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807 pages. "Written to preserve as much of the history of the Rural Municipality of Oakdale as possible." - from Foreword. Contents laid out in the following order: The first inhabitants; Land Surveys (1883-1904); Homesteading Period (1906-1911); Post Offices Established (Ermine, Ednaburg and Coleville); R.M. of Oakdale established (1908); School districts established and schools built (1910-1920); Railroads built through area; Hamlets established; WWI; The 1920s;The 1930s; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s and 1970s. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Superb copy. Book
116 pages. Features: Color cover photo of cute blonde twin girls; Great color-photo ad for Quaker Oats inside front cover; Is your child a weathervane?; They Never Know When to Come Home; Who Wants a Spoiled Baby?; This Way to Good Eating Habits; New Toys; Give Them the Advantages of Good Speech; The Forgotten Father; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice color ad for the Cream Top milk bottle; Color ad for Squibb cod-liver oil inside back cover. Great color back cover ad for Famous Funn Family Service with Uncle Same and Santa says "Give American Children American Toys"; Many additonal nostalgic ads; and much more. Openings at spine ends, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
24 pages. Contents: Attorney-General Homer S. Cummings' declaration that U.S.A. Has "Actual Socialism" Raises Questions; Farm Income Up 40% but Buying Power Less due to Price Boots; Murder Statistics; Sleeping Epidemic Unabated; Oil Industry Board; Schools Need Revenue; James W. Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, lists 64 rulers of the country - none of whom are the President; Planning for World Police Force; President Roosevelt issues executive order requiring all holders of gold that has not been licensed for export or other purposes to report hoards of over $100 to the collectors of internal revenue; Foreign News - with photo of Marshal Pilsudski of Poland; Germany's Isolation in World Affairs - article with artist's rendering of Hitler; National Current events - with photo of Rep. James M. Beck of Pennsylvania; National Recovery Administration (NRA); Senator Huey P. (Kingfish) Long; Ambassador Sumner Welles; Marketing; Capital Chat - with photo of 'old underground vault where money is now stored in U.S. Treasury'; Science; Aviation; Article on Siamese Royalty and Movies - with photo of King Prajadhipok and his consort Rambaibarni; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: President Truman imposes censorship by executive order; Photo of launch of B-61 Matador robot bomber (missile); Nice full-page colour ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes featuring lady with Jack-O-Lantern and Navy man; Results of NATO meeting in Ottawa; Cab Driver Jose Carballal; Ailing King George VI; Hamburg is Rebuilding; The New Boom in Oil; Full-page two-color ad for Eaton 2-speed truck axles; New TV Tube from a hobby shop; Sumo - Japan's sacred sport - booms U.S. box office take; Nice full-age color ad for Ray-O-Vac batteries; Drop in Chesapeake oyster production; Why the Air Force needs veterinarians; Mayor Dorothy Lee of Portland, Oregon says no to gambling; Education about syphilis in painless, pinball fashion; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (33 x 25 cm). In English and Turkish. 400 p., b/w and color ills. Pehlivan: Kirkpinar oil wrestling.= Kirkpinar yagli güresleri. A very heavy volume. UNESCO Intangible Heritage Programme Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival Inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Livre grand format, cartonnage illustre de l'editeur. NEUF SOUS CELLO. [HP-1] Crayon, fusain, pastel, gouache, aquarelle, acrylique, huile
420 p. + Full page illustrations. 8vo. Original blue printed wraps. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED PA 26 x5
248 p. Illustrations. Map end papers. 4to. Gilt decorated dark blue cloth binding. PA 21
This is a very good hardcover copy, a bound volume, containing 13 issues of this rare journal. The 12 monthly issues plus a Special Number brought out in August. All covers bound in. The pea-green cloth covers have titles and the journal masthead device in gilt to the front cover. Generally clean outside, but spine tips frayed, top and bottom front corners worn and the spine rear outside hinge worn. Binding firm and tight. All 12 monthly issues plus the special number with articles and advertisements from the trade. Occasional illustrations, but mostly articles, notes on firms and producers, new products, soaps, confectionery, mineral water and tobacco trades, etc. A wealth of information on the trade in 1929. The journal was founded by John C.Umney in 1910, with Volume 1, and continued through Volume 60 in 1969. This volume edited by Archibald C.Merrin. Contains the index for the year. Bound volumes quite rare. 11" high X 8" wide, each issue about 36 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. 432 p. In Turkish. Mousul question in term of oil. Petrol çerçevesinde Musul sorunu, 1926-1955.
PARIS, Masson & cie, Editeurs - 1939 - Complet en 2 forts volumes In-4 - reliure éditeur - 1 edition - Frontispice, gravure de Galien - 300 gravures ou photographies NB, shémas - Pagination continue XV + 2 & 1917 pages - Bon exemplaire
This special issue most notable for its article beginning on page 238 which introduces hemp as a new billion dollar cash crop for American farmers. Pages: 161-320 plus 128 pages of great vintage ads. Other features include: The Lockheed Electra - Flying Wing of the Future (with cover illustration); Chemistry and You - Part 3; The Rough Road to Glory; The Toy That Grew Up; Hunting Oil with Earthquakes; Short Waves Rule the Seas; Shoot When They Don't Expect It; The Puzzle of the Ice Ages; Game Wardens with Wings; Adventures of the Hurricane Hunters; The Hit and Run Fleet. Advertising page 113A is a fantastic one-page black and white photo ad for Harley Davidson motorcycles entitled "You Can't Beat Fun". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Lacking back cover. A worthy copy of this historic vintage issue. Magazine
Features: General Electric's fantastic new electric garden tractor; Detroit claims vs. Union Oil tests; Driving the Gremlin - Detroit's first VW-size car; Best car lock yet; new low-smog gasoline; Apollo's fearless fireman; New electric mowers; Dan Gurney's Column; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
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
P., institut gastronomique de l'huile Lesieur, sans date (env. 1950). In-12 cartonnage décoré de l'éditeur, 220 pages.
