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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Illustration of horses pulling British soldiers in boats across the River Scarps. What a Bolshevist 'Peace' Means, by Lovat Fraser. 5 photos of Canadians homeward bound, their duty done. Quaint Quarters of the Fighting Men in France - 4 photos. 2 Photos of Shell-Smother Caught by the Camera. Trifles picked up on the blazed trail of war - 5 photos. Waiting for the opening offensive on the West. The True Story of Henry - by 'Vedette'. Illustration of an early version of the caterpillar tractor at work in Palestine. British mouth organ band in Palestine. Canine helpers in battle. A Serbian Supper-Party - some lively memories from the Lower Danube, by Hamilton Fyfe. Builders of the fleet that flies - 5 photos. Six great photos of Britannia, the Tank that rules the trenches. Photos of concrete vessels - can be built in a third of the time. Australia's Great Achievement - Heroic doings on land and sea, article with 6 photos. The Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, article by John S. Margerison. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
116 pages. Short Stories: The Susceptible Scientists; Rich Man's Daughter; In Ememy Hands; The Third Man in the Boat. Articles: Con Man of the Country Clubs - David Goldreyer passed bad checks; The Hunt for HIdden Diabetics - Fresno, CA tracks unsuspecting victims; ; Biggest City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Tokyo, Japan; "Background Music" - Persuasion in the Air; Robert Preston - The Happiest Actor on Broadway; What's New in Toyland? - lovely color-photo-illustrated article; Does Pro Basketball Have a Future? - with photo of Richie Guerin of the Knicks attacking referee Mendy Rudolph; Serials; The Midtown Bomber (part 1 of 5); The Case of the Greedy Grandpa (part 7 of 8). Ads: Nice Santa-theme Alka-Seltzer ad; Kaywoodie Pipes; GE TVs; *Fantastic* color ad for the Lincoln Continental Mark IV (maroon); United States Steel; Hammond Organ; Chanel No. 5; Nice Cadillac (yellow) evening ad; Stanley Tools Christmas ad; Vintage Shulton Old Spice ad; Lowry organs; Magnavox TVs (color photo); Campbell's Oyster Stew Soup; Fisher Body; L&M cigarettes; Arrow Shirts; Toastmaster Appliances (2 pages); 1959 Edsel; King Sano cigarette ad features photo of former U.S. diplomat John S. Young; Westinghouse Appliances ad feeatures color photo of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wearing crowns; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Fantastic color-photo centerfold features family shopping scene with the 1959 Mercury Park Lane 4-door hardtop cruiser (beige); Viceroy cigarettes; Gem Push-Button Razor; Douglas DC-8; Norelco shavers; Avis; Black and Decker Tools; GMAC; Borden's Ice Cream; Singer Sewing Machines and Vacuums - color photos; Arvin Hi-Fi Stereo Radio; Thor Electric Tools; Lady Schick shavers; Cushman Scooters; Dormeyer appliances; Rex-Flex shoes; Kodak cameras. Back cover color photo Lucky Strike ad features Jack Benny writing his 'giving' Christmas list. Piece of masking tape on front cover which shows above-average wear. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
124 pages. Short Stories: What Husbands Don't Know; Secret in Her Past; Love-Struck; Terror in the Town. Articles: The Men Who Chase Missiles - our 'down-range" island outposts follow our missiles after takeoff - article with great photos; The Day Nothing Happened; I Lost My Wife to Tokyo TV - Linda Beech becomes the sensation of Japanese TV - article with great photos; The Secrets of the Souffle; Medicine's Legal Nightmare - Conclusion - The Source of the Trouble; Hustling Hubert Humphrey Makes His Bid; The Block I Lived On - Great New York article by Ralph Schoenstein relives his childhood days - with photo of Joe DiMaggio. Serials: The Dark Road (part 3 of 6); Comanche Captives (conclusion). Ads: Nice photo ad for a (red) 1959 Rambler station wagon inside front cover; GE kitchen appliances; Nice color Bulova Sea King ad; Robt. Burns Cigarillos; Caterpillar; Ipana Plus; Gem Push-Button Razors; Nice two-page color-photo Chevrolet ad features a blue Impala Sport Sedan; Marlboro cigarette ad entitled "Better 'makin's", features man with tatto on his smoking hand; Frigidaire fridge ad; Campbell's Cream of Potato Soup; Lucky Struke ad features photo of fire spotter at work; very nice two-page color ad for the line fo International trucks; Pep O Mint Lifesavers; Dristan; Johnson outboard motors; Dial Soap; Whirlpool appliances (2 color pages); Stanley Tools; Lowe Brothers Paints; Plumb Hammers; Tecumseh engines; Black & Decker Appliances; Gene Sarazen is pictured in a W.D. Allen sprinkler ad; Chore-master mowers; REO mowers; Portland Cement Association ad features color photo of Bob Hope; Instant Simoniz car wax; Royal Crown Cola; Nice color photo Buick ad features 1959 orangish convertible at sunset; Nice Chrysler ad inside back cover features a pale-green 4-Door Hardtop; L&M cigarette ad on back cover features organ grinder's monkey; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
