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17x11,5. 291p. Col. El Lector Viajero, N. 7.
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
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
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
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.
Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: The Duryea - American Quandary - major article with great photos/illustrations; The Silent Sentinel of the American Road (Part 1) - fantastic article on vintage American gas pumps with super illustrations; Ormond Beach Meet; The A.R. Cheek Collection; The 1931 Franklin Salon - magnificent illustrations; The 1907 American Tourist; Glidden or Bust!; Restoring Wood Wheels; 1910 Straker Squire; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Very Good English Original bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. Many b/w plates. [xii], 340 p., 1 folding huge map. A tour through the famine districs of India.
Pages 177- 264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Prime Minister's Story - a tiger adventure from India; Filming in a Land of Mystery - amazingly photo-illustrated article on a visit to Lhasa, Tibet; The Road to Timbuctoo - part 2 - funny adventures; Photo of pathetic beggars in India; My First Man-Hunt; The Missing Money Bag a story from Rajputana; Hate - an exciting tale from Malaya; Unknown Peru - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article about investigations in prehistoric Inca towns and treasure caves; Hunting Big Game in India - the Vernay-Faunthorpe expedition - article with great photos; Rescuing the Doctor - a doctor and his wife are surrounded in the Peruvian jungle by cannibal Indians; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 4 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' world travels to catch the largest fish in the world - with great photos; The Gandipur Man-Killer - putting down a brute tiger; The Mysterious Mine - owned by Sir George Cooklin; Revenge! - a young Pole named Leo Leopold (Leo Rogers) vows to get the policeman, Fred Lefbyre, responsible for his incarceration in a Kingston, Ontario penitentiary; Nightmare - terrible experience of an Indian Army officer; photo of wonderfully decorated stern of a Chinese junk (boat); Nice back cover ad for the Security Pen Co. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Book shows light wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 182 pages, chapters include Pettygrove period, Gold hits the townsites, Rival at Milwaukie, The first steamships, The great plank road, etc.
24" x 34". Text in Spanish. Back side shows the continent overlaid with small color illustrations of dozens of items of local interest. Undated but appears to be circa late 1950s. Library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Initials/date on contents page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Public transport in Portsmouth from 1840 onwards. Well illustrated. Maps from 1909 and 1930 as end papers.
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. 112pp. This in-depth study of the work of architect Erno Goldfinger was brought out to coincide with the opening of 2 Willow Road, Hampstead, the most significant of his pre-war works and his former home. The selection of his drawings and papers which the RIBA holds presented here demonstrates the vast scope and the consistency of a career which sheds light on the development of Modernism in Britain. Scarce.
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Bright non-rusted staples. 32pp. How our mode of accommodation on the earler road stage coaches and on the later railways have developed and been adapted to safer and more luxurious coaches and carriages across 200 years.
99 pages. A detailed history of Mill Bay, British Columbia and its people. "When white men came in the early 1880's, Mill Bay was a vast forest, great trees covering the eastern slope to the water's edge. There was almost no undergrowth as sunlight could not penetrate to the forest floor. Since developers have discovered Mill Bay, there is very little uncleared land left." - from introduction. Includes interesting archival black and white photographs. Author was born in Mill Bay in 1904 and grew up on Cobble Hill Road. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules shows its airlift capacity; Marine Corps Reserves; Sikorsky ad shows the HSS-1N at sea; Republic ad shows their Lark helicopter at work; Single Concept - Road to Disaster; Force Artillery - a quick look at the hardware of today and tomorrow; Force Motor Transport - article with truck photos; Seabeas 1961- what they do and how they do it; Force Troops, FMFLant - Mission, Organization, Readiness, Programs to Improve Readiness; Force Troops, FMFPac - Mission, Orgainzation, Readiness; Force Troops FMF Pac Report - Missiles; Aimed Fire - third of three articles on West European fire arms and tactics; Commando Course, RM - Capt Alfred J. Croft recounts his attendance at this rugged British school; Royal Marines, UK; FMF 1965 - proposed organization and major equipment; Nice photo Jeep ad illustrates the M-170 front line ambulance, M-274 mechanical mule and FC-170 12-passenger personnel carrier; Transfers and Promotions; Back cover photo ad for the Kaman Huskie search and rescue helicopter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In English and Turkish. 161, [3], 161 p., color ills. Eurasian Silk Road Universities Consortium (ESRUC) Proceedings. 3rd Eurasian Silk Road Universities Convention (ESRUC). Most successfull projects in your administration.= Avrasya Ipek Yolu Üniversiteler Birligi (ESRUC). Bildiriler. 3. Avrasya Ipek Yolu Üniversiteler Birligi Toplantisi. Yönetiminizi en basarili projeleri. 13-15 October; 2002, Erzurum, Turkey.
