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289 pages. Index. Handsome colour-decorated flexible black leatherette covers. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos, illustrations and diagrams. Topics include: General Information; Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes (includes interesting diagrams of log-moving techniques); Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well Ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering Data; Glossary of Rope Terms. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Ink stamp atop title page and page 7. This wonderful vintage catalogue illustrates many now antiquated industrial practices of the 1950s. A very nostalgic item. Book
53 pages plus appendices and fold-out map of Burrard Inlet. Black and white illustrations. "The story of Burrard Dry Dock during World War II describing the construction of the 10,000 tonners, the expansion of the yards and the people who worked there." - from Introduction. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Please note: although we believe this to be an original copy, it appears to have been printed on a photocopier. Book
pp. 299-426. Black and white illustrations. Features: DLs of the U.S. Navy - includes fold-out diagrams of the frigate U.S.S. Mitscher; Presenting the U.S. Navy's DD-963; Japan's Hybrid Battleships and Carriers - fact and fancy; The End of the Great Lakes Navy; The Brownwater Navy; Photos of CMB-103 as preserved at H.M.S. Dolphin, Gosport; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
Presented to Sidney Murray "In remembrance of your safe return after services overseas in World War II" by St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Seebach's Still, Ontario, on 19 January 1946, by Pastor Albert F. Pollex. Laid in is a handsome two-colour certificate to Mr. Murray from the Army and Navy Commission of the Lutheran Church. Church blindstamp upon front free endpaper. Book is otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A very special copy. Book
40 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Weaker Sex - Anna Ullman at Hazelton, B.C.; British Columbia's Greatest Marine Disaster - the foundering of the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Sophia in Lynn Canal in 1818 took 343 lives; The Case of the Stolen Church - St. Peter's Anglican of Windermere, B.C.; The B.C. Boomtown Phenomenon - most of them have now disappeared altogether; Coalmont-Blakeburn - Coal Dust Twins; The Copper Hoard of the Pewabic - the steamship Pewabic carried more than a hundred persons to a watery grave in Lake Huron; North to the Klondike - David Doig of Victoria headed north to service gold miners; Brief bio and photo of polio-stricken author Harold Fryer; Brother XII (Twelve) - a B.C. Character (one-page article); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
256 pages including index. Over 50 black and white illustrations. Author's intent was to suggest that Science is more than a body of doctrine - an illumination of life. Chapter titles include: Introductory; The Vegetable Kingdom and the Members Thereof; The Manufacture of Food-Materials by the Green Plant; The Absorption of Radiant Energy by the Green Leaf; The Mobilization of Food-Materials; The Use of the Food-Materials for Construction and Power Production; The Environment of the Land Plant; Variation and Heredity; The Plant Commonwealth and its Government. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper else unmarked. Partial lean to spine. Average wear to navy cloth boards adorned with bright gilt lettering. Faintly visible staining to front board. Nice copy. Book
287 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "This provocative and wide-ranging book runs directly against the grain of received wisdom on (British) civilian life during World War II" - from back cover. "This is a totally absorbing book, highly recommended to historians and anybody else who wants to know more about the Merchant Navy in World War II." - The Naval Review. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
pp. 203-294. Black and white illustrations. Features: Battleship designs for the Royal Netherlands Navy; Centerfold features drawings of the Germania Werft version of a proposed ship; The Shipboard Catapult - It's history and evolution; In Days of Yore - the Norwegian steam corvette (dampkorvetten) KONG SVERRE; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
72 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Boeing-Vertol 107; Fidel Castro's Threat to the Hemisphere - the author fought with Castro's army but left when he was convinced Castro would not stop until he was the master of all Latin America; Riot Control with Chemical Agents - when the mission is to quell, not kill; The 2d MAW's - Level Ready Pilot Training; Rogers' Rangers - Recon Company 1757 - the principles of small unit tactics they worked out over 200 years ago; Characteristics of Leaders; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Wing; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Division; Do-it-yourself Linguist; Mr. Gish, You're the New S-2; This is BUWEPS; Marine Corps Reserve; Baseplate McGurk; LAW Rocket Grenade Launcher, XM 72; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover color ad for the McDonnell Phantom II with J79-GE-8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
