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in-16, broché, couverture illustrée. Très bel exemplaire. [LP-4]
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in-16, 286 pp, broché. Bon état. [LP]
in-8 étroit, 350 pp., broche, couverture illustree. Bon état. [SO-7]
in-8, 114 pp., illustrations, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [CA30-5]
in-16, broché. Bel exemplaire. [PM-LP8]
Matita misure: mm 296 x 417 Pittore e disegnatore italiano. Mario è il quinto dei fratelli Maserati (Carlo, Bindo, Ernesto, Alfieri, Mario, Ettore), e anche l’unico ad non occuparsi di meccanica. Contribuisce tuttavia al progetto dell'omonima casa automobilistica disegnando il famoso logo del tridente prendendo spunto dalla nota statua di Nettuno di Giambologna in piazza Maggiore a Bologna. Sin da giovanissimo inizia a disegnare frequentando gli ambienti artistici a lui vicini e studiando le pitture di Pellizza da Volpedo, Giovanni Segantini, Paul Cézanne e dei pittori francesi. Frequenta l’Accademia di Brera, allievo di Giuseppe Mentessi e Cesare Tallone, interrompe gli studi a causa della guerra dalla quale tornerà ferito, e si diploma nel 1919. Successivamente con la famiglia si trasferisce a Bologna dove ha uno studio nell'officina del fratello. A partire dagli anni '20 torna a dividersi fra Milano dove abita e la sua amata Voghera dove aprirà uno studio e dove insegna arti applicate. Molti sue opere sono andate distrutte nel bombardamento dello studio nel 1946, restano molti affreschi in chiese ed edifici pubblici. Le sue rappresentazioni spaziano dalla "rigidità" accademica alle nuove tendenze metafisiche e divisioniste, la sua ricerca si concentra soprattutto dal punto di vista cromatico. In questo foglio intenso e profondo il tratto marcato della grafite steso su una carta cerulea conferisce drammaticità alla composizione. In un paesaggio spoglio, appena accennati due alberi sterzati dal vento sulla sinistra, assistiamo ad una sorte di "parata della Morte". La Morte è uno scheletro, sopra un cavallo enorme ma magro e sfiancato, regge l'asta di una bandiera nera mossa dal vento. Ai suoi fianchi un fiume di persone, di derelitti, avanza dal fondo della scena. Sulla destra uomini stanchi, raffreddati, spaventati, indossano lo stesso abito che pare una tuta da lavoro, camminano inermi, c'è chi si copre il volto forse per il vento, forse per la disperazione, e chi stringe al petto le braccia. Sulla sinistra procedono le donne nei loro lunghi abiti, affrante, doloranti, la prima con un bambino in braccio. Il primo piano è occupato dal corpo esanime di un uomo a terra su cui è riversa una donna disperata. In basso a destra, a matita, firma e data. Il soggetto potrebbe rientrare nel genere che raffigura soggetti di ispirazione sociale, di denuncia della condizione operaia o della miseria di certe classi sociali. Mario potrebbe essersi ispirato a qualche sciopero o manifestazione visto frequentando il mondo dell'industria meccanica o forse propone una riflessione sugli orrori che avrebbe da lì a poco mostrato il primo conflitto mondiale. La composizione riporta alla mente il dipinto di Pellizza da Volpedo il Quarto Stato. Buono stato di conservazione, eccetto qualche piega verticale. Si notino fori ai quattro angoli del foglio per un precedente esposizione senza cornice. Al verso, a matita e sanguigna, viene realizzato uno studio per le gambe di un uomo disteso a terra.
