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Vintage advertisements. Features: Inbreeding experiments with the Douglas Fir; Panel on Forest Proection; Panel on Forest Administration; Vital Statistics for Forestry in Canada; Viability and germination in yellow birch; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Vintage advertisements. Features: A survey of coniferous forest succession in the Eastern Rockies; Decay in White Spruce at the Kananaskis Forest Experiment Station; 'Selective Cutting' and the all-aged stand; Relative efficiency of some specific plot-sizes in estimating timber volumes in some specific timber types; the Saskatchewan Forest Inventory; Studies on White Pine Blister Rust in Nova Scotia; The Hatchet Planimeter; Forest sites - a discussion; seeding of cutovers and mechanical logging; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
88 pages. A rare surviving copy of this vintage Canadian gardening periodical. Contents include: The Pansy; Roses for the Garden; The Scree - What is it?; Some Further Notes on the Iris; The Lily Pool - a new idea in pool construction; Youth in the Garden - building cold frames for pocket money; Glass substitutes in gardening; Some of our garden pests; and more. Many interesting contemporary ads plus a major Annual Directory of the Trade in Canada for 1934, including retailers, wholesalers, nurserymen, seedsmen, allied trades and buyers' guide. Back cover features ads by Empire Garden Nurseries, Sidney Roofing and Paper Col, Layritz Nurseries Ltd., and H.M. Eddie & Sons Ltd of Sardis, BC. Minimal pencil markings. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Book
Pages 146-167. Features: A short history of British Architecture (Part IV); Ferro-Concrete at Bournemouth; Housing Scheme at Peterborough; Converting a chest of drawers into a dressing table and washstand; New Patents; Q&A; Numerous contemporary ads; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Pages yellowed with age. A sound copy. Magazine
128 pages. Index. Circa 1922? "Prepared by a Ladies' Club in a friendly rivalry for the very best there is in tested recipes... With oven cooking guide for woodfire, gas and electricty, record of results, time table for cooking and other tables." - from front cover. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this pleasing vintage cookbook. Book
279 pages. Authorized for use in the public schools of Ontario by the Minister of Education. Nice black and white illustrations. Extensive markings inside each board. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Still a worthy copy of this vintage Canadian reader. Book
A farm and home weekly for Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas. Hundreds of vintage ads for such products as tree killer, rat-killing virus, one-man log-saws, organs, Kerosene engines, C.O.D. Revolvers (pistols), Dynamite (to dig ditches), Columbia Grafonola. Articles include "Are Tractors a Good Investment". Average wear. Usual library markings. Yellowed with age. Binding sound. Measures 14" x 10" x 1". A treasure trove of farming history. Book
22 pages. Features: Nice Simpson's fashion ad inside front cover; List of entertainment events in Toronto this week; Many vintage ads for Toronto businesses; List of local places of interest for guests of the hotel; Full-page ad for the Imperial Room featuring the romantic rhythms of Johnny Lindon and his Orchestra, with Betty Jean Ferguson; List of amenities offered by the hotel; Phone numbers for various Toronto services of use to travellers; Centrefold map of Toronto with list of places of interest plus location key for advertisers; Two-page promotion for shipping on Canada's "Fifth Avenue" - the Yonge, Bloor, Bay district; Holt Renfrew and Bank of Nova Scotia (with photo) ads inside back cover; Nice Eaton's ad on back cover features illustrations of their Main and College St. stores with written details for each. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A wonderful vintage piece of Toronto ephemera. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Riding by Reasoning, Part II; King (by Zantanon, by Little Joe, by Traveler) - owned by Jess Hankins; Halter Breaking Headgear; Whither the Quarter Horse?; Great Foundation Sires of the American Throroughbred VII, Lexington and *Leamington; Picked up in the Rodeo Arena; Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band and his War Horse, Ebenezer; Reining 'em in the Hackamore; Down the Straightaway; Cow Cuttin'; Vet's Corner; Week-end Waddies; Horse Kachina of the Hopis; and more. Levi's jeans ad on page 39. Fox Western Hat ad on page 4. Sexy color ad inside front cover for "Friskie Babe" blouses and halters by Tem-Tex Western Shirts; Volney Hildreth Quarter Horse Sale ad on page one. Nice ad for C.H. Hyer & Sons, Inc. Boots on back cover; Gray Trailer Company colour photo ad inside back cover features vintage designs. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The House in the Woods - the author made a 1908 car journey along a large portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Through the Wilds of Persia - by Major P.M. Sykes; A Game of Chess - a remarkable story from South Dakota about how a young chess enthusiast was compelled to play a game, with his own life for the stakes; Among the Gaddis - Nomad shepherds of the Central Himalayans; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part II of a story by Mrs. Fred Maturin; A Holiday in Japan - by Mrs. Ellen Beadnell (lovely photos); Across Unknown Labrador, The Land Where Hubbard Died - H. Hesketh Prichard relates how he attempted to do what no white man had ever done before, to cross this desolate wilderness from the Atlantic to the George River - great photos (part I); The Bandits of the Argentine - the 'Nort Americanos'; The Mysterious Senoussiland - part II of a Saharan adventure; The King of the Sticks - how Connie Chambers of Boston, a solitary white prospector, constituted himself as monarch of a tribe of Alaskan Indians, cleverly turning the tables on a policeman who was sent to arrest him; Lost in an underground lake - the appalling adventure which befell three prominent citizens of Joplin, Missouri at the Hero zinc mine in the spring of 1908; "Baching"; A Mexican Elopement; and more. Fascinating two-page illustrated stock offering by the American Automobile Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice Vose Piano advertisement on back cover. Great vintage Budweiser advertisement inside back cover. Lower two inches of front cover open at spine. Average wear. Magazine
714 pages. Contents include: How Mrs. S.E. Waller's Pictures Have Been Painted; The Money Kings of the New World, by W.T. Stead; Dr. Niels Finsen and his remarkable discovery of healing rays - with wonderful photos; The Making of a Flume - with great photos; The Tame Fish of Logan; The New Khartoum - with many photos; The Floor of the Pacific, by The Hon. W.E. Meehan, Fish Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World II - The Rothschilds, by W.T. Stead - with several photos and illustrations; The Momentous Motor - great vintage technology article with photos; "Skin O' My Tooth" - Edited and Compiled by Baroness Orczy; Bird Babies; Strong Mac; The Making of a Mandolin - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Part III - Mr. J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan; Municipal Ambulance Work - with fantastic photos of horse-drawn ambulances; Baron Shibusawa of Japan - with great photos; The Game of Sticke - its evolution and progress; The Fiscal Policy of The Empire, by John Holt Schooling; Coalport Porcelain - the story of an ancient and famous industry; The Most Wonderful Map in the World - France, in Jasper, Set with Jems; Hints on Sea-Swimming - Mr. Montagu A. Holbein give advice, and suits the action to the world for photographic illustration; The Nelson Room at Trafalgar House; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Some European Potentates - M. Witte, Baron Hirsch, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Beit, Herr Krupp, M. Jean de Bloch; The Fiscal Policy of the Empire - Part II; A Painter of the Sea-Coast - Mr. Elmer Keene and his Art; Sir James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak; Pictures in Postage Stamps - using old postage stamps to create art; Capturing A Sperm Whale - with awesome photos; plus many fictional stories. Backstrip all but detached. Front free endpaper and first several pages loose but present. Several other pages loose. Hinges open. Above-average wear. Reading copy only, but remains a very informative and enjoyable reference. Book
This copy includes pages 11 through 160 so is missing the first few pages plus title page, etc. It appears that a page or more are missing from the end as well. Very heavily worn and soiled. Despite these glaring defects, this very old reader remains an absolute treat to hold as you imagine the many generations which have benefitted from it for over a century and a half. Possibly a first edition but we are describing this copy as a reprint until we can prove otherwise. Book
68 pages. Contents: The Sedgwick Saga - a 3/19 Deluxe Moller, opus 5230 - article with photos; The Golden Frame - Presenting the Silent Film, by Jeff Weiler; The Granada Theatre, San Francisco (Paramount) - article with archival photos; Toward Higher Standards in Theatre Organ Installations; The Vintage Morton - The Rest of the Story - the original 2/11 Robert-Morton installed in the San Francisco Castro Theatre in 1922; An Enchanted Evening - Twirling at Turner's Musical Merry-Go-Round in Northampton; Obituaries for Al Bollington, Garo W. Ray, Harold A. Roque and Bob R. Burkhart; Considerable chapter news. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
128 pages. Features: Triumph TR Supplement; Development of the Breed - TR2 through TR6 - a wealth of information over many pages of text, diagrams and reproductions of photos; Rolls-Royce - How they are making the best cars in the world even batter - article with photos; HWM - a look at the men who created HWM8s - John Heath and George Abecassis; On the Road with - Daimler Double Six; Sunbeam Talbot - article with photos; 1980 T&CC Concours; Classic Sport - Donington Park International July 19/20; Classic Climb - Shelsley Walsh revisited for the 75th anniversary year; Paris-Nice classic and vintage car rally; XK Engine Re-Build - this, part 1, covers cylinder head overhaul; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Italian Cruise Lines inside front cover; Nice color one-page ad for the 1954 Ford V-8 Crestline Sunliner - featuring a red convertible; McCarthy's case #54 and economist Val Rogin Lorwin; Death aboard the U.S.S. Bennington - six die after below-deck explosion - with photo of the deceased; Two pages of photos of the Delta Mission in Indo-China (Vietnam); Sir Gerald Templer of Malaya; Wonderful one-page color vintage ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes featuring lady in white dress holding bouquet; Mayor Giorgio La Pira of Florence; Photo of publisher Angelo Rizzoli and story about fake letters he published; Photo of Marshal Tito celebrating a birthday; New folding money coming to Canada from the Bank of Canada; The art of Moritz Liebling - 51 of his charcoal and pencil drawings from Auschwitz 2are displayed in Montreal; The passing of Lionel Conacher; TV wedding of Mr. Peepers (Wally Cox); Nice one-page two-color ad for Babcock boilers features their new installation at Ford's new Oakville plant; Feature article on Humphrey Bogart with photos; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System (Long Distance); Article and photo of boxer Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson; The passing of photographer Robert Capa - article with photo; Sentational vintage one-page color IBM ad features illustrations of tube electronics, man operating a new 701 computer, and Chinese man using abacus; Color paintings by frontier reporter George Catlin; Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz - article with photo; Nice color ad for English Electric inside back cover shows large manufacturing project; color Johnnie Walker ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice issue. Magazine
318 pages. Cover painting entitled "Mount Robson and Emperor Falls" by Jack L. MacLean. Great back cover colour photo ad for various models and colours of phones. Includes 192 pages of vintage local yellow pages ads plus several pages of ads for contemporary phone products. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful 1962 snapshot of Victoria, B.C. Book
866 pages plus advertisements. Prior owner's details neatly written across from title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely vintage Swiss household reference. Book
Please note: this copy is the eleventh edition from 1908. First published in 1890. 13 x 9 cm. [8], 242, [2] ads pages. Many black and white diagrams plus several photos. "Prepared to meet the wants of those students who only require the Geometry necessary for the Art Student's Course. Contains over seven hundred figures arranged in a convenient form, and a very complete and exhaustive collection of exercises, and covers rather more ground than is absolutely necessary for the South Kensington Examination in Geometrical Drawing. The Chapter on Solid Geometry has been made unusually full, as the Author's experience is that one of the student's chief difficulties is the want of sufficient variety of examples in this important branch of the subject." - Preface to first edition. Average wear to publisher's decorated olive cloth. Binding intact. Prior owner's details in very light pencil upon front free endpaper. Ink initials atop half-title page. Occasional light pencil marks to contents. A sound vintage copy of this helpful text. Book
DISPONIBILITÀ GARANTITA AL 99%; SPEDIZIONE ENTRO 12 ORE DALL'ORDINE. MAI SFOGLIATO; SEGNI DEL TEMPO E PICCOLE ROTTURA ALLA SOVRACCOPERTA. Protagonista del romanzo è John Spada, uomo ricco e potente. Attorno a lui, coinvolti nelle drammatiche ed tormentate vicende della sua vita, sono la moglie Anna, sua figlia, vittima della polizia politica in Argentina, la sua segretaria Kitty Cowan, il filosofo tedesco von Kalbach. Ambientato all'inizio in Italia, la storia si svolge attraverso dieci paesi e culmina durante l'assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite. Morris Langlo West (Melbourne, 26 aprile 1916 – Sydney, 9 ottobre 1999) è stato uno scrittore australiano. Il suo primo successo letterario fu il romanzo L'avvocato del diavolo (1959), vincitore del James Tait Black Memorial Prize, al quale fece seguito una serie di romanzi fantapolitici ricchi d'intreccio e di suspense. Tra essi vanno ricordati: La figlia del silenzio (1961), Nei panni di Pietro (1963), L'ambasciatore (1965), La torre di Babele (1968), Scandalo all'assemblea (1970), Lupo rosso (1971), La salamandra (1973), L'arlecchino (1975), I giullari di Dio (1979), L'arcicorruttore (1987), Un tocco da maestro (1989), Lazzaro (1990), Il grande mediatore (1991). Si spense mentre stava lavorando al suo ventottesimo romanzo, ispirato alla vicenda di Giordano Bruno, che avrebbe intitolato L'ultima confessione, pubblicato postumo nel 2000. Descrizione bibliografica Titolo: Proteo: romanzo Titolo originale dell'opera: Proteus. A Novel Collana: Omnibus Autore: Morris West Traduzione di: Bruno Oddera Editore: Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1979 Lunghezza: 311 pagine, 22 cm Soggetti: Letteratura, Narrativa anglosassone, Australiana, Romanzi, Violenza, Assassini, Dilemmi, Reazioni umane, Potere, Terrorismo, Esistenziali, Filosofia, Libri vintage, Anni settanta, Bestseller, Geopolitica, Politici, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, The Devil's Advocate, The Clowns of God, John Spada, Capitalismo, Hostages, Ostaggi, Economia mondiale, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Lunarcharsky, El Tigre, free political prisoner Parole e frasi comuni amico Anatoly Kolchak Anna Argentina Bay House botulino Buenos Aires buona casa Castagna Chavez colonnello consegna Darkover Deskau detenuti documenti dollari domanda Erwin Hengst figlia Gebhardt Semmler gioco Hendrick Henson Hugo von Kalbach John Spada Kitty Cowan Kltty uomo Lermontov Luigi Castagna mano Martin Garcia Maury Feldman Max Liebowitz mettere Mike Santos minaccia momento Nazioni Unite New York passato personale persone pesce politici polizia segreta Poseidon presidente prigione prigionieri Proteo rispose riuscito Rodo Rodolfo Vallenilla Sancho segretario generale ambasciatore signor Spada silenzio situazione soltanto sorriso Spada Consolidated spalle Spaventapasseri stava telefonata telefono telex Teresa Timmins tono tossine uomini zia Lisa zio Andrea
