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78p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
438pp. 22 cm. Paperback Very good condition
51 pages. The classic tale is told in a nicely illustrated Ladybird format. Clean book with light signs of wear. Book
In 8o, pp. (XXVIII,188), br. con sovraccoperta, Introduz. e note di Alfredo Orbetello,testo in lingua inglese, con ritratto dell'autore in antiporta, minimi strappi alla sovracc., ottimo (7266/ HAWTHORNE - THE SNOW-IMAGE AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES - LETTERATURA AMERICANA OTTOCENTO)
489 p. Engraved Frontis. Title page plus several other pages loose & torn. Age stain. Foxed. 8vo. Disbound. Hannah More (1745-1833) was a popular educator, writer, and social reformer who was widely read in19th century America. PA 60
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 258 pages with illustrations, photos and maps throughout. Contents include: Siberian Shamanism, Cosmology, Tribal sanction, Ritual reenactment, Trance, Stages in the formation of the shaman,
566 p. Includes 3 complete books Kwaidan, Some Chinese Ghosts, & Chita plus other stories and essays. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
13 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps, pedigrees and glossary of place names in the text, and printed endpapers; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. An elegant set. The sequence comprises: The Last Kingdom (2004); The Pale Horseman (2005); The Lords of the North (2006); Sword Song (2007); The Burning Land (2009); Death of Kings (2011); The Pagan Lord (2013); The Empty Throne (2014); Warriors of the Storm (2015); The Flame Bearer (2016); War of the Wolf (2018); Sword of Kings (2019); War Lord (2020). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
88 pages. Short Stories: Rigged Race; Not Her Kind; The Tailor's Secret; Challenge in the Sky. Novelette: The Hands of Cormac Joyce. Articles: The Difference Between Black and White; Bowling is Booming; The Face of America - Great color photo of digging out from deep snow in Oswego New York; Tales of the Laundry Sleuths - these investigators discover the causes of mystery rips and stains which occasionally plague laundries and irritate customers; Castro, Trujillo and Turmoil - a report from the uneasy, strategic Caribbean, where the Communists are exploiting political unrest to turn Latin Americans against the US - with many photos, including Che Guevara; Our Urban Revolution - Can We Halt the Chaos? (conclusion); Big, Happy Family - The Soldi clan of Italy has 31,000 members; Riddle of the Frozen Giants - what may have killed the prehistoric mammoths. Ads: Calvert Reserve - with sexy lady eating from her partner's toothpick; Dodge Trucks - with push-button transmission; Seven-Up (7up) - one-man-band entertains his lady; Campbell's Soup; Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (98); Tareyton cigarettes; Colgate toothpaste; U.S. Savings Bonds; Great one-page Budweiser color-photo ad features lady looking over her shoulder; International Trucks; Nice color-photo Coke ad on back cover features debutante being offered Cokes by four young men. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: Nice 1/2 page color Fatima cigarette ad; 1-page color Hudson car ad - circus scene; 1-page color Maxwell House coffee ad features illustration of band practicing in the living room; Nice 1-page color ad for Zenith radios; 1-page color ad for Kelly Springfield tires features lady swimmer; RPM Delo ad features nice color photo of excavation scene in rugged territory; Renegade Canyon (fiction); The Man Who Hunts Old Bones - photo-illustrated article about Dr. Edwin Harris Colbert, curator of the American Museum of Natural History; Schoolgirl in Pursuit (fiction); G.I. Jim's In Love with Paris - color-photo illustrated article about the 1,300 American veterans studying and living under the G.I. Bill of Rights in Paris; Night of Trial (fiction); Senator Paul Douglas - Hard-boiled idealist - article with photo; We Bucked the Ice Pack - aboard the U.S.S. Edisto icebreaker as it ventured to previously unexplored waters - article witih photos; New help for that headache - combining medicine with psychiatry; Get That Rig Through (fiction); Tales of the Talking Taxis - photo-illustrated article explains how two-way radios are improving life for taxi drivers; Botts and the Brink of Disaster (fiction); Is Japanese Youth Going Communist? - photo-illustrated article; 1-page color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco man Dan Currin of Oxford, NC; Nightmare in Manhattan (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile cars featuring the new 'Holiday' coupe; 1-page color ad for De Soto cars features the new 'Carry-All' sedan; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features blind-folded woman smoker; 1-page color-photo ad for Ford Trucks features photos Howard Johnson of hotel chain fame; Nice color-photo Kodak ad with rugged scenery in background; 1-page Chevrolet ad features the Styeline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Nice centerfold color ad for Mobilgas; 1-page color ad for RCA Victor televisions features Photographer Margaret Bourke-White; 2-page color ad for General Motors (GM) shows their range of products; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page ad for Northwestern Mutual features photo portrait of Walter Geist, President, Allis-Chalmers; Nice 1-page color ad for TWA shows happy children in flight; 1/2 page color ad for Meadow gold ice cream; 1-page color Gulfpride motor oil ad shows new car by lighthouse; Nostalgic half-page 2-color ad for Elmer's of New Orleans features their Mint Bublets and Chee-Wees; Nice 1/2 page color ad for Beech-Nut gum; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. One-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
