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Copia n° 288 di Giovedì 19 ottobre 1967 del quotidiano del PCI con titolo su 9 colonne: Scende su Venere e trasmette - A 50 anni dall'ottobre rosso un laboratorio sovietico lavora sul "pianeta delle nubi"; in prima pag. editoriale di Maurizio Ferrara (co-direttore con Elio Quercioli), alle pp. 2 e 3 lo speciale sull'impresa spaziale sovietica. Ottimo.
1962Book is in excellent condition in bright red and black cloth HB covers, black print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, some edge wear, chipping. 224 pages with b&w images of pottery, statues, Leda and the swan, Venus de Milo, Aphrodite riding a swan, Eros, Aphrodite and Erotes, Perithoos, Helen and Theseus, Greek youths, playing, playing flute, penis, Discobolo, Disco Polo, Schoolboy, Pederast, Dancing girl, Woman taking leave of youth, Epicurus, courtesans, sexuality, sex, homosexuality, boys, practice, etc.
1982A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Unpaginated - approx. 60 pages. Many b&w graphic images. History of the band, and discography. Includes Antonio Ghura illustration.
1987A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Slight waviness to bottom edge of last half of book. Full blue cloth boards. 96 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11 7/8"h. Over 90 illustrations, 8 in full color.
2000A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. 464 pages. 8"w x 10 1/4"h. Text in English.
1984A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 140 pages.
1959A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. Small tear on cover at spine. Creases on spine. 576 pages. Black and white illustrations.
1961Book is in excellent condition, with Very light shelf wear to covers only, fading to spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile.
1909français In-8 de 223 pp. + 2 pl. h.t.; demi-chagrin bleu de nuit à coins, dos à cinq nerfs, plats de couverture conservés (reliure postérieure). Bibliothèque des mystères.
1973No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 200pp. An account of some forgotten/bizarre/curious/unusual observations about the planets of the solar system plus one stellar event.
1968160p. Text drawings by Rino Dussi. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Hardbound. Nice copy. SPACE/1
in-12, 141 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire, non coupe. [NV-14]
in-12, 134 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bon état général (plis de lecture au dos). [DV-4]
1931Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
1962Features/Photos: Iranian earthquake kills 20,000; Farnborough 1962; Politburo versus Willaya IV - Algeria; Royal Tomb at Igbo, Nigeria; Mariner II - tearing the viel from Venus; Colour photos of nuclear explosion 200 miles over Johnson Island; Southern California Brush Land Fire; and more. Centerfold loose from one staple. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
196080 pages. Features: Are Space Probes Worth It? - L.V. Berkner argues yes; Drama of the Secretary-General of the U.N. (Dag Hammarskjold) in photos; No, it is Not Money Down the Drain - foreign aid is doing some good - two Asian students speak; It's Now Forty Pay-Later Billions - article about American consumer debt; Venus Wasn't a Shot-Putter - article on athletic women and their attractiveness to men; 'My Friends' (You Assorted Nitwits) - humorous dissection of election speeches; Of the 'Peaceable Kingdom' - Edward Hicks was America's greatest primitive painter; Francisco Franco Ponders - What Kind of King will succeed him? - Don Juan or Juan Carlos; The Rolls-Royce Keeps Rolling Along - a look at the luxury auto brand; Magnificent color-photo centerfold ad for Rheingold lager beer features the candidates for Miss Rheingold '61 riding in a white Lincoln Continental convertible - Liz Gardner, Barbara Weingarth, Annette Cash, Peggy Jacobsen, Linday Bromley and Janet Mick; Nice color-photo ad for Dr. Posner scientific shoes; Article on Ocean Grove, NJ; How Black is the White Lie?; Interior design photos of built-ins - beds, closets, chests, etc.; Vintage ad for Puritron air cleaners; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate chipping and yellowing at periphery. A sound copy. Book
