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Sm. folio, with very numerous wonderful illustrations and photographs throughout; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES; THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Wonderfully illustrated account of Blake's action-packed two-year tenure as the first-ever Children's Laureate. This is a signed copy of the limited edition printed for Chris Beetles Gallery.
pp. 90. Black and white illustrations. Features: Princes Three - The PRINCE Class ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, PRINCE DAVID, PRINCE HENRY, PRINCE ROBERT; The Story of Her Majesty's Cruisers, BLAKE and BLENHEIM; Fantastic centerfold cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. BLAKE; Catapult Lighter AVC-1 - one of the strangest vessels ever built for the U.S. Navy; The Soviet Skoryi Class destroyers; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
30 pages. Features: How to Actually Enjoy Winter; The Moosemeat Special - the train that runs from Sault Ste. Marie and stops for two liquor stores, whenever a hunter wants on or off - and whenever it hits a timber wolf; How to actually enjoy skiing; Southern exposure - fashion feature; Maggie Grant; The Granddaddy of Draft Dodgers - Jim Blake and his brothers fled into the mountains to escape from Prime minister Borden's conscription law at the time of the first world war; Myrna Lorrie - getting back on track at age 29; Everything about cats with Dr. Robert Williams; Doug Wright's Family. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of deck scene on the HMS Blake; Great photo of United States Lines "America" inside front cover; Large photo of the Humber ferry paddle steamer Lincoln Castle in dry-dock; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Naval Review; May Meetings; The "Empire Fowey" - the history of a German passenger liner that became a famous British troopship; New Ship News; A day on the 'Lincoln' - Kirk Martin recalls his time spent as a fireman aboard the Humber paddle steamer "Lincoln Castle" and describes a typical day's work aboard Britain's last coal-burning paddle steamer; HMS Blake - a last look; Getting Under Sail; Where to see the Cruise Ships; Packets of the Past - Edward Paget-Tomlinson recalls some of the lost short-sea passenger services from British ports and the interesting ships which operated them - part 1; European Ferry Commentary; Ship Sales; By the Latest Packet; Nice photo of the HMS Zest in 1947 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of steam tug William Weller; Nice photo of HMS Lowestoft (F103); Full-page photo of HMS Blake; On the Waterfront; NATO Multi-national Force Photofeature; Under Sail; European Commentary; Naval Review, 'Normandie' - a review of the career of probably the most magnificent ship of her time, which came to an untimely end after a fire in New York in 1942; Still in Steam - Collier Cliff Quay - R.W. Partis describes a voyage in one of the last steam colliers operating on the East Coast; Naval Steam Paddle Tugs; Southend Pier - is the end in sight?; Letters; Ship Sales and Casualties; Cardiff Seaport Exhibition; Nice photo of the HMS Annet in 1947. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Blake; Nice photo of HMS Glamorgan (D19); Full-page photo of the spritsail barge Cabby; On the Waterfront; Under Sail; European Commentary; The Woolwich Free Ferry - the history of the Thames' most famous ferry service; Overture for the 'Oranje' - part 2 (1946 to 1979) ; Keeping the Peace - part 1 - Royal Navy history involving the HMS Curacoa; News of the Liners; Still in Steam - 'VIC 32' - report on a war-built victualling inshore craft now converted into a holiday cruising vessel in the West Highlands of Scotland; Ships of the Seven Seas - Anzere, Wilhelm S., Bencleuch, and Africa Palm; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Formidable in 1946. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Norwegian Caribbean Line`s Norway; Great photo of the Otranto at Aden c1953 inside front cover; Nice photo of Palm Line`s latest ship, Lagos; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Under Sail; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; Naval Review; Australasian Steamers of the North Pacific - part 1 of a review of trans-Pacific liner services 1975 to 1920; Hide & Seek in Southern Seas - Bernard Stokes recalls an episode in the First World War when British warships pursued the German cruiser `Dresden` for more than three months as it hid in sea areas marked as dry land on British Admiralty charts!; A Nostalgic Look at South African Shipping; Enter the Scandinavia! - a new car-carrying passenger ship operated by Scandinavian World Cruises; The Mercantile Shipping Scene at Portsmouth; Victory Chimes - reviewing the career of this three-masted American trading schooner which is now the largest passenger sailing vessel under the U.S. flag; Ship Sales; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Blake in 1961 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
This is a near fine hardcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for faint tan spotting to bottom page edge. Text in German. Band 1 only of 4. Not illustrated. 10" high X 7" wide, 920 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
8vo., with very numerous illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in black, gilt top, a fine copy in publisher's printed slip-case.
