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8vo., First Edition, with 16pp of plates; cloth, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. 2 Bn Gordons was posted to Singapore in 1937 and fought through to the Surrender. This is the first published account of the horrors endured by the survivors at the hands of the Japanese: an inspiring story of courage and survival against overwhelming odds
184 pp. Index. Illustrated with many black and white plates. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes property of the late Lord Ilford of Bury, Walter Ingram, H.M. Bootle-Wilbraham, L.T. Bryer, and Mrs. I.H. Mitchell Wray. Sheet of estimated values laid-in. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, small neat personal stamp on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Ottley 18416
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, small neat personal stamp on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Ottley 18415.
158 pages including notes and bibliography. A study of the task and art of aging. Providesa lucid look at what older people feel and think, and probes their relationships with society, work, family, religion, and themselves. Also offers important orientation to research on the human life cycle and aging. Average wear. Some markings. Good working copy. Book
Features: Lake Forest National Spring Meet - an outstanding success; Steam Meet - Lake Forest, Illinois; Down Memory Lane - Automobile Skits at Lake Forest; Royal Motorist King Edward VII - article with photos; Second Annual London to Brighton Tour; Annual Shore Run, Ocean City, NJ; In Duster & Veil; Rallye Lyon, France; 50th Anniversary of General Motors -article with photos; America's famous automobile society and its beginning - early members Henry M. Leland and Charles F. Kettering; 10th Granville Rally in Ohio; Ford Facts; Grand Canyon Tour; Early 1900 Mitchell; 1903 De Dion Bouton Type D; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: 21st Annual Meeting; The Passing of Louis S. Clarke; The Passing of pioneer auto builder Herman Earl; The Dramatic French Grand Prix of 1923; Grandpa Knows Best; 3000 Miles of Fun - Roger and Elsie Johnson and their 1901 three-wheeler tour England and France - very long article with many photos; The Mitchell Car; The passing of two of America's old time racing drivers - George Robertson and Ralph DePalma; Long article with many interesting illustrations and photos; In Duster and Veil; Model T Topics - Extraordinary T Trucks; Daytona's Century Club; 1921 Leland-built Lincoln Attends the Univ. of Virginia; Elmer A. Sperry and the Waverly Electric; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
114 pages. Features: Reports on Canada's Boom, Washington, and Jordan; Other Worlds Than Ours, by Donald H. Menzel; British Cultural Fatique, by Kenneth Tynan; Hunting Moon, by William Wister Haines; The Kidnaping of Kamlon, by Agnes Newton Keith; Horizon Thong (a poem), by George Abbe; Soviet Industry, by Edward Crankshaw; Cockles, Brambles, and Fern Hill - Dylan Thomas in Wales, by John Malcolm Brinnin; Saturday Night, a Story, by Marjorie Anais Housepian; Educational Television, by Leland Hazard; The Wreath - a story, by Frank O'Connor; T.E. Lawrenc- Man or Myth?, by B.H. Liddell Hart; Charles de Gaulle, by Curtis Cate; Air Travel with Stopovers, by Mitchell Goodman (part 2). Interesting colour ad by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover; Black and white photo ad by the Bell Telephone System shows damage of Hurricane Diane. Nice black and white photo ad by Columbia Records features pianist Robert Casadesus; Colour ad for the European Travel Commission inside back cover; Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Reports on Washington, Cambodia, Norway and Hungary; Dylan Thomas in Wales, by John Malcolm Brinnin; Undergraduates on Apron Strings, by Howard Mumford Jones; Hadrian's Villa (poem) by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Menace of Radiation, by N.J. Berrill; The Inventor and the Acress, a story by William Saroyan; Women in Red China, by James Cameron; Why Prisoners Riot, by H.W. Hollister; Brotherly Love - a story by George Johnston; The Land of Cockayne (poem), by Eric Barker; The Portrait Painter and His Subject, by Charles Hopkinson; Thomas Mann's Farewell, by Frederic Morton; The Writer in the University, by Alfred Kazin; Air Travel with Stopovers (part I), by Mitchell Goodman. Black and white photo ad by General Electric shows the evolution of the refrigerator from 1900 the cupboard-mounted models of 1955. Color ad for Convair aircraft inside front cover. Great black and white photo ad by Columbia Records on page 27 features Somerset Maugham. Nice colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon inside back cover. Colour back cover ad for Grace Line Caribbean vacations. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports on Germany, Africa and the Middle East; Inside Red China - Peking, by James Cameron; I Don't Wanna Be No Mate - story by Richard Bissell; The Control of Energy, by George R. Harrison; Campaigning with La Guardia, by Ernest Cuneo; Orpheus and his Little Lute - a poem by Louis Untermeyer; Michelangelo - The Titan and the Crisis, by Francis Henry Taylor; Appetite and Obesity, by Jean Mayer; The Old Soldiers' Home - a poem by Howard Nemerov; Labor's New Victory - Threat or Promise?, by Sumner H. Sclichter; The Sea in Literature, by Samuel Eliot Morison; Tuners, Aerials, and FM, by John M. Conly. Black and white photo ad inside front cover features pianist Rudolph Serkin; U.S. Savings Bond ad inside back cover features General Billy Mitchell. Back cover features nice colour ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports from Washington, London and on Science and Industry; The Crisis in Teaching, by Oscar Handlin; Italian Communism, 1956 - by Paolo Pavolini; The Communist Approach to Burma, by David L. Cohn; Bella! Bella! - by Constance Tomkinson; The Word of Willow (poem), by Leah Bodine Drake; The Meanest Man in Washington County, by Dillon Anderson; How the Brain Works, by George R. Harrison; A Pair of Hands (poem) by May Sartun; The Dollmaker - story by Niccolo Tucci; The Musician - poem by R.P. Lister; The Illusion of Owning a Business, by Frederick W. Copeland; A Word for Farewell (poem), by Richard Church; Apley, Wickford Point, and Pulham - My Early Struggles, by John P. Marquand; Max Beerbohm, by Evelyn Waugh; Mitchell Goodman on Mexico (part II). Nice colour ad for the Tennessee Gass Transmission Company inside front cover. Attractive colour ad for Martell Cognac inside back cover features a Versailles theme. Nice colour ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
178 pages. At the behest of the Federal Minister of Finance (Mitchell Sharp), this volume presents the results of an investigation into the Cape Breton Coal Problem plus recommended policies which might be appropriate to the situation. Confirms the steadily increasing amount of subsidy required to support the Cape Breton coal industry and stresses the urgency of adopting and implementing new policies. Contains illustrations, maps and graphs. Prior owner's signature and date upon title page. Minimal marginalia and underlining in blue ball point pen. Average wear overall with top of spine open. Book
Signed and inscribed by George M. Mitchell upon title page. viii, 304 pages. Four black and white maps. Eleven black and white illustrations. "A well written book on an unusual Klondike gold rush adventure. In an uncommon move, Mitchell and his partners approached the Yukon via the Slave and Mackenzie and up the Peel and Wind rivers. He was injured and remained with the Loucheaux (Kutchin) Indians for many months." - G.J. Kim Whale. "Includes descriptions of the country, hunting, the customs and life of the Indians, with notes on scurvy." - Arctic Bibliography. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's baby blue cloth. Minor lean to spine. Name inside front board. Whale 495. AB 6042, Smith 3715. Book
Pages 31-62. Features: Hon. William H. Mitchell - article with one-page photo portrait; A Notable Celebration - The American Antiquarian Society; An Interesting Event - Celebration and Dedication at South Barnstead Congregational Church; The Old Bell; Obituaries for Hon. Joseph B. Walker, Mrs. Orlando B. Douglas, Leonard D. Brown and William E. Brooks; Poems; Back cover ad for the W.A. Thompson Shoe House of Concord; and more. Average wear. Varied evidence of moisture exposure throughout. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 473-500 plus advertorial covers. Features: Photos of German troops in Junkers 52 aircraft plus photo of planes in flight; Photos of the people of Marseilles being evacuated; Photo of mountain of landmine casings waiting to be charged in Palestine - a big local industry; Photos of 25-pounder guns on Valentine tank chassis on the Tunisian front; Photo of bomb-damaged London football ground being repaired for Easter Sunday; Photo of Berlin fire at Dresdner Bank (caption is partially censored - very uncommon for this publication); 3 photos of new German conical landmine recently discovered in Africa; Three photos of Britain's 'Tank Busters', the Hurricane II-D; Six photos of the amphibious Jeep used by the U.S. Army; Seven photos of the Greeks' revived ' Sacred Brigade" of Thebes; Six photos of the Allies' victorious advance in Tunisia, including General Montgomery; Two pages with twelve excellent photos illustrate Tunisia operations; Dramatic centrefold illustration of a convoy of 31 ME. 323s shot down in the Gulf of Tunis; Photos of personalities of the week include Longchamp racegoers running for cover as American bombers attack, The Duke of Portland, Thomas C. Dugdale, Steven Spurrier, Algernon Newton, British prisoners repatriated from Italy, Baron F. D'Erlanger, C.B. Crouch, Sir Courtauld Thomson, and The Duke of Connaught; Four photos of the Hawker Typhoon - fastest and most heavily-armed fighter in the world; Just released photo of Mitchell bomber taking off from the "Hornet" to attack Tokyo last year; Photo of "Hornet" and crew being inspected by Colonel Knox, Secretary of the U.S. Navy; Four illustrations of the work of the Royal Observer Corps - watchers of the skys; Two pages with eleven illustrations depicting life inside a British submarine on patrol; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Archival tape along coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book
