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1968Library of Congress number AC 67-10683. 75 pages plus map. Library binding. Decorative cover with colour photo. Black and white photos throughout, including one of a very young Pele (the soccer star). Only evidence of previous owner is card pocket and school stamp on front free end paper. Cover shows bumps but light soiling. Contents tight, square and surprisingly clean. "Authors are a highly gifted husband-and-wife team who have traveled to many parts of the world and set down a living record of them in skillfully combined texts and photographs." - N.Y. Times. Book
197596 pages. Features: Some orchids of Southwestern Goias, Brazil; Neomoorea irrorata - Perseverance with an Orchid Species; Paphiopedilum spicerianum; Orchids, Their Care and Management - Classics of Orchid Literature; A litter to Orchid Conservationists; C.H. Lankester and Two African Aerangis; Red spider Controlledd in a Cymbidium Nursery; The Orange blossom Orchid - sarochilus falcatus; Wardian Case Culture; Neomoorea Irrorata - Collector's item; Do Orchid Leaves Photorespire?; Help! Basic Orchid Culture - 10. Lovely copy. Book
197696 pages. Features: The Bifoliate Cattleyas of Brazil - The Intermidiae; A Sad Experience; some New Paths in Odontoglossum Breeding; Leochilus and Hybochilus Compared with Mesospinidium - Collector's Item. Phalaenopsis are Easy to Grow; Sepik Blue or May River red?; Cultivation of Cypripedium calceolus and Cypripedium reginae; An Orchid Conservation Review for South Florida; Growing Cool Odontoglossums in New England; Paphiopedilum druryi - Revisited. Very light edgewear. Book
1976100 pages. Features: The Bifoliate Cattleyas of Brazil - The Guttatae; The Pollination of Dendrobium lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Krzl.; Dendrobium densiflorum and its Allies; Diaphananthe and Cyrtorchis - Collector's Item; The Reproductive Biology of the Epiphytic Orchids of Florida 4 - sexually Selective attraction of Moths to the Floral Fragrance of Epidendrum anceps Jacquin; the National Orchidarium at shillong; Angraecum viguieri - A Brown Angraecum?; Famous Doritaenapsis Crosses; Your First Paphiodedilums - Some suggestions; Odontonia Clinton Tooley; Plantet Formation for Root-tip Culture in Phalaenopsis. Only light signs of handling. Book
1978Features: Sophronitis and Hadrolaelias of Brazil; Restrepia guttulata - Conservation in Cultivation; Take an Orchid Vacation; Development of Callus and Plantlets from Epidendrum Root Tips cultured in vitro; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - 63 - Caularthron; Columbia and Cattleya trianaei; Some Orchids of the Nepal Himalayas; Restrepia - Orchids for the Connoisseur. Moderate rubbing to covers. Book
1977Features: Dendrobium loddigesii 'Malvern', CCM/AOS; A Different Greenhouse - The New Grower - 2; The Bifoliate Cattleyas of Brazil - The Granulosae; Conserving Indian Orchids; Eulophidium, Eulophia and the Former Genus Lissochilus - Collector'e Item; A Visit to Asociacion Guatemalteca de Orquideologia; The Culture of the brachypetalum Section of Paphiopedilum; Reichenbachia - Classics of Orchid Literature; Effects of Media and Supplementary Micro Element Fertilization on Growth and Chemical Composition of Cattleya. Very light wear and rubbing. Book
1990250 pages. The revealing story of the people who live in the forest: the rubber trappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Author not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. Clean. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1976289 pages including index and bibliography. Describes how the emergence and evolution of the Brazillian oil industry, from its tentative beginnings late in the nineteenth century to its maturity in 1970, were largely influenced by misinformed and manipulated public opinion. A study of how scarcity of capital and expertise, so characteristic of an underdeveloped country, and the nationalism equally characteristic of such countries in the mid-twentieth century, interacted with the facts of geology to produce a result unique to Brazil. The first attempt at an objective assessment of the results of Brazils's experience in the oil industry. Book clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Dust jacket remains attractive with average wear and two half-inch tears. Binding sound. Book
1949Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
1952102 pages plus vintage advertisements. Features: The Fourth International Poplar Conference in Great Britain and Forest Tree Breeding in Denmark; Brown Stain and its effect on the strength of Pine Poles; The effect of several variables on the specific gravity of second-growth Douglas Fir; Spruce Identification by Twig Characteristics; Basal area as a control for partial cutting; Parana Pine and Eucalyptus in Brazil; An evaluation of several methods of estimating site index of immature stands; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1902Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
198590 pages. Features: Leo Loudenslater, Archetype of Aerobatic Pilots; Fond du Lac '84; Brazil .. the Eze Way; Restraint System Basics; Gene Parker's Jungmeister; Tribute to Aviation Publishing; David Rasor's Coot. Sound copy. Book
1980Features: Oceans of Energy; Australia's Great Barrier Reef National Park; The Misunderstood Mussel; How Sharks Feed; The giant staircase and the Pygmy forest; A Tale of Two Oceans; Mercator - the man who straightened out the world; The Turtle Run - From Ascension to Brazil; Save-the-Turtle Stamps. Sound copy. Book
1984Features: Men for the Royal College; Learning Strategies in Fine Art; English Art Education Between the Wars; Originality and Originals, Copies and Reproduction - Reflections on a Primary School Project; Observation and Drawing - a Justification for their Inclusion in the Primary School Curriculum; Art as Graphicacy in the Common Curriculum; 'Lessons from Objects' - a Museum of Art and Design; Walter Smith's Influence in Brazil and the Efforts by Brazilian Liberals to overcome the Concept of Art as and Elitist Activity; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1998246 pages. Light wear. Some highlighting and markings to contents. A sound working copy. Book
1926Features: Lost from the Fleet, by George Allan England - 1; President Lincoln's Beaver Robe, by C.A. Stephens; The Epidemic at Hemingway's, by Ruth and Robert Osborne; The Adventures of William Tucker - IX, by George Halsey Gillham; Hunting with Bow and Arrow, by Edward W. Frentz; Fact and Comment; The Miscellany Page - hands of good men; This Busy World - Mussolini on Democracy, Did Civilization begin in Brazil?; Poise instead of shyness. The Bobbed Monkey - E.W. Frentz. Cleansing Delicate Garments - lovely Ivory Soap Flakes ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1970Features: Bobby Moore writes for you; Focus on Bobby Murdoch of Celtic; Early leaders sometimes miss the big goal; Too young at 18? 'No', say Tommy Craig, Ian Bowyer, Phil Hadley and Alan Hudson; Jim McCalliog; Full-page colour photo of Matt Tees (Luton Town); colour photo of Dave Hilley; Sixties Scrapbook; World Cup Supplement (including colour centerfold) with action shot of Pele); Sir Alf Ramsey; England's Probables and Possibles for Mexico; Joao Saldanha - the 'brain' behind Brazil; photo of Bill Glazier of Coventry City; Malcolm Allison's Big Comeback; Leeds are good but will be better, says skipper Billy Bremner; Uncapped stars who could help Scotland get ahead; Full-page colour photo of Mike Channon of Southhampton; photos of Johnny Graham and Joe Wark playing on a snowy field; England 0, USA 1 - the result that shook the football world; colour back cover photo of Colin Stein (Rangers & Scotland). Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
196368 pages. Features: Colour photo Black Label ad inside front cover; Organized Crime's Grip on Ontario - between 1958 and 1962 the Mafia took a stranglehold on major crime (Part 2 of the Mafia series) - includes 25 mug shots, 8 of which are crossed out (killed); Bill Freedman has a very nice problem - his wife, Toby Robins, is also on her way to try New York; Where the Boys and Girls Go - 20,000 young people throng to Orillia, Ontario for the third annual Mariposa Festival - many super photos - a must for anyone who attended this huge bash!; What we can learn from the story of a sex criminal - Leopold Dion was released after 20 years, only to kill four boys; The many loves of J.B. McGeachy; Why Brazil Hasn't Gone Communist - Yet; A Maclean's flashback to the Lardeau gold strikes in B.C. around 1900 - with great photos. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. several openings at periphery. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1957116 pages. Fiction: The Second Mrs. Thorpe; The Mysterious Mr. Todd; The Lady Called Brazil; Tornado!; Ambush at Blanco Canyon (part 2 of 4); The Girl From the Mimosa Club (parf 4 of 7); The conclusiong of Doom Cliff. Articles: What Happened to the Magic of Childhood? - They are missing the aimless days we used to know; Alan Ladd - Hollywood's Unlikely Hero - with several photos including Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe; The Secrets of Jamestown - extraordinary treasures unearthed during restoration for 350th birthday; How the Israelis Blitzed Nasser's Army - article with photos of Dayan and his men, and other scenes; We Made the "Impossible" Tour - Conclusion - The Land of Fire - three agonizing miles of travel in southern Argentina; The Face of America - Great color photo inside caboose; Incredible New Frontier - Kitimat, British Columbia. Ads: Nostalgic two-page Inco ad explains their developments in the Mystery-Moak Lakes area of northern Manitoba (perhaps the site of modern-day Thompson?); Nice color one-page ad for Heinz Campside beans; Nice two-page photo ad for General Motors highlights Keene, New Hampshire, home of Kingsbury Machine Tool Corporation - with photos of Mayor J. Alfred Dennis, H.T. Kingsbury, Chester L. Kingsbury, Gunnar Swahnberg, Ed Kingsbury, Earl Riley, Jim Riley, and Blair Howe; Nice two-page ad for Westinghouse TVs; Whitman's Chocolates; Campbell's Soup; Fantastic two-page Cadillac ad displays a red Sedan de Ville four-door hartdop; Tareyton; Pontiac; De Soto cars - nice color photo; American Airlines - two-pages in color; 1957 Mercury cars with great color image of a red Colony Park station wagon with new power-lift back window; Cushman Eagle mini-bike; Detroit Diesel - quarry scene in color; Frigidaire clothes washers; Canada tourism; GMC Trucks - the 860 Diesel; Chief Engineer Roebling, the man behind the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, is honored in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Great vintage National Cash Register (NCR) ad inside back cover - their new register calculates change!. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1984Features: Birds of Paridise of Papua New Guinea; Quest for an 8,000-meter peak; African Wildlife Conservation - The Eleventh Hour; Rio Azul - Maya City of the Dead; Antarctic Search for Meteorites; Projeto Flora Expedition to Araca, Brazil; On the Desert Trail of Lawrence of Arabia; Natural History Guide to Tropical Isles and Seas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1955Features include: Vanda Sanderiana and Its Hybrids; The Novel Orchid Pot from Brazil; Notes on Germinating Cypripedium Seed (III): Procedure with Infected Seed; A Revision of the Genus Chysis; Collectors' Item: Eulophiella Rolfei; Sophronitis Hybrids; How Can Botanicals be Judged?; Hapu as a Potting Medium; Standards for Orchids for Retail Florists; For the Windowsill Orchidist: a Pep Talk; and Beginners' Handbook: Potting and Potting Media. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
1991144 pages. Selected bibliography. Index. "Considers the past, present and future of the comic from an international perspective, from Hogarth's prints via the birth of the superhero to the graphic novel. Along the way they examine the development of comics in Japan, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Portugal, Holland, France, Germany and Italy - in short, any country with an indigenous comic industry. Illustrated with more than 250 specially commissioned colour photographs, many of rare publications from the author's private collection." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A beautiful copy - gift quality. Book
1956168 pages. Features: Cover art entitled "Coffee Carriers" by Candido Portinari; Reports on Red China, Turkey, and Washington, D.C.; Can Men Live Without War, by Vannevar Bush; Rhythm in My Blood, by Agnes De Mille; Asia's Needs and Western Policy, by Barbary Ward; Poetry by E.G. Burrows, Harold Witt, James L. Rosenberg, and Daniel Sullivan; Medal in the Sky, by Leo Rosten; Mozart and Nancy Storace, by Boris Goldovsky; The Fly Farm, by Grant Cannon; The Day Aunt Chaya was Buried, by Wolf Mankowitz; The Stature of Harry Truman, by Herbert Elliston; Brazil - The Good Neighbor - Essays, Stories and Verse by Brazillian Writers. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Front cover partially detached. Back cover not included. Book
1985160 pages. Features: Jim Stephens, Mike Siddal, and R. Mark Neyman - The RANDANDY; The Beauty of Construction Models; Liverpool historical discovery; FOREST BELLE - the superior value of plank-on-frame construction; The Butt Block - an integral part of a wooden boat's structure; Westport's flat-iron skiff and its sharpie cousin; George Luzier's boatshop in Sarasota; Renewing the deck - an expert approach; Dragonquest - in search of the Chinese junk; From the brink of extinction - Mediterranean molding in Brazil; Matter of Detail; Perfectly Seasoned - Air Drying your Lumber - Part I. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine