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Morel Christian
L'enfer de l'information ordinaire- Boutons, modes d'emploi, pictogrammes, graphisme, informations, vulgarisations
Gallimard/Nrf. 2007. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 242 pages. Jaquette en bon état. Rares rousseurs en tranches.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 659-Publicité et relations publiques
Bookseller reference : RO30337770 ISBN : 2070779408
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MORICEAU-DJIAN J.
EXPRESSION ET COMMUNICATION CONTEMPORAINES. 1° G - TG.
Licet 1988, In-4 broché, 183 pages. Cachet de bibliothéque. Bon état.
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MORIENVAL Jean
Les créateurs de la grande presse en France.
SPES. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Manque en coiffe de tête, Intérieur frais. 245 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 659-Publicité et relations publiques
Bookseller reference : RO80032840
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MORLAY Gaby
Gaby Morlay. Photographie de la collection des bonbons et chocolats Loriot. Collection Cinéma "Mes vedettes". Série H. N° 7.
- Photographie 42 x 63 mm.
Bookseller reference : 134347
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Moro, Lino
Chateau de Coppet, Exposition “Grandes heures de lAmitie” Franco-Suisse.12 juillet au 8 octobre 1967. Affiche 49,5x70 cm
Affiche 49,5x70 cm
Bookseller reference : 1760.1aaf
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MORO, Lino
Oelbilder, Zeichnungen, Galerie 7, Baden.
1976, Blatt 42x61 cm Einzelblatt
Bookseller reference : 1757.1aaf
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant le village de pêcheurs de Sant Angelo avec les filets séchant sur la jetée . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant : L'île volcanique d'Ischia , vue de la mer avec un voilier qui passe devant le fort . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant : Deux pêcheurs à la ligne sur des roches avançant dans la mer , en contre bas du fort Castello sur l'île d'Ischia . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant : Les ruines d'un temple grec , sur l'île d'Ischia . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
0 22,5 Cm X 31 Cm Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant le village de pêcheurs de Sant Angelo avec les filets séchant sur la jetée . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
Bookseller reference : 004886
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
0 24,6 Cm X 17,2 Cm Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant : L'île volcanique d'Ischia , vue de la mer avec un voilier qui passe devant le fort . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
Bookseller reference : 004887
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
0 17,4 Cm X 12 Cm Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant : Deux pêcheurs à la ligne sur des roches avançant dans la mer , en contre bas du fort Castello sur l'île d'Ischia . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
Bookseller reference : 004888
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MOSS Sydney L.
Castello . Ischia Ponto . Italie Île Ischia , Golfe De Naples . Aquarelle
0 16,6 Cm X 11,5 Cm Encadrée à Londres , cette aquarelle fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre peintures sur le même sujet , représentant : Les ruines d'un temple grec , sur l'île d'Ischia . Une seule est signée de Sydney L. MOSS , mais les quatre sont du même artiste . Il s'agit probablement du fondateur de la célèbre galerie d'art chinois et japonais de Londres . Le prix indiqué comprend les quatre tableaux , qui ne peuvent être vendus séparément . Toutes encadrées . ( cf. description et photos des trois autres )
Bookseller reference : 004889
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MOSSELMANS MURICE
LA PUBLICITé QUI FAIT VENDRE
25x16,5 cm; 176 pp. e una c. di tav. fuori testo con ritratto dell'autore. Brossura editoriale rossa con titolo e immagini di chiavi con il motto “Les Clefs du Succes” impresse in nero al piatto anteriore, alone d'umidità che scolorisce circa metà del piatto anteriore e per il resto in ottime condizioni di conservazione, a fogli ancora chiusi. Rarissima prima edizione di questa celeberrima opera di uno dei pionieri della pubblicità. Numerosissime immagini pubblicitarie nel testo. Opera tirata in soli 2000 esemplari numerati, il nostro è il numero 1711. Original Brochure. FIRST EDITION. RARE, UNCAT. NON ROGNE.
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MOTA, Ignacio H. de la.
LA PUBLICIDAD, UN ARMA POLITICA.
