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Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In Ottoman script and French. Light robbed on spine. Some words underlined. 31, [1], 27, [1] p. A good copy. Ozege: -. Extremely rare. A rare contract on Anatolian Railways. Republique Turque Ministere des Travaux Publics Contrat concernant la construction des lignes des chemins de fer Fevzi-Pacha-Diarbekir & Irmak - Filios.= Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Nafia Vekâleti Irmak - Filyos ve Fevzi Pasa - Diyarbekir hatlari insaat mukavelenâmesi.
Very Good Turkish Original twenty-three gelatin silver detachable photos on eight "Leykam" blind-stamped papers. Papers' size: 32,5x25 cm, photos size mostly: 9x14 cm. Punch holes in the left margins. Otherwise a clean collection. A fine photograph collection of a scientific voyage to Central, East, and South Anatolia in 1953, by German and Turkish mineralogists, to collect and research natural materials, including shores of lakes and seas, soils of Anatolian land from Mt. Taurus, Lake Van, Hakkari and Mount Cilo.
2 volumes in-12, plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de caissons fleuronnés, pièces de titre de maroquin bordeaux, filets dorés sur les coupes, tranches rouges, xxiij, 370, (6) p. et xii, 373, (18) p., 12 planches gravées dont dépliantes. Edition originale. Ingénieur militaire, Joseph Cugnot est l'inventeur du premier véhicule automobile jamais construit: un fardier d'artillerie, mû par une machine à vapeur à deux cylindres. L’auteur consacre le premier volume de cet ouvrage à un exposé théorique mathématique arithmétique et géométrique appliqué à l'art militaire. Le second aux "principes de la discipline militaire, & de la guerre de campagne" (grecs, romains, moderne. Fortifications anciennes et modernes). (France Littéraire, II, p. 351). Epidermures et manques de cuir à la reliure, sinon bon exemplaire, bien complet des 12 planches.
"In folio massimo (cm. 45x34), pp. (36) non numerate, con 6 grandi FOTOGRAFIE stampate in bianco e nero su carta Oriental Center F. e applicate su facciate bianche a fronte di 6 DISEGNI a piena pagina (riprodotti dall'album ""Lavori in ferro"", Torino, Molfese, 1911) che evidenziano le linee dei manufatti. Cartella editoriale in cartone grigio muto, interno a doppi fogli sciolti in spessa carta pregiata nelle sue barbe. Robusto COFANETTO edit. In cartone muto. PICHETTO (1859-1922) ""maestro torinese richiesto da Antonelli, da Caselli dal Ceppi, al centro dell'architettura dell'Ecclettismo"", svolta seguita alla ricerca del nuovo cantiere di ""Officina"". Ebbe 14 diplomi e 12 medaglie (museotorino.it) ed eseguì magnifici manufatti sia per il Palazzo Reale di Torino e per alcune residenze sabaude, sia per la nobiltà e l'alta borghesia cittadina"" (cfr. anche Cifani e Monetti, Ritorno a Palazzo Lascaris, Torino, 2013). ""Da quei ferri battuti… Torino"" ha ""derivato la sua fisionomia e il suo carattere fra il 1850 e il 1910"". Ecco i sei manufatti, ognuno corredato di note su architetti o progettisti dell'edificio, e indirizzo: 1. Cancellata per l'altare Ss. Pietro e Paolo, Torino. 2. Vetrata con ornati in ferro battuto, Palazzo Borgogna, Torno. 3. Cancelli in ferro battuto e guarniture in bronzo, Palazzo Margherita, Roma. 4. Cancello in ferro fucinato, Villino Losio, Torino. 5. Cancellata in ferro fucinato, Villino C. Della Chà, Torino. 6. Banderuola in ferro fucinato per torre, Villa Boasso, Alba. Ovviamente rarissimo, mai apparso in Maremagnum, ignoto a SBN e al web.
