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Bella litografia di architettura supplemento de "L'architecture" del 1904. La stampa mostra una caserma della Gerdamerie a Arcueil (Val de Marne) dell'Architetto Maurice ad. Yvon TECNICA: Litografia DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 27,5X35 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 20,5x18 EPOCA: 1904 CONDIZIONI: Buone condizioni. Fioriture Beautiful lythography of 1904 taken from the work "L'architecture" of 1904. The print show a barracks of Gerdamerie in Arcueil (Val de Marne) by the architect Maurice ad. Yvon TECHNIQUE: Lythography PAGE SIZE: cm 27,5x35 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 20,5x18 PERIOD: 1904 CONDITION: good conditions. Foxings
In 8, pp. 180 + (4) con ill. n.t. Lieve alone al p. ant. Numero di questa rivista stampata a Cuba dedicato al XX anniversario dell'assalto a Cuartel Moncada, la caserma militare dove si spararono i primi colpi della rivoluzione castrista del 1953. 'The journal Casa de las Americas has had an undeniable impact on Latin America literary life, publishing important cultural and philosophical texts. Its editor since 1965 has been Roberto Fernandez Retamar, who also took over the Presidency of the Casa in 1986 from painter Mariano Rodriguez...' (Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003, p. 120).
Lot of 8 four-page menus from the S.S. Yukon Star, each measuring 8.5" x 5.5" and featuring a charming color cover illustrations of a notable Alaskan dog, with brief write-ups of each dog on back page. Dogs include: Blizzard - owned by Slim Williams; Two Husky puppies; Wolf - raced by Mary Joyce in the Alaska Dog Derby; Cheechako - owned by Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Maslin; Rye - given to the Army at Chilkoot Barracks by Mary Joyce; Mageik - Father Hubbard's famous sled dog; Jack - racing dog owned by Grover Bayless of Fairbanks; and Smokey - a favorite among forty army dogs formerly stationed at Chilkoot Barracks. Undated, possibly late 1940s. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely collection. Book
Photo of "Our Team Winning The Marathon (Marchers) Race." Photo of a close finish in the 100 yard dash. Full-page black and white photo of the Commanding Officer's Parade at Wellington Barracks, June 11th, 1910. Photo and obituary of the late Sergt.-Major Baker. Photo of the Inspection in Hyde Park by General Vesey Dawson, on June 11th. Continuation of article "Tis Forty Years Ago". Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and illustrations (a number full-page) by the author in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright,clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
150 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Pages 161-196 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover photo of the Eiger, where Barry Brewster lost his life, plus text and more photos; Russian dock collides with the South Goodwin lightship; Photo of Simon Paterson coming ashore after swimming the English Channel underwater in just under 14 hours; Photo of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the pro--fascist union movement, being knocked to the ground by demonstrators in Manchester on July 29; Four photos of the Queen at Plymouth and Dartmouth; Indian forces attack Chinese post in Ladakh - article with photo; Photo of Egyptian tank and Conquerer rocket; Major Michael Banks, Lieut. Hugh Wiltshire, and John Hinde successfully climb Mount McKinley; Major E. J. E. Mills and Capt. M. R. Jones are killed 5000 feet from the summit of Khingyang Chish in the Himalayas; Photo of new French bathyscaphe, L'Archimede, which successfully plunged to a depth of 31,350 feet on July 15; Photo of First Lady Mrs. Kennedy and Col. John Glenn waterskiing near Hyannis Port Massachusetts, Photo of Russian high jumper Valeriy Brumel setting world record of 7'5" at Stanford on July 22; America's Cup sailing photos, Aerial photo of devastation caused by exploding propane truck at Berlin, New York; Honolulu crash scene photo where 27 people died when a Britannia airliner crashed while landing; Photo of triple-hulled airship under construction at Trenton, New Jersey; Two photos of NASA's "Project Apollo"; Review of "Red Plush and Black Velvet", by Joseph Wechsberg - Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's queen of song; Two pages of illustrations show how the USA proposes to land two men on the moon in a few years; Two pages of photos of the new Chelsea barracks; Fantastic centrefold aerial photo of a packed Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium surrounded by many acres of cars; Four illustrations of the threatened monuments of Nubia; Photos of historic English buildings to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Aldington, Sir Burke Trend, Sir Laurence Hellsby, W. Armstrong, the Very Rev. M. M. Gibbs, Mr. C. Dearrsley, Aelred Watkin, Lord Freyberg, V. C., Major E. J. E. Mills, Capt. M. R. Jones, Mr. J. Mannings, Mr. J. T. Molony, the Duke of Norfork, The Right Honourable T. Rinfret, P. C.; Page of photos of horses and riders at the Royal International Horse Show; One-page photo of Miss Pat's Smythe riding Flanagan at the White City; Three photos of Bubbles, the 14 foot black pilot whale at Marineland, California, performing her tricks; Beautiful one-page aerial photo of the Colossus of Chiba, Kwannon, the Japanese goddess of mercy, standing 170 feet tall; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Original photographic print measuring 6.75 x 11.5 ins (approx. 