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1962An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: Photo feature of Lynne Vandmar, originally from Philadelphia; Snug as a Bug - humor by John Novotny; America's Brand of Sick Humor is Catching Europe With Its Quarantines Down - article by Bob Abel; The Female of the Species - fiction by Mike McGrady; Wasteland Watchwords - TV expressions applied to bawdy photos; Go Sell it on the Mountain - satirical article by Ralph Schoenstein; Note to the Shape Shapers - Robert G. Elliott's humorous response to couteriers attempting to flatten women fore and aft; Love in the Shrouds - fiction by Jerry Bumpus; Richard Brooks - the director of Elmer Gantry and Lord Jim has unusual thoughts about movie censors, movie sexpots and movie critics - photo-illustrated article by Dave Jampel; Men's sportcoat fashion photos; Peter, Paul and Mary - brief article and photo of this rising group; My Name is The Wind - fiction by Evan Hunter; Pictorial essay of a New York car rally; Gypsy - tasteful black and white photo feature of Rosa Sylvia Teiros, a U.N. translator of gypsy extraction. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1918Features: Title page illustration of burial of first United States soldiers killed in action in France; The Threatened German Offensive (article); War Weariness in the Napoleonic Period (article); The Food Value of Our Rations (article); Photos and brief write-ups of nine people in the news, including Sir John Forrest, M. Trotsky, Lord Beaverbrook, Capt. Sir Douglas Brownrigg, Jemadar Gobind Singh V.C., Mr.s Burleigh Leach C.B.E., Capt. Peter McLean, The New Marquess of Dufferin, and Sir Henry Norman BT MP; Two-page illustration of Supreme War Council at Versailles; Six photos of the opening of Parliament by the King, and his Procession; Illustrations of British airmen and soldiers fighting Turkish infantry in Palestine; G.K. Chesterton writes of the end of WWI, with illustration of Captain Bouchardon of France; Three pages of photos of troops above the snowline on the Northern Italian Front; The Art of [Air] Raiding the Enemy - photo-illustrated article by C.G. Grey; Four illustrations of the winter palace of the Tsars, sacked by the Bolsheviks; Centrefold illustration of British troops advancing across 'no man's land' following an artillery barrage; Photos of British dummy (wooden) battle-ships; One-page illustration of the sole survivor of two British destroyers lost in a snowstorm off the Scottish coast; Excellent one-page photo of Paul Bolo on trial for receiving German money to influence French opinion; One-page photo of the Malvy Trial - M. Malvy, French Ex-Minister of the Interior, was charged with giving information to the enemy; Article on food rations and health; Roll of Honour - page of photos of 20 officers; "Jenny Wren" - The Handy Woman of the "W.R.N.S." - article with photos; Photo of a large machine shop of the Swift Motor Car Company; Photo of the Humber Company's undefeated ladies' football team; and more. 36 pages including eight pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. An ad for Carters includes photo of badly wounded soldier in their "Embassy" adjustable reclining chair. Bold two-color back cover ad for "Greys" cigarettes features member of military band on horseback. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1918Features: Title page illustration of British soldiers in a captured German "Communication-Trench" beneath the Hooge-Menin Road; The Merchant Seaman's Badge of Honour (article); Red Cross Pearls - A Meditation (article); The Herb Garden - Homely Plants (article); One-page illustration of the destruction of Captain Baron Von Richthofen; Two photos of German planes brought down over London; Photos of The Countess Markievicz, Novelist Darrell Figgis, Joseph McGuinness, Count Plunkett, Edmund De Valera, John McGarry, Dr. Thomas Dillon, William Cosgrave, Lord Glenconner, The Duke of Atholl, and Lady Glenconner; Photos of large allied bombers as they prepare to strike Cologne and Western Germany; G.K. Chesterton discusses translations of the words of the German Emperor - who can speak and write English; Grounding the Flying Services (article); Photo of British airmen inspecting a captured German "Kamerad"; One-page detailed illustrated explanation of the British food control organisation/The machinery of Meat Supply; From Field to Kitchen - Fascinating one-page illustration with text explains the controlled distribution of meat in Britain; One-page illustration of a French armoured car, out of ammunition, driving through a crowd of German soldiers; Wonderful centrefold illustration of a sky full of fighting German and British planes; Article on how wartime food rationing has forced some knowledge of chemistry onto people; One-page illustration inside the newly opened Chapel at Hampton Court; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers, including Capt. R.P.L. Dallas, M.C., KIA; Front and back photos of members of the American Expeditionary Force in France with captured German flame-throwers; Photo of W.A.A.C.'s playing basket ball with convalescing Tommies in France; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1918Features: Title page illustration of French Cavalry on the Oise Front; Two pages of illustrations of Royal visit to 'Khaki Country' - among the mills of the West Riding; Reserves and Their Employment (article); The Patron Saint of the Allies (article); Concerning National Kitchens (article); Photos of events in Italy, Portugal, Greece and France, including two photos of the funeral of Sister G.M.M. Wake, a Canadian nurse killed by a German bomb; Article on current events by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of John Robert Clynes, M.P., Sir Richard David Muir, The Duke of Rutland, Sir William James Tatem, and Sir John Merry Le Sage; Text and two illustrations describe the American's First "Big Thing" in France - The Cantigny Fight; The Moral and Material Effect of Bombing Germany (article by C.G. Grey); Six photos of British and U.S. Observers training Aerial Gunnery together; Wonderful 11-photo spread over two pages of the United States Army at the front where it is 'taking a gallant share in resisting the German offensive; Three illustrations and text describe the shelling of Paris from 74 miles by German super-gun "Long Bertha"; Seven photos of Sea-Warfare mementos from Zeebrugge - war museum additions; Centrefold illustration "The Last of the Albert Madonna - British Artillery In Action Near The Town; Photos of injured German POWs; Article on the saving of clerical labour; Two half-page aerial photos illustrate a British air attack on the main railway station at Metz; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Colonel James Hugh Coles, D.S.O.; Several lovely car ads; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" The Dainty Soap features well-dressed lady in boudoir studying her mirror; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1918Features: Two-page illustration describes the British share in "the magnificent Italian Victory" - artillery counter-preparation near Asiago; Article by G.K. Chesterton on Mr. Robert Dell who was expelled from France; Photos of Sir Gilbert F. Garnsey, K.B.E., General Guillaumat, Governor of France, and General Diaz of Italy; One-page illustration of British Aeroplane over the recaptured Montello - an air view of the Piave; Potsdam's Disappointment (article); The War Game of the Japanese (article); "The Beef Trip"; Two half-page photos show the raised Piave River; Article about air bombing and bombers; One-page illustration of the Montello, "Entirely retaken with elan from the Austrians by the Italians"; From Virgin Soil to Complete Shipyard in 165 Days - Three pages with fourteen photos marvelously document the rapid construction of the world's largest shipyard on Hog Island, in the Delaware River, just outside Philadelphia; Centrefold illustration of "The Beef Trip", the British Navy's way of securing the nation's food supply; The Conservation of Wild Life in War-Time (article); Detailed diagrams and text describe the Madsen Gun; Full-page illustration compares Britain's liberal rations compared to those of Germany; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Col. Bertrand D. Gibson; Photos of U.S. Army nurses under gas-mask instruction at Cape Kearney, California; Illustrated ad for the "Kooksjoie" Range warns of imminent coal restrictions; Nice car ads; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Beecham's Pills features reflection of lady in mirror; Back cover ad for Edwards' Harlene hair treatments; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1973In 4? (cm 29,5), Graffato, pagg.47 con numerose ill. b.n. e a colori n.t., segni del tempo alla cop., al piatto post. Segni d'uso e etichetta con indirizzo di spedizione, buon es. Direttore Giovanni Canestrini. Dall'indice: "La tangenziale di Milano sotto accusa" di Marco Matteucci; "Le auto americane si restringono" di Tommaso Tommasi; "alla riscoperta del bus"; "prova della Peugeot 504 LD" di Gianni Rogliatti; "Fiat 126 giovani si diventa"; "Un artiglio per la neve"; "Lo scarico pulito" di gaetano Salvatore; "Ferrovie: il ?doposerpente?" di Fabio Montanaro; "A cavallo dell'Europa (2)" di Carlo Montella; "La casbah guarda Mirafiori" di Luigi Costantini
1987No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing/dust to page fore-edges and tiny bump/scuff to lower rear corner and spine foot. 199pp. Haynes manual for the Austin MG & Vanden Plas Montego 1984-1987.
2008No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 274pp. The story of the man from Guernsey who was dubbed 'Britain's Schumacher' and hailed as the greatest Touring Car driver of all time as he won the World Touring Car Championship three times.
1964Note about oil and filter written at end of book and rusty staple mark to title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Very clean pages in a tight copy with lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Rusty staples to spine. 64pp. The official handbook that came with the car.
1987No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked black cloth boards and minor bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little indenting to front and small nick to upper front corner. 207pp. Very well illustrated in black & white.
1978No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. Thirty-four images of actual tickets plus 41pp. The bus tickets of Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation, Stalybridge, Hyde. Mossley & Dukinfield Joint Board, Stockport Corporation and their Forerunners and neighbours. Text is typescript. Extremely scarce.
1999No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. pp. Haynes standard workshop manual for the Citroen Xantia.
1972No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with dusty rear and rubbing to upper edge. 181pp. What travel was like in olden times and how did the early pioneers react to their new mobility. The consequences of new travel and communication developments are discussed and how they were discovered.
1990No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Official Programme of the 1990 Lombard RAC Rally.
1968No marks or inscriptions and no creasing. A very clean very tight booklet with no formal covers as printed, and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Details of Manchester, Stockport, North Western & Mayne and Son bus route changes, with new detailed timetables. Map of changes.
1961No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 260pp.. Genuine vintage edition of the official workshop manual of the Frog-eyed Sprite. Undated ca 1961. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
1965No marks or inscriptions. Minor crease to top of spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards. 32pp. Booklet to be carried by bus conductor and shown to bus passengers to confirm fares. It shows all the fare stages of every route run by Halifax Corporation and fares between every one of these stages. Fascinating social history for the transport enthusiast. Very scarce.
2003No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 160pp. All the information required to choose a suitable car kit to construct yourself and how to complete it successfully to produce a safe, roadworthy car.
1977No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 72pp. Designed for the beginner, this book takes you through the typical 1970s car, explaining it and guiding you through car maintenance.
1965No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to front cover. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 110pp. Bus timetable from 26th April 1965 for services run by Halifax Passenger Transport. Includes a list of train departures from Halifax railway station. Extremely scarce.
1979No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated.
2003Edizioni San Paolo, 2003. Traduzione di Adriana Crespi Bortolini. Titolo originale: Car ils ne savent ce qu'ils font. Collana: Le Vele - Narratori del Nostro Tempo 20. Brossura con bandelle. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
1989Perseo Libri, settembre 1989. Antologia che riunisce i racconti fantastici vincitori del Premio Montepulciano. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
1961Collana: Zodiaco, agosto 1961. Traduzione di Gigi Cavalli. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Print pochoir, colorata, cm 20,5x33. n. 17