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Features: Etobicoke almost banned bird houses!; The Tattoo that murder made famous; Age of the pari-mutuel supermarket; Growing restlessness with Rhodesia; Editorial - draft-dodgers are refugees, not criminals; Sensational 3-page colour photo Electrohome ad featuring their ultra-futuristic Circa '75 new home entertainment concept; "Governor General and Madame Vanier have made once-indifferent Canadians learn to care about an 'obsolete' institution - which somehow works - article and photos; The Intelligent addict's guide to color TV; Lady Auto Racers - article with colour photos - Inga Cordts, Diana Carter, Stephanie Ruys de Perez; "Let's Quit Worshipping the Kid with a B.A.", by Robert Thomas Allen; Two stories about the meaning of Death by Ian Adams and Malcolm Muggeridge; Night Street Boys/Shoe Shine Boys of Toronto - article with great photos; Dr. Robert McClure - God's Front-line Surgeon - article with photo; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; The artist, viewed as a young entrepreneur - Barry Burdeny sells paintings to corporations; "Unification will turn our army, navy and air force into a contingent of unemployed cops in green suits" - Admiral William Landymore, RCN (RTD.); and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Nice one-page Lockheed ad features cutaway illustration of their Constellation aircraft; Great one-page photo ad for Jeep shows its unique applications; Nice color Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; *Sweet* one-page color 1946 Lincoln car ad; 10,000 tons of horsemeat will be sent to Europe in 1946; Should Japan be annexed or put under U.N. trusteeship; One-page color ad for National City Bank features painting by Rockwell Kent and photo of John Willett; Famine Specter Stalks Old World in footsteps of war and crop failure; German fashion photos; Photo of Rudolf Hess and review of his (alleged) offer to the British; Photo of election rally in Russia; Nice color Kodachrome ad; Attractive color TWA ad; Palestine - Wrong Raid - Jewish terrorists raid the King's African Rifles camp near Tel Aviv; The Ainu Comes Back; Canada tests its icebound barrens with column of mechanized troops - "The Musk-Ox Trail"; Air Force finds danger in peace that takes its most skilled men; Attractive color-illustrated Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ad shows train stopped by snow; How Bikini became the Bomb-Testing Ground; British war brides arrive stateside; Housing program latest answer to inflation -strike - shortage riddle; Nice color Kinsey whiskey ad; Behncke guides pilots' union; Nice one-page ad for Porto Rico Line "Who Made Rosita's New Dress?"; Nice New Haven Railroad ad; The Army's Eniac Computer - a roomful of brain (with photo); Color one-page ad for Seiberling Tires; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features color portrait of actor John Boles; Cute one-page Dixie Cup ad features young boy with soda; Classy 2/3-page two-color ad for Gaylord Boxes; Boxing's Nat Fleisher; Hoopster Red Rolfe - photo; Photo-illustrated article on composer Bartok; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad shows charming outdoor gathering; George Arliss, 1868-1946; Japs escape to movies for Love and no Kisses; Metro. Oakland, California ad shows large tracts of land awaiting development; Ad for New Hampshire encourages industrial development; and more. Clear tape along spine. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: The Niagara Daredevils - Red Hill Jr. tried to go over and was killed - his brother says he'll try in June; "As an Abortionist I was Really doing something to help people" - When Dr. Robert Makaroff was arrested in Vancouver last March, he had performed more than 1,000 illegal abortions; Stretch denim fashion feature; What a golf pro does in winter - Len Ellerton uses a videotape recording machine to help students with their swings; A guide to Golf Etiquette; Yummm Yogurt! - food feature; Part 6 of 'The Mob' - The Bookies - They're crime's biggest moneymakers - Montreal bookie Gary Ball; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
548 pages. Circa 1980s? This large reference includes 58 parts plus a glossary. Topics covered include: Collecting vs. Investing; The Economics of Numismatics; Grading Coins; Finding a Good Dealer; Numismatic Myths; The Bourse; Mail-order Buying Guide; Coin Psychology; Buying and Selling; Diversity; Liquidation; Counterfeiting; and much more. Clean with light wear. Title page missing. Nice copy of this substantive reference. 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
