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Features: Exclusive - I flew the Pterodactyl flex-wing; Silk-screen your own cards; Build a portable 5-minute car wash; 1962 Ford Fairlane with an all-new V8; Crowd Engineering; Football's fabulous foremen - keep your eye on the quarterback - with photos; The gas turbine goes to sea; Guns for the blue and grey; Salmon Fish farming in Washington State - Dr. Lauren Donaldson; and more. Average wear. Sound unmarked copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports on Wasthington, North Africa, and Israel - David Ben-Gurion becomes Minister of Defense; Owen Wister's Journals - the unpublished journals; Russia's Calamity, by Edward Crankshaw; The Grand Trunk Road to Agra, by Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens; Streams (poem), by W.H. Auden; A Patron of the Arts, story by Donald Heiney; Have we Conquered the Business Cycle?, by Sumner H. Slichter; The Diamond Cutters (poem), by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Oedipus Myth, by Robert Graves; The Under-Educated, by Robert C. Wilson; What Happened to the Girl Scouts?, by Ben H. Bagdikian; Twenty Years of Writing, by William Saroyan; Teaching Creative Writing, by Roy Cowden; Styrian Festivities, by Merloyd Lawrence. Color ad for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover. Color ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 7-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Interesting stories about Honours for Victoria man F. A. Lindsay, B.C. Amateur Golf Championship, Mussolini talking war, Canada-US Fishery treaties, B.C. commences hunt for natural gas, Saanich arsonist, hunters attacked by eagles at Bull Harbour, Smuggling of tools suspected for use in construction of stills, and many more; Photo of Royal Oak Burial Park being developed; editorial page; Social pages; Hudson's Bay Company ad; Fred L. Foster comes to B.C.; photo ad for Dodge trucks sold by Begg Motor Co., Limited; Entertainment page; large ad for Daily Colonist amateur Snapshot Competition; David Spencer Limited ads; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. Bit of writing atop page one. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
36" x 25.5". Indicates 25 foot contours, water bodies, roads, rail lines, structures, etc. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
25 pages. Presents information in tabular format. Topics include: Quebec Peat Bogs; Ontario Peat Bogs; Miscellaneous Samples including coal, briquettes from organic city refuse, anthracite, oil shale and natural gas. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
<p>25 cm, rilegatura coeva in mezza pergamena, titolo in nero al dorso, piatti marmorizzati, p. 505. Con 9 tavole calcografiche. </p>
In 8o, pp. 600, t.tela blu con titoli al dorso (minime abrasioni al piatto post.), molte tavv. di immagini e tabelle n.t. 1 tabella piu vv. rip. f.t. Raro ed importante volume sulla estrazione e la conservazione del gas naturale. Firma di proprietà. Ottimo (4738/ GAS NATURALE - ENERGIA - CHIMICA - GEOLOGIA - INDUSTRIA ESTRATTIVA - COMBUSTIBILI)
in-4° 598 pp., illustrations et figures, reliure plein cuir noir de l'editeur, dos lisse, titre et tomaison en blanc. Cartonnage leg. sali sinon bel exemplaire. [P-27]
Milano, Ist. Sieroterapico Milanese, 1934, 8vo brossura pp. 337 con 32 fig. n.t. 3 tabelle e 26 tav. f.t. Raro, importantissimo per l'argomento.
114 pages. Features: Reports on Canada's Boom, Washington, and Jordan; Other Worlds Than Ours, by Donald H. Menzel; British Cultural Fatique, by Kenneth Tynan; Hunting Moon, by William Wister Haines; The Kidnaping of Kamlon, by Agnes Newton Keith; Horizon Thong (a poem), by George Abbe; Soviet Industry, by Edward Crankshaw; Cockles, Brambles, and Fern Hill - Dylan Thomas in Wales, by John Malcolm Brinnin; Saturday Night, a Story, by Marjorie Anais Housepian; Educational Television, by Leland Hazard; The Wreath - a story, by Frank O'Connor; T.E. Lawrenc- Man or Myth?, by B.H. Liddell Hart; Charles de Gaulle, by Curtis Cate; Air Travel with Stopovers, by Mitchell Goodman (part 2). Interesting colour ad by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover; Black and white photo ad by the Bell Telephone System shows damage of Hurricane Diane. Nice black and white photo ad by Columbia Records features pianist Robert Casadesus; Colour ad for the European Travel Commission inside back cover; Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: What's new in railroading?; The trains that cost too much - Western Maryland; I rode the 'big blow' (gas turbine 54 of Union Pacific); Erie's mighty Kinzua - a steel viaduct over 2000 feet long and 300 feet high erected in only four months!; Hiawatha 4-6-4s; The Western Pacific Story - 1 - a railroad through the Feather River Canyon; Famous steam locomotive - 17; and more. One inch opening at base of cover-fold. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Book
Mm 100x150 Collana Manuali Hoepli, volume di pp. VIII-266+64 pagine di catalogo Hoepli, 72 incisioni. Prefazione del prof. A. Sella ed un'appendice del dott. G. D'Ormea sulle azioni fisiologiche dei raggi Becquerel. Firma d'appartenenza, alcune sottolineature a matita, testo ben fruibile. Opera in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY.
