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in-8, 173 pages, 10 planches hors-texte, broché, couv. ill. Bon etat. [MI-24]
in-12, 275 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, couverture illustree plast. à rabats. Pages de debut et de fin collees au dos de la couv. sin. bel exemplaire [CA29-3]
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes first-hand accounts of Dogger Bank and Jutland. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.40
8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
116 pages. Features: Reports on Tropical Africa, Australia, Science and Industry; Bugles and a Tiger - Adventure on India's Frontier, by John Masters; The Way the New India Thinks, by Aubrey Menen; Christmas Eve at Chartres (a poem), by Winifred Hare; Billingsley's Bird Dog, by Dillon Anderson; The Bounds of Space and Time - How Long Will the World Last?, by Crary Moore; Hark, Hark, the Lark (a poem) by Marie De L. Welch; Creating a School, by Agnes and Ernest Hocking; The Army Invades the Wichita Mountains, by Clark C. Van Fleet; Dr. Flesch's Cure-all, by Virgil M. Rogers; The Spoiled Honeymoon, by Robert Graves; Renewals if Needed - They Shall Have Music, by John M. Conly. Color ad by the European Travel Commission inside front cover. Fantastic colour photo ad for RCA Victor Colour Televisions on page 19 features family and home in white; Color full-page ad for Old Smuggler Scotch on page 20. Columbia Records ad on page 32 features large black and white photo portrait of Winston Churchill. Very attractive colour ad for Drambuie inside back cover features Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
144 pages. Index. Numerous black and white illustrations. "Tells for the first time in detail, the story of one of Canada's greatest fighter pilots. Traces his career from Tiger Moths in Scotland, then on to advanced training and out to pre-war Egypt to his first posting.... Soon Woody's squadron is called to Greece to face an onslaught of Messerschmitts and Junkers." - from dust jacket. Faint small sticker remnant atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Paris, Amiot Dumont 1952. In-8 carré broché sous jaquette illustrée rempliée de 196 pages. Photos. Bel exemplaire
Amiot Dumont 1952. In-8 broché sous jaquette de 196 pages illustrées. Bon état
"Spillato in brossura editoriale illustrata, cm 31x24, pp (16), fotografie in nero. Particolare narrazione che accompagna didascalie a immagini in sequenza, sorta di fotoromanzo firmato con lo pseudonimo di GUIPAR e apparso sulle pagine del periodico Brescia, qui estratto con propria copertina editoriale e alcune pagine pubblicitarie (mezzi FIAT per l’Africa Orientale, vettura Bianchi modello Riccione, pompe Marelli, automezzi O.M., attrezzi agricoli Gialdini Pietro, Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi Brescia). Il narratore, volontario della MSVN assegnato alla Seconda Divisione Camicie Nere ""28 Ottobre"" comandata dal generale Umberto Somma, rende conto della marcia da Qwiha nel Tigré a Senafé in Eritrea meridionale, citando ufficiali e illustri partecipanti (""marcia pure l'Eccellenza futurista legionario Marinetti""), località attraversate e parecchi mezzi utilizzati (vetture Ardita, autocarrette OM), con una novantina di fotografie di militari, paesaggi, popolazione locale e ascari, mezzi, ecc. Non comune."
308 pages including index. Grave, gay and urbane, this book is sure to delight its readers, while affording them intimate glimpses of pioneer Canadian life that will surprise and perhaps shock them. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name rubber stamped atop each endpaper else unmarked. Several tears under one inch to dust jacket. Excellent piece of Canadiana. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Fading to extremities of cover. 62 pages.
