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44 pages. This issue devoted entirely to photographic coverage of the passing of Winston Churchill. Fantastic eight full-page colour photos, including centerfold. Many additional pages of black and white photos, including attending dignitaries. Fantastic colour photo full-page ad for the Riley Elf, Mk II, plus a nice colour ad for the Hillman Minx De Luxe. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Cover photo of Chiang Kai-Shek "The Great Leader of the 400,000,000 people who celebrated on Oct. 10 the "Double Tenth" (the 30th anniversary of the Chinese Republic); Tobruk photos; Four photos of Wuchang in 1911 - aftermath of the revolt; Berline Diary - William L. Shirer; Photos of "Beauforts" and Torpedoes, the flying terror of enemy shipping; Many photos depicting Viscount Gort's Despatches - Corps and Divisional Commanders of the B.E.F., in the battle of Flanders; Photo of new Soviet Stormovik Dive-Bomber; Photo of U.S. 15 ton tank with rubber treads; Illustrations of German tank transporters; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - The Fourth Phase in Russia; Large portrait of Marshal Budenny - Commander of the Red Armies in the Ukraine; Photos of the Soviet Army in Retreat; Photos from the Eastern Front , where rages the greatest battle in world history; Excellent centerfold illustration of "Britain's mighting long-distance bomber, the "Stirling"; Photos of the Bell Airacobra; R.C.A.F. Squadron No. 1 photos with captions; Trawler the "Lady Shirley" captures U-Boat, with photo; Personalities and events of the week; Photos illustrating how the Airgraph service is operated; The Yates Thompson Mss.; Nice colour Guiness ad inside front cover; Navy-themed colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover. Faint library stamp to front cover. Centerfold holding by one staple. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A worthy copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Silent Telephony on the Battlefront" - showing one of our troops in Tunisia using throat microphones and "silent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines removed from the airfield at Marble Arch; Dramatic two-page illustration of the damaged Stirling bomber piloted by Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton about to plunge into the Channel - how he won the Victoria Cross (V.C.) - Devotion "Unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force"; The Great World War - Lessons from Papua - article by Cyril Falls; Rabaul - Main Japanese Base in New Guinea Area Campaign - three illustrations and two photos; The German Retreat Across the Snow - Dramatic Views of Hitler's Sorry Army - Russians Close on Their Heels - 13 photos; How a "Liberty" Freighter was built in less than five days - Henry J. Kaiser's shipyards built the "Robert E. Peary" using pre-fabricated sections; Photos of personalities and events of the week - including Von Ribbentrop welcoming Laval to Berlin, Lloyd George at age 80, and a ceremony in London honouring American airman Sec. Lieut. Johnson; Pictures Behind the News - photo of the new Lockheed Constellation on its maiden voyage, aerial photo of now free Leningrad; A Japanese Bomber's Suicide Dive on the U.S. Aircraft-Carrier "Hornet" - dramatic photos; Centerfold illustration of Captain Robert Sherbrooke, V.C. in H.M.S. "Onslow," Challenging Superior Naval Forces of North Cape; Photos of enemy bombers down over London; Scenes in Malta's War Headquarters; Illustration of Flak over London; Three dramatic photos show Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch settle the fate of a U-boat; Two-page illustrated map indicates the vast economic development of French Africa - roads and communications from Algeria to Congo; The Trans-African Air Route - a six-thousand miles daily flight over virgin forests and desert tracts - three great photos; The Rivals of Rubber - article by E.S. Grew; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Johnnie Walker on back cover; Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
32 pages. Features: The Gallant New Zealanders in action in the North African campaign - ten illustrations by Captain McIntyre of the fighting advance from El Alamein; Convincing proof of bomb-raid damage revealed by stereoscopic photographs - article with photos; "The Ship", by C.S. Forester - the story of a British Cruiser in the Mediterranean; Full-page contour Map of Pantellaria - First loss of Italian Soil; Allied Bombing Offensive - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from the Southern War Zone - including photo of Churchill inspecing a captured German Mark VI Tiger Tank; Two-pages of photos entitled "Hitler, Goering and Ribbentrop Keep a Tight Control on Their Collaborators" , including images of/with Slovakian Premier Dr. Tuka; Mussolini, Laval, Quisling, King Boris of Bulgaria, Admiral Horthy of Hungary, and Dr. Tiso of Slovakia; Two pages of illustrations entitled "The Little Ships" - and the Gallant Crews who Man Them - incidents during night operations on patrol; Dramatic centerfold illustration shows British Gun-Boats at high-speed returning to base at dawn; Photo of Lieut.-Co. Lorne MacLaine Campbell, V.C.; photo of Major Le Patourel, V.C.; Full-page photo of crew of the U-Boat "Wolf" cowering undersea while depth-charges shake the hull; The End of the Attu Campaign - three photos; The U.S.S. Oklahoma Salvaged at Pearl Harbor - three photos; The Vought-Sikorsky Helicopter - Several versions of a novel aircraft - five interesting photos with some text; Photo of the crew of the flying fortress "Memphis Belle"; Sketches of POWs by Lieut. J.F. Watton; Photos of Midshipmen ("Snotties") taking an advanced course in a warship; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
4 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in red and black, and many hundreds of illustrations and cartoons throughout, guards and titles mildly spotted; attractively bound in in contemporary red half roan, cloth sides ruled in blind, gilt backs, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, boards lightly age-scuffed, small age-stain to tail of backstrip of first volume, hinges tender (but bindings wholly sound), a very good, bright, crisp, clean run. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved and printed titles, and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in green full crushed morocco BY HOLLOWAY OF LONDON, sides with multiple frame border enclosing floral fillet stopped at corners with sprays, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt with urns and flowers, gilt edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, expertly recased, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the oval bookplate of Archer Ryland on front paste-down, and neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso. The illustrations are by Bell, Cope, Creswick, Horsley, Knight, Redgrave, Stone, Stonhouse, Tayler, Townsend and Webster.
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 frontispieces and 82 plates and plans, neat signature on front free free endpaper of third volume; l printed boards, green cloth backs gilt, uncut (first two volumes), green cloth, gilt back (third volume), a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper to first volume clean set in dustwrapper (wrappers of first two volumes faded at backstrip). WITH AN A.L.s FROM THE AUTHOR LOOSELY INSERTED IN FIRST VOLUME. Arguably the finest modern description of the Abbey, this archeo-liturgical study concentrates on the post-reformation period. The numerous changes to the choir and high altar are given in detail, including Wren's classical reredos, its destruction and its successors, the sedilia, the transept screens, the destruction of the thirteenth-century choir stalls and the revolutionary changes of 1848. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
Roy. 4to., with 70 pages of reduced facsimiles and numerous illustrations in the text; buckram, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. An invaluable work of reference illustrating and describing the area. The catalogue was prepared under the editorial supervision of Ralph Hyde, Keeper of Prints and Map at the Guildhall Library, City of London
Roy. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette and 35 fine coloured plates; original red cloth boards, green roan back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, primrose endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue at end. A lovely copy of the reissue of the sequel to 'Life in London' (1821).
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, some very light and occasional spotting; original green buckram, gilt backs, red tops, a very good, clean set. The set comprises Vol. I: The Comedies (I); Vol. II: The Comedies (II): Vol. III: The Histories (I); Vol. IV: The Histories (II), The Poems; Vol. V: The Tragedies (I); Vol. VI: The Tragedies (II). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with wood-engraved title-vignette, fine engraved armorial dedication, 6 engraved plates, folding pedigree, 11 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and several engraved head- and tail-pieces, wanting frontispiece, list of plates and folding map; contemporary boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, old calf backstrip laid down, a most attractive working or reference copy. THIS COPY IS BOUND WITHOUT THE FRONTISPIECE, LIST OF PLATES AND FOLDING MAP. The engraved illustrations are by Nesbitt of Chelsea. Anderson, p.175; Upcott, p. 600.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates (a number folding), and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
DJ with small chips and tears. DJ spine browned and with 1/4" DJ top spine missing. Boards with slight wear to extremities and with a bit of discoloration towards spine ends. ; With 48 maps and plans. Rare. A very handsome copy ; Maps; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xl, 522, 64 pages
Full Title: "ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY. A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Centres, Bridges, Roofs; Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, etc. To Which is Added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber. 4th Edition, Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. With an Appendix Containing Specimens of Various Ancient and Modern Roofs, by Peter Barlow." pp. xxiv, 333 + Fifty-three (53) engraved plates [as called for], some folding. Old age stain. Partially unopened. Small folio. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) was an important English architect and engineer. In 1813 he joined William Atkinson, architect to the ordnance in London, and in 1823 went into private practice as a civil engineer. These 'Elementary Principles of Carpentry' were first published in 1820. He also wrote 'Strength of Cast Iron' (1821), and 'The Steam Engine' (1827). Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150 / DC
2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition with title-vignettes; attractively bound in contemporary half calf marbled boards backs with flat bands ruled in gilt second and fourth compartments with black leather labels framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments t Published in the same year as the first edition
32 pages. Features: Major coverage of Canadian police; Det. Edmond Madsen of Calgary; Staff Sergeant John Hodgins of the R.C.M.P. Crime Detection Library; Constable Ken Sawyer of Saskatoon; Constable Jim Stunden of the O.P.P.; Lieut. Det. Jacques Cinq-Mars of the Montreal Night Patrol; Winnipeg Court Jailer Fred Neale; Constable Arthur Wyatt of Halifax; Det. Donald Banks of Toronto; Nice colour photo ad for Pontiac cars; Chief Finlay G. Carroll of London; Guide to police officer slang; Super two-page colour photo of the Toronto Police's arsenal of sophisticated gadgets and practical weapons; Photo of homicide kit; Four Brave Men - Constable George McPherson of Winnipeg, Constable Kenneth Kilpatrick of Vancouver, Constable Clifford Laye and Constable Ron Baranoski of the O.P.P.; Police family recipes; Photo and write-up of vice squad sergeant Delores Eitel; Police Training - fine for dealing with criminals, but not with people; The Cops Look at the Criminal, and the Criminal Looks Back. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 443-482. Features: Cover photo and two additional pages of photos of destruction in Orleansville, Algeria caused by earthquake; Page of photos of diplomatic and political events; Dramatic photo-sequence of fatal collision between the liner Italia with the tug Fairplay 1 at Cuxhaven; Photos of Royal occasions in Scotland, Canada and the Netherlands; Four aerial photos of Formosa - a danger spot in the world today; Two pages of photos of training recruits of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa - learning how to use weapons from the U.S. to ward off Communist attack; Excellent aerial photo of aircraft carrier Philippine Sea and destroyer Erben being refueled by fleet oiler Chemung; Photos of works of art by the Aurignacian hunters of Spain; Seven photos of the Farnborough Air Show; Full-page photos of the De Havilland low-speed and high-speed wind tunnels; Photos of personalities of the week include R. Bierwirth, Charles Geddes, Sir Frank Gibbs, Anthony Eden with Dr. J.W. Beyen and M.P. Bech, M. Andre Derain, Sir Francis Evans, Chiang Ching-Kuo, Sir Alan Hartley, Channel swimmer Edward May, Paul Mason, and General De Castries and his wife; Photo of Lake Ontario swimmer Marilyn Bell, Roger Bannister; photos of balloon flyer Mr. Garrett Cashman and his wife; Classy colour-photo ad for United States Lines inside back cover; other nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
351 pages. Contains reports from 1868 through 1894. A wonderful highlight of this volume is the black and white photographic plates of the bank branches in the following locations: Head Office; Ayr; Blenheim; Brandon; Carman; Claresholm; Cobalt; Collingwood; Dawson; Dundas; Dunnville; Edmonton; Fernie; Galt; Guelph; Halifax; Hamilton; Innisfail; Kamloops; London, England; London, Ontario; Middleton; Moosejaw; Nanaimo; Nelson; New York; Orangeville; Ottawa. Narrow opening along front hinge. Back hinge starting. Unmarked. Average wear to partially dulled dark green boards adorned with clearly legible gilt lettering. Overall a quality copy of this rare and informative momento. Book
48 pages. Features: Brief piece on North Vancouver sprinter Harry Jerome; Non-Profits should pay taxes; Bruce Bairnsfather and his friend, Old Bill; Studebaker Lark car ad; The Scandal of our lost art treasures - while our museums were buying Chinese and Greek antiquities foreign collectors practically swept this country bare of irreplaceable native relics and pioneer art - article with colour photos of impressive U.S. collections of northwest coast native art; John Diefenbaker shows his souvenirs of John A. MacDonald; The Day Canada Was Born - interesting photo-illustrated article about July 1, 1867; The Unknown Years of Stephen Leacock - photo-illustrated article; The Languid and Lovely St. John River; Canada House in London - Everybody's Home Away From Home; How I Came to Burn Sir John A. - Bruce Hutchison convesses to a youthful sin; CNR passenger train ad; Canadian Army recruiting ad features their work in the Gaza Strip; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows kids under sprinkler; and more. Scratching/tearing to upper corner of front cover and first few pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
18 [ads], 189-250 pages. Features: On the Edge of the World (part 1) - adventures of a Wolverhampton office worker who travels to Tierra del Fuego to hunt and pirate furs; The Australian Stockman - photo-illustrated article; Picturesque Portugal - photo-illustrated article; Buster Brown's Brain-Wave - delightful yarn of the old sailing-ship days involving the crew of the 'Pride of London'; The Baker and the Bears - photo-illustrated article of the bears which feed from the cooks at Stevens' Gulch Road Camp on Mount Rainier in Washington state; The "Rockologist" - photo-illustrated article on "Chuckawalla Slim", otherwise known as Edwin H. Vose; Wardens of the Marches - deals with the wild Afghan border where blood feuds last generations; Ju-Ju C.I.D. - a curious story from West Africa; The Big Eel - fish-spearing at night near Mauritius; Abdul the Impeccable - getting even with a young rogue in northern India; "Lucky Tremaine" - An R.C.M.P. member is promoted due to a fluke of fortune; Great photo shows men of Hallaton and Medbury competing to get mini-beer barrel over the brook between the villages; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 page booklet. 9" x 7". Reproductions of various dramatic V-1-related black and white wartime photos on almost every page. Most pages half text and half photo. "This monstrous machine that rides the skies beyond all human control seems to the people (of London) to have a power of evil greater than anything that has gone before." - fro page 3. Published in December, 1944 by the British Information Services which were located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Back cover cutaway illustration of the V-1 explains how it works, with accompanying text on pages 20-22. Unmarked. Average wear. No notable defects. A sound vintage copy of this sombre WWII memento. Book
Pages 273 - 312. Features: Lovely colour ad for the De Havilland Comet used by British Overseas Airways Corporation shows plane in flight; Photos of avalanche terror in the Alps - engulfed villages; Great two-page photo of the start of the famous Tasman Ocean Yacht Race; Wow - two illustrated pages describe the Alberta tar sands "containing four times the rest of the world's known oil reserves"; Photos of personalities of the week, including Spain's first ambassador to Britain since 1946, Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, and his wife; Two pages of photos of the marriage of the Shah of Iran (Persia) to his new Empress, formerly Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari; Photo-illustrated article on the Life of John Maynard Keynes; The Gold Coast's first steps in democracy - election photos; Two pages of photos of U.N. troops in winter war action in central Korea; Centerfold photo of incredible devastation caused by the Mount Lamington eruption; Mice demonstrate road safety in Glasgow!; Photo of huge B 36 Bomber; Restoration of St. George's Hall, King's Lynn - believed to be England's largest medieval guildhall; photos of new French and British weapons; Photos illustrated how bulky files of newspapers are transfered to tiny rolls of microfilm; Amazing photos of lying squirrels in flight; Swedish ballets; Nice colour ad for Imperial Leather toilet powder inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Jacob & Co's Cream Crackers on back cover; and more. Cover holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 977-1032.. Features: Nice colour-illustrated Rolex ad inside front cover features illustration of divers; Royal Airforce recruiting ad; Nice half-page Hooper car ad for the 7-seater Limo., design No. 8400; Royal photos of the Queen Mother's return from the U.S. at Waterloo; Great two-page series of illustrations of "Tridac" - the biggeset calculating machine in England - used to assist in the design of guided missiles and high-speed aircraft; Photo of the two vessels of the Onassis whaling fleet seized by Peru; 80th birthday ceremony for Winston Churchill in Westminster Hall; Photos of Royal occasions; Passing of Mr. A. Vyshinsky; Unearthing the world's oldest funerary boat - the start of the Gize excavations; Lightshipi South Goodwin wrecked on the Goodwin sands by a mighty gale; Centerfold photo of this vessel on her side on the Goodwin Sands; Liberian tanker "World Concord" breaks in half; Photos of 17 personalities in the news, including Sir Edward Keeling, Professor Enrico Fermi, Alger Hiss, Sir George Robey, and Mr. Ronald Murton, the only survivor of the wrecked South Goodwin lightship; Magnificent Greco-Etruscan remains of 2400 years ago recovered from the mud of Lake Comacchio; the making of fine Britihs glass; Burbery's fashion ad; Colour-photo ad for Gilbey's Royal Whisky inside back cover with horse racing theme; back cover colour ad for Meltis New Berry Fruits; and more. Advertorial cover loose but present, otherwise moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
