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Features: Ghost riders in the sky - tornadoes; Devil wind of the prairies - early tornados; Bonanza in the Mogollons; A county, a courthouse, a hanging - convicted murderer James Cason in Weatherford, Texas; The case of the brass nuggets; Kit Joy's gang - train robbers; Finding a hideout cave; horseplay was often fatal - Lima, Montana and Colonel William Boule; The Choctaw who lived like a king - Robert M. Jones; A long talk with Chuckawalla Wilson - years on the track of the Lost Padre Mine; The Wandering Winnebago - forced to move for 32 years; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Magazine
Special Issue - Public Fiber. Public art for kids; A weaver's commitment - Gail Rutter Van Slyke; Commissions - the problems, the process, and the prospects; Fabric in the Southwest - Surface Design, a bank, and public recognition; The Fantastic Wind Sculptures of Cindy Snodgrass; Joellen Benjamin-Fay; The Woven Collages of Arturo Sandoval. Average wear. Name and date upon front cover. Magazine
Features: Eying the Gypsy Life; Architect's Angle VI - Roof Edges; Collectables - Honorable Miniatures from Japanese Holidays; Smaller Versions of a Big Movie - A GWTW (Gone With The Wind) Compendium; Starr Ockenga; Ted Churcher; Ellen Betz; Scarlett's Wardrobe - do it yourself; The Landscape of Christmas; Carve yourself a merry wooden Christmas; Claycrafting - toddler toys; Joann's Cushions; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Contents: Can advanced technology save the U.S. steel industry?; Molecules of visual excitation; The Rings of Uranus - data from Voyager 2; Beaches and Barrier Islands - attempting storm protection with manmade structures; Lyme Disease; Cold Nuclear Fusion - muons can catalyze the fusion of deuterium and tritium at room temperature; Aerodynamics of wind pollination; Arches and vaults in the ancient near east. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
589 pages. "Presents a broad overview of the climatic factors pertinent to the Canadian Arctic Islands and their adjacent waters. The emphasis is on the probability estimates of temperature, wind, and precipitation, as well as the duration of critical weather types." - from Abstract. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and very numerous delightful illustrations in the text, very neat calligraphic inscription (in French) on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in mid-nineteenth century green full morocco, sides with triple frame border enclosing elegant floral tools at corners, back gilt extra with five raised bands, bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt to a floral design, all edges gilt, doublures richly tooled in gilt, joints lightly rubbed, old and dulled tide-mark at lower outer corner of upper and lower boards (not affecting interior or contents), but a notably bright, clean copy in splendid period binding. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First edition of this popular fable drawn originally from the Ossian-Fingal legends.The author (1808-1880) was the brother and biographer of Alphonse de Musset. The unfortunate mark on the boards are the only flaw in what is otherwise a quite remarkable copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.243.
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the round the world trip of Mears and Collyer in 1928; Design and Construction of Aluminum Alloy Floats - article with photo of Keystone Commuter; Air-Cooled Cylinder Head Design; The Privateer Amphibian - A Low Wing Pusher Monoplane; Wind Tunnel Testts on Airplane Wheel Cowlings; Improvement and Economy in Carburetor Control; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing (part II); Effectiveness and Balance of Horizontal Control Surface; The Month's best from the Foreign Press; Assembly Instructions of the Fairchild Cabin Monoplane 71; Method of Making the Navy Type Cable Splice; How to Design and Build and Aircraft Finishing Room; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting; Puti It Up to Parker; How Fast Do They Fly?; New Products; Nice ad inside back cover Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: The Violent Society - do all the assassinations mean the American dream is dead?; The Siroccos - Francine Jarry, Franki Hart and Helene Vanier - photos and article; Nancy Mathews is featured in a colour photo full-page GM ad; Three Canadians return from racing driver training in Italy - Francois Favreau, Bud Tucker and Wayne Spears - article with photos (including cover); It looks like the Calgary Stampeders will win the Grey Cup now that they have Granville (Granny) Liggins - article with photos; Saskatchewan's West Wind Brings back Dust and Bad Memories of the Dirty Thirties - article with colour photos; Montreal Wood Sculptor (carver) Charles Butler - article with nice photos in colour and black and white; Picnic with a Cougar - article and colour photos of Lun Hancock cavorting with Tom the 150lb mountain lion!; Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper charts; blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises The Wind Singer (2000), Slaves of the Mastery (2001), Firesong (2002).
415 pages. Index. "Every community has something rare and distinctive. Every Community has its own personality, to a substantial degree the personality of the people who found it. Nobleford Monarch can offer one of the best examples. More than in most areas, Nobleford and Monarch carried the imprint of its great pioneer personalities... It would be a tragedy if the accounts or hopes and struggles and triumphs and disappointments of such people and their times were lost; or if the determination and imagination and moral fibre of trailblazers like Charles S. Noble were forgotten." - from Foreward by Dr. Grant MacEwan. Contents include: Physical Geography; Early History; Agriculture; Local Groups and Organizations; Local Businesses; Oil and Gas Exploration; Honor Roll; Family Biographies; Old Timers not Traced. Orange decorated cloth-covered boards. Pages lightly yellowed at edges. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Krotki [2e] 779, Strathern 3177. Book
Prefaced by Alberto Moravia GUIDA EDITORI BANCO DI NAPOLI INTERNATIONAL 1985 242 PP. FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: LIEVI SBUCCIATURE AL DORSO E AI MARGINI LATERALI DELLA CUSTODIA ILLUSTRATA, VOLUME INTONSO, PERFETTO. Parole e frasi comuni Agata Amalfi Anacapri ancient artist beast beauty become Blue Grotto boys built called Campanella Campania Capri cave caverns century charm Christian church colour confessor convent Crapolla death devil discovered divine Don Pasquale dreamearth evil eyes familiar favour friends Galli gods Greece Greek green hand heard heart Hellenic honour human Isca Ischia island islet Italian Italy John of Procida kind legend leisure Leucothea limestone lived long ago look marble Massa matter mediaevalmind Mithra modern monks mother Naples natives nature Neapolitan Nerano never nowadays once Parthenope perhaps persons Posilipo priests regions religious remains rocks Roman Saint Pantaleone Saint Teresa San Costanzo seems shape shoresignore Siren land Sister Serafina soon Sorrentine peninsula Sorrento spirit spot stone strange Suetonius summer Tacitus temple things thought thousand Tiberius true truth village waves wine wonder word
Mm 170x240 "Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Plank-Institut" - Collana "Studi e Ricerche" - Volume nella sua brossura originale, 373 pagine con figure in nero e a colori nel testo - contributi in lingua originale (italiano, inglese, tedesco) / texts in original language (Italian, English, German). Copia in condizioni di nuovo - brand new; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma ell'ordine.
242p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. xv, 175. Illustrated with diagrams and charts. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Hardbound. Nice copy. SPACE/1
112 pages. Features: Windpower, Zoning and the '90s; Rules for surviving Micro Hydroelectric Power; Portable Solar-Powered Workshop; Electric Pickup Truck; Electric Vehicle Aerodynamics; Understanding the Lead-Acid cell; Survey of 14 wind generators; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
Mm 195x275 Collana "Nuova enciclopedia agraria italiana" - Volume in mezza tela coeva, 511 pagine con 598 illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Ottima copia. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Pearl s. buck Vento dell'est: vento dell'ovest. , Gruppo editoriale l'espresso spa 2003-01-01, Sovraccoperta segnata dal tempo, impolverata. TAgli impolverati. Interno lievemente ingiallito, in buono stato. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina flessibile <br> 220<br> 84-96142-60-4
grand in-octavo, 80 pp., illustrations et dessins en couleurs, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Bel exemplaire. [DV-7]
Learn how to glide. With Index. Soiling to front free endpaper and name of previous owner. Some wear to cover corners
In-8 (cm. 21.10), brossura illustrata, pp. 390, (10), con illustrazioni editoriali in bianco e nero fuori testo. Prima edizione. Fioriture alla brossura; peraltro, volume in ottimo stato (nice copy).
280 p., 16 pl. n/b. Reliure demi simili, petite arrache à l'étiquette. Inv. 31238
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 214 pages.
116 pages. Great color photos of Linda and her band. Includes all songs from "Simple Dreams" and "Hasten Down the Wind", including: It's So Easy; Carmelita; Simple Man Simple Dream; Sorrow Lives Here; I Never Will Marry; Blue Bayou; Poor Poor Pitiful Me; Maybe I'm Right; Old Paint; Tumbling Dice; Lose Again; The Tattler; If He's Ever Near; That'll Be the Day; Lo Siento Mi Vida; Hasten Down the Wind; Rivers of Babylon; Give One Heart; Try Me Again; Someone to Lay Down Beside Me; Crazy; Down So Low. Average wear. Few pencil markings to contents. One-inch opening to front cover. A worthy copy of this precious compilation. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight bindin. Full brown cloth boards. 146 pages. Black and white photographs. "The reminiscences recorded in this book are nearly all those of our old carpentry business prior to my grandfather's death in the year 1893."