134 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Maurice Maeterlinck's film "The Blue Bird" inside front cover; Being a Father is Fun; What About Social Hygiene?; Their First Jobs; What is Good Discipline?; Keep on the Safe Side; If a Baby Eats Too Fast; Children Need Happily Married Parents; Are the Programs They Like Bad for Them?; What to Do About Earache; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice one-page illustrated ad for film Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney; School Directory; Charming color Campbell's Soup ad shows young boy and girl with umbrellas coming in from the rain for lunch; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Pacific Mills and their "Pacific Thief of Bagdad fabrics" features young ladies in dresses; Vintage Clapp's Baby Foods ad features photo sequence of mothers with baby carriages on city sidewalk; One-page ad for Buster Brown shoes; Red Goose Shoes ad; Back cover color ad for Pillsbury's Best Flower features photos of Mrs. Joseph E. Witson of Cheviot, OH, Mrs. Charles F. Vogel of Milwaukee, Miss Edith Ellingsworth of Cambridge, MD, Mrs. Bert Morris of Seattle, and Mrs. Homer Garrigus of Rockville, IN; Many additional nice old ads; and more. Faint name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
56 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Christmas rush on the Toronto subway; Terence Robertson says "Kick South Africa Out of the Commonwealth"; How to Get On Television - a tour of Canada's casting offices, including coverage and photos of Sandra O'Neill who won headlines for 'the longest legs on TV'; The Many, Mighty Siftons - proud and clannish for six generations they've done more to shape Canada than any other family; The Awful Ups and Downs of Terry Sawchuk - for the 'greatest goalie of all' life on and off the ice is one crisis after another; Why Don't We Send Our Surplus Food to the Starving, by Knowlton Nash; Portrait of Ontario's Highway 400 - "it was one of the better ideas of a man named Hitler"; Holiday Weekend in London; When Mother Was a War Worker - a look back at the women who worked in Canada's WWII munitions industries - article with great photo of Dozens of women standing on wings of 40th Lancaster bomber they'd helped build at Victory Aircraft in Maltonk Ontario; Molson's Canadian one-page colour-photo ad shows the clear tall bottles they used before converting to brown stubbies; Great vintage colour-photo ad for Remington Rand shows their room-sized Univac computer and Titan rocket taking off; Half-page Bright's Wines ad for their Mazel Tov product; and more. Back cover missing. Nibbling to bottom corner of front cover and first couple of pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
cm 45x90. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) fu il primo ad attraversare la Manica il 25 luglio 1909.
cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir.
cm 42x87. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. La litografia si riferisce probabilmente all’impresa compiuta da Henri Farman (1874-1958) dell’anello o loop di un chilometro, da lui compiuta per primo che gli valse la vittoria al Grand Prix de l’aviation nel 1908.
52 pages. Features: Supreme Court gives its blessing to Labor Relations Act and hands Roosevelt a victorious defeat - with photo of sit-downers and many related officials; Labor - Murphy medicine heals Chrysler strike - Ford and Vermont also prescribe for Sit-Downers - includes photo of Henry Ford, several photos of Hershey, PA - including a bloody-nosed John Loy - the aftermath of a riot at the American Gas Machine Co.'s Albert Lea, MN plant, and more; Photo-illustrated article on Britain's Stanley Baldwin, First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; A brief article on Germany presciently declares that Germany requires at least two more years before it wil be ready for total war - it also foreshadows Hitler's secret agreement with Stalin; Interesting brief updates with photos from Spain, China and Japan; Prodigy Mary Christine Dunn; Great article with five photos on the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team; The first commercial radio show using an all-Negro cast goes to air - with photo of Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong; Federal Reserve supports market as institutions reduce their U.S. bond holdings; Hart Schaffner & Marx Celebrates its Golden Jubilee; Book revies; small news bits; and more. Many great vintage ads including a full-page ad for International half-ton trucks (vans), a full-page Chevrolet ad featuring two ladies, a luxurious full-page ad for the new Studebaker State President, and a lovely color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on the back cover which features a lady driving a gas-powered scooter. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
