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Very Good English Original decorative cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13 cm). In German. [xiii], 1106 p. B/w ills. Stamp catalogue. Zumstein Briefmarken-Katalog. Europa, 1951.
250 pages including index. Explains the folkways, properties, and uses of the best-known Russian herbs - all widely available in North America, Europe, and Australia. Includes clear and simple recipes for treating specific health problems such as heart disease, migraines, arthritis, and high blood pressure, in ways that have been proven safe and effective by medical research, both in the lab and in clinical practice. Tight and square. Clean and unmarked but for small rubber stamp 'pawprint' upon bottom edge. Excellent copy. Book
Very Good English Original decorative cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13 cm). In French. [xxxii], 1230, [2] p. B/w ills. Stamp catalogue. Yvert et Tellier-Champion. Catalogue prix-courant de timbres-poste, 1931.
256 pages. An extremely comprehensive illustrated listing of everything the model railroader could ever want. Spine leans to left. Light sticker adhesive upon front cover. Craft seller's rubber stamp in appropriate spot upon back cover. Bit of writing in pen in top corner on backside of front cover, else no other marks noticed. Book
79 pages. Fascinating autobiography of a Christian gentleman. Bookseller's stamp upon half-title page else unmarked. Moderate wear. Minor price sticker remnant upon illustrated front cover. Book
78 pages. Features: Battleship Killer - The War's Strangest Story - Torpedo-riding Italians sank enough British ships in Alexandria Harbor to give the Axis the advantage in the Mediterranean - but the Axis never knew it!; Our Reeking Halls of Justice (part 1 of 2); The Glory Road (part 2 of 2); Stampede in Stamps - Stamps become a popular investment - with photo of Joe Granville (presumably the same Joe Granville who went on to a successful career on Wall Street); Oh, You Beautiful Blonde! - Marie Wilson; Is the Witch Doctor Helping You? - century-old secrets of primitive medicos are turning out to be cure for diseases that have baffled modern medical men for years. Fiction: There Are Older Things Than War; Brood of Evil; Set in Concrete; Willow Woman; No Sentiment; Pride's Castle (part 3 of 8); Cleveland Indian reliever Gene Bearden; Back page opinion column regarding the recommendations of the Hoover Commission. Includes these ads: B.V.D. Sports Shirts, Zenith Televisions, Mercury cars, GM (nice 2-page color ad), Ford car color photo ad with black lawn jockey appearing twice, Nice color one-page ad for the U.S. Army, Pincor lawn mowers, Spam, Durkee's margerine, Mallory hats, Lucky Strike colour photo ad features pretty lady river fishing. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With the separately printed corrigenda slip. This greatly augmented issue of Seymour's classic work of 1937, this edition contains substantial additions by C. Gardiner-Hill and over eight hundred new illustrations by G.V. Eltringham. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hardcover in-8°, 299 pages, ill. h.t. coul., cartonnage ed. sous jaquette ill. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais (jaquette impeccable). [NV-29]
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
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.
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.
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.".