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No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to corner and near spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 84pp. A guide book with brief local history to the ancient borough of Clitheroe in Lancashire and the surrounding villages.
Originally printed in 1938 in Britain, this copy reprinted with permission in Canada in 1940 with amendments Nos. 1 and 2. Quite a detailed treatise with chapters entitled: Organization of a Coast Fortress in Peace; Responsibility for Training; Annual Training; Charts and Maps; Range-Finders and Other Instruments; Misc. Instruments; Laying; Ballistics; Gunnery Calculations; Gunnery Calculations - Automatic Sights; Range Tables and Initial Corrections; Calibration; Battery Drill and Fire Discipline; Instructions for Training and Examination in Range-Finding; Instructions for Training Examination in x, 224 pages. Plotting Room Duties; Instructions for Training and Examination in Laying; Instructions for Training and Examination in Telephony; Instructions for the Examination for Skill-At-Arms Badges for Gunnery; plus appendices on probability and the slide rule. Several fold-outs. Black and white diagrams. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this vintage WWII reference. Book
Huesca, 2007. 4to. apaisado; 92 pp. Ilustraciones. Cubiertas originales.
Small oblong 8vo. Engr. t. p., 64 (instead of 100, 2 folding) plates in original watercolour. Contemp. half calf with giltstamped red label to gilt spine. Series of charming views of Vienna and its environs, including Baden, Klosterneuburg, and Bratislava, mostly engraved by Johann Jaresch. The famous streets, squares, buildings and interiors are bustling with visitors, strollers, and horse-drawn carriages. All plates are captioned in French and German, and numbered in the centre. The t. p. bears the rarely encountered publisher's address "Graben No. 1200"; individual plates are marked "Kohlmarkt No. 268". - Very attractive original colour. Wants 36 plates; 20 views are in their second state, two others in their third. The image of plate 51 has been pasted over with an alternate version. For nos. 21-24 (two doubles), Nebehay/W. also states a variant six leaves which apparently could be used to replace the panoramic views of Ebersdorf and Bratislava. - Binding slightly rubbed and bumped. Several plates trimmed closely; t. p. and a few plates show brownstaining. Contemp. ownership "L. Wagner" to pastedown. Detailed list of plates available upon request. Nebehay/Wagner 193.
26 drawings (25 in pencil, 1 in red chalk) on paper, various formats (mostly folio), mounted on backing paper, some signed and dated. In contemporary paper wrappers, captioned: "Handzeichnungen von Wilhelm von Rally 38 [corrected to 35] St. Ansichten aus Nieder-Oesterreich Inv. Nr. 10133". The drawings were created during excursions made to the Wachau, Thaya, and Vienna regions, as well as to southern Lower Austria and the foothills of the Alps. They show the ruins of Johannstein near Sparbach, Starhemberg near Wiener Neustadt, St. Othmar in Mödling, three views of Molz, Kollmitz, Weißenburg, Schauenstein, Lichtenwörth, Tulln, Greifenstein, the church in Muthmannsdorf, Scharfeneck near Mannersdorf, Kaya, Hardegg, Aggstein, Pottschach, Klamm, Wald, Albrechtsberg, Gamming, as well as two views of Neuberg/Mürz (Styria). In spite of their not always convincing artistic quality, these highly detailed views constitute a valuable topographic source.
Weimar, in Verlage des Geographischen Instituts, 1825-28. Folio. Each 49x60 cm. 5 steel-engraved maps depicting the 5 parts of Prussia. All Handcoloured in outline. Cont. blank wrappers, wrappers partly lost. All maps with broad margins with use and tears, one tear reaching engraved surface. Some soiling. The last 2 maps dampstained in right corners.
8 charts. 560 x 735 mm, with key printed on the back. Scale 1:1,000,000. Substantial set of first edition U.S. pilot charts from the Second World War. Includes 2 maps of the Arabian Peninsula (668 and 669), depicting the border region of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Aden Protectorate and covering the area between the 42nd and 54th meridian east, and between the 16th and 20th parallel north. Also shows the Frasan Islands as well as large parts of the Rub' al Kahli desert with sections marked "unexplored", the city of Salala constituting the easternmost point. - Further, two maps of Iran (429 and 443) between the 53rd and 60th meridian east, and the 28th and 36th parallel north, identifying Kerman, Yazd and Birjand. - The remaining maps cover western Afghanistan (439), labelling Herat and Farah, central India (559), with cities such as Jabalpur, Bhopal and Achalpur, and the Indian Ocean showing the Chagos archipelago (1037) and Comoro Island (1052). - Chart no. 1037 dampstained with loss to the centre, chart no. 669 lacks approx. 5.5 cm, clipped away at upper margin. Remaining maps with occasional small tears, but overall in good condition.
70 pages. Features: Nice color-photo portrait of distinguished builder Mr. Henry Doelger in Lord Calvert ad inside front cover; Bell Telephone one-page ad features photo and write-up of Denis Hartnett who was "Mr. Telephone" to the people of Homer, NY; Color photos of a Lion Luncheon in Kenya; Nostalgic 1-page 2-color ad for USS (US Steel) shows where their products were used; Vintage Goodyear 1-page color photo ad promotes their new Lifeguard Safety Tubes; The Koje Snafu - major article with color photos explains how U.S. Brigadier General Francis Townsend Dodd was seized by his captives and another was lured into signing Red propaganda - the astonishing inside story from the Korean War; What You Don't Know About Your Eyes; Article on Salt - 14,000 uses and $0.02/pound; Gabbing with the Gabors - article with great bedroom photos of Zsa Zsa, Magda, Mama and Eva; The Windfall (fiction); Pigs Have Wings (fiction); Baseball's Biggest Bargain - article on the Brooklyn Dodgers with fantastic color photos of many team members including Jackie Robinson; Blood Money (fiction); Ninety Saddles for Kengtu (fiction); Brief article and two color photos of native artist Frank White Eagle; First or Nothing (fiction); History Hinges on These Two Rivers - excelllent color photos of US troops near the Yalu River and US naval vessels in the Rhine - with brief article; Ike is My Boy - West Point's salty Old Sarge, Sergeant Marty Maher, reveals Ike's sports loves - article with four photos of Ike; Inch and a Half to Go - humor about women and maps; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features opera star Patrice Munsel. Couple of chips from top of back cover. Average wear. Library stamp on front cover and back page. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Foilo in maroon stamped and gilted boards; 328 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 37 x 29 cm; indexes Uncommon. // **A large, heavy book. Weighs almost 5 lbs. before packing. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
Handsome colour-illustrated 1939 map of the Colony of Fiji with inset map of the Lau Group/Eastern District Islands. 19.5" x 15". Folds to 9.25" x 6.5". Clean and unmarked with light wear. Map
Outside Dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Railways and unfinished railways indicated. Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Printed circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Printed circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Three inch crease to lower left corner. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
