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Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover provides a truly classic and timeless example of a mis-timed advertisement. Consider that the great Wall St. stock market crash of 1929 occurred mere days before this issue hit the newsstands. Beneath the caption "An Ancient Prejudice has been removed" appears a clenched fist labeled as "American Intelligence" breaking a heavy chain. Top left a paranoid miser stacks his gold by candlelight. Top right a wealthy couple visits their palatial bank. Text beneath miser reads "Hoarding gold with the fanatical zeal of the miser has vanished. American Intelligence sponsors thousands of banking institutions to which the individual (i.e. the wealthy couple) safely entrusts his wealth." The message is clear. Readers should put their trust (and money) in the banks, and shun gold. This issue was likely printed just as the Great Crash occurred, causing countless financial institutions to go under - and destroying even more individual fortunes. (The ad goes on to claim that cigarettes have similarly overcome the prejudice against them.) A truly stunning work which deserves to be preserved and reflected upon in this age of limitless fiat currency printing. Average wear with three-inch crease to lower corner of back cover. Suitably framed and mounted, this ad will make a superlative office display for any precious metals executive. Magazine
417 pages. Index. Appendices. Footnotes. List of sixty black and white illustrations. A rare surviving copy of this important reference, made all the more engaging by today's environment of competing fiat currency devaluations. "Hitherto Numismatists when stydying the Origines of Coinage had confined themselves to the materials presented to them in the earliest money of Lydia, Greece and Italy, and on the other hand the Metrologists had almost completely limited their range of observation to the systems of Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome. As the Comparative Method has yielded such excellent results in the study of other human institutions, I have endeavoured by its aid to get some new principles which may throw some fresh light on the first beginnings of monetary and weight systems." - from Preface. Attractive gilt decoration upon green front board. Legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. Average external soiling and wear. Several chips from and lengthy openings along backstrip which has become brittle with age. Narrow opening along most of front hinge. Back hinge open. Bookplate discretely removed inside front board. Unmarked. A tender but worthy copy. Book
[2], X, 317, 2, [2bl] pp., Edition originale de 1786, 20cm., reliure cart. d'époque (dos en cuir avec titre et nerfs dorés), texte frais, peu de rousseurs, ex-libris sur première page de titre, bon état, rare, [Suite du titre: "avec un abrégé des principales propriétés qui caractérisent les matières métalliques en général ; une explication des principaux termes de l'Art & un précis sur l'histoire naturelle de toutes les substances qui sont employés dans ces diverses opérations."], W88471
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
387 pages. Index. "If you are confused by economics, this is the book for you, laying out in everyday English what some economics professors try to conceal behind intimidating mathematical equations... Read this book if you dare to understand what is being done to your financial future." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Gift quality. Book
72 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
86 pages. Author is purported to have provided the spark which prompted the Hunt brothers to launch their attack on the silver market in the early 80s. Discusses: The Cause of Inflation; Runaway Inflation's Global Threat; Hyperinflation - The end and the beginning; Capital Survival Strategy; Capital Protection - the Right to Privacy; The E.R.C. Group of Companies. Includes useful charts. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sunning to exterior. A sound copy of this important work. Book
548 pages. Circa 1980s? This large reference includes 58 parts plus a glossary. Topics covered include: Collecting vs. Investing; The Economics of Numismatics; Grading Coins; Finding a Good Dealer; Numismatic Myths; The Bourse; Mail-order Buying Guide; Coin Psychology; Buying and Selling; Diversity; Liquidation; Counterfeiting; and much more. Clean with light wear. Title page missing. Nice copy of this substantive reference. Book
