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221p. Hardcover Good condition, covers darkened
pp. xii, 361 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Top edge gold. Uncut. XLib. Original full navy blue cloth binding, gold lettered and decorated. Though XLib, still a nice copy. RUSSIA; HISTORY; RUSSIAN EMPIRE; MOSCOW; KREMLIN; SIBERIA; RACES; RELIGION; CULTURE; CUSTOMS; ART; LITERATURE; STATISTICS; PHOTOGRAPHS; 1904 RUSSIA/1
Various Paginations. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations. Features include: Meeting des Nations - NATO display at Liege; Computers for Simulators - A.C. or D.C. - experience with both methods; World Gliding Championships; Valiant - Last of the Vickers Bombers? - with cutaway diagram; Britain's Foreign Air Traffic; Avro's Mach 3.5 Tunnel; The R.A.F. and Heavy Transports; Proteus Progress; Hot from the States - Lockheed F-104B and McDonnell F-101C; Viscounts for the World - dozens of photos; Bomex by Vulcan - a Bomber Exercise from Waddington; Agricultural Chipmunk; The Anti-bomber Missile; Fully Aerobatic Four-seater; What is a powered flight?; The National Air Races; Silver City Decade - Ten Years of Vehicle Ferry Operations; Breguet 940 Integral; The Bomb; The Lords Debate the industry; Civil Aviation; Special Feature - Commercial Aircraft of the World - with cutaway drawings; Service Aviation; The Industry; Thousand-hour jet - Rolls Royce Avon RA.29; All agricultural helicopters; Electrical Systems; Cabin Blower Development; The Routing Process; Training the Naval Fighter Pilot - methods at R.N.A.S. Lossiemouth; Reverse and Obverse; Bristol 192 - Europe's largest military helicopter, with cutaway diagram; "All There Were Honoured..."; Turbojet Run-up Stand; Bigger Payload Vanguard; A New Gyron Junior; Thunderbird's Nest - a preview of the English Electric Anti-Aircraft system; The Vanguard's Propellers - absorbing the 5,000 s.h.p.; Underwater Ejection - investigating methods of escape from submerged aircraft; Veteran Constellations; Saunders-Roe P.531Helicopter - with cutaway diagram; A Highway and a Helicopter - the new London-to-Yorkshire motorway; B.O.A.C. 1957-58; In the year of the fighters - a visit to Edwards Air Force Base; World Parachute Championships; Law of Space - what next?; All-weather amphibian - some thoughts on the aerodynamic characteristics of the Fulmar (non-Fairey type); V-bombers as intercepters? - seeking a solution to the problem of obtaining long range in defensive aircraft; Finding a Path; Navaho - WS-104 (SM-64A Navaho) - ancestor of the Hound Dog missile, F-108 Interceptor and B-70 Valkyrie Bomber; Westland Westminster - a 16-ton twin-engined transport helicopter - with cutaway drawing; Gnome - a 1,000 h.p. turboshaft unit by de Havilland Engine; The Case for the Comet; Commonwealth Aviation 1958 (opens with a large photo of an Avro Arrow in action); Aircraft vs. Forest Fire; The Canadian Industry (photos and more information about the Avro Arrow); Airline Competition in Canada; Cold Lake Warms Up - and prepares for the Avro Arrow; Canadian Ancillary Companies; Commonwealth Air Transport; The Australian Industry; Australian Ancillary Companies; India and New Zealand; First air-to-air photo of the USN's F8U-3 Crusader; British Aircraft 1958; British Aero Engines 1958; British Missiles 1958; Ancillary Industry 1958; Victor B.1; The 19th S.B.A.C. Display; Skyport High School; Handling the Piaggio P.166; Argentine Awakening; Astronautics in Amsterdam; Nagpur Junction - Speeding India's night mail; Popular Flying in the U.S.A.; The 707 comes to London; DHC.4 Caribou; The Scimitars of '803' - pictorial; Farnborough; High Altitude-High Temperature Chamber; Discussing Space Law; Pioneering In Africa; Lessons of Madrid; C-133 Cargomaster - Greatest load carrier in the western world - with cutaway drawing; The Bristol Scout. Minor lean to spine. Light wear. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
