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Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: H.M.S. "Powerful" returns to Portsmouth with the Naval Defenders of Ladysmith, The Portland Hospital, Rondebosch, Photos in Ladysmith after the Siege, Photos in Kimberley after the Siege, The Rising in Ashanti - Scenes in Kumasi, The Queen in Dublin, Four-page illustration of the Paris Exhibition of 1900, Lord Roberts entering Bloemfontein, The Formal Surrender of Bloemfontein, and more. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
28 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of a French woman cutting grapes from the vine on her home for British troops; The British Field Force making friends in France; Full-page diagram of the extensive fortifications of Heligoland; Switzerland prepares her defences for all emergencies - Five photos; Photos of Switzerland frontiers - fortified and manned - plus mobilisation scenes; Photo of the daily rations of the German people - less in every respect than those of the British field force; Various photos - churchyard and nursery A.R.P., Polish leaders in Paris; British Submarine Epic - illustrations show how it escaped by tenacity and engineering skill; The Fall of Warsaw - Vivid war photos; Photos of the Nazi "triumphal" parade in Warsaw; Full-page photo of a huge stack of British artillery shells; Photos of British practice with heavy guns; Illustrations show events leading to the end of a U-Boat; Numerous photos show the French bombarding German lines with guns mounted on German soil; Several illustrations show a comprehensive shelter scheme for the people of Bermondsey; Photos of personalities of the week; Interesting photos of British items painted white to improve safety during blackout; The Campaign in the West - article by Cyril Falls; Full-page new map of the Western Front - giving all strategic features; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. Missing page 597-98 from back. Some pages loose but present. Magazine
40 pages. Features: What is Man?; Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Kellogg's Corn Flake Crumbs - illustrated with fried chicken; Sensational one-page color (yellow) photo ad for the 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille; Nicol Williamson - interview with this serious film star who travels light; Super one-page color-photo ad for a dark green Pontiac Catalina; Your Annual Physical; Our Railroads are No Longer Safe; Can Anyone Predict the Future? - a scorecard on past preductions indicates too many misses; Nice one-page photo ad for LaSalle Extension University features lovely lady using Stenotype shorthand machine; The Hunt for Venus' Arms - Whatever became of the arms of the Venus de Milo statue housed in Paris' Louvre Museum?; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Special K cereal features 7-cent coupon; Recipes for travellers; Great color ads for Gracious Living feature funky retro products such as colored phones and two-position TV-stands; My Shadow Child - it took eight years to suspect Andrew's excessive activity was more than just being a boy; Nice one-page photo ad entitled "Oh, That Charlie" features vinyl record "The Best of Charlie Rice"; Great Moments in Indoor Sports - of all indoor sports, none requires the brain-power and ruthlessness as does "Monopoly"; Great one-page photo ad for Telepander muscle training features before and after photos of a (now) hunky guy; Champagne Living on a Beer Budget - money-saving tips for such things as conference calls, classified ads, brand X products, and many more; How to Keep Your Appliances Going; Should 18-year-olds Vote? - letters from readers. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 1734-1796 plus 14 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flower Pieces (III); Ten Singing Lessons; Among the Leaves; Babs the Impossible (continued); My Experiments with the Kymograph; November Flower Talk; Let Me Not Be Too Sure; French Fashions for Autumn; Fashions in Furs for Midwinter; Opera and Carriage Cloaks; Cut Paper Patterns; News of Women's Clubs - with photo of Mrs. E.L. Campbell of Pennsylvania; Neckwear for Christmas Gifts - with great photos; Talks on Friendship - I - Of Woman and Woman; A Writer's Fancy; Autumn Days in Paris; November; The Gentle Art of Dinner Giving - II - The Dinner Table; Great back cover Cream of Wheat ad shows football players at table; and more.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
