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Article by Erle Zwingle "Olive Oil : Elixir of the Gods' IN : National Geographic Vol.196 #3 September 1999 (pp. 66-81) Book
vi, 299, [5] pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Undated. Circa 1973. Illustrated brown plastic covers. "A compilation of family biographies. Church histories follow. Also sections on local government, the telephone, roads, and cattle brands. Covers the history from the foundation of the Women's Institute in 1949 to 1969." - Krotki. Locale: Vicinity of Harmattan, Alberta, between Olds and Sundre. Three post binding. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Bibliographic References: Strathern 3308, Krotiki (2E) 1144. Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xviii], 182 p., b/w ills. Musul meselesi. Askerî yönden çözüm arayislari, (1922-1925).
8vo, 23cm. Pp. iv,120, 2 large fold. maps, 4 fold. pls. of sections, few figs. in text. Side-stitched in new plain wrs., orig. printed front cover (a bit thumbed or dust-marked) preserved, uncut. Very good.
166p. Numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. Folio. Original full paper binding. Original dust jacket. Slightly chipped. ART 5
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound. 10 1/4"w x 13 3/4"h. 30 pages. No date shown; circa 1962. Previous owner's name on cover.
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of kids roller skating by Russell Sambrook; News bits include - The Basic Need is Goodwill, Life Goes On, The Right of Free (Speech) Utterance, Arguing That Gets Nowhere, The Taks of Re-Confederation, Austria and Tariffs, A Poet's Obituary - Gabriele d'Annunzio; Very nice one-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad for their St. Lawrence Seaway service; Black Gold in Our Empire's Defence - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the world's oil industry; The Shot at Dusk (short story); The Fatted Calf (short story); Love is a Winged Thing (short story); Salvage at Scapa Flow - photo-illlustrated article on German battleships - sunk by their own officers in 1919 - which end their days in British Dry-Dock; Sunrunner's Madness; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part III of this short story); Putt-Putting - photo-illustrated article on power boating, with photo of Doug Fonda, U.S. High-point outboard champion; Nice one-page Colgate toothpage ad features the Dionne Quints; Land of Wish-it-Were (verse); Classy one-page photo ad for the 1938 Chevrolet; Nice one-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Mrs. Clarence Beairsto of Winnipeg; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of author Kenneth Roberts; Investment news; Movie news with photos of Ann Gillis, Rita Cansino, Dixie Dunbar, Phyllis Brooks, Donald Barry, Tony Martin, John Hall and Gordon Jones; Lux soap ad features photos of Loretta Young and Irene Dunne; Nostalgic half-page ad by the Canadian Association of Ice Industries, Inc. includes photo of man placing block of ice into icebox; (fridge); Exhibit 'A' - Your husband; Article on raising a son; Cooking article; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad includes photo of man holding their new silent 'meter-miser'; World Sayings; Handsome colour ad for the De Luxe Ford V-8 for 1938 shows maroon car in driveway with car jockey speaking to woman of the house; Nostalgic back cover colour ad for the Simmons Slumber King bed spring; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
104 pages. Features: Two-page Honda Prelude ad; Two-page Purolator Courier ad; Karpov vs. Korchnoi at chess; Gasohol; Major coverage of Jimmy Carter's Middle East peace initiative with color photos of Carter, Sadat and Begin; Nice color-photo ad for the Triumph Spitfire; Two-page color-photo ad for Ford's station wagons and van; US moves military assets to Yemen; U.S. Rep. Philip Miller Craine of Illinois; William H. Orr wins Equalimony case at the Supreme Court; Charlie Allen - this freelance executioner gunned down east coast mobsters; Rafer Johnson is featured in a color photo ad for AMF products; Retaking Stateville Prison in Joliet, IL; Iran - Who's In Charge? - with photo of four rapists facing firing squad; Nice color Monte Carlo car ad; Massacre in Chad; Chinese military activity in Vietnam; Communist Spy Ursel Lorenzen; Military forces close in on Idi Amin's capital of Kampala; Colorful centerfold ad for the Polaroid SX-70 Sonar OneStep camera; Color-photo ad for Le Car by Renault features Roy Larson & Family of Spokane, WA; Vantage cigarette ad features Peter Accetta of New York City; Jimmy Connors marries Patti McGuire; Advertising Grows Up; Nice color photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit (in snow); Long Beach Naval Regional Medical Center's successful alcohol-abuse programs; Zany Harold Ballard of the Toronto Maple Leafs; Caleb (Cale) Yarborough - article with photo of him fighting Bobby Allison; Homage to Nijinsky; Subaru ad features photo of The Cadillacs; Wonderful color photos of Jupiter; Iran - The Oil Flows; Ray Dolby and the Sound of Dolby; Mavis Lindgren is featured in a Blue Cross / Blue Shield ad; Nice Virginia Slims ad with Niagara Falls sepia photos at top; Network executive Fred Silverman; The Young Romantics - art article; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
First edition, 8vo (220 x 135 mm), [4], vii, [1], 76, [4]pp., stamp of the "Royal Veterinary College" on title and on E6, with notes and errata on verso of A2, some minor foxing on 6 leaves, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, upper joint cracked, title in gilt to spine. Includes chapters on "The Natural History of Barbadoes", "The Chemical Characters of the Mineral Oils of Barbadoes" and "Medical Properties of the Barbadoes Mineral Oil". Provenance: Early ownership signature of James B. Simonds to front flyleaf. COPAC finds the Bodleian Library copy only.
