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1924Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1965Features: Window on South America; TSR-2 and Concord; Russian Trapeze Artists; W.W.I German Aircraft; Midget Racer Designs; Fortress is in R.A.F.; Sopwith 'Atlantic'; No. 20 Squadron History; Future of the H.S. 681; Mexican Air Force; Avro Arrow (4 pages with many black and white photos, structural cutaway, specs, expoded view and diagrams; No. 1 Air Navigation School; Finnish War Relics; Economical Motorspatz; Veteran Stratoliners; The Two Enemies; R.A.F. will be the loser - re-equipment plans discussed; Valiant to the last - the scrapping of the Vickers Valiant; Sir Winston Churchill; Hawker Nimrod; W.W. I. Miscellany; Light Autogyros in U.K.; Campbell-Benson B-11-2; British Airlines; TSR-2 - cardinal points; No. 18 (N.E.I.) Squadron; 'Zero' returns home; Defence White Paper; Between the Wars; Air Forces Middle East; Fleet Air Arm on Tour; Skyframe Museum; Fairey G.4/31; Revolt in Congo; Meteors over Korea; Piaggio P 166C; U.S.A.F. postscript; On Being Shot Down; France's Aero Exports; British Airlines Postscript; Shuttleworth Collection; Polish Air Force, 1940-45; H.S. 125 and Dominie; No. 70 Squadron History; Scintex Super Emeraude; Sonic Bangs (booms); Sir Geoffrey de Havilland; Pilatus History; Japan Air Lines; Visit to H.M.S. Ark Royal; No. 1 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Plane that bombed America - Yokosuka E14Y1; Navigation - Part I; Escort to Bomb Raid; Paris Report; Suez 1956; Ancestor Airlines; PZL-104 Wilga; Navigation - part 2; Gliding Championships; The Auster Line; Battle of Britain; Italian Raids on the U.K.; Chaumont Weapons Meet; Army Flying; Open Day at Middle Wallop; Gloster Grebe; Kosciuszko Squadron; Suez 1956 - a lesson in air power; Between the Wars; Navigation - 3; The Parnall Story; No. 43 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Sopwith Grasshopper; The R.A.F. Today; Extending the Buccaneer; Two-Seater Fighting; Navigation - Part 4; Scheibe SF-26 Standard; Hermes aide-memoire; Kestrel Evaluation; "Karel Doorman"; Whitehead Aircraft; Navigation - part 5; Victa Airtourer 115; The Parnall Story; Rhodesia's Air Force; Naval Fighter School; Hughes OH-6A; Mini-COIN; No. 23 Squadron History; B.A.C. Drone; Loss of Flight 19; Training Engineers; and much more. Includes index . Gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy. Book
1943Features: Cover illustration of roller skate accident by Richard Priest; Colour Shredded Wheat ad inside front cover; Victory Bond ad; Editorial - Maclean's declaration of Faith and Purpose; Nice ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; Commandos Attack - Highlights from the inside story of the Commandos - the first official account of the daring exploits of Combined Operations - with photos; Article on taking care of our feet; Arctic Ordeal - C.B. Wall describes an amazing story of endurance after three men crash a plan in Greenland - David Goodlet, Arthur Weaver, Al Nash - with photo; Miss Sherlock Holmes, by Thelma Lecocq - Verda Vincent is Canada's only woman criminologist; Lolly was a Lady - fiction by Ed. Zern; They Kill U-Boats - "Not only must they battle wind and weather but bomb with split-second accuracy - and bring back actual proof of their 'kill'" - by Arch Whitehouse, with photos; Beverley Baxter in London explains how war damages family life; Cross-Canada news bits including bootleg food in B.C.; Greece Fights Back - despite atrocities unsurpassed in the history of tyranny Greek guerillas wage a bitter, stubborn warfare against their Axis foes, by Betty Wason, with photos; Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts of Africa - few men living today have had a more eventful and extraordinary career than this famous warrior-statesman - with photos; The Raiders - fiction by Norman Collins; Troop Troupers - the C.W.A.C. revue that's bringing glamour to Army camps across Canada, with photos; Work and Wages, by S.E. McGorman; Northern Electric Victory Bond ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad with caption "In Wartime eat one more slice of bread each meal!"; Fascinating full-page military-themed ad by Hiram Walker & Sons explains how their alcohol is used in a multitude of military applications; Two-colour full-page Kodak ad shows two Canadian sailor receiving snapshots from back home; Modess ad shows young lady working on a plane; Nice two-colour ad for Van Camp's Pre-Cooked Beans; Full-page Ford Motor Company ad with illustration of Canada's mechanized army at war; Nice colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Rare Colour Coke ad on back cover includes several images of military men. Address label on front cover. Moderate wear. Short openings to and chips from bottom edge of front cover. A sound copy of this significant wartime issue. Book
