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52 pages. Features: Cover photo onboard a new Douglas Sleeper shows mother, son and stewardess; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Reproduction of an amazing 1883 circust poster drawn by Emil Roe which shows Prof. Harriman's Steam Air Ship; The Turn of the Tide - a review of tremendous aviation progress in 1936; News and Views of the Month; Fantastic full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features Antoinette Cellier and Richard Arlen who star in the film "The Great Barrier"; The Trans-Canada Airway - Progress Report - major article with photos and interesting graphic; Full-page ad for Richards-Wilcox with photo of their doors installed on the seaplane hangar at R.C.A.F. station Trenton; List of notable flights made during 1936; Monospar ad with photo; Early Aeronautical Research in Canada - Part III - the work of W.R. Turnbull - article with photos - airscrew research; Review of Air Mail Services; Fantastic photo Douglas ad shows comfortable passengers in flight; Great photo full-page ad for the Fairchild "Sekani"; Technical Achievements in Review; Great photo full-page ad for the Tiger Moth universal trainer; A.M. "Matt" Berry awarded McKee trophy for 1936 - brief article with photo; Vintage photo Learadio ad by Lear Developments, Inc. of New York; Stats on light aeroplane clubs from 1928 through 1936; Sensational Noorduyn Aircraft Limited four-page centrefold ad features photos of R.B.C. Noorduyn, D.M. Martin, Leigh Capreol, and "Pete" Vachon, as well as photos of the "Norseman" as a skiplane, seaplane, and landplane; Great half-page ad with map from Edmonton north to Cameron Bay for Mackenzie Air Service of Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Photo of the Bristol Blenheim Bomber; Nice full-page photo ad for the Siddeley Cheetah; Commercial Air Services in Review; Canadian Vickers ad features photo of a Northrop Delta Mark I built for the R.C.A.F.; M.A.L.C. News; Photos and details of new Beechcraft Model 18; Photo of Amelia Earhart with W.C. Tinus of Bell Labs as he installs remote control for a plane's Western Electric radio equipment at Newark Airport shortly before her takeoff; Nice ad for Northern Electric Aircraft Radio; The Students' Forum; Condensed news from clubs; Nice Cub Aircraft ad; Nice Canadian Airways ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil Stanavo ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, a fine copy. The Burma Campaign Memorial Library was assembled jointly over many years by the Burma Star Association and the Burma Campaign Fellowship Group. With funding from the Sasawaka Foundation, the comprehensive collection is now housed in Bloomsbury at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Although marred by the lack of a workable index, this is the best single-volume checklist of Britain's 'forgotten army' and its operations.
Mm 215x285 Eighty years of America's black female superstars. Volume cartonato, legatura editoriale in mezza tela nera, 208 pagine, numerose illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Sovvraccoperta mancante, peraltro esemplare molto buono. Testo in inglese - english text. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
in-8, 326 pp, illustrations, broche, couverture illustrée. Bel exemplaire. [AZ-7]
48 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Contents of This is Poison! - article with many great illustrataions; A Star Was Born - The Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Co.- super article with great photos; Chuck Malone with Bitters on Display; What Makes Glass Transparent?; British Bottle Bits; Special Deliveries; The J.J. Melchers WZ. Distilling Co. of Schiedam, Holland; Messages; Up-Dates; Little Rock Show; So You're Going to Collect Insulators? - Reflections and advice by Dick Bowman. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 163pp. This issue includes John Buchan non-fiction, Doris Lessing, Michael Gilbert, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Star Trek spin-off novels, illustrator William M Timlin, British generals, Ambrose Bierce.
Mm 125x215 Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 179 pagine. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1st Titan edition. VG pbk. ISBN 1852863080. (Star Trek ; 37). 17824. eng
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 96 pages. 7 3/8"w x 10 1/2"h. Color illustrations by Tom Gill.
