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256p. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Large 4to. Original full royal blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. NAVAL BOX 1
Folio 256p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Folio 256p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Oversize. 256 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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
191p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
279p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
279p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
275 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition; spine faded
Features: Savannah and the Vanderbilt - it took 10 races and 3 years to get this famous race south of the Mason-Dixon Line - major article with great photos; Joseph S. Coates - Perfectionist; No. 1 Dupont Owner - Stanley B. Smith of State College, PA; Twice Burned - Twice Restored - A Steam Saga of true devotion - Bob Bohaty has restored his Locomobile steamer twice; A Rare Six Cylinder Sixty Horsepower White; Automatic Transmission 1905 - Gas Au Lec - the Corwin Manufacturing Company of Peabody, Ma; Roving Reporter's Page; In Duster and Veil; National Winners; Prize-Winning 1924 Model T Station Wagon; Covered Bridge Tour; Tire conversion table for car and motorcycle tire and standard beaded edge car tires; Ford Facts - The Ruckstell Axel; Tips on Restorying; Reworking an EMF Rear End; Who was Victor Page?; Making Patent Leather Fenders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Is it already too late for the Seventies? - 'our awards for achievement below and far short of the call of duty in the first year of the decade; The members of the Mob - meet the ones who've been weeded out, and you'll worry just as the cops worry - about the ones who are still with us; The Winds of the Sea - Tom and Greg Ryan are maritime fishermen; Suddenly pants are proper - fashion feature; George Eaton of the famous family races Grand Prix cars at 170 mph; Please note 1/3 of page 23 has been clipped out - this probably contained part of the 'you asked us' section; Rogers Chocolates - began when the chocolate bar was only 9 years old - photos and text (piece clipped from one photo); Homer Stephens conducts Canada' largest car auction - Cooksville Auto Auction; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
Features: The Poor will always be with us, eh? - but what if they turn against us?; Is there any truth in old wive's tales?; Down from the High Country - Roundup in British Columbia; Four Good Habits - fashion feature; Ed Skakie races a Mini Cooper; Nobody would let Maurice Strong save the world... Until he made a million in Canadian business, then even the UN have to give him a shot - Strong is to organize the UN's 1972 world pollution conference; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
Features: Everything you wanted always wanted to know about the life of a stewardess... but were too shy to ask; On the Road with Young Canada - Part 2 of Dave Cobb's motorbike ride across Canada; So you think Pierre Trudeau's Doing a Lousy Job? - test your knowledge of the P.M.; The Quarterback's Bodyguards - offensive guards - Bill Danychuk, Jack Abendschan, Ken Sugarman, Roger Scales (Please note: pages 15 and 16 of this article are missing from this copy); Nancy Greene in the Marketplace - she makes $100,000 a year but she only endorses products she believes in; Professor Igor Kusyszyn teaches a course on betting on horse races; Kurt Weber's Roulette system won him $150,000; Our pick of the best Canadian fashions the federal government could find; half-page colour ad for Polaris snowmobiles; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
107p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
107p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Oblong folio 160p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
679 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition The author, son of polar explorer Robert F. Scott, founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, and help found the WorldWide Fund for Nature. He was also a sportsman and won the DSC during WW2
Book shows very light shelf wear only, with some scuffing and fading to back cover. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 56 page book filled with b&w photos of the era: horse drawn carts, first horseless carriage in Vancouver, the first car crashes, lots more: 50 plates.
