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pp. iv, 92. Numerous drawings of artillery by the author. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very nice copy of the original edition. Classic. GAMES BOX 1
The author's purpose was to acquaint the reader with some of the forces that have caused change in the past, looking in particular at eight innovations: the atomic bomb, the telephone, the computer, the production-line system of manufacture, the aircraft, plastics, the guided rocket and television. Black cloth covers. Gilt title on spine. Small, point impact dent on front cover; lower back cover corner a little bumped. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 36 pages with b&w photos. Previous owner's name inside front cover. "The Royal Mile, stretching from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, is one of Scotland's best known thoroughfares."
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards. Slight - wear to dust jacket. 288 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
pp. viii, 360; 40 [Publisher's catalogue]. XLib. Donated by Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman. Light pencil underlinings. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. Remnants of library call letters on spine. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 9
np. Numerous illustrated local advertisements. Portrait illustrations. Oblong 12mo. Original pictorial wraps. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_5 BX3
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations and drawings in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Well-illustrated survey of naval gunnery from broadside to Bofors.
IL MULINO 1998 FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: LIEVI SEGNI DEL TEMPO, VOLUME INTONSO PARI AL NUOVO. Alla domanda del titolo sono state fornite risposte variabili da 1 a 1000 miliardi di abitanti. Oltre la metà delle stime, tuttavia, ricade tra i 4 e i 16 miliardi di abitanti, segno che un'ipotesi sufficientemente attendibile non è proibitiva. In ogni caso, con la popolazione del pianeta giunta a 5,7 miliardi e una crescita, al tasso di incremento attuale, di circa 1 miliardo ogni decennio, siamo ormai entrati nella zona critica della capacità demografica terrestre. Oggi è ancora possibile frenare la crescita della popolazione mondiale in maniera non traumatica, volontaria e graduale, senza ricorrere a mezzi di coercizione fisica, chimica o biologica, come rischiamo di dover fare in futuro.
Book has moisture damage causing fading to covers at upper L. front and upper portion at back cover, fading at lower and upper edges to light blue cloth HB covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is scuffed, wrinkled with water damage, edge wear, small tears. 48 page children's book with large b&w photos and short paragraph text, depicts the fun and exciting things they do in weapons testing and the tough weapons themselves: such as bombs, tanks, large guns and the Atomic Cannon in action!
Book is in excellent condition with some foxing on the top page ends as the only flaw, otherwise pristine with price clipped front end paper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, fading to spine, no tears now wrapped in clear protective cover. 206 pages with photo exploded diagrams of subject guns and cannons with numered parts, very detailed discription of parts, their function, disassembly, assembly.
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's Amsterdam on March 16, 1983. Sale code: "HOLLANDIA". The sale consisted of gold, silver, jewellery and artifacts recovered from the wrecks of Dutch, Spanish and English 17th, 18th and 19th Century Ships. Ships include: the "Hollandia", the Utrecht", the "Slot ter Hooge", the "Nuestra Senora de Esperanza", "The Standing Cannon wreck" and the "H.M.S. Athenienne". 557 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in black & white + 3 color plates. No prices realized sheets, just lot estimates for each piece (Dutch florins). 9" high X 7" wide, 45 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
pp. xxxvi, 715, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with over three hundred and fifty text engravings and maps. All edges marbled. Small 4to. 245 mm. Disbound [leather boards detached, lacks spine]. Title continues: "Comprising Marvels Of Nature, Marvels Of Race, Marvels Of Enterprise, Marvels Of Mining, Marvels Of Stock-Raising, And Marvels Of Agriculture, Graphically And Truthfully Described". W4
316 pages including index. Provides a much-needed introduction to contemporary China and a much-needed survey of the last decade of administrative, demographic, economic and geopolitical development. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor warp to book due to improper storage. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: One Hail of a Story, by John Moore; Westmoreland's Mustards - The Westmoreland Specialty Company of Grapeville, PA; Jack La Baume tours the oldest Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in the world in Dublin, TX - great article and photos; Two Hard-to-Find Warners - Richard A. Cannon collects bottles from Hulbert Harrington Warner of Rochester, New York; Jar Talk - Jack La Baume has moved to Texas and shares his experiences; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - Nailsea Glass; Auction Directory; The Label Space - O.C. stands for the Oneida Community - a Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank's Double Safety Jar - An Atlas E-Z Seal packed by Harbauer; ; Up-Dates; Bottle Colors - article by Ben and Miriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Dr. Grattan & Diptheria, Richard A. Cannon M.D.; American Whisky Jug 'Copy Cats', by Jack Sullivan; Arctic Obsession - "The Victorian Race for the North Pole", by Dave Cheadle; Auction Directory; Extra Special Deliveries; Jar Talk, by Jack La Baume; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - "Torquay Potteries", by Rob Goodacre; The Woman from Hell - A Bottle Digger's Nightmare, by Ross Johnson; The Label Space - The Dunkley Celery and Preserving Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan, by Tom Caniff; To Sleep, Perhaps to Dream, of Old Bottles, by John Cooper. Back cover repro. ad for Red Cross Kidney Plaster. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Schoenheit Medical Company, by Richard A. Cannon, M.D.; The Making of Uncle Sam (Part 2), by Dave Cheadle; Did John McCloskie Invent a better whisky Jug?; Bryan's Top Shelf, by Bryan Grapentine; Extra Special Deliveries; Auction Directory; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits, by Rob Goodacre; The Label Space - the E.C. Flaccus Co., Huyler's bottles, Kaffee Hag, by Tom Caniff; Granspa's Escapades (fiction), by Randy Leonard; Up-Dates; Auction Action. Nice two-page photo ad for The Richards Collection of American Historical Flasks at Absentee Auction, by Norman C. Heckler & Company. Cup ring on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Royal Academy celebrates 200 years; Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorks - the home of the Spencer and Stanhope families and now a country museum; Japanese Art in England - some early collectors who admired the swordguards of Jo-i; The Swiss Art and Antiques Fair; London City Company Arms on English Delftware, Part IV; The development of the 17th century X-Chair; A Monumental Clock of Charles V.; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
168 pages. Features: Cover art entitled "Coffee Carriers" by Candido Portinari; Reports on Red China, Turkey, and Washington, D.C.; Can Men Live Without War, by Vannevar Bush; Rhythm in My Blood, by Agnes De Mille; Asia's Needs and Western Policy, by Barbary Ward; Poetry by E.G. Burrows, Harold Witt, James L. Rosenberg, and Daniel Sullivan; Medal in the Sky, by Leo Rosten; Mozart and Nancy Storace, by Boris Goldovsky; The Fly Farm, by Grant Cannon; The Day Aunt Chaya was Buried, by Wolf Mankowitz; The Stature of Harry Truman, by Herbert Elliston; Brazil - The Good Neighbor - Essays, Stories and Verse by Brazillian Writers. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Front cover partially detached. Back cover not included. Book
Features: Evolution of the India Pattern Brown Bess; Stevens Pistols; The JO, LO, AR Automatic Pistols; Winchester's Single Shot Rifle; Powder Flask Special - Captain Cook's Ship's Cannon; Early American Swords of F.W. Widmann, Supplement II. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: An Early Hessn Musket and the Prussian Model 1740 Infantry Gewehr; Davis Museum Opening; Civil War Repeating Cannon; The Bacon Pepperbox. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
202 pages. Features: Allan Houser - Songs from the Earth; W. Langdon Kihn, 1898-1957; Bert Seabourn - Common Ties; Dennis Belindo; T.C. Cannon, 1946-1978; Richard Lutrell - excited by design, form & color; Robert H. Annesley - About People; Ed Singer - satisfaction without surrender; Dan Namingha - a vision from two worlds; The Northwest Rendezvous Group Portraying the American Indian; and more. Average wear. 1/3 of ad on page 27 removed. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
704 pages. A political project that invites readers to position themselves ideologically and historically. Challenges the closure of canons within criminal theorizing and encourages readers to suspend common-sense assumptions about policing and actively participate in questioning the complex problematic relationships presented. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to covers. Solid working copy. Book
Pages 235-361. Features: The Commemoration of Antietam and Gettysburg; City Directories Tell the Story of South Bend; Joseph Cannon and John Sharp Williams; The Bethel Church of Daviess County; A Hoosier General Store in 1847; Nemspaper Work at the Turn of the Century; Indiana Historical Society; History Teachers' Forum - The Length of the Tether; Documents - Seeking A Federal Judgeship Under Jackson (Holman Correspondence); A Circuit of the South in the Summer of 1924; Indiana Genealogy; and more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: The Hollywood Posse - a gallant band of horsemen who made movie history - Jack Montgomery, Tom Mix, Ranger Jack Montgomery, and more; Mystery of Wolf Creek Point - Joe H. Smith's Ranch in Dickens County; A Sense of Justice - adapted from the memoirs of William T. Cowan 1873-1951; Wyoming Horses and Mules; Jim Bullard the Avenger - near Morenci , Arizona; We'll Miss Those Old Express Companies - Wells Fargo was the 'granddaddy'; Reincarnation in Walla Walla - William W. Davies; The Lost Cannon of Hernan Cortes - it was pure silver & fit for a king; Then the Buck Gang Rode; The Capture of Peg Leg; Georgetown Colorado's Hotel de Paris; Wild Old Days!; No Medals for Men or Beasts - the Los Angeles aqueduct was one area's salvation and another's doom. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
172 pages. Features: Meat-Making "Wonder" Drugs; You ought to have a pond; "No-Hands" feed handling; Green and growing all year; If your power goes off; Get more alfalfa seed; The school that brought a town to life; Farm-welded work savers; High-yield, hot-weather pasture; Getting the best feed for your flock; 'Paving' with grass; For more seed use strong bee colonies; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
