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Strang, Herbert
La Gran Bretagna e la Guerra. Libro per i giovanetti. Edito dall’Istituto Italo-Britannico.
Spillato, piatto anteriore illustrato in nero, cm17x12, pp 32 con alcune illustrazioni in nero che mostrano lo sforzo bellico inglese, Cadorna e Haig al fronte, Re Giorgio in Francia, stabilimenti di produzione di proiettili e ordigni ecc.
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AAVV
Guida d'Italia della Consociazione Turistica Italiana: ALBANIA.
Tela editoriale rossa con sovraccoperta in carta avana, cm 16x11, pp (2) 221 (5), 7 carte geografiche, 6 piante di città e 2 piante di edifici. Edizione originale, completa della rara sovraccoperta.
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De Sanctis, Gino
Guerra di Spagna senza miti.
Brossura, cm 21x15, pp 83 (5). Quaderni dell’Unione Italiana per il Progresso della Cultura numero 7.
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Erickson, John
Storia dello Stato Maggiore Sovietico.
Tela con sovraccoperta, cm 23x15, pp 783 (1). Collana I fatti e le idee, numero 45. Traduzione di Elena Spagnol Vaccari.
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Wheeler-Bennett, John W.
La nemesi del potere. Storia dello Stato Maggiore tedesco dal 1918 al 1945.
Tela con sovraccoperta, cm 23x15, pp 818 (6), X tavole in nero. Collana I fatti e le idee, numero 103. Traduzione di Luca Pavolini. Terza edizione.
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ADAMI BATTISTA
Nel cinquantesimo anniversario del martirio di Cesare Battisti - Damiano Chiesa - Fabio Filzi. Testimonianze di un volontario trentino della guerra di redenzione.
Cm. 24; pp. 64, (2). Brossura editoriale a stampa. Tre ritratti fuori testo. Etichetta di biblioteca privata. Ottimo esemplare. 574
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DE JACO ALDO
I cinque anni che cambiarono l'Italia. Diario fotografico di noi tutti: 1943 / 1947. Anno per anno, giorno per giorno, rivivono in un affresco indimenticabile fatti, vicende, personaggi che portarono alla grande svolta della nostra storia più recente.
Cm. 22; pp. 335. Tela editoriale, sovracoperta illustrata colorata. Ricco apparato fotografico. Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare.
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DAL LAGO ALESSANDRO
Le nostre guerre. Filosofia e sociologia dei conflitti armati
Cm. 21; pp. 262. Brossura editoriale illistrata colorata. Come nuovo
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IRNING DAVID
La guerra tra i generali all'interno dell'Alto Comando Alleato.
Cm. 22; pp. 487, (5). Tela editoriale, sovracoperta illustrata colorata e sovracoperta plastificata trasparente. Tavole fotografiche fuori testo. Prima edizione. Custodia in cartonato. Ottimo esemplare.
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MOYZISCH L. C. - KLEI ALEXANDER.
Le più grandi spie dell'ultima guerra. Operazione Cicero. Il falso traditore.
Cm. 19, tela edit., pag. 174 (2). Timbri di biblioteca estinta.
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Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay
The Secret War 1914-1918
71 pages. A book concerned with the extra-military attempts - what the author calls the "behind-the-lines development" - commencing almost at the outset of the First World War, to bring about an end to the hostilities; or, at least, by frustrating further alliances (as between the Turks and the Germans), by disrupting the existing alliance between Germany and Austria, and by fomenting further, and capitalizing on existing, disorders in Russia to foreshorten appreciably the period of conflict...... That the war obscured the struggle between social classes that would in the future override all the issues that gave rise to the conflict was for the author a supreme irony." Published posthumously. Book
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Wise, S. F.; Brown, Robert Craig
Canada Views the United States - Nineteenth-Century Political Attitudes
130 pages with index. Mild patch of soiling to front endpaper, underlining and marginalia on page 9, one inch stain to bottom edge and sticker patch atop front cover, otherwise clean, tight and square. Presents Canadian attitudes and shows how and why they felt the distinctiveness of their own values and character in the nineteenth century vis-a-vis the United States. Book
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Grant, Jonathan; Moss, Laurence; Unger, Jonathan
Cambodia - the Widening War in Indochina
355 pages with index. A comprehensive analysis of the latest and most dramatic escalation of the war in southeast Asia. Includes articles by Noam Chomsky and Norodom Sihanouk. Contents yellowed. Owner's name 2x inside front cover. Occasional pen markings inside. Book
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O'Neill, Richard
Suicide Squads: Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World War II: Their Development and Their Missions. With Over 180 Illustrations.
