WESTON, WalterMareMagnum
Kenzaburo, OeMareMagnum
The Pinch Runner Memorandum
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 252 pages.
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8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 333, [iv, publisher's ads] pp, plates, 2 folding colored maps with author's route in red, index. orig red cloth, gilt badge of the Japanese Alpine Club on front cover, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded with small stain, bookplate of Thomas Barratt on endpaper, interior is clean and fine with very minor foxing on few leaves in very good cover. A Neate W46: 'Follow-up on his first book on mountaineering in Japan'. 'Weston is revered as the Father of mountaineering in Japan (Neate), and is the first foreign climber to climb all the major Japanese mountains. The maps show the Japanese Alps. The foreword is by Professor Shigetaka (Juko) Shiga.
IN 8. BR [BE]. 130 PP. ENV 500 ILL EN COULEURS. [BE]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 252 pages.
758p. Uncut. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Slightly soiled. Spine faded. OCC 7
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip.
Stain on edge worn dust jacket; otherwise like new.
PETIT IN 4. REL TOILE EDIT [MOY]. 315 PP. 173 PPL EN NOIR. [BE]
pp. [ii],383-514, numerous photos on 20 pls., 8 figs. Large 8vo. Journal issue Wrs.
499p. + Plus Index and three color folding charts of Army Insignias. Numerous drawings, charts and photographs. Inked ownership of Robert H. Deardoff. Tall 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, decorated with officer's hat on front cover. Top edges slightly faded. Original dust jacket, worn and torn. Nice example. WWII 1
Articles: The North Pacific Campaign in Perspective; The Origins of British Whaling - Pre-1750 English and Scottish Involvement in the Northern Whale Fishery; We Have Missed Another Great Opportunity - G.G. McGeer, Alaska, and the Politics of Failed Advocacy; plus numerous book reviews. Three book reviews circled in Table of Contents else clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Articles: The Impact of German Technology on the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 19442-1943; The Seamen's Union, the National Maritime Board and Firemen - Labour management in the British Mercantile Marine; The Defence of Alaska Must Remain a Primary Concern of the United States - Canada and the North Pacific, May-June 1942; Management of the Port of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Government and Port Administration in Japan in the aftermath of the Port and Harbour Law of 1950; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
8vo, pp.xxiii-500, illustrat.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plate; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears on rear panel. Waley's classic text was first published in 1921. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Illustrations & maps.
32 pages. Cover photo of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko playing with their infant son, Prince Naruhito Hironomiya. Many great vintage ads for Japan's major manufacturers. Many photos. Articles include: Close U.S.-Japan Relations Important to Free World; Japan's Electronics Industry Helps Set World Pace in Price and Quality; American Cities Have 23 Sisters in Japan; Japan Leads the World in Shipbuilding; Japan's Dam Construction Expertise; Japan's National Parks; Japan one of the best U.S. customers; Five million TV sets in use - Radio vying for audience; Tokyo Metropolis; Japanese farmers achieve maximum crop on small plot, use new methods/chemicals; The Tea Ceremony and Flower Arrangement; Japanese Toys; Japanese Souvenirs. Average wear. Unmarked. An informative and interesting memento from the days before Japan's rise to prominence as a world manufacturing and banking power. Book
80 pages. Features: Many gorgeous fashion ads; Who Wants to be the Last American Killed in Vietnam?; Jan Stenerud is No Football Player but he Wins Football Games; Fateful Triangle - The United States, Japan and China; Concert Pianist Andre Watts - photo-illustrated article; For a Black Vice President in 1972 - Andrew Young; When China Gets Into the U.N. (United Nations); White Collar Fashion Photos - the Kitty Foyle Dress is Back; Long Island Soung playground built by Mr. and Mrs. Buttenwieser for their grandchildren; Lovely color ad for F. Chauvenet sparkling wine features Breugel's painting "The Wedding Dance"; Eel recipe; Two-page Sabena Airlines ad; and more. Please note that this offering does not include Part 2 which was a separate report on men's wear. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of celebrating French citizens in Tunis; Nice White Rock mineral water ad; Atlantic City invitation to members of the Armed Forces; The story of an American soldier killed in the last desperate days as the American Second Corps struck for Bizerte; Rehearsal for Invasion - photos of troops preparing for invasion of Europe; Call for Allies to meet and clear up doubts and differences; The Mystery of Japan's Delay - the possible reason why Japan has struck no major blow in the war; The War Price and Rationing Board - article with nine photos; Two Years of OCD - Civilian Defense has come to mean the total mobillization of the people; Another Man o' War? - Count Fleet may soon answer that question; The Ten Best Films - a critic's list; Two lovely pages of ladies' fasion photos; L-85 is the regulation of women's and children's clothing; Feeding the Wedding Guest; Nice Clorox ad; The Home in Wartime; Classy back cover ad for Tropi-Tex suits for men. Unmarked with moderate wear. Some interior pages holding by one staple. A quality vintage wartime issue. Book
108 pages. Features: Nice color-photo leopard-skin pattern dress ad for Lord & Taylor; Harmon Killebrew featured in Vycron/Vycott fabric ad; Polly Bergen fashion ad; Full-page ad for Velcro; Vicky Vaughan Junior fashion ad; Students of Japan - an intimate glimpse, by John D. Rockefeller 4th; Japan and Turkey - centers of conflict - with great photos; Blueprint for Communist Conquest - foreign aid; The Key Issue - U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy, by Paul H. Nitze; Alcoholics Anonymous - Their 25 Year Struggle; Advice to Breathless Thespians, by Moss Hart; Where Fame Waxes - and Wanes - Madame Tussaud's; 'Sheets of Fire, Wind and Rain' - photo of Peruvian volcanoe and Japanese tsunami damage at Ofunato; The U.S. Supreme Court Debated - Another View; Their Heart Belongs to Dada - photos of unusual art; Nice color-photo ad for Knickerbocker beer; Applause for Composer Robert Schumann; Photos from the movie "The Apartment"; Lovely color-photo ad for Piper-Heidsieck Champagne; Classy color-photo ad for Mumm's Champagne; Three photos of some of the 550 Brits who will perform in the British Tournament and Tattoo; Nice color-photo Cointreau ad; Mr. Khrushchev's Favorite Reporter - John Reed; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Can the Show Go On? - The Performing Arts are on the verge of financial collapse; Carl Sagan article on 'The Next Great Leap Into Space'; A New Visionary in German Films - Werner Herzog; We Want to Make These Kids Neurotic - Cornerstone Nursery in Yonkers seeks to help violent and disturbed kids; Nice color-photo centerfold ad for Beefeater gin; A Family's Affair with Japan - Andrew H. Malcolm and his family lived in Japan for 18 months; Too Beautiful Just for the Boudoir - Photo/Fashion feature; Living HIgh in the Sky - Wall St. Executive David Merriman's terrace; Katz in "The Mountains" - Shmuel Katz visits the US to ease American misgivings about Israel; Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Rheingold lager beer ad features color photos of Jean Welch, Jill Darnley, Maggie Long, Helen Riickert, Dorothy Hart and Rita Daigle, the Miss Rheingold 1946 candidates; Illustrated ad for the Fairchild "Flying Boxcar"; We Enter the Atomic Age - the momentous story of the atom whose energy science has now unleashed; Two pages of fantastic photos illustrating the dramatic story of the atom - from radium to the atomic bomb, including the Curies, Einstein, Niels Bohr, Dr. E.O. Lawrence with a cyclotron, and the great factory at Oak Ridge, TN; Ernest Bevin - a new kind of statesman; When do we abolish (wartime) business controls: Germany is Not Yet Defeated - Senator Harley M. Kilgore argues her industrial power must be destroyed; China - Unless we preserve her full integrity we shall face still another war - Nathaniel Peffer's formula for peace in the Far East; One-page ad for Drene shampoo features three color photos of beautiful Bettina Bolegard, New York fashion model; Veterans storm the academic beachhead; Our music-loving Presidents; Benjamin ('Ben') Victor Cohen is expected to be a bridge from the President to Byrnes and Vinson; Jones & Laughline Steel ad includes sketches of Donald Gortner and Ralph Ardary; Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees looks forward to moving his bulldozers into Japan; Boom in New Yorkers studying foreign languages; Interesting half-page ad for The American Mercury features heading "Can We Do Business With Stalin", with illustration of Stalin; Nice one-page Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna ad; Two pages of photos of ladies in fashionable coats; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Opening to central portion of front cover mended with archival tape. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
136 pages. Features: Nice color photo Lord & Taylor ad; Cuba - Profile of a Revolution - the old order has been swept away forever - many photos; Lament for the Rocking Chair; The Bantu Listens to a Louder Drum - the South African Negro call to freedom frightens the ruling whites; America's 500,000 Migrant Farm Workers; 'Marxist Mandarin' on Another Sales Trip - China's Premier Chou En-lai Revisits his South Asian Neighbors; Long-Run Plays - The Top Ten; photos of ice-breaking in the Great Lakes; Photos of interesting Senatorial Doors; Nice color photo ad for B. Altman & Co.; Photos of excavation in New York City; Peter M. Dawkins compares the attitudes toward collegiate sports in the United States and Great Britain - he was captain of the West Point Football Team and a unanimous All-America choice at halfback; 'April in Paris' for New York - Joseph Wechsberg is excited at the prospect of bringing Gallic imports to NYC; First Night Party for "Bye Bye Birdie" sponsored by L. Slade Brown; Let the Native Indian Be the Hero, by Stanley Walker; Rudolph Valentino was born 65 years ago - 5 nice photos; Restless Ports for the City's Food - Washington and Fulton Markets are colorful, obsolete, and about to be moved - article with photos; Golf Fever in Japan; Cut Out for Leisure - sexy photos by Gleb Derujinsky; Color photo ad for Knickerbocker Beer; Nice color Pepsi ad "The Sociables Prefer Pepsi"; About Polygamy - a fading practice in Africa; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
One map with small closed tear; Numerous fold-out maps and much information about bustling mid-60s Japan; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1102 pages
Light wear and chipping to DJ; Numerous fold-out maps and much information about bustling mid-60s Japan; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1102 pages
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Sold from an institution wits neat stamp on title. A volume in the Official History of Australia in WWII.
