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48 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women important information including: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Color cover photo features lady applying lipstick amongst a throng of well-dressed football fans; Nice Franklin Simon's one-page ad featuring Persian (wool) Prestige; Super half-page photo ad for Best & Co. features 'Sequins for Glamour'; Nice Macy's full-page ad features photo of four fashionable kids disembarking the 'Normandie'; Full-page ad for Macy's Little Shop features elegant lady in evening gown; The tragic case of Elizabeth Smith, convicted of second degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn; Great one-page Singer sewing machine ad encourages readers to make the $4 dress illustrated; Several photos commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty; Photos and brief article on new diaper service (which some readers thought was a fiction!); Flaming Youth - Sixteen Years Older - "The Younger Generation" that made the 1920's such hectic years grows old and conservative, and its bearded prophets tell how they grew up - article with before and after photos of H.L. Mencken and F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Dear Martha Deane" - brief article with nine photos of radio broadcaster Mary Margaret McBride; 'Mama Martinelli and her Soup of Vengeance'; Photo-illustrated three-page article on Gloria Vanderbilt; Article on John Perona's 'fashionable hellhole' El Morocco - including photo of Jack Dempsey and Perona; The Fashion Ediitor's Diary; Two nice full-page color fashion photos; Review of some New York hair salons; Color-illustrated centerfold features Football Fashions; So Much To Buy - So Much to Spend; Evening accessories; Skin products; There's a difference in light bulbs - photo-illustrated article compares American with foreign bulbs; Color photos of fine china and sparkling crystal tableware; We Shop the Town; Hearty Dinners for Cold Days; Photos and article on the movie "Libeled Lady" which starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; Schaefer beer one-page ad mentions Empire City horse racing, Oct. 19-31; Maisonette Russe is opend with the blessing of Archimandrite Inna - brief article with photos; Manhattan Date Book; Nice color-illustrated Kotex ad inside back cover features fashionable ladies; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Our occupation army in Japan faces secret forces that have long shaped the nation's life; Jones & Laughlin Steel ad includes sketches of Conrad J. Schreiner, Walter Bagnall, Fred Siegrist, Richard Fox, Geo. Gerger, Joe Kroll, Robert Grannke, all veteran warehousemen of the company; Eleven great photos of WWII action between Normandy and the heart of the Reich, from film "The True Glory"; Walter Reuther and his program for reconversion and post-war prosperity; Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg uses his experience at San Francisco when the U.N. Charter was written, to make a case that the 'San Francisco model' can be used to aide other human relationships; Germans Doleful and Angry - fascinating photo-illustrated article from Frankfurt; Mr. Winston Churchill, M.P. and his new job as leader of His Majesty's opposition; Store Shelves Fill Up Again; Why College Presidents Wear Out; Europe's Deadly Crop - clearing millions of mines sowed by the Nazis; Cute half-page color ad for Nestle's milk features infant boy with paper hat; Re-establishing Relations as parents come home from military service; Two pages of nice photos of high-end New York fashions for women; and more. Four-inch repair to back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
20021125557502Pamplona Spain: Éditions du Regard - Paris 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. black cloth 205 pages : illustrations CONTENTS: The failure of peace --France in the dark years --World war total war --D-Day and the Battle of Normandy --Bombed out cities --Hope --The world and the Cold War --An alternative history of the 20th century: the Nobel Peace Prizewinners' Gallery --Worlds for peace. Discusses the meaning and significance of the collections and exhibits at the Caen Memorial as well as the role the city and surrounding area played in World War II. A peace museum located in Caen France the Memorial's collections cover the time from post-World War I to the present day. Éditions du Regard - Paris Hardcover
Fragile binding with loose couple of pages and more likely to detach. Title written in ink on spine and some notes on back cover and title page. 8 1/2"w x 10 1/2"h. 108 pages. Inscribed by Melba Eyler to Paul Dorpat, Seattle columnist.
1504359232.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2014297556Barron's Educational Series, New York, 2014. 256 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen dokumentarischen Abbildungen. MIT einer CD "Interview - Never before heard veteran interviews " Originalpappband im Originalschuber.
8vo., Third Impression, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Third Impression before Publication'. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes a good bibliography. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps, fore-edges lightly browned as often; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations, maps in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, black cloth back lettered in red and white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The story of the Gooseberries or blockships used in the Mulberry Harbours during D-Day, told by the naval OIC. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law 0587.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.63.
