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Features: Savannah and the Vanderbilt - it took 10 races and 3 years to get this famous race south of the Mason-Dixon Line - major article with great photos; Joseph S. Coates - Perfectionist; No. 1 Dupont Owner - Stanley B. Smith of State College, PA; Twice Burned - Twice Restored - A Steam Saga of true devotion - Bob Bohaty has restored his Locomobile steamer twice; A Rare Six Cylinder Sixty Horsepower White; Automatic Transmission 1905 - Gas Au Lec - the Corwin Manufacturing Company of Peabody, Ma; Roving Reporter's Page; In Duster and Veil; National Winners; Prize-Winning 1924 Model T Station Wagon; Covered Bridge Tour; Tire conversion table for car and motorcycle tire and standard beaded edge car tires; Ford Facts - The Ruckstell Axel; Tips on Restorying; Reworking an EMF Rear End; Who was Victor Page?; Making Patent Leather Fenders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Cover portrait of Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. The War and the Worker - The Battles Round Hooge. The Battle of Rue D'ouvert and Stoney Mountain and the Struggle for Round Hooge. Photos and Illustrations: periscope attachment for rifles in action; 4-photo montage of England's youth making bombs; full-page photo of French troops removing their dead and wounded from a trench in Argoonne; Full-page photo portrait of Rear-Admiral Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee; Centerfold depicts munitions-making in England; multiple photos of anti-poison gas masks worn by allied troops; Flanders crater photo; Photo of captured German 'Flammenwerfer' or flamethrower/projector in use; and more. Sound unmarked copy with moderate wear. Book
Cover portrait of Major-General Michael F. Rimington - commanded the Indian Cavalry Corps at Douliens. The Great Drivve in the west and the Battle of Loos. The Conquest of Togoland and the Cameroon. Photos/Illustrations: British Gas attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt; Devastation near Loos; and many more. Above-average wear. Covers secured by tape. Book
In-4, brossura. Disponiamo di questa rara rivista mensile, delle annate complete dall’anno III, 1914, all’anno XIII, 1924. Dal 1922 la rivista aggiunge nel suo titolo:<br> Giornale della Federaz. naz. fra le ditte esercenti l'industria del gas (FED.IN.GAS)<br> Solo l’annata 1914 ha una mancanza alla prima pagina del primo numero. Ben conservata.
In 8, pp. 48 + (2) con 1 grande tav. f.t. in lit. piu' volte rip. Piccolo strappetto alla tav. Bruniture alle cc. Bella legatura romantica con cornici tip. e motivi floreali goffrati al p. ant. in oro su sfondo bianco e due medaglioni con figure femminili in rilievo. Relazione sull'industria del gas a seguito di una visita degli allievi della R. Scuola d'Applicazione degli Ingegneri di Torino alla Societa' dei consumatori. Argomenti: Combustbile adoperato. Edifizio di distillazione; Condensatori; Estrattore; Colonne a cok-purificatori; Misuratore del gaz fabbricato; Rapportatore grafico; Gazometri; Regolatore ed indicatore delle pressioni; Condotta; Misura del gaz consumato al becco.
258 pages. Features: Woodbury Soap photo ad features Joyce Edwards of Stamford CT and Russell Otis Washburn; Town of the Month - Palmer Lake, Colorado; Nice color Tide ad; Color ad for Midnight by Tussy; Color Campbell's Soup ad includes fruit cake recipe; Color Ivory soap ad features beauties; Miss Alma Shon; Kristin Holmberg of Erick, OK resembles the December 1949 cover girl of this magazine; Nice black and white photo in Warner's foundations and bras ad features three ladies; Color photo of Deborah Kerr in Lux ad; Color ad for Baker's chocolate chips; Nice color-photo ad for Jell-O puddings & pie fillings; Is that toy a delight or a danger?; Christmas toys for babies and toddlers; Nice color-photo ad for Heinz pickles; Color ad for Duz laundry saop; Lovely color 1952 Dodge car ad; How to choose a Christmas tree; Nice color-photo Ivory Snow ad; Small World - fiction by Margaret Cousins; The Beautiful Time - story by Ruth Branning Molloy; Madeline's Rescue - wonderfully illustrated story about the famous young girl created by Ludwig Bemelmans; Between Me and Myself - Christmas story by Mary Louise Bryan; Lovely color-photo illustrated article on 'Six Robes for Christmas Eve'; Color-photo article with gift wrapping ideas; Photos of Christmas door design ideas; Lovely vintage color-photo ad for New Prell shampoo; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Francis Irenee du Pont II; Jergens ad features photos of Lizabeth Scott, co-star of movie "Red Mountain"; Toni ad features photos of twins Jany and Joey Pope, plus Pat Barnard and Rita Daigle of New York; Two-color Kleenex ad features Little Lulu; Jergens ad includes photo of Gloria Swanson; 'Cooking with Gas' ad features Mrs. George J. Waddell of Kansas City, MO, and Mrs. Marc Wyse of Cleveland; Photo of Ray Milland in National Silver Co. ad; Photo of Vladimir Horowitz in RCA ad; Great vintage color ad for Cosco kitchen stools and high chairs; Fantastic color Coke ad features Santa with his list of good boys and girls; Fantastic color-photo ad for ITT's "Coolerator" electric range; Color Daystrom furniture ad; Very nice American Airlines ad inside back cover shows ticket agent serving lady holding hat box; Back cover Crisco ad; and much, much more. Somewhat above-average wear with one-inch opening to bottom of backstrip. A worthy copy of this charming vintage issue. Magazine
284 pages. Features: Town of the Month - Fairdale, Kentucky; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Mrs. Dee F. Bredin and her daughter; Color Ivory Soap ad features Barbara Britton; Color Prell ad features redhead; Shortness of Breath; Assignment in Hollywood; Warner's foundations and Bras ad features wild photo of ladies wearing strapless bras; Uninvited Jest - story by Harriet La Barre; Color Lux ad features Mona Freeman; Two-page color-photo Kelvinator fridge ad; Nice Jell-O ad features jellied saled; How to know a dishwasher is great; The child who is hard of hearing; American Gas Association ad features color photos of Mrs. C.E. Gibson of Chattanooga and Mrs. Kenneth Snyder of Lafayette, IN; Gorgeous color-photo Camay ad features Mrs. Jack Lawrence, the former Eileen Clarence of New York; When Children Go Along - driving article with great 'old days' photo of three kids playing inside back window of car - not wearing seat belts; Promise - story by Stella Currey; Foggy Night - story by Bob Patterson; How much should Veterinary Service cost?; The Devil's Trill - story by Paul Horgan (part 2 of 2); The Landlors - story by Eleanor Gilchrist; Women and the New War; Major Needlework coverage with beautiful color photos; Zozo ad features Curious George comic; Color Tide ad; Woodbury ad features photos of Joan Bennett; Color Hotpoint range ad; Color Duz ad; Toni ad features photos of Marilyn West, Eva Gernay, and twins Ann and Roxie Shumaker; Vintage Fire King Ovenware ad; National Silver Company ad features photo of Gregory Peck; Photo of Gloria Swanson in Jergens ad; Nice Drene shampoo ad; Color Avon ad features photo of Helen Hayes and her rep Mrs. Dorothy T. Swart of Nyack, New York; Sun-Wise Strategy; Photo of Kay Daumit in Lustre-Creme ad; Color Firestone Foamex ad features Dorothy Draper; Seth Thomas clock ad; Hot Breads; Susan Serves Ice Cream; Nice color ad for color Pyrex Ware; Nice color American Airlines ad shows lady waving farewell to her husband; Uncommone color ad for Elna sewing machines; Color-photo back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features Broadway star Lisa Kirk and the 'T-Zone'; and much, much more. Average wear with some openings along spine. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue. Magazine
