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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,
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
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
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
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
Roma, 1915, 31 ottobre, firma Tomaso di Savoia Duca di Genova, Zupelli, Corsi, pag. 2 + 8 regolamento
36p. Numerous illustrations. Slightly soiled. Tall thin 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly soiled on front cover. Nice example. AUTO/1
dispensa sulle turbine a gas, lezioni dell'accademia navale di Livorno, corso ufficiali
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.
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
287 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Detailed diagrams. Features "Canada Tru-Lay steel wire rope for every purpose". Contents include: Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes; Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering data; Glossary. Diagrams of the High Lead, North Bend/Tight Skyline, Skidder, Slack Line, and Tyler Systems of log transport. Great series of photos demonstrating how to splice a very thick wire rope. Decorated black imitation leather covers. Prior owner's detaills inside front cover. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Average soiling and wear. A worthy copy of this nostalgic, interesting and informative volume. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: "All circuits are busy; I will call you" - the phrase of operators dealing with heavy traffic; Good-bye to the Seymour and Trinity manual offices - photos; Photo of the ladies of the Nelson small bore rifle club; adding switching equipment in Victoria; Gas masks, helmets, and more in Alma operating room - photo; Action photo of the First Vancouver Cadet Training Corps; Record load of telephone calls handled in B.C. in 1942 - article and photos; George Friend - Alma plant man - article and photos; Second birthday of the Van-Tel Credit Union; A few lines from the front lines - parts of letters from phone men on active service; John Jessop dies - photo and article; Back cover wartime announcement "Be Careful What You Say"; Photos of females filling in for males in the Vancouver Engineering department; Victory Bond ad.; Wire Shortage - here's why; "Behind the Lines!" - by George Matthew Adams; Wartime Problems of Telephone Business set forth in Annual Report; Great Cheque mystery solved by new payroll machine - 2 pages of photos and text; Popular traffic official dies - Robert A Henderson; Honour Roll, World War II; Honour Roll, World War I; Credit Union article; Letter by operator Elsie Forman; variety of photos emphasizing wartime parts shortages and recycling; Victory Bond ad.; E.E. (Slim) Sinden, wire chief at Chilliwack; Operator's form association; Roland Arthur Chute, former Kamloops Manager, retires; John Sowerby - survived fire and earthquake to become a phone man - article and photos; P.J. (Pete) McCormick retires; Illustrated letter from G.R. Peakes, Major-General, G.O.C.-in-C., Pacific Command, saluting the telephone industry; Many additional war photos/content; Using phones to report forest fires; Article on operator 'Quiz Kids' - information operators; honour roll of employees who have joined the war effort; Oliver Plant man Reuben Echlis retires; article from Reader's Digest arguing for wartime wage and price controls; James D. Baker passes away; William Henry Cooke retires; Update from Pipe-Major Edmund Esson in Sicily; Ex-operators rally to aid of telephone company, including newspaper ad.; Miss Leonie Michaud retires; Hockey star and telephone man Leslie Steel dies in Vancouver; many wonderful Victory Garden photos; war bond ad; Victory Loan depends on the Phone; Introducing Jack Veitch; Ads showing the wartime contributions of operators; in memory of Henry G. E. Goult; Victoria construction gang at work in photos; Photo of Victoria's operators at work; Farewell to Ernest F. Helliwell; Cranbrook operator, Minnie Egan, retires; Edward Dawson dies suddenly; Sergeant James Clark, R.C.A.F., reported a missing; Ernest S. Harris bids farewell; Cover photo of Pilot Officer Gordon Heselton, the first B.C. man to win a decoration in WWII (with story inside); photo of '25 club' war savings stamp booklet; 40 miles of phone bills - many photos; Record long distance load in 1943 but local calls show decline; John D. Johnston, general commercial manager; Full page instructions with the heading "Strict Conservation of Paper now a Necessity"; Jim Baigent and Arthur (Pop) Harness retire; "Lick Stamps to Lick Hitler" on back cover of one issue; Telephone Talk is shrunk to conserve paper; Net Revenue decrease in 1943; Full-page article o Book
40 pages. Oblong 12" x 9.5". Circa 1923. Profusely illustrated with glorious contemporary black and white photos. Considerable supporting text. A sumptuous promotional work intended to highlight the investment potential of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and its subsidiary companies: Vancouver Power Company Limited; Vancouver Island Power Company Limited; Western Power Company of Canada Limited; Vancouver Gas Company Limited; Victoria Gas Company Limited. Very attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon chocolate brown front cover. Clean and fresh with very light wear. Discrete prior owner's name atop front cover. Two short openings to fore-edge of front cover. An exceptional and rare copy of this exquisite vintage item. Book
Book is in excellent condition with some foxing on the top page ends as the only flaw, otherwise pristine with price clipped front end paper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, fading to spine, no tears now wrapped in clear protective cover. 206 pages with photo exploded diagrams of subject guns and cannons with numered parts, very detailed discription of parts, their function, disassembly, assembly.
Book is in excellent condition with very minor indications of use only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 19 edition. B&W photos throughout with a color section up front displaying how in 1971 you can not only have a successful fireplace but a mod haircut AND a big beard, wear ski pants and have black friends. Contents include: Parade of fireplaces, planning your fireplace, For appearance's sake, Fireplace history, Conventional fireplaces, Heat circulating fireplaces, Pre-built, Electric & gas, Open fire cookery, Tending the fire, Fireplace difficulties. 104 pages with architectural drawings, diagrams, charts, tables, mechanical drawings.
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 4, pp. 16 con ill. in b/n n.t. Br. ed. Catalogo delle cucine a gas di questa ditta svedese.