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Paris, France Loisirs, 1990. Un fort volume de format in 8° de 488 pp.; Reliure cartonnée de l'éditeurmarbrée verte; jaquette illustrée. Parfait état. Tampon ex-libris.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, silver edges, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
4to., De Luxe First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers toned in sepia; handsomely bound in black full leather, upper board blocked and lettered in silver, back with 2 raised bands blocked and lettered in silver, all edges silver, a fine copy housed in publisher's silver board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES.
Sm. folio, First Edition thus, text and captions in German, with very numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The English edition was published in 1997.
94 pages. Articles: New Menace in Missouri - Charles (Boss) Binaggio and criminality - article with photos; Can the C.I.O. Get Rid of the Commies?; The Town the G.I.s called "Smith" - Natchitoches, Louisiana - article with nice photos; Pilotless Fighter Plane of Tomorrow - a convincing argument that machines are about to outdistance us mortals, with nice color illustrations by Birney Lettick - a very prescient article; What Gives in Rasslin'? - article with fantastic photos of wrestlers including Gorgeous George, Jim Londos, Bronko Nagurski, Maurice Tillet (the angel), Lee Henning, Sandor Szabo, Man Mountain Dean, Ernie Dusek, Strangler Lewis; Nicest Guy in Washington - General Omar Bradley; Strangest Garden in the World - At the Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Norbert J. Scully produces radioactive drugs and other plant products which cannot be manufactured - article with photo. Fiction: One Came Back; A Dinner For Lily; Bootleger's Treasure (part 2 of 4); Decorator's Helper; Where They Make the Wine; No Need to Hustle. Includes these nice vintage ads; Borden - featuring Elsie the Cow; Willys Station Wagon (Jeep); International Trucks; Oldsmobile cars; Arro Shirts; Firestone; Plymouth; Hickok men's accessories; Haband Company Ties (nice two-page color ad); Fisher body; Canada Dry; Dodge cars; Mallory hats; Del Monte Catsup; New Hudson cars; United Aircraft; Silver Star razor blades - featuring several notable men; Monarch canned fruit and veggies (nice colour full-page); Nice Sheaffer's pen ad on back cover. Three-inch opening to bottom of cover fold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Cover: The King's Visit to the Western Front: His Majesty Enjoying a Joke with General Dwight Eisenhower on the Steps of the U.S. First Army H.Q., With Them Are Lt. General Omar Bradley and Lt. General Courtney Hodges. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Verdict on India" by Beverley Nichols; The Great World War: U.S. Landing in the Philippines (inc. maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: A Bomb-Sensitive Plant. Pictorial Journals include: Pictures Taken During His Majesty's Five-Day Visit to the Front; Just Retribution - The German Civilians' Turn to Be Refugees; U.S. Troops Mop Up the Last Remaining Enemy Strong Points in Aachen; The Way of Desolation: Once a Busy Street in Aachen; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battlefields of Holland; Building Up the Dutch Salient: Allied Armour Pouring into Holland for the Great Offensive (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); A Huge Factory-Made Invasion Port: "Mulberry" The Pre-Fabricated Harbour of the Normandy Bridgehead; British Troops Landing in Greece: Scenes in Liberated Athens; The Surrender of Polish Patriots in Warsaw: Capitulation Scenes; The "Leigh" Light: A German Explosive Speed-Boat; Paris Cycle-Taxis; Fort Driant; Winning a Jumping-Off Area for the Philippines: Peleiu, in the Palaus; An Isle of Vital Weather Forecasts: The Lonely Jan Mayen Island; Links With Turner: Relics of the Great Painter for the Nation; and The Start of Civil Aviation - London to Paris 25 Years Ago. Page 479/480 missing. Page 501/502 loose but present. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of Longstop Hill - taken before the gallant assault which dislodged the enemy; Photos of Allied Leaders of the Victorious Land and Air Forces in Tunisia - Leiut.