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Slade, Tim
Classic Cars : Celebrating the Legends
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Description, specifications and glossy coloured photographs of forty-two classic cars from 1901 to 1973 including the E-type, Mini, AC Cobra, Bugatti 35, Mustang, Porsche 911, Scimitar, MG TC etc.
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Slater, Don
BMW : The Book of the Car
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper and lower edges. 96pp. The story of the iconic German vehicle company which only survived after WW2 through its motorcycle sales. This book includes over 100 illustrations of BMW bikes and cars, many in colour.
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Smail, Henfrey
The Worthing Pageant - The Worthing Road and Its Coaches
63 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos and illustrations. Map endpapers. Gathers together 'scattered references so as to make a more or less connected account of the Coaching Age in Worthing from the earliest times of which we have any record until the railway drove the last public stage-coach off the road in 1845." - from Foreword. Faint handwritten date on half-title page. Binding intact. Above-average overall wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Book
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Small, Collie; Reynolds, Quentin; Swing, Julian; Rasky, Frank; Frank, Pat; Velie, Lester; Hartwell, Dickson; Monroe, Keith; Findlay, D.K.; Critchell, Laurence; Worden, William L.; Baldwin, Faith; Yerby, Frank
Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, April 30, 1949 - Tennis Player Gertrude Moran
82 pages Features: Robert Sherwood - King of English; I Flew for Israel - Julian Swing explains why he fought for Israel; The Truth About Mail-Order Marriage; New Jobs for Liberty Ships - article with amazing photo of dozens of ships at anchor; John Bull in search of a Future - Britain is on the road to being a power again; White Brother of the Navajo - Indian Trader Roman Hubbell; Tennis Town Tempest - Great article and color photos of Gertrude Moran; Two-page photo of the Grand Canyon. Fiction: I Never Dream; The Conquest of Jan; The Queen Maker; A Sitter for Mother; Pride's Castle. Ads include: Chevrolet trucks, Fisher Body, Dodge trucks - featuring a blue grocery van, Kleenex - featuring Little Lulu and Tubby, Back cover Chesterfield Cigarettes ad featuring John Lund and James H. Darden (of Farmville, H.C.), Coke - drinking from bottles near a lighthouse, Pennsylvania Railroad - the new Broadway Limited, MontaMower, Pepsi, Pontiac cars, Amazing two-page color-photo ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer features Gary and Mrs. Cooper, Jonathan M. Wainwright, Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, James Montgomery Flagg, Gladys Swarthout and husband Frank Chapman, Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Robinson and Mr. & Mrs. F. Warren Pershing. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Smeed, Vic (editor)
Model Cars
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine ends. 192pp. Beginning with a brief history of toy cars and early days of racing models, this work goes on to detail the tools, methods and materials of constructing, displaying or operating the many types from rubber and clockwork power, gas engined cable and rail racers and many more to the radio controlled electric and glow-engined cars. Very well illustrated.
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Smith Maurice A
The Car: Its History, how it works, Motor Sport
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated.
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Smith, Marty; et al
Truckin' Magazine, July 1981 - Full Color Van Issue
78 pages. Features: Randy Norwood's '80 Dodge Van "Blue Moon"; Van Metal Magic; Doug Massey's "Mad Dog" 1978 Ford E-150 Van; So. Cal. Council Mix-Off; Make Your F-100's Bed; Sal Marchese's '78 Toyotal Pickup; Centerfold photo of Tom J. Yancoskie's '77 Dodge Van "Alien"; Carl Caspers' Kentucky Auto Show; Clone Vanduras in Hollywood; Australian supertruck; Put the Aspen/Volare transverse torsion bar suspension under your F-100 for an unbelievable ride; Install Jiffy Top; Mallory RPM Limiting Tach; Bob Schuller's 1970 El Camino "Sundowner"; Ruby Red - Donnie Senner's 1974 Dodge Van. Average wear. Small piece missing from fore-edge of back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
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Smith, Philip H.
Ford Autobook One
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked brown cloth boards, slight fingermarking to page fore-edges only, none to pages and no bumping to corners. Cream dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slightly sunned spine. 151pp. An enthusiast's Workshop Manual for the Ford Anglia, Prefect, Classic and Cortina and variations from September 1959 onwards.
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Smith, Philip; Johnson, Jotham; Hoover, J. Edgar; Russell, Henry Norris; Boone, Andrew R.; Estabrooks, G.H.; Liddy, Sylvester J.; French, Sidney J.; Skerrett, R.G.; Snyder, Laurence H.
Scientific American Magazine, Volume 155, Number 1, July 1936 - J. Edgar Hoover on Crime Scene Science
56 Pages. Features: John Gamble Kirkwood - a personality in science; Breeding machine brains; The Road to Empire - II - an archeological discovery of unusual interest was made during the excavation of a sacred well in Minturnae; Science at the scene of the crime - J. Edgar Hoover with the inside story of how his special agents operate; New high-efficiency fluorescent mercury lamps; Are We Inside a Dark Nebula?; High-Speed Paving for California Aqueduct - fantastic photos; The operation of the human brain; Tracking down your trade mark title; Polar Molecules; Cutting metal underwater using pressurized oxygen; The senses of sight and taste vary greatly between individuals; The amateur telescope maker; World-wide radio; and more. Three-inch opening along top of front cover at spine. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Smutny, Joan F; Haydon, Kathryn P; Bolanos, Olivia G; Danley, Gina M Estrada
Discovering and Developing Talents in Spanish-Speaking Students
new. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 18585457-n ISBN : 1412996368 9781412996365
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SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE (SDUK), J & C WALKER (ENGRAVERS)
The Turkish Empire in Europe and Asia with the Kingdom of Greece.
London.: Charles Knight & Co. circa1840s. Lithographed map with original outline hand-colour 31.9 x 39.1 cm small marginal tears neatly repaired with archival material but no loss small surface abrasion affecting the border at the foot edgewear and browning inked pagination in an early hand but in very good condition. A handsome map with fine topographical engraving also showing the borders with Hungary Russia and Persia. . Charles Knight & Co. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 174957
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Socony-Vacum Oil Company
Mobilgas Miracle Fold Road Map of the Central United States
Undated but appears to be circa late 1950s. Approx. 18" x 33". Two-sided. Printed in red and blue. Covers from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian border and from Pittsburgh to Denver. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Sogo Road Post Station
Travel customs all 3 volumes lecture history of customs in Japan separate volume
Yuzankaku 1959. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Yuzankaku paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090602128800881
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Solares, Martin & Aura Estrada & John Pluecker
The Black Minutes
Grove Press Black Cat. Near Fine. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Softcover first edition stated with full number line. Inscribed/signed to the ffep by Solares with his doodle. Inner covers toned. Plastic protective cover. ; 5.3 X 1.3 X 8.1 inches; 436 pages; Signed by Author . Grove Press, Black Cat paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 53686 ISBN : 0802170684 9780802170682
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Sombreuil (Charles-François-Virot, marquis de) :
Feuille de route de l'Hôtel des Invalides
in-folio, 1 p. imprimée et complétée à la main, signature autographe de Sombreuil, en date du 28 août 1791 ; elle accompagnait le Brevet nominatif du bénéficiaire, invalide resté anonyme ; "ayant demandé à se retirer à Pont-à-Mousson et partant aujourd'hui de l'Hôtel...", l'intéressé a reçu quatre livres pour son trajet, à raison de huit sous par lieue pour dix lieues ; mention en dessous et au verso de divers versements qu'il a reçus à Meaux, Châlons, Château-Thierry, Saint-Dizier et Toul.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 8128
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Sonti, Venu (Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology-Raipur, GE Road, Raipur
Power Converters for Extraction and Conversion of Solar Photovoltaic Energy
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Renewable energy alternatives are fast becoming viable options to battle conventional fossil fuel shortcomings such as pollution cost and limited reserves. Understanding the requirements and source characteristics for successful power paperback
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: ria9780128124505_inp ISBN : 0128124504 9780128124505
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Sonti, Venu (Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology-Raipur, GE Road, Raipur
Power Converters for Extraction and Conversion of Solar Photovoltaic Energy
like new. unknown
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: 30752156 ISBN : 0128124504 9780128124505
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Sonti, Venu (Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology-Raipur, GE Road, Raipur
Power Converters for Extraction and Conversion of Solar Photovoltaic Energy
new. unknown
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: 30752156-n ISBN : 0128124504 9780128124505
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Sook, Kim Hyun; Estrada, Ryan
Banned Book Club
Iron Circus Comics 2020-05-19. paperback. New. 6x0x9. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Iron Circus Comics paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: SKU0648258 ISBN : 194582042X 9781945820427
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Sotheby's
Sotheby's : Important Early and Classic Motor Vehicles Automobilia and Automobile Art. (30th November 1987)
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 167pp. Images and description of 675 Lots of motor car and motoring based items and motoring paintings and drawings. Four extra Lots on separate sheets tucked in.
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Soufflet (Olivier)
La route des Indes I. Voyage en Afrique australe, à Madagascar et la Réunion.
Artisan Reporter 2004 In-8 broché, 159 p.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 34669
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South-Carolina Rail Road Company
The Charter and Other Acts of the Legislature in Relation to the South-Carolina Rail Road Company: With the 41st Section of the Act of 1841 and the by-Laws of Said Company Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 0484710133.G ISBN : 0484710133 9780484710138
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South-Carolina Rail Road Company
The Charter and Other Acts of the Legislature in Relation to the South-Carolina Rail Road Company: With the 41st Section of the Act of 1841 and the by-Laws of Said Company Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 1333984375.G ISBN : 1333984375 9781333984373
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Southern Pacific Company
Map of San Francisco: Showing points of special interest to attendants the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League July 18-21 1901
<p>Map of San Francisco: Showing points of special interest to attendants the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League July 18-21 1901 folding map of 21" x 28" printed in black & red.With numbered locations of places of Methodist interest and historical. Verso of map with 23 panels detailing trips excursions to Yosemite Valley Southern California including Pasadena Redlands Riverside Palo Alto Santa Cruz Lick Observatory. Very good minor wear; short tears at folds.</p><p>San Francisco before the 1906 devastating earthquake.</p> unknown
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: 2221875
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD "SUNSET ROUTE"].
The White Indians. A Tale of the Yaqui Indians. Compliments of the Passenger Department Southern Pacific New Orleans La. Cover Title.
New Orleans:: The Railroad. Not illustrated; 29–30–32 pp. 12mo white stiff wrappers printed in purple front pictorial and very badly faded. OCLC lists 6 holding libraries June 2021.Date is arrived at by a short notice in the September 1898 issue of Sunset the railroad’s monthly magazine; Vol. I No. 5 p. 78 of the first nine titles of a uniform library entitled “Sunset Libraryâ€. This volume is No. 8 in the series. Sunset started publication in May 1898 in the earlier issues only the first five titles are listed. Of the 6 institutions listed in OCLC AAS is the only one giving the 1898 date. New Orleans:: [The Railroad],. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 4062
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Southern Pacific Company
Map of San Francisco: Showing points of special interest to attendants the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League July 18-21 1901
<p>Map of San Francisco: Showing points of special interest to attendants the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League July 18-21 1901 folding map of 21" x 28" printed in black & red.With numbered locations of places of Methodist interest and historical. Verso of map with 23 panels detailing trips excursions to Yosemite Valley Southern California including Pasadena Redlands Riverside Palo Alto Santa Cruz Lick Observatory. Very good minor wear; short tears at folds.</p><p>San Francisco before the 1906 devastating earthquake.</p> unknown books
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: 2221875
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SPANIER Ginette
Long Road to Freedom. The Story of her Life under the German Occupation. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition,, faint tape marks on free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Ginette Spanier, Director of the great fashion house of Balmain, recounts the mounting horrors of living as a Jew in occupied Paris. Sequel to her acclaimed memoir 'It Isn't All Mink'. Enser, p.90.