Features: Hoover Dam - purposes, plans, and progress of construction; Editorials - Dr. George K. Burgess and Dr. George F. Kunz - are there White Indians? - back to earth - construction - wages; Flying in the beginning - early experiments with man-carrying kites and gliders; Peregrinations of a freight car - as a railroad freight car travels here and there over the country, records are made of its movements in minute detail; New Planetary discoveries - the discovery of minor planets has fairly been put on a basis of mass production; The muscular power of insects - the muscles of insects give them much greater power proportionately than other animals possess; A masterpiece of Museum-craft - the largest existing monument of Greek sculpture has been re-erected in a museum in Berlin; Radio in the forest service - new transmitter-receivers, one weighing only 10 pounds, are to be tested this year; Solo man - a fossil skull - a new find of great importance; new notes on ancient man - recent discoveries throw new light on man's antiquity; Tropical fish as pets; Food for a floating hotel - the supplies for an ocean liner's next trip are ordered while the liner is still 1000 miles out at sea; Whirling molten steel to make gun castings - newly perfected centrifugal process promises better guns; Treasure trove in lowly "Sweeps" - all wastes and sweepings in jeweler's plants are carefully salvaged and precious metals recovered from them. Building safety into automobile glass - laminated safety glass for cars does not shatter; Quartz takes up fire fighting in the automatic heads of sprinkler systems; Advertising a curb on product design pirates. Back cover graced with colour Lucky Strike advertisement featuring painting of a sensuous young woman beneath the caption "OK - Miss America! We thank you for your patronage."Three inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Book
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. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Radiation Research, W?rzburg, Germany, August 27 - September 1, 1995. Organized by Deutsche R?ntgengesellschaft, Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Biophysik, Gemeinschaftsausschu? Strahlenforschung (GAST) at the invitation of The International Association of Radiation Research. This is Volume 2 only: Congress Lectures. 1236 pages. Contents include: RADIATION PHYSICS: Physics of radiation action: microscopic features that determine biological consequences; Symposium: atomic and molecular data for radiation research: The IAEA program on atomic and molecular data for radiotherapy and related research; Symposium: Auger-electron emitters : physics, cellular effects, implications for radiation protection and therapy, Symposium: atomic physics and the initial processes of biological damage induced by heavy charged particles, Symposium: Qualitative differences in cellular and molecular effects from high and low LET radiation; Workshop: The relevance of radiation and tissue weighting factors; RADIATION CHEMISTRY: Congress lecture: Oxidative damage: oxidation by radiation and by chemically-generated free radicals; Symposium: Energy and charge transfer in DNA damage; DNA AND CHROMOSOMES: Congress lecture: Nuclear structure and the microheterogeneity of radiation damage in DNA; othrer sections include: GENETICS AND ONCOGENESIS, CELLULAR AND SYSTEMIC RESPONSES; TISSUE AND TUMOUR BIOLOGY; TUMOUR THERAPY; HYPERTHERMIA; NON-IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATION RISKS.
xviii, 540, [1], xxii - xlviii pp. Glossary of banking terms. Subject Index. Corrigenda. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. "Records in minute detail the history and background of metallic currencies in the Middle Kingdom - gold, silver and copper - and examines their relationships with each other and with the currencies of other lands. Delves into such fascinating areas as regional gold mining, the Chinese mints, efforts to introduce a true gold standard, and the use of foreign trade dollars in China." - Foreward to this reprint edition. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear to publisher's brown leatherette covered boards. An excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
PLEASE NOTE: The actual title of this book is "Silversmithing and Art Metal: For Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsmen". For technical reasons, a different title pay appear above. 160 pages. Index. Black and white photos and diagrams. Printed upon glossy stock. "Explains contemporary methods of hand forming silver, copper, and related metals into useful and decorative objects." - from Preface. Contents include: Tools; The Metals; Metal Working and Forming Techniques; Plate and Tray Construction; Box Construction; Spoons, Picture Frames, Spouts; Decorative Processes; Silversmithing and Art Metal Projects. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
272 pages. With black and white frontispiece and 76 plates in line and half-tone. "Mr. Evans has devoted his life to his subject and he has brought to bear on his work a logical and precise mind. He has set out in order a practical and efficient method of instruction for the use of teachers of metalwork." - from Foreword. "Hammered metalwork is the term herein used to denote constructive silversmithing and the extension of its hand processes to suitable non-ferrous base metals. It embraces the hand-tool operations involved in the construction of domestic ware in Silver, Gilding-metal, Copper and Brass." - from Introduction. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent text. Book
