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Features/Photos: The Keel-Laying of Great Britain's second Polaris Submarine, to be named Renown; Wimbledon; Bard-E-Nechandeh - an archaic sanctuary of the priests of Ahura-Mazda; World Trade Centre Proposal for New York; How the U.K.'s newest nuclear power station works; Reforming Hong Kong Drug Addicts; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 677-728. Features: Twelve photos (over 4 pages) of Nazi Parachutists in training - falling and rolling, landing and fighting; Three illustrations of the British local defence volunteer force and how it confronts invading parachutists; Dramatic two-page aerial photo of R.A.F. operating against a Nazi motorized column between St. Menges and Floing, north of Sedan (a huge crater at a fork in the road forces Nazis to detour); Air photo of R.A.F. bombing on Dinant; Air photo of demolished bridges at Sedan; Sketch of destroyed Church of St. Pierre at Lessines, west of Brussels; Four sketches from Belgium show downed Heinkel near Waterloo, British troops shooting at German planes, bomb damage in Tournai, and Refugees fleeing Brussels; The War with Nazi Germany - The Great German Offensive (article); Flanders again devastated - six pictures from war-ravaged Belgium; Six photos of refugees from Belgium and the Netherlands receiving sanctuary in England; Centerfold illustration of the second martyrdom of Belgium - a swarm of German planes bombing Tournai, while a British roadside post with Bren gun waits for low-flying attacks; Nine excellent photos of Nazi mechanized units - heavy, medium and light tanks, armoured cars, motor-cyclists, and motorised guns; Photos of personalities of the week include Turkish delegation in London, Nazi prisoner in London, Class 'B' enemy aliens being marched through Liverpool, and Dutch Premier Jonkheer de Geer with four colleagues in London; One-page illustration of Nazi 'Blitzkrieg' offensive combining air and tank attacks; Photo-illustrated article on the vanishing American Bison; Photo of Hitler with his Army leaders; Illustrations of General Von Brauchitsch and Halder; Two-page world map illustrates 66 items which are still available to Great Britain via world trade; Weather Predition (article); Many nice vintage ads including a fantastic one-page photo ad for "Staybrite" steel by Firth-Vickers of Sheffield which shows large-scale production in their mill; Two photos of troops on the Faroe Islands (The Faroes) at Thorshavn; Photos of Bedford, Ford, and Fordson tractors being exported from Britain; Photo of General H. G. Winkelman, Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Army. Please note: Brown discolouration of unknown origin to bottom 0.75" of all pages. All text legible. Average wear and a minor nibble from foot of spine. A sound copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
Mint unread booklet. 46pp. A study of trade relations and social conditions in Hull which led firstly to the seamen's strike in 1911 and then to similar action by unskilled workers and railwaymen. It also describes the beginnings of women's trade unionism in Hull.
71p. Illustrated with full page plates. Printed on polished paper. 16mo. Original blue wraps, lettered in silver. Covers very slightly worn. XLib. PA PAMPH 20_29 BX4
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor fading to very top of board edges and bumping to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped but very rubbed and chipped to upper and lower edges. 159pp. Centenary history of the Trades Union Congress.
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.
Very Good English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. [2], 18 p., 1 map. The gulf of Aqaba: An international waterway. Its significance to international trade.
350 pages, illustrated. eng
240p., col. frontipiece of coffee plant Hardcover Very good condition, covers faded
Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General John J. Pershing, commanding the United States Army in Europe. The victory of Craonne (conclusion). War-time changes in British trade and industry - a record of remarkable achievement. Centerfold photos of American military scenes. America's marvellous mobilisation. Average wear. Unmarked. 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
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
pp xi, 236. Foxed. 8vo. Library buckram binding. Mildly XLib. "Dr. Dewees looks at the treatments proposed by Dr. Abolition and Dr. Colonization, and decides that a blend of emancipation and colonization will provide the optimal cure, with compensation for slave owners from the proceeds of public land sales." FIRST EDITION. Blockson 9481. LCP 3094. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN2 SE1/2
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 224pp. A lavish work on the history of canals, their development, their trades, leisure and the future.
Ex Library, Usual Stamps Etc
Ex Library, Usual Stamps Etc
88 pages. A rare surviving copy of this vintage Canadian gardening periodical. Contents include: The Pansy; Roses for the Garden; The Scree - What is it?; Some Further Notes on the Iris; The Lily Pool - a new idea in pool construction; Youth in the Garden - building cold frames for pocket money; Glass substitutes in gardening; Some of our garden pests; and more. Many interesting contemporary ads plus a major Annual Directory of the Trade in Canada for 1934, including retailers, wholesalers, nurserymen, seedsmen, allied trades and buyers' guide. Back cover features ads by Empire Garden Nurseries, Sidney Roofing and Paper Col, Layritz Nurseries Ltd., and H.M. Eddie & Sons Ltd of Sardis, BC. Minimal pencil markings. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Book
208 pages. Index. References. Maps. Tables. "Seeks to elucidate the historical and geographical development of the fur trade in the Little North... Based primarily on the archival documents of the Hudson's Bay Company." - from Preface. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. Minor fading to blue card covers. A quality copy of this scholarly work. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is free of marking of any kind; No creasing to covers or spine with a text block with sharp corners.
44 pages. A concise review of the Canadian fur trade history intended for students. Illustrated. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound working copy. Book
292 pages. Reference notes. Index. Author's signature upon title page. "Examines the early invasions of Canada, the U.S. annexation movements, and the various trade proposals, including the 1911 free trade election that prompted Rudyard Kipling to write, 'It is her own soul Canada risks today'". Ink stamp upon title page else unmarked. Light wear. Bit of soiling to bottom edge. A quality copy. Book
Pages 77-92 (16 in this issue). Features: Why the Money Trust Wants War - The Curtain Raised on Wall Street's Underworld, by Charles A. Collman - includes charts linking large American companies and industrialists with munitions production; The Case of F.X. Weinschenk, by J.X. Resch - Mr. Weinschenk was sent to an insane asylum after sending letters to the White House; England's Interference with Our Trade - Upward of 2,000 American cargoes, involving millions of dollars, held up or confiscated - includes an extensive list of ships; German Sympathizers, Roosevelt and Others, by Frederick Franklin Schrader; The Friends of Peace Make History, by Rutledge Rutherford; England's Growing Financial Decline; Mr. Hearst's Paper Pleads for Real Americanism - "Are we an independent nation, or an English colony?"; Napoleon Bonaparte's Indictment of England; Bryan and Roosevelt; The Resignation of the English Naval Board in Greece; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Opening to bottom end of coverfold otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
323p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. 388, (2) [Index], (2) [Useful Tables and Advertisements]. Profusely illustrated. Includes blank forms for weather notes, accounts, etc. some filled out for meals and bed for Mr. Jewett Pozer, hired help of Miss Faulkinghains, Miss Moors. Title page torn without loss and soiled. Lacks end papers. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding, worn and soiled. AG BX 1