-General K.A.N. Anderson, Major-General Omar M. Bradley; Air Marshal Coningham, Major-General Carl Spaatz, and Air Chief-Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder; Large photo portraits of General Dwight Eisenhower and General Sir Harold Alexander; Bizerta - The Powerful Naval Base which fell to the Allies on May 7 - five photos; The Tunisian Capital Captured by the British - Two photos of the city from the air; Prelude to Victory - Five photos of infantry in Tunisia, laying the foundations; Armour and Air Power in Action for the final forward surge - five photos; Collapse of Tunis and Bizerta - article by Cyril Falls; Sicily now our war front-line objective in Axis eyes - large map of Sicily; Dramatic photos of an enemy minesweeper being beaten up by cannon fire off the Dutch coast; Photos of the Thunderbolt in flight and on the ground; Photo of the handing over of ten cub-chasers by the U.S. to Cuba; The Miles M-28 aircraft; Photo of Montgomery being presented with a signed photo of Chang Kai-Shek; Photo of young King Feisal of Iraq with Victor Lampson, son of the British Ambassador in Cairo; Great centerfold photos of the Allies' new "outsize" landing barges off the coasts of North Africa - loaded with troops; Many photos of Hitler's Concrete Atlantic Wall under feverish construction; The Queen inspects the Black Watch of Canada; Photo of an R.A.F. Hurricane mounted on the bow of an Allied cargo vessel; Oldsmobile Armament Training School - photo of students assembling 20mm cannons while blindfolded; Precision bombing of Sousse - Harbour, Ships and Installations; Brought up in England - photo-illustrated article by H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand; Photos of Carthage - Once mistress of the seas - now a suburb of Tunis; Catching Food and Water from the Sea - a new survival kit for Castaways - seven photos with captions; The Great Famine in Honan, China - three dramatic photos, including an image of a family stripping bark from a tree to eat; Photos of Pre-fabricated Tugs being built inland in England; Nice photo of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral under construction; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page coloured illustrations throughout; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
42 pages. Features: Nice color-illustrated ad for Player's cigarettes inside front cover shows well-dressed hockey crowd lighting up; Who is Hockey's 'Super' Super Star? - Bobby Hull, Henri Richard, Frank Mahovlich, Gordie Howe, Stan Mikita or Andy Bathgate?; Reg (Reggie) Fleming - The Toughest Black Hawk of 'Em All; Player of the Month - Robert Marvin (Bobby) Hull; Don't Sell Bob Nevin Short; Bobby Rousseau shows the Sophomore Jinx is a Myth; Chicago's interesting 4,000 person Polar Dome; The Red Wings Rookie Brigade - Larry Jeffrey, Lowell MacDonald, Doug Barkley, Alex Faulkner and Eddie Joyal; Photo of Yvan Cournoyer as Old Spice Junior Player of the Month; Andy Bathgate's Not Satisfied Yet; Milt Schmidt Has Learned a Lot About Coaching; Larry Mann is a Hockey Fan; NHL Prospects in the AHL - Denis Dejordy, Doug Robinson, Dick Meissner and Gerry Odrowski; American League Roundup features large photo of the three sons of Buffalo's Larry Wilson (Ronnie, Bradley and Randy); Around the Western Hockey League - with photos of Gordie Fashoway, Billy McNeill, Bob Solinger and Al Nicholson; Center page loose but present. Minor evidence of moisture exposure near bottom edge. Small chip from top corner of front cover. One-inch opening along bottom of coverfold. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
8vo. Fifth Edition with frontispiece (original tissue guard browned present) numerous plates and 5 large folding plans on japon; blue pictorial cloth upper board blocked in yellow gilt back covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean cop A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the erratum slip mounted facing text as proper. Mrs Smith's third work on the Abbey was first published in 1902. It provides a detailed survey of
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned on rear panel.
16 pages. Welcome home veterans! Welcome back to Ken Clifford. 30 year anniversary for William H. Gibbs with the company. Photos of 15 lovely young ladies who serve on Eaton's new Junior Fashion Council, including: Helen Steinburg, Betty Jean Hamilton, Doris Nufer, Marian Dittrich, Joan Taylor, Betty Derraugh, Betty-Lou Bakewell, Lorraine Blair, Colline MacDonald, Lois Nichols, Helen Poulis, Gretta Marlatt, Doreen Bradley, Jane Emery and Robin Munson. Published monthly in the interests of employees of the T.Eaton Co., Western Ltd., Edmonton. Photos of seven Eaton family members who came to Calgary to honor company war veterans from Alberta and British Columbia at an event at the Palliser Hotel - includes article and photos; Great centerfold photo of Edmonton Eaton's returning war veteran employees, complete with names, who attended a welcome home luncheon in Calgary - dozens of people invovled; Welcome home photo on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor soiling to front cover. A sound copy. Book
A CURA DI GIAMPAOLO GANDOLFO NERI POZZA 1955 181 PP. SEGNI DEL TEMPO, PERALTRO LIEVI, TUTTA LA PAGINAZIONE INTONSA: CHIUSA E DA APRIRE.
