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8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in dark blue, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper.
Features: Bluefin in the Balance - Masters in their own domain, the giant tuna have proved no match for modern man; The Arctic Fox - Following in the footsteps of Dr. John Rae, the last of the great northern pathfinders; The Fish Gang - Heaven-Storming the Manhattan skyline with the ironworkers of Newfoundland; Sanitized Sourdough - with its soul at stake, Dawson City goes panning for tourists; The Anatomy of Addiction - New Evidence indicates drug and alcohol abusers inherit the monkey on their backs. Above-average wear. Library pocket upon first leaf else unmarked. Book
Sm. folio, First Edition, with tinted and monochrome reproductions throughout; original printed wrappers, tinted illustration (repeated from text) mounted on upper cover, a fine copy.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full oatmeal colored cloth boards with wildlife design at bottom edge. Small tears and edge wear on price-clipped dust jacket. 110 pages. Sepia toned line drawings by Manuel Milan. This explores humans' conceptions and myths, and beliefs about animals.
56 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration features WWII sailor dancing with attractive blonde; Drying Eggs - a new war industry - article with photo of egg drying room in Trenton plant of the Canadian Doughnut Co.; Are Farmers Indifferent? - article with photos of the homesteads of Orley Shaw near Forest, ON, and K.M. Betzner of R.R.2 Waterloo, ON; Farmers of the Lower Saint John - article with photos of the Fox and Dingee homesteads of Gagetown, N.B.; Treasure of a Derelict (fiction); Storm Tide (fiction); Fascinating half-page ad by the Department of Munitions and Supply says "Drastic New Regulations Are Now In Effect" restricting sales of new and used tires, tubes and retreading services; Half-page ad for Findlay Ranges of Carleton Place, ON shows military scene and housewife saying she can wait for her range in order to provide metal to the military; An Army Without Banners - article explains how women are producing food at home to supply the military, with photos of Beth Kellington and Mrs. Will Hewlett of the Stouffville district in York County; Photo-illustrated article on the 1942 Kemptville Conference of the Women's Institutes; Aunt Helen's Boys and Girls; Illustrated half-page ad by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario says WWII is "A War of Steel and Electricity"; Nice photo of horse-drawn hay wagon in action on the Cotton farm near Orillia; Photo of Wallace Knapp of Galt, Ontario on horse-drawn potato planter; Photo of young John McTaggart feeding lamb at the Don Head Farm in Richmond, Hill; Photos of prize animals owned by Featherstone Bros. of Oakville, Haas Bros. of Paris, Byron Rath of Mossley, J.R. Beattie of Aurora, R. Norman Hogg of Uxbridge, and Alfred Bagg of Edgeley; Poultry section includes photo of chicken 'apartment building' of Dr. D.F. McKinley of Unionville, ON; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label remnant on front cover. Five-inch diameter hole neatly cut from back cover, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
92 pages. Features: Amish Quilts by Judy Kellar Fox; The Quiltmakers Art - recent book by Joanne Mattera; Kate Woolsten-Hulme - a sense of place; Structure and Surface - the work of Barbara MacCallum; Peggy Vanbianchi; Emily Standley; Susan Sharpe; Jane McElroy; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Photo-illustrated Interview with Max Von Sydow; 'Voyage of the Damned' - photos; The Golden Age of Terror - Part Two - Julian Fox looks at some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy Film from 1930 to 1936; 'The Missouri Breaks' - photos; Reviews - 'In Celebration', 'Tenderness of the Wolves', 'Black Emanuelle', 'Gator', 'Vigilante Force', The Diamond Mercenaries', 'Savage Man, Savage Beast', 'Lies My Father Told Me', 'Hollywood Cowboy', 'The Sin of Father Mouret', 'The Count of Monte Cristo', 'Devices and Desires'; 'The Sound of Music' (reissue); You Don't Have to Get Wet - Anthony Simmons on the problems of retaining individuality and independence in the British cinema; 'The First Nudie Musical' - photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Photo-illustrated interview of Rock Hudson; Los Angeles International Film Exposition 1976; Dangerous Games - Part One of 'The Golden Age of Terror' - some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy film from 1930 to 1936; 'Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billy Joe' - photos; Reviews - 'Robin and Marian', 'Poachers', 'All the President's Men', 'Benji', 'The Travelling Players', 'Dunderklumpen', 'The Slipper and the Rose', 'Order to Kill', 'Sky Riders', 'Moses', 'The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox', 'Peeper', 'Diamonds', 'Shout at the Devil'; ad for 'Conduct Unbecoming'; Photos on location with George Cosmatos's 'The Cassandra Crossing'; Review of 'From A to B & Back Again, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol'; 'Vampyres' - photos; 