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8vo., with portrait frontispiece, coloured plate and numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed fascsimile reissue of the original edition of 1909.
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.
680 pages. 14 pages of publishers list. Index. Lots of very nice illustrations. Red cloth covers, blind stamped title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Top/tail of spine bumped and a little worn. Wear to points of cover corners. Foxing on page edges, free endpapers, half-title page, a little on title page and occasionally in the text, Back pastedown has two small remnants of a label and hinge half cracked
Approx 40 pages. Features: Recent Developments in Control Gear for Small A.C. Motors; Street Lighting at Birmingham; Power Factor Improvement to a Guaranteed minimum Value; Testing A.C. Meters; Magnetisers and Magnetising; Installing and Operating Constant Potential Battery Chargers; Factory Electrical Installations; Automatic Control of D.C. Motors by Motor Generators; Survey of Electric Welding Methods; Sound Film Apparatus. Cigarette smoke odour. Well worn but intact. Unmarked. Book
39 pages. Features: Power Supplies for Large Buildings; Parallel Working of Alternators Simply Explained; Applications of Photo Cells to Mechanical Handling; Modern Methods of Battery Charging; A.C. Carbon Arcs; Electric Heating in Industry; Current Limiting Reactors; The Strowger Photo Tlelmetering System; Control gear for A.C. Motors; Power Factor Correction Plant; Recent Patent Specifications; Engineer's Experiences. Cigarette smoke odour. Small quantity of "nibbling" to top corner of front cover and first few leaves. Well worn but intact. Blue and orange front cover features picture of the vessel Queen Mary in an advertisement for Callender Cable which supplied 650 miles of cable for its construction. Two-colour center-fold advertisement for Crabtree Automatic Control Gear manufactured by J.A. Crabtree & Co. Ltd. Unmarked. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Hecate; Great photo of Canadian Pacific`s Empress of England berthed at Liverpool inside front cover; Nice photo of Bugsier`s tug Simson towing drilling rig through Dover Strait; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Naval Review; Shipping of the North East Coast Ports - A review of current activity from Blyth to Seaham Harbour; Part 1; Still in Steam on the Clyde - Lennox II and Hopper No 25; Falklands Fleet`s Royal Finale - photo feature; The Lovely Ketch ``Irene``; Ships of the `Cardiff` Class - a review of the development of the standard design bulk carrier which has gained a reputation for reliability and economy; Guardians of the Dover Strait - a report on the work of the HM Coastguard Station at Langdon Battery, Dover; Letters, European Ferry Commentary; Fleet List 1982 - pennant numbers of warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - part 2 - K to Y; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Oribi in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Ad clipped from last page. Covers detached but present, otherwise average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of Holland America Line's Rotterdam and Nieuw Amsterdam; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial - official photos of the Royal New Zealand Navy's 50th Anniversary Fleet Review; A Captain and his Ship - Vincenzo Barbera is master of the Repubblica di Genova; Cargo Ship to Kirkenes - Fred Thompson travelled aboard Norway's famous coastal express service beyond the Arctic Circle; From Ocean to Ocean - Stephen M. Payne describes a memorable cruise through the Panama Canal aboard Holland America Line's cruise ship Rotterdam; Butter Boat Voyage - Keith Goss sails between Grimsby and Esbjerg in the DFDS freight ro-ros Dana Maxima and Dana Cimbria; Cruise Ship Review; Naval Occasions - colour photofeature; Twenty-five Years of container ships - part 2; 'T' Class Conversions - Roger Fry describes the conversion of eight WWII submarines into Fast Battery Drive boats between 1948-56; The Loss of the Empress of Asia - Neil McCart recalls the final days of the Canadian Pacific liner sunk by Japanese aircraft fifty years ago this month; Ports of Call; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - Color Line; Signals; Large colour photo of the Nordnorge inside front cover; and more. Above-average wear to covers, with part of back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
pp. xvi, 365, (26)[Musical Examples], (xvii)[Index] + Plus numerous photographs. Inked ownership of Harry Emmitt Seyler. Bookseller's label. Small 4to. Original full decorated yellow cloth binding. Original dust jacket (small dampstain at top corner; slight chipping). Second printing. **PRICE JUST REDUCED. JAZZ 1
333pp G/none rebound in quarter leather, worn, small stamp on verso of title page, light spot (1cm) on first 12 sheets not affecting text or illustrations, pp227/228 with inner tear (no loss) otherwise very good and clean inside. Important scientific work on electric accumulators. In French. rilegatura in quarto pelle consunta, piccolo timbro biblioteca al verso del titolo, macchia (1cm) al bordo dei primi 12 fogli non intaccante il testo, foglio pp227/228 strappato al margine interno senza mancanza, nel complesso in buone condizioni all'interno. Importante monografia sugli accumulatori elettrici. In francese.
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
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 162pp. Britain's biggest music magazine with features on Take That, Green Day, Cee-Lo Green, John Mellencamp, Ronnie Wood, Arcade Fire, The Drums, Rihanna and lots more.
Topics: Fitting a Pick-up; Automatic Grid Bias from Battery Sets; Details Often Overlooked; Simple Former for Short-Wave Coils; Simple Tester for Tuning Coils; Economical Construction; Combined with Efficiency; A Cheap Fault-Finder; The Loud-Speaker and the Output Stage; Causes of Instability; Radio Wrinkles from Readers; Receivers and Their Records; Introducing the Argus Three (3); The Speaker Speaks; Selectivity with Plug-in Coils; Choosing a Modern Valve - 3; The Beginner's Supplement; Can you Read a Circuit Diagram?; Below 100 metres; The Gang Menace - the fallacies of uni-control in Radio Receivers; Chats on Components; The Arithmetic of Wireless - 1; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Corner clipped from lower back cover. Book
Includes special 8 page photogravure supplement on the Argus Three. Articles: Using the Loud-Speaker; All about Low-Frequency Coupling; Indoor Aerial Erection; The Screen-Grid Valve as a Detector; Do you understand characteristic curves?; Radio Wrinkles from Readers; Reveivers and their Records; Tapping and its Uses - 1; Radiogram Receivers; Simple apparatus for measuring Resistances; The Beginner's Supplement; How to choose a suitable L.T. Battery for your set; Below 100 metres; Chats on Components; The Arithmetic of Wireless - 2; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Corner clipped from lower back cover. Book
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
Features: I fished the finest spot in North America - Tazin Lake; Primitive weapons guard our jets at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines; Owner's Reports - Ford Falcon and Pontiac; GM Lift-off Hardtop; Build this safe sidewalk classic - it runs on a battery (complete plans); Midget go-anywhere power plant; Helicopter Airliners - Vertol 107/Rotodyne/Sikorsky S-61; The chemical war on weeds; "Hot Dog" tailpipe; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Nash-Kelvinator military ad in color inside front cover; Ad for the Chrysler Sea Mule; Dewey triumph poses question - will Willkie bolt from party?; Hull's speech attempts to divorce politics from our foreign policy; Gun Play in Wichita - Bargel K. Stanley holds police off for an hour; Prelude to Torture - Jap Propaganda in Pictures - 3 pages reprinted from a mysterious undated English-language publication called 'Freedom' put out in Shanghai - "... these pictures show the great score the American people still have to score with the little men across the Pacific."; Navy Raids on Palau and Yap uncover secrets of Jap bases - old Sea Dogs are excited by size of U.S. attack force and nearness of Philippines; Photo of landing strip construction in China - 300,000 Chinese workers and 100,000 hand-made wheelbarrows have been conscripted to this end; British Rocket Battery - photo and article; Elizabeth, the future Queen of world's soundest monarchy; De Gaulle Triumph - finally becoming No. 1 Frenchman, he takes in reds - on his terms; Great photo of Curtiss Helldivers under construction at a new Fort William, Ontario plant which will produce for the U.S. Navy; SWPA starts setting policy on sale of surplus war goods; Andrew F. Howe, owner of 100 patents, finally settles with General Steel Castings for over $1 million; Trappist monks set up in Conyers, Georgia. Above-average wear. All pages stained to varying degrees, presumably by water - all text legible. A worthy reference copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editorial - The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is not Canadian and not National; London Letter - Belgrade laughs at the Kremlin; How Social Credit Took B.C. - The astonishing story of how a group of rank amateurs suddenly found themselves forming a government - article with photos; Warrior - Sgt. George Thomas (Tommy) Prince, grandson of an Indian chief, won ten ribbons fighting Germans, Italians and Chinese, but now he must fight to prove a man's colour doesn't count on the warpath - article with great photos; Got two hours for dinner? - Le Bastogne restaurant in Quebec City - article with colour photos; Rhymes in a Ten-cent Scribbler - Edna Jaques is Canada's best-sellling poet - article with photos; Glen Dobbs - The Roughriding Mayor of Dobberville - a lanky and amiable American quarterback has set Saskatchewan on its ear; Guns are for Men - story by L. Johanne Stemo - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Eva von Gencsy - the ballet star with the dishpan hands - article with photos; Put it Back, Lady! - how store detectives in the bustling supermarkets catch hundreds of food pilferers each year; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Nice colour ad for Aylmer canned peaches; Great Prest-o-lite battery ad features black and white photo of Detroit Red Wing star Red Kelly; Nice vintage colour La-Z-boy ad; Chevrolet ad; Colour Ford ad inside back cover; Massey-Harris colour ad on back cover shows their test track for power farming. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Nice CNE cover illustration; Colour International Crawler ad inside front cover; Unusual Molson ad presents small projects for around the house; Mackenzie King as I Knew Him - article with photos, including a full-page colour portrait; Unwanted Guest - story by Paul Ernst, illustrated by Mike Mitchell; The Murdered Midas of Lake Shore -a Maclean's flashback to the murder of gold discoverer Sir Harry Oakes in Nassau, the Bahamas; Two Million Dollars on the Dotted Line - S. Hume Crawford and W.E.N. (Bill) Bell sell lots of life insurance - article with photo; That Glamorous Goldeye - Manitoba's famous Winnipeg Goldeye fish has turned up again - 750 miles away in Alberta!; Danny Kaye; Just Call Me the Gadget King - Bernie Abbott sells gizmos at the CNE; Full-page Len Norris illustration "On the Midway" humourously illustrates the CNE; The Strange Death of Sam Fletcher - story by John Clare - illustrated by Jack Bush; Shes' the Only One of Her Kind - Speaker Nancy Hodges rules the B.C. Legislature with a gracious gavel - photos with story; Great full-page colour ad for movie 'The Black Rose' which stars Tyrone Power and Orson Welles; 1950 Plymouth ad; Sam Snead appears in Prest-o-lite battery ad; Colour ad for Canada Dry; Celeste Holm is featured in a colour ad for Avon Cosmetics; Nice colour ad inside back cover for the Watchmakers of Switzerland. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
80 pages. Cover art shows football star Fred Doty and his fiancee Beverly Brown. Features: The Greatest Danger is Europe - a searching analysis which shows the peril in Europe where fear is stronger than the will to fight - by Matthew Halton; Don't Call Me Baby Face - Part two of the story of Vancouver Boxer Jimmy McLarnin - article with photos, including a shot of Jimmy golfing with Fred Astaire, Joe Louis and Bob Hope; I Saw the Chinese Reds Take Over - Norman McLaren explains how the 'new order' came to the country town of Pehpei - with photos; Never a Dull Moment at the Larches - Elizabeth Armstrong relates tales from her Victoria, B.C. boarding house; A License to Murder? - driver's licenses are handed out like dog tags; Lena Horne - Glamour C.O.D. - article with photos including a large colour full-page shot; Giants of Golgotha - story by Fred Delano; How We Massacred the Passenger Pigeon - a Maclean's flashback - once these birds blotted out the sun in Eastern Canada, but the last one died in 1914; Recipe - Take One Steamboat - Tony Didier, the chef of the CPR's Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, serves up a shore dinner - article with photo; Fantastic full-page Coke ad shows Coke Cooler, glass, and soda jerk above a thirsty city - very nice!; The People Only Death Will Touch - The Rev. Aurthur Payton and Lawrence Earl travelled to Nigeria to help Lepers -article and photo; Massey-Harris ad focuses on how their products help farmers step-up meat-making nutrients in the crops they grow; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Dow Brewery ad honours Auguste Prenovost of Montreal who tacked a galloping horse to prevent disaster on a traffic-laden street; Barbara Ann Scott is featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Center pages loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
