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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
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).
Authentic Facsimile Limited Edition of 750 copies produced by Pierway Publishing. This production mirrors the original in exacting detail. The book is almost completely hand made. It is printed on acid-free, vellum paper with maroon dutch comb endpapers, smyth-sewn in the traditional way and bound in morocco textured red gilt cloth. Book is in FINE Condition. This book is Richard F. Burton's rarest book and there are only 6 copies in Libraries worldwide. One copy showed up on Portobello Road in London a few years ago and another one in New England and both disappeared quickly in private collections. Elusive and rare, Burton supposedly was paid very little by the war office to acknowledge his authorship. The book never caught on in England but the Prussian Army bought most of the copies to train their troops as it was considered the best work on the use of the Bayonet at the time. It is rumored that a fire in the Prussian barracks destroyed most copies which would account for the book's rarity today.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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
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
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
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
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
B. W. Robinson Arts of the Japanese Sword. , Faber and Faber 1971, Buone condizioni: sovraccoperta leggermente usurata, copertina integra, pagine ingiallite dal tempo ma di ottima fruibilità Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina rigida <br> 110<br> 0571047238
322 pages. Undated. Autobiographical account of the author's life as a missionary. Above-average wear and soiling. Some marks to contents. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Circa 1990? Book
The standard bibliography of Spanish fencing. 290 items from the late 15th century to the 19th century thoroughly described, with copious notes. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Fine and bright.
72 pages. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Wreck of the Valencia; Sandon - The Silver City; Dr. Emily Stowe - Canada's First Female Practitioner; Memories of Erie; Canadian Raiders in the Southwest; Observing the Solar Eclipse - 1860; How to Recover Fine Gold; Collins' Overland Telegraph (Part 3); The Battle of Frenchtown; The Boston Bean Jar; Dog Child and the Samurai Sword; The Coureurs de Bois; Pioneer Relics; Canadian Chronicles. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
54 pages. Features: Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa; Falconry to prevent bird strikes; Golden Hawks Air Demonstration Team; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound 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
140 pages. Features: The farmer's side of it; Roughage self-feeders cut chores; Poultry dogs; Milk pails for sharecroppers; The plow outbids the sword in Asia; Better ways to handle grain; He hitched his tractor to a star - Forrest Davis of Florida; Legumes that won't 'run out'; Two ounces per acre stops the 'Hoppers' cold; Cane pole or fly rod?; The Conestoga Bells (fiction); The Raiders (part 3 of 4). Ads: Texaco ad with photo of Joe Acosta of Mission, TX and Merle Noble and James Howschultz who farm near Blencoe, IA; Oldsmobile super '88'; Hudson car (beautiful one page in color); Nice one-page color Greyhound ad; Minneapolis-Moline's Uni-Harvestor; USS Steel ad with Rayford Hill of Dodge City, KS; Firestone ad with photos of Richard Pappe of Union City, OK and Earl Thompson of Richland, MI; GM (showing parts making); Bolens (nice half-page in color); International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C; Kaiser-Frazer's Henry J. car (one page with 4 photos); Buick; Lee work clothing; 1951 Dodge car; Pontiac; Blue Bell work clothing - with photo of George Claunch; Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide (illustration of rider at farm); Nice one-page color U.S. Army recruiting ad shows artillery crew in action; Nostalgic Motorola portable radio ad with large photo of bathing beauty Jeanne Crain; Titan Bluestreak Chain Saws; AC Fuel Pump ad with illustration of Babe Ruth; GMC truck; Tide detergent; Gadget-minded Grandma Grace E. Miller; Toni ad with lovely photos of Eloise Sahlen, Susie Parker and Ann and Roxie Shumaker; Back cover color Camel cigarette ad features Broadway singing star Lisa Kirk. Unmarked with average wear. Closed four-inch opening to bottom edge of back cover. Coverfold ends mended with archival tape. Some soiling to back cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
88 pages. Features: Landlord vs. Tenant; Build-in protection against wind; Here comes a better cow; There is a best way for you to handle foreage; Breeding for better wool; "Tagged Atoms" work for the farmer; It pays to dry small grain; Harveste short cuts; New way to boost legumes; Scipio Smells a skunk (fiction); The Cecil and Susan Johnson family of Grant's Pass, OR. Ads: Tide detergent; '52 Dodge; Champion spark plug ad features the Ferry-Morse Seed Co. of San Juan Bautista, CA with Dick McKenna, Gilbert Bentley, John McCabe and John Moran; '52 Pontica; 1952 Ford trucks (color); GM XP-300 and Le Sabre cars; Case tractors with 'eagle hitch'; Homelite chainsaws; Ford Tractors (2-pages); Bob Hope in Auto-Lite ad; Great color ad for Ford's 1952 station wagons; Nice color 7up ad shows boy pouring pop into class of ice cream; Gillette razor ad features Phil Cavarretta; Kool-Aid; 1952 Studebaker cars (color); Fantastic color back cover Camel cigarette ad features Linda Darnell. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Mint. 4to. (34 x 23 cm). In Arabic. 229, [1] p. Many color and b/w ills. Islamic treasures and relics in the Ottoman Palace in Constantinople. El muallim-i el-eseriye el-Islamiye fi Medine-i Istanbul.
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
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
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
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