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Pages 993-1036. Features: cover photo of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, forced into retirement by Nazi influences; Photo of the League of Nations meeting in Geneva to discuss an international military force to police the Saar; Page of illustrations of the "Emperor" of conductors, Toscanini; Page of photos describe the plight of Hungarian refugees expelled from Yugoslavia; One page photo shows the "Orion" being launched at Barrow electronically by the Duke of Gloucester in Brisbane, 12,000 miles away; Fascinating photo-illustrated article by disillusioned young Oxford Socialist John Brown, author of "I Was a Tramp", describes his trip to Soviet Russia; Two large photos commemorate the first regular airmail from England to Australia via Imperial Airways; Photo illustrated article on blind fish in the Caverns of Brazil - first photos of live specimens; Two pages of illustrations of the Mayo composite aircraft, under construction for Imperial Airways, which launches heavily loaded mail planes upon its back; Page of photos and text present prehistoric pottery found in Persia - "entirely unexpected" types from Syalck; Two pages of fabulous photos illustrate how a Japanese hotel combines domestic tradition with incongruous borrowings from the West; Majestic colour one-page ad for Dunlop boasts of their 90th anniversary; Amazing photo of Canadian "Monster" - sea cow, basking shark, or "cadborosaurus" - recently discovered on the shores of Henry Island, British Columbia; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Gloucester at functions in Australia; Photo of Sir Wilfred Grenfell giving medical attention in Newfoundland and Labrador; Photos of the Prince of Wales in distressed Durham; Photos of attempts to save Charles O'Leary who died after three days trapped in an Irish well; Photos of the Soviet funeral for murdered Sergei Kiroff; Photo of new airplane for the Viceroy of India, the "Star of India"; Photo of famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans sitting for his portrait bust by David Evans; Photo of the Salvation Army welcoming its new general, Miss Evangeline Booth; Photos of personalities of the week include General Temperley, G. G. Knox, M. Titulescu; Anthony Eden, M. Laval; Baron Aloisi, Ruchdi Bey, Julian Wylie, Sir Horace Lamb, King Prajadhipok, Sir James O'Grady, Sir Edwin Lutyens, C. H. Bressey, Col. Lindbergh's second son, little John, being taken to school by his mother, the late Lord Riddell, C. T. P. Ulm, George Littlejohn, J. L. Skilling, and the late Viscount Buckmaster; Nice colour one page Dewar's ad features Santa hefting cases of whisky; Colour photos of Christmas eve celebrations in Hungary; Article and photos of 6 million year old insect fossils; Page of photos of the filming of "Lorna Doone";One-page South Africa tourism ad One-page Schweppes ad; and more. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
144 pages. Features: Run, Tommy , Run! - the real-life adventures of Thomas Tongyai, alias Tommy the Traveler; The Etiquette of the New Intimacy - frisking and personal space - great photos with text; It's Tough for a Reporter to enter the Kingdom of Howard Hughes, by Wallace Turner; How to make Tapioca Pudding - erotic photos; Creative illustrations and text on how to make time spent aboard the Jumbo Jet 747 more comfortable; What I Think Pudding Says, by John Deck; The Stalking of the President, by Robert Wood; The Soul of the Tiger - Gunther Gebel-Williams and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus; Award winning composer Andre Previn; Waiting for Daddy, by Hilma Wolitzer; The Oxford University Press - article with great photos; Photos of Dali in Cape; Summer Slacks - fashion photos and article; Back cover Dewar whisky ad profile of Charles De Rose. Many great vintage photo ads. Soiling to front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Nice 2-colour 2-page ad for Dodge cars; Colour ad for Sovereign Potters of Hamilton, Ontario - fine Earthen Dinnerware since 1933; Nice Colour Good Year Tire ad with newlyweds; Nice colour ad for 1947 Ford cars; How Communists Rob and Wreck Canadian Labour Unions, by Pat Sullivan, whose sensational break with the Communist Party made national headlines; Article on Road Safety, including graphic photos of wrecks with bodies on street - tips for summer driving in view of the fact that 1,500 Canadians will be killed in driving accidents this year; Government nutrition survey's first findings - mental laziness of mothers causing rickets and other nutrition deficiency problems in children; London, Ontario - city of big bank accounts - many nice photos of local people and places; 50 degrees below zero in this doctor's office! - Dr. T.J. Oxford is the government doctor and Indian agent for the James Bay area - many photos; Nice colour ad for the 1947 Mercury 118 auto; Colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens; Meet Brenda York - the girl who writes $100 cheques for easy cooking ideas; Prescription for Happy Husbands - Quebec's schools for homemakers-to-be teach everything from pinning drapes to repairing fuse plugs - the 93 Ecole Menagere Regionale - with multiple photos; Stylish two-colour ad for Chrysler autos; Jobless Italians make mausoleums their home - brief article with five photos; Cockeyed Boxing - Thai kick-boxing - article with photos; Nice 2-colour ad for DeSoto autos; This month with Morley Callaghan; Two-colour ad for Plymouth Cars; Photographic study of the manufacture of baseballs; Nice colour ad for the Monarch 8 auto; Colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Colour ad for Mercury 114 auto; Canada's No. 1 Housewife - More Canadians read "Blondie" than any other comic strip - why we and others in 29 countries do still mystifies its artist, Chic Young - great illustrated story; It's Accordion Clothes for Holiday High Spots - the creations of Montreal designer Maxine Samuels of "Betty and Maxine"; Wonderful colour ad for Canadian Pacific "We're seeing Canada by Train!"; Nice colour Pontiac ad; Paratroopers' midget motorbike (Corgi) musters out and joins the 'civvie street' parade - photos - the Corgi made its debut in Toronto recently; Back cover colour ad for Community Silverplate. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. Centerpage loose but present. A rare surviving copy of this E.P. Taylor publication. Book
Unpaginated. 3/8" thick. 1959 High school yearbook from Oxford, Nova Scotia. An excellent keepsake loaded with black and white illustrations. Covers damaged and marked. Contents in decent condition. Book
95 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak, 1932; The Japanese South Polar Expedition of 1911-1912; The Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; A Roman Bridge in the Fens; Geodesy and Geophysics at Lisbon; The Empty Quarter of Arabia; Air Survey by Multiple Lens Cameras. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements, otherwise unmarked with average wear. One-inch chip hanging from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Lovely colour illustrations. Nice Morris Oxford colour full-page ad; The Ups and Downs of Woman's 'Crowning Glory'; nice colour Hillman full-page ad; Nice colour Lucas Electrical ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Nice 1/2 page color Fatima cigarette ad; 1-page color Hudson car ad - circus scene; 1-page color Maxwell House coffee ad features illustration of band practicing in the living room; Nice 1-page color ad for Zenith radios; 1-page color ad for Kelly Springfield tires features lady swimmer; RPM Delo ad features nice color photo of excavation scene in rugged territory; Renegade Canyon (fiction); The Man Who Hunts Old Bones - photo-illustrated article about Dr. Edwin Harris Colbert, curator of the American Museum of Natural History; Schoolgirl in Pursuit (fiction); G.I. Jim's In Love with Paris - color-photo illustrated article about the 1,300 American veterans studying and living under the G.I. Bill of Rights in Paris; Night of Trial (fiction); Senator Paul Douglas - Hard-boiled idealist - article with photo; We Bucked the Ice Pack - aboard the U.S.S. Edisto icebreaker as it ventured to previously unexplored waters - article witih photos; New help for that headache - combining medicine with psychiatry; Get That Rig Through (fiction); Tales of the Talking Taxis - photo-illustrated article explains how two-way radios are improving life for taxi drivers; Botts and the Brink of Disaster (fiction); Is Japanese Youth Going Communist? - photo-illustrated article; 1-page color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes features tobacco man Dan Currin of Oxford, NC; Nightmare in Manhattan (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile cars featuring the new 'Holiday' coupe; 1-page color ad for De Soto cars features the new 'Carry-All' sedan; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features blind-folded woman smoker; 1-page color-photo ad for Ford Trucks features photos Howard Johnson of hotel chain fame; Nice color-photo Kodak ad with rugged scenery in background; 1-page Chevrolet ad features the Styeline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan; Nice centerfold color ad for Mobilgas; 1-page color ad for RCA Victor televisions features Photographer Margaret Bourke-White; 2-page color ad for General Motors (GM) shows their range of products; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page ad for Northwestern Mutual features photo portrait of Walter Geist, President, Allis-Chalmers; Nice 1-page color ad for TWA shows happy children in flight; 1/2 page color ad for Meadow gold ice cream; 1-page color Gulfpride motor oil ad shows new car by lighthouse; Nostalgic half-page 2-color ad for Elmer's of New Orleans features their Mint Bublets and Chee-Wees; Nice 1/2 page color ad for Beech-Nut gum; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. One-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
5 vols., 8vo., with 5 frontispieces, 22 plates and large folding map, tops lightly dust-doiled; black cloth, gilt backs, dustwrapper of first volume laminated to boards else a very good, bright, clean working set in unclipped dustwrapper. SOLD FROM AN INSTITUTION WITH ITS STAMP AND LABEL ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPERS. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The set comprises Vol. I: 1758-1781; Vol. II: 1782-87; Vol. III: 1788-92; Vol. IV: 1793-1796; Vol. V: 1797-1802. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. This is the first complete re-issue. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE. Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with 80 fine coloured and tinted plates; original oatmeal holland, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES
12mo., New Edition, with an engraved frontispiece, engraved and printed titles, 8 steel-engraved plates and an engraved folding map, some negligible age-staining; original ribbed red pictorial cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt, back with five flat bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, lemon endpapers, very neatly recased with original endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Slatter & Rose was first published in 1818. IN THIS CONDITION, A SCARCE SURVIVAL. Anderson, p.242; Cordeaux & Merry 310.
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in navy, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the advertisement leaf at end. One of the scarcest titles in this much-loved series. This is the revised version of Piper's original edition of 1938. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's printed brown wrappers with just light wear. Right edge a little chipped. Very clean inside, pages uncut. This is Number X in the Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society. 40 plates printed in sepia or black & white. Spine creased, small paper label at bottom of spine. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 69 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
in-16, pp. VI, 210, (2), leg. cartone edit. Con una picc. vedutina al front. Antip. inc. Con pianta rip. della città di Oxford e altre 5 tavv. Bell’esempl. [156]
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, with 76 photographic plates on 56, and very numerous illustrations, sketches and cartoons in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original marbled boards, buckram back gilt, gilt top, covers lightly chafed at edges and corners, a very good, clean copy. The author's first prose work is an entertaining survey (architectural, historical and social) of the Oxford he knew and adored as an undergraduate. All but five of the fine photographic plates are by Moholy-Nagy; the illustrations and cartoons are by Bradley and Lancaster; most of the engravings are taken from Ingram's 'Memorials of Oxford' (1837). A fine period piece printed for Miles at the Chiswick Press. Cordeaux & Merry, 433; Peterson A6a; Stapleton, I.54.
2 vols., in 5, 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, six leaves poorly opened in vol. II, part 1; original series binding of purple cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, UNCUT AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, small pull at headband of first volume, a near fine set of a scarce work. With a bookplate. Oxfordshire Historical Society, vols., I, X, XI, XII and XIV. Cordeaux & Merry, 1582; Read 2629.
xcvi + 833pp., onopengesneden, 25cm., orig.omslag (hersteld), deels onopengesneden, interieur en tekst in mooie staat
First edition, folio, imprimatur leaf before title, [4], 36 pp., uncut in modern wrappers, spine label. Goldsmiths'-Kress, 5401.
<p>20 cm, rilegatura in pelle morbida blu con titolo in oro al piatto e dorso, piccola illustrazione dorata al piatto con squadra e compasso, tagli in oro spruzzati di blu p. (4), (4), 956; 141, XIX, (4), 9. Bella edizione massonica che conserva le istruzioni editoriali per il corretto uso e la preservazione del volume. In fondo alla seconda opera con numerazione propria "..New Oxford masonic Bible concordance.." 19 tavole illustrate in nero e 9 carte geografiche a colori. I tagli sono in oro quando il volume è chiuso ma sono tinti di blu (come la copertina) quando il libro è aperto. Stampato su carta india sottile, ottimamente conservato. Le prime quattro pagine, non compilate, stampate su cartooncino con inchiostro blu e rosso riportano alcune righe con lo spazio in cui inserire i riferimenti della loggia di appartenenza ed i confratelli che hanno accettato il nuovo membro possessore del volume .Testo in inglese, su due colonne con note al centro. Rara edizione della massoneria oxfordiana.</p>
84 pages. Features: Great color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover features ladies in period fashion; For Your Child and Mine; Looking Back at Sex Education; How Efficient Should a Mother Be?; Give a Boy Adventure; Ways to Earn Spending Money; If Accidents Happen; About Mumps; Teaching a Young Child to Swim; Teen-age problems; Something new in Family vacations - youth hostels; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Cover photo of Mom hugging two daughters; Med Life ad with photo of doctor making housecall for boy with tummy ache; Nice color Campbell's Soup ad shows daughter making soup for dad; Color-photo Certo ad on back cover features Jelly Champion Mrs. F. B. Tillou, Jr. of Oxford, NJ; and much more. Half of page 31 on party article and childhood problems missing. Small clipping from teen-age problems/family fun page 33. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
36 pages. Features: Ad for Simmonds Corsey Controls on front cover; Large ad for Leytonstone Jig & Tool; Desoutter Bros. Ltd. ad; Lacy-Hulbert ad for their portable compressor plants; Balfalloy Tools and Tips ad; Nice ad for Turner Manufacturing Companty, Limited; Illustrated R.A.F. Recruitment ad; Lyle & Scott ad for their underwear for men in service; Nice photo ad for Short Brothers and their Short Sunderland shown in flight; Nice illustrated Fairey ad; Photo of Leading Aircraftman Fuller who brought a plane down after a midair collision in Australia; War in the Air - The War in Greece - Successes in Africa; Chart of Air losses during the week ended November 23; Ad for Cheetah Engines - made by Armstrong Siddeley; A Tricycle Trainer - all-metal 'owlet' equipped for night flying and blind flying - many features of successful 'Cygnet' retained - many great photos and article; Excellent photo ad for J.R. Bramah & Co. Ltd.; Fantastic two-page ad for the Owlet Trainer manufactured by General Aircraft Ltd.; Wonderful centerfold ad for de Havilland's Hydromatic airscrew; Airspeed Oxford - for training aircraft crews - article and photos; Nice ad for Irwin parachutes; Men of the month - with inset photo of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-In-Chief, Far East; nice photo ad for Constant Speed Airscrews Ltd.; The Army Co-op Command - The Vicious Principle of "Operational Control" - article with photo of Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt; Italy as a Target - a Mussolini story by Captain Norman Macmillan; Here and There - bits of news; Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News and Announcements; Correspondence; Two-colour ad for Parnall Aircraft Ltd inside back cover; Back cover ad for Bristol Sleeve-Valve Aero Engines. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage WWII copy. Magazine
319 pages. Follows up on 'A Cornish Childhood'. A vivid and veracious account of a brilliant Oxford undergraduate generation in the 1920s, along with an evocation of life in a Cornish working-class home, with its background of hills and moors and sea... Portrays the early stages in the development of a remarkable and individual writer." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Features: Oxford restored; Anglo-American Relations; Art, Craft and religion from Nabataean Eboda; The Trou Au Natron, one of the most dramatic sights of Tibesti; Harrogate College; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: Royalty at Entebbe Airport, Uganda; Commander Walter Schirra; Yemen - after the army seized power and dethroned the ruler; Tragedy of Mississippi University - James Meredith; The first Etruscan town to be excavated - Marzabotto; The Great London Livery Companies - VI - Merchant Taylor's Hall; What happens when an airliner is ditched; Annual Labour Party Conference; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Colonel Grivas meets the Greek Prime Minister; The 105th University Boat Race - Oxford and Cambridge; Comets; The Centenary of District Nursing; London as the Romans saw it; Making Bearkskins - a generous Canadian offer; Hazor and the Idolatrous Israelites - Highlights of the last season, Part II - the Mound; The Sumptuous Gold Regalia of a Burmese King; Snow Geese by the thousand; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
First edition, 45, [1, errata]pp., some early notations to head of title-page, lightly soiled, disbound. "Burton, John (1696?1771)... Though a tory Burton was not so extreme as Dr William King, principal of St Mary Hall, and under the pseudonym Phileleutherus Londinensis he criticized King's celebrated speech at the dedication of the Radcliffe Library, in Oxford, on 13 April 1749. King responded with a fierce 'Elogium famae inserviens Jacci Etonensis, or, The praises of Jack of Eton, commonly called Jack the Giant' (1750), in which he satirized 'the Burtonic style'."?(New ODNB). Phileleutherus Londinensis = John Burton; Dr. K---- = Dr. King, and Dr. R----- = Dr. Radcliffe; O-------d = Oxford.
