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138 pages. "Documents the astonishing extent to which Mennonites in Canada served the country of their adoption in the military during those trying years." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
25301Bruxelles, La Renaissance du Livre, 1931 Broche, couverture papier a l'impression en rouge et noir, 130 x 190mm., 55pp.
1856012380Paris Michel Lévy frères 1856 Demi-reliure
19712091502135421674Nakayama Toki Sword Memorial Compilation Committee 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Nakayama Toki Sword Memorial Compilation Committee paperback
19722111902160301333Nagano County Board of Education 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 102 pages Size: B5 size Nagano County Board of Education paperback
Hardcover in-4°, 114 pages entièrement illustrées en couleurs, cartonnage ed. ill. Bon etat. [QU-2] Les armes blanches de l"Atlantique a l"Indus
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Wear to cover. Line drawings by Donna Diamond.
19872090502113708768Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
Features: RCAF Pilot's Club - A Unique Group; Conquer the Darkness - Using Searchlights to hunt subs; Of Trophies and 'High Flight' - two recent presentations; Dale and the old Sabre 060 - an old aircraft found; A Lad and his Lancaster - wartime ops in a Lanc - J.S. Pat Patterson; Buffalos down under - anti-sub warfare competition; Air Marshal Slemon Remembers; The Old Airman's Uniform. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: NA-73X - first of a famous breed; RAF's Mustang 1; A-36 - Dive-Bombing Mustang; P-51 & P-51A - Early Development; P-51B & P-51C - The Razorbacks; ACQR Mustang Color Portfolio; P-51D - a sword in the heart of Germany; TP-51D - Mustang built for two; P-51H - last of the Mustangs; XP-51F/G/J - the Lightweights; Mustangs for the Air National Guard; Mustang People; The Early Days - developments that led to the birth of the mightiest sea-going weapon; The first carrier - the USS Langley; The New Breed - the Lexington and Saratoga and aircraft like the F4B and Helldiver controlled the seas in the 1930s; Carriers in Combat; The Post-War Carriers - they were kept busy with Korea, Vietnam and more; New Wings for the Fleet - upgrading carriers and their planes toward the year 2000; Listing of USN Carriers - a complete list of all USN carriers; The Stirrings of War; WWII - the Island War against the Japanese; ACQR Color Portfolio - 16 color pages; Leathernecks over Korea - MSMC vets meet again over Korea; Into the Jet Age - the Marines equip with jet aircraft; Master of Vertical Envelopment - USMC refines the methods of helicopter warfare; USMC in the 1970s - new aircraft boost its strength. Special issue devoted to the US Air Force Museum features articles on: how it was moved from Patterson Field to Wright Field; Color Portfolios; How the USAF made a Sopwith Camel; Saga of 33-324, a rare Douglas biplane; Restoring the last B-10; The last P-35; WWII; Royal Frey remembers; Shoo-Shoo Baby - the history of a B-17; Aircraft of the jet age; inventory listing; and more. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
82 pages. Features: No Front-Line in the Sky - the continuing adventures of the Puma Squadron during WWII; Orion - a plane for all reasons - full details on Lockheed's famous sub-hunter; Foreign Mustangs - Mustangs in the markings of foreign air forces; Dog Sabre - the overlooked F-86D with pilot report; Hellenic Corsairs - A-7Hs for the Greek Air Force; Strafer Pilot - Daring WWII tale; Curtiss P-6 in the NEIAF - the biplane P-6 and how it operated in the East Indies; NACF F-18 takes shape - cutaway and details on USN F-18; USMC Redesignation - Marine photo squadron redesignated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The rise and fall of the VNAF - the rise and fall of the South Vietnamese Air Force, from 1951 to 1975; America's Spitfires - the USAAF was second only to the RAF as a major operator of the Supermarine Spitfire - a review of their operational history in American service; The RAF in Greece - 1940/41 - the fulfillment of Britain's treaty obligations; CW-21 - the St. Louis Lightweight - the story of the relatively unknown Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter in WWII; Sixes and Sevens - completing the story of the 4-engined Douglas transport family, begun in AE/15 - the DC-6 and DC-7; The Blenheim in Yugoslavia - two successful years of Blenheim operations in Yugoslavia were followed by eight days of disaster in 1941; F13 - the Pioneer from Dessau - first flown in 1919, the Junkers F 13 was still serving after WWII; Armstrong Whitworth's Flying Wings - Laminar flow research and boundary layer control, as applied to the A.W.52 flying wings; Walrus - amphibious angel of mercy - designed by Reginald Mitchell; PR Flying and the Spitfire - an account of war-time photographic reconnaissance operations in the Middle and Far East; "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy" - this 1931 headline summed up the culmination of an 18-year endeavour; The MiG Killers of Korea - the North American F-86 Sabre achieved the greatest success in air-to-air combat; Fokker's D VIII - the reluctant Razor - the world's first operational cantilever-winged fighter; Caught by the wing-tip - C.E. 'Bud' Anderson's experiences as a test pilot in the wing-tip coupling experiments; Bombay - Pegasus Draught, Bristol Dray - the flying characteristics and operational career of the Bristol Bomber-transport; Quest for Altitude - The First Generation MiGs - a comprehensive account of the first fighters to bear the MiG appellation; Return of the Razorbacks - the restoration and flight demonstrations of the only Allison-engined Mustangs now extant; A seversky in the Spanish War - the SEV-3; Stratocruiser - ending an airline era - the role of the Boeing Stratocruiser in post-war air transport evolution; Destination - Disaster - how 8 new Saab B 18Bs of the Swedish Air Force met their doom, and how they came back; Estonian Air Power, 1918-1945. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely 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
14 pages. Contents: Vest-Casaque Walking Suit - cover illustration; Manners upon the Road - of Beams and Motes; New York Fashions - furs, pprices, sable, mink, black marten, or Alaska sable, seal sets and sacques, ermine and grebe, astrakhan sets and cloaks, fur trimmings, children's furs, fur turbans, gentlemen's furs, vest-casaques; Personal; Wroghtu guipure edgings and rosettes; Embroidered Tidy; Tapestry Lambrequin; Pen-Wiper simulating a poppy; Miss Drake's Enterprise; Burns's First Love; The Snake-Charmers; Sayings and Doings; Useful Recipes; Full-page illustration - "Nutting"; lamp mat in application and Byzantine embroidery; crochet and netted spool basket; crochet edging for children's clothing; point lace and tatted insertion; tidy in point lace and satin stitch embroidery; humor. Average wear. Missing pages 761-762. Cover-fold almost completely open. Book
16 pages. Contents: Winter Street and Opera Toilettes - cover illustration; Family Geniuses; Manners Upon the Road - of Philosophy; New York Fashions - furst, mink, sable, seal-skin, astrakhan and persiani, ermine and white fox, children's furs, furs for gentlemen, carriage robes, opera cloaks and carriage wraps; Personal; Borders for Fichus, jackets, hoods, etc.; crochet hexagon for cover, knitted hexagon for cover, crochet stitch for under-skirts; fringes for trimming capes, hoods, etc.; Girl's Crochet collar; Lady's knitted and crochet mitten; Grandpapa's Story - a Thanksgiving Episode; Great centerfold compilation of humorous Thanksgiving illustrations; Paris Fashions; Charles Mathews; Debenham's Vow - continued; Nice Thanksgiving full-page illustration with young lady praying; humor. Average wear. Clipping from first page. Book
16 pages. Contents: The Young Girl; Manners Upon the Road - of flavors; New York Fashions - furs, lynx, black maretn, fox furs and chinchilla, seal-skin sacques, astrackahn, mink, sable, ermine, furtrimmings and linings, children's furs, children's clothing; Personal; evening head-dress of flowers and feathers; needle-work medallion for cravat ends; Needle-work border; embroidered tulle fanchons; Small mercies; Beauty and Barber; English Gossip; An American Girl of the Period in Europe; Sayings and Doings; borders, agrafes and tassels for wrappings, dresses, etc.; Signs and Tokens; Paris Gossip; To the Bitter End - continued; Louis Quinze Costume; Black Woolen Lace for Wraps, etc. Imitiation of guipure; Embroidered handkerchief case; humor. Average wear. Book
