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75 pages. Lovely old illustrated library bookplate inside front board. Some peeling inside back board where card pocket was removed. Mark where spine label was removed. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy of this intriguing work. Book
296 pages. Features: Dorothy Coleman Tribute; Wendy Lawton's Marcella and Raggedy Ann; Doll Design Concept of the Year - DOTY Nominees; Pantin; Dolls based on the Fiammingo Head; Francois Duquesnois (Francesco di Fiammingo); A View of Christmas 1875; The Titanic Connection; A Country rag Doll; The Sewing Machine - a miniature marvel; Norah Wellings' Charm Factory - part 1; The Many faces of Santa Claus; Norah Wellings Novelty Dolls; Collecting the small Composition Doll; Six Composition Character Dolls by the American Doll Company - a comparison study; "Little Lulu, I Love You, Lu"; Betsy McCall Revisited; The Revival of the 1800 Mid-America Handmade Doll with a pattern for Lucritia; Making a Doll-size Version of Little Jocelyn's Late 1930s Dress; Brushes with the Past - John Ben Vanderpool; My Quanah Parker Doll; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
114 pages. Features: Artist - Brad Price; Baca Street; R&B Barbecue; Artist - Charles Collins; Nussbaumer Fine Art; Cover Artist - Malcolm Furlow; and more. Presents Museums, Art, Fashion, Home Furnishings, Jewelry, Dining, Special Rates. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Reprint of the 1916 first edition. 224 pages. The Lusitania Massacre is one of the great landmarks in history, not alone in American history but in human history, because it ensured German defeat in the World War. Chapters include: Should passenger vessels carry war material?; English orders to fight submarines; The German warning; The American warning; The Cunard Company's warning; American Ruling (not law) on foreign armed merchant vessels; Was the Lusitania armed?; The Manifest of the Lusitania; Who is responsible?; View of the English, Austrians and Germans; The official English investigation; and more. Black and white illustrations. Some markings. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Front hinge secured with librarian's tape. Spine leaning moderately. Remains a decent working copy. Book
460 pages. Index. Map endpapers. "In this very special collection of excerpts from the finest journalism produced by the Ottawa Citizen over 160 years, you will be taken on a journey from 1845 to the present day, from the flowery prose of the earliest editions, to the leaner writing of modern times. Illustrations, editorials, feature stories and advertisements will bring back fond memories, broaden understanding of Ottawa's roots and provide plenty of food for thought and fodder for conversation." - from dust jacket. Numerous reproductions of illustrations, primarily in black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
72 pages. Features: Embroidery Through the Ages; Style - The Art of Clothing - the world view of Mary McFadden; Style - The Nontraditional Wearables; Writing, Thinking, and Being in the Arts Today (part II); Death Valley Mining - Gerry Williams travels to where his glaze materials are mined; George Ohr - Clay Prophet; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
20 pages. Copyright 1978. "Most people view circular breathing as a gimmick, and I must admit that it is usualy approached as such in the beginning. But performers like Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Urbie Green, Bill Watrous, Grover Washington Jr., Sonny Rollins, Don Menza and James Moody have proven that once mastered, it can add exciting new dimensions to wind performance. It is with this in mind that this text is written and intended." - from introduction. Above average wear to black decorated card covers which have some small tears and chips missing. Covers holding by one staple. Contents unmarked and in nice shape. Book
96 pages. Features: Dean Martin has the Last Laugh (without Jerry Lewis); The Beast of Belsen and the Dragon Tattoo; The Shrinking Violet - a story for lads with taller sweeties; Sucker in Paradise; Those Brooklyn Indians - 5,000 Mohawks in New York's most famous borough - Iron Workers, Big Chiefs of High Steel Construction; "My Favourite Girl" Photo Contest; The Man Who Married Annie Oakley - Frank Butler; The Great Football Swindle; Chinatown's Bloody Emperor - Fung Jing Toy evaded 200 attempts on his life; The Real-Life Drama of Willie the Actor - Willie Sutton; Yankee Lynch Mob - an angry crowd goes berserk at Port Jervis, New York; A Sight for Tired Eyes - Gale Fagan; Killer Trail of the Glanton Gang. Many nostalgic ads. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: At the Ice King's Board; Nature rolls her own - snow rollers - fascinating photo!; What kind of Christmas tree is yours?; Trailing the Woodfolk - tracking; A Builder of Aerial Tunnels; Partridge Berry - plant of Christmas Cheer; The Roc (Rukh) of Ages; Conservation - Logic and Convervation; Conseration and the Boy - building a sane, intelligent, sympathetic view of wildlife; A Christmas green conservation project; Accidents and highway billboards; The Royal Group in Northern Skies; Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
