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1975Approximately 140 pages. Genuine factory shop manual. Dozens of black and white photos and diagrams complete with supporting text. Moderate wear. Few markings to contents. Binding tight. A quality copy of this vintage manual. Book
194557 pages. "Offered for the purpose of acquainting the engineering personnel operating U.S. Maritime Commission's Liberty and Victory Ships with the piston ring details for engines and pumps using piston rings." - from title page. Company representative's sticker inside front board. Ink stamp of "Chief Engineer SS Henry Austin" atop front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy with attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon red front board. Book
1997570 pages. Includes step-by-step procedures and detailed illustrations and photos to help you maintain and repair the following models/years: Formula MX (1990-1995), Formula MX E (1991), Formula MX II (1993), Formula MX LT (1990), Formula MX XTC E (1991), Formula MX XTC R (1992-1993), Formula MX Z (1993-1995), Formula Plus (1990-1993), Formula Plus E (1991-1993), Formula Plus EFI (1993), Formula Plus X (1993), Formula Plus XTC (1991-1993), Formula Plus XTC E (1991), Formula Plus LT (1990), Formula SS (1995), Formula ST (1994), Formula STX (1994-1995), Formula Mach 1 (1990-1995), Formula Mach 1 XTC (1991-1993). Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound working copy. Book
193932 pages. Index. Index of advertisers. Report of President, Captain Jas. W. Watt; Photos of five guild officials; Pen Picture of a typical American Sailor - an article by Meyer Berger from a New York paper; Port of Vancouver, B.C.; Steamboat Round the Bend, by H.L. Sacret - working on the Mackenzie River; Forty Years Ago on the B.C. Coast; Captain Oliver Williams - Coast Superintendant; Great photo of Union Bay coaling berths; Steam is Far From Finished; Jemmy Jones, Mariner Extraordinary. Union Steamships link the Coast Communities of British Columbia; Norwegian Honour for British Crew - the SS. Chelohsin; Captain Thomas Rippon - Respected Brother Passes; Vancouver Built - SS. Alaska, Hull No. 1 of the Coughlan Yards of False Creek; Whence Came the McMillans - a man goes overboard in October 1900; Captain Ernie Landheim Joins Pilots; Great photo of the large (Searle?) Grain Elevator on Fraser River, New Westminster; There Was Money in Privateering - The Harmsworth Cup; Shipmasters who became Shipowners; Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum; Obituaries. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. An informative and engaging read. Book
194028 pages. Index of advertisers. Report of President, Captain Jas. W. Watt; Photo of SS. Prince Rupert; Figures in the Cut Rate Wars - in the year 1884 the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company met its last spirited opposition; Photos/illustrations of Ten different styles of Seagoing Craft of the Pacific; The H.M.S. Algerine - did duty in war and peace; Pacific Future - the impact of faster vessels, air travel and possible military developments on Pacific shipping; A Voyage to Australia; Photo of a Pacific Terminal at Vancouver; The Sea in Our Language - a glossary of jargon used in the profession; Twenty years ago; Photo of the Canadian Coast Patrol Cutter SS. Lillooet; The Jervis Bay - a ship built in England in 1921-22; Honouring Vancouver's First Ship - The Royal Mail Steamship "Empress of India"; Sparks Family and the Quartermaster - a twenty-year-old story of shipmen, a cat and a parrot; Forty Years Ago; Some Casualties - an interesting look back at ship accidents 20 years ago, and the cost of their repairs; Photo of Canada's greatest west coast floating dock at Burrard Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver; S.S. Plumper - Early Survey Ship; Seven Men in a Boat - Roy Widdicombe recalls what happened to survivors of the Anglo-Saxon after it was sunk by the German raider Weser southwest of the Azores; Photo of the Union Bay Coaling Berths; List of members on active military service; Obituaries; Photo of the steamer Amelia, circa 1880s; Two inch by three inch piece missing from front cover. Fore-edge openings to first two pages. Book
1967Contents: Excellent color photo ad for the Chevelle featuring the SS 396 Sport Coupe; The state of the Vietnam War; Carl Coppolino; Canada Discovers Itself - Feature article; Photo of ensign Laing ejecting from F-4B Phantom over Tonkin Gulf; Expo 67 at Montreal - colour photos; Mace - new police weapon; Nancy Sinatra - photo; Jeepster ad; Blackout on DMSO; Crown Zellerbach; Photo of John Paul Getty and 1960 Cadillac; Photo of Guy De Rothschild and wife at bank; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
196060 pages. Features: Nice color ad for the SS President Hoover; The 8,708,000 Members of the Communist Party of Russia - article with photos; What Makes a Good Spy?; What is the Proper Role of the U.S. Supreme Court?; Franco-German 'Twins' - The cities of Mainz and Dijon are twinned; Plea for Fairer Ladies; Another Summit - pictures of the trek up Everest; Senate Subcommitte on policy planning is spotlighted by the summit collapse and the U-2 affair; Fantastic color-photo ad for the General Dynamics USAF B-58 "Hustler"; Exodus - photos of the making of the movie; Nice fashion photos - Summer in Stripes; Opening the Door for a Deaf Child; and more; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1978178 pages. Features: Cover Car - 1927 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton; Buick History - Part II; Early AC Sports Cars; The Corvette SS; Packard Light 8; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1978178 pages. Features: Cover Car - 1914 Buick Roadster; Buick History Part I - 1903 to 1929; SS II - Too Small to Succeed; Buick's Glory Years - 1936 to 1941; Buick's Fifties Dream Cars; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
196096 pages. Short Stories: Fair Warning; Swindler in the Family; Night Marshal; A Sentimental Subject. Articles: The Night Our Town Blew Up - photo-illustrated article of Roseburg, Oregon, scene of a massive explosion in 1959; The Animals Come First; They Called Us "The Law" - recollections of the wife of District Attorney W.A. (Bill) Morrison in Milam County, Texas; The Fight to Save the "Preemies" (premature babies); Speediest Kids Afloat - Australian swimmers John and Ilsa Konrads of Australia; They Killed Heydrich (Conclusion) - Seven Against a Regiment - story with many photos of the aftermath of the murder of SS Gen. reinhard Heydrich; The Face of America - The Well-Trained Angels; Beloved Bandits of the Skyways - a seagull story. Serials: The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 1 of 7); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 5 of 8). Ads: Caterpillar ad features photo of Philadelphia demolition scene; Dodge Trucks - with U-Haul theme; Nice one-page Pepsi ad with beach scene illustration; Campbell's Tomato Soup - used in BBQ sauce; Very nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1960 Turbine Drive Buick, featuring a black Electra 225 four-door sedan with yacht in background; Salem cigarettes - nice creekside scene; Dutch Boy Nalplex paint; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible features white car and white horses; The Taylor family is featured in a two-page ad for the Insured Savings and Loan Association; Fisher Body; One-page color photo of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN; Lennox ad inside back cover; Great back cover color-photo Coke ad features bottle and glass floating on iceberg. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1938106 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Old Angus Scotch inside front cover; One-page ad for LaSalle cars; What Price English Justice?; Multiple cartoons with Nazi personages; The Secret Fuse Under Mexico - the country is rife with covert operations by Germany, Japan and Italy - article with reproductions of pertinent documents; Fascism's New World Thrust - Germany, Italy and Japan have taken over the lion's share of trade with Latin America; Mussolini Vs. His Past; Smutting Up the Circulation - Sex sells publications; Yesterday's Wrong Turning - Two million died in WWI as a result of the decision of a few men; Inside the Queerest Shipwreck - the SS President Hoover rammed a reef off Formosa; FDR's wife wonders why babies should be kept alive if there will not be a job for them when they get older; Norway, The Next Belgium - fascinating article foretells WWII events about to unfold in Norway; Henry Ford buys 1.25 million acres near Punta Gorda, Florida as a favor to Thomas Edison; Dying, Well or Badly - By Ernest Hemingway - article with grotesque large photos of dead soldiers; A Measure of Recovery - Labor fights for control of New Orleans; Kemal Ataturk - Hoodlum as Hero - his record with women is indubitably the worst; Santa on Route 17 - W.E. Riker and his two-hundred yard 'holy city' in California; Exit the Gentleman Officer - Richthofen was buried by his enemy with full military honors but his memory is mocked by the crumpled corpses of women and children in Guernica; Bidding the Guild Good-Bye - The Theatre Guild takes the bumps toward the ash can; Inside the Third Reich - article on the prohibition of criticism of the Nazi regime in Germany; The Men Who Helped a Hero - the sixteen men who were with Alvin C. York when he 'singlehanded' captured 132 Germans; They Still Want to Get In - article on illegal aliens entering the U.S. across the Mexican border; Man with Six Countries - A European journalist sells the plans for the defense of Pilsen to the Germans; Wrong Man, Time and Place - Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball; Thousand Mile Gun - Britain's rulers seem to believe Germany possesses a long-range rocket-gun; Nostalgic 2-page illustrated ad for Look Magazine; One-page ad for Parent's Magazine features photos of George J. Hecht and Clara Savage Littledale; The Fable of Man's Salvation; Classy half-page ad for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel; Nice color ad for Eagle pencils features their Mikado, Verithin and Turquoise products; Nice color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover features tobacco expert in white suit and hat. Above-average but not excessive wear. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1969116 pages. Features: Campus Upheaval - article with photo of whites locking out blacks at Queens College and armed black students at Voorhees College; Barry Goldwater and son; France enters a new era; "French Maid" in Simmons Mattress/TraveLodge photo ad seems better suited to an adult film set; Awesome two-page color-photo ad for the AMC Javelin SST features father and son red cars - the son's car featuring supercharger!; Japanese students protest for return of Okinawa; Passing of Rene Barrientos Ortuno of Bolivia; The Tortured Role of the Intellectual in America; Popular band Blood Sweat & Tears - article with photo from Fillmore East; Great color-photo ad for the Chevelle SS 396 Sport Coupe (blue); and much more. Front cover secured with archival tape. Back cover missing. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1952Features: Cover illustration inside Edmonton Airport control tower with C.P. Airlines plane on distant tarmac. Colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Household Finance one-page ad features photo of A.D. MacLeod, Manager of their office at 805 First St. W. in Calgary; Seventy Minutes with General Douglas MacArthur - article with photo; Royal Roads and Royal Military College ad; Would You Live Better In the U.S.? - comparing prices and living standards of the Bieber family of Hamilton, ON with the Bigami family of Trenton, NJ; The Other Hero of the SS Flying Enterprise - photo-illustrated article on First Officer Kenneth Dancy; Are the Schools Ruining Your Child? - by veteran teacher William E. Hume; A Garden in Your Mailbox - photo-illustrated article on the Dominion Seed House with Bill Bradley, Phares Vannatter and Fred Fryer; What the West Thinks Russia Will Do; They Sometimes Murder But Never Steal - Photo-illustrated article by Farley Mowat on the vanishing Eskimos of the Hudson Bay hinterland; When Canasta Was the Craze - article with many photos of Wayne and Shuster; "I Grind Her Till She Bust" - photo-illustrated article on veteran organ grinder Joe Ferrari who lives in Toronto's Little Italy; Page 36 features a humourous one-third page two-colour "Torontonian's Map of Canada" which shows it as the hub of North America; Nice two-colour Beatty ad shows housewife carressing her automatic clothes washer; Nice back cover ad for the Irish Linen Guild. Please note: missing pages 25-28, and 49-52 (contained end of the Dancy article). Page 3 is secured with archival tape. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1953134 pages. Cover photo of funnels of the SS "United States", queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding photos of the Earl of Dalkeith to Jane McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stanley Briggin and James Wadsworth Syminton with the former Sylvia Caroline Schlapp; Color-photo ad for the 1953 Ford Lincoln features dark teale two-door on city street; Nice Packard car ad features red two-door; Photos of 'Blaze Tapering" (hair singeing) as performed by D.J. Brown who owns a salon on New York's East Side; Amazing one-page color photo of General Motors' 'dream car' Le Sabre two-door convertible (silver) accompanies a great photo-illustrated article on futuristic North American car designs; Illustrated article on highway design by Robert Moses; Great color photo of Mrs. Edward C. Bridgman , Jr. fashionably dressed in yellow with yellow locomotive speeding behind her; Photo feature on the Wayzata, Minnesota home of Mr. and Mrs. George Halpin; Article on tourists taking their cars to Europe for driving trips; Many gorgeous pages of photo fashion ads in color and black and white; The Annual Tour of the Metropolitan Opera; Fashion photos upon a cruise ship; Two pages of photos from the Inauguration Ball for President Dwight Eisenhower; Beautiful fashion photos of Mrs. Bruce Thayer Benepe (the former Ruth Fillebrown of Boston and Newport), Mrs. John Livingston Beers (former Jane Gilbert of New York and Westport), Mrs. John H. Scott-Paine of