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1941Features: Russia mobilizes 13,000,000 men to defend her freedom - six photos including an excellent shot of an L-760; Photos of U.S.S.R. leaders and Soviet Navy and Army Chiefs; Good photo and caption of Mr. R.A. Watson Watt - originator of radiolocation, which helped to win the Battle of Britain; Three photos of the "Bristol" Beaufort - a deadly torpedo-carrier and bomber; Super photo in the massive wind tunnel at Langley Field, USA; Photos to indicate the power of English Radiolocation technology; Photos of Russian arms and troops on display; Page of photos and illustrations illustrating the Navy of the U.S.S.R. - Red units in the Baltic and Black Sea; Article on Tank Fighting, by Cyril Falls; Two interesting illustrations of the Armoured Command H.Q. Car which directs a fast tank brigade; Centerfold illustration of activity within the mobile Tank H.Q.; Photos of 15 personalities of the week; The Duke of Aosta and his generals surrender at Amba Algagi - with two good photos; Three excellent photos of the "Illustrious" under attack in the Mediterranean; Several photos of Polish sailors training and at rest; Various interesting naval photos including a shot of the new U.S.S. "Washington"; Five photos from Jibuti - French Somaliland - which must be Free French or Anti-Axis; Six photos of swimming in battle-dress and full kit - strenuous army training; Illustration of Churchill on the compass platform of a minelayer, by Sir Muirhead Bone; Illustration of Commander navigation for his mine-laying squadron, also by Sir Muirhead Bone; Article on the Curlew; Artistic full-page ad for Firth Brown; Schweppes full-page ad; Full-page ad for Vat 69. Average wear. Faint Ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
1973Features: reproductions of two short articles from 'The Pierce-Arrow Salesman'; Organizational Chart of the Pierce-Arrow Company, circa 1918; Evaluating the 'Dymaxion' car, by Maurice A. Thorne (Pierce-Arrow Experimental Engineer, 1929-34); reproduction of an interesting "Alemite Equipment Sheet" circa 1920, which was mailed to a customer by his Pierce-Arrow dealer; Reproduction of a 1973 news story about the renovation of a 1924 Pierce Arrow Truck at Burlington County Votech - many photos; Large original factory photo of a 1914 Pierce-Arrow runabout; Six-page article entitled "Old Days Service Garage Experiences", by John M. Powers - includes chassis diagram of a 1915 48-B-3 Pierce-Arrow which shows 93 (!) greasing points; Service Section - New Haven Station is Model - nicely illustrated 2-page article about a P-A dealership in New Haven; Three *great* pages of photos and text about the Clarke-Leu Company, the P-A dealer in Albany, NY; Recollections about the Famous Pierce-Arrow Cars, by A.C. May; Pierce-Arrow Epigrams, circa 1916, are reproduced inside back cover; On back cover is a reproduction of a 1920 dealer's quote for a five-ton dual valve Pierce-Arrow dump with four-yard steel body ($7242.40). Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
193876 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of kids roller skating by Russell Sambrook; News bits include - The Basic Need is Goodwill, Life Goes On, The Right of Free (Speech) Utterance, Arguing That Gets Nowhere, The Taks of Re-Confederation, Austria and Tariffs, A Poet's Obituary - Gabriele d'Annunzio; Very nice one-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad for their St. Lawrence Seaway service; Black Gold in Our Empire's Defence - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the world's oil industry; The Shot at Dusk (short story); The Fatted Calf (short story); Love is a Winged Thing (short story); Salvage at Scapa Flow - photo-illlustrated article on German battleships - sunk by their own officers in 1919 - which end their days in British Dry-Dock; Sunrunner's Madness; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part III of this short story); Putt-Putting - photo-illustrated article on power boating, with photo of Doug Fonda, U.S. High-point outboard champion; Nice