DE MARCHI, Luigi.MareMagnum
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Padova, Cedam, 1932. In 4° gr., pp. LXXI + 854 n. Con XVI tavole f.t, + 1 ritratto all’antiporta. Dall’indice: Meteorologia, climatologia e glaciologia, oceanografia, idrografia continentale e morfologia, fisica del globo, etc. etc. Bella legatura moderna in mezza tela di canapa, con titoli in oro al dorso su tassello.
Features: Mike Beach's little S.E.5a; By Handley Page to India 1918/19; French Mountain airmen; Lockheed Starfire; Cranwell C.L.A.4; Hair-raising Whitley flight; Radar War; Austin A.F.B.1; D.H. Humming Bird; Double Eagle-transatlantic balloon. Light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Garcet, Ancien ?l?ve de l'Ecole Normale, Agr?g? des Sciences, Professeur de Math?matiques au Lyc?s Napol?on - Cinqui?me ?dition, revue et corrig?e 1 21x13,5 cm., legatura in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, 4 nervi, fregi e titolo in oro al dorso, pagg. VIII, 456, 2 grandi cartine pi? volte ripiegate e 2 tavole a piena pagina, con numerose figure, in lingua francese, bell'esemplare.
88 pagg in ottime condizioni per questo dettagliato elenco delle date e dei documenti anno per anno , di fondamentale complemento alla bibliografia coronelliana - edizione originale. Brossura
218 pages. Colour photography throughout. Features: Traveling in Kolkata - hand-pulled rick-shaws; Migratory birds in Sinhagad Valley; A glimpse into the home life of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan; Vijaypat Singhania's attempt at a hot-air balloon record; What foreign companies look for when partner-seeking in India; Review of the Hyundai Sonata Embera; A ride on the Delhi Metro; Paintings at the 'Dream of an Inhabitant of Moghul' exhibition; Indian textile exhibition; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
pp. xviii, 556 + 8 Chromoxylographic plates, a folding map and numerous woodcuts. XLib bookplate. Gift of Aaron Rabinowitz. Large 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Front board decorated in black with a drawing of mountains, bridge, river and town with a rainbow in gold. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Head of spine torn with some loss. Extremities slightly bumped and worn. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. Includes interesting material on: flying machines; balloons; pleasures and perils of aerial navigation; the Great Nassau Balloon; Scientific aerial voyages; the Balloon in War; weather; etc. JUN5 BOX 4. DC/14
96 pages. Features: Traitor's Tune - A strange clue links a lonely graveyard behind the enemy lines with the mysterious disappearance of Britain's Greatest Air Fighters; Flight of a President - Two men made foolproof plans for a life and death flight - but each planned a different result; True Story - Naval One - The Amazing Exploits of No. 1 (Naval) Squadron, R.N.A.S. which made air history on 3 fronts; Footlight Ace - The 'Balloon Busters' had no stranger member than Basil Harlow, Actor-Airman; The Last Throw - Deep in the Trackless bush of the Canadian North, a Reckless Air Fighter prepared his bold attempt to Sever a life-line of the Allies; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
24 pages. Contents: Venom of Snakes Lends Encouragement to Cure for Disease; How Socialism has Spread Over the Earth in One Century; Too Many Train Wrecks; Blight Hits Elms; Detroit Bank Probe; Admiral Byrd Going South again (with small photo); Split in the German Protestant Church; Lost Canadian Balloon crews found; Death of King Feisal el Husein of Iraq; Cuban Junta Quits with Grau San Martin Provisilnal President; Current Events - with photo of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; Marion Bergeron of West Haven, CT. crowned Miss America 1933; Photo of Norman Thomas, who has been Socialist candidate for President multiple times; Photo of Senator Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin; Capital Chat - with photo of Senators aboard capital monorail subway train; Photo of King Boris III of Bulgaria; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Railroad news photos; America's wonder train of 1929 - meet Blue Comet; Union Pacific to Canada?; Tractive Effort of the Adjective; Roanoke Alamo for Steam; photo of Vancouver Island's Dayliner in midair; GM's Aerotrain; Balloon stacks and link-and-pin couplers; Argent Lumber Co; Coffe on a shoestring - by latching onto a 1.5:" cable these Brazilians can hoist a 1,000 ton train a half mile through the clouds in 3 hours flat; and more. Small faint date stamp atop back cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Due cromolitografie tratte dalla serie “Imagerie d’Epinal”: sono le tavole 6 e 7 (nn. 211 e 212) dedicate agli aerostati: “Les ballons dirigeables” e “Ballons & cerfs volants”. (Cm. 40 x 30).
Cover illustration depicts a Belgian and Briton meeting at Ostend - free after four years in Hun hands; Through the Tunnel at Last! - by Lovat Fraser; Cambrai Rescued from the Wrecker's Clutches; The Doom of Sergeant Ramroad, by Hamilton Fyfe; Canadian Chariots Gathered to Capture Cambrai; Deliverance & Trophies from Tunnels & Dug-outs; With Belgium's Armies Advancing to Bruges; Freeing the Soil of France of the Invader - Following up the Line of German Retreat; Sending propaganda pamphlets via balloon; Some of the quarter million taken since July - German Prisoners; Hardy Albanian Highlanders help the Allies; The Lighter Side of Flying, by Night-hawk; Where Saint George Smote the German Michael; Woman and the New Society, by W.L. George; Learning and Mercy as Victims of Vile 'Kultur'; Republic or Limited Monarchy? by Frederic William Wile; Shakespeare and the War. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
318 p. + Fascinating illustrations and advertisements. Includes: "Programme du Comite de Defense des Interets Nationaux", etc. Mildly XLib. Contemporary full cloth binding, worn at head. Rare review of aviation, before and after the Wright Brothers' flight. FR5
Hildburghausen, Verlag vom Bibliogr. Institut. (1880 circa). Coppia di incisioni su acciaio in colore a stampa d'epoca, cm 39 x 48,5 (il foglio). Un lieve ingiallimento dei fogli e alcune usuali leggere gualciture, buona conservazione.
Features: Two against the ocean, including a polio victim; White Man Fire-Walker - Methodist Missionary The Rev. Eric. L. Robinson; Pilot's 300 Crashes into Balloon Cables - continuing 'The Sky's No Limit," the first authentic story of the test pilots; The Mongoose - killer of Cobras; I Joined the Rush for Uranium - The Colorado Plateau; Rendezvous with Maneaters - Adventurer's Paradise Continued; Captured by Chinese Pirates - the steamer Ningpo; Below Zero Road - The Alaska Highway; The Trail of Crab Oonaka; Search for the Whooping Crane - trailing two wild birds for over 2,000 miles; We found unknown mountains - Nepalese adventures; The Beads of Assa - Somali adventure; Up-Helly-A - Norse Festival; and more. Backstrip missing; Covers partially loose. Still a worthy copy. Book
pp. vi, 178. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Map endpapers. "Weaves together the story of Japanese attempts to retaliate [after the Doolittle raids on the Japanese islands] with an account of wartime situations and the effects of the attacks along the west coast of the United States and Canada. Describes coastal defenses, the evacuation of Japanese-Americans, and beach patrols. Written with the assistance of Japanese scientists who developed and launched the fire bomb balloons, surviving members of the crews of the Japanese submarines that attacked the U.S. mainland, and the only airplane pilot to bomb the United States." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear to publisher's mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Binding tight. Light wear to dust jacket which is partially sunned at spine and now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this intriguing and little-known WWII history. Enser p.134, Smith 5828-34. Book
LEGATURE COEVE IN TUTTA PELLE MARRONE CON AL DORSO TITOLI E FREGI IN ORO, INTERNO CON UNA BELLA TAVOLA DEL MAPPAMONDO, O SIA DESCRIZIONE GENERALE DEL GLOBO. PRIMO VOLUME DALLA LETTERA A ALLA LETTERA K, SECONDO VOLUME DALLA LETTERA L ALLA LETTERA Z. numero pagine: XVII 330 +383 formato: 18.5X12 stato conservazione: ABBASTANZA BUONO, FIRME DI PROPRIETA' COPERTE AI FRONTESPIZI, MINIMI E RARI SEGNETTI AI LATI. NUMERO INVENTARIO AI RISVOLTI edizione: PRIMA MILANESE
Carta geografica inserita nell'opera "Géographie Moderne, Historique et Politique" edita a Parigi nel 1790 con direzione di Louis Charles Desnos Ingegnere e Cartografo per i Globi e le Sfere. La carta, con coloritura coeva ai confini, presenta ai lati la descrizione dell'analisi applicata editorialmente
Features: Did Richard Giesbrecht overhear JFK's assassins?; Colour photo ad for the 1968 Delta Oldsmobile; Campus 1967 - Why has it grown so quiet? - an 11-page hard look at the new campus and its problems; A Consumer's Report on Canada's Top Universities; A Day in the Life of a University - 100 people are button-holed at the University of Toronto; Crazy Legs! - colour photos of coloured leggings!; The day the balloon went up for Wallace McCutcheon; Robert Stanfield in Ottawa - the end of obstruction; The Lonely, Fearful Hell of Nervous Breakdowns; Hey Stuke! - Annis Stukus seeks to bulldoze Vancouver into the National Hockey League; When the daring young men took off into glory from a Newfoundland pasture - the challenge to be the first to fly the Atlantic; The Black Hand on the Big Trigger - H. Rap Brown gives his first full-scale interview to a white reporter; Look - There's a Flying Saucer! - some scientists want to prove UFO observers right, or wrong; Nice colour ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo 1968; Canadiana, with Gerald Stevens; Fantastic colour photo centerfold for the 1968 Buick Models - Gigantic and beautiful cars we'll probably never see again... sigh; Archery in the Rough. Covers separated and detached, but present. Book
