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86p., illus. Newbery Honor Hardcover Good condition
6 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover. 102 pages. Blurb taped to front endpaper.
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
6 pages. Cover photo of Nora Bayes. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Sheet music
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
112 pages. Features: Pope John XXIII - Gentle Shepherd of a Revolution; Amazing two-page Westinghouse photo ad features the world's biggest mobile land machine (an excavator); United States Lines color-photo ad features Mr. and Mrs. William Wood Prince, Sr., Miss Robin Underwood of Amarillo, Texas, Mr. Jerry Crabs of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bennett and family, of Staten Island, New York; Color Bulova watch ad; One-page color-photo ad for the Rambler Classic station wagon (red); Photo-illustrated civil rights coverage; The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi; Firestone ad features photo of racer Parnelli Jones; Two-page Firestone ad features black and white photos of 40 Indy 500 winners - their names, cars and avg. speed; Nice color-photo Cadillac ad features an enormous limo and a gigantic 2-door convertible; "Look After Germany First"; Kenya - from Mau Mau to Prime Minister; Cars of Tomorrow - As Detroit Dreams - illustrated article; Fear of Free Markets, by Henry Hazlitt; Color-photo ad for OMC boats features speeding boat with brass band playing!; The Case for Yale Law School; Nice color-photo ad for Air France features Robert & Vera Ransom of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
In-8°; pp. 65, Due piccoli timbri a inchiostro al frontespizio. Resoconto delle attività delle missioni cattoliche in america del nord sotto il vescovo Du Bourg, la cui diocesi includeva l’Ohio, Mississippi, e le valli del Missouri. Du Bourg arrivò a Baltimora nel 1817 con un gruppo di preti e monache, e da lì viaggiò fino a Saint Louis. In quest’opera si riportano le attività svolte principalmente con gli Indiani. SABIN 55987
Features: Patricia Ford's Popular Pottery; M*A*S*H Remembered; Minis go back in the closet in New Jersey; The French Dollhouse Mystery; Maryy Penet & Phil Lavigne - a marriage of miniatures; Camille Stromm's Boutique de Parfum; The wasahachie Cottage - miniatures on a shoestring; Life on the Mini Mississippi; The Small Belongings of Dress - The Pilgrim Century 1607-1690; Fezziwig Accessories - The Traumas of Tiny; Joann's American Indian Crafts; Nearth and Home Floor Coverings; Room of the Month - Cobwebs and Clutter; Building with Bob - Finishing the Interior; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
409p. Hardcover Very good condition good
Features: The Most Awful Abduction of Elegant Elaine; He Fought the Blizzard of 1880 and won!; Incident at Las Cruces; The Diamond E and Diamond X Ranches; First Movie House West of the Mississippi; Ruthless Relative; Wild Game Country; Adventures of an Army Post Photographer; Cow-boy life in Texas or 27 years a mavrick; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
524p. + Plus Engraved Frontis, map and full page plates. Large 8vo. Disbound. ". Over the plains - over the mountains - through the great interior basin-over the Sierra Nevadas-to and up and down the Pacific coast. With details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, busines, social life, progress, and prospects of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia; including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese." Rader 432; Flake 767; Sabin 7079. AMERICANA BOX 6
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
329 p. incl. col. front., illus. (part col.) plates, col. plates. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
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.
