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156 pages. Includes two contributions by Jack O'Connor: Gambling for Gambrels - a long chance on finding some Arizona quail; The .250/3000 Can Shoot!. Other features include: Great cover art by J.F. Kernan; Leave Some Game for the Future!; A penny proves its worth for a California deer hunter; Scrappy little panfish; The Oakland County Sportsmen's Club and the Detroit Sportsmen's Congress - two successful clubs and how they got that way; Wrong-way buck all but fools Massachusetts hunters; The Annual Alpena Wildcat (Bobcat) Hunt; Color illustration of wildfowl on the Mississippi flyway; Illinois sportsmen overcome ringneck pheasant shortage by raising them; Which rifle to use on Britihs Columbia Bighorn Sheep? - great photo-illustrated article; Choosing and Shooting Your Handgun; Hurricane-happy trout in New Jersey; Raccoon hunting near Grand Rapids, Michigan; Furry Son of Satan - savage king of the North Carolina wilderness - an 8-page, true-to-life biography; Hunting Seasons for 1946-47; Teach Your Pup Obedience; and more. Ads include: Color ad for Remington Express shells inside front cover; How to pick up a porcupine bare-handed!; Photo of T.J. Harman of York PA with his Alaska moose bearing antlers 64 inches wide. Interesting one-page color ad for Hallmark Christmas Cars for Men - with colored game bird designs; One-page Savage ad for the Model 99 and Model 745. One-page Christmas ad for Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. features beautiful lady offering gift guns; Classy one-page color ad for Ballantine Ale; Nice one-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Feather Foam coat ad; Nice two-color ad for Gaines dog food features photo of Elias C. Vail; Lovely color Santa-themed ad for Prince Albert tobacco and Camel cigarettes on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
194p., illus. The story of the New Orleans, first steamboat on the western rivers, maiden voyage in 1811 from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Hardcover Very good condition good
STATED FIRST EDITION, pp.245, illustrasted.
320 pages. Presents decoys in the most sensible and comprehensive way: by region, with each region discussed by a recognized expert in that area. Thus the entire range of decoys is covered, from Canada down the Atlantic Coast and inland along streams and rivers to Louisiana and up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes and across to California and Oregon. Also included are chapters on European decoys, the history of decoys, how decoys were made, and how to go about collecting decoys. A list of public collections of decoys, a bibliography, a record of top auction prices, maps of waterfowl flyways, and an index complete the package. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography throughout. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket bears tape-repaired tear to central portion of front panel and large chunk missing from base of back flap. A small part of this chunk is from bottom corner of back panel. Other than this, dust jacket is bright and attractive with moderate wear. Overall, a nice copy of this most substantial work. Book
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only, pages are still white (!) Binding is solid and square, covers have fairly sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. A fat 764 pages, revised and expanded ed. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Map at front, contents include: The old people, The unvanquished, The last wilderness, The peasants, The end of an order, Mississippi flood, Modern times, The undying past, with excerpts from The Hamlet, The sound and the fury, The wild palms, Sanctuary, Light in august, Go down, Moses, Requiem for a nun. etc.
197 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Softbound. Near fine. W11
pp. v, (5)-217. Foxed. Wide margins. XLib bookplate and manuscript ownership of the Abington Friends Meeting Jenkintown, PA. 8vo. 205 mm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in blind. Front board decorated with flowers in gold gilt. Corners worn with slight loss. Slight loss at head of spine. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Interesting essay on the climates and seasons around the globe. NW48 FarRt
Two Volumes bound in one: pp. 464; 276. Early inked ownership of N. K. Randall on title page. Damp stained. Age stained. Top edge of first few signatures chewed, without text loss. 225mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Howes F200; Thomson 423; AI / SS 12424. "The text of the second volume had not appeared previously." - Graff 1356. Includes much useful and early infomation on Texas and Oregon. AMER BX 10
Two Volumes bound in one: pp. viii, 464; pp. 276. Age stain. Damp stain. Lacks first fly leaves. XLib Pennsylvania Military Library. Stamp on first title page and elsewhere. 225 mm. Virtually disbound. Leather boards very worn. Lacks spine. Spine crudely taped. Poor. Howes F200; Thomson 423; AI / SS 12424. "The text of the second volume had not appeared previously." - Graff 1356. Includes much useful and early infomation on Texas and Oregon. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W10 Rt. Rear
606 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "The interesting account of how Lutheranism originated in Missouri - how a small band of 700 Saxon Germans left their beloved homeland in 1838, sailing in five ships from Bremerhaven, Germany, through the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi to St. Louis, and then to Perry County, Missouri." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Occasional very light pencil markings to contents. Very light wear to clean and handsome book. Dust jacket, now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover, bears average wear and major sunning to spine. A sound copy. Book
298 pages. Features: Playthings of the Past - the Bernard Barenholtz collection of American antique toys; The Architect and the Interior - Drawings of British Country Houses; The Masterson Collection of Worcester Porcelain in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Hunting Lodge of Stupinigi at Turin; Westmoreland, County, Pennsylvania, Fraktur - an initial survey; The Dr. Dubs House in Natchez, Mississippi - living with antiques; Arthur J. Stone, Silversmith; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy reference copy. . Book
78 pages.. Glossary. Discography. "An analytical instruction method of blues guitar including blues chord progressions, melodic structure, rhythmic units, instrumental breaks, based on the lyrics of Etta Baker, Bo Carter, Rev. Gary Davis, John Fahey, Mississippi John Hurt, Mance Lipscomb, Frank Stokes, and others, in standard musical notation and tablature." - from front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Contents clean but for prior owner's name inside front cover. A worthy copy of this impressive work. Book
Pages 611-678. Features: Fantastic cover art by Alex Schomburg illustrates thousand-mile lifeboat radio being put to use; Microwaves - part I; Yesterday's Circuits; Parasitic Oscillations, Part I; New Lifeboat Radio; World's Biggest "Portable" Radio - U.S. Signal Corps H.Q. for the west front in Europe uses a 60 kilowatt radio housed in 17 large trailers - article with illustrations ; Battle Radio Tricks; Oscilloscopes for Trainees; Broadcast Equipment, Part X; Radio Filter Circuits; A "Jewell" Ohmeter; An Electronic Ohmichecker, Part II; Tube Replacements, Part I; Radio Repair in Bed - Self-taught Wesley A. Rushing of Laurel, Mississippi is one of the most expert radio repairmen in the south - even though he has been bed-ridden for seven years! - article with photo; Repairs with Resistors; A Pair of Useful Circuits; Power Supply Stabilizing Unit; Remote Control for your Receiver; Midget Amplifier; Photo-illustrated Meissner ad says "It's Fun to Live and Work in Mt. Carmel, Ill; War-themed Detrola Radio ad on back cover shows German swastika tarket shattered, and beside it a growling 'Jap' target above the word 'Next!'; and much more. List of World Stations has been clipped from page 644. Clipping from page 674 has removed part of the list of advertisers. Average wear. Writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
527 p. + Frontis. Illustrated with full page maps and drawings. Lacks first fly leaf. Fore edge of Frontis chipped. Title page slightly soiled. Lightly age stained. Manuscript ownership of Mary Emmenentrot, Reading, PA, Elm & Madason Ave School on front paste down. Small 8vo. 190 mm. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Beveled edges. Front board decorated with a map stamped in silver and gold. Spine decorated in gold with a design of an Indian and his canoe. Extremities rubbed. Second edition. Title continues: "Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of Its True Source In a Lake Beyond Itasca." Hardbound. Very good. Glazier was a soldier, author and adventurer. In 1876 he went from Boston to San Francisco on horseback, and was captured by hostile Indians near Skull Rocks, Wyoming territory, but made his escape. In 1881 he made a canoe voyage of 3,000 miles, from the head-waters to the mouth of the Mississippi, and claimed to be the discoverer of a small lake (later named Lake Glazier) south of Lake Itasca, which he believed was the true source of the Mississippi. W11
pp. 443, lii [Publisher's Appendix] + Portrait Frontis and full page plates, maps and a large folding map on tissue paper. Inked ownership of Clifton Wright, Oct. 6, 1888 from his father. Floral endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front board decorated with a design in gold and black of the Mississippi River and rear board decorated with the source of the river in Minnesota. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Beveled edges. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. AMERICANA BOX 4.
443 p. illus. Folded map at p. 438 Hardcover Ex-Library in very good condition green cloth
96 pages. Features: British Columbia struggles to find its way to influence national debates - feature article with photos and contributions by Roy Henry Vickers, Jack Shadbolt, Jenny Kwan, Arthur Erickson and Tina VanderHeyden; Glen Clark and Gordon Campbell battle to lead B.C.; Raising the Canadian National Unity Stakes - Ottawa endorses the concept of Quebec partition; Battle Over Borders - Splitting Up Quebec; Ontario Hydro moves towards a sell-off of its assets; Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin; Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination - with photo of Steve Forbes; Ethnic Fighting in Burundi; Nokia cell phone ad; Canadian Airlines struggles against Air Canada; Mergers in Canada's Mutual Fund industry; The Loewen Group's near death in Mississippi; Many pages of ads by mutual fund companies; Paul Martin says No Flat Tax; Passing of Gene Kelly, Joseph Brodsky and Sally Gribble; David Parr of the Paramount Strip Club in New Westminster offers free dance lessons; Ontario Teachers and Students Fight Back Against Provincial Cuts to Education - article with photo of John Snobelen; Plan to relocate wolves from Fort St. John, BC to the U.S. draws ranchers' wrath; Photo-illustrated article on figure skater Josee Chouinard; Magic Johnson returns to play for the L.A. Lakers (color photo); Bolstering the CBC; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Fiction: Chicago Stopover; Challenge to Romance; Reprieve; Murder Haunts the Ship; Make Way for Uncle Freem!; The Secret. Articles: The Great Landlord Racket; Uneasy Ireland; USA - Peacemaker Among the Powers; Whoop-and Holler Opera; There's Money in the River - cargo on the Mississippi; What Shall I Wear?; Time Bomb in Asia - Ralph A. Conniston looks at troubled Japan; Luck Guides the Puck -ice hockey goalies need plenty of luck and skill; First Lady of France - Mme. de Gaulle. Ads: Nice color GE Radio ad features Frances Langford; International Harvester Trucks/Tractors/Equipment; Mercury cars; Fantastic color two-page Schlitz beer ad features puckered lady; Dodge Trucks; Great 2-page color ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Douglas DC-6; Hudson cars; Packard cars; The Cessna 140; Clark's Teaberry Gun; Lucky Strike (back cover). Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
Milano, 1970, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 588/592 con una cartina e 7 fotografie. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
pp. xxiii, 440, x. Numerous illustrations. Small 4to. 240 mm. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly rubbed at extremities. First American edition. Hardbound. Very good. W11
Folio 158p., illus. Chronicle of a raft trip down the Mississippi River. Hardcover Very good condition good
158pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book