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ref. SONG1568652836Used: Good unknown
ref. DADAX0415544653New unknown
1987Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 36 pages with maps, articles include: Marine mammals: a cultural and economic resource for the future, The origin of the narwhal --- a myth, Hunting stories from Hall beach, Starvation at Koluktoo bay, Stalking netsiq on the sea ice, Sound under the ice, Arctic marine mammals
1947262pp.avec ills., 26cm., br.orig., bel état, P74092
1947ref. P74092Bruxelles / Paris, Acta Medica Belgica / Maloine 1947 262pp.avec ills., 26cm., br.orig., bel état, P74092
1931ref. 68141931 Imprimerie J. Bourge, Viviers, 1931, in-8, 380 pages + table , broché. Avec ex libris tamponné.
ref. 31699Paris, Centurion, 1993. 15 x 22, 200 pp., broché, bon état (cachets du collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons).
1990570 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "The classic work on Stalinism - now available in a major revision using new evidence from glasnost." - dust jacket. "A masterpiece of historical detection, likely to remain the definitive work." - The Economist. A considerably updated version of the 1968 first edition. "Includes hitherto secret information on the three great 'Moscow Trials,' on the methods of obtaining confessions, on the purge of writers and other members of the intelligentsia, on life in the labor camps, and many other key matters." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal signs of use. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
1908Pages 418-520 plus several pages of vintage ads. Features: The Madness of Don Patricio; My Experiences in the Great Russian Famine - graphic glimpses of the terrible Russian famine of 1907 - article with photos; An Ill-Starred Invention - a patent application goes wrong; Mussel-Farming - a curious Dutch industry (article with photos); Adrift in a Runaway Airship - daring young Chicago balloonist William Matteray and his airship are blown by a gale all the way to Michigan; Sights and Scenes in Java - photo-illustrated article by a former resident; The Queen's Temper - part 1 - a remarkable narrative shows how the actions of obscure individuals culminated in the arrival of British troops and the downfall of Burma as an independent state; The Broken Arrow - a marine detective story by A.A. Jeffries; The Autobiography of a Brigand - Part I - Giuseppe Salomone of Barrafranca, Sicily; In the Land of Perfume - the ancient flowery town of Grasse; The Quest of the "O'Baki" - a Japanese ghost story; Lifting a City - after being destroyed by a tidal wave in 1900 the city of Galveston, Texas is raised several feet to prevent future such disasters; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
ref. DADAX0415007127New unknown
194596 pages. Features: Ominous one-page photo ad shows Boeing B-29s being assembled in huge factory; Japs say bombardment of Luzon was terrible - major coverage; Why Nazis caught Allies Off Base on the Ardennes Front; General Ernest N. Harmon; Reproduction of German propaganda piece which shows battle-weary Allied troops on the Saar front that draft dodgers at home are living it up with the lady-folk; Great GM color ad features firing tank and Hydra-Matic transmissions; Sweet one-page ad for the Blue Radio Network features Alan Young - 1944's most promising star; Nice color Schlitz beer ad; Eyewitness to starvation in Italy (with photos); Archibald MacLeish; Photo of Polish government in exile; Australina drought; Nice color-illustrated military ad for Borg-Warner; Firestone Tire color centerfold ad; King Boris III of Bulgaria; Incredible Warsaw photos shows skeletons of horses from which residents have stripped every bit of meat; Packard car ad features letter from Mustang pilot overseas; Photo of Hitler walking through bomb damage; Photos of Betty Morrissey who tends lighthouse at the Northern tip of Prince Edward Island (PEI); Great one-page color ad for White Trucks shows freight being loaded; US domestic manpower push; Photo/ad shows John B. Kennedy of the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers; One-page *FANTASTIC* color-photo ad for Kodak will thrill silver-bugs! - shows dozens of huge silver bars being stacked for photographic use behind watchful armed guard; Nice one-page color Ford ad; Brief obituaries for Dr. John F. Condon, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Romain Rolland; Army study of Marihuana (Marijuana) smokers points to better ways of treatment; GI Surgeon Sgt. Frank Palco of Roth, VA; Photos of US propaganda being loaded into shells to be dropped over Germany; Photo of swimmer Ann Curtis; Nice one-page color ad for American Airlines features the new DC-6 flagship; Nice color ad for Chrysler's fluid drive; Nice photo ad for Bitumous cole features military theme; Anglo-American relations; Nice color military ad for Studebaker; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1939ref. 2090502113708885Not Available 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
ref. DADAX0198860188New unknown
ref. 10013Publié avec une introduction par T. GENTY. In 8 carré broché, titre, 32 pages. Rouen 1892 Edition numérotée, n°3 sur 50 sur hollande, exemplaire nominatif seul grand papier. Société des bibliophiles normands. Il manque le premier plat de couverture
2010ref. 90757Hamburg, Heinrich-Kaufmann-Stiftung, 2010. 124 S. Mit einigen s/w Abb. 22 cm. OKart.