112 pages. Features: Nice 1/2 page color Fatima cigarette ad; 1-page color Hudson car ad - circus scene; 1-page color Maxwell House coffee ad features illustration of band practicing in the living room; Nice 1-page color ad for Zenith radios; 1-page color ad for Kelly Springfield tires features lady swimmer; RPM Delo ad features nice color photo of excavation scene in rugged territory; Renegade Canyon (fiction); The Man Who Hunts Old Bones - photo-illustrated article about Dr. Edwin Harris Colbert, curator of the American Museum of Natural History; Schoolgirl in Pursuit (fiction); G.I. Jim's In Love with Paris - color-photo illustrated article about the 1,300 American veterans studying and living under the G.I. Bill of Rights in Paris; Night of Trial (fiction); Senator Paul Douglas - Hard-boiled idealist - article with photo; We Bucked the Ice Pack - aboard the U.S.S. Edisto icebreaker as it ventured to previously unexplored waters - article witih photos; New help for that headache - combining medicine with psychiatry; Get That Rig Through (fiction); Tales of the Talking Taxis - photo-illustrated article explains how two-way radios are improving life for taxi drivers; Botts and the Brink of Disaster (fiction); Is Japanese Youth Going Communist? - photo-illustrated article; 1-page color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco man Dan Currin of Oxford, NC; Nightmare in Manhattan (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile cars featuring the new 'Holiday' coupe; 1-page color ad for De Soto cars features the new 'Carry-All' sedan; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features blind-folded woman smoker; 1-page color-photo ad for Ford Trucks features photos Howard Johnson of hotel chain fame; Nice color-photo Kodak ad with rugged scenery in background; 1-page Chevrolet ad features the Styeline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Nice centerfold color ad for Mobilgas; 1-page color ad for RCA Victor televisions features Photographer Margaret Bourke-White; 2-page color ad for General Motors (GM) shows their range of products; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page ad for Northwestern Mutual features photo portrait of Walter Geist, President, Allis-Chalmers; Nice 1-page color ad for TWA shows happy children in flight; 1/2 page color ad for Meadow gold ice cream; 1-page color Gulfpride motor oil ad shows new car by lighthouse; Nostalgic half-page 2-color ad for Elmer's of New Orleans features their Mint Bublets and Chee-Wees; Nice 1/2 page color ad for Beech-Nut gum; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. One-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition with deep red cloth HB covers with gilt print on front and at spine, gilt endpapers front and back. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, some edge wear, no tears. 120 pages with large, full page, full color prints of the artist's sculptures throughout, artist photo in b&w with interview with Mario Botta, essay by Pontus Hulten on the Garden of the Tarots, intro by Martha Longenecker. Includes 6 page (front and back) fold-out brochure for the show at the publisher's gallery with intro and note fromt the artist. Photos include sculptures, drawings, paintings, chairs, tables, lamps, vases.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, AND FIRST COMPLETE EDITION (the title-page says "nouvelle Èdition" because a fragment had appeared in another work). 12 pp plus a fine wood-engraved view of the fountain at Place de la Concerde. Includes (within the pagination) a full-page map and half-page wood-engraved images of the eight allegorical statues (representing France's main provincial cities). Small 8vo. Wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT AND UNOPENED. FINE AND BRIGHT, like new. WorldCat cites only one copy: that of the Institut national d'histoire d'art. The BibliothËque Nationale has a copy of an edition printed the following year. COMPLETELY PRISTINE AND EXTREMELY RARE.
27.4" x 18.5" Vintage Canadian Airlines International advertising poster for their service to Paris, France. Great colour illustration by artist Kerry Reynolds features outdoor cafe scene with Arc de Triomphe in background. Illustration measures 17.6" x 17.8". Moderate wear. Pin hole and small bit of clear tape at each corner. A lovely memento of Canadian Airlines and its Paris service. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Similar posters for other Canadian Airlines destinations available. Poster
