Kennedy, Maj.-Gen. H.; Moseley, LeonardMareMagnum
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48 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Contents: Advice for Officers; Security; Crossing of the Moro; Meaning of S Gradings; Hints on F.T.; Plenty More; Letter from France; The Sappers; Film Strips; Ortona; Every Man a Marksman; A Battle in Normandy; Passing it On; Correcting Artillery Fire From a Tank; Films; Precedence of Corps. Laid-in is a 4-page leaflet entitled Schedule of Courses, 4th Quarter, 1944 which lists dozens of courses across Canada at such locations as RMC, Camp Borden, Cdn Bomb Disposal School (Ottawa), Cdn Small Arms School (Nanaimo), etc. Moderate wear. Canadian militaray ink stamp (dated 15 September 1944) upon back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
200 pages. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Many reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos and illustrations. Oblong 9"x12". Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this very informative and nostalgic work. Book
Second edition, with addition of 'many new and beautiful Fire-Works', 8vo (206 x 116 mm), xxvi, 262, [2]pp., with the final errata leaf and list of subscribers, turn-ins slightly offset onto title, 8 folding engraved plates, cont. calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, a very nice clean copy. A reissue, with a cancel title page, of the original edition of 1765 which was "remarkable as it is the first book dealing exlusively with recreational fireworks in English since Babington's classic work of 1655." This reissue has pages 253-255 have been excised from the original with the additional 11 pages from 253 to 262 describing the set-pieces depicted on the extra 3 plates. Provenance: Early armorial bookplate of Philip Earl Stanhope; From the library Military Library of Thomas Francis Fremantle (3rd Lord Cottesloe). Philip, A Bibliography of Firework Books, J020.2.
164 pages. Bibliography. Index. Appendices. Abundantly illustrated with archival black and white illustrations. Chapters include: The Bucket Brigade; Volunteer Firemen; The Waterworks; Professional Firemen; Changing Traditions; Depression Years; Wartime Fire Department; Post-War Growth; Out with the Old; Modern Fire Fighters. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A quality copy. Book
459 p. Numerous full page photo illustrations. Text and plates age stained. Sm. 8vo. Original worn publisher's cloth binding. The standard contemporary account of this awesome event. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 42
Folio 136p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
64 pages. Songs include: Blood and Fire; Center Stage; Close to Fine; History of Us; Kid Fears; Land of Canaan; Love's Recovery; Prince of Darkness; Secure Yourself; Tried to be True. Includes photos of the girls (in color and black and white) plus guitar chord diagrams at back. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Single sheet, 8vo., typescript; two horizontal folds, a very good, clean copy. Typescript dated 17 February 1941, and signed BY Captain, Firemaster for C.O.O. Stirling. A RARE SURVIVAL.
8vo., First Edition, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Novel set in South Africa at the turn of the nineteenth century.
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. [iii],200 p., b/w and color ills. Tulumbacilar ve Edirne tulumbacilari.
PARIS, F. Juven, 1897 - Iin-8 - débroché - Nombreuses repro. photographiques - : 192 pages - Frais intérieurement
320 pages including index and black and white illustrations. The life and work of Dr. Rowland V. Bingham. Map endpapers. Light to moderate wear to book. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. One inch chunk missing from top edge of front endpaper. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. Book
141p. Frontis. Illustrations by Nelson Hahne. 8vo. Original slightly stained full grey cloth binding. Paper label. Chanin's Studio Magic label. A collection of miscelaneous Magic tricks, sleight of hand, with cards, coins, cigarettes, etc. Illustrated with the superb illustrations by Nelson Hahne. From the working magic library of Bill Lieberman (Master of Magic) MAG 3
in-8°, 212 pp., broché, couverture illustrée. Bel exemplaire. [MI-21][SO-9-ded]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards with gilt decoration. Tears on worn dust jacket. Front free endpaper has been removed. Illustrated with the classical designs of John Flaxman.
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Single sheet, 8vo., typescript; three horizontal folds, a very good, clean copy. Typescript of Army Council Instruction No. 124 of 1941, dated 29 January 1941. Code 79/HD/1343 (S.D. 3). Signed by D.A.D.O.S. Stirling. Copied to Headquarters, Scottish Command. All Officers. 58th Section RAOC. A RARE SURVIVAL.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Feilding served for four years on the Western Front with the Munro Motor Ambulance Corps. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal plus two other awards for bravery
In-8 (cm. 23.10), brossura illustrata, pp. (8), (1 velina), 188, con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Le 8 carte iniziali senza numerazione e poste dopo il Sommario, sono un rapido riepilogo in lingua Inglese, Francese e Tedesca degli articoli pubblicati in questo numero. Lievissime abrasioni alle punte; peraltro, volume in ottimo stato (nice copy).
Signed by author upon title page. 215 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "In this book I have told some of the stories of life in Northern Ontario, of its people, and their struggles to change a wilderness into a happy land." - page 3. Gift greetings atop title page, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative local history. [Bishop p.1095] Book
35 p. 19 cm. Disbound. No wraps. Very Good. Rev. William Henry Harrison Gotwald (1841-1921) was from a long line of Lutheran ministers. After the Civil War, he re-enrolled in Pennsylvania College, graduated from there in 1866, and became principal of the Aaronsburg Academy. He was ordained in the Lutheran ministry in 1868. His first ministry was at Loganton, PA, which had been a part of his father's last charge. During his career in the Lutheran ministry, he served several churches and held a variety of offices in the Lutheran Church. In April 1873 became pastor to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Milton, PA. and continued as its pastor for nearly fifteen years, when he had to resign due to bronchial troubles. While he was serving as pastor at Milton, he was also President of the Susquehanna Synod for three years and Chairman of the Examining Committee for many years. He served as a member of the Milton School Board for twelve years, being its president for three years. He was the originator and organizer of the Pennsylvania State School Directors' Association and was its president for three years. He was a delegate to the General Synod and Director of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He served as a Presbyterian minister in Ocala, Florida, where he had gone due to his health. He also built a Lutheran church at Martin, Florida. He organized the St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C. and served as its pastor until June 1897. SCARCE. OCLC Shows this item in only four U.S. libraries. Bound vol. PA 48
110 pages. "... For fifty years he was concerned with the work of evangelism in Japan... He worked for 33 years among the police in and around Tokyo, later moving to Kobe; during the war he visited many Japanese evacuation camps in the U.S.A." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Ink stamp upon front free endpaper. Binding sound. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 10 1/8"w x 12 1/4"h. 256 pages. Many photos and illustrations.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears and wear to cover. Yellowing paper. 10 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. Approx. 60 pages. "Avant Garde was a magazine notable for graphic and logogram design by Herb Lubalin. The magazine had 14 issues and was published from January 1968 to July 1971.....While it could not be termed obscene, but it was filled with creative imagery often caustically critical of American society and government, sexual themes, and (for the time) crude language." [Wikipedia]
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