ref. 25921852; place not stated. The piece relates to 'the death by starvation of Commander A. Gardiner and the whole of the party sent out by the Patagonian Missionary Society in September 1850 to Picton Island the southern extremity of America'. '3 columns each 13½ inches by 2¾ attached to a piece of grey paper and a fourth column 3¾ inches by 2¾ attached to another piece. Discoloured and with minor spotting but in good condition overall. The article consists exclusively of transcriptions of two letters from Captain W. H. Morshead H.M.S. Dido at sea 22 January and 21 February 1852 and of a covering letter from Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby H.M.S. Portland at Valparaiso 21 February 1852. See Image. Note:"The Patagonian Mission founded in 1844 by Captain Allen Gardiner was the precursor to the South American Missionary Society SAMS an Anglican mission focused on bringing Christianity to the peoples of Patagonia. Although Gardiner and his companions tragically died of starvation and scurvy in 1851 during a disastrous expedition to Tierra del Fuego their sacrifice inspired the organization. The mission continued eventually expanding its scope renaming itself SAMS in 1864 to reflect its broadened work across the continent." AI Overview [1852]; place not stated. unknown
ref. 3641Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1781 ; in-8. Titre-XVI- 599 pp.- 1 planche gravée dépliante hors-texte. Plein veau brun d'époque, usagé (coiffe sup. recollée, un mors et les coins renforcés par des pièces de vélin, importante tâche brune sur le titre). Le reste de l'ouvrage est propre et solide.
ref. DADAX0802073972New unknown
1935No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease down sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked red/black boards, foxing to slightly dusty page edges and bumping to lower corners. 448pp. The story of the Kilmartin family during the Great Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s.
193324 pages. Contents: How Mr. and Mrs. Consumer are the people who will win this war of the Great Depression; Organized Labor Sees its Destiny Fulfilled as Dominant Partner in American Industry; Why Japan Dumps Here; Inquiry into Detroit Bank Failures - Father Charles E. Coughlin, "Detroit's Radio Priest" is mentioned with a small illustration; Big Game in Forests; "Sleeping Sickness" (a.k.a. encephalitis lethargica) epidemic spreads; Plans to convert the Ocean Greyhand/Leviathan to a floating amusement park (with photo); Eastern seacoast hurricane damage great; Foreign News - includes mention of Hitler and the Saar, plus cannibalism due to starvation in the Ukraine; World Wheat Pact to Fix Prices and Exports; Raccoons are Dunking their food - not washing it; Current Events; NRA (National Recovery Act); Carlos M. de Cespedes; Money to help hog farmers; Marketing; Capital Chat; Is This Termite (White Ant) Invasion a Menace?; Science; Aviation; "The Greatest Jews'-Harp Ever Made"; Question Box; Italy- Austria Pact is Blow to Nazis; Photo of Billy Sunday; The History of Bloomers (fashion); George McKee, of Anderson SC, reflects on why the current depression is not so bad - in contrast to how he grew up; and more. Average wear. Age yellowing. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
199560 pages. Features include: The Shoot at the Venlo Bridges; Full Circle - VFA-81 "The Sunliners," - full Mediterranean Cruise; T-Birds Roost at 14 Wing; Hell Hole in Paradise - Bill Lockwood; A Bomber Pilot's Diary - F/L Lyle James; The Making of a Fighter Pilot; Wings on the Internet?; Famine Flight - Ethiopia; Friendship in a Beastly War - Rudolph Hengst, POW; Billy Bishop was an Army Officer in WWI; Light wear. Address label on back cover. Nice copy. Book
