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188 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mother Teresa; American Airlines ad features Margaret SanGemino; Gorgeous Monet ad features gold earring on model with black background; Safire on Machisma; Murder Most Foul; Great two-page color-photo ad for Ralph Lauren Western Wear; Blackglama ad appears to feature Angela Lansbury wearing mink; Very artistic ad for Pierre Cardin Man's Cologne; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; The World of Mother Teresa - photo-illustrated feature article; Warring over new missiles for NATO; Chivas Regal ad; One-page ad for the Look 37 ski binding; One-page Bermuda tourism ad; Britain's Establishment Spies - Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean; Hidden Splendors of Tibet - color-photo-illustrated article; One-page Cuisinart ad; Beautiful Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad featuring model in red top; Twins Reared Apart - a living lab - with photos of Jim Lewis and Jim Springer - Thomas Bouchard's lab; Big Business on the Offensive - they are now the biggest lobby in Washington; Peter Pan and How He Grew - James M. Barrie's timeless play of youth was inspired by his unique friendships with children; The Party's Over for Political Parties; Gorgeously photo-illustrated Jewel fashion feature - with photos of designers Angela Cummings, Kai-Yin Lo, and Kristin Moore; Artistic ad for Crayons footwear; The Year of the Trichologist; Featured Home - a former industrial library is domesticated by Angus Bruce and others; Garlic article; Camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp and small check mark atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: The More We Spend, The Less Children Learn - How Schools Fail Our Children; The Selling of Soccer-Mania - The N.A.S.L. (North American Soccer League) is picking up - with photos of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer; A Murder in Morningside Park - the murder of Charles (Charlie) Houston is reviewed by a juror who worked the murder trial; The Odyssey of Erstwhile Journalist Osborn Elliott; John Weitz ad features large photo of Gary Cooper; Heading for the Top - photos and write-ups of haberdasher Carl Davis, sportswear designer Charles Suppon and clothing designer Jeffrey Banks; Renaissance of a Villa - architecture project of Eleanora Peduzzi Riva of Milan; The Second Coming of Leon Jaworski. Small library stamp on back cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Lauren Bacall is featured in a one-page diamond ad for Fortunoff Jewellers; Redefining the Map of Israel - The new Israeli 'strongholds' in the West Bank have aggravated tensions with the Arabs and dimmed hopes for resolving the Palestinian issue - article with color photos and map; Putting Back the Bite in the C.I.A. - As feelings of U.S. vulnerability mount, there is a drive to unleash the agency again - article with photos of Stansfield Turner, John R. Stockwell, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Malcolm Wallop, John Chafee and Sam Nunn; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for The Gant Rugger clothing; Reducing the Trauma of Breast Cancer - Patients are insisting on having a voice in their treatment; Betty Rollin describes life on the fifth anniversary of her mastectomy; Vietnam Fallout in a Texas Town - Billy Joe Aplin was killed in a battle between Vietnamese refugees and local fishermen over the placement of crab traps off Seadrift in the Gulf of Mexico; Women's Hair Fashions; Rowan Storm Hicks and the apartment she redesigned; and more. 96 pages. Generously illustrated with great color and black and white photo reproductions plus many wonderful ads, some of which are in color. Several discrete school stamps. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8 and 4 maps ands facsimiles in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.97
247 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
ronald pearsall the murder in euston sq. , david and charles 1989, sovraccoperta lievemente segnata dal tempo. tagli con piccole gore. interno complessivamente in buono stato. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> <br> 186<br>
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing paper. 166 pages. Stated First Printing.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. This book is from the Bon Marche Rental Library, "Happy in the Home with Books," and has a cool dust jacket insert. Yellowing pages.
275 pages including index. and black and white photographic plates. "Jack the Ripper was an American, who escaped police custody. When he fled London the Ripper killings ceased, but then started up again on the other side of the Atlantic. a team of officers from Scotland Yard failed to track him down in America. Did the police 'lose' files in order to cover-up their own incompetence in letting him escape?" - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear. Binding loosening at back. Worthy reading copy. Book
355pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
191 pages, edges browned, cover design by Michael Peters, previous owner names on prelims, (Penguin Book C2524). eng
12mo (150 x 85 mm) 12pp., several leaves mounted on stubs, new boards. Thomas Roe and Benjamin Miller, neither having reached the age of 23, were executed on Wednesday, April 2nd, 1823, for highway robbery. They were both natives of Nottingham, and together with a youth named Thomas Brooks, only 19 years of age, assaulted and robbed Samuel Marriot, a labourer, in the employ of Messrs. Simpson, Brick-hill Farm, near Arnold. They would have murdered their victim had not his cries have brought several persons to his assistance. Brooks was admitted evidence for the Crown and was saved.
VG near Fine (no dj, pictorial card covers, a bright clean copy octavo 182pp. Investigation into the murder of the popular rapper.
435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book
Pages 337-364. Features: Cover photo portrait of the victim of a shameful and dastardly crime, Count Bernadotte, the representative of the United Nations, seen with his wife, when beginning the mission of peace which ended in his murder at Jerusalem; Colour ad for the Dunlop Rubber Company inside front cover features the city of Lincoln; Conference discusses the future of the Italian colonies; Two photos of the UN Security Council as it discusses Hyderabad and Count Bernadotte's murder; Two pages of photos of huge crowds in Berlin illustrate a Communist demonstration and the funeral of a youthful victim of Communist police action, Wolfgang Scheunemann; Photos of personalities of the week include Lord Noel-Buxton, Maj. Gen. S. F. Irwin, Emile Ludwig, the right Hon. J. S. C. Reid, Adm. Sir Henry Bruce, Sir Sothern Holland, Lieut. Gen. Rajendrasinghji G, Sylvain Mayer, Sir Charles Eric Palmer, Dame Lillan Braithwaite, Field Marshall Lord Montgomery, Khwaja Nazimuddin, U Tin Tut of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Col. Serot of France; Photo of the funeral procession of Mr. Jinnah, first Gov. Gen. of Pakistan; Photo of French aircraft workers fighting police in Paris; Photo of Gen. DeGaulle speaking to huge crowd in Nice; Photo of Pakistan's new Gov. Gen., Khwaja Nazimuddin; Article with map discusses the invasion of Hyderabad; Two large photos illustrate Hyderabad's surrender to the Indian Union after a five-day war; Two pages of informative photos about the India Hyderabad war illustrate the auxiliary forces which opposed the entry of Indian troops - the Razakars; Photos of buildings in Britain today - ancient, modern, and for export; Photo of the royal arrival for a special session of Parliament; Book review of "The Journal Of Eugene Delacroix", translated from the French by Walter Pach; Four pages of beautiful colour illustrations/photos of flowers; Photos of ingenious British animal toys which earned dollars for this country; Four photos illustrate Britain's production of famous turbojets; One-page illustration of air screw turbines in production - the buld-line for Armstrong Siddeley "Mamba" turboprops at Coventry; Two pages of text and photos of the revival of tapestry weaving in Scotland at the Dovecote Studios; Five fascinating photos present scenes aboard the capsized battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso, as she is being broken up by her new owner, Mr. Heovding; Photo of police investigating Mosquito crash scene at Manston on September 18 where 12 people were killed during an air display; Photo of Mr. James Wilson, seven times champion sheepdog handler, with his dog Glen, twice champion sheepdog, at Worcester; Five photos of Australian cricketers being welcomed by the king and queen at Balmoral Castle; Six photos in the Waitomo glow-worm Cave, New Zealand, where "Boletophila Luminosa" creates a wonder of the world; Fascinating colour-illustrated back cover de Havilland ad illustrates aircraft decompression chamber research. Unmarked with average wear. Archival tape repairs to coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 161-200. Features: The Deposition of the King of Jordan - King Talal is replaced by the former Crown Prince Hussein; Royal holiday in Wales and Scotland; The Brutal murder of the Drummond family in France; Cowes Week - yachting photos; Theory behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition; Ivories of unsurpassed magnificence - the finest and largest from the ancient near east - discovered at Nimrud - article and photos; Centerfold colour photos of Chartwell, Westerham, Kent - residence of the Prime Minister; One-page colour-illustrated portrait of W. Somerset Maugham; Marshal Tukachevsky of the Soviet Union - article with photos; Photos of Personalities of the Week - including King Feisal of Iraq, and the late Sir Hesketh Bell; King Haakon's 80th birthday celebrations in Oslo; Photos of Ex-King Farouk and his family on Capri; Photo of Britain's largest aircraft about to make her maiden flight - the 140-ton Saunder-Roe "Princess" flying boat at Cowes; Photo of lakeside mini-railway which overturned in Alexandra Park killing a baby and injuring 13; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki, Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury, Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer, France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about Oradour-Sur-Glane - a case which revives a terrible war memory - the trial of 21 S.S. soldiers charged with the murder of a French community; Photo and article on the tree-climbing goats of Morocco; Photos of the end of the Second Swiss attempt on Everest; Two pages of photos and information on the war in Indo-China - French Union troops in the Red River Delta, plus an amphibious operation against the Viet Minh - a phase of 'Operation Bretagne'; Two-page photo of the summit and southern wall of Everest, taken from the Ramparts of Pumori; Two pages of photos and information about the British-trained Sudan Defense Force; Photos from the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica"; Photos of the personalities of the week, including recently deceased Sir Edward Marsh and artist Douglas Chandor, as well as squash champion A. Fairbairn and a group photo of Sherpas who helped with the recent Swiss Everest attempt; Photo of the marriage of Sir William Slim's daughter to Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer; Nice colour-illustrated ad for King George IV old Scotch whisky on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives, plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island, Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related scenes in Norfolk, Sheerness Naval Dockyard, Southend; the East Coast, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, Felixstowe, Jaywick, Yarmouth and Salthouse; Photos of the worst Netherlands flooding in 400 years; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of the Princess Victoria; Nice colour-illustrated ad inside front cover for Number Seven cigarettes features a Hawaiian party scene; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently deceased James H. Scullin, Sir Reginald Wingate and Samuel A. Courtauld; The lesson of the coelacanth; Photos of the Monte Carlo Rally - great successes for British Cars; Photo of India's celebration of her 3rd anniversary of independence with President Dr. Rajendra Prasad taking the salute of a detachment of Indian camel troops; Tasteful colour back cover ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1st printing, 204 pages. eng
Portrait of Senhor Norton de Mattos, Portuguese Minister of War. Features: German Espionage Unmasked - a world-wide campaign of secret sabotage and murder; 6 centerfold photos of Portuguese forces; Portugal's Part in the War; War Bonds advert on back cover. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
8vo, 216 pages, not illustrated. eng
Book is in excellent condition, one page is dog-eared as the only blemish. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Incredible story of the wholesale butchery by the Japanese military invading the civilian occupied city of Nanking and the Nazi sympathizers who acted in a medical capacity to save large numbers of people.
1st UK printing, 569 pages, translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland. eng
No publishing date. 12mo, 190 pages, no illustrations. Spine sunned. eng