Greenwich, Ann Reinicke, Bettina Thayer, Mrs. Hubert Faure, and Barbara Cavanagh; Beautiful fur fashion photos modelled by Catherine Manning Hannon, Mrs. Clayton Winship Johnson, and Mrs. Dino Yannopoulos; United States Lines ad includes photos of Sir Colin and Lady Anderson, Mrs. Casimir de Rham, Sir Shane Leslie, Mrs. Vincent Astor, and Mr. and Mrs. Staunton Williams; Six photos of the Las Madrinas Debutante Ball in Los Angeles include Charles Getchell and Alan Jordon with escorts, Adrienne Hepburn, Dorothy Lucile Donath, Judith Noyes Roach, Sally Ann Smith with Geroald Saltonstall Silsbee, Gretchen Helene Dockweiler, Richard Dockweiler Brady, David V. Homme, Barbara von Briesen, Dr. Hans van briesen, Marie Casey, Thomas Ingersoll, William Duffy Keller and Palmer Casey; Color Nash car ad (red) features photo of etiquette author Amy Vanderbilt; Mens fashion photo includes John Cameron Swayze and William Raiser; several page of high-end real estate ads; Color-photo Mary Grey hosiery ad inside back cover features sexy Seniorita in red dress with fan. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1990234 pages. Features: Fuming Red; Final Approach; Jungle Fever; Nitrous Oxide on a Ranger!; Outrageous Fortune - a California Blazer; Project X - step 1 of a Chevy transformation; Ford dropped I-beams; Tuf Truk from Oregon; Rags to Riches; Three Monster Mini 4X4s!; 1991 Previa - Toyota's new mini-van; Safety harness for Ford Ranger; Dream Come True; Splitting gears on the 454 SS; Tow Truck - hot F-100; Florida parties with Rodney Rat; Classic Thunder; and much more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
1960xviii, 222 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "When the Germans invaded Hungary in 1944, they immediately shipped virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. Separated from his family, Dr. Miklos Nyiszli [1901-1956] was chosen to direct the medical pathology work carried on among the prisoners by the Nazis for the purpose of 'scientific research' in that most infamous of all concentration camps. Through the doctor's eyes, we relive not only the day-to-day horrors of life in the KZ but also witness the slow disintegration of an empire built to last a thousand years. What Dr. Nyiszli lived through few will want to believe or even read about." - dust jacket. "Tells of events which, though gruesome, need to be told and retold until their meaning for our times is accepted." - Foreword. Tight and square with moderate external wear. Foxing to top edge. Prior owner's details written and stamped upon front endpaper. Name stamped on top edge. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important account. Laska 1317, Enser p.114. Book
2000xiv, [3], 4-279 pages. Extensive footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Presents a new and vitally important thesis: that the murder of Canadian POWs by elements of the 12th SS Panzer Division (Hitler Jugend) was far more extensive and systematic than has yet been known. The research is impeccable... the book is very well organized and written. it is a a real 'page turner'." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199752 pages. Features: Cover photo of P&O Cruise Liner Canberra; On the Waterfront; Under Sail; A-Z of Sail 'Daylight'; RFA 'O1' Class Tankers; Ships Library; European Ferry Commentary; Panama Canal Ship Safari; SS Canberra - an illustrated history; The Merchant Navy Association - a brief history of this organization founded in 1989; Naval Review; Voyage Report - A Rum Crossing - Maurice B. Glover describes his wartime experiences in the Ellerman and Papayanni Line cargo ship ss Flaminian; A-Z of Liners - No. 7 Giulio Cesare; Ports of Call; Ships Mail; and more. Centrefold holding by one staple. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
198648 pages. Features: Cover photo of the RMAS tug Typhoon; Full-page photo of the USS New Jersey with gun ablaze off Vietnam; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; New Warships for Old; Dowager of the Atlantic - an account of the career of the ss Stavangerfjord - part 2; Manchester Docks in Their Heyday - great photos; Reefer Tramp - Capt. A.W. Kinghorn recalls a recent voyage aboard Afric Star; Ports of Call; Enter the Battleship 'Iowa'! - photo-illustrated article; Ferry Fleets Update; Ship Sales; Large colour photo of the USS Iowa inside front cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
198548 pages. Features: cover photo of the paddle steamer Waverley; Large photo of the Cunard passenger/cargo liner Media inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Uganda "looking somewhat the worse for wear'; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; Govan Shipbuilders - Ian Johnston describes the history of one of the Clyde's last active shipyards; The Post-Dunkirk Evacuations - John de S. Winser describes the maritime evacuations from the ports of Western France and the Channel Islands in the summer of 1940; Paddle Steamer Nostalgia - photos; The ss Uganda Story - Part 2 - Schools and Discovery Cruises Ship 1968-1982; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Ferry Fleet Updates; Mersey farewell - photos of the last Isle of Man Steam Packet sailling from Liverpool to Douglas, 30 March, 1985; Nice photo of the Finnwhale inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
198248 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Clan Line's last ship Clan MacGregor; Nice photo of the Arcadia and Iberia in 1960; Full-page photo of the recently completed cargo ship Mataram; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; European Commentary; Shipping of the Medway Ports - from Sheerness to Rochester; P & O ss Iberia - the career of one of P & O's most handsome post-war passenger liners, a career prematurely ended by mechanical and electrical problems; Clan Line Pictorial; HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson - part 1 of a review of the careers of two of the most unusual battleships built for the Royal Navy; Under Sail; Still in Steam - St. Giles; New Ships for Gesuri Lloyd; Letters; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HMS Suffolk in 1935. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198048 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Bristol; Nice photo of HMS Fearless (L10); Full-page photo of Norwegian Caribbean Lines' Norway; On the Waterfront; Aberdeen Steam Trawlers - their rise and decline; Dunkirk! - part 3 - Forty years after the evacuation the heroine of Dunkirk lies derelict on a mud bank in the Isle of Wight; "Waverley's" Dunkirk Tribute; 'R' is for Aircraft Carrier - part 1 - Richard Osborne describes the history of the pendant numbers of ships of the Royal Navy from the days of sail to the present time; ss Norway at Southampton - excellent photos; The Loss of HMS Delight - in July 1940 the destroyer 'Delight' was sunk by Nazi aircraft South of Portland Bill whilst on passage from Portsmouth to the Clyde; New Ship News; European Commentary; Tugs Still in Steam at Naples - Rick Hogben describes an active Italian steam fleet; Letters; Ship Sales; Where to see the Cruise Ships; Nice photo of the HMS Anson in 1946. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198048 pages. Features: Cover photo of Overseas Containers Ltd's spritsail barge Will and container ship Jervis Bay at Tilbury; Nice photo of HMS Abdiel (N21); Full-page photo of four-masted tall ship Cloud; On the Waterfront; Recent Warship Arrivals at Portsmouth; Dunkirk - part 2; A Taste of the Sea; SS Norway at Sea; Rajula - a liner unsung but not forgotten; Under Sail; European Commentary; Letters; Ship Sales and Casualties; Marchwood Lake's Model Ships; Nice photo of the HMS Cumberland in 1958. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
197948 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Arcadia and the Canberra berthed at Southampton; Photo inside front cover of HMS Cleopatra - with Exocet system visible; Full-page photo of the HMAS Derwent at sea; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Big Ships; European Commentary; New Ship News; HMS 'Alliance' and the Submarine Memorial Museum; P & O SS Arcadia - a review of its career - part 2; Guide to ships of the Royal Australian Navy; Readers' Album - Photos of Warships; Freak Ships (1) - The 'Bessemer' - 1875; Seamarks - The Pilot Lookouts of Aldeburgh; Still in Steam - 'Mannin 2' - a review of the career of a vintage dredger; Ship Sales; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS 'Dark Invader' (P1119) in 1958 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198548 pages. Features: Cover photo of the British India turbine steamer Uganda; Photo inside front cover of Uganda in her original form as a British India passenger/cargo liner; Great full-page photo of Uganda berthed at the Tilbury passenger landing in 1952; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Naval Review; European Ferry Commentary; Seamarks - The Automatic Tide Marker Station at Irvine - the history of a unique apparatus for the assistance of mariners; Where to See the Cruise Ships; The ss "Uganda Story" - part 1 - British India Line Passenger/Cargo Service 1952-1967; Cable Ship "John W. Mackay" - Captain W.D. Harper, recent master, reviews the career of a veteran vessel, now a familiar sight in the Thames; Underneath the Arches - photos of commercial craft still navigating upstream on the tide through the arches of London's bridges; Under Sail; Ship Sales; Letters. Nice photo of the bulk carrier British Steel inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
