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1952Pages 705-744. Features: Great colour ad for Capstan cigarettes inside front cover; Photos of Funeral of Chief Waruhiu of Kenya on front cover; Thirteen photos of Kenya deal with Mau Mau terrorism, some arrests and a murdered chief; *GORGEOUS* one-page photo of Queen Elizabeth wearing black and white, with magnificent diamonds, arising at the Empire Theatre for the Royal Film performance; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently departed Mr. W.M. Hughes, Australia's elder statesman, and atomic scientist Dr. W.G. Penney, O.B.E.; Photos of the Duchess of Kent and her Royal Tour in Borneo; One-page photo of Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor being lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the cruiser 'Birmingham'; Important new discoveries put new light on the days before Agamenmon; Photos of 3,200 year-old wine merchant shop relics - Mycenaean pottery; Photos of treasures from an early Mycenaean oil merchant's store; Graphic proof that the Mycenaeans both rode and drove horses; Cyril Falls writes about American baseball, with photos; Five official photos of Britain's First Atomic Test, in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia; Full-page photo portraits of Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson; Three photos of the Queen opening the Claerwen Dam; Two-page series of illustrations shows how the sea is probed by television and other methods of marine research - an explanation of the equipment used during the Discovery II Expedition; Great photos of jousting and defence armour additions to the Tower collections; Two pages present ten photos of some aspects of the recent bitter fighting on the central front in Korea; Nice colour ad for Daks dinner suit by Simpson Piccadilly inside back cover; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features snooker theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1949Pages 193-224. Features: Cover photo of Cardinal Mindszenty, Prince Primate of Hungary, during his trial for treason; Nice one-page colour ad for Number Seven cigarettes; Article on sea rescue; One-page photo of the light fleet aircraft carrier Vengeance at Portland, with an air sea rescue helicopter hovering over her flight deck; Four excellent aerial photos of New York City, with emphasis upon Manhattan; One-page illustration of Generalissimo Stalin; Three photos of Indians remembering Gandhi's assassination; Three photos of the Pan-American airliner "Monarch Of The Skies" and its passengers after they survived a midair collision; One-page photo of H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, returning home after five years' service with the Russian Navy; Photo of Tokyo crowd listening to Kyuichi Tokudo, the Communist Party Sec.; Photos of devastation in Berlin - materials from Hitler's destroyed Reich Chancellery are used to rebuild a Russian sponsored building; Naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean; Photos of personalities of the week include Mr. A.K. Helm, Capt. John Terry, Mr. Kingsbury Smith, Lord Baldwin, Mr. L.J. Edwards, Prof. Reuter, Cardinal Mindszenty, Sir David Keir, and others; The Kravchenko libel action; Churchill receives the Grotius Medal; Centrefold illustrations show new bypass for the Suez Canal; Photo of Boeing XB-47 test landing with new parachute- brake; Two-page illustration of dozens of animals at the London zoo, and their monetary values; Photos of guided missile testing at Holloman US Air Force Base in New Mexico; Photos of what was Derby House and is now Hutchinson House; Photos of Gloucester Cathedral tomb effigies; one-page colour ad for Lotus boots and shoes; Colour Schweppes ad on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1948Pages 337-364. Features: Colour ad for Ford cars inside front cover; Title page photo of the second 16 Power Conference in Paris; Article discusses communism; 4 Photos illustrate life in Russian-ruled Potsdam and Weimar - historic German cities in the Soviet zone; Photos of the royal family's weekend home, and the chapel they attend; Book review of "Art And The Industrial Revolution" by Francis D. Klingender; Series of photos illustrates a unique fifty-year treaty signed in Brussels - the five power Western European pact; Photos of Earl Mountbatten in Burma - ceremonial, and informal events; Wonderful full-page photo of Mountbatten walking shoeless near Rangoon's most sacred pagoda, the Shwe (Golden) Dagon; Article with map discusses the naval WWII battle of the Philippines; Full-page photo shows Harry Truman asking Congress to accept conscription; Five photos show Princess Margaret visiting Glasgow; Four photos document Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews battling for the 98th time; Fantastic centrefold photos show Sheila's Cottage, a mare, winning the Grand National; Five photos show the war cabinet's underground headquarters, preserved for posterity; 4 Photos document fighting in Greece; Photos of the demolition of a massive German flak tower in the French sector of Berlin; Photo of the first Battalion, the