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
In-4 p. (mm. 295x225), legatura edit. in p. marocchino, dorso a cordoni con tit. oro, tagli dorati, dentelle dorata ai risg., pp. XXIV,692, con 25 grandi tavole, f.t. e piu' volte ripieg., incluse carte geografiche e piante. Relazione "based upon surveys and investigations made under the Acts of Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi river, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river - Submitted to the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, War Department, 1861. Reprinted with additions". Solo le tavv. talvolta con strappi, altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
272pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
50 pages. Cover photo of Alice Wallace. Fiction: Fishbowl. Articles: Menace of the Abortion Racket - article with photo of Chicago Dr. Nathaniel Schaffner who was charged after the death of his patient, Mrs. Emma Laisure; The Velvet Fog - Photo-illustrated article on crooner Mel Torme; A Veteran Buys a Farm - Great photo-illustrated article on George Stieber, who gave up the controls of a B-29 for a Pennsylvania dairy farm; The Misunderstood Coroner - A.L. Brodie of Chicago; Broadway's Conscience - writer Jimmie Cannon; Can We Win an Atomic War?; Legion Conventions - Times Square revs up for the fun makers coming to town; Peace for Your Aching Head; The Man Who Married the Andrews Sisters - photo-illustrated ad on Lou Levy, who married Maxene but guided the three gals to millions; Their Number's Up - New York numbers game operators can no longer escape jail through tricky bookkeeping; River Pilot - Captain Jesse Hughes and his drawings of the Ohio and Mississippi. Special Features: Seafaring Funny Man; City Room Refugees - Richard Basehart and Don McGuire were newspapermen before becoming hearthrobs; Saturday Afternoon; Stealing the Pennant - great photo-illustrated article on base-stealing in baseball, with photos of Stan Musial, Walker Cooper, Johnny Hopp, Skeeter Newsome, Stan Hack,Lou Boudreau, Phil Rizzuto, Bob Elliot, Ray Lamanno, Don Johnson and Jackie Robinson; Movie of the Month - Variety Girl - with photos of Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, and newcomver DeForest Kelley of later Star Trek fame; Sultry photo of Hazel Brooks; Photos of Billy De Wolfe; Mister Jazz - One-page article with large photo of Louis Armstrong; Gorgeous photo of beauty contest entrant Yvonne De Carlo; Editorial inside back cover features large photos of New York Vets protesting lack of proper housing; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
Mondadori, Urania n. 1007, gennaio 1979. Traduzione di Delio Zinoni. Libro in ottime condizioni. Ordinarie tracce d'uso. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Soft cover. Worldwide delivery.
112 pages. Features: Use of cemented carbides in industry; The miniature camera; Zeta Aurigae - a close double star; Canalization of the Upper Mississippi River; Archaeologist's notebook; Making your own photomicrographic camera; Rubber plant experiments; Excavations by CWA workers under the Tennessee Valley Authority bring to light the contents of 40 Indian villages and mounds; Preventing fires at sea; The versatile papaya; Is the growing death rate from heart disease and cancer real or only apparent?; Progress in this age of science; Interesting brief note and photo of what may be the first grease cartridges and grease gun; and more. Coverfold partly open. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Mm 210x260 Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 152 pagine profusamente illustrate. Copia in condizioni di nuovo - brand new. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Paperback Like New. Ships directly from publishers being a new release book . Pls. allow a minimum of 25 business days delivery time.
197 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Softbound. Near fine. W11
In 16. Dim. 19x12,5 cm. Pp. 277+(3). Edizione del 1923, secondo migliaio, di questa opera di viaggio nel mare dei Caraibi del giornalista Luigi Barzini. Tra i luoghi descritti: Gran Diga di Gatun, Stati Uniti, Alle foci del Mississipi, tacon e i sigari Avana, Gulf Stream, Vera Cruz de la Serena, Ciudad de Mexico, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Anima Atzeca, Soldados y Soldaderas, Guerra indiana ecc... Copertina editoriale conservata all'interno. In buone condizioni. Copertina morbida decorata in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in ottime condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Edition of 1923, second thousand, of this work of travel in Caraibbean Sea written by the journalist Luigi Barzini. Betwen the places described: Gran Diga di Gatun, United States, Mississipi river, tacon e i sigari Avana, Gulf Stream, Vera Cruz de la Serena, Ciudad de Mexico, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Anima Atzeca, Soldados y Soldaderas, Indian War ecc... Editorial cover preserved inside. In good conditions. Soft decorated cover in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in very good conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxings.
