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98 pages. Fiction: Roman Mosaic; Old Sorority Sister; Stranger Than Truth; Tiger Swamp Campaign; The Spur; Faster Than a Mule. Articles: A Republican suggests solutions for our major problems; Peace Street / Rue de la Paix - The Wall Street of Fashion in Paris - article with photos of Rambaud, Schiaparelli; Billions in the Mud - article and photos of our pacific bases - wrestled from the Japs - which are now monuments of neglect (photos of acres of equipment); Brains in the Ballet; Ted Williams - The World Series and Me; Curare may be a cure for Polio; Pictures in Stones. Ads include: Sheaffer's pens; B.F. Goodrich tires; Seiberling tires; Rensie Watches; Knox men's fashions; Borden's Instant Coffee; Hudson Cars - a very attractive color ad; Firestone tires; Columbia Records - featuring Frank Sinatra; Ford cars; General Motors - featuring image of boy at wooden school desk; Miller beer; Jeep station wagons; Remington shavers; "No Leave No Love" movie ad featuring Van Johnson; Fantastic color photo ad for Caterpillar bulldozers; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring kindly old doctor. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features/Photos: Demonstrating against austerity measures in Belgium; violence in the streets of Brussels; the insidious campaign in Laos; Blazing timber whark in Barking, Essex; Unrolling the copper scroll - the process illustrated; Qumran treasure; Revolutionary vertical take-off and landing engints; 1916 Photo of the edge of the Gulf Stream; The Wolseley 6/99; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Mm 210x280 Relazione del Commissario Marchese Francesco Nobili-Vitelleschi Senatore del Regno, sulla Quinta Circoscrizione (Provincie di Roma, Grosseto, Perugia, Ascoli-Piceno, Ancona, Macerata e Pesaro). Contiene: tomo I, Provincie di Roma e Grosseto. Volume cartonato, legatura in mezza tela marrone, piatti marmorizzati, 830 pagine, una tavola a color più volte ripiegata. Ordinari segni del tempo, uno strappo restaurato al frontespizio, per il resto buona copia. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Cover portrait of The Right Hon. Joseph Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India since June 1915. Feature: The Heroic story of the church on the battlefield. The 'Padre' in the fighting line (conclusion). Interesting photo of tunnel dug beneath a church on the Eastern Front. Multiple photos of the clergy in action. The Campaign in Mesopotamia to the Fall of Kut. Full-page photo. portrait of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Defender of Kut-el-Amara. Iinteresting Mesopotamian centerfold photos; and more. Covers detached but present. Above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of The Duke of Aosta - he commanded the Third Italian Army, which captured Gorizia, August 9th, 1916. Feature: Austria's colossal failure in the Trentino - Austrian advance and Italian counter-offensive. Photos of troops in the Alps. Campaign in Mesopotamia to the fall of Kut (conclusion). Photos from the Tigris. Many other photos. Covers fragile but intact. Book
Front cover photo of M. Eleutherios Venizelos - ex-Prime Minister of Greece and Head of the National Provisional Government. The Balkans and the Greek Imbroglio (conclusion). Full page photo showing Kaymakchalan after its capture from the Bulgarians, September 28th-29th, 1916. Marvels of the British Transport Service on the Western Front. Photo of Nissen huts, an invention which vastly reduced the hardships of the third winter campaign. Many photos of the many forms of transportation employed. Front cover secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of The late Major-General E.C. Ingouville-Williams. This issue devoted to the Roll of Honour 1916. Centerfold illustrations of trench scenes. Front cover secured by tape. Book
Cover portrait of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend - his 'excellent handling' of the British-Indian Division at Ctesiphon was spoken of in terms of high praise by Sir John Nixon. Feature - The Glorious and Terrible Campaign in Mesopotamia. Serbia's Glorios Resistance and the Fall of Nish (conclusion). The Campaign of the Mesopotamian Army. Photos of incidents in the amazing campaign between the Tigris and Euphrates. Portrait of General Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, D.S.O., commanding the British Force in Serbia. Centerfold photos of King Peter during retreat. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Major-General Launceot Edward Kiggell - Chief of the General Staff to Sir Douglas Haig. Feature: Great Leaders of the Allies in the West. The Campaign of the Mesopotamian Army (conclusion). Centerfold photos of Lord Kitchener in the Near East. Many black and white photos. Covers secured by tape. Book
8vo., Eighth Edition, with 2 engraved plans (moderately foxed), endpapers mildly browned, some minor worming (mainly marginal and not materially affecting text) to last twenty or so leaves, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso facing title; contemporary full calf, back ruled in gilt, roan label lettered in gilt, covers moderately age-marked, a very good, remarkably clean, firm copy. With twenty appendices and full general index. The appendices include numerous conversion tables, recipes and directions, catalogue of farming implements with prices, suggestions for a farmer's library, tables of old and new names for agricultural chemicals and preparations, and similar matter. First published in 1771, Young's 'Farmer's Calendar' was an immediate success, swiftly establishing itself as a standard reference. Successively enlarged and improved, it grew in stature until being entirely rewritten by Chalmers for the twenty-first edition of 1862. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY. See Perkins, p.277.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, neat signature on front paste-down; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. The author's second work and first novel. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece and plates; original dark red cloth, boards framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. With trade advertisements preceding half-title, and trade ticket of the Times Book Club on rear paste-down. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
7 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated titles and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. Peel's inimitable series, collecting essays written for his long-running column in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, conveys affedction and nostalgia in his depiction of an England now largely vanished. 'Mr Peel knows more than any other living man about the life of the English Countryside' (John Masefield). The book are greatly enhanced by Biro's evocative wood-engravings The set comprises Country Talk (1970), More Country Talk (1973), New Country Talk (1975), Country Talk Again (1977), Country Talk Continued (1979), Latest Country Talk (1981), Another Country Talk (1983). . COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1 24,2x18 cm., legatura in piena pelle, fregi e titoli in oro, tagli rossi, pp. CXVI, numerazione romana tra piccoli fregi, fregio in frontespizio e capilettera, su bella carta, ampi margini, in lingua francese, piccole abrasioni alla legatura ma bell'esemplare, ben conservato
Features: Photo and write-up on Lance-Corporal L. Graham H. Horton-Smith; Company Notes; Football Results; Our Regimental Plate - No. II - The Lord Elcho Cup - photo and article by Ian Bhreatannaich; Scots Abroad - a letter from John MacDonald in Bulawayo; Editorial; Buglers; Class Firing - the conditions under which Class Firing will be conducted for the current year; The History of the Glenworple Highlanders - Chapter III - Assyria; Photos of the "H" Co. Cup and the Sergeant's Mess Cup; Assault at Arms; Peninsular War - Second Campaign... Corunna (October 1808, to 16th January, 1809), Lecture by Major F.H. Neish (with map); Correspondence; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: Photo and write-up on Colour-Sergeant John Galbraith; Company Notes; Quaint Old Scots Laws now to be Repealed; Our Regimental Plate - No. III - "The Lady Elcho Cups" - with photos and article by Ian Bhreatannaich; The History of the Glenworple Highlanders - Chapter III - Ancient Greece; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Private Denis Kelly of the "Michaels" - his observations on matters Military; Team photos of the football clumbs of "K" Company and "A" Company; Roll of Marksmen, 1905; Peninsular War - Second Campaign - Corunna (October, 1808 to 16 January 1809) - a lecture by Major F.H. Neish (continued from a prior issue); and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Includes laid-in sheet advertising a "Smoking Concert" sponsored by the L.S.R.V. on April 28th. Book
128 pages. First issue by new owners, Defenders of the Faith. Features: A New Year's Meditation; The Key to Greatness; Nobel Prizes and International Communism - do these awards advance a one-world super state?; Lady - Are You the Man of the House?; The Gifted Child - how to develop the special child; The U.N. "Gatt" at America's Heart... and Unemployment; Education and Freedom; Monkey Business; The Teacher Shortage That Isn't There; Panmunjom - Six Years After - in an ex-Korean game preserve, International Communism is frustrated (temporarily) and Freedom Village thrives; The Day Our House Died, by Ewart A. Autry; Europe on $1k; Power from Below - geothermal energy; American Mercury Acquired by Defenders of the Faith; Prayer Can Change Your Life; Management's Right to Manage; My World Stood Still, by Charles E. Kaufman of a Pennsylvania Dutch family; The Professional Type; The great Pigeon War; Beethoven - Humanitarian and "Physician"; Old Glory and the Flag of Necessity - tax dodgers on the high seas discredit our flag; My Eleven Self-Congratulations; Let's "Protire"; The Problem of Communism - will our inaction defeat us?; We Can Win the Cold War; The Man Who Makes Weeks; The Spirit of Love Day; A Campaign Promise To Break - right-to-work laws; Adult Delinquency; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Signed, without inscription, by author upon first blank leaf. 238 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. First published in 1946 as "55 Axis." The thirteen chapters include: Defence of Britain; Conquest of Sicily; Fighting Pursuit from Reggio; The Moro River and Ortona Road; The Adriatic Barricade; The Liri Valley Campaign; The Battles of the Gothic Line; The Po Valley Denial; Victory in the Netherlands; The Kiska Connection; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Armorial bookplate upon first blank page. Front cover partially sunned. Binding intact. A sound copy. Cooke p.170 Book
378 pages. "Covers the Philadelphia Flyers like no other sports franchise has ever been covered before. Gives you the whole story: on the ice, in the dressing room and behind the scenes. From the campaign to gain an NHL franchise in 1965, through the building of a hard-hitting Stanley Cup Championship roster that performed at its best after Kate Smith's thundering rendition of "God Bless America"... from the tragic loss of Pelle Lindbergh to the controversy-strewn signing of Eric Lindros... from the first shovel in the ground to build the Spectrum to the complex negotiations that resulted in the construction of the new CoreStates Center... from the Leach-Barber-Clarke line to the Legion of Doom... sets new standards for contemporary sports history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy of one of the finest hockey works we have seen. An absolute must for the serious Flyer fan. Book
112 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Building an Electrical Test Set for Hermetics; Factors Effecting Quiet Operation of Motors; Rebuilding Hermetic Units; The Business of Service; Shipments of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment; Storing Apple Juice Concentrate; Shortages or No, This Campaign Will Prove a Business Builder; Add Oil as you Install and Charge New Systems; Watts Cooking; and much more. Many vintage ads. Somewhat above-average external wear. One inch opening to front cover at top of spine. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this uncommon vintage trade journal. Nice gift idea for a modern refrigeration technician. Magazine
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European V. Among the Eskimos (part II); Manitoba Maple Sugar - for centuries the Manitoba Maple has been furnishing syrup and sugar to the Indians and white men - article with photos; Athabasca Tar Sands - Great photo study of the sands before a profitable oil extraction method had been devised; Liar River Voyage; "Parthia" of the Pacific - the first vessel to fly the C.P.R. house flag saw service in the Yukon gold rush and the Aleutian campaign, and still plies the water of the Pacific - article with photos; St. Lawrence Seaway - Photo Study III; Moose Fort Journals, 1783-5 - the latest volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Naturalists on the Back River (part 1 of 2); Footnotes on the Franklin Search - I - Halkett's Air Boat; Fur Trade Gossip Sheet; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: 4 millions de Canadiens Voudraient etre Americains - 9 millions sont prets a l'union economique; Incroyable mais vrai - le conseil legislatif; La Saint-Jean, Hier et Demain; Tout le Monde a sa Maison de Campagne; Ingenieurs, oui... mais Aussi Salaries - mille des 12,000 membres de la Colrporation des ingenieurs professionnels du Quebec se sont syndiques depuis un an; Le Rasoir D'Alberto. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a tramp steamer to return to Australia, John Winters meets his double... except the double is already dead; A Baptism of fire - the experience of a young forest ranger with the British Columbia Forest Service when over 100 people are trapped in a logging camp, by J.L. Henslowe; The Trek - story from a pioneer in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - an amusing tale from Central America by Capt. Frank H. Shaw; The Golden Ingot - a confidence trick by a West African criminal; Down Mexico Way - 2 Jacks ashore get themselves in trouble in the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - a story from Ceylon; Mr. Peter Strong, Pioneer Pilot, by D.N.E. Kain; One Thing After Another - down on his luck during depression days in Australia a man's luck finally turns; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-servicemen - great photos; South Sea Burial-Customs - how they do things on the remote Cook Island Group; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American coal fields; The Octopus - a young man's nighmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus brings happiness to a remote South Sea Island; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a foreign 'tramp' to get home to Australia ends up in big problems because of the author's double; A Baptism of Fire - A young forest ranger of the British Columbia Forest Service fights a fire which puts over a hundred people in a logging camp at risk; The Trek - a minor pioneer adventure in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - happy days in Central America; The Golden Ingot - A West African Confidence Man; Down Mexico Way - Two Jacks ashore get in trouble as they explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - the celebrated Hindu shrine at Kataragama, Ceylon; Pioneer Pilot - Peter Strong; One Thing After Another - good luck finally falls on a hard luck fellow in depression-era Australia; The Burma Road - Nice photos; Strange South Sea Burial-Customs; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American Coal Fields; The Octopus - a young man's nightmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus; and more. Above-average wear. Coupon neatly clipped from atop page 121, articles unaffected. Binding intact. Book
