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2002rif. DADAX0801436990Cornell University Press 2002-01-14. 1. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.94x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cornell University Press hardcover
196088 pages. Features: Cover photo features Carlton E. Golden, Steven A. Kingman and William C. Dalrymple; The Old Gunny Says....; Today's DI - he must convert 75 stumbling civilians into a platoon of smart-stepping U.S. Marines - article with photo of Grady J. Studdard and many others; Staff NCO Selection Boards - article with photo of Col. M.P. Ryan; Sasebo Note - letter and photos from General Harry Schmidt; Academy Prep - the first rung of the ladder to higher education and a commission; Return the the Islands - New Caledonia - although the area around Noumea was dotted with military establishments during WWII, little evidence remains; Portsmouth - Post of the Corps; Chin (story); Long Beach Reservists - records of the Reserve unit date back to 1904; List of Retirees, with photo of Randolph Berkeley; Photos of these Rifle Competition Winners - Lawrence N. Dubia and Ernest O. Chilson; Nice one-page photo of Leatherneck's Miss DI, Barbara Hobart in swimwear with marine hat and sword; List of Transfers; Corps Album - great archival photos; Back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features G.L. Stavely of Mexico Hat, Utah, skipper for geologists mapping the Colorado River; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
1953Pages 37-72. Features: Nice colour B.O.A.C. ad inside front cover features lovely lady in swimsuit with beach scene backdrop; Cover page photos and write-up of the 'diving dinosaur' coelcanth fish recently caught near Madagascar; Before and after aerial photos of the communist railroad marshalling yard turntable at Musan, North Korea, before it was blown to bits by American Navy Skyraiders from the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard; Dr. Alain Bombard; Mr. L.G. Newble; Australian victory at the Davis Cup; Mrs. Raynes-Simson and Mrs. Kitty Hesselberger fought off a Kikuyu gang of four; Thanking the heroes of the Champollion wreck rescue; Considerable coverage of production of the new reign's coinage; A voice from the sky in the Indo-China war - psychological warfare; The Royal Navy's new distress signal/marker buoy diagramatically explained; Nice centerfold illustration of the Bristol Britannia; Nice one-page photo of the Chelsea Arts Ball; The lake sacrifice of weapons after a Jutish battle of 1500 years ago - discovered in Denmark; Photos of the weapons of the vanquished of Jutland in 450 A.D.; Twilight of the Ass - it is being replaced by mechanization; Photos of the war on locusts being researched at the London Centre; Photos of personalities of the week, including Prince Chichibu who died on January 3, Sir Roger Makins and Hugh Tayfield; Photos of the Schoolboy's Own Exhibition; Photos of Coronation dress for peers and peeresses, and styles for ladies not wearing robes; Photo of the first Sabre Jet fighters to be delivered to the R.A.F.; Photo of Aer Lingus Dakota airliner which crashed near Spernall Ash; Photo of the crashed Viking at Belfast Airport which killed 27 persons; Photo of 200,000 people attending funeral of West Berlin police sergeant, Hubert Bauer, shot while preventing the Russians from kidnapping a German family; Excellent colour ad for Player's Navy Cut cigarettes inside back cover features the famous Player's Sailor wearing his H.M. S. Excellent cap; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features golf putting; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1975Features: NA-73X - first of a famous breed; RAF's Mustang 1; A-36 - Dive-Bombing Mustang; P-51 & P-51A - Early Development; P-51B & P-51C - The Razorbacks; ACQR Mustang Color Portfolio; P-51D - a sword in the heart of Germany; TP-51D - Mustang built for two; P-51H - last of the Mustangs; XP-51F/G/J - the Lightweights; Mustangs for the Air National Guard; Mustang People; The Early Days - developments that led to the birth of the mightiest sea-going weapon; The first carrier - the USS Langley; The New Breed - the Lexington and Saratoga and aircraft like the F4B and Helldiver controlled