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74 pages. Articles: Ingrid's Rossellini; My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 2); 12th Man in the Huddle - Blanton Collier is backfield coach for the Cleveland Browns; Those Explosive Nobel Prizes (conclusion); Report on the Midwest; We're Telling You, Macy's - Bresee's Oneonta Department Store in upstate New York - article with nice color photos; Bite'em, Tiger!; How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. Fiction: Valley of the Tyrant (part 1 of 4); Big as He Feels; The Funny Part Is, She's Happy; Out of This Nettle; Bootlegger's Treasure (conclusion); Safe, Warm World. Includes these nice vintage ads: 1950 Studebaker cars; Botany 500; DeSoto cars; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Buick cars; U.S. Army (recruiting); Great Northern Railway; Puritan Sportswear; Mallory hats; Union Pacific Railroad; Van Dorn Tools; Back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features Barbara Stanwyck with smaller image of tobacco farmer Claud Pope. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Features: Wonderful full-age photo-illustrated ad for Interlaken Summer Camp for Boys, La Porte County, Indiana, inside front cover; The Vilest Crime of the Ages - The movement to discredit the Germans at home as well as the German element in this country; An Obsolete Jeffersonian Doctrine - the right to traffic in munitions of war with belligerent nations; Did the Lusitania carry cargo like this? - The Cleveland Automatic Company's high explsive shells break into smaller pieces which are poisonous and will painfully kill victims in four hours without immediate treatment - an ad for these shells from the 'American Machinist' is reproduced here; The German Army as a National Backbone, by Frank Koester; $16,000,000 "Neutrality"; Let Sir Richard Crawford Pack his Trunks; Some "English Outrages"; The New York Herald Admits the Truth; Italy's Entry into the War; American Neutrality a Myth; English Poisonous Gases; British Cabinet Breaking; Gas Bombs used by the English and French; News from Germany; Kaffee Hag ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Three-inch opening to bottom of coverfold, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 22 plates on 10; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of a classic and increasingly scarce memoir of bomb-disposal in WWII. In the twenty-first century nothing changes. The first editon is very scarce in any condition. Enser, p,63.
4 pages formed by a single folded sheet. Consists of updated information in light of the 'latest reports from Britain' which indicated the enemy was making use of 'several types of incendiary bombs that are more dangerous to deal with than any used in the past. Some of these contain powerful explosive charges which detonate on impact while others are equipped with delayed action fuses..." - from page one. Topics discussed include: New Enemy Tactics, New Types of Incendiaries, New Bombs Require New Methods of Attack, Adequate Cover is Vital to Safety, A Stream of Water is the Best Weapon, Do Not Approach Burning Fire Bombs. Back page lists the 8 steps of the *new* instructions for dealing with fire bombs. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality original copy of this practical and, perhaps one day, vital information. Book
88pp., avec quelques illustrations dans le texte, 25cm., brochure originale, extrait du "Mémorial des poudres et salpètres" tome VII, bon état, W107974
128 pages. Features: Cover illustration of puppies for sale; Color-photo ad for a Pink Rambler 1960 station waton inside front cover; Two-page photo ad for Chrysler shows the Dart and Plymouth; Ad for large GMC trucks; Photo-illustrated article on "The Middle East - Explosive, Enigmatic"; Life Among the Pioneers - humorous article on suburbia; The Drummer Boy of Shiloh - short story by Ray Bradbury; Strictly Untouchable (sthort story); I Serve on the "Sin Committee" - George H. Young is chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Infractions; St. Leonard's House in Chicago - a chance to go straight; Nice photo of "Merry Milliners"; Perle Mesta (part 3); Make Up Your Mind (short story); Cause, Chance and Creation, by Philip Morrison; Raid on the Railroad (short story); Montana's Tourist Wilderness - color photos with text; If Hitler Had Invaded England; Beautiful ad for the Turbine Drive 1960 Buick shows red convertible on windy mountain road; The Tewksbury Feud (short story, part 4); Hires Root Beer half-page color ad; 3/4-page color ad for Maine tourism; Toro ad for mower with bagger; Back cover Kodak color-photo ad features Peter Lawford and Family; and more. Moderate moisture exposure to top quarter resulting in mild undulations and some discoloration. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. . Magazine
48 pages. Features: The Mafia in Canada - article with many mugshots of famous mobsters; McKenzie Porter looks at Golf; How Alvin Hamilton Keep the Prairies in his Pocket; Portrait of a Doctor whose specialty is people - Dr. Dave Lander of Turner Valley, Alberta; Armament and Disarmament in Central America - special report from the explosive half of our hemisphere; How to work your children's way through college; Michael Wade describes his visits with the women of the Seven Seas; Sculptors Gerald Gladstone, Walter Yarwood, Armand Vaillancourt, Yosef Drenters, Eli Bornstein; Vintage black and white Honda motorcycle ad - a row of motorcycles serve as a badminton net at a campsite. Small contest clipping from bottom corner of page 41. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
268 pages including index. Claims Kissinger was disingenuous when he claimed America could not prevent Turkey from seizing a third of Cyprus in 1974. Provides crucial evidence that this action was, in fact, the realization of a longstanding plan. Reveals the explosive strategic reasons why the island was divided, saving its top-secret defence and spying facilities from communist take-over or British defence spending cuts. Makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of great power politics and the strategic importance of intelligence gathering and the role these played in triggering one of the world's most intractable international conflicts. Includes black and white photographs and a 1999 personal interview conducted with Kissinger for this book. Appears unread. Book clean and unmarked with no wear. Light signs of handling to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