Pages 635-666 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Nice full-page ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Nice full-page illustrated ad for The Regent Carriage Co.; The work of our seaplanes; Air raid insurance claims; The Supreme War Council and the crisis; Great full-page illustrated ad for the Sopwith Aviation Company, Ltd; Aerial photo of the Oise-Aisne Canal - blown up by the French; Details of war-induced paper rationing (re: this publication); Birthday honours for war workers; Notices to members of the Royal Aero Club of the U.K.; The A.E.G. Bomber, G. 105 - a very detailed article with numerous photos and diagrams; The 240 H.P. (8-Cylinder) Mercedes (conclusion) - article with photos, diagrams and charts; The Roll of Honour - lengthy list of war casualties; The facts about the Liberty Motor; The Flight of an Aeroplane at Different Altitudes - detailed analytical and graphical approaches; A Full Day III - being some more ordinary incidents in the ordinary lives of pilots of No. X Squadron; Airisms from the Four Winds; Photo of Major Raoul Lufberry, the American 'Ace' of the American Expeditionary Force in France, who was shot down on May 19th; Answers to Correspondents; Trade Parliaments and their work - part VIII; Personals; The British Air Services - Announcements; Aircraft work at the front; Aviation in Parliament; Photos of the Humber Company's annual Sports Day; Buyer's Guide/Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
243 pages plus advertisements. Stated copyright date is 1910. No indication that this is a later printing. "A simple, practical hand book for experts as well as for amateurs, fully describing every part of an engine and boiler, giving full directions for the safe and economical management of both; Also, several hundred questions and answers often given in examinations for an engineer's license, and chapters on farm engine economy, with special attention to traction and gasoline farm engines, and a chapter on the science of successful threshing... With numerous illustrations showing the different parts of a boiler and engine and nearly every make of traction engine, with a brief description of the distinctive points of each make." - from Title Page. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Red cloth exterior is lightly worn and bears brilliant gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Minor fading to back board moderate fore-edge waviness to last 50 pages or so. A glorious reference to the early days of mechanized farming. Very nice copy. Book
Pagine: 148 . Formato: in folio . Rilegatura: Cartonato marmorizzato moderno con dorso in pelle amaranto . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Rilegatura moderna. Tracce evidenti di umidità e gore d'acqua. Bruniture. Si tratta del solo testo privo delle 425 tavole. Frontespizio del primo tomo strappato. . Note epoca: #
1 15.3x9.7 cm., V, [1], 339, [3] pp., una grande carta topografica ripiegata in fondo al testo, legatura posticcia in cartoncino, al centro dei piatti applicate le porzioni centrali delle bross. originali, lievi fioriture e bruniture, ex libris allla carta di guardia anteriore, esemplare ben conservato, in barbe Seconda edizione della famosa guida del Bertolotti. Esaustiva descrizione dei luoghi visitati. Cfr. Hoepli 64.
In Firenze, nella Stamperia Imperiale, vendesi da Tommaso Giotti alla Condotta, 1759, in-8, cartonatura rustica coeva, pp. XIII, [1], 236, [2]. Non sono state legate le carte a8 e P8 che erano bianche (cfr. descrizione in ICCU). Sola parte pubblicata. Bell'esemplare.
<br/> STATO: DA COLLEZIONE, MOLTO BUONO.<br/> NOTE: 1848<br/> TITOLO: Guide down the Danube, from Paris to Marseilles, Ancona, Trieste, Venice, Munich, Strasburg; and from Vienna to Constantinople, Smyrna, Athens, the Morea, and the Ionian Islands. Also, the Route to India by way of Egypt. <br/> AUTORE: Claridge, Richard Tappin (1797?-1857).<br/> CURATORE: A new [second] edition.<br/> EDITORE: F.C
<br/> STATO: USATO, MOLTO BUONO.<br/> TITOLO: Il Ruwenzori, viaggio di esplorazione e prime ascensioni delle più alte vette nella catena nevosa. Storia di una delle grandi esplorazioni Italiane patrocinata da Amedeo di Savoia e curata nella parte scientifivca dal De Filippi.<br/> AUTORE: De Filippi,Filippo.<br/> CURATORE: Illustrazioni di Vittorio Sella.<br/> EDITORE: Ulrico Hoepli<br/> DATA ED.:
In 8° gr., piena pelle coeva (menda alla parte bassa del dorso), tit. in oro al dorso e filetti in nero ai piatti, pp. VII-621-(3nn). Alcuni disegni n.t. di Raffet e da 23 tavv. f.t. incise in rame, tirate su carta di Cina + 1 tav. di musica a stampa f.t. Rara ediz. orig. (Cfr Vicaire III, 166-167).
<br/> NOTE: Soranzo 6269. Raro<br/> TITOLO: I viaggi di Marco Polo Veneziano. Tradotti per la prima volta dall'originale francese di Rusticiano di Pisa e corredati d'illustrazioni e di documenti da Vincenzo Lazari, pubblicati per cura di Lodovico Pasini membro effettivo e segretario dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto.<br/> AUTORE: Di Pisa,Rusticiano. Lazari,Vincenzo. Pasini,Lodovico.<br/> EDITORE: Coi Tip .
In 8° piccolo (17,8x10,4 cm);(2), XVI, 588 pp., 31 carte, due tavole a colori. Legatura editoriale in piena tela rossa, scolorita da umidità, la cartina posta nella tasca all'ultima pagina, presenta una leggera coloritura rossa passata dalla legatura. All'interno un po' imbarcata ma in buone condizioni di conservazione. Seconda edizione rara, riveduta ed ampliata. Volume D in the series of Official Guide Books ( A and B Japan, C Chosen, Manchuria and Siberia). La prima edizione fu edita nel 1915. Esemplare da studio.