1944Contents: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft - interesting 2-page ad; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - color ad; Gathered 'somewhere in London,' chiefs map course of invasion; photo of Japanese and Nazi officers watching German maneuvers ; Sir Oliver Leese - New Eighth Commander; Preparing to soften up the Marshall Islands; Poland's stormy history repeats in boundary dispute with Russia - Soviet's proposal for return to Curzon Line and her attack on Willkie tax Allied amity; Danish Martyr - Rev. Kaj Munk spoke his mind, then paid the dread Nazi price; Photo of Hitler with Bulgarian leaders; Camel cigarettes - great color ad!; Behind Pravda's attack on Willkie; Kodak film - military color ad; Firestone - color centerfold; Freya Stark - British Agent; Allies have secret weapon too - mysterious Jay-Pee Superplane - article with cutaway drawing; Grumman Trinity - Navy's ace combat plane makers build a colossus from $17,000 start; Surprise U.S. suit against 'cartels' baffles both British and Americans; Photo and story about Howie Morenz Jr.; Schlitz Beer - color ad; Great War Bonds ad featuring General MacArthur. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194464 pages. Features: Humorous cover art of young couple and Niagara Falls slide show; Very classy colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover entitled "The Men Who are Planning the World of Tomorrow" shows serious draughtsman at work; Nice colour Orange Crush ad; What the Enemy Wants at the White House; Photo of Major Paul Triquet, recent winner of the Victoria Cross (V.C.); Photo of synthetic rubber plant under construction in Sarnia; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows service men and women calling long distance; Boom in Booby Traps - photo-illustrated article explains their prominence in the present war, including photo of "Moascar Stocks" used in the training of soldiers to handle unseen mines; Dope Behind the Armies - photo-illustrated ad explains "Narcotic drugs were among Hitler's secret weapons, but they have proved a boomerang"; A Clean Sweep (short story); Sam's Girl (short story); Death in the Dance (short story); A Man and His Plane - photo-illustrated article on R.B.C. Noorduyn and his plane, the "Norseman," built in Montreal; The Sand-Lot League (short story); Movie News; Northern Electric one-page ad features their products used to keep Canada's Army on the move; When the Boys Come Home - article by the Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Pensions and National Health; Auto-Lite one page ad features inset photo of Ronald Colman; One-page Canada Post Office ad includes military illustrations and detailed instructions how to insure mailings will reach their intended recipient overseas; One-page Government of Canada entitled "The Story of Inflation" goes into considerable detail to encourage readers to resist price inflation for the good of the nation; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of newlyweds Eileen Thomas of Toronto and Douglas Haig of Montreal; Small Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows timbermen on floating logs with caption "Free Enterprise is the Driving Force!"; Interesting half-page Canadian General Electric ad addressed to "Canada's 500,000 War Brides" previews their after-victory electric kitchen; 1/3-page ad for the Canadian Association of Ice Industries shows ice refrigerator made by Sanderson-Harold Co., Ltd., of Paris, Ontario; Lovely half-page colour ad for Woodbury Powder features portrait of Veronica Lake; Fashion article with photo of peasant blouse; Salad article; Bright and colourful one-page GSW/McClary appliance ad shows housewife "Mrs. Johnson" in modern kitchen; Illustrations of fashions for ladies; Photo of Elizabeth Long of the CBC's "Women's Talks"; Super one-page colour ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) shows marching women in uniform above a hectic Normandy-like beach landing scene; World Sayings; Ford Motor Company colour ad inside back cover shows their military and domestic trucks being serviced; Back cover Coke ad entitled "Have a 'Coke' = Pukka Gen" with illustration of returning R.A.F. flyers by Saul Tepper; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this particularly excellent wartime issue. Book
194164 pages. Features: Nice War Savings Certificates ad inside front cover shows woman placing written pledge in her window; News digest discusses Italy's collapse, America the 'Arsenal of Democracy', and 'Compromises' at Washington; Nice "Canada is Strong" ad by Fleischmann's Yeast shows men with peaveys moving large floating logs; British Women in Man-Size Jobs - wonderfully photo-illustrated article shows Pauline Gower in cockpit of plane she is ferrying from factory to R.A.F. station; Ordeal by Arrow (bear-hunting short story); Blueboy (short story); The Bullet (short story); Inside the Gestapo - article with dramatic photos of POWs; Sixty Days to Live (short story); Meet the Ambassador! - great photo-illustrated article on Reginal "Red" Horner of the Toronto Maple Leafs; Nice one-page Pontiac ad; Canadian National ad promotes Jasper National Park; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Canada at the Crossroads - Dominion-Provincial Controversy; Movie news and photos; Woodbury Soap ad features photo of Deborah Douglas; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Virginia Bruce; Colorful Perennial Gardens; Spring fashion parade; Canned foods article; Fashion illustrations; World Sayings; Vintage Heinz ad inside back cover shows three of there 15 minute dinners; Nice back cover colour ad for Canadian canned lobster - Canadians are asked to support this domestic industry which has lost access to its international markets; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194228 pages. Features: Wonderful colour ad inside front cover features a 1939 Daimler Straight Eight Touring Limousine; Title page photos of tanks returning to England from the failed Dieppe raid; The Commando Raid on Dieppe - aerial photos and a chart of the town; Twelve photos during and after the Dieppe raid; Four sketches of Dieppe action by artist Captain Bryan De Grineau; A Review of Many Events of the War - article by Cyril Falls; Photo portraits of new commanders for our armies in the Middle East - The Hon. Sir Harold Alexander, Major-General Herbert Lumsden and Lieut.-General B.L. Montgomery (Monty); Egypt's contribution to our way of life, by Sir John Squire; Excellent full-page photo portrait of the late Air Commodore H.R.H. The Duke of Kent with the Duchess; Interesting photos at home and abroad; Fifteen photos of personalities and events of the week; Centerfold illustration by Captain Bryan De Grineau depicts zero hour off Dieppe - the combined services launching their attack at the appointed time and place; Excellent two-page illustrations present structural details of the Focke-Wulf "F.W. 190" Fighter Plane; Photos of war activities on three fronts - Pacific, Mediterranean and Channel; Five photos of British 4.5 Heavy Guns in action on the El Alamein Battlefield; Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy - Six photos; The Prime minister visits the Eighth Army at El Alamein - 6 photos; Mr. Churchill visits Egypt and Moscow - six photos including shots of Churchill with Molotov and Stalin; Four large dramatic photos of Naval action in the Great Convoy Fight off Malta; Series of illustrations depict how the tanker "Ohio" delivered fuel to Malta; Great back cover colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whiskey shows a crate of whisky being wheeled past a smiling traffic officer. Somewhat above-average wear to covers. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
194332 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Victory Parade of the 51st Highland Division march along the palm-lined avenue Gambetta in Tunis; Eleven impressive photos of the Allied victory procession through the streets of Tunis; Contour map of Sardinia showing airfields and seaplaine bases; Photo of the people of Malta celebrating the Tunisian victory - with Il Duce in effigy; Eight photos of large quantities of enemy vehicles and supplies captured in North Africa; Washington Conference Ended - article by Cyril Falls; The King and Queen Meet the Allied Airmen - Dambusters - who breached the dams in Germany - six photos including shots of the King with Fl.-Lieut. J.C. McCarthy, L.G. Knight, Wing Commander Gibson, Flight-Lieut. H.B. Martin, and D.J.H. Maltby; Four large illustrations of Joint US/British Army Exercises in Southern England; Nice centerfold photo from a plane protecting an allied Atlantic convoy; Liberator versus U-Boat - Coastal Command's reply to the Sea Wolves - Eleven photos; Four dramatic photos of two U-Boats being killed by Coastal Command; Two Grainy photos of U.S. Forces on Attu Island - "the Japs are now utterly destroyed"; Photos of six French vessels at Alexandrea now joining the Allies; Two great photos of America's latest travelling gun - the 6-inch M-12 is capable of sinking a heavy cruiser at 10 miles - shown crashing its way through woodlands and being sighted; Nice colour ad for B.S.A. products on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1838ref. 1182-21Mailand, Militärgeograph. Inst. 1838. Kolor. Kupferkarte in 40 Segmenten auf 4 gefalt. Kartenbll. (je ca. 47, 5 x 76, 5 cm) auf Leinen gezogen. Zus. 90 x 149 cm. in HLdr.-Schuber d. Zt.. m. Rückengoldpräg. 1 Karte im Bereich d. Kartusche wasserrandig. [6 Warenabbildungen]
ref. ARR004a1Série discontinue de 103 numéros du N°13 (Novembre 1937) au N°189(Décembre 1954)
1750ref. 32014ABUm 1750. 48 x 57 cm. Breitrandig unter Glas mit profilierter Holzleiste (58 x 64.5 cm). Leiste mit kl. Beschädigungen.
1580ref. 1709-12[ca. 1580]. Orig.-Kupferstich. 22 x 30 cm. (Blattgr.); 19 x 26 cm. (Bildausschn.). Kl. Randeinriß.
ref. 890655 textes reliés en 1 seul volume, demi-basane, reliure en mauvais état mais structure solide, des rousseurs sur les pages. Carillian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont, 1845, 118 p., 1 planche dépliante / Bachelier, 1852, 103 p., / Mallet-Bachelier, 1858, 104 p., 1 planche dépliante / Carilian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont, 1846, 72 p., 3 planches dépliantes / Carillian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont, 1850, 46 p., 3 planches dépliantes.
1880ref. 2140-18Wien, Reifenstein/Gemeinderath 1880. Orig.-Frablithogr. Plan. 84 x 103 cm. gefalt. Einrisse in den Bugfalten. [2 Warenabbildungen]
ref. P69London, Sampson Low, Marston & CO, 1909. Reprinted by Jane's Publishing Company, 1986.
1730ref. 1291-17Nürnberg, Ioh. Baptist Homanni [ca. 1730]. Altkolorierter Kupferkarte 54 x 63 cm. (Blattgr.); 47 x 56 cm. (Kartengr.). Im weißen Rand tlw. stockfleckig u. randrissig. [2 Warenabbildungen]
1918ref. 1075-20München., Kriegskarten-Vlg. 1914-1918. Tle. 1-6 (v. 8) in 6 Bdn. 2°. 200 gefalt. farb. Karten in diesem Zeitraum. OLn.-Bde. Mit Gold- u. Scharzpräg. 1. Tl.: geplatze Rückenkante (ca. 8 cm.). 5. Tl.: Einbd. gebleicht. Karten ab Nr. 61 lose. Doublette von Karte 180.
1842ref. 1093-23Wien, J. Bermann und Sohn [1842]. Farb-Typographsiche Karte in 2 Segmenten auf Leinen aufkaschiert. 49,5 x 74, 5 cm (Gesamtgr.). Mit mittiger Faltspur. Ränder und Ecken teils stockfleckig und mit kl. Läsuren. Kartenbl. teils etwas voM Leinen gelöst.
1832ref. 1278-23Weimar, Verlag des Geographischen Instituts (1832/33). Altkolorierte Kupferstichkarte. 57,4 x 69, 2 cm (Blattgr.); 51,5 x 61, 4 cm (Plattengr.) Mehrmals gefaltet. Teils minimale Randläsuren, sonst gut erhalten.
1914Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary dark green cloth bdg. Two volumes in one. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script. 2 volumes set: (64 p.; 64 p.), b/w ills. AH 1330-1331 = AD 1914-1915. First and Only Edition of this book on the plane geometry in the Imperial Ottoman. Set is very scarce. Mustafa Salim was a teacher and an engineer having grown up during the Ottoman period and his work called "Hesâb-i Asgar-i Nâmütenâhiyat" as well which was the first work on 'the differential calculus'. He gave lectures on differential and integral calculations, high algebra, technical mechanic, and mathematical mechanic at Hendese-i Mülkiye-i Sâhâne, Darul Funun (House of Sciences), and Darüssafaka, which were outstanding schools of the time. This work is one of the earliest plane geometry. This work includes the applications of the geometry lesson taught in the first year of the Idadîye schools which was written with Darüssafaka and Engineering School Teacher Hasan Fehmi Çayköy. First Edition. Özege 7291.; Only two copies in OCLC: 949534124 (Bogaziçi University Library, Istanbul) and 850849216 (ITU Library, Istanbul).
1820ref. 0161-23Mailand, Instituto Geografico Militare/Geographisches Militär Institut 1820. Gefaltete Kupferstichkarte in 24 Segmenten auf Leinen kaschiert. 72, 5 x 74, 8 cm. (Gesamtgr.), je Segment ca. 18 x 12, 5 cm. Gefaltet im zeitgen. Schuber mit Wurzelmarmorpapierbezug. In der oberen rechten Ecke und unteren Kante minimal fleckig, an den Segmentkanten leicht gebräunt. [2 Warenabbildungen]
1700ref. 42271ABAmsterdam, P. Schenk und G. Valck [um 1700]. Qu.-2° (39 x 50.5 cm). Breitrandig, Falz leicht knittrig. Die sonst leere Wappenkartusche mit Text von alter Hand 'Die Alte=Marck', eine kl. Notiz im Kartenbild und o.re. im äußeren weißen Rand numeriert (jeweils schwarze Feder).
ref. 84910aaf3 Broschüren und 1 Mappe mit maschinengeschriebenen Berichten oder Studien mit zahlreichen gezeichneten Karten und Diagrammen: 30 Bl. / 5 Bl. / 4 Bl. / 26 Bl., zw. den Seiten: 3 Briefe oder Durchschläge von Briefen mit Beilagen, guter Zustand.