240 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Pictures and describes 495 of the ships that have served in Canada's naval forces. Text and photographs combine to create a book of lasting appeal for all who have served in the naval forces and a reference work of importance to Canadian history. Appendix includes operational status charts, ship's particulars, commanding officers, RN ships under Canadian control, convoys and 'special assignments". - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this exceptional reference. Book
16 pages. Ad inside front cover suggests a printing date circa 1901. Songs include: The Maple Leaf Forever; Upon the Heights at Queenston; Rule Britannia; Red, White and Blue - The Army and the Navy For Ever; May God Preserve Thee Canada; Dear Canada, To Thee; The Beaver. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage piece of Canadiana. Book
94 pages. Features: Flight Safety (first of a series); Our Navy's Wings - The First of Two Aircraft Carriers Join Canada's Fleet; Report from Ottawa; U.S. Navy orders Jet Fighters - the XFJ-1 and XF6U-1; Let's Learn to Fly - Taxiing and Control During Takeoff; London Letter; Supersonic Quest; Western Skylines; The Case for Community Airports; Interior Decoration of Aircraft - Designing for Passengers; Sperry Gyropilot - Electronic Approach works with "George"; Northrop Pioneer - trimotor transport; Photo of the XC-99 under construction; and more. Many pages of great ads including one for Kashower Air Service Ltd. of Oshawa plus a Fairey ad featuring a photo of Canada's first aircraft carrier, the H.M.C.S. Warrior. Small faint ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Oceans of ignorance - by Dr. Milner B. Schaefer - how the US may lose the wet war unless it steps up marine research; Babies without Homes - for the first time in a generation, there are more children available than couples wanting to adopt; Mona Lisa - Leonardo's famed masterpiece keeps a wacky date with America; Hush-Hush Resort - Mexico's unspoiled Puerto Vallarta; ; Hail Caesar - Sid Caesar returns after two years in semi-hibernation; David Sarnoff's Vision - he dreams of how electronics will change our future; Wild World of European Sports; My Secret Swiss Stake; Jewish Cooking; Progress goes marching through Georgia - Gov. Carl Sanders and the advancement of racial integration. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: The Treasure Map - Buried Treasure in the South Sea Islands, with photos; Salving the Guadarrama - a marine surveyor's account of a remarkable salvage operation; Mr. Kim's Secret - an incident from the grim struggle in Korea; The Man Who Turned Pirate - reprint of a 1938 story involving the American schooner-yacht Aafje, with photos; Australia's Mail-Men; Smiler - another case of Jack ashore getting into trouble in Malaya; The Earthquake - the author and his wife narrowly escape near the Tibetan frontier; Greek Fire - a forgotten incident from World War II involving the protection of a petroleum installation; Average wear. Back cover almost loose. Book
Features: The Vengeance Trail - A murder-mystery from Ecuador, with photos; Our New Guinea Cruise - curious sights and scenes, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - interesting climbs in Arctic Norway - photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The 'Hidden Gold" Murders - a German case; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - murderers are eventually captured in America's rugged North-West; A Weird Quest - seances are held to help locate 'lost' gold-mines; Behind the Door - a tale from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - an experience in the wilds of Queensland; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
Features: In Search of the Hairy Frog - An expedition into the little-known interior of the British Cameroons, with photos; The Navy Pay-Roll Robbery - An audacious hold-up in Malta G.C. of a navy van containing a considerable payroll, with photos; Luck of the Game - story from a Gold Coast Prospector; Ozark Excursion - interesting people including a cross-bow hunter; The Lost Mine - Tisingal, in the interior of Panama; The Cowrie Shell - white men usually scoff at the native's faith in charms and amulets; My Friend Bill - a fellow in Australia; House-to-House; Japanese glass net-balls (floats); Brown's Donkey - an incident from the North African Desert; The Rest House - a striking example of premonition from India; and more. Above-average wear. Brown tape secures covers. Book
Features: The Chief's Daughter - dark deeds in Africa; The Mystery Man - an unusual man who served in the Merchant Navy on the Western Ocean; Three Christmas Days - reprint of a 1905 story dealing with a series of coincidences in Australia; Big Game Farming on the border of Kenya and Tanganyika; Dead Man's Trouble - a man gets in trouble because of his (dead) double; Australia's 'Prison Trees'; My Crocodile; Matcheli Makes 'Medicine'; Crack of Doom - a former Mountie's graphic account of a touch-and-go experience in the Canadian Arctic; Desert El Dorado - Tennant's Creek, Australia and its early history; Our Trip to Robber's Roost - a roadless wilderness in Nebraska which provided haven for many outlaws in earlier years; The Wailing Waterhole - a tale from Australia's Outback; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. Covers attached. Book
