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1965Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; pale blue boards, upper board lettered in black, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
1984rif. 79165Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad 1984. pamphlet. 28p. 8.5x11 inches illustrated with b&w photos very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Exhibition catalog issued in conjunction with the 1984 Olympiad. The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad unknown books
1998Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In publisher's special box. Folio. (35 x 23 cm). Edition in English. 451, [4] p., color photos. The last caravan on the Silk Road. [BOXED]. The Silk Road has played a tremendously important role in the history of mankind. For centuries it was this road that linked east to west and served to merge the economic, cultural and political traditions among the peoples living along this long route. The Silk Road Project, retracing the ancient Silk Road with a camel caravan, realized by partition of Arif Asçi, Necat Nazaroglu and Murat Özbey lasted a full two years. As you'll read The Last Caravan on the Silk Road, you'll see the close cultural relationships between the nations along this road and recognize the tremendous role the Silk Road played in carrying and disseminating man's cultural inheritance. The photographs by the famous photographer Arif Asçi, published in the book will shed light on our shared cultural inheritance and they will carry our past to all coming generations in the future. Today's deep interest in this ancient road is based on the tremendous role it played in carrying and disseminating man's cultural inheritance. Since the breakdown of the former Soviet Union, interest in the Silk Road has been also renewed and deepened due to the independence gained by the Turkic Republies of Central Asia.
2003No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 160pp. All the information required to choose a suitable car kit to construct yourself and how to complete it successfully to produce a safe, roadworthy car.
1974No marks or inscriptions and faint crease to upper corner of front cover. A very clean very tight stapled booklet with bright unmarked yellow card boards and no bumping to corners. 214-233pp. Reprinted from The Journal of Transport History, Vol II No 4. Public transport in Russia with some maps. Very scarce. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
1991"Road to Avonlea" is a CBC/Sullivan Films TV series based on stories and characters created by L.M. Montgomery. Facing financial ruin, Sara Stanley's father sends her with her Nanny away from his Montreal mansion to Prince Edward Island to live in the home of a family she has never met. Book
1937645 pages. Index. Frontis portrait of Thomas Wildey, the Founder of the American Odd Fellowship. Author presents his thoughts about the principles of the Odd Fellowship, and the history and practices of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. Chapters include: Immortality, Friendship, Love, Truth, The Besetting Sin, Rebekah, Service, Loyalty, Faith, Hope, Charity, Universal Justice, A Machine, Home, A Challenge, The Jericho Road. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
rif. 0373252668.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2007rif. D6B0005893BookSurge Publishing 2007-05-25. Paperback. Like New. A beautiful copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has minor shelf rubbings. Binding is tight. BookSurge Publishing paperback
rif. Bloomsbury-9780761863267University Press of America. Hardback. New. 138 pages University Press of America hardcover
rif. Bloomsbury-9780761863267University Press of America. Hardback. New. 138 pages University Press of America hardcover
rif. B9780761863267Hardback. New. This book includes biographical information on Carlos Prieto his contributions to music as well as a detailed catalog of 72 pieces commissioned and/or dedicated to him. This is the first time a study has been conducted on this body of music. hardcover
rif. 6200685622.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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2014rif. x-0761863265Univ Pr of Amer 2014. Hardcover. New. 124 pages. 9.00x5.00x0.75 inches. Univ Pr of Amer hardcover
rif. DADAX0761863265UPA 2014-04-15. hardcover. New. 6.32x0.59x9.29. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. UPA hardcover
