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DIE RELIGION DER HINDUSVon Swami AbhedanandaEinzige autorisierte deutsche UbersetzungVedanta=Philisophie Herausgegeben von E. a. Kernwart - Helf XI 40 Seiten - Größe 13x20 cm in gutem Zustand (gr. 50)E9597
12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada June, 1943. Contents: The Job of the Records Office; Thee Four Divisions of the Record Office; The Horse's Mouth (cont'd) - the second of two articles compiled by questioning a number of officers and men evaculated as casualties from North Africa about how their training could have been better. Back page advice for how to avoid harming agricultural production in this time when the most important munition is food. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, October, 1942. Contents: Talking of Reconstruction - does it take our mind off the job of winning the war?; Shall We Rebuild Without a Plan?; How Town Planning Would Affect You if You Live in a Large Industrial City - illustrated article. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Paris, H. E. Martin, éditeurs [1901]. Grand in-4. Plein cartonnage d'éditeur en percaline bleue ciel illustré en couleurs. (emblèmes des états européens). (Léger acroc sur le dos). Bel exemplaire sans rousseurs. Edition originale. Illustrations couleurs AVEC PARTITIONS MUSICALES; Table des matières des " chants Nationaux de tous les Pays " : I - France. II- Allemagne, Roumanie. III- Amérique. - Etats-Unis. -Mexique. IV Angleterre. V - Autriche. - Hongrie. VI Belgique. - Monténégro. VII Chine. - Japon. - Siam. VIII Danemark. - Finlande. IX. Espagne. - Portugal. X Grèce. - Bulgarie. XI. Hollande. - Brésil. XII. Italie. XIII. Russie. XIV. Perse. - Abyssinie. XV. Suède. - Norvège. XVI. Suisse.- Canada. XVII. Transvaal. - Orange. XVIII. Turquie. - Egypte. - Tunisie.
Tours, Alfred A. Mame, Fils éditeur, 1927. Grand in-4, pleine percaline beige, plats bisautés, premier plat orné d'un décor polychromme, tranches rouges (reliure éditeur Paul Souze), 92 pp. De 496 (Clovis) à 1893 et dans l'ordre chronologique, les principaux "mots historiques" illustrés en couleurs dans le texte et à pleine page par JOB. Bel exemplaire de cette septième édition, mise à jour, la première est parue en 1895. Bon exemplaire.
Mm 150x225 Rivista quindicinale. Brossura spillata di pp. 30, con illustrazioni in bianco e nero, in buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
A collection of letters, extracts from exam papers, poetry and miscellaneous subjecs from Indian authors. 139 pages. Wear to cover extremities. Missing front free endpapers.
40 pages. Features: Dramatic cover photo of a Pacific LCI firing rockets; This is the Army We Have to Defeat - a picture of the Japanese soldier and of the organization of which he is the core; The Aircraft Carrier - lethal sea weapon and powder keg, too; Col. Howard A. Rusk explains the returning soldier's emotional problems and offers a solution; The Mediterranean will become a highway for all nations; Greatest Education Project in History - set up by our Army in Europe, it will have more than a million GI students; Claude R. Wickard explores Rural Electrification (RE); They Do a Sailor's Job - Six photos of female Waves at work in the U.S. Navy; Man of Science and of Penicillin - Sir Alexander Fleming talks of his discovery and its future promise; Nice color one-page ad for Virginia Rounds cigarettes; Good Words for Insects; Four photos of famous art pieces being returned to the Louvre from their provincial hiding places; Two pages of fashion photos of autumn suits for ladies; Nice color-photo back page Macy's ad features three ladies in winged-look raincoats; and more. Moderate external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
80 pages. Features: I Get Along Without You Very Well (fiction); The English Woman of Shangri-La - Clara Hansen - colour-photo-illustrated article; Choosing the Job That's Right For You; A Career in Fashion?; Song in Her Heart (fiction); The Guilty Parents You Can't Punish; Hoover steam iron ad features photo of woman handcuffed to iron; Once and Forever (short story); Teddy Tinling - photo-illustrated article on the man who brought glamour to Wimbledon; The Private Life of a Beauty; The Sultan's Daughter (serial); The Facts About Shingles; Half-page colour ad for Robertson's Golden Shred marmalade features cute little black fellow; Glamorous colour-photo Yardley ad on back cover; Many other lovely ads; and more. Pages 33-34 missing. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