66 pages. Short Stories: Queen's Gate Incident; Competition at Slush Creek; Big Game; Jacobs' Beachcombers. Articles: Basketball Beanpoles - with action photo of 6'-7" Howie Schultz of Hamline; Delayed Combat Fatigue - an alarming new trend in the increase of neuropsychiatric disorders among veterans who have been discharged for a year or more;; Inside Spain; I Deserted Franco - a Spanish Republican who was forced into Franco's Army goes over the hill and describes what made him desert; Eager Beaver - photo-illustrated article on playwright Garson Kanin - with sexy backdoor photo of Judy Holliday; Bradley's Beachhead - General Omar N. Bradley reviews his first year as chief of the VA (Veteran's Administration); How Job Training Became a Scandal; My Lost Division - John Hillard Dunn, his 106th Division, and the Battle of the Bulge; Robbers on the Racetrack - Don Meade says Arcaro and other jockeys will steal a horse race as quick as they flash a whip ; Murder in the Soap Operas - Dan Banion detects too many corpses among the cornflakes; Iron Roof Over Harlem - article on prospects for the people of Harlem, with photos of Billie Holliday, Canada Lee, Romare Beardon, Bert Alves, Kenneth Spencer and Vivian Richardson; You Don't Die Bored; Happy Landing - Gerald L.K. Smith is now on Los Angeles City Council - article with photos. Picture Stories: Anything Goes - great photo-illustrated feature of "The Painted Post - America's only True Western Dance Hall", in the San Fernando Valley; Hot on Ice - people pay big money to see figures skaters such as Donna Atwood, Phil Taylor, Don Condon and Mary Irwin. Labor's Publicity Battle - with sexy photos of Colleen Sullivan of Detroit, and Elayne Keenan of Detroit; Bergen College Boom - great photo feature on how this sleepy college suddenly snapped awake under the GI Bill of Rights; One Block West of Broadway. Special Features: Merry Christmas; Salute of the Month - one-page photo of Elliott Roosevelt; Reconverted; Photos of three vets in the new lives - Alan Rockwell, David Pressman, and Milton Burns; Pin-Up - Martha Vickers. And more. Ads: Great one-page ad for movie "Never Say Goodbye" with photo of Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker; Lovely back cover color ad for Eagle Clothes features man and woman at airport. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A high-quality vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Ed Boyagian - Dealer Profile; At the Auctions - Joyner Fine Arts Inc.; Collector Profile - Herbert Irvine; Overshot Coverlets - a craft of the past century revived; Rosetti's Wombat? - the owl, the wombat and the numbat of University College; The Myth of 'Waterford Blue' - 18th Century Irish and American Cut Glass; Gold Ingots and Export Porcelain; A Thomas Nisbet Sofa; Original Prints - unveiling the mystery of printmaking techniques; Lady Artists of Cape Breton - Louise Bradley McLennan and Hetty Donne Kimber; Furniture Restorer Ralph Clemons of Newfoundland; Easter Art - the Ukrainian Pysanka (egg); Rococo Whimsy - 18th Century Porcelain Scent Bottles. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
154 pages. Features: Thom Browne; At-home steam facials; Moscot's centennial; Ben Gorham; The edible insect trend; Architect David Adjaye; Bradley Cooper; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
128 pages. Features: Meet Miss Universe, by Jack Vance; Just for Tonight, by Russ Winterbotham; Thing, by Ivan Janvier; Action-Reaction, by F.B. Bryning; Jack the Giant Killer, by Bryce Walton; The Big Jump, by Evelyn E. Smith; Brave New Strain, by Lee Priestley; The Sixth Season, by Jacques Jean Ferrat; Assassin, by Algis Budrys; They Are the Possessed, by Irving E. Cox, Jr.; Exiles of Tomorrow; by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Translation, by James Blish. Above-average wear and soiling. Great cover illustration by Alex Schomburg depicts flying saucers laying waste to interstate traffic. Reading copy only Book
40 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arthur Watts; The Sculptor of the Madonna and of Countless Angels - the Della Robbia, by Cecil Headlam; Navarino - a battle of the allies - France, Russia, and Britain against the Turks; The Mystery of a Dress Coat, by Shelland Bradley; Several beautiful full-page colour portraits; Colour centerfold portrait entitled The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, from a painting by F. Matania; How He Proposed - the different ways in which heroes have proposed to heroines in the novels of 1916; Louvain, 1916; Nice full-page colour ad for Eno's 'Fruit Salt'; Fantastic black and white photographic full-page ad for Napier Motor Carriages; Nice black and white photo ad for the Invincible Talbot automobiles, manufactured by Clement Talbot Limited; Smaller attractive black and white ads for Humber Cars, Austin Motor Co. Ltd., Vauxhall Motors Limited, Crossley Motors, and The Sunbeam Motor Car. Original protective advertising outer layer still present and affixed. Prior owner's name and address atop front advertising cover. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Moderate wear. A very beautiful magazine indeed! Book