the seas in the 1930s; Carriers in Combat; The Post-War Carriers - they were kept busy with Korea, Vietnam and more; New Wings for the Fleet - upgrading carriers and their planes toward the year 2000; Listing of USN Carriers - a complete list of all USN carriers; The Stirrings of War; WWII - the Island War against the Japanese; ACQR Color Portfolio - 16 color pages; Leathernecks over Korea - MSMC vets meet again over Korea; Into the Jet Age - the Marines equip with jet aircraft; Master of Vertical Envelopment - USMC refines the methods of helicopter warfare; USMC in the 1970s - new aircraft boost its strength. Special issue devoted to the US Air Force Museum features articles on: how it was moved from Patterson Field to Wright Field; Color Portfolios; How the USAF made a Sopwith Camel; Saga of 33-324, a rare Douglas biplane; Restoring the last B-10; The last P-35; WWII; Royal Frey remembers; Shoo-Shoo Baby - the history of a B-17; Aircraft of the jet age; inventory listing; and more. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1997138 pages. "Documents the astonishing extent to which Mennonites in Canada served the country of their adoption in the military during those trying years." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
rif. 118815Paris, Chez Bohaire, Boulevart des italiens, Imprimerie d'Edouard Proux, 1836, 1 volume in-8 de 140x220 mm environ, 488 pages. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur. Demi-basane brune, dos long portant titres dorés, gardes blanches. Dos épidermé et décoloré, coupes et coins frottés, gardes brunis, sinon rares rousseurs, intérieur frais, bon état général.
1999rif. 2081502112501300B5 Hakoiri Japan Art Sword Preservation Association 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 B5 Hakoiri Japan Art Sword Preservation Association paperback
1982rif. 2083002116300210Dainihon Art Sword Research and Preservation Society 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Dainihon Art Sword Research and Preservation Society paperback
1994rif. DADAX0333593766MACMILLAN 1994-11-03. 1996. hardcover. New. 5.50x0.69x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. MACMILLAN hardcover
2001rif. x-0765702843Jason Aronson Inc 2001. Hardcover. New. 420 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. Jason Aronson Inc hardcover
2018rif. x-1498579426Lexington Books 2018. Hardcover. New. 436 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. Lexington Books hardcover
rif. 110790Rare pamphlet printed in 1647. Translated from the French: Escript donne a messieurs les Etats Generaux. Text in Dutch.White paper binding good copy only some minor stains. Quarto edition 4º 20 x 13 cm. Collation: A-C4. Knuttel 5457.NL sobere titelpagina zonder illustraties of drukkersmerk. Het is een diplomatiek pamflet over een door de Franse ambassadeur ingediend stuk. 4 maart 1647 valt in een cruciale fase van de vredesonderhandelingen die zouden leiden tot de Vrede van Münster in 1648. Frankrijk was de bondgenoot van de Republiek tegen Spanje.Abel Servien 15931659 was een invloedrijke Franse staatsman en diplomaat benoemd tot markies van Sablé en Boisdauphin. Als vertrouweling van kardinaal Richelieu en Mazarin was hij een belangrijke onderhandelaar bij de Vrede van Westfalen 1648 en diende hij als superintendent van financiën 16531659 onder Lodewijk XIV. unknown
rif. 23566Japan Two volumes; 255 266 pages; color black and white illustrations some folding showing Japanese swords and sword-making techniques blacksmithing various sword furniture tsuba sheaths decorative work portraits of famous makers; text entirely in Japanese; part of a larger set; these are volumes numbered 6 & 7; approximately 7 1/4" x 10 1/2" size; bound in light gray cloth gilt cover titles with blindstamped design of swordsmith at anvil; black spine titles; purple silk page-markers; a little wear and ageing to the cloth faint old discoloration on one unobtrusive; contents clean and bound very well in very good condition and a good reference to the ancient techniques & craft of sword-making in Japan. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hardcover
2002rif. x-0801436990Cornell Univ Pr 2002. Hardcover. New. 212 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. Cornell Univ Pr hardcover