32 pages. Features: Cover photos of downed Italian fighter in the Western Desert, one of hundreds; Nice photo of Haile Selassie taking salute of Abyssinian troops; Illustrations of the Sicilian Straits - the vital channel in the Mediterranean War; Photos and illustrations of H.M.S. 'Illustrious' and 'Southampton', saviours of the convoy; Illustration of Luftwaffe attacking British aircraft-carrier; Six photos aboard a Sunderland flying boad - the eyes of the Fleet; Five photos of an R.A.F. Squadron co-operating with the Coastal Command; Three photos of British aircraft carrier being replenished with bombs; Two-pages of illustrations show the tactics and technique used by Stuka dive-bombers which attack Mediterranean convoys; Article on the Situation in the Balkans; Two aerial photos of bomb damage after R.A.F. attack on Wilhelmshaven; Six photos of downed enemy aircraft in Libya; Six photos of victors and vanquished in Bardia area; Two-page illustration of scene inside tank turret of the type used in Libya; Twenty photos document the capture by the Greeks of Argyrokastro; Photos of personalities of the week include A.G. MacDonell, A.A. Uthwatt, Margaret Lloyd George, Viscount Wakefield, Churchill in Glasgow with the Lord Provost of Glasgow and Harry Hopkins, Wendell Willkie, Ross Preston, James Bonar, and Captain J.G. Stuart; One-page photo of iron foundry work being performed aboard H.M.S. 'Forth'; Six boastful photos of Kassala before it was recaptured by the British; Four excellent photos of the H.M.S. 'Thunderbolt' (and part of her crew) which torpedoed an escorted Italian U-Boat; Photo of mass burial at Portsmouth; Photo of Roy Widdicombe and Robert Tapscoot who sailed 3000 miles to safety in 71 days; Photo of Bofors anti-aircraft guns being packed in Canada for the motherland; One-page illustration of Rear-Admiral considering order to Flag Lietutenant; Two-page illustration inside British mine-layer at work; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
Pages 829-860. Features: Photo of Ernest Bevin appealing to radio listeners to financially support the war effort; Nice one page photo-portrait of the President of Turkey, General Ismet Inonu, with Dr. Refik Saydem and Kemal Gadeletch; Seven photos of the Britsh forces in Egypt opposing the Italians; Five photos of India's troops and equipment in Egypt; Two-page illustration of dozens of German planes airborne beneath the caption "The Enormous Number of Planes Needed to Land Even a Thousand Men in Britain By Air"; Photo-illustrated article on trees and their strange roots; Four action photos of R.A.F. bombing of German convoys in the Dunkirk area; The War with Nazi Germany - The French Tragedy (article with two maps showing stricken France and the widened sphere of the war since it was joined by Italy; Two-photos of French refugee carts and horses destroyed by the Nazis; Eight photos of American Lockheed "Hudson" planes of the R.A.F. over Heligoland; Four magnificent aeroal photos of Paris, spared by its capitulation; Chronology - from Sedan to the Debacle; Two sketches of Paris, now in the shadow of the swastika; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Lord Cromwell (reported missing), Italian Ambassador, Signor Bastianini, and family departing London, Mr. E. Stanley Hall, Viscount Fincastle (KIA), and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Clive Liddell; Six photos include the heroic Calais Garrison, British cruiser 'Calypso' which was lost, Polish submarine "Orzel", and more; Photo of Lockheed bomber being horse-drawn into Canada to conform with neutrality regulations; Photo of the King decorating Lieut.-Col. A. Cazenove, Coldstream Guards; photo of L.D.V. (Local Defence Volunteers) march in London; Several illustrations of the principal weapon inair-fighting - aircraft machine guns; Nice two-page spread of 11 photos illustrated the great drive to give teh empire swarms of iron cavalry - armoured fighting vehicles built at speed in Britain and Australia; Nice colour back cover ad for North British Golf Balls shows British fighters in flight; Many more nice vintage ads. Average wear. Minor nibble from top of coverfold. A quality copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
