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(BRIDGE) FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA BRIDGE
Codice del Bridge.
Firenze, Stabilimento Grafico A. Salani, 1953. PRIMA EDIZIONE. Con questo libro la Federazione Italiana Bridge ha divulgato le norme ufficiali che disciplinano il giuoco del Bridge e le sue gare. Prima della sua pubblicazione vigeva in Italia la più brillante anarchia legislativa in fatto di Bridge. Dall’indice: Statuto Nazionale della Federazione Italiana Bridge; Il codice italiano per il Bridge Contratto Duplicato; La licitazione; Il giuoco; Il punteggio; Comitato Organizzatore - Giuria; Il direttore di torneo; Vademecum del direttore di torneo. In 16mo (cm. 19); legatura originale in mezza tela, piatti cartonati rigidi, titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. 130, (2). In allegato in una tasca al retro del piatto posteriore: lo Statuto Nazionale della Federazione Italiana Bridge, approvato dall’Assemblea Straordinaria del 4 ottobre 1953. Ottima copia. PAxs
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(BRIDGE) GIANNUZZI, Adolfo
Il gioco di compressione nel Bridge (Squeeze).
Roma, Edizioni S.A.P.I., s.d. (1950 circa). Considerazioni generali; Tratti caratteristici generali della compressione; I 5 elementi essenziali della compressione (minaccie); Le minaccie nella compressione singola in 2 colori; I 5 elementi essenziali della compressione (ipotesi); I 5 elementi essenziali della compressione (proiezione, ripresa, attacco comprimente); La compressione singola in 2 colori nel gioco reale; Il colpo di Vienna; La compressione singola in 3 colori; La compressione doppia; La compressione di taglio; La trasmutabilità delle compressioni; La difesa contro il gioco di compressione; La compressione suicida; La pseudo compressione; Complicazioni. In 8vo (cm. 20,5); brossura originale illustrata, con titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. 533, (11). Testo illustrato. Buono stato di conservazione. PAxs
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(BRIDGE) MINGONI, Enzo
Il Bridge moderno in Italia e nel mondo.
Roma, Edizioni Adriana, 1956. Prefazione di Carl’Alberto Perroux, Presidente della Federazione Italiana Bridge. Dall’indice: Meccanismo e regolamento di gioco; Teoria della licitazione; Teoria elementare del gioco della carta. In 8vo (cm. 22,5); brossura originale con titoli al piatto e al dorso; pp. (2), 157, (3). Buono stato di conservazione. PAxs
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CULBERTSON ELY
NUOVO E COMPLETO SOMMARIO
15,1x10,7 cm; (2), 64, (2) pp. Legatura editoriale in tela blu e titolo in oro. Interessante mini guida su tecniche di gioco e trucchi per giocare a bridge. Buono stato di conservazione.
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Brunialti Marco Antonio
Il Bridge, Auction-Contract, Regole e Commenti.
In 8°; 162, (2) pp. Brossura editoriale con titolo impresso in rosso e blu al piatto anteriore. Prima edizione che anticipa anche quella con la data del 1923 espressa, in quanto essa fu messa in vendita a L. 5.50 lire mentre questa copia veniva venduta a L. 5 a Milano e L. 5.50 nel Regno. Un piccolo segno al dorso e per il resto esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Raro, un solo esemplare censito in ICCU. Esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Importante scritto sul bridge che ebbe numerose riedizioni.
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L. E. R. G. Club
Bridge-Contratto
In 8°; 319, (1) pp. Brossura editoriale con titolo e disegno di carte impressi in nero e rosso al piatto anteriore. Esemplare, nel complesso, in buone condizioni di conservazione. Qualche lieve strofinatura e strappetto ai margini del dorso, senza perdita di carta. Varie illustrazioni nel testo. Prima edizione di questo manuale tecnico dedicato al bridge-contratto.
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ALBARRAN, Pierre.