Multi-paginated Profusely illustrated with black and white photography, diagrams and advertisements. No. 2410 Vol. 67 contains: Maritime Britannia - first particulars of Canadair's CL-28; Re-Rising Sun - the Japanese aircraft industry 10 years after VJ-Day; Southern Air Traffic Control at London Airport; H.M. Carriers 1955 - survey's the role of the aircraft carrier in a thermo-nuclear age and previews the carrier strength of British and Commonwealth navies; Carrier Developments - recent inventions to increase efficiency on the flight deck; Scotland's Air Ambulances - two B.E.A. Herons go into operation. No. 2411 Vol. 67 8 April 1955 contains: The Speed of the Fox - a fairey occasion with historic associations; Jodel D.112 and Druine Turbi - Two French Ultra-light Two-seaters Compared; London Airport Central - photos of the new passenger handling block; Ferry 604 - The diary of a Viscount delivery flight to Montreal; Radically New Cockpit Design - U.S. Navy's television instrumentation; No. 47 Squadron - history of a famous transport command unit; Air Gunnery at Sylt; The Edo Amphibious Float; Two photos of the Handley Page Victor; The Deuce - English Electric's Digital Computer; T.C.A. and the Viscount - Background to the North American debut of a British turboprop airliner. No. 2413 Vol. 67 22 April 1955: Photo of the Hiller "Flying Platform"; Mixed Power - Engines of Different Species in Combination, Mr. M.J. Brennan's R.Ae.S. Lecture; Actuallites Francaises - the mighty Armagnac *page 519-520 missing from this article*; At the controls of the B-45 - Second-pilot time on a four-jet bomber; Britannia's Johannesburg Trials - Phase one of the tropical tests; Idlewild's New Terminal Area. No.2414 Vol.67 29 April 1955: Guide to First 1955 National Air Races; The Supercharged Turboprop - Dr. Hooker's S.A.E. Lecture on the Bristol B.E. 25, successor to the Proteus; Automatic Interception - all-weather single-seaters defending the U.K.; Meeting of the Airways; Actualites Francaises - the Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris; Silencing Jet Helicopters - a notable paper by Professor E.J. Richards; Sopwith Camel - Historic Military Aircraft No. 10; Tower of London - radar, radio and lighting controls in the new central building. No. 2415 Vol. 67 6 May 1955: A Coming-of-age with Gannets; Actualites Francaises - part 3 - non-stop variety in light aircraft; Jet Provost - Hunting Percival's New Av Initio Trainer (includes 2-page detailed drawing); The First Round - Swansea sees the start of the 1955 national air races; Off the Ice - an R.C.A.F. helicopter rescues a Cessna which was partially submerged beneath ice; Igor Sikorsky in Great Britain - Pioneer Helicopter Designer's Lecture to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Fabrications to Float and Fly - rubber dinghies, balloons, and much else - the work of the R.F. D company; "Hot" Parts by the Hundred - Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd. No. 2416 Vol. 67 13 May 1955: More Thoughts on Jet Lift; Routine Atlantic Crossing - Passenger's impressions of a typical Transatlantic flight by B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; The World's Air Forces - Their compostion, duties and aircraft *2 pages of this article are loose but present*; 1955 Military Aircraft Data; National Aircraft Insignia; The World's Air Forces Cont'd. No. 2417 Vol. 67 May 20, 1955: A Truimphant British Motion Picture - The Dam Busters; Luftwaffe Redivivus - Germany's New Air Force for A.A.F.C.E. - Its strenghts and constitution; The Party Line on Airlines - Tories, Labour and Liberals express their view for "flight"; Supersonic Fighter - a critical examination of the F-100A Super Sabre (with detailed drawing); Introduction to Air Freight - Part 1 American Domestic Scene; The S.N.C.A.S.E. S.E. 210 Caravalle - France's First Jet Airliner (with detailed drawing); Regularity in the making - the technical organization behind B.O.A.C.; Flight Control - an historical review - Abstracts from Dr. Draper's Wilbur Wright Lecture; Deutsche Lufthansa in Book
