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Oversize, 207p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Unpaginated. Moderately soiled and worn. Let the child to whom you are reading this book see the pictures and say them. You'll be amazed at how quickly children catch on and enjoy participating in the story-telling. Book
Features: Horrific opening photo of the ruins of Wesel bears the caption 'German cities are being pulverised to dust; photos of the British jet plane, the Gloster-Whittle; photos of the crossing of the River Rhine; Photos and details of Hitler's Berhof at Berchtesgaden; Photos of the capture of Mandalay; photos from Iwo Jima; The capture of Wesel; New equipment for use against Germans and 'Japs'; Pictures from Russia; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
46pp. 29cm. Hardcover Very good condition good Photos by Elaine Faris Keenan
Features: The Franciscans - they possess an inner peace that modern people seek, but rarely find; Pursuit of a Painkiller - the development of Phenazocine, a synthetic narcotic to replace the useful but addictive drug morphine; Adventures of the Mind - Life's Mysterious Clocks, by Frank A. Brown Jr.; A Christmas Letter; How to Speak French without saying a word - humor by Stewart Alsop; Winter's wildest sport - iceboating; Is European Education better than ours? - a five-nation survey of 4142 school children provides an astonishing report - long and detailed article with many photos. Great color Schlitz ad inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
8vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; laminated pictorial boards as issued, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality re-issue of the first edition of 1995
136 pages. Features: Gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; The Farmer Frustrates Khrushchev - the peasant who would rather work for himself than the state helps keep Soviet output down; The Peasant - Half of Russia - great photos; Why They Fight for the P.A.T. (Parents and Taxpayers Group) - pairing schools to obtain racial balance; Britain's Political Style is Not Like Ours; The Walls Do Have Ears - the electronic art of listening in on other people's conversations has reached new heights; A New Canal Dug By Atom Bombs - fascinating illustrated proposal to use nukes to create a new Panama Canal; The Job of White House Housekeeper - Anne Lincoln; Four Days Shalt Thou Labor? - the rise of technology pushes for shorter work weeks; Stamps for Art's Sake - new U.S. stamp dedicated to the arts was designed by Stuart Davis; Fantastic Dan River fashion ad shows man standing between steam rollers; Where the Old Cars Go; Which Sex Owns the Pants? - where will the trend end?; Nice one-page ad for Jerry Vale song albums; Cesar Romero is featured in Petrocelli suit ad; Article on African ants; Getting into the Act - photos of Peter Fonda, Pia Lindstrom, Lynn Redgrave, Mia Farrow, Tim Rooney and Edward Albert; The Puerto Rican Tide Begins to Turn - Migrants returning to their island now match the numbers moving to the island of Manhattan; Photos of Glamour Fashions by Tiers; The Making of a Conscience; Uncommon Tuffies ad shows boys playing roller hockey; One-page color ad for Grace Line shows their large fleet at sea; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Bolla wine; Heublein Cocktails ad features formal color photo of Michael Rennie; One-page color Benson & Hedges ad features badges of American President Lines, Matson Navigation, Italian Line, Furness lines, Cunard Steam-Ship Company and United States Lines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
116 pages. Features: Beaunit Bemberg color-photo fashion ad features the President of Eagle Clothes, Stanley Goldman; Nice Jade East ad; The Equal Rights Amendment - What, Exactly, Does it Mean?; Many gorgeous fashion ads; The Way Egyptians See Israel, Uncle Sam, The SAMS - photo-illustrated article; Can Fascism Happen Here? Is it Already Happening?; Whitney Young - Black Leader or 'Oreo Cookie'?; F. Lee Bailey - Headhunter; Learning the Political Facts of Life; Tomato Marmalade Recipes; Two-page Maxwell House Coffee ad features Mrs. William Cosgrove of Oakland, NJ; Stephen Rubin's Duplex in a former storage attic in the Dakota overlooking Central Park was designed by William Machado; Great one-page ad for the Village Voice bears title "Dissatisfaction Guaranteed Or Your Money Back"; Color fashion photos 'For the Young and Daring"; Plymouth Gin ad features photos of Ernest Dichter, President of the Institute for Motivational Research, and E.H. Demby, President of Psychographics, Inc.; Unusual full-page color photo of a spectrum of colors of toilet seats by Magnolia; and more. Above-average wear to covers which are all but loose from staples. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The ninth Inspector Morse novel
8vo., First Edition, with a full-page map in the text; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the ninth Inspector Morse novel.
Mr. Pakenham passes away under allegedly outrages circumstances at Tamatave. Suez Canal difficulty - cutting a second canal parallel to the first. Echoes of the week. The Playhouses; Weather; National Sports; The Cholera in Egypt - Quarantine, with full-page engraving entitled 'Quarantine Examination at Brinsisi'. Crab-Catching in Cornwall - 9 sketches on one page (plus text on next page); News from the Court and Church plus Benevolence and Self-Help. New Townhall, Dover - with sketch; The Westminster Townhall - with sketch; The Swanley Homes for Little Boys - with sketch; Sketches in Egypt - Thebes. The Advantages of Wet Weather. Supplement includes: Chapter V of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn; The Savage Club at the Royal Albert Hall (which is featured on front cover illustration and pages 52 and 53); The Jesmond Dene Park, Newcastle; A dramatic two-page engraving entitled "Departure of Irish Emigrants at Clifden, County Galway (please note that this engraving bears a large tear); Obituaries; Chess; Wills and Bequests; Departure of Irish Emigrants; Classified Ads. The Jesmond Dene Public Park, Newcastel-on-Tyne - 8 lovely sketches. The Suez Canal - 3 pages of text and sketches, including map of the proposed Canal and sketch of M. Ferdinand De Lesseps, President of the Suez Canal Company. New Books. Musical Publications. Chipping at edges. Some pages loose but all appear to be present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
Pages 1009-1048. Features. Amazing cover-page photo of 10% of South Africa's white population gathered for the inauguration of the Voortrekker Memorial at Pretoria on December 16th (plus two more photos inside); Five photos of the 30-hour Covent Gardens blaze where firefighter Station Officer Fisher lost his life; Two photos of the funeral procession of the late Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Stewart, in Singapore; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's tour of H.M. Dockyard, Malta; One-page photo of the consecration of the New Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, the Right Reverend Monsignor Cyril Cowderoy; Two-page illustrated chart showing the cost of some imported commodities and the proportion obtained from the dollar area, and the volume of British imports and exports in 1948; In the hands of the Gestapo for six years - Mr. Hugh W.A. Oloff De Wet; Six illustrations show the House of Commons new Annunciator system which keeps members informed when absent from the chamber; Six photos of construction of the new House of Commons; Six nice photos of food galore in 'Dublin's Fair City', in contrast to Britain's food shortages; Fantastic two-page spread of eight photos illustrates "One of Tokyo's Most Westernised Aspects - Shopping in the Japanese Capital's Great Department Stores"; The Russian Theatre of the Second World War - a review of 'La Guerre Germano-Sovietique, 1941-1945, by General A. Guillaume; Page with large photo and smaller photos and text entitled "Seventy Years Old - The World's Most Powerful Dictator and Least-Known Ruler - Joseph Stalin"; Five fascinating large photos illustrate the mining and production of clay which is used to make porcelain - with one-page photo of a deep Cornish China stone quarry; Two-page photo-spread illustrates Bertram Mills' Christmas Show (Circus) at Olympia, including elephants, The Seven Ashtons, the great Arturos Troop, and drinking polar bears, all under the "Big Top"; Two pages of photos of Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins and the round-up of wild horses using aircraft; Two pages of photos of fashions worn by well-dressed women and children from 1770-1927; 600th Anniversary of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; American excavations on the Athenian Agora in Greece; Photo s of personalities of the week included Mr. Albert Toft, Dr. George De Hevesy, Field Marshal Von Manstein, Mr. George H. Lloyd Jacob, Mr. Richard G. Casey, Dame Enid Lyons, Dr. J.P.S. Jamieson, Vice-Admiral R. Ivelaw-Chapman and Minister of Food, Mr. Strachey; and more. Taped repairs to outer advertising pages which are lacking back page. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Magazine
Pages 385-424. Features: This Tourist Business of Ours - is it a billion dollar ballyhoo? - photo at Radium Hot Springs; Painted Mountains - Cameron Lake of Waterton National Park; Camper - Respect the Weather!; White Water - photo-illustrated canoeing article by Grey Owl; Memories of Flashing Streams - the trout run big in Cape Breton; "A Big Bee" Brings Pipe of Peace - wonderfully photo-illustrated article describes how treaty money is paid, land is dealt, etc. with Ontario's Native peoples; Blackbird Blizzards; When You're Lost in the Woods - using your watch as a compass; Birds for the Prairie Shelter Belt; With Our Junior Fire Wardens; Trailing the Clouds on Horseback - the life of Rocky Mountain Guide Old Man Logan; Jack Miner's Mail Bag; A Bird Sanctuary in Nova Scotia - by John W. Piggott; Forest Business in British Columbia, by Hon. N.S. Lougheed - includes amazing half-page photo of fallers, their long saws and massive fallen timber; ; Black Bass Furnish Hot Weather Sport, by Ozark Ripley. Nice two-colour ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover. Canadian National ad inside back cover promotes big game hunting in Canada. Nice ad for Western Super-X shotgun shells on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 23 photographic plates, free endpapers browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original brown ribbed cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and white, joints very lightly rubbed, small nick at tail of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of a hunting classic. With small contemporary trade ticket on front paste-down.
Features: Anzacs' Great Record During 1917 (conclusion); The Organisation of Youth in the War (by Sir Robert Baden-Powell and E.K. Nugent). Colour illustration laid in bears the caption "At a Franco-British Outpost in the Great German Advance, March, 1918". Centerfold illustrations of the Australians in the Holy Land. Average wear. Staples have disintegrated. Book
Some scribbles inside front cover and spots on some pages. Black and white illustrations by Don Nelson. 5 1/4"w x 7 3/8"h.
VG/VG near fine. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. reprint. Virtually mint copy of book celebrating the centenary of one of the founding fathers of the toy industry & one of the few still in private hands, w/ colour photos of throughout
160 pages including index and glossary. A beautiful compendium of the world's most entertaining and universally popular games. Every board in this fascinating and unique collection of over eighty games can be played on the page as book is designed to open flat. Instructions are on adjoining pages while all the pieces and other equipment needed for play are supplied on a separate cut-out sheet laid-in back board. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Moderate wear to attractive dust jacket which bears a closed two inch tear to top edge of back panel. Nice copy. Book
16 page board book. Please note: Storyplayer not included. Moderate signs of use. A counting book for young learners. Uses the numbers 1 through 10. Book
1st edition. 8vo, 157 pages, illustrated with original drawings by ralph Pinto. Very good condition hardback in very good condition price clipped dust jacket. 39344. eng
16 pages. Includes: Biffo The Bear; Billy Whizz; The Nibblers; Lord Snooty; The 3 Bears; The Bash Street Kids; Pup Parade; Billy the Cat; Little Plum; Roger the Dodger; Dennis the Menace - and Gnasher. Small doodle on back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Includes: Biffo The Bear; Little Plum; Roger the Dodger; General Jumbo; Billy Whizz; The 3 Bears; The Bash Street Kids; Minnie the Minx; The Q Karts; Lord Snooty; Pup Parade; Dennis the Menace. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Includes: Biffo The Bear; Billy Whizz; Roger the Dodger; General Jumbo; Little Plum; The 3 Bears; The Bash Street Kids; Pup Parade; Lord Snooty; The Q Karts; Minnie the Minx; Dennis the Menace. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Includes: Biffo The Bear; Billy Whizz; Roger the Dodger; The Q Karts; Little Plum; The 3 Bears; The Bash Street Kids; Pup Parade; Lord Snooty; General Jumbo; Minnie the Minx; Dennis the Menace. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
16 pages. Includes: Biffo the Bear; Billy Whizz; Roger the Dodger; Billy the Cat; Little Plum; The 3 Bears; The Bash Street Kids; Pup Parade with the Bash Street Dogs. Lord Snooty; Minnie the Minx; Send for the Hovertank; Dennis the Menace. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book