24 pages. Contents: Illinois - now a puzzle-problem; New York's New Charter;Safety Drive Cuts Fatalities; Coal Pay Talks Continued; How Bonus Will Be Spent; Illustration of Dr. Jjalmar Schact; Addis Adaba in Chaos after Selassie Flees, Taken by Italians - Ethiopia Doomed; Current Events; Congress; National News; More Money Needed?; Marketing; Photo of Rep. Bertrand Snell, permanent Chairman of the G.O.P. convention at Cleveland; Small photo of Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas; Science News; Aviation - testing new optical gun sight at Wright Field, near Dayton; Is Independence or Statehood Sought by Puerto Rico?; The Bee - an asset to industry; Vintage ads; and much more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: On Wildlife - messages for a New Millennium; Death of a Comet - The discovery and Demise of Shoemaker-Levy 9; A Bridge to the Stars - Tethered Satellites in Space; Strange New Worlds - The Quest for Extra-Solar Planets; A View from Space - NASA's new generation of Satellites. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Playing Politics with Gas (The Energy Crisis) - Pressured by Jerry Brown, President Carter sounds optimistic - and confused; Backlash against Big Oil helps Alaskan conservation bill; Victor Louis provides a Soviet insider's view of the coming war with China; Two-page color photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit claims it can drive from Halifax to Vancouver on $69 of fuel!; A. Philip Randolph - "The Most Dangerous Negro"; American pilots William Spradley and Roy McLemore are captured in Columbia; The Zimbabwe Dilemma - what should the U.S. and Britain do about the Muzorewa regime?; There is a contract on the Shah of Iran; The Rising Cost of Peace - Egypt and Israel beginning to feel the pinch; Riyadh and U.S. at odds over Saudis providing F-5 aircraft to Egypt; Invertiew with Taiwan's President Chiang Ching-kuo; Two-page article on North Korea with color photos; Wayne Murty vs. the Aga Khan; Fidel returns to Mexico to seek help from Lopez Portillo; Kissinger and Kraft in China; Celebrity photos of Willie Nelson, Kirk Douglas, Fereydoun Hoveida, and more; Spectacular Bid wins the Preakness; Affirmitive action affirmed at Sears; Jay Van Andel; Education - learning to live with TV; US Health Costs - What Limit?; Expensive new medical toys - the CAT scan and portable dialysis machine; Andy Kaufman - Comedy's stand-up Pirandello; Nice color Datsun ad features yellow 210; Color ad for the Fiat Strada (blue) inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; 0-4-0T Engineer's-Eye View; A Locomotive is Born - GE's U25B, from concept to completion; The Short Line They Call the 'Hoot, Toot & Whistle' - the Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad Company; August 24, 1934 - America's first fan trip; Photo of Cedar Grove, Louisianna Tower, Spring 1937; Pennsy - the No. 2 Ore Hauler (behind DM&IR); Train-Watcher in Yugoslavia - a lot of steam, some catenary, scaled-down Geeps, and much narrow gauge; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: 100 Pipers ad features golfer San Snead; IBM ad features large color illustration of Ray Norman who studies cacography; AT&T ad features photo of H.W. Smalley of Jackson, MS; Ellsworth Bunker in Saigon; LBJ goes to Guan; How the Generals view the Vietnam war now; The fate of CT Dem. Senator Tom Dodd; The President's Program; Two-page color ad for RCA color TVs; Jim Garrison investigates the JFK murder; Adam Clayton Powell; A Matter of Missiles and Megadeaths - anti-ballistic missiles; Thailand is fast becoming a U.S. military bastion; Sensational color-centerfold ad for the Volkswagen Van (Station Wagon) (red and white) with front flipped up; Photo of Lemnitzer being decorated by De Gaulle; Photo of large WWII bomb found in Munich; Nigeria - waiting for a miracle; Autism; Nice two-page color-photo ad for International trucks featuring the new CO-4000; Misstruck Money - Collectors' items; Calverton Jetport on Long Island; Computermania in Eastern Europe; Simca car ad; Paul Samuelson on Prudent Tax Policy; Charles (Bubba) Smith of the Baltimore Colts; Basketball referee Eckman; Passing of Alice Tisdale Hobart, Albert Otis Birch, Sir Frank Worrell and Capt. Aldo Tait; Fred Friendly; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
324 pages including bibliography, index, black and white plates. "Covers every aspect of the history of Malawi from pre-colonial times to the present, developing important social, economic and political themes. Describes and analyses events and social conditions in Malawi to show how and why Malawians have influenced the course of Central African affairs. Traces the influence of external forces, African, European and Asian, on the history of Malawi. The first comprehensive study of Malawi's history which considers events not only from the point of view of Malawi, but also in the wider context of Central African history." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Solid working copy. Book