296 pages with index and select bibliography. Light wear to cover. From the smallest human torpedo to the world's biggest battleship, from Japanese kamikaze pilots to British X-craft sumbmarines, here for the first time are the extroaordinary machines and incredible motives of the men from all sides who deliberately gave their lives in the cause of war. A typically excellent Ballantine's military book, but this one is even better at 5/8" thick. Book
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Forbes, John; Williams, Robert
Riverine Force: The Illustrated History of The Vietnam War
158 pages. Light wear to covers. Wonderfully illustrated with black and white photos plus some colour. "Denying Charlie the Mekong Delta was a nightmare task assigned to the men of the hastily assembled Brown Water Navy. Using every conceivable coastal craft, including converted Boston Whalers, and Hovercraft, they took the Viet Cong on at their own game in a bizarre and savage war where every turning could conceal an ambush or a submerged mine." - from the back cover. Book
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Morton, Desmond
A Military History of Canada - From Champlain to the Gulf War
315 pages with lengthy index. Black and white photographic plates, including one of the famous CF 105 Avro Arrow. Externally, light wear and some soiling. Inside, considerable pencil underlining and markings in some chapters. Spine opening at page 99. A book that will make Canadians proud, angry, and much better informed about their country. Integrates the history of Canadians fighting on land, sea, and air with the history of Canada as a whole. Gives us all a new way of looking at ourselves... we are far from being "an unmilitary people." - from the back cover Book
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Cross, Cordell; Val Wilson & Co. Staff (editor)
Stand by Your Beds
370 pages. Second Printing. Light wear and soiling. Black and white photos. With the Korean War winding down, crack Canadian troops were posted to cadet camps in Canada. This tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of seven boys in a camp that holds twelve hundred. To say the least, when the boys arrive in camp, the arms of the Sergeants and Sergeant-Majors, are not quite the same as the arms of their mothers who tearfully said good bye to their departing 'soldiers' at the train station. Book
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Macksey, K. J.
Africa Corps - Rommel's Desert Soldiers
160 pages including bibliography. Fourth Printing. Generously illustrated with black and white photos. This small force's achievements against superior numbers proved both its general's mastery of desert warfare and its soldiers' guts. This is the story of the men who carried the Axis burden in Africa, the Korps that earned the respect of its allied opponents. (ISBN 0345249933250) Book
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Snyder, Louis L.
