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Approximately 23" x 19". Undated but probably from the early 20th century. Unmarked with moderate wear. Some age-toning. A sound copy. Map
Approximately 23" x 19". Undated but probably from the early 20th century. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Some age-toning. A quality copy. Map
"Road to Avonlea" is a CBC/Sullivan Films TV series based on stories and characters created by L.M. Montgomery. Hockey season comes to Avonlea, but the youngsters' love for the sport is overshadowed by family feuds that culminate in the final action-packed match. Book
538 pages. Fifteen maps. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "With very few exceptions, the only written sources for the past four hundred years have come not from the islanders themselves, but from the pens of the ship captains, traders, missionaries, administrators and roustabouts who visited the islands from afar. The history of Micronesia, then, is one that is written by foreigners." - from Preface. A sampling of the eighteen chapter titles includes: Conquest and Colonization; On the Road to China; A Nest of Rogues and Runaways; Copra Becomes King; The White Man's Law; The South Seas Mandate; Ruin and Reconstruction; and more. Light wear. Binding tight. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Minimal foxing to edges and front free endpaper. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this valuable reference. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
4to., First Edition, with title in red and very numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, black endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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. 126pp.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with very slight indentations to rear. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 300pp. Detailed account of the MG marque from its humble origins to its being the car with open-top romance, a consistent race winner and a record world speed breaker.
Tiny mark to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with unmarked blue cloth boards and very minor bumping to rear corners. 175pp. A concise history of the Daimler, Benz and Mercedes cars from 1900 up to the 1940s. Then the greater part of the book gives, model by model, with photographs and statistics, the 1946-1975 model details, followed by more information on the 1976 and 1977 models.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, tiny signature on front free endpaper; black buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy.
In 4o, pp. 12, brossura in carta colorata coeva. Testo riquadrato. Memorie Patrie della città di Treviso, raccolte dall'autore e dedicate alle famiglie Perazzolo e Monterumici. Pubblicazione di un documento del 1274 relativo alla famiglia dei Caminesi, o meglio, a Gerardo de' Castelli. Minime fioriture. Ottimo (19793/TREVISO - PERAZZOLO - MONTEMURICI - DA CAMINO)
in-8°, 80-535 pp., reliure pleine basane d'epoque, plats originaux colles sur les plats de la reliure, dos lisse. Bon etat. [NV-11]
21x14. 179p. Col. Pérgamo, N. 69.
92 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Eskimo-American Girl by Neysa McMein; Lovely full-page black and white ad for Victola on page 3 (featuring model No. 360); Full-page black and white ad for P and G Naptha soap on page 4 entitled 'From Arizona to the Adirondack'; "A Great Rushing of Wings, by Emma-Lindsay Squier - illustrated by Maurice L. Bower; The Midnight Revel, by Thomas Hardy - illustrated by N.C. Wyeth; The Candle in the Window, by Margaret Hill McCarter - illustrated by Edward F. Ward; Christmas, by Gene Stratton-Porter - woodcuts by John J.A. Murphy; The Splendid Road, by Vingie E. Roe - illustrated by Robert W. Stewart; Reversion, by Robert W. Chambers - illustrated by Gerald Leake; The Loring Mystery, by Jeffrey Farnol; The Gods He Served, by Melville Davisson Post - illustrated by C.D. Mitchell; Spanish Sunlight, by Anthony Pryde - illustrated by James H. Crank; Charming 2-colour Campbell's Soup ad features Campbell kid with calendar and title 'Never let a day go by without eating soup!' - 21 kinds, 12 cents a can; Fels-Naptha ad; Pond' cream ad; Brown Durrell Company - Gordon Hosiery ad; Awsome colour ad for Mazola salad and cooking oil; Nice Eureka vacuum cleaner ad; Forest Mills Underwear ad; Davenport Bed ad; Montgomery Ward Catalog ad; Wonderful full-page color ad for Diamond Walnuts; Fantastic full-page color ad for Kraft Cheese; Page 64 contains a complete Christmas game which can be cut out and played; 13 pages of wonderful vintage clothing styles for women and children; Full-page ad for Fleischmann's Yeast; Lovely color Colgate ad on back cover features Christmas gifts 'that are sure to please'. Unmarked. Average wear to contents. Covers detached and heavily worn, but present. Please note: One-third of page 41 has been removed - it appears to have contained a 'tempting hint for holiday cheer'. Book
100 pages. Features: The Road to The Left (part I); Visiting Man; Salute! - There Goes Romance; Plain Nice; Quite Happily Married; From This Day Forward; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup shows 21 cans of their various flavours; Classy one-page color Camay soap ad features lady sought by gents on horse farm; Ponds cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel III; Vintage one-page color ad for Camel cigarettes features illustrations of Mrs. J. Gardner Coolidge, 2nd, Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie, Jr., and Mrs. James Russell Lowell, plus endorsements by Miss Mary Byrd, Miss Alice Byrd, Mrs. Powell Cabot, Miss Anne Gould and Mrs. Potter d'Orsay Palmer; Photo of Miss Ruth Linton of St. Paul, MN as she endorses Nujol; One-page ad for Listerine toothpaste features photos of illustrator Dan Content and Betty Cook; Fascinating half-page photo ad sponsored by the California Fruit Growers Exchange proclaims "Tooth decay reduced 57% with fresh orange and lemon juice"; One-page illustrated ad for the new Ford V-8; Vintage one-page color ad for Sunkist oranges; Berry Shortcake recipe; Interior design article; Certo ad features photo of Iowa jelly and jam champion Mrs. C. Osborne; Very attractive one-page color-illustrated ad for Wesson Oil (to be used in mayonnaise) features pastel country scene; Bisquick ad features photo of Eleanor H. Dewey of Minneapolis; One-page Pond's face powder ad features color illustrations of Miss Whitney Bourne, Miss Charlotte Young, Miss Lilla Fiskk, Miss Mary Weld, Mrs. Edward Burns and Mrs. Frederic Bellinger; Several pages of lovely color illustrations of ladies' dress fashions; Photo of Edna Wallace Hopper in ad for her "Special Restorative (skin) Cream"; Vintage color comic-format ad for Lifebuoy and Rinso inside back cover cover topics such as B.O. and clothes boiling; Nice color-photo ad for Ivory Soap on back cover; and much more. Small faint date stamp atop back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Openings at each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this delightful vintage issue. Magazine
"Road to Avonlea" is a CBC/Sullivan Films TV series based on stories and characters created by L.M. Montgomery. Sarah must solve Olivia's dilemma when the young woman finds herself caught in the middle of two well-intentioned gentlemen suitors. 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
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 304 pages with many full-page photos, biographies, overhead photos, etc.
[5], 6-144 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The fifth and final volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Concentrates on the battles in the Rhineland during February and March 1945. A careful examination of the available documents, Canadian, British, American and German, has produced an account of this period which provides new insights. The Rhine crossing and the battles of April-May 1944 in the Netherlands and Germany are also described in some detail." - dust jacket. Average wear to book which is bound in golden boards. Binding intact. Prior owner's bookplate and tiny erasure upon front free endpaper. Fly specks [?) to right edge of front panel of dust jacket which otherwise shows average wear and is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.237. Book
143 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with maps and reproductions of archival black and white photos. Oblong 12.5" x 9.5". "Presents the story of Allied and German strategy in the last month of the Normandy campaign as well as a detailed account of the battles fought by the Canadians along the road to Falaise." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's small address label inside front board, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this important reference. Book
122 pages. Index. "The first volume in a series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. This volume contains the story of the planning of Overlord and the details of Canadian operations during the first month of the campaign." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
142 pages. Index. Many black and white photos. Maps. Oblong 12.5" x 9.5". "Third volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Works from primary sources to present a new account of German and Allied strategy and the particular role played by the Canadians." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Some cigarette odour. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book