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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint damp effect to rear cover edges near spine, no effect on contents and no bumping to corners. 34pp.
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Caribou Crisis - informative article in the state of the caribou; The Narwhal - Canada's Horn of the Uniforn; The Living Stone - photos of stone carvings of the Eskimos of the Eastern Arctic; Pierre Falcon - Bard of the Prairies; Governor George Simpson - "The Strangest Man I Ever Knew"; Samuel Black on the Finlay; Winston Churchill accepts appointment of Grand Seigneur of the Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay; Ninety Years Later - a tale of hard northern travel in the old style, exploring the wild Upper Finlay, 90 years after Samuel Black - great photo-illustrated article; Retreat of the Sea - photos taken in the neighbourhood of Fort Severn; The Minnesota Route - in the late 1850s the Hudson's Bay Company began to abandon the historic York Factory route to Lake Winnipeg in favour of that via St. Paul and the Red River; Sir George Simpson as Banker; Nice colour ad for Hudson's bay shirts for men on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
ST-BRIEUC, Imp. de L. Prud'Homme - 1850 - Petit In-8 - broché - avec liste des évèques nés dans le diocèse de Syt-brieuc & listes des gouverneurs, sénéchaux et maires - 278 pages
Second series. One folded map, 3 miles to 1 inch. Including town maps, of Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, Birmingham, Oxford. Also, primary routes and motorways, motorway junction numbers, other routes and place of interest. Near VG condition. 23549. eng
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. 239pp. The A-Z of pre-war British motorcycle marques, from AET through to Zenith. Well illustrated.
121p. Drawings by Carl Rose. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Corner clipped. Texts of all Burma-Shave signs. HUMOR 8
in-16, 375 pages, broche, couverture illustree.- 9782266129350 Bel exemplaire, DEDICACE par l'auteur. [PP-1]
Pages 513-561. Black and white photos. Features: Full-page photo of William Sidney Rossiter; Is New Hampshire completed? - President Hetzel's tribute to Mr. Rossiter; Great photos of typical scenes at local fairs - most involving animals; A controversy on vaccination - the pros and cons; How the farm community of Epson turned the tide - article with photos; The farm bureau movement; Making needles at Hill - Frank R. Woodward and the story of an indomitable spirit; A fraction of a second - interesting article on auto accidents - with photos; An anthology of one poem poets; Building for the future - the Londonderry Road - article with great photos; The kitchen as a workshop; Romance in the life of John Greenleaf Whittier; the Wo'thless feller; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. Some external soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
167 pages. Circa 1971. Contains dozens of fascinating black and white photographic reproductions. A historical look at the territory beyond Mount Garibaldi. Sections include: 1858-1864 The Douglas Route; Lillooet a Hundred Years Ago; The Squamish Trail; The Lillooet Indians; Homestead Recipes; Pemberton Valley Playground; and more. Prior owner's name and details upon decorated front flyleaf. Illustrated covers show average wear with minor spine lean. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor traces of creasing to edges. 160pp. A joyful survey of those expensive motor carriages in the period known as the long golden summer of the Edwardian period. Very well illustrated.
[11], 252, [2] pages. Maps. Several black and white reprodutions of photos. "In this honest and often very moving book, James Roberts looks back over a business, military, civil service and diplimatic career, recalling the ups and downs and above all the people he has known and loved in a long and active life. Roberts served for Canada with distinction in WWII and rapidly rose to the rank of Brigadier at the height of the battle for the opening of the strategic Scheldt estuary. The next year, from within the German lines, he negotiated details of the unconditional German surrender on the Canadian front." - dust jacket. Few tiny markings to military map printed upon front endpaper otherwise book quite clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. Quarter-inch opening in publisher's olive cloth at lower tip of back board. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story featuring significant WWII involvement. Book
306 pages including reference index and bibliography. "Presents as clearly and as concisely as possible those fundamental principles on which all achievement is based, in order that the person seeking success, may, by having a comprehensive chart of the road, more easily, quickly and surely attain his/her objectives." - from foreward. A very practical and helpful work. Front free endpaper removed, taking with it most of front hinge. Above average wear. Unmarked. While this is not the prettiest copy, it remains a valuable and uncommonguide to self-improvement, written during the pit of the Great Depression. Book
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. 208pp. Study of the transformation which took place between 1724 and 1826 as seven Turnpike Trusts were established serving the town of Buxton in Derbyshire and they in turn developed new the Turnpike Roads.
