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1964160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1960140 pages. Features: Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the Stardust slip modelled on page 35; Castro Tries to Export 'Fidelismo' - article with great photos; Which is the Best Road to the White House?; As They See Things in the Holy Loch - article (with photo) on reaction in Holy Loch, Scotland, where it has been announced that a U.S. nuclear sub base will be located; Integration - The Third Critical Phase as it begins in the core states - article with dramatic photos; In Pakistan, "Maybe President Mohammed Ayub Khan Can Help Us" - article with photo of the President confering with Prime Minister Nehru of India; 'Welfare State' a Debate That Isn't - the real question is, to what extent should government intervene in the economy?; Tyrants of the Podium - Famous Musical conductors speak loudly and carry a small stick; Les Halles Must Move - Maybe - article and photos of the ancient Paris market which is to be modernized; Powerful two-page color ad for Accutron watches by Bulova; Top Denizens of the Myth Zoo - mythical animals; A Niagara of Power - construction photos and sketch of the new Niagara Power Project; The Vision of Spanish artist Velasquez - the 300th anniversary of his death; When Royalty Marries Commonality - photos of famous 'mixed' royal couples; Vintage full-page color ad for Parker Bros. game Kimbo; Nice color photo one-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Interior design photos with a medieval taste; Nice one-page color ad for nine of Milton Bradley's board games; The Child of 'Emotional Divorce' - the rift that can exist between parents who stay together 'for the sake of the kids'; Nice women's swimwear and hat fashion photos; Photos of raising a 60'x90' US flag on the George Washington Bridge; Wonderful one-page color ad for Cobbs Christmas gift baskets (yes, back then ads could mention Christmas). Unmarked. Average wear. Paper tender with peripheral age-toning. A worthy vintage copy. Book
19048vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, title-vignette, 26 plates and numerous illustrations in the text, minimal spotting to text; original pictorial terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in dark red, uncut, a well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp, firm copy. With the fine etched armorial bookplate of R.J. Carthew on front paste-down, and blind stamp of WH Smith on front free endpaper.
19048vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, 26 plates and 46 illustrations (several full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly foxed, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth blocked in black, pictorial backstrip lettered in black, uncut and partially unopened, covers mildly age-stained, backstrip dulled (but all lettering entirely legible) else a very good, clean copy of a scarce account.
1784ref. 174896London.: Alexander Hogg at the King's Arms. circa1784. Engraved map in triptych on laid paper 20.1 x 32.7 cm three insets: cross section of the north side of Queen Charlotte's Islands Solomon Islands with detail of a volcano "6 leagues North"; Swallow's Bay Harbour; and Byron's Harbour early hand colour trimmed to the plate mark at the top edge neat sealed tear affecting the publisher's caption slight edge wear and paper toning but a most attractive map in very good condition. Attractive engraving of the Queen Charlotte's Islands Solomon Islands. The Islands were named for the consort of King George III by Philip Carteret the British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764–66 and 1766–69. His ship the Swallow gave her name to the Bay and Carteret's commanding officer on the first of his voyages John Byron to the Harbour depicted in this most attractive early chart. . Alexander Hogg at the King's Arms. unknown
1974Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. Clean sound pages. Tape marks on front board and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with fading to spine and immediate margins of both covers. 96pp. A history of transport and communication in the North West of England.
1993Articles: Commercial Shipping on the Northern Sea Route; Petty Officer First Class E. Leslie Goodwin - A Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer in World War I; We'll get our own - Canada and the Oil Shipping Crisis of 1942; plus part of a Canadian Maritime Bibliography by Gerald E. Panting and numerous book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
ref. 173303Official Guide: Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Government Tourist Bureau Caravan Club of Victoria. Broadbent's Year of Issue 43. Head and foot of backstrip and corners of front wrapper a little worn; stamped Members Free Copy on front; some discoloration to the rear wrapper; internally very good. unknown
1969205 pages. Originally published by Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, Ltd., London. Multi-panel fold-out map. 9 Black and white illustrations. "A century ago, when every known route was beset with its own dangers, the risks in the "Country Trade" were especially numerous, and it is difficult now to even believe, much more to realise, the vicissitudes to which a ship was liable in the 17th and 18th centuries from the time she left her anchorage under the friendly protection of the guns of old Bombay Castle... Pirates, cosmopolitan, Indian, Arab, even English, cruised the Arabian seas. The Straits of Malacca teemed with fierce cut-throats; the Gulf was a standing menace. These dangers were real." - From Preface. Contents clean, bright and unmarked, possibly unread. Tight and square. Light wear to white and blue cloth-covered boards. Bright silver lettering upon spine. Book
19458vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 16 plates on 10; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. Fascinating insight into rural China between the wars. Uncommon in this condition. Graham & Cole F7 (recording the first edition).