The First Book of World War I (One)
Library of Congress # 58-5813. 96 pages including index and glossary. This book has been well used and shows wear and bumping to corners. Some soiling inside. On the bright side, the illustrated library binding has stood up well. An excellent photo-illustrated WW I reference for school children. Very interesting pictures. Cover shows many dozens of soldiers on parade in black and white. Book
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Sowerby, Eileen (Signed)
On War : Man, War, & Women
129 pages including bibliography. Seeks to provide a way out of the maze of the problem of war; a step-by-step suggestion to think and question why we do certain things. "We need to not only stand back and look at the larger, abstract picture (for instance, what and whose needs are being met by war) but also to get in close and look at the concrete picture - what are people dying for? Is there an alternative? If there is why aren't we using it? The only attitude that is needed before reading ths book is to ask yourself if you want to put an end to war." - from the Introduction. Covers curling with some rubbing. Author's signature and telephone number written on title page using a poor quality ball point pen. Moderate wear. Book
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Campbell, Rodney
The Luciano Project - The Secret Wartime Collaboration of the Mafia and the U.S. Navy
299 pages including index and black and white photo section. Front endpapers missing. Binding open at last page of index. An amazing account that leads from the New York waterfront to the invasion of Sicily. Cuts through decades of half-truth, rumor, gossip, and innuendo to reveal for the first time an authoritative account of what actually happened. Based on powerful documentation - the actual transcripts of secret official investigations. Top of dust jacket at back cover is wrinkled and soiled. Book
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Chadwick, Kamilla C. (Signed)
The War According to Anna - A Paean to My Mother
132 pages. Contains inscription from author to prominent British Columbia author Joe Garner. Someone once said, "Some things we see too soon for them to make any impressions." That is Anna's story. She didn't know the meaning of rape, or that her mother was living the war on a different level, but Anna did know that all beautiful women were part of the spoils of war. Bombed, shot at, walking on feet bleeding with broken blisters, Anna's mother wheeled two infants in a baby carriage, followed by Anna and her brother pulling a children's wagon, throught the excited, rapacious and advancing Russion Army. And through dead and wounded Germans. This is a story of extraordinary grit and determination. The more you read, the more you will love Anna and admire her mother. Book
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Tavris, Carol; Wade, Carole
The Longest War : Sex Differences in Perspective
416 pages including index. This second edition includes and reflects both new scholarship about the sexes and the continuing emotional and political debate about the relationship between the sexes. Book
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William S. Boas & Company (compiled by)
Canada in World War II: Post-war Possibilities
612 pages including index. Copyright date 1945. Written prior to the end of WWII hostilities, this volume presents a fascinating province-by-province look at Canada's greatly expanded wartime industrialization, her governmental departments, and the companies and men responsible for this great development. Also presents Canada as a land of limitless forests, quick running streams producing tremendous waterpower, ocean-like lakes, vast stillness, and abundant wildlife. Book was published to introduce Canadians and friends of Canada abroad to this country's industrial capacity since, upon the termination of hostilities, it would be positioned to produce far more than this country of twelve million could consume internally. Large bright gilt title and Canadian Coat of Arms upon front board. Gilt title upon spine. Contains many dozens of black and white archival photographs of significant personalities, smoke stack industries, hydro-electric installations and much more. Former owner's bookplate inside front board. Five inch tear to page 395. Moderate soiling to front board. Light bumping and moderate wear to boards. Some soiling to lower edge. Pages have little to no wear and are almost free of soiling. Book
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Pershing, John J.
My Experiences in the World War - Volume I
400 pages including 69 black and white reproductions from photographs and numerous maps. Gilt-edged top. Former owner's rubber stamp upon verso of half title page and upon front side of black and white photographic frontis of General Pershing. Small bookseller's sticker inside back board. "My primary purpose in writing this story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France is to render what I conceive to be an important service to my country. In that adventure there were many lessons useful to the American People, should they ever again be called to arms, and I felt it a duty to record them as I saw them." - from the Foreward. Book
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Attwood, William
The Twilight Struggle : Tales of the Cold War
433 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Author has covered the world since 1946; his career has thus spanned four decades of the cold war. As an American Ambassador in two countries and at the U.N., as an editor of Look, as publisher of Newsday, and as a foreign correspondent for other publications, he has kept close to the principal events and personalities of his time. Now, he has created this uniquely intimate history of the cold war, from Churchill at Fulton, Missouri to Reagan at Reykjavik. Book
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Author Not Stated
Sissons 1978 Standard Catalogue of Canada Revenues, Telegraph Franks, Telephone Franks, prisoner of War Franks; Officially Sealed and Perforated O.H.M.S.: Semi Official Airmails
50 pages. Moderate wear and soiling to covers. Contents unmarked. A fascinating and abundantly illustrated reference and price guide to these Canadian collectibles. Book
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Johnson, Norm
Flying Low and Slow
Copyright date 1994. 112 pages. Author served in the RCAF in World War II, then re-enlisted after the war. On his retirement at age 47, he began a new career in social work. Contains 21 narratives which depict true experiences of his life, including stories of family, friends, the RCAF, and eighteen years service in the Welfare Departments of Vancouver. Normal library markings. Peeling damage to front cover where large library sticker was removed. Book
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Odeh, B. J.
