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New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [vi], 122 p., color and b/w ills. Çin'den Kocaeli'ne kagidin öyküsü. Paper industry in Kocaeli (SEKA factory) and history of paper from China to Turkey.
Book is in excellent condition with front upper corner slightly bumped as the only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Dust jacket is as new, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 223 pages.
Signed C Edmondson (maybe the author's son) to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon boards, very clear gilt lettering to spine, slight softening to spine ends, light foxing to end papers and no bumping to corners. 295pp. A distillation of the author's thirty years of experience of worsted drawing and spinning providing the practical advice designed to assist the men responsible for the running of worsted machinery. It deals with the Bradford or 'Open' system. Illustrated. Scarce in the UK. A number of extracts are tucked in at the front - wool preparation advice from the Textile Mercury, a two-page flyer advertising the book, a review of the book in a Leeds newspaper cutting and the remains of the book's dust jacket.
New English In original hardcover. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [6], [xxx], 350 p. Color and b/w ills. Local costumes of Bolu and their use in the manufacture of folkloric dolls. Bolu ili yöresel kiyafetleri ve folklorik yapma bebek üretiminde degerlendirilmesi.
Previous owner's name easily removable in pencil to reverse of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, very minor wrinkling to board covering and no bumping to corners. Extremely scarce. 151pp. Very well illustrated with fascinating details of cotton manufacturing machinery including drawing, doubling, winding, carding, weaving, spinning, balling and gassing. Includes many tables and photographs of twenty-eight cotton mills in Lancashire and throughout the world.
4to., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and very numerous monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference.
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the collier Lord Citrine; On the Waterfront; Crescent Shipping developments; Ferry Fleets Update; Port-folio - colour photofeature of shipping scenes at British ports; The Offshore Guardian - Toisa Petrel, by Captain David A. McNamee; Warships in the Thames - a review of last year's warship visitors to London; Ferry Focus - Havelet; Towards Improving Your Ship Photography; The Queen Elizabeth at Southampton in 1960 - awesome colour centrefold photograph; Cruise Ship Review; The 'Orcades' of 1948 - Neil McCart reviews the career of a trend-setting post-war passenger liner; Warships in Profile - Type 23 Frigates; A Captain and his ship - Leonard Miles and the Powergen collier Lord Hinton; Klondykers - fish factory ships at Lerwick - photofeature; Voyage Report - Homeward Bound in the 'Jeremiah O'Brien', by David Aris; Large colour photo of the World Action inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 402 pages.
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter XCIII Ammunition: Supply and Manufacture. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
392 + 328 pages. Index in second volume. Lists of illustrations. Handsome black and white plates. Examines: The Colonial Period; The Era of the Small Factory; The Mature Factory; Industrial Maturity. A masterly treatment of the subject. Former reference library copy set with usual markings and average wear. Binding intact. A sturdy set in navy buckram with brilliant gilt spine lettering. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 514 pages. Black and white photos.
Much text also in French. Features: Saint Gabriel House; The Preservation of Old Monteal; Traditional Sculpture; History of Painting; Conversion Through Pictures - An Aspect of Religious Painting in New France; Quebec's Traditional House; Early Furniture; Silver; Quebec Ceramics; Quebec Maple-Sugar Moulds; Stoves; From an 18th Century Table; French-Canadian Blankets; The First Quebec Glass Factory - Canada Glass Works; Some Museums of Quebec.. and Their Treasures; Military and Maritime Museum. Date hand-written upon front cover. Modest wear. Quality copy. Book
Dr Kitson Clark describes the expansion and structural change of society in Great Britain under the impact of the population explosion, the Industrial Revolution and the 'liberal revolution'. With Index. 188 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, with slight browning. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper.
Mint book in mint dust jacket. 333pp. The story of the mother and daughter who set up the campaign group Chickens' Lib to try to change the way animals were processed on factory farms. They later extended their work to cover other birds and animals.
