Hudson, RickMareMagnum
4 562 résultats
214 pages. Index. Glossary. Suggested reading list. "This comprehensive guidebook mines a rich vein of information including: geology and mining history of the region; prospecting techniques; over 100 sites on Vancouver Island and adjacent islands; at-a-glance information on types of minerals at each site, map location and accessibility; addresses of clubs and associations; Many maps and map sources. Heavily worn former library copy. Still a worthy working copy. Book
109 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "A narrative of the personal adventures of Claude R. "Paddy" Wilson, a seventy-seven year old veteran prospector and cook. For over thirty years he worked in the mines and diamond drilling camps on the Red Lake gold fields in Northern Ontario. This work is based on three pencilled manuscripts he wrote after abandoning his search for gold in 1948. Names have been changed to protect those unfortunates who, like Paddy Wilson, suffered and enjoyed the unusual consequences of gold fever." - Preface. Name clipped from top of front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this engaging read. Book
127 pages. A pictorial history of Vancouver's first 2 decades in the NHL. Photos in colour and black and white. Recounts many noteworthy events and participants. Includes a reference of every player to ever play a regular season or playoff game in a Canuck uniform. Begins with the fascinating history of hockey in Vancouver prior to the NHL's arrival. Very attractive dust jacket features colour montage of Canuck favourites. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected with glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A must-have item for the die-hard Canuck fan! Book
32 pages. Features: W. Chapin Condit Receives Award from Syracuse University; 1981 Apple Blossom Meet; Reunion of Former H.H. Franklin Employees; Letter from Bennett M. Derby, M.D.; 1904-5 Mitchell Air Cooled Runabout; Ralph Hamlin - A Man of His Time; Franklin Automobile Co. Owner's Bulletin No. 656, April 1922; Franklin Engines - 1902 through 1909 or John Wilkinson's Exhaust(ing) Heat Problems, Part I; 1915 Franklin Series 8; Franklin Automobile Co. Owner's Bulletin No. 639, 1917; Back cover reproduction of 1904 Franklin ad in Harper's Magazine. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
192 pages. Features: Jerry Seinfeld's 550-03 - the first pure racing Porsche, restored; 991 Across America - 20 2012 911 Carrera over the long haul; Bandido - an ex-Bruce Anderson Outlaw gets 911/4 power; Peter Schutz looks back - Porsche AG's only American CEO reflects; 2011 Rennsport Spyder - this simple white Boxster is a giant killer; In Aluminum - Abarth Replica, or what to do with a rolled 356B; Swap Meet Speedster - a $500 911 Targa becomes a 360 hp Speedster; One owner 912 with 362,000 miles; Upstart Porsche team wins big one at Daytona 2012; An early 944 takes on Detroit - and wins; Stolen! - Is your Porsche safe in its garage? Ours wasn't; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
16 pages. Contents: Cover illustration entitled "Far Away"; How Women Become Morbid; Verbal Fastidiousness; New York Fashions - dress-making, fall goods, silks, woolens, cloakings, driving and breakfast jackets, embroidery, fall bonnets; Personal; Dress-making - two-pages of text, illustrations and diagrams cover taking the measure, increasing or diminishing the pattern, making the waist and skirt, making trimmings, methods of looping, sewing seams in heavy woolen materials; Bound to John Company - continued; Outwitted; Great humourous centerfold illustrations entitled "Husband Hunting Sketches"; Tolerance; Evening Parties; The Derby Day; Sola - continued; Toleration of women; Paris gossip; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
Features: Rocket Richard - on the brink of 50... and oblivion; Great old stories from our pages polished and returned 'good as new' - Zoltan Szoboszloi, Anne Murray, Jacqueline Kennedy; The Canadian Magazine kite; What's Where (and worthwhile) in Halifax - or, the things the guidebooks never tell you (please note that there are several long black ink marks across this article; The kindest cut of all - it's called the Caesar, the lady barber says, and it covered Pierre Trudeau's bald spot - Lucille Savage, co-owner of Ottawa's Le Connoisseur. Average wear. Short tears to and chips from fore-edge of last few pages. Book
184 pages. Contains 51 lessons. Lovely colour frontisplate is tissue-protected. Beautiful colour plates in text. Front free endpaper missing. Binding tender and open in places. Charmingly decorated blue backstrip and front board adorned with gilt lettering. Despite its physical shortcomings, this volume retains a very warm charm. Book