78 pages. Features: Jap kids are our job - Betty Betz educates Japanese youngsters in Japan; Trouble is my middle name - Rocky Graziano (part 1 of 3); Mickey Mouse, and how he grew; Iron Man Barkley - America's oldest Vice-President, Alben William Barkley - article with nice one-page photo portrait; Our Reeking Halls of Justice (part 2 of 2); Let's Eat with the Harvey Boys - Stewart, Byron S., Daggett and Byron Jr.; Back page opinion piece on Rocky Graziano/boxing. Fiction: Gaffney the Accused; The Paper Trail; Truth or Consequences; Pride's Castle (par 4 of 8); Nice 2-page color aerial photo of Pittsburgh. Includes these ads: Parker Pens, Hamilton watches, Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring photo of Erich Hatch, Admiral tvs and stereos, Mercury cars, DeSoto cars, RCA Victor tvs, Excellent centerfold ad for Plymouth shows the Special De Luxe 4-door sedan with longer 118" wheelbase, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" movie, Botany 500 fashions, Nice Coke ad on back cover shows young lady in fancy flowered hat drinking from a glass. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
224 pages. Reclaim the power you have given to outside sources and make happiness an inside job! This book will show you how. "A powerful book - practical and profound!" - Jerry Levinson, Registered Psychologist. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy. Book
42 pages. Features: Cover illustration of President Woodrow Wilson; Nice illustrated ad for the Mitchell Six car inside front cover; One-page illustrated ad for Johns-Manville coal preservation products; Illustrated one-page Fisk Cord Tire ad shows natives carrying crude rubber to a waiting ship; "Over Here" - fiction by E.D. Biggers; The President - a profile of Woodrow Wilson by Richard Washburn Child; A Shipbuilder on the Job - photo-illustrated article on Homer L. Ferguson (with photo of black men hard at work above caption "Don't you dare come and tell us that the black man in the South is an industrial failure!"; Is There a Ukraine? - interesting photo-illustrated article; Editorial "Ships and the Submarine"; Photos of inventor William T. Donnelly and his 'buoyancy boxes' which were installed in ships to keep them buoyant even if torpedoed; Tremendous Trifles - photos of simple yet vital items needed to support the war effort; The Adventures of Colin O'Rell (Third Adventure - The Interrupted Tea); God Gave Them Youth (fiction); From Baseball to Boches (Fourth Inning); Ferry's Seeds ad; Classy half-page ad for Kahn Tailoring of Indianapolis; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Waltham watches; Dr. Eugene T. Hurd of Seattle - photo-illustrated article on this military surgeon; Nicely-illustrated quarter-page ad for Colt handguns appears to show WWI officer displaying pistol to Civil War veterans; Article on the French town of Bruay and wartime activities there, by Pierre Hamp; Interesting quarter-page ad for The Pullman Company includes photos of "The Men Who Serve You" - they are all black; Back cover two-color ad for the Victor (Victors and Victrolas) Company features illustration of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind); and more. Above-average external wear with coverfold mostly open. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
32 pages. Features: When Old Salem Hunted Witches - men and women were put to death on the accusation of little children; The Man Who Fights Alone - "The Cop is the World's Greatest Warrior" - article with statistics of policemen killed on the job; Why I Left New York (part 1) - a middle westerner moves there but is in conflict with its alien atmosphere; Who Pays for Our Radio Programs? - noted economics author explains how national advertisers foot the bill so we can listen-in without charge; Captain Kidd - Pirate-Catcher - the rover is commissioned to capture ships flying the black flag; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - no amount of pretense can improve upon the original; Editorials - the time of England's trouble, is the jury system a failure, police death roll, the family is the unit; Woodrow Wilson (part 9) - He refused to be rushed into hasty decisions; World War's Effect Upon the Negro - overseas the colored soldier acquired an entirely new estimate of his importance in the scheme of things; Dry-Farming - The Tragedy of the West - scores of deserted homes stand as mute monuments to the settler's struggle in a land where rain seldom comes; Moonlight Midnight on "Old Tim" - Climbing Mount Timpanogas; The Voyage of the Victoria - part 3 - further adventures of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers; A Dance a Week - Hull's Victory, Lady Walpole's Reel, and Speed the Plow (with piano music for each); amazing photos of strange worldwide professions - a daredevil juggling atop several chairs, rubber tappers in Ceylon demonstrating the herringbone system,Egyptian dervishes passing skewers through their cheeks, and a Korean peddler of earthen ware - carried upon his back! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
366pp. 22.4 x 15 x 2.8 cm Paperback Very good condition
P., Société française d'éditions d'art, 1898. In folio relié demi basane rouge, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons, couvertures et dos conservés, 299pp.-10 hors-textes de JOB en couleurs, dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte de M. RAYMOND et de MM. DUCOURTIOUX et HUILLARD
in 8° grande, tela edit. ill., vecchio restauro del dorso (muto) e degli angoli, fioriture e lievi bruniture, tracce d'uso alla copertina, erosioni alle cuffie
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
74 pages Features: New Rebel Yell in Dixie - the roll of those who battle the South's determined opponents of progress; U.N. Is Doing a Job - author argues the U.N. isn't worthless; Democracy Can't Live in These Houses - the nation's slum problem - article with photos; Tales of Hoffman - play and movie critic - Irving Hoffman; Around the Young World; Indestructible Shortstop - Luke Appling; Culture-Crazy Colorado. Fiction: With Love and Best Wishes; The Iron Butterfly (part 2 of 4); Queen Size; Counterblow; Two Across; The Execution. Nice ads for these products: 'Jeep" Station Wagon; International Trucks; Studebaker Trucks - very colorful full-page ad showing 10 models; Chesterfield cigarettes - nice colour photos of Anne Baxter and Sam McLawhorn of Grifton, H.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
148 pages. Features: Charming color-illustrated ad for Alba Nylons inside front cover with gorgeous young lovely standing in tree; DuBarry Success Course ad features Berry Lou Arehart; Out of the Blue - complete novel by Vera Caspary; Is He In the Right Job?; Young Wife in Washington, D.C. - color-photo-illustrated article on author Mary Augusta Rodgers and her family; The Farmington Valley Republican Club; It Happened in Hollywood - How the Censors Cleaned up 'Forever Amber'; Several pages of attractive fashion photos in color and black and white; How Fast Can You Read?; My Life is Different Because... - by Joseph Pasternak; Nice color-photo back cover Maybelline ad features Norma Christopher, Queen of the 1947 Tournament of Roses; and much more. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Book is in excellent condition with small indent mark (screwdriver?) marring upper front cover only. 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. Red page ends, Crest # d645. Contents include: Marriage -- a primarily sexual relationship, Building a successful marriage on its sexual foundation, Some hints on sexual technique, (clitoral stimulation, B.O., buttocks, etc. )
50 pages. Features: 'Brass Targets' - photo preview'; Photo-illustrated article with James Coburn; Woody Allen's 'Interiors' - photos; The Taormina Festival Graduates as a Trendy Event - article with photos; 'King of the Gypsies' - photos; Reviews - 'Blue Collar', 'The Silent Flute', 'The Fury', 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', 'Driver', 'The Legacy', 'The Big Sleep', 'The Odd Job'; Photo preview of London's 22nd Film Festival; 'Short Eyes' - photos; 'The Domino Killings' - photos; Bob Dylan's 'Renaldo and Clara' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1932. In-4 reliure éditeur toile verte éditeur décorée de motifs impériaux, 318 pp., tranches dorées, avec de belles illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte (parfois à pleine page) de JOB. Dos éclairci.