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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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
Anthony Smith and his companions balloon across Africa. With 32 illustrations. Red cloth covers. White balloon vignette on front cover; white title on spine. Appendix on Balloon Photography. Dust jacket has tears and wear and creases on edges and down spine. Inscription on front free endpaper by previous owner.
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
Discoloration to paper.
192562020Akron OH: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ca. 1925. 4to. 8.25 x 10.25 in. Twelve silver gelatin photographs all w/ negative number at lower fore-edge w/in negative each w/ manuscript pen annotations of cubic feet size self-printed front cover title sheet stapled at upper fore-edge as issued w/ mimeograph typescript title slight age toning very slight wear still NF copy. A very scarce group of promotional photographs issued by the Goodyear Corp. in the 1920’s detailing their 1600 & 2300 cubic foot pocket-sized barrage balloons with rigid fins. These were intended to be portable easily inflated by a small group of United States Army Air Force personnel or Naval Personnel in order to protect against strafing attacks. See: Barrage Balloon Development in the United States Army Air Corps 1923-1942 1943; Hugh Allen The Story of the Airship 1942. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., unknown
Mm 170x240 Volume in copertina rigida, sovraccoperta illustrata a colori con leggeri segni d'uso, 228 pagine, illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Ottimo stato. Spedizione entro 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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
1620868881.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