Stories: Liquid Gold; What the Palmist Foretold; Through the Shan States; The King's Ju-Ju; Our Japanese Burglar; Gomez the Killer; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; A Side-Show in Borneo; Fire-Walking in Java; The Queensland Mounted; The Pickle Bottle. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Operation Sikh - An incident connected with the strange hide-and-seek war now being waged in the steamy jungles of Malaya; A Sailor on Horseback - Jack ashore takes to riding at his peril; Two Miracles - An Army officer's experience in the Western Desert during World War II; Phantom Fortune - the fascinating history of sundry vanished gold-mines in the wilds of British Columbia; Tasmania's Wild West; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy's weird experience in the Badlands of Wyoming; The Figurehead - a story involving the windjammer L'Avenir; Gold Coast Ju-Ju; Box of Tricks - an isolated Army camp in Palestine is cursed with cunning Arab thieves; Personal-Column Crusoes - advice for prospective adventurers; Leturc's Island - Jacques Leturc took over an uninhabited South Sea Island and turned it into a profitable enterprise, only to encounter disaster; Desert Hitch-Hike - 1,200 miles across Northern Africa to catch a steamer; and more. Three inch opening at bottom of cover fold; Somewhat above-average wear. Small opening at top of backstrip. Sound copy. Book
Features: In Search of the Hairy Frog - An expedition into the little-known interior of the British Cameroons, with photos; The Navy Pay-Roll Robbery - An audacious hold-up in Malta G.C. of a navy van containing a considerable payroll, with photos; Luck of the Game - story from a Gold Coast Prospector; Ozark Excursion - interesting people including a cross-bow hunter; The Lost Mine - Tisingal, in the interior of Panama; The Cowrie Shell - white men usually scoff at the native's faith in charms and amulets; My Friend Bill - a fellow in Australia; House-to-House; Japanese glass net-balls (floats); Brown's Donkey - an incident from the North African Desert; The Rest House - a striking example of premonition from India; and more. Above-average wear. Brown tape secures covers. Book
Features: A Boy in the Bush - a young boy kills wild scrub bulls for bounty in Australia's outback; In the Dark - An Australian is tasked with catching gold thieves in a mine in Southern India; The town that was reborn - Williamsburg, Virginia; The Seaquake - adventure on a voyage from British Honduras to Yucatan; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang (conclusiont) - the worst band of desperadoes to ever trouble the south-western States of America; Frontier Gateway - Peshawar (great photo of a 'walking teashop); The Forgotten Islands - The Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia - several photos; Arctic Derelict - a strange sea-story from the Canadian Arctic; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Dead Men's Diggings - Diamon seekers in British Guiana; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang in the South-West United States (Part 2); Bush Pilots of the Northlands - the far north of Canada and Alaska - photos; The Golden Chain - a delicious story from Malaya by a Quantas engineer; Unlucky Ship - the Ecola; The Silent Killer - a python story; Phases of Life from all over the world - kilometre eight in Venezuela; Stretton's Luck - Gold Prospecting in Sokoto, Nigeria; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover partially loose. A worthy copy. Book
Features: Operation Sikh - an incident from the ongoing 'hide-and-seek'war in Malaya against terrorists; A Sailor on Horseback; Phantom Fortune - the lure of gold and the fascinating history of sundry vanished gold-mines in the wilds of British Columbia; Tasmania's 'Wild West', with photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy's weird experience in Wyoming; The Figurehead - a strange sea-mystery involving the L'Avenir; Gold Coast Ju-Ju; Box of Tricks - an amusing story of thieves at an isolated army camp in Palestine; "Personal-Column" Crusoes - advice for would-be adventurers; Leturc's Island - a Frenchman takes over an uninhabited island and turns it into a profitable enterprise, only to encounter disaster; Desert Hitch-Hike - an eventful 1,200 mile journey across North Africa, with photos; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Chips from backstrip. Back cover partially open. Book
30 pages. Features: Verne Trewin's Life was saved by Montreal doctors using a dramatic technique for a kidney transplant; Bing Crosby's Blue Heaven - He spends three quiet months in Mexico each year - article with colour photos; The Doukhobors' High-Living Leaders - article with photos; Luxury Safari - Treetops Hotel in Kenya - article with photos. Busy Life of a Gay Dog - Mungo the Newfoundland Dog was at ease among celebrities or chasing submarines; Judy with a Lot of Punch - Article and photos of singer and Judy Armstrong from Nanton, Alberta; Nipper - Doug Wright comic strip. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
Features: Cover photos of Alan Ball (Everton and England); Bobby Moore writes 'The Dressing Room - where the game is won or lost!'; b/w photo of Colin Green (Birmingham City); There'll always be a Liverpool - Thanks to Everton!; Is Charlie Cooke too good?; Bargain Buys - Keith Weller, Roy McFarland, Peter Collins, Francis Lee, Barry Endean, Bob Wilson; Colour photos of Willie Callaghan (Dunfermline); Colour Photo of Tommy Gibb (Newcastle United); Funny football photos; Watch out defenders - George Best aims to prove he's BEST; b/w photo of Don Rogers (Swindon Town); Colour centerfold photo of Crystal Palace - first division newcomers; The Real Mackay - Derby's hope at Albion; b/w photos of Alan Mullery (Spurs) vs. Frank Saul (Southampton); Leicester - down but not out; colour photo of Peter Knowles (Wolves); Colour photo of Ian Hutchinson (Chelsea); Focus on Tommy Booth (Manchester City); Rangers and Celtic Beat All England!; Wolves had their greatest season, but when they went into Europe... The Champions of England Crashed 9-2!; Colour photo of Tommy Craig (Sheffield Wednesday) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
20 pages. Features: Jay Hebert tops Bing Crosby event; Doug Ford wins in Panama; Dub Pagan wins at Miami Beach; Victory for Miss Wright; Mrs. Glick two straight; Know clubhead position- feel where it is and play better; one-page ad for Colt Gold golf balls; Photo of starlet Jayne Mansfield with PGA officials Warren Orlick, Harold Sargent, Harry Moffitt, Anthony J. Anthony, and Harvey Raynor; Photo of 11 Japanese silk businessmen from Japan at Pinehurst includes S. Tamba, A. Kurokawa, T. Tanaka, K. Kotera, T. Muragishi, H. Miya, T. Miyazaki, S. Ohta and I. Shimizu; Photo taken at Jamaica's new Caymanas GC, designed by Howard Watson; Photo of Sam Snead receiving check from Stuart L. Moore, president of the Boca Raton Hotel and Club; Boca Raton photo of Walter Shirley, Mr. Moore, Sam Snead, Morton Bright, Chris Dunphy and Tommy Shevlin; Photos of Humphrey Bogart with Betty Jameson, the Babe, Bob Hirsh, Louise Suggs, and Betsy Rawls; Photo of L.C. Woodlard; Wonderful back cover color ad for Etonic-PGA golf shoes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
360 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Biography of the influential Barrick Gold executive. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Appears unread. Excellent copy. Book
144 pages. Very rare conspiracy title with focus on New Zealand but clearly described global implications. The twenty-nine chapters include titles such as: Witchcraft in Cairo; The Significance of the Great Pyramid at Giza; New Zealand Innocently Borrowed Some Money; Proof of a Conspiracy; Think Tanks Named; Other Countries Affected; The Illuminati; America's Role in the New World Order; They've Sold the Gold; Come Back Henry Kissinger; Bringing Down the Old Order; and many more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
152 pages including bibliography, references, further reading and glossary of artist's names plus fold-out map of Japan. Black and white illustrations throughout. "The Art Gallery of Victoria is best known perhaps for its Asian Collection which is, to an overwhelming extent, the Fred and Isobel Pollard Collection of Japanese art. This group boasts one of the earliest collections of nanga paintings outside Japan. Nanga means Southern Painting, or Painting of the Southern School, a name later affixed to the idealist painting of scholar officials in China." - from Introduction. Contents include: Early Japanese Masters; Flowering of a National Style - Ikeno Taiga and His Followers; An Individualist in Kyoto; A Follower of Buson and Founder of the Shijo School; Eclectics in Edo and the Kanto Region; Progressives in the Kansai Region; Conservatives in Kyoto; Conservatives from Kyushu; Nineteenth-Century Progressives in Kyoto; The Last Great Flourish. Tight and square. Clean and unmarked. Attractive light-blue cloth-covered boards. Mild sunning at and near spine. Slight warp to front board. Negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
32 pages. Features: As Long As We've Gone This Far - Jim and Betty Hull and their 1926 Franklin, Series 11A, 4 door sedan; Spotlight on Howard Carey - he drove a Series 135 Sport Sedan for many years; A Pirate Restored - a 1930 Franklin Pirate restored for Gene and Joe Gazza; Franklin Engines 1902-1909 or John Wilkinson's Exhaust(ing) Heat Problems (part 2); John Burn column on maintenance and restoration - 1931 S153 Dietrich Speedster Steering Box Replacement. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
288 pages. Index. Bibliography. Twelve charts. The first book on Douglas Social Credit with particular application to the Canadian economy. - from Foreword. Written in the depths of the great depression, this work includes twenty-three chapters including: Why are we Poor?; The Great Deficiency; The Monopoly of Credit; A New Synthesis of Money; The Fiction of Foreign Trade; Alternatives to and Critics of Social Credit; and many more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice photo ad for the Sikorsky S-61 twin-turbine helicopter; So You're Going to Okinawa; One-page illustrated ad for the FMC 'winged' amphibious landing craft LVHX2; Small Unit Operations - Counterguerrilla War - Part 4 of a series; Major Military Decisions of the 20th Century; How to Win at Combat Training; Pacific Strategy - Part 2 - Looking Ahead, by Samuel Eliot Morison, Rear Admiral USNR (Ret.); MABS or MOBS - Suggestions to prevent Marine Air Bases from running in circles; Recall and You - advice for Marines (and their wives) on what to do before you're called to go to war; Artillery vs. Guerrillas; Republic of China (Taiwan) Marines; Promotions and Transfers; Phantom II F4H-1 fighter color ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Civilians killed by U.N. troops outside Jadotville, Congo; Mr. Arthur Dickson Wright; the Celtic Gold Treasure of Erstfield, Switzerland - fantastic torcs and bracelets; the royal engagement - Princess Alexandra and her fiance; Mr. George C. McGhee; The Operations of troops of the UN forces around the mining centre of Jadotville in the Katanga province of Congo; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Roma, 1974; ril., pp. 470, tavv. b/n e col., ill. b/n. italiano ril.