New English Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 149 p., color ills. Archi-cultural interactions through the Silkroad. Selected papers. 3rd International Conference 25-27 March 2015, Istanbul / Turkey.
XLIV, 477 pp., 7 pl. depl. (4 tableaux dépl. et 5 planches gravées) demi-veau havane, dos lisse orné (rel. de l'époque) 1827, 1827, in-8, XLIV, 477 pp, 7 pl. depl. (4 tableaux dépl. et 5 planches gravées), demi-veau havane, dos lisse orné (rel. de l'époque), Première édition de cet ouvrage « utile aux propriétaires de campagne, aux maires des communes rurales, aux membres des Conseils Généraux et d'arrondissements, aux préfets et sous-préfets, aux entrepreneurs de roulage et de messagerie, aux carrossiers, charrons et autres artistes » et consacré aux routes et à leurs défauts, aux moyens de les conserver et de les paver, à la théorie des roues, aux largeurs des jantes et à la nécessité de délimiter les changements, ainsi qu'aux voitures publiques. Une notice sur le procédé d'asphaltage des routes, selon le système de MacAdam complète l'ouvrage. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), écrivain et inventeur britannique, se proposait dans cet ouvrage de perfectionner les voies publiques en France et de développer le système de transports. Accidents à la reliure. Belles planches en fin d'ouvrage
Pages 189-244. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: A Norwegian Road - interesting article with great photos from Norway; A Story of Old New England; The causes of the decrease of birds; The Vaughans - A California Idyl (continued); Thomas Leavitt and his artist friend, James Akin; Life on the Magalloway; The Gipsy Maiden's Song (poem); Nice photo ad for the Boston and Maine Railroad; New Hampshire Necrology. Sunning to front cover. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
QUIMPER, Typographie de E. blot, fils - 1841 - Fort in-4 - 1/2 Reliure cassée, manque en tête - CXII, 95 + Table 4 pages - 1842 - Table 4, CIV & 76 pages - 2 Tableaux dépliants HT - 1843 - Table 4, XCVI pages & 2 grandes planches dépliantes HT - 1843 - 71 pages - frais intérieurement
104 pages. The thirty-nine songs in this book include: A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall; Blowin' In The Wind; Mr. Tambourine Man; On the Road Again; The Times They Are-A-Changin'; and many more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Name and inkstamp upon title page, otherwise unmarked. A worthy copy of this great Dylan memento. Book
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor bumping to tops of boards, the tiniest ink mark to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 128pp. Wide format book designed appropriately to show bridges ro their full extent. With an introductory interview with Frank O. Gehry.
68 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Interview with Ken Dryden; Sam Pollock is afraid of planes; The Big M, Frank Mahovlich, comes to town; Canucks Quiz; How the Canucks fared vs. the Montreal Canadiens last year; Jean Beliveau article; Great photo of Bobby Schmautz in fancy leather coat ad; Photos of Canuck players, staff and management; Photos of Montreal Canadiens players; Borgeson Ice Rinks ad; NHL history article with photo of Max Bentley; Photo feature page on Gary Smith; Jim Robson caricature in CKNW ad; Michel Plasse featured in VanCity ad; John Wright - Player of the Week; plus many great vintage ads. Centre page loose but present. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with slight marking to rear. 21pp. No date, assumed 1952. The history of road transport culminating in the rubber-tyred vehicles of today. Published to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.