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: 'Carbon Coke' - the story of a personal crow; The Waves of the Sea; Character in Flowers; The Tame Deer of Nara; Birds' Eggs without Robbing the Birds; A Salt Water Aquarium - the seashore holds much interesting life; The turbulent life of the Sand-bug; Hyacinths; Conservation - exploiting wildlife; Wildlife in the National Forest - who owns it?; President Roosevelt receives Forestry Award; Have we learned anything? - an alarming falling off in the numbers of black ducks; Outlook for Waterfowl; Poisoning Predatory Animals; Venus Hides Behind the Moon. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1980Features: South Nahanni River Valley Expedition - a canoe-and-climb journey in Canada's Northwest Territories; Exploration of Today's World; Martin and Osa Johnson - exploration was their way of life; Arnold Hauerslev-Haverlee - an unorthodox explorer; Continued Exploration of Venus; Medical Detective in Africa - solution of an explosive medical mystery in Mali; Meteorites and Man-made Satellites - when they fall to earth; Observing Marine Mammals in Alaska - students gain field experience; Goal - to Penetrate Tibet - a hazardous 19th century attempt - Mr. T.T. Cooper. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1957128 pages. Features: Shield Against Death, by J.T. McIntosh; The Muted Horn, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; The Nut, by Ted Levine; Queen of Clothes, by F.L.Wallace; No Bems Allowed, by Walt Erickson; Next WEek, East Venus, by Robert K. Ottum, Shapes in the Sky, by Civilian Saucer Intelligence; Pawns of Tomorrow, by Nelson Bond; The Signals to Mars, by M. Bower; In Hoc Signum Vincit, by K.W. Bennett; Fillmore Y. Brightforks, by Howard Schoenfeld. Above-average wear. Spine slant. Binding intact. Unmarked. Reading copy only. Book
198482 pages. Features: 2-page Van Heusen ad inside front cover; nice Pernod ad; Freaky Fables; Glenfiddich 'halo' ad; 2-page Cathay Pacific ad; Cross pen ad - auction scene; 2-page ad for Pure New Wool; 2-page ad for the Renault 11 Turbo; The Famous Grouse whisky ad; Alfa Romeo ad for the Alfa 33; 2-page Mercedes-Benz ad featuring the 190s; Faconnable ad; John Player Special - Blackjack ad; WH Smith 2-page ad; Bold 2-page ad for Jamaica tourism; Rothmans ad inside back cover; Back cover ad warns of the dangers of smoking - features venus flytrap; and much more. Average wear. Covers loosening but still attached. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
1981188 pages. Features: Values and attitudes of the Polish people; the salinity of rivers; the atmosphere of Venus; genetic engineering in mammalian cells; fiber bundles and quantum theory; mimicry in the sexual signals of fireflies; binocular depth inversion; the architecture of Christopher Wren; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
196940 pages. Features: What is Man?; Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Kellogg's Corn Flake Crumbs - illustrated with fried chicken; Sensational one-page color (yellow) photo ad for the 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille; Nicol Williamson - interview with this serious film star who travels light; Super one-page color-photo ad for a dark green Pontiac Catalina; Your Annual Physical; Our Railroads are No Longer Safe; Can Anyone Predict the Future? - a scorecard on past preductions indicates too many misses; Nice one-page photo ad for LaSalle Extension University features lovely lady using Stenotype shorthand machine; The Hunt for Venus' Arms - Whatever became of the arms of the Venus de Milo statue housed in Paris' Louvre Museum?; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Special K cereal features 7-cent coupon; Recipes for travellers; Great color ads for Gracious Living feature funky retro products such as colored phones and two-position TV-stands; My Shadow Child - it took eight years to suspect Andrew's excessive activity was more than just being a boy; Nice one-page photo ad entitled "Oh, That Charlie" features vinyl record "The Best of Charlie Rice"; Great Moments in Indoor Sports - of all indoor sports, none requires the brain-power and ruthlessness as does "Monopoly"; Great one-page photo ad for Telepander muscle training features before and after photos of a (now) hunky guy; Champagne Living on a Beer Budget - money-saving tips for such things as conference calls, classified ads, brand X products, and many more; How to Keep Your Appliances Going; Should 18-year-olds Vote? - letters from readers. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
194796 pages. Features: Nice one-page color ad for Lincoln cars features a red four-door with suicide doors; One-page color ad promotes Florida vacations; Classy color one-page ad for Mallory Hats; One-page photo ad for North American Aviation Inc. features their Navion 4-passenger plane; Hoover - "U.S. Communists are better organized than any fifth column Hitler had."; Senator Claude Pepper; Hawaii - struggle for control; Centralia Coal Co. Mine disaster at Wamac, Illinois; Attractive Coke ad shows three young office ladies eating their lunches in office; Color Camel cigarette ad features champion fisher Mrs. Dorothy Allan Newstead of Georgia; British prepare to turn Palestine over to the United Nations; Awesome one-page color Chevrolet ad features big chrome grill over flat black background; The French Four-Year Plan; Where are the POWS? - Two million missing Germans captured by the Soviets; Disastrous food situation in the Ruhr; Finnish physiotherapist Dr. Felix Kersten releases his analysis and observations of Himmler's personality; Color ad for 1947 Ford cars; Violence in Formosa; Photos of Australian girls bidding farewell to American sailors on the Wooloomooloo wharf in Sydney; Communism in Franc - illusions and realities; Jeep ad shows it doing utility jobs; Brief obituaries for Johnny Evers, Charles S. Whitman and Edith Craig; Examining Hiroshima victims 16 months later; Uranium 233; Barbara Ward - First Lady of the Economist; Airlines - Eddie Rickenbacker of Eastern; Photo of Horace T. Pentecost and his one-man "Hoppi-Copter" helicopter; Glorious color ad for Chrysler cars at apple blossom time; Henry Hazlitt writes on High Taxes vs. Incentive and Revenue; Photo of world record swimmer Joe Verdeur; Wonderfully-illustrated Fruehauf Trailers ad features the Minnehaha natural spring water and their loading docks on wheels; Erich Leinsdorf; Nice two-page ad for Newsweek; Nice color ad for Venus drawing pencils; Color-photo ad for Corby's whiskey; Nostalgic ad for P.I.E. - Pacific Intermountain Express (truck lines); Color-photo Studebaker ad inside back cover; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. Age-toning to contents. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1937Pages 161- 200. Features: Cover photo of Japanese infantry wearing curious overhead camouflage (netting and bamboo) to mislead enemy air observers; The Jonkher diamond; Five photos of Japan's dominant army at work - ingenious methods of camouflage; 5500 tons of gold for the new USA strong room at Fort Knox - six fascinating photos; The original manuscript of immortal nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard", the only copy of which is now exhibited in the Bodleian - text and many wonderful illustrations; One page photo of the Gulishan Garden in the Tabas Oasis; Rain and frost create ice art at Jonkoping Station - three photos and text; Photos of whirlpools on either side of the equator rotating in opposite directions; Eight photos display ingenious devices for instruction in bomb dropping and machine gun fire used by the German Air Force; Article on Early Indian art from the Siamese Jungle - the first exploration of Sri Deva by a European archaeologist; Photos of Indochina's oldest Hindu shrine; Sculptures from Sri Deva; seven photos of Khmer art at Sri Deva - by anti-Indian 12th-century settlers; Madrid's grim ordeal - five graphic photos document 33 air raids in 10 weeks; Noted travel filmmaker Mr. Martin Johnson dies in California air crash; Photo of bombed-out education ministry building in Lisbon; Photo of breached St. Francis levy at Fisk, Missouri; Centrefold illustration of crew of the doomed "Trym" being saved by the "Venus"; Photos of personalities of the week include Brig. Tompkinson, Charles Bryant, M. Navachin, Herr Opsahl of the "Trym", Sir Hamilton Grant, M. Piatakoff, M. Karl Radek, M. Sokolnikoff, Sir George Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Trotsky at Tampico, Mexico, with Mrs. Ribera, wife of the famous Mexican artist; Photos of Taungthu women, of the Burmese Shan states, wearing bath towels as turbans; photos of stranded California miners receiving aid by plane; One-page travel ad for South Africa; Half-page illustrated ad for Bentley cars; One page photo illustrated ad for Hudson's new Terraplane car; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
2004112 pages. Features: Let the flow be the guide; The Venus Transit Gift; A Global Mind; Overcoming Death; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