1935rif. 2090502113709614Not Available 1935. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1994rif. x-0333593766Palgrave Macmillan 1994. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.94 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
rif. 697361226John Wiley & Sons . Hardback. New. pp. 682 Indices John Wiley & Sons hardcover
rif. 9502Panorama d’Alexandra EXTER en premier tirage, de format in 4 cartonné carré, cartonné, double face, 10 planches en couleurs et 8 pages de texte illustrés de Marie COLMONT, villes villages cubistes 240x25cm en accordéon. Ernest Flammarion 1938 album du Père Castor, très bon état, coloris superbes
1982Features: The rise and fall of the VNAF - the rise and fall of the South Vietnamese Air Force, from 1951 to 1975; America's Spitfires - the USAAF was second only to the RAF as a major operator of the Supermarine Spitfire - a review of their operational history in American service; The RAF in Greece - 1940/41 - the fulfillment of Britain's treaty obligations; CW-21 - the St. Louis Lightweight - the story of the relatively unknown Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter in WWII; Sixes and Sevens - completing the story of the 4-engined Douglas transport family, begun in AE/15 - the DC-6 and DC-7; The Blenheim in Yugoslavia - two successful years of Blenheim operations in Yugoslavia were followed by eight days of disaster in 1941; F13 - the Pioneer from Dessau - first flown in 1919, the Junkers F 13 was still serving after WWII; Armstrong Whitworth's Flying Wings - Laminar flow research and boundary layer control, as applied to the A.W.52 flying wings; Walrus - amphibious angel of mercy - designed by Reginald Mitchell; PR Flying and the Spitfire - an account of war-time photographic reconnaissance operations in the Middle and Far East; "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy" - this 1931 headline summed up the culmination of an 18-year endeavour; The MiG Killers of Korea - the North American F-86 Sabre achieved the greatest success in air-to-air combat; Fokker's D VIII - the reluctant Razor - the world's first operational cantilever-winged fighter; Caught by the wing-tip - C.E. 'Bud' Anderson's experiences as a test pilot in the wing-tip coupling experiments; Bombay - Pegasus Draught, Bristol Dray - the flying characteristics and operational career of the Bristol Bomber-transport; Quest for Altitude - The First Generation MiGs - a comprehensive account of the first fighters to bear the MiG appellation; Return of the Razorbacks - the restoration and flight demonstrations of the only Allison-engined Mustangs now extant; A seversky in the Spanish War - the SEV-3; Stratocruiser - ending an airline era - the role of the Boeing Stratocruiser in post-war air transport evolution; Destination - Disaster - how 8 new Saab B 18Bs of the Swedish Air Force met their doom, and how they came back; Estonian Air Power, 1918-1945. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
rif. 9042In 8 broché,faux-titre, titre, XII, 347 pages,complet des 9 croquis et cartes dont dépliants, en fin de volume. Paris Librairie Ernest Leroux 1931. Edition originale. Un manque réparé, dan la partie supérieure du dos, petites rousseurs, sans gravité sur les plats, Très bon état intérieur
1970192 pages. Features: Cover photo from 'Sanctum', a dance choreographed by Alwin Nikolais; Color Jade East ad; Many wonderful color fashion ads; Wittnauer watch ad; Omega Speedmaster watch ad on surface of the moon; Maximilian ad for Russian sable; Beautiful swimwear ad for Rose Marie Reid; Two-page Lan-Chile ad features gorgeous ladies; Steven Roberts returns to Bayonee High School for his tenth reunion with Arlyne Greenhill; Photo-illustrated article with Karl Hess - from Republican to Anarchist; The Testing of Pierre Trudeau - did he overreact to the FLQ crisis?; The Soma-Environmental Revolution, Pornography, Synergistic Consciousness, Sex with Patients - what was discussed at the American Psychological Association's convention; Kris Kristofferson - the new Nashville Sound; Choreography, Music, Costumes, Sets, etc. by Alwin Nikolas; The Burger/Blackmun (Supreme) Court; Nice color Seiko watch ad; Nice Patek Philippe watch ad; Nice color centerfold ad for Gradiaz Annis Cigars; Interesting two-page ad for "The New Miami Beach"; Very nice Elgin watch ad features Babe Ruth image; Fashion photos of ladies' party dresses; Lars-Eric Lindblad adventure travel ad for trips to the Seychelles and Russia in winter; Photo of the Richard and Marianne Koerner family as part of a Save the Children Federation ad; Average wear. Crossword completed in pencil. A sound vintage copy Book
