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1234 p. Illustrated with numerous charts, graphs, photographs and drawings. Stamped "from Franklin Menges, M.C." on front paste down. Large 8vo. 235 mm. Original full green cloth binding lettered in black. Extremities very slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Very good condition. AG BX 1
Mm 110x160 Volume rilegato in tela rossa con titolo in oro al piatto e al dorso, x-221 pagine profusamente illustrate con tavole in nero e a colori non comprese nel testo redatto in lingua inglese - X-221 pages with sixty-one illustrations thirty-six of which are in colours by the Author and twenty-five from photographs. Libro in ottime condizioni con il solo dorso un poco brunito. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla confervma dell'ordine.
1st edition. VG pbk. (A Jarrold Cotman-Color Series Book).16581. eng
74 pages. Numerous black and white photos, descriptions and prices for a wide variety of Western Canadian bottles including: beer bottles; Chinese pots and artifacts; Black glass; soda water bottles; drug store bottles; fruit jars; cures and foods; whiskeys and liquors; inks. Also includes bottle digger's dictionary, bottle club addresses, list of bottle books and list of breweries of British Columbia incorporated from 1890 to 1900. Heavy cigarette odour. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
124 pages. Features: Vogue's Point of View - be a natural; Pants - naturally; The new easy tailoring - wider legs; wider waistbands; cuffs and trouser pleats; pants with chopped jackets; Sweaters - naturally; The Piano Sweater; The sweater as a shirt, a muffler, the new sweater sets; sweater-dressing at night; Super Naturals - the chopped suede wrapper; the blouson - new jacket in the separates life; this year's trenchcoat - flannel plaid; the easiest jumpsuit; the sweater set you never saw before; sweater-dressing; tops for pants - the knit shirt-jacket; the suede wrap coat; Berry Berenson - a natural girl; The Sweatery Suits - the Sweatery Dresses; A Natural in Naturals - Pilar Crespi in jackets and pants; Rash words - remember poison ivy; Biking - a natural way of life; the miracle of skin; What's playing at the hairdresser's?; Every body wants to be a blonde now; News about protein, herbs, fruits and vegetables for skin and hair; Natural Beauties - Miranda Barry, Berry Berenson, Sarah Cubitt, Loulou de la Falaise; Marchesa de Montezemolo's 7-day natural food plan; Your Hair and Henna - the natural way to change color; Can the I.U.D. rival the pill?; People are Talking About - Elvis Presley; Four Young Artists living the loft life - Sylvia Stone, Rosemarie Castoro, Nancy Graves, Susan Crile; False Energy - what it is, how to avoid it and build new power; 13 powerhouses - real people with real energy; What Women Know About "Love" that Men Don't Know About "Loving" - an interview with Juliet Mitchell; Mega-Vitamins; Surprise - the young really like their parents now; A Guide to Ireland; Natural Style - Mr. & Mrs. Michael Santangelo's house on Centre Island; Horoscope of Peter O'Toole; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Clear tape along spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Iconic Benito cover illustration welcomes visitors to New York and the World's Fair; Welcome to New York; Invitation to the Fair; Dress Sense of a Queen; From Queen Alexandra's Day; The Queenly Figure; Mrs. Vincent Astor; Coats for the "Yankee Clipper"; World's Fair in the "Nineties"; Fruit from Paris - colour illustrations of fruity headwear; Polynesia in Print; Summer Preview in New Orleans; Southern Innocents; Land of Cotton; Vogue's Spot-Light; 5 PM to 2 AM - at the Fair; Photos of French doll Madeleine de Baine, purchased in Paris in 1868; A Wardrobe for visiting the Fair; Town Ginghams; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miller's house; and more. Ads include: Wamsutta Supercale sheets color photo inside front cover; Tiffany & Co; Fromm Bros. silver pedigreed fox fur fashions; Best & Co; Bergdorf Goodman; International Silk Guild; Henry Bendel; McCallum Stockings; Fantastic one-page color ad for Shalimar perfume; Luxite Pantie-girdles; Bonwit Teller; Jaeckel; Van Raalte undergarments; Lord & Taylor; Stetson Tailorite Shoes; Nice one-page color illustrated ad for SeaMolds swimsuits by Flexees; Wallace Silversmiths; One-page color ad for Red Cross Shoes; S.H. Camp & Company - featuring large illustration of the Camp Transparent Woman; Macy's - Parade of Pants and Petticoats; "Lastex" Yarn; Dupont's Scuffless "Pyraheel" for shoes; Biberman Bros. - feminine frocks; Gansborough Snoodets hair nets; Vanity Fair Silk Mills; Pacific Mills; Enka Rayon; Laros Undergarments - lovely one-page color-illustrated; Everfast - one-page color-photo of model in Guatemalan print; Jacqueline Shoes; Pakables Hats; Vassarette foundations - nice one-page two-color ad; Kedettes Shoes - nice one-page color ad; Talon Placket Fasteners - featuring motorcycle cop photo; Saks Fifth Avenue; Frances Denney Make-up; Elizabeth Arden - nice one-page, two-color ad; Max Factor; Heel Latch Shoes; Daniel Green Comfy Slippers; Grace Ashley; Dobbs Hats; Jane Engel; Gorgeous color-illustrated Italian Line ad inside back cover shows charming passengers on deck; Back cover color-photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco auctioneer Joe Cuthrell - plus dozens of additional smaller ads. Complete and unmarked with no address label. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Short openings at each end of backstrip. A quality copy of this magnificent vintage issue. Book
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
8vo [23.5 x 15 cm]; xi, 273 pp, numerous illustrations from the drawings of Vicki Herzfeld Arlein, some full page, index. original cloth-backed boards, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean, unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed and fascinating work on fruits that are not usually grown but worth trying for those getting tired of the usual apples and pears, fruits such as pawpaw, medlar, juneberry, maypop, kaki, persimmon, raison tree, elaeagnus, actinidia, jujube, jostaberry, and many more.
