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195464 pages. Features: Nice colour RCAF ad inside front cover; Dispute Still Surrounds Duff Cooper; More Canadians than Jobs; Lovely colour full-page ad for 1954 DeSoto automobiles; The Seven Living Ghosts of Nuremberg - an uncensored first-hand report from behind the bars of Spandau where Rudolf Hess, Karl Doenitz, Baldur Von Schirach, Walther Funk, Erich Raeder, Albert Speer and Baron Konstantin Von Neurath - top Nazis - imprisoned for crimes against humanity wait out the tortuous years while the world forgets they exist - with photos; Athabaska's Atom Boom - Albert Zeemel's discovery of Uranium sparks the development of Uranium City, Saskatchewan - great article with many photos; The Maps that Charted our History - a famous collection, published here for the first time, show the slow evolution of Europe's knowledge about Canada; How Early Map Makers Saw the Great Lakes; The Brainiest School in the Country - Dalhousie Law School - article with photos; How Papa Masella Made His Boys Make Music - Frank Masella of Montreal and his eight musical sons; In the Lost World of the Cypress Hills - this strange mountain on the prairies harbors tropical scorpions, petrified figs, fourteen kinds of orchid and a lawless past that sparked the formation of the Mounties; Are People Monkees? - fiction by James McNamee; Ford colour V-8 ad; 1954 Plymouth ad; Colour Buick ad; Chevrolet truck ad; and more. Average wear. Couple of small chips from covers. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1944Cover: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Henry Yevele, c. 1320 to 1400" by John H. Harvey; The Great World War: A Survey of Naval Operations (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Pastures of the Sea. Pictorial Journals include: Novel Ships of War of the Royal Navy (illus. by C.E. Turner): Sketches From Holland: Dutch Civil Guards and U.S. Paratroops (illus. Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Ubiquitous Bulldozer: A Mechanical Tool of Peace Now Becomes an Important Weapon of War (illus. by G.H. Davis); Battlegrounds of Holland: Scenes of Walcheren Island and the Moerdijk Bridges; The Perilous and Exhausting Operations of British Troops on Walcheren Island: Landing-Craft Difficulties; The Gallant Landing of British Marine Commandos at Westkapelle, Walcheren Island, in the Face of Heavy Enemy Fire; Our Steady Advance in Italy: Scenes in the Mountain War; Shakespeare's London Modelled; Glasgow Faces Housing Problem; The Funeral of Dr. (William) Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral; The War in Europe: A Gibraltar "Find": An Historic Enthronement; How the Battle of the Flying Bomb was Won: An Exhibition in London; News Items of Interest from Holland, France, Belgium and Russia; Oxford in Wartime: Uniforms, Caps and Gowns; and Oxford "The Mother of Arts and Eloquence". Page 535/536 missing. Page 557/558 loose but present. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1866ref. 10181Paris, Toulouse Hachette, Privat 1866 Un volume in-12 broché, couverture verte, 297 pages, complet de ses 12 cartes. Bon état.
