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197277 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1972. Covers dozens of subjects including: History of Glass, Glass in Australia, Manufacturing, Free Blown, Pontil & Lipping Process, Moulds, Moulding, Embossing, Coloured Glass, Natures Work, Clear Glass, Patents, Hollands - Geneva, Schnapps, Whisky, Whisky Jugs, Beers, Pots & Lids, Ginger Beers, Stoneware, Owen's Automatic Bottle Making Machine; and many more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this very informative work. Book
194464 pages. Features: Parker pen inside front cover features colour illustration of composer Henry Purcell; Colour Canada Dry ad; How the War Looks after Five Years; Editorial on Canadian inflation and Community Chest issues; Bright one-page GM ad features illustration of anti-aircraft crew in battle; Mr. Pemberton's Commission (short story); Hell Passage (short story); The Scientists Made it Possible - photo-illustrated article on military advances such as the Piat projector, which can penetrate the turrets of German tanks, and Britain's "Human Torpedoes"; Ghosts Don't Talk (short story); The Millionth Guest (short story); Canada's massive newsprint industry - article with wonderful photos; Roads rule the war - article with photos of roads being manually constructed in Northern Ireland and Burma; One-page ad by the Government of Canada entitled "One Man's Income is Another Man's Outgo" encourages wartime price stability; One-page black and white photo ad for Kodak features Sgt. F.L. "Bill" Perry of 58 King St., Summerside, P.E.I. with W)2 A.M. Casey of Peterborough, Ontario; Very militaristic one-page Gooderham & Worts, Limited ad explains their war alcohol production and shows air raid in progress; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows prospector and proclaims "Free Enterprise Made Canada's Mines"; Anaconda Copper & Brass ad features photo of Johnnie Religa, machine operator who came to Canada in 1909 from Piotrkow, Poland and now owns a home in New Toronto; Nice two-colour Cutex ad promotes their Honor Bright nail polish; Kitchen article on Pickling; Nice colour half-page ad for Clark's Governor Sauce; Reviving the age-old art of wine-making; Colour photo of Mary Sieburth's very popular Golliwogg doll; Fashion illustrations; One-page Singer sewing machine photo ad; Women of Canada and the cost of clothing; Charlie McCarthy colour-comic featured in Chase & Sanborn ad; World Sayings; Excellent colour Fort Truck/Military Vehicle ad shows war and farm applications of their products; Rare back cover colour ad for the Canadian Women's Army Corps says "The Canadian Army Needs More Women!", and requests questions to Lt. Dora Sweet of Ottawa; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
19718 pages. Features: Robert Rundle Papers; Rare 1841 Map of Banff Area; New Exhibition of instruments and machines which were used to titillate, entertain, and amuse; Annual Report. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
198972 pages. Features: Martin Baker and the weavers of Teotitlan Del Valle; Made in Guatemala and Canada; Kyoko Kumai - weaving stainless steel fiber; Louise Kodis and David Glass - fusion of glass and fiber; Joan Steiner's Miniature World of Fabric Sculpture; What has happened to the knitting machine?; Cynthia Boyer; Toots Zinsky; Manya Shapiro; Glen Kaufman; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1982100 pages. Features: Tromping through the ages - a Boston artist turned to the 18th century for design inspiration but he used 20th century technology to produce her woven coverlets; Jacquard Weaving in Huehuetenango - textiles woven on hand operated Jacquard looms have a distinctive place in the spectrum of Guatemalan weaving; Jacquard Weaving - a special report; Machine Knitting - the state-of-the-art; Rugs - for the floor, the wall and the imagination; A conversation with Lillian Elliott; Nancy Belfer; Maridadi West; Frank Gardner; Annie Dempsey; Lucille Landis; Kiyomi Iwata; Carol Mecagni; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
