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Pages 273-312. Features: Nice colour-illustrated ad for Arthur Guinness, Son & Co.Ltd. features Pelicans; Five pages of photos of horrific flood damage to North Devon, West Somerset and Lymouth; The marriage of Mr. Anthony Eden to Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill; Six photos of Chinese occupation in Tibet; Two-page photo montage of 22 performers at the Edinburgh Festibal of Music and Drama; Six photos from Fiji where homage was paid to the memory of the late King George VI by local people; The Tragedy of the Gouffre Lepineux, the world's deepest cave - four photos and an illustration related to the death of spelunker M. Marcel Loubens; Aerial centerfold photo of Lynmouth flood devastation; Important discoveries at Nimrud, including the great frieze of Assur-Nassir-Pal; Cyril Falls writes of his experience aboard the S.S. United States; Interesting article on stoats; Six photos of the opening ceremonies of the Sixth Edinburgh Festival; Photos of personalities of the week, includingMr. Anthony Eden and his bride, formerly Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill; Photos of Eva Peron's funeral processions; Channel swimmers Victor Birkett and Kathleen Mayo; *Beautiful* colour-illustrated ad for New Berry Fruits by Meltis Ltd. inside back cover; Classy colour ad on back cover for the Hooper four-door sports saloon, design No. 8294, on Bentley; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 969-1012. Features: Great colour ad for Standard Triumph (cars) features Christmas church bell-ringers; Cover photo of the Queen with the leaders of the Commonwealth; Nice one-page Rolex ad features woodcut illustration of a gardener by Eric Fraser; Photo of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; Nice one-page photo of the summit of Everest 8,000 feet above the recent Swiss expedition, plus four other great half-page photos of the expedition; Interesting photos of the home fleet's arctic cruise - testing protective clothing in the far north; Two pages of photos of miniature Queens from the Lilian Lunn doll collection; National Service Under review; First stamps of Elizabeth's reign; The Duchess of Kent's return; Colour centerfold illustration of the historic gems now in the regalia of British sovereigns; Three colour-photos of the people and homes of the North Cameroons - the Fali, a mountain people who believe humans were first taught knowledge by a toad; Nice one-page series of illustrations show how diamonds are processed at a large Amsterdam works; Malayan Navy photos; photo of a German WWII two-man submarine with torpedoe still attached - found near Alkmaar, 20 miles from Amsterdam; Fresh masterpieces discovered in the palace of the Byzantine Emperors; Food, Bacteria and Farming; Two half-page photos illustrate the siege of Na-Sam, the fortified airstrip in northwest indo-china in which 10,000 to 15,000 French Union troops faced three communist divisions; Photos of personalities of the week, including figure skater Miss V. Osborn and Cicely Hamilton who passed away on December 6th; Photo of the Shah of Iran and Queen Soraya touring the Abadan refinery; Photo of Jomo Kenyatta at Kapenguria in handcuffs; Photo of the recent Swiss Everest team; Photo of the remains of the native township of Albertynsville, near Johannesburg; Photo of a huge underground nazi WWII petrol storage tank; Charming full-colour ad for Meltis' New Berry Fruits candies inside back cover; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features Christmas/New Year theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of miner at work 1000 yards below grade in the Milliard Seam at Snowden Colliery, in Kent; Amazing photo of crashed Dakota aircraft atop houses at South Ruislip; Five photos of Husky and Malemute dogs which will help Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd's new Antarctic expedition; Miracles of salvage in Italy - five photos of monuments rebuilt from fragments; Photos of brilliant results of Italian buildings and frescoes rebuilt after the war; Article entitled Some Service Landmarks of 1946, which includes two photos from troubled Jerusalem; Six photos of an Allied forces horse race held at Okayama, Japan; Five photos of King Michael of Rumania; Three large photos illustrate the huge Abadan oil refinery and the countryside pipelines which feed it; Photo of heroic Rome fruit vendor Domenico Ferri who caught baby Pier Carlo who had fallen from 6th floor window; Photos of the crash of Trans-World Airlines (TWA) Constellation Star of Cairo, near Shannon Airport; Photos of terrible tsunami damage at Tanabe, Japan and Shinghu, Japan; Two pages of great photos illustrate radio-controlled (RC) model car racing - America's fourth most popular sport; One page photo of the Alizes on the high trapeze under the big top; Photos of personalities of the week include Lieut. Gen. Sir Leslie Hollis, Lieut. Gen. Sir J. Crocker, Lord Russell of Killowen, Harold McKenna, Prof. Paul Langevin, Prof. Hartridge, W. C. Fields, Sir Victor Mallett, the victorious United States Davis cup team, and Lord Normanand; Two photos of L. F. Lawes and his model glider fitted with a small camera to be used for photographic reconnaissance; Wonderful full-page photo of postal workers coping with a mountain of packages at Mount Pleasant; Two pages of fascinating photos of the racial minorities of Indochina, as yet undisturbed by Vietnam claims. Unmarked with average wear. Advertising front cover taped in place, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Text in English. Features: The Canadian Inuit - Karl-Heinz Raach; Fruit Tramps - Heermann Leroy Emmet; Churchill, Canada - Norbert Rosing; Gift suggestions; Tips for photography at low temperatures; Vertical or horizon format?; Cape Kidnappers - Gerhard Bluhm; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Volume I covers 1515-1849 while Volume II spans 1850-1950. Volume I is 40 pages plus a large collection of black and white plates. Volume II is 37 pages plus another large collection of full-page black and white plates. Inclusions in this work are restricted to painters for whom, in at least one known painting the inclusion of representational flowers, fruit or still life has been of major importance. This definition allows the inclusion of many of the almost unknown illustrators who, working for scientific or horticultural publications have nevertheless served the two masters - Art and Science. Front endpaper removed from Volume I. Usual library markings to both volumes else unmarked. Average wear to blue boards. No library markings to exterior except darkened patches where library stickers were removed from spines. Bindings sound. Book
P., Bailliere, 1943-1944.2 volumes in-12 brochés, 523 pages. Non coupés. Le tome 2 comprend : les rosacées, les ampélidées, les saxifragées, les urticacées, les cupulifères, les juglandacées, variétés et maladies.