1970No inscriptions or marks. Very light creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked covers. 72pp. This volume covers the period from the end of the war in 1945 when Oldham Corporation ran its own bus services to these being taken over by the new South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire PTA (SELNEC).
1981No 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 with small repair and light creasing to upper edge. 136pp. The development of the omnibus industry, and of the bus itself over a forty year period, including the many operational, traffic, economic, social, political and technical factors which have shaped our bus services.
1852ref. 75654Buffalo:: Jewett Thomas & Co. 1852. First edition. original gilt-lettered cloth. Tear to the folding map neatly repaired on verso with Japanese tissue; slight use and fading to the cloth; very attractive. 12mo. Illustrated with maps and numerous engravings from original sketches including a folding map of the "Northern Route U. S. Mail Line.Steamers.New York and Rochester.and Routes from Albany to Niagara Falls Buffalo and Montreal" with inset view of Niagara Falls. Jewett, Thomas & Co., hardcover
1973408 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Two fold-outs. Many archival black-and-white illustrations. Hand-numbered copy number 811. "The history is traced from the first surveys of Pickering Township, to the establishment of Brock Road, then Bentley's Corners and finally Brougham. All aspects of this typical Ontario village are covered - social, educational, recreational, government and business - from its infancy in pioneer days to 1973. The final chapter deals with the controversial airport, proposed by the federal government, which would have obliterated this historical village." - from dust jacket. One of the better local histories from Ontario that we have seen. Moderate wear to clean, unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket. Prior owner's name clipped from top of title page. Sound copy. Book
1923ref. 16039Published exclusively for The Southern Pacific Lines., 1923. 2 Bll. Text, 22 montierte Farbtafeln nach kolorierten Photographien, 1 Karte mit Bahnstrecken. Quer-4°, kordelgeheftet, illustr. Orig.-Karton mit einer weiteren montierten Farbtafel (Crossing Great Salt Lake at Sunset).
19052 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, titles in red and black, title-vignettes, and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, free endpapers mildly browned; original pictorial ribbed blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in black, uncut, a very good, bright, fresh copy. With the trade ticket of Hugh Rees of Pall Mall on front paste-downs. The set comprises Vol. I: London to Gloucester; Vol. II: Gloucester to Milford Haven. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1952No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with slight marking to rear. 21pp. No date, assumed 1952. The history of road transport culminating in the rubber-tyred vehicles of today. Published to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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.
ref. 1330089685.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1922ref. 198554United Kingdom: George Philip & Son for Perrier 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. a very good set of sectional coloured maps on an 8 miles to the inch scale in original case undated but around 1920-1923 as the Road lettering and numbering system A1 A40 etc are not here used and earlier than 1920 copies were backed onto linen fourteen maps distance card Index sheet all printed on card and with linen index taps to top edge lacking tab for Card Six Index card with Perrier advertising and reference to Royal Warrant of George V housed in a very good original wooden sided case lettered silver and red on green cloth plastic front to case revealing maps behind two press fasteners to rear flap a very well preserved set. George Philip & Son for Perrier Hardcover
ref. Bloomsbury-9781350276000Methuen Drama. Paperback. New. 144 pages Methuen Drama paperback
ref. Bloomsbury-9781350276000Methuen Drama. Paperback. New. 144 pages Methuen Drama paperback
ref. 1786824531.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
198729x25. 159p. Fotogr. P. Keller. Enc. Cart. Ed. Sobrecubierta.
1977330 pages. 100 Popular Songs from the Last 25 Years. Songs include: In a Golden Coach, She Loves You, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Congratulations, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Puppet on a String, Born Free, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, There's A Whole Lot of Lovin'; Sailing, and dozens more. Gift greetings upon first blank page, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book