197566 pages. Features: Super Street Machines!; The Shop Scene; Choose a Street Exhaust; Mount Rear Axles; Install Steering; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of the King and Duke of Kent welcomning U.S. Ambassador John G. Winant to England; Illustration of Don Alfonso De Bourbon of Hapsburg who died in Rome on February 28th; Seven photos of Mogadishi, capital of Italian Somaliland, captured by General Cunningham; Four pages of excellent photos show R.A.F. gunners undergoing intensive training; Page of photos of Turkey's dauntless leaders - Ismet Ineunu, Dr. Refik Saydam, and Bay Sukru Sarajoglu; Map-illustrated article entitled "The Germans in the Mediterranean"; Two pages of illustrations of the men and machines of the Turkish Air Force which confront the Axis menace; Two pages of photos illustrate the emancipation of Turkish women - shown are a judge, politician, professor, artists, and more; Centerfold illustration shows torpedoed ship with devastating damage in drydock for repairs (please note: significant coffee stains to this illustration); Full-page photo of British infantryman in Libya in full battle gear; Full-page photo of Fully-armed Greek infantryman on the Albanian front; Two-page illustration of R.A.S.C. men drawing rations in a typical skilfully concealed distribution centre; Photos of bomb damaged S. Mary's Church in Swansea; Photo of massive 1.75 ton unexploded Nazi bomb recovered from East Anglia; Photo of devastating R.A.F bomb damage to German rail marshalling yard; Photos of personalities of the week include G.W. Rendel, M. Filoff, M.N. Momtchiloff, M. De Vleeschauwer with General Cunningham, Mrs. Rex Benson with Air Marshal Portal, Joseph Kennedy giving evidence on the Lease-and-Lend bill in Washington, L. Von A. De La Periere, Dr. J. Rendel Harris, and the Rev. Eric S. Loveday; Two pages of photos of Lifeboatmen - always on duty defying the seas and Nazi bombers; Illustrated instructions how to personally deal with fire bombs; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
1970#350 of 700 facsimile copies of the 1746 first edition specially reprinted in 1970. [10], 118, 15 [plates] pages. "Being the first part of Le Blond's Elements of War - written in French by that eminent mathematician, for the use of Lewis Charles of Lorraine, Count de Brionne, and published for the introduction of the young gentlemen in the armies of France." - subtitle. "Was a standard reference on the continent. Covers much the same field as Muller and Rudyerd in the period just prior to the French and Indian Wars." - dust jacket. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
1947383 pages. A 1947 reprint of the 1939 first edition. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. "Offers, in simple, non-technical form, information that may aid the beginner and the more experienced mechanic to a better understanding of the care and use of modern milling machines, and to foster a knowledge of the fundamental principles of sound milling practice." - Preface. Chapters include: Types and Characteristics of Milling Machines; Erection and Care; Operation; Cutters; Attachments; Universal Spiral Index Centers - Indexing - Cutting Spirals; Toolroom Operations; Cam Cutting - Graduating - Gear Cutting; Manufacturing Milling; Fixtures - Production Estimating; Helpful Hints; plus tables. Also includes an interesting seven-page introduction which reviews the history of milling. Short piece of masking tape inside front board. Name atop front free endpaper and title page. Prior owner's address inside back board. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's navy blue cloth. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this very informative and, now, historical reference from a time before electronics had entered this field. Book
1958176, [4] ads, pages. Frequent grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Author seeks to inform his Western readers of "remarkable developments going on inside the USSR." - p.174. "In my opinion, we are kept in the dark about wonderful new Soviet technology because if our people knew these things they would see that the USSR is not a threat to us." - p.175. Scattered ink marginalia and underlining throughout. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy of this interesting cold war-era work. Book
1982pp. ix, 326. Index. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of photos. Diagrams. "Now, for the first time, the insider's view of the Enigma story and other clandestine operations is revealed by Gordon Welchman, a top British mathematician who was largely responsible for the crucial achievements at Bletchley Park in the first months of WWII. Goes beyond Bletchley to show how the lessons learned from Germany's errors in using the Enigma codes can - and must - be applied to the use of military communications today." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this essential cryptographic chronicle. Enser p.75. Book
1994127pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
1983No marks or inscriptions. Crease to corner of rear cover. A clean well-used copy with very lightly marked covers. Stapled outer covers spilt to bottom three inches of spine. 52pp. Chunky Knitter/Ribber machine instructions.
1937No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked blue cloth boards, rubbing to spine ends, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Three pull-out diagrams in excellent condition. Very scarce. 370pp. The main sections are split into Drawing-Office Organization, Pattern-Making, Foundry Work, The Machine-Shop, Fitting and Erecting of Heavy Machinery, Transport of Heavy Machinery, Pipe-Work and Rivets and Riveted Joints. Well illustrated.
1988Ex-library: label on spine (with small tear in cloth underneath); bookplate on pastedown; torn out return slip and barcode on FEP; ink stamps on edges of page block, endpapers, and front matter. Otherwise very good condition; contents clean, sound, and bright throughout. Ex Library
1988Ex-library stamps in the usual places. Pages are clean, bright and tight. Ex Library
1912226pp VG/none Second edition, published in the same year of the first. Original editorial red hardback, gilt lettering on spine, minimal wear on the cover, overall a very good copy. Important book on the subject, scarce in the early editions, with the Introductory Chapter by Dr Rudolf Diesel, profusely illustrated by diagrams, charts and b/w pictures, some in folding plates. Presumably the first book in English devoted to the subject: according to the author, in the Preface, "no book has been published dealing solely with this type of motor".
1860187pp + 17 plates in Atlas VG/none First (only) edition. Full title "Rudimentary and Elementary Principles on the Construction and on the Working of the Machinery illustrated by numerous examples of modern machinery for different branches of manufacture". Book (Text) in contemporary green hardback with gilt lettering on spine, Atlas with editorial (?) flexible cloth olive green wrappers and Title inset pasted on front board, light signs of wear, paper slightly age-browned, overall a VG copy. XIX century work on machinery, very scarce complete with the accompanying Atlas in 4o with its 17 large folding plates.
1994Light shelfwear to cover edges but internally clean, tight and bright
2002Slight yellowing to page block, price pencilled on fep, otherwise very good clean copy in like dust jacket. Used
1986Lecture Notes in Computer Science 234. Ex - Library. Ink stamp and previous owner's sticker on the front cover. Traces of sticker residue across spine foot; faintly bumped spine head and rubbed corners. Spine face and foot of page block slightly grubby and marked due to age. Sound, clean book with strong binding and bright text. ADG. Ex - Library
1990Lecture Notes in Computer Science 458; Ex - Library. Previous owner's stickers on the front cover. Ink stamps and small pen inscription on title page; library catalogue sticker on colophon. Faintly bumped spine head and leading corners. Sound, clean book with tight binding. ADG. Ex - Library
1990Lecture Notes in Computer Science 443; Ex - Library. Previous owner's sticker on the front cover and spine head. Ink stamp and small pen inscription on title page; library catalogue sticker on colophon. Faintly bumped spine head and leading corners. Sound, clean book with tight binding. ADG. Ex - Library
1989Lecture Notes in Computer Science 372. Ex - Library. Front cover is creased on lower leading corner and front spine side. There is a scuff on the front cover resulting from possible sticker removal. Previous owner's sticker on the front cover. Small pen inscription on title page; library catalogue sticker on colophon. Faint bumps across some edges. Foot of page block a little yellowed due to age. Sound, clean book with tight binding. ADG. Ex - Library
1992Lecture Notes in Computer Science 623; Ex - Library. Previous owner's sticker on the front cover. Ink stamp on half - title page. Library catalogue sticker inside front cover. Faintly bumped spine head and rubbed corners. Foot of page block slightly grubby and marked due to age. Sound, clean book with tight binding. ADG. Ex - Library
