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1867172771867 4 volumes, reliure demi-chagrin marron in-quarto (binding half shagreen) (29 x 20 cm), dos 4 nerfs (spine with raised bands) ornés de filets or et à froid et filets perlés or (illuminated with a gilt line and blind-stamping decoration), filets perlés en place des nerfs (gilt beaded lines on the place of raised bands), titre et tomaison frappés or (gilt title and volume numbering), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), toutes trancheslisses (all smooth edges), Exemplaires agrémentés de 1785 vignettes illustrées dans le texte et gravures hors texte d'après les dessins de FERAT, P. BROUX, L. GUIGUET, LHERMITTE, H. ROUSSEAU, J. DIDIER, H. CLERGET, V. ROSE, W.H. FREEMAN et gravées par PANNEMAKER, NAVELLIER, MIDDERICH, H. DUTHEIL, D. DUMONT, HILDIBRAND, J. ANSSEAU, E. BURE, F. MEAULLE, J. LADMIRAL, DESTRE, QUESNEL, L. ALEXANDRE, J. QUARTLEY, ROUGET, BELLENGER, E. MONS, BERVEILLER, LATOUR In fine de chaque tome, table des matières, et, Index alphabétique au tome IV, légères piqûres (smalls points of redness marks), 743+703+752+744 pages, 1867 à Paris Furne - Jouvet et Compagnie Editeurs ,
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
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
14020Paris, Furne, Jouvet, (1867-1870 ). 4 volumes grand in-4, [dimension: 280 x 186 mm] de Portrait, (4), 743, (1) / (4), 703, (1) / (4), 752 / (4), 744 pp. Demi-basane tabac , dos lisse. (Reliure de l'époque.) fortes rousseurs,reliures bon etat,
2111902160201369Kakurindo N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 Kakurindo paperback
CZC-9221frontispice et nombreuses illustrations dans le texte et à pleine page de Gil Baer Les aérostiers de Coutelle, Pilâtre de Rozier, Guyton de Morveau, Conté, pendant le siège de Paris, la poste en ballon, les précurseurs de la navigation aérienne, les ballons à vapeur de Giffard, l'aérostat électrique de Tissandier, l'École de Chalais et les aérostiers modernes. vol.in.4, 30x22, bon exemplaire bien frais, 319pp. Paris H. Lecène & Oudin, 1889
CZC-9221frontispice et nombreuses illustrations dans le texte et à pleine page de Gil Baer Les aérostiers de Coutelle, Pilâtre de Rozier, Guyton de Morveau, Conté, pendant le siège de Paris, la poste en ballon, les précurseurs de la navigation aérienne, les ballons à vapeur de Giffard, l'aérostat électrique de Tissandier, l'École de Chalais et les aérostiers modernes. vol.in.4, 30x22, bon exemplaire bien frais, 319pp. Paris H. Lecène & Oudin, 1889
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
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
188610727Paris, Blétry Frères, 1886 ; in-8, broché ; 16 pp., couverture bleue imprimée.
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: 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
1935WRCLIT20880Np: Published by the Author 1935. Small folio. Gilt cloth. Frontis and twenty plates several on folding sheets. First edition. One of only 60 numbered copies printed for private distribution. Extremities a bit shelfworn but a good copy of an interesting and uncommon book. Published by the Author hardcover books
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.
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
CZC-7591Histoire documentaire et anecdotique. Les précurseurs, les Montgolfier, les deux écoles, le siège de Paris, les grands dirigeables et le sport aérien. vol in folio, 330x220 relié demi cuir à coins, tranche de tête dorée, coins légèrement émoussés, 484pp. ( poids 5,800kg) Très nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte en noir. Paris, Librairie Nony, 1903
CZC-7591Histoire documentaire et anecdotique. Les précurseurs, les Montgolfier, les deux écoles, le siège de Paris, les grands dirigeables et le sport aérien. vol in folio, 330x220 relié demi cuir à coins, tranche de tête dorée, coins légèrement émoussés, 484pp. ( poids 5,800kg) Très nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte en noir. Paris, Librairie Nony, 1903
11051(Commandant DRIANT) In 8 reliure éditeur pleine toile rouge de l’éditeur, titre et ballon dorés au dos. Grande plaque polychrome animée avec titre et filets en encadrement, dorés. Bords biseautés. Faux-titre, frontispice sous serpente, titre, 503 pages, tranches dorées, illustrations hors-texte de G. DUTRIAC. Paris Ernest Flammarion éditeur, sans date. (1909) édition originale. Rousseurs légères en début et fin de volume. Beau cartonnage, très frais. On joint une photographie originale de M. ROLL, de la maquette du monument « au colonel DRIANT et à ses chasseurs » acceptée par le comité dans sa réunion du 8 décembre 1921 avec signature du secrétaire trésorier
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
516LECENE OUDIN , 1889 , 320 p , 28 x 18 cm , trés bon état , nombreuses illustrations et gravures , 1ér plat à décors , aérostat doré
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).
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