<p>20 cm, ril. editoriale in cartone rosso, titolo e fregi in oro ai piatti, p 44, Due illustrazioni, la prima con la veduta della facciata ed una con la pianta della certosa. Dorso rinforzato con stesso colore delle cop. Rara edizione originale</p>
3 voll. in 1 in-12° (cm. 13,2), p. pergamena coeva (lievi tracce d'usura, cerniera interna parzialmente disunita), tagli spruzzati; pp. 248, [20]; 5-105, [3]; 178, [14]; in buono stato. Alla sola terza opera margine sup. corto e piccoli strappi marginali alla carta F1 che toccano il testo. Interessante edizione di tre opere unite (ciascuna con proprio front. con vignetta xilografica, la prima rappresenta una veduta di Venezia) come guida politica e turistica della corte pontificia e la città di Roma (cerimoniali, uffici di Stato, precedenze, istituzioni, antichità, etc.). «Fu molto in voga» [Piantanida 962]. Esemplare più che discreto. (SL2)
<font face='Arial, Verdana' size='2'>In-16° (cm. 14), legatura editoriale in cartonato a stampa (stanca e con lievi segni d'usura); pp. 366, [2 bb.] in ottimo stato con 2 tavole ripiegate f.t. (pianta topografica di Napoli e carta geografica del golfo) oltre a 2 fotografie originali applicate su cart. f.t. (veduta di Napoli e veduta di Pompei). Piccolo strappo marginale riparato a una carta. Esemplare intonso.</font>
o sia descrizione generale delle opere più insigni di pittura, scultura e architettura e di tutti i monumenti antichi e modernidi quest'Alma città, e parte delle sue adiacenze. Solo Tomo secondo. In 16mo, mm. 100x165; pag. da 438 a 888, con 5 tavole fuori testo e 16 incisioni nel testo, tutte incise in rame con la tecnica dell'acquaforte, timbretto a tampone, di biblioteca privata sul margine inferiore del frontespizio. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle con titolo su doppio tassello e dorature al dorso. Ottima la conservazione, esemplare molto fresco. Codice inv.1031226
Prefazione di Giuseppe De Luca, Ricordo di Marino Moretti 3 21x13,5 cm., legatura in piena tela, titoli in oro al dorso, pagg.LXVIII+637(4); 644 (4); 659(4), alcune riproduzioni di frontespizi, altre illustrazioni in bianco e nero, schedate 5189 opere, Indice degli autori, in italiano, edizione reprint a tiratura limitata a 300 copie, nuovo. Vol. 1? Viaggi in Paesi diversi e in Italia - Vol.2? Viaggi in Italia - Vol.3? Viaggi in Italia e Libri vari -
In-8° (cm. 15,1), brossura coeva con rinforzo post. al dorso (strappetti); pp. 318 in buono stato, con 1 pianta della città in rame ripiegata f.t.; mancanza della sola ultima carta bianca e lievi segni d'uso. Edizione originale non comune. Cfr. Primo Catalogo Collettivo delle Biblioteche Italiane V, 222. Buon esemplare.
Edizione: Seconda edizione . Pagine: 616 . Illustrazioni: Molti disegni in bianco e nero in e fuori testo . Formato: 16° . Rilegatura: Cartonato telato rosso con incisioni in oro . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Macchie gialle dovute alla qualità della carta.Foto disponibili .
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map on cloth. Oblong: 67x75 cm. In Ottoman script. Folded originally. A very detailed map. Scale: 1:210.000. Shows Shkodra Lake, its shores, Bog Mountains, Karadag (Montenegro), Iakoh, Has etc. [MAP of OTTOMAN PROVINCE of BALKANS-ALBANIA] 52 Ipek (Peja). 53 Yakoh. 59 Akola. 60 Iskodra (Shkodra).
New English Paperback. In publisher's special box. Folio. 4to. (24 x 34 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: (919 p.), richly color and b/w ills. A comprehensive monograph and guide study on Pera / Beyoglu of Istanbul / Constantinople with collected articles by collective authors. Geçmisten günümüze Beyoglu. 2 volumes set in special hardbox.
Very Good English In modern dark green cloth bdg. made as saved original illustrated covers on cloth's faces. Demy 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In English. [xxiv], [4], 158, [4] p., one is huge; 3 folding maps. Unnumbered b/w plts. Little foxing on pages. Guy's South of Ireland pictorial guide. Describing and illustrating its picturesque and beautiful scenery, antiquities etc. with specially written notes on South of Ireland natural history, mineralogy, etc. First Edition.