Un des 160 exemplaires sur Hollande numéroté (n°48), 1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-maroquin rouge, dos à 4 nerfs dorés, couvertures et dos conservés, Albin Michel, Paris, 1927, 247 pp. Magnifique exemplaire parfaitement relié, en superbe état, du tirage de tête sur papier de hollande. Francis Carco nous relate ses souvenirs des "temps héroïques" du "Lapin Agile", des bistrots de Montmartre et des cafés du quartier Latin où il croisait Appolinaire, Max Jacob ou Utrillo, Mac Orlan, André Warnod ou Modigliani : "Durant de nombreuses années, la faim au ventre et buvant, car un ami vous offre toujours un verre, Modigliani mena l'existence la plus fausse. Les femmes, que sa très grande beauté frappait, se languissaient d'amour pour lui. Des étrangères, de très humbles filles. Mais Modi les quittait avant qu'elles eussent pu l'attacher". Français
2 vol. grand in-8 demi-basane noire, Legrand, Troussel et Pomey, Paris, s.d. [ circa 1872 ], 555 ; 595 pp. Bon état Français
1 plan dépliant entoilé format 61 x 88 cm, limites des arrondissements rehaussées en couleurs, P. Marie et A. Bernard Editeurs, Paris, 1854 Joli plan entoilé de Paris au début du Second Empire, avant les grands travaux du baron Haussmann. Bon état. Français
Par M. Achille de Colmont, témoin oculaire de l'Incendie, 1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin vert, dos à 5 nerfs dorés orné, Lapirot et Boullay, Paris, 1882, XV-381 pp. Envoi de l'auteur "à Monsieur Vitu, hommage affectueux de l'auteur". Bon état. Français
1 vol. in-12 br., Guy Le Prat, Paris, 1962, 237 pp. Exemplaire dédicacé de cet ouvrage peu commun. Chercheur en sciences de l'information et en linguistique, Robert Estivals (1927-2016) fut membre du mouvement lettriste qu'il quitta en 1957, pour fonder l'ultralettrisme avec Villeglé et Dufrênen, le signisme avec Altagor et Chomo, et le schématisme. Il correspondit un temps avec Guy Debord. Etat très satisfaisant (petites taches d'encre sur tranches, bon état par ailleurs). Français
96, 158 [ads], pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: The Residence of Heatly C. Dulles, Esq., Villa Nova, Pa - Mellor, Meigs & Howe, Architects; The Villa Frullino, near Florence, Italy; The Early Architecture of Pennsylvania - Part II; The San Antonio Country Club, San Antonio, Texas - George Willis, Architect; Training for the Practice of Architecture; A Louis XVI Shopfront; Building Material Prices in 1921; The New Plans for Paris; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Notes and Comments. Above-average external wear. Covers and backstrip missing. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
98 pages. Fiction: Roman Mosaic; Old Sorority Sister; Stranger Than Truth; Tiger Swamp Campaign; The Spur; Faster Than a Mule. Articles: A Republican suggests solutions for our major problems; Peace Street / Rue de la Paix - The Wall Street of Fashion in Paris - article with photos of Rambaud, Schiaparelli; Billions in the Mud - article and photos of our pacific bases - wrestled from the Japs - which are now monuments of neglect (photos of acres of equipment); Brains in the Ballet; Ted Williams - The World Series and Me; Curare may be a cure for Polio; Pictures in Stones. Ads include: Sheaffer's pens; B.F. Goodrich tires; Seiberling tires; Rensie Watches; Knox men's fashions; Borden's Instant Coffee; Hudson Cars - a very attractive color ad; Firestone tires; Columbia Records - featuring Frank Sinatra; Ford cars; General Motors - featuring image of boy at wooden school desk; Miller beer; Jeep station wagons; Remington shavers; "No Leave No Love" movie ad featuring Van Johnson; Fantastic color photo ad for Caterpillar bulldozers; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring kindly old doctor. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 66 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: A Good Cleaning - men's shocker tale about a trip to the dentist, by Frank Wyka; How To Pick Up a Blonde - men's how-to article by Jeanne Hines; Help Wanted - men's fiction by Richard L. Mahan; Color photos of archer Carol Allen; Hi-Life Pin Up De Luxe, Redhead Sheika Moser; The Trouble With Mice - men's humor by John D. Keefauver; What's Your Motivation? - men's article by Connie Sellers; The Pigeon! - men's fiction by Larry Fisher; Photos (color and black and white) of gorgeous gals at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas performing in "Le Lido de Paris Revue"; Bottoms Up - men's article by Paul Brock; Let's Play Thinklish - men's humor by R. Adler and H. Schreiner; His T.V. allowed him to become a most modern peeping tom - men's shocker by Edward