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18622 vol. in-12 reliure demi-maroquin à coins lie-de-vin, dos à 5 nerfs, date en queue, toutes tranches dorées, reliure signée de Bellevallée, Imprimerie et Lithographie de J. Jacquin, Besançon, 1862, XXIV pp., 1 f., 370 pp. ; 2 ff., pp. 371-972. Rappel du titre complet : Recherches Historiques sur la Ville, la Principauté et la République de Mandeure (Epomanduodurum). Origines et histoire abrégée de l'ancien Comté de Montbéliard Bon état pour cet exemplaire magnifiquement relié, malheureusement incomplet de la petite carte dépliante, mais en parfait état par ailleurs. Français
1965189 pages. Index. Bibliography. Line illustrations. Black and white photographic plates. Very heavily worn former library copy with usual library markings. Reading copy only. Book
1884Réédition annoté et complétée par l'abbé Callen, 2 vol. in-8 reliure demi-vélin blanc, initiales M.B. au dos en queue, Féret et Fils, Bordeaux, 1884, 376 ; 564 pp. avec grande carte dépliante. Rappel du titre complet : L'Eglise métropolitaine et primatiale Sainct André de Bourdeaux (2 Tomes - Complet) Où il est traité de la noblesse, droits, honneurs et prééminence de cette Eglise avec l'histoire de ses Archevêques et le Pouillé des Bénéfices du Diocèse [ Cathédrale Saint André de Bordeaux ] Complet. Etat très satisfaisant (petite fente à un mors, petit accroc sans mq. au dernier f. du tome 1, accroc intérieur habituel sans manque à la carte) pour cet exemplaire ayant appartenu à l'abbé Jean-Baptiste Callen, qui fut lui-même Archiprêtre à la Cathédrale Saint André. Un livre de référence, sur la cathédrale de Bordeaux, qui fut initialement publié en 1668. Son auteur, Hierosme ou Jérôme Lopès, était chanoine théologal de la cathédrale Saint-André, et docteur en théologie à l'université de Bordeaux. Français
1879Tiré à 75 exemplaires, 1 vol. in-12 br., R. Châteauneuf, Lyon, 1879, 3 ff., 85 pp. et 2 ff. Rare exemplaire de cette publication tirée à seulement 75 exemplaires et imprimées sur beau papier vélin, dédicacé par l'auteur, Augustin Vayssière. L'ouvrage s'intéresse au combat en champ clos qui opposa à Bourg-en-Bresse, en 1398, Gérard d'Estavayer et Othon de Grandson, et coûta la vie à ce dernier. Etat très satisfaisant (couv. un peu faible et un peu frottée, bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Français
194686 pages. Fiction: Two for a Nickel; The Marrying Kind; Free Choice; Home from the Sea; Slug it Slay!; Summer Silence. Articles: Austria's in the Middle; Mechanization and the CIO are making over America's South; Frank Otaris - at age 67 he is still a star of the flying trapeze; Fashion for expectant mothers; Compared to Earthquakes, Nuclear Bombs are Puny; A new repellent for summer bugs; Travel hints for those who would go places in the post-war rush. Ads include: GE Radios; International Harvester crawlers; Mercury cars; Firestone tires - with Indianapolis theme; Borden's - with Elsie the Cow; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Packard cars; Lee Tires; Douglas DC-4 aircraft; "The Kid From Brooklyn" color movie ad; Pennsylvania Railroad; Lord Calvert Whiskey - featuring color photo portrait of Valentino Sarra; Studebaker trucks; Carling's Ale; Whizzer Motor Co. (they made a small engine which was fastened to bicycles); Movie ad for "Notorious!" starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman; King Blended Whiskey; Nice back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features cigarette girl. Coverfold mostly open. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1960148 pages. Features: JFK - Alone With Himself and History; The White House - Office, Shrine, Palace and Home - photos; The Wave of the Future - an argument that America must recapture her pioneering spirit to capture the imaginations of the uncommitted nations of the world; Perilous Illusion - Secrecy is Security - Edward Teller argues that free discussion in the nuclear field could strengthen the free world militarily and morally; Two Instincts Tug at Europe - unity vs. nationalism - article with hotos; ; Williams, Osborne, or Beckett? - each is a leader of drama in his nation - article with photos; Remote Views of Us - views of the American way from the 'man in the street' in Asia and the Middle East; Again the Timeless Flow of Ritual - photo-illustrated article on England's pomp and circumstance; Dean of Our Composers at 60 - Aaron Copland - article with photo; Portraits - Self and Other - the current Whistler Exhibition at Knoedler's; LGCN OTUU Willwqh Wl Etfown - how military codes can influence the cold war; Uncivil Thoughts on the Civil War - difficulties which may loom as the 100th anniversary of you know what nears; Official photos of Beijing (Peiping) welcoming foreign dignitaries recently - U Nu, Sekou Toure, Abbas Ferhat and Panchen Erdeni; Color-photo one-page ad for the SS President Polk which will be sailing 'round the world May 27th; Space age art show; Ladies' resort fashion photos (striking photos by Hiro) and sketches; Photo of Port Authority Bus Terminal contrasted with renderings of how it will appear after expansion; Vacations from Parenthood? - should parents leave children behind while taking vacations?; Cranberry recipes; Nice one-page color Christmas ad for the Red Carpet Fruit Club - boxed fruit gifts from Myron Foster's Hesperian Orchards, Wenatchee, WA; Color ad for MIssion Pak orchard-fresh Christmas gifts from California; Full-page ad for the s.s. United States (3 business days to Europe) featuring photo of Mr. W.S. Morrison, President, U.S. Steel Export Company, with Commodore John W. Anderson on the deck of the ship; Cobbs color ad for Christmas gifts (in poor condition) on back cover; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the one for Surprise lingerie.. Front cover - featuring JFK and Jackie - in very poor condition. Lower corner of most pages nibbled away - some text affected. Uncommon, thus worth preserving. If you are concerned about condition, please do not order this item. Book
1965Features: Monique Miller cover photo; Photo of Pierre Laporte on page 1; Nice colour photo ad for the 1965 GM Beaumont; Que se passe-t-il dans les hopitaux?; Septieme Nord - un teleroman de Guy Dufresne penetre dans l'intimite d l'hopital; Les Medicins de Famille se syndiquent; Des Avocats "Pas Comme Les Autres", par Adele Lauzon; Le Vol 831 - le 29 novembre 1963, 118 personnes trouvent la mort dans l'ecrasement d'un DC-8, a Sainte-Therese de Blainville - Qu'est-il advenu des familles des victimes?; Pierre Saint-Jean, Halterophile - il etait a Tokyo, en octobre 1964 - depuis son jeune age, il s'entraine en vue de l'obtention d'une medaille olympique; Nos Cuisiniers a L'ecole - objectif - accueillir convenablement les visiteurs de l'Expo dans TOUS les restaurants. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1880Rousseurs. Edition originale. Saffroy 47873. Très belle reliure moderne. Envoi de l'auteur sur la couverture
193358 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of lady at wheel of sailboat; The Strange Life and Death of Stalin's Wife (part 1); Hearts and Swords - a stirring novel of bold deeds and lovely women in the glamorous Venice of yesterday; Movie News, Reviews and Photos - F.P.1, Morning Glory, This Day and Age, Blind Adventure; One Man in Ten Thousand - the story of a woman who knew her own heart; Happy Days - by Anna Roosevelt Dall; The Private Life of New York Mayor, Jimmy Walker (part 4); Portrait of Southpaw Baseball Player Jake Ehrich; Pa's Rhapsody in Silver and Black; Familiar Face (short story); Pretty Sadie McKee (part 12); Vox Pop; Fascinating one-page ad for Physical Culture magazine asks "Where Can the Unhappy Woman Find Happiness?"; To the Ladies; Back cover color-illustrated Chesterfield cigarettes ad features young couple in amazing '30s fashions! Above-average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
18412 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane rouge, Paulin, Paris, 1841, CCIV-264 ; 504 pp. Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale. Bon état (rel. lég. frottée) Français
193258 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Major "Jimmy" Doolittle's record transcontinental flight from Burbank to Newark in 1931; Positioning of Link Rod Wrist Pins in Articulated Connecting Rods; Propeller Design; The Sperry Automatic Pilot for Airplanes; Fire Extinguishers; Methods of Laying Out Flat Patterns; Fuel and Lubricants in Relation to Engine Design; The Triangle Parachute; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing; The Herrick Vertoplane; German Experiments with Chemical Cooling of Aircraft Engines; New Planes - The C-J Bird and the Cabin Giro; Cold Prevention of Dural Age-Hardening; Overhaul of the Menasco B-4; New Products; News; Sperry Gyroscope ad features photo of George Cushing of Eastern Air Transport, Inc., in his Mailwing; Nice photo ad for Autogiro inside back cover; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
2005512 pages. Illustrated in black and white. "Tells the story of the almost 5,000 Saskatchewan men and women who gave their lives for Canada in WWII, in Korea and on peacetime operations since the war. Details are provided on each casualty's military service, on their families, and on the geographic features in Saskatchewan's north that have been named in their honour. Includes photos of approximately a third of the casualties." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
