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Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
134 pages. Cover photo of funnels of the SS "United States", queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding photos of the Earl of Dalkeith to Jane McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stanley Briggin and James Wadsworth Syminton with the former Sylvia Caroline Schlapp; Color-photo ad for the 1953 Ford Lincoln features dark teale two-door on city street; Nice Packard car ad features red two-door; Photos of 'Blaze Tapering" (hair singeing) as performed by D.J. Brown who owns a salon on New York's East Side; Amazing one-page color photo of General Motors' 'dream car' Le Sabre two-door convertible (silver) accompanies a great photo-illustrated article on futuristic North American car designs; Illustrated article on highway design by Robert Moses; Great color photo of Mrs. Edward C. Bridgman , Jr. fashionably dressed in yellow with yellow locomotive speeding behind her; Photo feature on the Wayzata, Minnesota home of Mr. and Mrs. George Halpin; Article on tourists taking their cars to Europe for driving trips; Many gorgeous pages of photo fashion ads in color and black and white; The Annual Tour of the Metropolitan Opera; Fashion photos upon a cruise ship; Two pages of photos from the Inauguration Ball for President Dwight Eisenhower; Beautiful fashion photos of Mrs. Bruce Thayer Benepe (the former Ruth Fillebrown of Boston and Newport), Mrs. John Livingston Beers (former Jane Gilbert of New York and Westport), Mrs. John H. Scott-Paine of Greenwich, Ann Reinicke, Bettina Thayer, Mrs. Hubert Faure, and Barbara Cavanagh; Beautiful fur fashion photos modelled by Catherine Manning Hannon, Mrs. Clayton Winship Johnson, and Mrs. Dino Yannopoulos; United States Lines ad includes photos of Sir Colin and Lady Anderson, Mrs. Casimir de Rham, Sir Shane Leslie, Mrs. Vincent Astor, and Mr. and Mrs. Staunton Williams; Six photos of the Las Madrinas Debutante Ball in Los Angeles include Charles Getchell and Alan Jordon with escorts, Adrienne Hepburn, Dorothy Lucile Donath, Judith Noyes Roach, Sally Ann Smith with Geroald Saltonstall Silsbee, Gretchen Helene Dockweiler, Richard Dockweiler Brady, David V. Homme, Barbara von Briesen, Dr. Hans van briesen, Marie Casey, Thomas Ingersoll, William Duffy Keller and Palmer Casey; Color Nash car ad (red) features photo of etiquette author Amy Vanderbilt; Mens fashion photo includes John Cameron Swayze and William Raiser; several page of high-end real estate ads; Color-photo Mary Grey hosiery ad inside back cover features sexy Seniorita in red dress with fan. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: One-page colour photo of Lin Ching Hsia; Two pages of colour photos of Lin Fung Chew; Two pages of colour photos of The Other Side of Devotion; Two pages of photos of We Feel the Wind Again; Colour photos of That Girl From Wanchai; Colour photos of And the Love Lingers; Fold-out colour photos of Hsia Ling Ling and Dana; Lovely Calendar colour photo of Lin Ching Hsia; Patrick Hsieh; King Hu never be a virgin; Wong Chuen Yu; Kwai Au Lui; Lin Fung Chu; Tien Niu; Lau Wai Bun; PoChih Leung; Wong Yung; Li Hsing; A Deep and Tender Love; The Thrilling Sword; Time for Wine and Roses; The Yellow Panther; One-Arm Chivalry Eight Against One-Arm Chivalry; The Secret Rivals, Part II; The Dull Body; Bed For Day, Bed for Night; Colour photo ad for Golden Nun inside back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: Nice one-page colour photo of Lin Ching Hsia and Charles Chin walking on beach; Two pages of colour photos of Lin Fung Chaio; The Spring Lake - colour photos; Witty Hand, Witty Sword - colour photos; Hua Chia Ta - one-page colour photo; Shaolin Revengers - foldout colour photos; Eva Ling - beautiful colour fold-out photo; Chung Yao; Lee Hseing; Calcutta Airport adventures; Wang Tao's view of marriage; Yang Fei Fei; San Hsuan Min Lang; Eva Lin; Shaw Yin Yin; Visit Pao Hsueh Li in Taiwan; Everlasting Love; For Whom to be Murdered; Dual Flying Kicks; Gee and Jor; The Guy with Secret Kung-Fu; Nice colour-photo Rado watch ad on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