19,5x14. 186p. Marca anterior poseedor.
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MOUNEYRAT-ETABLISSEMENTS.
Buvards Histogénol.
Villeneuve Garenne ETABLISSEMENTS MOUNEYRAT 1938 1 Etablissements Mouneyrat, Villeneuve la Garenne, 1938, in-folio, broché, couverture rempliée d'inspiration arabisante reproduisant un motif de tapis, 4 buvards.
Bookseller reference : 11576
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MOURNETAS (André) et PELISSIER (Henry). PREEL
Bréviaire de l'amateur de vins.
Paris Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vib et l'Institut Technique du Vin 1951 1 in-12 Illustrations de Pierre PREEL. Paris., Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vib et l'Institut Technique du Vin, 1951, in-12, broché, couverture bordeaux illustrée en couleurs, 72 pp.
Bookseller reference : 3770
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MOURON (Henri)
Cassandre. Affiches, arts graphiques, théâtre.
Paris Skira 1985 In-4 (28 x 25 cm.) 317 pp. reliure toilée rouge, jaquette illustrée. 390 illustrations dont 90 en couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 2585
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MOURON, Henri
CASSANDRE. Affiches, Arts Graphiques, Théâtre
Munich - Paris Schirmer / Mosel 1992 in 4 (27x24,5) 1 volume broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 319 pages, avec 398 illustrations, dont 90 en couleurs, nombreuses reproductions d'affiches en noir et blanc et en couleurs. Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron, dit Cassandre, affichiste, décorateur de théâtre, lithographe, peintre, créateur de caractères d'imprimerie. Très bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Bookseller reference : 32625
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MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD.-
Paintings for the Labels, 1945-1981.-
A New York Graphic Society Book. Little, Brown and Company. Boston. (1983). In-4 (244 x 253mm) broché, couverture bleue illustrée sur le 1°plat d'un dessin couleurs de Miro et sur le 4° d'un ensemble de bouteilles étiquetées, gardes illustrées couleurs par les différentes sortes d'étiquettes, 132 pages. 1. The collection: chaque étiquette occupe 2 pages illustrées couleurs avec un commentaire. 2. The House: Histoire de Mouton Rothschild avec photos et gravures dans et hors texte. 3. The Wines. Photos et carte en couleurs. Petits défauts à la couverture sinon bel exemplaire de ce catalogue magnifiquement illustré.
Bookseller reference : ORD-7649
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MUCHA (Alphonse).
Paris-France : Actions-Obligations .
Titres et coupons illustrés, en couleurs, signés dans la planche, Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1898, série de 5 titres en 5 couleurs in-4.
Bookseller reference : 16864
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MUCHA Alfons.-
Lot de 6 cartes postales couleurs pour le Champagne Moët et Chandon.-
Paris. Champenois. Oblitérations au dos de 1901. Cartes postales de 90 x 140 mm, taille de l'image 32 x 134 mm, entièrement mais proprement écrites. Traces des onglets d'accrochage sur album, 1 carte tachée d'encre dans la marge inférieure, cachet rouge d'un agent marseillais de Moët et Chandon dans le coin supérieur d'une autre carte sans atteinte à l'illustration, sinon bon état, images de toute fraîcheur. Photo sur demande.
Bookseller reference : ORD-18241
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MULLER, Claude.
Dauphiné 1900. Quand la publicité s’appelait réclame.
Grenoble, Editions des 4 seigneurs / Editions de terre et de mer (collection Images du passé), 1981. In-4°, broché.
Bookseller reference : 14601
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Antiques Review - The Guide for Connoisseurs and Collectors: Book Number One (1)
40 pages. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Covers taped together. Includes colour full-page 'Jamavana' cigar advertisement. Features include: Craftsmanship in Mahogany; Silver Tea-Pots and Coffee-Pots; English Gate-Leg Tables; New Light on Old Pewter; Georgian Portrait Painters; Bow Porcelain 1745-75. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1945 Through November/December1946
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1928 Through December 1928
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Hundred Thousandth phone installed - lengthy article; Essentials of good maintenance; Statement of Development - number of phones per exchange in the province; B.C. Telephone Company takes over East Kootenay System; Prompt service aids with Sidney fire; The office boys dream; Telephone assists in Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) Rush - great photo; Automatic phone system installed at Hammond; Keeping the electrons on the proper path; Photo of J.P.D. Malkin takes part in first Vancouver-London phone call; Shell Oil operator; Health Tips; Greater Vancouver can now talk to the European continent; Cable damaged by anchor; Radio interference putting music on phone lines; Production of phone directories - 4 pages with photos; Laying cable through Stanley Park; Direct Route to West Vancouver completed - 5 pages of interesting text and photos; Langley Prairie phone service restored during the fire - article with photos; Phone given as wedding gift in Vancouver; F.C. Paterson; Vancouver Power House Fire; Mr. George H. Halse becomes Chairman of the Board; Close-up photos of splicing job; Transatlantic phone service still expanding; photo of horse-drawn 'drop wagon'; Photo on Cordova St. after fire 42 years ago; There's more to installation work than just placing a telephone - 4 pages with photos and text; Good-bye to operating when Dan Cupid comes along; Sending news stories to Vancouver from California over phone wires; We are linked with 80% of the world's phones; photo of conduit laying on forty-first ave; The Monophone - advertisement; B.C. Tel. acquires government lines in the Interior; New trans-atlantic long distance mark; Photo montage of vehicles used by the Plant Department; B.C. Box Factory Fire; Baby causes problem by teething on phone cord; Chilliwack phone system now affiliated with us; Regular fire drills; Photo of Premier Tolmie participating in first call from Vancouver to Calgary - with detailed related story; The longest circuit in the system of the B.C. Telephone Company; A new radiotelephone company will be organized; New Fraser River Cable serves South Westminster Subscribers; Eleven european countries with telephone reach of Vancouver; Now installing a new type of telephone typewriter; New faster system for handling telegrams; Benefits of new telephone ownership are evident in 500-mile circle; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Significant wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
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Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper: March 19, 1921, Vol. CXXXII. No. 3412
Features: The War Department's Tragic Failure - the looting of taxpayers by some of World War One's dollar a year men - great photo; Sales article by Arthur H. Little; and more. Colour Grape-Nuts advertisement upon back cover. Above-average wear but still intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 2 May 1983 - Alvin Toffler
Features: Krugerrand advertisement; Belgium - a flourishing hub of illicit trade in endangered species; Q and A with Alvin Toffler; Arafat leaves Beirut for Greece, ending 12 years of PLO activity in Lebanon; Marc Lalonde's federal budget - big for business; Is Canada's Tax System Fair? - by Linda McQuaig; Questions about Bryce Mackasey's Finances; Peter Blaikie leaves the federal PC leadership contest; Politics and property rights in Canada; Central American dilemmas; Bombing at U.S. embassy in Beirut - with photo; Vintage colour ad for Radio Shack TRS-80 computer family; Poland - heading back to the brink?; Ontario's great Trust Affair - Leonard Rosenberg; Brazil's struggle with debt; Peter C. Newman on Walter Gordon; Carling Bassett scores a big breakthrough; Canada's field hockey future; The new bad nuclear news - with photo of a B-52 on the 'Trestle' - shielding electronic circuitry from the EMP threat; Acid Rain controversy; Allan King's controversial documentary on the effects of unemployment; Great vintage colour ad for the Apple personal computer; the University of Waterloo has quietly become one of North America's leading training grounds for computer scientists; Canal to connect the Danube with the Rhine; Fine tuning for Canadian pay TV. Average wear. Book