64 pages. Features: Wonderful two-page colour ad for Chrysler's "Motion-Design" automobile styling; The Struggle for the Border, by Bruce Hutchison - Part 1; Does Worry Cause Cancer?; We Just Had to Be Alone - story by Morley Callaghan; Jim Flynn's Private Army - The Cowichan Commandos - they serve as enemy for the Duncan Reserves - article with great photos; The Best Ten-cent Ride in the World - the 12-minute Vancouver Ferry - article with photos; I Grew Up With Saskatchewan - Marjorie Wilkins Campbell looks back fondly on her prairie childhood - article with photos; The Tourist Who'll Never Go Home - Harold Metcalf will never come home from London; Vintage colour Chevrolet ad; Nice 1955 Dodge ad. Three-inch opening to bottom edge of front cover. Center page holding by one staple. Moderate overall wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Colin Thatcher claims he was wrongly convicted; Harper's Recovery; Alberta's Wildrose Alliance; Obama's Health Care Proposal; Abdullah Abdullah - a new hope for Afghanistan; Germany gets Tough - sends troops to Afghanistan; Canada's chance to Emerge from America's Shadow?; The Race for the Perfect Battery; The Cooling Cure for Cardiac Arrest; Is Quebec the Human Guinea Pig Capital of North America?; Are we Drinking too much Water?; In Praise of Dead-End Jobs; What Happened to Quentin Tarantino?; Keeping a lid on Vancouver fun; Wal-mart's new cookies taste like Girl Scout cookies; Judith Josephine Koritar - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Coverage of the Royal Visit; Nice Westclox ad; The Edinburghs - eight pages on the Royal Family - text with numerous photos, including young Prince Charles; How I Photographed the Royal Couple - by Karsh - illustrated with his colour photos, including the Queen with Princess Ann; When a Queen Ruled Britain - article with photos from the Victorian era; The Runaways - story by Ware Torrey Budlong; The Butcher with a Poet's Soul - Canada Packers President James Stanley McLean - article with photos; Let's Abolish Homework, by Sidney Katz; Charlottetown Likes to Laugh - article and photos on the capital of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.); Humor by Robert Thomas Allen and William Frederick Miksch - "Shopping's a game women play but men don't know the score"; Confessions of a Big-Town (Toronto) Cabbie - by John Rowland - article with photo; Nice Kodak colour-photo ad; Vintage Massey-Harris ad shows corn cobs being harvested by a man on an implement with no cab; Cartoon by Peter Whalley; Colour centerfold for Snyder's fine furniture of Waterloo, Ontario features their Dynavista sectional designs; Full-page ad for Imperial Furniture manufacturing of Stratford, Ontario; Nice Chrysler ad; Rare full-page colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Recruiting Poster - very nice!; Dodge car ad; The Hargreaves Quads - Joan, Janice, Jennifer and Joyce - are featured in a nice colour ad for Aylmer strained peaches; Betty Grable is featured in a Auto-Lite battery ad; Colour Karsh Portrait of Prince Philip in full-page ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Nice vintage ad for GMC heavy trucks; Babe Didrikson Zaharias - world's greatest woman athlete - featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Several short external archival tape repairs. Bits of writing on front and back covers. Much writing on Westclox ad on page 1. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Karsh cover photo-portrait of Jean Sibelius; One-page Canadian General Electric radio ad shows the Models C122, C602, C352, C400 and C751; Moffat appliance ad features photo of Ted "Teeder" Kennedy, his wife and dog, plus photos of their kitchen and home; Where the Yanks Rule a Part of Canada - Americans at their Newfoundland base can flout our courts, even seize our citizens - and it's all quite legal; How Karsh Photographed Europe's Great; Ordeal By Snow (fiction); Taming the mighty Ottawa River with the Des Joachims dam project - article with photo; Is There a Killer in the Crowd? - Canada has at least 300 who have not been caught; Fortune in a Million Figures - Rose Starkman came to Canada in 1937 with $20, married Hy Marx, and they now sell $1 Million annually of Rose Marx Braz, the only Canadian brassiere sold in bulk in the U.S.; Stop This Fire Death Sacrifice! - firey death of 139 on pleasure steamer Noronic at Toronto's Pier 9; My Papooses Got Pyjamas - life in a Red Cross outpost at Armstrong, 100 miles north of Fort William; Beauty and the Brakeman (fiction); A Firsthand account on the new Britain under Socialism, by John W. Vandercook; TCA (Trans-Canada-Airlines) one-page ad with piggy bank; How to Retire and Like It; Nice colour Coke ad shows youth lunch scene and ice chest stocked with Coke; Bold one-page colour ad for Champion spark plugs features dog with ear muffs; Plymouth car ad; Westinghouse radio colour ad features the Rideau; Kleenex ad features Little Lulu and Tubby; Half-page Eveready battery ad features policeman Joseph Moreau of St. Lambert, Quebec; Photo of load of diesel from Moose Jaw Refineries crossing into the U.S.; Great back cover colour ad for B.C. Apples; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