1917Features: Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres; 2 page illustration of a steamer's Smoke-Box Defence against a U-boat; "Standard Ships" - 4 photos; The Menin Road Battle - 3 photos; nice 2-page photo of a YMCA catering hut in action with German shell range; The Canadian Artillery Regiment - one page story with 2 photos; Laying a rail line during the battle for Lens; Menin Road battle - many photos; Destruction in Ypres; Great 2-page photo with caption "During a Bombardment on the Flanders front - Artillerymen (wearing gas masks) with a heavy Gun in Action". Staples disintegrating. Average wear. Book
1917Features: Giant relief map of Messines Ridge; Photo of General Sir Henry Wilson; Photo of Signor Caproni - Italian Aeroplane inventor; On the western front in Flanders - a railway laid by the Canadian Royal Engineers; Super two-page photo of a Baghdad street crowd watching British gunners hauling a heavy gun; General Allenby's advance towards Jerusalem; Romances of the Regiments - the 10th and the 37th; The "Friedrich der Grosse" brings U.S. troops across the sea; Two-page photo of a British Battery under attack near Passchendaele; Bad weather road traps on the Flanders front; using x-rays on the Western front; Devastation on the Flanders front; Admiral Mayo visits Sir David Beatty; Picking the brain of a captured Zeppelin; Women operating tractors; With General Allenby's Army in Palestine; Average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
1948Pages 593-620. Features: Cover photo of Mr. J. W. Belcher, a leading figure at the tribunal of inquiry into allegations of irregularities involving ministers; Karsh photo portrait of Mr. Louis St. Laurent, Canada's new Prime Minister; Book review of "The Life and Death of Benjamin Robert Hayden", by Eric George; Several photos of Princess Margaret in Sheffield at the opening of an industrial exhibition; Two pages of photos of people connected with click close tribunal, including Mr. Gerald Upjohn, Mr. Justice Lynskey, Mr. Russell Vick, Mr. Charles Key, Mr. Francis Cecil Price, Mr. George Gibson, Mr. James R Cross, Mr. Henry Saft, Arthur Thorpe, Alfred Bieber, Joseph Kennedy, Sidney Stanley, Harry Sherman, Sir Hartley Shawcross, William Glanville Hall, Mrs. John Belcher, David Rufus Williams, and Mr. Jacob Harris; Photo of new airfield at Tegel in Berlin; Photo of collapsed road, tunnel on the Riviera; Photo of two Royal couples whose marriages have been dissolved - King Farouk of Egypt and Queen Farida, and the Shah of Iran and Empress Fazia; Uranium discovered on the shores of Lake Superior Ontario; Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth immobilized at Southampton after crew walks off in sympathy with American dock strikers; Two pages of fascinating photos of Kalgan, a front-line city in war-torn China; The Civil War reaches Shanghai - page of dramatic photos from the city as the communists advance; Sensational four-panel centrefold cutaway drawing of the new 28,000 ton Orient liner Orcades, which is expected to leave on her maiden voyage to Australia on December 14; Five photos of the glories of Wimborne Minster; Photos of personalities of the week include Victor Csornoky, Air-Comm. H.G. Brackley, Lord Winster, Sir Sidney Caine, Capt. G.E. Cove, Mr. W.V. Gibson, Len Beyers, H.E. Khwaja Nazimuddin, M. Sophoulis, A. E.W. Mason, Air Commodore E.H. Fielden, Wing Commander E.W. Tacon; Opening the new tube line extension at Greenford Station; Photo of homemade midget submarine seized in the Italian part of Lake Lugano; Page of drawings of a secret US naval weapon, the "Salamander" in action [an early drone tank]; Two large photos of the "Salamander" in action. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of formal handing-over ceremony to the Australian Brigadier; Six photos of the snow and ice Greek soldiers overcame in Albania; Six photos from the Greek Front - awaiting Tepelini's fall; Photo of Greek troops in tiny captured Italian tanks near the Albanian front; Photo of forlorn captured Italian Colonel, commander of a crack Alpini regiment, in German sidecar driven by Greek soldier; Two-page illustration/map of Singapore and vicinity - stubborn obstacle to Japan's ambitious projects in southern Asia; One-page map of the U.S.' strategic Pacific sites, which envelope Japan at all points; Article entitled "The War with Nazi Germany - The Far East" includes photos of Japanese troops on Hainan; Photos of personalities of the week include Trygve Lie, Sir H. Harty, Dr. Tevfid Rustu Aras, M. Charalambos Simopoulos, M. Yosuke Matsuoka, Australian Prime Minister Menzies inspecting troops in London, Lord Gort in a Bren gun carrier, Sir Frederick Banting (killed in Newfoundland plane crash), Sir Shenton Thomas, Sir R. Brooke-Popham, L.A. Strange, Dan Pienaar, A.G. Cunningham, and Joe Coyne; Photos of the wood carvings at St. Stephen's, Walbrook; Aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage in Eritrean port of Massawa; Aerial photo of R.A.F. bomb damage at Valona; Fascinating illustrations explain German incendiary bombs - clockwork and electric types; Dramatic centrefold photo of F.D.R. addressing the House to demand fullest help to the democracies; Twelve photos of the Capture of Derna (a small town between Tobruk and Banghazi); Two pages of photos of the Capture of Derna - minefields cleared, booty seized, examples of Italian road engineering; Two pages of photos of the occupation of Benghazi by Australian troops - and welcoming crowds; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