In-8°, brossura muta rifatta, pp. 56; alla fine una tavola incisa più volte ripiegata. Bruniture ai margini di alcune carte; nel complesso un buon esemplare. Cosimo RIDOLFI (Firenze, 1794 - 1865), fu membro dell'Accademia dei Georgofili e fondatore del 'Giornale agrario toscano'. Edizione originale di questo saggio dedicato al termolampo, primo impianto di illuminazione a gas; il Ridolfi propone qui il passaggio dall'antracite al legno come combustibile.
Pages 947-994. Features: The Diesel Automobile; Plating river beds with stainless steel; Ocean gloder the "Genial"; Auto Safety device warns of railway crossings; Photo of little Jean Darlington whose father communicates with her from afar by shortwave radio; Telephoning a Picture; Sleep Meter; Mechanical novelties; Vacuum lifts Planeless Aircraft - invented by John H. Davis; "House of Glass" Shell gas station; European Novelties; Finding the Source of "Cosmic Rays"; New Mechanical Ideas; Power from Ocean Waves; Exploring the Upper Air by Spectroscope; Metal Melts Like Wax; Newest Devices for the General Use; New Patents of Interest; Robot directs street traffic; Dry ice test of jewels; Where did the Moon Come From?; Mechanics of Magic; Making White Iodine; Practical Hints and Home Kinks; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. PLEASE NOTE: Most ads clipped and removed from pages 985-994. We believe no text was lost but please inquire if you are interested in any specific content so we can check. A worthy reading copy Magazine
24 pages. Consolidating British Positions in the Balkans; Photos of flame attacks by night and day; Photos of British troops in respirators walking through poison gas from their own bombs; Photo of a French artillery commander's hardened headquarters; Photo of French troops and their gun which fires 220lb shells - such guns helped the French win at Champagne in 1915; Roadside photo of German troops killed and wounded by a French bombardment of howitzers; Photo of a floating bridge being constructed across the Tigris by Indo-British Pioneers; Photo of dozens of British sailors pulling a naval gun across a Mesopotamian desert; Photos of belligerents carrying goods in Cameroon; Photo of Russian machine guns and gunners on the bessarabia front; Good Bye to Gallipoli! - the last scenes - four photos and one two-page illustration (which is loose but present); Records of the Regments in the War - XI - The Dorsets; Photos of mascots; Before, during, and after photos of the German demolition of the church of Lampernisse; Three photos of Damage in Paris after a Zeppelin bombing raid; Photos of 17 brave British sons decorated for Valour. Lacking outer wraps. Last page loose but present. Appears to have been disbound from a hardcover volume. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 68 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Ad for Mein Kampf, part 2, inside front cover; French Premier Daladier and Admiral Darlan aboard U-boat hunters; 5 photos of French women working in aircraft factories; four photos of Polish sailors fighting with the British Navy; Three photos of night on the British front in France - with gas masks in use; End of another German submarine, the U.39; How the colonial empire of France comes to the aid of France - illustrated article; Newfoundland answers call to arms; With the Finnish army at the front; full-page photo portrait of General Vuillemin, Supreme Commander of the French Air Force; Illustrated centerfold displays the range of Allied and German aerial gun-power; two photos of a downed ME 109; large photo of a downed Dornier 17 afire in a French field; Australian airmen join R.A.F. Coastal Command - working with the Short Sunderland flying boat; Article - U.S. and the War - President Roosevelt issues a warning to Americans; Photo of American bomber over the New York World's Fair; Photo of massive French railway artillery; Training men as stokers for the Royal Navy; New Zealand troops in training at home; A commentary on the war this week; Training men from the ranks as officers; Ad for "I Was Hitler's Maid" inside back cover; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of a British sea fort manned by the Royal Military; Armed might of the motherland, including photos of Mr. Anthony Eden in the field; Illustrated article by Professor W.L. Bragg entitled Science in War - with photo of producer gas vehicle; Illustration of a Hampden bomber dropping a mine at the entrance to a u-boat base; Coastal Command's vigil of sea and sky; With Britain's desert army; Map of our army's swift advance to Sidi Barrani; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black of British tanks cutting through to the coast and Sidi Barrani; Photos of the battle in the Balkans, including photo of the Anglo-Greek war council; The British take Fort Gallabat; Bomb damage in London; His Majesty sees Birmingham blitz havoc; Illustrated article entitled An Army Trained for Victory - preparing the Soldiers of Britain for the Task of European Liberation; Aerial full-page photo of Kiel Naval Base; At sea with an escort; A commentary on the war for this week; Fighting for a free France; Summary of the chief events of the war this week. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
viii, [2], 428 pages. Index. Fold-out map. Chapters include: Preparation for War; The First Contingent; The 2nd Division; The First Winter 1915-1916; The Field Ambulance; The Salient to the Somme; The Somme / Vimy Ridge / Passchendaele; The Surgery of the Front; Development of the Service in the Field; The Year of Controversy - 1916; Reorganization 1917; Establishment at the Base and on the Lines of Communication; The Ancillar Services; Diseases of War; Special Organs; Various Details (including poison gas); The Red Cross; and more. Heavily-worn with usual library markings. Front hinge open. Narrow opening along back hinge. Openings along backstrip. Lacking Addenda and Corrigenda leaf. Strictly a reading copy of this informative history. Bibliographic references: Enser page 88; Dornbusch 169, Book
90 pages. Features/Articles: Airships - key to Canada's frontiers?; The Exciting First Dirigible Visit to Canada; - the R-100; Raising the Hamilton and Scourge - U.S. Warships sank during war of 1812; Huge warships were built on both sides of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; Young Inuit learn, earn at archeological sites; Old Montreal its old self once again; Wild Orchids - exquisite, irresistible, vulnerable; Fish Habitat re-created in Coquihalla River diversion; The Spectacular dunes of Prince Edward County; New Downtown for the nation's capital - $500 million facelift in Rideau Street area; Folk art on tour - A show organized by the National Museum of Man - From the Heart, Folk Art in Canada; The Lodgepole runaway gas well - the most fearsome natural gas blowout in the history of the Alberta petroleum industry lasted 68 days and affected almost everyone in the province. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. A sound copy. Book
288 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Multiple authors examine aspects of the Vietnam war in 1965. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A nice copy. Book
100 pages. Features: nice color photo ad for the 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme; The Rage of Women - Half our population underpaid, barred from major jobs and often mocked; Vietnamese boy Pham Van Quan is flown to Philadelphia for heart surgery; Wonderful color Campbell's soup ad; My Brother Lyndon Johnson - Part II by Sam Houston Johnson; Great color photo centerfold featuring the line of Polaroid cameras; Colour photo ad for General Electric flash cubes; Barbara Streisand - article with photos; A Killing Shame - U.S. gas and germ weapons violate treaties; Great colour photo ad for the 1970 Buick; Grambling College - where football stars are made - article with photos; The Look All America 1969 College Football selections; A Bill to Kill Foundations; The One Sensible Way to Diet, by Roland H. Berg; Who is the Man in the House? - Russell Baker writes about Richard Nixon; Princess Grace turns 40 - article with photos; Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Please note: pages 35-36 missing. They appear to have contained ads. Still a worthy copy. Magazine
128 pages. Index. Circa 1922? "Prepared by a Ladies' Club in a friendly rivalry for the very best there is in tested recipes... With oven cooking guide for woodfire, gas and electricty, record of results, time table for cooking and other tables." - from front cover. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this pleasing vintage cookbook. Book
58 pages. Features: Western Pacific orders Budd car after successful 10-day trial (short story); The Rutland Railroad - article with photos; The Locomotive in 1949 - railroads cut back diesel orders, almost forgot steam & admired the gas turbine - long article with photos; Ohio's last Narrow-Gauge - The Ohio River & Western - article with two great photos; Photo Section - including centerfold photo of Southern Pacific's Suntan Special in California; Broad Gauge Route - The Erie Railroad - photos; My Finest Train Trip - David P. Morgan describes his trip from New Orleans on the Panama Limited - with photos; Big Hook - the machinery and crews who clear away wrecks - super photos; Hub of the Washington Terminal - Ivy City Enginehouse services the steam, diesel and electric locomotives of the five railroads using the capital's Union Station - article with two photos; Los Angeles at Night - nice long-exposure photos; Casey Jones Died 50 Years Ago - article with photo; Lancaster & Chester - Miniature Division at Elliott Springs; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: Built by American Car & Foundry (A.C.F.) - a photo story; Official Guide - presents hundreds of pages of timetables; The Diesel's Big Year - in 1950 steam was on the way out, but the gas turbine was a new opponent to diesel; Photo Section - includes centerfold photo of a Santa Fe eastbound freight near Kingman, Az; Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern - uncommon interurban in Iowa - article, photos and map of the "Crandic Route"; Astra Domes in the Northwest - article with photos; The Stewart Special - awesome article and photos of rail action in the Korean War; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
258 pages. Index. Black and white photographs. "Conjured up in the Great Depression by an almost-failed prospector and wildcatter, Westcoast Energy rode the tides of twentieth-century economics and politics to become a natural gas superstar, with assets from Mexicao to Alaska and Vancouver to Sable Island.... Tells in passionate detail how, despite geological, geographical, regulatory, financial and political adversity, Westcoast Energy did the one thing that separates great companies from all the others. It never quit." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high quality copy. Book
