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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
1886rif. 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
rif. 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
rif. 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
rif. 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,
rif. 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
1916Pages 41-80. This issue deals with the Battle of Verdun and includes the following photos and illustrations: General Joffre with General Nivelle, a French bell to warn soldiers of German gas attacks, large photo of corduroy road on the French Front, French troops, one-page photo of devastation along a road after a German bombardment, a French mortar being loaded, scenes of destruction in Verdun, captured German soldiers carrying their machine gun to the French lines, trench scenes, fantastic one-page photo of a gangly French observation balloon at Verdun, the Fort des Paroches. Extensive damage and soiling to covers which are free of staples but present. Contents in sound condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1983Features: Balloon Training at NAS Lakehurst; Underwriter's Laboratories Aircraft and Pilots Registers; How the Allies trained the American Air Service; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - part III; The Stardusters - a history of the 406th Figher Group; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part I; The last flight of Lawrence B. Sperry; Seversky AP-7; The race from 'Point Zero' - Curtiss vs. Wright; Beware the Man with the Tape Recorder; Operation Sun-Run; The Douglas DC-1 - 50 years ago; What killed Harriet Quimby; Bell XP-77 Design Origin; Davis-Monthan - home of the USA's 'Surplus' Air Force; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - Part IV (conclusion); Jim Warner - Radioman; American-built civilian Airplaines in the Netherlands East Indies, 1935-1942; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part II; The Crash of the TWA Fokker F-10A; Doing their duty Side by Side - American Aviation Personnel in Allied Service; The Lockheed Constellation (A history) Part I; Lillie-Vought Biplane (Chance M. Vought's Early Designs of World War I Era); American Military Aircraft in Siam 1934-1940; U.S.S. Intrepid Air Museum; The 366th Fighter Group in WWII; Hollywood's 13 black cats; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
196840 pages. Features: The Candid Opinions of Mackenzie King - what his private diaries reveal - with photos (part 1 of 2); Birds of the Eastern Forest - the illustrations of J. Fenwick Lansdowne, with article; Margot Kidder - Actress - article with photos; Jaco Kaminsky - Montreal's Balloon Man - article with photo; Golf's Hole-in-One - with photo of Spain's Miguel retrieving his lucky ball; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1867rif. 172771867 4 volumes, reliure demi-chagrin marron in-quarto (binding half shagreen) (29 x 20 cm), dos 4 nerfs (spine with raised bands) ornés de filets or et à froid et filets perlés or (illuminated with a gilt line and blind-stamping decoration), filets perlés en place des nerfs (gilt beaded lines on the place of raised bands), titre et tomaison frappés or (gilt title and volume numbering), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), toutes trancheslisses (all smooth edges), Exemplaires agrémentés de 1785 vignettes illustrées dans le texte et gravures hors texte d'après les dessins de FERAT, P. BROUX, L. GUIGUET, LHERMITTE, H. ROUSSEAU, J. DIDIER, H. CLERGET, V. ROSE, W.H. FREEMAN et gravées par PANNEMAKER, NAVELLIER, MIDDERICH, H. DUTHEIL, D. DUMONT, HILDIBRAND, J. ANSSEAU, E. BURE, F. MEAULLE, J. LADMIRAL, DESTRE, QUESNEL, L. ALEXANDRE, J. QUARTLEY, ROUGET, BELLENGER, E. MONS, BERVEILLER, LATOUR In fine de chaque tome, table des matières, et, Index alphabétique au tome IV, légères piqûres (smalls points of redness marks), 743+703+752+744 pages, 1867 à Paris Furne - Jouvet et Compagnie Editeurs ,