Somerset light infantry, the last British troops to leave India, arriving at Liverpool; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Guy Dain, Istvan Bede, Prof. Nicola Delapchiev, Sen. Tom Connally, George C Marshall, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, Gateshead alderman F. L. Burrow, Pope Pius XII in the Vatican, Adm. Sir F. H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton; Photos of Royal Army equipment displayed, including a superheavy Howitzer and a helicopter; Photos of British troops in British Honduras; Article on the re-creation of the Zoser's 5000-year-old "Eternal Dwelling" at Sakkarah; Two pages of photos of Egypt's first pyramid - restorations and a reconstruction at Sakkarah; Very nice back cover colour ad for "Black and White" Scotch whisky shows rugger game in progress. Coverfold of advertising outer layer clumsily taped, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1948Pages 365-392. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Duke of York; Series of photos illustrate the "Mouse Trap Mechanics" of atomic science for the man in the street; Review of "Uttermost Part Of The Earth", by E. Lucas Bridges; One-page photo of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at the tiller of Bluebottle; Photo of Signor Togliatti in Rome; Six photos of the last journey home by Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations' mediator in Palestine, who was assassinated in Jerusalem on September 17 - also killed was his French observer, Col. Serot; Review of the late Gen. George S. Patton, Jr's, book "War as I Knew It"; Five photos and text describe Hyderabad at the time of the surrender, and after; Article on the front line airpower of Great Britain today; Three excellent cutaway diagrams of Britain's front-line fighters of today, "Meteor" and "Vampire"; Fascinating centrefold illustrates seven jet aircraft of the USSR - fighters and bombers of the Soviet Air Force; Photo of Major R. Johnson, US Air Force, at Muroc Dry Lake, California, on September 15 after he established a new airspeed record of 670 mph in an F-86 jetfighter; Photo of the new Hillman Minx; Photo of new Standard Vanguard pickup truck; Five photos of hurricane striking Miami, Florida; Photo of Churchill's grandson, Julian Sandys, aboard light rail locomotive; Photo of Vijayalakasmi Pandit, sister of Pandit Nehru, at the United Nations; Photos of the "Parasite Fighter", US XF-85 leaving its parent aircraft and beginning a 20 minute flight; Photos of personalities of the week include Don Bradman, Lord Gowrie, David Woodford, John R. Nixon, G. S. Cansdale, Sir Warren Fisher, George Marshall, racehorse Brown Jack, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Mr. Vyshinsky, and King Frederick of Denmark with the Duke of Gloucester; Magnificent one-page photo of the interior of King's College Chapel, the finest flour of late Gothic architecture; Page of photos at Arnhem and at the Hague; Page of photos of bats in flight, as photographed by themselves. Advertising outer pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1998735 pages including index. A milestone book, this pioneering reference is the first contributed resource from the nation's leaders in health care quality management. Author is a recognized leader in health care and has brought together more than 35 experts to write a handbook that specifically addresses the pressing needs of the health care industry. Designed for any professional involved in change management, this handbook will benefit hospitals, nursing homes, HMOs, health insurance companies, VA hospitals, military hospitals, and academic organizations. Minimal markings and highlighting to early pages. Light wear. Very light soiling. Glossy boards. Prior owner's small inkstamp to front and back endpaper. Quality copy. Book
193166 pages. Features: Thompson Valves front cover ad commemorates the "Cape Cod" which flew from New York to Istanbul in 1930; Interesting Bell System ad for their Teletypewriters; Interesting Stanavo ad explains how the Sperry automatic pilot recently flew an Eastern Air Transport for twenty minutes at Newark Airport - text with photo of H.A. Elliott of Eastern; Applications of Electricity in Aircraft; Sikorsky's Contributions to the Huge Amphibians - The S-40; Simplicity in Light Plane Design - article illustrated with photo and diagrams, plus power plant and fuel system specs; Simplicity in Light Plane Engine Design; Design of Riveted Joints; Airplane Construction Production Methods; Manufacture of Precision Parts for Aircraft Engines; Two photos of new Boeing bomber which carries a crew of five and two 1,000lb bombs; Centerfold ad celebrates the consolidation of Airway Age with Aviation Engineering; Good Year tire ad includes photo and endorsement from Northwest Airways; Interesting 'Postal Telegraph' ad; Nice illustrated Chance Vought Corporation ad for their Navy Corsairs; Great photo ad for the Autogiro inside back cover; Impressive photo ad for Martin Aircraft on back cover shows some of their impressive manufacturing equipment; Forming of Aluminum Sheet for Aircraft; Servicing Pratt & Whitney Engines; French Design Powerful Water-Cooled Engine; Schneider Cup Engine; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