1944Cover: Our Royal Field-Marshal (King George VI) Viewing the Fighting in Italy. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Excellenz X: The Leader of To-Morrow's Germans" by R.G. Waldeck; The Great World War: What Next on the Eastern Front? (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Summer's Emptying Nests. Pictorial Journals include: The King (George VI) in Italy: His Majesty Awards Honours and Decorations; Obstacles in the Path of Our Normandy Advance: German Defensive Methods in a Compact Countryside (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); Britain's 17-Pounder: More than a Match for German Tanks (illustrated by G.H. Davis); The Armour Against Us: Some Details of Germany's Modern Armoured Vehicles in Use in Normandy To-Day (illustrated by G.H. Davis); Blazing the Trail: Bulldozers Carving Roads Through Debris in Normandy; The Allied Offensive in Normandy: Montgomery's Great Drive; Scenes of Action at Caumont and Other Sites; Advance in Normandy: The Type of Landscape Our Forces Experience; The Devastation of Modern War: St. Lo Cathedral and Other Ruined Sites; Three Famous Places in Brittany - Now in the War News; The Scene of an Invasion Rehearsal - The Invasion Staged in Reality; The 14th Army's Success in Burma Amid Arduous Conditions; Warsaw Yesterday: Poland's Capital Under Nazi Domination; The War From Varied Angles: Topicalities Recorded by the Camera; Flying Our Wounded Home From the Battlefields of Normandy (Illus. by Flight Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); Dover-Photographed by the Enemy for His Cross-Channel Guns; and A Puzzle Posed by High-Speed Photographs of a Bullet in Flight. Prior owners ink stamp with some writing centre front cover. Some ink smudges to back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
1944Cover: The First Entry of Canadians into Caen. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Bank of England: 1694 - 1944" by Reginald Saw; The Great World War: Moving on in Italy (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Wood Comes of Age. Pictorial Journals include: In Liberated Caen: The Mayor Hoisting the Tricolour; Caen After the Battle: The Key City of Lower Normandy, whose Capture Marked a Valorous British Victory; Two Aerial Photos: German Atlantic Wall, Eastern Section of the Cherbourg Peninsula; On the Western Front (Battle of Normandy): War and Its Aftermath; On the Western Front: Scenes From the Battle Zones of British and American Armies in Normandy; The Red Army Surges On: Important Cities in the Path of Battle; A Lancashire Fusilier's V.C.: Fusilier (Francis Arthur) Jefferson, Single-Handed, Breaking Up an Enemy Tank Attack (illustrated by Captain Bryan de Grineau); The Onward Advance of Gen. Alexander's Armies: War Scenes at Castiglione, Lake Trasimeno, The French Entry into Siena; Mediaeval San Gimignano and Its Towers; The War in Burma: The Clearing of the Kohima-Imphal Road; The Japanese Main Fleet Caught Napping - Another U.S. Sea Victory (Battle of Philippine Sea); New Additions to our Fighting Power: Flying Bombs from Start to Finish; A Threatened View - Durham Cathedral from River and Railway (illustrated by Sir Muirhead Bone); and War's Trail of Devastation in Normandy: Historic Buildings Wrecked in Fierce Armoured Battles on the Allied Front. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A quality copy. Book
1945Cover: A Triumph of Road-making: The First Allied Convoy to China to Break the Japanese Blockade. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Persons and Places" by George Santayana; The Great World War: The American Passage of the Roer (inc maps); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Locust's Year of Decision. Pictorial Journals include: The Rocket That Would Not Go Up! - Photos of an ill-fated rocked experiement by Herr Johannes Winkler in 1932; U-Boat Warfare - 1939 - 1945: A Survey of Changing German Submarines and Tactics in a Never-Ceasing Battle (Illus. by G.H. Davis); War Scraps: Incidents at the Front and Behind the Lines; On the Western Front: The American Advance into Germany; Battle Incidents with the Third and Seventh U.S. Armies; The Battle for Goch: British Troops in the Wrecked German Fortress Town; General Crerar's Offensive: The Storming of Cleve (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); General Crerar's Offensive: British Troops in Mortal Combat With the Germans in the Reichswald (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Zeitz Synthetic Oil Plant: Before the R.A.F. Attack - And After; War in the Pacific: Luzon Island and Iwo Jima; With the Red Army: Scenes From Liberated Poznan; Bombed Bath: Proposals for Replanning; and Masterpieces of Painting From the Cook Collection. 8" opening to page 241/242. Remaining contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy copy. Book
191416 pages. Features: A German Friend of America to the Americans, by Ludwig Fulda; Sohmer Piano ad inside front cover; The German Sailor has "Arrived"; English Barbarism, by Hans F. Kammeyer - an account of how Germans living in England have been degraded and how terribly they are still being persecuted (2-page article); The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army has declared that Emperor Francis Joseph has ceased to be the ruler of Austria-Hungary and is now the King of the Jews; Alsace-Lorraine and Ireland, by James K. McGuire; Help the Germans in Canada - Aliens in their own land - Arthur v. Briesen Shows How; The Iron Cross - a poem by Frederick H. Martens; Belgium's Breach of Neutrality - article with reproductions of maps offering proof of the Anglo-Belgian military convention; "The Leopard's Spots" - a chapter of facts about England's Method of Making War, by Frederick F. Schrader; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Two-inch opening to top of cover fold. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
1861Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1861. 4to. Contemp, hcalf. Gilt spine. A small stamp to titlepage. VIII,482 pp. and 16, partly folded, lithographed maps and plans. Internally clean. + Ergänzungshäfte.
1991ref. 26432Paris, Christian Desbois, 1991. Série complète en 4 portraits, carte de transit imprimée aux versos.
1796ref. 209283London.: George Nicol. 1796. Engraved copperplate map on Whatman paper 43.8 x 33.6 cm; 57 x 42 cm sheet including plate markscale in nautical and English miles; light undulation to sheet marginal toning and edgewear but in very good condition. Finely engraved and detailed map of two routes to Pekin Beijing along the White River Baihe from the Gulf of Petcheli and along the Imperial Highway from Jehol and includes commentary locating palaces and gardens type of cultivation "many barges" and "the road shaded by willow trees". The map elegantly drawn by Henry William Parish was published in George Staunton's account of Earl Macartney's embassy to China 1792-1794. . George Nicol. unknown
1859ref. 189711Calcutta.: Surveyor Generals Office. 1870. Reissue of 1859 edition. Lithographed map 57.2 x 93 cms; 61.1 x 96 cms sheet original folds old paper repairs to the verso and a sealed marginal tear central folds archivally strengthened some toning to the folds and creasing but the map in remarkably good clean condition. Impressive large Calcutta printing from the Survey of India showing Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and surrounding states with extremely detailed delineation of settlements roads railways rivers and major points of interest the Taj Mahal is highlighted. . Surveyor Generals Office. unknown
194034.5" x 26.5" reinforced paper. N.W. 48/2. Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 4072. Compiled and drawn at War Office, 1940. Heliographed and printed at Ordnance Survey, 1940. Identifies Land Aerodromes, Landing Grounds, Water Aerodromes, Radioelectric Stations, Explosives Areas, and more. Average wear and soiling. Name in ink in upper right corner. Name in pencil along top edge. Cover not included. Book
192933" x 25" coloured map. "Showing Dominion Lands Vacant. For complete information and regulations governing homestead entry apply to agent at Peace River..." Coal mines, water developed, other minerals, undeveloped minerals, oil and gas wells, power transmission lines and main roads indicated. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent homesteading memento of the Peace River/Grande-Prairie District. Book
1940Pages 829-860. Features: Photo of Ernest Bevin appealing to radio listeners to financially support the war effort; Nice one page photo-portrait of the President of Turkey, General Ismet Inonu, with Dr. Refik Saydem and Kemal Gadeletch; Seven photos of the Britsh forces in Egypt opposing the Italians; Five photos of India's troops and equipment in Egypt; Two-page illustration of dozens of German planes airborne beneath the caption "The Enormous Number of Planes Needed to Land Even a Thousand Men in Britain By Air"; Photo-illustrated article on trees and their strange roots; Four action photos of R.A.F. bombing of German convoys in the Dunkirk area; The War with Nazi Germany - The French Tragedy (article with two maps showing stricken France and the widened sphere of the war since it was joined by Italy; Two-photos of French refugee carts and horses destroyed by the Nazis; Eight photos of American Lockheed "Hudson" planes of the R.A.F. over Heligoland; Four magnificent aeroal photos of Paris, spared by its capitulation; Chronology - from Sedan to the Debacle; Two sketches of Paris, now in the shadow of the swastika; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Lord Cromwell (reported missing), Italian Ambassador, Signor Bastianini, and family departing London, Mr. E. Stanley Hall, Viscount Fincastle (KIA), and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Clive Liddell; Six photos include the heroic Calais Garrison, British cruiser 'Calypso' which was lost, Polish submarine "Orzel", and more; Photo of Lockheed bomber being horse-drawn into Canada to conform with neutrality regulations; Photo of the King decorating Lieut.-Col. A. Cazenove, Coldstream Guards; photo of L.D.V. (Local Defence Volunteers) march in London; Several illustrations of the principal weapon inair-fighting - aircraft machine guns; Nice two-page spread of 11 photos illustrated the great drive to give teh empire swarms of iron cavalry - armoured fighting vehicles built at speed in Britain and Australia; Nice colour back cover ad for North British Golf Balls shows British fighters in flight; Many more nice vintage ads. Average wear. Minor nibble from top of coverfold. A quality copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
1942Pages 397-424. Features: (Now) extremely politically incorrect "loose lips sink ships" poster with illustration of African with massively protruding lips is held by young lady as she stands in a gaping hole blasted in the side of U.S. freighter "Absaroka"; Photo of Rear-Admiral P.L. Vian; Photo of Italian battleship "Littorio"; Illustrations of brillian Mediterranean action - the Malta convoy gets through; Photos and maps of the daring attack on St. Nazaire's big dry dock; Four great aerial photos of R.A.F. daylight raids on Le Trait and Le Havre; Photos of numerous people in the news, including General Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, Captain Guy Dollman, plus the H.M.S. "Trident" which torpedoed the "Prinz Eugen"; Three pages of illustrations of underground war factories where workers labour and live; Armoured Warfare Today - article with photo of British Mark IV.A cruiser tank and the tank transporter truck it can drive onto; One page of photos of specialied aircraft for warfare; Photo of Lord and Lady Elton and son Rodney with dogs at their home; Air photos of R.A.F. bomb damage evidence in Cologne; Elaborate centerfold illustration of a Japanese landing force, supported by warships and airplanes - typical of many since war opened in the Far East; H.M. Submarine "Talisman" flys her own Jolly Roger, as does submarine "Utmost"; Photos of mascots "Butch, M.C." and "Bacchus"; Photo of Russia's Maisky presenting 'Order of Lenin' to R.A.F. fighter pilots, including Wing Commander Ramsbottom Isherwood; Photos of human guinea pigs being used to find an antidote for mustard gas; One-page admiralty chart of Australia's Outer Bastion - Port Moresby and Environs; Photos of clothing and furniture provided to those who've been bombed out; Photos of British Soldiers "Toughening Up" at an "Assault School"; Two pages of great illustrations explaining the deadliest weapon in naval warfare, the torpedo, and its intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing; Photos of Pigmy Aborigines of the Andaman Isles; Four nice photos of the Andaman Islands which have now been seized by Japan; Five photos of Malta, the most-bombed isle in the British Empire; vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy copy of this great wartime issue. Book
1942Pages 593-620. Features: Photo of Marshal Timoshenko's splendid reserves; One-page air-photo indicating bomb damage in Rostock after four-day "Blitz"; Two-pages of illustrations beneath caption "Madagascar daringly planned operations lead to the surrender of Port Diego Suarez in 48 hours; Photo of crew of the submarine "Thunderbolt" (formerly "Thetis") safely home after a year; Photo of French Aircraft-carrier "Bearn" in Martinique; Six photos from Martinique illustrated its plight of barnacled warships and derelict aircraft; Two pages with fourteen photos present "Facets of the War on the Russian Front where Spring Has Heralded New Offensives; The Russian Front Awakens - article with maps of Kharkov and the Kerch Peninsula; The Crete Battle Goes on - five photos; Two pages with twelve photos illustrating Free French Forces Fighting in the Desert Battle Zone; Centrefold illustration shows steel foundry which produced munitions in Napoleon's wars, now making steel for use against Hitler; One-page illustration of molten steel for armour-plating 'tapped' from a giant container; Photos of personalities of the week include Lieut.-Com. Hussey, Mr. Churchill before large crowd at Leeds, and racehorses Big Game and Sun Chariot; One-page illustration of lop-sided flying freak, the Luftwaffe's Blohm and Voss "141" reconnaissance monoplane; Two pages of clear photos showing British Soldiers training on obstacle course; Five photos of life in France under the Nazi heel; Five Barrage Balloon illustrations by Balloon Command artists; nice half-page ad for Tube Investments, Ltd.; Isabel Burton - A Remarkable Woman; Back cover colour ad for Johnnie Walker shows harbour view through window; more vintage ads. Minor nibble from foot of spine. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
1942Pages 537-564. Features: Cover photo-portrait of the King with General Henri Giraud (in 1940); Burial of Lieut.-Commander E. Esmonde, V.C.; King welcomes fighter pilots back after daylight sweep over northern France; Photo of dozens of gas producer units to be fitted into lorries to save petrol; Photo of Australia's Dr. H.V. Evatt with Churchill; Photo of U.S. Admiral H.R. Stark in London; Photo of POW German Generals Von Ravenstein, Arthur Schmidt, and I.P. de Villiers at South African port; Photo of A.T.A. platoon marching; Seven photos of Madagascar plus one-page relief map indicating its strategic importance and why it has been occupied by British forces; Photos of bomb damage in York, Norwich, and Hazebrouck Railway Station; Photos of King and Queen surveying Bath bomb damage; The Spring Air Offensive - article with maps of Burma and Mandalay vicinity; Six interesting photos of Mandalay and Lashio; Fascinating two-page map illustrates "The Riddle of the Middle East as viewed from Berchtesgaden" - a map looking towards the oilfields; Wonderful photos of Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife meeting Gandhi and Nehru - scenes at Calcutta, including photo of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek wearing Sari presented to her by the Birla family; Air photos of Grim aftermath of R.A.F. attacks in Rostock and Augsburg; Dramatic centerfold action illustration of Beaufighter long-range fighter downing enemy aircraft; Polish troops march in Edinburgh; Photos of Royal Artillery Mountain Battery excercises in Wales; One page of illustrations of Luftwaffe Developments - Germany's new fighters and bombers; Nine great photos explain how $millions in gold was recovered from mine-infested waters - salvage ship 'Claymore' recovers booty from sunken liner 'Niagara'; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include W.P. Pycraft, Rear-Admiral H.J. Ruser-Larsen, Mr. Patrick Munro, M.P., Third Officer Agnes McLennan Traynor, Mr. Thorvald Stauning, Brig.-Gen. H.H. George, Staff Sergeant J.L. Lockhard, and General MacArthur with Mr. Curtin in Canberra; Fascinating one page of illustrations introduce stereoscopic television pictures - a notable British achievement; Eight high-resolution photos illustrated the world's diamond trade, now centred in London as experts from the low countries help the Allies; Classy B.S.A. colour back cover ad shows Egyptian scene with caption "The ever-turning wheel", by F. Matania; more nice vintage ads. This copy was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Book
1942Pages 129-160. Features: Eight-photo, two-page feature on the full-scale production of tanks in Britain; Archbishop fo Canterbury, Dr. Lang, announces his resignation; Fascinating photos of massive concrete U-boat shelters being built on the Atlantic coast; Map of Southern Malaya where the Japanese are able to easily land using flat-bottomed boats; Photos after the Japanese sinking of the 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse', with heads bobbing in water - and Captain William Tennant of the 'Repulse' after his rescue; Map of the Western Pacific, indicating dates of Japanese landings on many islands; Five photos of the U.S. Vanguard arriving in Great Britain; Photos of twelve people of the week including Admiral Chan-Chak, Admiral Husband Kimmel, Lieut.-General Walter Short, painter Richard Sickert, Mrs. Yvonne Llewellyn Roberts, Edward Elliott, and Major-General De Villiers; Events in Russia (article with three maps); Four photos of new battleship "Duke of York" and its carriage of Mr. Churchill to U.S.A.; Large photo portrait of General Douglas MacArthur; One-page map of Batan (Bataan) Peninsula, Philippines, where Gen. MacArthur, the Americans and Filipinos have gallantly held the Japanese at bay for four weeks; Fascinating two-pages with fourteen illustrations of how Aerodromes are defended, above and under the ground; Two-pages of twelve vivid photos of scenes on the Russian front; Bardia Recaptured - two pages with eleven fascinating photos; The Eighth Army's Trail - six photos of Benghazi after its capture; Six photos of the Royal Air Force v. the Weather in the desert; Four amazing photos of the "Flying Wing" designed gy John K. Northrop, including three photos of it in flight; Theatre Royal, Bristol, to be saved for the nation? - six photos; Marvelous two-color OXO ad on back cover shows young lovely offering a tray of steaming drinks; Vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. A quality copy of this great wartime issue. Book
1941Pages 693-724. Features: Photo of Major John Bagot Glubb Pasha, reportedly killed in action in Iraq; Four photos of British evacuation from Greece; Informative two-page, seven-illustration feature describes the winged invaders of Crete - troop-carrying gliders - and the JU '52' sky tug; Excellent two-page illustrated feature entitled 'War in the Stratosphere' explains some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth; Six photos beneath the caption 'Eagle Wings of the Royal Navy - The Victorious Fleet Air Arm; H.M.S. Hood lost May 24 - photo of the ship and photo of part of her crew on deck during firing practice; Photo and illustration of the "Bismarck," sunk on May 27; The Battle for Crete - article; Three maps showing the strategic importance of Crete and Cyprus; Centrefold illustration depict Germany's air invasion of Crete - the first major attack by air-borne troops, across over 200 miles of sea; Photos of the "Beaufighter" night-fighter-bomber and the famous U.S.A. "Catalina"; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Igor I. Sikorsky setting record in Connecticut, Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, Captain R. Kerr, Lord Austin of the well-known automaker, General Smuts, Sir Horace Rumbold, Flight-Officer F.H. Hanbury - first member of the W.A.A.F. to receive the M.B.E.; Two pages with twelve photos from Libya illustrate "Where Panzer Units Become Junk" - The Gallant Defenders of Tobruk; Five photos illustrate fighting in the western desert of North Africa where British patrols harass Nazis; Air photos of the cities of Rakki, Palmyra and Falluja; Photo of the King inspecting paratroops; Photo of truck carrying the wreckage of the ME. 110 fighter which Rudolf Hess flew to Glasgow; New discoveries in Iran exemplify the superb art of Persian goldsmiths over a period of seventeen centuries. Nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative wartime issue. Book
1946Pages 170- 196. Features: Cover photo of huge illegal arms cache discovered in sealed cellars beneath a school in Tel Aviv; Two fascinating pages of photos of troubles in Palestine - curfew scenes, illegal arms, and illegal immigrants; A crime which shocked the world - photo of the King David Hotel explosion taken two seconds after the detonation of explosives laid in the basement by Jewish terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi organization; Seven photos document the collision of the 'American Farmer' with the American steamer 'William J. Riddle', and the aftermath; Page of historic maps of Russia; Photos of personalities of the week include The King, the Princesses, Capt. Millers, chief officer J. E. Millers, M. Recep Peker, Lord Tedder, and Maj. Gen. H. E. Rance; Article entitled Norway and her Neighbours; Page of photos document H.M.S. Colossus being loaned to France; Two large aerial photos of Eastbourne - a target for Britain's postwar year holidaymakers; Amazing two page panoramic photo of the first Bikini atom bomb exploded in the air, showing many target warships blazing at their lagoon anchorage; Incredible centrefold photo of the underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini; Two pages of photos of Princess Elizabeth being invested as a Bard in Dufferin Park, Glamorgan; Photos of latest discoveries at the Low Ham Roman bath; Page of photos of personalities at the Paris peace conference; Two pages of Elizabethan silver gilt fruit dishes of unique beauty, acquired for the V. and A. Collection; Photo of Winston Churchill in his study at Chartwell; Fascinating and historic photo of wall map used by Gen. Eisenhower for the D-Day operations; Colour back cover add for the Lanchester 10 car. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1923Pages 197-249. Black and white photos. Features: Nice full-page photo portrait of Major Charles S. Walker, N.H. Department Commander American Legion; For God and Country - The American Legion - A New Hampshire Asset - major article with many great photos; The Legion - Maker of Americans - an interview with Maurice F. Devine; Behind the Lines; Behind the Lines - The American Legion Auxiliary at work; State Executive Board of the American Legion Auxiliary; A Portrait Gallery of Legionnaires - excellent photos with write-ups of selected individuals; New Hampshire's Labor Commissioner; Their Son; An Anthology of One Poem Poets; Over the Top with Ayrshires - The Sawyer Herd and Farrm Buildings - article with nice photos; In the Springtime; When Claremont was called Ashley III - Two English Maps of Revolutionary Times; Current opinion in New Hampshire; Old Home Week and the Tercentenary; Books of New Hampshire Interest; The Editor Stops to Talk; New Hampshire Necrology. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy of this particularly excellent issue. Magazine
1976603 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photos. Fold-out maps. Printed upon glossy stock. "Aims to provide a concise modern account of nearly all aspects of Greenland's geology." - from Preface. Small inkstamp atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this highly-informative academic work. Book
1974796 pages. Written in German. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes two detailed maps stored in pocket inside back board. "Dieses Buch sollte ein Werk unseres hochverdienten Heimatfreundes Josef PreuBler werden. Es kam nicht dazu. Der Tod riB dieson besten Kenner unsurer Heimat and Bewahrer ihrer werte viel zu fruh aus unserer Mitte. Bis zur Halfte des 18. Jahrhunderts war die "Geschichte" fertiggestellt. Doch die Vielen LebensauBerungen unserer Stadt auf allen Gebieten der Kultur, Wirtschaft und Kunst blieben ungeschrieben. Wie aber wuBte er unsere Heimat gerade aus dieser Sicht in unzahliegn Vortragen, Beitragen, besonders fur die Reichenberger Zeitun und in Buchern vollendet darzustellen! Auch das Reichenberger archiv verdankt ihm eine Sammlung wertvollster Unterlagen, die er durch sein Ansehen in einem groBen BekanntenKreis und durch einen jahrelangen, umfangreichen Briefwechsel gewinnen konnte. So war reiches Material vorhanden, das nun fur den ganzen Inhalt des Buches verwendet werden konnte. Ohne seine bemuhungen hatte es nicht geschrieben werden konnen. So gesehen ist es in den Grundlagen auch sein Werk." - from Author's Foreward. Blue cloth boards decorated with partially worn gilt lettering and graphic. Front hinge open. Bit of writing upon front endpaper and reverse side of one map, else generally clean and unmarked. Contents partially yellowed. Average wear to book. Dust jacket heavily worn. Remains a useful copy. Book
194533"x23" reinforced paper map. Undated - circa 1945? Scale: one quarter inch to one mile Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3957 (Air). "F/O Ellis" neatly printed in each corner in ink. Average wear. Book
200089 pages. Selected bibliography. Illustrated in colour. "Thirty-nine Earth Change maps spanning a vast period of time, from 4 million BC to 15,000 AD, come to light in a little village in South Africa. Their architect, Hans Luhdo, produced them in only 5 months. The pivotal maps are those drawn for the year 2000. The speed with which they were created suggests that he was a man driven, racing against time. A few weeks after the last map was completed, he died." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