in-12, 165 pp., croquis in-t., broché, couverture illustrée. Très bel exemplaire. [CA33-1]
70 pages. Articles: Scandals in Veterans' Housing (part 1 of 2); The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 6) - Roosevelt's Greatest Dilemma; Six Artists and a Model - Edith Franklin's posing is a steppingstone to her stage career; Good-Time Street - the most raucous and colorful block in New York; Truman's recent troubles hurt his chance of election; The Hot-Potato Olympics - what price international amity at this year's Games in London; How to Catch a Husband - Mr. Lamb's job is to bringem' back when they stray. Fiction: Cupid with Celluloid Wings; Guirls Like Me; Squaw Medicine; The Bramble Bush (part 4 of 5); Sweet revenge; Errors of Judgment. Ads include: Old Thompson Whiskey; Pepsodent - with photo of Mary Louise Shine; Western Electric; Schlitz; beer; the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); Ford cars (2 pages); Macmillan Oil - featuring Douglas Moone of San Antonio, TX; Samsonite Luggage; Pontiac cars; Milky Way chocolate bars (back cover). Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Features: Lewis Daniel Illustrates "Leaves of Grass"; To Standardize Oil Paints for Artists; Perspective (part 5); "fgc" or Fred Cooper; Phil Dike Captures the Scale of the West; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
250 pages. 10.75 x 8.5". Black boards with yellow lettering upon front. Printed upon glossy stock. Nine one-page colour illustrations. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white illustrations and photos of 1930's sample artwork. The twenty-nine chapters include: Poster Layout; Water Color Posters; Velour Posters; Transparent Posters; Pastel Posters; Air Brush Posters; Lithograph Posters; Linoleum Posters; Foreign Posters; Painting in Oil; "Aplakay" Posters; Lettering (fonts); Design; Figure Drawing; Backgrounds; Theatrical Fronts (featuring spectacular photos); Animated Displays; Theatre Decoration; Silk Screen Posters; Pen-and-Ink Work; Color; Animal Drawing; Costumes; Reference Material; Holiday Posters; Posters of the Future; Pencil Sketch Posters; Set-Pieces; and Elementary Poster Art. Author gained several years of sign display experience prior to WWI, following which his career as a poster artist began, ultimately leading him to New York where he organized the Publix Theatres Corporation's art department which provided poster art for approximately 1,600 theatres. In 1932 he opened his own Duke Wellington, Inc. studio and contracted to produce lobby displays for theatres in the metropolitan New York area. - from Introduction. Above-average but not excessive wear. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Front hinge starting. Back hinge half open. Faint remnants of calculations erased from title page. Theatre rubber stamp and bit of writing atop page 11. A worthy copy of this rare and treasured work. Book
Features: Great photos (and specifications) of various bodies on the Model Z Pierce-Arrow bus chassis - Triple combination fire engine, Express moving van, Pure Oil Tank Car, Pierce-Arrow Funeral Coach (over 24' long!), Black and Decker Demonstration Coach; Pierce-Arrow ad from the April 30, 1927 Literary Digest reproduced inside front cover; Pierce-Arrow ad from the 11/25 (?) issue of Life Magazine reproduced on back cover; My 1925 Series 33 Derham Convertible Coupe (with photos), by Roland Berger of Spring Valley, NY; Southern California PAS Members Get Together (with photos); John M. Karle's custom roadster; Al Iverson's 1921 Series 12; photo of 1928 Series 81 7-passenger sedan; photo of unusual truck in South Dakota powered by a 1907 model 65-Q Pierce engine (#6057); photo of a 1933 Model 1247 LeBaron Convertible Sedan; two unidentified photos of a mid-'20's Pierce Roadster; Photos of a 1936 Pierce-Arrow V-12 in the midst of restoration; Juliette's Journey - the journey of Fred Tycher's 1928 "81". Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality 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. Technical drawings, wiring diagrams, other interior views/ technical illustrations b&w photos of particular pieces of equipment, systems illustrations, Small format, 151 pages. Contents include power plant accessories, Generating equimment, Stater accessories, Vacuum instrument pumps and accessories, Hydraulic equimment, Ice elimination equipment, pt. 1 & 2 , Fuel flow metering equipment, etc.