33 pages. Features: Photo of smiling Eisenhower and an animated Patton, plus smiling Bradley and Hodges; Photo of Japanese Shrine on Saipan plus journal notes from a Japanese soldier; Photos of Juan Trippe, Lewis Douglas, Army nurses drilling at Camp Capson Colorado, Forger Alexander Thiel; Article on Okinawa; Full-page military map entitled "The Floods Come" shows positions centered around Hitler's inner fortress of Berchtesgaden; photo of U.S. armour on one of Germany's fine roads; Photo of very long column of German prisoners; Article and photo on German youth; Photo of "German Looters"; Photo of Chiang Kai Shek with General Hurley; Photo of St. Louis Browns' one-armed baseball player Pete Gray; Photo of a Brooklyn Public School classroom trashed by three young boys; Great photo of a navy bank in a quonset hut on Guam. No ads in this edition. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent Patton collectible. Book
332 pages. Features: Ravishing holiday fashion; A Few Good Men - Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adam Driver; Amazing Amy Adams; Kendall Jenner; Botox in a Bottle? - the truth about the latest anti-wrinkle treatment; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
180 pages. Features: 1-page color ad for Timken tapered roller bearings; 1-page color ad for Lumite auto seat covers; 1/2-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes; 2-page color ad for General brand Winter-Cleat tires; Fantastic 1-page color ad for White Trucks features log-hauling scene; Nice color 2-page ad for General Electric radios and tvs; Nice color 1-page ad for Whitman's Samplers; What Kind of Man is Stalin? - Part 1 of 'My Three Years in Moscow - article with photos - the author met Stalin personally; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); How to Get Rich After Dark - photo-illustrated article on the men who fish the Gulf Stream off Florida; The Rebellious Age (fiction); Moutain Rescue Man - color-photo illustrated article on Ranger William Butler of Washington's Mount Rainier; The Woman Hater (fiction); John Pastore - Rhode Island's Little Firecracker - article with photo; Hilarious Memories of Albert J. Rothe "The Red Barber" who trimmed famous men such as Truman, Bradley, Byrnes, Leahy and Patton - article with photos; Anxious Night (fiction); Tuss McLaughry of Dartmouth's football program - article with photo; Collision Course (fiction); Feature article on Miinot, North Dakota, with photos; New York City's Food Trades Vocational High School - article with great color photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction); Photo-illustrated article on Jimmy Dunn of America's foreign service; *SENSATIONAL* full-page color-photo ad for the New Chrysler Town & Country in a bird hunting locale; That Ain't The Way I Saw It - former newspaperman Robert M. Yoder on the glamorous adventures thata befall a reporter in the radio serials; Fantastic two-page Borg-Warner ad highlights their products in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! format; U.S. Army photo-illustrated recruiting ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; 2-page color-photo ad for Sun-Maid Raisins; Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Nice 1-page color-illustrated ad for American Airlines; Magnavox TV ad; Nice photo-illustrated ad for Pullman cars; 1-page color ad for Rice Krispies; Two-page ad for Listerine and dandruff; Gorgeous 2-page color illustrated Chevrolet ad featuring a red Styleline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Auto-Lite Spark Plug ad features photos of Jane Wyman; Nice 2-page color-illustrated General Motors ad highlights the safety of their vehicles; Nice 1-page 2-color photo-illustrated ad for Eaton 2-speed axles features tank truck driver Mr. J.T. Ebling; Eveready battery ad features photos of Mr. Axel Lober, Mr. Everett Smith, Janice Winters and Mr. Sam C. Kuster; Nice 1-page photo illustrated ad for the Underwood All Electric Typewriter; Color ad for Crosley fridges; Nice color ad for Kraft Cocao Mix; Wonderful full-page color 7up (Seven-Up) ad features photo of a square dance scene; Color ad for Del Monte Catsup; Hydrox cookie ad; Color ad for Hamilton watches; 1-page 2-color ad for Red Heart dog food features photos of Lassie; Nice 1-page color ad for United Aircraft; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Full-page tire chain ad for American Chain & Cable Company; 1-page 2-color ad for Cavalier Cedar Chests; Statler Hotels ad features cartoon. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. This issue noteworthy for its many exceptional ads. Magazine