Large format book with green leatherette spine and silk covered boards. 9 5/8"w x 12 7/8"h. 304 pages. In Near Fine slipcase with slight wear. Preface by Peter Ackroyd, introduction by John Wain, Illustrations by William Blake. Fourth printing.
Sm. folio, with coloured frontispiece and 11 fine coloured plates; terracotta watered silk cloth, green morocco back lettered and blocked in gilt, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
Pages 433-472. Features: From Chorus Girl to Star - Being the Real Life Story of Gwen Rae (part one); Big Fights with Nature Number Ten - Lighting the Coasts - with great photos of lighthouse construction; "Weather Permitting" - a football article with photo of Newcastle v. Bradford City game which was stopped by the awful blizzard of January 11th; Nameless Island - The Thing in the Pool, another adventure of the Specimen Hunters; Land of Luck - article Number Four - Fire-Fighting in Canada - describes the terrible danger of forest fires, and tells how they are fought, with photos; Jerry Gray - Soldier, a Clockmaker's Romance; The Shadow - A Tale of Mystery (part one); When Greek Meets Greek - a Sexton Blake adventure. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
18 pages. Features: Editorial on Farmer-Sportsmen Relations; Mailbag; Photo of Dr. P.G. Margetto with 30-lb spring; Group photo of Arv. Sestrap, Dr. Duncan, C. Chapman, J. Sestrap and their many fish taken from the Kitimat River; Nice photo ad for Edward Lipsett Ltd. entitled Ready for Steelhead shows angler and much fishing gear; Cold Steel - steelheads in the Thompson River; Nostalgic illustrated foul weather gear ad for Canor Plarex Ind. Ltd. features their sport jacket and steelhead and hunting jacket; Pictorial Story of the B.C. Gun Dog Club Retriever Trial - the many photos include "Hand" Dawson, Oliver Krog, and Jack Smyth, Bill Sinser, Ken Gibson, Chris Burton, Richard Pruden, and Bill Sinser with his labrador "Bulldozer of Crevamoy"; Photo of well-known big-game hunter Jim Bond (who will soon be speaking in Vancouver) seated above a large ram; Club News; Pistol article; Clay Chips - article including photos of Gordon Finch of Kelowna, Ed Richter with Blake Stokes and Ed Brown (all in their 80s), and the winning Kelowna team of Gordon Finch, Art Pollard, Don Ellis, Brian Cooney and Howard Mascron; B.C. Game Commission ad inside back cover says "Watch That Muzzle! - The 10 Commandments of Safety"; Back cover ad for Gibbs tackle's top steelhead lures; 'Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Small archival tape repair to bottom of coverfold. A quality vintage copy. Book
Cover shows light edge wear. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 257 pages in oversize format; 25 chapters including Basic stride bass, Eubie Blake and Luckey Roberts anticipated broken octaves, Donald Lambert: stride bass with repeated bass notes, Walking tenth tirads, Back beats, Cliff Jackson: willie Smith: interrupted stride, George Gershwin: reversed stride bass, Jumping eight-to-th-bar bass, Gershwin: jazz inspired left hand stylings, Jelly Roll: bass with sixths and octaves.
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. 290 pages with b&w photos, prints and illustrations throughout.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations throughout; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in colours, metallic endpapers, ribbon markers, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations throughout; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in colours, metallic endpapers, ribbon markers, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case.