70 pages. Features: Nice ad for Ford V-8 cars inside front cover shows scotty dog outside empty garage; Fascinating half-page ad shows a lead miner and extolls the benefits of lead paint; Nice color ad for Kellogg's Rice Krispies; Seven Keys to Cape Cod; New Yorkers DO Garden; Biennials Stage the Greatest Show of All; Cool Little Touches - how to give that cool and summery feel to your rooms; It's more fun to play at home; July indoor and outdoor gardening guides; Nice color-photo ad for Campbell's soups; Cook Hot, Keep Cool; *Charming* one-page colour ad for Certo features May Robson who says "I'm An Old Hand at Jelly-Making"; Down with Chaperons - and up with parental guidance; Nice one-page color ad for Heinz soup shows artist at work; Half-page two-color ad for Spam; Nice 2-color half-page ad for Libby's fancy tomato juice; Fantastic one-page color ad for Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna features magician; Wesson Oil ad features artist Meysa McMein; Fantastic one-page color ad for Chesterfied cigarettes features young lovelies in red, white and blue hats; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Beautyrest mattresses; It Took Imagination - before and after photos and write-up of the makeover of "a wretch of a place"; Really nice color ad for Hellmann's mayonnaise inside back cover; Nice ad for Ralston shredded whole wheat on back cover features comic family the "Crabby Craigs" and an endorsement by Ida Bailey Allen.. 3" x 3" clippings from page 22, 23 and 27. Taped repair to page 14. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Mm 140x215 Collana "Testimonianze fra cronaca e storia". Volume cartonato rigido, 308 pagine, numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero, sovraccoperta editoriale. Copia molto buona. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
128 pages. Black and white photos. Brief write-up about the band. Songs include: Can't Get Enough; Rock Steady; Ready For Love; Bad Company; Movin' On; Seagull; Superstar Woman; Little Miss Fortune; Good Lovin' Gone Bad; Feel Like Makin' Love; Shooting Star; Deal with the Preacher; Wild Fire Woman; Easy on my Soul; Whiskey bottle. Child's sticker on title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
in-8°, 358 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, filmographie, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [MO-1]
Vg/G (transparent protective wrapper to clean unclipped dj, a nice clean wrapper with colours not faded but area of loss to bottom of back cover max 3" x 2", very clean bright attractive beige pictorial boards in excellent condition with dark and light brown illustrations of two girls spine and front board, this is a lovel crisp clean tight copy with no marks and no foxing, handwritten Sunday School prize inscription front free endpaper dated 1924, a few faint spots prelims, no other marks, one colour plate detached but present) 12mo 208pp. Colour frontis and 3 colour plates. White Star series.
Softcover in-4° carre, 31 pages, nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs, broche, couverture illustree. Exemplaire bien complet du poster en couleurs. Bel exemplaire. [PIL-HA1@]
PARIS, Larousse - 1948 - 486 pages -866 gravures, 12 hors-texte en couleurs. Grand In-4° Reliure éditeur à la Bradel, Premire plat décoré; Exemplaire très propre. Avant-Propos de André DANJON, Directeur de l'Observatoire de Paris.
Un fort volume relié demi basane noire, plats marbrés. (20.3 X 27.9 cm, 836 pp). Plats et coiffes frottés et us. par endroit, traces de mouill., leg. rouss. [P-26]
Pages 577-660. Lovely color cover art by FM(?) Features: Nice color ad for Wills Sainte Claire, Inc auto inside front cover; Nice illustrated ad for the New Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis - two images with text; full-page black and white Packard automobile ad; Turkey's Coming of Age - photo-illustrated article on how far the new republic is keeping its oath to be civilized and progressive; An Empire Builder of Old Japan - illustrations of Japanese Triptychs collected by Darrell O. Hibbard; Chang and Feng and Wu - photo-illustrated article of the Chinese Political Puzzle into its elementary terms; The Doom-Fraught Sahars - photo-illustrated article on this land where the incessant increase of sand augurs the dying out of plant and animal life; Little Femail "Nanook" - a broken-hearted polar bear tethered outside an Eskimo igloo near Barrow (includes photo of Detroit Arctic Expedition aircraft commanded by G.H. Wilkins - plane on ground