238 pages including index. A definitive study of the past, present, and future of the metal that Keynesian economists and political schemers have denounced as a 'barbarous relic." The war on gold began several centuries ago, when politicians discovered they could print limitless amounts of paper currency for a small fraction of the cost of using gold as money. A particularly timely title as gold once again struggles to attain it's true market value. Author was a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace from 1968 to 1973. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Pages gently age-toned. Binding intact. A clean and sound copy. Book
192 pages. Index. Bibliography. Many charts and graphs. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Beginning with detailed geological analysis of the platinum-group metals, Professor Sutton goes on to describe the technology involved in locating and mining these metals. Next, he carefully details current world supplies: in the Marxist countries, in the West, and in the United States. A careful study is presented of the fluctuations and relations of prices for metals in the platinum group as well as trading in the metals, economic projections and investment in strategic platinum.... A complete account of the strengths and weaknesses of platinum-group metals as investments, with the pitfalls and dangers, and possible rewards. A most authoritative guide for those interested in making a profit from inflation by investing in precious metals." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
Topics include: Oil filtration, purification and reclamation; Service experience in controlling low temperature engine deposits; The Hydra-matic Transmission; Lubrication of the portable air compressor; Crawler track lubrication and maintenance; Metals grinding machinery lubrication; Inboard marine engines; Lubrication in forging operations; Lubrication of communication apparatus; Automotive hydraulic transmissions; Flow properties of lubricating greases - relationship of apparent viscosity. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight, clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. Book
Approximately 100 pages. Features: The Nevill-Soanes Copper Process; Gold Prospects in Nigeria; The Premier Mine Aerial Ropeway; Metals during 1921; Mesopotamia - A Review of its Geology and Petroleum Resources; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
Features: Ichiyo School; Ikenobo School; Koryu Shohtoh-kai School; Sogetsu School; Kasumi's Exhibition at Westminster Abbey; Tankin-Transfiguration of Metals; Sakai Hoitsu; Seifu Enshu School; Saga School; Soami School; Ohara School; Chiko School; Ryusei-ha School; Ryusei-ha's Exhibition Presents 'Composition of Leaves'. Writing at bottom of front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. No dust jacket, as issued. 452 pages.
82 pages. "Being a Text-book of Data collected from Investigations in the Research Laboratories and in the Works of Thos. Firth & Sons, LTD., Sheffield." - from title page. Chapters include: The Requisitioning of Stainless Steel; Stainless Steel and its Manufacture; The Working and Treatment of Stainless Steel; The Strength of Stainless Steel as Shewn by Mechanical Tests; The Mechanical Strength of Stainless Steel at High Temperatures; General Physical Properites; Resistance to Rust - Corrosion Resisting Properties; The Effect of Various Reagents upon Stainless Steel; Contact with Other Metals; Stainless Iron. Illustrated. Undated. Circa 1950s? Unmarked. Moderate wear. Bright gilt lettering to front board and spine. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Nice clean copy. Book
Features: Advanced materials and the economy; Materials for information and communication; Materials for aerospace; Materials for ground transportation; Materials for energy utilization; Materials for medicine; The science of materials; Electronic and Magnetic materials; Photonic materials; Advanced metals; Advanced ceramics; Advanced polymers; Composites. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
156 pages. Features: Precision-guided weapons; the newest stars in Orion; Dutch elm disease; the ribosome; the forging of metals; monsoons; a mesolithick camp in Ireland; Sadi Carnot; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
156 pages. Features: Space-based ballistic-missile defense; Prions; Seismic tomography; Cartilage; Epsilon Aurigae; A Late Ice-Age Settlement in Southern Chile; The Continuous processing of metals in the U.S.S.R.; The Crystal Palace; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
SOFTCOVER. Sticker to spine and inside cover, stamp to page block. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library
Features: Siskiyou (California) - a collector's treasure house; Design ideas for jewelry makers; Flame Agate in Utah's Chinle; Three metals and two planes; Mineral collections and collectors; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Book