102 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: The Young Master - two pages of colour photos; Beautiful one-page colour photos of Sylvia Chang, Lily Li, Hsu Chieh; Candy Wen, Hu Yin Mong, and Rebecca Fong; Colour photos of ladies fashions; Colour photo of Jackie Chan; Last Hurrah For Chivalry - foldout colour photos; Jackie Chan foldout colour photo; Photo of Dinah Shore with Raymond Chow; Article and photos on Dinah Shore and her TV show visiting the set of a Kung Fu movie; Michael Hui - 'Made in China'; Article and photos entitled "Jackie Chan, Motioning with Ease and Grace; Cheng Shao Chiu, Portraying a Hero in the Sword - article with black and white photos; Hsu Chieh - Gym Enthusiast - article with black and white photos; Wei Bai Aspired To Love; Yuen Biao, Making a Hit - article with black and white photos; K.H. Chan could eat no fat - article with black and white photos; Sheh Kin - Uncrabbed by Age - article with photos; Richard Ng as a moviegoer; Rebecca Fong starring in Carry on Orderly; Love at First Bite - George Hamilton Photos; Horror Inn - colour ad inside back cover; Nice colour photo ad for Girard-Perregaux watches on back cover; and much more. Clean and unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Senator Kirksen cross-legged; Excerpts from "Moscow Summer 1964" by Yugoslav essayist Mihajlo Mihajlov who documented the astonishing Russian outpouring of literature and songs about Stalin's concentration and work camps; Civil Right No. 1 - The Right to Vote, by Martin Luther King; The Huks bring terror to the Philippines; The Oil Can is Mightier than the Sword - Everett McKinley Dirksen - one of the real pillars of today's Senate; The U.N. of Dag Hammarskjold is Dead - Can it be reborn?; He loves things to be beautiful - I.M. Pei; On the rounds with an African Witch Doctor; Why they invade the sea - skindiving; Full-page colour ad for The Sound of Music; That's the Truth - and other Cosby stories. Covers almost detached. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Pages 90-176 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Slacker - a young Californian deserts the Army and his lady to flee to Mexico where great misery follows, but he eventually atones; The Mysterious Witch Doctors of Siberia - disguised as a Russian peasant, the author penetrated into little-known Siberia to investigate the uncanny doings of the native Shamans - article with photos; My Island of Dreams - Part II - the adventures of Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings (with photos); Through Central America on Horseback - Part V - riding through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - story with photos of earthquake damage in Guatemala City; Mountain Mysteries - the strange story of Mr. Crump who was lost for 18 days in the Lakeland crags, plus other cases of mysterious disappearances; Cheating Death - John Edwin Hogg recounts his most harrowing experience; A Bear-Hunt in Lousiana - interesting and successful hunt in the Louisiana Marsh - with photos; My Burglar - a Singapore encounter with a Chinese burglar, stripped naked and greased from head to foot, with fish-hooks in his pigtail and a double-edged sword between his teeth; The Rajah's Lift - the tragic story of a home-made hydraulic lift; The New Moon - information in a diary saves the lives of two men; A Man's Luck - Part III of Hjalmar Hutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Photo and brief write-up of the world's most northerly police post; Photo of the smallest business house in the world in Duncan, Oklahoma; 'House of Gold' built by a wealthy miner in the California's Mojave Desert; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Back cover almost loose. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Schools should teach religion as a subject, not a faith; Macmillan's 30 fateful minutes in Moscow; *Fantastic* two-page colour ad for International trucks shows five different models; Gorgeous colour photo ad for the 1959 Buick Le Sabre convertible; How Dangerous is Natural Gas? - some people are concerned; Can the University of Toronto (U of T) survive sheer size? - article with photos; The hectic scramble for the class of 1959 - courted by hundreds of company recruiters; Canada needs a lobby in Washington; The Sleuths who probe our air disasters - with photo of the remains of a DC-4 which crashed in Quebec in 1957, killing 79 people; James Wilson Morrice - the painter we weren't ready for - article with colour illustrations; Nice Canadian Pacific centrefold ad for Canadian Pacific shows a large map of the world and their various transporations services; Nice Black Label beer ad shows massive glass of beer in the wilderness; Two-page black and white photo ad for Toro lawn mowers; Nice colour photo ad for Old Vienna beer inside back cover; Colour ad on back cover for S.O.S. pads and how they can be used to clean white wall tires; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first collected edition of Waugh's classic trilogy comprising the final texts of all three novels. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments with red morocco labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The trilogy comprises Men at Arms (1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) and Unconditional Surrender (1961).