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First Edition, vii,[i]pp., 283,[1]pp., 11 engraved plates showing such goods as hose pipes, carriage wheel tire, air proof cushions, beds, swimming belts, Yachting boats, mud boots, tents, fishing trousers, cricket bat, -leg protector, -gloves, foot balls, etc., orig. embossed cloth, small tear to head and foot of spine. "Hancock, Thomas (1786?1865), rubber manufacturer and inventor... Hancock took out sixteen patents in all relating to rubber between 1820 and 1847. He displayed remarkable ingenuity in suggesting uses for what was practically a new material, and the specifications of his patents cover the entire field of rubber manufactures, though many of his ideas were not carried out at the time."?(Oxford DNB).
24 pages. Grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Text primarily in English, some in German. "I was at Auschwitz from January to December 1944." - page 3. A war injury led to the author being restricted to service on the home front. In 1943 he went to Ukraine to raise India rubber plants to supply Germany's wartime need for tires. When Germany lost Ukraine in 1943, he was transferred to the department of plant cultivation at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut, which had a branch at Auschwitz. It was only on his way there that he learned it was a concentration camp. Originally written in 1973, this appears to be a reprint circa 1985. Average wear. Some pencil markings. SINGERMAN 1317. Book
Pages 285-312. Features: Illustration of General Sir Archibald Wavell; Photos from Russia, including sleeping masses in underground station; Photo of the Duke of Aosta who died on March 3; Photos of British aircraft parts being made deep underground; Photos of Dutch warships; Photos of the last days at Singapore; Large contour map of Java, invaded by Japanese; Topographical map of Java, indicating many features of interest; Illustrations are used to explain the case for and against the use of the big bombers; Photos of preparations for invasion of Bruneval; Photos after the successful Bruneval raid, including German POWs; Centerfold illustration of cyclist troops training to repel paratroop invasion of East Anglia; Prospects in Russia - article with map of Burma and the Russian Front; Photos of twelve people in the news, including the Earl of Selborne, Lieutenant Arthur Cutler, V.C., Pilot Officer J.J. Lynch, Rt. Hon. Lord Salvesen, Commander G.M. Sladen, and the late Lieut.-Com. Eugene Esmonde, V.C.; Numerous photos of General Douglas MacArthur - Holding the Philippines; Air photos of "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" forced into ports for repairs; Photos of Churchill's mechanism (personnel) responsible for running the war; Photos of the R.A.F. in Russia with Hawker "Hurricanes" in the Arctic Circle; China's Resounding Victory at Changsha - six photos from the battlefront, including Japanese POWs; Two pages of photos of the importance and production of synthetic rubber; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover; More vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy copy of this great wartime issue. Book
16 pages. Features: Shall America commit to Great Britain's Commercial Yoke? - exactions in gross violation of our anti-trust laws, forced from U.S. rubber manufacturers, give Great Britain arbitrary control of industry - wool business conducted under British "Approval" - copper production decreased 50% by interference - cotton shipments x-rayed by British agents - includes fascimile of letter required to be signed by rubber manufacturers; The men of the A.I.U.; The Chicago Primary Election; Humaneness, by Dr. Edmund von Mach; England Blockades the World; "The American Legion"; The Military Situation - Hindenburg meets the Grand Duke - M. Sasonoff and England; News from Germany, by Louis Veireck; Advertising Talk; The German Children's "Wacht am Rhein"; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy copy. Magazine
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a map, two plates and numerous tables throughout;, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary, neat contemporary inscription on title verso; original burgundy pebble-gained cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal pictorial bookplate on front paste-down. This important text by the notable Mexican diplomat, politician and agricultural pioneer, is extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
74 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Selection of Earth-Moving Tires; Two-Speed Supercharger Drives; The "Square-Wheel" Tractor Goes to Town (rubber tracks on crawler tractors aids war effort); Aircraft Carburetor Airscoops and Their Effect on Fuel-Air Metering in Flight; and more. Numerous vintage patriotic/military wartime ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Heavily worn and soiled. Binding intact. A worthy wartime copy. Magazine
100 pages. Features: An eye on the market; Feeders for 18 cents a pound; Should you wash eggs?; Here's low-cost dairying; Corn combines speed the harvest; Quick-change wagon; Save labor in the home; A Christmas Call (fiction); The King's Pear Tree (fiction). Ads: Allis-Chalmers (color inside front cover); Rexall (with Amos 'n' Andy); Champion spark plugs ad features Kenneth Cooke of Malabar Farm near Mansfield, OH; Natural Rubber Burea ad shows armed Malayan guard at rubber plantation; 1952 Pontiac; Case Tractors - showing the 'VAC' model; Nice two-page color-photo ad for New Holland forage equipment; De Laval milkers; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C tractor (nice color photos); Massey-Harris combines; New Idea manure spreaders and attachments (color photo); Prince Albert Tobacco ad features Alfred Cronk and George Williams; Nice color 7up ad shows formal party scene in living room; Homelite chainsaws; Ford tractors (2 pages); McCulloch chainsaws; Wisconsin motors; Bolens garden tractors; Studebaker Commander V-8 (color inside back cover); Stark Bros. Nurseries (back cover). Small ad clipped from page 43. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 105-156 plus XII pages of nostalgic ads. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Jehol - "Twilight Land of Nomadism"; Glasgow; Cape Breton Island; Rubber. Nice colour "White Star Line" ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition with light shelfwear only Binding is solid and square, creaseless covers and spine with sharp corners. No CD. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 304 pages in oversize format, a huge number of black and white photos. With sections on Cabaret Voltaire, Meatwhistle, Dead Daughters, Gun Rubber, Little Mesters, Teedy Boys, New Wave, Now Society, Human League, Def Lepard, Artery, Clock DVA, Comsat Angels, Limit, Blitz , Leadmill, Ken Patten, Disease, Graph, Thompson Twins, Pulp, Hula, etc.
xviii, 323 pages. Index. Many nostalgic black and white plates. "The object of this book is to gather together the known facts about lead and present them with a commingling of practical information and romantic sidelights to capture and hold those good folk who like facts well enough but prefer them to be not too dreary and long-faced." - Introduction. The twenty-three chapters include: Mining and Smelting, Characteristics, In Paint, In Building Construction; Babbitts and Solders; The Printer's Metal; In the Chemical Industries, Lead in Ammunition, In Musical Instruments, A Drier of Oils, Lead in Glass, Pottery and Enamels, Lead in Rubber, Lead from Radium, and more. Bit of writing atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Light foxing. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. One-inch opening in cloth between top of front board and backstrip. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating vintage reference. An interesting gift idea for anyone involved in lead-related mining or manufacturing. Book
Two volume set shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Each volume abut 330 pages, Vol. 1 1863 - 1905 : Life seen from the pit, Vol. 2: 1905 - 1936 Life seen from the stalls. Fold out map at back of Vol. 2 is in excellent condition. Both marked as first editions.
48 pages. Begins with brief instruction followed by guitar sheet music for twenty-one songs including: The Creep; Shuffle Blues; Little Momma Blues; Rubber Legs; Evil Woman; Black and Blues; Weary Blues; Big John; Freight Train; and many more. Includes photo and biographical details of the authors. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 page stapled booklet. Undated but appears to be circa early 1960s. A very informative and now nostalgic illustrated look at the history of the famed Goodyear blimps and the team which keeps them airborne. Includes specifications of the Mayflower, Columbia and America. Includes additional historical information about lighter-than-air travel. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice 'Blimp' memento. Book
Twelve page paper doll book with illustrations printed on only one side. 12 1/8"w x 12 1/4"h. Wear to cover.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear to cover. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 204 pages. Many b&w photographs. Offers a brief history of masks, and provides step-by-step instructions in nontechnical language on how to make masks in the tradition of the commedia dell'arte.
168 pages. Summarizes the answers to many questions that have been asked during the author's wood carving demonstrations. "The relatively new method of honing wood carving chisels using a special rubber wheel is fast becoming the standard for sharpening by many wood carvers... This procedure... is described in detail in this book." - from back cover. Author's signature and inscription, dated 1989, upon title page. 126 illustrations. Clean, tight and square with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
177 pages. "Takes us as far as rationality can in a consideration of October, 1970... picks apart, with considerable flair and logic, the reasoning behind the activities of Ottawa and Montreal... the sort of analysis that justifies the existence of a nations' intelligentsia as a critical force." - Dennis Duffy. Covers faded. Rubber stamps inside front cover and upon half-title page. Contents clean, tight and square. Good working copy. Book
341 pages including index. Provides a comprehensive overview and interpretation of the development of Germany in the twentieth century, a country whose history has decisively shaped the map and the politics of modern Europe and the world in which we live. Date rubber stamped inside front cover. Large black marker initials upon front flyleaf. Average wear. Markings to first half of text. Book
Foreword by Dr. Royce J. Noble. 107 pages, numerous illustrations. Slight foxing on front cover, more so on pastedowns and free endpapers. Date and initials on front free endpaper.
Une épreuve photographique originale de 17,5x23,5 cm.; représentant le groupe de direction de cette entreprise d'objets en caoutchouc. Parfait état. Voir photo.
in-4 carré, 155 pp., broché, couv. ill à rabats. Très riche iconographie en noir. Bel exemplaire. [GD8/5]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Oblong format: 10"w x 7 1/4"h. 40 pages. Slight edge wear. Exhibition catalog.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 203 pages. Many b&w photos.
291p., illus. Presentation page from The B. F. Goodrich Co. signed by Arthur W. Carpenter Hardcover Very good condition; black cloth lightly spotted
46pp.+ 6 planches hors-texte (dont 4 reproductions de peintures par Benda), 25cm., sur papier de luxe, ["Brochure dans le but de commémorer la participation de la Rubber Association of America à la sixième exposition internationale du caoutchouc et autres produits tropicaux ainsi que des industries qui s'y rattachent, à l'occasion de la cinquième foire commerciale officielle de Bruxelles, du 1er au 16 avril 1924…]