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74 pages. Features: Stretched Starlifter - the C-141B will significantly improve MAC's capability; Air Intelligence File; Joe McConnell - Top Korean Ace - gained MiG victories in a short period of time; Son of Spooky - the AC-130 Spectre gun ships are a very effective weapon; Aircraft of Freedom City - little-known U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in West Berlin; Big Bombers meet at Barksdale - we visit and report on the Giant Voice competition; Camouflaged B-1 - new look for the Rockwell bomber; European Fighter Exchange - exchanges such as the UK/France swap help improve combat understanding; Bitburg Eagles - these F-15s were the first in Europe; Hawks for the Arrows - the famous Red Arrows have a new aircraft; Naval Trojans - markings of USN NAA T-28Bs and T-28Cs. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, a few minor marks in margins; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Immensely detailed and thoroughly researched account of FRANKTON, surely now the definitive history and unlikely ever to be surpassed. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS ALREADY VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
320 pages plus 157 page appendix. Illustrated by numerous plates and maps. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Very light wear to dust jacket. Slipcase clean and unmarked with light wear. Six maps stored in pocket inside back board. The map entitled "Shewing the Discoveries Made by British Officers in the Arctic Regions from the Year 1818 - 1826" bears coloured lines which presumably indicate the routes travelled - we are not sure if these are original or were added by the prior owner. Other than this possible defect, a superb copy of gift quality. Book
936 pages. Index. Hundreds of black and white line diagrams and illustrations. Dozens of colour plates. Text divided into the following sections: Generalities of Ophthalmic Surgery; Surgery of the Eyelids; Surgery of the Palpebral Ptosis; Surgery of the Lacrimal Apparatus; Surgery of the Conjunctiva; Surgery of the Cornea; Surgery of the Sclera; Surgery of the Iris; Surgery of the Ciliary Body and Choroid; Surgery of the Lens; Surgical Treatment of Retinal Detachment; Surgery of Glaucoma; Surgery of the Muscles; Surgery of the Eyeball; Surgery of the Vitreous; Surgery of the Orbit; Intraocular Foreign Bodies. Prior owner's ink stamps upon front endpaper and once inside back board. No other markings. Binding sound. Moderate wear. Quality copy of this impressive reference. Book
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Habitat, Companionship, Talkers, Workers, habits, Red in tooth and claw, Monsters, Death and extinction etc. Also poems on slugs, spiders, foxes, wolves, cattle, silkworms, loathing, curiosity, wonder, detachment, and writing by Darwin, Judith Wright, John Skelton, Michael Drayton, Milton, Blake, Cowper, bedbugs, mosquitoes, vultures, etc.
12 pages plus illustrated covers. A monthly information bulletin published with the permission of the officer commanding 10 GObC Detachment RCAF. Topics include: Weather Wise; Aircraft Recognition; Operations; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Bonus: includes a 7" diameter reference which provides two profiles of each of 38 different aircraft of the day including: jets, single-engine, twin-engine and multi-engine. Book
Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives, plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island, Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related scenes in Norfolk, Sheerness Naval Dockyard, Southend; the East Coast, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, Felixstowe, Jaywick, Yarmouth and Salthouse; Photos of the worst Netherlands flooding in 400 years; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of the Princess Victoria; Nice colour-illustrated ad inside front cover for Number Seven cigarettes features a Hawaiian party scene; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently deceased James H. Scullin, Sir Reginald Wingate and Samuel A. Courtauld; The lesson of the coelacanth; Photos of the Monte Carlo Rally - great successes for British Cars; Photo of India's celebration of her 3rd anniversary of independence with President Dr. Rajendra Prasad taking the salute of a detachment of Indian camel troops; Tasteful colour back cover ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 649- 676. Features: Cover photo of huge black plume of smoke rising from a Jerusalem cinema, mistakenly thought to be Arab owned and burned by Jews in retaliation for Arab looting; Six dramatic photos of Arab riots in Jerusalem where Britain represents the sole stable factor; Photo of the huge Consolidated Vultee military transport, the