72 pages. Features: Two-colour black and white photo ad inside front cover for International Harvestor's Industrial Power Products; Out of the Indian Night, by William J. Makin - a tale of the Northwest frontier and teh courage that drives frail flesh to heroism; Britain's Unemployment Insurance , by Brian Meredith; Can War Cross the Pacific?, by Charles Lugrin Shaw who argues that adequate defenses are needed to protect Canada's west coast from attack; You Roll Your Own, by Kalman Phillips - she fell in love with a man who kep finding an octopus in a trout pool; The Bay Street Boys, by Frederick Edwards - life is just one up and down after another to the Dominion's 4,000 stock salesmen - with nice black and white photo of Bay Street, Toronto; The Exile, by Beryl Gray - it took them a long time to realize that love does not feed on selfishness; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - an address to the United States; Sable Island, by C.F. Blackadar - "While men sail in ships there will be wrecks on Sable's greedy sands" - with photos; The 7th (Seventh) Day, by Max Brand (part); Checks Please, by Lotta Dempsey - checks are very much in fashion; Mexico and Manana, by Madge Macbeth - Growing trade with Mexico opens new opportunities to Canadian business; Nice full-page black and white DeSoto ad on page 31; Two-colour Oldsmobile full-page ad on page 33; Black and white photo two-page centrefold ad for the Hudson 112 car; Black and white full-page 1938 Plymouth ad on page 45; Black and white photo full-page Dodge truck ad on page 49; William G. Gibson of Ladner, BC - world's champion wheat grower; Cougar Pets, by Francis Dickie - Marion, Pearl and Pansy Schnarr of Sonora, BC have brought up from babyhood two cougars - includes two photos; Page 65 missing; Small piece removed from page 67; Nice Kodak ad on back cover shows baby covering his mouth. Address label atop front cover. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
Features: The Last Years of the Atlantic Salmon?; The Life of Sable Island's Wild Horses; The Great Disaster - by Louise De Koriline Lawrence; Salt Marshes of the Maritimes; Audubon's Journey to Labrador; Governmental Secrecy in Canada - environmental implications; Yukon's Dempster Highway and Environmental Impact. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: A Winchester '66 from The Orient; General Custer Favored a Remington; Southern Cartridge Company, Savannah, Georgia; The Cartridge Company; "Col. Red wuz Right" - The 7 M/M Pinfire Lefaucheux... French sword with six shot revolver combination. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid 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
Features: I say prisons are a failure, by Hal Hollister; England, Ever England - the English village survives the storms of social revolution; Hot-Tempered Baltimore Oriole - Jim Gentile ; Glamour Treatment for the Mentally Ill - helping women in mental hospital; He's Got Artistic Drive; The Untold Stories of the Civil War - An Infidel's Sword - Johnnie Ring's high sense of duty converted the captain; Adventures of the Mind - The Revolution in Western Thought, by Huston Smith; The Face of America - Nose Job on Lincoln at Mount Rushmore. First page of advertising missing. Pages 65/66 missing. Page 67 loose but present. Above-average wear. Book
Illustration Features: Miss D. Truscott, of St. Veep, Cornwall; The Marvel of Three Years - article by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; King George visits Vimy where Canada won glory; Fragments of fighting from four fronts; One the Marne Battlefield - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Italy sweeps Austria from the Adriatic Sea; Canadians enter Avion through fire and blood; Using bullet-proof shields; Ready for all emergencies afloat; The Long Arm of the Navy - it's wonderful to work in the seven seas (article by Percival Hislam); Miss Matilda of 'The Scrubbs' - article by Harold Ashton; Allied Artillery of Assault - 'Tanks' in action; Greece girds on her sword for war; Keeping Fit in the Navy - the Friendsly boxing bout; The Seaforth Highlanders - article with photo of officers. Above-average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book