Features: Title page photo of large column of British and French infantry on the march; Seven excellent photos document the Austrian offensive on the Italian Front; Photo of Italian naval regiment being reviewed on St. Mark's Piazza; G.K. Chesterton writes about the pacifist/patriot groups; One-page illustration of pilot guiding burning plane while standing on its wing; The Japanese Fleet in the War (article); The"New" Star - of 1895!; The Woman, The Boy, and the Land; Page of illustrations present "Sons of Sister Republics - Franco-American Brothers -in-Arms; The Acrobatics of Aviation (article) One page illustration with inset sketch describes the "Immelmann Turn" performed by aircraft; Two pages of photos and illustrations of personalities of the Supreme War Council meeting at Versailles; Muscles, Nerves, and Brains - article describes how to take care of our health; Photo of artillery horses wearing gas-masks; Photo of American ambulance men evacuating wounded soldiers down a ladder from a French hospital under German shell-fire; Six photos illustrate the West in the East - British methods in Mesopotamia; Glorious centrefold illustration shows French, American, and British fighting shoulder to shoulder; One-page illustration shows the salvage of scrap metal in the Midlands; One-page illustration shows copper driving-bands for shells being thrown into annealing furnace at Birmingham in the National Shell Factory; Roll of Honour - 18 photos of officers including Lieut.-Col. Arthur L. Wrenford; Photo of Japanese General being received at a French headquarters; Photo of Canadian nurses picking through a downed Gotha aircraft; Charming two-colour back cover ad for Cavanders "Army Club" cigarettes features well-dressed young lady with umbrella chatting with man in uniform; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
In folio, 35/25 cm, 95 pages, illustrations :objets usuels et de decoration figurés en relief en noir et blanc et en dorure, cartonnage décoré bleu roi de l"éditeur , demi-toile grise. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [HP-5]
48 pages. Features: Aircraft Engine Trends; Materials and Methods Used in the Manufacture of Aircraft Engines; X-Rays and Their Application to Aircraft Materials; Valves for Aircraft Engines; Equipment for Building Aircraft Engines - many photos; Motor Specifications; Electric Generators for Aircraft; Airports and Landing Fields in the U.S. (by state); New Radio Transmitter Developed; News of the Industry; New Developments; Chevrolet Aircraft Engines Corp. ad includes photo of Louis Chevrolet and his 333 engine; Handsome photo ad for the Packard-Diesel aircraft which 'flies the mail'; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Risa Buck went off the grid in Ashland; Kurt Nelson combines solar electricity and science education in a space station simulator for students in Wausau, WI; Mark Whitaker powers some of his appliances with solar electricity; Ely Schless's electric power bike; Electric Vehicle Charging and Maintenance; Visit to a lead recycling factory; The evolution of hot water heaters; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
78 pages. Features: Patterns of Power - The symbols of Great Lakes Indian Art; Mason's Ironstone - 'improvements in the manufacture of English porcelain'; Bermuda's Government House; Seeing Double - The 19th century's Stereoscope; South China Sea Find - Ming-filled wreck provides earlier dating documentation; Wilno Furniture - Made in the first Polish settlement in Canada; Nineteenth Century Pottery and Porcelain for Canadian Collectors; Cornwall Pewter Plate Mystery. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Mm 240x290 Catalogo Mostra. Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, 280 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e a colori nel testo in lingua tedesca ed inglese - english-german texts. Copia eccellente, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
58 pages. Nice color and black and white photos. Songs iclude: A Better Man, I'll Be Gone, Killin' Time, Live and Learn, Nobody's Home, Nothing's News, Straight From the Factory, Walkin' Away, Winding Down, You're Gonna Leave Me Again. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
With contributions by O. R. McGregor, Edward Shils, Ferdynand Zweig, Norman Birnbaum, Lord Balneil et al. Paginated 388:496 Light wear and soiling to covers.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with gilt lettering and no bumping to corners. 82pp. Very detailed history of the Ribbon makers of Congleton in twelve chapters and of the workers, old timers, present management etc., with many black & white photos. Included with the book are two souvenir samples of ribbon made by Berisfords for their 100th anniversary in 1958, one being a 'ribbon compliment slip' woven in three colours. These are tipped-in to the contents page and to page 77. There is also a preprinted Compliments slip 'signed' by Managing Director John Sebire.
Tirage à 350 ex. Un des 300 sur papier vergé (avec 50 sur Japon); Bel exemplaire enrichi d'un peit mot de l'auteur avec enveloppe timbrée. Ce Mémoire historique de l'origine, du régime et des progrès de la Manufacture Nationale de Porcelaine d France a été publié dans les dernières années du XVIIIè siècle par Bachelier né en 1727 qui fut chargé, en 1748, à l'âge de 24 ans, de la direction des travaux de peinture à lla manufacture de Sèvres.
Hinge break at title page. Stamps to title page and FEP. Sticker to inside cover and spine. Wear along cover edges and corners. Pagebvlock remains tight. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library, Usual Stamps