156 pages. Features: Nice Christmas-theme 1-page color ad for General Electric's 'Daylight Television'; Half-page color Christmas ad for REO deluxe Trimalwan mowers; 2-page color-photo ad for Elgin watches features 'best dressed' Mrs. Mandel of Chicago and James (Jimmy) Stewart, starring in 'Broken Arrow'; Color ad for Knapp Monarch appliances features Claudette Colbert; Nice 1-page color Christmas ad for Eversharp Pens; 2-page color Christmas ad for Bulova watches; Nice 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Detroit Cracks Down on Relief Chiselers - article with photos on how Detroiters took a look at their relief rolls and uncovered some facts that shocked the state and will shock you too - 30% of Detroit reliefers were chiselers; Spies are Shot at Dawn - fiction; The Great Bamboozler - James Moran and his crazy publicity stunts; Amateur Angel (fiction); Murrow Sticks to the News - article on Edward R. Murrow with photo; My Three Years in Moscow - Part 5 - God Won't Stay Underground in Russia, where Christians and Jews cling to their beliefs - article with photos; America's Toughest School - Webb Institute of Naval Architecture - article with color photos; Tales of the Sea Otter - it is now coming back from near extinction; The Christmas Racket (fiction); How Murderers Beat the Law - double-length photo-illustrated article on Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine; The Uncertain Heiress (fiction); The Town of Santa Claus, Indiana - article with great color photos; He works at 459 Below - Dr. William Francis Giauque, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry - article with photos; Vengeance Valley (fiction); Futuristic color Oldsmobile ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); Gorgeous 1-page Christmas color ad for Old Gold cigarettes with photo of couple under mistletoe; Color 1-page ad for the new 1950 Mercury cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Wilson's food products; Great 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows snowbound Christmas family looking up at an airliner in flight; Color Christmas ad for Fatima cigarettes; Fantastic 2-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Color 1-page ad for the Sunbeam Shavemaster; Great 1-page color photo Caterpillar ad shows Christmas trees being harvested by Halvorson Trees, Inc. near International Falls, MN; 1-page ad for RCA Victor products; 1-page ad for Philco products; 1-page color ad for John Hancock insurance features North Pole explorer Robert (Bob) Peary; Demuth pipe ad; Nice 2-page black and white Buick ad; 2-page color ad for Prince Gardner wallets; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for Motorola TVs and radios; 1-page Webster cigar ad; 1-page Dumont TV Christmas ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Willys-Overland Jeeps; Color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page color ad for Greyhound bus trips to the sunny south; Nice 1-page color photo ad for Ford trucks features Christmas tree grower Roy Halvorson of Duluth, MN plus his wife, Edythe and daughter, June, as well as his Ford dealer P.N. Hegvold; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie pipes; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for New York Central Railway; Nice 1-page color ad for Nescafe coffee; Crosley TV ad; Manhattan clothing color ad features unusual tie designs; Nice 1-page color Toastmaster Christmas toaster ad; Color Esterbrook pen ad; Color Gruen watch ad; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Samsonite Luggage shows pleasant travel scenes; Nostalgic 1-page color ad for Bell & Howell home movie cameras; Color ad for Rolfs wallets; Color ad for Waterman's pens; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Capehart televisions; Jones Dairy Farm Sausage ad; Statler Hotels ad features Santa cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Shulton (Old Spice) products inside back cover; Color Christmas ad for Kodak cameras on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
108 pages. "What I have learned of the logging and loggers has been picked up in the Coast districts of Washington and British Columbia. That I have tried to picture unusual characters amongst loggers, and have said little of the unnumbered thousands of fine upstanding, many men in the industry, is not that I'm unaware of them. The unusual always get more attention. In the Saga I speak from personal knowledge, not heresay. And the characters I attempt to picture are not fictitious, nor are the incidents in which they are involved." - from author's note to the reader. Contains fifty-four poems with titles such as: The Tyee Logger; The Logging Camp; Rough House Pete; Sad News at Spry; The Ballad of B__ S___ Bill; First the Kaiser, Then Hitler; When the Sun Begins to Shine; To Fred Elworthy; Song of the Axe; To Felix Penne; To Be Read at a Stag Party of a Friend; Burns Night; Despondency; Vancouver; Gay Nymph; The New Chief; and many more. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation of historical northwest coastal logging lore. Book
Ex-library colorful patterned vinyl binding with the usual stamps and markings. Clean, unmarked text.