40 pages. Features: New flag for Canada's 98th birthday - article with photos; The Queen Mother - Her Personal Story - part 1 of 4; Jean Seberg's Return to the Top - Burned at the stake on film and in reviews, she begain again in Europe - article with photos; Photo of Miss Patricia Soulliere, "Miss Textile of the Week"; Jerry Marx Survived An Avalanche - article with photos; Fantastic colour photo centerfold ad for the Rambler line of cars; Upsurge in Canada's Track and Field Athletic Performance; Paul Anka and Diana Ayoub, the girl he left behind (and after whom his first hit song is named); Kendo battles on the Fraser River Delta dunes in Steveston - Jim Murray studies the Japanese Martial Art - article with photos; ; Back cover Esso ad with the 'Tiger in your Tank' theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
432 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "The autobiography of Rudy Frankel, life president of Tiger Oats Limited and for many years a leading South African industrialist." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
74 pages. Articles: Philadelphia - Corrupt and not contented; William Bendix plays Babe Ruth - a new screen role for the star of radio's Life of Riley; Judge T. Allan Goldsborough Takes the Stand - Portrait of one of the most colorful and human American jurists; A Sucker Don't Wanna Be Told - how racetrack touts victimize bettors who want a 'sure-thing'; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 11) - Climax at Casablanca. Fiction: An Affair of State (part 1 of 4); The High Cost of Collette; But Not Necessarily Sweet; Good Morning; Mrs. O'Brien Holds That Tiger; More Beautiful than Murder (conclusion). Ads include: Ipana (with Taffy Wood); Motorola radio; Jeepster by Willys-Overland; International Heavy-Duty Trucks; Ford cars; U.S. Royals (tires) centerfold; Barbasol; Vitalis (with Sonny Kiefer); Western Electric; Burroughs business machines; "The Emperor Waltz" movie with Bing Crosby; Schlitz beer; Nice color photo back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features William Bendix as Babe Ruth. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 177- 264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Prime Minister's Story - a tiger adventure from India; Filming in a Land of Mystery - amazingly photo-illustrated article on a visit to Lhasa, Tibet; The Road to Timbuctoo - part 2 - funny adventures; Photo of pathetic beggars in India; My First Man-Hunt; The Missing Money Bag a story from Rajputana; Hate - an exciting tale from Malaya; Unknown Peru - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article about investigations in prehistoric Inca towns and treasure caves; Hunting Big Game in India - the Vernay-Faunthorpe expedition - article with great photos; Rescuing the Doctor - a doctor and his wife are surrounded in the Peruvian jungle by cannibal Indians; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 4 of F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' world travels to catch the largest fish in the world - with great photos; The Gandipur Man-Killer - putting down a brute tiger; The Mysterious Mine - owned by Sir George Cooklin; Revenge! - a young Pole named Leo Leopold (Leo Rogers) vows to get the policeman, Fred Lefbyre, responsible for his incarceration in a Kingston, Ontario penitentiary; Nightmare - terrible experience of an Indian Army officer; photo of wonderfully decorated stern of a Chinese junk (boat); Nice back cover ad for the Security Pen Co. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
66 pages. Features: 55th Boxing Writers' Association Dinner - article with photo of Sugar Ray and Lew Eskin; On the Fistic Scene; Pushing Leather; Meet Hilmer Kenty - The Unassuming Champion; Forgotten Champion - "The Georgia Deacon" Theo Flowers earned the nickname "Tiger' Flowers; Jeff Chandler - a no-nonsense talent with a BIG appetite; W.B.C. Ratings; Boxing Illustrated ratings; New York's Gyms - A Dying Breed; LeConte Focuses on New York; 'Captain' Don Myers; Harry Keck and Harry Greb; Leo Randolph - third member of '76 Olymians to gain crown; World Boxing Hall of Fame; International News; Many hilarious sleazy ads at back. Above-average external wear and soiling. A worthy reading copy. Book
Mm 140x210 Collana "i Robinson / letture". Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 250 pagine. Opera in stato di nuovo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 6 1/2"w x 8 5/8"h. 64 pages.
311p. + Plus hand colored frontis and woodcut illustrations. Age stained. Inked ownership of Harry Woodward. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, embossed in blind. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Binding worn with some soiling. AFRICA/3
Roma, 1909, 26 settembre, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo completo di 16 pp. de 'La Tribuna Illustrata'.
Book is in excellent condition, large hardback, quarter-bound white with embossed gilt design and black with gilt & silver at edge. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear, fading at spine, scuffing. Illustrated by the author wtih 12 pages in full color & 149 line drawings & with album of 64 pages of photos. 360 pages.
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
Book is in excellent condition in small format, 96 pages, very clean, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text is clean and free of marking of any kind. Color illustrations throughout, map at front. Contents include: Bird Orchid, Glue Faries, Glying Ducks, Gnat Orchid, Golden Moths, Helmet Orchid, Hare's Ears, Greenhood, Nodding, Rusty, Sickle, Slender Striped, Summer, Swan, Etc. Onion, Slender, Swamp, Sweet, Yellow, Parson in the Pulpit, Pink Fingers, Small Duck, Swamp Diuris, Tiger Orchid, etc.
grand in-8, 2650 p., broché. Bel exemplaire. [FL-21] Édition en grands caractères.
