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200 pages. Features: Cover photos of Charles de Gaulle; Attractive fashion ads; One-page RCA Victor ad for Sid Caesar's album "Little Me" says "Sex, Caesar and Song"; Peugeot 404 ad; Fallacies and Facts About Automation; Photos of scenes in France; A Long Look at Stalin Ten Years Later - remembered as 'a man who did dreadful things but built a great power'; Fourteen Clues to Washington News - article on Washington correspondents with nice photo of JFK at press conference; The Brave 'Buddelers' of Berlin - photo-illustrated article on the daring escapes by tunnel by refugees from Communist Germany; What Drives Bobby Kennedy (RFK)?; Is Communism a Menace? - Bertrand Russell's Answer; The Crime of Art-Napping - famous paintings around the world are being stolen; Hubert Humphrey's ideas for making legislators more effective; The Number of Special-Purpose Organixations (Clubs) is on the Upswing; Photos and illustrations from Victorian times; Beautiful one-page color-photo Monet Jewelry ad; Spokesman for Darwin, and for Science; General Tom Thumb's Fairy-Tale Wedding; Photo of Charles Sherwood Stratton (General Tom Thumb) at age 18; What Makes a Safer Driver Safe?; Quest for the Best Hotel in the World; Radiant color-photo centerfold ad for Wamsutta features five gorgeous models in dresses; Stiffel Lamps ad; Nice one-page ad for the 1963 Ford Mercury Comet Sportster hardtop - white two-door with sheepdog in front; Macy's Home Food Service; United States Lines ad features color photos of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald BAlcom with Mrs. Andre Embiricos plus Mr. Barry Bingham, Miss Carrie Anna Crockett, Mr. Richard Lewis and Miss Suzanne Francoeur; Sketches of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction; Photos of Navy Seals in training; Fashion photos of women's exotic head wrappings; Plight of the brand new parent; Photos of fireplaces used as furniture; Crossword completed in pencil; Pfaff sewing machine ad entitled 'pfun'. Please note that page 113/14 is missing, otherwise this copy shows average wear and is unmarked. An interesting vintage copy Book
178644231786 Amsterdam, Changuion and van Harrevelt, 1786. 3 volumes petits in8, 8 gravures dépliantes, , 299, (1) pp.; 300 pp., 330 pp., reliures postérieures (milieu XIXe s.)1/2 basane verte, dos lisse à filets dorés, texte correct quelques brunissures en marge de quelques feuillets,complet.-
Pages 353-396. Features: Classy colour-illustrated ad for B.O.A.C. and their new De Havilland Comet features the plane flying over the waterfonrt of a large city; Great cover photo of new Avro A698 bomber on runway; Nice one-page ad for the Hawker Hunter aircraft by the Hawker Siddeley group; Six photos from the Farnborough Exhibition present the Gloster Javelin, Bristol Britannia, Vickers Valiant, Vickers supermarine Swift, Avro A698 and Blackburn and General Aircraft Universal Freighter; Photo of crowd gathered around the record-breaking Canberra jet bomber which performed the first double-crossing of the Atlantic in a day; Photos of Barrogill Castle, in Caithness, which was recently purchased by the Queen Mother; Photos of the survivors of the Hermes IV aircraft crash off Trapani, Sicily; Five wonderful photos of the first Balinese dancers to visit London - Seductive temple dances and Gamelan music; Two-page cutaway illustration of the Comet flight simulator in operation; Centerfold illustration of the Canberra Jet Bomber which crossed the Atlantic twice in one day; Photos from the radio and television exhibition; Photos of personalities of the week, including the crew of the record-setting Canberra - Mr. D.A. Watson, Mr. R.P. Beamont (captain) and Mr. P. Hillwood; Interesting full-page aerial photo of the U.S. Navy's Hospital Ship 'Haven' at anchor in Korean waters, with specially constructed landing platforms for helicopters rigged on each side; Two photos of Jordan's new King Hussein; Photos of Lynmouth cleaning up after the flood and caravan homes for its victims; Nice colour ad for English Electric inside back cover shows train and happy station scene; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features golf putting theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
170445591(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1704). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences"". Année 1702. Pp. 101-134 and 4 folded engraved plates (celestial maps).