Mm 300x350 Nuovo - new - neuf. Volume in copertina rigida con custodia, 503 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori lungo l'intero testo redatto in lingua francese - french text. Copia in condizioni di nuovo, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
56 high-quality full-page plates. One of 1440 numbered copies printed on Dutch laid paper. Large 4to, publisher's cloth. Fine in a NF dj.
Features: AACA First National Prize Winning Truck - 1920 Model T Ford Truck; I Collect Trucks - great photos of vintage trucks with article; Why we should collect trucks now; Trucks of AACA members; Hershey Region's Hospitality Trucks!; Historians Neglected the Motor Truck; United Parcel Service (UPS) Preserves replica of its first truck; Roll Call of 1801 Makes of Trucks sold in the United States during the past 55 Years or more - 7 pages!; Curt Blake represents AACA at Brussels; London to Brighton 1958; Teuf-Teuf Club de Paris - Famous WWI Taxi Cab restored to perfection; Understanding Brass Plating - Part II - Nickel and Chromium plating of antique and classic car parts; Antique Automobile Index for Vol. 21, No. 4 to Vol. 22, No. 5; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on watermarked rag paper, with 10 splendid collotype reproductions in the text; marbled boards, green morocco back lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy housed in publisher's marbled board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 391).
Signed with "Best Wishes" by author upon title page. Printed in 1982. 157 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival photos. A compilation of the history of Cobble Hill, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. Includes information on many families including the Blakes, Copleys, Dougans, Eatons, Gravells and Hawkins, to name a few. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. [Hale & Barman 284] Book
64 pages. Features: A Glimpse into the Colorful Past of the Ontario-Minnesota Border Lakes - by Ernest C. Oberholtzer - article with wonderful photos; The Search for 11-year-old Jimmy Blake in Arizona's Blue Range - article with photos; The Huge Tulip Trees of North Carolina - photo-illustrated article by Orpheus Moyer Schantz; The Murmer of the Forest - by John L. Coontz; The Chippewa National Forest - photo-illustrated article by H.H. Chapman; The Farmer and Game Conservation - photo-illustrated article by James F. Hoge; The First Year of the Association's Southern Forestry Educational Project; "Old Yolla Bolly" the Bear - photo-illustrated article by Allen H. Hodgson; Two-pages of photos of bizarre trees; George P. Brett (President of Macmillan Publishing) and his foremost private Pinetum in the country - photos and article by Erle Kauffman; Water-Cress - article by Rachel M. Hutchinson; The Hall of Fame for Trees - photos and captions; The Care of Young Forests - photo-illustrated article by G.H. Collingwood; Full-page ad for 4 Square Lumber; White-Pine Blister-Rust Quarantine, by R.A. Sheals; Nice ad for Pacific Pumpers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. 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
Features: The Heart has Wings, Part I - flight into romance, the new serial (Faith Baldwin); Flowering Jade - Love and the Chinese War, the curative methods of Doctor Johnny Scott (Sidney Herschel Small); Cold Gold - Canada's Treasure - a planned and scientifically stage-managed gold (and radium) rush in the Northwest Territories, with photos(Leslie Roberts); The Great Snatch - Gorilla tactics (Frank Condon); Football Follies - Fun on the gridiron (C.E.'Tiny' Thornhill with Frank J. Taylor); The Bluff - he found himself out (Charles Bonner); Dark Tropic Sea, Part III - Island mystery (Alan LeMay); Sorority Hero, by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan; Keep up with the world - the least you can learn (Freling Foster); The man without a soul - mechanical monster (Quentin Reynolds); Slade the Terrible - blood and thunder (Owen P. White); So can you - magic, with a can opener (Barbara Blake); Inn about town - accommodations for all (Kyle Chrichton);; Take a look inside - say 'ah' please - a bronchoscopist removes a nail from a child's lungs (Hannah Lees). Nice colour Canadian Club whiskey ad inside front cover. Colour Camel cigarette ad. Nice colour RCA Victor radio ad. *Fantastic* colour centerfold ad for the 'completely new' Hudson automobile. Splendid Coca-Cola colour ad inside back cover shows man sitting with his dog. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book