197496 pages. Maps. Footnotes. "Dedicated to those pioneer individuals of Ingham, Clinton, Gratiot and Isabella counties of the 1800's, who had a burning hunger for a railroad which would generally traverse in a north-south direction through the central parts of those counties." - dedication page. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative central Michigan historical rail reference. Book
1933Pages 919- 950. Features: Cover photo of magnificent jewel encrusted silver crown found in mysterious Royal tomb; Four pages of photos and text describe treasure from intact tombs of mysterious Nubian kings; One-page photo portrait of the Austrian Chancellor ("Little Napoleon") of his country, Dr. Dollfuss, sworn enemy of Nazis, in a London garden; photos of personalities of the week include Austrian diplomat Dr. Wasserbach, Miss Freya Stark, Dr. Habicht (Nazi state inspector for Austria), Sir Edward Grigg, Sir A. W. Renton, Prof. Raymond Moley, Sir Ernest Moir, and King Feisal of Iraq with King George in London; Two pages of illustrations explain modern air war training; Two pages of photos of Corpus Christi procession around the little island of Frauen-Insel, in the Chiemsee, some 40 miles from Munich; Two pages of text and photos describe South Africa's new London headquarters; Article on Brachiopids; Illustrated article explains the light of the sun at midnight; Photos of prize horses "Brown Jack" and "Limelight; Photo of the Sino-Japanese Armistice, Lieut. Gen. Nishi accepting the armistice proposals from a Chinese envoy; One-page ad for the new Vauxhall Light Six; and more. Centre page loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1906Pages 131-160. Printed upon glossy stock. Nice reproductions of black and white photos. Features: Helen Peabody and Western College - with one-page photo portrait of Ms. Peabody; The Milford Woman's Club; New Hampshire's Daughters - origins and history of the club; Three Important Acts of New Hampshire; A Hint to New Hampshire Clubs; A New Light; Obituaries for Hon. Joseph W. Fellows, Joseph H. Coit, Oscar Holmes Bradley; Poems; Nice illustrated ad for the Boston and Maine Railroad features the Seashore Lake and Mountain resorts; Back cover ad for Brown & Batchelder's clothing store at 50 North Main St.. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1979285 pages including notes, references and index. Tells the full statistical story of trends in Russian fertility since the first census in 1897 by examining the conditions - social, economic, cultural, and demographic - that existed at the beginning of and during the decline in human fertility. Among the characteristics considered are level of mortality, ethnic composition, literacy and educational attainment, proportion urban, and occupational composition. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Average wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
1960136 pages. Short Stories: Swamp Girl; Hour of Panic; Return From Nowhere; Hard of Heart. Articles: My Friend, Trotsky's Assassin - Jacques Mornard - with numerous photos; Rockety-Happy Kids at Camp A.P. Hill artillery range in Virginia; I Call on Actor Laurence Harvey - with photos; Adventures of the Mind, 54 - The U.S. Presidencyy; Germany's Enchanted Black Forest - with color photos; The Face of America - The Grandeur That Was - great color photo of the Old Tyson place at Lowndesboro, Alabama; The Mystery of the Palatine Light - this photo-illustrated article investigates an enduring legend of murder and mayhem on Block Island 120 miles from Manhattan; Is Baseball Comedy Dead? - great comedic photos of baseball stars - with article discussing the contention that modern major-leaguers have become too serious. Serials: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 2 of 8); Journey into Danger (part 6 of 8). Ads: Westinghouse Center Drawer Refrigerator; Chevrolet Power Steering; Glidden House Paint (2 pages); Chrysler Certified Car Care; Northern Tissue (two pages); Studebaker Lark - nice color photo with fire truck); Campbell's Soup; Corvair; Chryslter - fantastic one-page color photo of a white New Yorker convertible on beach; Brownie 8 Movie Camera; Fantastic 2-page colour photo 7up ad shows young blond making ice cream float for five young men; Ford Galaxie; International Trucks; Morris 1000 car; Nice two-page color Chevrolet ad featuring a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Sustom Safari catching the ferry to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior; Newport cigarettes; Great one-page color-photo Smirnoff ad featuring Joan Fontaine and her husband, Collier Young; Orange Crush; Admiral portable TVs - 19" portable; Renault Dauphine; Borden's Peach Blossom Ice Cream; De Beers Diamonds; Papst Beer - with color photo of piano player and stage entertainers; Amity Wallets; Dodge Dart Car (inside back cover). Above-average wear. Unmarked. Not pretty but a worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1916Pages 121-160. This issue deals with the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916. Cover illustration of the end of the "Shark". Photos and illustrations include Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, map of the battle area, Photo of ther German dreadnought battleship "Kaiser", Vice-Admiral Scheer, Vice-Admiral Hipper, Sir David Beatty, O. De B. Brock, W.C. Pakenham, Horace L.A. Hood, E.M. Phillpotts, F.C. Dreyer, Arthur L. Cay, Charles J. Wintour, Sir C.R. Blaine, German battle-cruiser "Seydlitz", Sir Charles Madden, Lionel Halsey, German light cruiser "Rostock", German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship "Pommern", Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Cecil Burney, Arthur C. Leveson, Ernest F.A. Gaunt, Sir Thomas Jerram, Alexander L. Duff, Hugh Evan-Thomas, T.D.W. Napier, Herbert L. Heath, Charles E. Le Mesurier, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, E.S. Alexander-Sinclair, William E. Goodenough, E.G.S. Bingham, photo of brave lad John Travers Cornwell who bravely died in action. Covers pulling from staples. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
198796 pages. Bilingual French/English text. Wondrous colour illustrations throughout. "Bernard creates the beautiful, the wholesome, the fantastic and this is a conscious choice. It is in this way that he has decided to deliver his message to the world... Look carefully! Each of his compositions include an intense light represented by the sun or a star or anything luminous which symbolizes for the artist faith, hope, rebirth...." Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
1997347 pages including index and notes. Author's signature upon title page. The first book about Gulf War Syndrome. An intensely personal account of the struggle of two dedicated public servants to expose one of the largest government cover-ups of modern history. A former CIA analyst exposes the officially sanctioned deceptions that have made Gulf War veterans the walking wounded of Desert Storm. "Demolishes the Pentagon's contention that Iraqi chemical weapons were not present during the Gulf War and the U.S servicemen and women were not exposed to chemical agents." - Raymond L. McGovern, retired after 27 years at CIA and recipient of the Intelligence Commendation Medal. Includes several black and white photographic plates. Spine leaning otherwise book in excellent clean, unmarked condition with minimal wear. Dust jacket excellent with very light wear. Very nice copy. Book
1960116 pages. Short Stories: Enchantment; Don't Leave Me; Drowning Victim; The Gorgeous Smuggler. Articles: Bernard Baruch's Own Story - The 1929 Crash (part 1 of 3); Our Mom, Kate Crosby - Bing's kid brother Bob explains how their mom raised a houseful of rambunctious youngsters; Football Player Dynamite Joe Bellino of Navy; Our New Generation of Rockets - the new solid-fuel Polaris and Minuteman missiles help us close the missile gap; How to Become a Politician; ; Adventures of the Mind - The Future of Man - our new psychosocial form of evolution; Nuns' Day Off (color photo of nuns fishing); The "Attic Children" Go to School - photo-illustrated article on the Nassau Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Levittown, Long Island. Serial: Alibi for Murder (conclusion). Ads: Huge 3-panel color Avis ad inside front cover features a red 1961 Ford convertible; Philco TVs; 1961 Valiant (pale blue 2-door Hardtop); Westinghouse washers and dryers; Campbell's vegetable soup; Pall Mall cigarettes; American Can - featuring kids and St. Bernard dog; Fantastic two-page color ad for the 1961 Ford Galaxie Club Victoria (blue) in Rome; Douglas DC-8; Dial soap; Salem cigarettes - couple under pondside tree; *Sensational* color photo centerfold for the 1961 Chrysler Imperial Crown four-door Southampton in Coronado Cream; Unusual one-page ad for G.E. Soft-White light bulbs features Mr. Magoo; Two-page Sunbeam Shavemaster ad; Nice Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features the Del E. Webb Construction Co. building the rocket test stand at Edwards Air Force Base, with photo of Del E. Webb with Neil Drinkward and Jack Mealey; Zonolite insulation ad features the "Heat Thief"; Lowry Organs; Back cover ad for General Mills cereals on billboard. Average wear. Unmarked. Bit of masking tape on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