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Popular Mechanics Magazine, September 1949
Features: Cover illustration of the Beachhead Flying Boat; Deep Sea Mystery Story; The Hospital Comes to the Patient; Korean radiant floor heating; Panorama on a giant screen - Vitarama; Dust bowl laboratory; First of the 1950 cars; High Voltage Magic; Hospital for sick cars - John P. 'Jack' Snyder and Snyder-Lynch Motors in Burbank, California; The Contour Saw; Full-page Harley Davidson Hydra-Glide advertisement; Intersting Camel cigarette ad on back cover urges readers to take a 30-day test 'in your T-zone' - includes endorsements from Cole Porter and others. Average wear. Unmarked. Chips from spine. Binding intact. Please note: First leaf appears to be missing. This was part of an ad regarding television static caused by spark plugs. Magazine
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Telephone Talk, Volume XXXI, Number 2, March-April 1941
28 pages. Articles: Savings and Government Loans, by Morris W. Wilson; B.C. Telephone Employees Rally to War Savings Appeal; Teleophone Operator Writes of War-Time Britain; Pioneer Mission, B.C. Telephone Man Passes Away - John A Catherwood; Eddie Esson is Braving the "Blitz" Somewhere in England; Employees for Credit Unions; Samples of Canada's first telephone advertising, used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage. War savings certificate advertisement on back cover features quote by and silhouette of Winston Churchill. Average wear. Considerable pencil annotations, particularly to back cover and last page. Middle page loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
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The Canadian Magazine, 6 February 1971 *MORE ON THE MOB, AND ARTIST JACK CHAMBERS*
Features: The Mob - Part 4 of a Series - Gambler Sammy Klein was killed by loansharks for being late with his payments; If you can't speak Canadian, don't worry - Nobody Can; Maggie Grant; Centerfold advertisement for Esso Power Players NHL card promotion; What makes Jack Chambers Canada's top-priced painter? - four page article with nice colour illustrations; Canada has a great chance in the North American tiddlywinks championships!; Prominent Canadian Ladies suggest what a man should smell like; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
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The Electrical Engineer Vol. I No. 15 February 28th, 1936
Approx. 40 pages. Features: The Metadyne system of electric motor control; Engineers' Experiences; Electrical Pyrometers; Marine Control Gear; Power Factor Meters; 25-line Private Automatic Telephone Exchange; Electrical Equipment in a Modern Store; Making Agreements for Power Supply; Reading Switchboard Instruments from a distance; Development of X-rays in Dental Practice; Selection of Factory Substation Switchgear; Mercury switches and their applications; Ballast Resistances; Electrical Progress Overseas; Opportunities in the Cinema Industry. Well-worn. Bottom staple has torn through cover else no major defects. Unmarked. Blue and Orange front cover features advertisement for Callender Cables showing the vessel "Stirling Castle" equipped with 112 miles of their cable. Book
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The Electrical Engineer Vol. II No. 1 May 22nd, 1936
39 pages. Features: Power Supplies for Large Buildings; Parallel Working of Alternators Simply Explained; Applications of Photo Cells to Mechanical Handling; Modern Methods of Battery Charging; A.C. Carbon Arcs; Electric Heating in Industry; Current Limiting Reactors; The Strowger Photo Tlelmetering System; Control gear for A.C. Motors; Power Factor Correction Plant; Recent Patent Specifications; Engineer's Experiences. Cigarette smoke odour. Small quantity of "nibbling" to top corner of front cover and first few leaves. Well worn but intact. Blue and orange front cover features picture of the vessel Queen Mary in an advertisement for Callender Cable which supplied 650 miles of cable for its construction. Two-colour center-fold advertisement for Crabtree Automatic Control Gear manufactured by J.A. Crabtree & Co. Ltd. Unmarked. Book
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The Electrical Engineer Vol. III No. 18 March 19th, 1937
Approx. 40 pages. Features: James Clerk Maxwell; Electric Ship Propulsion - Part I; German Standars for Electric Traction; The British Standard Specifications - Mining Electrical Equipment; Electrolytic Condensers; Wilson Electric Tower Wagon; Domestic and Industrial Electric Heating Installations; Portable Instruments in the Factory; Useful Data Relating to Three-Phase Motors (7.5-25 h.p.); Electrical Testing Instruments; Electron Tube Devices; Electrical Progress Overseas; Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Demonstration. Very well-worn with 1x2 inch chip from top corner of front cover. Front cover advertisement for the Midland Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd. reads "Britannia rules the waves but M.E.M. controls the current." Unmarked. Magazine
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The Electrical Engineer Vol. IV No. 20 October 1st, 1937
Approx 40 pages. Features: Magnetic and Motorised Valves; Measuring Voltages in Excess of Meter Range; Inductive Interference; Construction of Steel Tank Rectifiers; Electrically Propelled Transfer Cars; Regenerative Braking Systems; Diary of an Electrical Contractor; The Design of Lighting Fittings for Particular Applications; Insulation Testing Instruments; Electrical Drying Equipment; Conversion Efficiency in Cinemas; Power Factor for the Plant Engineer. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Please Note: Large chunk has been torn from upper corner of front cover, which features an advertisement for Mazda Lamps. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 182, February 9th, 1918 - The Smashing Victory of Broodseinde
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Travers E. Clarke on front cover. Features: The Advance on Zonnebeke (conclusion); Photos of excavating with horse and shovel; The Smashing Victory of Broodseinde; Centerfold is a lovely montage of photos of decorated women; The Conquest of Peolcappelle and the Reverse of Passchendaele; National War Bonds advertisement on back cover. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 183, February 16th, 1918 - Our Victories at Passchendaele
Portrait of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Herbert Lawrence on front cover (there is also an excellent full-page photographic portrait of him at the centerfold). Features: The Conquest of Poelcappelle (conclusion); The Closing Victories on the Passchendaele Ridge - great tank photos; War Bond advertisement inside back cover. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict: Part 184, February 23rd, 1918 - Words and Wanderings of the Kaiser
Portrait of Colonel T.H.J.C. Goodwin on front cover. Features: The Closing Victories on the Passchendaele Ridge (conclusion); The Man Who Willed the War - Words and Wanderings of the Kaiser William - with numerous photos; Centerfold portrait of Lieut.-General Travers Clarke; Centerfold portrait entitled Representatives of the Allied Powers attending the first meeting of the Allied Naval Council, London, January 22nd, 1918; Back cover advertisement for National War Bonds. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, March 17, 1962 *THE SAD COMEDOWN OF SUGAR RAY ROBINSON*
Features: Unfair Tax Laws - you are probably paying more than your share, says Ross M. Robertson; Albania - where Stalin still rules - can this tiny, backward Communist nation continue to oppose Khrushchev's power?; People on the Way Up - Giancarlo Baghetti, Jane Powell Rosenthal, Mark Wilson (TV's top magician); The Grass Craze - lawn lovers by the millions have taken the greensward to heart - here's how to work wonders with your private pasture; The New Frontier Women - wives of White House insiders battle to keep up with the sophisticated, hectic life in the Capital, by Flora Lewis; We Waste a Million Kids a Year - can our schools bridge the gap? - part 2 of 3; Timeless Idaho - how this wildly beautiful state preserves a slow-paced, independent way of life; The Last Days of Sugar Ray - the rise and fall of America's flashiest titleholder, the boxer they said would never have money trouble. Uncommon full-page advertisement for Tea ('The Hot Refresher') features the Detroit Red Wings NHL Hockey Team with black and white images of Sid Abel, Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, and others. Average wear. Tears to to some interior pages at fold, otherwise a sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine: May 1911, No. 157. Vol. 27 - *H. Hesketh Prichard in Labrador*
Features: The House in the Woods - the author made a 1908 car journey along a large portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Through the Wilds of Persia - by Major P.M. Sykes; A Game of Chess - a remarkable story from South Dakota about how a young chess enthusiast was compelled to play a game, with his own life for the stakes; Among the Gaddis - Nomad shepherds of the Central Himalayans; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part II of a story by Mrs. Fred Maturin; A Holiday in Japan - by Mrs. Ellen Beadnell (lovely photos); Across Unknown Labrador, The Land Where Hubbard Died - H. Hesketh Prichard relates how he attempted to do what no white man had ever done before, to cross this desolate wilderness from the Atlantic to the George River - great photos (part I); The Bandits of the Argentine - the 'Nort Americanos'; The Mysterious Senoussiland - part II of a Saharan adventure; The King of the Sticks - how Connie Chambers of Boston, a solitary white prospector, constituted himself as monarch of a tribe of Alaskan Indians, cleverly turning the tables on a policeman who was sent to arrest him; Lost in an underground lake - the appalling adventure which befell three prominent citizens of Joplin, Missouri at the Hero zinc mine in the spring of 1908; "Baching"; A Mexican Elopement; and more. Fascinating two-page illustrated stock offering by the American Automobile Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice Vose Piano advertisement on back cover. Great vintage Budweiser advertisement inside back cover. Lower two inches of front cover open at spine. Average wear. Magazine
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American April 1931 Volume 144 Number 4
A particularly interesting issue with topics ranging from the 100 horsepower blower for the organ in the new Chicago Stadium to an English vending machine which dispenses individual lit cigarettes. Features: The eyes and ears of the railroad - the complicated signal system that spells safety for rail travel; Editorials - Arthur G. Halfpenny - An Awakening Due - Lopsided progress; International Affairs; Did a meteorite strike a car in Crawfordsville?; New light on old fools - ultr-violet irradiation to create vitamin D; Unique solutions of bridge construction problems - caissons sunk on artificial islands - divers employed; Vacuum tubes in industry - thermionic tubes, grid-glow relays, photo cells find wide use; A new use for radium - radiography possible without combersome apparatus; Radio goes man-hunting - radio alarm system reduces the criminal's chance of escape; New temperature measurements of the sun, moon, mars - sensitive thermo-couples reveal surface conditions; Chicago's "Madison Square Garden" - called "world's largest sports arena"; has unusual features; Butterfly farming - an intriguing business started by Iowa youth; When locomotives go to sea - special steamers built to accomodate monsters of the rails (excellent photos); A machine-age "milk maid" - the "rotolactor' milks 240 cows in one hour; Centrifugally spun concrete piles - new manufacturing process; mass production of preserved foods - a huge industry that grew from a market basket; Salt making in India - Primitive methods illustrated and described. Average wear. Unmarked. Crease to front cover. Advertisement inside front cover features photo of luxurious Cord front drive automobile manufactured by the Auburn Automotive Company. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American January 1932 Volume 146 Number 1
Former owner's name faintly in pencil atop front cover, else unmarked. Stapled contents separated from cover. Covers well-worn but contents good or better. Back cover graced with black and white advertisement from the Committee on Mobilization of Relief Resources featuring image of a man tightening his belt. Features: Seeing with invisible light - use of ultr-violet light makes possible the 9000 power microscope; A new dam-reconditioning method - concrete facing is of novel construction; Editorials - synthetic rubber - studies in sex - we build ships; Is space expanding? - evidence points to the fact that the universe is exploding; Mechanical stevedores aboard ship - ship is converted into a "self-unloader"; Gorilla - greatest of all apes - thrills of a scientific expedition's hunt for gorillas; Safety rules for the airways - Department of Commerce regulations are all-inclusive; Eugenics for cows but not for humans - much of so-called eugenics is based upon fallacies; Marking the nations's boundaries - Questions of state's boundaries are complex and interesting; New York's newest subway cars - cars for new line are greatly improved; What science really is - why had the Greeks or the Chinese no Industrial Revolution?; Erosion Dares the west - a menace and the measures that must be taken to defeat it; From the archeologist's note book; Curious lead tablet, Luristan bronzes, a benevolent hippopotamus, a road of the ages; Analyzing "Archies" shots - Theodolite records shell-bursts in movies for close study; New and exotic delights for our table - many delicious fruit and vegetable immigrants in American markets. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American March 1932 Volume 146 Number 3
Colour Lucky Strike advertisement upon back cover features large picture of June Collyer. Inside of back cover features full-page advertisement from the National Publishers Association which quotes John H. Patterson, Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Fortune Ryan's words from past depressions and concludes "American has beaten 19 Major Depressions - she will beat this one... as the most nearly self-contained nation, we have within our own boundaries the elemental factors for recovery." Features: Mrs. Sinclair's "Mental Radio" - a record of amazing experiments in mental telepathy made by the wife of a well-known author; Editorials - Rear Admiral Winslow - Out of Adversity - Interstate truck regulation - the country's health; George Washington, Inventor - the versatility of our first President included invention and scientific farming; A miniature solar system and its problems - Jupiter's four major satellites and other small ones make up a system that baffles the astrophysicist; Gem-stone cutting for the amateur - a fascinating hobby with a mechanical and an esthetic appeal; To salvage a sunken liner's treasure - new methods used in recovering the gold from the Egypt; A New Turbine rocket plane for the upper atmosphere - combination drive for a proposed stratosphere plane; Why power companies plant trees - public utility companies now reforesting their water power watersheds; a Horizontal well supplies fresh water to Bermuda - a modern system supplants old rainwater from roofs system; George Washington, the father of the American Navy; From Angora Goat to Mohair Fabric; The telephone spans the Pacific - the first commercial service from California to Hawaii is inaugurated; From the Archeologist's Note book - Sumerian Diorite Head - stand from grave Athenian jug - Persian strong-box; Preservation of Leather Book Bindings - treatment and formulas to protect old or rare library volumes. Average wear. Small openings at top and bottom of spine. Unmarked. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American May 1932 Volume 146 Number 5
Lucky Strike cigarette advertisement upon back cover is graced with charming colour painting of Sue Carol who is quoted as saying "Now I use Luckies only.... I have had to smoke various brands of cigarettes in pictures, but it was not until I smoked Luckies that I discovered the only cigarettes that did not irritate my throat." Features: The navy's contribution to industry - the navy's usefulness to science and industry justifies its maintenance in the highest efficiency; Editorials - buy British - In Crime's grip - George Eastman - Wood Farming; New Light on Pluto - while Professor Lowell's calculations were sound, it was only by coincidence that Pluto was found where he predicted it; Beryllium - the production of beryllium on a commercial scale presages wide use of its alloys in industry; Watching the creation of the stars - evolution of the galaxies; Factory methods in coal mining - conveyor belts, car dumps, crushers, air cleaners and the like, add to mining efficiency; Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane - a biographical contrast of two loyal British colleagues; The new X-ray "Microscop" - The multicrystal spectrograph reveals electrons in motion within the atom; Forge welding - production process used in fabricating large pressure vessels; Where is television? - television comparable to home movie equipment in quality of image will probably not be available for some time; Glass and the machine age - new mechanical processes have greatly increased production and have lowered costs; A new chapter on Egyptian art; Archeologist's findings near Giza; The father of all skyscrapers - demolition of 47-year old Chicogo building settles a question of long standing; The snake -charming sisters of Holy Popa - three sisters on the sacred mountain of Popa are the only known women snake charmers in th east; The army general as captain of industry; How does the law protect slogans?. Average wear. Half inch opening at top of spine and front cover. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American October 1931 Volume 144 Number 1
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American September 1931 Volume 145 Number 3
Features: A button industry from ocean pearl; Editorials - more speed in the air; voices across the world; Wild life in a fire; Flying instruction as it should be; How you are influenced by color - color requirements, particularly in foods, are so rigid that methods of color comparison are widely employed in industry; Interstellar space wholly empty?; A day with a locksmith; The perspective of modern physics - has modern science reached an impasse?; A tinted statue from Pompeii's ashes - portrait statue of Livia, a notable discovery of last year; It pays to be a pioneer - a salaried employee who developed a great corporation of his own for noise-eliminating work; Natural gasoline from oil wells - Kettleman Hills field produces gasoline and natural gas; Pose yourself for your portrait - new portrait cabinet removes mental hazards from photography; Into a hidden world - observation of microscopic life in stagnant ponds is a fascinating hobby; Asquith and Kitchener - conclusion of a biographical study of two great British war leaders; Form letters with a personal touch - an automatic typewriter; World affairs and the telephone - circuits now reach most countries; How ancient is modern man?; Cotton cloth fit for a king. Few small white blemishes to lower left corner of front cover. Back cover is a colour Lucky Strike advertisement graced with a painting of a lovely Emily Boyle of Bronxville, N.Y. beneath the caption "Consider your Adam's Apple!! Don't rasp your throat with harsh irritants." Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American September 1932 Volume 147 Number 3
Features: Hoover Dam - purposes, plans, and progress of construction; Editorials - Dr. George K. Burgess and Dr. George F. Kunz - are there White Indians? - back to earth - construction - wages; Flying in the beginning - early experiments with man-carrying kites and gliders; Peregrinations of a freight car - as a railroad freight car travels here and there over the country, records are made of its movements in minute detail; New Planetary discoveries - the discovery of minor planets has fairly been put on a basis of mass production; The muscular power of insects - the muscles of insects give them much greater power proportionately than other animals possess; A masterpiece of Museum-craft - the largest existing monument of Greek sculpture has been re-erected in a museum in Berlin; Radio in the forest service - new transmitter-receivers, one weighing only 10 pounds, are to be tested this year; Solo man - a fossil skull - a new find of great importance; new notes on ancient man - recent discoveries throw new light on man's antiquity; Tropical fish as pets; Food for a floating hotel - the supplies for an ocean liner's next trip are ordered while the liner is still 1000 miles out at sea; Whirling molten steel to make gun castings - newly perfected centrifugal process promises better guns; Treasure trove in lowly "Sweeps" - all wastes and sweepings in jeweler's plants are carefully salvaged and precious metals recovered from them. Building safety into automobile glass - laminated safety glass for cars does not shatter; Quartz takes up fire fighting in the automatic heads of sprinkler systems; Advertising a curb on product design pirates. Back cover graced with colour Lucky Strike advertisement featuring painting of a sensuous young woman beneath the caption "OK - Miss America! We thank you for your patronage."Three inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Book
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Munn, Orson D.: Editor
Scientific American December 1930 Volume 143 Number 6
Features: photo of interesting "new ears" for anti-aircraft gunners; a 4000 year food experiment - nutritional equilibrium in over-populated China; Editorials - spend for prosperity - Daniel Guggenheim - International affairs; Instrument flying to combat fog; Elevated highway to speed traffic in New York; X-ray fingers feel out the atomic structure of matter; A fact-finding laboratory; Archeology enters the stamp world; What is a quantum?; Feeding the crew of a battleship; More about pluto - further observations confirm its right to rank as a planet; Oil from below the ocean floor - oil derrick and pier are constructed in perilous waters; Factory wastes turned to profits; Scattered light and the Raman effect; An atom of Lutecium - its atomic structure is plotted for the first time; A murder, and the story the pistols told; When crude oil crosses the seas; Traveling home for phone linemen - a railroad train refitted as living, eating ,recreation quarters; Aviation in 1930, a summary. Back cover features colour advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes. An attractive woman is reclined beneath the caption "20,679 physicians say Luckies are less irritating." Cord front wheel drive automobile advertisement inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
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Munn, Orson D.: Editor
Scientific American December 1931 Volume 145 Number 6
Features: Chemistry may become the important post-depression factor; Editorials - extreme naval economy; farm by-products - one dollar for ducks - no dole for us - pilotless plane of the future; Cows fed irradiated yeast give ricket-preventive milk; Space as yet unfathomed - man's report is - "no bottom"; Better engines for navy planes; Speeding rail freight - new merchandise containers carry less than carload lots; Man-made oases in American deserts; Poland becomes a maritime nation - denied use of Danzig, Poland builds her own seaport; Has forest conservation created a false alarm?; Modern coal for modern markets - coal is now washed and thoroughly cleaned; Trademarks in disguise - the secret of a good trademark is its arbitrary nature; How stable is the earth's crust?; Masterpiece of Minoan Art; Babylonian brick reliefs; a link between Hellenistic and Roman painting; Butterfly faking - a new industry - rare and costly species "manufactured" from common varieties; Stone age man's world-wide culture. Back cover boasts colour Lucky Strike advertisement featuring illustration of a sultry Jean Harlow. She is quoted as saying "It's a delight to find a celophane wrapper that opens without an ice pick." Average wear. Unmarked. Two very small tears to fore-edge of back cover. Book
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