L'Encyclopedie du bridge moderne. T. I : Les Enchères.
in-8°, 370 pages, rel. cartonnage ill. ed. Bel exemplaire. [SP-1]
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ALBARRAN, Pierre.
L'Encyclopedie du bridge moderne. T. II : Le Jeu de la Carte.
in-8°, 433 pages, rel. cartonnage ill. ed. Bel exemplaire. [SP-1]
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MOLLO, V.
Le Contre victorieux ou le Couple gagnant (La voie royale vers l'expertise).
in-8°, 159 pages, rel. cartonnage ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [SP-1]
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AZARIAN, Etienne A.
Le Bridge Duplicate suivi de Conseils aux Joueurs de Tournois - Guide indispensable pour tous les tournois de bridge - Individuels, par paires, ou par équipes de quatre.
in-4° broché, couverture illustrée. Très bel exemplaire. [P-8]
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VAN DEN BORRE, J.
Le Jeu de la Carte. (Le Guide Marabout du Bridge).
in-16 (pocket), 318 p., nbx dessins, broché, couv. Bel exemplaire. [MB]
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JAIS et LEBEL.
Tout le monde peut jouer au Bridge.
in-16 (pocket), broché, couv. Bel exemplaire. [LP-6] Un livre accessible à tous, même aux enfants.
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Bellanger Pierre.
Physiologie du Bridge.
R. F5.
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Albarran Pierre.
Enciclopedia del bridge moderno.
R. B2.
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Culbertson Ely.
Bridge contratto per tutti. Per tutti coloro che desiderano perfezionarsi e per coloro che desiderano impararlo.
R. U2.
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Rowe, R. E.
Supplement to Concrete Bridge Design - Design Curves
Consists of thirty-four fold-out graphs which plot values for the various coefficients referred to in author's book 'Concrete Bridge Design.' Former owner's name inside front cover. Front pastedown wrinkled. Book
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Hafner, Katie
The House at the Bridge - a Story of Modern Germany
256 pages including index. Black and white photographic plates. A compelling story of Germany, told through the lives of the people who lived in a once-elegant, now dilapidated villa near Berlin. Spot of soiling to fore-edge. Bit of wrinkling to top of front panel of dust jacket. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American November 1932 Volume 147 Number 5
Features: Announcement, with photos, that after seven years of research, the Caterpillar Tractor Company has applied the diesel engine successfully to the tractor. Contains fascinating two-page wide graphic which illustrates and describes business cycles and patent applications from 1840 to 1932 Articles: The transmission engineer's job - to design a n electrical transmission line, tie in a number of power stations, and solve the many attendant problems oftern requires years of work; Editorials - too old at 40? - airplane engine reliability - peace in radio - expensive babies; Gold from goldfish - goldfish, once imported, now raised in great numbers here; Star colors and star temperatures - the problems with which astrophysicists deal in determining the heat given off by flaming heavenly bodies; The business man takes wings - an account of an actual business trip around the country in which much time and money were saved; New light on Sasanian culture - culture of the peoples whose lands were the scene of the wars of Alexander the Great, as shown by recent archeological finds; Concrete bridge makes new record - George Westinghouse Bridge has America's longest concrete span; Is space curved? - some confusing concepts of the physicists cleared up by simple scissors work; Looking at stresses - complex stresses in structures directly vivible by new method; Big Springs - Some springs in this country flow great rivers of water; Why a watch keeps time - two years' time is often required to design a watch that will consistently keep accurate time; Gun recoil control - simple muzzle attachment reduces recoil of guns and prevents lift of the muzzle off the target; Endurance cut from the hillside - stone for modern buildings is cut in huge blocks by methods that have felt the touch of the machine age. Moderate to 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.: Editor
Scientific American June 1929 Volume 140 Number 6