Features: The Chief's Daughter - a strange story related by a veteran Nigerian hunter - involves a ritual murder; The Mystery Man - an unusual story from a Merchant Navy Officer; Three Christmas Days - Reprint of a 1905 story related by a veteran Australian gold miner; Big Game Farming on the borders of Kenya and Tanganyika; Dead Man's Double - A very strange sea story; Australia's Prison Trees; Matcheli Makes 'Medicine'; Crack of Doom - a former Mountie's graphic account of a touch-and-go experience in the wilds of the Canadian Arctic (H. Stallworthy); Desert El Dorado - The Early History of Tennant's Creek in Australia; Our trip to Robbers Roost, a roadless wilderness in Nebraska; The Wailing Waterhole - the uncanny history of a Queensland Pool; and more. Chips from backstrip. Faint name atop front cover else unmarked. Back cover partially loose. Quality copy. Book
Features: In Search of the "Hairy Frog" - an expedition into the British Cameroons collecting specimens of wild animals and birds for zoos, with photos; The Navy Pay-Roll Robbery - an audacious hold-up of a large Navy payroll in Malta, G.C.; Luck of the Game - a story from an original prospector in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast; Ozark Excursion - hunting with the hillmen, including one who uses a crossbow and another who 'catches fish with his teeth'; The Lost Mine (Part 2) - Somewhere in Panama lies Tisingal, reported to be one of the richest gold-mines ever worked by the Spaniards; The Cowrie Shell - White men in Africa usually scoff at the native's faith in charms and amulets; My Friend Bull; House-to-House; Japanese Net Balls (Glass Floats); Brown's Donkey - a strange incident from the North African desert; The Rest-House - a tale from the Eastern Himialayas; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: The Vengeance Trial - An unusual murder in Ecuador; Our New Guinea Cruise - the natives of New Guinea have acquired a certain level of sophistication, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - ascending some difficult peaks in Norway, with nice photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The Hidden Gold Murders; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - tracking down two killers in America's wild North-West; A Wierd Quest - seances are held to help prospectors find gold in the U.S.; Behind the Door - a curious story from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - tough luck for a wanderer in the wilds of Queensland; Forewarned - a puzzling affair in Nigeria; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
Features: 'Twixt Sea and Sand - Part I - Those who man the lightships that keep the world's shipping off the dreaded Goodwins; Build or Die - an Igloo story; Diamonds are Dangerous - Diamond Smugglers and the 'big men' behind them; Danger - Loco Adrift - a giant locomotive slips its lashings in a stormbound ship; Destination Unknown - the second instalment of the adventures of Peter Pinney; The Rain Stoppers - on the West Coast of Africa; Search for Living Gold - Andean Chinchilla; Ghost of the White Chief - John Roberts; The Very Mysterious Eel; A Thousand Miles to Railhead - Motor Transport in North Australia - Road Trains; Horses on Showshoes - an idea which originated 75 years ago at Lardo, British Columbia; Jungle Hideout - the adventures of a white woman who spent nearly 4 years in the jungle running from the Japanese, eating dog, and teaching Guerillas to sing; Paddy's Lapse - A Merchant Navy Officer's Scary Experience; Covers holding but weakly; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
302 pages. Features: First Look at Spring - Soft & Romantic; From Cindy to Cher - checking out the latest fitness videos; Clint Eastwood - Forever Cool; Help! - What am I going to wear?; A Few Nice Men? - how the Navy deals with sexual harassment; Portrait of a Prostitute. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
16 pages. Features: Akron victory for Ed Furgol; North wins at Sheridan, WY; Ruthie Jessen becomes Proette; Sam Snead's game gone?; Photo of Mary Ruth (Ruthie) Jessen; Photos of Jim Bishop, Jim English and Fred Marble; Photo of Patty Berg who was honored at Interlachen CC, Minneapolis; Photo of Henry P. Cowen of MacGregor; Obituaries for Homer S. Cummings, Arthur J. Chapman, Albert Crissy Wheeler, William G. Curtis, Sr., A. Linde Fowler, and Fred Hutchinson; Photo of Marine Don Albert in action - he won the inter-service title at Eglin AFB; Photo of Dick Lundahl; Photo of Lloyd Mangrum in Golfcraft Inc. ad; Large photo of Anne Quast on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
pp. 98. Black and white illustrations. Features: Photo of the H.M.S. REVENGE; Five-panel fold-out diagrams of the KNIAZ POJARSKI; The Hunley Museum; Cruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy - Part I; Royal Navy Camouflage of W.W.2; Swedish Torpedo Boats & Destroyers - Part II - Destroyers; Cutaway drawing of the Destroyer Visby; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
pp. 108.. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Imperial Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1895; The Navy's First CL-144 - U.S.S. Worcester - article with four-panel foldout drawings; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book