63p. + Color pictorial frontis of the Standard Oil building. Profusely illustrated with some drawings in color. Title page decorated with Standard Oil's Socony Petroleum Products symbol. Printed in red and black throughout. Last page slightly torn without loss. Small 8vo. Original full wraps. Front cover decorated with a 1920's car and trees in black under a full gold moon or sun and title printed in dark blue in a light blue square. Wraps very slightly worn. AUTO/1
in-8, 365 pp., broché. Excellent etat. [BAT-5]
Features: New Presidents for Harriman Railway System - informative article with excellent photo of Harriman officials in Seattle in November of 1909; Golden Spike Driving at Bend, Oregon (article); Increased use of Oil on Railroads; Seattle Port Commission studies improvements; President Shaughnessy's Report to C.P.R Stockholders - major article; Feature write-up of James Rolph, Jr., the next mayor of San Francisco, with photo; How is This For Passenger Traffic?; New Invention by David H. Wilson of Chicago Revolutionizes Telephony - C.P.R. sends message by telephone from Montreal to Fort William via telegraph line; Railroad Ties Pickled in Great Salt Lake, UT; Freight Congestion in New York City - major article with two photos; Death of Popular Ship Master Capt. Walter McWilliams of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. - article with photo; C.P.R. Purchases Fast Turbine Steamer Queen Alexandra for the Vancouver - Nanaimo Run; Successful Trial Trip of new Sound Steamer Calista; Schooner Daisy Gadsby Launched; Ramona Captain and Engineer Found Guilty; The Gaertner Releasing Hook - article with diagram; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Bernard N. Baker, president of the Atlantic & Pacific Transport Co. Tells of Great Trade Possibilities; 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
Features: John F. Stevens, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, discusses what the Panama Canal means to Pacific commerce, with illustration of Mr. Stevens; Fine Passenger Engines in Service on W.-O.R. & N. Line - article with photo of new locomotive; Alaska Syndicate Concentrates Attention on Transportation - The Sale of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. will widen the scope of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway; Outline of Navy Department's Attitude Towards the Pacific Coast - An Address by Engineer-in-Chief Hutch I. Cone, U.S.N.; Classy Stern-Wheeler Launched - the W.H. Bancroft; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law - article with photo of the four-masted Schooner Willis A. Holden, as she appeared after being disabled in a storm on 12 February; Alaska Oil Will Furnish New Traffic; Tacoma News; One page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West"; One-page ad for Seattle's Vulcan Iron Works features an aerial illustration of the plant; Half-page ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and spraying water; and more. 40 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. 6" x 1" piece missing from back cover - text unaffected. 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
Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 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
Features: 40,000 People Visit New Oregon-Washington Passenger Terminal - Over two pages of informative content including illustration of the new Seattle passenger terminal of the O.W. R. & N. Co. on opening day, May 20, 1911; C.M. & P.S. Ry. Co. Inaugurates Through Passenger Service; Former Seattle Mayor Robert Moran sees the Panama Canal causing trouble ahead for Seattle unless a change in system is effected; Professional biography of E.J. Pearson who, for the past five years, was chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound (with photo of Mr. Pearson); The Lumber Trade and the Railways; "Railophone" tests in England allow phone calls from one moving train to another; Canadian Pacific to burn Oil; Government Must Act Now on Alaska Coal Cases! - major article; Description of the Pace Oil Engine - including photo; Influence of the Panama Canal on the World's Commerce; Death of Capt. Franz S. Moore - brief article and photo of "one of the best known, most experienced and skillful navigators on the North Pacific"; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Description of the largest-ever Air Reversing Propeller designed by L.H. Coolidge of Seattle for the barkentine Archer - article with photo; News of Tacoma; Prospects Are Promising for the Bering Sea Season; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; 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
First separate edition, 8pp., disbound. Reprinted from the 'Medical Press and Circular'. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Not listed on Copac or OCLC.
Pictorial Cover, paper, coated. Chapter Book. oblong, 8"h x 10"w. 183 pages with few b/w photos. Very fine copy. [P-35]
448 pages. Index. "... Rockefeller's Institute of Pacific Relations controlled the spy ring that instigated the attack on Pearl Harbor, ... they knew in advance, to the very day, when it would occur and involve us in the war." - page 281. Moderate wear to book. Binding sound. Prior owner's address label atop front free endpaper. Publisher's address corrected in ball pen upon back panel of dust jacket. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is missing several chips and bears a variety of short openings. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: "Imperial" cover roadster; How to build a custom dashboard - progress report #4; Restyling the 'standard of the world' - 1947 Cadillac convertible receives extensive modifications; The Triple Threat - a pedigreed "T" bone that had 3 owners with a one track mind; Hop Up Road Test #2 - trials of Olds-equipped Mercury ends in disaster (due to oil pump casting failure); Plastic Pioneer - Ken Fuhrman of Berkeley, CA invents clear plastic parts to cover your engine but show it, too; Cam-installation procedure; Installing top fabric in older cars; Building an exhaust system (part I); Floor shift for automatic transmissions - progress report #5; and more. Above-average wear. Writing on front cover and title page. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
