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in-16, 283 pages, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Très bel exemplaire. [FM-1]
8vo, 433 pages. eng
4to, 341 pages, not illustrated. eng
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall eng
8vo, 295 pages, not illustrated. eng
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very clean pages in a tight binding with dull but unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges, minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with dusty rear. slight creasing to upper edge and small nicks and chips to both edges. 328pp. A novel centred on a trial for murder in the Texas Panhandle. UK first edition.
245 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
92 pages. Short Stories: The Marriage Question; Mob Victim; Bagpipe Brigade; Joe's Secret PLan. Articles: I Wanted to be Somebody (part 1 of 3) - great photo-illustrated article on Althea Gibson, the world's greateset woman tennis player; The Face of America - lovely two-page color photo of family meal in restaurant; I Was a Compulsive Gambler; Can Egypt's Nasser Take it All? - how far will the fiery leader go? - article with photos; Boss of the MIssilemen; She Made it the Second Time - great photo-illustrated article on Mitzi Gaynor; He Runs a Bird College - Dr. Paul Fluck. Serials: A Day in Monte Carlo (part 4 of 6); I Married Murder (part 7 of 8). Ads: Philco Slender Sevenmteen TV (inside front cover); Two-pages for Smith-Corona typewriters; New "7" Car Wax ad features Bill Dec of Huntington, N.Y. and photos of Ford Woody Wagon; Gleem toothpaste; Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Ravioli - with Italian sailboat photo backdrop; Simmons couches; Special K; Motorola TVs (house-moving scene); Squirt soft drink; Mutuals of Wausau ad features Robert L. Cohen of Navajo Freight Lines in Denver; Mayo Spruce Underwear ad features father and son photo of Del Crandall, catcher of the Milwaukee Braves; Allied Van Lines ad features kittens; Eaton truck axle ad features driver Jess Howard and Joe Swartz, VP of East Coast Fisheries of Miami; Seiberling Tires; Zenith 'Space Command' remote control TV tuning. Back cover missing. Above-average wear. Two pieces of masking tape along coverfold. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
8vo, 292 pages, former public library copy. eng
ii, 252 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "The story of German Prisoner of War camps in Canada during World Wars One and Two with special emphasis upon the latter. A story little known in Canada. Concerns battle zones in Britain, North Africa, France and Germany. Involves governments as well as forty-six thousand prisoners of war who lived 'Behind Canadian Barbed Wire'. - Introduction. Minimal high-lighting to contents. Prior owner's name clipped from top of title page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound reading copy. Book
Front cover illustration of the red flag at the gate of the Tsar's Palace. Abundantly illustrated in black and white with excellent contemporary photos. Contents: Chapter CXCVI - The Adbication of the Tsar... Russia in 1916, The Stuermer Premiership, Growth of Discontent, M. Protopopoff as Minister of the Interior, Meaning and history of the autocracy, character of the Tsar, why the revolution failed in 1905-7, The Empress Alexandra, Forces behind the throne, Rasputin, His Murder, Economic Chaos in Russia, Responsibility of M. Protopopoff, The Revolution, March 1917, Police Provocation, Diary of Events in Petrograd, Provisional Government under Prince Lvoff, The Duma, Recognition of the new government by the Allies. Very important history. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Great black and white photos. Topics include: murder of Count Sturgkh; death of Emperor Francis Joseph; Dr. von Koerber, Austrian Premier; The Ausgleich; The Emperor Charles; Political Changes; Count Czernin; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Effects of the Russian Revolution; Peace Currents; The Reichstrat Summoned; Resignation of Count Tisza; Letter of the Emperor to Prince Sixth of Bourbon; Austrian Victories in Italy; The Peace of Brest-Litovsk; Polish Problems; Allied Victories in France; Effects in Austria-Hungary; Austro-Hungarian Peace Note. Average wear. Covers loose as one but present. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine
338 pages. eng
The case of the Vintner Lane killings. [1943] Dust jacket worn and creased around the edges and extremities.
289 pages. eng
96 pages. Short Stories: Fair Warning; Swindler in the Family; Night Marshal; A Sentimental Subject. Articles: The Night Our Town Blew Up - photo-illustrated article of Roseburg, Oregon, scene of a massive explosion in 1959; The Animals Come First; They Called Us "The Law" - recollections of the wife of District Attorney W.A. (Bill) Morrison in Milam County, Texas; The Fight to Save the "Preemies" (premature babies); Speediest Kids Afloat - Australian swimmers John and Ilsa Konrads of Australia; They Killed Heydrich (Conclusion) - Seven Against a Regiment - story with many photos of the aftermath of the murder of SS Gen. reinhard Heydrich; The Face of America - The Well-Trained Angels; Beloved Bandits of the Skyways - a seagull story. Serials: The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 1 of 7); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 5 of 8). Ads: Caterpillar ad features photo of Philadelphia demolition scene; Dodge Trucks - with U-Haul theme; Nice one-page Pepsi ad with beach scene illustration; Campbell's Tomato Soup - used in BBQ sauce; Very nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1960 Turbine Drive Buick, featuring a black Electra 225 four-door sedan with yacht in background; Salem cigarettes - nice creekside scene; Dutch Boy Nalplex paint; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible features white car and white horses; The Taylor family is featured in a two-page ad for the Insured Savings and Loan Association; Fisher Body; One-page color photo of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN; Lennox ad inside back cover; Great back cover color-photo Coke ad features bottle and glass floating on iceberg. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
620 pages. eng
8vo, 393 pages, not illustrated. eng
136 pages. Short Stories: Swamp Girl; Hour of Panic; Return From Nowhere; Hard of Heart. Articles: My Friend, Trotsky's Assassin - Jacques Mornard - with numerous photos; Rockety-Happy Kids at Camp A.P. Hill artillery range in Virginia; I Call on Actor Laurence Harvey - with photos; Adventures of the Mind, 54 - The U.S. Presidencyy; Germany's Enchanted Black Forest - with color photos; The Face of America - The Grandeur That Was - great color photo of the Old Tyson place at Lowndesboro, Alabama; The Mystery of the Palatine Light - this photo-illustrated article investigates an enduring legend of murder and mayhem on Block Island 120 miles from Manhattan; Is Baseball Comedy Dead? - great comedic photos of baseball stars - with article discussing the contention that modern major-leaguers have become too serious. Serials: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 2 of 8); Journey into Danger (part 6 of 8). Ads: Westinghouse Center Drawer Refrigerator; Chevrolet Power Steering; Glidden House Paint (2 pages); Chrysler Certified Car Care; Northern Tissue (two pages); Studebaker Lark - nice color photo with fire truck); Campbell's Soup; Corvair; Chryslter - fantastic one-page color photo of a white New Yorker convertible on beach; Brownie 8 Movie Camera; Fantastic 2-page colour photo 7up ad shows young blond making ice cream float for five young men; Ford Galaxie; International Trucks; Morris 1000 car; Nice two-page color Chevrolet ad featuring a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Sustom Safari catching the ferry to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior; Newport cigarettes; Great one-page color-photo Smirnoff ad featuring Joan Fontaine and her husband, Collier Young; Orange Crush; Admiral portable TVs - 19" portable; Renault Dauphine; Borden's Peach Blossom Ice Cream; De Beers Diamonds; Papst Beer - with color photo of piano player and stage entertainers; Amity Wallets; Dodge Dart Car (inside back cover). Above-average wear. Unmarked. Not pretty but a worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Knife-Haft Clue - a tale of murder at Cavadiera Camp in Brazil; The War in the Dolomites - article and photos of extremely challenging terrain in Italy; Stalked! - L. Rogers was stalked on a lonely trail by a big mountain lion; The Return Match - follow-up to October 1915 article "A Prize-Fight in Mexico" by N.E. Guthrie, one of the principals in the fight; Two Girls in Camp in British Columbia - Miss H.W. Paul and her friend Fatima, two English nurses, describe their month-long holiday in the wilds of the B.C. coast; In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - part III - an American businessman was also a member of a Chinese tong; The Mutiny of the Z.___ - part I of a tragic story related by the first mate; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part II - exploring America's newest national reserve, Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Disappearance of Charlie Westcott - WWI story of a lucky escape; From Job to Job Around the World - Part IX - Alfred C.B. Fletcher recounts his voyage to Spitzbergen, his coal-mining experiences in the Arctic, and his final return to the U.S., with fascinating photos; "Mike" - The Story of a Mounted Police Sled Dog that rescued a man who had fallen unconscious in a blizzard; and more. pp. 5 [ads], [2], 96, 6-24 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Second Edition, corrected, 4to, printed in double columns, 11, [1] pp., disbound. The ESTC locates the Cambridge University copy of the first edition (1750) and the British Library copy only of this second edition.
72 pages. Features: Law rides the Larb Hills; Some facts about Wayne Brazel; Gallina Mountain's Murder Mine; "Boston Cowards" of Fort Hay; A Boxcar, A Siding, A Water Tank - the time when all a man needed for adventure was to hop a train west; Isolated Log Schoolhouses - Death Traps! (vulnerable to Indian attack); Scourge of the Cherokee Nation - Bob Rogers; The Maxwells of Arizona - trackers and lawmen; Revenge by Fire! - Henry Timmerman was the only person ever hung (legally) in Klickitat County, Washington; and more. Average wear. Underlining and a few markings to six pages. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
116 pages. Fiction: Dynamic Woman; Never Trust a Blonde; Too Young to Marry; The Peaceful Rebellion; The Golden Shadow (part 2 of 4); Murder on Order. Articles: Inside Defiant Poland - the astounding change in the ways of Communism under Wladyslaw Gomulka; The Happy Fugitives from Flatbush - American Safety Razor moves from Brooklyn to Staunton, Virginia - article with photos; Living Mysteries of the Deep - color fish photos; I'm No Quitter - Dodger Pitcher Don Newcombe on how it feels to have your courage questioned when you fail in the World Series; Children Are Smarter Than You Think - innovative science teaching at Beauvoir, the elementary school of the National Protestant Episcopal Cathedral in Washington; Everybody Laughs at Me - Victor Borge (part 2 of 4) - with photo of Borge and his wife Sanna walking their poodle in Hutchinson, Kansas; Watery Wilderness Photo; Old Tanker Rides Again - how Major General Ernest Harmon put Vermont's Norwich University back on the academic map. Ads: Nice one-page Kentucky Club tobacco ad features Ted Atkinson; Great color photo two-page ad for De Soto cars; Salem cigarettes; Canadian Pacific Rail - 'The Canadian' dome cars - two-pages in color; Gleem toothpaste (wish a smooch); Campbell's Soup - features color photo of Mrs. Selma Urbonas of Chicago; Great Pontiac ad features purple Star Chief convertible and young beach crowd; Tareyton; National Cash Register - with Kroger theme; Detroit Diesel - foundation-building scene; Admiral fridges - two-pages in color; 1957 Dogde color-photoad features the Custom Royal Lancer 4-door; Heinz new Campside Beans; 7-Up (Seven-Up) ad features couple eating pizza; Two-page GM ad features Donn and Barbara Sigerson who built Allwork Manufacturing in Oakland manufacturing parts for GM; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Studebaker-Packard features a white Studebaker; Dictaphone Time Master; Imperial cars; Dinty Moore Beef Stew; Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 88 Holiday Coupe - nice sailing scene; Cutler-Hammer; Back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features color photo of the world's biggest pizza! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
