2.791 Ergebnisse
1930Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
1911Features: The House in the Woods - the author made a 1908 car journey along a large portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Through the Wilds of Persia - by Major P.M. Sykes; A Game of Chess - a remarkable story from South Dakota about how a young chess enthusiast was compelled to play a game, with his own life for the stakes; Among the Gaddis - Nomad shepherds of the Central Himalayans; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part II of a story by Mrs. Fred Maturin; A Holiday in Japan - by Mrs. Ellen Beadnell (lovely photos); Across Unknown Labrador, The Land Where Hubbard Died - H. Hesketh Prichard relates how he attempted to do what no white man had ever done before, to cross this desolate wilderness from the Atlantic to the George River - great photos (part I); The Bandits of the Argentine - the 'Nort Americanos'; The Mysterious Senoussiland - part II of a Saharan adventure; The King of the Sticks - how Connie Chambers of Boston, a solitary white prospector, constituted himself as monarch of a tribe of Alaskan Indians, cleverly turning the tables on a policeman who was sent to arrest him; Lost in an underground lake - the appalling adventure which befell three prominent citizens of Joplin, Missouri at the Hero zinc mine in the spring of 1908; "Baching"; A Mexican Elopement; and more. Fascinating two-page illustrated stock offering by the American Automobile Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice Vose Piano advertisement on back cover. Great vintage Budweiser advertisement inside back cover. Lower two inches of front cover open at spine. Average wear. Magazine
2001331 pages including index. "Tells the story of NASCAR's remarkable rise under the auspices of Big Bill Francis from rogue outfit to corporate darling - equal parts southern grit and Madison Avenue spectacle - whose television rights recently sold for an astronomical price. Profiles many superstar drivers who have dominated the sport." - from dust jacket. Average wear overall. 10 pages of black and white photographic plates loose but present. Still a decent copy. Book
196255 pages. Features: How a Canadian jazz singer became the wife of an Earl - Stevie Wise of Toronto is now Lady Listowel, married to the Earl of Listowel; They Help Themselves by Helping Others - Rev. Henri Groues of France originated the Emmaus idea of collecting, repairing and selling used goods to build homes for the poor - Rev. Laurent Laporte of Montreal; He goes fishing in his own living room - George Wendelkin; A Cold Wind Makes Lola Albright a hot property; Don't put off that children's Party - or you may find it's too late to enjoy the fun yourself; League of the Light-Fingered - Shoplifting is a problem that has grown to million-dollar proportions in Canada; Fiddler with Plenty of Strings to his Bow - Ellis Wilson of Quebec is a band leader, a farmer, a TV salesman and a barber; Ted Bowsfield of Penticton, B.C. succeeds at baseball in Boston and Los Angeles; A British Army Armoured Car is converted to carrying money; Bud Henning's All-Girl Drill Crew - three daughters are all he needs to man his rig - water drilling family in the Kootenays of B.C.; You need luck in this business - Bill Daniels has cornered the market - he owns three million four-leaf clover plants - Gulfport, Florida - his business is called Daniels' Clover Specialty Co.; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads including Savage Shoes centerfold. '62 Envoy colour car ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196131 pages. Features: How Smugglers try to fool the Mounties; Gatineau Park is a Camper's Paradise; The Deep, Dread-Bolted Thunder - Robert Fontaine's father was afraid of thunderstorms; An Air View of the World's Largest Glacier - Antarctica's huge Beardmore Glacier sits for a unique panoramic portrait; This coach is paid in laughs - squirt softball coach Fred Cederberg of Streetsville, Ontario; Nice Lifesavers ad on back cover; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196131 pages. Features: Queen of the fishing fleet - Mrs. Marie Penny of John Penny and Sons on the Ramea Islands of Newfoundland; Covent Garden's Canadian Invasion - Joseph Rouleau, Jon Vickers, Robert Savoie, Irene Salemka and Andre Turp of the Royal Opera House Company; Joyce Davidson finds the rewards of TV stardom are great; Great photo feature (with text) - Jim Baldwin and Ed Cooper climb the vertical rock face of The Chief, 1,700 foot mountain on the edge of Squamish, B.C.; Les Lear lambasts football 'jugheads' - he won the 1948 Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders as a Player/Coach; Lady, Beware of that Convention - men have begun taking their wives to big company conferences; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Top corner of spine nibbled. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196131 pages. Features: Canada's first long-distance car rally - Heather Wilson and Margaret Taylor travel 4,098.2 miles; Jack Lemmon went from from Harvard to Hollywood; Milkweed - the Swee-Scented Killer - a common Canadian flower traps many of the insects that pollinate it; Learning how to fall - Judo lessons; Son who sings his mother's songs - Ernie McCulloch of Calgary; Dramatic Canadian Soccer Gamble - $1 million spent to import big-time play - Stanley Mathews, Tony Macedo; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