Features: Nice colour ad for the new 1954 Mercury Meteor inside front cover; Nice full-page colour Chrysler ad; My six weeks with the comrades - story and pictures by John Lofft, who went to a 'peace' rally behind the Iron Curtain with a Communist-front group - a bonus-length feature; How Lethbridge licked the drought with 'The Ditch"; Grammar is a waste of time! - by Dr. Rudolf Flesch; Hamilton - the busiest city in Canada - Yousuf Karsh finds Hamilton brimming over with the same kind of energy that won the Grey Cup for its Tiger Cats - includes amazing full-page colour inside the Lifesavers candy plant; Karsh Portrait (in words and photos) of a Hamilton Steelworker - Paratrooper George Marshall; The Fire that wiped out South Porcupine in 1911 - a Maclean's flashback, with photos, of the bush fire that roared down on an isolated mining settlement; The 3-D courtship of Benny Crambo - by John Bonett; Great colour centerfold of a yellow 1954 Star Chief Pontiac. Somewhat above-average wear with openings at each end of cover fold. Address label on front else unmarked. Minor moisture staining to some fore-edges. Book
178 pages. Features: Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Douglas aircraft ad featuring the Skyrocket; Nice colour Brach's candy ad; Colour 2-page ad for Studebaker featuring the new 1955 models; Nice 20-page colour ad for Sun-Maid Sunsweet dried fruit products; The Mysterious Doings of CIA - America's Secret Agents - an exclusive report on its methods, how it recruits, how it is funded, and its accomplishments in Guatemala, Iran and behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; Frontier Frenzy, by John Reese; Will China Stay Red? - Joseph Alsop reports some curious and little-known truths about China - article with photos; The Man-Handler, by Williams Forrest; The Luckiest Girl in Hollywood - Grace Kelly - article with wonderful colour photos; Outcast of the Florida Keys, by Frank Skipp; The Truth About Congressmen - by Martin Dies, Congressman at Large, Texas; Confessions of a Football Recruiter - the hilarious adventures of Herman Hickman while hunting athletes - with photos; Tugboat Annie's Long Shot, by Norman Reilly Raine; My Old Man Groucho (Marx), by Arthur Marx (Part 7); The Zone of Sudden Death, by William Chamberlain; A Ten-Day Tiger Hunt costs $1,000 - with a kill guaranteed - Tigers are so plentiful in Central India that there is no limit on the bag! - with photos; Howard Morris has taught over 7,400 tourists to hula aboard the Lurline - with many great colour photos; House of Hate, by Storm Jameson; The Case of the Restless Redhead, by Erle Stanley Gardner - Perry Mason's informant learned the hard way that you can't make deals with criminals; Black and white photo ad by Chrysler Corp. shows their auto stylists at work; Nice colour 2-page photo ad for Admiral televisions; Two-colour ad for Pendleton shirts; Nice two-colour ad for Oliver tractors; Stromberg-Carlson television ad; Interesting 2-page Borg-Warner ad in 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' format; Glamorous colour Philip Morris ad; Two-page ad by REO Motors featuring the new mighty REO V-8 Gold Comet Truck Engine; Buck Skein Joe sport fasion ad; Colour ad by the Philadelphia Electric Company; Nice color Cream of Wheat ad features cartoon characters by Al Capp; Frank Thomas on "The Best Player I Ever Coached" - Dixie Howell; Colour ad for Dictaphone; Coke ad on back cover promotes Eddie Fisher on "Coke Time" NBC television twice each week. Average wear. Ink drops to top edge of last few pages. A sound copy. Book
EDITIONS NM. 1958. In-4 Carré. Relié toilé. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. Volume comprenant l'année complète du 5 janvier (n°628) au 28 décembre 1958 (n°677). Couverture muette. 2 photos disponibles.
EDITIONS NM. 1959. In-4 Carré. Relié toilé. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. Volume comprenant l'année complète du 4 janvier (n°678) au 27 décembre 1959 (n°727). Couverture muette. 2 photos disponibles.
