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1951xxiv, 256-320 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Lucia, Windward Islands; The Death-Patrol - strange R.C.M.P. manhunt in Canada's far north after a murder on Moskeet Island; The Tobacco Farmers - three youngsters put their combined savings into an abandoned farm in North Queensland - article with photos; The Jewelled Cross - a strange story of buried treasure; Photo of New Zealand's "Bottle House"; The Stowaway; The Tale of a Shirt - what happened when an African 'bush-boy' acquired a taste for European clothing; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - photo-illustrated article on a daily phenomenon at a hilltop temple in Tirrukalikundram in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - a rousing sea story told by the host of a village inn on the south coast; The Wai Wai Indians of the interior of British Guiana - article with eight photos; The Delectable Island - the isle of Re lies in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - an inexplicable performance witnessed in Malaya; Australian Treasure Trove - the wealth awaiting lucky finders in the Australian wilds; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
1955224 page 1955 phonebook for these southern Ontario communities. At that time local phone numbers consisted of only five digits. Includes 29 pages of vintage Yellow Pages ads. Last page ad entitled "Speaking of Girls...." features illustration of smiling female telephone operators. Ink stamp and writing upon front cover. Minimal markings to contents. Average wear. Binding tight. A great local memento and conversation piece from the days of party lines and rotary handsets. Book
1969Hundreds of pages here. Topics include: Propeller shafts, Rear axle and suspension, Front axle and suspension, Steering and linkage, Brake system, Chassis, Cooling system, Fuel system, Exhaust system, electrical equipment, Instruments and controls, Body, Wheels and tyres, Lubricants and servicing materials, Tools. Average shop wear and soiling. Binding sound. Mouse nibbles to upper corner of first 20 or so pages - text unaffected. Over one inch thick. 1.6kg. Overall, a sound working copy. Additional photos available upon request. Book
1963Features/Photos: New carpark at London Airport; Professor Alfred Jules Ayer, F.B.A.; Nice photo of President Kennedy in the White House with the leaders of the August 28th civil rights march, including Martin Luther King; the strange stone figures of Ijara, Nigeria; Mr. Ilya Ehrenberg; Centrefold - Civil Rights March on Washington; France's new model army; Car of the month - the Wolseley 6/110; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
1941Features: Photos of Russia's scorched earth policy; London's civil defence forces reviewed by Mr. Churchill - five photos; The Allied Capture of Damascus - Free French Troops March In - five photos; Photo of Frank Knox at the commissioning of the new super-battleship "Washington"; Four illustrations of Britain's latest shock troops in army tests - advance assault methods by a 'Recce" battalion; Photo of Russian pilots; Photo of Russian military officials in London; Photos of the Leading personalities of the week, including the first Indian V.C., Lieut. P.S. Bhagat who cleared landmines for four days and was blown up twice; Scenes of the Allied success in Syria - Twelve photos; Devastating R.A.F. daylight precision bombing in occupied France - four super aerial photos; Fascinating before and after air photos showing camouflage of Hamburg's rail station; Article - The Second Stage in Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of bomb carnage in Munster; Eleven photos of Russian resistance to the "German Hordes"; Britain's Tank Drive - photos of tanks and their assembly - *includes photo of the first Canadian-built Valentine tank at the Angus works - admired by hundreds of workers after being handed over to Colonel Ralson, Canadian Minister of Defense; The Life of British POWs in a German Camp - ten sketches by Lieut. J.F. Watton at Oflag VII and Posen, Poland; Navy sporting events in a Mediterranean Harbour - the H.M.S. "Kelvin"; ME 109F of German flying ace Hauptmann Peter Pingel is recovered intact neara St. Margaret's Bay on the Kent coast; The "Alstertor" Nazi prison ship is scuttled - 3 photos of the sinking and survivors; Three photos of enemy vessls just hit by the R.A.F.; Navy pictures at the latest war exhibition; Article on Bees; Huntley & Palmers Biscuits full-page ad; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover with manicured gardens in background. Average wear. Faint Ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
194328 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100,000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques, at Tessenderloo, in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1,200 caualties and 4,000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films, the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
194328 pages. Features: Front cover photo of the ice-covered deck of the H.M.S. "Vansittart"; Great full-age photo of Brigadier K. Pierce Smith taking the salute as a long line of British troops start their maneuvres in Malta; Striking with Success at Enemy Shipping in the Mediterranean - The Fleet Air Arm in Malta - 12 photos; The German Attack in Central Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Two large photos of the new German Mark VI Tank - the Tiger in Tunisia; Stalingrad Aftermath - Victory Scenes from a Gallant City - five photos including Field Marshal Paulus and General Von Daniels; Illustrations and texts describing a German Night-Fighter Control Room, as described by the Enemy; Facsimiles of Churchill's directive to General Alexander re: destroying Rommel's army, and Alexander's message advising Churchill of the completion of said mission; Photo of Sir Stafford Cripps visiting Miss Joan Hughes, an A.T.A. instructor; General interest news photos including the King visiting his army in Scotland, a demonstration of a new military raft in Northern Ireland, two sons of the Sultan of Morocco aboard a U.S. Army tank; Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst, Captain R.St. Vincent Sherbrooke, the Arctic V.C., Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Portal in Malta; Centerfold illustration of "Tarzan" Troops - Commandos in training crossing a river by rope; 10,000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Axis Europe in February - with five aerial photos; Photos of personalities in the news; Identifying Real German Planes; Photos of tank crews training indoors; Food Yeast - its discovery may revolutionize the health of nations - with eight photos; From Dockside to Battlefront - how tanks and trucks are unshipped, built up, and dispatched to the front lines in North Africa - with eleven great photos; Photos of Falcons (birds) in flight; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1987142 pages. Features: Terry David Mulligan - article and cover photo; Twins of Iron - Kelowna's Patricia and Sylvaiane Puntous are top triathalon racers; Vancouver Fashion; Top Vancouver Realtor Shelley Lederman; and much more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy of this pleasing vintage issue. Magazine
1974Features: Cover photo of Ab Jenkins and his 1933 V-12 Pierce-Arrow; Obituary of Arthur Kumpf inside front cover - Mr. Kumpf had a long association with the Pierce-Arrow, including service as a racer and endurance driver in the U.S. and Europe; list of Ab Jenkins' Driving achievements; Fredericksburg Meet Photos on pages 13 through 20; items on pages 4 through 9 are from the March 31, 1930 issue of 'The Pierce-Arrow News' (which was a large 'newspaper format' factory publication); Some Pierce-Arrows at Harrah's - with text and photos; New Parts Set-Up Gives Rush Service; Downton Window Display Proves Successful for Holden-Nelson; Here's the way your parts orders are handled; Speech of Col. Charles Clifton, 1917; Speech of Mr. Day about factory plans for the maintenance and up-building of Pierce-Arrow quality; Paint Shop Memories, by William L. Fischer; Many great photos from the 1974 PAS meet; Text of talk given at meet by Maurice A. Thorne. Back cover features reproduction of an ad for the Pierce-Arrow Travelodge, an early house/travel-trailer which could be pulled by car. Moderate wear. Umarked. A quality copy. Book
194066 pages. Features: Life Story of Sir Kinglsey Wood; Ice Guards the Dutch - fascinating 4-page photo-illustrated article explains Holland's defences against Nazi invasion; Island of Women - men have left the Island of Molene in Brittany to fight the war; France Fights Britain - great photo-illustrated boxing story with pictures of Petty Officer Warnes, Aircraftman Cole, Lance-Corporal Harrington, Corporal A. Welsh, Leading-Aircraftman A. House, Corporal Robinson, Mike Honeyman, Guardsman Danahar, J. Powell, Y. Nadal, plus seven photos of dignitaries who attended the fights; Roll to Beauty - how to slim while rolling on an ill-fated exercise device; Roosevelt's Envoy - photo-illustrated article on Sumner Welles; Inside a Nazi Prison Camp - these Nazi-provided photos depict decent conditions for Allied prisoners; Ice Follies of 1940 - nice photos of Evelyn Chandler, Bess Ehrhardt and Roy Shipstad; No. 7 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - Women in War - great photo-illustrated article explains how women are producing armaments; Diary of the War - No. 26 - The Twenty-fourth Week - with photos of destruction in Finland and a wonderful one-page photo of New Zealand soldiers chatting with locals at the Egyptian pyramids; Several Low cartoons; Can We be Utopians?; The History of Weapons, No. 9 - Weapons and Tactics. Nostalgic one-page ad for Minor cigarettes features nurse giving injured soldier a smoke. Nice ad for the Francis-Barnett Powerbike. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
1914Pages 57-84. Front cover photo of Field-Marshal Sir John French. Contents: Conclusion of Chapter V; First part of Chapter VI: Germany on the Eve of War - by an eyewitness. Photos of: the Belgian infantry; The Citizen Army of Territorials (C.I.V.'s) march along the Strand; Algerian sharpshooters cross France; Belgian armoured cars; effects on civil life; Torlemont; Mouland; Belgians burn their own houses; Dogs help on the battlefield; The British Army crosses the Channel; Centerfold illustration of a French dirigible protecting British naval assets; Young Brits join the army; H.R.H. the Prince of Wales handles his rifle; Swanse women register for army pay; Irish Nationalist Volunteers; H.M. Seaplane 126, complete with quick-firing gun; Cut communication wires in Belgium; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
194750 pages. Short Stories: Dream of Love; The High Cost of Babies; Major Arrowtoss. Articles: Heroes - or Bums? - campaign to smear unemployed vets; Citadel of Jump - Great photo-illustrated article on Robert M. Weitman's Paramount Theatre in New York; "I'll Take Zale in Two" - photo-illustrated boxing article by Rocky Graziano; The Decline of Bing Crosby - photo-illustrated article on his voice problems; Billion Dollar Haul - fascinating article on war booty at the end of WWII, with photo of Hjalmar Schacht; War Against West Point; About that Sinus Trouble. Special Features; Sexiest Gal in Town? - photo-illustrated article about Ruth Gilbert; Wackies - article with great one-page photo of Barbara Bates and Julie Gibson; Lion Hunt - photo-illustrated article of Metropolitan Opera tenor Lauritz Melchior hunting mountain lion; Hockey's Hardest Hoodlum - John "Choo-Choo" Mariucci of the Chicago Blackhawks; On the Bowery; The Name is Sheridan - lovely photos of Ann Sheridan; Smokechasers - photos of parachuting forest fire fighters; Photos of Marvin S. Kite marrying Doris Press by phone; Salute of the Month - photo of Lloyd F. Oleson, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans; Before and after photos of 1st Lt. William D. Robertson, the first GI to contact the Russian Army at Torgau, Germany; and more. Nice ad for movie "The Man I Love" features photo of Ida Lupino; Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
1889In 8. Dim. 24,5x18 cm. Pp. 384. Rara annata completa del 1889 composta da dodici riviste de La Favilla, rivista di letteratura dell'Umbria. La rivista venne pubblicata dal 1869 al 1910. La gran parte degli articoli sono letterari, dedicati anche a scrittori locali, citiamo Parini, Albertino Mussato, Filippo Mariotti, un articolo sull'opera di De Amicis pubblicata lo stesso anno "Sull'Oceano", Ariodante Fabretti. Presente anche qualche articolo sull'Umbria e le Marche: la lista dei musicisti marchigiani, la prostituzione a Todi tra il XIV ed il XV secolo. Qualche incisione all'interno. Legatura in mezza pelle coeva. In buone condizioni. Copertina in mezza pelle coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con usure e piccole parti mancanti ai margini, piatti e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Scarce complete collection of the year 1889 made up of twelve magazines of the La Favilla, magazine of litterature of Umbria. The magazine was published between 1869 and 1910. The greatest part of articles talk about litterature, edicated also to local writers, we cite Parini, Albertino Mussato, Filippo Mariotti, an article about a work by De Amicis "Sull'Oceano" published the same year, Ariodante Fabretti. There is also some article about Umbria and Marche: the list of marche musicians, the prostitution in Todi between XIV and the XV century. Some engraving inside. Half leather coeval binding. In good conditions.Half leather coeval cover with golden decorations and title in the spine in fair general conditions with wearings and little missing parts in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxings.
