Guerre 39/45

Kreuzweg. Meditationen.

38 x 31,5 cm. 92 Seiten. Mit 14 Orig.-Farbholzschnitten von HAP Grieshaber. Orig.-Halbpergament mit Cellophanumschlag im Schuber. *Exemplar der Vorzugsausgabe von 300 Exemplaren, im Impressum vom Grieshaber signiert. - Tadellos erhalten, wie neu. Graphiken de

Der Monat. Eine internationale Zeitschrift für Politik und geistiges Leben. Nr. 1-108, Oktober 1948 bis September 1957, 1.-9. Jahrgang. (gebunden!).

9 Jahrgänge komplett, 108 Hefte, in 18 Teilbänden gebunden. (ca. 25,4 x 17,9 cm). je Heft ca. 100 S. (Mit dem Jahrgangsinhaltsverzeichnis: je ca. 15 S.) Original-Halbleinen mit Rückentitel und dekoriertem Deckeltitel, die Deckel der Einzelhefte wurden nicht miteingebunden. (= Der Monat: Nr. 1-108, 1948-1957, Jahrgang 1-9). Einbände mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Hefte innen noch sehr gut erhalten. Insgesamt guter Zustand. Die Zeitschrift "Der Monat" aus dem Umfeld der amerikanischen politisch-kulturellen Organisation "Kongress für kulturelle Freiheit" veröffentlichte regelmäßig Beiträge namhafter Autor/innen. Pro-westliche Positionen sollten hier gestärkt werden, politisch links stehende Intellektuelle marxistischen Einflüssen entzogen werden. Die Zeitschrift war Kind ihrer Zeit und Ort für kulturelle Publizistik in der Periode des Kalten Krieges. Für die Zeitschrift schrieben über Jahrzehnte hinweg bedeutende Autor/innen wie Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Czeslaw Milosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Albert Camus, André Gide, Karl Jaspers, Walter Laqueur, Golo Mann, Bertrand Russell, Walter Boehlich, Ernst Robert Curtius, Ekkehard Krippendorff, Herfried Münkler und viele andere. Die Liste mit den Beiträgen über bedeutende Akteure aus Kultur, Wissenschaft und Politik ist lang und gewichtig. Für ein Verständnis des Kalten Krieges auf intellektuell-kulturellem Terrain sowie zugleich für Einblick in die westdeutsche Diskussion über ein neues deutsches Selbstverständnis nach der Zäsur 1945 ist diese Zeitschrift ein wichtiges Kompendium. Die Zeitschrift erschien von 1948 bis 1971 mit insgesamt 270 Heften. Im Oktober 1978 wurde eine Wiederbelebung der Zeitschrift unternommen, mit Heft 1, bzw. Nr. 271ff, in vierteljährlicher Erscheinungsweise. Endgültig eingestellt wurde die Zeitschrift dann mit dem Jahr 1987. Großes Konvolut aus dem ersten Jahrzehnt, heute nur noch selten in dieser Zahl zu finden! - - - ACHTUNG! Dieses Buch kann wegen seines Gewichts oder seiner Größe nur als PAKET verschickt werden. Innerhalb Deutschlands 5,80 Euro. (Portokosten ins Ausland bitte erfragen.) / ATTENTION! Due to its weight or size this book can only be sent as a PARCEL. Within Germany 5,80 Euro (For shipment abroad please ask.)

Quotidien de Mars ? Novembre 1945. 195 num?ros sur 254.

Der Monat. Eine internationale Zeitschrift für Politik und geistiges Leben. (177 Hefte aus dem Zeitraum 1948 bis 1970). Hefte 1-66, 68-70, 72-100, 106-160, 164-169, 171-173, 178-182, 209-213, 216, 218, 242, 244, 267. Herausgegeben von Melvin J. Lasky, Fritz René Allemann, Klaus Happrecht, Hellmut Jaeserich, Peter Härtling und Hans A. Neunzig.

