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Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "Records of the Regiments - III, English, 1916-18, with photos. Chapter CCCIV - Records of the Regiments: IV. Irish and Welsh. Many photos. Many great photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: I say prisons are a failure, by Hal Hollister; England, Ever England - the English village survives the storms of social revolution; Hot-Tempered Baltimore Oriole - Jim Gentile ; Glamour Treatment for the Mentally Ill - helping women in mental hospital; He's Got Artistic Drive; The Untold Stories of the Civil War - An Infidel's Sword - Johnnie Ring's high sense of duty converted the captain; Adventures of the Mind - The Revolution in Western Thought, by Huston Smith; The Face of America - Nose Job on Lincoln at Mount Rushmore. First page of advertising missing. Pages 65/66 missing. Page 67 loose but present. Above-average wear. Book
Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - searching for a missing airplane several hundred mile s inside the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - a plane trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - the sheep farmers of Souther France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a terrifying experience related by well-known author G.E.G. Plant, F.R.G.S.; Black Frost - a striking story of the hard life of Newfoundland fishermen; When the Flood Came - the adventure of an English Farmer; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat, an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go tale from Tanganyika; These Men are Tough - Australian Cattle Men; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to open a West African river; and more. Average wear. Few chips from backstrip. Sound copy Book
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - Searching for a missing airplane several hundred miles upriver in the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - an air trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - sheep farmers of southern France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a most terrifying experience for G.E.G. Plant; Black Frost - the hard life of the Newfoundland fisherman; When the Flood Came - an English farmer has an adventure; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat - an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa Seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go affair in Tanganyika; These men are tough - Aboriginal stockmen of Australia's northern territory; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to clean out western African river; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from and openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Book
16 pages. Features: Akron victory for Ed Furgol; North wins at Sheridan, WY; Ruthie Jessen becomes Proette; Sam Snead's game gone?; Photo of Mary Ruth (Ruthie) Jessen; Photos of Jim Bishop, Jim English and Fred Marble; Photo of Patty Berg who was honored at Interlachen CC, Minneapolis; Photo of Henry P. Cowen of MacGregor; Obituaries for Homer S. Cummings, Arthur J. Chapman, Albert Crissy Wheeler, William G. Curtis, Sr., A. Linde Fowler, and Fred Hutchinson; Photo of Marine Don Albert in action - he won the inter-service title at Eglin AFB; Photo of Dick Lundahl; Photo of Lloyd Mangrum in Golfcraft Inc. ad; Large photo of Anne Quast on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
168 pages. First 33 pages bilingual Russian/English, balance Russian. "Two hundred years have already gone by since Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic was born. The entire world has joined us in celebrating this anniversary in 1987. The Belgrade Television has filmed one of the most ambitious biographical history series in the thirty years of its existence. Here we have the monograph VUK, TELEVISION, PHOTOS, which was created at the same time the Vuk Karadzic series was being made. This is not documentary material from Vuk's time. It is Vuk in our time - a feat worthy of Vuk and his teachings." - from introduction. Moderate wear. Small circular mark on page 165, else unmarked. Very good copy in glossy black covers. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Cake Molds Carved from Mahogany (cover); Silver Coffeepot by Paul Revere (frontispiece); Some Early Andirons; The Mexican War on Printed Cottons; Antiques in Domestic Settings - English Craftsmanship in a New York Apartment; Pottery Postscripts; Bells and Bustles; Midwestern Cup-Plate Designs; Early English Baby Chairs; Silhouettes by Edouart; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 189-260. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers all but detached from textblock. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
668 pages. Index. List of sources. "The first comprehensive guide to this genre." - from Preface. Gift greetings and prior owner's small name ink stamp upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
296 pages including black and white illustrations. Intended primarily as a text for students in Money and Banking in the senior courses of commercial high schools in Canada. Chapters include: Rise of Money; Canada's Monetary System; Credit and Credit Instruments; Monetary Standards; Rise of Banking; The Banking Business; Branch Banking in Canada; Deposit Accounts and Reserves of Canadian Banks; Loans and Investments of Canadian Banks; Supervision of the Canadian Banking System; Crises and the Canadian Banks; History of the Canadian Banking System; Stock Exchanges; Domestic and Foreign Exchange; Inflation of Currency; The English Banking System; The French Banking System; The Banking System of the United States; Other Banking Systems of the World; The Central Bank of Canada. Very light wear. Contents clean and bright. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper. Bookseller's stamp upon back endpaper. No other markings. Binding like new. Light blue cloth boards. Splendid copy of this excellent reference. Book
