Hick, W.B.M.MareMagnum
393 résultats
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 450 pages with a great many photos, mostly in b&w. Chapters, with a large number of sub-chapters, include Rail corridors through the Cordillera to Canada's two Pacific gatways; The first Pacific gateways to overseas treade; The gateways 1917 to 1929 -- Panama extends Vancouver's reach to atlantic markets; A visual record of the gateway ports and the men who moved to cagoes 1843 to 1918; The depression years 1930 to 1938; The war years 1939 to 1945; The gateways 1946 to 1970 -- new markets for bulk commodities -- etc. for a total of eleven chapters ending with The facilities needed to handle overseas treade to 2020.
164 pages. Features: Three Main Ocean Routes Urged; $27 Million Ago - last month the Canadian government took over air bases established by the U.S. in the Hudson Bay area; Captain W.R. "Wop" May Goes North Again; de Havilland Assembly; The Magic Merlin; Report from Ottawa; London Report; Trends in Washington; Australia's Score; Air Board Claims Denied; "Gas Inn"; The Elusive Auster; Dinghy Drill; Children Save Pennies for Planes; Mark XIV Bombsight; Maintaining the Wasp Engine; Easily Made Wing Jig; New Equipment; and more. Many pages of excellent WWII advertisements by a wealth of prominent companies. Front cover beginning to loosen. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
472 pages. Name atop front cover. Average soiling, yellowing and wear to card covers. Some tearing at foot of spine. A detailed estimate of Canadian energy consumption and production between 1990 and 2010. Chapter titles include: Outlook for oil prices and Canadian economic performance; Natural Gas and Electricity Prices; Energy Demand; Electricity; Natural Gas; Crude Oil and Equivalent; Natural Gas Liquids; Coal; Sources and Uses of Electricity; Environmental Implications; and Conclusions. 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
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
32 pages. Features: Cover photo looking up the Yukon River from the wheelhouse of a sternwheeler; Why Not From Krupps to Japan - an anti-Japan rant by Sahonovitch; And Why Not Join the U.S.?; "Delate Klush Muck-A-Muck" - article with fantastic photos of the native eulachon (oolichan) industry; There's Gougers in Them Thar Hills; From Montana to the Klondyke - Part 1 of 3 - The Stikine Trail to Telegraph Creek and Dawson City (1897); Now is the time to join the Registered Trappers Association; The Hospital Insurance Act; politically incorrect African cartoon; Great New Natural Gas Wells Favor Westcoast Line (with map of the Northwest Alberta and B.C. Natural Gas Field); Nice photo Finning ad shows a Caterpillar bulldozer dragging a scraper; Dozens of nostalgic local ads. Faint date stamp atop front cover otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
36 pages. Features: British Columbians All; Can We Learn From History?; Letters; Pioneer Pilots of the Skeena - article with great photos; Our We Slaves to Our Clocks?; 210 Miles on Horseback - in 55 degrees below - to attend the funeral of Charlie Fortier, Chief of the Chu Chua Indians; Nature Oddities; Wonder-Weed Ramie Grass Would Revolutionize Textile Industry; B.C. History - Finance and Early Vancouver Island Events; Some Observations of a Rambling Angler; The Monument - poem by an unknown author; Frontal Attack - From the Rear! - a skunk story; The Mighty Hunter; "Pacific Pete" in Big Program - Westcoast's ammended all-Canadian natural gas pipeline route to Vancouver and cities of the U.S. pacific coast; Stewart, B.C. - article with photos; Nice ads on covers include Finning, the Yukon Brewery Syndicate, Port Hope Garage Ltd., and The Charles Hotel; Dozens of nostalgic local ads, some with photos. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of gold panning on Eldorado Creek in 1898; B.C. Could Lose Peace River Block - If Southerners Don't Wake Up; Trapping is My Meal Ticket - article with photos; From Montana to the Klondyke - Part 2 of 3 - The Winter of 1897-1898 around Dawson City, in the words of Frank R. Miles, June 23, 1898 - article with great photos; Progress Report - Gas at an Estimated 70 lbs pressure blows mud from Kersley Oil & Gas Co. Test Hole - article with great photos; Sixth Annual Convention of Trappers' Association; Alcan Kitimat Plant Preparations; Red Cross Hospital at Alexis Creek; Nice Finning ad on back cover for the Caterpillar D4 with scraper; Dozens of nostalgic ads for local businesses. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Cm. 21,5 x 15; pp. 75 (1) con 5 tavv. in litografia più volte ripiegate; copertina in carta sottile; cucito.<BR>CONDIZIONI MOLTO BUONE (etichetta di smembrata biblioteca privata al contropiatto; piccol aperdita all'angolo sup. sx del retro di copertina e dell'ultima pagina - rosicchiatura?).<BR>Rarissimo!
