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Light wear to cover of 24 page book. Record in pocket at rear of book. 7 1/8"w x 7 1/8"h.
Unpaginated. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Nice colour illustration on front board. Many black and white illustrations in text. Cracks along each hinge. Two-inch piece missing from bottom corner of one page - text unaffected. Somewhat above-average wear. Still a pleasing copy of this lovely vintage title. Book
Pages 121-160. This issue deals with the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916. Cover illustration of the end of the "Shark". Photos and illustrations include Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, map of the battle area, Photo of ther German dreadnought battleship "Kaiser", Vice-Admiral Scheer, Vice-Admiral Hipper, Sir David Beatty, O. De B. Brock, W.C. Pakenham, Horace L.A. Hood, E.M. Phillpotts, F.C. Dreyer, Arthur L. Cay, Charles J. Wintour, Sir C.R. Blaine, German battle-cruiser "Seydlitz", Sir Charles Madden, Lionel Halsey, German light cruiser "Rostock", German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship "Pommern", Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Cecil Burney, Arthur C. Leveson, Ernest F.A. Gaunt, Sir Thomas Jerram, Alexander L. Duff, Hugh Evan-Thomas, T.D.W. Napier, Herbert L. Heath, Charles E. Le Mesurier, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, E.S. Alexander-Sinclair, William E. Goodenough, E.G.S. Bingham, photo of brave lad John Travers Cornwell who bravely died in action. Covers pulling from staples. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Rosalynn Carter campaigns for husband, Jimmy; Carter's pollster, Patrick Caddell; Portland Mayor Goldschmidt and his transportation system; New Orleans ex-mayor Landrieu - boisterous builder for HUD; Paul Volcker to the Rescue; SALT's price; Theodore (Ted) Robert Bundy found guilty; America looks for citizens who can construct a new consensus - a cry for leadership - with 50 brief profiles of the faces of America's future; Handsome color-photo centerfold Volvo ad features smiling man's face reflected in hood of his car; Nicaragua - Undoing the Dynasty; Evicting the Bedouins of the Negev; Israeli inflation; photo of murdered P.L.O. leader Zuheir Mohsen; Ibrahim Yazdi says "Captitalism Kills"; Jesse Jackson in Soweto Township; India's new Prime Minister Charan Singh; Neopagans; Male Strippers - article with action photos of Guy Garrett and Larry Slade; Warming up for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow - article with color photos; Newspaper editor Martin Yant and his challenges with the Mansfield News-Journal; Prices are still flying high (inflation); Alcohol-fueled vehicles; Roller skating's wheels of fortune; Passing of Tony "Two Ton" Galento, Sir Charles Clore, Joseph Kessel and Rexford Guy Tugwell; George Burns - article with color photos; Is cholesterol the culprit?; Photo of auto dealer Norma Proud; Review of book "The Neoconservatives"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
A new, unread book in excellent condition. 294 pages, contents include Carbaryl, Chemical warfare, Spartina, Neonic, Pesticide-spraying companies, etc. Photos, charts, graphs, maps.
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; C&IM Revisited (Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway) - since our last report in August 1955 Trains, just 11 hood units have replaced 26 steamers; Calling all Candidates - a preconvention memo to Adlai, Dick, Jack, Hubert, Lyndon, Pat, Soapy, Stu, Wayne, et al; Weekend with Steam - the magic numbers were 2613 and 2114; The SP&S Story - 1 - the Spokane, Portland & Seattle - fastest track in the Northwest; A photo glimpse of one of the world's great railways - British Railways; and more. Cover held by one staple. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy., Magazine
72 pages. Profusely and exquisitely illustrated in black and white. Undated but probably circa 1935. Presumed first edition as no indication of reprinting present. Includes information about the Trix Permag Motor (4-8 Volt) and Dynamo. Projects include such marvelously authentic contraptions as a railway crane, motorcycle, aeroplane roundabout, racing car, locomotive and tender, tip lorry, mechanical navvy, H.M.S. Hood, and more. The Permag motor is used to power a number of these projects. Unmarked. Toning of paper and amount of wear are consistent with that of a respectully used vintage copy. Pagination begins at page 1. If this item was originally issued with covers they are no longer present. A great Trix collectible. Book
Features: Dave Walker - Long on Nerve - the Dave Walker Ranch in the east part of Poncha Park on Cottonwood Creek, Colorado; Roaming the Back Country with Hood River Blackie - Strange Animals - Bigfoot, Sasquatch; Clara Baasch lived next door to the infamous Vicente Silva; The Peculiarities of Sam Smith - An Old Man's Three Treasures - A. C. Lucas and his Chinatown discoveries; The 'Cutter' - his profession was devilment!; Addison P. Day - Rodeo Great; Cyclone Cave - Natural Bridge Park, Arkansas; J.K. Carper - Mountain Man; Towns Without Whistles in Oklahoma Territory; An Artist's Two Years Alone in the Desert - Frederick Melville DuMond lived in a cave to reproduce 'the West's insanity of color'; Cromwell Dixon's Fatal Ride - biplane pilot, Blossburg, Montana. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Romanzo. Traduzione Marco Guarnaschelli
pp. 103-218. Black and white illustrations. Features: Photo of the IMPERATOR NICOLAI I, a 111-gun steam-sail battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy; Very informative article on the H.M.S. Hood, including fantastic two-sided four-panel foldout photo feature of No. 1 in the fitting out basin; Japan's Torpedo Cruisers - article with three-panel foldout diagrams of the Torpedo Cruiser Kitakami (1941); CVA - 41 - The Conversion of the U.S.S. Midway; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
8vo., with 15 plates on 8; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. From 'Black Prince' (1859) to 'Hood' (1918), this is a systematic analysis of the warship yards and their role in Britain's supremacy at sea prior to WWII. First published in 1987.
8vo., First Edition, black cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. From 'Black Prince' (1859) to 'Hood' (1918), this is a systematic analysis of the warship yards and their role in Britain's supremacy at sea prior to WWII
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind . 132 pages in very large format. Heavily illustrated with b&w photos throughout, an impressive chronology of the history of Washington and the Northwest, Seattle.
Book shows very light scuffing to covers with slight curl to one front corner. No other flaws: square, solid, straight, well bound. No marking of any kind to text/interior save inscription on title page by author. Map of camps of the Phoenix logging company 1920 -- 1939
64 pages. Featuers: Trevallion (story); Country Skirts and Cardigans; A Dress From Her Old Suit; In Silk or in Cotton; With a Lace Insertion; Slim-Fitting and Feminine; Girl Behind the Counter (story); Ice Cream Sweets; Children's Ailments; Robin Hood sweater; Making a Gesture (story); V-Neck Cardigan (per cover photo); The First Year (story); Mrs. Marryat Advises; Nice vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book