54 pages. Features: We Build Grandfather's House; Making the most of the backyard; Amateur water gardening; Furnishing the small house; Gunston Hall - The Home of George Mason - article with photos; Firing Your Garbage - brief article with photo of incinerator and incinerator chute; Does your budget budge much?; The charm of decorative iron; Making a small lot productive; A little house of English type; Landscape planning service; Salads ad interest to winter meals; One-page ad for Dodge Brothers cars, featuring their new Coach; My forty years with plants - D.W. Coolidge; Nice one-page ad for Montgomery Ward & Co. advertises their catalog; Ad for the Davenport bed; 2/3-page "Come to Canada" ad features Mr. Henry C. Wallace, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary; Folks not afraid of an idea - Charles Lathrop Pack; Where to put chickens on a city lot; 25 ways to improve the old home; Buckwheat cakes and sausage; The Music of the American Indians; Fascinating embroideries; Color ad inside back cover features photo inset of Earl E. May and color illustrations of his Zinnias; Two-color ad on back cover for Stark Bros. features their Delicious variety of apple. Above-average wear and soiling. Peripheral nibbles. Middle page loose but present. First two pages loose but present. Two-inch x two-inch piece missing from corner of page 16. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Cover illustration of details from Spitalfields brocade; Eighteenth-century Brocade Costumes - some French and English costumes in the Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection; On Dating New England Houses - Part III - The Great Georgian Period, 1735-1780; Counterfeit Flaxman Chessmen; The Style Antique in Furniture - Part I - Its sources and its creators; The Richard Derby House; Some Danish-American Heirlooms - A Case of Confused Identities; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 177-244. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Please note: back cover missing. Book
Pages 151-198 plus XVI pages of nostalgic ads. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Old English Inn; Rocher Malin - Temiscouata; Where History Was Made - only falling chimneys now remain of flourishing pioneer western outposts; Is Modern Rhodesia Ancient Ophir? - article with amazing photos. Back cover two-color Canada Pacific ad features illustration of female dancer in Bali. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. English translation of the 1976 Russian first edition in which young Yussike journeys to Sunday Land. Each page brightly and charmingly illustrated in color. Unmarked with average wear. Two short openings mended with archival tape. A sound copy of this delightful work. Book
Features/Photos: An elderly East German couple is turned back at the West Berlin border; East Germany's threat to the Berliner's freedom of movement; Scenes from refugee camps in the Western sectors of Berlin; The Queen and her family in Northern Ireland; Gun Control - full-page photos of dozens of firearms handed in during an amnesty; Greek furniture - an Athens exhibition; Disaster in Norway - The Viking crashes with a load of English Schoolboys; The new Singer Vogue automobile; Above-average wear. Centrefold loose but present. Moderate moisture exposure to upper right corner. No odour. Worthy reference copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: British expedition conquers Nuptse, the last great undefeated peak in the Himilayan group; The Duke of Gloucester reviews his regiment; Royal Wedding in Amman, Jordan - King Hussein and his English bride; The Church of Scotland; South Korean military coup d'etat; Nazis arrested in New Orleans; Freedom Riders arrested in Alabama; Princess Margaret Expecting a baby; Centrefold colour cutaway illustration of the 'ship of the century', the great P&O liner Canberra; The Archaeological exploration of the Negev; The Vanden Plas Princess 3 litre; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Sir Winston Churchill - his first outing since is accident in June; The sad fate of the French trawler, Jeanne Gougy; Cuba - a peaceful settlement; Petra - Archaeological section no. 2110 - 'rose-red city'; The English College in Rome; David Dean Rusk - Photo; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Italian Olympics; Frances Gary Powers; King Solomon's Mines - a new discovery; English Electric House; Austin Seven De Luxe; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Two-pages of Soviet cities now facing the gigantic Nazi battering-ram; Illustrations of two missing aces - Flight Lieut. J.C. Mungo-Park and Wing-Commander J.R. Kayll; Clearn photo of the Soviet emergency "Council of Defense", including Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Malenkov and Berya; Wonderful photo of three large drums built for Haile Selassie and his new Abyssinian state; How the Nazis took Crete - five enemy views of paratroop operations; Thirteen photos of personalities of the day, including good photo of the funeral cortege of German ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; Nine great photos of the besieged garrison of Tobruk; Article - Hitler's assault on Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of French Aerodromes at Boulogne and St. Omer smashed by the R.A.F.; Super before and during photos of R.A.F. attack on the rail marshalling yard at Hazebrouck; Centerfold illustration of large-scale English mimic night attempt to land barge-borne troops and tanks (early D-Day training); Photos of Home Guard excercises - street fighting on London; Four photos of camouflaged snipers; Iraqi armistice - six photos, including one of Imir Abdul Illah, the Regent; After the Battle of Amba Alagi - The Italians Surrender - Two good photos; Photo of Nazi glider in Crete; Amazing photos of the "Imperial Transport", cut in half by a U-boat but still salvaged!; Article - the nutritive value of plankton; Syria's historic invasion route - inscriptions at the Dog River - seven photos; Nice half-page ad for Rolls-Royce cars. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Pages 237-276. Topics include: Remembrance Day in London; Fox Hunting; Moscow Anniversary; Terror in Cyprus; The Unification of Western Europe; Hong Kong Development; South of Nasser; African Women Demonstrate; Coronation of the Pope; Guided Missiles in East Anglia; Return of Bulwark; Ambitious Projects; Vespa Scooters; Oil Driling; Unmarked. Average wear with two inch opening at top of cover crease. Binding intact. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Seventeenth-century French enameled watches; English bronze wool weights; Dressed pictures; Herr Biedermeier in Vienna; Some Franco-American silversmiths and Jewelers; Livery Cupboards in new England; Mongol Rugs in Chinese Paintings; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 627-746. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Almost one inch thick. Provides detailed information about: Specifications; Regular inspection and adjustments; Engine; Chassis; Electrical; Tuning. Although it is called an owner's manual, we think this would commonly also be known as a shop manual due to the extensive illustrated technical information provided. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
George Bell & Sons. 1882. In-8 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs. 663 pages. Texte en anglais (in English) sur 2 colonnes. Titre doré sur le dos. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en page de titre. English Words Corrupted. Foreign Words Corrupted. Proper Names Corrupted...
280 pages; The ten essays in this book are concerned with the cultural manifestatons of English Philhellenism in the late 18th and 19th centuries and its effect on Victorian society. The themes are explored in the arts and parallels with contemporary German classicism are discussed.
