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Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Published a month after the first edition. Splendid pictorial survey and an excellent complement to Coombs.
Gutes, sehr sauberes Exemplar; 2 Blätter mit minimalsten Randläsuren. - DIESER Bildergeschichte liegt der chinesische klassische Roman „Die Pilgerfahrt nach dem Westen" zugrunde. Sie schildert den unbeugsamen und heroischen Affenkönig Sun Wukong. Die Bilder stützen sich auf den Trickfilm „Aufruhr im Himmel". (Impressum). - Der König der Affen (Chinesisch: Da nao tian gong) ist ein chinesischer Zeichentrickfilm von Regisseur Wan Laiming. Er basiert auf der Geschichte der asiatischen Sagengestalt Sun Wukong, wie sie im klassischen Epos Die Reise nach Westen beschrieben wird. Ausgestrahlt wurde der Titel im deutschen Fernsehen auch unter dem Titel „Der Kampf des goldenen Affen“. ... (wiki) // Das ist der Berg der Hundert Blumen und Früchte. Hier leben siebenundvierzigtausend Affen in zweiundsiebzig Höhlen. Sie spielen in Tälern und Bergen, in Wiesen und Wäldern. Sie säen nicht, sie ernten nicht und essen doch Gesottenes und Gebratenes alle Tage. Sie bewegen sich wie die Fische im Wasser, niemandem Untertan. Weder Phönix noch Einhorn zollen sie Tribut. Nur einer genießt ihre Liebe und Ehrfurcht: Sun Wukong, der König der Affen, ist ihr liebender Vater. Er ist anders als alle andern. Er ist aus einem steinernen Ei geschlüpft, das Sonne und Mond zusammen ausgebrütet hatten. Nun lebt er schon mehrere hundert Jahre und beherrscht die Kunst der zweiundsiebzig Ver-wandlungen. Er schenkt allen seinen Kleinen Waffen und teilt sie in vier Banner ein. Ist das ein Tanz, wenn Affen mit Waffen rasseln! Ihre Schilder sind so stark, daß kein Schwert sie zerschlägt, ihre Schwerter so scharf, daß kein Schild sie aufhält. - Was aber, wenn sie mit ihren Schwertern auf ihre Schilder schlagen? Sun Wukong löst jede Frage. … (Seiten 5 - 8)
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates Capt. Frank Hawks and his 1930 record-setting flight racing the sun from New York to Los Angeles in 14 hours and 50 minutes non-stop; Packard ad includes photo of Walter Lees and Frederic A. Brossy who set a U.S. record of over 73 hours aloft without refueling; My Impressions of the Exhibits at the Detroit Aircraft Show (major article with photos); Accessories and Equipment at the Show, Many New Devices; Interior Furnishing and Decoration of Flying Boats; Machining For Wasp Cylinder Heads; The Month's Best From the Foreign Press - including more information on the D'Ascanio Helicopter; Reviews; Servicing the American Cirrus Engine - with clearance diagram; Heed These Points for Satisfactory Finishing Results; Special Equipment for the Overhaul of Wright Aircraft Engines; Simple Instructions for Wing Repairing; Servicing Problems; Servicing Pains; Nice one-page illustrated ad for H.K. Porter Inc. of Everett Mass. displays their portable hand operated cutting tools; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
208 pages including notes. Documents the near-demolition of British Columbia by the NDP during the 1990s. "A must for the thoughtful, and a stimulus for the forgetful." - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun. Moderate wear. Gift greetings atop opening page else unmarked. A sound copy. Lest we forget. Book
pp. v, 334 + Frontis and full page photographs. Top edge yellow. 8vo. Original full cloth BOX 1
pp. 314, 6 [Commendations] + Two woodcut plates. 12mo. Original leather spine over pictorial paper boards. Gilt lettered and embossed spine. Extremities slightly worn. Boards slightly soiled. Hardbound. PA71 FRONT
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: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. (Joe) Armstrong, founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community, January 1, 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland (Sam) Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse, former CEO, passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth, Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator, Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge, with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service, with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea, by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C., by James Hamilton, V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires, replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. (Charlie) Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll ro Book