Vintage advertisements. Features:The forestry situation in Canada - present and future; Performance of Scotch Pine races under prairie conditions; Stereum Pini incorrectly reported as cause of decay in Lodgepole-Pine; Observations of Armillaria Mellea in Immature Douglas Fir; Trends and new developments in the transportation of wood in eastern Canada; The tree decadence classification for mature conifer stands; growth of immature Douglas Fir by tree classes; Forest Research Development in Sweden; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Pages 821-864. Features: Gorgeous Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. colour ad inside front cover features Toucan birds illustrated by Lobban; The U.S. Supreme Court; The Coronation Commission's First Meeting, and other royal occasions; Photos of the Silverstone races; The Stricken U.S.S. Wasp limps home - with photos of the 75' gash to her bow where she struck a mine-sweeper-destroyer; Photo of members of the Cho Oyu Expedition, including Mr. Eric Shipton; Stirling Moss is congratulated for a victory; Photo of Stalin holding child; The R.M.S. Gothic in the Captain Cook graving dock in Sydney; The Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli enters Grand Harbour, Malta; Aerial photos of Lake Eyre in South Australia - an inland sea that is fast reverting to a salt desert; Two pages of illustrations depict the recently completed Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, to be opened on May 21; Two pages of illustrations of engineering features of the new waterway, including the world's largest inland lock; Article entitled "Churchill versus Terpitz"; One-page map illustrates the Central African Federation Plan; Centerfold illustration of the City of Bath in the pride of its Roman civilization - Britain's most ancient spa as it was 1800 years ago; Photos of the Duke of Edinburgh in South Wales; Photos of the Queen and other visitors at the British Industries Fair; Photos of the Royal Danish visit to England; Photos of Personalities of the week - including the recently departed Sir Oswald Birley; Photos of Australia's possible atomic test sites; The New Kirkuk-Banias oil pipeline; Photos of amphibious and cliff assaults demonstrated with realism by the Royal Marines; Very tasteful colour-illustrated ad for the Daimler "Regency" inside back cover; Colour Hawker Siddeley Group ad (#5 in a series) on back cover; and more. Centerfold holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 73-112. Features: Cover illustration of Rudyard Kipling - veteran of English letters, Port of Empire, and a master of fiction; Photo of FDR's neutrality declaration; Six photos illustrate widespread havoc left in the wake of recent 90 mph winds, including the wrecked scenic railway at Ramsgate; Two pages of prominent photos document the diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar - a prince brought from obscurity to rule Baroda; Two pages of photos illustrate the Union Jack flying on the Abyssinian frontier - The Somaliland Camel Corps in British Somaliland; Page of reproductions of paintings hitherto unknown in Tibet - the art of Ajanta; A path along which Buddhism spread from India - page of photos illustrating Signor Tucci's latest expedition to Tibet; Six photos describe modern life and ancient legend in Tibet - a complicated exploration; Five photos of a Bull "Derby" in the island of Madura - Malay cattle breeders who drive their beasts in races; Book review of "Miracles and Adventures", by M. A. St. Clair Stobart; Article on the discovery of oscillating electrical circuits; Page of illustrations explain how electric oscillation is used in wireless and medical work; One page photo portrait of H.R.H. Prince Edward of Kent returning to London from Sandringham; Photo of the latest addition to the German Navy, the "Admiral Graf Von Spee"; Photo of HMS "Apollo"; The Italo-Abyssinian War - six photos; Page of photos of British and French warships in port and at sea; Centrefold aerial photo of Kenilworth Castle; Photo of grand birthday party for general Goering in the Berlin State Opera House; Photo of new high-speed German airliner, the "He.111" adopted by Lufthansa; The abbey's Chatham effigy cleaned - the "Eagle Face" modelled from life by Mrs. Wright; Photos of personalities of the week include Samuel Begg, Hugh Ruttledge, Samuel Rothafel ("Roxy"), Percy Thomas, John Gilbert, the Aga Khan, Malcolm Macdonald, Ramsay MacDonald, coal industry negotiators, and the "retirement" of Yehudi Menuhin at tea with members of his family; Light on the "Dark Age" of the northern Sudan - Nubian tombs containing art relics and signs of slave-sacrifice at a master's burial - remarkable discoveries at Firka; Page of photos of Wilhelm Backhaus in concert; one page Johnnie Walker ad shows three people at bar; Halfpage photo- illustrated ad for the Rover "Fourteen" Streamline Coupe; Colourful Dewar's ad on back cover features flu bugs cowering at sight of man in busy rainy street holding bottle of whisky; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage 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
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