1982Features: Malevolent Mountain - The Western Hemisphere's Highest Peak Challenges Canada's Himilaya-Bound Mountaineers; The Quiet Famine - Biologists Protest and Bureaucrats Ponder as Hunger Decimates Canada's Seabird Colonies; Reflections in an Orbiting Eye - Canada from Space, Beauty and Science in the Images of Landsat; Leduc - A Legacy of Eclectic Excellence from a Quebecois Painter Undiscovered in his own time; Caribbean Backwaters - Riding the Ebb Tides of Colonialism in the Turks and Caicos. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1985Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: Beirut Hostages; American Protectionism; Sting; Closing the Levesque Era; Air India Flight 182 is blown up; Peter Loughheed's Legacy; Office Politics; Jenilee Harrison; Judy Chicago; Paul Desmarais (?) stalks Southam Inc.; Forty Years after Hiroshima; Nagasaki then and now; Fighting the fires of Summer; Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; Tina Turner; Reagan's surgery; Tears are not enough - starvation in Africa - Live Aid; Prairie Drought; Moves to buy Gulf Canada; South Africa Under Seige - the world debates sanctions; Bryan Adams - Superstar; Rock Hudson and AIDS; Toyota announces plans for Canadian plant; Debating Star Wars; Whale Watching; New Terror of AIDS; Paul Reichmann and his brothers buy Gulf Canada; Recovery in Tibet; The Race to Dominate the Arctic - the Polar Sea in Canada's north; Pierre Marc Johnson; Maple Leaf coins gain in popularity vs. the Krugerrand; Apartheid inferno in South Africa; Two-day Major League Baseball Strike; The Crisis of Canada's Water; Mulroney's first visit to B.C.; Year of the Dragon - Movie by Michael Cimino; The Takeover Frenzy; Botha's defiant stand; Cover photo of The Boss - Bruce Springsteen; Mulroney Cabinet Shuffle; War in Afghanistan; Pressure on Canada's wheat industry; Hard days for Canada's Navy; Special Report on Mulroney's Second Year; Pia Zadora; South Africa - a nation on the brink; Beer Battle; Quebec's garish crime press; Free Trade - climax to a historic debate; Swedes prepare to elect a new government; Canada's rapidly vanishing wilderness; Agnes of God - film; Joshua - Canada's costliest movie; Travels of Joseph Savimbi in Angola; Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank; Marcel Masse; Cover Photo - The Blue Jays race to the World Series; Mexico's week of death; The Tainted Tuna Scandal; TV Shows; Fishing Treasures of the Bow River. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
194696 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Lockheed Constellation features illustration of cabin scene in-flight; Attractive color Ford ad features Green car being loaded with luggage; photo of Robert Moses of Chicago wins bubble-blowing contest; Ku Klux Klan article with photo of burning cross and shrouded members; Russian Spy - Nicolai Gregorovich Redin; New Gropings with the Atom; Cordell Hull prepares memoirs; Nice color-photo Camel cigarette ad says "More Doctors Smoke Camels"; Very nice color one-page Coke ad features spring cleaning scene; Gromyko walks out of UNO; Ad for the Town House Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles; Very cute color Schlitz beer ad features bear in nighshirt raiding fridge at night; Guns over Trieste; The Austrian Larder; Arthur Axmann - article with photo; Famine news from Europe; Possible trouble in India - with photo of Gandhi; Trouble for Jewish sports team in Vienna; Shanghai - inflation and theft; Kendo photo from Japan - it has been outlawed by the Allies; Very nice color centerfold ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Nice one-page color-portrait of Mr. Mervyn Le Roy in Calvert Whiskey ad; Ontario liberalizes liquor laws; Five more persons accused of Russian spying in Canada; The Capitolio Diamond Mystery; Argentina fears Yankee 'Nazi' threat; Brief obituaries for Noah Beery Sr., Charles F. Hurley, Martin L. Davey, George Washington, Field Marshal Viscount Gort; Shirley Jane Vetter regains sight after her baby is born; Oil - the big three tangle in the middle east; Color Union Pacific ad features Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks; Yellow Bole Pipe ad; Mr. Baruch on the Extension of OPA; Billiard article and photo on Willie Mosconi; Attractive one-page color ad for the Martin 2-0-2 aircraft; Gerald Kersh lifts veil on sordid side of London; Color-photo Studebaker ad shows Don Wyman and his father grinding metal while J.F. Rogers and son Peter perform heat-treating; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book