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In-4 (cm. 31), 2 volumi in cofanetto rigido ed illustrato, cartonato editoriale, pp. 507, (3), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero ed in tinta, nel testo; una a colori fuori testo. Il secondo volume riproduce a colori il Manoscritto Ms. D. 39 della Biblioteca Capitolare di Padova, pp. (92) senza numerazione. Minime tracce d’uso al cofanetto; peraltro, volumi in ottimo stato (nice copy).
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is as-new also. " A soap opera of financial intrique and chicanery, Shelby's Folly chronicles how Big Sky ambition and the scheming mind of Doc Kearns collided to produce one of the most preposterous series of events in boxing history."
Features: "Sky Bolt" - the story of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning - First of 6 parts; The Air Corp's Biplane Hawks; The Great Aerial Duels over Europe - Part III of a Mustang Ace's Memoirs. Art: Curtiss P-6E Hawk; P-51D "Cripes a Mighty 3rd"; P-51D "Ferocious Frankie"; Lockheed XP-38 Book
116 pages. Features: Surveying Your Home for Bird Safety; Bake a Birdie Treat!; Homing Pigeons - Thoroughbreds of the Sky; The Grey Cheek Parakeet; Finches Can Live at Least Eight Years; How You can contribute to Avian science; Two memories of childhoods shared with a parrot 'brother'; Greenwing macaw George has established himself as a model in Chicago's advertising circles; Conure on the loose!; Adding Lactobacillus acidophilus to a bird's diet may help prevent bacterial infections. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: News photos; Steam News photos; Four for the NRHS; West Side Lumber - last run out of Tuolumne, California; On its Second Attempt the EJ&S Finally Quit; - Crossing over Jordan; The Graham County Railroad - past and present; Deciphering what's doing these days in dieseldom - DL-721, GP30, KM 4000, U25B, etc.; Firelight on the Sky - My Experience as a Fireman (1); Camelback Classics - from the camera and collection of George M. Heart; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
137 pages plus 32 colour plates, 26 black and white illustrations and index. "Not only a biography of an unusual individual but also an outline history of art in Saskatoon for three decades, decades which were most significant in the realm of art in that city and in Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition with slight marring of spine and Very slight edgewear as only flaws, appears otherwise unread/unused. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 254 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w photos, (exteriors, interiors, elevations,) floorplans, detail drawings, plans, drawings, etc. Contents in four sections: Theory, History, Modern, Postmodern, with essay titles such as: Heidegger's thinking on architecture, Alberti's last intentions, Space in architecture after Guarini, Timber buildings in Europe, Behrens house, Schroder house, Tugendhat house, The message of Louis Kahn, Vision of Paolo Portoghesi, Places of Richardo Bofill, Earth and sky of Jorn Utzon etc.
Vintage 8.5" x 11" (when unfolded) three-panel two-sided colour advertising brochure. Colour photos of breathtaking views from the tram. Jasper the cartoon bear (and cub) are featured on front panel. Undated but appears to be circa 1970. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
6 pages. From the Universal film "Canyon Passage" which starred Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy and Susan Hayward. Cover montage of photos from the movie. Average wear. A sound copy. Sheet music
134 pages. Features: If War Comes Tomorrow?; We Fly the Piper Special; Speed Plus; New York's Winged Police; Roun-The-World Horsepower; State Supervised Flying; Alfalfa Airport; Supercruising the World; It's Fun on Floats; "Thimble Drome" Special; Plymouth's First International Model Meet; 1947 Nationals; Sky Bait; Make Your Exposures Count; The Air-O Mighty MIdget; Radio Control Stinson 150 - Part 2; Model Aero Club Directory; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. Front cover beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Reprint of "Recollections of Old Milestown" by S. Gordon; Sky of Brass, Earth of Iron - reprinted from the book 'Western Vision' by David Lavender; World's Greatest Slaughter! - the appalling slaughter of the American buffalo; Buffalo Comeback - the Canadian Government preserves a portion of Canada's once mighty buffalo population; Circuses and Contests; Before the days of Libel - when a newspaperman could say anything he durned please; Renegade Battalion - they deserted Fort Brown to join the Mexican Army only to be killed when the Americans stormed Monterrey in 1846; Travesty Town - the story of old Millerton; When Panic Took Over! - smallpox epidemic at New Tacoma, Washington Territory, 1881; Apache Gold - Buck Adams; Conquering the Rockies with a camera - William H. Jackson; Pioneer Mother - escaping the Indians; Old Cornucopia, Oregon and its gold mine; 'Bet-a-million' Gates - Magician - he turned barbed wire into a lead pipe cinch!; Death at Christmas - Frank Rochas; Lost Camp - from 'Homestead Years' by Lloyd I. Sudlow; Pawnee Bill - "Little Giant of Oklahoma'; Some men need it lonely - Archer B. Gilfillan, sheepherder; His eccentric highness - Joshua Norton, 'Emperor of the United States'; friend to no man - Ben Cravens used partners to commit crime... but didn't need their help to spend the proceeds; the courthouse went by train - moving a Nebraska courthouse by rail; Hellgate to Tonopah - early Nevada memories; Luckiest Cuss in the Klondike - Clarence J. Berry. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
168 pages. Features: Cover art entitled "Coffee Carriers" by Candido Portinari; Reports on Red China, Turkey, and Washington, D.C.; Can Men Live Without War, by Vannevar Bush; Rhythm in My Blood, by Agnes De Mille; Asia's Needs and Western Policy, by Barbary Ward; Poetry by E.G. Burrows, Harold Witt, James L. Rosenberg, and Daniel Sullivan; Medal in the Sky, by Leo Rosten; Mozart and Nancy Storace, by Boris Goldovsky; The Fly Farm, by Grant Cannon; The Day Aunt Chaya was Buried, by Wolf Mankowitz; The Stature of Harry Truman, by Herbert Elliston; Brazil - The Good Neighbor - Essays, Stories and Verse by Brazillian Writers. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Front cover partially detached. Back cover not included. Book
Features: The Story of the Growth of the Admiralty War Staff (story and photos); The Queen of the Adriatic and the Holy City; Venice Preserved and Jerusalem Delivered; Intervals of play in the wearying work of war; Duty and Piety from Dieppe to the Piave; American Ardour at home, abroad and afloat; The Vision of a New Europe (story); Vain German Rain of Bombs and shine of armour; Labour that paves the way for further progress; Theft and 'Protectsie' in Russia - Some Evils of the Old Regime as I saw them, by Hamilton Fyfe; Side Shows in the Panorama of War; Kaiser Wilhelm Gloats over Italy at Gorizia; Where Allies are Aiding the Intrepid Italians; Destroyers and their doings (story); New signs in the sky of coming air activity; U Boat Outrage on a Helpless Hospital Ship; Scarred Heroes Reach the Sanctuary of Home; The Somerset Light Infantry (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Contents: Nice color-photo ad for the 1967 Chevelle; Dumping milk in Kansas; Puerto Rico Governor Roberto Sanchez Vilella to marry Jeannette Ramos Buonomo; Time Essay - Congressional Ethics; Photo of many dead Viet Cong at Suoi Tre; U.S. Advisors and Thau Trainees at Pak Chong - photo; The Shah of Iran and his family; Riots in Djibouti; Photo of Twiggy; Nice color-photo ad for the Pontiac Firebird; Sodium Pentathal - Jim Garrison; Nice color-photo ad for the Lincoln Continental; Great colour photo sequence illustrates the flight of TWA 740 from L.A. to New York; Fascinating two-page illustration of "The New York Bird Cage" - flight paths around the city; James Smith McDonnell - feature article; Photo of signing of the Treaty of Rome; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Features: Always look back - a portfolio of steam today - smoke over the prairies; 15,806 feet up... switchbacks to the sky! - Central Railway of Peru; Railroad news photos; Miss 2,000,000 miles - after over 800 trips between New York and Miami Seaboard's favorite blonde stille finds trains an adventure; The Power of Pickering - high in the Sierra Nevada hurried exhaust tells of a logging operation which has not exchanged the rubber tire for steam and gears; Steam rules the New York & Long Branch; Toledo, Peoria & Western adds a booster unit; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Cover photos of Billy Red Cloud, Bill Watts, George Drake, Sputnik Monroe, Dale Lewis and Johnny Weaver; Great photo inside front cover shows Little Beaver throwing Sky Low Low; Sputnik Moore - "I hate