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n. 47 in 16°, bross. edit. ill., lievi tracce d'uso in cop.
132 pages. Many dozens of fantastic black and white photos throughout this issue - far too many to list. Features: Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover shows inside their propeller plant at Longueuil, PQ; Prenco Progress & Engineering Corp. ad shows anti-aircraft machine gun being used in the Battle of the Atlantic; Diamond State Fibre Company ad; Great 2-page two-colour ad for Snogo snow removal equipment; Stylish ad for Jacobs Engines; Nice Snap-On Tools ad; Super G.Q. ad for their parasuit; Speed Nuts ad by the Wallace Barnes Co. of Hamilton; Handsome ad for Rotol constant speed airscrews; Nice two-colour Fleet Aircraft ad for their trainers used in the Empire Air Training Plan; Nice illustrated Brewster ad entitled Wings over Waikiki; W.D. Beath & Son snow clearing equipment ad; The Sky is the Limit - Hon. C.G. Power reviews war aviation; Canada Manufactures Wings for Freedom - the Director-General of Aircraft Production surveys the industry in Canada; The Aircraft Production Branch; Air Transport Association Convention; The "Canadian Car" Programme; Bolingbroke Production Multiplies; Noorduyn Speeds Harvard Output; Fleet Delivers; Vickers Swings to PBY's; Federal Produces Ansons; National Steel Car Prepares - great photos of the Malton plant and its expansion; De Havilland Breeds "Tigers"; Nice Player's cigarette ad shows smiling flier in Christmas theme; Two-page colour Lockheed ad with Leadership theme; MacDonald Bros - Ansons and Overhaul; Goeing Gathers Momentum; Parts Production at "Ottawa Car"; Clipper Crossing - Floyd S. Chalmers' interesting article about crossing the Atlantic in this huge craft; Canadian Aircraft Production - great feature section covers welding for aircraft, how to read blueprints, big bomber production, are welding at Vultee, Utilization of Labour, Plastic Eyes for B-26, New Extrusion Miller and New Equipment Section; Nice photo ad for Pioneer Instruments; Interesting Cockshutt Aircraft Division ad; Dowty levered suspension tailwheel ad; Bell Airacobra ad; Sicard snow blower ad; Nice illustrated Rotax ad; Cygnet ad; Lightplane Legion; The Morrow Plywood Trainer; Canadian Aviation News; Two photos showing the R.A.F. in Russia; Nice Martin Aircraft ad; North American Aviation ad; Two photos of the Curtiss AT-9 trainer; Nice photo ad for National Steel Car; Illustrated ad for the Blackburn "Botha"; Nice ad for Avro reconnaissance & training aircraft; Vickers ad with photo of the "Stranraer" - largest aircraft ever built in Canada; Wright engine ad with illustrations of Vultees; Nice Poulsen & Nardon ad with photos; Northrop ad; Index to advertisers; Wright engine ad inside back cover shows Boeing "Flying Fortresses"; Back cover ad for Intava highlights the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chips from ends of backstrip. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 210 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos throughout. "Like others of my generation, I lived through the bleak years of the Great Depression. During the Second World War, I played a part as air navigator with Six Group (heavy bombers) of the Royal Canadian Air Force... My teaching career of 30 years took me into three levels of the Ontario school system. I taught high school in Dundalk, Burlington, Tweed, and Collingwood... Includes dozens of incidents that occured to siblings, friends and playmates, relatives and acquaintances. I have also tried to show how global events like WWI and II, the Great Depression, changes in transportation and communication and the wide use of computers, credit cards and robots have influenced relationships between individuals." - from introduction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating and adventurous ife story. Book
118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Tons on Wings - large planes pushing the limits of runways; The Story of the GCA - part 1; Douglas Skystreak; The Martin 2 - 0 - 2; Plane Fishing; Bendix Helicopters in Full Color; Operation Helios; V-173 - The Flying Pancake; Air Progress; Honeymoon Isle in Florida - great photos; The Solution; Modelers - Get a Sponsor; The Pinnacle; Pity the Poor C-D; Twinster; White Comet, Jr.; Bullet 100; Piper Super Cruiser; 1947 Mirror Model Flying Fair; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. 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
tela edit. con sovrac. ill
in 16°, bross. edit. ill. - trad. di Rita Gelmi - 214 illustrazioni a colori nel testo
tela edit. con sovrac. ill. riparata, firma di appartenenza
trad. di Bruna Del Bianco tela edit. con ill. al piatto, fregi oro e titoli al dorso, manca sovrac., parzialmente slegato
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Founding Fort Edmonton; Policing the Far North - photo-illustrated article; One-page photo portrait of Sir George Simpson - the only known photo of him; "Nigger Dan" (Daniel Williams) - troublemaker at Fort St. John; Chevrons in the Sky - waterfowl article with photos; Arctic Airfield Survey - Craig Harbour, where the most northerly airport in the British Empire was surveyed in 1922; Summer at Temagami - photos with text; English River Hermit - An Indian named Mandayoh (stranger) lived 30 miles from the Trans-Canada Air Lines' field at Pagwa River; Through the Fjiords of British Columbia - photo-illustrated article with photo of the Union Steamship liner 'Cardena'; Northern Salvage - Claud K. Jones located sunken Canol machinery at the bottom of Great Slave Lake - fascinating photo-illustrated article describes how huge tracked vehicles were hauled up through the ice; Running the Alaska Boundary - great article with photo of Thomas Riggs and Jack Craig proudly displaying the flags of their countries and universities after setting the final point of the Alaska-Yukon boundary on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Photos of Eskimo tobacco substitute Atamaoya being harvested and smoked. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-8 broche de 256 pages, plusieurs cartes du ciel depliantes dont celle de Louis XIV. Bel exemplaire. [DV-8]
bross. edit. ill. - prima edizione
Mm 140x220 Collana "Biblioteca di Cultura Contemporanea" - Seconda edizione riveduta. Brossura editoriale, xix-381 pagine. Copia in buone-ottime condizioni, firma di proprietà in apertura.. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 250x310 Volume cartonato rigido di 197 pagine, numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e a colori, sovraccoperta editoriale. Esemplare in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
208 pages. Topics include: Kelowna Regatta; The Stephanie; Sky Line Trail; Valecairn Farm; Okanagan Falls; Armstrong Legion; Children Venturers. Average wear. Usual libary markings. Sound working copy. Book
118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Born Gambler; Fortress in the Sky - Establishing a Moon Base; Let's Look Ahead; Germany's Giant Wind Tunnel - Hidden in Austria - article with super photo; History of the Seaplane; Scale Model, Early Type; NACA Engine Research; Curtiss XF-15C-1 in Color; A-Planes; The C.A.A.; The Cloudster; Air Progress; Flying the Bell 47 Helicopter; What's the Matter with Free Flight:; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
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.
n. 24 bross. edit. con sovrac. ill., piccole rotture in sovrac.
tomo in ottime condizioni, pagine ingiallite
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
grand in-8 broché. Bel exemplaire [FRA-1]
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
Features: Please note: standup figure of Bobby Moore not included; Cover colour photos of Eusebio and Bobby Moore; Bobby Moore writes - 'Top clubs beware - the giant-killers can cut you big boys down to size'; b/w photo of Les Latcham (Burnley) vs. Bobby Tambling (Chelsea); Francis Lee - Finished with Football! - he almost gave up the game - now he's England's most exciting player; No one wanted to win the F.A. Cup in 1960; Colour photos of Bruce and Neil Rioch (Aston Villa); Colour photo of Jack Charlton (Leeds United and England); Kidology! - the secret of being a successful manager; Aladin's Lamp saved Huddersfield!; Nice colour centerfold team photo of the Sky Blues - Coventry City; b/w photo of Willie Whigham (Middlesbrough); b/w photo of Alan Stephenson (West Ham) vs. Wyn Davies (Newcastle United); You Can't be on top without a Scot!; My Most important Goal! - by Jeff Astle (Albion); Colour photo of Barrie Jones; Focus on John Holsgrove (Wolves); Great goalmouth photos; Have the Welsh Dragons lost their fire?; New boy Eusebio joins the Champions Benfica and... The Eagles Swoop to Conquire Again!; Colour photo of John O'Rourke (Ipswitch) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Thriller - The Frog that Fell out of the Sky; Modern Adventure - Four R.A.F. Planes disappeared before Flying Officer Vickers unmasked the treachery that was to set the frontier aflame with Revolt; The Sky Clown - a joke costs a brave man his courage and makes a fighter of a fool; Call Me Jennie - Major Sharpness made Tigers out of Rabbits - but his first Creation won a most Untigerish name; True Story - The Epic Story of Famous R.F.C Unit - No. 56 Squadron; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Volume I, No. I of this publication. Contents include two long complete novels of war flying entitled "One Man's War", a tale of a Handley-Page night-bomber, and "Gas-Bag Aces", a tale of Seaplane and Blimp adventures of the Coast Defence Forces in the Great War; Terror in the Sky - A Pilotless R.A.F. Fighter crashes in the centre of New York; Murder in the Air - The Red Prop School trained the Foreign Legion of the Air; Cundall of the Camels - The remarkable life of a Camel pilot of the R.F.C. on the Western Front; Real Life Adventures - Crashing Aeroplanes for Movie Thrills and Thrills and Spills in Parachuting; and more. Interesting cover illustration depicts kilt-wearing machine-gunner. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book