84 pages. Features: George A. Magnan, Painter of Arizona; The Realism of Robert Weaver; The Sketchbooks of Robert Conlan; The Sculpture of Donal Hord; Oil Landscape by Sotaro Yasui; Your Sable brushes in oil painting; Alfred Khouri; A New Mural Technique - by Stanley Kaplan; and more. A worthy reference copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Vincent van Gogh; "My Friend Stephen" - oil painting by Jerry Farnsworth; John Averill - illustrator with a whimsical pen; The Weathervane - painting in the U.S. 1949; How to become a Michelangelo; American Furniture Design; Roger Duvoisin; The Hurst Page; "Grandma and Baroque" a caseine painting by Jacob Getlar Smith; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Royal Viking Queen; On the Waterfront; New Ship News; Clan Line's 'Freezer' Trio of 1936 (part 1); The Belgian Navy; Cruise Ship Review; P&O and Princess Cruises colour Pictorial - including cutaway drawing of the Oriana; The Port of Grimsby - Part 2; Voyage report - Coaster Cruise - Bernard McCall describes an eventful voyage in the German motor vessel Walter Hammann; Forty Years of North Sea Crossings - Robert Spark recalls five decades of travel aboard DFDS ships past and present; Anglo American Oil Tankers - photofeature; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - The'Baltic Stars'; Ports of Call; Large colour photo of the Annuity inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of camouflaged marines crossing rope bridge in South Pacific; Article on freedom of movement for aircraft after the war by Vice-President Wallace; Russia's 'Burma Road' Through Iran - article and six photos; Needed - One American Peace Plan; Moscow Learns to Relax Again - The heart of fighting Russia beats calmly now and nerves are less tense as victory looms ahead; The Pentagon - illustrated article on this maze of corridors, courts, ramps and roads; Runner Gunder Haegg - A Modern Hermes From Sweden; Chicago Isn't So Sure - The city's isolationist spirit has changed since Pearl Harbor; "This is the Army" On the Screen - with six photos; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes - America's Luxury Cigarette (featuring lady in two-piece swimsuit as the Marlboro Man had not yet been concocted); What Kind of School? - a progressive educator says the time has come to harmonize our conflicts and work for the best possible in American education; Nice one-page color ad for Mazola Salad Oil; How to Salt Away Food; Nice half-page color ad for Ten-B-Low condensed milk; The Home in Wartime; That New Black Magic - Lovely two-pages of fashion photos of elegant black dresses; Great vintage Aircraft Spotter's Handbook ad on back cover helps readers determine if an aircraft is friend or foe. Unmarked with moderate wear and external soiling. A quality vintage wartime issue. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound. 10 1/4"w x 13 3/4"h. 30 pages. No date shown; circa 1962. Previous owner's name on cover.
310 pages including index and notes. In this, Gottfried Wagner's memoir, Hitler is an inescapable presence, as he was in Gottfried's family - one of the many specters haunting the Wagner estate, though young Gottfried wondered if he was the only one who could see them. One afternoon he discovered old photographs and oil paintings of Hitler among the family memorabilia. Warned never to mention the pictures to anyone, he became an unwilling coconspirator in his family's secret. New copy. Book
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Venn Fiona The Oil Crisis. , Routledge 2002-05-30, In lingua inglese. Piatti e dorso complessivamente in buono stato, con copertina plastificata trasparente leggermente segnata dal tempo. Tagli con qualche piccola macchia. Interno in ottimo stato. c'è una piccolissima scritta a penna nell'indice. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina flessibile <br> 230<br> 0582308097
32 pages. Features: The Crisis in Health Service; Moon Pictures; Assassination of Malcolm X; The Rise of the Chinese Dictator (Mao); Anti-Castro Raiders launch attack on Cuban oil base; The Humber Imperial Automobile; Canada's new flag; Odeion and Statuary at Aphrodisias; Florentine and Sienese Paintings; Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: 73,000 cross into East Berlin for Christmas; The Lakonia Disaster; End of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Rock art of the Australian Aborigines in Northern New South Wales; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Today I, II, III and IV; Mikhail Andreevich Suslov; Photo of elephant hindquarters; Crossing the Mekong Delta upon a Water Buffalo's back; Jim Clark-World Champion - Esso Oil Ad.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine