Drushka, Ken; Konttinen, HannuMareMagnum
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1997254 pages. Index. Glossary. Illustrated with two-hundred colour and black and white photographs. Printed on glossy stock. "This detailed historical account of the evolution of mechanized logging equipment describes how a special breed of inventive people, in various parts of the workd, designed and build the tools needed to haul timber from the forest... The most comprehensive history of the global logging industry ever written." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Book
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: In defence of the coasts of Britain - coastal defence batteries; On the high seas with the French Navy; Letters and parcels for the fighting forces; To combat the German submarine menace - depth charge testing; At the front with the French Army; Entertainments National Service Association, by Sir Seymour Hicks; H.M.S. Renown hunting the Deutschland; Russia invaded Finland on 30th November; The B.E.F. on the Western Front; 1914-18 Men join up again; French Curtiss fighter brings Nazi Heinkel bomber down in flames; British troops training with heavy guns; Centerfold illustration by Frank H. Mason of enemy warships bombed by the R.A.F. in daring raid on Heligoland; Warfare by Submarine and Mine; British women motor drivers for France; News from the home front; British submarine chaser hunting u-boats; Great photos of flying boats of the coastal command air patrol; The Red Cross lamp in war, by Sir John Kennedy; Photo of Army Council in session; Making small arms for the British Army - Bren guns; Testing huge balloons for the barrage; His Majesty the King of France; A Commentary on the War; Activity on the Siegfried Line; South African Air Force catch a Nazi Raider - the German liner Watussi is scuttled; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
193940 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Great ad for part I of Hitler's Mein Kampf inside front cover; Big guns of the coast of France; Australia prepares to fight for the Allied cause - nice full-page photo of troops of the Australian Scottish Regiment marching on a road near Victoria, Australia; Royal Navy Gunners in training at sea; Photo of the Fire Region Nerve Centre; Princess Royal inspecting the Royal Corps of Signals on December 12th; The Corps of the Military Police - illustrated article by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Refuelling a Nazi seaplane; Finland holds out against the Soviet Invaders - eight great photos; British Air Supremacy - illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood; Torpedoed survivors have second adventure - the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid beaches on the coast of Devonshire on December 7th after rescuing survivors of the Dutch motor-ship Tajandoen - two super photos; Wonderful centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. has obtained thousands of valuable photos of German territory on the Western front; French Army activity on the Front; Training sailors for the Fleet Air Arm; The War at Sea - statement by Winston Churchill with photos; Sweden strengthens her defences - ten great photos including a full-page photo of the Drottning Victoria with guns ablaze; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of bomb-making for the Royal Air Force; Nazi Heinkel reconnaissance aircraft crashes into sea off Sheringham on December 6th; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194040 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Women ferry aircraft for the R.A.F. from factories to aerodromes; French Troops in war zone; Photos of two British destroyers lost - H.M.S. Grenville and H.M.S. Exmouth which was lost on 23 January with all hands; Article on the Economic War on Germany, by R.H. Cross, Minister of Economic Warfare; full-page photo portrait of Sir John Greer Dill; Photos of new types of German and British aircraft - the ME 110, the de Havilland Flamingo, the Blackburn Roc., the Defiant; Sowing a British Mine Field; R.A.F. photographs Nazi secrets - photos of a German aerodrome near Hanover, Siegfried Line fortifications, Heligoland, and the naval base at Wilhelmshaven; Photos of the manufacture of steel helmets for the defense forces; Centerfold illustrations show how the British Navy attack the U-Boat with depth charges; British troops on the western front; French destroyer on convoy duty; Photos of two-stages in the doom of a U-Boat; Article entitled The War in the Air - Survey of the first four months' operations; Graphic assemblage of the ranks and badges of the British Army; Excellent photos from the Finnish-Russian war front; Fulll-page photo of Danish volunteers marching through Oulo, Finland; Their majesties visit the troops; A Commentary on the War this week; Photos of German defences on the Island of Sylt; Nazi activity on the Siegfried Line; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194040 pages. 66 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: French President Lebrun visits British troops at the front; With the British troops at the front; Photo of the Antelope which sunk two U-boats in a day; In the home front news; Illustrated article by Sir Kingsley Wood entitled "The Road to Victory"; Training soldiers to control railways; Further German secrets revealed by the R.A.F. - excellent overhead photos of the seaport of Brunsbuttel and the seaplane base on the island of Sylt; Finland stands firm against the red invaders - 8 photos; Full-page photo portrait of Sir Thomas Blamey; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of a Heinkel bomber followed by a British fighter; French army activity at the front; Pictorial news from the German front; Illustrated article by Sir Henry McMahan entitled The Y.M.C.A. and the War; Photos of Anzacs of 1940 arriving in the Middle East; Full-page photo of Mr. Anthony Eden addressing New Zealand troops aboard the leading transport ship at Suez; Training Officers and men at a naval torpedo school; Commentary on the war this week; Flight Lieutenant Robert Voase Jeff is decorated by General Vuillemin of the French Air Force; Protecting army convoys in France from the air; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
2004Features: New software for complex beam analysis; New guidelines for bridge design; Implications of single-hull tankers phase-out; Finland; Green ship technology; China update; Cruise liner technology; Cranes and cargo handling. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
2003Features: Norgas Orinda - the first new 'super-cooler' gas-tanker class; General cargo ship safety - danger overlooked?; Is there life after initiation for steel fractures?; Finland; Green ship technology; New-generation bulk carriers; Cranes and cargo handling. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
2002Features: Norrona - a new flagship next year for Smyril-Line; Finnmarken - a new ship for popular Hurtigrute service; Maximum wave bending moment - back to basics?; Momantika - stylish new ferry for Gulf of Finland; Carnival Legend joins the Panamx-Max cruiser line class; Russia; Germany; Fast Ferries. Table of Contents partially loose, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
195032 pages. Songs include: Sailor Hambo, Pilot Waltz, Submarine Waltz, Finland Woods, Saturday Waltz, Varmlandsnatt, Courting Waltz, North Cape Schottische, On the Highway, New Norwegian Waltz, Ball in Karlstadd, Northern Chimes, Skol Skol Skol, Frykdals-Jantan, Kalle Pe. Above-average wear. Covers taped on. Few markings. A worthy working copy of this vintage work. Book
194064 pages. Features: Finland - 13-superb pages of photos of Finland defending herself; Again - The Beggar's Opera - the history of one of the most confirmed box-office successes of all time; Farmers Hold Their Pigeon Shoot to defend their young crops, and the Ministry of Agriculture is grateful; Deep-Sea Mannequins - Twicks Kartock of Denmark takes underwater photos of swimwear in action underwater; Inside a Nazi Prize Court - Story and photos of prize law in a Hamburg courtroom where lawyers argue for deeds of violence on the high seas; Mayfair's Own Sewing-Bee - wives of foreign diplomats meet weekly to make comforts for the British Army; They Call This the One-Handed Walk-Over - young leggy figure skater does backflip! - photo sequence; Diary of the War, No. 24 - The Twenty-Second Week; No. 5 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - How I Would Organize Our Propaganda; Cartoon "Why Don't They Purge Someone, Joe?" - shows Stalin's purged Generals of 1937 mocking his losses; Wanted - An Economics Chief!; The History of Weapons, No. 7 - The Tank. Nice romantic military-themed Minor cigarette ad on back cover. Nice one-page ad for Barratt Aerial Parcel Post. Humorous one-page photo ad for "Housewife" magazine shows home scene of anarchy as husband attempts to cook. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
194066 pages. Features: Life Story of Sir Kinglsey Wood; Ice Guards the Dutch - fascinating 4-page photo-illustrated article explains Holland's defences against Nazi invasion; Island of Women - men have left the Island of Molene in Brittany to fight the war; France Fights Britain - great photo-illustrated boxing story with pictures of Petty Officer Warnes, Aircraftman Cole, Lance-Corporal Harrington, Corporal A. Welsh, Leading-Aircraftman A. House, Corporal Robinson, Mike Honeyman, Guardsman Danahar, J. Powell, Y. Nadal, plus seven photos of dignitaries who attended the fights; Roll to Beauty - how to slim while rolling on an ill-fated exercise device; Roosevelt's Envoy - photo-illustrated article on Sumner Welles; Inside a Nazi Prison Camp - these Nazi-provided photos depict decent conditions for Allied prisoners; Ice Follies of 1940 - nice photos of Evelyn Chandler, Bess Ehrhardt and Roy Shipstad; No. 7 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - Women in War - great photo-illustrated article explains how women are producing armaments; Diary of the War - No. 26 - The Twenty-fourth Week - with photos of destruction in Finland and a wonderful one-page photo of New Zealand soldiers chatting with locals at the Egyptian pyramids; Several Low cartoons; Can We be Utopians?; The History of Weapons, No. 9 - Weapons and Tactics. Nostalgic one-page ad for Minor cigarettes features nurse giving injured soldier a smoke. Nice ad for the Francis-Barnett Powerbike. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
194062 pages. Features: Mr. Keynes Has a Plan - super photo-illustrated article on this influential economist; Josephine Baker - star of the music halls - steps down; Rescue In the Arctic - the two-year drift of the Soviet icebreaker "Sedov" and its dramatic rescue; The Lives of Cabaret Girls - featuring Eileen O'Mahony, Barbara Wood, Marie Rennie, Bette Farrar, Baby Bradshaw and Freda Fairchild; British Propaganda Bombs are Duds - reflections on Look magazine's suggested improvements for British propaganda; The Story of Actor-Playwright Emlyn Willians; Volunteers for Finland - with photos and brief write-ups on George Ford, Pat McGee, John Hurman, Col. Kermit Roosevelt, Peter Farragut, Harry Connolly, Peter Broad and Edward Graham; Goose on the Loose - nice photos of the Goose of Montmartre on a walk through Paris; Diary of the War, #27 - The Twenty-Fifth Week; Cartoon by Low mocks Britain's lack of economic leadership; Are Economics Really Everything?; Nice two-colour ad for Bird's Custard on back cover. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
1918Pages 353-440, plus 24 pages of fascinating ads. Features: The House of a Hundred Rooms - Part 1 - incredible revelations of a building in Philadelphia with underground cellars and dungeons which were put to diabolical uses by Chinese Tong-men; A Village on a Mountain Top - nice photo-illustrated article on Mola, Sicily; Enrico Toti - Italy's One-Legged War Hero - how he fought and died at the Carso front; With the British Armoured Cars in Russia - Part 1 - the first authentic account of their work and adventures - photo-illustrated article; In the Grip of the Blizzard - Daring Antarctic Sledge Expedition of Sir Douglas Mawson as described by Capt. Madigan - major article with fascinating photos; My Adventures in the World War, Part 3 of E. Ashmead-Bartlett's adventures as a war correspondent; In the Land of the Lapps - Part 3 - photo-illustrated description of the life and customs of these fascinating and little-known people; The Gum Lands of New Zealand - photo-illustrated article on the Kauri gum industry of New Zealand; How We Brought the Chinese War-Workers to France - important information about the Chinese Labour Corps which assisted British armies in non-combatant duties at the Front were recruited in China and transported from their distant homes in the Far East across the seas to France, travelling via Canada; Marooned in the Arctic - E.H.L. Mitchell went to Alaska on a mining venture but was shipwrecked and marooned on a barren island for eight weeks; The Water-Gardeners of Amiens, France - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Lost in the Mine - the lamp of a boy working in a Welsh coillery went out and he lost his way - and nearly his life; Photo of the four-hundred and fifty Temples of the Law at Mandalay, in Upper Burma. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1914Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R.R. in Nebraska; My Adventures in Sarawak (part III) - adventures of the Rajah's bride amongst 'the lovable little people'; Hona's "Tapu" - what happened to to men who attempted to brave the curse of a Maori chief upon a rich gold-reef; An Unlucky Ride - in New Zealand a man sets of on a perilous 120 mile journey to see his lady, only to arrive late and offend her; Our Travels in Safari-land (part I) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) travels through British East Africa; The Night-Watchman's Story - an 1885 tale from the steamer 'Bengal Tiger' shipping from Paducah, Kentucky, as told by Ernest Prentis; Penelope Visits Finland - holiday jaunts to the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes"; Parker's Lesson - a 1913 story of a young man from Cambridge who went to Nigeria with ideas of how the natives should be handled; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
198548 pages. Text in English. Features: The technique of exposure measurement - part three; J. Udrovskis - and the lure of photography; Helge Heinonen - a press photographer in Finland; Hotel Allerblick - Deiter Klein - photos behind prison walls; Customs in southern Tyrol - Horst Kunert; Fossils - millions of years documented in photos; Kodak Elite Fine Art versus Ilford Galerie - a comparison of two deluxe papers;Stefan Kruckenhauser - active at 80; Invisible subjects - a polarizer brings out the colour; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1994173 pages. Black and white maps and illustrations. "Discusses the past legacy, present crisis and future dilemmas of the republic of Karelia from several perspectives. The authors are social scientists, economists, geographers and historians working at universities and research institutes in Finland and the Karelian Republic." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1930ix, [1], 113, [3], pages. Black and white photographic plates. 19 x 13 cm. "The writer of this book brings first-hand acquaintance of these sturdy people for he is one of themselves and is very familiar with customs and habits and traditions of the Old Land and the opportunities of the New". - Introduction. Chapters include: The Story of Finland; Characteristics of the Finnish people; The Progress of Finland; Suomi Today; The Finns Come to Canada; The United Church and Finnish Friends in Canada; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Will be of interest to Finnish Canadians interested in their forebears. Book
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Human Fly - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Jack Williams, a man who scales lofty buildings with no equipment other than his fingers and toes - article with great photos ; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part II - Tragedy befalls French troops overwhelmed by the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; The Disappearance of Ivan Varlamoff - an epic fight in Uleaborg, Finland; Locked in a Freezing Chamber - a meat inspector's ordeal in South Africa; "UMRI" - the tragic story of a panther, once a police officer's pet, which becomes a terror of the district in India; The "White Man's Grave" - Filming The "Gold Coast" of Africa - article with great photos; The Friend of the Birds - photo-illustrated article on Jack Miner, Ontario's friend of the Canada Goose; My Jiu-Jitsu Combats - Captain S.L. McLaglen is a Jiu-Jitsu expert; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part III - an exciting trip to the "Mysterious Richtersveld" of Southern Africa - article with photos; Adrift in the Atlantic - Grenfell of Labrador sets down a remarkable experience related by a former engineer of his; A Man's Luck (conclusion) - the author met the girl of his dreams and tried to build a dream home for them in Alaska, but he keeps being jailed; A Film-Hunter in the Amazon - Part V - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies - article with excellent photos; The "King of the Brushwood" - the brigand chief of Corsica; Roping a Bear - foolish youngster ropes a cinnamon bear; A Barbed Wire Frontier - people not allowed to pass between Hungary and Czechoslovakia; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3] 88, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
2001"This second edition is the story of the descendants of the original pioneers, including those who no longer live in New Finland and those who have never lived there at all. This new book is not an attempt to re-tell the story told in the 1982 first edition. Rather, it is a book about the people who have come from New Finland, those children and grandchildren and great grandchildren who have made their way in a world much different from that which the original Finnish pioneers discovered in the new country." - p.2. New Finland is located about 20km north of Wapella in southeast Saskatchewan, between the towns of Whitewood, Esterhazy, Tantallon and Rocanville, on the north side of the Qu'appelle River. IV, 304, [3] pages. Family Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Clean and bright with light wear. Binding tight. Few markings to contents. Names and birthdates written on blank Notes page at back. An attractive copy of this precious genealogical reference. Book
1988253p. Hardcover Very good condition good
1936257p. Hardcover Very good condition, front flyleaf clipped
8°, br. edit. (strappetto al dorso), pp.(4)-84. Intonso.
2001No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 123pp. Published as an exhibition catalogue, this work shows the colour photographs of Jussi Tiainen, with either one or two shots to each double page. The photographs depict contemporary archichitecture in Helsinki.
2002No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage 447pp. History, culture, development and the society of Helsinki, Finland's Capital City. 'Helsinki - The Innovative City' describes how the capital of Finland was developed into a handsome, sophisticated city. It tells the story of how its innovative citizens and its determined City Council turned a small rocky seaport into a European city of distinction with fine public services and continuing links with the surrounding nature.
1987No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to lower front edge. 240pp. A complete survey of the art of the Nordic countries - Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland during the 200 years from around 1740 to 1940. Extremely well illustrated.