170445591Paris Jean Boudot 1704. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences". Année 1702. Pp. 101-134 and 4 folded engraved plates celestial maps. <br/><br/><em>First printing of these 5 papers accounting the observations of the comet. Bianchini and Maraldi discovered the comet in the morning sky on April 20 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a "nebulous star".An independent discovery was made by Maria Margarethe Kirch Berlin Germany on April 21 1702 and by Philippe de la Hire Paris France on April 24. The last observation of the comet was made by Bianchini and Maraldi on May 5 1702. </em> unknown
57498Paris, 1848-1851, 280x220mm, 290 + 342 + 338pages, demi-veau, dorure du dos passée, plats papier marbré.
[Figurato Lunigiana] (cm 15.4) Piena pergamena originale, titolo al dorso. - cc. 9 nn, pp. 678, cc.11 nn., Bella antiporta in rame con Ercole che trascina un gruppo di persone con la forza della parola. Pregiata edizione con curiose scritture sulla corte, cortigiani, favola, commedia, una composizione intorno alla cometa, lodi di S. Ignazio, S. Francesco saverio, Elisabetta regina del Portogallo, Fortuna ecc... Nonchè vari saggi accademici di Lenadro G, Malvezzi V, Pallavicino S., Rospigliosi G., A. Pandolfi, Giovannetti Fr. e molti altri. Per notizie sull'autore (1590-1640) di Sarzana, che fu cameriere d'onore di urbano VIII, vedi: Gerini "Scrittori Lunigiana" I 126, Giustiniani "Scrittori Liguri" 1667 I 24; Soprani "Scrittori Liguria" p. 280; Sommervogel V 661. Raro, manca a Bruni-Evans in Cambridge; BM. STC. Italian XVII; Autori italiani del '600, che cosa assai rara, erra gravemente considerando prima edizione quella del 1653, Graesse riporta lo stesso errore, probabilmente è prima edizione quella del 1625 citata da Michel-Michel, molte volte ristampata.Ultima carta bianca mancante, per il resto esemplare molto bello, nitido e genuino.* Michel-Michel V 141; *Graesse IV 436.[f73] Libro
2016x-1848218370Iste/Hermes Science Pub 2016. Hardcover. New. 327 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Iste/Hermes Science Pub hardcover
Pages 273 - 312. Features: Lovely colour ad for the De Havilland Comet used by British Overseas Airways Corporation shows plane in flight; Photos of avalanche terror in the Alps - engulfed villages; Great two-page photo of the start of the famous Tasman Ocean Yacht Race; Wow - two illustrated pages describe the Alberta tar sands "containing four times the rest of the world's known oil reserves"; Photos of personalities of the week, including Spain's first ambassador to Britain since 1946, Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, and his wife; Two pages of photos of the marriage of the Shah of Iran (Persia) to his new Empress, formerly Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari; Photo-illustrated article on the Life of John Maynard Keynes; The Gold Coast's first steps in democracy - election photos; Two pages of photos of U.N. troops in winter war action in central Korea; Centerfold photo of incredible devastation caused by the Mount Lamington eruption; Mice demonstrate road safety in Glasgow!; Photo of huge B 36 Bomber; Restoration of St. George's Hall, King's Lynn - believed to be England's largest medieval guildhall; photos of new French and British weapons; Photos illustrated how bulky files of newspapers are transfered to tiny rolls of microfilm; Amazing photos of lying squirrels in flight; Swedish ballets; Nice colour ad for Imperial Leather toilet powder inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Jacob & Co's Cream Crackers on back cover; and more. Cover holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 821-872.. Features: Pleasant colour Guinness ad inside front cover shows gourmet food - and a crying cow; Nice one-page ad for the Daimler Regency Mk II; Half-page Burbery's fashion ad; Swiss Watchmaker's ad features woodcut illustration of Everest climbers with oxygen tanks; Excellent one-page photo of solemn scene at the Cenotaph; The Queen Mother's visit to Washington; One-page photo portrait of Dr. Albert Schweitzer; Two-page photo montage of personalities of the week include Lord Colgrain, Field Marshal Von Kleist, General E.F. Morton, Freda Holland, Colonel Nasser, the Spartak Football Team from Moscow, and the Dalai Lama with Mr. Nehru in Peking; One-page photo fo the Queen conversing with performers at the Palladium; Lovely one-page colour photo portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Anne; Centerfold colour reproduction of painting of QE II playing piano at Sandringham; Lovely one-page colour photo portrait of the Queen Mother; Photos of the Queen Mother in New York; One-page photo of Monsieur Henri Matisse, who passed away November 3rd; Three large photos of reconstruction of the Comet which crashed near Elba; Brother of the Shah of Persia is killed in a plane crash; The first all-British motor scooter - the Albatross; Crowd of 200,000 in Trieste on November 4 for Armed Forces Day; Dior fashion show at Blenheim Palace; Japanese dancers in London; Wonderful Santa-themed colour ad inside back cover for Crawford Tartan Shortbread; Excellent colour ad on back cover for United States Lines; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 1069 - 1108. Features: Royal fashions at Ascot; Photos at Ascot which Elizabeth attended for the first time as Queen; Photos of the Swiss assault on Everest; Photos and illustration of British Railways' latest and largest car ferry - details of the Lord Warden; Ten Years ago at El Alamein - article with photos; A Russo-Swedish Incident - the Catalina shot down by MIG-15s in the Baltic - five photos and brief write-up of the plane piloted by Ensign Karl O. Arbin; Excavations at Nippur, the 4400 -year-old holy city of Sumeria and Babylonia; The Wedding of Inanna and Tammuz; Lovely 1952 Wimbledon photo montage over two pages features 20 of the top male and female competitors; 400th anniversary of Shrewsbury School; Recent royal sightings; Photos of people in the news, including The Maharani Seeta Devi Gaekwar of Baroda with her colt Aquino II which won the Ascot Gold Cup; One-page photo of Wimbledon match between Richard Savitt and Narish Kumar; Two photos show the growth of an island volcano, Didicas in the Philippine seas; Photos of Field Marshal Alexander touring military sites in Korea; Photos of Koje Island prisoners as order is restored under Brigadier-General Boatner; Nice one-page ad for the David Brown companies features their Aston-Martin and Lagonda cars; Nice colour ad for Nuffield cars inside back cover; Colour BOAC ad on back cover features their new Comet jetliner; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 365-404. Features: Colour photo ad for Gilbey's Spey Royal Whisky inside front cover; Classy one-page colour ad for Armstrong Siddeley Aero Engines with playing card theme; Nice one-page photo ad for Bristol features their aviation products; Propaganda cover photo from Egypt shows pouncing Egyptian about to bayonet a dummy; Two pages of photos related to the Suez crisis including Dulles, Nasser, El Said Abdel Rahman El Mahdi, R.G. Menzies, Dr. Aliquli Ardalan, Mr. Menon of India and Messrs Latgoba and Abdelgani from Indonesia; Page of photos related to cancelled Great Britain - U.S.S.R. athletics match - due to russian discus thrower Miss Nina Ponomareva being charged with the theft of five hats in London; Photos and news from Cyprus - Eoka's 'truce' ends, a hospital gunfight; Prison roof drama at Horfield Prison involving William Whitehouse; Re-opening ceremony at Cologne Cathedral; Photos of 16 personalities of the week, including Mr. J. L. Hodson, Sir Raymond Priestley, and expelled Egyptian diplomats Salah Kafafi and Hamdy Mohamed Nassef; One-page photo of funeral ceremony of Cardinal Griffin; Six photos of flooding in the border country; Excellennt two-page cutaway illustration of the new Comet 4A airliner; Two-page photo spread on rapidly rising Saudi Arabia; Impressive centerfold photo of filming battle scene for Stanley Kramer's movie "The Pride and the Passion"; Photo of the aerobatic team of 890 Squadron (Fleet Air Arm) in their Sea Venom 21 aircraft; Photos of porpoise 'Flippy'; Nice one-page colour ad for Double Diamond; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 761-808. Features: Nice colour ad for six models of Kodak camera inside front cover; One-page ad for the Daimler Conquest auto; Excellent half-page photo ad for Aston Martin entitled "From le Mans to Runnymede'; Dramatic photos of the result of the crash which slice off the bow of the British Railways ship 'Duke of York'; Royal photos; Phillip gets his wings; Jordan Revisited - article with photos of Jordan, King Hussein, Palestinian refugee camp; House-trained otter of Mrs. Puggaard in Denmark; Training horses for Coronation Day; Extensive rehearsals for Coronation Day; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brig.-General E.N. Tandy, Crown Prince Akihito; Edward Shanks, Monsieur C. Kastally of Tunis, and some members of the 1953 Everest Expedition to be led by Colonel John Hunt; Pablo Picasso with his 'Goat and Bottle' sculpture; The 280-mm artillery guns which willl be used to fire the world's first atomic shell in Nevada; Two pages of photos and information on Laos - its King and Capital, and the fortified plain of Jars; Centerfold photo of Everest from the 20,000 foot level on Pumori; Photos of mountain climbing training and practice with oxygen equipment prior to the English assault on Everest; Photos of Navy helicopters in Malaya; Photo of the Canberra bomber which set a new world altitude record, and her pilot, Wing Commander W.F. Gibb; Photo of wrecked B.O.A.C. Comet which crashed after takeoff from Calcutta on May2nd; M. Jean Rousseau's pocke submarine in action; Wow - photo of a very early drone - an Australian-designed Jindivik Mark I pilotless jet is tested at Woomera; Photo of the Short SB5 adjustable wing research aircraft in flight; Photos of the Queen's Faberge Beasts - lent for a London exhibition; Recent Royal photos; Photos of the latest British fighting vehicles - the Field Mouse, universal tracked carrier and Saracen infantry carrier; Photos of the Queen at the Old Vic to watch 'King Henry VIII"; Jumping Frogs; Colour-illustrated Good Year ad inside back cover features the coat-of-arms of James Andrew Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie; Nice colour-illustrated Dry Sack ad on back cover shows the Seville Cathedral; and more. Four-inch opening at top of coverfold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Let's stop Exalting Jerks - Marya Mannes suggests we knock our shabby idols off their pedestals; page 13/14 loose but present; The Genial Pope - John XXIII - busily making and breaking Church traditions - nice color photos; Struggle Inside the Supreme Court - gravely divided, yet exerting more influence on the country than ever, nine justices are near a showdown; Golden Voice of the Senate - Everett McKinley Dirksen dazzles Capital Hill with the elegance of his florid rhetoric and the flexibility of his political posture; Parents who Beat Children - a tragic increase in child abuse is prompting a hunt for ways to detect these sick adults; The Kind of Gal I Am (Part 2 of 3) - Rosalind Russell; Beautiful colour centerfold for the 1963 Pontiac Tempest; Nice color centerfold of the 1963 Mercury Comet; 3 nice color pages of 1963 Buick car ads; How to Succeed in Jail - status-seeking prisoners follow a code of morality which separates 'good thieves' from the bad; Cool Coach of the Horned Frogs - Abe Martin has made T.C.U. a football killer; My Bout with Gout - a baffling and chronic malady; Furious Foe of Traffic Jams - Henry Barnes is New York City's Traffic Commissioner. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Front cover photos of Churchill dropping in on the Eighth Army; Photos of British troops practising street-fighting tactics; Last Days at Stalingrad - the most catastrophic deteat inflicted on the German Army since 1918 - dramatic photos of Field-Marshal Paulus and more; Russian Pressure Maintained - article by Cyril Falls; The End of Italy's Empire - Closing Scenes in the Desert War; Employing Repaired Enemy Planes - the "Union Jack" in Tripoli; From Turkey to Downing Street - photos of Mr. Churchill's homeward journey; Photos of Churchill reviewing the victorious Eighth Army in Tripoli; Tunisia - photos presenting the German point of view; Pull-page photo portrait of Joseph Stalin - Commander-In-Chief of the Red Army - "A Great Warrior, a name which will live long and will be the most loved in the history of the Russian people"; Centerfold illustration of the magnificent painted hall of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, drawn by Sir Muirhead Bone; The Gobi Desert - article by Mildred Cable and Francesca French; News photos from around the world, including one of Bonnier de la Chapelle who killed Admiral Darlan at Algiers; Illustrations describing the deadly menace of the U-Boat - the power and possibilities of Germany's Underwater Wolves; Illustrations showing the first use of aircraft in war - bombs and leaflets; The new Whipple Comet; Funeral of Flight-Sergeant Middleton V.C.; Before and after photos of the destroyed German city of Mainz; Banana gifts for children in hospital; Photos of personalities in the news, including Queen Farida of Egypt with her daughter, Hitler receiving Marshal Antonescu, and Hitler examing a wall-mounted map of the eastern front with a magnifying glass; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Engine Testing Laboratory - Aeronautics Branch installs three new torque stands - article with photos; Geared Centrifugal Superchargers for Aircraft Engines; Cabinet Interiors -article with photos; Copper and its Alloys in Motors and Aircraft; The Comet Engine - 7 cylinder radial air cooled engine with 165 HP; Aeronautics Branch will License Gliders; Los Angeles County promotional ad; New Aircraft - with photo inside the Ford Club plane; News of the Industry - with photos of Edward Macauley, L.W. Greve, and William Ganson Rose; New Developments; Nice Stromberg-Carlson ad on back cover with photo of C.E. Bolduc, radio technician of the Colonial Airlines, inspecting radio at Boston Airport; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Firenze, appresso Giovan Paolo Giovannelli, 1753, in-8, piena pelle marmorizzata coeva, tassello rosso con titolo e fregi fitomorfi al dorso, tagli rossi, nastrino, pp. VII, (1), 112. Vignetta tematica al frontespizio con astrolabio entro cornice ornata da strumenti musicali (fra cui zampogna e flauto di Pan) e scientifici (squadra, compasso e canocchiale), incisa, come i fregi nel t., in xilografia. Alcuni fori di tarlo ai piatti, al dorso e, più radi, all'interno specialmente alle prime ed ultime carte. Censurato per erosione il nome del destinatario della dedica a stampa, Francesco Landi (che fu cardinale piacentino, arcivescovo di Benevento e poi Camerlengo del Sacro Collegio a Roma). Firma d'appartenenza: P. Riccardo (?) Maffei. Prima edizione.
198768092(Stuttgart), Klett-Cotta, (1987). 100 S. (21,5 cm). OLn. mit SU.
1911in 8 reliure éditeur demi-toile rouge,plats cartonnés rouge,premier plat illustré en noir avec le titre.Faux-titre,frontispice,titre avec vignette,106 pages,65 illustrations de Henriot dans le texte et pleine page,et 4 hors-texte couleur(y compris le frontispice)Henri Laurens éditeur sans date,charnières intérieures fragiles,petite décoloration en tête du premier plat,sans gravité.Bon état d’ensemble.Coloris frais
20090193482009. Soft cover. Good. <br/> <br/> paperback
19970193051997. Hardcover. Good. <br/> <br/> hardcover
Features: Swiss Merchant Navy vessel Nyon hits the rocks; The Bloodhound Missile; Monastic Life in Nepal - Buddhist Monks and Nuns of Khumbu; Cutaway drawings of the first two turbojet airliners to go into service across the North Atlantic - B.O.A.C.'s De Havilland Comet 4 and Pan American Airways' Boeing 707; Queenswood School; The Cyprus Scene; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
2024x-3031528964Springer Nature 2024. Hardcover. New. 142 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.21 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
47456856-nnew. unknown
190415347Nice, Bureau de la Curiosité (La Roche sur Yon, Petite Imprimerie Vendéenne), 1904 ; in-12, broché ; XIII, 285, (3) pp., couverture orange illustrée.