one-page Colgate toothpage ad features the Dionne Quints; Land of Wish-it-Were (verse); Classy one-page photo ad for the 1938 Chevrolet; Nice one-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Mrs. Clarence Beairsto of Winnipeg; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of author Kenneth Roberts; Investment news; Movie news with photos of Ann Gillis, Rita Cansino, Dixie Dunbar, Phyllis Brooks, Donald Barry, Tony Martin, John Hall and Gordon Jones; Lux soap ad features photos of Loretta Young and Irene Dunne; Nostalgic half-page ad by the Canadian Association of Ice Industries, Inc. includes photo of man placing block of ice into icebox; (fridge); Exhibit 'A' - Your husband; Article on raising a son; Cooking article; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad includes photo of man holding their new silent 'meter-miser'; World Sayings; Handsome colour ad for the De Luxe Ford V-8 for 1938 shows maroon car in driveway with car jockey speaking to woman of the house; Nostalgic back cover colour ad for the Simmons Slumber King bed spring; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
195356 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1953 Mercury Monterey Custom Coupe inside front cover; Life with Five Governors-General (part 1 of 2) - the Bessboroughs, the Byngs and the Willingdons; The Binghams Came to Blows (fiction); Who will succeed Sir Winston Churchill?; How to sell a house (humour); Tom Thomson - The Rebel Painter of the Pine Woods - article with photos and colour reproduction of "The Pointers"; The Keys to the Car (fiction); Barrister Arthur Martin, QC - His clients never hang; The Corpse That Hoaxed the Nazis (conclusion) - the elaborate story of how the Allies tricked the Nazis into thinking Sardinia would be invaded, rather than Sicily; Fantastic 'mom and apple pie' General Motors of Canada centerfold colour illustration shows a 'Happy Community" - smiling pedestrians, sunny sky and roads full of GM of Canada cars; Gorgeous full-page colour ad for a yellow Oldsmobile '98' Holiday Coupe; uncommon ad for IEL (Industrial Engineering Limited) power chain saws; Interesting colour ad for Atlas tires on back cover shows the 61 license plates of the US states and Canadian provinces; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1952rif. 123DGGenf, Atar S.A., 1952. Farbiger Offsetdruck auf Leinen aufgezogen. Bildformat: 74 x 94 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Winter
1922rif. 013525Paris René Kieffer 1922 In-4 Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée
2026rif. x-3032245990Springer Nature Switzerland Ag 2026. Hardcover. New. 407 pages. 6.14x0.94x9.21 inches. Springer Nature Switzerland Ag hardcover
2007rif. 2081502111901245shandong education 2007. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. shandong education paperback
1944rif. 26792HOUGHTON MIFFLIN boston 1944 HB NODJ May 1944. 1st Edition Stated FIFTH Printing on Copyright Pg NEAR FINE/VG AS-IS NOJACKET Oblong Hardcover Light Rub Wear Extremities. Book Condition: Near Fine. : Hardback = Near Fine with minor shelf-wear at extremities and signs of handling along spine. No dust jacket. light Green & Whitebook cloth with pictorial COVER of "the little house In Green & White In CENTER OF CIRCLE With 2 Trees With House In Center & Smiling Sun Above with 3 Birds Flying aroundHouse 40 pgsTitled on Front in Green & White Back bk is Plain Green Cvr. 10 X 9 /4 in. INnterior Nice Tight clean Light Wear FOX Color Pictorial endpapers of People on Sidewalk Cable Car Man With Car Trouble Horse Pullman Horse Pulling Trolley CarHouses Telephone Posts Early Vintage autos & red & black Houses & Horsedrawn Carriages & Trolley Car ETC winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ,boston hardcover
1912rif. 49077Autocar Sales and Service Co: Newark NJ 1912. Very Good. Newark NJ: Autocar Sales and Service Co. 1912. Archive relating to the design sale and maintenance of an ice cream truck for the New York Ice Cream Co. Contents include a blueprint of the design 25.5x49cm; seven pieces of signed typescript correspondence from the Newark manager of the company dated October and November 1912 six typescript receipts on company letterhead dated December 1912 to May 1913; and a two-page Commercial Chassis Order Contract accomplished in typescript and manuscript signed by a representative of the New York Ice Cream Co. Some light toning and old folds else Very Good in excellent legible condition. Technical but still revelatory archive relating to a very early ice cream truck preceding the launch of Good Humor by eight years. The truck was designed in beet red and gold with black striping "New York Ice Cream Company" printed on the side with a Neapolitan Brick design on the belt panel. The total cost of the vehicle set the New York Ice Cream Company back $2375. What is lacking--and what would make Good Humor the lead in the field--are any bells or a gramophone announcing the arrival of the truck to the neighborhood. Further Reading: Daniel Tannehill Neely's "Soft Serve: Charting the Aural Promise of Ice Cream Truck Music. Newark, NJ unknown
1912rif. 49077Autocar Sales and Service Co: Newark NJ 1912. Very Good. Newark NJ: Autocar Sales and Service Co. 1912. Archive relating to the design sale and maintenance of an ice cream truck for the New York Ice Cream Co. Contents include a blueprint of the design 25.5x49cm; seven pieces of signed typescript correspondence from the Newark manager of the company dated October and November 1912 six typescript receipts on company letterhead dated December 1912 to May 1913; and a two-page Commercial Chassis Order Contract accomplished in typescript and manuscript signed by a representative of the New York Ice Cream Co. Some light toning and old folds else Very Good in excellent legible condition. Technical but still revelatory archive relating to a very early ice cream truck preceding the launch of Good Humor by eight years. The truck was designed in beet red and gold with black striping "New York Ice Cream Company" printed on the side with a Neapolitan Brick design on the belt panel. The total cost of the vehicle set the New York Ice Cream Company back $2375. What is lacking--and what would make Good Humor the lead in the field--are any bells or a gramophone announcing the arrival of the truck to the neighborhood. Further Reading: Daniel Tannehill Neely's "Soft Serve: Charting the Aural Promise of Ice Cream Truck Music. Newark, NJ unknown books
1915rif. 60717Omaha NE: McKeen Motor Car Co. 1915. Oblong 8vo. 16 pp. With photo illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers w/ cover art of Streamline Motor Car and McKeen Highway Coach on front cover photo on back cover minor shelfwear date annotations in upper right corner still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce catalogue touting the pioneering Streamline powered railway 300 Horsepower Motor Car which a successor to his famed gasoline car run as Union Pacific Railroad’s Motor Car 1. His later designs featured large round portholes evoking Jules Verne and innovative industrial and mechanical designs. The double trouble twin motored McKeen cars were said to have pulled twenty freight cars and the M21 was the first 70-foot car followed by M23 & M24 intended to pull passenger cars hotly supported by E.H. Harriman. McKeen redesigned carburetors transmissions running gear and the compressed air often did not work properly. The inventive genius also produced a special motor coach with Streamline features rounded rear portholes and depressed side door intended to offer highway service between Minneapolis and St. Paul MN with its’ specially designed seats which allowed for greater comfort. See: William M. Schopp Born Thirty Years Too Soon: William Riley McKeen got his Air Foi Sections reversed but had Trouble with the Power Transmission Railroad Magazine 1950. McKeen Motor Car Co., paperback
2025rif. x-1032972343Routledge 2025. Hardcover. New. 282 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.45 inches. Routledge hardcover
1952rif. 123DGGenf, Atar S.A., 1952. Farbiger Offsetdruck auf Leinen aufgezogen. Bildformat: 74 x 94 cm.
