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1917Due cromolitografie tratte dalla serie “Imagerie d’Epinal”: sono le tavole 6 e 7 (nn. 211 e 212) dedicate agli aerostati: “Les ballons dirigeables” e “Ballons & cerfs volants”. (Cm. 40 x 30).
réf. 11113Candy letter: 14 March 1893; Harcourt Buildings Temple. Le Fevre letter: 15 March 1898; on letterhead of Le Fevre & Co. Civil & Mechanical Engineers St Antholins Chambers 26 Budge Row Cannon St with stamp of Balloon Society of Great Britain. Items are in fair condition on lightly-aged paper and mostly laid down on two pieces of card. Candy's letter to Burton who is not named but identified from the context: 12mo 2 pp. Headed 'Private'. He thanks him for 'the very kind and too flattering way in which you refer in to-day's Advertiser to my remarks at the Balloon Society's meeting anent the "Direct Veto Bill".' Claims that his 'services have always been at the disposal of "the trade" Wholesale & Retail. I took the chair some years ago at a large meeting held at the Aquarium Theatre to protest against the proposed measure duty on Spirits.' His 'connection with "the Trade" has brought great obloquy' upon him 'among not only the professional agitators whose mission is to worry harrass and annoy the Licensed Victuallers as a class; but it has wholly deprived me of the income which I might otherwise have drawn from briefs for the Opponents of individual licensees at Brewster Sessions.' Claims that he has 'been wholly ignored' since 'Mr. Walker became Chairman of the Central Protection Society'. After another complaint closes the letter. Le Fevre's letter to 'C. Burton Esq Bridge Hosue Hotel Westbourne Terrace Bayswater': 8vo 2 pp. Praising Burton's 'letter in yesterdays Advertiser' see below and suggesting that he 'secure the services of Mr Candy to address some public meetings on the Local Veto Bill'. With four newspaper cuttings: two letters 3 and 12 March 1893 from Burton to the editor of the Morning Advertiser; a long cutting headed 'Mr. Candy Q.C. on the Bill' and beginning 'Last night at a well-attended meeting of the Balloon Society held at St. James's Hall Mr. Lefevre presiding Mr. Candy Q.C. gave an address on "The Liquor Traffic Local Control Bill."'; a long obituary Morning Advertiser 27 October 1899. headed 'Death of Mr. Candy Q.C.' With cutting of photograph of Candy. Candy letter: 14 March 1893; Harcourt Buildings, Temple. Le Fevre letter: 15 March 1898; on letterhead of Le Fevre & Co., Civil unknown
2003réf. Q-1402706316Balloon 2003-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Balloon paperback
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1918Cover illustration depicts a Belgian and Briton meeting at Ostend - free after four years in Hun hands; Through the Tunnel at Last! - by Lovat Fraser; Cambrai Rescued from the Wrecker's Clutches; The Doom of Sergeant Ramroad, by Hamilton Fyfe; Canadian Chariots Gathered to Capture Cambrai; Deliverance & Trophies from Tunnels & Dug-outs; With Belgium's Armies Advancing to Bruges; Freeing the Soil of France of the Invader - Following up the Line of German Retreat; Sending propaganda pamphlets via balloon; Some of the quarter million taken since July - German Prisoners; Hardy Albanian Highlanders help the Allies; The Lighter Side of Flying, by Night-hawk; Where Saint George Smote the German Michael; Woman and the New Society, by W.L. George; Learning and Mercy as Victims of Vile 'Kultur'; Republic or Limited Monarchy? by Frederic William Wile; Shakespeare and the War. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
réf. 11051(Commandant DRIANT) In 8 reliure éditeur pleine toile rouge de l’éditeur, titre et ballon dorés au dos. Grande plaque polychrome animée avec titre et filets en encadrement, dorés. Bords biseautés. Faux-titre, frontispice sous serpente, titre, 503 pages, tranches dorées, illustrations hors-texte de G. DUTRIAC. Paris Ernest Flammarion éditeur, sans date. (1909) édition originale. Rousseurs légères en début et fin de volume. Beau cartonnage, très frais. On joint une photographie originale de M. ROLL, de la maquette du monument « au colonel DRIANT et à ses chasseurs » acceptée par le comité dans sa réunion du 8 décembre 1921 avec signature du secrétaire trésorier