17.0 x 29.0 cms) laid on badged and captioned mount of beige card, the mount moderately age-soiled at extremities. The photograph depicts the 2nd Battalion on parade at Chelsea Barracks. The mount is badged for the Battalion and captioned 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, Chelsea Barracks, June 1925. A superb and most unusual momento of the 2nd Battalion between the wars. The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (1684-1993) was placed in suspended animation on 31 December 1993. Its traditions are maintained by in the incremental No. 7 Company. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., with photographs and full-page plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
32 pages. Features: If Christ Came to Constantinople - ; Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard - a unique genius without parallel in literature; Where Americans Go When In Europe; Why So Many of Us Behave Like Imbeciles - with photo and content related to Gertrude Ederle of New York who swam the English Channel; Housing an Army in Hovels - permanent shelter for troops may not be ready in this generation - article with photos of ramshackle barracks; Levacha - a Thief Hunt in Abyssinia; Henry Ford's Page - two essentials of wisdom are knowledge of fundamentals and awareness of development; Editorials - farm relief, the McFadden Branch Banking Bill, New York's Stage Reform; Courage and Endurance - matters of stomach, not of heart; Clearing the Name of a President (Andrew Johnson) - Part 3; This Country Needs More Able-Bodied Loafers of a Certain Sort; The American Black Bear - a much abused animal; Nice one page ad for the Venice Company of Venice, Florida; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - turning wind into electricity at the University of Nebraska, Retirement of Peach Davis of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, check signing scam in Manhattan; News Bits; Nice animal photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Openings along each end of coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
110 pages. Features: History of Work Point Barracks; Report From Ghana; The Robin Nodwell Carrier; "Century 21" Seattle World Fair; US Army Jungle Warfare Course; Della Falls - Concluded; Fiftieth Anniversary, The Regiment; Regimental Depot Report; First Battalion Report; Second Battalion Report; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment; The Rifle Brigade; PPCLI Association; PPCLI Cadet Corps. Some yellowing to contents. Bright gilt lettering and emblem upon forest green flexible boards. Nice copy. Book
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The "Black Cat's" Kitten - a story from the cattle lands of Brazil; Fighting Forest Fires with Seaplanes - an interesting photo-illustrated account of new developments in Canada; Mulga Tom's Secret - a curious Australian quest; In Quest of the Unknown - part 2 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on adventures among the Chucunaque Indians; The Haunted Room of Tower HIll Barracks - a remarkable story from the early days of Sierra Leone; "Mad Mike" - part 2 - his romantic association with Laumona in the South Seas; Sergeant Ralph F. Douglas hangs by a rope in mid-air; The Two Inseparables - a tale from the Punjab of two men, four rugs and criminal convictions; The Case for the Sea-Serpent narratives of reliable witnesses to sightings of 'sea-serpents' over the past 25 years; The Whisky Pirates - a prohibition tale from the U.S.; Through Savage Europe - part 4 of 4 of the humourous account of a painting vacation in the Balkans; A Deal in Cocoa - an amusing story from the Gold Coast. Covers detached as one but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: Dawson City - Gold Rush to Millenium; Churchill, Manitoba - Centuris of History on the "Bay of the North Sea"; Last Call for the Concourse Building, 100 Adelaide St., Toronto; Make-over for Myrtleville House; Preservation of Pressed Metal - the Carnegie Library, Dawson City; The Claybank (Saskatchewan) Brick Plant - a Canadian Treasure; Calgary's Currie Barracks Soldiers On; Tracing Montreal's Jewish Heritage - the 20th-century synagogues in the Plateau Mont-Royal district. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
Very Good Very Good English Original bdg with dust wrapper. Oblong 4to. (28 x 28 cm). 114 p. B/w photos. Very good. There are memorial texts in Scutari, poets and authors such as Turgut Cansever, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Yahya Kemal Beyatli. =[Dignity and sadness. Uskudari photographs]. In Turkish. Vakar ve hüzün. Üsküdar fotograflari.