Pages 477-504 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of Mosquito light bomber in flight; Two battle photos from Egypt; Eleven photos illustrating General Montgomery's powerful offensive to drive Rommel from Africa; Photos of personalities of the week include some members of bomber crews who bombed Milan in daylight recently, General Alexander, Polish dog mascot "Sandy" (KIA), F./O. L. Mancer, V.C., King Christian of Denmark, Vice-Admiral W. Halsey, Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario, M.C. Simopoulos, P.E.G. Sayer, Mrs. Bancroft Clark and family in London, Mrs. Bingham - president of Bundles for Britain in the U.S.; Two pages of action photos illustrate "Flyweight Terrors of the British Navy - Fighting Midgets which keep open Britain's gateway to the sea; Six photos of German tactics in and outside Stalingrad; Aerial photos of Stalingrad beneath a pall of smoke; Five photos of Stalingrad fighting and prisoners of each side; Two photos of Britain's major warships in Indian waters; Two pages of centerfold illustrations show "The Crack Highland Division being Piped Into Battle - the 51st, decimated in France, in vanguard of latest offensive; One-page photo of the royal family with Mrs. Roosevelt in Buckingham Palace; Photos of General Smuts addressing both houses of Parliament; Three aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb damage in Genoa, Milan and Mandalay; Six photos of the Americans on Guadalcanal Island; Eight photos of a London exhibition promoting fuel economy; nostalgic ads; and more. Spine taped. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 113-140. Features: Cover photo of smiling Churchill leaving Downing St. for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation; Four photos of France's Marshall Petain in court, and two photos of the crowded courtroom; One page Karsh photo portrait of Mr. Attlee; Photos of Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison, Sir Stafford Cripps, and Hugh Dalton; Nice page of head-shot photos of 23 women members of the new Parliament; One-page descriptive map of the general election shows results at a glance; One-page illustration depicts the rise of the Labour Party in Parliament during 45 years; Photo of rear admiral E. J. B. Brind hoisted between ships by a breaches buoy; Six photos of new prime minister Attlee at the palace and in Potsdam; Mitchell bomber strikes Empire State Building - photo of smoke pouring from the building plus excellent photo of gaping hole in the 78th and 79th floors; Amazing aerial photo of many dozens of Flying Fortresses on airfield near Munich; Two-page monotone reproduction of long-lost painting,"A night at the old Vauxhall Gardens in 1784" by Thomas Rowlandson - found in village shop and sold for 2600 guineas; Photos of personalities of the week include Arthur Greenwood, Alfred Dobbs, Lady Oxford and Asquith, Mr. A. E. Hemming, Sir William Jowitt, and Yugoslavia's King Peter with his newborn son; Excellent two-page aerial photo entitled "The first permitted aerial view of the City of London's immense devastated areas - St. Paul's Cathedral largely isolated by huge ruined sectors on three sides"; Photo of Gen. DeGaulle addressing crowds at the French port of Brittany; Photo of E. J. S. Woolley, commanding officer of the lonely island of Tristan Da Kunha in the South Atlantic, commissioning a small craft; Photo of living room scene inside massive flying boat "Hawaii Mars"; Unusual photo of Japanese prisoners lined up for roll-call on Okinawa (unusual in that Japanese soldiers rarely surrendered); Photo of German POWs observing atrocities of German torture camps at film showing in a New York hospital; Too large photos of US battleships on their way to bombard Japanese installations; Three photos of Field Marshal Montgomery being honoured; Three photos of the Guards Armoured Division, the liberators of Brussels, being honoured by the city; Amazing one-page photo of the liner "Queen Elizabeth" stuffed with thousands of servicemen being repatriated to North America; Colour back cover add for Kia-Ora drink; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Audubon cover illustration of Fork-Tailed Flycatcher; New England Kettle-Base Secretary c. 1760 (frontispiece illustration); Audubon's Technique - As Shown in His Drawings of Birds; Tables and Chairs - Some Significant Examples from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Taradash; American Flower Lithographs; Some British Pewter; The Campbell-Whittlesey House in Rochester, New York; Pennsylvania German Wood Carvings; Jacob Medinger - A Maker of Pennsylvania Redware; Traffic in Bogus Antiques (reprint of a 1906 Good Housekeeping article) and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 329-392. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
cm. 18 x 25,5, viii-240 pp. con 8 figg. f.t. Biblioteca dell'?Archivum Romanicum? - Serie I: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia Inglese 540 gr. viii-240 p.
