully comprehensive body of information relating to postal rates during the Ottoman era. This study attempts to fill this gap by creating an inclusive resource based on multiple diverse pieces of public information as well as documents found in the extensive Turkish national archives.".
Fine English Turkiye posta pullari katalogu. Kisim 1: Osmanli Donemi [1977-78]., Pul tuccarlari dernegi, Ist., 1978. Paperback. Pbo. Fine. [64] p. Large 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). Color ills. Catalogue of the Turkish postage stamps. Part 1: Ottoman period. In Turkish.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 34 p. B/w ills. Introduction to Turkish stamps in the Ottoman period. Osmanli Dönemi Türk pullarina giris.
128 pages including index. Sections include: art nouveau clocks; bracket clocks; bee hive clocks; calendar clocks; carriage clocks; china clocks; clock sets; cottage clocks; cuckoo clocks; empire clocks etc.; frame clocks; grandfather clocks; mantal clocks; novelty clocks; ogee clocks; pequegnat clocks; schoolroom clocks; sharp gothic clocks; ships clocks; steeple clocks; vienna regulators; wall clocks; and more. Most clocks shown were offered for sale during the past seven years, but the values given are those current at the time of printing. Prior owner's rubber stamp and date handwritten upon front flyleaf, else unmarked. Average wear. Book
Hardcover in-8°, 299 pages, ill. h.t. coul., cartonnage ed. sous jaquette ill. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais (jaquette impeccable). [NV-29]
120 pages. An illustrated, easy-to-follow guide to short or long-term care. Light wear and soiling. Attractive glossy covers. Rubber stamp upon title page else unmarked. Book
306 pages. "A practical 'how-to' book loaded with information to support caregivers and their loved ones during a tumultuous time." - Susan Delmar, M.Ed. Light wear. Rubber stamp upon title page else unmarked. Would be graded as Very Good if not for grey soiling to top edge which has run down a quarter inch or so into some pages. Text unaffected. Solid working copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Behold South Africa's Natural Wonders; World Conference Against Racism - Commemorative; The Anglo-Boer/South Africa War - Remembering; Celebrate Christmas 2001; Enjoy Music in South Africa. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: ILSAPEX 98; Annamart Dednam's winning design; Whales Issue; Whales of the Southern Oceans; Chinese Mineworkers; The Romance of Postal Stationery; Artist Joan van Gogh; Royal Tour of Southern Africa - 1947; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
56 pages. "...the stamps of Canada are a unique form of communication. They are themselves national icons, which embody in their design, and their ubiquitousness, a representation of the country's experience that enhances everyone's understanding and pride. The philatelists know it, and I think, whenever those of us who are not stamp collectors stop to think about it, we know it too." - Patrick Watson, from front flap of dust jacket. Small faint erasure to decorated front endpaper, else unmarked. Light wear to book and dust jacket. Sorry but no actual stamps included. A very attractive volume none-the-less. Book
130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Photos of British troops and supplies at Arnhem, plus battle photos; Photos of damage to Channel ports; photos of sea forts protecting London; and more. Average wear. Prior owner's name and stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Page 397 loose but present (because page 415 has been removed and is not included). Centerfold (loose but present) provides a large and fascinating cut-away diagram of 'the secrets of the flying bomb' - how the robot's flight and dive are automatically controlled. Book
Features: The Injuns Called Him Medicine Man; How Great Falls Began; Belle Starr's Killer Revealed; Roll Up and Roll Out; John Jennings' Diamond; Long Remember; Adventures of a Buffalo Hunter; The Mighty McClure; Elusive Loot of Shell Canyon; Jail Break - Farmer Style; The Trap Didn't Spring on Butch Cassidy? Date stamp atop back cover. Nice copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: The French Lady's Treasure; Scouting the Utes; Did Russia Introduce the Horse?; The Cowboy from Yorkshire; How Green is a Bullfrog?; Those Murdering Herricks; The Death Watch; Leadville's Ice Palace; To My Tormentors, I Bequeath; Charlie Siringo and "Eat Em Up Jake"; "Suicide Ted" Elder. Nice copy. Faint date stamp atop back cover. Magazine
546 pages. Black and white frontis of George Vancouver plus twenty black and white photographic reproductions. Author was well-equiped for this work. By disposition a student, he became greatly engrossed in his researches, and secured copies of all the old records of voyages to the coast of British Columbia and knew their contents intimately. His duties in command of the Quadra took him to every portion of the British Columbia coast, including a great many waters that were practically unsurveyed, and so he acquired a thorough knowledge not only of the charts in existence, but also of the unwritten lore of Indians and traders experienced in the intricacies of that most magnificent coast. Major damage and closed tears to pages 527-530 with two chunks missing from page 529. Fortunately all text remains and is legible. Once inch tear to interior of page 546. Map at page 547 removed. Back hinge open. Front hinge going. Prior owner's small initial rubber stamp upon front endpaper and bottom edge else unmarked. Average soiling. Moderate yellowing. Gilt lettering upon spine remains clearly legible. Above average wear to dark green cloth spine and boards. A good first edition reading copy of this comprehensive reference. Book
227 pages including index. Here is the whole, incredible story of Chelation Therapy. You will meet the chelation pioneers and learn of more than 1,000 physicians who have given more than two million chelation treatments to over 100,000 patients - with no known fatalities and a remarkable record of recoveries. Rubber stamp and some writing upon front endpaper which has half-inch tear to top edge. Average wear. Variety of tears and average wear to dust jacket. Book
4to., First and Sole Edition, 31pp typescript plus 7pp of facsimiles; newly and strongly bound in dark red buckram, upper board lettered in gilt, original frail wrappers preserved, a most attractive copy of a scarce work.
66 pages. Features: From Snakebite to Colic; The Law vs. Dutch Henry; Last stand on a Texas Prairie; The Shooting Down on the Rolling M; The Many Careers of Sheriff Buck Garrett; MacArthur Slept Here; The Trail That Led to Kansas; The Case of the Two Imperious Men; The Camera Told it Like it Was; When the Lapp Ladies Came to Seattle; The Last Indian War; Sutro's "Cyote Hole" to the Comstock. Date stamp on back cover. Magazine