Perpighnan, chez l'auteur, 1926.Petit in-8 broché, 31 pp. Traces de colle de papier scotch sur les pages de garde
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover and bump at top of spine. 12"w x 8 1/2"h.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 121, [1] p., 1 folding plan of Paris central vegetable market. Türkiye sebze ve meyve ticareti hâller ve pazarlar. First Edition. Rare.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. Full black cloth boards. 7 1/2"w x 9 7/8"h. 178 pages. Black and white line drawings and color photographs.
31p. Insert printed on rose color paper indicating when nursery stock would arrive. 24mo. Original printed wraps. Drawing of nursery on rear cover, tiny tear in margin. Very nice copy. Very Scarce. PA PAMPH 19_38 BX1
1ère édition de cette étude de Henri CHEFTEL sur la composition des fruits, la fabrication des confitures, gelées et marmelades et la législation alors en vigueur. Bulletin n°7 du Laboratoire de recherches des Etablissements J.-J. Carnaud et Forges de Basse-Indre; bibliographie. Français
in-4° 146 pages, ill. in.t. n. (repros de gravures anciennes), broche, couverture illustree plast. Bon etat. [PLC-5]
grand in-8°, 90 pages, abdt ill. in-t., tabl., broche, couv., dos muet. Bel exemplaire. [IN-1]
Slight browning to cover edges. Page edges foxed and greyed. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Numerous illustrations and photographs in black and white. Paginated 314-512, xciv-clxxxiv, 64. Heavily worn spine with loss of top half. Front cover worn and marked, foxed. Back cover loose. Foxing to page edges and occasional in the text.
2 Catalogues illustrés - In-4 - brochés - Couverture illustrée au 1 platn - illustrations en texte - légère usure aux plats du catalogue 1940, sinon bons exemplaires
16mo [16.5 x 10 cm]; xxiv, [25] - 288 pp, numerous illustrations and plate, complete but pages 27-34 are bound in wrong order and the two-sided plate at page xi is often the frontis. full calf with gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, front joint with crack but firm, one signature partly sprung, very good copy with only slight foxing on few leaves. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author ran a nursery in Chelsea, Massachusetts and was the owner and editor of the Yankee Farmer. Hedrick p. 489:'A comprehensive treatise. . . It contained a great number of engravings of fruit, trees, insects and methods of grafting, budding and training'. There were several later editions because of its popularity. He describes many varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, small fruits, etc., with a brief description of wine making.
Montauban 1960, 2 volumes In-4 brochés, 32 + 66 pages. Trés bon état.
FL 1989. In-12 cartonnage éditeur de 133 pages. Bon état
OCDE 1968, In-4 broché. 105 pages. Bon état. Broché
fort volume in-16 (poche), 505 pages, nombreux dessins in-t., index, broche, couv. illustree plastifiee. Tres bel exemplaire. [MB] Le guide indispensable pour tout réussir au jardin.
42 pages. Features: Behind the Scenes of the Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - article with great colour photos; Ben Hogan Battles His Toughest Foe - article with colour photos; 60's Fashion - Lick-and Stick Tattoos called Put-Ons - colour photos; The Fruits of July - recipes; Wonderful colour photo centerfold shows huge crowd on Parliament Hill with the Queen; "I Had a Legal Abortion" - a Canadian woman discovers how minor a major operation can be in London's Harley St. 'Circus'; A Memory of Darkness (Part 1 of this novel by Margaret Summerton). Average wear. Unmarked. Sunning to lower left corner of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
pp. 292, 171, 69, 93, 20 + Full page plates, a few chromolithograph plates. Large 8vo. 245 mm. Individually paginated reports from: the State Agricultural Society; the State Dairymen's Association; the State Horticultural Association; the State College; etc. Original full black cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good condition. AG BX 1
96 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