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for 'Won Ton Ton'; Photo-illustrated interview with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; 'Outlaw - Josey Wales' - photos; Photo-illustrated Julian Fox article about some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy film from 1930 to 1936; 'The Omen' - photos; Reviews - 'Taxi Driver', 'Bugsy Malone', 'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea', 'Buffalo Bill and the Indians', 'Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood', 'The Last Hard Men', 'Wives', 'Lipstick', 'Let's Do It Again', 'The Fall of the House of Usher Lot in Sodom'; 'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea' - photos; 'Stay Hungry' - photos; 'Per Le Antiche Scale' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Traduzione di Annrita Guarnieri. Romanzo. Serie televisiva Trueblood su Fox
Multi-paginated Profusely illustrated with black and white photography, diagrams and advertisements. No. 2410 Vol. 67 contains: Maritime Britannia - first particulars of Canadair's CL-28; Re-Rising Sun - the Japanese aircraft industry 10 years after VJ-Day; Southern Air Traffic Control at London Airport; H.M. Carriers 1955 - survey's the role of the aircraft carrier in a thermo-nuclear age and previews the carrier strength of British and Commonwealth navies; Carrier Developments - recent inventions to increase efficiency on the flight deck; Scotland's Air Ambulances - two B.E.A. Herons go into operation. No. 2411 Vol. 67 8 April 1955 contains: The Speed of the Fox - a fairey occasion with historic associations; Jodel D.112 and Druine Turbi - Two French Ultra-light Two-seaters Compared; London Airport Central - photos of the new passenger handling block; Ferry 604 - The diary of a Viscount delivery flight to Montreal; Radically New Cockpit Design - U.S. Navy's television instrumentation; No. 47 Squadron - history of a famous transport command unit; Air Gunnery at Sylt; The Edo Amphibious Float; Two photos of the Handley Page Victor; The Deuce - English Electric's Digital Computer; T.C.A. and the Viscount - Background to the North American debut of a British turboprop airliner. No. 2413 Vol. 67 22 April 1955: Photo of the Hiller "Flying Platform"; Mixed Power - Engines of Different Species in Combination, Mr. M.J. Brennan's R.Ae.S. Lecture; Actuallites Francaises - the mighty Armagnac *page 519-520 missing from this article*; At the controls of the B-45 - Second-pilot time on a four-jet bomber; Britannia's Johannesburg Trials - Phase one of the tropical tests; Idlewild's New Terminal Area. No.2414 Vol.67 29 April 1955: Guide to First 1955 National Air Races; The Supercharged Turboprop - Dr. Hooker's S.A.E. Lecture on the Bristol B.E. 25, successor to the Proteus; Automatic Interception - all-weather single-seaters defending the U.K.; Meeting of the Airways; Actualites Francaises - the Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris; Silencing Jet Helicopters - a notable paper by Professor E.J. Richards; Sopwith Camel - Historic Military Aircraft No. 10; Tower of London - radar, radio and lighting controls in the new central building. No. 2415 Vol. 67 6 May 1955: A Coming-of-age with Gannets; Actualites Francaises - part 3 - non-stop variety in light aircraft; Jet Provost - Hunting Percival's New Av Initio Trainer (includes 2-page detailed drawing); The First Round - Swansea sees the start of the 1955 national air races; Off the Ice - an R.C.A.F. helicopter rescues a Cessna which was partially submerged beneath ice; Igor Sikorsky in Great Britain - Pioneer Helicopter Designer's Lecture to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Fabrications to Float and Fly - rubber dinghies, balloons, and much else - the work of the R.F. D company; "Hot" Parts by the Hundred - Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd. No. 2416 Vol. 67 13 May 1955: More Thoughts on Jet Lift; Routine Atlantic Crossing - Passenger's impressions of a typical Transatlantic flight by B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; The World's Air Forces - Their compostion, duties and aircraft *2 pages of this article are loose but present*; 1955 Military Aircraft Data; National Aircraft Insignia; The World's Air Forces Cont'd. No. 2417 Vol. 67 May 20, 1955: A Truimphant British Motion Picture - The Dam Busters; Luftwaffe Redivivus - Germany's New Air Force for A.A.F.C.E. - Its strenghts and constitution; The Party Line on Airlines - Tories, Labour and Liberals express their view for "flight"; Supersonic Fighter - a critical examination of the F-100A Super Sabre (with detailed drawing); Introduction to Air Freight - Part 1 American Domestic Scene; The S.N.C.A.S.E. S.E. 210 Caravalle - France's First Jet Airliner (with detailed drawing); Regularity in the making - the technical organization behind B.O.A.C.; Flight Control - an historical review - Abstracts from Dr. Draper's Wilbur Wright Lecture; Deutsche Lufthansa in Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Unusual record of events from both sides of the conflict during WWI. Includes 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, many men coming from the Rochdale/ Manchester area.