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Spanish(tm), Mi Camino
Español Básico para Niños Libro 1: Spanish Basics for Kids Book 1
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 1387200941.G ISBN : 1387200941 9781387200948
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Special Feature 1/Opening the Door to Burma Special Feature 2/Nixon-Kissinger's Route to Asia
Asahi Asia Review 14 Summer No. 1973 Volume 4 No. 2
Not Available 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090502113717581
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Special feature/Starters, Go for it! Interview… Keizaburo Tanoue, Junji Hoshino Road to Super Hawk V3 Serial document High schoo
Monthly Hawks Official Baseball Club Magazine Released July 2001 No.009
Not Available 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090502113715925
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Special Feature/Reversing the route of curbing medical costs - Outlook for issues in 2009, etc
Monthly Hodanren December 2008 No.986
Not Available 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090502113711770
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Special Feature/Honda CB750Four General Feature/Authentic Trail 11 Car Forest Road Attack
Motorcyclist September 1976
Yaesushuppan 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Yaesushuppan paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090202118202439
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Special Feature / Kado Isaburo and Lacquer Road A fan that opens spring, Niigata Urasa, Yamagata Yamagata Isogawa, Yamagata Kouj
Quarterly Ginka No. 81 Spring
Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090502113717106
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Special Feature/Remote Islands in Japan – Their Charms and Route Guides
Sea World June 1967
Japan Maritime Information Association 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Maritime Information Association paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090202118201342
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Special Feature / [The Long Interview] Mitsuharu Misawa: Royal Road or Change! baseball magazine company
Weekly Pro Wrestling Separate Volume Early Summer Kenfer Released July 1 1999
Not Available 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2090502113709596
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Sphyroeras, Vasilis & Avramea , Anna & Asdrahas, Spyros
Maps and Mapmakers of the Aegean
Athens: Olkos Publishers 1985 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Greek Edition. Translated by G. Cox J. Solman. The charting of the Aegean Sea or the Greek Archipelago from the 15th up to the 19th century. 236p. Map Index; General Index. 166 color and black & white maps. Olkos Publishers hardcover
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: 040277
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Sport... la vie en plein air
Sport... la vie en plein airCouverture : Gauthier : brillant vainqueur du Critérium National de la Route, à Carcassonne
1943 N° 22 - 2 avril 1943 - revue illustrée - 8 pages
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 84236
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Sport... la vie en plein air
Sport... la vie en plein airCouverture : Emile Idée a dominé tous ses adversaires dans le Critérium National de la Route. Le voici calme et souriant après sa victoire
1943 N° 24 - 6 Avril 1943 - revue illustrée - 8 pages
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 84238
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SPRUNER, KARL AND MENKE,THEODOR
Die Länder des Islâm zur Zeit der Bûjiden 945-1055.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1877. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.7 x 40.7 cm four inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal edge wear and spotting to the verso but in very good condition. A handsome map detailing the lands of Islam at the time of the Bujids 945-1055. The inset maps depict a western extension to the main map southern Arabia the lands of the Ghaznavid sultanate in Central Asia and lands of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
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: 174917
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SPRUNER, KARL AND MENKE, THEODOR
Die Länder des Islâm unter den Abbâsiden bis zur Einnahme von Baghdâd durch die Bûjiden 750 bis 945 n. Ch
Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1877. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm three inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal toning in very good condition. A most handsome map detailing the lands of Islam under the Abbasids up to the capture of Baghdâd by the Bûjids from 750 to 945 AD. The inset maps depict Northern Iraq Baghdad and a western continuation of the main map issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
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: 174913
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SPRUNER, KARL AND MENKE,THEODOR
Die Länder des Islâm von der Hegra 622 n. Ch. bis zum Sturze der Umaijaden 750 n. Ch.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1877. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 33.1 x 40.2 cm four inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal edge wear and spotting to the verso but in very good condition. A handsome map detailing the lands of Islam from Hegra in AD 622 to the fall of the Umayyads in AD 750. The inset maps depict a western extension to the main map and city plans for Damascus Jathrib & Medina and Mecca issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
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: 174916
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SPRUNER, KARL AND MENKE, THEODOR
Lateinische Herrschaften im Orient 1210 bis 1311
Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1876. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm seven inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal toning in very good condition. A most handsome and highly detailed map detailing provinces of the Latin Empire in the wake of the Crusades. The inset maps depict Achaia in Greece Divisions of the Empire and a city plan of Constantinople issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit" . Justus Perthes unknown
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: 174910
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SPRUNER, KARL AND MENKE,THEODOR
Länder am Ägäischen und Schwarzen Meer 1311 bis 1390.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1877. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm two inset maps text in German central fold in very good condition. A most handsome map detailing countries on the Aegean and Black Seas 1311 to 1390. The inset maps depict the kingdom of Stephan Duschan Serbia and the land of the Crimean Goths issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
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: 174915
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Starlog
Starlog N° 78 : Doug Trumbull takes you inside Brainstorm - Arthur C. Clarke meets Indiana Jones - Exclusive: Disney's new Christmas Carol - Incredible Lou Ferrigno - ...
1984 N° 78 - janvier 1984 - Revue mensuelle illustrée - texte en anglais - 1 vol in-4 - broché - 68 pages
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: 107427
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Staff
Heroic Leningrad: Documents, Sketches and Stories of Its Siege and Relief
Book shows some wear, light brown spots to covers, pages lightly tanned but clean throughout, binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except as noted below, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white plates. 152 pages. Inside front cover and front end paper contains several inscriptions
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Staff
Roads and Their Builders
Book shows light wear to covers only, Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 121 pages in large format with b&w photos throughout depicting the history of road and bridge buildings in the state of Missouri. Mud, early construction methods, machines, bridge taxes and their balkers, etc.
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Staff, Tinsel Road,
The Directory Of Comic Book and Graphic Novel Publishers - 2nd Edition
new. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 7780456-n ISBN : 0981943136 9780981943138
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Staff, Tinsel Road,
The Directory Of Comic Book and Graphic Novel Publishers - 2nd Edition
like new. unknown
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: 7780456 ISBN : 0981943136 9780981943138
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Standish, Robert; Beach, Stewart; Mansfield, Norma; Stern, Richard; Hauser, E.; Perkins, James; Smith, Beverly; Hirshberg, Al; Gehman, R; Silverman, M.; Baum, A.; Jarman, R.; Carson, R.; Short, L.
The Saturday Evening Post, May 28, 1955 - Crisis in North Africa / Gene Conley / Trypsin - New Drug
132 pages. Fiction: Double Homicide; Lady With a Lure; The Date for the Wedding; Foreign Wife; The Magnificent Phony ( part 2 of 5); Fool's Treasure (conclusion). Articles: Crisis in North Africa - Fez, Morocco - with several photos including shot of assassination attempt on Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Arafa; ; The Face of America - Log Drive; I'll Stay in the Air Force - Maybe; The Rugged John Foster Dulles; Big Brave from Milwaukee - Gene Conley; He Makes His Living Whittling - article and great color photos of John Lacey; Trypsin - Mysterious New Drug; They Gamble on Offshore Oil - drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; Incredible Railroad - the Long Island Rail Road; Ads: Nice American Motors ad features a yellow Hornet Custom Sedan; American Blower ad features nice photo of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan; Two-page TWA ad compares air and rail times/prices; Chevrolet ad features salmon-colored Bel Air Convertible; Whitman's Chocolates; Oldsmobile Holiday Sedan (nice); Republic Steel; Mercury cars (color photos); Lucky Strike - tennis theme; Studebaker trucks; Thor Impact Wrenches; Frigidaire fridges; Champion spark plug ad features driver Jim Bryan; Fantastic color-photo two-page ad for General Motors features the Nomad and Safari; Life Savers; Douglas DC-7 (wedding scene); Allis-Chalmers tractors; Saginaw power steering ad features nice large photo of Mauri Rose, famous race and test driver; Santa Fe passenger rail ad; Jayson shirts; Ray-Ban sun glasses - great one-page color-photo ad; Captain Eddie Rickenbacker is featured in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Stevens, Austin N. (editor)
Yankees Under Steam
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with label removal markto upper front corner, nicks and chips to edges and small piece missing from spine foot. 251pp. The story of the steam engine and the world it served and changed, virtually all North America based. With racing cars, steam trains, steam boats and more. Very well illustrated with some lovely old photographs and drawings.
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