136 pages. Fiction: The Girl in the Tree; The Sharpshooter's Daughter; From Different Worlds; Wild Ride; Death Stands by (conclusion); Arson, Incorporated (part 4 of 8). Articles: The Hospitals Fight Their Toughest War - staph infections are antibiotic resistant; Man with Magic Fingers - Erroll Garner Can't Read a Note but makes $200k/year as a jazz pianist!; The Face of America - Outdoor Baptism photo in Lake Grandview at the foot of Sharptom Mountain; Will Our Yugoslav gamble pay off? - article with photo of John Foster Dulles seated with Josip Broz Tito; A visit with Jack Dempsey - includes dramatic boxing photos plus some of his wives; Why Can't I remember?; Adventures of the Mind - part 4 - art and human dignity; My Daughter's an Arab - great color photos of little Vicki Cheney; Future Unlimited - great photo-illustrated article with famed automotove inventor Charles Kettering; Why Hollywood Stopped Dieting - with gorgeous photo of Anita Ekberg. Ads: American Standard yellow bath fixtures; Wurlitzer organ ad features the home of Sue and Norm Smith in Joliet Illinois; Campbell's soup; Ad for the new Chrysler Windsor Dartline; Tareyton; 1958 Ford color photo ad; Very nice one-page photo ad for Motorola TVs shows a fixated doctor's waiting room; Republic Steel; Sweet color photo ad for the Dodge Power Giant pickup shows truck at drive-through bank window; Redwood lumber designer George Nakashima is featured in a color-phot ad for Simpson; Sano cigarettes; Evinrude outboard color photo ad; A&P coffee; Photo-journalist Ray Jacobs is featured in an Ansco film ad inside back cover; (soiled) Betty Crocker cupcake mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
95 pages. Contains 102 short original compositions and arrangements for the harmonium and American organ. Undated. Appears to be at least 60-years-old. Bit of writing atop front cover, inside back cover, and occasionally though book. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound working copy. Book
Complete in 2 volumes, 144 + 97pp., the 2nd volumes contains plates & figures & music examples, 25cm., softcovers, protected in publisher's slipcase, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, the Netherlands), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, M109523
London, Robert Cocks & Co., 1877. Fort in-8 relié demi-chagrin noir à coins, dos à nerfs, plat supérieur décoré d'un ange doré musicien, xxxi- 636 pages avec une planche dépliante (General section of an organ), et des dessins dans le texte. Frottements du cuir aux mors et aux coins. Mouillure angulaire apparaissant sur la tranche, tranches grisées, rousseurs sur les pages de gardes, une petite déchirure sans manque à la planche, sinon bon état.
Raleign, The Sunbury Press, 1979. Gros in-8 relié toile sous jaquette, 629 pp. 1 frontispice en couleur et des illustrations noir et blanc hors texte en fin de volume. Quelques points de rousseurs sur la tranche de tête, sinon bon état.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and notations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Scolar Press, 1994. In-4 relié toile sous jaquette, xvi-352 pp. Rares illustrations. Quelques rousseurs sur pages de garde sinon TB état.
Pages 161-320. Features: Some Inhabitants of the Baronies of Newcastle and Uppercross, Co. Dublin, C. 1650; The Family of Everard, III; An O'Brien Family in France; Some Irish in Grenoble, France, 1694-1771; Some Irish Nuns in 18th Century France; Extracts from Finn's Leinster Journal, 1770; Ossory Marriage Licences, 1739-1804; Some Officers with Irish Links from Returns of 1829; Waterford City Polling List, 1839; Emigrants from Stamullen Catholic Parish, Co. Meath; Monumental Inscriptions from Termonfeckin Cemetery, Co. Louth; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Circa 1970. Includes 16 full page illustrations, many in colour. Songs include: (The) Blizzard; Blue Side of Lonesome; But You Love Me, Daddy; Guilty; Letter to My Heart; Nobody's Fool; Old Tige; Snow Flake; This Is It; We Thank Thee; Wild Rose; and many more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
32 pages. Includes: Adagio Cantabile, from Sonata, Op. 13; Allegretto, from Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2; Allegretto, from Symphony No. 7; Allegro Ma Non Troppo, from Symphony No. 6; Andante, from Sonata, Op. 26, No. 12; Andante, from Sonata, Op. 28; Arietta, from Sonata, Op. 111; Cantabile Assai, from Sonata, Op. 90; Cantabile, from Sonata, Op. 2, No. 1; Fantasia, from Sonata, Op. 27, No. 1; Shepherd's Song, from Symphony No. 6. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Delaware, Ohio, The Praestant Press, 1977. In-4 relié toile avec jaquette, xi-283 pp. Avec 207 illustrations et quelques planches. Mouillures sur la jaquette, des rousseurs sur les tranches. Sinon ouvrage en bon état.