Features: A motoris may be asleep even if his eyes are open; Editorials: save Old Ironsides, Humanizing science, Television's future, Submarine safety; Skilled workmanship on organs for church, theater and home; Architects as room designers; The strangest thing in physics; Firsts in aviation; Towers of Hudson River bridge are rising rapidly; The highest known velocity; Prospecting with artificial earthquakes; the month in medical science - punch drunk, u.v. rays, compressed air pranks, posture, yellow fever, rider's legs, tar poison, childhood teeth, food colors; The search for the first American; Education adopts the motion picture; Pointers from a pen maker; Death Valley; Egyptian vandalism 3400 years ago; Aerodynamic wind mills; Television advances; Protecting paintings for posterity; Roman engineering triumphs; Light airplaine design contest; Wasteful cotton baling methods; Early Indians in Florida.Major damage to front cover along spine. Half of spine missing. Back cover features colour Camel cigarette advertisement with the caption "Now it's unanimous. I'd walk a mile for a Camel... So would I" Two-colour "Dodge Brothers Trucks" advertisement inside front cover. Inside back cover is a very attractive colour Packard automobile advertisement with a few small spots of soiling. Ad shows a strapping young man fabricating auto parts. Well-worn. Magazine
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Smith, Jessie Ann
Widow Smith of Spence's Bridge
128 pages. Newly-wed Jessie Ann Smith left Scotland in February, 1884, and followed her orchardist husband, John, to the British Columbia community of Spence's Bridge. Her story is one of love with a historical twist. Unmarked. Very light wear. Book
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Hayman, Bob: Editor
Captain Len's Ferry Tales of the Okanagan - The Early Okanagan Seen Through the Eyes of a Ferryman, Captain L.A. Hayman
144 pages plus section with numerous full-page black and white illustrations. Captain Hayman was the skipper of the ferry crossing Okanagan Lake between Kelowna and Westbank before it was replaced by a floating bridge. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
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Fetherling, Doug
Vision in Steel: 1882-1982/One Hundred Years of Growth, Dominion Bridge to AMCA International
191 pages including index. A pictorial celebration of what began as a tentative enterprise in 1882 under the name Dominion Bridge and has since grown into a strong company today called AMCA International. Reveals that founder Job Abbott was a man of vision. Chapters include: Birth of a Country and a Company; The First Two Decades; Turn of hte Century to the Great War; Plowshares into Swords; The Postwar Crescendo and the Great Crash; Civilian Skills Make Military History; Modern Cityscapes; Rebirth for a Second Century. Attractively illustrated, primarily with glossy colour photography. Includes introductory letter above faux signature of Kenneth S. Barclay, Chairman and CEO. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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Grant, Audrey
American Contract Bridge League Introduction to Bridge: Heart Series - Defense
316 pages. The third book in the four-book series that forms the basis of the ACBL teaching program. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
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Grant, Audrey
American Contract Bridge League - Introduction to Bridge: Play of the Hand - Diamond Series
222 pages. Book two of the ACBL's tested and proven method to learn bridge or update your game. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Ng, Raymond W.; Knickerbocker, Nancy (editor)
Customers from Afar - Your Key to Serving Chinese Consumers
321 pages including index. For anyone interested in doing business in this rapidly expanding market, this book offers practical tips and comprehensive background information to help you better understand and serve your Chinese customers. "A clear and comprehensive guide for mainstream business people to bridge cultural gaps while making a profit from emerging consumption trends." - Dr. Don DeVoretz, Economist, Simon Fraser University. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Air Combat Magazine - Vol. 4, No. 6 November 1976
74 pages. Features include: Last Spring of the Puma - final chapter of the Puma Squadron during WWII: Canada's Argus - Complete report on Canada's own sub hunter; Project Knightsbridge/USAF - tactics of the RAF and USAF are traded; Springbok Air Force - Full pictorial coverage of South African Air Force; Tornado Over Europe - detailing the Panavia Tornado; Military Markings - More Bicentennial aircraft; Military at Hannover - military aircraft at the German air show; Burma Bridge Busters - Complete history of the 490th Bomb Squadron. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
World War II (2) Magazine, March 1992
74 ages. Features: Ceylon strike; Doolittle Raider; Willys Jeep; Allied Oil Plot; Bridge Busters; U-boat Turkey Shoot. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Good working copy. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News - May 7, 1960
Features: 2 lovely full-colour pages of Austin automobile ads; Duke of Edinburgh rides the jackstay; Earthquake at Lar, Iran; Photo - one-armed cripple of Shanidar Cave in Northern Iraq; Across the channel by bridge or tunnel?; The Bovington Tank Museum; Istanbul anti-government demonstrations; Bloxham School; Auto Feature - The Ford New Anglia; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, October 13, 1956: Annacis Island
120 pages. Features include: A full-color album of Hidden Canadian Paintings; New Surprises TV has in store for you; Your Stake in the U.S. Election; Annacis Island - an industrial colossus in the making; From the notebook of Dr. Hans Selye; The Black Day the Quebec Bridge Fell; Bill Dawe's Amazing Trek to Feed His Mink; Nice colour ads include: GWG; Phiips TV; Crown & Anchor Lager Beer. Somewhat above-average wear. Center-fold loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News - June 20, 1964
Features/Photos: Prince Edward's Debut!; A dull but close election; the Beatles' world tour; Gold Burials of Ingombe Ilede, Northern Rhodesia; Lord Beaverbrook; Photo of Nelson Mandela "Convicted of Sabotage, Sentenced for Life; Trent Bridge Cricket; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News - September 12, 1964
Features/Photos: The Queen opens the new Forth Road Bridge (includes centre-fold); Farnborough Air Show 1964; New Excavations at Hasanlu in Persian Azerbaijan; The art of Joan Miro; colour full-page ads for the Hillman Imp and MG Midget; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News - August 20, 1960
Features/Photos: in colour - the new Forth Road bridge, and other subjects; Queen Mary seamen and crew strike; The first U.N. troops in Katanga - a peaceful entry; The Royal visit to Orkney and Shetland Islands - a British monarch's first visit to the Shetlands for 700 years; teaching the Australian aboriginals to live in a modern world; American military inventions - up-to-date equipment in the United States Army; Karabel in Lycia; An American space triumph - the 13th Discoverer satellite; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, June 1936
Stories: Unsolved Mysteries; My Japanese Journey; Wali Khan's Raid; The Lost Flyers; The Death-Belt; Fighting Crickets; A Bottle of Medicine; The Wooden Bridge; A Port Unknown; Black Alice; The Devil-Bees; The Birders of Barren Island. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Diver Magazine: 9 Issues from 1997
Includes the following 1997 issues: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: St. Paul Island; Antigua; Photography 101 - Cameras; Boat Diving; Tragic 'Northern Indiana'; Filming the Ocean Realm; Counting Lingcod; Queen Charlotte Strait; French Polynesia; Photography 101 - Macro; Tech Diving off Whitefish Point; Coastal Charter; Snorkeling with Salmon; Photography 101 - Normal Lens; Sleepless on the 'Seattle'; Caymans; Wrecks of the St. Lawrence; Techies on the 'Topline'; Photography 101 - Ambient Light; Kingston's 'Frontenac'; Hawaii and Kauai; Shipwreck Course; Divers build east coast bridge; Camouflage; Underwater Canada; Lake Huron - 'Emma E. Thompson'; Seastars - they are not fishes; Photography 101 - Lenses; The Once Mighty ' Metamora'; HMCS Saguenay - an ecosystem; Unbeatable Marshall Islands; Tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Sinking the Saskatchewan; Skookumchuck Narrows; Kingston, Ontario's 'Munson'; Costa Rica; Wreck of the Andalusia; Extreme Dive - stories from the Police Blotter; Cozumel; St. Lawrence River - Fleur Marie; Sanilac Shores, Lake Huron; Egmont, B.C.; 'America' shipwreck; Australia Artificial Reef - Swan. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
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Robinson, M.A.; Dick, B.