196139 pages. Features: Why I Fled Russia - Scientist Dr. Mikhail Klochko's own story of his defection to Canada (part 1 of 4); Mitzi Gaynor's $40,000/week comeback; A Dam to make the Prairie Bloom - The South Saskatchewan River Dam slowly takes shape - great colour photos; Cultivate a new skill or interest and start developing it into an avocation for later years (part 3 of 3); Has Success Spoiled Rudy Pilous - He won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks; Colour Birks Jewelry centerfold; Neil Harnish and his war with the Canadian Army at Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick; Maud Watt - angel of the north brought beaver back to the Quebec wilderness; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
2002Best.-Nr. 932141London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2002. NEW / UNREAD. This First Edition includes "Deciphering the Witches' Sabbat" Carlo Ginzburg "Witchcraft Narratives And Folklore Motifs In Southern Italy" David Gentilcore amongst others removed from the new edition. Transfered to Digital Printing 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket As Issued. 4to size - over 10¼"" tall. Oversized Safely Securely Packed. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. k1772Cowley, Wolsely Motors Limited, (1957). zahlreiche, farbige Abbildungen, mehrfach gefaltet, Faltprospekt. Zustand 2, Rückseite leicht angestaubt, kleiner Fleck. Publication No. H. & E. 5874.
1929Best.-Nr. 217000New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Volume two of ten only. 16mo. measuring 4" x 6 1/4". 204pp. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine. Gutter starting near fine in a fair only dust jacket with much loss of the front panel extremities worn and chipped. Contributions by F. Britten Austin Edwin Baird Marjorie Bowen Ellis Parker Butler Anthony Berkeley Ben Ames Williams J.D. Beresford and Carolyn Wells. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
1926Features: Banditos do Brazil, by Albert Bailey; The Shrimp in the Shell; The Scratches on the Glass - V, by Gladys Blake; It's All Fun, by Q. Howe; PLEASE NOTE: PAGE 329/330 MISSING; Page 331/332 loose but present; Bicycle Polo, the newest and fastest outdoor game for boys, with photos and rules; Graphology; How to make Polo Mallets; The Boys Who Made Radio - I - Marconi, by Earle Reeves; Here and there among the colleges; and more. Nice Dodge Brothers Motor Car ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1926Features: Three Thousand Dollars, Ida Reed Smith; A Sure-'Nough Skipper, by Anne Bradford Holden; Alibi Al, by Ralph Henry Barbour; Jack Farrington's Beanstalk - VII, by David Loraine and Arthur Floyd Henderson; Chrysler '70' car ad; After the Shutter Has Clicked, by Harry Irving Shumway; The Wonder Story of Steinmetz - VI - Family Man and Forger of Thunderbolts, by John Winthrop Hammond. Nice Dodge Brothers Motor Car ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1926Features: Uncle Timothy's Circus, by Ray Stannard Baker; Jack Farrington's Beanstalk, by David Loraine and Arthur Floyd Henderson; A Living Gale, by Thomas J. Partridge; The Church-Makers, by C.A. Stephens; The Wonder Story of Steinmetz - (his discovery of hysteresis made possible electric motors of gigantic size and marvelous efficiency), by John Winthrop Hammond; Chrysler "60" ad; Model Airplanes - 4. Propellers, by F. Alexander Magoun; Finding the hidden beauty in your room. Great Dodge Brothers Motor Car ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1926Features: Sugarland, by Norrell Gregory; Sparrow, by Margaret Warde; Wade's Tough Luck, by E.E. Harriman; Tom Scanlan - Second Mate, by Wallace E. Mather; Football - 1926 (with photo), by Jackson L. Cannell, Assistant Coach, Dartmouth College; The Berkshire Boy, by MacGregor Jenkins; Through the Dragon's Teeth - I, by Lewis R. Freeman; How to Groom a Horse, by Parkhurst Whitney; After the Shutter Has Clicked - 2, by Harry Irving Shumway. The Periwigs have a Contest, by Mary Booth Beverly. Nice Dodge Brothers Motor Car ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1975Best.-Nr. 2080502106915672Not Available 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1949Best.-Nr. 2083002115701198Japan Livestock Association 1949. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Japan Livestock Association paperback
1936Best.-Nr. vas744Detroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1936. Duodecimo printed self-wrappers 36 pp. Illustrated. Outlines Hudson’s “five big important improvements… five things you never saw before in any automobile”: Radial Safety Control Rhythmic Ride Tru-Line Steering Duo-Automatic Hydraulic Brakes and the Draft Eliminator. Good with dealership stamp on front cover and some light soiling. Hudson Motor Car Company, (1936). unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. vas743Detroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1936. Duodecimo printed self-wrappers 36 pp. Illustrated. Outlines Hudson’s “five big important improvements… five things you never saw before in any automobile”: Radial Safety Control Rhythmic Ride Tru-Line Steering Duo-Automatic Hydraulic Brakes and the Draft Eliminator. Very Good. Hudson Motor Car Company, (1936). unknown books
1959Paper-covered boards show wear, marks and bumps on corners; tears at top and bottom of spine. 60 pages. Large format: 9"w x 12 1/2"h. The second book in the "This Is" travel series for children by the Czech architect turned children's book illustrator, Miroslave Sasek. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. Printed in bright colors on heavy, cream colored paper. Previous owner's name sticker.