1955Pages 485-528.. Features: Nice colour ad for the Walpamur Co Ltd. inside front cover; One-page Daimler car ad features the Regency Mk. II and Conquest Century; Nice one-page ad for the British Iron and Steel Federation features large illustrations of labourers; One-page ad for the Olivetti Summa 15 adding/listing machine; Nice one-page ad for Standard Cars; Great photos of the Wansdyke underground depository for records and valuables - offering full protection in this H-bomb age; The old U.S. lake steamer "Ticonderoga" makes her last voyage by land; Scenes from nationalist-held Quemoy Island - an armed camp only 5 miles from the Chinese mainland; Nuclear test tower in Nevada; Smoke from the biggest atomic explosion of 1955; Latest version of the B-52 bomber; Maiden flight of the French Super Mystere B-1; Lieut.-Colonel Robert R. Scott and the Thunderstreak jet fighter he flew from Los Angeles to New York in less than four hours; One-page photo portrait of Professor Sir Alexander Fleming; Latest discoveries at Sakkara - article with photos; Two pages of photos illustrate excavation of the Mastaba of the reign of Udimu, fifth Pharaoh of the first dynasty, at Sakkara; Photo of Choe En-Lai, The Panchen Lama, Mr. Mao Tse-Tung, the Dalai Lama and Mr. Liu Shao-Chi at a Peking banquet celebrating the Tibetan New Year; Centerfold photos shows how the Windsor chari may be assembled in ten seconds; Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery mountaineers from plane - his photos are presented; Photos of !3 personalities of the week include Mrs. Wintringham, Hashim Khan, Mr. J.A. Milne, King Tribhuvana and Mr. Imre Nagy; The C.P.R. ferry boat Princess of Vancouver has an electrically-driven bow propeller; Margot Fonteyn; Winston Churchill feeds chicken to zoo lion; Mr. Donald Campbell's turbo-jet hydroplane Blue Bird on Ullswater; Sir Robert Howe with the Prime Minister of the Sudan; Lovely colour ad for the Humber Hawk car inside back cover; Nice colour-ad for Double Diamond on back cover. and.more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1952Pages 77 - 120. Features: Photos of Hatfield, Lord Salisbury's Great Mansion where Elizabeth Tudor spent her youth; Photos taken aboard the S.S. United States; Great aerial photo of the S.S. United States entering Southampton Docks at the end of her transatlantic record-setting maiden run from New York; Rumania's Foreign Minister Mme. Anna Pauker is number one in the ranks of women communists; Interesting page of illustrations present a new technique of radar navigation which optically weds the radar picture to the actual chart; Photos of demonstration of underwater radio transmission; The houses of the iron age in Ultima Thule-Jarlshof excavations; Great photos show how Iron Age Shetlanders lived; The Army's university at Shrivenham; Scenes at the military college of Science; Photos of General Eisenhower - the Republican's candidate - and some possible Democrat candidates; Fantastic centerfold photo of the Republican convention which selected General Eisenhower as Republican Presidential candidate; Photos of personalities of the week, including open golf champion Bobby Locke and D.J. Hulbert, hero of the Eton v. Harrow cricket match; Photo of the U.S. battleship Missouri in Portland Harbour; Dr. Hewlett Johnson supports claims of germ warfare on the Chinese by the U.S.; Nice ad for the Humber 8-seater Pullman Limousine on back cover; and more. Back cover loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1935Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1948220 pages. Dozens of pages of ads for Canadian businesses provide an excellent overview of Canada's broad and highly-developed post-war manufacturing base. Articles: B.C.'s Vast Potential Hydro Power; The Medical Department of Swift Canadian Co. Ltd.; The Cost-of-Living Index - how it is made and what it tells; The Role of canada's Weekly Newspapers; Patents Available to Manufacturers - Canadian Patents and Developments Limited; Industrial Gas in Canada; State Old Age Pension Plans; Representation Made Re. B.C. Sales Tax; Principal Changes in the Conciliation and Arbitration Provisions of the Alberta Labour Act; The Visit of G.H. Ward to Canada; Canada's Great Experiment in World Trade Promotion a Success; Industrial Defence Preparedness Committees Formed; Royal Commission on Prices Established; Alex Skelton Appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce; and more. Nice two-colour Dofasco ad on back cover features their gigantic steel casting program which serves the hydro-electric power industry. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
