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4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette, very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text and front endpaper map (lightly browned), small neat signature on blank preliminary; original series binding of burgundy cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
Pages 293-332 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Darlington," the estate of george Crocker, Esq., Ramsey, NJ; Designs Direct from Nature; "Annesden," the Summer Home of Miss Annie E. Quimby, Bridgehampton, Long Island; Playhouses for Children; A Group of Small Houses - costing from $3,000 to $10,000; Grape Culture in France; A House with a Guaranteed Cost - A House That Can Be Built for Seven Thousand Dollars; The "Wayside Inn", otherwise known as the "Red Horse Tavern" of Sudbury, MA; The Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce Cheap Cottage Competition, won by Miss Esther M. Byers - The First and Second Prize Designs; House of James E. Wheeler, Edgehill Road, New Haven, CT; One-page illustrated ad for the "Invincible" Electric Renovator (vaccum) from the Electric Renovator Mfg. Co.; Back cover two-color ad for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 217-254 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Casa-del-Ponte," A Summer Home at Tokeneke Park, Rowayton, CT, designed by Slee and Bryson, architects, of Brooklyn, NY; Scientific Poultry Breeding - article with great photos of a large poultry farm at Aurora, NY; Residence of Henry M. Kneedler, Esq., Chestnut Hill, PA; The Rose as a Summer Bedder; The Garden of Winthrop Sargent, Esq., Fishkill-on-Hudson, NY; Residence of John M. Chapman, Esq., Rock Ledge Road, Montclair, NJ; Private Automobile Garages; "Rocksym", the Summer Home of Burt L. Syms, Esq., Greenwich, CT; Nice color back cover ad for Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder features young lady at ship's wheel; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Carol Vadnais Has a Job To Do; Meet Dallas Smith; Canucks on the Road - candid photos; Photos of Canuck management, staff and players; Nice CJOR ad features Jack Webster; Who is the Greatest? - Bobby Orr or Eddie Shore?; The Leaders are Most Important; Nice full-page CKNW ad features Jim Robson; Don Awrey - The Bruiser; Photos of Dunc Wilson at Work; Royal Bank Player of the Week - Bryan McSheffrey; Great full-page caricature feature on John Bucyk; Wayne Cashman Works the Corners; Photos of Bruin players; Center page loose but present; Great colour photo ad for "Old Style" beer features blacksmith; Full-page ad for Butler Tire features Don Awrey; J.Paul McConnell in CKWX ad; Article on the Knee/Bobby Orr; plus many great vintage ads. Short tape repair to page 21. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
17x11,5. 291p. Col. El Lector Viajero, N. 7.
8 pages. Nice photos on front cover include: Ken Maynard, Ken Maynard with Ruth Hall, and two scenes from the movie Strawberry Roan. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Sheet music
Previous owner's name/address inside front cover. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to top of spine and traces of storage. 96pp. These photos show as many types as possible of the range of trams which operated in Britain and Eire in the third quarter of the twentieth century.
211 p. Paper browned but not brittle. Super showing inside front cover. 160mm. Softbound. Bantam paperback. Covers soiled. Fourth printing. Very Good. LIT BX 7
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt and blind, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 201). Perkins & Parry, p.105
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
88 pages. Short Stories: Perilous Ascent; The Cruel Cage; Honor System; The Girl Who Took Sun Baths. Articles: To Cuba with Calvin Coolidge - great photo-illustrated article; Amazing Half Pint - Pittsburgh's Don Hennon; Behind Khrushchev's Smile; The Changing Midwest (last of 4 articles); Secrets from my Mother's Kitchen; Rough Road Home (3rd of 5 articles); I have 2,500 sons - Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson and his West Point cadets; The Case of the Footloose Doll - beginning a thrilling new Perry Mason mystery (part 1 of 8). Ads: Nice Ramber car ad inside front cover; Campbell's Tomato Soup; Pontiac - color photo with Vertijet in background; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Stauffer Home Reducing Plan; Thorexin; Fisher Body "Sound Barrier"; Speed Queen; Cushman Eagle and Road King; Dinty Moore Beef Stew; Glidden Spred Satin Paint; Camel cigarette color-photo ad on back cover features one-man helicopter piloted by Dick Peck. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 Pages. Features: Cover photo of bombing crew mission debriefing session; Nice one-page color ad for Woodbury film-finish powder features Sonja Henie; Temple radio ad; We must not delay rebuilding the world; Photo of B-17s over the Reich; Photo of Allied infantry and armor fighting along the German Westwall; Dramatic photo of B-29s thundering over Mount Fuji on way to Tokyo; Photo of American troops in landing barges on way to a Pacific Island; Last Fortress of the Nazis - article and photos explain how in the Alps east of Switzerland Hitler's henchmen are expected to make a final stand - includes caricatures of Hitler, Himmler, Goebels and Goering; The Soviet Soldier Does Not Forget - he remembers the long ordeal of his people and says it must not happen again; The Censor Defends the Censorship - Director of Censorship Byron Price replies to those who complain that too much news is kept from the public; General Lewis A. Pick of 'Pick's Pike' - photo-illustrated article of the builder of Stilwell Road, the 620-mile land route to China from Burma; One-page color ad for the Parker '51' pen; Poem - "Lincoln's Last Birthday"; One-page color ad for Benson & Hedges Virginia Rounds cigarettes; The Horace Mann-Lincoln School of teachers College; Photo and article on Shirley Temple - who tells how she evolved from gurgling to glamor; ad for Philharmonic radio-phonographs; William Gallacher - the only Communist M.P. in Britain, and one of the most persistent Churchill-baiters in Parliament - article with photo; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Great letter about jobs for men and women by Ann Maulsby; Lieut. Gen. Kurt Dittmar is 'The Voice of the Wehrmacht" - article with photo; Color ad for Nestle's evaporated milk; Nice color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread; Meals with Little or No Meat; Color Crisco ad; The Bare Arm Look (fashion); Decorating Ingenuity; Kingergarten Enterprises; Cocomalt ad features boy on stilts; Lovely two-page fashion section features attractive photos of formal fashions; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes features lady in red polka-dot summerwear; Postman's Daily Rounds - article on letter carriers of the New York area distribute 80 tons of mail daily; Color one-page ad for Fabrics by Stafford, sold by Goodman & Theise; Fantastic color-photo back page ad for Rheingold Beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd, bowling. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
72 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "From the great fire of 1916 to the freighters of the BX Company, from the Chinese community to the annals of the historic Ashcroft Journal, Pat Foster demonstrates that the people of Ashcroft have shared a unique history." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
PARIS, Ed. Payot et Rivages - Documents Payot - 2000 - In-8 - Cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs - Illustrations en couleurs dans le texte de Bruno Heitz - 213 pages - Bon exemplaire
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 79pp. An in-depth review of developments in light rail transport.
in-8 etroit, 320 pages, maps, relie cartonnage decor ed. Near fine copy. [OM-1] African roads from Tangiers to Cape Town.
Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, light edgewear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 262 pages on age-toned paper. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile.
4to., First Edition, with a sepia-toned frontispiece and numerous sepia-toned photographs (many full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Wonderful collection of vintage (and more modern) photographs chosen by the founder of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
21x14. 179p. Col. Pérgamo, N. 69.
148 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Asian Art in London 2010; Eskenazi Limited - London gallery celebrates fifty years; The portrayal of life in a splendid age - Qianlong emperor's imperial seals; Power and Clothing - Imperial Chinese robes from the forbidden city; Evolution of Yongzheng rank badges; Inheritance and Innovation - an archaeological perspective of Qin culture; Korean traditional ceramics; India's fabled city - the art of courtly Lucknow; The Silk Road in history and pre-history; Book Review; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
In-8° (cm. 25,1x16,6), pp. 26 (da p. 320 a p. 345). Bross. ed. Timbro Gabotto. Fior. in cop. Dedica a stampa a Sesto Fassini. Contiene l'intero testo degli Statuti di CAMINO del primo ucleo, di crattere prevalentemente agricolo.
Signed, without inscription, by author upon first blank leaf. 238 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. First published in 1946 as "55 Axis." The thirteen chapters include: Defence of Britain; Conquest of Sicily; Fighting Pursuit from Reggio; The Moro River and Ortona Road; The Adriatic Barricade; The Liri Valley Campaign; The Battles of the Gothic Line; The Po Valley Denial; Victory in the Netherlands; The Kiska Connection; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Armorial bookplate upon first blank page. Front cover partially sunned. Binding intact. A sound copy. Cooke p.170 Book
24x17. 158p. Fotogr. Ilstr.
This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication. Book
256 pages including index. Fantastic black and white illustrations throughout. Seven decades of descriptions, reports and road tests in facsimile. Compiled from the archives of Autocar. An outstanding record, of compelling interest for motoring historians and enthusiasts. Light to moderate wear to unmarked book. Tears to and some chips from illustrated dust jacket. Book