réf. DADAX1932425012New unknown
réf. CZC-7591Histoire documentaire et anecdotique. Les précurseurs, les Montgolfier, les deux écoles, le siège de Paris, les grands dirigeables et le sport aérien. vol in folio, 330x220 relié demi cuir à coins, tranche de tête dorée, coins légèrement émoussés, 484pp. ( poids 5,800kg) Très nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte en noir. Paris, Librairie Nony, 1903
réf. CZC-7591Histoire documentaire et anecdotique. Les précurseurs, les Montgolfier, les deux écoles, le siège de Paris, les grands dirigeables et le sport aérien. vol in folio, 330x220 relié demi cuir à coins, tranche de tête dorée, coins légèrement émoussés, 484pp. ( poids 5,800kg) Très nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte en noir. Paris, Librairie Nony, 1903
réf. DADAX0275972968New unknown
1909318 p. + Fascinating illustrations and advertisements. Includes: "Programme du Comite de Defense des Interets Nationaux", etc. Mildly XLib. Contemporary full cloth binding, worn at head. Rare review of aviation, before and after the Wright Brothers' flight. FR5
Hildburghausen, Verlag vom Bibliogr. Institut. (1880 circa). Coppia di incisioni su acciaio in colore a stampa d'epoca, cm 39 x 48,5 (il foglio). Un lieve ingiallimento dei fogli e alcune usuali leggere gualciture, buona conservazione.
1956Features: Two against the ocean, including a polio victim; White Man Fire-Walker - Methodist Missionary The Rev. Eric. L. Robinson; Pilot's 300 Crashes into Balloon Cables - continuing 'The Sky's No Limit," the first authentic story of the test pilots; The Mongoose - killer of Cobras; I Joined the Rush for Uranium - The Colorado Plateau; Rendezvous with Maneaters - Adventurer's Paradise Continued; Captured by Chinese Pirates - the steamer Ningpo; Below Zero Road - The Alaska Highway; The Trail of Crab Oonaka; Search for the Whooping Crane - trailing two wild birds for over 2,000 miles; We found unknown mountains - Nepalese adventures; The Beads of Assa - Somali adventure; Up-Helly-A - Norse Festival; and more. Backstrip missing; Covers partially loose. Still a worthy copy. Book
1976pp. vi, 178. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Map endpapers. "Weaves together the story of Japanese attempts to retaliate [after the Doolittle raids on the Japanese islands] with an account of wartime situations and the effects of the attacks along the west coast of the United States and Canada. Describes coastal defenses, the evacuation of Japanese-Americans, and beach patrols. Written with the assistance of Japanese scientists who developed and launched the fire bomb balloons, surviving members of the crews of the Japanese submarines that attacked the U.S. mainland, and the only airplane pilot to bomb the United States." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear to publisher's mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Binding tight. Light wear to dust jacket which is partially sunned at spine and now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this intriguing and little-known WWII history. Enser p.134, Smith 5828-34. Book
LEGATURE COEVE IN TUTTA PELLE MARRONE CON AL DORSO TITOLI E FREGI IN ORO, INTERNO CON UNA BELLA TAVOLA DEL MAPPAMONDO, O SIA DESCRIZIONE GENERALE DEL GLOBO. PRIMO VOLUME DALLA LETTERA A ALLA LETTERA K, SECONDO VOLUME DALLA LETTERA L ALLA LETTERA Z. numero pagine: XVII 330 +383 formato: 18.5X12 stato conservazione: ABBASTANZA BUONO, FIRME DI PROPRIETA' COPERTE AI FRONTESPIZI, MINIMI E RARI SEGNETTI AI LATI. NUMERO INVENTARIO AI RISVOLTI edizione: PRIMA MILANESE
1886réf. 10727Paris, Blétry Frères, 1886 ; in-8, broché ; 16 pp., couverture bleue imprimée.
1790Carta geografica inserita nell'opera "Géographie Moderne, Historique et Politique" edita a Parigi nel 1790 con direzione di Louis Charles Desnos Ingegnere e Cartografo per i Globi e le Sfere. La carta, con coloritura coeva ai confini, presenta ai lati la descrizione dell'analisi applicata editorialmente
1967Features: Did Richard Giesbrecht overhear JFK's assassins?; Colour photo ad for the 1968 Delta Oldsmobile; Campus 1967 - Why has it grown so quiet? - an 11-page hard look at the new campus and its problems; A Consumer's Report on Canada's Top Universities; A Day in the Life of a University - 100 people are button-holed at the University of Toronto; Crazy Legs! - colour photos of coloured leggings!; The day the balloon went up for Wallace McCutcheon; Robert Stanfield in Ottawa - the end of obstruction; The Lonely, Fearful Hell of Nervous Breakdowns; Hey Stuke! - Annis Stukus seeks to bulldoze Vancouver into the National Hockey League; When the daring young men took off into glory from a Newfoundland pasture - the challenge to be the first to fly the Atlantic; The Black Hand on the Big Trigger - H. Rap Brown gives his first full-scale interview to a white reporter; Look - There's a Flying Saucer! - some scientists want to prove UFO observers right, or wrong; Nice colour ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo 1968; Canadiana, with Gerald Stevens; Fantastic colour photo centerfold for the 1968 Buick Models - Gigantic and beautiful cars we'll probably never see again... sigh; Archery in the Rough. Covers separated and detached, but present. Book
réf. CZC-9221frontispice et nombreuses illustrations dans le texte et à pleine page de Gil Baer Les aérostiers de Coutelle, Pilâtre de Rozier, Guyton de Morveau, Conté, pendant le siège de Paris, la poste en ballon, les précurseurs de la navigation aérienne, les ballons à vapeur de Giffard, l'aérostat électrique de Tissandier, l'École de Chalais et les aérostiers modernes. vol.in.4, 30x22, bon exemplaire bien frais, 319pp. Paris H. Lecène & Oudin, 1889
réf. CZC-9221frontispice et nombreuses illustrations dans le texte et à pleine page de Gil Baer Les aérostiers de Coutelle, Pilâtre de Rozier, Guyton de Morveau, Conté, pendant le siège de Paris, la poste en ballon, les précurseurs de la navigation aérienne, les ballons à vapeur de Giffard, l'aérostat électrique de Tissandier, l'École de Chalais et les aérostiers modernes. vol.in.4, 30x22, bon exemplaire bien frais, 319pp. Paris H. Lecène & Oudin, 1889
réf. 14020Paris, Furne, Jouvet, (1867-1870 ). 4 volumes grand in-4, [dimension: 280 x 186 mm] de Portrait, (4), 743, (1) / (4), 703, (1) / (4), 752 / (4), 744 pp. Demi-basane tabac , dos lisse. (Reliure de l'époque.) fortes rousseurs,reliures bon etat,
réf. 2111902160201369Kakurindo N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 Kakurindo paperback
1984Premiere issue of this attractive colour glossy Canadian music publication intended to be "the mirror image of people and times defined by the pop culture. There's music, yes. Lots of it. But there are ideas, too. Images. Fantasies. And hard, blinding realities. Graffiti. Writing on the wall." - Editorial. 98 pages. Features: Boy George cover photo; Graffitibitz; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Helix; Talking Heads; Culture Club; MuchMusic - Is Canada Ready?; Video Column; Platinum Blonde; Fashion - The Italian Look; Fiction; The Peace Balloon; Toronto Film Festival; David Bowie Serious Moonlight colour-photo centerfold; Awesome 16-page colour-photo le chateau clothing mini-catalogue, the middle leaf of which is loose but present. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice collectible copy of this ambitious and impressive publication. Book