80 pages. Features: The Credit Spy Can Ruin You; Canada, Too, Does Her Bloody Bit in Vietnam; Great one-page colour Aislin caricature of Mohn Munro contemplating the legalization of pot/marijuana; One page Volvo car ad with snowy road photo; Joe and Jarusewich have not seen each other for forty years; How Women in Power Keep Other Women Powerless; Water - The Sellout That Could Spell the End of Canada; A Glimpse of Nines to Come - photo-illustrated article on Gordie Howe and his sons; Why Settle for One World When Turkey Offers Two?; Your Guide to the Medicare Maze; Architect Ray (Raymond) Moriyama - A Designing Man with Seduction On His Mind; Snow, Saunas and Swimsuits - article with with six nice colour photos of bikini-clad young ladies in sauna and snow; Car Races That Don't Kill - cars on the ice track at Young's Point, Ontario - with photo of driver Chris Cossette; Toshiba TV ad features illustration of young lady carrying radio with strap over her shoulder - predecessor to the ghetto blaster?; Article on NFB (National Film Board) and its rumoured demise; Review of book 'The Poverty Wall' by Ian Adams; News fight between CTV and CBC; How Bureaucrats Deal With Such Rebels as Riel and David Ward. Somewhat above-average wear with five-inch opening to mid-portion of cover fold and short opening to fore-edge of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
254p., illus. 1958 supplement laid in. Hardcover Very good condition good
254 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
254 p., illus. with 1958 Supplement laid in. Hardcover Very good condition good
240 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: Baisakhi; The Surajkund Fair; Holi in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh; Santiniketan observes Basantotsav; Celebrations of the Chapchar Kut; Celebrating Bohaag Bihu; Celebrating Myoko; Festivals in Gujarat; Camel races at Osian, Rajasthan; Kawant Festivities; Vibrant hues of the walls of the fort of Jaisalmer; Ugadi - new year in Andhra Pradesh; The Biryani; Spring fashions; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Columbia's Victory in the First of the America's Cup Races; Lord Montgomery retires from active service after 50 years in the British Army; Found in Persian Azerbaijan - a unique mannaean golden bowl; The St. Lawrence Seaway Prepares for the Queen's Opening; Pottery of the Unknown Kisalian Culture - Grave Goods from Sanga; Cheltenham College; The Interpol General Assembly Photo; Radar Warning and Control System Installed in H.M.S. Victorious; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Contents include: Primal images and primal ways of seeing, Species and race in the eighteenth century, Linnaeus' concept of species, Ray, Kant, Goethe, Buffon, Linnaeus, Classification of races, Herder, Leibniz, Oken, Buffon Leibniz, Blumenbach, Carus' race theory, etc. copyright Pistil Books, 2011
172p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
172p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
64 pages. Features: Lovely color fashion ads; Anatomy of the Goldwater Boom - great photo-illustrated article; Once More - The K.K.K. - photo-illustrated article, including burning cross and Robert M. Shelton, Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America; Hopeful Dialogue of the Races - Whites and Negroes set a bright example in Knoxville, TN; Britain's brilliant Minister for Science, Viscount Hailsham; Drama at the House of Morgan - Dramatic photos taken at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets, including the aftermath of a bomb which exploded in 1920 killing 30; The Titles attached to our Rulers' Names - Fhurer, Renovator of the Nation, Duce, Maximum Leader, etc.; Our teen-agers are suffering from 'Automania' - an overobsession with the automobile as a status symbol, as a means of getting someplace in a hurry, as a vehicle for a flight from tensions, or to indulge in a craving to show off; Cose View of Kremlin Boss Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Lovely color-photo ad for Helen Harper features Susie King of San Gabriel, California; Now the Earlier, Earlier Show - more and more movies are being shown on TV - even in prime time - article with photos; Motorola ad highlights their new 18-Amp silicon controlled rectifier used in home appliances; Fantastic color photo centerfold Rheingold Beer ad features contestants in the Miss Rheingold 1964 competition, Joyce DeHardt, Kay Hughes, Sondra Kates, Sheri Rice, Barbara Julian and Celeste Yarnall; Nice photos of college fashions; Nice color-photo Milk ad called "Milk Has Staying Power"; and more. Four ink stamps on Peugeot ad on page 25. Above-average external wear. Library stamp on front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book