194328 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Silent Telephony on the Battlefront" - showing one of our troops in Tunisia using throat microphones and "silent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines removed from the airfield at Marble Arch; Dramatic two-page illustration of the damaged Stirling bomber piloted by Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton about to plunge into the Channel - how he won the Victoria Cross (V.C.) - Devotion "Unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force"; The Great World War - Lessons from Papua - article by Cyril Falls; Rabaul - Main Japanese Base in New Guinea Area Campaign - three illustrations and two photos; The German Retreat Across the Snow - Dramatic Views of Hitler's Sorry Army - Russians Close on Their Heels - 13 photos; How a "Liberty" Freighter was built in less than five days - Henry J. Kaiser's shipyards built the "Robert E. Peary" using pre-fabricated sections; Photos of personalities and events of the week - including Von Ribbentrop welcoming Laval to Berlin, Lloyd George at age 80, and a ceremony in London honouring American airman Sec. Lieut. Johnson; Pictures Behind the News - photo of the new Lockheed Constellation on its maiden voyage, aerial photo of now free Leningrad; A Japanese Bomber's Suicide Dive on the U.S. Aircraft-Carrier "Hornet" - dramatic photos; Centerfold illustration of Captain Robert Sherbrooke, V.C. in H.M.S. "Onslow," Challenging Superior Naval Forces of North Cape; Photos of enemy bombers down over London; Scenes in Malta's War Headquarters; Illustration of Flak over London; Three dramatic photos show Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch settle the fate of a U-boat; Two-page illustrated map indicates the vast economic development of French Africa - roads and communications from Algeria to Congo; The Trans-African Air Route - a six-thousand miles daily flight over virgin forests and desert tracts - three great photos; The Rivals of Rubber - article by E.S. Grew; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Johnnie Walker on back cover; Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of message being passed by line from destroyer to cruiser while at sea; Series of illustrations show 'Position' land-mining a road surface for depth-charges; Two-page illustration of night training for attack in enemy country; Photo of Packard draughtsmen at work in the U.S. where they are contracted to produce 6,000 Rolls-Royce engines; Two impressive photos of Pittsburgh's impressive steel productive capacity; Aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb strikes on Boulogne and Addis Ababa; Ten photos of Tripoli, the beautiful capital of Italian Libya; Map-illustrated article considers German invasion of England; Personalities of photos of the week include Lady Austen Chamberlain, Dr. W.M. Carter, Colonel Lindbergh (who urged a negotiated peace), H.W. House, Dr. E.G.W. Braunholtz, The King and Queen inspecting bomb damage, P.W. Kerr, Walter Krivitsky, Major-General Fleischer of the Norwegian forces, M. radu Florescu, and C.F.A. Voysey; Illustration and photo of German inflatable dinghy for downed airmen; Two-page photo of dawn paratroop attack; Seven photos of America's parachute troops training at Fort Benning; Full-page cutaway illustration of Wellington bomber; Photos of London statues being saved; Photo of huge unexploded Nazi bomb now used as a $ collecting box outside St. Paul's Cathedral; Photos of gas masks in use in Brighton as part of gas 'alert' test; Photos aboard corvettes - little ships which are grappling with the U-boat menace; Six large photos show meal preparation at Liverpool's communal feeding centre - capable of serving 16,000 repasts daily; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
