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Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
pp. xiii, 358 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Mildly XLib. Light age stain. Pictorial end papers. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding lettered in white. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. "Biography of a great adventurer who worked for the North West Company-the rival of the Hudson's Bay Company, married an Indian half-breed of remarkable character, worked for the union of the two warring companies, founder of the trading post at Vancouver, where he ruled like a king." W12
Unpaginated. 12" x 9" x 0.7". Contains issues from January 1945 through December 1946, a tumultuous time for labour in the wake of World War II. Topics include: Tennessee Poll Tax Fight; A New Revision of Marxian Economics, by Raya Dunayevskaya; Barriers on the Way to Socialism, by CARP; C.C.F confusion, by C. Luff; Marxism in New Zealand by R.R. Everson; Labor Conscription - the May-Bailey bill calls for a compulsory labor draft of 18 million workers from 18 to 45 years of age; Labor and Political Action, by Harmo; Vocationalism in Ireland; Comrade Adolph Kohn; The Future of Cartels; Capitalist Justice; An admittedly Imperfect World; 60 million jobs?; Will War Delay Socialism?; Success Story; The Meaning of Social Revolution; When G.I. Joe Comes Home; The Tinplate War; The Jinni and the Master; Inquiring Student Answered; Mexico; Do away with the Working Class; Human Nature as it Really is; Parasites in Fact and Fiction; Is the Status Quo Unchangeable?; Blood and Iron - contemplating the effect of WWII; Is Socialism Inevitable?; Scientific Socialism; Now that Germany has been knocked out, What Next?; The Nature of Co-ops; A Will for Socialism; Who ar the Workers?; Edward Bellamy; The Irish Scene; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Welcome Home, Joe; Canada Goes to the Polls; A Summer Morning in Dublin; Whom the States Serves; Forced Labor in Russia; A Philosopher Squelched - San Francisco Conference; British Election Message; Willow Run - this massive plant will soon be closed after making B-24 bombers for the war; The Great Divide; Guaranteed Annual Wage; Tobin and the Teamsters; S.P.G.B. Election Message; The War's End; Socialism in Britain?; War Memorials and Poverty; Detroit seething with unrest due to postwar industrial reconversion; Russia as she is; Poverty in New Zealand; From Military to Trade Wars; Atomic Energy; Has Britain Turned Socialist?; A Job with the City; Economics of Control; The Case for Socialism; Reformers Emasculate Unions; The Communications Revolution; Guaranteed Annual Wage; Insurance and Security; So this is Peace!; Wages and Prices; A Soldier Thinks; A Program for Workers; Yours - When you want it; The General Motors Strike - the union wants 30%; An American Seaman in India; Homeward Bound; Delusions of A White Collar Worker; Veterans are workers too; Who owns large corporations?; The Truth about Russia; Socialism and Personal Ethics; The Lenin Legend; Tale of Two Continents; Kaiser-Frazer Bonus Plan; Atomic Policy; Fetish of Full Production; What? - No Money!; Growing Tensions of Capitalism; Two Worlds; India; Henry in Wonderland; Family and Education in U.S.S.R.; How to Deal with the Atomic Bomb; Recruits Wanted; Opportunity under Capitalism; United Nations and War; Catholicism in America; The Rail Strike; From Boom to Bust; T.B. and Capitalism; Stocks don't make a capitalist; Know the Enemy; Fruits of Victory; Unions in Politics; A Note on American Culture; British Labor Government; Between Two Wars; Who Owns America; Materialist Basis of Religion; Selfishness; Occupational Trends in America; Letter to a Jewish worker; OPA - The Price Sieve; Ireland Today; Serfdom in a Free Society; Questions and Answers; Paris "Peace" Conference and World War III; The Sacred Cow; Full Employment and the Liberals; Berlin Letter; The Worker - That's You!; Unity; The Atomic Age; Where are the Unions Going?; Land of Plenty; The "Flood-Like" Form; Socialism or Capitalism?; An introduction to Economics; How About a 51% Majority; What do we mean by Socialism?. Sturdily bound in maroon boards. Unmarked. Average external wear. Contents clean and gently toning with age. Lettering upon backstrip dull but legible. A sound copy. Book
Some notes on endpapers and underlining to first five pages. Small tears on dust jacket. Edge wear to blue cloth cover. 506 pages.
140 pages. Bibliography. Dozens of black and white photographs and line drawings. Divided into the following four sections: Features and Characteristics of the Welland Canal; Places of Interesst Along the Canal; Ships and Trade on the Canal; Canal Data and Information. An informative and visually appealing work. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
24 pages. Cover photo of the Allies' permanent war council at the French headquarters; Article by Lady Jellicoe on the future of Britain's blinded heroes and how it is being assured; Photo of Grand Duke Nicholas about to inspect Russian troops in Teheran; Photo of Grand Duke Michaelovitch in a rickshaw at Nikko, Japan; Photo of the King's African Rifles; Five photos involving Turkey and Africa; Two photos of British transport in France by bicycle and horse-drawn cart; Photo of mealtime with the Canadian Red Cross contingent in Flanders; Photo of horses being nursed back to health; Three photos regarding Bedouin surrender to British forces in Egypt, including Giaffar Pasha, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief; Four photos of British armoured cars at work in Central Asia; Four photos of Moroccan Spahis training to fight; Three photos with our dauntless ally (France) on the Meuse Heights; Two-page illustration of a scene on the French line after a futile German onslaught; Four photos of children impacted by the war; Checking the Commerce Raiders - article about disguised German ships; Photos of sixteen brave British sons decorated for valour; The Air Raid on Schleswig-Holstein - article with map and photo; Photos of downed Austrian and German aeroplanes; Lacking outer wraps. Some pages loose but present. Appears to have been disbound from a hardcover volume. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
4p. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap, with small loss. Nice copy. Very scarce. WWI 13
664 p. Illustrated with numerous drawings. Age stain. Hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, very worn. Loss at head and tail of spine. AG BX 1
479 p. Large 4to. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. REF 10
40 pages. Part 5 of a series "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - from Preface. Contains Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13 - The Rally of the Empire, The War and Finance, British Commerce, Shipping and War Finance, and German Finance. Dozens of excellent black and white photographs. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
This issue devoted to "Dutch Neutrality 1914-1917". Profusely illustrated with black and white contemporary photos. Contents: the fear of war in 1914; the Dutch frontier; military precautions and mobilization; contraband and Dutch supplies; The Rhine Acts; The Netherlands Oversea Trust; Smuggling; The German Submarine War; Outrages on Dutch Shipping; The Maria; The Medea; The Bandoeng; The Tubantia; The Berkelstroom; The Blommersdijk; Attitude of the Dutch Government towards German Lawlessness; Dutch Internment Camps; German Aircraft over Dutch Territory; The Belgian Deportees; German Propaganda; Economic Problems; Trade and the Blockade; Food Difficulties; Industry and Finance; Conditional Prosperity. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 41 plates (one double-page) on 32, 7 large folding scaled plans and numerous drawings and plans in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges and with small loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. This standard reference is arguably MacGregor's finest work, with an architect's eye for detail and service profiles of individual vessels. SCARCE THUS. Albion, p.33.
pp, (4), 348. 12mo. Marbled edges. Modern full cloth binding. Early (1806) manuscript ownership of W. R. Broad. A nice clean and tight copy. An absolutely wonderful compendium of a broad range of facts, statistics, and historical events. Sort of a combination handy encyclopedia / Information Please Almanac / and Guinesses' Book of Records. Covers a wide range of topics beyond those mentioned in the title, like: history; accidents; battles; floods; oddities; royalty; politics; reference; statistics; law; diplomacy; wars; military; biography; economics; government; chronology; roads; inventions; architecture; religion; commerce; storms; earthquakes; records; etc. The 1806 ownership indicates that these were early examples of gift books, issued for the Christmas and New Year's trade. The supposed author, Philip Luckombe, was responsible for all sorts of interesting miscellaneous literature, including: 'A Concise History of the Origin an Progress of Printing' 1770. W144/Rear.
Textbook on the structure of the industrial relations system in Britain at the start of the 1970s. Index of Authorities Cited and General Index. x, 500 pages. 11 tables. Red cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has light edgewear and rubbed surface.
46p PAMPHLET Good condition, wrappers soiled
258 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
54 pages. Contents: Four-page colour photo-illustrated tourism ad for Lebanon; Feature article on country music with many great colour photos, including Webb Pierce and wife at their guitar-shaped pool; Nashville Cats - photos of American cowboys, hobos, howlers, growlers, yodellers - and one dark stranger (country music stars); Motoring and the Law - automobiles produce more ways of breaking the law than any other aspect of modern life; Colour photo ad for Long Beach, British Columbia, Canada; Traps of the Trade - buying and selling a car is an area beset with pitfalls; Attractive full-page colour photo ad for Tonik; The Parking Jungle - a guide to the mystery of parking your car; When you Have an Accident; Colour photo ad for the Triumph 2.5 P.I. Chunk torn from fore-edge of page 12 affecting Hank Snow photo and part of the text of the country music article. Clipping from page 47 affecting text of article on 'when you have an accident'. Last page loose but present. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates, full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps in sepia; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated, detailed and often harrowing account of the West Indies under slavery. The original edition is already scarce in this condition.
The History of British politics from 1945 to the early 1990s. With Notes, Select Bibliography and Index. Illustrated.
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
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 103 plates on 83, a 4pp facsimile, 10 illustrations (one full-page) in the text and 3 2pp tables coloured in outline, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down and verso of frontispiece, title spotted, endpapers a little age-marked; pictorial cloth gilt extra, gilt back, upper hinge weak but quite sound, covers a little age-marked else generally a sound, clean copy
pp. xxvii, 592 + Plus frontis, full page color plates and duotones of American Clipper ships. Text drawings. Map endpapers. Uncut and partially unopened. Top edge green. Some age stain. 4to. Original full blue cloth binding. Spine decorated and lettered in gold, faded. Hardbound. VG.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
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. 144 pages, heavily illustrated, included unopened pack of "facsmile documents" in back pocket. 145 illustrations, 90 in color, 10 facsimile documents.
Title page has closed tear near top corner (~2cm). In brown buckram with slightly faded gilt lettering to front board. Small knock along edge of front board. ; Thesis: submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in classics in the Graduate School of the University of Illinois, 1923. ; 136 pages
418 p. Frontis + illustrations. Sm. 4to. Original slightly faded blue cloth binding. Copper medal embedded on front board. Published by Dun & Bradstreet for their hundredth anniversary. PA 12
