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54 pages. Features: The French Army at Savannah; The German Armed Forces; The Andean Liberation Army; The 1st Virginia Cavlary; Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan; The Work of Bernard Boissard; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Woodchester Villa, Bracebridge; Doctored Sevres (by Henry Sandon); Cook Books From a Past Era; Collecting Antique Clocks; The Felony Fleet - Prisoners were transported on "Ocean Hells" to serve out their sentences in the colonies; Chatham Arms and Armour Show & Sale; Journey's End celebrates 20 years in Mirvish Village, Toronto; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
54 pages. Articles: What Hitler Told (Otto Strasser) About Peace; Up North - There's Mystery! - Intriguing photo-illustrated article of a mystery village on Canada's arctic front where men labour to produce power to produce warplanes; William S. Knudsen - Master Mechanic of Democracy's Defense - U.S. Arms production and the man behind it; I Start All Over Again - Alice Foote MacDougall opens a restaurant in Grand Central Station; How Clark Gable Created a New Hedy Lamarr; Baseball's Topsy Grows Up - Softball has risen from zero to 20,000,000 players; Arctic Eagle - Squadron Leader C.M.G. Farrell of the R.C.A.F. Serials: The Unobstructed Universe - life beyond the grave, part II; Footloose! - part 4; In Action with the R.A.F. - Conclusion; Short Stories: I'll Never Leave You; The Bell That Sang for Love; Rich Man. Ads: Nice photo ad inside front cover features large photo of Windsor's Norton Palmer Hotel, with inset photo of its CEO Preston D. Norton; Nice three-color, two-page ad for Chevrolet;; Frigidaire fridges; Eveready batteries; Brain Flakes; Canadian Pacific's Banff. Fantastic back cover photo ad for War Savings Certificates features dozens of kilted troops on the march. Cover photo of boy pulling girl's ponytail in classroom. Average wear. Crossword lcompleted in light pencil. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Minor browning to pages. Front inner hinge slightly cracked/ Now protected in plastic. Bottom of spine is edgeworn. Wear to extremities. Top of spine has 1cm cut on other side. ; Provides in one volume a comprehensive study of Roman armour. ; 200 pages
36 pages. Features: Interview with Ervine Metzl; More About Perspective; John Taylor Arms - how he makes an etching (part 3 of 3); Review of Art Directors Exhibition; Randolph W. Johnston Demonstrates the "Lost Wax" process of bronze casting; The Old Master Clinic; Typography as a Career (part 1 of 3); Pencil Drawing by Theodore Kautzky; Tempera - chemistry and physics of tempera emulsions (part 2 of 5); and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 400 pages. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Contents include: A theoretical arms race, Cooperation and exploitation, Meaning of strategy, Games with collusion, Coalitions, Strategic conflict, Critiques of game theory, Ways of persuasion, etc.
8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs throughout; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, ivory endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with cover scars across backstrip. SCARCE.