Lebanon : Dynamics of Conflict: A Modern Political History
233 pages including index. Seeks to unravel the root causes of the 1975-76 Civil War and relate them to subsequent political developments, including the Israeli invasion of June 6, 1982, and its aftermath. Moderate wear. Former owner's name and information inside front cover. Book
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Nicklin, J. Bernard
Their Days are Numbered - Proof of a Divine Time Table in History
155 pages including date index. "Divine intervention in this (the second world) war is a deep conviction held by many prominent people today. A simple demonstration that providence is indeed over-ruling and timing present in world events is affored in the pages of this book. The evidence, which any schoolboy can verify, is of absorbing interest and should prove a tremendous moral stimulus in these days of tribulation". - from dust jacket. Front panel of dust jacket features dramatic headlines of the day. Former owner's inkstamp upon front endpaper. Tape stains run vertically down each half of each endpaper. Some water staining to corners of back board. Occasional markings in ink pen. Moderate wear. Several small stains to pages from rusty paper clip. Dust jacket has tape stains to each flap and some faint red staining at corners of back panel where colour of board has partially come through due to moisture. Book
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Croucher, Richard
Engineers at War, 1939-1945
400 pages including index and occasional black and white plates. Sheds light upon the contradictory situation of politically concscious workers during the second world war; resisting the pressures to give up class war 'for the duration' and yet participating in the drive for more arms production. Glossy illustrated front cover. This ambivalence, reflected in the title given to this book, of a war against the employers as well as against Hitler's Germany, helps to explain the link between the industrial movement and the political high watermark of the 1945 election. Former owner's name upon half-title page and fore-edge; initials to top edge. Book
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Dozier, Sarah Ellen
My Daddy Told Me
Copyright 1949. Illustrated. 78 pages. Describes author's adventures in Japan upon her return there, as a junior high school student, after the second world war in 1948. Her's was a missionary family. Describes some of the Japanese who were helping Jesus in Japan. A lovely little book in decorated beige card cover. Book
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West, David
Trenchmist
61 pages. Poems based upon author's distant reminiscings of his father's Great War stories, a form of narrative documentary set in the mind of a WWI veteran, looking back on his involvement in what was the first thoroughly modern, mechanized, and technological war. Light soiling and wear. Book
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Drzewiecki, Mary Anna (Signed)
Born and Raised under a Straw Roof : A True Legacy of the Human Spirit
Signed, without inscription, bu author upon title page. 347 pages. Illustrated. A story of human endurance; strength of spirit; love and forgiveness; war and peace. A compelling true story following the lives of the author's parents, Sylwester Drzewiecki and Janina Horoszkiewicx, from Eastern Poland, through Germany during the Second World War, to Canada. Cry, laugh, and celebrate as you follow the many journey's, both perilous and joyous, that brought this couple to Canada, freedom and peace. Two inch crease to lower corner of front cover. A stimulating and enjoyable read. Book
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Miller, Naomi: Editor
British Columbia Historical News - Journal of the B.C. Historical Federation - Volume 28, No. 1 Winter 1994-95
Features: Company Towns - Especially Engelwood; The "Neweete War"; The David McLoughlin Story; Road to the Pacific Rim; Navigation on the Stikine River; Finnish Immigrants and Their Political Ideology; The Story of Edna Eldorado; The Plight of Rural Women Teachers in the 1920s; The Stagecoach and the Sleigh on the Kootenay Flats; Christmas in Sumas in the 1870s; Commander Charles Rufus Robson, RN; The Bridge that Jack Built. Cigarette smoke odour. Book
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Miller, Naomi: Editor
British Columbia Historical News - Journal of the B.C. Historical Federation - Volume 27, No. 4 Fall 1994
