McGANN, Thomas Francis (1920-1982).MareMagnum
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New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. 4to.; XIX pp., 389 pp., 1 h. Con 18 ilustraciones fotográficas en láminas dobles, aparte, y un mapa. Enc. original en tela.
340 pages including index and list of sources. Minimal yellow highlighting. Contains 150 illustrations. A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada - Indian, Metis and Inuit. Incorporating anthropology, ethnology and history, describes the traditional ways of peoples of the plains, the woodlands, the Arctic, the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast - from phehistoric times to the present. Book
Jaén, 2004. 4to.; 306 pp., 2 hs. Cubiertas originales.
Lisboa, Secção Editorial de "O Seculo", 1930. 4to.; 275 pp., 1 h. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo del autor. Cubiertas originales.
Buenos Aires, Espasa Calpe, 1952 (Austral). 4to.; 146 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Madrid, Ediciones Alonso, 1966. 4to.; 297 pp., 2 hs. Láminas dibujadas por Navas. Encuadernación en tela, fatigada.
Zürich, Jean Christophe Verlag, 1937. 4to.; 312 pp., más 11 láminas aparte, con interesantes fotografías. Primera edición. Encuadernación original en tela estampada. La interesantte visión de una España "entre la muerte y el nacimiento" de un destacado brigadista serbio, nacido en Zemun en 1904 de familia judía, graduado en Arte en Berlin y exiliado a la ascensión de los nazis al poder. Durante la década de los treinta llegó a ser considerado como una de las mayores autoridades y promotores del "Art Naif".
Second Impression. 76 pages. Illustrated with fifty-five diagrams and eight drawings by various architects. Small brown mark on back cover. Spine bumped top/base.
8vo., First UK Edition, on laid paper, endpapers lightly spotted and offset; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped at head of backstrip.
50 pages. Features: Cover art by Floyd Joseph entitled "Eagle Bowl"; Jack Butler; Doug Bentham; People of the Arts - Simoh Henson and Neil Dalrymple; Northwest Coast Native Art - The Coast Salish Art of Floyd Joseph;; Alberta; Sask.; Manitoba; View from the Plain; About Weaving; and more. Colour ads include works by: Robert Young, and Jules Olitski. Unmarked with average wear. Some gentle undulations from minor moisture exposure. A sound copy. Book
Salamanca, 1980. 4to.; 261 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Barcelona, Editorial Noguer, 1964. 4to.; 234 pp., 2 hs. Primera edición en español. Encuadernación original en tela. Sobrecubiertas con un dibujo de José María Prim.
Paris, Gallimard, 1947. 4to.; 252 pp., 2 hs. Cubiertas originales.
Paris, Gallimard, 1954. 4to.; 160 pp., 3 hs. Ejemplar sin la cubierta posterior.
Book shows some edgewear, a little crease at upper front cover corner. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 127 pages of usually full page b&w photos of Seattle street scenes with photos taken from the same location and perspective with the first being around or about the turn of the century and the latter in the 70's.
Book shows some edgewear, a little crease at upper front cover corner. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 127 pages of usually full page b&w photos of Seattle street scenes with photos taken from the same location and perspective with the first being around or about the turn of the century and the latter in the 70's.
494 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Documents the genealogy and illustrious business history of Mr. Shaw's family since 1819. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Facsimile signature and inscription of Mr. Shaw upon second leaf. Includes slipcase. A superb copy of this important and substantive work. Book
58 pages. Cover illustration depicts one of 9,300 Japanese balloons launched against North America in WWII being shot down by P/O E.E. Maxwell of 133 (F) Sqn in his Kittyhawk IV. Features include: Sea King ground crew a cut above; Dangerous year flying to Sarajevo; When Japan attacked Canada; Stringbag (Mark III Fairey Swordfish) restoration nears completion; Readiness Challenge; OP Boreal II Delivers; Low level with the Lynxes; Arctic Vigilance - CC-144 Challengers of 434 Sqn; Clements takes command; A Canadian owned and operated by the RAF; CF Aircraft aid in drug bust; Return of the Dambusters; Winning the Schneider Cup; Tragic Liberator Crash remembered; RCAF Stn McDonald Man. Revisited; Memories of Murph the Serf; The Cold War - a Soviet View; 42 Radar - a new beginning; A Yank in the RCAF; Somme - view from the air; 6 group takes it on the chin. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Centerfold held by one staple only. Solid copy. Book
44 pages. Features include: Back to the basics - the ultralight; First kill in the six year air war; Battle of Britain - a woman's view; Leaping Squadron Leader; Not just the Arrow; Those were the Days; Escape from the SPs; Return to the Rock; The Arrow rises from the Wreckage; From AC2 to Lieutenant-Governor; Tac Hel not glamorous; McKnight Defends Budget Cuts; Canada's next space mission; Air Command Pipes and Drums - Over 40; Stranraer Down and Out. Light to moderate wear. Address label upon back cover else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Features: Vulcan - World's first Delta-winged bomber; Pt. II of the Lockheed P-58 Story - could it have been the best heavy fighter of WW II?; Germany's Slingshot Catapult Birds. Art: XP-58 3 View; Vulcan Mk 1 and Crew; Vulcan Mk II; Vulcan Mk II with Hound Dog Missiles. Water rippling to top portion. Book
Features: Super Bomber Square-off - Boeing's B-29 vs. Nakajima's G8N "Rita"; Hap Arnold and the great production battle of Wichita; A nostalgic look at the Mighty 8th's Fighters. Art: Nakajima G8N Renzan; Three View G8N "Rita"; Japanese Super Bomber profiles Book
182 pages. Features: Honor Roll of visionary architects and interior designers; The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland update England's storied Alnwick Castle; A 1960s hillside home in Bel-Air is reconfigured - foot for 007; Splendor in Manhattan - a dramatic setting for antiques and art high above New York's Ritz-Carleton; An informal family retreat in the Hamptons; View home in San Francisco; Carving a modern home from old on an island near Sicily; New York penthouse by Mojo; Couple's new home in Washington by Robert S. Brown and Todd Davis; Special Motoring Section - automobiles are changing with the times, ahead of the curve at Renault, celebrating 40 years of the Porsche 911, Daryl Hannah's El Camino runs on biodiesel - an ethanol-thinned vegetable oil. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice copy. Magazine
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
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