(ca. 25,4 x 17,9 cm). je Heft ca. 100 S. Original-Broschur mit dekorierten Deckeltiteln. (= Der Monat, 177 Hefte aus dem Zeitraum 1948-1970). Hefte mit normalen Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren, teils fleckig oder gerändert, weitgehend aber gut erhalten. Die Zeitschrift "Der Monat" aus dem Umfeld der amerikanischen politisch-kulturellen Organisation "Kongress für kulturelle Freiheit" veröffentlichte regelmäßig Beiträge namhafter Autor/innen. Pro-westliche Positionen sollten hier gestärkt werden, politisch links stehende Intellektuelle marxistischen Einflüssen entzogen werden. Die Zeitschrift war Kind ihrer Zeit und Ort für kulturelle Publizistik in der Periode des Kalten Krieges. Für die Zeitschrift schrieben über Jahrzehnte hinweg bedeutende Autor/innen wie Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Czeslaw Milosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Albert Camus, André Gide, Karl Jaspers, Walter Laqueur, Golo Mann, Bertrand Russell, Walter Boehlich, Ernst Robert Curtius, Ekkehard Krippendorff, Herfried Münkler und viele andere. Die Liste mit den Beiträgen über bedeutende Akteure aus Kultur, Wissenschaft und Politik ist lang und gewichtig. Für ein Verständnis des Kalten Krieges auf intellektuell-kulturellem Terrain sowie zugleich für Einblick in die westdeutsche Diskussion über ein neues deutsches Selbstverständnis nach der Zäsur 1945 ist diese Zeitschrift ein wichtiges Kompendium. Die Zeitschrift erschien von 1948 bis 1971 mit insgesamt 270 Heften. Im Oktober 1978 wurde eine Wiederbelebung der Zeitschrift unternommen, mit Heft 1, bzw. Nr. 271ff, in vierteljährlicher Erscheinungsweise. Endgültig eingestellt wurde die Zeitschrift dann mit dem Jahr 1987. Großes Konvolut mit zahlreichen Heften über einen langen Erscheinungszeitraum, heute nur noch selten in dieser Zahl zu finden! - - - ACHTUNG! Dieses Buch kann wegen seines Gewichts oder seiner Größe nur als PAKET verschickt werden. Innerhalb Deutschlands 5,80 Euro. (Portokosten ins Ausland bitte erfragen.) / ATTENTION! Due to its weight or size this book can only be sent as a PARCEL. Within Germany 5,80 Euro (For shipment abroad please ask.)

Lotos. Kaltnadelradierung mit Roulette. Signiert. Auflage 86/130.

Format (Platte): 47,5 x 41,5 cm. Blattgröße: 68 x 50 cm. Gedruckt auf handgeschöpftem Künstlerpapier. *Werkverzeichnis Demel grafika, S. 98. Erschien in einer Auflage von 130 num. Exemplaren. Phantastischer zweigeteilter Frauenkopf. - Karel Demel ist ein moderner tschechischer Künstler, er absolvierte 1974 die Hochschule für Kunstgewerbe (Prof. Sklenár) in Prag. - Tadellos. Graphiken de

Von merkwürdigen Ärzten und Kranken. Übersetzt von Dr. Werner König nach der Erstausgabe "Firenze Anno 1548".

4°. [8] Blatt. Original-Karton-Einband mit pergamentähnlichem Deckelbezug und rotem Deckeltitel mit blauem, von Hand gezeichnetem Deckeldekor, auf unbeschnittenem Bütten gedruckt. Rücken oben minimal gestaucht, sehr schönes Exemplar. Aufwändiges Titeldekor und auf jeder Seite schwungvoll gestaltete Initialien und Kapitelenden mit roter bzw. schwarzer Tusche von Hand gezeichnet, zweifarbiger Druck auf klanghartem Bütten. Muster für ein Buchprojekt, welches sicher nie realisiert worden ist. Unikat / Probedruck. Enthält 13 kurze Anekdoten. Die graphische Gestaltung und der Satz dieses Probedruckes der Daphnis-Presse stammt von R[udolf] Zech, den Druck auf der Handpresse besorgte H[ella] Zech. - War anscheinend als Werbegeschenkidee für die Pharmaindustrie gedacht, denn auf den Vortitel ist der Vermerk "Raum für Dedikation und Präparatehinweis" gedruckt.