Features: The liberation of Carentan; Distinguished visitors at the allied beach-head in Normandy; Photos of the King in France; Photos of Normandy fighting; Two-page illustrations of Britain's Horsa Glider - the mount which carried the airborne spearhead of invasion to Normandy on D-day; photos of 'German' prisoners at Normandy - Russians, Poles, Czechs, Croats, Spaniards, and even Turks were found; Diagrams of "The flying Bomb" - Germany's latest weapon used against England; Photos behind the battlefront in Italy; The Eighth Army stages an exhibition of captured German weapons - 12 photos; Photos regarding penicillin; and more. Prior owner's name and ink stamp upon front cover else clean and unmarked with average wear. sound copy. Book
Pages 673-700. Features: Cover Photo-Portrait of General Neil Ritchie Holding Press Conference Near Tobruk; Soldiers of Free France form the "Phantom" Garrison of Bir Hakeim - six photos; Searching for victim after explosion near the Elephant and Castle; Photo of repatriated prisoners from Italy at military hospital in England; Photo of salvaging of the "Normandie", now called the U.S.S. "Lafayette"; Photo of ceremony handing the H.H.M.S. "Pindus" to the Greek Navy; Photo of starfish-shaped barrage balloon; 150th Anniversary of Captain George Vancouver's landing on Vancouver Island; Generals Auchinleck and Ritchie honoured by the Polish forces in the Middle East; Photo of Romell inspecting broken window of his desert car; Bow-end and side-view photos of Japanese two-man submarine; Before and after aerial photos of Cologne after massive bombardment; The Battle in Libya - article with map showing key points in the present battle; Five photos of "An Unpleasant Surprise for Rommel - The U.S. 'General Grant' Tank"; Two pages of great illustrations entitled "Rommel's Panzers - Details of the Pz IV. and German Methods of Tank Transportation and Refuelling"; Two illustrations of mobile anti-tank gun now operating in Libya; Four photos of obtaining water in the Libyan desert; Wonderful centerfold illustration entitled "Bomber Command Blazing the Trail! The Royal Air Force Attack on Essen and the Ruhr Valley, June 1-2, 1942"; Five Radioed pictures from the Desert Battle at "Knightsbridge," Libya; Six photos from the Midway Islands where Admiral Nimitz has just inflicted heavy losses upon the Japanese; Excellent one-page contour map of the Pacific entitled "Japanese Eyes On the Bases of Dutch Harbour and Alaska" - with inset photo of Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians which was bombed by Japs; Photos of eleven personalities of the week include Professor G.A.R. Reisner, Reinhard Heydrich, Mexican President Camacho declaring war on the Axis states, and Major-Generals Herbert Lumsden, Ramsden, Frank Messervy and Dan Pienaar; Six Photos from Madagascar - first action figures since British forces arrived May 5, 1942; One page with five photos of Hitler entitled "How Hitler Looks Today"; Artistic half-page ad for Tube Investments Ltd. shows coal stoker at work; National Savings Committee half-page ad includes photos of Geoffrey Sims, schoolboy collector, 10, Park Mansions, Moor Park, Herts.; Nice photo ad for Guy Motors Limited shows men and women building engines; Nice colour back cover golf-themed ad features Mashie speaking to Putter - sponsored by The North British Rubber Company, Limited; This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 85-110. Features : Cover portrait of Stalin; One-page map of the main combat areas of the great Russian Offensive on their way to the Reich; Two-page photo spread of photos of Polish and other milestone cities, mixed with photos of Russian leaders General Petrov, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Koniev, Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Tolbukhin, and Marshal Malinovsky; Book review of "Things Past" by Michael Sadleir, including photo of author; Three pictures of the Russian offensive, including Marshal Rokossovsky with Marshal Zhukov, a super-heavy Josef Stalin tank fording a river, and self-propelled guns in action; Article entitled "The Winter Campaign of the Red Army"; Three photos from Belguim where Germans captured a short Allied convoy at Five Corners near Baugnez, took 150 U.S. prisoners, including Red Cross men, and machine-gunned them in a field; Two pages of great photos of the British Second Army advancing north of Sittard into the Roer Salient; Five photos of the U.S. 7th Army on the Alsace Front - Battle Scenes; Five photos from Houffalize - where two U.S. armies blunted the German salient; Excellent centerfold illustration of the making of a "Mulberry", a concrete caisson of the prefabricated harbour towed to Normandy; The Ware in Burma - six photos with General Festing's gallant 36th Division; Five photos in Burma - scenes at the capture of the Port of Akyab; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Buckston Browne, Sir Harold Burrough, FDR being sworn in, Maj.-Gen. R.N. Gale, The Earl of Gowrie, V.C., Dr. James Hall, Sir Henry Gauvain, V.A.C. Crutchley, V.C., The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their sons; Photo of the coronation of the Maharajah of Manipur; Aerial photos of bomb craters near the Mittelland Canal; Photo of mourning Belgians at Bande saying farewell to 34 young men shot in cold blood by the Germans; Photo of Captain Muller negotiating with American and French officers at St. Nazaire; Last scenes of fighting from Greece - where Archbishop is proclaimed; Two pages of illustrations of the Fleet Air Arm Squadron's Heraldic Badges; Eight photos of Australia's horrific "Dust-Bowl"; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Coverfold taped. A sound vintage copy. Book
187864609London, J.W. Parker / Macmillan, 1854/1864/1878. L, 756; XLVIII, 916; XXVII, 662; XX, 734 S. OLn.