193254 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon and their record-setting Trans-Pacific flight from Sabishiro Beach, Japan to Wenatchee, Washington in 1931; Analysis of Landing Gear Fittings; Installation of Radial Air-Cooled Engines; Manufacturing Light Planes; Design Refinements in Bird Planes; Welded Tubing and Streamlined Struts; Pratt & Whitney's New Fuel Injection System; The Buhl Pusher Type Autogiro; Inspection Gauges used in Engine Production; New Planes; Comments on Stress Analysis and Design; Selection, Care and Maintenance of Porcelain Spark Plugs; Material Control in Chain Airport Operation; General Aviation Moves into new Factory; Thompson Valves ad on page 8 recounts the Giant Dornier DO-X and its many flights beginning in Friedrichshafen in November 1930 under the command of Friedrich Christiansen; many more nostalgic ads; Nice centerfold ad by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation boasts of their Facilities and Services across America; Nice photo ad for Wright Aeronautical documents their sale of engines to Swissair in 1929; Wasp & Hornet Engines ad features great photo of Sikorsky S-40 in flight; Autogiro ad inside back cover includes testimonial by Leslie B. Cooper (Kellett K-2 Augogiro) who landed in the backhard of a farmhouse near Syracuse after running out of fuel; Nice Stinson Aircraft ad on the back with photos of their new Model R; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1987120 pages. Features: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; Moholy-Nagy - Proto-Holographer; The Aesthetic of transparency in Russian modernism; Transparency in art; Windows - Transparency and enclosure; Poems on John Constable; Arctic Transparency and Reflection; The poetry of Harry Martinson; Perceptual transparency in Cezanne's paintings; A short essay on the painter Monet; Aspects of transparency in music; Transparency of architecture and man; Banco Coca - transparent architecture in Madrid; Glass in architecture; Transparency and reflection in sculpture and architecture; On Victor Pasmore's use of transparency; The work of Mary Martin; Light, space and transparency; Transparency and visual ambiguity; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
1984169 pages including index of place names, selected references and notes. Provides a spellbinding tour of the world where the harassed settlers from Earth fight to overcome seemingly impossible odds and to carve out a new life for themselves and the future. Brings out every detail of the world and history of Pern in fascinating graphics and lucent text. Book clean, bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which bears one inch tear to bottom of back panel. Lovely copy. Please note that this may be a book club edition, although we can find no writing to this effect. Book
1977144 pages. Songs include: Baby (Somethin's Happening); Doobie Wah; It's a Plain Shame; All I Want to Be (Is By Your Side); I Wanna Go to the Sun; Wind of Change; Shine On; Do You Feel Like We Do; Lines on my face; As Safe as Yesterday Is; All Night Long; Alright; Don't Fade Away; Fig Tree Bay; Which Way the Wind Blows; Golden Goose; I Got my Eyes on You; Home and Away; I'll go Alone; The Light; Just the Time of Year; Earth and Water Song; Lady Lieright; Magic Moon (Da Da Da Da Da!); One Eyed Trouser-Snake Rhumba; Waterfall; Oh, For Another day; Only You Can Say; Sail Away; Stone Cold Fever; White Sugar; The Lodger; Live With Me; Strange Days; Take Me Back; Underhand; Stick Shift. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint store inkstamp upon title page, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Frampton compilation. Book
1934116 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue: Cover illustration of British patented high-speed boat on wheels; Chemists discover fortunes in common minerals; Mechanical marvels speed building of Boulder Dam; Breath-taking stunts test new transport planes; Firefly light in electric bulb; Vast counterfeiting racket floods market with fake goods; Experts seek way to save world's vanishing records (archives); Simple experiments explain Saturn's rings and canals of Mars; How the world would look if you were knee high to a fly; and much more. Ads: Great color Texaco ad inside front cover freatures illustration of speedboat Miss America X (U-10 Miss America) and her pilot Gar Wood; Nice one-page photo ad for the 1934 Plymouth Six; One-page ad for the new Airflow Chrysler; Carborundum Sharpening Stones ad features photo of model price winner Jack Wicks; Great vintage ad for Midwest Radio Corp inside back cover promotes their 16-tube all-wave radio and includes a small inset photo of Jesse Ballinger of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Nice color back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features photos of cowboy champion Eddie Woods and Mrs. Phyllis L. Potter of Montclair, New Jersey. Modest wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
191724 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the charge of the six hundred Midland Yeomanry in Palestine; The Voice of a Prophet - article by C.M.; Photo of Sir Stanley Maude and Captain Musgrave on horseback in Bagdad; The Fight for Jerusalem - Nearing the End of Turkey's Four Hundred Year's Rule - one-page article by Lovat Fraser; Two photos of the troops which triumphed over the Turks at RamadieLarge photo of many British veterans of Flanders happy to be assembled for leave; Photo of Canadian hospital in France X-raying bullet in French soldier's arm; Photo of German POW receiving medical care; Three photos on one page show Canadians loading a 15-inch gun; Photo of Queen Marie of Rumania with her daughters inspecting Rumanian troops; Six photos from the Macedonian front; The Footprints of the Hun - in the devastated region re-won by British Arms for France (article); Photo of Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Gray Cheape and illustrations of the brilliant charge he led to capture enemy guns in Palestine; Illustrations of British soldiers drawing water from wells at Beersheba where Abraham drank; How the Spy Sinks His Identity - training the memory for a dangerous employ - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photos of the King on tour at several locations; Illustration of a German "Leuchtschirm" or light umbrella; Photo of Princes Wan and Piak of the Siamese Royal Family, who have enlisted in the Swiss Army; Growth & Grit of the U.S. Army - the way a peaceful nation is responding to the Great Call (article); Sketches of great soldiers leading in camp and council - General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, General Sir W.R. Birdwood, and Lt.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson; Illustrations of innovative Allied air machines - an Italian Caproni triplane, a French 'Spad', and Caproni bomb-carrying biplanes; Photos of eighteen brave men and women placed on the Roll of Honour; The Royal Munster Fusiliers - one-page article with photo of officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1983102 pages. A sumptuously presented selection of the art collection displayed in The Regent in Hong Kong. This is a collection carefully acquired not only for its aesthetic beauty but also for the elements of oriental symbolism that are represented. Includes fine examples of skilfully executed screens, lacquerware and embroidery. There are specimens of Chinese export wallpaper, and several nineteenth-century China Trade oil paintings. These became popular as artistic records of the cultural and trading contacts of their period and are now collector's items. The selection of maps traces the pattern of adventure and romantic trade and travel over the centuries. Finally, a group of contemporary works pleasantly relate the collection to modern artistic trends. All illustrations in vivid colour photography. Attractive maroon cloth boards bear imprint of Chinese characters upon front board and gilt roman lettering upon spine. Illustrated slipcase shows light edgewear and several nicks. Book and slipcase bear the aroma of moth balls. Book
1968408 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon verso of front free endpaper. Written by an historian and journalist of wide experience; after many years of diligent research into Oshawa's colorful past, this book is a noteworthy contribution to Canadiana which was produced to give literary significance to the celebrations of Canada's Centennial Year. Includes many archival black and white photographic plates. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear to book which remains tight and square. Light wear and several nicks to dust jacket which features a colour photograph of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin at the wheel of a vintage automobile which most likely bears his name as manufacturer. Bonus: includes two historic Oshawa bookmarks dated 1974 and 1964 respectively. This lovely copy will make an excellent gift. Book
1995Contains eight beautiful, high-quality 13 x 15" full-color reproductions of Beaux-Arts architectural drawings by Richard Morris Hunt, suitable for framing or mounting. Works include: Theatre for a Small City, Front Elevation, 1851; Theatre for a Small City, Section, 1851; A Winter Garden, Front Elevation, 1851; A Funerary Monument, Front Elevation, 1849; A Hostel in Algeria, Section, 1851; An Old Folk's Home, Front Elevation and Section, 1849; A Rectory, Front Elevation and Section, 1848; A Village Church, Section, 1849. Glossy illustrated card case shows very light wear. Unmarked. Lovely set. Date unknown. Circa 1995? Book
193836 pages. Features: Cover photos of the Fleet Advanced Trainer; Eastern T.C.A. Air Express Inaugurated Completing Transcontinental Service - article with photos; Commercial Operators form Traffic Control Company; Measuring Propeller Stresses; One-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features photo of houseboating on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, capital of Kashmir; Unique Aerial Camera Being Tested by the R.C.A.F.- article with photo; Modified Blenheim's Performance a revelation; The 1939 Cessna Airmaster; Article and two photos of the very unusual Abrams "Explorer"; The Bellanca Aircruiser; The Curtiss-Wright "20" Transport; Full-page ad for the Barkley-Grow T8P-1; The Aviation Trade; The "Ensign" Makes Its Inaugural Passenger Flight - fantastic centerfold spread; Photo of the opening of a Sea Island runway at Vancouver; One-page ad for the 1939 Cub Coupe - "the finest light plane ever built"; The Sperry-RCA Automatic Direction Finder; The Lear ARC-6 Automatic Radio Direction Finder; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; News from the West Coast; Nice photo ad for Intava lubricants on back cover features American Airlines' flagship "District of Columbia", the first plane to land at the new Malton Airport near Toronto; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
