1981VG/VG (no significant faults with book or dj) Octavo 201pp plus map. On the morning of May 5 1979 a small single-engined plane with four people on board flew out of Estevan, Saskatchewan. Later that afternoon the plane crashed in a remote canyon. There were two survivors; 17-year old Donna and her brother-in-law, Brent Dyer. In sub-zero temperatures they refused to die...
1905The French news weekly. Samedi 9 Septembre 1905 (Saturday 9 September 1905) Text in French. Light creasing and marking. Browning to gutter of last page.
1961Nice copy of this magazine. Numbered pages run from 113 to 152. Lots of photographs and nice advertisements, Covering wraps in colour. Staple bound. The number 102 is written at the top of the front cover.
1976Book shows creaseless covers with a little edge wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 62 pages English, 80 in German. Nice b&w cover shot of dog pooping plugged cord. Learn German the blasphemous growl way!
1979Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, in 1/4 cloth rust color boards with a black spine with gilt print, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows chipping at edges a few small tears. Autobiography Jack Tatum of the NFL's Oakland Raiders: 8 pages of b/w photos. "The hardest hitting free safety in football hits even harder at the game's rules which encourage legal mayhem. "
1931127 p. 12 mo. 195 mm. Original paper boards binding, with printed paper spine label. Hardbound. A crisp copy of a commentary on the behavior of the banks and Wall Street leading up to the Market Crash of 1929 and the following depression. Very scarce in this fine condition. COLD WAR 1
in-8°, 316 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, couverture illustree plast. à rabats. Bel exemplaire. [HI-3]
in-8, 238 pp., broche, couv.- 9782855652863 Bon etat. [PH-1]
in-12 broché de 189 pages. Avec 24 photographies hors texte. Bel exemplaire, non coupé du TIRAGE UNIQUE de 1933. [FEN]
1927247 pages. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author. "This is a book written by a German after a war which brought defeat to his country and a great civilized people to a condition of dependence and subordination... The German Inflation can only be understood as part of the general history of the time. May we all learn from the past and emerge from the destructive era of reciprocal hostility into a new constructive period of international well-being." - from Foreward. Chapters include: The Inflation of the War Period; From the Armistice to the Invasion of the Ruhr; From the Invasion of the Ruhr to the Stabilization of the Mark; The Stabilization of the Mark; From Rentenbank to Golddiskontbank; From Currency Crisis to Economic Crisis; The Dawes Plan; The Reconstruction of German Money and Capital Markets; Foreign Credits; International Co-operation. "(Schacht) became one of the directors of the Reichsbank in 1916 and in 1923 became currency commissioner for the Reich. After his economic policies helped reduce German inflation and stabilize the German mark, Schacht was appointed president of the Reichsbank. He collaborated with other prominent figures in economics to form the Young Plan to modify the way that war reparations were paid after Germany's economy was destabilizing under the Dawes Plan. Though on March 7, 1930, six months after the beginning of the Great Depression, he stepped down from the position of Reichsbank Chairman, but returned on March 17, 1933 after Hitler's rise to power." - from wikipedia dot org. Binding intact. Unmarked with average wear. Bright gilt lettering upon black cloth backstrip. Mild foxing to endpapers. A sound copy. Aldcroft & Rodger p.83, Peterson p.367. 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
1977Features: Tiger Corps Zero - Exclusive Photos; P-47 Toughest Fighter of WW II; A Gallery of Spectacular Crash Photos; Lockheed's Flying Dinosaur XR60 "Constitution"; The Roland Fighters. Art: Mitsubishi Zero cockpit; Mitsubishi Zero 52; Mitsubishi A6M5; Republic P-47C Thunderbolt Magazine
1995220 pages plus index. The essential companion for every chiropractic patient who wants to successfully manage their physical recovery and obtain maximum insurance settlement. Author, an Attorney, reveals his step-by-step strategies for negotiating with insurance companies. Now anyone can successfully handle their own auto accident claim and obtain a successful settlement. Rubber stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. Solid copy. Book
1986147 pages including index. Prehistoric dates and more dates have been computed to provide admissibility for the mythic history of Homo sapiens in a framework of recorded mythological events, as well as the arrival of a planetoid which triggered the last Ice Age and the Flood, its hypothetical crash in northeastern Canada that brought forth Halley's comet. Atlantis and Mu are refurbished, and the existence of ancient 'atomic piles' in some pyramids of Egypt proclaimed by the author. In all, a think-piece that challenges the imagination of every reader of this controversial thesis! Includes occasional black and white illustrations. Minor rubbing to top corner of front cover. Rubber stamp upon front cover and top edge. Several rubber stamps upon title page. Moderate wear. Book
1999276 pages including index. Predicts tough times ahead for the United States. It will begin with a stock market crash in the fall of 1999, followed by a depression made doubly damaging by rising inflation. Its effects will reverberate through the early part of the coming decade. Describes how individuals, businesses, and governments can prepare for the hardships that lie ahead. Author is a Professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Splendid clean unmarked copy with very light wear. Book
1982191 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
1936pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
1977174 pages including black and white photographic plates. In Spence Bay, in the far north of Canada, Judy Hill, a young nurse from Kingsbridge, Devon, decided to devote her life to caring for a community of Eskimos. In reading her story we learn of a hard cruel world where even 'survival' was still a luxury and of the courage necessary for the nurses to look after these still relatively primitive people in very isolated places. Here tragic death in a plane crash in 1972 drew attention to the vitally needed improvements in communications and facilities for these dedicated nurses. The facts of her death, and the controversy that surrounded Hartwell's action when he decided to use her body for nourishment, drew the world's attention to the risks these nurses took everyday in the wastes of the Arctic. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked but for prior owner's name atop front endpaper. Dust jacket shows average wear, is price-clipped and missing one inch chunk at bottom edge of back panel. Solid copy. Book
199244 pages. Features include: Canada Third in Space; Flying the Open Skies; Flights of Fashion; More Aerial Buffoonery; High Arctic Heroism - Hercules Crash; 6 Bomber GP Video; Centralia - the war years; AWACS - High Altitude Wizardry; The Vampire and I; Black Brant Success Story - Sounding Rocket. Average wear. Some moisture induced waviness. Address label upon front cover. Solid copy. Book
199244 pages. Features include: Dieppe '42; Canada's Aire Force in the 90s; Fun and Games - on a troopship - S.S. Strathmore; Harris Memorial Defended; Argus Aerobatics; New Nav Trainer - De Havilland CT-142 Dash 8; 407 squadron's excellent adventure; Terror in the Starboard Seat; Sar tech killed in Labrador crash. Address label upon front cover. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
199358 pages. Cover illustration depicts one of 9,300 Japanese balloons launched against North America in WWII being shot down by P/O E.E. Maxwell of 133 (F) Sqn in his Kittyhawk IV. Features include: Sea King ground crew a cut above; Dangerous year flying to Sarajevo; When Japan attacked Canada; Stringbag (Mark III Fairey Swordfish) restoration nears completion; Readiness Challenge; OP Boreal II Delivers; Low level with the Lynxes; Arctic Vigilance - CC-144 Challengers of 434 Sqn; Clements takes command; A Canadian owned and operated by the RAF; CF Aircraft aid in drug bust; Return of the Dambusters; Winning the Schneider Cup; Tragic Liberator Crash remembered; RCAF Stn McDonald Man. Revisited; Memories of Murph the Serf; The Cold War - a Soviet View; 42 Radar - a new beginning; A Yank in the RCAF; Somme - view from the air; 6 group takes it on the chin. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Centerfold held by one staple only. Solid copy. Book
199360 pages. Features include: Canada's Aerobatic Teams; Russians honor Commonwealth Airmen; Two Million Hours for the Hornet; The Grinch who stole Christmas - author was an air gunner on B-25 Mitchells during WWII; 4 wing farewell; Sucan Recce; A Rescue Remembered - Hurricane TF X; Behind the scenes at Abbotsford; The Flying Granleys'; Spitfire Wreckage Sparks Old Memories; '93 Annual Convention; Fighter Group Shows Flag in Europe; The Crash of Rescue 311; Alley Cats Prowl the Adriatic; Turning Point in Bomber Offensive - Fighters Rev Up (50 years ago); Radar - Canada's Hidden History; The Mess Dinner. Address label upon back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
1978Author's signature, and inscription to Western Canadian talk-show host Terry Moore upon front free endpaper. 208 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "Two days after the Soviet spy satellite Cosmos 954 splattered its debris across northern Canada, I decided to try to find the truth behind this disturbing incident." - from Preface. Light wear. Clean and tight. Nice solid copy. Book
1960Features: Belgian royal wedding - King Baudouin and his Queen; Between Jerusalem and Bethlehem - the palace of a King of Judah; Centerfold features Pope John XXIII; 2 aircraft collide over Brooklyn, New York; Photo of American Air Transport crash into packed German tram; The Royal Ballet School at White Lodge; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
195848 pages. Features: How Mental Illness is attacking our immigrants; The Brave New World of Trailor Living; Paul Anka - What it takes to crash Tin Pan Alley at Fifteen; The Toughest Flying Country in the World - British Columbia's Graveyard of Lost Planes; Davie Fulton - The Second Most Powerful Tory; How I Became an Equal - Arthur Tateishi and how this Canadian-born Japanese bounced back after Pearl Harbour; The Town Where Everybody Plays - Flin Flon, Manitoba. Nice Colour Ads: 1958 Dodge Automobile; Labatt's Crystal Lager Beer; O'Keefe Ales; Brading's Ale; DeSoto 1958 Automobile. Page 41 loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