with dog team and Eskimos in foreground); Marriage A La Mongole - a wedding where a plate for gifts is passed to guests plied with millet whiskey - photo-illustrated article; J.V. Stalin - Heir of Lenin - an Asiatic, whose iron control of Russia befits his name, which means 'Steel"; Lhasa at Last - a Revelation of Hidden Mysteries and Curious Customs at the Tibetan Capital - photo-illustrated article; "Madam President" in the Chair in India - Sarojini Naidu guides the Indian National Congress; Full page Cadillac ad; Full page illustrated ad for the Chrysler "70"; Lovely full-page color ad for the RCA Radiola; Nice colour ad for Camel cigarettes with July 4th theme; *Fantastic* black and white photo ad for American Leather Producers Inc, featuring interior and exterior photos of a leather upholstered luxury auto with body by Locke and chassis by Rolls-Royce; Nice ad for Canadian Pacific and its Empress of Scotland world cruise; Colour ad for Davey Tree Surgeons; Dollar Steamship Line ad; ad for Bankers Trust travelers checks; Red Star Line ad re: Belgenland world cruise; Very classy colour ad for Lincoln automobiles inside back cover. Color-photo ad for Listerine on back cover promotes its use in the treatment of dandruff. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Partial opening of front cover along spine and chipping to backstrip. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Magazine
in-8°, 151 pp, photographies hors texte, broche, couv. illustree. Bel exemplaire. [109B-13]
232 pages. Features: Serene life for Dennis Quaid amid the rolling hills of Montana; Susan and Jerry Lauren's Folk Art Collection in New York; National Gallery Director Earl A. Powell III in Virginia; Les Jolies Eaux - new life for Princess Margaret's Mustique retreat; Star Jones gets her dream apartment in New York; A Southern California residence embraces the elements; Susan Sullivan and Connell Cowan find calm near Santa Barbara; The ever-evolving MicroMultiple House puts a twist on the concept of unbuilt houses; The Wyndham Martineau Bay Resort & Spa on Vieques; Jaquelin T. Robertson; Eureka Springs - the Victorian era lives on; Luis Barragan's San Cristobal in Mexico; Karl Springer - his exotic furniture; San Francisco design centrer; Villa Serbelloni on Lake Como; Properties for sale around the world. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
286 pages. Features: Larry King's Beverly Hills home; Legendary dealer Andre Emmerich talks about art; Florida's Ca d'Zan - circus magnate John Ringling's venetian-style palazzo; Axel Vervoordt transforms a house in Holland Park; Wheeler Kearns - a cool Chicago project; Robert Duvall's Virginia Tango; Emily Fischer Landau chooses her palette in New York; Polishing two stone houses in the Umbrian Hills; Lodge on a Lake Michigan Bay; Williamsburg Inn; Contemporary Colorado house; Hubert De Givenchy - remembering his Rue Fabert residence; Perusing Palm Beach; Chalet Noemie in the alpine resort of Megeve; Unbult houses - pushing hte envelope; Barovier Glass - a new generation of collectors; Thomas Pheasant; Mercedes-Benz innovative new models; The Blue Train - 5 star style in South Africa; One Central Park Tower; Nymphenburg's Revival - rococo porcelain; Estates for sale. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: The passing of L. Edward Pamphilon, 1909-1964; Apple Blossom Meet; Automobiles of the Old Dominion - Dawson Auto-Mobile, Kline Kar, and Piedmont; Spring Meet Down South; 1935 8-Cylinder Pierce Arrow; "Cavalcade of the Car"; 1937 Model 812 Cord Victoria; Brooks Stevens' "SS" - a modern classic; Restored 1908 Thomas Flyer - new star at the Harrah Collection; The 1902 Black; Antique Adventurers #1; The American Motor Car Industry 1920; The "Help Yourself" Harrington coin-operated gas pump; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features include: The Star of Bethlehem Orchid; Problems in Orchid Nomenclature; Nomenclature in Orchids; A Plant Breeder's Comments on Sanders' Hybrid List; Awarded Cymbidiums - R.H.S., 1956; and Beginners' Handbook: Epidendrums. Includes the index to Vol. 25 (12 issues). Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
92 pages. Features: The Masdevallias of Kilometer X; Clerkmanship - the Art of Expediting Judging at an A.O.s. Orchid Show; Angraecum sororium - A New Angraecum Star; Different Phalaenopsis; Re-usable Disposables; Mormolyca, Trigonidium, cyrtidium and Cryptocentrum - Collector's Item; A Three-Dimensional Orchid terrarium. Bit of soiling to top edge. Light wear. Book