Premiere issue of this attractive colour glossy Canadian music publication intended to be "the mirror image of people and times defined by the pop culture. There's music, yes. Lots of it. But there are ideas, too. Images. Fantasies. And hard, blinding realities. Graffiti. Writing on the wall." - Editorial. 98 pages. Features: Boy George cover photo; Graffitibitz; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Helix; Talking Heads; Culture Club; MuchMusic - Is Canada Ready?; Video Column; Platinum Blonde; Fashion - The Italian Look; Fiction; The Peace Balloon; Toronto Film Festival; David Bowie Serious Moonlight colour-photo centerfold; Awesome 16-page colour-photo le chateau clothing mini-catalogue, the middle leaf of which is loose but present. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice collectible copy of this ambitious and impressive publication. Book
Pages 41-80. This issue deals with the Battle of Verdun and includes the following photos and illustrations: General Joffre with General Nivelle, a French bell to warn soldiers of German gas attacks, large photo of corduroy road on the French Front, French troops, one-page photo of devastation along a road after a German bombardment, a French mortar being loaded, scenes of destruction in Verdun, captured German soldiers carrying their machine gun to the French lines, trench scenes, fantastic one-page photo of a gangly French observation balloon at Verdun, the Fort des Paroches. Extensive damage and soiling to covers which are free of staples but present. Contents in sound condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Balloon Training at NAS Lakehurst; Underwriter's Laboratories Aircraft and Pilots Registers; How the Allies trained the American Air Service; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - part III; The Stardusters - a history of the 406th Figher Group; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part I; The last flight of Lawrence B. Sperry; Seversky AP-7; The race from 'Point Zero' - Curtiss vs. Wright; Beware the Man with the Tape Recorder; Operation Sun-Run; The Douglas DC-1 - 50 years ago; What killed Harriet Quimby; Bell XP-77 Design Origin; Davis-Monthan - home of the USA's 'Surplus' Air Force; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - Part IV (conclusion); Jim Warner - Radioman; American-built civilian Airplaines in the Netherlands East Indies, 1935-1942; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part II; The Crash of the TWA Fokker F-10A; Doing their duty Side by Side - American Aviation Personnel in Allied Service; The Lockheed Constellation (A history) Part I; Lillie-Vought Biplane (Chance M. Vought's Early Designs of World War I Era); American Military Aircraft in Siam 1934-1940; U.S.S. Intrepid Air Museum; The 366th Fighter Group in WWII; Hollywood's 13 black cats; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
40 pages. Features: The Candid Opinions of Mackenzie King - what his private diaries reveal - with photos (part 1 of 2); Birds of the Eastern Forest - the illustrations of J. Fenwick Lansdowne, with article; Margot Kidder - Actress - article with photos; Jaco Kaminsky - Montreal's Balloon Man - article with photo; Golf's Hole-in-One - with photo of Spain's Miguel retrieving his lucky ball; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 217-244 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Martinsyde ad; S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium Commercial Vehicles photo ad; The Question of Reprisals; Sopwith ad; Page of six photos of aeroplanes of the Fifth Army of France; The Medical Aspects of Flying; The Gentle Art of Propaganda; Honours for the R.N.A.S.; An Albatross Fighting Biplane - informative article with photos and diagrams; Westland Aircraft ad; The Roll of Honour; International Aircraft Standards (continued); half-page photo of observation balloon to watch enemy movements on the British western front in France; Personals; The Air Force Debate; Aviation in Parliament; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Flight Buyer's Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Covers tender. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Coming Home - A Poem; Removing the Smoke Screen From America's Warships; Use Your Hands to Save Your Head; Churches are Building Skyscrapers from Coast to Coast - article with photos of Broadway Temple in New York, Mizpah Temple in Syracuse, and Baptist Temple in Rochester, NY; The Conquest of the MIddle Ages; The Lustrous Lenglen - French tennis pro Suzanne Lenglen - article with illustration; News out of Washington; Henry Ford's Page - He argues the Marines should be used to root out those Americans who visit Central and South America only to bind their nations with loans, exploit them in commerce and mislead them in industry; Editorials - Will Rogers is recommended as Sec. of State for Pan-American Affairs, Criticism of Charlie Chaplin, poor Army grub leads to many desertions, the Civil Liberties Union, led by Ernst Freund, opposes the Alien Deportation Bill; When France got Back Her Favorite Daughter, Alsace the Lovely - photo-illustrated article of the beautiful region; Strange Men Who Could Not Keep Straight (part 2) - Charlie of the Quantrelle Gang; The Balloon That Never Returned - a mystery story of the Arctic; One-page illustrated ad for the Venice Company of Venice, Florida; Alfred Brunson was Wisconsin's First Methodist Circuit Rider; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - college news in France, Montreal rabbi Rev. Isaac de la Penhe claims ownership of Labrador, Robby Burns' advice to his brother; News Bits. Average wear. Nibbling along top of coverfold. Unmarked. Page 9 loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Globo terrestre realizzato dal cartografo Luther alla scala di 1: 38.000.000. Buono lo stato di conservazione generale, alcune abraisioni nell'emisfero meridionale.