1973rif. 166648Wien, Springer, 1973. 3 Bde., Bd . 1 XI, 1069 S., Bd. 2 XIII, 1048 S. Bd. 3 ca. 46 S., Mit 1486 Abbildungen sowie 46 Falttafeln. Original-Leinwand, 4°. Ausführliches technisches Handbuch in drei Bänden (Band 1 und 2 Textteil, Band 3 Ringordner mit den Tafeln) mit hunderten Skizzen, Plänen (darunter auch zahlreiche Konstruktionspläne der verschiedensten europäischen Lokomotivtypen), technischen Zeichnungen, elektrischen Schaltplänen und mathematischen Abbildungen. Aus dem Inhalt: Erster Abschnitt "Berechnungsgrundlagen", zweiter Abschnitt "Der mechanische Teil (Wagenteil)", dritter Abschnitt "Die elektrische Ausrüstung", vierter Abschnitt "Triebfahrzeuge für Zahnstangenstrecken", fünfter Abschnitt "Der Trolleybus", sechster Abschnitt "Speichertriebfahrzeuge". 2. Auflage. Hardcover Band 1 noch mit Schutzumschlag, Band 2 und 3 ohne Schutzumschlag, , davon abgesehen schönes Exemplar.
rif. 371532-nnew. unknown
1931rif. 012575Chicago: General American Tank Car Corporation 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Trade publication promoting the railroad tank car and ist consequence to the US economy. Identifies all chemical and some foodstuff liquids and how the tank car enables by way of safe speedy transportation the products and commodities it delivers. 4to brown patterned pebbled cloth gilt titles 189p illustrated with charts graphs and b&w images plus some striking ArtDeco chapter title vignettes. Uncommon railroad item. General American Tank Car Corporation hardcover
1931rif. 012575Chicago: General American Tank Car Corporation 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Trade publication promoting the railroad tank car and ist consequence to the US economy. Identifies all chemical and some foodstuff liquids and how the tank car enables by way of safe speedy transportation the products and commodities it delivers. 4to brown patterned pebbled cloth gilt titles 189p illustrated with charts graphs and b&w images plus some striking ArtDeco chapter title vignettes. Uncommon railroad item. General American Tank Car Corporation hardcover books
1990rif. 3113736Kiel: Nieswand Verlag. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Metal-bound card covers. 3926048417 . First Edition. SIGNED by bebop jazz pianist and composer Russ Freeman who also contributes to text on title page. 43pp. 13 1/4" x 19" Text in German and English. Near fine in over-size card covers bound by metal rail. Trace of foxing at blank preliminaries. Couple tiny spots on rear cover. ; 13 1/4" X 19" . Nieswand Verlag. unknown
2001rif. 22978Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 2001. HB NODJ ISSUED Maroon Red LEATHER with Tooled Raised Bands on Spine Titled on Spine FINE CONDTION NODJ 2001 1st Edition THUS Outer Edges of pages Gold Gilt 307 PAGES with Silk Bookmark SewnIn Easton Press Books are also printed on archival-quality acid-neutral paper that is Smyth-sewn for strength and durability. . Most famous of JaCk Kerouac's works Fictionalized Autobiography with a cast made of Kerouac's real life friends lovers and travelErs along the Road. Sal Paradise is Narrator oNE OF Kerouac's Alter-egos On the Road is a Bohemian CROss-country Story that not only influenced writing in the years since its 1957 PUblication but permanently started Revolution in the Way Young American Think. First Thus. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover
2001rif. 22995Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 2001. HB NODJ ISSUED Maroon Red LEATHER with Tooled Raised Bands on Spine Titled on Spine FINE CONDTION NODJ 2001 1st Edition THUS Outer Edges of pages Gold Gilt 307 PAGES with Silk Bookmark SewnIn Easton Press Books are also printed on archival-quality acid-neutral paper that is Smyth-sewn for strength and durability. . A scarce edition. Most famous of Jack Kerouac's works Fictionalized Autobiography with a cast made of Kerouac's real life friends lovers and travelers along the Road. Sal Paradise is Narrator one of Kerouac's alter-egos On the Road is a Bohemian cross-country Story that not only influenced writing in the years since its 1957 publication but permanently started Revolution in the Way Young American Think. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover
194196 pages. Features: Cover photo of the first Canadian-built Hampden Bomber leaving Canadian Associated Aircraft Ltd. hangar for its first flight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Great illustrated full-page ad for Brewster shows a great aircraft carrier scene; Nice full-page Vickers ad includes photo of a "Stranraer" - the largest aircraft ever built in Canada; Full-page ad for the Ryan ST-3; Great Wright Aircraft Engine full-page photo ad shows dozens of their large new engines in a warehouse waiting to be shipped; Nice two-page two-colour ad for Snap-On Tools shows a map with their 35 dealer branches in North America; Canada Wire & Cable ad shows their product being used by assemblers at Fairchild; The Bristol Bolingbroke Bomber-Night Fighter is Made in Canada - article with fantastic photos; When Pilots Reach the Ceiling - what the Luftwaffe has learned about the effects of altitude on men; Observations in an Avro Anson - article with photos; Great two-page two-colour photo ad for Snowgo runway snow removal equipment; Ad for teh Vega 35; Canadian Fighter Pilots Score - the story of Bader's Famous All-Canadian Squadron in the R.A.F.; There are no Miracles in Aircraft Production - the case for a great, growing industry; National Steel Car ad with photos; Canadian Aircraft Production - major feature articles; Intelligent Vigilance is check on Saboteur in aircraft production; Great two-page colour Lockheed ad boats of their stamina; Great photo ad for the National Defense Cessna AT-8; Aircraft Accessories offer Easy engine starting; Beautifully illustrated Bristol engine ad shows what appears to be a large Caribou flying over a huge ship; Text of speech by Horace T. Hunter on Courage; Great illustrated Avro ad for their Reconnaissance and Training Aircraft; Cygnet ad; Stylish ad for Bell Airacobra; T.C.A. Reports Year of Rapid Expansion; Index to advertisers; Report on Contracts Awarded by Munitions and Supply Dept; Intava ad on back cover announces their new Aviation Oils D.M.S. oils; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Clipping from page 73 has removed half the page; Covers present but free of staples, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
195752 pages. Features: Beverley Baxter on Censorship and Sex; Nice one-page colour ad for Oldsmobile featuring a convertible and little flower girl in back seat; A look forward to the fall TV lineup - article with many photos; Theo Parker's One-Man War Against the State - hog farmer resists Hog Board - article with photos of Parker in barn and with his wife Laura; The Native Genius We've Never Discovered - Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle - article with colour photos; Vancouver's Enchanted Evenings Under the Stars - Theatre Under the Stars - article with photos; The Canada Aerial Surveyor Douglas Kendall Sees From the Sky - article with photos; We Travel With Our Kids - And Like It! - article with photos of how Joseph N. Bell and his family vacation by car; Colour General Motors centrefold ad called "The Saturday Trip to the Moon" features grocery store scene with little boy in spaceship ride; Coke ad on back cover shows beach couple admiring their instant photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1942130 pages. Features; Canadian Pratt & Whitney photo ad inside front cover; General Electric Wire and Cable ad; Nice National Steel Car ad; Martin ad; Incredible full-page Beechcraft ad shows literally dozens and dozens of their aircraft under construction; Inner Motors ad; Interesting ad for Pyrene fire extinguishers; Great illustrated ad for the Douglas "Havoc" night fighter; Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific War - great article with photos; The Hoover Propeller - detailed article with illustrations; Editorial Comment; Annual Survey of Military Aircraft in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain - *Massive* section with photos and write-ups of 107 aircraft; Attractive colour full-page ad for Wright engines with futuristic theme shows people being loaded into a "Flying Daycoach" (which looks a lot like an Airbus A380); Nice ad for Sensenich Propellers; Fairchild ad shows two "Bolingbrokes"; Canadian Aircraft Production - The Priority System, Fairchild M-62 Manufacture, Good Posture boosts Production - correct seating aids plant workers; Nice Brewster ad; "So I Bailed Out" - report of a Canadian fighter pilot; Nice Rotal propeller ad; G.Q. Parasuit ad; New Equipment Section; Index to advertisers; Two-colour Lockheed ad inside back cover illustrates the "Convoy of Commerce" featuring a Hudson Reconnaissance Bomber in action over the sea; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Somewhat average wear. Unmarked. Chips from backstrip. Mailing label on front cover; A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