Pages 167-204 plus 20 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Yellowknife - Town of the Air Age - many wonderful photos; Soldiering at Fort Henry - many excellent illustrations; Pictures of the Provinces - III; (Camouglaged) Eggs in the Land of the Midnight Sun; and more. Some of the nicer ads include: Colour one-page Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features Irish Setter Champion Ace Flyer of Aragon, owned by Gertrude W. Drew of Toronto; Nice colour ad for the 1954 Monarch car features a black on red Lucerne Coupe; Nice colour ads for Chevrolet and Chrysler cars; Back cover photo ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) features photo of pilot and navigator in front of their CF-100 jet fighter. Moderate wear. Small name stamp inside front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 149-185 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Opening of navigation in the St. Lawrence; The Making of An Explorer - Sir Hubert Wilkins in the Canadian Arctic; The First Farm on the Fraser River; The Lakehead - An Up-To-Date Harbour; Islands in the Sun - The Channel Islands; Canadian military recruiting ad inside front cover (ROTP); and more. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Mm 165x240 Brossura editoriale, 191 pagine con numerose illustrazioni in nero e a colori. In stato di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is Fine also, now wrapped in clear protective cover. Unpaginated, about 150 pages, full color comics throughout. Covers January/ February 1957 -- June/July 1958; Challengers of the Unknown # 1 & #2, Showcase Challengers of the Unknown #6,7,11 & 12.
Mm 145x210 Brossura editoriale di 134 pagine, etichetta di biblioteca dismessa in apertura, buono stato. Spedizione entro 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with traces of minor creasing to rear top edge. 317pp. From the experienced foreign correspondents who covered China throughout the 20th century. It covers the political and sometimes violent change which has taken place within the country, change which was so often led by students, up to the events of 1989 and the terrifying Beijing spring when the democracy movement was so savagely crushed by tanks in Tiananmen Square.
206 pages. Undated. (circa 1920s?) Very well-travelled copy of this charming collection of British Columbia stories. Gift greeting upon illustrated front cover, which is missing a few chips. A well-read rodent has removed part of the lower corner of the first 30 pages. Text is unaffected. Prior owner's name atop copyright page, else unmarked. Book
90 pages. Fiction: The Fugitives; He Loves Me; Take Care When You Say Hello; The Long Denial (part 3 of 4); When the Lilacs Bloomed; Mr. Digney Has a Dream. Articles: The Deadliest War - Germ Warfare; Judy Holliday - star of 'Born Yesterday'; Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon criticizes abuse of power in Congress; How to Run a Prize Fight - the Louis-Conn brawl; Scranton Buys its Own Jobs; Lessons in cooking fish on the beach in the Nassau, Bahamas manner; George Vogel is staff Organist at the Freeport Bank of Freeport, Long Island; Miracle Bark of the California Redwood; and more. Ads include: Color GE Radio ad featuring Frank Sinatra; Great color photo ad for International trucks featuresWillers Truck Service of Sioux Falls, SD, plus the Herman Oil Transport Company of Fremont, NB; Lucky Strike cigarette ad; Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; Martin Aircraft; Nice color-photo ad for Oldsmobile and its new Hydra-matic transmission; Bendix Aviation; Hickok belts; Little Lulu is featured prominently in a Keenex ad; Santa Fe Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Douglas DC-4 aircraft; Piper aircraft; Mercury cars; Acushnet golf balls; Very attractive ad for Jantzen swim suits and sun clothes; Blatz Beer - sailing scene; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features bride. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
98 pages. Fiction: See you in the movies; The black devil; Papa played the cello; Bright message; A drive through the country; The outraged heart (part 3 of 4). Articles: Trieste - Battleground for Peace - article with photos; Message to Americans; One Hungry World; I Am a Spastic; Call Them Mister; Brass Hats and Blue Pencils - the Stars & Stripes Army newspaper; Benedict Bogeaus' Movies; A Million Miles of Fishing - a vast tuna industry awaits development in the Pacific Islands; Nice color ad for GE radios; Great color ad for International diesel tractor pulling a scraper; Sweet color one-page ad for the Mercury (Woody) Station Wagon; Great color Coke ad shows magician at work; Union Pacific ad featuresYellowstone National Park; Nice color Chrysler ad; Wonderful photo ad for Columbia sun Glasses; Nice GMC truck ad features G.I. Joe in barber shop; Nice one-page Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; Nice Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover features tobacco farmer; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
cm. 22,5 x 32, 36 pp. Accademia dei Concordi. Rovigo - Pubblicazioni del Centro di Studi Musicali 162 gr. 36 p.
cm. 21,5 x 31, 28 pp. Accademia dei Concordi. Rovigo - Pubblicazioni del Centro di Studi Musicali 140 gr. 28 p.
in-8°, 96 pages impr. en 2 coul., dessins in-t., index, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [DV-3]
154 pages. Features: Who really painted the famous portrait of Guido Riccio in Siana?; The marvelous Chateau d'Anet; Vittorio Gassman on the act of acting; How the Viennese really see their capital; Vienna's great art collections celebrate the five senses; Zegna from A to Z - the finest men's fashions start with fine wool and an attitude; Normandie's Sun Rises Again - the magnificent art deco lacquer mural from the old luxury liner; Elizabeth Gage's jewels; Interpol investigates Budapest art theft; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Old Fashioned Baby; Class of '92 - Commencement Fashions; Cutwork Apron - Linen Hostess Apron embellished with Cutwork; Pull-out Pattern - Ladies Nightgown, cutwork apron, Madeira Facings & Hankie; Elegant Hems - Focus on Hem Treatments; Fleurs de Soleil - A summer Design in Duplicate Stitch; Madeira Medley, Part II - pinstitched Facings and Companion Handkerchief; Waistband Magic - Professional Tips from Londa Rohfling; Stunning Stitcher - an interview with Primrose Sully by Carolyn Walker; Smock Plate - by Jeanie Baumeister; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
In-8°; pp. 40, al frontespizio monogramma della asocietà di gesù inciso su legno, nel testo testatine e finalini xilografici; studio applicato alla ricerca del diametro del sole e dei pianeti, venere e marte contiene alla fine delle tavole di calcoli. Sommervogel I, 601, n.11. cart. muto. scienza science astronomia astronomy ottica optics società gesù pianeti micrometro strumenti tecnologia Micrometers Instruments Planets Observations Sun Diameters
Fine English Paperback., 2 volumes set:, Very good., 21 x 14 cm, Vol 1: [xx], 508 p., Vol 2: 509 - 889 pp. "Denizlerden Apoya, 12 Mart 1971. -2 volumes set:-, A. BAKI TUG, Ocak Yayinlari, Ankara, 2000"
Includes the following 9 isues from 1995: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Tale of a converted warm-water diver; Florida Keys; Pioneering in Papua New Guinea; Shooting Large Fast-Moving Targets; Wolfeels at Hunt Rock; Cook Islands; Old B.C. Cannery Sites; Cozumel; How to Get Published; Vanuatu; Dolphins in Bahamas; Fearney Bluffs, B.C.; Liveaboards in Australia; Octopus Characteristics; Flowerpot Diving - Fathom 5 Marine Park; The Chaudiere; 20 years- a retrospective; Back in the 50s; Cayman-Canadian eh?; Aquashot II; Hannes Keller - early adventures; Crabby Critters; Mo Bay, Jamaica; Waome; Sulawesi; Manado; Wolf - eels or fish?; Martinique and Guadaloupe; Browning Wall; Nautilus VII; Tubeworms; Fiordland New Zealand; Cinematographer Howard Hall; Deadman's Island; Aruba; Bonaire; Howe Sound, B.C; Sidney, B.C.; Nouvelle-Caledonie; Canadian encounters 'Whitey'; Guanaja's Posada del Sol; Quadra Island, B.C.; 1st Time in Tobermory; Active Pass, B.C.; Sinking the Mackenzie; The Magdalen Islands, Maui and Lanai; Barkley Sound; Wreck of the Burlington; Cortes Island, B.C.; The Wrecks of Kingston, Ontario; The Beluga of Chedabucto Bay. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
Paris, Durand - Guillaumin, 1857, in-8, legatura novecentesca in mezzo marocchino blu con nervi e filettature in oro al dorso, piatti in carta marmorizzata verde, pp. 160. Ottime condizioni.
