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20 pages. Features: Half-page photo of President Ayub addressing his countrymen from a train; The Grand Design - Pakistan's Second Five-Year Plan; Investment in Pakistan; Men with Missions - Aziz Ahmed and William Rountree; Pakistan - American Teamwork; Pakistan's Plan - A Blend of Public and Private Enterprise; Center page map of Pakistan with country statistics and photos; American's in Pakistan Granted "Tax Holiday"; An Objective Appraisal of the Second Plan; Pakistan's Clearning House for Investors; Investment Opportunities Pinpointed in East Pakistan; Natural Gas Unfolds Petro-Chemical Vistas; Many prominent advertisements by large corporations doing business with Pakistan. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Toning to periphery. Soiling to covers. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
352 pages including index and numerous black and photographic reproductions as well as some in colour. From primitive beginnings Canadian natural gas processing has grown into a massive industry capable of processing billions of cubic feet of gas per day, and capturing a high percentage of the valuable hydrocarbon liquids and sulfur found in the gas. Relates the tale of an industry growing up from an uncertain infancy to confident maturity; tells of the businessmen, scientists, engineers, operators and manufacturers who found the means, both competitive and cooperative, to turn Canada's raw gas into safe and reliable fuel and by-products. Prior owner's small ink stamp upon title page and top edge of textblock. Opening to lower corner of front board (with corresponding loss to dust jacket) otherwise, clean, bright and tight with very light wear. A quality copy. Book
160 pages. Index. Contents include: Round Strand Ropes; Galvanized Wire Ropes and Strands; Flattened Strand Wire Ropes; Special Wire Ropes; Wire Rope Fittings and Slings; Ordering Wire Rope; Handing Wire Rope; Socketing Wire Rope; Splicing Wire Rope; Attaching Clips; Wire Rope Recommendations for Construction, Quarries, Gravel Pits, Elevators, General Industry, Logging, Mines, Oil and Gas, Ships. Prior owner's name and date in marker inside front board. Couple of drops of paint near base of spine. Binding tight. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the Pope's Coronation; Photos of Representatives of Great Britain and other powers at the Papal Coronation; Full-page photo of the Pope's Open-Air Coronation on the Balcony of St. Peter's; Papal Coronation seen by a vaster crowd than ever before; The "Scapa Flow" of the Spanish Republican Fleet!; A Bronze Age Potter's Workshop - The First Found in Palestine - photos; Lachish - Traces of Nebuchadnezzar's Invasions - and Art Relics - photos; Two photos of the first white giraffe seen in Kenya - an adult "Albino" Bull; Among the "Red Men" of Ecuador - article with photos; How the Colorados Dye Themselves Scarlet and Trim their Hair - photos; Two dramatic photos of the sinking of the S.S. "Lillian" after a collission with the German freighter "Wiegand"; Royal Events and Activities of the Week - photos; Sultan of Perak Installed; The Japanese bomb Shumchun Market near Hong Kong - photo; Strange photo of gas mask for babies; Incredible colour photo of literally a "Red Indian" - a Colorado of Ecuador with skin and hair dyed scarlet from seeds of the blood tree and wearing a silver nose pin; Colour centerfold illustration of the only town established by the Romans in Wales - Venta Silurum; Photos of personalities of the week including Mahatma Gandhi, Field-Marshal Goering (in civilian clothes) and his wife, Colonel Rodriguez Lister, Dona Dolores Ibarruri; The Crisis in Slovakia - photos of leading personalities and turbulent scenes - Hlinka Guards; King of the late King George V. in St. George's Chapel; and more; Average wear. Centerfold and pages 411-416 loose but present. Pages 445-450 and any pages beyond page 452 missing. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Strange cover photo of British troops at spray gas drill - crouching under their protective clothing; Full-page photo of Churchill at the radio microphone - First Lord of the Admiralty; Two pages of photos illustrating the British Ministry of Information - how the censors do their work and the issuing of news to the press; Nice two-page photo of British tanks practising in a smoke screen; Two-page illustration of a German air attack on a British squadron in the North Sea on September 27th; One page graph illustrating the ebb and flow of income tax rates1800 through 1939; Photos illustrate the transformation in England wrought by the war - urban and rural scenes; Poland crushed by two invaders - twelve photos; Dramatic photo of two British vessels at work - black smoke streaming from one of them; Photos of Poland and her destroyers; The Turkish mission in London; Nice full-page photo of a camouflaged long-range British gun with "Balloon Tyres"; Photos of people and events in the news, including a Dutch air liner attacked by Germany; 10 photos of various styles of gas mask container; German and Russian Maneouvres - article by Cyril Falls; 10 photos from behind the French lines; Interesting full-page photographic guide to the rations of the British field force; Five great photos of British troops en route to the front; Various photos of self-defence at home; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. First two pages loose but present. Two pages probably missing from back. 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.
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
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.
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]
<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)
80 pages. Features: The passing of L. Edward Pamphilon, 1909-1964; Apple Blossom Meet; Automobiles of the Old Dominion - Dawson Auto-Mobile, Kline Kar, and Piedmont; Spring Meet Down South; 1935 8-Cylinder Pierce Arrow; "Cavalcade of the Car"; 1937 Model 812 Cord Victoria; Brooks Stevens' "SS" - a modern classic; Restored 1908 Thomas Flyer - new star at the Harrah Collection; The 1902 Black; Antique Adventurers #1; The American Motor Car Industry 1920; The "Help Yourself" Harrington coin-operated gas pump; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: The Duryea - American Quandary - major article with great photos/illustrations; The Silent Sentinel of the American Road (Part 1) - fantastic article on vintage American gas pumps with super illustrations; Ormond Beach Meet; The A.R. Cheek Collection; The 1931 Franklin Salon - magnificent illustrations; The 1907 American Tourist; Glidden or Bust!; Restoring Wood Wheels; 1910 Straker Squire; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
9.3" x 4.25" brochure which folds out to 25" x 18.5". Undated but circa 1950. One side is filled with informative photos and fine print describing many facets of the province of Alberta including: irrigation, climate, population, labour, education, unemployment insurance, communications, water, transportation, oil, oil soaked sands, natural gas, power resources, forestry resources, manufacturing, income tax, cost of living, commodity prices, wages, religion and family allowances. Reverse side blank. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice piece of Alberta ephemera. Book
80 pages. Features: The Evergreen Bentleys; The Blower Bentley; Our Man in Germany - Ernst H.E. Richartz; The Silent Sentinel of the American Road (Part 2) - Gas Pumps - fantastic article with great photos; Road test of the Supercharged 4.5 Litre Bentley which appeared in Autocar magazine in September, 1930; Climb to the Clouds - Mount Washington, July 1904; Start of a Love Affair - The American and His Car; Mercer Pioneer Passes - Finley Robertson Porter, 1872-1964; The Knights at Indy; Antique Automobile Index - 1963; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
98 pages. Features: 13 Easy-sell mail order items; $100 and up starts 9 low-cost businesses; $500 starts a bike rental agency; $3,500 opens a standard gas station; 11 ways retirees can increase income; 44 hot new lines for specialty salesmen; Used Guns - A Booming Business. Heavy external wear with chip from front cover and loss to bottom of backstrip. A fascinating snapshot of American self-employment opportunities in the mid-1960s. Book
Features: Through Clouded Eyes - Gas Masks and the Canadian Corps in the First World War; The Making of Public History - a comparative study of Skansen Open Air Museum, Sweden, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia; La question de l'interculturalite en archeologie - l'exemple d'une region du Subarctique oriental; Making a House a Home - company housing in Cape Breton Island; Newfoundland outport furniture - identifying the Irish Regional Links. Exhibit Reviews: Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840; Clothing in Two Acts; Musee des Arts decoratifs de Montreal, Le plaisir de l'objet - nouveau regard sur les arts decoratifs du XXe siecle. Media Reviews: CBC and BBC - Dawn of the Eye; Our Secret Century - Archival Films from the Darker Side of the American Dream. Fifteen book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
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
In 8o, pp. 69, br., 1 tavv. piu vv. rip. f.t. Interessante operetta sulla nuova forma di illuminazione artificiale (588/ ILLUMINOTECNICA - GAS - FISICA - VENEZIA - CHIMICA - GEOLOGIA)