110 pages. Map endpapers. Six sepia-tone plates. "A diary, written in the kitchens of French farmhouses, in muddy dug-outs, and other unromantic places, and sent home to friends from time to time. In most cases the account was written within twenty-four hours of the events described. Its sole justification is that it is a record of facts, experiences, and emotions, before the facts had become tinged with fiction, the experiences had lost their original sharpness, and the emotions had been erased by the moving finger of time." - Preface. William Boyd [1885-1979] recounts his experiences in hellish Allied hospitals of WWI. He went on to become a prominent Canadian pathologist. Publisher's green cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering. Multiple ink stamps upon front free endpaper. Frequent markings to contents, mostly in pencil. Frontispiece almost loose, otherwise moderate wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this stark WWI account. Cooke [3] p.159, Enser p.402, Book
59 pages. A small but information-packed booklet prepared for the guidance of the Canadian public by the Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions during the second world war. "This is a valuable booklet and the supply is limited. Preserve it carefully, study it, and have all members of your household do likewise." - from back cover. Provides surprisingly comprehensive yet practical guidance on many topics including: Types of War Gases (tear, nose irritant, lung irritant, blister, blood destroying, Paralysing, and other); How gas is likely to be used (gas bombs, gas sprays, poison smokes); How weather conditions and surroundings affect gas. How to detect gas; How to protect yourself (13 pages); The civilian respirator (gas mask) - 10 pages; First aid for gas casualties; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Minor moisture exposure to back cover. Despite its age, this work is still full of very practical and valuable information. Quality copy. Book
34 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Cover photo of Booth & Nagle's prototype gas station; Chicago's 1972 Award Buildings; Oak Park's Historic District; The I.C. Air Rights Project; A Decatur Architectural Firm - Spangler, Beall, Salogga & Bradley (SBS&B); and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
279 pages. Profusely illustrated. "Provides the basic principles of operation and application of commercial and industrial gas burner systems as applied to commercial and industrial space heating equipment." - from Preface. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Name clipped from top of title page. Binding tight. A sound copy. ISBN 091985222x. Book
96 pages. Features: Bats Fly Too - 'Bats' Trevor came within an Ace of Death before a flaming raider in the NIght Skies of London showed that Bats fly best at night; Battlefleet in Blue - A short moment of intense fright upon an Aircraft-Carrier; The Colonel Remembers - A Dramatic Story of Warfare in the Desert; Thunderbirds Fly Fast - Dick Reynolds was almost the Perfect Pilot of the Canadian North; The Gas Cow - Down from the clouds above the western front fell a strange derelect of the skies; Behind the Lines - An R.F.C. Officer experiences the Dark Labyringhts of Espionage; and more. Above-average wear. Small doodle upon front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Cover portrait of Sir Robert S. Horne, K.C., M.P., Minister of Labour. Please note: does not include colur map. Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Demobilisation of the British Army", with photos. Centerfold photos of captured German booty, including a large cache of gas shells at Luttre, Belgium. Chapter CCCVIII - The Demobilisation and Resettlement of the War Workers, with photos. Chapter CCCIX - The Wonders of Wireless in the War, with photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: The case against fallout shelters, by Hanson W. Baldwin; Kennedy's Grand Strategy - how we can counter Russian aggression, yet avoid nuclear war; People on the way up - Barbara Dodd, Frederic Chapin, James Messler - the Star Farmer of America, Geraldine Pearson; Hell Creek Crossing - a story excerpted from the newest work of William Faulkner; Phyllis Diller - the unlikeliest star (funny!); Where are those dream cars? - a car that drives itself, uses no gas and runs without wheels is more than idle speculation (conclusion); Holidays at Sea - cruisemaster Mike Burke runs a profitable fleet of pleasure boats; Why do they call my husband crazy? - Jim Piersall's wife tells of her husband's illness - and recovery; Krishna Menon - the Wasp of New Delhi - India's left-leaning chief delegate to the UN - terrible-tempered, anti-American and prime planner of the Goa invasion. Front cover loose but present, otherwise average wear. Book
