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Features: What I Learned from the (Tennis) Champion (W.T. Tilden, 2nd), by Alexander L. Wiener; The Scratches on the Glass - VII, by Gladys Black; Alias Mosquito, by Zay Philbrook; That's Facing it, Bingo!, by Valentine Vine and Arthur Floyd Henderson; The Art of Adjustment, by Gamaliel Bradford; How to make real bows and arrows; Our own League of Nations (at Wellesley, by Elizabeth Page); Ray Coon and the Doughnuts, by G.H. Smith; and more. Nice ad for 'Checkers' candied popcorn on page 371; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1957024434J. Dupuis brochure Couverture Illustrée Marcinelle 1957 79 pages en format 19 - 28 cm - illustrations - BD
1957024436J. Dupuis brochure Couverture Illustrée Marcinelle 1957 79 pages en format 19 - 28 cm - illustrations - BD
1490799109.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1979LFA-126744805Un ouvrage de 48 pages environ, format 225 x 285 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 1979, Editions Atlas, collection "Spécial La Dernière Guerre", bon état
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
84 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: An Elephant-Hunt in Canada - a six-week hunt results when seven valuable elephants escaped from a circus and took to the British Columbia woods - article with photos; A Fugitive in Thirstland - A former German officer who became a adventurer is South Africa is continually chased by the police; Trekking in Unknown Abyssinia - great photo-illustrated article; The Friendly Mosquito - how a mosquito saved the life of T.A. Shields; Our Salvage Job - a plucky attempt to salvage the crippled vessel Stiklestadt; The Decree of the Wild - a grim tale of the Canadian Far North, 1,200 miles north of Edmonton; "The White Man's Great War-Game" (part III) - amongst the savages of the Sura, Angas, and other primitive tribes of Northern Nigeria, Geoffrey Barkas produced a film founded upon the history of British Administration - article with great photos; Gulbaz Khan's Revenge - the story of a long-delayed vengeance for a trifling action that had far-reaching consequences; Where Everybody Plays "Cat's Cradle" - photo-illustrated article on the people of the Pelews (Pelew Islands); Fur-Getting in Australia - Australian men make a good living hunting rabbits and foxes for their furs; The Partnership That Went Wrong - four U.S. Army soldiers pool their savings to run a sawmill; What Happened to Wilson - struggle for life with an enraged tiger in the heart of a big city; Through France with "Sylvabelle" (part II) - Mr. Leslie Richardson's yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
17846495Amsterdam et Paris, 1784 ; in-8 ; cartonnage rigide de papier bleu de l'époque, non rogné ; XVI, 591 pp., 2 gravures hors-texte d'après Marillier.
193711945Clermont Ferrand, Imprimerie Paul Clermont Ferrand, Imprimerie Paul Vallier 1937. In-8 broché de 126 pages. Figures hors texte. Bon état
Clermont Ferrand, Imprimerie Paul Vallier 1937. In-8 broché de 126 pages. Figures hors texte. Bon état
Book is as-new with a solid binding, sharp corners, 90 pages with many large, b&w photos. No marking or writing of any kind to text/interior, creaseless covers and spine. Depicts the steamboat passengers who recall the steamboats' days on Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest and features the Virginia V, member of the 'Mosquito Fleet' of steamers on Puget Sound, from active career to restoration. Fold - out schematic at back in excellent condition. In business for 20 years we provide excellent customer service and ship with appropriate packing material to assure you purchase arrives undamaged.
Features: Nice two-colour Browning Rifles ad inside front cover; Leased Lakes Pay Off; Trout and the Beginning Angler; Hike to Hatheume; Quebec Province Fabulous in Choice of Outdoors Fare; Visit Quebec This Summer; Interestsing illustrated ad for the Swingfog mosquito and blackfly fogger; Pete McGillen on Fishing; Recoil or Kick; The Pest That Was the Pheasant; May and Dogs; Great ad for Chinook Sleeping Bags on back cover; and more. Average wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
1996R240026114CERF-VOLANT. 1996. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 20 pages environ. Nombreuses illustrations dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 800-LITTERATURE (BELLES-LETTRES)
334 pages. Papers include: Health Needs and Civic Action; Housing and Health; Scientific Research by the Public Health Service; The Census and the Public Health Movement; Sources of Information upon the Public Health Movement; Work of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health; Public Health Movement on the Pacific Coast; Protecting Public Health in Pennsylvania; Health Problems of the Indians; Health Problems of the Negroes; The Rural Health Movement; Sanitation in Rural Communities; Tropical Diseases and Health in the United States; The House Fly as a Carrier of Disease; The Mosquito Campaign as a Sanitary Measure; Clean Milk and Public Health; Ventilation and Public Health; Social Service Work in Hospitals; Mouth Hygiene and its Relation to Health; The Physical Care of Children; What American Cities are Doing for the Health of School Children; The Elimination of Feeble-Mindedness; Prevention of Infantile Blindness; The Warfare Against Infant Mortality. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 59 black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Super full-page photo of an enemy tanker ablaze in the English Channel while an RAF plane flies by; Great photo of British battleship gunner blinded by Italian navy smokescreen; 2 photos of Italy's naval flight of fancy - and reality; Illustrated text of broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "War of the Unknown Warriors"; Photos of French national holiday celebrated in London; 4 Excellent photos of downed Nazi raiders in England; 9 head-shot photos of men honoured by the King for bravery - D.H. Grice, S.F. Coutts-Wood; J.L. Fletcher, G. Stanning, H.F.H. Layman, J.H. Mugridge, R.H.A. Lee, G.A. Craig, J.L. Allen; Excellent full-page photo of fruitless air attack on a British convoy in the English Channel; interesting photos of assorted barriers to hold back the enemy in England; Centerfold illustration of a fierce German attack on a British convoy in the 14 July as broadcast by Mr. Charles Gardner, the B.B.C. news observer; Photos of the navy's ceaseless patrol; Photo of the King being piped aboard a vessel of the "Mosquito Navy"; Photos of sons of the motherland rallying; Illustrated article entitled 'Our Colonial Air Armada'; Full-page aerial photo of Rotterdam after it was levelled by the Germans on May 14th, 1940; Photos of aluminum pots donated for aircraft construction; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of Britain's preparations for the defence of Hong Kong; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustrated declaration by President Roosevelt at the annual dinner of teh White House Correspondents' Association on 15th March, 1941; Photo of mosquito boats speeding by the Statue of Liberty; Photo of Douglas Boston bombers nearing completion for service with the Royal Air Force; Photos of Australian Prime Minister R.G. Menzies touring Nelson's flagship Victory and in Coventry observing engine manufacture; The reconquest of Abyssinia; Illustration by Montague Dawson depicting the H.M.S. Guillemot shooting down a German Heinkel 111; Photo of a Wellington navigator at work over the Western Desert - where landmarks are few; Many photos of Nazi bomb destruction in London; Aerial photos of R.A.F. damage caused to Gelsenkirchen and the Bremen which was docked at Bremerhaven; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts a ferocious R.A.F. night bombardment on Berlin, March 23rd, 1941; Three great photos of Canada's east coast anti-aircraft forces; Photos of the German occupation of Bulgaria; Poignant full-page photo of Britain's national day of prayer with injured airman in church; Large map of Albania entitled "The Greek Fighting Line"; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Air Commodore R.V. Goddard entitled "Spring - and the R.A.F."; Super full-page photo of a U.S. Liberator bomber in flight; Excellent photo from the back of a corvette showing fuses being set on depth charges; A Commentary on the war this week; Photos of their majesties in the south-west; Photo of some British night fighters wearing darkened glasses prior to beginning their mission; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1927V59106Bruxelles, 1927 244 [iv] pp.avec 105 figures, Réimpression de la deuxième édition (1921), brochure originale, 22cm., bon état, V59106
244 [iv] pp.avec 105 figures, Réimpression de la deuxième édition (1921), brochure originale, 22cm., bon état, V59106
Book is in excellent condition with some foxing on the top page ends as the only flaw, otherwise pristine with price clipped front end paper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, fading to spine, no tears now wrapped in clear protective cover. 206 pages with photo exploded diagrams of subject guns and cannons with numered parts, very detailed discription of parts, their function, disassembly, assembly.
1998BN312457Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt KG 1998. 1998. Hardcover. ADVO-Cartoons - Anwaltsgeschichten aus der MDR <br/><br/>ADVO-Cartoons - Anwaltsgeschichten aus der MDR Gige; Mosquito Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt KG hardcover
19372111902160200487Fuji shirushi 1937. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Fuji shirushi paperback
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous plates, illustrations and facsimiles in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Excellent account of the author's service with 544 Squadron at Benson. Already uncommon, especially in this condition..
8vo., First Edition, with 39 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first full account of Operation JERICHO, the low-level Mosquito raid on Amiens prison in February 1944 which claimed the life of Group Captain Pickard. Fishman approaches his subject with customary meticulousness, incorporating hundreds of participant and eye-witness statements, and intelligence co-operation from four countries. Enser, p.10.