461 pages. Index. Colour illustrated endpapers. Enlarged edition of the 1975 first edition entitled English Domestic Brass. "Extended to include European items, as well as objects in iron, steel and copper, although brass remains the principal subject... Whilst candlesticks and chandeliers are perhaps the most familiar of brass objects, the twenty-five colour plates and over 1,000 black and white illustrations reveal the huge range and variety of other items made in metal, encompassing all the necessities of domestic life from pap-boats to coffin plates." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
Pages 87-168 plus 32 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the author's train-hopping adventure from Vancouver, British Columbia to New York before he carried on to England; Update on the "Harpist of Alexandria", made famous in the July 1928 issue of this publication; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - part II; "Lo! The Poor Indian" - An amusing account of the ways and wiles of the Red men of British Columbia - with photos; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery - one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the West Australian Police; The Elephant-Slayer - an amusing story from Kenya colony in 1905-6; A Weighty Problem - young Captain Gillon and the vessel Saragossa; Piano Tuner Kenneth J. McCombie's Adventure; In a Hole - the author fell into a hole at a New Mexico gravel pit; "Wide World" Sequels; The "Fleet of the Lost" - great article about the old windjammers residing at Alameda, on the shores of San Francisco Bay - article with nice photos; Man and his Needs; House and Garden; Stamps of the World. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
124 pages. Features: Peter Whalley's cover illustrations depict the many phases of deer hunting; Editorial laments the 'sickness' of TV giveaway shows; How Iron Man Sir Anthony Eden Made Good; Half-page Wawanesa Insurance ad features photo of 1948 Olympic Champion Barbara Ann Scott figure skating; Great two-page colour ad for a white on red 1956 Plymouth Belvedere V-8 Four-door hardtop; The New Wonder Drugs That Fight Insanity - photo-illustrated article on Chlorpromazine and reserpine; Buck Crump's Love Affair with the CPR - photo-illustrated article on the rise of Buck Crump from machinist's apprentice to 51-year-old president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR); The Cooney's and their seven adopted children - photo-illustrated article on the family of Lillian and Joe Cooney of Toronto; St. Boniface (Manitoba) is Nobody's Suburb - photo-illustrated article on the largest French-Canadian settlement outside Quebec; Where to buy an ancestor cheap - Ben Ward-Price runs Canada's busiest auction gallery, Ward-Price Ltd. - photo-illustrated article; Uncle Charley's Secret Treasure (short story); The Unconquered warriors of Ohsweken - photo-illustrated article on the Iroquois and their unknown 'republic' in the heart of Ontario; How the Highlanders Took Nova Scotia - they are making the place more Scottish than Scotland - photo-illustrated article; Flashback article on the September 15, 1885 tragic death of Jumbo the elephant at St. Thomas, Ontario; God's Little Fleet - Rev. John Antle and the Columbia Coast Mission visit the raft villages of B.C.'s coastal loggers - nice photo-illustrated article; Two Hunters (arctic short story); Want a Moose in Your Parlor? - photo-illustrated article on taxidermist Clifford McCutcheon and his Oliver Spanner & Co. Ltd. of Toronto; What's Your Day to Shine?; One-page colour-photo ad for NCR (National Cash Register Company) shows lady working adding machine; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria (white on salmon colour); Nice Sylvania TV ad; One-page photo-ad for Ronson lighters; Bright two-page colour ad for the 1956 Dodge Mayfair 4-dr hardtop (black on yellow); Beautiful two-page colour ad for the new 1956 De Soto Fireflite 4-door hardtop (white on blue); Colour Seabreeze ad shows eight of their record players; Rare one-page two-colour illustrated ad for McCulloch chain saws shows lady cutting log; Fantastic One-page illustrated Dunlop Tire ad explains how hero Edward Chipman of the Elmhurst Dairy in Montreal entered a burning home three times to save children on the Caughnawaga Indian Reservation just before Christmas 1954; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features photo of their new Empress of Britain; Molson's Golden ale ad features colour illustration of 'Goldie' the lion playing checkers; Colour ad for Moirs Pot of Gold chocolates; Admiral TV ad features their 'Regina', 'Manitoba' and 'Collingwood' models; Canadian Wine Institute colour ad features M. Andre Vaucher and Mlle. Micheline Dubois, both of France; Nice colour ad for the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington shows its huge banquet room; Barrett Company ad includes photos of F.E. Shaw, Tim Kier, George Goddard, L.O. Heron and John Hawthorne; Labatt's IPA ale ad includes photo of Toronto crane operator Leo Maltais; Interesting 1/3-page piece on artist Simpkins and his cartoon bear Jasper; Canadian Anecdote - When B.C. Had a Navy; Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows terribly muddy backroad and explains how the state of Kansas has performed major upgrades to its roads; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover has one-inch stain at top; and more. Discrete clear archival-tape repairs to coverfold, otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A pleasing vintage copy of this nice issue. Book
