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Paris Félix Alcan 1903, Collection bibliothéque de philosophie contemporaine, In-8 broché de 550 pages. Trés bon état.
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
Features: Three Generations of Lawman - the Roy Johnston Family at Yukon, Oklahoma; The Myth of Deadwood Dick - six men who vied for the honor of being the 'hero' who never existed; Noisy, Sinful Goldfield, Nevada; And the Band Played On!; Wrangling Dudes in Yellowstone; Quicksand - Nature's Booby Trap; Silent Night of the Hermit; Fastest Track West of the Mississippi - some unforgettable races in old Spokane; The Fine Art of Ignoring Trouble - the town of Two Dot; Buried Riches on Old Horn's Peak; Murdered in Church - Socorro, New Mexico; Fishing in Idaho - spear heads; Mein Herr Gets a Look at Aljaska Land - first pictures ever published in Germany portraying 'Seward's icebox' (the former Russian America); and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. One inch opening at top of cover fold. Nice copy. Magazine
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (31 x 24 cm). In Turkish. [x], 264 p., color and b/w ills. Geç Antik Çag'da bir kirsal yerlesme: Dede Harabeleri.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's name label on dust jacket and inscription on endpaper. 11 1/4"w x 10 1/4"h. 216 pages. Many color photos and illustrations.
Volume rilegato in tela, sovraccoperta originale, vi-125 tavole fotografiche molte delle quali ripiegate. Spledida pubblicazione qui offerta in ottime condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'irdine
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: Pacific International Air Races; The Burgess Co. Story - Part 2 - 1911-1912; Bill Gary and the Hoople - William Pierce Gary; Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group, May 1944-May 1945 (part 2); The Lockheed Sirius; The Hensley Affair - Col William N. Hensley; Reading Air Show; 601st Aircraft Repair Squadron; Beginnings of Hickham Field; Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine, in WWII; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 231-302. Cover features photo of a Lockheed Sirius 8 Special, NR 211 c/n 140 flown across the Pacific and Atlantic by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
86 pages. Features: Ad for Verve magazine inside front cover. Human Beings in Traps - article discusses prosperous Hungarian Jews attempting to relocate to America; Interesting article in Hat Check Girls with photo of Abe Ellis, 'Hat Check King'; The Great Die-Off - 'nature's way of regulating the races that can't regulate themselves - applies to men, and war; "Sex-Mad" Psychiatrists lead failed research on inmates at Jackson Penitentiary aka Southern Michigan State University - article with photos; Revival of the Third Psyche - Psychoanalysis is sometimes good for the patient and always good for the analyst; German U-Boat torpedo hits cattleboat Nicosian - but the Germans were never heard from again - death in a ship's furnace; A Measure of Economic Recovery in Brockton, Mass. - article with photo of shoe worker Mrs. Agnes Flannery; The Case for Capitalism; Treachery on the Aragon Front in Spain; Photo of Italian Air Force flying in Swastika formation to honor Hitler's Rome visit; Photo of Wang Ko-min, Chinese chief of Japan's puppet regime in North China; Nice large photos of hat check girls Arlene Stone, Yvette Sossi;Audrey Dee, and Terry Redko. Full-page photo of Abe Ellis; Two large photos of dead killer whales in South Africa as a result of suicide/thinning-out cycle; Full-page photo portrait of Sigmund Freud; One-page photo of Avery Brundage; Fascinating color centerfold illustration depicts Europe with Spain appearing as a gored bull near death; Full-page photo portrait of film producer Reinhold Schunzel, who went to Vienna from Germany; One-page photo of formally dressed Danton Walker and Gertrude Lawrence in New York; One-page photo of Danton Walker with Paul Draper at the El Morocco; Photo of Lucius Beebe with Libby Holman; Other photo subjects include Paul Lyons, Paul Stewart, Kenneth Roberts, Dale Harrison, Louis Sobol, Sam Harris, Mrs. Bugs Baer, Billy Rose, Clifford Odets, Jed Harris, and George Ross of the NEA; Parisian Alderman of the Left - Leon Jouhaux; The International Brigade in Spain; Who Started the Spanish-American War? - did the whole thing result from a miscommunication?; The Rawest Deal in Sports - Amateur Athletes; Local Relief vs. Federal Work; Bow to the Sentry - fascinating article on Japanese censorship of its activities in China; The Trouble Boys - policing illegal gambling in the U.S.; Tale of poverty by a West Virginia coal miner; Article on film censorship states Goebbels controls 4/5 of German film production; Army Bomber burns at Azusa, California; Manhattan Columnists - article with photo of Walter Winchell's office; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear with openings at each end of coverfold. Moderate moisture exposure. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Germer baillière, 1879. In-8 relié percaline aubergine de l'éditeur, 368 pages. Reliure un peu frottée, bon exemplaire.
Paris, La Palatine, 1984, 26'5 x 26 cm., tela original con sobrecubiertas, numerosas ilustraciones en negro y color, muchas de ellas a toda página, 239 págs.
La Renaissance du Livre 1932, In-8 relié demi basane rouge, dos à nerfs, titre doré. 629 pages. Bien relié. Bon état.
In 8. Dim. 23x14,5 cm. Pp. 276+(8). Interessante volume del 1953 sui tropici scritto da Marston Bates. All'interno: storia, diverse razze umane ai Tropici, varieta culturali, civiltà, clima tropicali, abiti, malattie, natura e foresta, mari, risorse nei Tropici, governi, ecc... Alcune illustrazioni e mappe all'interno. In ottime condizioni. Copertina editoriale in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in ottime condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Piccola macchia di inchiostro al margine destro delle prime 12 pagine. Interesting volume of 1953 about tropics written by Marston Bates. Inside: history, different human races in Tropics, cultural differences, civilizations, tropical climates, customs, deseases, nature and forest, seas, resources in Tropics, governments, etc... Some illustrations and maps inside. In very good conditions. Editorial cover in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in very good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings. Little ink's stain in the right edge of the first 12 pages.
56 pages. Features: Strip-teaser Cupcake Cassidy; Are You a Romantic Match-Maker?; A Canadian Looks at Hiroshima; How to save $300 at the Supermarket; How Horse Trainers Beat the Races - Johnny Starr; Women Hollywood Stars Hate; Tales of Canada's Map-Maker - David Thompson; Murder by Winnipeg's Jilted Gigolo - "Amorous" Albert Victor Westgate; How Sewing Stretches Your Wardrobe; It's Normal to be a bit Neurotic; Connie Stevens - "Hawaiian Eye"; Plight of our Common-Law Wives; August is Sandwich Time; The Forbes Family of Windsor Camps for Fun; Gordon Sinclair hunts for Tiger in India; Fantastic photo of the Ontario Tug-of-War Team of 1893 from Zorra Township which won the world championship at the Chicago World Fair in 1893; and more. Ads: Confederation Life one-page ad showing poverty-stricken man who gambled he wouldn't live to 65; Half-page ad for the CNE; Beautiful young lady in one-page colour-photo ad for Pepsi; Nice one-page photo ad for General Motors in Canada features George Martin fly fishing; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features young couple on beach being struck by wave. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
Features: Our scramble to keep India's atom peaceful; Former Canadian diplomat, Arnold Smith, is newly elected first secretary-general of the Commonwealth - with photos; To Hell and Back - an anonymous writer's tale of alcoholism and drug addiction; The real meaning of dreams, by Ben Rose; Sweet Song of Success - Features story on Ian and Sylvia, with photos; Quebec's new Power Elite - Claude Morin, Arthur Tremblay, Guy Fregault, Louis-Phillips Pigeon, and Jean Deschamps; Sunday Driver - Commercial Artist and Canadian Racing Driver of the Year, Al Pease races his MGB; Is the Canada Council Squandering Your Money?; Talking with insects and animals (like dolphins) to learn how to talk to other worlds; Tai Chi - a new health kick, a thousand years old; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Fantastic two-page colour ad for the Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport Coupe in Desert Beige; What Goes On Behind The Mask of Modern Marriage? - the first public account of the marriage studies now being readied for publication by Dr. John Cuber; Champion athlete Dave Steen lashes out at 'The Badgers who ar Handcuffing our Amateur Athletes'; The Craziest kill of the U-boat war - Harold Lawrence wryly recounts the briefly famous exploit that won him a DSC from King George and inspired an RCN recruiting poster; What really happened to Walter Gordon?, by Peter C. Newman; What was behind the James Coyne Fiasco, by Peter C. Newman (Coyne was governor of the Bank of Canada); The incredible talents of animal actors - with photos - Sheila Burnford's account of seven days at the Disney set outside Hollywood (Burnford wrote "The Incredible Journey"); The Tragic Strength of Apartheid, by Blair Fraser; The brigantine Pathfinder races the Renown III and St. Lawrence II on Lake Ontario - the first such race since the nineteenth century - nice photos; Nice colour centerfold for the 1964 Oldsmobile models; Colour Coke photo ad on back cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Bit of peripheral sunning to front cover. A sound copy. 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
415p. + Frontis. Illustrated with full page plates. Numerous text drawings of ancient artifacts. Front inner hinge cracked. XLib bookplate. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 415. All edges stamped with library name. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Beveled edges. Boards ruled in black. Front board embossed in gold with a design of a head. Spine decorated and lettered in gold; but with library call marks. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 1
Montpellier de Gras 1866, In-8 broché, 156 pages. Envoi autographe au 1° plat. Bon état.
66 pages. Features: Ten pages of the best '49-'51 Fords; Firedome Deuce - real haulin' '32 with De Soto power; South American Custom - Custom Kaiser convertible; On-Top, Off-Top, Hardtop - a finned Stude from Chicago; Pint-size hand-built hauler; Bahama Blue Baby - '32 Ford owned by Bob Merriam; De-Chrome your own hood; 1956 records from Bonneville national speed trials and Kansas City national drag races; Conservative Grilles; and more. Above-average wear. Writing on front cover and title page. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Dar Mlodziezy; On the Waterfront; European Ferry Commentary; Panama Canal's Future; The Last of the Aces - The Texas Clipper; Voyage Report - Carry it Bulk!, by Captain A.W. Kinghorn; Portland Naval Base - Roger Fry reviews the eventful history of the Royal Navy's Dorset base now faced with closure; Ships colour Pictorial; Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races 1994; Under Sail - 'Provident'; Sailing the 'Royalist'; Weymouth Harbour in Old PHotographs - photofeature; A Captain and his Ship - Herodd Widding is master of the Nordlys, latest addition to Norway's Hurtigruten fleet; Naval Review; Ports of Call; Large colour photo of the Kruzenshtern inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
216p.. illus. Hardcover Very good condition fair d.j.
264 p. Illus. by the author. Includes chapter & appendix on America's Cup races. Hardcover Very good condition