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Edition originale de cette évocation de Londres par le poète et critique Bernard DELVAILLE (1931-2006), qui fut conseiller littéraire aux éditions Seghers (directeur de la collection "Poètes d'aujourd'hui" à partir de 1970): "ce sont des promenades dans Londres que je propose au lecteur. C'est un paysage mental que je découvre, car, tout autant qu'à Paris ou à Rome, la littérature s'y mêle intimement à la solitude du piéton". 1 des 70 exemplaires sur Indres MBM Arches, justifié n°23; dans la collection dirigée par Luc Decaunes. Français
Edition originale de ce "portrait" de Londres par Paul MORAND (1888-1976); tirage à 2726 exemplaires; 1 des 2300 sur alfa, justifié n°231 (après 173 sur grands papiers et 253 sur pur fil), à grandes marges. Français
Grand in-8°, 203 pp., heliogravures sepia, carte volante en noir, couverture illustree rempliee. Bel exemplaire. [MO-1]
In-8, 383p. Edition numérotée 1/3000 exemplaires. Préface de Cyril Connolly. Rassemble des textes de Mallarmé, Dickens, Verlaine, Wilde, etc... Nombreuses reproductions en noir de peintures de Dufy, Pissarro, Daumier, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc...
français Sans date (circa 1910-20). In-12 étroit de 22 pp. + Plan ; broché de l'éditeur avec agrafe, première de couverture illustrée.
Album in-4°, 239 pp., entierement illustre de photographies en couleurs, la plupart en pleine ou en double page, cartonnage sous jaquette illustree.-9782851087966 Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [RB-1]
Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, appears new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages of fine line b&w architectural drawings with text. " The introduction traces the way in which London's fabric has been formed -- the expansion of the 17th and 18th centuries that produced the squares and terraces of Mayfair and Bloomsbury, and the self-confident contribution of the 19th , with its banks, railway stations and grandiose commercial buildings. All these periods, different as they were, respected the human scale, and it is this which the 20th century is ignoring.... " Six guided walks illustrate this phenomena.
pp. xv, 192 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Slightly foxed. Sm. 4to. Original full purple cloth binding. Hardbound. Second impression. ENGLAND 2
451 pages. Index. List of sources. "Making use of the wealth of private and official correspondence that has become available to the historian during the last ten years, Dr. Grenville here offers a general account of the diplomatic history of the years of Lord Salisbury's last administration, 1895-1902, and examines afresh the causes and nature of the significant change which occurred in the direction of British foreign policy." - from dust jacket. Contemporary book review laid-in. Prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Modest lean to spine. Average overall wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Light wear and chipping to DJ; A look at some of the buildings that have disappeared from London over the middle years of the 20th century, at a loss of a certain way of life ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 250 pages
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, many hundreds of fine photographs (many full-page), and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Cartoline postali non viaggiate, senza data. Codice AT.1320 R + AT1853- Vedi foto fronte e retro. 2 Unused and undated colour post cards in good condition, 139 x 90 mm - Worldwide delivery.
2 Cartoline postali non viaggiate, senza data. Codice AT.987 + AT 1520 R - Vedi foto fronte e retro. 2 Unused and undated colour post cards in good condition, 139 x 90 mm - Worldwide delivery.
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
Tre vignette mostrano l’arrivo a Londra dell’imperatore Guglielmo II, re di Prussia. Al centro lo sbarco, in alto il corteo solenne e in basso la rivista militare. Testo al retro
40 pages. Features: Hard-to-believe colour photo ad for an International Delivery truck inside front cover looks like a cross between a banana and a toaster; Net Results (short story); The Truth About the Bren Gun Article - feedback after the storm of controversey which resulted when Maclean's printed an article by Lieut.-Col. George Drew describing "the most abominable contract that could possibly have been imagined" - includes photos of many of the main players; Overload (short story); Britain Accepts Conscription - part of Beverley Baxter's update from London; Sea Room (short story); Edward Johnson of Guelph (part 2) - with indomitable will he conquered music, strange tongues and life's tragedy in his determined invasion of the operatic world - article with photos; Ribuck! (short story); Hot Dogs - how to help your pet during a heat wave; Nice Coke ad on back cover features young couple heading to a soda fountain, with photo of soda jerk inserted. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Fantastic colour International Harvester truck ad inside front cover; Money Marriage - the story of a girl who learned that money doesn't paddle a canoe in a crisis, by Eve Burkhardt; Kings Who Came to Canada, by W.J. Baanks; The Pipe Pushers, by Weston Martyn; Your Clothes and Your Clothes - a gibe at wollen-armored males who dare to laugh at women's clothes, by Mary Lowery Ross; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - the crash of appeasement; Beautiful Homes, I Love You, by Anne Wormser; A $300,000,000 Business - Canada's Tourism industry - fascinating!; Deep Waters, by Ben Ames Williams; It Does Rain Fish - dropping fingerling trout from airplains is Quebec's latest method of restocking Northern lakes; Great 1939 Chevrolet centerfold ad; Nice colour Stetson Hat ad inside back cover; Colour photo Studebaker Champion ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Great colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Nice two-colour full-page Chevrolet ad; Super Sub-Hunters (fiction); Nice one-page Canada Dry ad; Canadians are donating the blood to be used for Britain's armies; Churchill and Chamberlain - a column from London; Pottsy (fiction); What Canada Means to Me; Tondar (fiction); Wakeville, Awake! (part 4 of 4); South of the Border - photos and article on the thriving city of Windsor, Ontario; Great full-page ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes); Kindergarten of the Air - Frank Lucas and his Toronto Model Airplane Factory -article with photos; Nice full-page two-colour ad for Moffat Electric Ranges; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Caterpillar diesel engines and electric sets; Full-page Dodge Truck ad; Great colour ad for Hewetson Shoes inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Nash automobiles on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile cars inside front cover; Fargo truck ad; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 2 - The New Army - particle with photos; Interesting comments on the war from London by Beverley Baxter; Road's End (fiction); The Pertinacious Pole - a short story about hockey involving a Polish fellow; White Gold - The grand business success skiiing has brought to the Laurentians - article with photos; The Stowaway (fiction); Moving Quebec to Idaho - article and photos of movie "Northwest Passage"; Frank Cyril James - new Principal at McGill University - photo and article; Wings of Hazard (fiction) part 2 of 5); Dodge car ad; Plymouth car ad; Ontario Premier M.F. Hepburn is pictured in a war solidarity ad sponsored by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Red Horner, Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon are featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad; Dodge Truck ad; Army Grub, New Style - interesting article and photos on cooking for the Canadian Army; colour ad inside back cover by the Department of Fisheries encourages Canadians to eat fish. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: page 6/7 missing - It appears to have been an ad. A worthy vintage copy. Book
40 pages. Features: So This is Susan (short story); Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada; Nothing, Not Out (short story); Major article with photos; Colonel Drew stands by charges - author of Bren gun article testifies before Public Accounts Committee; War update from London; Loyalty (short story); Sulfapyridine - Medicine's new weapon in the fight against pneumonia; Edward Johnson of Guelph - article with photos (conclusion); Net Results (short story); The Dionne Quints are featured in a Palmolive soap ad which promotes souvenir "Quin' Teaspoons". Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Very attractive full-page two-colour ad for International Harvester's TracTractors; Ad for RCA Victor audio products; Runaround in Reverse (short story); Jail Without Locks - British Columbia's new Borstal home near Vancouver - a prison with no guards nor locks - article with photos; Edward Johnson of Guelph - Part 1 - article with photos; A Train Journey (short story); Beverley Baxter's letter from London; Beauty Business - article about beauty products - with photos of their manufacture; Will Poland Be Next?, by Douglas Reed - article with photos; The Flying Yorkshireman (short story); Well I Declare! - tips on dealing with Customs officers - article with photos; Nice ad for Chevroet trucks; Hudson car ad; Tennis player Don Budge is featured in Bromo-Seltzer ad; Lux soap ad featuring photos of Claudette Colbert and Andrea Leeds; Canada's First Marathon Victory - W.J. (Billy) Sherring of Hamilton won the marathon at the Athens Olympics in 1906 - brief article with photos; Nice half-page colour ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes). Above-average external wear. Coverfold halfway open. Covers almost loose. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
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
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