193840 pages. Cover photo of Deanna Durbin in performance. Songs include: My Own; You're As Pretty As a Picture; That Certain Age; Be a Good Scout; I Love to Whistle; Chapel Bells; A Serenade to the Stars; Music in my Dreams; Its Raining Sunbeams; Someone to Care for Me; My Heart is Singing. These songs are from the movies "That Certain Age", "Mad About Music", "100 Men and a Girl", and "Three Smart Girls". Above-average but not excessive wear and external soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1985108 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "Provides substantial new information and data on the Kootenay Group in the form of text, isopach maps and cross-sections, and numerous illustrations of lithofacies, lithofacies relationships, age, correlation, rank, distribution and continuity of coal seams, sedimentology, and the major environment of depositioni in the Rocky Mountain Foothills and Front Ranges." - from Preface. Extensively references. Fold-up figures 5 through 11 stored with book in original envelope. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1992105 pages. References. Reproductions of black and white photos. "Describes the geology of the Hulcross and Boulder Creek formations in northeastern British Columbia, and provides new detailed information on the lithofacies, lithofacies relationships, age, and depositional environments. The occurence and distribution of coal and the potential for hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Boulder Creek Formation are evaluated and discussed." - from Preface. All separate fold-up figures (9 through 14) present. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
1995337 pages. Index. Signed by Adrian Gilbert upon front free endpaper. "The present world will end on December 22, 2012 - so prophesied the Maya 5,000 years ago... Offers controversial answers that the establishment 'experts' refuse to accept... Shows that we are standing on the threshold of a new world age." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
196170 pages. Features: Fourteen young, successful, but not necessarily complacent people - Father Louis Laurendeau, Elaine Bedard, David Owen, Gordon Whitmore, Adrian Vilandre, Martin Lavut, Zubin Mehta, Lynn Seymour, David Ferguson, David Gauthier, Michel Gelinas; What six young politicians think and do about politics - Brian Mulroney, David Greenspan, John Brewin, Ted Rogers (later of Rogers media fame), Jean David, Jean-Pierre Fournier; Short Story by Adrienne Poy (Clarkson) - Ring Around October; A look at the Middle-Aged Young by a reporter their age who finds they are bored by easy success; Tony Gregson's getaway with two gold bricks - he vanished from Yellowknife in 1954 with $54,000; The Sea Diary of a Gay Dog - Colin Acton was entertainment officer of the Queen Elizabeth, the world's biggest ocean liner; Bouncing on a trampoline can teach a child to read - findings of Montreal psychologist Dr. M.S. Rabinovitch; The most powerful village in the world - Georgetown, D.C.; The hotheaded master of Moresby Island - Captain Horatio Robertson built a 1,600-acre Chinese empire in B.C. and ruled as stormily as an Eastern despot; Peter Martin; Dimitri Dimakopoulos; Stewart Fisher. How ironic that the story featuring prominent up-and-coming politicians includes a photo with Brian Mulroney seated at a table with Peter C. Newman, the man who would later write a book entitled "The Mulroney Secret Tapes", which feature the author's controversial taped conversations with Mr. Mulroney. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. Please note: missing pages 65-66 which contained end of the Young Canadians article. Book
1967182 pages including index. Based upon the work of the Medical Research Council Unit for Research on Occupational Aspects of Ageing which was attached to the Department of Psychology at the University of Liverpool between 1959 and 1963. The study of ageing and of comparative function at given ages is of great practical concern and the analyses given here are the product of physical and psychological tests on 540 normal adult subjects from the population of Liverpool and its environs. One of the most useful contributions made by the present study is the compilation of a table of norms of the level of performance which can be expected from people of different ages. Moderate quantity of library markings else unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket shows moderate wear. Book in lightly worn, moderately soiled orange cloth boards. Book
196664 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart, red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet, one of 2,500 insects, butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys, Jan Campbell, Marilyn Macdonnell, Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; (Toy) Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1963148 pages. "An explanation of vital Bible truths as taught by the perfect spiritual masters of the east. An introduction to the Yoga or spiritual science of the true masters, who teach the path of spiritual attainment that is based upon the Word or Logos of the Bible. Those who have been seeking a real master will here learn how to find him; and those who do not know if real masters exist on earth will here find evidence of interest to every sincere enquirer." - from title page. Hand-writing upon front and back fixed endpapers, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Light external wear. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
1992141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book