141695886X.Gboard_book. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Anglo-French 4 Commando was one of the longest serving units of British special forces. This excellent history covers, among other actions, Lofoten, Dieppe, D-Day and Flushing
16 pages. Features: Steinway Piano ad inside front cover; Let the Flat Protect the Cargo - England is seizing and holding up ship sailing under the American flag to neutral countries; The Manufacture of Dum-Dum (mushroom tip) Bullets in the United States - article with reproductions of graphic black and white photos displaying the savage injuries they cause; The Duty of the State to the Citizen, by Frank Koester; America's Gift to the World - Peace (reproduction of an article from the Evening Post, New York, Dec. 14, 1914); Germany's Hour of Destiny, by Col. H.F. Frobenius; Beware Great Britain; George Bernard Shaw - England Provoked the War; Admiral Count Von Spee; Poem "My Normandy" - English translation of a poem by a French P.O.W.; Ambassador Morgenthau is "Active"; New York Relief Bazaar raises funds for widows and orphans; In Memoriam - a poem by Frederick H. Martens dedicated to Admiral von Spee and the men of his squadron who died off the Falkland Islands, December 8, 1914; The Great Work of the Germanistic Society of Chicago; Nice ad for the Otto Gas Engine Works of Philadelphia; France Was Deceived; The Jewish Chronicle complains about the shabby treatment accorded Jews in the British Army; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
133073050X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1853112317London: George Knight and Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. In the Original Blind Stamped Russian Green cloth with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. There is some fading to the base colour of the spine but all titling etc is clear and bright. There are also some patches of light 'spotting' to the covers but the covers are tight and complete and all hinges sound. A Very Nice copy. There are the remains of a removed bookplate and an erased signature on the front pastedown /endpaper tho' oddly the words "Near Fort Beaufort" remain in old ink between the two. Plain lemon Endpapers and a small Binders' sticker to bottom of the rear e /p - Bound by Edmonds & Remnants London. Internally VG no other major marks. viii 218 pp 2pp Publisher's/Author's Book Advert 8pp Author's Advert for 'Chemistry Applied to Agriculture' - a list of Apparatus Instruments Equipment and Tests for sale to aid the Farmer. Illustrated with b/w wood engravings/illustrations; charts diagrams etc. Contents include : - Soils; Manures; Guano; The Diseases of Cereals; Smut; Canker; Mildew; Insects injurious to Cereals; The Common/Field Cockchafer; The Corn Weevil; Alucite; The Common Dart Moth; The Wheat Fly; Locusts etc etc. This is a FIRST Edition First Impression and after the Author's Preface there is a Publishers Note stating "The Whole of the following pages were in type as far back as 1851 which was to have bewen a 'tie-in' with 'The Great Exhibition' of 1851 where Messrs Knight and Sons the Publishers had for sale at the Exhibition Chemical 'Cabinets' - personal 'laboratories' - for the Private Gentleman The Medical Man The Agriculturalist or Farmer - advertised at the end of the book. but.the publishers were unable to issue this to the Public until now". Overall apart from the minor faults to the covers as noted above this is a Very Clean Tight and Bright copy. Early Agricultural Science. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . George Knight and Sons hardcover
065651275X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
101788403X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first history of the Divison to feature contributions from Other Ranks. Includes six OOBs for various stages of the war. Smith p.275.
1527728315.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