242 pages. Features: GE - the world's most admired company is now suspect; Ten Shinest Reputations; WorldCom's Bad Trip; Bond King Bill Gross - the highest-paid money manager in the world; Houston Still Riding High; Nokia Rocks its Rivals; China's Rapid Ascent; How do you feel about nuclear power now?; Time for Fox TV to deliver for investors; Sub-prime lender Providian; Activision making money with videogames; $200 Billion miscarriage of justice over asbestos. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
148 pages. First English edition of the 1890 Ukrainian version of this, the most beloved work in all Ukrainian literature. Includes 72 black and white drawings by William Kurelek. Front free endpaper covered with blank white address labels. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to book. Heavy wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy of this important work. Book
42 pages. Black and white illustrations and diagrams. Above-average but not excessive wear. Hard cover library binding with usual markings. A sound copy of this practical and interesting work. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with numerous reproductions (a number full-page) throughout; black cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.
Pasted down illustration on front cover has spots on it. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Full brown cloth boards. 11 1/2"w x 8 3/4"h. 108 pages. Color illustrations throughout by Frederick Richardson.
248p. + Plus color frontis. Numerous drawings by "the Wag of the Regiment". Very foxed. 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. The original dust jacket, rarely present at all, is very worn. "This is a vintage guide to caring for a horse, with plenty of humor and dozens of cartoons. A classic of the equestrian genre, with lots of singularly British observations." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HORSE 1
160 with many b&w photos. New condition in every respect.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full white cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. 9 1/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 126 pages.
186p. Photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full blue cloth binding. Contributors include: James Herriot, Art Buchwald, Richard Meade and many others. HORSE 1
Biography of George IV, with eight illustrations. 301 pages. Index. ex-libris label on front pastedown, two creases on front free endpaper, spine faded and browned, covers faded in parts, particularly on back cover, light foxing to page edges.
8vo., First Edition, with pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
16 pages. Features: Marlene Stewart Wins; Miss Gunderson slips; Fred Hawkins triumphs; Record-breaking round at Inwood; Photos of Dai Rees, Flory van Donck, and Oliver Barras; Obituaries for Johnny Weitzel and Henry Ives Bartholomew; One-page ad for Spalding balls; Ten photos of smiles at Meridian Hills include Wiffi Smith, Anne Richardson, Sally Carroll, Pat Lesser, Norma Shook, W.J. Richardson, Charlie Wilson, Mrs. Barbara Dawson Hartson, Wanda Sanches, Polly Riley, and JoAnne Gunderson; Lloyd Mangrum is featured in Glasshaft ad; Photo of Brookside CC pro Clyde (Buck) Fox receiving get-well tribute from Ralph Hutchison, Henry Poe and Leo Fraser; Photo of Marlene Street with trophy and Canadian flag; Photo of JoAnne Gunderson; Photo of Steve Uzelac receiving gold watch; Photo of Willie Maguire, Jr. being taught by Broyles Plemmons, pro at Ellinor Village CC; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
290 pages, page edges browned. eng