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pp. xlix, 144 + Portrait frontis and full page plates. Edges foxed. Text in French. Small 4to. 265 mm. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original paper spine label. Very good condition. Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de Laperouse (1741-1788) was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FREN/VOYAGES
88 pages. Features: Two-page Liggett & Myers cigarette ad features great photo of Army-Navy football crowd; Objective - Enemy Beach; Cartoon feature of "Clyde Keen - Space Marine"; Embassy Marines - Part 2; Photos of a double-date in Paris; The Last Banana War - Part 1 - Marines pioneered air-ground tactics during the second Nigaraguan Campaign; The Noise Happy Ghost (storey); Post of the Corps - Concord - the west's largest tidewater ammunition facility; Operation Whipsaw - three-day maneuvers at Camp Lejeune; Photo of Miss California, Suzanne Reamo, with Marines from Moffett Field; Photo of Iwakuni beauty contest winners, including Sherry Ward; El Toro Fish-Off; Transfers; Nice one-page photo of Angie Dickinson leaning on chair; List of retirees with photo of H.B. Wells and John Goffe; Corps Album - great archival photos; Nice Camel back cover color-photo ad features Graeme Howard Jr. of Yale Law, 1960, smoking in law library; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear to back cover. A worthy vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
México, Instituto de Historia de la UNAM, 1962. 4to. mayor; 163 pp., 2 hs. Cubiertas originales.
56 pages. Text in English. Features: Leicas which grow on trees; New books; Travelling with Leica photography; Portraits - The mirror of our soul; Discoveries; PA-Curtagon - for pros only?; Snow and ice; Marcos Alberto Zimmermann - from Paris; California; Preparing a slideshow; Jan Havenaar - a Dutch Master; Our regular slide competition - Bad weather; Copying; Taking the maths; Market report; Obituary for Walter Wissenbach; and more. Bit of sticker remnant on front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear, small tears, and ink mark to cover. Remainder mark. 78 pages. 10 7/8"w x 8 7/8"h. Stated First Edition.
Buchet Chastel 1979, In-8 broché 235 p. Trés bon état. Broché
pp. 190 + Map. Lacks frontis map. Well illustrated, including caricitures and wood engraved plates (some from photographs) showing: Native Americans; African Americans; Chinese Americans; etc. Foxed. 8vo. 230 mm. Original decorated blue cloth binding; faded. Hard bound. Good. Issued in the series 'Bibliotheque des ecoles et des Familles' this abridgment of 'Conquete Blanche' (Vattemare's translation of the Dixon's 'White Conquest' deals extensively with: race relations; social life and customs; and travel in the U.S. Especially valuable are the sections on Texas and California. William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), historian and traveller, born near Manchester, England. In 1846 he became connected with The London Daily News, for which he wrote articles on social and prison reform. In 1850 he published John Howard and the Prison World of Europe, which had a wide circulation. Dixon was editor of The Athenaeum from 1853 to 1869, and later wrote many books of travel and observation. FR-VOYAGES
in-8, pp. VI, 404, leg. m. marocchino, piatti in percallina, titolo in oro su dorso a nervi. Raro ed interessante trattato, uno dei primi a considerare il Bacino del Pacifico come distinta entità geopolitica e commerciale, con una lunga trattazione sull'importanza della California identificata quale punto focale di questa regione emergente. L'autore fu diplomatico francese di stanza in Messico e Colombia che, rimproverando aspramente alla Francia le perdute opportunità, previde un periodo di egemonia e di potere americano. Lo studio raccoglie interessanti informazioni sull' Oregon, la California e il Texas, tratta inoltre delle prime esplorazioni, gli insediamenti ad Astoria, le guerre indiane, la scoperta dell'oro, i pionieri, la vita e l'economia della California. Vi sono poi capitoli di analisi sulle prospettive politiche ed economiche di: Messico, Colombia, America Centrale, Isole Sandwich, Giappone, Cina e Russia, con un interessante appendice di trattati internazionali a supporto della trattazione. Buon esemplare.. .
Facsimile of the rare Auburn & Buffalo, New York: 1854 first edition. 384 p. + Frontis. Small 8vo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to st udy, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. NW29. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Octavo in white illus wraps; 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 91-92. Uncommon. || Lighthouses -- California -- Monterey Bay -- History.