8 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos of rifles and ammo with supporting text. Fascinating history of the conversion from muzzle-loaders to breech loaders. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
782p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
80 pages. Features: Jessie Arms Botke - a painting career that has revolved around peacocks; Fashion illustration as fine art; Lillian Langseth-Christensen; Mabel Dwight - master of the Comedie Humaine; The Hurst Page - an interview with Bill Chessman; The Weathervane - by way of retrospect; The Drawings of Isabel Bishop; The Taubes Page - study of nature; Flora Smith; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of the rise to fame of Pires, his family and the hugely popular and successful Butcher's Arms at Priors Hardwick in Warwickshire
122 p. Illustrated. 12mo. Original full yellow cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. Hardbound. Very good. GENEALOGY 2
viii, 212 pages. Index. Footnotes. Generously illustrated with informative black and white reproductions of photos. "Provides a standard reference to the serious researcher and collector and gives to everyone an interesting insight into many aspects of what has made the Force what it is today. Most of the illustrations are being published for the first time." - Foreword. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Includes replica dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy of this unsurpassed reference. Book
32 pages. Fascinating and informative early N.W.M.P. history supported with many excellent black and white photos of rifles, handguns, ammo, and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Great colour-photo ad for the 1962 Dodge Valiant (red) inside front cover; International Harvester mining equipment ad features photos at the McDame Mountain asbestos mine in the Cassiar range, near the B.C.-Yukon border; Colour 1962 Chrysler ad; Work Addiction - the habit that rules men who rule the rat race; The Undeserving Poor - a group portrait of the small and anonymous minority of Canada's poor who eat up the lion's share of welfare money; Why I Stole the Luxury Liner "Santa Maria"; A New Look at the Great Lakes - article with colour photos; A Fall of Birds (fiction); The Rise of the Tree-Savers - heavy duty equipment is used to transplant mature trees in Ontario which would otherwise be destroyed by development; The Nightmare Life of a Hemophiliac; My Secret Rendezvous with a Red Attache - Toronto student Harry Malcolmson and his meeting with Serguei Divilkovsky; The West Indians - Our Loneliest Immigrants - permanent strangers in a white land; The Fifth Comeback of Jacques Normand, Quebec's First Funnyman; Canadian Club colour photo ad features surfing photos of Mark Lyons; Log of Seagoing Scientists aboard the "Porte Dauphine"; The Prime Minister's New Vision - a national power grid; Operation Fleshcreeper - Red answer to NATO arms; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features young square dancers. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
338 pages. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of British Columbia March 5-6, 1983. "We have created a technology that acts at speeds beyond our biological ability to cope. Yet the programs upon which the computer will act are themselves products of human thought which cannot possibly anticipate every situation and every event. By their very nature, therefore, they are highly fallible. We must face up to this fact. Nuclear arms are literally out of human control." - from foreward by David Suzuki. Moderate wear. Letter 'F' atop half-title page else contents clean and unmarked. Solid copy. Book
Inner hinges are cracked exposing webbing. Spine is faded. Shelfwear with bumping to top corners. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Former call numbers on spine are effaced leaving faded marks. ; Contents: Incendiaries in Warfare; Book of Fires of Mark the Greek; The Legend of Black Berthold; Miscellaneous Treatises on Military Arts; Gunpowder and Firearms I nMuslim Lands; Pyrotechnics and Firearms in China; Saltpetre. Index on Names, of Places and Nationalities, of Greek Words. ; 381 pages
Bookplate on the front endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall eng
Pages 192-224. Features: Hon. Henry W. Blair - article including excellent full-page illustration of subject; The Song of the Fisherwives; Lucrecia; Early and Late Poems; Gage Arms; Methodism in Portsmouth; Speech before Seaman's Friend Society; The Solitary Pine. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint bit of writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Interesting WWII commentary by publisher Joseph Lister Rutledge; Secret Power in the Far Pacific - Japan and Germany planned a 'perfect crime'... Here's why it failed, and why Japan cannot win (written in light of the Pearl Harbour attack); Never From Valiant Men - story by I.A.R. Wylie; Mickey Rooney - The Life and Loves of Box-Office Man No. 1 - article with photos; Photo feature of Alexis Smith; I Saw it Happen in Manilla - Annalee Whitmore describes Japanese bombing in the Philippines; Digest version of "Storm", a novel by George Stewart; The Goodwill Tour of Don Florencio De La Pampa; 40-question boxing quiz by Jack Dempsey; The Battle of Detroit - Frederick L. Collins gives a first-hand report of high-scale allied arms manufacturing; Mississippi Belle - story by Clements Ripley; Kellogg's All-Bran cereal ad; Stalin - Devil or Genius?, by Emil Ludwig with black and white photos; To the Ladies, by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin; Girl Meets Girl, by Bubbles Schinasi; Pictures You Ought to See, by Howard Barnes; Nice colour ad for Mercury Mills, Limited, Hamilton, on back cover. Cover photo of young girl nurse bandaging arm of her playmate's arm. Average wear. Address label with hand-written correction on front cover. Inked postal date stamp atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with 19 coloured plates and several monochrome illustrations in the text; boards, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy.
16 pages. Features: U.S. Wins Americas Cup; Tom Robbins Champion; Ragan wins Florida PGA title; Records of leaders for season; Tips on how to control the head; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Robbins and his sister Mrs. Mary Shields; Photo of Mr. & Mrs. J. Wood Platt of Philadelphia; Photo of Mr. & Mrs. John W. Roberts of Columbus, Ohio; Photo of John W. Roberts and Arthur F. Lynch receiving medals from Eric Nelson of Pinehurst; Nice photo of Dub Pagan; Photo of winners Tom Strange, Helen Hicks Patterson and Jim Smith; Photo of PGA officials Harry Moffitt, Mrs. Elbin and Max Elbin; Nice photo of Walter Hall with his article on head position; WTTW Chicago photo of Chick Evans, Frank Wilson and Joe Kelly clowning with golf; Nice photo of Mary Mills and Mrs. Sam Byrd - Gulf Coast finalists; Nice photo of Mr. & Mrs. Carlton N. Warner; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
16 pages. Features: Lovely photo of Arnold Palmer and his wife with story about his victory in Panama; Photo of Cary Middlecoff, winner of the Bing Crosby tournament; Photo of crowd on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach; Photo of the Boros family in the Pro Shop at the Mid Pines Club where son Julius is the Pro; One-page ad for the Lectracar Duo golf cart by Sears, Roebuck & Co; Photo of Edgar A. Sweet; Nice photo of Marlene Bauer Hagge driving in tournament play; Photo of Mangrum in Golfcraft, Inc. ad; Photos of Dr. and Mrs. Seth W. Shields, and Lady Meek and Dr. Shields; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 113-176. Features: Cover illustration of Connecticut Painted Wall; American Furniture in a California Collection; Signed and Dated - A Painted Wall in Connecticut; Interior Decorations at Unity Farm; - an editorial note; Glassmaking in South Boston - Part 1; Bellows for the Hearth; Stenciled Coverlets; Arms of the Guilds on Liverpool Ware; Murals in Upper New York State; Two Gold Snuffboxes; Signs bring customers; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Moisture exposure to bottom edge. Short archival tape repair to base of spine. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
542pp. [manque l'introduction et l'index: pp.i-xvi & pp.545-588] richement illustré dans le texte et hors-texte, 34cm., fascicules orig., non relié, [contenu: 1. Opschriften van het klooster der Predikheeren, Ville d’Anvers Inscriptions du couvent des dominicains ; S.Paulus kerk – Eglise de S.Paul (pp.1-136) & Klooster der Predikheeren, Couvent des dominicains (pp.137-189), Kerk der H.Catherina van Senen –Eglise de S.Catherine de Sienne (pp.195-196) // 2.Opschriften van het professiehuis der Societeit Jesu (Kerk van den H.Carolus Borromaeus) – Inscriptions de la Maison professe de la Compagnie de Jésus (Eglise de S.Charles Borromée), pp.197-256 // 3.Opschriften van het klooster der paters Minimen – Inscriptions du couvent des pères minimes (pp.257-264) // 4. Opschriften van het klooster der O.-L.-Vrouwebroeders of Geschoende Carmelieten – Inscriptions du couvent des grands carmes ou Carmes chaussés (pp.265-357) // 5. Opschriften van het klooster der ongeschoende Carmelieten of Discalsen – Inscriptions du couvent des Carmes déchaussés (pp.359-383) // 6. Opschriften van het klooster der Spaensche Carmelieterssen – Inscriptions du couvent des Carmélites espagnoles (pp.385-404) // 7. Opschriften van het klooster der Engelsche Carmelieterssen – Inscriptions du couvent des Carmélites anglaises (pp.405-420) // 8. Opschriften van het beggynhof [Begijnhof] – Inscriptions du béguinage (pp.421-498) // 9. Opschriften van het klooster der Karthuizers – Inscriptions du couvent des Chartreux (pp.499-529) // 10. Opschriften van het klooster der Zusters van het Heilig Hart van Jesus gesticht van Celst St-Jacobsmarkt – Inscriptions du couvent des Soeurs du Sacré Coeur de Jésus Institut Van Celst marché St-Jacques (pp.531-538) // 11.Addenda (pp.539-542)], B72109