Features: Piebiter Creek - a personal reminiscence of Delina C. Noel; The War Work of Women in Rural B.C.; Sunday School Vans and Their Drivers; The Marine Building Revisited; The Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation; Helen Gregory MacGill - First Woman Judge in B.C.; Adelaide Bailey - Exemplary Teacher 1857-1949; the Sutton Lumber and Trading Co. token; The stolen Church - Windermere; A WCAC in Victoria 1942-45; Pioneer Postmistress; B.C. Women's Institute - a brief history; Music of the Titanic; David Douglas - Botanist and Explorer. Crease to covers. Cigarette smoke odour Book
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Mizrahi, Joseph V.: Editor
Wings July 1994 Volume 24 No. 3
Features: The origins of the P-47 Thunderbolt - From Seversky P-35 to Republic XP-72 including wartime P-47s; Plus 11 pages of authentic World War II color photographs and profiles. Some rippling, but no discoloration, to front cover and some pages caused by past moisture exposure. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Wings December 1972 Volume 2 No. 6
Features: War in the Pacific - Exclusive coverage - a Japanese combat pilot's report on Mitsubishi's Zero; A Martin PBM "Mariner" over Tarawa; The Doolittle Record Breakers from Vega to Vultee V-1; Terror after Dart - Canadian Night Intruders; Building Erich Hartmann's 109k. Art: Mitsubishi A6M2 21; Mitsubishi A6M5 52; Mitsubishi A6M2 cutaway; Boston III; Mosquito VI. Rippling throughout due to moisture exposure. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Airpower Magazine May, 1996 Volume 26 No. 3
Features: Special all-fighter issue; Exploding the Zero myth - How good was Japan's A6M?; Republic's P-47N - Long-range escort answer of World War II. Art: Export Brewster B-339 & A6M Zero; Marine F2A-3 vs Mitsubishi A6M2; Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Cutaway; Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero; Model 11 & 21 Zeros & A5M4 Claude; Republic P-47N, 7th AF; Republic P-47N, 318th Fighter Gp. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Airpower Magazine March, 1995 Volume 25 No. 2
Features: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - World War II's biggest, brawniest single-engined brawler; Mystery Messerschmitt - High flying Me 109h; Electronic snooper - RB-47 Recon-spyplane. Art: Seversky P-35 & Republic XP-47B; Republic P-47Ds; Republic P-47D-30; M/Gen. William Kepner's P-47D-25; Republic P-47D-27; Republic P-47D, 12th AF. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Airpower Magazine January, 1981 Volume 11 No. 1
Features: Wild weasel thuds in Vietnam; The DC 3 goes to war; Vigilante - the Navy's last heavyweight. Art: North American RA-5C Vigilante; Republic F-105D; Republic F-105G Wild Weasels; Republic F-105D & B; Republic F-105B Book
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Multiple Contributors
Airpower Magazine January, 1978 Volume 8 No. 1
Features: Diary of the "Fighting Corsairs" - VMF-215 in the Solomons; The Great Radar Countermeasures War - The R.A.F. v. the Luftwaffe; One-of-a-kind Fokkers; Huff-Daland and the Keystone Bombers. Art: Luftwaffe Night Fighters; Fokker Dr I "Tripe"; Vought F4U-1 Corsair; Vought F4U-1A Corsair Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American January 1933 Volume 148 Number 1
Features: Mount Rushmore - Mountain sculpture - it was necessary to develop a new method of removing stone in cutting Stone Mountain and Mount Rushmore Memorials; Fast rail car on pneumatic tires - first pneumatic-tired, diesel-electric car of light weight and high speed goes into service in this country; Editorials - rehabilitiation necessary - planetary vibrations - progress; Delicate instruments tame wild airplanes - airplane characteristics are determined by instruments which measure stresses on models in wind tunnel gales; The new wave atom, elusive and mysterious - "a pleasing peep into a thing which, admittedly, only the mathematician can hope to bring into clear focus; Concrete that withstands the sea - new method of impregnating concrete with asphalt makes the concrete resistant to corrosion of sea water and chemicals; The amazing process of vision - an intensely interesting discussion of the infinite superiority of the eye over any lens that man can make; The disappearance of the red man's culture - the war paint and regalia of the Indian now belong only to the circus; Fiddling on aluminum - musicians said it couldn't be made, but the aluminum violin is an accomplished fact; The snow surveyor of the sierras - expected run-off during summer to city water reservoirs is surveyed in winter in the mountains; Invention - a coming profession - invention has come of age and is ready to be included in the curricula of schools; The Kukulograph (later marketed as "Spirograph") - the "Circle-circle-writer" with which intricate designs in loops and whorls may be made; Leather power-belts regain favor - improvements in leather belt making portend a reversion to group drive instead of the present individual drive; Science aids canners - new process of removing oxygen from foods before sealing in cans prevents oxidation that causes spoilage; Natural gas greets a substitute - newly developed gas manufactured from diesel oil may be used to replace natural gas in an emergency; Toothpaste facts and fancies - merits lie principally in imagination of ad writers, say chemists. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American June 1932 Volume 146 Number 6
Features: Sanity, Prohibition, and the federal deficit; A gasser blows in - heroic measures necessary to combat flames in oil fields; Where diamonds earn their keep - interesting life of a diamond in an industrial plant - whence it comes, how it is used, and how it ends; Editorials - radium waters - Philippine Independence - Frightfulness in warfare; A Nerve center of communication - how your radio or cable message is speeded through; Eclipses and the Sund's atmosphere - solution of an outstanding solar problem; Flying as fast as sound - considerations of what the future may hold for aviation - some physiological and mechanical aspects of the question; An early Christian cemetary - the Libyan desert gives up further secrets of antiquity; Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane - conclusion of a study of two famous World War personalities; Power from pipe lines to wires - natural gas used as fuel in steam electric plant; Watching the creation of the stars - more concerning the evolution of the galaxies; Unusual fishes - they build nests, walk on land, live in dried mud, and breathe air; Forty-noners starved in the midst of plenty - survey of plants and animals in Death Valley shows that pioneers could have survived the trials of the desert; Modern alchemy - photographing the birth of an atom; What next in elevator technology?; Inter-glacial man in England - human remains and artifacts tell an interesting story of pre-glacial migrations to and from England. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
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Munn, Orson D.
Scientific American June 1931 Volume 144 Number 6
A very interesting issue. Features: Triangulation - why and how this precise surveying job is done; Editorials - The Nicaragua Canal - The "R-101" disaster - Spiritism exposed - Why a navy is needed - Sick railroads - Lessons learned; Our changing transportation - competitors to the railroads; Zone television and the television arc - television transmission via three channels; Tudying up the constellations - archaic method of outlining roups is being simplified; Problems of calendar improvement - the importance of the movment ot change our calendar; Tons of human hair in industry - woven into press-clth, hair serves a most useful purpose; This new big business of gardening - food raising becomes a gigantic mechanized industry; From the archeologist's Notebook - bronze bowl - home of a notorious Roman - Lid of Canopic jar - a Roman portrait - Chinese head-dress ornament; Man's insect allies - an insect that feeds on cacti and destroys them; Change - the great competitor; Sulfur - the second of three related articles on salt, sulfur and petroleum; Clemenceau and Foch - the United States enters the war - the Armistice and peace conference; Diesel versus gasoline-engined plane - the diesel-engined plane has a higher "ceiling"; A flexible amusement building in New Orleans - a municipal auditorium with a movable stage platform; A two-mile industrial water tunnel - tunnel for the ford plant carries enough water for several cities. Chip loose at top of spine. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Tear to page 402. Book
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Munn, Orson D.: Editor
Scientific American October 1931 Volume 145 Number 4
Features: Behind the scenes of news gathering - a co-operative, non-profit organization aids in disseminating accurately the news of the world (the Associated Press); Editorials - cause or effect of war? - fundamentals of education - "Rolling down to Rio" by airplane - drug control; More hard luck for the ether - a funal blow is dealt to the ether theory by experiments performed with a highly refined interferometer; Tungsten bows to the plating bath - this important metal can now be deposited electrolytically; The sun an atom builder - a new theory - an attempt to explain where the sun gets the energy which it radiates; Wings over three Americas - safety and comfort for passengers are the aims of international airways; Science lends a hand to the Red Cross; New paints from synthetic resins; Are swimming pools a health menace?; Some important exhibitions in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; A solar observatory for the amateur - how to build simple equipment for solare research work; Cotton stalks - a new source of rayon; Celluloid taxidermy; Taming Silicosis; Combating magnetism in watches - Elinvar makes possible non-magnetic watch parts; When a sunbeam splits - an elementary principle of physics and an unusual analogy; The private car, yacht of the rails - the utmost in luxury that can be built within the limitiations of a railroad car. Two creases to front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Gruending, Dennis: Editor
The Middle of Nowhere : Rediscovering Saskatchewan
228 pages. Take a journey of discovery in search of the essence of Saskatchewan. Collected here, as recorded by those who have lived in the landscape and by obervant visitors who have passed through it, are the vivid recollections of aboriginal people,excerpts from fur-trade diaries, accounts of Mounties, explorers, and settlers, stories of protest politics, booze, dust, the Depression, war, and the environment. Captures the heart and soul, the people and places of Saskatchewan. Only the faintest traces of wear. Unmarked. Glossy illustrated covers. Book
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Cuddy, T. Edward; Tate, Robert B.
The Manitoba Follow-Up Study - A Brief History
32 pages plus lengthy appendix listing the names and particulars of study participants. Approx. 3/4" thick. "During World War II, Dr. F.A.L. Mathewson was responsible for examination of male aircrew recruits for the Royal Canadian Air Force. His evaluatioon of the fitness of these recruits for pilot training included medical histories, physical examinations, measurments of height, weight, and blood pressure. As well, and unique at that time, was the inclusion of an electrocardiogram, even though its value was uncertain and it was not used as a criterion for recruitment. At the end of the War, several thousand medical records, including the electrocardiograms, were available... Dr. Mathewson thought it was a good opportunity to predict future health of those men... " The rest is history, and it is provided in this volume. "The major result of this Study has been the meticulous accumulation of fifty-three years of medical data." - page 14. Light wear at edges. Unmarked. Attractively illustrated glossy covers. Several faint wrinkles to front cover. Excellent copy. Book
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Ffrench Blake, R. L. V.
The Crimean War (Concise Campaigns Ser.)
181 pages including index, bibliography and black and white plates. The first book in a series of Concise Guides to various campaigns. A short guide to the whole war. Includes among the appendices a complete key to the British cavalry and infantry regiments with their titles i n1854, 1900 and 1971. Illustrations lean heavily upon the well-known engravings from the drawings by William Simpson. Usual library markings. Moderate lean to spine. Above average but not excessive wear. Pocket removal from front endpaper has caused some peeling. Book
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Singlaub, John K.; McConnell, Malcolm
Hazardous Duty : An American Soldier in the Twentieth Century
574 pages including index and many black and white photographs. The epic autobiography of one of America's greatest soldiers. Recounts his exploits over four decades of unconventional warfare, espionage, covert missions, and frontline action in recent history's pivotal theatres: World War II, the Chinese Revolution, the Vietnam War, and most recently the war in Nicaragua. A highly decorated OSS officer who became a founding member of the CIA, Singlaub here draws on recently declassified records and original interviews with military and government leaders, as well as his own experiences, to vividly describe details of key covert missions which have never before made public. "An exciting story... Singlaub was the Cold Warrior incarnate." - Los Angeles Times Unmarked. Light wear and rubbing to glossy illustrated covers. Solid attractive copy. Book
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