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56 pages. Features: Cover photo of an Aeronca Chief piloted by Johnny Jones on his non-stop transcontinental flight; Photos taken at the Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of teh Canadian Flying Clubs Association, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, January 30, 1939; Nice one-page Gold Flake cigarette ad; Flying beyond sixty - article and photos (part 1); Flight tests of the Boeing Stratoliner - article and great photos; Pilots of the Northern Sky use Up-to-date Radios; De Havilland Expands - photos of addition to Willowdale plant; Excellent one-page photo ad for De Havilland features the Dragon Rapide, Tiger Moth and Moth Minor; Intava Aviation Products; One-page photo ad for Lockheed shows their parts being anodized; Know your pilots - article and photo of C.M.G. "Con" Farrell of Canadian Airways, Edmonton; Full-page photo ad for Brewster Aircraft parts shows their four-storey plant; Flamingo Flight Test Observations; Nice Rotax ad; Light Planes and Races Feature Miami Show - interesting photos and article; Full-page ad for Kollsman Instrument Co.; Progress in Light Planes Illustrated by 1939 Aeroncas; Ads for Berry Brothers floats and MacDonald Bros. floats; DC-5 - The Fifth of the Douglas DC Series - article with diagrams and rendering; Colour full-page ad for Player's cigarettes shows the Fortress of Gibraltar from behind the guns on the deck of the H.M.S. Nelson; Magnificent photo centerfold shows the Flamingo Airliner, De Havilland's latest product, above the clouds; Hamilton, Ontario - "The City of Opportunity" - article with photos of the Mayor and Industrial Comissioner; Nice full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of G.L. Culver and his sister from Simcoe, Ontario; Many Improvements feature 1939 Fairchild "24's"; Nice photo-illustrated photo ad for the Fairchild "24" for 1939; Radiotelephone links Newfoundland with Canada; Amazing one-page photo ad for Imperial Airways features photo of their huge Ensign, the biggest air liner in Europe; The Airman's Hymm; Know Your Pilots - Con Farrell; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; News from the flying clubs; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; Nice photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful vintage Red Cap Ale full-page ad with illustration of farmer who grows their malting barley and a group photo of some of their employees, with details about their generous employee benefits; Nice Junker photo ad inside back cover features their parts being inspected with spectral analysis; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Full-page illustration of Miss Sweet Caporal II in flight; Flying Training - Ancient and Modern; New service inaugurated by Canadian Colonial Airways - article and photo of Douglas DC3 used on new Montreal-New York service; Full-page ad for Golf Flake cigarettes; The Light Aeroplane Business - includes brief write-ups of the many manufacturers plus many photos of their products; Nice full-page Fleet Aircraft ad features photo of the trainer model 7; Full-page ad by De Havilland features their Dragon Rapied; Nice Full-page Fairchild ad features their "Sekani"; Cessna ad; Transportation for the Department of Transport - with photo of dignitaries and their new Lockheed 12A; England's Ultra-Light Aeroplanes - article with photos of the Pou du Ciel, the Hillson Praga, and the Tipsy S-2, the Luton Minor, the Gordon Dove, the Luton Buzzard and the Kronfeld Ground Trainer; The Link Aviation Trainer - article with photo (forerunner of today's aircraft simulators); Know Your Instructors - brief write-ups and photos for trainers across Canada including R Goodwin of Toronto, W.T. Wrathall of Montreal, A.C. Finlayson of Kitchener, A.H. Brown of Bordercities, F. Hawthorne of Fort William, C.T. Kaake of Winnipeg, J.C. Charleson of Ottawa, H.B. Free of Kingston, J.G. Hames of Regina, A.H. Wilson of Vancouver, E.Taylor of Hamilton, C.E. Lloyd of Toronto, T.S. Senior of Brant-Norfolk, A.J. Smith of London, F. Gillies of St. Catherines, G.T. Steeves of Halifax, L.B. Stevenson of Cape Breton, M. Burbidge of Edmonton, A.F. Madore of Saskatoon, R.W. Ryan of Moose Jaw, F.H. Hartwick of St. John and J.H. Sandgathe of Calgary; Super illustrated Chevrolet centerfold ad; Flying Club Promenade - articles and brief write-ups of Canadian flying clubs; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article with photos of the handsome new De Havilland Albatross; Explanation and illustrations of Primary and Advanced Training; The Students' Forum; Great full-page photo ad for the J.W.W. Corporation of Gananoque, Ontario which produces the Link Trainer; M.A.L.C. News; The Howard DGA-8 - article with photo; Cub Aircraft Limited ad; Fantastic "Bristol" Blenheim Bomber ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil ad on back cover features their Stanavo products and photo at the Toronto Flying Club of the plane which took Dick Merrill and John Lambie across the Atlantic to attend the Coronation; and more. Average wear. Covers partially loose from staples. Book
374 pages including index. Freedom is living your life the way you want to live it. This book shows you how you can have that freedom now - without having to change the world or the people around you. Author went on to become a U.S. Presidential candidate. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Very light wear to book. Moderate wear to dust jacket which has some creasing to both flaps and several short tears. Excellent copy. Book
Pages 485-524.. Features: Unveiling the El Alamein Memorial; Nice colour-photo ad inside front cover for Imperial Leather features lady with fan - #3 of a series; Nice one-page ad for RGD radio and television features Lady Isobel Barnett; Full-page Vauxhall ad; Photos of treaties signed in Cairo, Delhi and Paris; Inquiry into the Comet airliner disasters - results of tests at Farnborough; Photos of the Queen in South-West LAncashire; William Willis aboard the "Seven Little Sisteres" raft upon which he drifted across the Pacific; The Emperor of Ethiopia honoured at Oxford; One-page photo portrait of Montgomery of Alamein; Nice two-page cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. Vidal, the Navy's new survey ship and the first to be equipped with a helicopter flight deck; One-page photo of the Library of the New University City of Mexico - entirely covered with pictorial mosaic, plus two additional pages of photos of the University; Scenes of Queen Mother leaving for U.S. and Canada; Colour photos of grim ice-armoured Himalayan peaks; Centerfold colour reproductions of paintings by the Hon. Henry Hugh Clifford, V.C. of The Field of Inkerman, Lord Raglan's room, a truce to bury the dead, after Balaclava, and the attack on the Redan - scenes from the Crimean War against Tsarist Russia; Reproduction of 1890 photo of the surviving members of the Light Brigade; Looking back to the charge of the Light Brigade and other actions of the Crimean War; Photos of the new Sacred Heart Cathedral at Newark, New Jersey; Samples of paintings which cheat the eye; Personalities of the week includeAir Chief-Marshal Sir C. Medhurst, Vladimir Kutz, Nina Otkalenko, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida; Classy colour-photo ad for United States Lines inside back cover highlights the luxurious amenities; Colour Reed Paper ad on back cover by Roy Carnon features large transformer; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Cover portrait of the Queen; Portrait of General Jan Christian Smuts; One-page cutaway illustration of light Mark VIB tank in the field; Five photos of Athens which was occupied by the Nazis on april 27th; Full-page relief map entitled "Last Stages of a Glorious rearguard Action" looks southward from Thermopylae; Five dramatic photos show the death of a convoy raiding U-boat which, battered by depth charges, surfaces, surrenders, and sinks; Nice centrefold illustration of the recently commissioned H.M.S. "Prince of Wales", sister-ship of the H.M.S. "King George V"; Two pages of photos illustrate Britain's victorious war in Eritrea - Keren and Asmara; Photos of various booty captured at Agordat during the Eritrean campaign; Two photos of German panzer units in Africa - German tanks opposing our own in Libya; Photos of devastating bomb damage in England and funeral procession for A.F.S. members killed during a raid; Photos of personalities of the week include General Lord Gort, Dr. Wellington Koo, Sir Thomas Royden, Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey; Maurice Lambert, Rosalie Gassman, J.C. Dundas, and the Royals inspecting bomb damage in East London; Photo of General Smuts in Nairobi with Cunningham and Sir P. Van Ryneveld; Photo of the Belgian Premier and Madame Pierlot, two of whose sons perished in a train fire April 28th; Amazing photo of a 2,000lb bomb about to be loaded onto a Whitley heavy bomber; Seven photos show how German gunners are insturcted with the aid of scale models; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with above-average external wear and soiling. Spine taped. A worthy reference copy of this wartime issue. Book
Pages 1-36. Features: Colour ad inside front cover for the Reed Paper Group shows new television being unpacked for family; Dr. Alain Bombard and his solo trans-Atlantic raft trip; Nice photo of Queen reading Christmas greetings by radio; Photos of aircraft including a Douglas Skystreak (D-558-2) in flight, a modified B-50 elevated with Bell X-2 below waiting to be mounted, and a Handley Page H.P. 80; Photo of mangled tail-fin of a superfortress shot-up in the Korean war, but still managed to get the crew 1,400 miles back to base; Death of the Queen Mother of Denmark, Alexandrine; Photos of personalities of the week, including Sir Robert Mansergh and the recently deceased author Miss Marjorie Bowen; Two pages of photos of the Champollion boat disaster off Beirut - rescuers, rescued and shore vigil; Photos of the new liner 'City of Port Elizabeth'; Photos of Nile River dam construction plus one-page map of the river and the scheme to increase the cultivated area of Egypt; Civil defense training with relief landscape models; Photo of remains of Douglas C.124 Globemaster which crashed near Moses Lake, USA killing 86; Photos of Mau Mau adherents being identified in Keyna; Centerfold illustration of the Vickers Valiant; Excavations are throwing light on the Phrygians and Hittites of ancient Gordion - article with many photos; Details of 1938 'Fossil Fish', the Latimeria Chalumnae - now a second specimen has been caught; Photo of Dr. Hass holding a Halavi, or guitar fish, which he caught bare-handed; Photo of dozens of cars which belonged to Egypt's ex-King Farouk; and more. Four-inch opening to bottom of advertorial coverfold, otherwise moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 705-744. Features: Great colour ad for Capstan cigarettes inside front cover; Photos of Funeral of Chief Waruhiu of Kenya on front cover; Thirteen photos of Kenya deal with Mau Mau terrorism, some arrests and a murdered chief; *GORGEOUS* one-page photo of Queen Elizabeth wearing black and white, with magnificent diamonds, arising at the Empire Theatre for the Royal Film performance; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently departed Mr. W.M. Hughes, Australia's elder statesman, and atomic scientist Dr. W.G. Penney, O.B.E.; Photos of the Duchess of Kent and her Royal Tour in Borneo; One-page photo of Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor being lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the cruiser 'Birmingham'; Important new discoveries put new light on the days before Agamenmon; Photos of 3,200 year-old wine merchant shop relics - Mycenaean pottery; Photos of treasures from an early Mycenaean oil merchant's store; Graphic proof that the Mycenaeans both rode and drove horses; Cyril Falls writes about American baseball, with photos; Five official photos of Britain's First Atomic Test, in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia; Full-page photo portraits of Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson; Three photos of the Queen opening the Claerwen Dam; Two-page series of illustrations shows how the sea is probed by television and other methods of marine research - an explanation of the equipment used during the Discovery II Expedition; Great photos of jousting and defence armour additions to the Tower collections; Two pages present ten photos of some aspects of the recent bitter fighting on the central front in Korea; Nice colour ad for Daks dinner suit by Simpson Piccadilly inside back cover; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features snooker theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 193-224. Features: Cover photo of Cardinal Mindszenty, Prince Primate of Hungary, during his trial for treason; Nice one-page colour ad for Number Seven cigarettes; Article on sea rescue; One-page photo of the light fleet aircraft carrier Vengeance at Portland, with an air sea rescue helicopter hovering over her flight deck; Four excellent aerial photos of New York City, with emphasis upon Manhattan; One-page illustration of Generalissimo Stalin; Three photos of Indians remembering Gandhi's assassination; Three photos of the Pan-American airliner "Monarch Of The Skies" and its passengers after they survived a midair collision; One-page photo of H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, returning home after five years' service with the Russian Navy; Photo of Tokyo crowd listening to Kyuichi Tokudo, the Communist Party Sec.; Photos of devastation in Berlin - materials from Hitler's destroyed Reich Chancellery are used to rebuild a Russian sponsored building; Naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean; Photos of personalities of the week include Mr. A.K. Helm, Capt. John Terry, Mr. Kingsbury Smith, Lord Baldwin, Mr. L.J. Edwards, Prof. Reuter, Cardinal Mindszenty, Sir David Keir, and others; The Kravchenko libel action; Churchill receives the Grotius Medal; Centrefold illustrations show new bypass for the Suez