46 pages. Wonderful colour photography throughout. Features: B.C. - Land of Bouquet - Canada's First Province for Flowers; Cumberland - Coal-dust memories stir a sleepy village - an explosive and tragic past; A Little Block of heritage homes in Vancouver's West End; River of White Death - why the Alsek River's Turnback Canyon is so named; Whistler heats up in summer. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: South Nahanni River Valley Expedition - a canoe-and-climb journey in Canada's Northwest Territories; Exploration of Today's World; Martin and Osa Johnson - exploration was their way of life; Arnold Hauerslev-Haverlee - an unorthodox explorer; Continued Exploration of Venus; Medical Detective in Africa - solution of an explosive medical mystery in Mali; Meteorites and Man-made Satellites - when they fall to earth; Observing Marine Mammals in Alaska - students gain field experience; Goal - to Penetrate Tibet - a hazardous 19th century attempt - Mr. T.T. Cooper. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Pittston battles for New Brunswick refinery in Eastport; Explosive student woes in France; Can we trust our spies?, by Barbara Amiel; Joe Clark searching for second ballot support; Robert Kaplan under attack for his new CSIS; Dave Barrett bows out leaving no heir; Militant Nova Scotia lobster fishermen; The trial of Gilles Gregoire; Inside Canada's Prisons - cover story with photos; Texas Instruments PC ad; British national election campaign; Scandal in Somalia; Congress approves the MX missile; Deadly new phase of warfare in South Africa; Canadian shipyards fighting to survive on government contracts; On the Nissan Assembly Line in Japan, by Peter C. Newman; NHL faces anti-trust challenge after refusing to allow the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a Saskatoon group - Bill Hunter; Commodore 64 computer ad; Into the tomb of HMS Breadalbane - interesting underwater photos; Bruce Allen - the most successful manager in the history of Canadian rock; Fotheringham on the Hitler diaries hoax. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Articles: The Structure of English Wooden Ships - William Sutherland's Ship Circa 1710; An Explosive Story - the rise and fall of the common depth charge; part of Gerald E. Panting's Canadian Maritime Bibliography; plus numerous book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Get the government off the farm - Alice Pearse Bean; The Great Row in California; Lost - One Centennial; The explosive revival of the far left; Why I quit the extreme left - Phillip Abbott Luce; Brigitte Bardot - no place left to hide - colour photos; Sundown of a Champion - Phil Hill was the first American to be a world-champion Grand Prix driver - after his friend and teammate, Count Wolfgang von Trips died in a crash; The importance of being poached - Saunas/Heat Baths are in vogue; Lyndon Johnson's Mother, Rebekah Johnson; The magnificent obsession of U.S. Air Force "Colonel" Jack Kenneth Brown, the fake colonel. Great colour Dodge Pickup ad. Two-page colour Ford Mustang ad. Two-page colour ad for the James Stewart film "Shenandoah". Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
315 pages including footnotes and index. "This explosive book lays bare the personalities and institutional relations behind the headlines. It goes beyond the recent events to discern the roots of contemporary U.S. covert activity within the past two decades. Delves into the details of CIA and extra-CIA operations, including drug-trafficking, gun-running, government-toppling, and assassination." - from back cover. "An informative and shocking book that takes us from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to the drug-fuelled secret war in Laos, from the urban hustle-and-bustle of Tehran to the steamy jungles of Central America. Profiteers pose as patriarchs, mercenaries claim to be humanitarians, and totalitarian thugs commit their atrocities in the name of political freedom - while back in Washington it's all just one more day at the office." - R.T. Naylor, author of Hot Money. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Good working copy. Book
308 pages. Index. Signed by Fogarty upon title page. Colour photographic plates. Carl Fogarty was arguably the best ever motorbike rider from Britain, winning the World Superbike Championship four times. Light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
109 pages. "Tracing is the systematic tracking of firearms and explosives from manufacturer to purchaser (and/or possessor) for the purpose of aiding law enforcement officials in identifying suspects involved in criminal violations, establishing stolen status, and proving ownership... This publication is designed to assist law enforcement officials in preparing trace requests and determining whether or not firearms or explosives can be traced. Further, additional material relating to firearms and explosives identification is included as a reference guide." - from introduction. Contents include: Firearms tracing procedures; preparation of request forms; NLETS request; TELEX request; Fax machine; Reference directory of firearms; Firearms terminology; Explosives tracing procedures; Commercial explosives identification; Explosives manufacturers, Explosive products, and date shift codes; Explosives terminology; Military explosives identification; Pre/Post-blast detonation. Illustrated. Underlining to introduction else contents clean and unmarked. Average wear externally with sticker residue to upper corner of front cover. Binding sound. Good working copy. Book
INSTITUT COOPERATIF DE L'ECOLE MODERNE. 1982. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 48 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc. Annotations et tampon sur le premier plat.
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1950. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 32 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1951. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 24 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1954. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 24 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc. Premier plat légèrement taché.
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1955. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 32 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1955. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 24 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1955. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 32 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1956. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 24 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc et en couleur.
Institut coopératif de l'école moderne pédagogie freinée. 1958. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 24 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc
