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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 160 pages. A comprehensive parenting handbook from the fifties, re-printed in 1965. Black and white photographs and illustrations.
in-12, 212 pp, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire, non coupe. [NV-5]
All three small books are 3 3/4"w x 5 3/4"h and are compiled by William Green. All are in Very Good condition. One is lacking a dust jacket. The other two have dust jackets with tears and edge wear. 1.) The Observer's Book of Aircraft, 1968 Edition. 2.) The Observer's Book of Aircraft, 1967 Edition. and 3.) The Observer's Book of Basic Aircraft: Civil, 1967.
Paper-covered boards show wear, marks and bumps on corners; tears at top and bottom of spine. 60 pages. Large format: 9"w x 12 1/2"h. The second book in the "This Is" travel series for children by the Czech architect turned children's book illustrator, Miroslave Sasek. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. Printed in bright colors on heavy, cream colored paper. Previous owner's name sticker.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 216 pages. 8 1/8" w x 11 1/4" h. A bit musty smelling. Small tears, edge wear, and peeling laminate on price-clipped dust jacket. 265 color photographs and diagrams. Wonderful 1950's ultra-modern graphics in bright colors. "This remarkable book tells the activities of scientists working today in seven major fields: geology, astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. It is not a survey of the history and achievements of science, but rather an exciting look-over-the-shoulder at the men, in laboratories and in the field, who are making tomorrow's world."
Light wear to cover. Previous owner's name blacked out inside. A Tip-Top Elf Book.
Early printing with 1951 on both the title and copyright page. No later printings stated and "by Rachel L. Carson", and "by H, Wolfe" on the copyright page; matte boards, and two bars on upper front DJ flap. Small tears on edge worn dust jacket. Small tears at top and bottom of spine. 230 pages. 5 5/8"w x8 3/8"h. Clean and unmarked text; tight binding.
Previous owner's name inside; otherwise clean and unmarked. Edge wear to cover. Open and closed tears on dust jacket. Stated fourteenth printing. 230 pages.
Paper-covered boards show peeling and cracking, especially along spine. Unpaginated. 6 3/4"w x 8"h.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Blue cloth boards show a bit of fading and edge wear. 6 5/8"w x 8 1/4"h. 48 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Inscribed by David Lehman on the title page. This book has the scent of nag champa incense.
A clean, unmarked book. Binding a bit loose. Edge wear to cover, especially at corners. 7 1/8"w x 9 1/4"h. 124 pages. An anthology of stories compiled by Gracie Fields.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. A couple of open tears on inside pages. More than 800 words. Color illustrations. 80 pages. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/8"h.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover. More than 100 pages of Toth's comics from the sixties for Walt Disney and Dell comics.
28 pages. Features: What Teenagers Won't Think Up Next, They're Copying from the Fifties!; Benson & Hedges ad features men in manhole admiring a leggy model; "Who Brought Her Here, Steve?" - Valleyview Centre near Moose Jaw where Saskatchewan houses 973 of its mentally retarded citizens; Helene de Silaghi Sirag leaves her body to visit the cosmos; Fashion photos; So Who Did Kill the Donnellys? - Ray Fazakas is hot on their cold, cold trail; Captain Fats is a Nice Coach - Alex Delvecchio is coach of the Detroit Red Wings - article with great full-page colour photo; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1st edition. 4to, 141 pages, featuring illustrations by Dudley D. Watkins. Nr fine condition hardback in nr fine condition dust jacket. 39710. eng
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 8 1/8"h. Age-toned paper. Color illustrations by Ruth Wood.
112 pages. Includes guitar sheet music and lyrics for these great Police songs: Born in the Fifties; Canary in a Coalmine; Can't Stand Losing You; De Do Do Do; Don't Stand So Close To Me; Every Breath You Take; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic; Invisible Sun; King of Pain; Main in a Suitcase; Message in a Bottle; Omegaman; Roxanne; Secret Journey; Spirits in the Material World; Synchronicity II; Walking on the Moon; When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around; Wrapped Around Your Finger. Moderate wear. Minimal markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great compilation. Book
Hardcover in-8°, 123 pages, cartonnage illustre plastifie.- Vlaamse E.O. VG++ - Tres bel exemplaire. [HA-1]
Unpaginated. Author/Illustrator's signature upon half-title page. Through this collection of paintings, drawings, and commentary, Peter Shostak focusses on various work and play activities normally associated with the one working day of the week when everyone was home on the farm. Author draws upon his experiences of growing up on a small farm in northeastern Alberta during the late forties and fifties. Book as new. Lightest sign of handling to handsome dust jacket. Gift quality. Truly a beautiful copy of this wonderful work. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Stamped "Phaidon Non-mint Copy" by the publisher. 128 pages. 8 3/4"w x 11 7/8"h.
Boxed set of 50 phonics flash cards from the "Learn with Parent Teacher Aids" series. Name written on one flash card. In a worn cardboard box that has tears and tape. The cards are 3"w x 6" long and are illustrated with black and white line drawings.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 276 pages. 7 3/8"w x 9 7/8"h. For exhibition held at the Tate London 22 April - June 1964. 20 color plates and illustrations of almost every work that was exibited. Includes workd by Nicholson, Hartung, Willem de Kooning, Bacon, Asger Jorn, Nicolas de Sta?l and others.
Small piece of lower spine missing. Age-toned pages. Fragile glued binding. 147 pages, plus advertisements. "When I took her in the final act of love, there was no acting on my part nor on hers. It was the most exciting thing in my life or hers, and we both could know it without having to say it. I knew that in a strict physical sense she was a virgin as she had said. I also knew that to love such as this I had also been a virgin..."
grand in-8, 361 p., index, broché, couv. ill. Tres bel exemplaire. [NV-33]