Canal; Photo of Boeing XB-47 test landing with new parachute- brake; Two-page illustration of dozens of animals at the London zoo, and their monetary values; Photos of guided missile testing at Holloman US Air Force Base in New Mexico; Photos of what was Derby House and is now Hutchinson House; Photos of Gloucester Cathedral tomb effigies; one-page colour ad for Lotus boots and shoes; Colour Schweppes ad on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 337-364. Features: Colour ad for Ford cars inside front cover; Title page photo of the second 16 Power Conference in Paris; Article discusses communism; 4 Photos illustrate life in Russian-ruled Potsdam and Weimar - historic German cities in the Soviet zone; Photos of the royal family's weekend home, and the chapel they attend; Book review of "Art And The Industrial Revolution" by Francis D. Klingender; Series of photos illustrates a unique fifty-year treaty signed in Brussels - the five power Western European pact; Photos of Earl Mountbatten in Burma - ceremonial, and informal events; Wonderful full-page photo of Mountbatten walking shoeless near Rangoon's most sacred pagoda, the Shwe (Golden) Dagon; Article with map discusses the naval WWII battle of the Philippines; Full-page photo shows Harry Truman asking Congress to accept conscription; Five photos show Princess Margaret visiting Glasgow; Four photos document Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews battling for the 98th time; Fantastic centrefold photos show Sheila's Cottage, a mare, winning the Grand National; Five photos show the war cabinet's underground headquarters, preserved for posterity; 4 Photos document fighting in Greece; Photos of the demolition of a massive German flak tower in the French sector of Berlin; Photo of the first Battalion, the Somerset light infantry, the last British troops to leave India, arriving at Liverpool; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Guy Dain, Istvan Bede, Prof. Nicola Delapchiev, Sen. Tom Connally, George C Marshall, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, Gateshead alderman F. L. Burrow, Pope Pius XII in the Vatican, Adm. Sir F. H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton; Photos of Royal Army equipment displayed, including a superheavy Howitzer and a helicopter; Photos of British troops in British Honduras; Article on the re-creation of the Zoser's 5000-year-old "Eternal Dwelling" at Sakkarah; Two pages of photos of Egypt's first pyramid - restorations and a reconstruction at Sakkarah; Very nice back cover colour ad for "Black and White" Scotch whisky shows rugger game in progress. Coverfold of advertising outer layer clumsily taped, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 365-392. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Duke of York; Series of photos illustrate the "Mouse Trap Mechanics" of atomic science for the man in the street; Review of "Uttermost Part Of The Earth", by E. Lucas Bridges; One-page photo of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at the tiller of Bluebottle; Photo of Signor Togliatti in Rome; Six photos of the last journey home by Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations' mediator in Palestine, who was assassinated in Jerusalem on September 17 - also killed was his French observer, Col. Serot; Review of the late Gen. George S. Patton, Jr's, book "War as I Knew It"; Five photos and text describe Hyderabad at the time of the surrender, and after; Article on the front line airpower of Great Britain today; Three excellent cutaway diagrams of Britain's front-line fighters of today, "Meteor" and "Vampire"; Fascinating centrefold illustrates seven jet aircraft of the USSR - fighters and bombers of the Soviet Air Force; Photo of Major R. Johnson, US Air Force, at Muroc Dry Lake, California, on September 15 after he established a new airspeed record of 670 mph in an F-86 jetfighter; Photo of the new Hillman Minx; Photo of new Standard Vanguard pickup truck; Five photos of hurricane striking Miami, Florida; Photo of Churchill's grandson, Julian Sandys, aboard light rail locomotive; Photo of Vijayalakasmi Pandit, sister of Pandit Nehru, at the United Nations; Photos of the "Parasite Fighter", US XF-85 leaving its parent aircraft and beginning a 20 minute flight; Photos of personalities of the week include Don Bradman, Lord Gowrie, David Woodford, John R. Nixon, G. S. Cansdale, Sir Warren Fisher, George Marshall, racehorse Brown Jack, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Mr. Vyshinsky, and King Frederick of Denmark with the Duke of Gloucester; Magnificent one-page photo of the interior of King's College Chapel, the finest flour of late Gothic architecture; Page of photos at Arnhem and at the Hague; Page of photos of bats in flight, as photographed by themselves. Advertising outer pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
735 pages including index. A milestone book, this pioneering reference is the first contributed resource from the nation's leaders in health care quality management. Author is a recognized leader in health care and has brought together more than 35 experts to write a handbook that specifically addresses the pressing needs of the health care industry. Designed for any professional involved in change management, this handbook will benefit hospitals, nursing homes, HMOs, health insurance companies, VA hospitals, military hospitals, and academic organizations. Minimal markings and highlighting to early pages. Light wear. Very light soiling. Glossy boards. Prior owner's small inkstamp to front and back endpaper. Quality copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Thompson Valves front cover ad commemorates the "Cape Cod" which flew from New York to Istanbul in 1930; Interesting Bell System ad for their Teletypewriters; Interesting Stanavo ad explains how the Sperry automatic pilot recently flew an Eastern Air Transport for twenty minutes at Newark Airport - text with photo of H.A. Elliott of Eastern; Applications of Electricity in Aircraft; Sikorsky's Contributions to the Huge Amphibians - The S-40; Simplicity in Light Plane Design - article illustrated with photo and diagrams, plus power plant and fuel system specs; Simplicity in Light Plane Engine Design; Design of Riveted Joints; Airplane Construction Production Methods; Manufacture of Precision Parts for Aircraft Engines; Two photos of new Boeing bomber which carries a crew of five and two 1,000lb bombs; Centerfold ad celebrates the consolidation of Airway Age with Aviation Engineering; Good Year tire ad includes photo and endorsement from Northwest Airways; Interesting 'Postal Telegraph' ad; Nice illustrated Chance Vought Corporation ad for their Navy Corsairs; Great photo ad for the Autogiro inside back cover; Impressive photo ad for Martin Aircraft on back cover shows some of their impressive manufacturing equipment; Forming of Aluminum Sheet for Aircraft; Servicing Pratt & Whitney Engines; French Design Powerful Water-Cooled Engine; Schneider Cup Engine; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
96 pages. Maps. Footnotes. "Dedicated to those pioneer individuals of Ingham, Clinton, Gratiot and Isabella counties of the 1800's, who had a burning hunger for a railroad which would generally traverse in a north-south direction through the central parts of those counties." - dedication page. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative central Michigan historical rail reference. Book
Pages 919- 950. Features: Cover photo of magnificent jewel encrusted silver crown found in mysterious Royal tomb; Four pages of photos and text describe treasure from intact tombs of mysterious Nubian kings; One-page photo portrait of the Austrian Chancellor ("Little Napoleon") of his country, Dr. Dollfuss, sworn enemy of Nazis, in a London garden; photos of personalities of the week include Austrian diplomat Dr. Wasserbach, Miss Freya Stark, Dr. Habicht (Nazi state inspector for Austria), Sir Edward Grigg, Sir A. W. Renton, Prof. Raymond Moley, Sir Ernest Moir, and King Feisal of Iraq with King George in London; Two pages of illustrations explain modern air war training; Two pages of photos of Corpus Christi procession around the little island of Frauen-Insel, in the Chiemsee, some 40 miles from Munich; Two pages of text and photos describe South Africa's new London headquarters; Article on Brachiopids; Illustrated article explains the light of the sun at midnight; Photos of prize horses "Brown Jack" and "Limelight; Photo of the Sino-Japanese Armistice, Lieut. Gen. Nishi accepting the armistice proposals from a Chinese envoy; One-page ad for the new Vauxhall Light Six; and more. Centre page loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 131-160. Printed upon glossy stock. Nice reproductions of black and white photos. Features: Helen Peabody and Western College - with one-page photo portrait of Ms. Peabody; The Milford Woman's Club; New Hampshire's Daughters - origins and history of the club; Three Important Acts of New Hampshire; A Hint to New Hampshire Clubs; A New Light; Obituaries for Hon. Joseph W. Fellows, Joseph H. Coit, Oscar Holmes Bradley; Poems; Nice illustrated ad for the Boston and Maine Railroad features the Seashore Lake and Mountain resorts; Back cover ad for Brown & Batchelder's clothing store at 50 North Main St.. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
285 pages including notes, references and index. Tells the full statistical story of trends in Russian fertility since the first census in 1897 by examining the conditions - social, economic, cultural, and demographic - that existed at the beginning of and during the decline in human fertility. Among the characteristics considered are level of mortality, ethnic composition, literacy and educational attainment, proportion urban, and occupational composition. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Average wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
136 pages. Short Stories: Swamp Girl; Hour of Panic; Return From Nowhere; Hard of Heart. Articles: My Friend, Trotsky's Assassin - Jacques Mornard - with numerous photos; Rockety-Happy Kids at Camp A.P. Hill artillery range in Virginia; I Call on Actor Laurence Harvey - with photos; Adventures of the Mind, 54 - The U.S. Presidencyy; Germany's Enchanted Black Forest - with color photos; The Face of America - The Grandeur That Was - great color photo of the Old Tyson place at Lowndesboro, Alabama; The Mystery of the Palatine Light - this photo-illustrated article investigates an enduring legend of murder and mayhem on Block Island 120 miles from Manhattan; Is Baseball Comedy Dead? - great comedic photos of baseball stars - with article discussing the contention that modern major-leaguers have become too serious. Serials: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 2 of 8); Journey into Danger (part 6 of 8). Ads: Westinghouse Center Drawer Refrigerator; Chevrolet Power Steering; Glidden House Paint (2 pages); Chrysler Certified Car Care; Northern Tissue (two pages); Studebaker Lark - nice color photo with fire truck); Campbell's Soup; Corvair; Chryslter - fantastic one-page color photo of a white New Yorker convertible on beach; Brownie 8 Movie Camera; Fantastic 2-page colour photo 7up ad shows young blond making ice cream float for five young men; Ford Galaxie; International Trucks; Morris 1000 car; Nice two-page color Chevrolet ad featuring a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Sustom Safari catching the ferry to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior; Newport cigarettes; Great one-page color-photo Smirnoff ad featuring Joan Fontaine and her husband, Collier Young; Orange Crush; Admiral portable TVs - 19" portable; Renault Dauphine; Borden's Peach Blossom Ice Cream; De Beers Diamonds; Papst Beer - with color photo of piano player and stage entertainers; Amity Wallets; Dodge Dart Car (inside back cover). Above-average wear. Unmarked. Not pretty but a worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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
96 pages. Bilingual French/English text. Wondrous colour illustrations throughout. "Bernard creates the beautiful, the wholesome, the fantastic and this is a conscious choice. It is in this way that he has decided to deliver his message to the world... Look carefully! Each of his compositions include an intense light represented by the sun or a star or anything luminous which symbolizes for the artist faith, hope, rebirth...." Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
347 pages including index and notes. Author's signature upon title page. The first book about Gulf War Syndrome. An intensely personal account of the struggle of two dedicated public servants to expose one of the largest government cover-ups of modern history. A former CIA analyst exposes the officially sanctioned deceptions that have made Gulf War veterans the walking wounded of Desert Storm. "Demolishes the Pentagon's contention that Iraqi chemical weapons were not present during the Gulf War and the U.S servicemen and women were not exposed to chemical agents." - Raymond L. McGovern, retired after 27 years at CIA and recipient of the Intelligence Commendation Medal. Includes several black and white photographic plates. Spine leaning otherwise book in excellent clean, unmarked condition with minimal wear. Dust jacket excellent with very light wear. Very nice copy. Book
116 pages. Short Stories: Enchantment; Don't Leave Me; Drowning Victim; The Gorgeous Smuggler. Articles: Bernard Baruch's Own Story - The 1929 Crash (part 1 of 3); Our Mom, Kate Crosby - Bing's kid brother Bob explains how their mom raised a houseful of rambunctious youngsters; Football Player Dynamite Joe Bellino of Navy; Our New Generation of Rockets - the new solid-fuel Polaris and Minuteman missiles help us close the missile gap; How to Become a Politician; ; Adventures of the Mind - The Future of Man - our new psychosocial form of evolution; Nuns' Day Off (color photo of nuns fishing); The "Attic Children" Go to School - photo-illustrated article on the Nassau Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Levittown, Long Island. Serial: Alibi for Murder (conclusion). Ads: Huge 3-panel color Avis ad inside front cover features a red 1961 Ford convertible; Philco TVs; 1961 Valiant (pale blue 2-door Hardtop); Westinghouse washers and dryers; Campbell's vegetable soup; Pall Mall cigarettes; American Can - featuring kids and St. Bernard dog; Fantastic two-page color ad for the 1961 Ford Galaxie Club Victoria (blue) in Rome; Douglas DC-8; Dial soap; Salem cigarettes - couple under pondside tree; *Sensational* color photo centerfold for the 1961 Chrysler Imperial Crown four-door Southampton in Coronado Cream; Unusual one-page ad for G.E. Soft-White light bulbs features Mr. Magoo; Two-page Sunbeam Shavemaster ad; Nice Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features the Del E. Webb Construction Co. building the rocket test stand at Edwards Air Force Base, with photo of Del E. Webb with Neil Drinkward and Jack Mealey; Zonolite insulation ad features the "Heat Thief"; Lowry Organs; Back cover ad for General Mills cereals on billboard. Average wear. Unmarked. Bit of masking tape on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
54 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon and their record-setting Trans-Pacific flight from Sabishiro Beach, Japan to Wenatchee, Washington in 1931; Analysis of Landing Gear Fittings; Installation of Radial Air-Cooled Engines; Manufacturing Light Planes; Design Refinements in Bird Planes; Welded Tubing and Streamlined Struts; Pratt & Whitney's New Fuel Injection System; The Buhl Pusher Type Autogiro; Inspection Gauges used in Engine Production; New Planes; Comments on Stress Analysis and Design; Selection, Care and Maintenance of Porcelain Spark Plugs; Material Control in Chain Airport Operation; General Aviation Moves into new Factory; Thompson Valves ad on page 8 recounts the Giant Dornier DO-X and its many flights beginning in Friedrichshafen in November 1930 under the command of Friedrich Christiansen; many more nostalgic ads; Nice centerfold ad by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation boasts of their Facilities and Services across America; Nice photo ad for Wright Aeronautical documents their sale of engines to Swissair in 1929; Wasp & Hornet Engines ad features great photo of Sikorsky S-40 in flight; Autogiro ad inside back cover includes testimonial by Leslie B. Cooper (Kellett K-2 Augogiro) who landed in the backhard of a farmhouse near Syracuse after running out of fuel; Nice Stinson Aircraft ad on the back with photos of their new Model R; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; Moholy-Nagy - Proto-Holographer; The Aesthetic of transparency in Russian modernism; Transparency in art; Windows - Transparency and enclosure; Poems on John Constable; Arctic Transparency and Reflection; The poetry of Harry Martinson; Perceptual transparency in Cezanne's paintings; A short essay on the painter Monet; Aspects of transparency in music; Transparency of architecture and man; Banco Coca - transparent architecture in Madrid; Glass in architecture; Transparency and reflection in sculpture and architecture; On Victor Pasmore's use of transparency; The work of Mary Martin; Light, space and transparency; Transparency and visual ambiguity; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
169 pages including index of place names, selected references and notes. Provides a spellbinding tour of the world where the harassed settlers from Earth fight to overcome seemingly impossible odds and to carve out a new life for themselves and the future. Brings out every detail of the world and history of Pern in fascinating graphics and lucent text. Book clean, bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which bears one inch tear to bottom of back panel. Lovely copy. Please note that this may be a book club edition, although we can find no writing to this effect. Book
144 pages. Songs include: Baby (Somethin's Happening); Doobie Wah; It's a Plain Shame; All I Want to Be (Is By Your Side); I Wanna Go to the Sun; Wind of Change; Shine On; Do You Feel Like We Do; Lines on my face; As Safe as Yesterday Is; All Night Long; Alright; Don't Fade Away; Fig Tree Bay; Which Way the Wind Blows; Golden Goose; I Got my Eyes on You; Home and Away; I'll go Alone; The Light; Just the Time of Year; Earth and Water Song; Lady Lieright; Magic Moon (Da Da Da Da Da!); One Eyed Trouser-Snake Rhumba; Waterfall; Oh, For Another day; Only You Can Say; Sail Away; Stone Cold Fever; White Sugar; The Lodger; Live With Me; Strange Days; Take Me Back; Underhand; Stick Shift. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint store inkstamp upon title page, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Frampton compilation. Book