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.
dispensa sulle turbine a gas, lezioni dell'accademia navale di Livorno, corso ufficiali
36p. Numerous illustrations. Slightly soiled. Tall thin 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly soiled on front cover. Nice example. AUTO/1
Roma, 1915, 31 ottobre, firma Tomaso di Savoia Duca di Genova, Zupelli, Corsi, pag. 2 + 8 regolamento
312 pages. Index. "Covers all aspects of war gas. The history of the subject is covered as are the men behind the story, the various classifications of gases according to their composition and physiological effects, tables, figures, statistics, and all other pertinent material. The author has kept in mind the practical military applications of the gases as well as protection against them - he reveals a thorough understanding of the whole subject, its past history and future possibilities." - from dust jacket. Formerly of the U.S. Air Force Library at Fort Bragg, N.C. Usual library markings. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Book mildly musty with above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy of this fascinating reference. Book
317 pages. Signed and inscribed by Deane Finlayson and author upon front free endpaper. "The story of a journey of one man's life, tracing his roots and then the starting and raising of his family, but mostly leaving an indelible mark on all who have met him." - from dust jacket. Mr. Finlayson was instrumental in Nanaimo history with prominent activity related to Woodgrove Mall, Piper's Lagoon, and Neck Point. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Book
46 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for International Trucks; One-page Memeograph ad includes exquisitely detailed illustration of their machine; Follow the Swallow - fiction by Lucian Cary; It's Safe to Fly - photo illustrated article by Commander Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N.; The Private Life of novelist John Erskine; Big Business (fiction by Lawrence Perry); When They're Not Working - two pages of wonderful photos of notables recreating, including Bruce Barton, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H.C. Witwer, Charles M. Schwab, Sir Harry Lauder, Ty Cobb, H.I. Phillips, Mme. Schumann-Heink, Emil Jannings, Tony Sarg, and John Philip Sousa; The Jack Dempsey - Jack Sharkey boxing match; Homer Gets Busy (fiction by Frank Condon); My Best Girl (fiction by Kathleen Norris); Every Germ In Its Place - suggestions to reduce doctor's bills; The Hope Chest (fiction by George S. Brooks); In by the Back Door - Tenor Edward Johnson; This Immoral Age (fiction by George Weston); Robin Hood - Infamous New York businessman Jim Fisk; Wonderful one-page ad for Chambers Fireless Gas Ranges features nostalgic photo of young lady in dress in flight after a backswing playing tennis; Nicely illustrated Timken Bearing ad looks into electric furnace. Back cover General Tire and Rubber Company ad features a Paul Gerding painting of "The Flight of Lindbergh" by W.A. Byrnes. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Covers held by one staple. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
78 pages. Articles: Traffic Traps for Tourists - unjust arrests in many parts of the U.S.; Red Clouds over Olympus - Life in Greek village of Magoula is miserable under the Communists; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 13) - from Cairo to Teheran - the first meeting with Stalin;.Sunday Dinner - lady in the kitchen; Pot Shots by One Shot Ross - Boxing Manager Wirt Ross; "There Goes Rusty" - one of the world's fastest greyhounds. Fiction: Plenty of Time for Love; The Inspector had a Wife; The Fugitive; The Logger and the Lady; River Crossing; An Affair of State (part 3 of 4). Ads include: Studebaker cars; Vitalis (with Bob Feller); Philco radio-phonographs; Firestone "Super-Balloon" tires; Gillette Blue Blades (2-pages in color); Kaiser-Frazer cars (centerfold); Pllymouth; "Good Sam" movie with Gary Cooper; Schlitz beer; GM Electro-motive division; Coke - shows Coke machine at gas station; Texaco - shows young lady water skiing; Rice-Stix; U.S. Army; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked with moderate wear and minor bits of moisture exposure to top and bottom edges. A sound vintage copy. Book
Book is very clean. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows signs of shelf wear only, small tears. A few pages are highlighted. 483 pages. A collection of about 45 articles on the subject by a collection of authors. Each chapter contains 4 - 10 articles. Chapters include: Combustion models, Cumbustor design and phenomenology, Otical measurement techniques; Absorption-emission and resonance techniques; Scattering measurements,; Interferometry; Probe measurement in laminar flows,; Probe measurement in turbulent flows,; Particulate measuements in combustion,
In 4? (cm 30,5), Manoscritto, pagg.4 manoscritto in chiara e bella grafia, capitolato composto da 13 articoli e sottoscritto dal Sindaco Adriano Grazia, dall'assessore Mei Tito, dal supplente Vici Vincenzo e dal segretario Cesare Emidotti, ben conservato
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
Cm. 32, br. edit., pag. 32 (4) più 4 tavole fotografiche ed una bella carta geografica della provincia di Modena ripiegata f.t.. Interessante studio sulla presenza di petrolio a Modena. Ottimo esemplare.
pp. xi, 115. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Tall 32mo. Original printed paper wraps, lettered and decorated in red. Small loss at edges. Stamped number ownership on rear cover. Nice copy. Includes an unusual plea for illumination by gas lamps. PRESS/W39
P;, Sté pour le développement de l'industie du gaz, 1955. In-8 relié demi toile bleue, plats papier jaune, 365 pages, quelques illustrations. Bel exemplaire
IN-8°, PP. 268 (6), DIAGRAMMI IN NERO N.T., TAVV. (FOTOGRAFIE) COL. F.T., BROSS. EDIT., SOVR. ILL. COL., OTTIMO STATO (F/F), (GRANDI OPERE. STORIA DELL'IMPRESA. SERIE DIRETTA DA VALERIO CASTRONOVO). PST 157 A
Bari, Laterza, 1990, in-8, br. editoriale con sovraccoperta, pp. XII, 268. Con 75 illustrazioni in b.n. e a colori f.t. Ottime condizioni.