Teacher's Manual for 'Over the Bridge' - The New World Readers
261 pages. Above-average wear. Minor water-staining. Binding aging but intact. Faint school stamp to front cover else unmarked. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Tuesday, November 22, 1904 Issue
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Farewell Banquet to Earl Grey; Russo-Japanese War; American Federation of Labor petitions congress to legislate against Mikado's subjects; The Rock Bay Bridge Question; Alberta Company Makes Big Strike - Fine Flow of Oil near the B.C. line and the Rich Flathead Valley - Pincher Creek; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including "Esquimalt & Nanaimo (E&N) Railway Time Table No. 53 with stops in Victoria, Shawnigan Lake, Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo and Wellington" Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Clipping from lower corner of page 2. Fatigue crack to central portion of all pages. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News, Saturday, February 3, 1900 Vol.26 - No. 665
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos include: The Colonel and Staff of the South Wales Borderers, The City Imperial Volunteers Farewell Supper, Scenes of the Departure of the City of London Imperial Volunteers, Queen Victoria shakes hands with Captain Seeley of the Imperial Yeomanry. Illustrations include: Dublins and Inniskillings across the Tugela, How Lord Roberts' Son Fell at Colenso, New South Wales Lancers, Incident at Modder River, Boer Prisoners from Belmont, Troops detrain at De Aar Junction, Inside the Johannesburg Fort, Trestle Bridge at Frere, Modder River Temporary Bridge Construction, Burial of General Wauchope (centerfold), Full-page Cadbury Cocoa Advertisement, Berkefield Filter Advertisement, The Highland Brigade Re-Forming after the Battle of Magersfontein. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Katz, S.; Newman, Peter C.; Storey, Red; Horwood, Harold; Tyrwhitt, Janice; Gzowski, Peter; Richler, Mordecai
Maclean's Magazine - October [Oct.] 10 1959 - Beothuck Indians Murdered For Fun / Duddy Kravitz
92 pages. Contents: Cover illustration by Don Anderson of high school football final - view of field from beneath bleachers; Is our youth equipped to face the future? - by Sidney Katz; Will Germany's Krupp become Canada's biggest mining man?; The World According to Duddy Kravitz - conclusion of excerpts from the new and major Canadian novel by Mordecai Richler; Why I'm Through with Sports, by Red Storey; Holiday Weekend in Victoria; The Beothuck Indians of Newfoundland - They are extinct today because, for more than two centuries a favourite sport of the island's whites was hunting the natives like big game; What are you afraid of; How Innocent card players become bridge fiends. Many nice ads, often in colour. Great colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Please note: Table of Contents has been removed and is not included. Book
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: August/September 1993 - Focus on Training at Boundary Bay and Pitt Meadows
Features: Stranraers (Strannies) on the West Coast; Axel Duch's Air Bridge to Biafra; V.I.A.'s Seawind Flies; Unusual landing at Shearwater; Canada's Best Helicopter Long Line Pilot. Sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Forces Sentinel, February 1968, Volume 4, Number 2
Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Trains and Travel Magazine: May 1953, Volume 13, Number 7
Features: Why boys leave home; Cincinnati Union Terminal; The South Shore Line; Louisville and Nashville bought no larger engines than these 2 - 8 - 4s; New Haven's great Poughkeepsie Bridge; The two foot gauge Monson; 5th annual motive power survey; and more. Two small date stamps upon front cover else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
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Trains - The magazine of Railroading: October 1954 - Volume 14, Number 12
Features: The Camelback bows out; The David and Goliath story of Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Hell Gate Bridge - across the East River in New York City; Photo Section; When Steam ruled the Delaware & Hudson; My 34 years on a short line - George Baggett; Lady with a Past - a Colorado 10 wheeler has out-lived the Mallets and 4-8-4s of our time; Why Carnivals are moving by rail; and more. Average wear. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: March 1974 *SPECIAL INDIAN ISSUE*
Features: My wonderful country - Joe Lee, the most famous of all Navajo Indian traders; La Pondre's Nuggets; A Total Breakdown of Justice - execution of an Chinese man in California; Helena, Texas says die; Ta-Tanka-Buffalo; Famous old bridge to the west - the Muscatine over the Mississippi; Socorro killer - Joel Fowler was lynched in New Mexico; Badge of honour - land and cattle gave the Californian prestige; Come and get it! - boarding houses were run by women; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
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Frontier Times Magazine: May 1974 - Ghost Town & Mining Special Issue
Features: Western book roundup; I saw the gold; Turkey Creek Wildcat - Galeyville; Big Uncle Cemetery; The Murderer's Ghost - the case of Lewis Holder; Chinese Diggin's - does a vein of quartz cross Burnt Bridge Creek?; Punching Chihuahuas for the nations; No place to go but down - South Mountain in the San Juans; Oklahoma's Indian boarding schools; The great Cornish Pump at the Ontario silver mine in Utah's Wasatch Mountains; Slaughter of the Innocents - one of Iowa's most bizarre unsolved crimes; To 'Red-up a house' - house cleaning; John Clarke - wood carver; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Murder Casebook: Rise and Fall of God's Banker - Roberto Calvi
33 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. A pictorial review of "The Calvi Affair: Bizarre suicide - or ritual murder involving money, Masons and the Vatican?" - from front cover. An excellent pictorial supplement to the more detailed "God's Banker" by Cornwell. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Illustrated War News - Part 79, December 12, 1917
Features: The Struggle before Cambrai - a Contest of Giants - Profit and Loss - A Critial Issue - French Local Combats - Italy Against Heavy Odds. Photo of a French listening post - overhearing talk in German trenches; Great photos from the Cambrai battlefield; Two-page photo of the retreat of the Italian Third Army; French Troops in Italy; Romances of the Regiment - the 28th North Gloucestershires; The Canal du Nord; Clearing a blown bridge on the Canal du Nord; A German Prisoner detention camp in France; Photo of Vauban's Ditch at Verdun; French wire-netting trench barricade; A wrecked Gotha; The new Sultan of Egypt's state entry into Cairo; The Final Rout of the Germans in East Africa; Four photos on the Palestine Front during General Allenby's advance; Early morning Gotha raid on London, Dec. 6; Above-average wear. Staples disintegrating. Book
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The Illustrated War News: September 19, 1917 - Part 67
Features: On the British front in Flanders; The Italian advance on the Julian front; On the Belgian front along the Yser; German Prisoners' Parcels - at an internment camp; 2-page photo of some of Russia's 37,000 prisoners in Galicia; The Guards Regiment (one page story with 2 photos); German prisoners at work in England (4 photos); The August 'Gotha' day-time raid on the Kent coast; Centerfold photo of the Italian pontoon bridge across the Isonzo on the Julian front; 2-page photo of wounded British prisoners returning to London from Switzerland; The training of British naval cadets (4 photos); A funeral with naval honours in Tokyo (Tokio); Indian soldiers where the Prussian Guard was beaten; 2 photos of the Messenger-pigeon service; Great 2-page photo of a captured German Gun-Emplacement at Lens. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrating. Book
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The Northern Mariner: Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society - July 1993
Articles: Gerald E. Panting and the Development of Maritime History in Canada; Showing the Flag - Hugh Palliser in Western Newfoundland; Newfoundland Spring Sealing Disasters to 1914; A Bridge Across the Water - Liverpool Shipbrokers and the Transfer of Eastern Canadian Sailing Vessels, 1855-1880; The Shipping Industry in British Columbia from 1867 to 1914; plus numerous book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Railway World Magazine: October 1973
Features: Swindon Reminiscences; Steam in the Twilight Years; It's Not Just the Engines - The Search for the Less Obvious Railway Features is Often Worth While; Mystery Tour in Sardinia; Sails on Rails; Worcester Winners; Some Other A3s; Gresley Engines at Work; Adams Radial Back on the Bluebell; Lillie Bridge Loco Memories; Crewe Basford Hall Disappears - 1; Return to Steam in Canada; Conversion Rail - permanent way for locomotives and tramway vehicles in the 1830s; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Magazine
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