1890In 8. Dim. 24,5x18 cm. Pp. 384. Rara annata completa del 1890 composta da dodici riviste de La Favilla, rivista di letteratura dell'Umbria. La rivista venne pubblicata dal 1869 al 1910. Numerosi gli articoli di letteratura e di attualità tra cui Voltaire, Napoleone e l'isola di Sant'Elena, le nuove scoperte su Marte. Presente anche qualche articolo sull'Umbria e le Marche: la prostituzione a Sanseverino Marche nei secoli XV e XVI, poesie in dialetto sanginesino, un lungo articolo sulla città di Assisi, canti popolari marchigiani, scavi archeologici, l'analfabetismo in Umbria e nelle Marche ecc... Qualche incisione all'interno. Legatura in mezza pelle coeva. In buone condizioni. Copertina in mezza pelle coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in buone condizioni generali con usure e piccole parti mancanti ai margini, piatti e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Scarce complete collection of the year 1889 made up of twelve magazines of the La Favilla, magazine of litterature of Umbria. The magazine was published between 1869 and 1910. Different articles of litterature and news as Voltaire, Napoleon and the island of Saint Helen, the new discoveries of the Mars planet. There is also some article about Umbria and Marche: the prostitution in Sanseverino Marche in the XV and XVI century, poems in the dialect sanginesino, a long article about the city of Assisi, popular songs of Marche, archeological excavations, etc.... Some engraving inside. Half leather coeval binding. In good conditions. Half leather coeval cover with golden decorations and title in the spine in good general conditions with wearings and little missing parts in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxings.
réf. CF368bisLivret in-4 (17x30 cm.), XIX, A à I, 333 pages.
1929réf. 31804Partitions sur la Tauromachie Georges Razigade 1929
réf. 10109Manuscrit, XVIIIe siècle, petit in-4. 3ff. blancs-412pp. Basane brune dos à nerfs orné, titre doré, tomé II. Coiffe sup. arasée, épidermure sur les plats, ors partiellement effacés. Ex-libris manuscrit en tête de la première page "Baret d'Auriolle". Mention manuscrite sur la première garde : "Commencé le 2 janvier 1783".
1675In 8° (21x16 cm); 16 pp. A fogli slegati. Bella e rarissima placchetta stampata a Fermo da Andrea dal Monte nel 1675. Leggerissimo alone d'umidità nel margine inferiore delle prime e ultime due carte (quasi inivisibile). Margini leggermente corti nel margine superiore dove vengono sfiorati i numeri ma nel complesso buona copia. Bellissimo stemma della città di Fermo inciso a tutta pagina alla carta 3. Lettera al senato di Fermo firmata da Benedetto Moro. Iniziale ornata a pagina 3. RARISSIMA PLACCHETTA di interesse marchigiano. Nessun esemplare in ICCU.
1690In 8° piccolo (14,5×9,8 cm); (8), 119, (1) pp. Legatura di recupero in piena pergamena rigida. Carte uniformemente brunite. Antica nota di possesso manoscritta al recto del frontespizio. Qualche lieve brunitura e traccia di sporco, ininfluneti, e nel complesso esemplare in buone-discerte condizioni di conservazione. Ex libris “Franco Carresi”. Rara edizione del celebre tratto di Baldassare Bartoli sul Santuario di Loreto e sulla Casa di Nazaret. Carta 1 con incisione della Santa Casa di Nazaret. Al fine annotazioni delle poste. L’opera ripercorre la storia della Santa Casa di Nazaret e la storia del Santurio di Loreto dove essa è conservata. La nostra copia presenta una peculiarità: al colophon presenta la data 1690 differentemente dalle altre copie conosciute che riportano la data 1691. Edizione molto rara. Rif. Bibl.: Vinciana 809.
1753Cm. 15,5, perg. originale, pag. 133 (1 c.b.). Usure alla legatura, una carta staccata e una striscia al margine interno dell'antiporta. Nel complesso buon esemplare. In antiporta immagine xilografica della Madonna della Sacrosanta casa di Nazaret. Di questa edizione specifica non sono segnalate copie su ICCU.
Francesco Bertelli, Padova, 1629. Pianta planimetrica della città tratta dal “Theatro delle Città d’Italia” di Pietro Bertelli, stampato dal figlio Francesco. Incisione in rame, b/n, cm 12 x 16,9 circa (alla lastra)..
1800Foglio 15, carta telata
1896réf. 0055681896 Paris, Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1896. Grand in-quarto (245 X 192 mm) demi-maroquin havane à coins, filets dorés sur les plats, dos quatre nerfs filetés or, grand compartiment central orné en long de filets, fers dorés et petites mosaïques de maroquin vert foncé, titre doré, tête dorée, plats de la couverture conservés (Albert Valat) ; (3) ff., 322 pages, (1) f.
1886Edizione originale; 3 volumi; In-12°; pp. VII, 121, (14); 122-242, (16); 243-325; brossura originale e legatura in mezza pelle rossa con angoli e titolo in oro a dorso