30 pages. Features full-page photos of natural and man-made scenes of wonder in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. Undated but a date on the back page suggests a printing date circa 1917. Photos include: Downtown Portland with Mount Hood in background; Columbia Gorge; Vista House at Crown Point; Latourell Falls; Shepperd's Dell; Wahkeena Falls; Rotary Fountain; Eagle Creek Trail (carved into rock); Multnomah Falls; Oneonta Tunnel; Oneonta Gorge; Rock of Ages; Eagle's nest; Mitchell Point Tunnel; Mount Hood. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
26 pages. Features: Photo of Nanaimo's "Queen Victoria"; Great assortment of local ads; Getting Wired II - Second of a two-part series on communicating using computers in the Nanaimo area, with photo of Mayor Gary Korpan at the keyboard; Gardens of Earthly Delights - Bringing our backyards to Life, by Alison Watt, with photo of local naturalist Bill Merilees; Short photo-illustrated article on the Hogle House which sits atop Nanaimo's Nob Hill; Is Prostitution a Problem in Nanaimo?, view from the left by Jean Blackburn and view from the right by Larry Hume; Nice full-page colour ad for Cameron Island, Phase II inside back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Few small openings to/chips from front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
London, John Murray, 1910. 4to.; XVI-318 pp. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo del autor. Encuadernación original en tela sajona estampada. La segunda publicación sobre España de Luffman, tras "A Vagabond in Spain" (1895). Recorre Málaga , Ronda, Granada, Sevilla , Albacete, Murcia, Cartagena, Orihuela, Valencia, Denia, Sagunto, Barcelona, Montserrat, Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca, Cáceres, Redondela, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, Orense, León, Covadonga y Bilbao. La obra refleja el interés profesional del autor en aspectos agrícolas y de jardinería. Contiene un capítulo sobre la producción de Moscatel, asunto bien conocido por el desde que trabajó durante dos años como gerente de Delius Bros, comercializadora de uva pasa en Málaga con destino al Reino Unido.
Une vue d'optique de dimensions 49x32 cm; représentant le siège de Bergopzoom en 1747 (et non 1622); coloris à la main. Mouillure en pied sans gravité; bel état. Voir la photo.
New York, Lovell, Coryell & Co., s.a. (hacia 1892). 4to.; 212 pp. y 138 pp. Encuadernación original en tela.
Bonn, Verlag von Friedrich Cohen, 1923. 4to. mayor; VII-406 pp. y una lámina retrato. Encuadernación en media tela.
Features: Patriots and Tories; Thomas Wagstaffe, Quaker Clockmaker; A Bicentennial Story in Three Parts; Who Was America's First Watchmaker; Roller Pinions, 1778 Style; A Horological view of the European Vision of America Exhibition; Life and Times of Simon Willard in Grafton 1753-1780; America's Most Historic Clock; Words from the Past - American Watches and Clocks, Chauncey Jerome; A French Revolutionary Decimal Watch. 'Sample Copy' stamped on front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: The Burlington Glass Site; James Tissot - a Retrospective View; Development of the English Candlestick; The Beaver Club Medal; Evlyn B. Payton - Artist; Collectors Beware. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Article by Lovat Fraser - War Problems of the New Year; Gallant charge of the Fort Garry Horse (photos) - Lieutenant H. Strachan; Chinese men view war's ruin in west; Photos of Australians in France; French Premier with the heroes of Mort Homme; 'Thunderers' (gunes) that defy the foe before Verdun; Glimpses of East Africa from a German Camera; How I was arrested as a spy - an experience undergone three times by Hamilton Fyfe during Russia's spy-fever; Cambrai illustrations; Spotting for the Guns - adventures of John S. Margerison, Observation Officer of the Kite Balloons; From the Yser and Somme to Brenta and Piave; The Kaiser as Patron of the 'Prince of Hell' (illustrations); Airship that searches the sea for submarines; War-time wages and prices - causes and effects of their simultaneous increase (article); Forcing the entrance to Palestine at Gaza (illustrations); Photos of American Engineers who aid the British guards; Photos of English women engaged in agriculture on the home front; Photos of Victoria Cross (V.C.) recipients Pte. M.J. O'Rourke, Sergt. J. Ockenden; Pte. W.H. Butler; Cpl. E.A. Egerton (brief text included); The South Lancashires - 1 page (with photo) information about this regiment. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Une vue d'optique de dimensions 38,5x28 cm; coloriée à la main. Grandes marges. Quelques rousseurs. Mais bel état pour ce monumenten péril. Voir photo.