1963136 pages. Features: Can the new President (LBJ) overcome standpattism in Congress; LBJ Program in Action - photo feature; Unless We Lead We Will Falter; What Kind of Nation Are We? - thoughts in the wake of JFK's murder; Do White Men Have a Future in Africa? - T.J. Mboya of Kenya says yes, as long as they do their part in nation building; Visit to a Russian Village - photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Russian countryside, where few Westerners are permitted; The Importance of Angel Investors to Broadway Producers; Should it Take 34 Months for a Trial?; Today's American Ex-Pats are often businessmen, nor rebels; By 1966 Half of Us Will Be Under 25; The New York City Center of Music and Drama turns 20; Photos of Manhattan town home redone by architect James Stewart Polshek;On Human Rights - thoughts, new and old, as Human Rights Week begins; and more. Ads: one-page ad for Henry Mancini's soundtrack to the movie 'Charade"; Nice fashion ads; Bulova Accutron; 2-page ad for Look Magazine; Color ad for Sony consumer electronics; Cuesta-Rey Cigars; Wilkinson Sword Pruners; Loft's Little Fruit Cakes; Beautiful one-page color-photo ad for E.J. Korvette ladies' fashions - nautical theme; Unox Ham. First few pages rumpled, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
19658vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. With the separately printed errata slip mounted at Preface. This first collected edition of Waugh's classic trilogy comprises the final texts of all three novels. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
193872 pages. Features: Two-colour black and white photo ad inside front cover for International Harvestor's Industrial Power Products; Out of the Indian Night, by William J. Makin - a tale of the Northwest frontier and teh courage that drives frail flesh to heroism; Britain's Unemployment Insurance , by Brian Meredith; Can War Cross the Pacific?, by Charles Lugrin Shaw who argues that adequate defenses are needed to protect Canada's west coast from attack; You Roll Your Own, by Kalman Phillips - she fell in love with a man who kep finding an octopus in a trout pool; The Bay Street Boys, by Frederick Edwards - life is just one up and down after another to the Dominion's 4,000 stock salesmen - with nice black and white photo of Bay Street, Toronto; The Exile, by Beryl Gray - it took them a long time to realize that love does not feed on selfishness; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - an address to the United States; Sable Island, by C.F. Blackadar - "While men sail in ships there will be wrecks on Sable's greedy sands" - with photos; The 7th (Seventh) Day, by Max Brand (part); Checks Please, by Lotta Dempsey - checks are very much in fashion; Mexico and Manana, by Madge Macbeth - Growing trade with Mexico opens new opportunities to Canadian business; Nice full-page black and white DeSoto ad on page 31; Two-colour Oldsmobile full-page ad on page 33; Black and white photo two-page centrefold ad for the Hudson 112 car; Black and white full-page 1938 Plymouth ad on page 45; Black and white photo full-page Dodge truck ad on page 49; William G. Gibson of Ladner, BC - world's champion wheat grower; Cougar Pets, by Francis Dickie - Marion, Pearl and Pansy Schnarr of Sonora, BC have brought up from babyhood two cougars - includes two photos; Page 65 missing; Small piece removed from page 67; Nice Kodak ad on back cover shows baby covering his mouth. Address label atop front cover. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
rif. 17848Paris, Jouaust, 1883. 2 vol.in-12, XV-306 pp. 6 pl. + 308 pp. 5 pl., demi-maroquin rouge de Becquet, double filet doré sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de caissons et de fleurons dorés, tête dorée, couverture conservée (quelques minuscules frottements).