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xii, 94 pages. Three-panel foldout map indicates 175 shipwreck locations in the vicinity of Sable Island. Black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Two-page colour photo of wild horses. "To keep alive the memories of this fascinating island, I have put together the history of its past, as well as a description of the present state in which she exists. This refuge has become the home of the famous Sable Island horses and the many birds and marine animals which visit its shores. Sable Island is not just a name or a place, it has become a legend to all sea-loving people." - Introduction. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound reading copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Cover illustration of MCAS El Toro (Santa Ana), California; Photo ad for Fenestra SATS panels; Two-page illustrated ad for the Vertol YHC-1A helicopter; Nuclear Restraint - a two-edged sword - feature article with photos of missiles; New horizons in firearms; Douglas ad includes photo of their Vice-Presidents Elmer Wheaton and Arthur E. Raymond; Report from the Ready Forces - The 3d Marine Air Wing - Part I - Mission Readiness, and Part II - Programs to Improve Readiness; Aviation in the Navy - reprint of sensational photo-illustrated article from 1916; One-page Grumman ad features illustration of the Blue Angels in flight with their F11F-1 supersonic Tigers; Boondoggle Artist; Lockheed one-page photo ad for the C-130 Hercules "Ski-130" (skis mounted under landing gear); List of promotions and transfers; MCA ad inside back cover features large photo of Tennessee Ernie Ford; Back cover color ad for the Convair Redeye Missile; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Very detailed account of the situation prior to and the assault on German held Europe in World War II and of the final collapse of Hitler's Germany. With a nice frontispiece picture of the brylcreamed author holding a pipe. Also numerous maps. Appendices and Index. Dust jacket has small loss at top of spine, corners and edges.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards show a bit of edge wear and a small ink smudge. Previous owner's attractive bookplate inside. 258 pages. 7 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h. Many b&w illustrations.
136 pages. Features: Can the new President (LBJ) overcome standpattism in Congress; LBJ Program in Action - photo feature; Unless We Lead We Will Falter; What Kind of Nation Are We? - thoughts in the wake of JFK's murder; Do White Men Have a Future in Africa? - T.J. Mboya of Kenya says yes, as long as they do their part in nation building; Visit to a Russian Village - photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Russian countryside, where few Westerners are permitted; The Importance of Angel Investors to Broadway Producers; Should it Take 34 Months for a Trial?; Today's American Ex-Pats are often businessmen, nor rebels; By 1966 Half of Us Will Be Under 25; The New York City Center of Music and Drama turns 20; Photos of Manhattan town home redone by architect James Stewart Polshek;On Human Rights - thoughts, new and old, as Human Rights Week begins; and more. Ads: one-page ad for Henry Mancini's soundtrack to the movie 'Charade"; Nice fashion ads; Bulova Accutron; 2-page ad for Look Magazine; Color ad for Sony consumer electronics; Cuesta-Rey Cigars; Wilkinson Sword Pruners; Loft's Little Fruit Cakes; Beautiful one-page color-photo ad for E.J. Korvette ladies' fashions - nautical theme; Unox Ham. First few pages rumpled, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
Book shows light wear to covers, edgewear. Binding is solid and square, interior/text is not marked in any way. Former owner's sticker at front.314 pages. Contents include Sword of Honour, Apthorpe Gloriosus, Apthorpe Furibundus; Apthorpe Immolatus.
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).
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.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. With the separately printed errata slip mounted at Preface. This first collected edition of Waugh's classic trilogy comprises the final texts of all three novels. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Final novel of the 'Sword of Honour' trilogy, with dustwrapper artwork by Biro.