crybabies" - article with many photos; Izzy Moidel - No one loves the referee; Johnny Weaver - article and photos (one with Haystack Calhoun); Mary Jane Mull - article with photos; Spiros Arion - article with photos, including a shot with Bruno Sammartino; The Riddle of Bill Watts - article with photos; Amateur Wrestlers - article with photos; Peter Fladever - article with photos; George Drake has made it big in England - article with photos; Lucille Dupree - article with photos; Billy Red Cloud - article with photos; Dale Lewis - All-American boy goes bad; Salt Lake City Mat Stars - photos; Hempstead action photos; Toronto action photos; Action photos from the Middle East; Action photos from Malta; Nation-wide results; Super photo of Man Mountain Dean inside back cover; Colour photo of Vern Gagne on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Four-inch opening to top of cover-fold. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Ghost riders in the sky - tornadoes; Devil wind of the prairies - early tornados; Bonanza in the Mogollons; A county, a courthouse, a hanging - convicted murderer James Cason in Weatherford, Texas; The case of the brass nuggets; Kit Joy's gang - train robbers; Finding a hideout cave; horseplay was often fatal - Lima, Montana and Colonel William Boule; The Choctaw who lived like a king - Robert M. Jones; A long talk with Chuckawalla Wilson - years on the track of the Lost Padre Mine; The Wandering Winnebago - forced to move for 32 years; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Magazine
128 pages. Features: Shield Against Death, by J.T. McIntosh; The Muted Horn, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; The Nut, by Ted Levine; Queen of Clothes, by F.L.Wallace; No Bems Allowed, by Walt Erickson; Next WEek, East Venus, by Robert K. Ottum, Shapes in the Sky, by Civilian Saucer Intelligence; Pawns of Tomorrow, by Nelson Bond; The Signals to Mars, by M. Bower; In Hoc Signum Vincit, by K.W. Bennett; Fillmore Y. Brightforks, by Howard Schoenfeld. Above-average wear. Spine slant. Binding intact. Unmarked. Reading copy only. Book
Features: They called him Coyote - Scott Andrew Smith; Goodhearted and unlucky - Long George Francis; Stump-Jumper on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail; Blue Riches Halfway to the Sky; Foster Child of the Kiowas - Millie Dergan; Why Badmen were Bad; Gay times in Gibbonsville, Idaho; Climb the Blackjack! - Longhorn Cattle; Climax Jim - Rustler Rufus Nephews, alias Jim Thomas; Noah H. Rose - frontier cameraman; Steamboat on Puget Sound - the Beaver; Oakes Rhymes with Hoax - D.C. Oakes and Pikes Peak gold; Last days of the great northern herd; 'an eye for an eye' was not enough - William Clark Quantrill and his band; Gunfighting tricks of the trade; complete reprint of scarce book - Rube Burrow, King of Outlaws and his Band of Train Robbers by G.W. Agee; and more. Clean and bright with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
196 pages. Features: The Value of Fundamental Science; The Infrared Sky; How LDL Receptors influence cholesterol and atherosclerosis; Modern baking technology; The canopy of the tropical rain forest; The C3 Laser; Mammoth-bone dwellilngs on the Russian plain; Gothic structural experimentation; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Are we driving Japan into Red China's Arms?; We Run a Hospital for Birds; Amazong two-page photo of TBM Avengers being melted down in the Arizona desert; "Let's Legalize the Spitball!"; Helping Hands from Mexico - photo-illustrated article in the 435k Mexicans who legally work on US farms; Don't Let Medical Bills Bankrupt You; Secrets of the Unknown War (part 2 of 5) - photo-illustrated article of what happened in Greenland during WWII; The Case of the Dead Man's Daughter (part 1 of 8); California Passage (part 7 of 8); Miracle at Fort Morgan, Colorado - the town goes on an all-out weight-loss spree. Short Stories: One-Woman Man; Stroll into Danger; High-Pressure Girl; Bandit in the Sky. Ads: Pink GE washer and dryer inside front cover; Gorgeous color-photo Cadillac ad; Borden's Buttermilk; Nice Wheaties ad shows lady golfer; GM ad features Charles Fassinger and his family; Nice Oldsmobile color ad features golf illustrations; Color ad for the Winchester model 70 rifle; Motorola portable TV; Pepsi - one-page beach scene; Ford cars; Betty Crocker Li'l Angel Food Cake (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: 1960 Slates; Fort Lejeune fold-out cover illustration; and more. High Standard Manufacturing Corporation ad features photos of shooting prize winners Santiago Machuca, John C. Forman, David Cartes, Aubrey E. Smith, Roy Ratliff, and Richard Stineman; The Jet Age Wall - Are SAC and the ICBM offensive or defensive?; Embarkation Planning; The Marine Reserve; Peacetime Heroes; Report from the Ready Forces, The 2d Marine Division - Part I - Combat Readiness, and Part II - Programs to Improve Readienss; Write it Right; Your Ideas Wanted; The Salty Skipper; Brainstorming; Better Reserve Training; Sky Crane - the Sikorsky S-60; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Photo-illustrated interview of Rock Hudson; Los Angeles International Film Exposition 1976; Dangerous Games - Part One of 'The Golden Age of Terror' - some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy film from 1930 to 1936; 'Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billy Joe' - photos; Reviews - 'Robin and Marian', 'Poachers', 'All the President's Men', 'Benji', 'The Travelling Players', 'Dunderklumpen', 'The Slipper and the Rose', 'Order to Kill', 'Sky Riders', 'Moses', 'The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox', 'Peeper', 'Diamonds', 'Shout at the Devil'; ad for 'Conduct Unbecoming'; Photos on location with George Cosmatos's 'The Cassandra Crossing'; Review of 'From A to B & Back Again, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol'; 'Vampyres' - photos; 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Balloons from Britain's balloon barrage leaving massive hangar for handling practice; Photos of Scotland's garrison on guard; Polish soldiers watch the Scottish coast; At sea with the Australian Army; Illustrated of the text of a broadcast by L.S. Amery entitled "War Effort in India and Burma"; Greek war in pictures; RAF arrive to help the Greeks; Full-page map of the Balkan battlefield - scene of Italian retreat; Photo of Archbishop Chrysanthos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, with Air Vice-Marshal J.H. D'Albiac and Rear-Admiral C.E. Turle, and others; Photo of Greece's political and military leaders immediately after the Italian invasion; Photos of how the RAF makes war on Italy; Photo evidence of successful R.A.F. raid on Mai Edaga in Eritrea; Air photo of destruction in Behgazi port after an R.A.F. bombing; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black captures the drama of Koritza, Italian headquarters in Albania, falling to advancing Greeks; Nice photo of three Beauforts in a moonlit sky; Wireless training; NIce close-up photo of a torpedoe being loaded into the belly of a plane; Illustration by N. Clarke dedicated to the first fighter pilot to win the V.C., Flight-Lieut. James Brindley Nicolson; Illustrated text of broadcast by Sir Angus Gillan entitled "Importance of the Sudan"; Australians building a railway in southern England; A.A. Training in South Africa; Bomb damage to the library at University College, London, Bristol church, London offices, and a Midland town; A Commentary on the war this week; Photos of new leaders of the R.A.F. including Sir R. Brooke-Popham, Sir A. Barratt, J.H. D'Albiac, A.T. (Bomber) Harris, Sir Charles Portal, W.S. Douglas, E.L. Gossage, Sir Hugh Dowding, and B. Babington; Supporters in Malaya and Mauritius; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of a British sea fort manned by the Royal Military; Armed might of the motherland, including photos of Mr. Anthony Eden in the field; Illustrated article by Professor W.L. Bragg entitled Science in War - with photo of producer gas vehicle; Illustration of a Hampden bomber dropping a mine at the entrance to a u-boat base; Coastal Command's vigil of sea and sky; With Britain's desert army; Map of our army's swift advance to Sidi Barrani; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black of British tanks cutting through to the coast and Sidi Barrani; Photos of the battle in the Balkans, including photo of the Anglo-Greek war council; The British take Fort Gallabat; Bomb damage in London; His Majesty sees Birmingham blitz havoc; Illustrated article entitled An Army Trained for Victory - preparing the Soldiers of Britain for the Task of European Liberation; Aerial full-page photo of Kiel Naval Base; At sea with an escort; A commentary on the war for this week; Fighting for a free France; Summary of the chief events of the war this week. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book