100 pages. Features: Our Two Toughest Allies - Greece and Turkey, the two poorest countries in NATO, kick in 40% of their budgets for defense; A Soldier's Farewell (part 2 of 2) - General Omar N. Bradley; The Things You Can Make in Your Cellar - basement woodworkers; Why Ike Had to Draft Fathers - 13,000 'students' a month were turning temporary deferments into permanent exemptions; The Most Expensive City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Robert Sherrod and his family who live in Tokyo; The Mystery of the Mayan Temple - secret stairway in the temple of Palenque may suggest an ancient link between Egypt and America; They Sell People to Pets - San Francisco's "House of Pets"; Fiction: Midnight Mike; Love Has No Sense; The Bully of Uvada; The Betrayal of Tio; Spy and Counterspy (part 2 of 8); Young Captain Hornblower (part 6 of 8). Ads: Nice color-photo ad for RCA Victor TVs; Creepy two-page Kent cigarette ad says "If You'd Like the greatest health protection in cigarette history... these facts can help you..."; Color-photo ad for American-Standard bathroom fixtures features garish blue, pink and green examples; Nice color ad for Grehound bus lines; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Super '88' 4-door sedan, red with white roof; Mobiloil color ad features the 1953 Indianapolis 500; Nice color-photo ad for Lincoln cars; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Frigidaire Electric Ranges; Nostalgic Texaco Sky Chief cas ad features large red boxing glove; One-page elegant color-photo ad for Packard cars; Webcor tape recorders; Vintage ad for the new Homelite 5.5 HP chainsaw; Color-photo ad for Ford cars features the A.M. Brown family of Westchester County, NY; Dayton Rubber Tire ad features H.O. Vincent, Secretary of Service Lines, Inc. of Nashville; Gulfpride oil ad features nice color photo of Ralph J. Cahall of Annandale, VA, and William P. Snyder, III, of Sewickley, PA; Nice color Convair ad features shapely lady in purple dress; Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Cover illustration inside Edmonton Airport control tower with C.P. Airlines plane on distant tarmac. Colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Household Finance one-page ad features photo of A.D. MacLeod, Manager of their office at 805 First St. W. in Calgary; Seventy Minutes with General Douglas MacArthur - article with photo; Royal Roads and Royal Military College ad; Would You Live Better In the U.S.? - comparing prices and living standards of the Bieber family of Hamilton, ON with the Bigami family of Trenton, NJ; The Other Hero of the SS Flying Enterprise - photo-illustrated article on First Officer Kenneth Dancy; Are the Schools Ruining Your Child? - by veteran teacher William E. Hume; A Garden in Your Mailbox - photo-illustrated article on the Dominion Seed House with Bill Bradley, Phares Vannatter and Fred Fryer; What the West Thinks Russia Will Do; They Sometimes Murder But Never Steal - Photo-illustrated article by Farley Mowat on the vanishing Eskimos of the Hudson Bay hinterland; When Canasta Was the Craze - article with many photos of Wayne and Shuster; "I Grind Her Till She Bust" - photo-illustrated article on veteran organ grinder Joe Ferrari who lives in Toronto's Little Italy; Page 36 features a humourous one-third page two-colour "Torontonian's Map of Canada" which shows it as the hub of North America; Nice two-colour Beatty ad shows housewife carressing her automatic clothes washer; Nice back cover ad for the Irish Linen Guild. Please note: missing pages 25-28, and 49-52 (contained end of the Dancy article). Page 3 is secured with archival tape. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
xii + 149pp. + 1p. theses, 21cm., softcover, text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Leiden), small stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, F110356
Mm 145x225 Collana "Le Scie" - Volume in copertina rigida, sovraccoperta originale dal dorso un poco sbiadito, 487+indice.con 28 illustrazioni in bianco e nero su tavole fuori testo. Opera in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE