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247 pages. Index. Contains: biographies of every Grandmaster and all major figures; accounts and tables of the greatest tournaments in history; Explanations of all technical terms; Over 100 of the greatest games ever played; Photos of all the great players." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear with usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound reference copy of this interesting and informative work. Book
24 pages. Black and white photos of the artist. Contains English and Portuguese lyrics, table of bossa nova rhythm patterns and guitar diagrams. Provides piano music for these songs: The Girl from Ipanema; Meditation; One Note Samba; How Insensitive; Quite Night of Quiet Stars. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
110 pages. Songs include: Sneakin' Up Behind You; Lovely Lady; What Can a Miracle Do?; Levitate; A Creature of Many Faces; D.B.B.; Some Skunk Funk; Keep it Steady; Oh My Stars; I Love Wastin' Time With You; Slick Stuff; Grease Piece; Sponge; Twilight; Night Flight; Rocks; If You Want to Boogie, Forget It; Dig a Little Deeper. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this absolutely stunning compilation. Book
pp. xii, 147 + color frontis and black and white photographs. Numerous text drawings. Slightly age stained. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, stained. Original dust jacket, worn and torn. Hardbound. First edition. SPACE/6
Features: On Wildlife - messages for a New Millennium; Death of a Comet - The discovery and Demise of Shoemaker-Levy 9; A Bridge to the Stars - Tethered Satellites in Space; Strange New Worlds - The Quest for Extra-Solar Planets; A View from Space - NASA's new generation of Satellites. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Black Caiman of Zancudo Cocha; Solo in the Arctic; Explorations Among the Stars; In Search of Hypercharge - A Matter of Some Gravity; Huautla; Yamantaka - Tibet's Yak-headed Deity; Soko Islands, South China Sea. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
364 p. Numerous photographs, some in color. Advertisements, some illustrated and in color. Age staining. 4to. Original full cloth binding in red, white and blue. Binding soiled. Very good. W104LeftStk
Foxing to eps. No other inscriptions or marks. Clean pages firmly bound with a little bumping to corners and fading to spine ends. Dust jacket not price clipped with scuffing and marking and small pieces missing from spine ends and corners. 136pp.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (one coloured), title-vignettes and very numerous photographs and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; maroon cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Part 1: 1906-1930; Part 2: 1930-1965. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 11981.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, extremely slight sunning to page margins and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with some sunning. 220pp. A review of the discoveries and scientific instruments used to study the heavens over the period 1781 to 1930. First English edition.
Pages 116-164. Features: Great cover illustration of men boating their load through whitewater; Bold red and whiite ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover; Nice full-page photo of an outdoorsy couple snapping a photo; Who Will Repay? - a plea for better understanding by Grey Owl - article with photos; Prizes Offered for Humane Traps; The Land of the "Fighting Rainbow" (Trout), by W.B. Gray; ; The Romance of Maple Sugar, by H. Lamontagne; ; Trees in Myth and Legend - part 1 by James Kay; Corvus - Black Sleuth of Big Timber - the despised 'croaking raven'; New Canadians with Old World Ways - some intimate details of the pioneering efforts of new comers to "Bush Country" in the North Prairies - with interesting photos, including Ukrainian mud construction; Sunday - A day of Observance or Desecration - Which?, by Jack Miner; When Forest and Farm Met; All Seals Don't Come from the Sea - some fur bearers starting out under other names wind up as seal coats; Quality of Wood Improves with Age - how knots are formed, why some wood warps more than others, meaning of heartwood and sapwood; Raising Game Fish by the Billion - restocking of Ontario's Lakes and Streams is being accomplished in a big way; Barnjum Forest - Big Trees saved for public monument on Vancouver Island between Duncan and Lake Cowichan by Frank J.D. Barnjum; Putting up a "Star Boarder" - keeping a Grebe at home; Telling time by the Stars; How the English Sparrow Came; Death of Robert Henry Grier of Nanaimo - photo and article; "Pee-Wee" Dog Derby Made a Hit; Training Covert-Shooting Dogs; Spring Time is Tree Planting Time; Nice Canadian National ad on back cover promotes their Alaskan service. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: The British Election 1966; George IV and the arts of France; New Bankside town on the Erith marshes; France tears a hole in the NATO net; Missiles wait in readiness as NATO keeps watch over the Arctic wastes - GREAT PHOTOS!; Persia's new island superterminal for supertankers - Kharg Island; Roger Fry; The first untouched Royal burial found in Crete; A deep frozen 'mermaid' travels from bahrain to the British museum; The Queen meets the stars of the movie Born Free; and more. Great full-page colour Jaguar ad on page 8 features the hood ornament. Photo of US operation to clean up after loss of an H-bomb (!). Full-page colour ad for a Riley automobile. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
