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Hardcover in-12, 232 pages, cartes, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée. Bon état. [NV-10]
144 pages. "The unique approach of The Mitchell Trio - those modern minstrels of dissent - has catapulted them to the top of the folk music world in just a few years." - back cover. Includes biographical information about the Trio members plus black and white illustrations. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: The John Birch Society; Alberta; Maladyozhenaya; The Banks of Sicily; Green Grow the Lilacs; You Can Tell the World; The Virgin Mary; Alma Mater; Mighty Day; Me Voy Pa Bete; I Feel So Good About It; What Did You Learn in School Today?; Tell Old Bill; Rum By Gum; The Golden Vanity; The Ides of Texas; The Hip Song; Bonny Streets of Fyve-io; The Story of Alice; Paddy West; Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos; Moscow Nights; Super Skier; The Unfortunate Man; Whup Jamboree; Rally Round the Flag (medley with In the Summer of His Years); Hello, Susan Brown; The Marvelous Toy; Queen Elinor's Confession; James James Morrison Morrison; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Johnnie; Tail Toddle; An Irish Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Binding intact. Few markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Hardback in-8°, 270 pages, illustrations, reliure demi-maroquin à coins, dos richement decore, couverture et dos conserves. Tres bel exemplaire [TX-10]
pp. xii, 361 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Top edge gold. Uncut. XLib. Original full navy blue cloth binding, gold lettered and decorated. Though XLib, still a nice copy. RUSSIA; HISTORY; RUSSIAN EMPIRE; MOSCOW; KREMLIN; SIBERIA; RACES; RELIGION; CULTURE; CUSTOMS; ART; LITERATURE; STATISTICS; PHOTOGRAPHS; 1904 RUSSIA/1
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
PUSIGNAN (69), Imp. Fot - 2001 - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs - Gardes illustrées de cartes - Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et HT - 125 pages - Très bel exemplaire, comme neuf
pp. xii, 586 + Plus Portrait frontis and full page photographs. Decorated title page. Top edge gold. Tall 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, slightly worn. ART 1
56 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
367pp., numerous of fascinating b/w photographs; folded map included; text clean and tight Used
Previous owner's name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to top of slightly tanned page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little fading. 427pp. The story of the 1991 coup in Russia, the events leading up to it and the subsequent elections in 1993.
60 pages. Features: News digest includes 'a British ministry of propaganda', America's altered mood, free speech in Canada, Moscow bargaining, and from Poland to Rumania; Canada's Prison Shame - intersting article by J. Alex. Edmison includes photos of - the B.C. Penitentiary at New Westminster, youn ladies in the Borstal Institute at Aylesbury, England, Montreal Gaol (Bordeaux Gaol), and members of the Archambault Commission - R.W. Craig, J.L. KKent, Mr. Justice Archambault, J.C. McRuer, and Allan Fraser; Uncle Romeo and the White Pendennings (short story); The Missing Passenger (short story); A Letter to Anne (short story); Samaritan on Wheels - the story of the Empire's greatest philanthropist and leading industrialist William Richard Morris, now Viscount Nuffield - article with photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); If I Die Before I Wake (part 4); Nice one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada features the province of Alberta with map and text; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quints; Palmolive soap ad features illustration of the faces of the Dionne Quintuplets and (faux) signed photo of Gladys Cooper of 1973 Robson St. in Vancouver; Stewart-Warner radio ad features photos of the 4575, 4351 and 4511 models; When Contagious Diseases Stay Home; Movie news and photos, with brief write-up and photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald, plus additional photos of King Vidor, Alexander Hall, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Sam Wood, Jack Conway, Clarence Brown, Frank Borzage, Tod Browning, George Cukor, Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog; Fashion illustrations; Nice half-page two-colour ad for RCA Victor radios shows the A-2, A-1 and A-4; Scales of Fortune (short story); Half-page tourism ad for Italy (unfortunately, many young Canadians would soon be fighting there!); Beauty article; Charis foundations ad features nostalgic photo; Autumn fashion preview; Pickling Made Easier; Quotes of the World; Nice Heinz ketchup ad inside front cover includes photo of restaurant scene; Vintage colour back cover ad for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Ford Motor Company ad inside front cover illustrates their manufacture of war materials; News digest includes the war in the air, an aerial 'second front', the Wendell Willkie Reports, and no 'fifth column' in Moscow; Editorial on the overseas cigarette muddle; Lew Hayman Looks at Football Stars - photo-illustrated article documents the outstanding players of the last decade; Fantastic Tomorrow - futuristic illustrated article on designs/architecture of tomorrow; Swan Song in Satin (short story); He Would Know About Beezy (short story); I Once Had a Heart (short story); Canada's Airlined Youth - photo-illustrated article on the training of Canadian Air Cadets, including photos of Air Marshal W.A. Bishop and Wing Commander D.R. (Don) MacLaren; A Man's Castle (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (poem by a grasshopper); Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad includes nice illustration of horse-drawn sleigh; Canadian General Electric ad says "Eat Right... Keep Right"; Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) Air Crew one-page recruiting ad shows "A Veteran at 20!"; Rare one-page Canada Starch company one-page ad features article of saluting housewife in apron and title "Canada's Housoldiers are Serving the Nation"; Woodbury Soap one-page ad features photos of Betty Cordon; Pepsodent ad features photos of drum majorettes Charlene and Shirley; Beautiful one-page colour-photo-illustrated Woodbury Cold Cream ad features Ilona Massey in bed; Article on beauty and fashions; Woodbury Powder one-page ad features nice colour photo of Georgia Carroll; Fashion illustrations; Quotes from around the world; Colour Victory Bond ad inside back cover with title "Mother Budgets Our Future Now"; Nice back cover colour ad for Wabasso Cottons. and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
Ed. du Progrés 1979, In-8 cartonné, 205 pages. Illustrations. Bien complet du plan. Trés bon état.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and full-page map in the text, endpapers mildly browned; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, uncut, case slightly shaken else a good, firm copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
Introduction by Montgomery of Alamein. 'This book on Russia, published by The Sunday Times, is of tremendous interest because it presents in clear and readable form an introduction to Russia and its people.' 10 chapters plus Appendix, Notes and Index; numerous photographs and illustrations, 168 pages, Book has some light soiling of covers from handling, scuffed corners. Text pages clean and tight. Binding sound.
LE MANS, Imp. & Lib. Monnoyer - 1912 - Reliure à la bradel 1/2 toile canari - Titre doré - Plats marbrés - Coiuverture conservée - 1 illustration 27 pages - Très propre Ex-libris armorié vicomte de Noailles
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with a little light creasing to edges. 160pp. A very personal guided tour of the world's largest country by it's most famous 'grandson'. This is an amusing and attractive book which also opens the door to a Russia only a few have been able to see and appreciate. Over 100 original photos, many taken by the author himself.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 684 p., ills. Osmanli dönemi Kirim Hanligi. Translated by D. Ahsen Batur. Crimean Khanate in the period of the Ottoman Empire.
in-8°, 374 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, notes, index, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [CA-9]
Features/Photos: First photo of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones; Princess Margaret meets the Beatles; Askut -features of the watergate and stairs - and the altar room; The Blue Express - scenes of the journey from East Berlin to Moscow; The world's first nuclear-powerred merchant ship, The Savannah, in Britain for the first time; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: America's hero - Alan Shepard; Morale-booster for the US - the triumph of Commander Shepard and of American scientists; The Swedish warship Vasa - 5 pictures; Moscow military parade; Roman Splendour - The Royal Procession drives past the colosseum; 5-inch Howitzers in the scrap heap; King Hussein engaged to a British girl from an 'ordinary family'; Scenes from the Queen's visit to Italy; The Queen in Venice; and more. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through, with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practices in their "Matildas"; Captain Fritz Weidermann expelled from U.S.; Photo of Churchill and a "Stirling" bomber; Photo of Camrahn Bay, recently given to the Japanese by the Vichy government; Great action photos from Russia and Finland; Photos of Nazis in Russia; Doughty Russian guerilla fighters harass Nazi communications - six photos, including hundreds of women diggin an anti-tank trench outside Moscow; German Offensive Tactics - article by Cyril Falls; The Russian War as seen through Russian Eyes - Twelve great photos; Two photos of the signing of the Syrian armistice; Italy attacks Malta with E-Boats - Three excellent photos; Centerfold illustration depicts London Home Guards at grips with the Canadian 'enemy' in a mock attack; Photo secrets of the new ME 109F fighter; Three super photos of the Short "Stirling" - Britain's mighty dreadnought of the air; Photos of personalities of the week - including General McArthur; The Atlantic Battle - Corvette Sinks U-Boat - Raider destroyed - photos; Vichy Surrenders Indo-China - Saigon occupied by Japan on July 17 - with six photos of Saigon; Large photo of a captured 42-foot Whale Shark before its escape; full-page ads for Schweppes and Haig whisky; Quarter-page ad for Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats; Colour Dewar's "White "Label" Scotch whisky ad features herring drifter in background. Average wear. Ink stamps to fore-edge of each page. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Wonderful colour ad inside front cover features a 1939 Daimler Straight Eight Touring Limousine; Title page photos of tanks returning to England from the failed Dieppe raid; The Commando Raid on Dieppe - aerial photos and a chart of the town; Twelve photos during and after the Dieppe raid; Four sketches of Dieppe action by artist Captain Bryan De Grineau; A Review of Many Events of the War - article by Cyril Falls; Photo portraits of new commanders for our armies in the Middle East - The Hon. Sir Harold Alexander, Major-General Herbert Lumsden and Lieut.-General B.L. Montgomery (Monty); Egypt's contribution to our way of life, by Sir John Squire; Excellent full-page photo portrait of the late Air Commodore H.R.H. The Duke of Kent with the Duchess; Interesting photos at home and abroad; Fifteen photos of personalities and events of the week; Centerfold illustration by Captain Bryan De Grineau depicts zero hour off Dieppe - the combined services launching their attack at the appointed time and place; Excellent two-page illustrations present structural details of the Focke-Wulf "F.W. 190" Fighter Plane; Photos of war activities on three fronts - Pacific, Mediterranean and Channel; Five photos of British 4.5 Heavy Guns in action on the El Alamein Battlefield; Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy - Six photos; The Prime minister visits the Eighth Army at El Alamein - 6 photos; Mr. Churchill visits Egypt and Moscow - six photos including shots of Churchill with Molotov and Stalin; Four large dramatic photos of Naval action in the Great Convoy Fight off Malta; Series of illustrations depict how the tanker "Ohio" delivered fuel to Malta; Great back cover colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whiskey shows a crate of whisky being wheeled past a smiling traffic officer. Somewhat above-average wear to covers. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
36 pages. Features: ; Many photos of Anti-Aircraft instruction in England; Photos of gunnery practice of the H.M.S. "Iron Duke" with shells visible in air; The Men Responsible for our Defense - photos of leaders of Britain's Navy, Army and Air Force; Full-page photo of a typical British solder of 1939 with full equipment; The Modern British Army - a Force Prepared, Equipped and Trained for service abroad - nine photos; Two-page illustration presenting the various aircraft of the Royal Air Force; Ten photos of the French Army - A Force with Great Traditions; Four photos of the French High Commands - on land, sea and air; Illustrations of aircraft of the French Air Force; Ten Photos presenting a Conspectus of the German Army - Mechanised units for "Lightning War" - Infantry, Tanks and Artillery; Centerfold map of Europe illustrating many possible theatres of war; Eight photos of the types of aircraft in the German Air Force - Bombers and Fighters; Page of photos of Germany's Military Leaders - Herr Hitler and his chiefs of staff; Excellent full-page photo of Sir Nevile Henderson boarding aircraft as he leaves Berlin; Dramatic two-page photo of the members of the Reichstag giving the Nazi salute to Hitler; Photos of London preparing for war - sand-bagging, setting guns, putting children on trains out of London; Photos of precautions at Canterbury and in the Capital; Photos of the Signing of the World-Staggering Non-Aggression Pact - Russo-German Smiles in Moscow - Stalin, Von Ribbentrop and advisors; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Two pages almost loose. Pages 399-402 missing. A worthy pre-war reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Jonathan Logan/Lord & Taylor; Not the Goal, Only the Means - a warning to not let the virtue of private enterprise to become a vice; The Words of Freedom - photos from the National Archives Building; A Politician Must Watch His Wit; First Visit to a Muffled Colossus - Moscow is almost the last of the unknown cities; When Lewis Walked Down Main Street - the novel "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis; Nice color-photo ad "Carol Craig goes to Mission Valley"; The Chants of Childhood; Our Vital Non-Summit Conferences; Nice color-photo ad for Ballantine Beer; Nice fashion photos "Meanwhile - Back at the Ranch" by Hiro; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book