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First Edition, half-title, [4], 27, [1] pp., disbound.
As New As New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Mint. In Turkish. 235, [1] p. B/w and color ills. Festschrift Confederation of Employers Unions of Turkey. TISK'in 50'nci yilina armagan. Yarim asra ulasan TISK: Çalisma hayatinda birligin ve bilginin gücü.
Book shows light wear to covers only, sunning to spine, age-toning at endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book concerns the history of Pope & Talbot, Inc., the longest existing shipping company on the west coast, based in Port Gamble, Washington. Founded in 1849 to meet the transport needs of the gold rush in San Francisco, California, includes photographs, illustrations, index, fold-out genealogy chart of the Pope and Talbot families in America, bibliography, preface by Charles Wheeler, executive vice president. 480 pages
Contents: Porsche ad; Murder and rape of Philippine nurses in Peoria; Punta Del Este; Riot scene in Aden; Nice color photo ad for the Plymouth Sport Fury; *Beautiful* full-page color photo ad for Reynolds Packaging - Pepsi in a can held by beautiful blonde; Duke Ellington; Photo of Johnny Carson smoking in bathing suit; Article on Woody Allen - photo of him with wife Louise; Photo of David Rockefeller at New York Chamber of Commerce; Lake Havasu Real Estate; China Airlines; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
60 pages. Features and Articles: Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission is questioned about Government-financed scholarships for Communists, and more; U.S. Foreign Aid is whacked to save money; U.S. Military in-fighting involving the Consolidated B-36 and more; Louis Johnson - Master of the Pentagon; The Angels of the Truman Campaign; Victor Reuther; Ralph Bunche; Berlin Rail Strike"; Communist Gerhart Eisler is freed in London on a technicality; Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan are engaged - with photo; China - "The Communists Have Come"; Japan's Emperor Hirohito shifts from divinity to human monarch; Kis Tarcsa concentration camp in Hungary opened again to hold 8,000, 90% of whom are Jews; Willy Messerschmidt mass produces homes of steel and 'foam concrete' in Germany - with photos; Colour ad for DeSoto automobiles; Colour ad for Woodwind suits for men; Grasshoppers in Saskatchewan; Quebec City's Maison du Bucheron provides 55 rooms for loggers; Full page election ad for "Canada's Great Leader", Louis St. Laurent; Railroad construction in Latin America; Soccer contest - Scotland vs. St. Louis; Archibald Henderson of North Carolina; Acne misery; Bill Stern of NBC's Sports Newsreel; Dow Brewery ad features the train engine heroics of 58-year-old Fred Ryan; Pope Pius XII delivers manuscript of Papal Bull - with photo; Pastor Salau; V-2's rival - the U.S. Navy's Viking rocket; Eddie Rickenbacker on the Airlines; Rudy Fah Tongg showed the people of Hawaii how to get rich - early in the second world war he formed a hui which bought up properties of fleeing Caucasions; Sir William Stevenson and the World Commerce Corp.; Colour Chevrolet ad inside back cover; Bruck Mills colour ad on back cover. Editorial content identical with U.S. edition except for added Canadian news" - from page 4. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Staining and occasional related damage to top one of two inches of many pages. A worthy copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Canadian budget battle over defense expenses; Robert Fulford and his 'Saturday Night' magazine; Photo of Janis Joplin performing; The Canadian Canvas - A Broad Sweep (of Canadian art); President Ford's risky plan against slumpflation; CIA director William Colby defends himself; Clouds over Playboy's Bunnyland - suicide of Bobbie Arnstein - article with photo of pall-bearer Hugh Hefner; In Defense of Politicians - Do We Ask Too Much?; Eight-page colour-photo illustrated centerfold ad feature by Macmillan Bloedel explains how forests grow; Barefoot Rudolf Nureyev; Moscow's repudiation of trade agreements a serious blow to detente; Saga of the (Henry) Jackson Amendment; Triumph for the moderates in China; Bloody peace in Indochina; The P.L.O. Strategy - Fight and Talk; Truce fails in Northern Ireland; Fragile independence in Angola; Trouble in Cyprus; Ujamaa's bitter harvest in Tanzania; Passing of Baron Jean-Louis de Portal, Gustavo Rohas Pinilla, Li Fu-chun and Alberta oil baron Eric Lafferty Harvie; Goalie Rogatien (Rogie) Vachon and the success of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings - photo-illustrated article; Basketball star Jimmy Wilkins; Jailed Baptist Georgi Vins; Troubled Trident submarine program - article with photo of construction at Bremerton, WA; Scandal in Education - Barbara and Harry Lowther; Artist Robert Rauschenberg; The General Dynamics YF-16 fighter wins a dogfight; Color photo ad for Panasonic TV features gent with monocle; Retailer W.T. Grant Co. cuts back; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Cesar Chavez and The Little Strike That Grew to La Causa - major article; Nice two-page ad for the Mercedes-Benz 280 S; Manitoba - Three weeks to Victory - article with photo of Howard Paulley with the Schreyers; Color photo of smiling Nixon with Trudeau at Terre Des Hommes; Major photo-illustrated article on Native Canadians and the federal government; The Curious Case of Dr. John Knowles; Great photo of "Rural Alabama Negroes at Polls", lined up outside "The Sugar Shack"; JDL / Jewish Defense League article - threat breeds counterthreat; Europe's dreams of unity revive - article with photo of new EU headquarters under construction; France's new cabinet; Rhine River pollution; Latin America - protest and progress; Commando assaults in the mid-east; Interview with General Yakubu Gowan of Nigeria; Legacy of the Warren Supreme Court; Article on the passing of Judy Garland; Measuring earth's motion; Photo of strike scene at San Francisco State; Passing of Willy Ley, Westbrook Pegler, Alene Stern Erlanger and Frank King; Showdown in Trade with Japan; Agnellli intends to acquire Ferrari; The Mobile Millionaire - Arthur Decio, founder of Skyline Corp., of Elkhart, IN; Westbrook Pegler - master of the epithet; The Film Maker as Ascendant Star - article with photos of Stanley Kubrick and Penn, with four pages of color photos of directors at work; Joe Frazier pummels Jerry Quarry; Pole vaulter John Pennel sets new world record; Nature Conservancy of Canada ad shows polluted river; and more. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Minor evidence of address label removal. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Rosemary Crill discusses the indigenous tradition of tie-dyeing for local use; followed by Veronica Murphy's pioneering study of the Bengal export trade in tie-dyed handkerchiefs. Very well illustrated with 174 colour, 14 black and white illustrations and map. 206 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing on surfaces and light creases on edges, small nick at top of spine. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
New Turkish Original bdg. HC. 4to. (28 x 25 cm). In Turkish. 215 p., color and b/w ills. Ticaretin altin kurallarinin yazildigi yer: Sultanhamam. History of Sultanhamam is a district of Istanbul, Constantinople place where was a trade center (especially textile) from the Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic.
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446pp., br.orig., 24cm., qqs. cachets, E41787
11 Facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. A classical work on English book trade bibliography.
First Edition, ex-library, frontis., 10 Facsimiles, library buckram. A classical work on English book trade bibliography.
pp. xv, 361, xx [Index] + Color Frontis and Full page monochrome plates. Light remnant of a paper label on title page. 8vo. Original full cloth binding decorated in blind. Original priced dust jacket, very slightly chipped at extremities. Fourth printing. Hardbound. Very good. W11
308 pages. Index. "Intended as a source of practical information for anyone currently involved in, or thinking about getting involved in, selling music to the listening public." - from page xi. Clean with light wear and minimal markings. Nice working copy. Book
pp. 666, xxv [Index]. Marbled endpapers. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine, raised bands. Small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Covers travel in China; agriculture; commerce; banks; zoology; vaccination; treaty ports; theater; Taoism; Buddhism; bamboo; architecture; suicide; culture; religion; railways; pottery; gambling; plague; opium; missionaries; Chinese literature; etiquette; etc. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ORIENT BOX 2
Cover looks a little corner worn with creases at the spine and back. Contents in very good clean condition. Minor creasing to top corners of last pages. Illustrated with numerous graphs. Used
8vo, 596 pages, tables. Covers faded and slightly stained. eng
Full Title: THEORETISCH-PRAKTISCHES HANDBUCH, fur Maler, Illuminirer, Zeichner, Kupferstecher, Kupferdrucker und Formenschneider, worinnen man den Gebrauch der Farben nebst Zubereitung derselben nach systematischen Grundsatzen bekannter Autoren, sehr leicht erkennen und erlernen kann. Nebst einer praktischen Abhandlung von den verschiedenen Arten der Malerey, auf Leinwand, Seide, Glas, Wachs, Mauern, mit Oel, en miniature oder Pastell zu arbeiten. Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen fur diejenigen die sich dieser Kunst widmen, zusammengetragen von einem Liebhaber der schonen Kunste. pp. 164, (2) [of 4 = lacks a leaf or two of the register] + Engraved plate of a goddess / muse instructing two female artists, signed in the plate by Fritsch. Foxed. Text untrimmed and deckle edged. Autograph ownership at the top of the title of J. Louise Schneider; another name is excised from title above the imprint information. 8vo. Disbound. Holzmann/B. II, 8654 (Wien 1800). First Edition. This fascinating little book of artist and craft formulas and techniques is usually attributed to Tobias Querfurt the Younger (ca. 1732-1776). Very scarce. The only copy recorded in an American library is at the Getty. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-GER1
270 p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original cloth binding. Dust jacket; price clipped and chipped at extremities. A delightful history of the itinerant merchants of the early American frontier. PA 47.
8vo., neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1941, Power's classic series of lectures was first delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1939. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
39 pages. Features: Berlin's Girl Spies trade Allure for Secrets - Ernst "Jellyroll" Wollweber's Red Mata Haris keep Allied spy catchers busy - Ermgard Schmidt; Margarete Pfeiffer, 'Gardy' Schmidt, Ursula Schmidt; Trappers hit the Convention Trail to discuss Saskatchewan't oldest industry, trapping; Their Sound of Music Carries Far - Les Jeunesses Musicales; Lively sketches by the talented pen of Queen Victoria (part 2 of 2); Madame Butterfly's New Look - western influence has revolutionized the Japanese idea of feminine beauty (with photos); House party with a purpose - six California women (led by Mrs. Harold Collins) get together to clean each other's homes; Colour photo and feature of Boston Bruins star Leo Boivin; Ladder you can roll up; Marlene and Margaret Meldrum of Saskatoon perform in the Ice Follies; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
pp. xii, 363. Inked presentation from Jitau Gichuru to Samuel B. Karumba (Kenyan independence activists). 8vo. Original full cloth backed binding. Slight wear. Coldwar/Economics 7
Pages 89-176, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The House of Death - how an Oklahoma rancher saved his own life; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 6 - the continued story of this European adventure trip; Bali - Isle of Wonder - wonderfully photo-illustrated article; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - part 1of the adventure of Mrs. Idelle S. Meng and her husband on one of the loneliest islands in the Pacific; The Six Feathers - the unfortunate experience of a New Guinea trader who tried to smuggle the forbidden bird-of-paradise plumes out of the country; The Wood-Carvers of the Tyrol - great photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Groden VValley; The Romance of the Fur Trade - photo-illustrated article on fur trapping and fur farming in North-west Canada, including photo of a large polar bear being hauled into a boat; A Woman in Unknown Albania - part 3; The Trail of the Lonesome Postman - letters being delivered to some of the world's most remote locations; Caught by a Crocodile a British officer attempts to fill his water bottle at a river; The Idol That Jumped - the author purchased a 'devil-devil' figure from a Solomon Island chief, then startling things happened; The Merepur Mystery - a mystery is solved in India; The Man Who Fell Six Miles - Major R.W. Schroeder and his airplane - article with photos; The Written Word - Jim Carter saved himself in India with some clever writing. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 354-440 plus 24 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Bullet-proof Scotchman - an adventure of John Mundell in the Pampas of Uruguay; ; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part I - wonderful photos in China; An Exciting Trading Trip - efforts to trade with a warlike tribe in East Africa; Some Strange WWI Escapes from Germany - part II; Interesting photo and short article of Dog Rib Indians in Canada receiving their annual grant of one pound, as well as presents, from the Canadian government; Among the Wild Tribes of Darien - exploring the native tribes of Panama - with great photos; Stories of the War - Thirty Hours in No Man's Land - in WWI an Australian trooper on the Western Front is wounded and must make his way back to his own lines; Siringa's Last Battle - a native boy helps in one of the first fights in German East Africa, A Week in a Lens Dungeon - McLean and Ebbs of the 87th Canadian Battalion hid in a cellar for a week before making their way back to their lines; Miraculous Escapes from Sunken Submarines; An Adventurous Hunt After Man-eating Crocodiles - in Victoria Nyanza; The Mountain Warriors of France - excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - part II of what happend when Zulus killed an Englishman to use his body for love medicine; Wonders of Northern Syria - article with many great photos of architectural remains; Carter's Exoneration - a stirring story of the Australian Mounted Police. Great multi-page advertising feature on the Waterproof Products Corporation. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book