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece; red pebble-grain cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), covers mildly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy. Includes detailed accounts of all memorials, panels and dedications. The Royal Military Chapel was badly damaged during the Blitz, and then totally destroyed with great loss of life by flying-bomb in 1944. It was subsequently rebult as the present-day Guards' Chapel. VERY SCARCE.
48 pages. Features: Cover illustration of saluting Canadian female service member; Trans-Canada Telephone System ad inside front cover features illustration of operator; News digest touches on Hitler "Playing for a Draw", Russia's great offensive, and more; Hollywood news and photos; They Bring Down the Barracks - great photo-illustrated article documents the many Canadian entertainers who entertain our troops, including photos of the London Little Theatre Concert Party including Teresa Chandler, Pearl McCullough, Nora Rooney, Gerry Farquharson, Gloria Hamlyn and Monica McGarrell, plus the cast of the Lifebuoy Follies - Jimmy Devon, Sasha Dener, Harold Rich, Pat Rafferty, Helen, Bruce, Mildred Moray, Irene Hughes and Dorothy Merrall, and the Montreal Masquers; The Country of the Young (short story); A Use for a Decent Pay-Day; My Grandma's No Saint; Selectiver Service; Booze - The Saboteur - scientific research throws a startling light on an old problem and upsets some long-held beliefs; Mad Flight (short story); Canadian General Electric ad entitled "Victory Diet"; R.C.A.F. recruiting ad aimed at women; Woodbury Soap ad features lovely photos of Margaret Knight, of Toronto, who serves as private secretary to the Wing Commander of the R.A.F. Delegation in Washington; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Paulette Goddard; Photo-illustrated articl on Nursery Nutrition - on the Kitchen Front; Nutrition Goes to Sea; Fashion Illustrations; Angels in Nurseries; Small illustration shows smiling beaver in soldier gear saying "Eat Right to Fight"; Quotes from Around the World; Fantastic colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features sailors; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Scalps, Sod and Barracks - General James R. Carleton, Fort Sumner, Fort Union, Fort Cummings; The Gail Borden Story; Falling Star Mine - Michael Tomanson, Mt. Floyd, Grover Hall; Day the General Met His Match - Rosebud Creek, Montana Major General George Crook; 10 True Tales of Buried Treasure; Tainted Queen of the Comstock - Julia Bulette; Round-Up with a Brush - Russ Vickers; The Double Deal; Grand Duke Alexis' Buffalo Hunt - Czar Alexander II, Alexis Alexandrovich, General George Custer, William F. Cody; The Silver Lake of 'Nut' Ennis - Edward Ennis, Ott McClure, Chet Ames; The Salton Sea Disaster - Charles Rockwood. Above-Average Wear. Page 35 (Round-Up with a Brush article) picture has been cut out - text unaffected. Occasional markings to contents. Covers restapled to textblock. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. Color and b/w ills. 72 p. In English and Turkish. Selimiye Barracks from past to present.= Geçmisten günümüze Selimiye Kislasi. Prep by: Gürün Öncü Gülsün. Translation: Priscilla Mary Isin.
199 pages. Many pages of contemporary Calgary advertisements. Black and white photographic plates. The 1967 chronicle of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
110 pages. Archival black and white illustrations throughout. Extensive references. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Features/Photos: The TSR-2; De Gaulle in Latin America; Report of the Warren Commission; Malta excavations in the footsteps of Cicero and St. Paul; Operation Teamwork- NATO's biggest sea exercise of the last 12 years; The new 1 million pound W.R.A.C. barracks; Car of the month - Citroen Safari; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
200 pages. A story about the triumph of the human will and the follower of Christ's responsibility to stand against false political ideology. A story each of us could someday be asked to relive. Book shows light wear and is clean and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket. Overall, a nice copy. Book