Parte prima: Roy di California - Parte seconda: Fantasmi del passato - Parte terza: Sotto la chioma dei meli 1 31x23 cm., legatura in mezza tela, sopraccoperta con disegni originali d'ambiente del racconto, pp. 87 (2), illustrata con disegni originali, bicolore, relativi alla storia, prima edizione, in italiano, piccoli segni del tempo e d'uso, buon esemplare. Firma e data manoscritte con 'cartolina artistica' auguri Natale 1963
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Appears unread. Spine not creased, binding tight. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared for the exhibition at the Art Galleries of the University of California at Santa Barbara in the winter of 1971. Still one of the best works on Lloyd Wright. Most of Lloyd Wright's work was done in southern California from the 1920's to the 1960's. Bibliography. Selected list of buildings and projects by Lloyd Wright. Chronology. 98 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 7" wide, 101 pages. A beautiful copy of the first edition.
Wear and creasing to DJ; The making of San Francisco's Chinatown; 8vo; 411 pages
88 pages. Features: Cover photo of Hugh Downs and Jack Parr; Nice Jell-O ad inside front cover shows Chocolate Ribbon Parfait; Two-page Marlboro ad shows predecessor to the 'Marlboro Man', a young fellow in straw hat slouched on a chaize-lounge; Interesting Armstrong Tire ad shows fingers extending from tire to grip the road; One-page Coke ad shows ice fishing scene; Europe 1960 - Americans are swarming there - many photos of this travelogue; Charming Campbelle's Tomato soup shows twins eating; What I Think Jack Paar is Really Like; The Chase That Doomed Adolph Eichmann; Kraft ice cream toppings; Lovely photos of Paris fashions; Albert Lasker and his crusade against disease; Nice photos of Donna Reed and family in Kodak ad; Huge color photo of freckled red-headed boy eating massive slab of watermelon; Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox - The Magic Glove - article with many photos; Nice Pepsi ad shows BBQ scene; Color-photo-illustrated article on the "House with a Hole in the Roof" - built by Eichler Homes, designed by Anshen & Allen, in Orange, California; Photo Quiz; Hogarth - a man's painter; Brigitte Bardot - problem child - photo-illustrated article of her and her family; 7up ad inside back cover shows lady painting on man's back; Groovy Winston cigarette color-photo ad on back cover features male and female disc jockeys; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
108 pages. Features: Great color ad for a purple two-door Buick Grand Sport Riviera; Cover photo of Munick; Front cover fold-out photo of Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot; Segretation Crisis - Chicago's Troubled Schools; Germany Twenty Years After Hitler; The Last 100 Days; Germany Today; A New World of Surgery; The Butler goes to College - California students work their way through college; Tony Conigliaro of the Boston Red Sox High Note; On the Set with Moreau and Bardot; Electric heat features color photo of Gene Carolan and family in Iowa; Edison Electric Inst. ad features photos of Edward Stansfield and family of PA, Giacomo Liggera and wife of Poughkeepsie, Oklahoma executive Kenneth White, Jr. and wife, and Kentucky Salesman Arthur Waits of Lexington, and family; Dove ad features photo of Mrs. Marilyn Konzet of Great Neck, Long Island; Lovely color-photo ad for the (yellow) 1965 Chrysler; Two-page color Del-Monte ad; Nice color-photo FTD ad; Vintage two-page colour-photo ad for Greyhound bus lines; Two-page Budweiser ad says "No additives, please!"; Color-photo ad for a maroon Chevrolet 1965 Chevelle; CBS radio network ad with photos of Walter Cronkite, Douglas Edwards, Lowell Thomas, Phil Rizzuto, Marvin Kalb, Frank Gifford and Harry Reasoner; Classy color ad for a cream-colored 1965 Pontiac Bonneville (in Italy?); Wow! - two-page color-photo ad for the (red) 1965 Ford Mustang GT; All-American cities; Nice color ad for GMC pickup trucks; Back cover color ad for Chesterfield King cigarettes includes photos of Elly Travlou Dubinsky of Missouri, randall A. OSmon of Florida, and Donald C. Barnette, Jr., of Ohio; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
98 pages. Special Features: Behind the Campus Revolt: The California Uprising and Honolulu: Problems in Paradise. Other features include: What's Ahead for the FBI; Gov. Carl Sanders and "Miss Emma" - Emma Lonsdale Wilkinson; The New Role of the Makeup Man; Mickey Mantle: Oklahoma to Olympus; Billion Dollar Rifle (Colt AR-15); Tiny Trams and Churchill: A Newly Discovered Set of Camera Close-ups. Average wear. Small mailing label front cover bottom left. Binding sound. Magazine
78 pages. Features: Fantastic cover photo of Steve McQueen; Color-photo ad for Newport cigarettes features bearded seaman at sea; Gillettee Platinum-Plus shaving blade ad; Mother of 5, Mrs. Richard Polansky of California, is featured in an Anacin ad; One-page color-photo ad for the Buick 1970 Opel Kadett (Deluxe Wagon - Red) includes elephant; Lark cigarette ad with color photo of smokers on ski hill chairlift; Viceroy cigarette color-photo ad features man and woman rehearsing at piano; The Politics of Exclusion; Photos of the "March Against Death" in Washington, DC; A visit with Sir Lawrence Olivier; Parliament cigarette ad features their recessed filter; The Trans-Sexuals - Male or Female?; Color-photo ad for the Toyota Corona - red hardtop; Joni Mitchell - two-page article with four nice photos; Budweiser beer centerfold ad is mostly red; France's First Lady, Madame Pompidou - article with color photos; Feature article on Steve McQueen with nine photos; Color fashion photos of 'fashions from a commune'; One-page weight-loss ad features Christine Stanley who lost 86 pounds before her husband came home on leave from Thailand; Nice back cover color-photo Winstons ad features couple on sand dune. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Madrid, 2013. 4to. mayor; 184 pp. Ilustraciones en negro y color y mapas. Cubiertas originales.
50 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival-photos. A collection of "some of the stories of the legendary sites that will be buried forever beneath the reservoir that will be formed by the Oroville Dam." - from title page. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Small erasure atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this engaging history. Book
Index. Bibliography. Approximately 200 pages. An excellent and uncommon overview of the life and accomplishments of prolific plant breeder Luther Burbank, one of the greatest Americans in history. This copy is in such lovely condition that it appears to be a current reprint, but we can find no evidence to support this. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
Torino, 1951, 14 giugno, copertina fotografica a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 24 de “Illustrazione del Popolo" - Supplemento della ”Nuova Gazzetta del Popolo" .
8°, br. edit., pp. 78. Dedica autografa dell’autore.
1st UK printing, 300 pages, cover photograph by Andy Olney. eng
40 pages. Average wear. Many student and staff autographs. A sound copy. Book
88 pages. Features: Fantastic fold-out two-panel colour cover photo of the four Richardsons of Regina who are world curling champions; Brief article on how Nanaimo Realty paid its realtors to lose weight - and sales increased!; Nice one-page black and white Volkswagen photo ad entitled "Who backs up the Volkswagen?"; Nice one-page colour photo ad for Florida orange juice shows smiling girl wearing white ear muffs; What Winter Does to Canada - and vice versa; What to wear to a Fashion Opening - photo-illustrated article; Duel in the Kitchen (fiction); The Return of the Winter Carnivals; The Simple Joys of Camping in a Snowdrift; Hockey Isn't As Rough as it Used to Be - Part 1 of Jack Adams' "My 43 Years in Hockey" - photo-illustrated article (with large photo of Howie Meeker pounding a limp Canadien); The Second Splendid Discovery of Spices; How to Gain Entree to the Social Pages; Canada's world champions of Curling - Ernie Richardson and the Richardsons of Regina; Population Explosion on the Ski Slopes; Skier's Dream - two-page colour-photo-illustrated brief article with two maps describe how Franz Wilhelmsen and the Garibaldi Olympic Committee seek to have the massive potential of Whistler Mountain developed for the Winter Olympics of 1968; Best and Worst Movies of 1960; Escape to the Sun - Robert Thomas Allen's road trip from California to Florida; Seagrams ad features colour painting of winter carnival by Henry Simpkins; Large colour ad for Apollo Beach waterfront real estate development near Tampa; Canadian Club colour-photo one-page ad features Walter Gonnason falling into an ice crevasse on Mount Victoria Glacier in Alberta; Why color TV isn't here yet - and when it may be; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features skating couple; and more. Discrete six-inch clear archival tape repair to bottom left corner of front cover, otherwise unmmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine