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Stories: Alaska's Lone Eagles; A Really Dangerous Job; Long Odds; Trouble at Los Cruces; The Rivals; My Pet Panther; Land of Drums; The Great Thirst; Fighting 'Dope' Out East; El Diablo; Brazilian Beachcombers; The Girl Opal Miner. Covers detached but present. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
226 pages. Features: V-8 S-10; It Ain't Ugly; S-10 Contest Winner; Pro-Flare Ford (cover photo); Renegade Ranger - custom '70s Ford; Ranger Splash - Ford's new youth truck for the '90s; WYBUYNU - Brandon Murrill's cool classic; Attention Getter; Dave Hill's alternate Scout; Pro-Faction pro-street Slantcab; Fully restored GMC Suburban; Pacific Coast Suburban; Post War Panel; Mini-Addiction; Battery operated Nissan pickups?; Late Start - Mom's mini Isuzu; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: How Sears, Roebuck won the West (includes 1902 ad for a 'bust developer' gizmo); Wyatt Earp and the Civil War - he answered the call of distant drums; Repeating rifles on the frontier - more popular on the post war frontier than revolving rifles were lever-action repeaters - Spencers, Henrys and others; A Gunfighter Craze is Sweeping the Country; A History of Wine in California - from Mission Grapes to Premium Wines; Black Bart (C.E. Bolton) - Backpacking Robber-Poet; Wild West Shotguns - They were even used for 'salting' mines; The Lost Wagon Train; Big Russell-Remington Collection in Fort Worth - Texas Oilman's Art Displayed at Gallery; He was hanged for *planning* a murder - A.J. (Andy) Hudspeth; Natural Foods of the 'Digger' Indians; Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Juliette is featured in an Burgess Battery ad; By God, There Aint' Many of us Left - The Orangemen of Ontario / Orange Association in Canada; Pro Golfer Doug Sanders - He'd Be Poor on $38,000 a Year; Who Needs Ottawa - BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett has plans to split Canada into five regions and describes himself as a co-operative federalist; Full-page ad for Sony radios; Automobile Skid Control School in Oakville, Ontario run by Henk de Vries; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
124 pages. Features: The New York Thirties; Preservation and the Richardson Boat Owner's Association; EMME; Alternatives to the Lumber Yard; Putting Down Roots - your own woodlot; The Backbone - Part III - getting it upright and ready for ribbands; The Restoration of the STANLEY NORMAN - rebuilding a working skipjack between seasons; Marine Batteries - Part II - installing and maintaining battery systems; A Core Sound Sharpie; Seizing Hanks - step-by-step instructions; California's Ancient Canoe - the heritage and rebirth of the tomol; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1 28x21,5 cm., legatura editoriale cartonata stampata a colori, pagg.166, presentati numerosi articoli quasi tutti a colori, con ampie descrizioni, prima edizione, in inglese, buone condizioni.
Volledig in 2 delen: samen 205pp. met illustraties en muziekvoorbeelden in tekst, in-4, onuitgegeven thesis aangeboden tot het behalen van de graad van licentiaat in de oudheidkunde en kunstgeschiedenis (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1984, promotor: prof.dr.A. Maesen), goede staat, zeldzaam, C94873
132 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Cover illustration of mobile deep-sea floor device of J.E. Williamson; Fire at sea - a challenge to science; Lone fingerprints trap master criminals; Wins worldwife fame with microscope hobby; Earth's last drop of oil sought by new discoveries; Flying Battleships; How to Build a Sky Globe; Stalk Sea Monsters in Odd Craft; How Shotgun Champions battle for their crowns. Ads: Very nostalgic illustrated General Electric ad inside front cover features their home battery charger; RCA Victor ad illustrates the Table Model 123 "Magic Brain" radio; Midwest Radio Corp. ad inside back cover features inset photos of W.C. Geiser of Springfield, Illinois, Mrs. M.C. Mondy of Conneaut, Ohio, and R.T. Pursley of Hammond, Louisianna; Lovely color back cover ad for Chesterfield features their cigarettes in color superimposed over black and white photos from Asia and Europe. Average wear. Signature upon front covers. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
312 pages. Index. Black and white plates. Covers 10 years of the author's life... "what happened to me in the Great War, and then afterwards in the equally great Peace" - from Introduction. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some spine slant. A worthy reading copy. Book
145 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A particularly readable account, rich in anecdote, of how medicine came to the magnificently beautiful but isolated places of upcoast British Columbia." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked. Dust jacket sunned at spine and now protected in archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound working copy. Book
Signed by author on title page and very neat inscription on reverse of half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Well-rubbed dust jacket not price clipped with piece missing from upper rear edge, dusty rear. Very scarce in the UK. 145pp. From the earliest contact of physicians with tribespeople whose health lay in the healing power of native medicine men in upcoast British Columbia with their drums, rattles and potions, this very readable account tells how the latest scientific medicine came to whites and natives alike.
pp. 754 + Plus Index and portrait photo frontis of contemporary humorists. Illustrated with full page drawings. Text beginning to brown. Tall 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, slightly soiled. HUMOR 7
Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 174 pages with a great many 1/2 page b&w photos, architectural drawings. Detailed study of existing buildings. Fold-out map at back in excellent condition.
Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, a little shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 320 pages, green page ends, The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. publisher's page has the words "First Dell Printing" (mo. yr.). Blurb reads: "South Arica: 1893 -- seething with diamond fever, ravaged by wars, as natives resist the tide of invasion in a desperate attempt to keep Africa for Africans." Luckily there's a white guy with a rifle.
96 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Elizabeth Taylor with son; Old Gold cigarette ad inside front cover features hound dog; Bell Telephone ad illustrates their solar battery which generates electricity from sunlight; Wonderful color Texaco ad shows dalmation puppies being towed behind boat; Nice Elgin watch ad; Great color ad for Ford's 1954 Sunliner, Skyliner and staton wagons; Totally awesome one-page color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows fashionable dame in Palm Springs with red Chevrolet convertible; Nice one-page color ad for movie "The Black Shield of Falworth"; Edward R. Murrow - the man, the myth and the McCarthy Fighter; A vacation is what you make it; Should we support an attack in Red China?; Nice one-page ad for Campbell's chicken with rice soup; Two-page color ad for Cheez Whiz; Nice color Pepsi ad shows couple on beach; Finns love pesapallo - in Finland this is baseball; Color photos of Hollywood mothers - June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Crain, and Lauren Bacall; My Years with Herbert Hoover; Nice fashion photos; Country Doctor in New York - Dr. J. Jerome Steinfelder; Lovely one-page Kleenex ad with Little Lulu illustrations on beach; How close are we to space travel?; Photos of Bob Hope in Catalina sweaters ad; The Mighty (Ted) Theodore Bernard Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds - article with photo of Jim Greengrass, Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski shirtless in batting stance; American Art and Tradition Go Abroad; Nice color Schenley whiskey ad inside back cover; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photos of John W. Fincher of Cairo, GA, A.R. Schneidewind of Upper Montclair, NJ, J. Russell Fraser of Detroit, Mrs. Katharine B. Coelsch of The Dalles, OR, W.C. Fowler of Dallas, TX, and Mrs. B. Collins Edgar of Lookout Mountain, TN, and Evelyn Terjesen of New York; and more. Loss/nibbling to periphery of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. B&w photos, drawings, exploded diagrams and mechanical drawings illustrating repair and restoration of Girling, Lockheed, Bendix, American, brakes and servos, drums, discs, pipes and hoses, handbrakes for cars of the era.
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Excellent full-page aerial photo looking down on three Messerschmitt's raiding an English town; Great full-page night photo of a 4.5" anti-aircraft battery of the Western Command at work; Pill box vigil; Inside a watch post; photos of how shell-burst data is recorded; Problems of the Royal Navy - photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield; Dramatic illustration by Montague B. Black shows a Hurricane pilot ramming a Dornier; Greece also answers the call to arms - five photos and full-page map indicating where Greece and Italy are at Grips; Article on the air war on Britain - Official report on Germany's losses over a period of twelve weeks; photos of famous London buildings bombed; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Blackshows night attack on Naples with Vesuvius smoking in the background; Four dramatic photos of an Italian submarine under attack, going down, and having its crew picked up by a British destroyer; Photos of H.M. the King with the Eastern Command; Progress of the War - Commons Statement by Winston Churchill; Empire troops in the desert war; A commentary on the war this week; Exellent photos of Naples' Maritime Railway Station, The Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia and Essen - Germany's City of Steel with its Krupp works; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover holding loosely. Contents tight. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Edge wear and fading to cover. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. Full-page black and white photographs of musical instruments faced with descriptive text.
Sm. folio, First Edition, printed typescript, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 229 pages with short b&w photo page at back. Sections on Bronze drums, tuning of , in sets, musical patterns, style, Gamelan Munggang and early descendants, development and degeneration, paired tuning, etc.
pp. 389, (26) [Publisher's catalogue listing books on Electricity and Electric Railroads]. Illustrated with numerous drawings of electric motors, generators and accessories. Stamped ownership of Foster & Freeman, Patents, Dec. 5, 1893 Washington, DC on front paste down and page 100. Inner hinges cracked. 12mo. 180 mm. Original full blue cloth binding, slightly worn. Title page continues: Being a Summary of Current Periodical Literature Relating to Electric Railway Construction, Operation, Systems, Machinery, Appliances, Etc.". First Edition. Very good condition. VERIA 3
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Written by an acknowledged airborne forces historian, this is the first major biography of the legendary airborne forces commander. Hill led 1 Para in North Africa, 9 Para, 3 Parachute Brigade (D-Day, Merville Battery, Rhine Crossing) and 1 Parachute Brigade.
4to., with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fine illustrated survey with wide selection of well-chosen photographs. This is the well-produced reissue of the original edition of 1990.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 27 plates, 5 facsimiles and 2 maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red and black; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The author's record of a quarter of a century's service in India, Afghanistan and the Boer war.
88 pages. Songs include: Squonk; The Carpet Crawl; Robbery Assault and Battery; Afterglow; Firth of Fifth; I Know What I Like; The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway; The Musical Box; Supper's Ready; Cinema Show. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless Genesis compilation. Book