144 pages. "The unique approach of The Mitchell Trio - those modern minstrels of dissent - has catapulted them to the top of the folk music world in just a few years." - back cover. Includes biographical information about the Trio members plus black and white illustrations. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: The John Birch Society; Alberta; Maladyozhenaya; The Banks of Sicily; Green Grow the Lilacs; You Can Tell the World; The Virgin Mary; Alma Mater; Mighty Day; Me Voy Pa Bete; I Feel So Good About It; What Did You Learn in School Today?; Tell Old Bill; Rum By Gum; The Golden Vanity; The Ides of Texas; The Hip Song; Bonny Streets of Fyve-io; The Story of Alice; Paddy West; Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos; Moscow Nights; Super Skier; The Unfortunate Man; Whup Jamboree; Rally Round the Flag (medley with In the Summer of His Years); Hello, Susan Brown; The Marvelous Toy; Queen Elinor's Confession; James James Morrison Morrison; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Johnnie; Tail Toddle; An Irish Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Binding intact. Few markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Beautiful color fashion ads; Bad Day at Cairo, Illinois - Rev. Charles Koen of St. Columbia's and the Black United Front; Is the Mediterranean Dying? - photo illustrated article on abuses to this Sea; The Taos Indians Have a Small Generation Gap; James Taylor - a New Troubadour - article with photo of J.T. with Joni Mitchell; A Short Course in the Three Types of Radical Professors - article with photos of Neil Postman, Edgar Friedenberg, Charles Weingartner, Douglas Dowd, Louis Kampf, John Froines, Charles Reich and Theodore Roszak; Chips ad features photo of young Andy Patterson; Drug abuse phone hotline; Nice one-page color ad for the Rainbow Bay real estate development at Fort Lauderdale; Photos of high-rise apartment decorated by Ruben de Saavedra; Ad for Fantastik cleaner offers free Zodiac posters; Photo of James Taylor's brother Livingston Taylor singing and playing guitar. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Encounter Groupers Up Against the Wall - a psychologist says it is not for everyone; Is it Anti-Zionism oor Anti-Semitism? - article with reproductions of interesting contemporary graphic items; San Francisco - The Porn Capital of America - photo illustrated article with photos of Jim Mitchell, Alex de Renzy, Davey Rosenberg and Arlene Elster; Stop Raising Wages to Stop Inflation; Tasteful Mainstream ladies' swimwear ad; Beautiful Knit Row centerfold ad features models in alpine meadow; Photos of Long Island Victorian home redesigned by Karl Springer. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
132 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Three generations of the Mitchell family are featured in Sohmer piano ad; Chinese Nuclear Research - article with photos; The World of the Unborn - the new medical specialty of Fetology; Holy Men of India - In Search of Seekers of the Truth; Don't Tell it to the Computer - the threat it represents to privacy; Toscanini - the Greatest Single Influence on Today's Conductors; George Plimpton - story with photos of his varied activities; El San Juan Hotel (Puerto Rico) ad features Lou Puro, Chairman of the Board; Sweater fashion photos; "Because I Say So" - raising children; Sensuous Cone Towel ad; 1966 Was a Happening for Home Furnishings; Save the Children Federation ad features the family of Nancy and John Seletti - and young Chang Sook of Korea; and more. Above-average wear to front cover which is almost loose. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
pp. (4), 352. 12 mo. Pages almost brittle. Original full leather binding; spine taped. Manuscript ownership of Thomas Allan, Fullarton. The publisher of this edition, William Colwell, describes himself on the title page as: "General Dealer in Books, Stationery, Magazines, Newspapers, Wall Paper, Window Blinds, Wrapping Paper, Toys, and Fancy Goods." W140 Rear
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, binding firm. This catalog was prepared to accompany the traveling exhibition which started at the Whitney Museum in New York in the summer of 2002. Essays by Jane Livingston, Linda Nochlin and Yvette Y. Lee. Checklist. Exhibition history. Bibliography. Illustrated in color. 11" high X 10" wide, 237 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.