197572 pages. Features: An Austin Healey Rejuvenated - Paul Skilleter strips-down and reconditions his staff car Austin Healey 3000's engine; A trip to Welshpool to look around the scrap yard that specialises in new parts for thirties and classic cars; One out of Three - To most Arnotts were 500s - Robin Rew tries one of the sports-racers - nice colour photo; Lightweight E-Type - a quick car from Jaguar's Browns Lane factory - an examination of its history and derivation, plus a Silverstone drive; R.G.S. Atalanta - Jonathan Wood tells the story of Dick Shatlock's post war specials based on the Atalanta sports car of the late thiries - article with great photos; On the Road - Triumph Stag and Rolls-Royce Camargue; Sir Henry (Time) Birkin; Dixon Riley; Historic Grand Prix Reunion in France - former Grand Prix drivers and cars gather for an unforgettable meeting - great colour photos; Model Mania; Mini Manual for the Lotus Elan; History of the Post war Touring Car - Part 5; Lancia Appia Zagato - article with nice photos including some in colour; The 1938 Lagonda LG6; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
197668 pages. Features: Buyer's and Restorer'sGuide - Part 2; Rustex Underbody Treatment; HWM Jaguar - Single-Seater; On the Road - Rover 3500; Jack Brabham - the first Australian to become world champion; Lawrencetune at Circuit Bugatti; Rochas Classic Car Championship - Round 4 to Thwaites; Facel Vega - reflecting on the marque and trying an immaculate Facel II - gorgeous colour photo; Carrozzeria Bertone - The Artisan Years - beginning the story of one of Italy's great styling houses; Front Suspension - Part 1; A visit to Connolly Bros. (Curriers) Ltd.; 1976 FIVA Rally; Classic of the Month - Lancia Aprilia; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
197472 pages. Features: The Racing Amilcars - interesting illustrated article, including great colour photos; BMW Turbo - road impressions; Early Motoring Experiences in 1902, by W. Gulliver; Re-Vitalized Astons; Juan Manuel Fangio; C Type Jaguar to Le Mans - including fantastic colour centerfold photo; The hazards of rust; The history of some Squire cars; Mini Manual - Triumph TR4 1961/65; History of the Post War Touring car; The Magic Magnette - son of the Humbug; Classic of the month - Aston Martin Project 212; and more. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure to top edge. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
197568 pages. Features: The 166 Inter Ferrari - trying Ferrari's production road car - including colour centerfold of the 166 Inter with plexiglass vistadome; What to look for when buying a Jaguar E-Type; Phoenix Park; Kay Don - article with photos; The Frazer Nash Ulter of 1931; The Classic Car in Rallying - Part 2 - the late 1930s - the classic rally cars evolve; Track testsing the Mk.7s Elva; Lamborghini Miura SV - article with beautiful colour photo; 16/18 hp Armstrong Siddleley; RS Panels, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; Classic car of the month - Riley RM; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
197572 pages. Features: Ford Capri II - Ghia 3000; A Tale of Two Morgans; When Motorists take to Flying; Old Lamps for New at Lucas; Jim Clark Feature; Classic Car Care - Re-Spraying an MGA; Delage II - wonderful colour photos; A look at the AC Ace 21 years after its introduction; The Winning Stutz - the winning career of Harry Stutz; Mini-Manual Sunbeam Alpine (Series II); History of the Post War Touring Car - part 3; Classic of the Month - Delahaye V12; and more. Some moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine