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pp. 148, 52-123. 12mo. 17.5 cm. Original printed paper boards. Chicago seems to have always had a great reputation as the center of a national 'White Slave Traffic' in prostitutes. These small books were probably meant as guide books for potential 'Johns'. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W148
83 pages. Photo of author on page 5. "...A collection of poems on unemployment... Deals with people who find themselves living through the 'Depression of the Eighties'." - From Introduction. Through the author's life experience she became an impassioned supporter of those experiencing difficulty finding employment. Gilt lettering upon maroon front board. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of Captain Humphrey Wykeham Bowring - has acted most ably as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Bacon, commanding the Dover patrol. Feature: Neutral Commerce and the Naval Blockade. Franco-British Conquest of German Cameroon (conclusion). Photos from Cameroon. Isolating the enemy - how the central empires were blockaded. Photos of the German submarine mine-layer UC5 - London's unique trophy. 7 photos of the results of a German naval raid at Lowestoft. Covers almost loose. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
252 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Line drawings. "The predecessors of the electric telegraph were a wonder of their age. Their operators achieved a remarkable proficiency and, given clear weather, they rendered an invaluable service to governments and to commerce, in peace and in war." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket in clear protective cover. Nice copy. Book
xv + 232pp.illustrated with 4 maps, hardcover (editor's cloth), illustrated dustwrapper, 24cm., few foxing at edges, good condition, X79663
418 pages including fold-out maps. "Furnishes a complete and reliable text book for those who are studying for the Trade examinations, as well as providing a complete text book for general students. The process of solving problems has been fully explained and illustrated by means of diagrams and numerous worked-out examples." - from Preface. Unmarked. Hinges open. Edges and endpapers yellowed. Above-average but not excessive wear to boards. Bright gilt lettering clearly legible upon spine and front board. Useful reference copy. Book
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1926, 21,5 x 14,5 cm., tela original estampada, VII págs. + 1 hoja + 333 págs. + (Catálogo de las obras editadas por Pitman:) 16 págs.
102 p. + Portrait Frontis. Full page illustrations. Slightly foxed. Pictorial end papers. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Scarce business history. PA 27
81 pages. Nicely illustrated. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Clement Attlee. Includes Index. 288 pages. Frontispiece photograph. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Several light indentation lines on front cover.
191 p. + Frontis. Illustrated with thirty-eight photographs and drawings. Printed on heavy stock. Top edge gilt. Marble endpapers. 8vo. 190 mm. Original half maroon leather over marble boards. Spine very worn with loss. Virtually gone. Leather corners worn with loss. Text tight and clean. Third edition. AG BX 1
xxiv + 228pp., dans la série "Les vade-mecum du chef d'entreprise", br.orig., 19cm., cachet, bon état, E42085
Folio (440 x 280), 3, [1 blank]pp., drop-head title, items listed in 5 columns, numerous contemporary MS. additions, with horizontal folds, one or tow minor tears to folds and some light browning, but overall a very good copy. Reginald Whitley (c. 1754-1835) & Robert Osborn (c. 1783-1866) Nurserymen. Whitley was originally in partnership with Peter? Thoburn in a nursery in Cromwell Road, Kensington, 1788-96; Whitley and Barrit, 1796-1801; Whitley and Brames until 1810. Whitley, Brames and Milne acquired Burchell's Fulham Nursery in 1810; Whitley and Osborn from 1833. The business was continued by Osborn's sons William and Thomas. This catalogue is not listed in JISC or OCLC, however, it is noted in Desmond. Desmond, Dictionary of British & Irish Botanists, pp. 528 & 737.
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
9.1 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 253 pages
2nd edition. Hardback in dustjacket. Fine/VG. ISBN 0900319208. 15345. eng
pp. xi, 366 + Full page photographs. Pictorial title page. Map endpapers. Sm. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. LATIN AMERICA BOX 2.
221 pages. Illegitimus non Carborundum (don't let the b******ds wear you down.) - Bill White. Average wear. One inch tear to bottom edge of back cover. Peeled area from front cover where sticker removed. Contents square and unmarked. "White's stories of the 'bad old days' of B.C. Labour will fascinate anyone interested in the largely unwritten history of this country. For those concerned with the current state of human and labour rights in B.C., Bill White's call for a return to the kind of gloves-off fighting that marked his heyday will seem appropriate and useful." - from back cover. Book
108 p. + Frontis and Full page map. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 235 mm. Softcover. Original color pictorial wraps. Covers worn with loss. Title continues: "A Land of Rolling Plains, Boundless Grain Fields, Sculptured Lands, Alpine Lakes, Mining Camps, Indian Life, Dancing Rivers, Thriving Villages, Trackless Forests, Growing Cities, Lofty Mountains Penetrated by the Northern Pacific Railroad". Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W12 Bag1
96 pages. Glossary. Many dozens of excellent black and white marginal illustrations. "The modern blacksmith must learn to do by himself what the old-time blacksmith and his helper did as a trade. It is that that the author teaches here: how to use the basic techniques and tools available and resort to whatever can be invented, improvised, and constructed to make 'things' out of 'nothing.'" - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
This is a very good copy in a plastic comb binding (intact), stiff paper covers printed in color with Weyerhaeuser paper sample names: 'Weycroft', 'Louvain', 'Carousel', 'Kashmir', 'Gainsborough', etc. No date but ca. 1970's. Each of the 10 paper sample sections has a color printed title page with the different paper weights and characteristics available in that sample, followed by a number of blank sheets in different colors that are available with that sample. A typical early to mid 1970's Weyerhaeuser trade catalog. 11" high X 10" wide. All printing in offset lithography. Publisher's 'Complimentary Copy' business reply card laid in. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Former owner's name on ffep. Wear to head of spine. Light foxing to prelims. ; 92 pages
First edition, 8vo, [4], iv, 30pp., with half-title (short tear on inner blank margin), nineteenth century half calf, head of spine chipped. Sometimes attributed to C. A. Heath. The variant with the 'Price six-pence' on the half-title. Sabin, 15940; Kress, 4708; Goldsmith, 8071; Hanson, 5819.
fort volume in-4°, 770 pp., broché Bel exemplaire. [TX-8]