1925rif. 62020Akron OH: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ca. 1925. 4to. 8.25 x 10.25 in. Twelve silver gelatin photographs all w/ negative number at lower fore-edge w/in negative each w/ manuscript pen annotations of cubic feet size self-printed front cover title sheet stapled at upper fore-edge as issued w/ mimeograph typescript title slight age toning very slight wear still NF copy. A very scarce group of promotional photographs issued by the Goodyear Corp. in the 1920’s detailing their 1600 & 2300 cubic foot pocket-sized barrage balloons with rigid fins. These were intended to be portable easily inflated by a small group of United States Army Air Force personnel or Naval Personnel in order to protect against strafing attacks. See: Barrage Balloon Development in the United States Army Air Corps 1923-1942 1943; Hugh Allen The Story of the Airship 1942. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., unknown
rif. Nyberg, Erik and Göran TIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1884rif. 2951884 FABRE 1884 à 1886 3 numéros reliés en un fort volume 1/2 chagrin ,dos à nerfs, pt.IN4;couv.conservées,importante documentation sur la gravure :
rif. CZC-8825Ballons sphériques, aérostation militaire, maritime et scientifique, ballons dirigeables. texte autographié. vol in4, 29x19 relié demi cuir, les deux plats sont détachés, corps de l'ouvrage bien solide, très nombreuses illustrations, formules, tableaux, etc..704pp. Complet. Université de Bordeaux, 1903/1904
rif. CZC-8825Ballons sphériques, aérostation militaire, maritime et scientifique, ballons dirigeables. texte autographié. vol in4, 29x19 relié demi cuir, les deux plats sont détachés, corps de l'ouvrage bien solide, très nombreuses illustrations, formules, tableaux, etc..704pp. Complet. Université de Bordeaux, 1903/1904
1918Pages 217-244 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Martinsyde ad; S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium Commercial Vehicles photo ad; The Question of Reprisals; Sopwith ad; Page of six photos of aeroplanes of the Fifth Army of France; The Medical Aspects of Flying; The Gentle Art of Propaganda; Honours for the R.N.A.S.; An Albatross Fighting Biplane - informative article with photos and diagrams; Westland Aircraft ad; The Roll of Honour; International Aircraft Standards (continued); half-page photo of observation balloon to watch enemy movements on the British western front in France; Personals; The Air Force Debate; Aviation in Parliament; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Flight Buyer's Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Covers tender. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
192732 pages. Features: Coming Home - A Poem; Removing the Smoke Screen From America's Warships; Use Your Hands to Save Your Head; Churches are Building Skyscrapers from Coast to Coast - article with photos of Broadway Temple in New York, Mizpah Temple in Syracuse, and Baptist Temple in Rochester, NY; The Conquest of the MIddle Ages; The Lustrous Lenglen - French tennis pro Suzanne Lenglen - article with illustration; News out of Washington; Henry Ford's Page - He argues the Marines should be used to root out those Americans who visit Central and South America only to bind their nations with loans, exploit them in commerce and mislead them in industry; Editorials - Will Rogers is recommended as Sec. of State for Pan-American Affairs, Criticism of Charlie Chaplin, poor Army grub leads to many desertions, the Civil Liberties Union, led by Ernst Freund, opposes the Alien Deportation Bill; When France got Back Her Favorite Daughter, Alsace the Lovely - photo-illustrated article of the beautiful region; Strange Men Who Could Not Keep Straight (part 2) - Charlie of the Quantrelle Gang; The Balloon That Never Returned - a mystery story of the Arctic; One-page illustrated ad for the Venice Company of Venice, Florida; Alfred Brunson was Wisconsin's First Methodist Circuit Rider; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - college news in France, Montreal rabbi Rev. Isaac de la Penhe claims ownership of Labrador, Robby Burns' advice to his brother; News Bits. Average wear. Nibbling along top of coverfold. Unmarked. Page 9 loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1930Globo terrestre realizzato dal cartografo Luther alla scala di 1: 38.000.000. Buono lo stato di conservazione generale, alcune abraisioni nell'emisfero meridionale.
1940Globo terrestre politico realizzato da Paul Rath alla scala di 1:38.600.000. Base in bachelite. Stato di conservazione molto buono
