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128 pages. Index. Beautiful colour photography. "Delicious and nourishing bread recipes to home-bake at the touch of a switch." - subtitle. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Lower corner of last page is rumpled. A quality copy. Book
247 pages including index. Appears Unread. Co-author of Boom, Bust & Echo brings to life a hugely important but virtually invisible industry through lively storytelling, thorough research, and penetrating analysis. Must reading for every Canadian with an investment account or an RRSP. Book
190 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. The glamorous world of the secret agent is shown as it really is... a myth perpetuated in novels, films and the memoirs of super-agents. "...one of the most historically interesting and informative books about espionage in World War Two." - Heinz Hohne, Der Spiegel. Lovely clean, unmarked copy with minimal wear. Dust jacket protected by attractive Brodart cover. Book
2 vols., in one, xx, 432; xvi, 426, [iv]pp., without final leaf of index, engraved portrait frontispieces, illustrs., within the text, recent cloth.
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of the King and Duke of Kent welcomning U.S. Ambassador John G. Winant to England; Illustration of Don Alfonso De Bourbon of Hapsburg who died in Rome on February 28th; Seven photos of Mogadishi, capital of Italian Somaliland, captured by General Cunningham; Four pages of excellent photos show R.A.F. gunners undergoing intensive training; Page of photos of Turkey's dauntless leaders - Ismet Ineunu, Dr. Refik Saydam, and Bay Sukru Sarajoglu; Map-illustrated article entitled "The Germans in the Mediterranean"; Two pages of illustrations of the men and machines of the Turkish Air Force which confront the Axis menace; Two pages of photos illustrate the emancipation of Turkish women - shown are a judge, politician, professor, artists, and more; Centerfold illustration shows torpedoed ship with devastating damage in drydock for repairs (please note: significant coffee stains to this illustration); Full-page photo of British infantryman in Libya in full battle gear; Full-page photo of Fully-armed Greek infantryman on the Albanian front; Two-page illustration of R.A.S.C. men drawing rations in a typical skilfully concealed distribution centre; Photos of bomb damaged S. Mary's Church in Swansea; Photo of massive 1.75 ton unexploded Nazi bomb recovered from East Anglia; Photo of devastating R.A.F bomb damage to German rail marshalling yard; Photos of personalities of the week include G.W. Rendel, M. Filoff, M.N. Momtchiloff, M. De Vleeschauwer with General Cunningham, Mrs. Rex Benson with Air Marshal Portal, Joseph Kennedy giving evidence on the Lease-and-Lend bill in Washington, L. Von A. De La Periere, Dr. J. Rendel Harris, and the Rev. Eric S. Loveday; Two pages of photos of Lifeboatmen - always on duty defying the seas and Nazi bombers; Illustrated instructions how to personally deal with fire bombs; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
pp. ix, 326. Index. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of photos. Diagrams. "Now, for the first time, the insider's view of the Enigma story and other clandestine operations is revealed by Gordon Welchman, a top British mathematician who was largely responsible for the crucial achievements at Bletchley Park in the first months of WWII. Goes beyond Bletchley to show how the lessons learned from Germany's errors in using the Enigma codes can - and must - be applied to the use of military communications today." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this essential cryptographic chronicle. Enser p.75. Book
Features: Gunsmiths of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia; Dardick's New Tround .50-Caliber Machine Gun Weapon System; A Broughton Breechloader; That Handsome Marlin Loading Tool. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
"Brilliant narrative of Mons in this enlarged issue." - from front cover which features photos of Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commander of the Royal Flying Corps. Excellent portrait of Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army. General progress of the war to the eve of Mons. The French Frontier Battle and the British Stand at Mons. Centerfold illustration of 'Wounded helping the Wounded - Pathetic episode between Le Cateau and Landrecies during the Retreat from Mons. Photos and illustrations include: Destruction near Mulhausen; Barricades near Mons; German column mowed down by British machine guns at Landrecies; French Cavalry on the way; French's indomitable little army on the eve of the Battle of Mons; Scene of the retreat from Mons; Map of Western Europe; With the British Forces fighting along the Franco-Belgian Frontier; German troops trapped near Cambrai; and more. Covers still weakly attached. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Full black cloth boards. Facsimile of H.G. Wells's earliest surviving narrative of any length when Wells was 12 years old.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Creases on spine. 306 pages. Black and white photos.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear and fading to spine.. 306 pages. Black and white photos.
128 pages. Index. "Over 100 recipes for easy-to-make spectacular breads." - from dust jacket. Excellent colour photography throughout. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound working copy. Book
176, [4] ads, pages. Frequent grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Author seeks to inform his Western readers of "remarkable developments going on inside the USSR." - p.174. "In my opinion, we are kept in the dark about wonderful new Soviet technology because if our people knew these things they would see that the USSR is not a threat to us." - p.175. Scattered ink marginalia and underlining throughout. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy of this interesting cold war-era work. Book
With over 350 illustrations. A complete guide to every branch of needlework. 576 pages. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has wear and small loss at top/tail of spine and wear to edges and corners. Hinge between frontispiece and title page cracked.
77 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1972. Covers dozens of subjects including: History of Glass, Glass in Australia, Manufacturing, Free Blown, Pontil & Lipping Process, Moulds, Moulding, Embossing, Coloured Glass, Natures Work, Clear Glass, Patents, Hollands - Geneva, Schnapps, Whisky, Whisky Jugs, Beers, Pots & Lids, Ginger Beers, Stoneware, Owen's Automatic Bottle Making Machine; and many more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this very informative work. Book
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 447; Ex - Library. Previous owner's stickers on the front cover. Ink stamp and small pen inscription on title page; library catalogue sticker on colophon. Faintly bumped spine head and leading corners. Minute scuff resulting from sticker removal on spine head. Sound, clean book with tight binding. ADG. Ex - Library
40 pages. Features: The Fallout Shelter Dilemma - are they useless and immoral or a dire necessity?; Nice colour Campbell's Soup ad; Colour-photo ad for the 1962 Chevrolet; Goodwill in Coventry - Germans return to Coventry to repair the Cathedral their country destroyed in 1940 - Operation Reconciliation - with photos; Photos from various holiday movies; Recruiting ad for Canadian peacekeeping soldiers; Photos from movie El Cid - Legend of Spain; Nancy Kwan in photos from movie Flower Drum Song; Singer Sewing Machine centerfold colour ad; New Man in Saskatchewan - Woodrow S. Lloyd takes the place of Tommy Douglas, who has resigned to lead the NDP; Canadian Football (CFL) Faces a Crisis - Jim Hunt argues why the game is losing paying customers; The Last Carrioles - a handful of hardy sleigh drivers keep alove a French-Canadian tradition - article with nice photos; Large photo of a "Canadian Worth Knowing" - Vancouver artist Toni Onley; Crossword; Montmorency comic strip; Colour-illustrated fashion article entitled "Dress Informal"; Winter care of trees; World photo news; Back cover photo ad promotes coffee as the... "warmest word to bring the crowd home to". Centerfold holding by one staple, otherwise binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Partially yellowed with age. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
1st UK edition. Good hbk in pictorial boards. Rear endpaper removed. Former public library copy. ISBN 0853407215. (Machines of today and tomorrow). 16383. eng
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked rear board, dusty page edges, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 492pp. The physics and mathematics of every aspect of machines and their properties with a large number of worked examples of questions and answers.
127pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
PARIS, Everat. 1833 - 2 Gravures sur la couverture - Plaquette de 31 pages - Bn on coupée - Très propre. Rapports sur les expériences agricoles faites aux différents points de la France, en 1832 & 1833
156 pages. Features: Breast Feeding; Molecular Clouds, Star Formation and Galactic Structure; The Diamond-Anvil, High-Pressure Cell; The Tornado; Vision by Man and Machine; Cell-Adhesion Molecules - a molecular basis for animal form; The nesting behavior of dinosaurs; Prehistoric rice cultivation in southeast Asia; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing on front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
in-8, 159 pages, broche, couv. Bon etat general. [MI-26]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 117 pages. Many b&w illustrations. Previous owner's name inside.
187pp + 17 plates in Atlas VG/none First (only) edition. Full title "Rudimentary and Elementary Principles on the Construction and on the Working of the Machinery illustrated by numerous examples of modern machinery for different branches of manufacture". Book (Text) in contemporary green hardback with gilt lettering on spine, Atlas with editorial (?) flexible cloth olive green wrappers and Title inset pasted on front board, light signs of wear, paper slightly age-browned, overall a VG copy. XIX century work on machinery, very scarce complete with the accompanying Atlas in 4o with its 17 large folding plates.