A. Ebeling, Jr.; Black and white photo feature of Libby Jones; Improve Your (Bawdy) Business Vocabulary; Queen of the Nile - photo feature of sumptuous Diane Webber; The Truth About Red Wing - men's historical article by S.C. Blessing; Many cartoons; Frederick's of Hollywood illustrated ad inside back cover features inset photo of movie star June Wilkinson; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Tiré à cent trente cinq exemplaires (n° 14 imprimé pour Robert Blanc) 1 vol. grand in-8 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné à coins rouge, dos à 4 nerfs doré, filet doré en mors et coins, ouvertures et dos conservés, Société de Saint Eloy, 1953 Magnifique exemplaire parfaitement relié, en état superbe, mais auquel manque le menu illustré par Josso. La couverture illustrée par Trémois est bien conservée. Une belle publication, illustrée par Trémois, Cheffer, Lemagny, Hallo, Jeannisson, Cottet, Hertenberger, Baudier, Vahl, Achener, Bouroux, Decaris et Frélaut. Dans le dernier texte, Léo Larguier (1878-1950) s'imagine libraire ancien : "Revenant des quais et rentrant chez moi, à la fin de ma promenade, je me disais qu'il devait être agréable d'être un marchand de Paris, et que le métier de libraire m'eût parfaitement convenu". Il évoque par ailleurs "Les cris de Paris", les halles, les foires d'avril, les foires de quartier "Au Lion de Belfort", l'hôtel des ventes, les marchés pouilleux ("Saint Ouen") et les Quais... Ouvrage superbement illustré et passionnant, il ravira tous les bibliophiles et collectionneur. Prix en l'état, en l'absence du menu par Josso. Français
20 vol. cartonnage éditeur bordeaux, dont 14 vol. in-8 et 6 vol. in-4, Expansion Scientifique Française, 1961 à 1981, env. 500 pp. par vol. (in-8) et env. 380 pp. par vol. (in-4). Rappel du titre complet : Les entretiens de Bichat , Pitié-Salpétrière - Chirurgie et spécialités ( lot de 20 années continues, de 1961 à 1981 ) : 1961 ; 1962 ; 1963 ; 1964 ; 1965 ; 1966 ; 1967 ; 1968 ; 1969 ; 1970 ; 1971 ; 1972 ; 1973 ; 1974 ; 1975 ; 1976 ; 1977 ; 1978 ; 1979 ; 1980 ; 1981. Bon état pour cette série "Chirurgie et Spécialités" des entretiens de Bichat ("Bichat Pitié-Salpétrière" à partir de 1975). Les entretiens de Bichat furent fondés en 1947 par les professeurs Guy Laroche et Louis Justin-Besançon, selon une formule nouvelle pour l'époque : une succession rapide d'exposés grefs, incitant au colloque avec l'auditoire, et offrant aux praticiens l'occasion d'échanger avec les chefs de service des hôpitaux de Paris. Ensemble peu courant. Prix pour l'ensemble. Poids de 23 Kg Français
17 vol. cartonnage éditeur bordeaux, dont 11 vol. forts in-8 et 6 vol. in-4, Expansion Scientifique Française, 1965 à 1981, env. 700 pp. par vol. (in-8) et env. 500 pp. par vol. (in-4). Rappel du titre complet : Les entretiens de Bichat , Pitié-Salpétrière - Médecine et Biologie ( lot de 17 années continues, de 1965 à 1981 ) : 1965 (Médecine seulement) ; 1966 (Médecine seulement) ; 1967 (Médecine seulement) ; 1968 ; 1969 ; 1970 ; 1971 ; 1972 ; 1973 ; 1974 ; 1975 ; 1976 ; 1977 ; 1978 ; 1979 (Médecine seulement) ; 1980 (Médecine seulement) ; 1981 (Médecine seulement) . Bon état pour cette série des entretiens de Bichat ("Bichat Pitié-Salpétrière" à partir de 1979). Les entretiens de Bichat furent fondés en 1947 par les professeurs Guy Laroche et Louis Justin-Besançon, selon une formule nouvelle pour l'époque : une succession rapide d'exposés grefs, incitant au colloque avec l'auditoire, et offrant aux praticiens l'occasion d'échanger avec les chefs de service des hôpitaux de Paris. Ensemble peu courant. Prix pour l'ensemble. Poids de 23 Kg Français
1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin vert, dos à 5 nerfs, tête dorée, couvertures conservées, A la Librairie Illustrée, Paris, s.d. (circa 1920), IV-251 pp. Bon exemplaire bien relié (qq. rouss., très bon état par ailleurs). Etude historique passionnante consacrée à "l'orviétan", médicament de charlatan amené en France par un natif d'Orvieto, Christophe Contugi. L'auteur nous expose l'histoire de sa famille de "vendeurs d'orviétan", lequel se composait de 27 substance dont la thériaque vieillie et des vipères sèches ! Molière évoque sa puissance dans l'Amour médecin : "L’or de tous les climats qu’entoure l’Océan peut-il jamais payer ce secret d’importance ? Mon remède guérit, par sa rare excellence, Plus de maux qu’on n’en peut nombrer dans tout un an : la gale, la rogne, la teigne, la fièvre, la peste, la goutte, vérole, descente, rougeole. Ô grande puissance de l’orviétan" Français
600 pages. Features: The best of the romantic new look; Hot news from the Paris Couture; Hemline Hysteria - relax, it's over; The Unknown Robert De Niro; Linda Evangelista - in love; Is America giving up on dressing up?. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1 vol. in-folio reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs, tête dorée, couvertures conservées, A. Quantin, Paris, 1881, 324 pp. Impressionnant second tome des 3 volumes consacrés à la Renaissance en France par Léon Palustre. Etat satisfaisant (mouill. à la reliure en dos et mors, très bon état intérieur) pour cette très belle impression, aux belles eaux-fortes imprimées sur très épais papier vergé. Prix en l'état. Voir également dans notre catalogue les tomes 1 et 3 Français
Features: Religious Censorship and the CBC; Photo of Eva Peron in Beverley Baxter's Letter from London; Nice full-page two-colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ad inside front cover features young woman in uniform and advice that limited numbers of women are now being accepted; The Warrior Who Fights From Paradise - Mahomet of the Islamic faith - article with numerous photos, including four muslim dignitaries murdered in recent years; Ten ways to save money on food; Conn Smythe - that man in the greens (part 1) - article with photos; The Land of Might-Have-Been (short story); From Paris with Penny to Pusan - Evelyn Caldwell (Vancouver's Penny Wise) - article with many photos; The McCallum family of Vancouver and their son Ricky - a "Mongolian Idiot" - who will never grow up - article with photos; The Queen's Own Rifles are featured in a colour ad for O'Keefe's Brewing; Fantastic colour-photo ad on back cover for International crawlers shows them being airlifted to work the fabulous iron ore discoveries of northern Labrador; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Pages 21-28 missing. Unmarked. A worthy, if incomplete, vintage copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration features WWII sailor dancing with attractive blonde; Drying Eggs - a new war industry - article with photo of egg drying room in Trenton plant of the Canadian Doughnut Co.; Are Farmers Indifferent? - article with photos of the homesteads of Orley Shaw near Forest, ON, and K.M. Betzner of R.R.2 Waterloo, ON; Farmers of the Lower Saint John - article with photos of the Fox and Dingee homesteads of Gagetown, N.B.; Treasure of a Derelict (fiction); Storm Tide (fiction); Fascinating half-page ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply says "Drastic New Regulations Are Now In Effect" restricting sales of new and used tires, tubes and retreading services; Half-page ad for Findlay Ranges of Carleton Place, ON shows military scene and housewife saying she can wait for her range in order to provide metal to the military; An Army Without Banners - article explains how women are producing food at home to supply the military, with photos of Beth Kellington and Mrs. Will Hewlett of the Stouffville district in York County; Photo-illustrated article on the 1942 Kemptville Conference of the Women's Institutes; Aunt Helen's Boys and Girls; Illustrated half-page ad by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario says WWII is "A War of Steel and Electricity"; Nice photo of horse-drawn hay wagon in action on the Cotton farm near Orillia; Photo of Wallace Knapp of Galt, Ontario on horse-drawn potato planter; Photo of young John McTaggart feeding lamb at the Don Head Farm in Richmond, Hill; Photos of prize animals owned by Featherstone Bros. of Oakville, Haas Bros. of Paris, Byron Rath of Mossley, J.R. Beattie of Aurora, R. Norman Hogg of Uxbridge, and Alfred Bagg of Edgeley; Poultry section includes photo of chicken 'apartment building' of Dr. D.F. McKinley of Unionville, ON; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label remnant on front cover. Five-inch diameter hole neatly cut from back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné rouge, dos à 4 nerfs dorés, couvertures et dos conservés, Figuière et Cnie, Paris, s.d. [ 1913 ], XII-208 pp. et 2 ff. Bon exemplaire parfaitement relié, aux couvertures conservées de cette rare édition originale (plusieurs annotations postérieures au stylo). Ecrivain, dessinateur et "goguettier', André Warnod (1885-1960) lancera le premier l'expression "Ecole de Paris". De la Goguette du Cornet au cercle des Mortigny, Warnod y côtoie Boutet de Monvel, Pierre Brissaud, Guy Arnoux, Paul Poiret ou Pierre Troisgros. "Le Vieux Montmartre" est son premier ouvrage. Français
