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1924ref. 29701HBDJ Very Good/VG- AS-IS. Feb 1924 1st Edition STATED 1ST ISSUE Single illustration as Frontispiece by Frances Creedon. Preface by John Steven McGroatyBEIGE Tweed Cloth Lettered & ILLUSTRATED FRONT CVR IN BLUE OF WOMAN Cover VERY light rub wear Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX 166 pgs 12mo. BEIGE Cloth HARDBACK WITH BLUE TITLES & OVAL ILLUSTRATION IN BLUE. Hardcover. Clean crisp copy with no markings. Very good in VG- dust jacket with SPINE & edge chips & Tiny STAINS TINY CHIPS TEARS BACK OF DJ . Clean crisp copy. SMALL CHIP TOP OF DJ SPINE 120-page slightly undersized hardcover published by the author. Stated "First Issue February 1924." Signed by the author on first endpage. Single illustration as frontispiece. Good. Fully clean and tight. Tear to bottom margin of one page. Chip to front hinge at upper spine. Moderate soling to page tops. Obvious wear to dust jacket with spine discoloration Good/Fully Clean and Tight/ SLITE Obvious Wear to Dust Jacket/Signed On First Page centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena then part of the Spanish estate San Pasqual in 1847 just before California's statehood. Love Story of Early Days in Pasadena IN WHICH FAMOUS OLD SPANISH Families are woven into the Plot Includes Founding of Tournament of Roses New York Kalmscott Press hardcover
1936ref. 2091502135501172Toyoda Loom Co. Ltd. 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 3 162p 9 illustrations Size: 19x27cm Toyoda Loom Co., Ltd. paperback
1942ref. 2090202120200198Okawa-ya shoten 1942. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Okawa-ya shoten paperback
1959ref. 2082702114602994Not Available 1959. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
1973386 pages including index. "Professor Johnson's well-documented synthesis covers the period from the trading Indians of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through the late 1800s when the County of Ontario began to assume its modern-day profile. With fluid chronological organization he presents the elements, circumstances and events which contributed to our history of that era." - John A. Howden, Warden, County of Ontario, 1973. Book clean, bright, minimally worn and unmarked with the following exceptions: Prior owner's name and telephone number upon front endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Two drops of green paint in very top left corner of maroon front board. Dust jacket Brodart-protected and in very nice condition but for some wear at top of spine, one inch tear to top edge of front panel at spine and some rubbing to edges of back panel. Very nice copy. Book
1960148 pages. Features: JFK - Alone With Himself and History; The White House - Office, Shrine, Palace and Home - photos; The Wave of the Future - an argument that America must recapture her pioneering spirit to capture the imaginations of the uncommitted nations of the world; Perilous Illusion - Secrecy is Security - Edward Teller argues that free discussion in the nuclear field could strengthen the free world militarily and morally; Two Instincts Tug at Europe - unity vs. nationalism - article with hotos; ; Williams, Osborne, or Beckett? - each is a leader of drama in his nation - article with photos; Remote Views of Us - views of the American way from the 'man in the street' in Asia and the Middle East; Again the Timeless Flow of Ritual - photo-illustrated article on England's pomp and circumstance; Dean of Our Composers at 60 - Aaron Copland - article with photo; Portraits - Self and Other - the current Whistler Exhibition at Knoedler's; LGCN OTUU Willwqh Wl Etfown - how military codes can influence the cold war; Uncivil Thoughts on the Civil War - difficulties which may loom as the 100th anniversary of you know what nears; Official photos of Beijing (Peiping) welcoming foreign dignitaries recently - U Nu, Sekou Toure, Abbas Ferhat and Panchen Erdeni; Color-photo one-page ad for the SS President Polk which will be sailing 'round the world May 27th; Space age art show; Ladies' resort fashion photos (striking photos by Hiro) and sketches; Photo of Port Authority Bus Terminal contrasted with renderings of how it will appear after expansion; Vacations from Parenthood? - should parents leave children behind while taking vacations?; Cranberry recipes; Nice one-page color Christmas ad for the Red Carpet Fruit Club - boxed fruit gifts from Myron Foster's Hesperian Orchards, Wenatchee, WA; Color ad for MIssion Pak orchard-fresh Christmas gifts from California; Full-page ad for the s.s. United States (3 business days to Europe) featuring photo of Mr. W.S. Morrison, President, U.S. Steel Export Company, with Commodore John W. Anderson on the deck of the ship; Cobbs color ad for Christmas gifts (in poor condition) on back cover; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the one for Surprise lingerie.. Front cover - featuring JFK and Jackie - in very poor condition. Lower corner of most pages nibbled away - some text affected. Uncommon, thus worth preserving. If you are concerned about condition, please do not order this item. Book
192940 pages. Features: Dovetail Anchor Slot Co. ad inside front cover features photo of the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company Building in Philadelphia; Nice full-page ad for the Indiana Limestone Company features photo of the Industrial Trust Co. Building in Providence, RI; Tidewater Red Cypress lumber ad features photo of 40-year-old water tank; Nice photo ad for the Bates-Truss Joists company; Tie-To Insert Company ad features photo of St. Mary's School of Nursing in Milwaukee; vintage Skilsaw ad; Largest Moving Job Successfully Completed - article and fantastic photos document moving the 9,000 ton Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church to a new Chicago location; Experiment with new credit structure in Denver, CO; Wear and tear on concrete floors -article with photos; Bookkeeping for the Contractor - part III; The contractor and the courts; Photo of construction of the Murray Wood Products plant at Memphis, TN; Photo of Andrew W. Mellon laying cornerstone of $10 million I.R.S. building in Washington, D.C.; Latest prices of materials; Construction activity this week; Sealed Proposal Announcements; Great illustrated ad for International Harvester inside back cover with image of one of their trucks at work in Chicago; Back cover ad for General Electric features photo of the new home of the Alabama Power Company in Birmingham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. These nostalgic topics and images are certain to please modern-day contractors. Magazine
197170 pages. Special Features: Peace of Mind: 16 Prominant Americans give personal keys to finding peace. Other features include: A Cop Named Joe - Joseph Michael Monteparo; Why Don't We Tear Down Our Prisons?; Twinkle, Twinkle, Superstar, Do We Know Who You Are? - Elton John; Becoming Susan Dey and What Makes Ryun Run Again? - Jim Ryun. Average wear. Binding sound. Magazine
1931Features: Cunard's bid for ocean supremacy; Editorials - Michelson - by submarine to the north pole - wages and prosperity - fighting the crooks - human engineering - television broadcasts; Riding with the signal in the cab - right-of-way signals are repeated within the engine cab; Quick-freezing solves food problems; Efficient medical department for brokers and employees at the stock exchange; Airplains land blind - guided by radio; A a splintered planet? - tiny elongated Eros may be a fragment of an older, larger asteroid; National Aircraft Show; The biblical deluge a fact - Archeological finds are stratified as though by a flood; Amateur astronomy in Pittsburgh - an observatory is built by and for amateurs; Television now on schedule - first broadcasts of television on a regular program; Science in search of oil - The last of three articles on salt, sulfur, and petroleum; A familiar truck becomes a locomotive - gasoline powered yard locomotive has commendable features; Professionnal methods in amateur archeology; American olives by the ton - large industry in California is over 150 years old; Preserved for 10,000 yeares to come - unique methods of preserving records of Tokyo earthquake; Mechanizing a giant foundry - Allis Chalmers. One inch opening at top of spine-fold. Half-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Quarter inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Covers remain 50% attached to contents. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1931A very interesting issue. Features: Triangulation - why and how this precise surveying job is done; Editorials - The Nicaragua Canal - The "R-101" disaster - Spiritism exposed - Why a navy is needed - Sick railroads - Lessons learned; Our changing transportation - competitors to the railroads; Zone television and the television arc - television transmission via three channels; Tudying up the constellations - archaic method of outlining roups is being simplified; Problems of calendar improvement - the importance of the movment ot change our calendar; Tons of human hair in industry - woven into press-clth, hair serves a most useful purpose; This new big business of gardening - food raising becomes a gigantic mechanized industry; From the archeologist's Notebook - bronze bowl - home of a notorious Roman - Lid of Canopic jar - a Roman portrait - Chinese head-dress ornament; Man's insect allies - an insect that feeds on cacti and destroys them; Change - the great competitor; Sulfur - the second of three related articles on salt, sulfur and petroleum; Clemenceau and Foch - the United States enters the war - the Armistice and peace conference; Diesel versus gasoline-engined plane - the diesel-engined plane has a higher "ceiling"; A flexible amusement building in New Orleans - a municipal auditorium with a movable stage platform; A two-mile industrial water tunnel - tunnel for the ford plant carries enough water for several cities. Chip loose at top of spine. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Tear to page 402. Book
1836In-8°; antiporta incisa all’acquaforte da R. Scott da un dipinto di A.W.Davis che rappresenta una bella scena tratta dal vero di indiani che lavorano al telaio; pp. XIV, 518 e 14 tavole ripiegate; le tavole illustrano costruzione del telaio in diversi modelli, motivi di disegni, principi di tessitura incrociata e di altro tipo, ecc. Fondamentale manuale sulla costruzione dei telai e sulla tessitura, che ebbe gran successo e varie edizioni. Nella prefazione una interessante storia della manifattura della seta e della lana in Europa e Gran Bretagna. Senza legatura; tracce di spotting. loom manufactures weaving tweeling silk wool tessitura telaio stoffe manifattura india manual tecnica seta lana
1936ref. 2110502151001332Not Available 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
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1970132 pages. Features: Adam and Eve cover; Great color fashion ads; Blackglama; Quana ties; Swank cuff links of the world; How to Merchandise an Actor on TV - article with photo of Dick Linke and his star client Andy Griffith.Miracord 770H ad features photo of Doc Severinsen; Alaska fur seal coat by The Fouke Company; Photo of Gomer Pyle (another Dick Linke client) being yelled at by his sergeant (Frank Sutton); Swakara black lamb coat from South Africa; Is Male Dominance a Sexist Plot?; The Militants Who Play with Dynamite - with mush shots of Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Rae Dohrn, Dwight Alan Armstrong and Karleton Lewis Armstrong; Quiet Democratic Senatorial Candidate Richard Lawrence Ottinger; Ronald Reagan is Giving 'Em Heck - photo-illustrated article of Reagan's attempt for a second term as California Governor; Race Relations is Their Business - article with photo of black headhunter (executive search consultant) Richard Harris; Supp-hose socks ad; La Mode ad features four ladies wearing the same purple dress; Excellent Fruit of the Loom two-page color-photo ad features hunky guy in striped tank top lying in grass; Fashion photos of Haute Boutique; Photos of famous home Andalusia on the Delaware; Amazing one-page ad for the Village Voice shows riot cop with baton on top of their reporter while lady restrains cop from rear; Save the Children Federation ad features photo of John and Abby Seymour; Great photo of Bob Hope, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra - all in formal attire - at Reagan fundraiser; Photos of cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova - in training and with her husband and baby daughter; Dewar's Whisky ad features Jackie Rivett. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194898 pages. Articles: Out of This World - the great telescope on Palomar; Fashion High Command - how experts choose clothes to suit most American women; Can We Guarantee a Free Europe?; Two-Party Gal - Mrs. Perle Mesta; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 3) - The Common-law Marriage - his visit to Churchill in 1941; Saint-Lo Fights another Battle - much of the town still in rubble after Normandy invasion; Block that Toothache! - good news for those who don't like the dentist's drill. Fiction: The Bramble Bush (part 1 of 5); Dear Miss Phillips; Once to Every Woman; Shadow of Fu Manchu (conclusion); Important to a Man; It All Came Out. Ads include: Nash cars; Vitalis (with photo of Bobby Riggs); Borden's products - featuring Elsie the Cow; 'Jeep' Station Wagon; International School buses - rare ad!; Fisher Body; Douglas Shoes; Mercury cars (lovely 2-pages); DeSoto cars; Columbia bikes; Cory coffee-maker; Kodak; Santa Fe Railroad; Schlitz; Chrysler centerfold (puppy theme); Hamiliton watches; Jayson shirts; GM Electro-motive division; Kaiser Frazer; Fruit of the Loom; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) - featuring Alan Ladd. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1970132 pages. Features: Cover photo of Palestinian Refugees in Gaza; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Colorful two-page color-photo 'crotch' photo featuring Jack Winter fashions; Nice Cricketeer ad; James Michener article "What to Do About the Palestinian Refugees?; In the Flaming Streets of Amman (Jordan) - article with photos, including King Hussein shooting pistol and group photo of Kamal Nasser, Yassir Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Yassir Amrou; The Unknowns Who Lead 'The Walter P. Reuther Memorial Strike'; Now it's Welfare Lib - article with photo of welfare mothers storming relief headquarters in Washington, and photo of Mrs. Beulah Sanders of New York; Nice Enkasheer pantyhose two-page color ad; How School Busing Works in Berkeley, CA; Attractive S.T.J. fashion ad features Marshall Klugman design; Chips ad features young boy Alexander Hall; Beautifl Bleeker Street ad features model in red dress with fur coat over her shoulder; Sensual two-page color-photo ad for Fruit of the Loom features lady lying in yellow floral bedding; New York - a city going to the dogs? - photo-illustrated article on the city's dogs; Fashion photos of black dresses; Fantastic before and after photos of Walter Reuther and Richard Frankensteen when they are approached by a pack of Ford goons for a dust-up; Photo inside buss of hostages taken from jets later blown up in Amman; Dewar's Whisky ad features artist Leroy Neiman; Pierre Cardin jewellery ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
ref. 115123Lyon, Imprimerie Louis Perrin, 1866, 1 volume in-folio de 295x445 mm environ réunissant texte et atlas, (4) ff. (Titres, dédicaces, préface), 240 pages suivies de (2) ff. (Titres), 52 planches en noir et blanc. Pleine toile noire portant titres dorés sur pièce de cuir rouge, gardes couleurs. Reliure solide bien que frottée et tachée, quelques rousseurs marginales, rares annotations au crayon sinon intérieur en bon état.
1970156 pages. Features: Cover photo of clinic for street people; Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Hubert Humphrey article; The Rediscovery of Elvis - photo-illustrated article; Free medical clinic for street people in Cambridge MA; Now Pistol Pete Maravich is up Against the Pros; Photo-illustrated article on Bombay, India - "Wealth, Shantytowns, Speakeasies, Movie Aristocrats, Intellectual Admen and Death on the Trains; Mr. Chips ad features photo of 16-year-old Jonathan Ashby holding hockey stick; Qiana tie ad; Swank ad for 'Credit Card Ejector' card holder and 'Key-jector' key holder; Unusual Pellon textile ad features color photo of meat inspector at workTalon zipper ad features laughing faces of people telling someone their zipper is open; Mississippi 'Black Home' - a black poet from the North journeys to Mississippi and discovers the quiet, daily striving of the black community a 'gathering of triumph' - with photo of civil-rights lawyer Mel Leventhal and his wife Alice, with daughter Rebecca - also included is a photo of Fannie Lou Hamer giving an outdoor speech; Sexy Fruit of the loom ad features lady with very skimpy yellow dress - or is it a long shirt?; Great Supp-hose Obstacle Course centerfold ad features photo of ladies in playground; Nice PBM fashion ad; Two-page Dymo labelmaker photo ad; Of Time and the Child; Photos of Glittery Fashions;Photos of the interior of designer David Laurance Roth's renovated townhouse; Steinway piano ad; Dewar's Whisy ad features photo and bio info. of Steve Trachtenberg; NAACP ad features large photo of old man with caption 'Call it Backbone'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1898ref. 100511898. HBNODJ 1898 1st edition Ivory Decorated Cloth Cover with Gold GiltF-/NF AS-IS NODJ Cover Minor Rub & light Stain Interior Nice Tight Clean with back blank free flyleaf crease . First Edition. Hard Cover. hardcover
1946ref. 28600Shakespeare Head Press UK LONDON 1946. HBDJ 1946 1ST EDITION VG/GOOD OBLONG Hardback. . Very good condition in GOOD dustwrapper. Oblong format. Black cloth with large onlay to front Matches DJ Illustration. Colour pictures. Presentation plate to front pastedown. A few finger marks to page margins. DustWrapper is edge-chipped TEARS with creasing & Lite soiling 61 pgs TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS DJ 0.2 x 6.2 x 8.3 inches Little girl in New England Coast village who Slips Up & down Neighbourly MAIN Street & has adventures of Friendliness & Fun. Sea sparkled Blue in June Sunshine & the Old fish-wharves were Full of Bustle. Old Fishing town This work is ideal for the collector of early twentieth century children's fiction. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by MABEL BETSY HILL. Shakespeare Head Press, UK LONDON hardcover