429 pages. Index. "This, the first full-length biography of E.E. Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century... Barnard scoured the heavens endlessly, leaving an astonishing legacy of observations - of planets, satellites, comets, double stars, bright and dark nebulae, and globular clusters - that make him one of the greatest observers of all time." - from preliminary page. Usual library markings. Average wear. Some lean to spine. A sound working copy. Book
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Includes color photos of: Chelsia; Chin Han; Hsu Feng and Hsu Chi Chang; and much more. Trifle of writing upon front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Lin Fung Chew -gorgeous colour one-page photo; Two pages of Bang Bang colour-photo fashion ad; Alan Tang; Foldout colour photo of Sylvia Chang; Liu Chia Chong and Chen Chen - their romantic house; Movie Stars travel to Manila for benefit performance for Miss China City - photos and article; Siau Yau and Mr. Lua; Wong Yu; Hsia Ling Ling; Deborah - she refuses to undress and be 'Hong Kong Emmanuelle": Yau Feng Pun; Wong Yu; The Sunset of Peking; Summer Lover; Yesterday is Over Soon; Theft, Prostitute, Money; Wife, Lover, Girlfriend; Rogue and Gentleman; Warning for the Young; Iron Robe, starring Liu Chung Leang; The Duel; James [Jimmy) Stewart - article and photos; Fantastic one-page colour photo fashion ad for The Apple Jeans features white couple accented by green, blue and yellow graphic; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
94 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Several pages of great colour-photo movie ads; One-page colour beachphoto of topless Jackie Chan in blue adidas shorts; Nice one-page colour photo of Marian Cheung; Colour photos of Frankie and Sydney - "A New Couple"; Charles Chin sows the seeds of love; Michael Hui and Jackie Chan join international stardom; David Keung turns to TV acting; Upcoming teenage star Pear Yan-A; Do-Re-Mi, a children's film by Leung Kai Shau; Chow Lun Fat - a star who can act; The Conscience of Nude Film Stars; Foreign-made Mandarin films; Dragon Blood, starring John Liu; Steve McQueen; Bo Derek; and much more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Please note that the first and last pages (1-2 and 91-92) are missing. 88 pages remain. Features: Charming cover illustration of two young boys wearing towels; Russia Today - What Can We Learn From It?; P&G one-page colour ad for Naptha Soap features inset photo of Mrs. H.F. Edens; Two Beauties and a Bandit (short story); Sequel (short story); Why the Prince of Wales is "Air Minded" - photo-illustrated article explains how H.R.H. has solved the problem of his public engagements via aviation; Trail's End (short story); After I Was Killed (short story); The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); "Frock Spotting" in Society Crowds - interesting photo-illustrated article; I'm Crazy Over English; Nice Pond's ad features photo of lovely Miss Anne Gould; One page ad for the 1934 Pontiac Straight - 8; Page of photos of Hollywood stars; One-page Lux soap ad features photo of Loretta Young; Wonderful two-page photo ad for the 1934 New Plymouth Six features family and car in front of stately home; One-page photo ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera - in 1934!; Movie reviews; Two-page photo-ad for Dodge cars features car flying over cliff and 'Bonnie and Clyde' types standing near car; Radioland - news and photos of radio stars of the day; The Invisible Science - wonderful 16-page illustrated C-I-L feature devoted to chemistry; Illustrated fashion article; Oldsmobile ad inside back cover features a 1934 Six; Ceylong Tea Bureau colour ad on back cover features reproduction of painting 'The Ice Breaker at Levis' by Robert Pilot; and more. Small to medium-sized clippings from pages 28, 47, 63, 65, 68, 76, 79, 85, 88, and 89; Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy despite its numerous defects. Book
52 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of calf kicking up its legs in the spring flowers; One-page Chipso photo ad features the Williams family - Thomas Vance, Calvin Edward, Mrs. Calvin C., Stephen, Charles Judson and Henry Kerr; One-page yeast ad features large photo of Dr. Gudzent of the University of Berlin; Nice one-page Pontiac ad features yellow Economy Straight 8; Order to View (short story); Green Mantle (short story); Restoration Work in France - photo-illustrated article on work done to preserve Versailles and Fontainbleau for posterity; Small Talk (short story); Beating the Star (short story); At the Edge of the Great Unsurveyed (short story); Wedding Bells Around the World - photo-illustrated article on world wedding traditions; The Man Who Taught London to Dance - photo-illustrated article on Santos Casani; A Gabled House; Pond's cold cream one-page ad features photos of Lady Diana Manners; The British Way; Nicely illustrated one-page Maxwell House coffee ad; Laboratory in the Snow - Dr. H.R. Wolf of General Motors tests cars in the winter conditions of Saskatchewan; Lovely one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams; Great one-page Chevrolet truck ad includes diagrams of 10 interesting vehicles; Three pages of photos of movie stars; Radioland - article on radio stars; Movie reviews; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Champion spark plug ad includes photo of Mr. S.G. Baits, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex of Canada, Ltd.; Easter cookery ad; One-page illustrated ad for the Northern Electric Model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Fashion article with illustrations; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features elegant lady in long maroon gown; Crisco colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Cute Twelvetrees cover illustration of turkey chasing toddler butcher; wonderful Aylmer Soups ad inside front cover features elegant photo of Canada's Governor-General and the Countess of Bessborough; One-page Fleischmann's ad features large photo of Prof. Dr. Franz Muller; Kid Angel (fiction); Luxury Lady (fiction); Where Does the Tax-Dollar Go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada (part 5); The Criminal (fiction); How to Hold a Husband (fiction); Thou Art Peter (fiction); Racketeering in the Seventies (i.e. the 1870s); Quant two-page photo ad for Pond's cold cream; Little Rambles in Hollywood; One-page Ovaltine ad shows doctor and nurse weighing boys; Radioland - great photo-illustrated article on famous radio shows and stars; Nice one-page black and orange Chevrolet ad features the Master Six Touring Coupe at a country fair; Gorgeous one-page colour Palmolive Soap ad features illustration of beautiful young lady; Photo of Laurel and Hardy in handwriting analysis ad; Better Cookery; Rare half-page photo ad for the new Dual Harmony radio by Stewart-Warner Alemite of Belleville, Ontario; Fall fashion illustrations and article; Right Habits (for children); Excellent colour-photo ad for Winchester cigarettes inside back cover features young lady wearing purple fashion designed by Maison Mainbocher of Paris; Charming back cover P and G (Procter and Gamble) ad on back cover features Polly and George and Spot, plus girls building mud castle; Dozens of other great ads. Above-average external wear and soiling. 4"x3" clipping from page 3. 3"x3" clipping from Criticisms article on page 26. Small clippings from pages 51, 53 and 67. All pages and covers free from staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
108 pages. Features: Libertarian color cover photo; Beautiful color fashion ads; A short 'educational dictionary'; Wildly colorful two-page photo fashion ad for Fire Islander; Lady Manhattan two-page ad reads 'A little girl's shirt is sexy whan a big girl wears it'; Sony/Superscope radio/cassette ad features Mrs. Claus in rocking chair; Women's Consciousness; The New Right Credo - Libertarianism - article with photos of Baruch Spinoza, Robert Heinlein, Ayn Rand, Karl Hess, Murray Rothbard and Jerome Tuccille; East Pakistan - The Wave - aftermath of a terrible cyclone; Alan and Margaret McSurely vs. the State - photo-illustrated article on these radical anti-poverty workers; Football Talent Scout Red Hickey - photo illustrated article on this man who helped bring six stars to the Dallas Cowboys; Beautiful Rose Marie Reid fashion ad; features ladies on seaside rocks; Beautiful color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model in white and red reclining on red pillows; Nice chiffon fashion photos; Two-page ad for The New Miami Beach; Photos of row houses in Columbia MD designed by Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
56 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
153 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. "The species in this handbook are found in the marine waters of British Columbia, from Juan de-Fuca Strait in the south, to Dixon Entrance in the north and from the intertidal zone to a depth of 200m." - from preface. Designed for both the amateur and the expert. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Folio, 287p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