22 pages. Provides piano music and lyrics for the following songs: Lions and Crocodiles; In Koojoo Marzipan; Antelopes and Snails; The Road to Marzipan; When Granpa was a Little Girl Like Me; Whiskers; Chewing Gum; Cousin Hughie; I Shouldn't, Should I?; Bedtime. Please note: this appears to be a recent reprint or photocopy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Fine/fine (fine copy in fine unclipped dj) octavo 266pp. First edition. Biography. Detailed study of the life and career of Thomas Sopwith (1803-79).
Una Grande Avventura, a cavallo di una motocicletta e della mente; una visione variegata dell' America on the road, dal Minnesota al Pacifico; un lucido, tortuoso viaggio iniziatico.
Una Grande Avventura, a cavallo di una motocicletta e della mente; una visione variegata dell' America on the road, dal Minnesota al Pacifico; un lucido, tortuoso viaggio iniziatico.
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. 194pp. Performance car magazine 'The Thrill of Driving' with feature on Cars v Bikes including Lamborghini Murcielago, Radical SR3, M3 CSL and Porsche GT3i with other articles New Caterham, Noble GTO-3R, Le Mans Bentley. ú10K Hatch test, Blower Bentley, Drifting, on plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
No marks or inscriptions. Crease to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 178pp. Performance car magazine 'The Thrill of Driving' with features on The Ultimate Ferrari Supercar Test - 288GTO v F40 v F50 v Enzo, Citroen C2 GT, Peugeot 106 Rallye, Clio Super 1600 Rally, Ferrari GTO Evoluzione, Fake Ferraris, Off road trials, BMW 645Ci v Maserati Coupe, Buying Ferrari 308 GT4 or Mondial or 400i plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
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. 178pp. Performance car magazine 'The Thrill of Driving' with features on Mini Cooper S, Lotur Elise S2, Alfa Romeo 156 GTA, BMW 325ti Compact, Mitsubishi EVO RS Sprint, Subaru Impreza STi Type UK, Ford Focus ST170, Skoda Octavia RS, Caterham SV, Audi S3 Quattro, Honda S2000 plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
Book appears in unread as new condition. 80pp. Well documented pictorial celebration of London's buses from their 19th century beginnings.
36 pages. Songs include: It's a Wonderful Life; Once More we are Home Again; The Girls of Today; The Bambazoolian Way; Mulligan's Fair; The Call of the Open Road; You're the Fellow for me; It's a Beautiful Thing to go Nowhere; Sea Scouting is the Life for Me; Knocking at the Door for Mabel. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy copy of this nice vintage compilation. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage, sunned spine and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. ca 80pp. Captioned photographs of trams, trains, roads in and near Stockport from early in the 20th century to mid-century.
67 p., 49 fig. n/b et coul. (Collection d'Archéologie Joseph Mertens vol. XI). Inv. 25542
128 pages. Features: Cover illustration of puppies for sale; Color-photo ad for a Pink Rambler 1960 station waton inside front cover; Two-page photo ad for Chrysler shows the Dart and Plymouth; Ad for large GMC trucks; Photo-illustrated article on "The Middle East - Explosive, Enigmatic"; Life Among the Pioneers - humorous article on suburbia; The Drummer Boy of Shiloh - short story by Ray Bradbury; Strictly Untouchable (sthort story); I Serve on the "Sin Committee" - George H. Young is chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Infractions; St. Leonard's House in Chicago - a chance to go straight; Nice photo of "Merry Milliners"; Perle Mesta (part 3); Make Up Your Mind (short story); Cause, Chance and Creation, by Philip Morrison; Raid on the Railroad (short story); Montana's Tourist Wilderness - color photos with text; If Hitler Had Invaded England; Beautiful ad for the Turbine Drive 1960 Buick shows red convertible on windy mountain road; The Tewksbury Feud (short story, part 4); Hires Root Beer half-page color ad; 3/4-page color ad for Maine tourism; Toro ad for mower with bagger; Back cover Kodak color-photo ad features Peter Lawford and Family; and more. Moderate moisture exposure to top quarter resulting in mild undulations and some discoloration. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. . Magazine