Canticum Canticorum. The Song of Songs. With thirty lithographs by Gerhard Kraaz

48 x 32 cm. 40 Seiten mit 30 Lithographien sowie einer zusätzlichen doppelblattgroßen Lithographie von Gerhard Kraaz (im Stein signiert). Lose Lagen in illustr. Schatulle. *Eins von 275 Exemplaren der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe (hier die Nr. 30). Erster Ars Libri-Druck. Das Impressum vom Künstler und vom Herausgeber mit Bleistift signiert. - Wie neu. Graphiken de

United States Naval Test Pilot School: Historical Narrative and Class Information 1945 to 1983

180 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "We have attempted to provide specific data for each class and at the same time develop an 'impression' of the School as it evolved against a background of the forty years of change in naval aviation since World War II. Hence, the book's structure: historical narrative for each year followed by specific class data for each year. A running line of classes appears on the narrative pages. Alumni activities (if any) are appended to each narrative... The service affiliations of military personnel are indicated... Where appropriate, the list of class members on a class page is headed by a an In Memoriam note." - from Foreward. Printed on glossy stock. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear - the only exception being a library stamp atop front free endpaper. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this excellent reference. Book

Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 August (Aug.), 1945: Will There Be Enough To Eat?

52 pages. Features: Colour Studebaker ad inside front cover shows their Weasel tracked vehicle in action on a Pacific shore (it appears this vehicle or its engine was made in Windsor, ON); Not Enough To Eat - food shortages loom in the wake of WWII; My Author Husband - by Dorothy Duncan, wife of Hugh MacLennan; Hearts to Let (fiction); Test in Berlin - can Russian and Anglo-Saxons reach a common basis for the peace; What Canadians Don't Know (testing our general knowledge); Whopper! - New York Mayor La Guardia's 550 acre $42 million municipal airport; A Guest for Mary Ellen (fiction); The Liar Hunter, by W.O. Mitchell; Shoplifting in Canada; Snakes Alive!, by Gordon Sinclair on Ryerson Island in Lake Erie; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer to Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; Several lovely colour ads; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book

1939 Wallpapers from Eaton's (The T. Eaton Co. Ltd.)

Unpaginated. Approximately 5/8" thick. Oblong 9.5" x 7.5". Blank order form laid-in. First two pages provide instructions for measuring, ordering, and installing. Balance of approximately 65 leaves consist of actual colour samples of vintage 1939 Eaton's wallpaper, complete with their pricing and description/sales blurb on backside. Above-average wear. Bit of writing inside back cover. Front cover almost loose. A worthy copy of this incredibly nostalgic item - which will serve as a superb reference one day when what was old becomes new again... Book

1939 Oldsmobile (all Series "6" and "8") and Pontiac 2500 Series Shop Manual

280 pages. Genuine vintage GM shop manual. Heavy external wear and soiling. Back cover missing as well as, possibly, the last page of the book - probably a spec. sheet. Binding intact. Book

National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1939 - Davis Cup Review / Great Britain's Naval Air Arm

44 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of clown by Russell Sambrook; News briefs include - the Roosevelt telegram and its sequel, the 'Halt-Hitler' bloc, Enigmatic Russia, the Perplexities of Poland, French 'Rightists', and British Conscription; Davis Cup Review - Tennis article with photos of Adrian Quist, Jack Bromwich, Gene Mako, and Bobby Riggs; I Visit Those Other Canada's - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Scandinavia; Did I Remember to Tell You I Adore You? (short story); Vrechan, a Man's Dog (short story); Girl Alone (short story); The Eyes of the Navy - photo-illustrated article on Britain's Naval Air Arm; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Palmolive Soap ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news and photo of Richard Carlson; Lux soap ad includes photos of Barbara Stanwyck; Five photos from film "The Wizard of Oz"; Get Ready for the Tennis Season; Your Place in the Sun - the sun and your skin; The Bride, The Food and the Man - cooking advice; Photo of Fanny Brice in Maxwell House coffee ad; Pond's Cold Cream ad features two photos of the Lady Ursula Stewart and the Lady Betty Bourke; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book

National Home Monthly Magazine, February (Feb.) 1939 - Neville Chamberlain, "World Champion of Peace" / "Arctic Madness" on Baffin Island

64 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile Six inside front cover; News digest includes topics such as "Appeasement and its difficulties", "Why British Opinion in Changing", "Germany's Colonial Ambitions", "The Statecraft of Equivalents", and "Italy's Clash with France"; Met Life one-page photo ad entitled "A Day in the Life of (sales agent) Donald Martin"; Neville Chamberlain, World Champion of Peace - nicely photo-illustrated article (little did he know how wrong he would soon be proven to be); Reckless Lady (short story); With Fire (short story); What the Eye Doesn't See (short story); Arctic Madness - photo-illustrated article tells the Baffin Island tale of the death of a white fur trader - with photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant A.H. Joy, Loodloo, Innoyah, Petoot, Ahteetah, Nookudlah and Ooroorengnak; Babiche Walking - wonderful article on snowshoeing (snow-shoeing); The Garden Next Door (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 4 of 5 of this Agatha Christie story); One-page Colgate ad features illustrations of the Dionne Quints; Vintage two-page Magic Baking Powder ad features the New York World's Fair; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Mutt and Jeff comic; Movie news with photos of Virginia Bruce and Florence George; Photo of Miss Brenda Fraser in Woodbery soap ad; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Fashion illustrations; Half-page Italy tourism ad, sponsored by Italian Line, Limited; Pond's cold cream ad features photo of Marjorie Fairchild; Are You a Man's Girl? - with helpful scorecard(!); It Isn't What You Say - advice for speaking better; Sport Suppers - recipes; Half-page colour ad for Canadian fish; Curve Control - corsets, foundation garments and the female shape; Photos of Barbara Stanwyck in Lux soap ad; Small St. Petersburg (Florida) photo-ad says '12,000 Canadians" choose it; World Quotes; Back cover colour Coke ad shows bottle beside open book and reading glasses, with inset illustration of vintage six-pack case; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book

National Home Monthly Magazine, August (Aug.) 1939 - Baseball's Centenary? / Wake Island / King of Yugoslavia

48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book

British Columbia (B.C.) (Horse) Racing and Breeding Manual 1944-1945

128 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth (Imp.), Gallator, Dolan, and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia, 1944 - 1945. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1944 - 1945. Printed upon glossy stock. Green card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the mid-1940s. Book

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, May 1, 1945

72 pages. Features: Great full-page colour military-theme ad inside front cover for International Harvester features tripical beach scene with earth movers; The German Prisoner Problem - Editorial; You Can't Try Socialism - scathing editorial; Full-page ad for the Trans-Canada telephone system; Home Won't Be Heaven Soldier - how some home-coming difficulties can be smoothed over; Trout Fever is Catching; River Demon (fiction); Those Sound Effects - production of background noises for radio - article with photos; Canada at San Francisco - what will Canada say at this meeting to shape the security of the post-war world?; The Man Behind Ilsley - Dr. W.C. "Cliff" Clark - Deputy Minister of Finance - article with photo; The "Herrenvolk" in Defeat - a look at the German people after the war - with photos from the town of Calcar; Russia and the Catholics; That Touchy Meat Problem - our failure to ration raised eyebrows in Washington; The Love Moon (fiction); The World's Oldest Company - The Hudson's Bay Company is 275 years old - article with photos; Cancer - medical science can save thousands of Canadians' lives if they seek treatment early enough; Ad for Maclean's $1,000 For a Story Contest; Full-page ad by Ford with caption "Looking Forward!" shows man in suit welcoming a Canadian soldier home from the war; Nice full-page colour GM ad reproduces an oil painting by Fred H. Brigden, R.C.A. overlooking distant autumn leaves with rainbow in background; Nice full-page Goodyear ad with colour illustration of doctor standing beside his car outside drugstore; Half-page Pepsi ad shows man 'buying off his dame' with a case of pop - "Be a Smartee! Pick a Pepsi!"; Nice full-page colour ad for GSW (General Steel Wares) shows young housewife at work in modern kitchen; Full-page ad by the Department of Veteran's Affairs informs readers that War Veteran's Insurance is now available; Kitchen Photography - wartime amateur Rex Frost explains how to set up a darkroom in your kitchen; Half-page Lifesavers ad shows soldier using this candy to improve smooching with his girl; Two-page Victory Bond ad; Ad for Arrid deodorant features photo of Ethel Merman; Gorgeous colour ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover. Only moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine

Maple Leaves 1939: Yearbook of Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School, Missouri

104 pages. Signed by Principal E.R. Adams beneath his photo. Numerous staff autographs. Frequent student autographs throughout and at back endpapers. Average wear. This copy belonged to Anne Disana. Binding intact. A sound square copy in attractively decorated blue boards. Book

Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 September (Sept.), 1945: Russian "Wireless" Electric Car! / Gambling in Montreal / General Crerar Comes Home

72 pages. Features: Gambling in Montreal - "operating wide open and crowded with civilians and servicemen"; A General Comes Home - General H.D.G. Crerar - short article with photo; When Memory Blacks Out - article on amnesia; John Mulloy Comes Home (fiction); Rockets are Coming - Prof. A.M. Low, president of the Interplanetary Society, predicts passenger rockets within twenty years; Manhunter's Moon (fiction); Why Not Pro Football? - by Lew Hayman; Latin America - Whose Customer?; "His Majesty From Sioux City" (fiction); Russian "Wireless" Car at Work - brief article with first photos to reach Canada; One-page Westinghouse ad features fascinating photo and details of a 100-ton cycloton they constructed in 1938; and more. Includes many nice ads in colour and black and white, our favourite being the colour back cover Coke ad which shows servicement engaged in a chess game. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book

Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) Toronto Official Souvenir Catalogue and Program, August 25 - September 9, 1939 - Transportation and Communications Year

108 pages. Colour photo ad for Simpson's inside front cover features coffee set purchased by the Queen. First page is a large four-panel fold-out map of the fairgrounds with all major venues identified. Backside of map features ad for Olympene Linament endorsed by stunt driver "Lucky" Teter who's personal photo and action photo appear. Full page photo portraits of CNE officials George Brigden and Elwood A. Hughes. General index on page 2 itemizes the dozens of features in this informative publication which are interspersed with charming vintage ads, our favourite being the black and white photo ad for the Deer Park Livery which shows their large fleet of Cadillac and McLaughlin-Buick cars for hire on page 56. Lengthy lists of exhibitors included. Inside of back cover features vintage two-colour ad for the prominent baker Christie, Brown, and Company. Back cover features great colour photo ad for the T. Eaton Co. showing the front of their five-storey Toronto store adorned with colourful banners and British flags. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this marvelous and informative Toronto collectible. Book

The Metate 1945 (Nineteen forty-five): Yearbook of Pomona College, Claremont, California

135 pages. Dozens of wonderful vintage black and white photos. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Binding intact. Sunning to spine. A sound copy. Book

Views of Victoria [British Columbia] and Vancouver Island - Old World Atmosphere in a Western Setting

pp. [42]. "Commemorating the visit to Victoria [B.C.] of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth." - front cover. This visit took place in May 1939 as part of a major North American tour at a time when another major war in Europe seemed imminent. Queen Elizabeth II took part in the tour and is said to have 'lost her heart to Canada and Canadians' as a result. Oblong 9" x 12". Each page contains a black and white reproduction of a photo of a noteworthy site in the Victoria region or up-island. Some noteworthy details include angle parking on Douglas and Yates, jaunty men's golf fashions of the day, a marvelous view of Saanich farm lands from Mount Douglas, the Italian gardens and residence of Mr. Butchart, tall timber along Cowichan Bay Road, the Malahat Drive alongside Goldstream, and a day's catch of huge fish near Victoria. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent memento and snapshop of life in Victoria and on Vancouver Island in 1939. Not listed in Edwards & Lort. Book

The Cruiser Uganda: One War - Many Conflicts

Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon title page. "The first documented and eyewitness account of Canada's only cruiser in World War Two and her part in the Pacific War." - subtitle. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, illustrations and maps. Glossary, bibliography and index. xii, 282 pages. Includes list of crew members as of December 15, 1944. Map endpapers. Two custom bookmarks laid-in. Prior owner's armorial bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. COOKE [3e] p.85. Book

The Totem 1945 - Yearbook of the University of British Columbia (UBC) - Volume Twenty-Eight (28)

292 pages. Includes an extensive eight-page list of names - and some photos - of UBC students who left the University since the start of WWII to go on active military service. Many never returned. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book

Who's Who in Canada, Including The British Possessions in the Western Hemisphere 1945-46 (1946)

1568. An illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book