98 pages. Features: United States Lines one-page color-photo ad features Colonel and Mrs. Leon Mandel of Chicago, Mr. & Mrs. Russell V. Downing of New York, and Mr. & Mrs. Allyn H. Barber of Pasadena; Chlorine gas leak near Labarre, LA; Special Report on "The House That Sam (Rayburn) Built"; Heavy snow in New York City; Short Mardi Gras article with photo; Classy one-page color-photo ad for American Airlines; Two-page ad for Metrecal weight control products; Photo of people reaching for food aid in Congo; War and Revolution come to the Watusis, the Bahutus, and the Pygmies; Adolph Eichmann formally indicted on fifteen charges; Photo of passengers being pushed into Tokyo train (shirioshi); centerfold Goodyear ad loose but present; Passengers of hijacked Portuguese luxury liner Santa Maria safe; Dodge Lancer color photo ad shows misty lady dressed in white in background; One-page photo of Jerry Lewis with large sucker in Consolidated Paper ad; Chimp sent up on rocket from Cape Canaveral; What Makes a Prima Donna?; Meet Eileen Farrell; Photo and brief article on college hockey phenom Phil Latreille; Passing of Eugene Dennis, Perry W. Howard, Anna May Wong, Dorothy Thompson, Alphonse Picou and John Zahnd; Tax Reform; Scantlin Electronics and John R. Scantlin; Article on pending national fresh water shortage and possible remedies; Henry Hazlitt on 'Pledges vs. Policies'; Interesting color-photo ad inside back cover presents the huge accounting machine made by National; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
46 pages. Features: Editorial - "Let's Stay Live"; Game Outlook; Nice one-page two-colour ad for Weaver Scopes, made by the W.R. Weaver Co.; Half-page illustrated ad for the Pintail Sleeping Robe (sleeping bag) by Edward Lipsett Ltd.; Game Maps of B.C. 1957-58, Quick Reference; One-page photo ad for Little Brown Jug G&W Rye Whisky features four-man quartet with piano and banjo; The "Pheasants Unlimited" Program at Vernon, B.C. - article with photo of Bud Pratt and Mort Paige; Ad for Boat, Rod & Gun located in Vancouver at Seventh (near Kingsway) features large photo of well-known gun expert Bill Jagoe; Uncommon one-page, two-colour ad for Royalite gas stations; Where to Go Fishing; Clay Chips - article with photos of Frank Cooper, Frank Turner, Joe Williams, and Doug, Tommy and George Freeman; B.C. Game Commission ad inside back cover entitled "Ready For the Field" offers advice for hunters; Shooting competition results; Nice colour cover photo of Big Horn sheep; Many additional nostalgic ads. Pencilled name atop front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Ad inside front cover for the Avco gas turbine-powered hydrofoil landing craft; One-page photo ad for the Boeing-Vertol HC-1B Chinook helicopter in flight; NATO & Guerillas - 3 questions and some expert answers; Guerrilla War and U.S. Military Policy - A Study; Street Without Joy - France's 8-year battle against Communist infiltration in Indochina; Mao's Primer on Guerrilla War; Guerrilla Warfare in Underdeveloped Areas; Guerrillas, Small Wars, and Marines; The Company Fights Guerrillas; Photo ad for Bell Helicopters features the HU-1B; 1-page photo ad for the Hiller TEN99 helicopter; Transfers and Promotions; McDonnell Phantom II ad on back cover; and more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 119- 152 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Saskatchewan's Oil and Gas - major article with many excellent photos including Tommy Douglas on the podium; Some Birds of Canada; The Canals of England; The Craft School of Fundy; Voyages of Discovery - British Columbia; Canadair one-page ad with illustration of their Sparrow II guided missile; and more. Faint date stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Lovely full-page ad for Benger's Food; Front page photo of the King - Chief Mourner of the Unknown British Warrior; Article by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of notable world events in the news; Sport and Earnest - photos of notable events at home and abroad; Photos of personalities of the week; Illustrations and photos of the famous pall-bearers for the unknown warrior; Full-page photo of the H.M.S. Verdun; Gassing the Gassed - photos of Paris Doctor Arnold's apparatus for curing victims of Germany's poison gas weapons; Colour centerfold (loose but present) illustrates the burial place of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey; Excellent colour full-page ad for Treloar Carpets; Rare photo of doubl-column of fume and incandescent gas 40,000 feet high rising from the Hawaiian volcano, Mauna Loa; The Greatest Poison Trial of Modern Times - The Greenwood Case at Carmarthen - with illustrations of the dramatis personae and a view of the court in session; Full page ads for Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky, Cadillac automobiles, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and smaller ads for other auto manufacturers. Full-page Michelin ad inside back cover missing chips, as is two-colour ad for McClinton's Colleen Toilet Cream on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint ink stamps on front cover. External advertorial coverfold mostly open. A worthy copy. Book
Features/Photos: Large feature on Mexico; Belfast Troubles - several photos; The election; Oil and gas search in the North Sea; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Magazine
Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert C.O. Plumer, K.C.B. The fighting around the Persian Gulf. Centerfold shows two wide photos of first the British Cyclist Section, then the Regiment of chasseurs Alpins, marching past General Joffre and others. Botha's Victorious Campaign in German South-West Africa. Photos and illustrations: The first territorial V.C. - Second-Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley, of the Queen Victoria Rifles; Three Highlanders who defeated fifty Huns; Poison gas; Camera pictures of the campaign in the Persian Gulf; Full-page photo of General Joffre with Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig at the front; Indian Cavalry; 10th Mule Corps; Map of German South-West Africa; Map of Mesopotamia; General Smuts; and much more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
In 8, pp. 124 con 3 tavv. in fine inc. all'acq. piu' volte rip. Rinforzo al dorso. Br. ed. Extrait du Tome des Annales des mines, 1843. Poco comune opera di questo ingegnere chimico francese che qui analizza il procedimento per la produzione e l'uso del gas combustibile in metallurgia mediante la trasformazione dei combustibili solidi in gas (carbone, legna e torba).
161 pages. Index. 117 figures. "A complete, self-contained discussion of hydrodynamics for geologists and geophysicists actively searching for accumulations of oil and gas." - from back board. Corporate library stamp upon front free endpaper and fore-edge else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Quality copy. Book
70pp VG/none original editorial green cloth, bright gilt lettering on front board and spine, faint traces of label on lower spine, may lack the first preliminary blank page(?), title page lightly browned on margins, with stamp and small numbered sticker, folding plate facing p.41 loose, however in very good coinditions overall. A nice copy, from the library of Dugald Clerk, the famous Scottish engineer who designed the first two-stroke engine. A scarce book in first edition. Translated from the French in the Revue de Mecanique by Bryan Donkin, with 38 figures, some included as folding plates.
144 pages. Features: The Terrible Williamsons - this elusive clan preys on suckers; Red Alarm in the Middle East; He Always Says 'We'll Win" - Stanford Coach Chuck Taylor; Hunters Never Had it So Good; Duke of the Disc Dealers; Inside the Asylum - part 4 - psychiatrist at work; The Secret of Shining Brook - part 1 of 8; The Guns of Navarone - part 6 of 8. Short Stories: A Sporting Proposition; The Sensible Type; The Fix is On; Breakup. Ads: Magnavox Videorama - the world's finest television; Beautiful two-page ad for the (orange) 1957 ('57) Chevrolet (Chevy); International TD-24 crawler-dozer; Two-page color ad for International dump trucks; Campbell's Soup; General Electric TVs; Texaco gas stations; Hotpoint TVs; Jell-o; Acme Cowboy Boots; Caterpillar; Hertz - 2-page ad featuring the '57 Chevy; Lifesavers; Browning shotguns; Remington Rand calculators and adding machines; Detroit Diesel - with mining illustration; Eaton Tandem Axles ad features trucker Gerald E. Riddle of Gary, Indiana; Mack Trucks - two color page ad featuring a petroleum well-drilling scene; Hart Schaffner & Marx; Ford Trucks ad mentions Mickey Adley, Clarence Landwig and Clyde Freeman; Color-photo Coke ad on back cover features formally dressed couples. Above-average wear. Moderate moisture exposure. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine