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196 pages. Features: Fair deal vs. whoa-down; A poison for every bug; Eating away at surpluses; Safety for your dog - and you; FHA can help you build this home; Fast feeding from a cart on rails; "Best Place on Earth" - George Anderson has been a successful alfalfa farmer near Byron, California; We need more busy bees; How to get a good stand of alfalfa; Getting the right vegetable seed; We've got weeds on the run; The cow belles of Wyoming; Nice color-photo back cover ad for Surge milking equipment features futuristic milker stall; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Small piece from upper corner of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
88 pages. Features: Landlord vs. Tenant; Build-in protection against wind; Here comes a better cow; There is a best way for you to handle foreage; Breeding for better wool; "Tagged Atoms" work for the farmer; It pays to dry small grain; Harveste short cuts; New way to boost legumes; Scipio Smells a skunk (fiction); The Cecil and Susan Johnson family of Grant's Pass, OR. Ads: Tide detergent; '52 Dodge; Champion spark plug ad features the Ferry-Morse Seed Co. of San Juan Bautista, CA with Dick McKenna, Gilbert Bentley, John McCabe and John Moran; '52 Pontica; 1952 Ford trucks (color); GM XP-300 and Le Sabre cars; Case tractors with 'eagle hitch'; Homelite chainsaws; Ford Tractors (2-pages); Bob Hope in Auto-Lite ad; Great color ad for Ford's 1952 station wagons; Nice color 7up ad shows boy pouring pop into class of ice cream; Gillette razor ad features Phil Cavarretta; Kool-Aid; 1952 Studebaker cars (color); Fantastic color back cover Camel cigarette ad features Linda Darnell. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Roma, 1924, 6 luglio, fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata", con copertina illustrata. Articolo di una pagina con foto sulle gemelle siamesi Hilton.
Features: Life and Death of the Sea Tuskers - The Sea Cow Fishery on these islands is totally annihilated; Victorian Canada - A Photographic portfolio selected by Edward Cavell; Classic Revival - Greece battles to save the Sacred Rock of the Western World; Earth's Great Dyings - Scientists seek clues to the mystery of mass extinctions. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
298 pages. Numerous excellent black and white photographic plates, including frontis image of author in milkmaid garb. Line diagrams. "In this book it has been my earnest desire and aim to present the dairy industry in a simple, practical manner, in the hope of benefitting those desirous of improving and succeeding in their chosen occupation." - from page vi. The fifty-two chapters cover such topics as: farm, stable, cow, heifer, rations, silos, crops, water, milk, cream, butter, cheese, and many more. Author was Demonstrator and Lecturer in Dairying at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada. Both hinges open. Above-average wear to exterior which features a charming (albeit well-worn) milkmaid illustration upon front board. Blank 'Notes' pages at end of book contain several pages of handwritten breeding records from the 1930s. No other markings. Despite its heavy wear, this work presents a wonderful overview of dairying in the early 20th century and cannot help but bring a smile to the face of anyone involved in the modern dairy industry. Book
64 pages. Excellent color illustrations plus black and white photos and diagrams. Discusses exterior, internal organs, skeleton, muscle and blood systems. Includes a veterinary treatise on diseases and their treatment for these animals. Undated but appears to be circa 1950. No indication of any prior printings. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this helpful reference. Book
74 pages. Features: Major photo-illustrated interview with actor Michael York; 'The Dove' - photos; Maggots and Parasites - article on risquee cartoons such as 'Fritz the Cat'; 'Kid Blue' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on Veronica Lake, 'Hollywood Comet'; 'Steppenwolf' - photo preview; Reviews; 'Mame' - photos; Article - Charisma for the '70s; Photos from Alexander Medvedkin's rediscovered classic of 1934 "Happiness'; Records; Photo-illustrated page on the Cinema of Gianfranco Mingozzi; 'La Vita in Gioco' - photos; 'Flavia La Monaca Musulmana' - photos, including full-page photo of naken woman inside cow. Ads for: 'The Great Gatsby' and Ken Russell's 'Mahler'. Book Reviews. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Tom Mix Was My Boss!; The Clay Pot Nuggets; They're Hanging Doc Vincent Today!; Let Diamond Cut Diamond - Omaha, Nebraska; The Passing of Paddy Graydon; Too Lonesome for Ghots - Fish Springs; Indians and Army Wives on the Far West; Outlaws Black and Yeager; Bennett Howell's Cow Country - a page from the life of John Chisum's Foreman; The Tanana Valley Narrow Gauge; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Camp cooks and mail order brides - both were favorite prey of the practical joker!; Mountain lions at Robbers Roost; Santa Fe's delayed hanging - the killers of Frank Chavez; Keelboaters' heyday to doomsday; Suicide at El Paso - the Pierson Hotel; Green and Broke - Fred Chilver and Family/Newton Kansas; Trouble in a (Model)"T"; Utah's Cursed Gold - a cow leads to treasure; The Mystic Healer - Francis Schlatter, German cobbler, entered Colorado's mountains and became a 'Christ-Man"; Fly Specked Billy - Custer, South Dakota; Spirit Spring of the Osage - a shrine of water held in awe by the Indians; Motion Picture Vignettes; They Called it Content (Runnels County, Texas); and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
In-8° gr. pp. 407 con 32 tav. f.t. di ill. a colori e von numerose ill. e dis. in nero n.t. Leg. edit. con sovrac. ill. che è più volte ripiegata e forma un poster. Ottimo stato.
Roma, 1957 agosto 18, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 32 de "La Tribuna illustrata" .
32 pages. "A collection of sixteen of the better-known and more popular Irish ballads and "Come-all-ye's" - from title page. Undated. Circa 1931. Songs include: Killarney; The Wearing of the Green; Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms; The Meeting of the Waters; Oft in the Stilly Night; Garry Owen; Combe Back to Erin; Savourneen Deelish; The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow; Paddy Whack; The Harp That Once 'Thro' Tara's Halls; St. Patrick's Day; The Minstrel Boy; The Last Rose of Summer; Kathleen Mavourneen; The Irish Washerwoman. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage compilation. Circa 1950? Book
P., Vermot "Manuels Vermot", sans date (environ 1900). In-12 reliure éditeur toilée rouge estampée, 394 pp avec des illustrations dans le texte. papier vieilli naturellement avec quelques rousseurs par endroit. les producteurs de lait, le lait, le beurre, les fromages, législation et jurisprudence
In 4° (234 x 163 mm), 3 parti in 1 volume.; [8], 358, [2] pagine; [28] carte; 47, [49] pagine, 64 carte geografiche a doppia pagina delle quali 27 raffiguranti il mondo antico e 37 raffiguranti il mondo moderno con la descrizione al retro, 12 xilografie e diagrammi nel testo, marche tipografiche (alcuni difetti.). Solida legatura coeva in pergamena con unghie (sguardie nuove).
Camosine, les annales des pays nivernais, vers 1980. In-4 broché de 37 pages, nombreuses photos. Très bon état
P., Firmin-Didot, "Bibliothèque de l'enseignement agricole", sans date(environ 1900). In-8 relié toile chagrinée rouge, sur le plat supérieur inscription en lettres dorées "Société des agriculteurs de la Sarthe", 704 pages. Rousseurs sur les gardes, sinon très bon état. Le lait-Le beurre-Les fromages. Avec 118 figures dans le texte.
P., Garnier Frères, Libraires-Editeurs, 1887. In-12 broché, 175 pp. Avec 37 figures noir et blanc. Dos insolé, quelques rousseurs, sinon bon état.
Unpaginated. Date not specified. A stiff board book in the shape of a very plump calf. Oblong approx 8" x 5.75". This well-travelled book still has lots of life left in it. Looks really cute when you stand it up on your desk! Circa 1980? Book
Mm 135x210 Brossura originale, 465 pagine. Testo in lingua francese - french text. Libro in buone condizioni, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Cover Painting by William Winter shows a joyous last day of school. Features: Colour photo Studebaker Commander V-8 ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for George Weston Limited shows bride-to-be with family; Spyglass on Sweden - the Welfare State; If the Russians Attack Canada - article with photos and interesting map of likeliest Canadian targets; Wide Open, Excellency, by Lesley Holmes; How the Stock Crooks Operate, by Fred Bodsworth - how the 'blower boys' peddle worthless stocks via long-distance phone; The Long Ordeal of Mrs. Tak Sook Kyun - the Korean War has taken her home near the Manchrian border, her husband, her baby, and tossed her up like driftwood on the crowded Pusan hills - article by Pierre Berton with sad photos; Banff - a paradise for Sultans and Stenos - article with great colour photos; The Ups and Downs of Alan Young - originally from West Vancouver, he fought his way to the top in radio and movies; What it's Like to Live in the Dark - Larry Bartlett was blinded by a German shell; Boswell of the Brooks - Writer Roderick Haig-Brown milks a cow every day and gets called "Your Worship" - article with photos; The Secret Behind The Fiery Phantom that Sails Bay Chaleur; Nice colour illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd showing a grader levelling a country road; Attractive colour ad for the Hillman Minx Convertible; Colour illustrated Coke centerfold shows store display and picnic lunch packed and ready to eat; Colour Chevrolet ad featuring a 2-door Bel Air; Nice colour photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture; Colour illustrated ad for the Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible; Nice 2-colour ad for the Austin A-40 Devon auto; Nice colour Parker Pen ad inside back cover features endorsement by Mazo De La Roche; Colour Margene ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Nice colour Christmas Wabasso Cottons ad inside front cover; News digest includes nervous tension in Germany, turning the tide in Egypt, and fascism's twentieth anniversary; One-page ad for Trans-Canada Telephone System includes illustration encouraging citizens to minimize long distance usage in favour of wartime needs; Nice colour-illustrated Ritz ad shows ladies in grocery store; Secret Eyes - fascinating photo-illustrated article on wartime espionage, with photos of Lieut.-General H.R. Pownall and "The Lark", Marthe Richer; Houses of Glass (short story); Low Pressure Salesman (short story); Unprofessional Services (short story); After They Bale Out - photo-illustrated article on what happens to pilots when they have to bale out of their planes; Ace High (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Nice colour one-page ad for GM of Canada says "Victory is our Business" and shows armoured vehicles in service; One-page Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) recruiting ad says "We're in another Team now"; Ford Motor Company ad shows wartime manufacturing; Woodbury Soap ad includes photos of Miss Mary Bishop of Toronto, in training as a field-to-field ferry pilot; Photo of Brenda Joyce in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; On the Kitchen Front - turkey recipe article; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Suggested gifts for women in uniform; Nice one-page Yardley ad; Fashion illustrations; Sayings from around the world; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows Santa and Christmas scenes; Nice colour back cover ad for B.C. (British Columbia) apples includes illustration of men in uniform; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
189 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and black and white photographic plates. Black and white diagrams in text. Fold-out diagram. "A book about cow dung, or rather the ash of cow-dung. As a serious inquiry it might be said to have arisen from a mining engineer's incredulity that anyone could have brought together such a monstrous collection of cow-dung 'cakes'." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Outwardly handsome and unmarked. Usual internal library markings. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Up from the Ranks - two-page Bell Telephone ad features photos of 17 Presidents of their operating telephone companies; Classy color Dodge ad features red car and snowman; Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Claude Pepper; Kenneth Romney; GI Wives "Living in Squalor"; Very classy color ad for Monnet Cognac; Observations on General Marshall; Europe - cold hands and empty plates; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Northwest Orient Airlines; Exploded truce in Palestine - bombing at Haifa police station; Russia acts for Spitsbergen base; Nice color Lucky Strike ad features farmer holding big tobacco leaf; Lt. Gen. Lucius DuBignon Clay; Nude photo of Evan Braun's sister by waterfall; Photo of Eva Braun flirting with Nazi treasurer Franz Xaver Schwarz; Photo of Eva Braun doing backbend in barely visible swimsuit - all three of these photos taken by Hitler's private photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann; Marshall's spotlight on China; Vietnam - old wine in new bottles; Photo of Barbara Ann Scott; Boeing ad features photo of Stratocruisers; Photo of Bernard Baruch who has withdrawn from public life; Brief obituaries for Herman Bing, Dr. Victor Robinson, Charles Sumner Woolworth and Eva Tanguay; Globe-trotting astronomer Dr. Harlow Shapley; Photos of British undersea canoe!; (MSC - motorized submersible canoe); Nice color ad for Martin Aircraft; Dexter Masters explains the atom to the masses; Aviation - photo of installation of Ground Controlled Approach at Washington; ICS one-page ad features photos of Van A. Bittner and Wayne A. Johnston; Photo of Howard Hughes re: TWA cuts; TVA = Red Ink Valley?; Photo of helicopter shuttling mail in New York City; Henry Hazlitt explains "How to Reduce the Budget"; Dornicks at Ten Paces; Photo of runner Elmore Harris; Great diving photo - students of the Sparling school prepare to go under in big diving suits; Two-page Newsweek ad; Great photo ad for Skylift forklifts; and more. Middle page holding by one staple. Covers loose but present. Above-average wear and soiling. Clear tape along spine. A worthy vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice color-photo Nash car ad inside front cover; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 5, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post features articles on the U.S. Navy and occupied Poland; Marriage of Ilona Massey to Alan Curtis; Brief obituaries for Dr. Eugene Dubois and Lawrence Hills; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features happy photo scenes of soup being served; US takes dozens of foreign ships into 'protective custody' - discovery of Axis sabotage, Nazi nationals rush home; Crackdown on former Communist leaders Earl R. Browder and Richard J.H. Krebs, alias Jan Valtin; Dr. John Romulus Brinkley - radios' goateed medicine man; White Slavery on Cow Island, MS - Mrs. Cora Lee Davis and her family were held for two years by sharecropper Joseph Walker; Yugoslav Stand Against the Nazis - Belgrade closes border and Bulgarian Army mobilizes; Grainy photo of Ribbentrop welcoming Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka; Color Good Year tire ad; Color-photo Canadian Club whiskey ad features photo of rowboat approaching iceberg to await rescue; Cine-Kodak movie camera ad; Strike tidal wave; Nice color Cadillac ad features front grill and Hydra-Matic Drive; Classy color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows lady holding flowers; Last run for 10th Avenue cowboy in New York - with photo of him leading freight train down street; Photo of bank in New Rochelle station waiting room includes partial view of classic 1941 magazine rack; Photos of boxers Lou Nova and Max Baer; John Kieran; Emiliano Zapata - Prince of the Peasants - with photo; Book review of "Chemical Warfare" by Dr. Curt Wachtel, including photo of author; Nice color ad for Grace Line Cruises on back cover shows older man lounging on deck; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Contents: Boeing ad boasts of their record coast-to-coast flight by a C-97, 6 hrs, 3 min, 50 sec.; Reo Truck ad; Full-page ad for a radio show called "Breakfast in Hollywood" with Tom Breneman on the Blue Network (ABC); Fisher Body color ad; Allies strike at Rundstedt's finest after 8-day race to the Rhine - Wehrmacht escapes disaster but loses heavily in pulling out and blowing up the bridges - great map; Sample of a 'safe conduct' pass showered down on Germans, as well as a humorous satirical German response; Two photos taken during the Bataan death march (stolen from the Japanese); News from Iwo Jima; Eighteen-year-olds fight and die as nation debates their status - European and Pacific wars were speeded by using youths Stimson says in defense; Photo of Erich Gimpel and William C. Colepaugh as they are led into court prior to being hung as Nazi spies; 67 Army nurses captured by the Japs on Bataan and Corregidor return the the US; Troubled return of vets - Mr. Jobe in Chicago; Britain accepts the Yalta Charter but U.S. keeps fingers crossed - F.D.R.'s report to Congress is received with reservation despite its urgent tone; Poland - scores to settle - General Anders; White Truck ad in color; Canada Calling - new CBC 50,000 watt short-wave transmitter; America's join in Alliance to keep hemisphere peace - the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, in Mexico City; Interesting ad for Bituminous Coas - presents its varied military uses; Coal owners are unlikely to sign UMW contract calling for pertentage on each ton; Kansas corn piled outside for lack of freight cars; Vintage color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and her family; Photo of 26-year-old Frank Sinatra with details of his draft classification; Wacs at work; Photo of Martin (The Blimp) Levy, a 640 pound wrestler; Studebaker color military ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