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. 367 pages with b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Chapters include: Above Oxford, Oxford to Abingdon, Abingdon to Streatley, Streatley to Henley, Henley to Maindenhead, Maidenhead to Windson, Windsor to Hampton Court, Hampton Court to Richmond, Richmond to Battersea, Battersea to London Bridge, London Bridge to Gravesend, Gravesend to the Nore.
Revised Edition. This book was published on the occasion of The Rainbow Show exhibition in San Francisco. It focuses on the meaning of color (physically and metaphysically) from ancient to modern times, and information is arranged in increasing order of complexity. Many black and white photographs and illustrations. 7 1/4"w x 11 7/8"h. 208 pages.
Book is in excellent condition, text block paper is age-toned, foxed at top edge, a tiny bit of edge wear to covers. 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. 594 pages with letters to Samuel Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Robert Sothey, Wordsworth , essays, Fantasies and tales, poems, and much more.
pp. viii, 298, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. 8vo. 200mm. Original full purple cloth binding lettered in gold gilt. Extremities very slightly rubbed. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Chaucer scholar Robert Kilburn Root (1877-1950), first came to Princeton in the spring of 1905, and stayed until his death. POETRY BX 3
166 pages. Index. 3,900 Color photos. Includes: Marvel Tales, Sgt. Fury, Strange Tales, Sub-Mariner, Tales of Suspense, Captain America, Tales to Astonish, X-men. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact.. A sound copy of this useful and entertaining reference. Book
A well-read children's book. Small tears and stains to blue cloth cover. Two pages have open tears with chunks missing, and several other pages have closed tears. Beautiful full-color illustrations throughout. Pictorial endpapers. 9 7/8"w x 12 1/8"h. Unpaginated. Reading copy.
8vo. 403p. + Drawings by Michael Ayrton. DJ. The unexpurgated text. W120
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to some edges. 382pp. A collection of almost 500 worthwhile anecdotes from over 1000 years of memoirs.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 220 pages with maps and b&w illustrations. Chapters include: The strike, Victoria to Skaguay, Skaguay, The wihite pass, Lake Bennett, Tales of the trail, Bill and Gentleman Harry, The chilcoot snow slide, Spring time at Bennet Lake, Showdown with Soapy's gang, Lake travel, Spring break up The Ora leaves Bennett, etc
44 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of Quebec winter dance party; Nice half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features their Pagoda design; 3/4-page RCAF recruits radio, radar and electronics trainees; 1/4-page ad for Canadian Pacific's White Empress; Canada Must Arm for Peace - Hanson W. Baldwin suggests Canada's role in the prevention of WW III - major photo-illustrated article; Fighter's Wife (boxing short story); George Drew and Louis St. Laurent Step into the political arena - photo-illustrated article; A Family for Pam (short story); If you want to be a Barbara Ann Scott (figures skater) - the rules that have helped her win five international titles, with photo of her trainer, Sheldon W. Galbraith; Outline of Good Intentions (short story); Schoolhouse in the Snow (short story); J.Arthur Rank ad features photo of actor John Mills; Bermuda on a Budget - photo-illustrated travel article on how Irene Marx and Maida Skene did it; Photo of soloist Frosia Gregory in ad for Campana's Italian Balm; Photo-illustrated interior design article; Classy one-page colour Heinz ad features painting by R. York Wilson of tomatoes being harvested by hand into bushel baskets for transit to Leamington for processing; Party recipes; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features little boy dreaming of being a hockey player; World Sayings; O'Keefe's colour ad on back cover features painting by Rex Wood of old seaman telling tales to young boys; and more. Several middle leaves loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover. 168 pages.
481p. Hardcover Very good condition