194328 pages. Features: Cover photos of sappers searching for mines amongst the flowers in southern Tunisia; Air photos of Mosquitoes Bombing Locomotive Factory at Nantes as workers leave; The Opening Stages of the Battle of the Mareth Line - Now in British Hands - Eleven photos; Interesting road sings on entering Tunisia; With the Americans in Tunisia; Demolishing a derelict enemy tank - the sapper's hazardous task; Battle for the Mareth Line - article by Cyril Falls; With a Gurkha Battalion in Tunisia - Indians of the Eighth Army - eight photos; Photos of people in the news - Brig.-General N.F. Twining; Group Captain H.I. Edwards; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with Monty; Captain D.R. MacFarlane and his wife; Photos of General Alexander with General Giraud; General De Gaulle takes the salute; Photo of the famous Brown House at Munich, H.Q. of the Nazi Party; The King is piped aboard the H.M.S. "Cumberland"; Centerfold illustrations show new types of flak over Berlin at night; Background to a Raid on Berlin - many illustrations of the ground crews who keep our heavy bombers in the air; Dismantling the R.101 mooring mast at Cardington - to salvage teh steel; Two photos of damaged aircraft which made it safely back to base; Soap from cocoa beans for the men of the Gold Coast Army units - five photos; Large illustration of Field-Marshal Smuts; and more. Unmarked. Chips/tears to lower corner of all pages, otherwise average wear. Please note: last 4 pages missing - they likely contained part some photos of aeroplanes from 25 years ago, and ads. . Magazine
1918Features: Title page illustration of British soldiers in a captured German "Communication-Trench" beneath the Hooge-Menin Road; The Merchant Seaman's Badge of Honour (article); Red Cross Pearls - A Meditation (article); The Herb Garden - Homely Plants (article); One-page illustration of the destruction of Captain Baron Von Richthofen; Two photos of German planes brought down over London; Photos of The Countess Markievicz, Novelist Darrell Figgis, Joseph McGuinness, Count Plunkett, Edmund De Valera, John McGarry, Dr. Thomas Dillon, William Cosgrave, Lord Glenconner, The Duke of Atholl, and Lady Glenconner; Photos of large allied bombers as they prepare to strike Cologne and Western Germany; G.K. Chesterton discusses translations of the words of the German Emperor - who can speak and write English; Grounding the Flying Services (article); Photo of British airmen inspecting a captured German "Kamerad"; One-page detailed illustrated explanation of the British food control organisation/The machinery of Meat Supply; From Field to Kitchen - Fascinating one-page illustration with text explains the controlled distribution of meat in Britain; One-page illustration of a French armoured car, out of ammunition, driving through a crowd of German soldiers; Wonderful centrefold illustration of a sky full of fighting German and British planes; Article on how wartime food rationing has forced some knowledge of chemistry onto people; One-page illustration inside the newly opened Chapel at Hampton Court; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers, including Capt. R.P.L. Dallas, M.C., KIA; Front and back photos of members of the American Expeditionary Force in France with captured German flame-throwers; Photo of W.A.A.C.'s playing basket ball with convalescing Tommies in France; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1918Features: Title page illustration of nurses tending to the happy wounded on a British hospital-train; Two-page illustration of "The Glorious End of the 'Vindictive' - Blocking the Fairway at the Entrance to Ostend Harbour; War as The Artist Sees It (article); The "Vindictive's" Gallant End (article); Three sketches of "The Ostend Harbour Exploit - The First Attempt; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of Prince Sixte of Bourbon, Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, and Commodore Hubert Lynes, C.M.G., who led the blocking operations at Ostend; Two excellent side-view photos of the "Vindictive" on her way to Zeebrugge; Two-pages with eight photos illustrating "Concrete Ship-Building - War-work for which there is a very urgent demand - showing main stages of construction; First six photos of German Tanks "Panzerkraftwagen"; Photo of the swearing in ceremony for Field-Marshal Lord French and Edward Shortt; Article on Stunt Flying; Six fascinating photos explain how flax is harvested and processed for use in Aeroplane wings; Dramatic centrefold illustration of the burning of Pozieres on the Albert-Bapaume Road; Malaria - The Return of an Old Enemy (article); Four photos of U.S. troops arriving in England under Colonel Whitman and Lieut.-Col. Wagner, including the Royal salute they received; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers, including Major William A. Craies; One-page Kenilworth Cigarettes ad shows couple chatting in front of fireplace; Illustration of a 'curfew' dinner-dress; Nice two-colour "Greys" cigarette ad on back cover features illustration of a Greys warrior on horseback circa 1678; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