84 pages. Features: George A. Magnan, Painter of Arizona; The Realism of Robert Weaver; The Sketchbooks of Robert Conlan; The Sculpture of Donal Hord; Oil Landscape by Sotaro Yasui; Your Sable brushes in oil painting; Alfred Khouri; A New Mural Technique - by Stanley Kaplan; and more. A worthy reference copy. Book
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. No slipcase. Text completely in JAPANESE. This is an extensive survey of antique Japanese swords and tsuba (sword guards). Illustrated profusely in color and black & white. Hundreds of photographs. 12" high X 9" wide, 223 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
90 pages including index and bibliography. "Includes those plants which seem to be most easily available, most easily recognized, and most difficult to confuse with poisonous plants. Selected from as wide a geographic range as possible." - from Introduction. Includes species from beaches, alpine meadows and the northern tundra. Covers: bracken fern, sword fen, ostrich fern, the junipers, lodgepole pine, western yellow pine, june berry , alpine and red bearberry, kinnikinik, orgeon grape, crowberry, salal, labrador tea, bob cranberry, choke cherry, gooseberry and currant, wild rose, blackberries, raspberries, thimbleberry, salmonberry, cloudberry, elderberry, buffalo berry, blueberry, huckleberry, bilberry, whortleberry, cranberry, mountain bilberry, evergreen huckleberry, red huckleberry, mountain cranberry, squashberry, couch-grass, wild onion, milkweed, orach, balsam root, plus over 30 more edible plants from the B.C. landscape. Includes dozens of black and white detailed illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked.. A sound vintage copy of this handy and possibly life-saving reference. Book
144 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Japanese Sword Guards in the Vancouver Museum; Menuki - the magnificent miniatures of Japan; Zen philosophy in the Japanese tea ceremony; The Mingeikan Museum in Tokyo; "A Taste for the Orient" - Queen Mary II and the porcelain collection at Kengsington Palace; The Divine Couple in Himalayan Art; Sleeping Celadons of Vietnam; Prince and Princess Takamado at the Netsuke Convention in San Francisco; Collector's World; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on April 1, 1993. Sale code: "FESTING". The sale consisted of the Sir Francis Festing Collection of Japanese swords and fittings, then in the collection of Lt. Col. H.A. Backhoff. 110 lots in the sale. Almost all illustated, some in color. Price estimates only, no prices realized sheets. 11" high X 8" wide, 60 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
82 pages. Features: African Jerusalem; A Minstrel's Life; The Diverse Goals of Re-Enactment Events; The Medieval Sword; Performing Medieval Drama in the 21st Century; The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Flying the Winged Missile - the Starfighter; The B-25 Mitchell medium bomber; Burt Rutan's Quickie; BD-5 - Another View; Christen's Elegant Eagle; Confessions of a PBM Pilot; Dog Sabre - North America's all-weather version of their famous Sabre jet was a real handful for its pilot; Gordon Plaskett's TF-51D; Mustang Versus Bearcat - can a P-51 outfight an F8F?; The Beech Staggerwing; The McDonnell-Douglas DC-10; Flying the Twin MustangThe XR-12; The Northrop F5-E; The CG-4 combat glider. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. It has the gray printed belly band. Completely clean inside and out. Text completely in Japanese. Catalog of exhibitions held at Osaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, from November 2 to December 8, 2013;, and at Sano Bijutsukan, from January 7-February 11, 2014. Illustrated in color. Hundreds of color illustrations of swords, tsubas, helmets, related paraphernalia. 12" high X 8" wide, 159 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
393 pages. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average, but not excessive wear. Prior owner's details atop title page. Binding intact. Bookseller's stamp 2x upon back endpaper and at least twice within book. Not pretty, but a decent working copy. Book
Book shows light shelf wear only to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 300 pages with a few b&w photos, chapters include: Toward the foundtion of the higher schools, Between nation and campus: the making of the higher school gentleman, Seclusion and self-government, The culture of ceremony, Public tyranny, The higher school catharsis, From Meiji to Taisho: broadening perspectives and enduring traditions.
192 pages. Features: Cover photo from 'Sanctum', a dance choreographed by Alwin Nikolais; Color Jade East ad; Many wonderful color fashion ads; Wittnauer watch ad; Omega Speedmaster watch ad on surface of the moon; Maximilian ad for Russian sable; Beautiful swimwear ad for Rose Marie Reid; Two-page Lan-Chile ad features gorgeous ladies; Steven Roberts returns to Bayonee High School for his tenth reunion with Arlyne Greenhill; Photo-illustrated article with Karl Hess - from Republican to Anarchist; The Testing of Pierre Trudeau - did he overreact to the FLQ crisis?; The Soma-Environmental Revolution, Pornography, Synergistic Consciousness, Sex with Patients - what was discussed at the American Psychological Association's convention; Kris Kristofferson - the new Nashville Sound; Choreography, Music, Costumes, Sets, etc. by Alwin Nikolas; The Burger/Blackmun (Supreme) Court; Nice color Seiko watch ad; Nice Patek Philippe watch ad; Nice color centerfold ad for Gradiaz Annis Cigars; Interesting two-page ad for "The New Miami Beach"; Very nice Elgin watch ad features Babe Ruth image; Fashion photos of ladies' party dresses; Lars-Eric Lindblad adventure travel ad for trips to the Seychelles and Russia in winter; Photo of the Richard and Marianne Koerner family as part of a Save the Children Federation ad; Average wear. Crossword completed in pencil. A sound vintage copy Book
6 numbers, 8vo., with photographs, illustrations and advertisements throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean run. Published by the Reliant Sabre and Scimitar Owners Club. SCARCE.
ANGERS, Ed. Ch. Hirvyl / Comité de Propagande Touristique de Sablé-sur-Sarthe - Sans date - In-12 - Broché - Couverture illustrée en couleurs - Ilustrations noir et blanc dans le texte de Ch. Tranchand - Publicités, plan dépliant - 96 pages - Propre Cachet ex-libris Jos Le Doaré
48 pages. Features include: A marriage made in B.C. - salmon-wine fete promotes 'a wild family reunion'; DFO Searches area 12 for sea lice; the travelling fisherman; onboard lasqueti sabre - spot prawn fishing in the Gulf; 2001 Seafood buyers & processors guide; salmon farmers dispute fat content claims; Russia halts Sturgeon Fishing. Average wear. Usual library markings. 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