In-4 (cm. 28.60), cartelletta contenente pp. 8 di “Brevi note storico-artistiche sulle tarsie di S. Maria in Organo in Verona”, e 12 schede sciolte a colori. Testo in italiano, inglese, tedesco e francese. Text in English. Deutscher text. Texte en français. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
Non comune testo sulla musica da organo di Lublina. Il libro presenta strappetti sulla sovracopertina e un segno di sporco sulla prima pagina bianca, per il resto è ben conservato.
ST-BRIEUC, Imp. Francisque Guyon - 1928 - in-8 - broché - incomplet Pagination 276 à 308 + TableXV - 90 pages + Table
"These 'Sixty Short Pieces' have been collected to offer organists a wide choice of easy organ music, combining diversity of character with great variety of form and contents. These pieces are not only intended for church use, but also for concert purposes and the home... for both amateurs and professionals. Most can be performed with the hands alone." Previous owner's name on cover, and some pencil markings within. 80 pages.
140 pages. Features: the large-scale cultivation of mammalian cells; machines that walk; the hair cells of the inner ear; the footprints of extinct animals; MNR spectroscopy of living cells; the physics of organ pipes; the origin of the cosmic x-ray background; the mass production of iron castings in ancient China; and more. Small initials atop front cover. Many nostalgic color photo ads. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
A particularly interesting issue with topics ranging from the 100 horsepower blower for the organ in the new Chicago Stadium to an English vending machine which dispenses individual lit cigarettes. Features: The eyes and ears of the railroad - the complicated signal system that spells safety for rail travel; Editorials - Arthur G. Halfpenny - An Awakening Due - Lopsided progress; International Affairs; Did a meteorite strike a car in Crawfordsville?; New light on old fools - ultr-violet irradiation to create vitamin D; Unique solutions of bridge construction problems - caissons sunk on artificial islands - divers employed; Vacuum tubes in industry - thermionic tubes, grid-glow relays, photo cells find wide use; A new use for radium - radiography possible without combersome apparatus; Radio goes man-hunting - radio alarm system reduces the criminal's chance of escape; New temperature measurements of the sun, moon, mars - sensitive thermo-couples reveal surface conditions; Chicago's "Madison Square Garden" - called "world's largest sports arena"; has unusual features; Butterfly farming - an intriguing business started by Iowa youth; When locomotives go to sea - special steamers built to accomodate monsters of the rails (excellent photos); A machine-age "milk maid" - the "rotolactor' milks 240 cows in one hour; Centrifugally spun concrete piles - new manufacturing process; mass production of preserved foods - a huge industry that grew from a market basket; Salt making in India - Primitive methods illustrated and described. Average wear. Unmarked. Crease to front cover. Advertisement inside front cover features photo of luxurious Cord front drive automobile manufactured by the Auburn Automotive Company. Book
Paris, 1919, in-8, br., pp. VIII, (191). Copertine figurate a col., una carta piegata, numerose ill. in b.n. (fra cui le automobili elettriche americane di Thomas Edison, la "Detroit", la "Milburn-Light"; un curioso modello di moto a ruota unica; i pianoforte e gli organi meccanici, e gli orchestrofoni) e pubblicità tematiche. Dorso difettoso.
AA.VV. (Minckwitz, J.: Herausgegeben von) Schachzeitung. Gegründet von der Berliner Schachgesellschaft. Organ für das gesammte Schachleben.Vierundzwanzigster Jahrgang. 1869. . Leipzig, Verlag von Veit and Comp. 1869 german, in ottavo pp. XII+372=384 Schachzeitung. Gegründet von der Berliner Schachgesellschaft. Organ für das gesammte Schachleben. Vierundzwanzigster Jahrgang. 1869./ Anno XXIV. 1869. Testi in tedesco. Numeri (12 fascicoli): 1. Januar. - 2. Februar. - 3. März. - 4. April. - 5. Mai. - 6. Juni. - 7. Juli. - 8. August. - 9. September. - 10. Oktober. - 11. November. - 12. Dezember.. VIII/ XII+372=384/ rilegatura in mezza pelle marrone con angoli, titoli e ornati dorati al dorso e piatti rifiiniti in carta goffrata effetto pelle melanzana. Con tabelle e scacchiere in nero e illustrazioni in b/n nel testo e f.t.. Stato mediocre (copertina molto usurata: manca il dorso e i piatti sono staccati- copertina, fogli di guardia e pagine brunite e con piccole fioriture - etichetta da catalogazione in carta bianca con ornati in nero incollata al primo foglio di guardia).
In-4 (cm. 32.50), brossura illustrata, pp. (62) senza numerazione, con illustrazioni in bianco e nero ed a colori nel testo. Fotografie di Umberto Tomba. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
In-4 (cm. 30.90), cartonato editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 95, (1), con numerose illustrazioni, nel testo, in bianco e nero e a colori. Testi di Luigi Crivelli, Lucia Gremmo, Brian Howes, Mario Marubbi, Bianca Alberti, etc.
