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Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 54 p., b/w plates. Harekât-i kevniye yahud tehavvülât-i arziye. In his book, Nazmi explains in above all, the formation of the earth with seas and lands. And he explains that the earth was formed in three major geographical times. And book includes Solar System and planets forming it (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) and their structure. Nazmi tells that being 309 newly discovered planets until his time and he acquaints more than 500 stars which rotating around the Sun. At the last chapter includes structure of the Moon. (Source: History of geographical literature during the Ottoman period, Edited by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu). Özege 6915.; TBTK 12959.; MÇOB 164.; Not in OCLC. Extremely rare.
4to, 96 pages, colour illustrated, ex library copy with usual signs. eng
Hbk reprint in dustwrapper. VG/G. Previous owner's inscription on the inside front cover. 11805. eng
24 pages. Black and white photos of the artist. Contains English and Portuguese lyrics, table of bossa nova rhythm patterns and guitar diagrams. Provides piano music for these songs: The Girl from Ipanema; Meditation; One Note Samba; How Insensitive; Quite Night of Quiet Stars. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
A picture of the Universe and of the place that the Earth occupies in it, as revealed by astronomical observations. viii, 262 pages. Index. Light brown cloth covers with blind stamped ruled decoration. Dust jacket has loss at top of spine, wear to edges with creases and small tears. Foxing on page edges. Slight stains to spine at top and tail.
96 pages. Features: Weaving for a guild sale - log cabin runner; Peacock scarf - a winning inspiration; Elegant silk scarf - a spt weave show stopper; Show off your yarn with honeycomb - three purses; Eyelash scarves - sensational show-offs; Paradise puffs poncho - a winner in chenille and elastic yarn; Monk's belt pillows and tips on weaving for sale; Reviving the show towel - stars in the kitchen; Doubleweave pillow - from risk to reward; Tips for guilds and galleries; How to pack and ship a garment for shows; Tips for photographing your work for a whow from the Chattahoochie Handweavers; Notes from a Juror; Copyright Law for handweavers; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
8" x 9" stiff beige card folded in half to form four-panel booklet. "Gives a close approximation of figures used in actual problems, sufficient for proof of correct application of formulas; and eliminates the necessity of remembering rules for obtaining the various quantities." - from second panel. Third panel contains rotating map and three independently rotating arrows representing the sun, vernal equinox, and stars, which may be positioned to make the appropriate calculation. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. A sound example of this intriguing tool. Book
Book shows light wear to covers only, some edge wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, save previous owner's inscription back front cover. 305 pages, heavily illustrated throughout with color photo section at back
153 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. "The species in this handbook are found in the marine waters of British Columbia, from Juan de-Fuca Strait in the south, to Dixon Entrance in the north and from the intertidal zone to a depth of 200m." - from preface. Designed for both the amateur and the expert. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
251 pages. Black and white illustrations. Intensely describes the various states of mind of a scarred hockey player who sets about the task of riding his strong wrists to glory and success. Lafleur's confidant in certain disquieting circumstances, Larochelle embellishes his account with previously unpublished disclosures that are both moving and profoundly human. - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket. Solid copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Great war-theme ads; Briefing by Margaret Lawrence on the state of the world/war; The Last Armada, by Benge Atlee; Startling (Canadian) Army Revelations - the health of Canada's army recruits/youth; The Woman at Red House, by Erica O'Foyle; New Homes for Canada - abundantly illustrated; Ladybug, Ladybug, by Edward Stevenson; Nice colour Campbell's Soups ad; Colour ad for Woodbury soap; How to stretch your Meat Money (Home Economics); New Pastries - sweet and Savory; Colour ad for Canadian canned lobster; Fantastic 2-page, 2-colour ad for Victory (War) Bonds; H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth becomes Patroness of the Canadian Junior Red Cross (with photo of the Princess); Stars of Air and Screen; and much more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover detached but present. Address label on front cover, otherwise unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage wartime issue. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rubbing to spine and no bumping to corners. 93pp. Starting with Sunday Night at the London Palladium, this lovely condition book covers all the stars and the shows at the end of the 1950s on Associated Television. Very well illustrated in black & white.
464pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. 224 pages. Black and white photos throughout.
20 pages. Features: The AMA Exercise Chart; There Went $125,00 a week - how TV Stars are fired - with photos of Mitch Miller, Garry Moore and Judy Garland; Nice one-page color photo for Galaxy cigarettes promotes prizes available by collecting their divident coupons; Sensational color-photo centerfold for Pillsbury illustrates many of their bake-at-home products; The Girl That You Married - Are Foreign Women Sexier?; "The Catch At Dawn" (fiction); Recipes; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Dole frozen fruit juices; Nice black and white Chrysler/Plymouth ad inside back cover features the line of 1965 Plymouths, including the Fury, Valiant, Belvedere and, of course, the Barracude - for only $2,487!; Back cover Mutual of Omaha color photo ad features family photo of the Tom Arnoldy family of Shawnee, Kansas. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
499p. Illustrated with numerous drawings of astronomical instruments of the nineteenth century. All edges marbled. Large 8vo. Rebound in faux leather brown cloth. Hardbound. Nice copy of the seventh edition. Inked ownership of Robert Bridges (1865-1930), while a student at Princeton. Robert Bridges was long a figure of note and power in the American literary world, and often confused with the British Poet Laureate of the same name. Born at Shippensburg, PA he went to Princeton, where he met his best friend through life and classmate, Woodrow Wilson. Bridges was successful as a newspaper reporter, 1880-1887, the literary critic of Life, 1883-1900, the assistant editor and editor of Scribner's Magazine, 1887-1930. He published occasional prose and verse, but his greatest influence is the particular interest he took in the young authors, notably Booth Tarkington. SCIENCE BOX 2. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good but sunned dustjacket. The jacket is white with mauve spine and right edges. The mauve parts are sunned at the top. SIGNED by Cornell Lucas in ink and dated 1988 on the half title-page under the photograph of Marlene Dietrich and the title. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Illustrated throughout in black & white with Cornell Lucas's photographs of film stars, both actors and directors. Each of the portraits is accompanied by a brief comment on the individual and the photo session. Uncommon. Scarce signed. 11" high X 9" wide, 125 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Foxing to eps. No other inscriptions or marks. Clean pages firmly bound with a little bumping to corners and fading to spine ends. Dust jacket not price clipped with scuffing and marking and small pieces missing from spine ends and corners. 136pp.
60 pages. Bibliography. Partly based upon the exhibition 'Weaving Between the Lines', held in Kelowna and four other cities, 1997-1999. Includes work by: Anne Clark, Marion Cragg, Gabriela Diaconu, Laura Ford, Barbara Heller, Ruth Jones, Alison Keenan, Lois Kennedy, Margaret Klajnert, Mieko Konaka, Karen Leitch, Jane Mackenzie, Anthea Mallinson, Yolanda Olivotto, and Kaija Rautianinen. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. (ISBN 0968745505 printed in book may be incorrect.) Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, no bumping to corners and minor signs of handling. 320pp. The history of supernovae and their connections with pulsars and black holes - science, astronomy and astrophysics.
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
164 pages. A tribute to the stars of stage and screen, past and present who are also gifted visual artists. Over seventy well-known actors and actresses have contributed their works of art - works that reveal a facet of their personalities many have never seen. Specially commissioned photographs taken inside their homes, gardens, and art studios, complement this stunning and varied collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Book very lightly worn, clean, bright and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears one inch tear with missing chunk at top of front panel else is lightly worn. Nice copy. Book
141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