XC-99, during its first test flight; Photo inside the belly of the XC-99; Two photos of the air raid shelter, or bunker, where Hitler and Eva Braun died; Two photos of the deep water salvage submarine designed by Italian Pietro Vessena for use in Lake Como; Five photos of Russia's mighty military on parade in Moscow; Five photos of hunger and destitution in postwar Berlin; Article discusses the great communist counter-offensive in France; Photos from Manchuria where China's Civil War continues; Two pages of scenes of sabotage and civil disorder in Paris, Arras and Lille, where the French assertion of the right to work has brought the Communists into the open; One-page reproduction of the famous photo of St. Paul's Cathedral during the 1940 blitz - contrasted with the opposing page which shows St. Paul's today, war-scarred but majestic amid devastation; Five photos show repairs being made to St. Paul's; Two pages of photos illustrate the ancient art of Benin; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Eustace Pulbrook, King Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parme, Samuel Courtauld, Mr. Molotov, Mr. Vishinsky, Chiang Kai-shek, Harold Wilson, and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek; Photo of a detachment of the York and Lancaster Regiment at Dolni Bousov, Czechoslovakia, receiving back the regimental drum, lost to the Germans in Crete in 1941; Photo of huge crowd in Tel Aviv celebrating news that the UN had voted in favour of the partition of Palestine. Somewhat above average wear. Unmarked. Few tape repairs. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Cover illustration of The Battle of Magersfontein. Photos of: Squad of the Essex Artillery Volunteers, Detachment of the London Scottish Volunteers, Machine-Gun Detachment of the 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, the new Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", Prominent officers on active service, Scenes on the Western Line of Communicationsl, The Camp of the Grahamstown 1st City Volunteers, at Cradock, Lord Curzon's visit to Lucknow, A Group of Irish Nurses bound for South Africa, Scenes at De Aar. Illustrations include: "With the Kimberley Relief Column, The Burial of General Wauchope and Lieutenant-Colonel Goff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the field of Magersfontein, The City of London Volunteers for South Africa, How Long Tom's Shell Disturbed the Middies' Sucking-Pig, Bursting of the Shell that Passed through the Royal Hotel, Ladysmith, and killed Dr. Stark, Rimington's Tigers, on the Mooi River, Manning the breastwork at Naauwpoort Camp, Arundel Camp, Bluejackets Saving Their Gun (Centerfold), Lovely full-page Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
84 pages. Features: Snowmobile Exhibition; Burgeo story; Rodeo Queen; DHC-3 Otter Aircraft; Burnaby's NWMP Outpost; Biggest ever registered pistol match in Ottawa; Frightening Experience - Cpl. D.K. Price; New Toronto Headquarters; The Lyalls of the North; Sounding Lake Detachment; Prince Rupert Story; Grain Theft Solved; A Rafting Experience; Staff Sergeant Mundy; The Recruit - 50 years ago; High Priced Stove Wood; and more. Stroked out name and faint ink stamp upon title page else unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Farwell, Saskatchewan Detachment; Cottonwood Patrol; Texas Adventure - Cpl. G.R. Mashford; Police and the Computer; Toy Guns; Frontier Law Enforcement; A "Tape Recording"; A Ranger's Lot; The Caribou Eskimos; It's Your Money; Jamboree of the Air; New Corner Brook Building; When We Were Young and Gay ; and more. Prior owner's details black out upon page one else unmarked with average wear. Centerfold taped in place, otherwise a sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: B.C.'s Oldest Church in Maple Ridge - Rev. W. Burton Crickmer; Gold Trafficking - Surrey B.C.; Mrs. Policeman - Crescent Valley, B.C.; Unfounded Complaint - Virden MB detachment; Law Enforcement and the Community College; Tofield Gun Club; Power Toboggan displaces sled dogs at Grise Fiord - The Last Patrol; M Division, Maclead; At Calgary 75 years ago; Augustus James Rust; and more. Pages 37-44 were loose but are taped in place. Prior owner's details blacked out upon page one. Average wear. Worthy copy. Book
88 pages. Features: The Glenbow Foundation and its Library; Check those Credit Slips; Police in a Changing Society - Essay; Canada Day at 4 ATAF; Expensive Traffic Infraction; Teaching in New Guinea; Amaranth Detachment; Junior Musical Ride; A Presidential Visit - LBJ and Pearson; Black Magic; Racer Warns of High Speed; A Costly Jaunt - Niagara Falls; Waitress Foils Gunmen - Chemainus/Crofton, B.C.; Prior owner's details blacked out upon Table of Contents else unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