Oversize 546p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
in-8°, 79 pages impr. en 2 coul., dessins in-t., index, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [DV-3]
Collana: Narrativa, ottobre 1999. Traduzione di Leonella Prato Caruso. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 71 p., color ills. Türkiye'de yetistirilen baslica turunçgil çesitleri. Types of citrus fruits grown in Turkey. The best reference.
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.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 194 p., color and b/w ills. Türk kültüründe üzüm ve incir. Grape, fig, vineyard culture in Turkish culture.
Features: The Big Un - a bull named the Laird of Lanark; Sixty-Seven Days around the World - all to prove that Tacoma, Washington lay directly in the path of the quickest route to Europe, Asia, or wherever! - George Francis Train; Fruit Tramps - The James Hatcher Apricot Ranch near Piru Creek; The Death of Mannen Clements; Lost Mine at Sandia; Angel of the Yukon - Miss Emily Morgan and a first-hand account of the famous and dramatic race against time 'carrying the serum to Nome'; Otto Franc - Riddle of the Pitchfork Ranch - Meeteetse, Wyoming; The First Comanche Cowboy - Charley Ross; Untamed Onion Creek, near Driftwood, Texas; A Six-Figure Hermit! - Al Dankel of Colorado; Wild Old Days!. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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
Paris, J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1924. In-8 broché, XII-340 pages avec 131 figures dans le texte. Quelques rousseurs sur la couverture.
petit in-8°, 208 pp., très nombreuses illustrations couleurs, index, cartonnage illustre de l"editeur. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [P-30]
20 pages. Features: The AMA Exercise Chart; There Went $125,00 a week - how TV Stars are fired - with photos of Mitch Miller, Garry Moore and Judy Garland; Nice one-page color photo for Galaxy cigarettes promotes prizes available by collecting their divident coupons; Sensational color-photo centerfold for Pillsbury illustrates many of their bake-at-home products; The Girl That You Married - Are Foreign Women Sexier?; "The Catch At Dawn" (fiction); Recipes; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Dole frozen fruit juices; Nice black and white Chrysler/Plymouth ad inside back cover features the line of 1965 Plymouths, including the Fury, Valiant, Belvedere and, of course, the Barracude - for only $2,487!; Back cover Mutual of Omaha color photo ad features family photo of the Tom Arnoldy family of Shawnee, Kansas. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
20 pages. Features: Where the Beauties Are - They Migrate to the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. - with photos of Barbara Ahl; Battle Rankin, Barbara Jean Gup, Fran Eddy, Wing Eng Lee, Jayne Lahey and George Ann Miller; Impressions of Former First Lady Abigail Adams; Men Are Out and Women Are In - hiring in favor of ladies in Washington - with small photos of Rose McKee, Mary I. Bunting, Jane Fiquet Hanna, Liz Carpenter, India Edwards and Lee Walsh; Protocol Rules for Wives New to Washington, D.C.; White House Fare - LBJ's Presidential table has ranged from home style to elegant (with photo of LBJ and his wife at home in Texas. Nice color ads for: Dole Pineapple, Pillsbury Mocha Fudge cake mixes, Dole frozen fruit drink mix, Helene Curtis Tender Touch Bath Oil. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
47 pages. Features: I Like Hollywood Children - so says Montreal artist Eva Prager, who has painted portraits of leading stars' youngsters; I became a spy for the man I loved - Ethel Gee, Harry Houghton and the Lonsdale Spy Ring; Lovely full-page colour ad for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles; The Royal Commission on Publications; Salute to the Salmon - mosaic depicting salmon swimming upstream is part of a fountain in Nanaimo, B.C. which was a belated centennial gift from the city's Italo-Canadian community - two nice colour photos with text - great Nanaimo history; Man O' War's farewell drama - $80,000 thrill for Windsor, Ontario; 10 Photos of Canadian MPs exercising; Terry the tricky dog - drives tractors, water skis, and more; Toronto taxis set up their own theatre; They got what they wanted - Gerry and Elspeth Burnett of Matane Air Services, Matane, Quebec; Muscle men rented out for photo shoots; Sunnyview Outdoor Science School on Toronto Island; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
39 pages. Features: I spent a year waiting to be hanged - twice sentenced to the gallows for the murder of a newsboy, this British Columbia cook survived five execution dates - Charles M. Heathman was accused of the murder of Donald Ottley; Two Young French-Canadians delight Montreal audiences by making a Song and Dance about Separatism - Bernard Sicotte and Gilles Richer; How U.S. First Lady Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy conquered the world; Aurel Joliat still thrills over that playoff moment with Howie Morenz; Producer in search of more characters - Norma Springford; A Scaasi suit can cost $7,000 - this Canadian designer soars to fashion's peak in New York - Scaasi was born Arnold Isaacs in Montreal; The Mystery of the Giant Lemon - a dwarf tree in a Vancouver suburb yields fruit that weigh as much as 2.5 pounds each; Simple tests that can avert tragedy - PKU, phenylketonuria; Nipper by Doug Wright. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book