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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
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
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
Mm 250x305 Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 232 pagine con centinaia di illustrazioni, perlopiù a colori, nel testo redatto in lingua francese - French text. Copia in condizioni pari al nuovo; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
88 pages. Features: Cover photo features Carlton E. Golden, Steven A. Kingman and William C. Dalrymple; The Old Gunny Says....; Today's DI - he must convert 75 stumbling civilians into a platoon of smart-stepping U.S. Marines - article with photo of Grady J. Studdard and many others; Staff NCO Selection Boards - article with photo of Col. M.P. Ryan; Sasebo Note - letter and photos from General Harry Schmidt; Academy Prep - the first rung of the ladder to higher education and a commission; Return the the Islands - New Caledonia - although the area around Noumea was dotted with military establishments during WWII, little evidence remains; Portsmouth - Post of the Corps; Chin (story); Long Beach Reservists - records of the Reserve unit date back to 1904; List of Retirees, with photo of Randolph Berkeley; Photos of these Rifle Competition Winners - Lawrence N. Dubia and Ernest O. Chilson; Nice one-page photo of Leatherneck's Miss DI, Barbara Hobart in swimwear with marine hat and sword; List of Transfers; Corps Album - great archival photos; Back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features G.L. Stavely of Mexico Hat, Utah, skipper for geologists mapping the Colorado River; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
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.
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
215 pages. Auction results mounted inside back cover. Items include: Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Manuscripts, Paintings, Screens, Netsuke, Tobacco Pipes, Inro Sword Fittings, Swords, Ceramics, Cloisonne, Shibayama, Bronzes, Metalwork, and Lacquer. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