72 pages. Features: Why We Are Loosing the Cold War - what does it profit America to have the world's biggest bomb if it has forgotten the ideals that made it great?; The Busiest Woman in the World - Kate Aitken keeps 21 secretaries punch drunk with 260,000 letters a year, she makes 600 broadcasts to 5 million listeners, takes tea with the Queen - but she can't knit - article by Gordon Sinclair with photos; Rendezvous in Riga - Part One of the tale of how Bill Cosgrove got his wife Anna from behind the Iron Curtain; The Mighty Saskatchewan River; Maverick Member from Fernie, B.C. - Tom Uphill has parlayed political pranks into a record eight-session term at Victoria; I Tried Suicide; Eggs Are What You Make Them - a fun article by Robert Elliott; The Girl in Stateroom 9 - story by Allan R. Bosworth - illustrated by Jack Bush; Pogo's Pal Kelly - Walt Kelly's swampland satire is the hottest newcomer in the comic strip parade; Tinned Meat and Old Masters - After being swept from Europe by the Nazis Fred Mendel brought jobs and glamour to a startled Saskatoon - article with photos; Exercise is the Bunk - Relax!; Dow Brewery ad honours bus driver Russell Millen of Huntingdon, Quebec who evacuated his school bus before it was struck by a train; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; Little Lulu featured in Kleenex ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover features Coke machine with caption "Host of the Highways". Average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Mercury cars inside front cover; Photo of Dr. Bertha Lutz of Brazil; Nice early one-page ad for Northwest Airlines includes large table of their new flights and low fares; Great color-photo ad for Caterpillar called "Grand Canyon of the Mesabi" features massive iron ore excavation; Nice one-page ad for International Trucks; Food - that a hungry world may eat; Photo of fire at Barrett plant of Allied Chemical in Philadelphia; Photo of baby Betty Lou Hall kissing President Truman; Juvenile delinquency; Is 1946 another 1920?; Great one-page Boeing ad for their Stratocruiser shows cute little boy in cabin gazing out window; The Lichfield trial over brutality to prisoners; Nice Kaiser-Frazer car ad; Great one-page color Cadillac ad shows imposing red grill; Conflict in China; Prince Morimasa Nashimoto leaves Sugamo Prison; Photo of General Douglas MacArthur inspecting honor guard in Tokyo; Nice one-page ad for Good Housekeeping Magazine shows fashionable lady reading; Before and after photos of the hanging of Hungarian police major Laszlo Baky; The controversy of the Anglo-American command; Nice one-page color ad for TWA announces they are the first to put the Constellation in the air; Photo of blind war bride Mary Martin who married Sgt. George Alkenbrack and now lives in Napanee, Ontario; One-page ad for the Country Gentleman Magazine shows crop-duster in action; brief obituaries for Harlan Fiske Stone, Arthur Chevrolet, Walter E. Dandy, and John Maynard Keynes; Creepy photo of soldier wearing night vision equipment called snooperscope; Superman article features photo of Clayton Collyer, the radio actor-announcer who plays Superman; Gold - the South African find and the world's wealth; Stocking - leg bootleg; Color ad for National City Bank of New York features paingint of rubber tappers in Malaya plus photo of Raymond G. Hill, Singapore Supervisor; Nice ad for Trav-Ler radio; The OPA reaps the whirlwind; One-page ad for Redbook Magazine; New York Yankee Pitcher Spurgeon Chandler; Legend for Canadians - photo of Coulter and Willan who used folklore for Canada's first opera; Photo of Beverly Anne Cort performing a risque dance in the Detroit suburb of Van Kyke; Nice one-page color Budweiser ad features young boy returning from fishing with his catch, while envious adults look on; Nice color-photo ad for Canadian National features Jasper, Alberta and its lodge (with small inset color photo of Minaki Lodge in Ontario); Vindictive treatment of Stalin by Trotsky; The Faith of Harold Stassen; Nice color-photo Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Juan Belmonte, Spain's great bullfighter; Nice back cover color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features man in suit who learned his ABCs (Always Buy Chesterfields); and more. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Tacoma's Union Station Thrown Open to the Public - two-page article including grainy photo of the new station; Oregon-Washington Station To Formally Open May 20 - new passenger station in Seattle (article with photo inside the main waiting room); Professional biography of self-made man Carl R. Gray, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (includes photo of Mr. Gray); First Marine Producer Gas Installation on Pacific Coast - on the Barkentine Archer; Ongoing construction by Johnson Brothers & Blanchard, Georgetown of deep-sea motor cruiser designed by Seattle naval architect L.E. Geary for O.O. Denny of Seattle - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Speediest Steam Yacht is Launched - brief article and photo of the Sovereign; News of Tacoma; One page ad for the new steel trains "The Olympian" and the "Columbia" which represent "The New Steel Trail to the East Through the Golden West, commencing service 29 May, 1911; Nice illustrated one-page ad for "The Finest Train in the West, The Shasta Limited" which speedily connected Seattle with San Francisco; Excellent half-page photo ad for Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke while she pumps two heavy streams of water from her hoses; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: John F. Stevens, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, discusses what the Panama Canal means to Pacific commerce, with illustration of Mr. Stevens; Fine Passenger Engines in Service on W.-O.R. & N. Line - article with photo of new locomotive; Alaska Syndicate Concentrates Attention on Transportation - The Sale of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. will widen the scope of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway; Outline of Navy Department's Attitude Towards the Pacific Coast - An Address by Engineer-in-Chief Hutch I. Cone, U.S.N.; Classy Stern-Wheeler Launched - the W.H. Bancroft; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law - article with photo of the four-masted Schooner Willis A. Holden, as she appeared after being disabled in a storm on 12 February; Alaska Oil Will Furnish New Traffic; Tacoma News; One page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West"; One-page ad for Seattle's Vulcan Iron Works features an aerial illustration of the plant; Half-page ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and spraying water; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. 6" x 1" piece missing from back cover - text unaffected. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Wang Yu; Foldout colour photo of Wang Ping; Undress or Not? - success of Emmanualle raises the question; Love Story of Tien Niu and Liu Yung; Lin Ching Hsia and Ma Ying Lin; Charles Chin; Alan Tang; Chen Kung Tai; Wang Ka Ta; David Chiang and Ta Lung; The Glory of Sunset; Pai Yu-Chin; The Heroes of the Desert; Liu Wei Bun and his new film Wonderful Day; Foreign Student; 13 (Thirteen) Nuns; Iron Fiddle; The Magic Leg; Big Lama; Conquer the Ridge; Faye Dunaway - article with photos; Chang Ling; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for The Apple Jeans features sexy caucasion couple in brown attire, trimmed with green, blue and yellow graphic - cool!; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Lin Fung Chew -gorgeous colour one-page photo; Two pages of Bang Bang colour-photo fashion ad; Alan Tang; Foldout colour photo of Sylvia Chang; Liu Chia Chong and Chen Chen - their romantic house; Movie Stars travel to Manila for benefit performance for Miss China City - photos and article; Siau Yau and Mr. Lua; Wong Yu; Hsia Ling Ling; Deborah - she refuses to undress and be 'Hong Kong Emmanuelle": Yau Feng Pun; Wong Yu; The Sunset of Peking; Summer Lover; Yesterday is Over Soon; Theft, Prostitute, Money; Wife, Lover, Girlfriend; Rogue and Gentleman; Warning for the Young; Iron Robe, starring Liu Chung Leang; The Duel; James [Jimmy) Stewart - article and photos; Fantastic one-page colour photo fashion ad for The Apple Jeans features white couple accented by green, blue and yellow graphic; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Short Stories: Queen's Gate Incident; Competition at Slush Creek; Big Game; Jacobs' Beachcombers. Articles: Basketball Beanpoles - with action photo of 6'-7" Howie Schultz of Hamline; Delayed Combat Fatigue - an alarming new trend in the increase of neuropsychiatric disorders among veterans who have been discharged for a year or more;; Inside Spain; I Deserted Franco - a Spanish Republican who was forced into Franco's Army goes over the hill and describes what made him desert; Eager Beaver - photo-illustrated article on playwright Garson Kanin - with sexy backdoor photo of Judy Holliday; Bradley's Beachhead - General Omar N. Bradley reviews his first year as chief of the VA (Veteran's Administration); How Job Training Became a Scandal; My Lost Division - John Hillard Dunn, his 106th Division, and the Battle of the Bulge; Robbers on the Racetrack - Don Meade says Arcaro and other jockeys will steal a horse race as quick as they flash a whip ; Murder in the Soap Operas - Dan Banion detects too many corpses among the cornflakes; Iron Roof Over Harlem - article on prospects for the people of Harlem, with photos of Billie Holliday, Canada Lee, Romare Beardon, Bert Alves, Kenneth Spencer and Vivian Richardson; You Don't Die Bored; Happy Landing - Gerald L.K. Smith is now on Los Angeles City Council - article with photos. Picture Stories: Anything Goes - great photo-illustrated feature of "The Painted Post - America's only True Western Dance Hall", in the San Fernando Valley; Hot on Ice - people pay big money to see figures skaters such as Donna Atwood, Phil Taylor, Don Condon and Mary Irwin. Labor's Publicity Battle - with sexy photos of Colleen Sullivan of Detroit, and Elayne Keenan of Detroit; Bergen College Boom - great photo feature on how this sleepy college suddenly snapped awake under the GI Bill of Rights; One Block West of Broadway. Special Features: Merry Christmas; Salute of the Month - one-page photo of Elliott Roosevelt; Reconverted; Photos of three vets in the new lives - Alan Rockwell, David Pressman, and Milton Burns; Pin-Up - Martha Vickers. And more. Ads: Great one-page ad for movie "Never Say Goodbye" with photo of Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker; Lovely back cover color ad for Eagle Clothes features man and woman at airport. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A high-quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Two Fine Passenger Stations To Open in May - the Northern Pacific Station at Tacoma, and the Oregon-Washington station at Seattle; Professional biography of A.P. Chapman, Jr. who has just moved from Chicago to serve as general agent of the passenger department, Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound (with photo of Mr. Chapman); Passing of well-known railroad man Francis B. Clarke in Portland at age 73; Illustration of the World's Longest Locomotive - 121 Feet Long - a Mallet 2-10-10-2 rebuilt at the Topeka shops of the Santa Fe; Proposed Swiss Village to be built at Golden, British Columbia to house Swiss guides who are brought annually to assist mountain climbers - interesting illustrated article; Alaska Steamshop Co. to Erect Modern Water Terminals; Robert Dollar Discusses Shipping; Death of W.H.(Billy) Bush, prominent Northwest steamship man - informative article with photo of Mr. Bush; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; B.N. Baker Discusses Influence of the Panama Canal; Discussion of Panama Canal Tolls; New Plant for the Columbia Steel Company at Black Diamond, California - article with illustration; Tacoma News; Testimonial for A.B.C. Wood Life Preservers; Nice one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle with San Francisco; Nice half-page photo ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features the fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching smoke and pumping water into the sky; Nice half-page illustrated ad for Speedway launches and engines; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships Schedule for the S.S. "Princess Victoria" and S.S. "Princess Adelaide" connecting Seattle with Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
80 pages. Features: Nice Rex Woods cover art shows fashionable lady motorist emptying her purse into hands of scowling motorcycle cop as she searches for her driver's license; Colour ad for International Harvester freezers inside front cover; The Lash is the Only Answer; Nice one-page colour ad for 1953 De Soto cars (car shown is dark blue four-door with lots of chrome); Cyrus Eaton - The Boy Who Listened to Rockefeller - great photo-illustrated article on this prominent Canadian industrialist; The Most Promising Key to Cancer - Glucosamine - article with photos of scientists J.H. Quastel and Antonio Cantero in Montreal laboratory; The First Taste of Queenship - Colour-photo-illustrated article on Elizabeth's visit to Canada with Philip - part 4 of 7; Malenkov - The Machine-Man whom nobody knows; Antoinette Concello - The Girl on the Flying Trapeze - photo-illustrated article; Take Care of Uncle Harry (short story; Shakespeare Gets a New Home Town - photo-illustrated article on Stratford, Ontario; The Duck They Drool About - Stephen Morson and his Brome Lake duck, of Knowlton, Quebec - photo-illustrated article; One-page colour ad for Ford cars features the Crestline convertible, customline fordor sedan, and Mainline tudor sedan; One-page photo-illustrated recruiting ad for R.C.A.F. seeks female recruits; One-page colour Oldsmobile ad features a Super '88' 4-door sedan; Fantastic colour-photo centrefold ad for GE Roto-Cold refrigerators features housewife in kitchen; One-page Massey-Harris ad explains how they use atomic energy to test iron castings; Nice colour one-page 1953 Mercury car ad; Fantastic colour REO truck ad features glass tanker with mermaids inside!; O'Keefe's Brewing ad features colour Karsh illustration of Queen Elizabeth; Nice one-page GMC Truck ad; Gar Wood Heating ad features photo of the home of Mr. H.R. McLean of Brandon, Manitoba; Wonderful colour back cover ad for Snyder's fine modern furniture features orange multi-piece seating set; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Notch nibbled in fore-edge. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
100 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo-illustrated Boeing ad shows Flying Fortresses being assembled; Bill Robinson (Bojangles) marries Elaine Plaines - with photo; Thornton W. Burgess turns out his 10,000th syndicated nursery classic - with photo; Gene Tunney returns home from action; Jimmy Stewart promoted to Major; Brief obituaries for William Allen White, William T. Dewart, Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Dr. Charles H. Townsend, Mrs. Cathleen Vancerbilt Arostegui and Dr. Daniel M. Molloy; Nice color-photo Union Pacific ad shows locomotive "The City of Los Angeles"; Nation replies in grim fury to Jap Brutality to Prisoners - "March of Death" in the Philippines - article with grim photo; From the Official Record of Jap Bestiality; Allies Shape Victory Pattern in Pacific; Major war coverage; Rome landing shows hurdles ahead when Allies invade Western Europe; Photo of "Jumbo Wilson"; Photo of Air Marshal Coningham; Third Reich admits bomb damage; Vichy regime hands over power to 'Chief with the iron fist'; Dramatic photos of occupied France; Argentina splits from Germany and Japan; Uncommon photo of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in pantomime costume; Finnish crisis - with photo of Premier Linkomies; Should Yugoslav King Peter alienate Serbs or risk losing British support?; Nice color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Nice color Pontiac ad features artillery illustration and devasted Pacific Island landscape; Photo of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem heiling Storm Troops in Berlin; Photo of Indian Subhas Chandra Bose sharing platform with Hideki Tojo; Soldier Ballot dispute; Dramatic photo of Lt. Tommy Harmon returning home - now a seasoned P-38 pilot; Nice wartime color ad for Kodak full-color snapshots; The Neutrals' Honeymoon is over; Fantastic Schlitz one-page color ad called "Memories of a Kiss"; Great wartime International Harvester ad illustrates their conversion to war production; Great military Motorola ad shows soldier with walkie-talkie; Partial fascimile reproduction of US bond issue entitled "City of Tokyo, Japan - Destruction and Extermination"; Photos of INS correspondent Richard Tregaskis who was struck in the head by a shell fragment; Photo and article about Casey Stengel; Photo of boxer Ike Williams knocked out; Photo of James Hulbert and Mitford Mathews and their Dictionary of American English; Article about looted paintings acquired by the Nazis; Color-photo ad for Columbia Records shows Bruno Walter, Robert Casadesus, Nathan Milstein, Lotte Lehmann and Dimitri Mitropoulos; The Clark Williams family of Warrenville, IL deals with infantile paralysis/polio; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club features the Castle of Kul-Kul-Kan; Great back cover wartime Chesterfield cigarette ad features happy soldier opening carton of cigarettes and letter from his girl; and more. Above-average wear. Covers pulling from staples. A worthy vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Many sensational color ladies' fashion ads; Cover photo of Dwight Eisenhower with Robert A. Taft; Interesting one-page RCA ad featuring the transistor; What Course for the Powerful Mr. Robert A. Taft?; The Iron Barrier - photos from seven frontiers where the Communists face the rest of the world - Korea, Turkey, Austira, Indo-China, Yugoslavia, Germany and Iran; Anatomy of the Russian Communisty Party - from a small band of hunted revolutionaries it has developed into a sanctuary for the privileged; U.S. and U.N. - The Choices Before Us - criticisms from the American public; We can live longer - but for What?; Danger in What We Don't Know - high school seniors show appalling ignorance of the world they live in; Class of '53 - The men leaving college this year are perhaps the most popular in years - with business, industry and the military competing; Bill Mauldin's cartoon art from three wars; Then and Now - Celebrated German Aeronaut Hugo Eckener; One page photo-illustrated ad for State of Israel Bonds entitled "Out of the Desert... A Great Chemical Industry" with photos of the new fertilzier and chemical plant at Haifa; Nice one-page ad for the 1953 Nash Rambler; Fantastic one-page color ad for colorful Crosley plastic (bakelite?) radios; Nice color ad for Cheer laundry detergent; Photos of home interior designed by architect Oskar Stonorov; Samuel Plotkin - New York City's expert on food contamination, detects it largely by tasting; Rare one-page color ad for F.W. Woolworth Co. Easter treats; and more. Above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book