1984296 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
1977333 pages including index. The first biography of the first judge of British Columbia, who, after his death, became known as "The Hanging Judge". An extremely humane, literate, generous, humorous and fair-minded man, this misnomer has prevented appreciation of his well-rounded personality and of his importance in the development of British Columbia. Significant rubbing to left side of front panel of dust jacket. Several medium-sized closed tears to top edge of dust jacket. Book
1998144 pages. Mysterious objects falling from the sky. Near death experiences. Time slips. Ghosts captured on video. Monsters from the deep. UFOs crash landing on Earth. Alien abductions, spontaneous human combustion, and much much more. With many black and white illustrations. Glossy colour covers. Book
1994179 pages. Tracing the path she took from obscurity to public prominence, her physical and legal battles and private torment from the time she was diagnosed in August of 1991 to her death in February of 1994, this story illuminates the sensitive moral issues raised by Sue's crusade and sheds light on this woman of uncommon strength and deep conviction. Includes black and white photographs. Former owner's rubber stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Please note: prior owner neatly taped dust jacket to boards with invisible tape. Book remains attractive in pale green illustrated jacket. Book
1967Features: My life and near death with Cypripedium irapeanum; observations on Stenorrhynchus orchioides; new horizons for Philippine orchids; Reflections of a meristemmer; tips on selecting and roguing cattleya seedlings; growing orchids in the Philippines; a new Equitant Oncidium from the Isle of Pines; a mass blooming of Mericlones; Coeliopsis hyacinthosma - Collector's item; Texas-size orchids. Some rumpling to top right corner. Small date stamp on front cover. Book
1933Features: Birth control and bigotry - applied intelligence, rather than creeds and doctrines, is needed in the sphere of human reproduction; Why the St. Lawrence Waterway (Seaway) - some of the many cogent arguments against the construction of this costly outlest from the west to the sea; Autocratic versus Democratic Diplomacy - past experience shows there is a definite need for a better understanding between military and civil officials; Scientific American's second test of telepathy; From the archeologist's notebook; Flies raised to test death sprays; The literary value of mathematical tables; Amateur astronomers' home-made observatories; Fly fast - land slow; A "Different" art museum in Toledo, Ohio; A mechanical cow; How beer is brewed; The world's most efficient pump - the heart. Unmarked. Average soiling and wear. Book
1932Features: 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
1931Features: Africa's first national park; Editorials - building for parity a false alarm - whose fault is it?; Power development on the Columbia River - the first power project on one of the most famous of North American streams; United States plant patent number 1 - only time will show the value of plant patents, the first of which has just been released; The hottest place in the universe - what keeps the stars shining?; Henry Ford, the Practical - the automobile manufacturer knows how to do things , and how to get them done; Are there creatures like ourselves in other worlds?; The birth, life, and death of a railroad ticket; Mercury vapor power to the fore - two new and larger units have been ordered; Australia's great meteorite; Paper's thinnest web - making tissue paper; Where not to look for oil and gas; Electrical aids to blind flying; Etruscan safety pin; Excavating Rome's seaport; A modernized university library - Sterling Memorial Library at Yale; Why question the reasoning of animals? - authentic stories seem to indicate their reasoning power. Page 293 is a full page tribute, with black and white photo, to thirty-year old Linus Pauling, hailed as "a rising star who may yet win the Nobel Prize." Light erasure mark at top corner of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1929Features: 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
1988180 pages including colour illustrations. From their ice-shrouded graves, three 19th-century seamen reveal the chilling fate of a doomed Arctic expedition. "This is a superb account... the haunting pictures of free British spirits who believed in themselves even unto death are worth all the words." - Machester Evening News. Moderate lean to spine. Very light wear overall. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1988480 pages including index. " A real and memorable tribute to the universal need to express love, fear, loss, sensual and spiritual joy, the inevitability of death, and the poignant, metaphysical quests of this generation's poets. Who can say which of them will rise to the challenge of greatness?" - From the Introduction. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
1991113 pages. The personal story of one of Canada's leading anti-nuclear and peace activists. Her quest for truth about the nuclear industry - and its complicity in her husband's death and the lengthy cover-up that followed - eventually led her to a determined campaign of civil disobedience to alert the public to "an extremely dangerous, expensive and carelessly operated technology." Gift inscription upon half-title page, else unmarked. Very light wear. Illustrated glossy covers. Book
1991151 pages with black and white illustrations. The remarkable life-story of one of the most famous Great Danes of all time. Able Seaman Just Nuisance was formally inducted into the Royal Navy at Simon's Town in August 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II and his exploits during the war made him a legend in his lifetime. First edition in 1984 was written upon the 40th anniversary of Nuisance's death as a tribute to his old canine "oppo", and as a permanent record of a Great Dane with a unique place in the annals of war - and of dogdom. Prior owner protected the colour illustrated covers with glossy clear adhesive plastic which now affixes first and last leaves to their respective covers. Some writing atop title page else unmarked. Moderate wear. Contents lightly yellowed. Book
1981315 pages including index. More than 50 million people have trouble sleeping. If you're one of them, here's a book that will help you sleep better tonight. Read about 42 major sleep problems and how to overcome them, including: bad sleep habits, conditioned insomnia, breathing disorders, narcolepsy, jet lag, Sudden Infant Death, sleep-walking, rhythm changes during aging, stress and anxiety, snoring. Learn crucial information about sleeping pills. Find out about the latest sleep treatments. Learn about intriguing research. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding solid. Book
1995309 pages including index. Argues that we've got the wrong deficit culprit and before we all gather for the public shooting, we should consider the consequences. Some small creases to dust jacket flaps otherwise unmarked with very light wear. Book