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1901 |
Evans, Millie and Mullen, Eric. NOVA SCOTIA'S OAK ISLAND: THE WORLDS GREATEST TREASURE HUNT. (OAK ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA: THE WORLD'S GREATEST TREASURE HUNT.)
(Four East Publications, Halifax, N.S., 1984), Ist edition.
58 pp, oblong 24mo (5 15/16" H x 9" D), soft cover. B&w photos, maps, sketches. Captain Kidd's pirate loot, ancient Incan treasures, Spanish plunder? Some of the mystery surrounding Oak Island and the Money Pit is described in this book. Interio r - four pages with tiny/small light stain, soft crease near hinge on most pages. Exterior - very light edge wear, two tiny light stains on top of textblock, small line indent on front panel, minor rubbing. G+
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1902 |
Evans, Roger, Major-General (Retired). Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles F. Keightley, Colonel of the Regiment. THE STORY OF THE FIFTH ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS, TOGETHER WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS PARENT REGIMENTS, THE FIFTH PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES'S DRAGOON GUARDS and THE SIXTH INNISKILLING DRAGOONS.
Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1951, first edition.
445 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover (dark green cloth with silver lettering on spine, silver insignia on front board) - no dust jacket. Map endpapers, color frontispiece, b&w and color plates. Contents: Foreword; Author's Preface; The Seventeenth C entury; The Eighteenth Century; The First Half of the Nineteenth Century; The Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; The Last of the Gentlemen's Wars - and After, 1899-1914; The Great War, 1914-1918; The 5th/6th Dragoons Abroad, 1922-1928; Th e 5 t h I nniskilling Dragoon Guards, 1929-1934; The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 1935-1939; The Second World War: The Advance into Belgium; The Second World War: The Retreat to Dunkirk, May 1940; The Second World War: Years of Endurance , J un e 19 4 0- July, 1944; The Second World War: The Battle of Normandy, 1944; The Second World War: The Advance to the Rhine, 1944-5; The Second World War: The Advance into Germany 1945; Epilogue; Appendices: Roll of Colonels-in-Chief and of Colo ne ls of t he Re gim ent; List of Officers Serving in the 5th Dragoon Guards and the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons in November 1922; Annual Lists of Officers of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Since the Formation of the Regiment in 1922; Ext rac ts from Dr ess Re gula tions for the Army, 1934; The Service Squadron, The 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; List of Officers and Warrant Officers who Embarked with the Regiment for Service Overseas in September, 1939; List of Officers and Warrant Of fice rs with the Regi ment on 1 0th May, 1940; The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Society; Trumpet Calls and Regimental Marches of the Regiment. Light browning to pages and endpapers - mainly in margins, lightly cracked at pages 210/211, br ownin g a nd li ght soili ng to edges of textblock, light edge wear, light wrinkling to top/bottomof spine, two faint liquid marks on rear board, light fingerprint marks on boards. VG-
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80.00 USD
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1903 |
Eveleigh, David J. CANDLE LIGHTING. SHIRE ALBUM 132.
Shire, Princes Risborough, 1995, reprint.
32 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0852637268 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, reproductions. An overview of the manufacture of candles and the accessories associated with the use of this type of lighting. C ontents: Introduction; Rushlights; Tallow candles; Beeswax and spermaceti candles; Guttering and snuffing; Nineteenth-century developments; Candleholders; Further reading; Places to visit. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership m a r k s. Exterior - minor edge wear, tiny dint on front cover, one tiny corner crease. Very Good
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7.50 USD
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1904 |
Everard, Hedley. A MOUSE IN MY POCKET: MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTER PILOT.
Valley Floatplane Services, (Picton, Ontario, 1988), Ist edition.
408 pp, large 8vo (9" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 096933404 B&w photos, maps, color portrait frontispiece. "...an engagingly written and unembroidered account of heroism shown by young combat pilots on both sides of the struggle for victo ry. Monumental blunders by politicians, admirals and generals are revealed that cost the lives of civilians and soldiers...The reader participates with this (RCAF) fighter pilot on active duty for almost four consecutive years in dogfights over B u r ma, China, India , Africa, Sicily, Italy, and finally Europe (before he was 'forced to parachute from his burning Spitfire inside Germany on Christmas Day 1944', finishing the war as a POW)." Very minor edge wear. Dust jacket has some are as o f very light wrinkling at top edge, small circular line indentation on front panel, Very Good+/Very Good
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35.00 USD
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1905 |
Everett-Heath, John. SOVIET HELICOPTERS: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TACTICS.
Jane's, London, 1983, first edition.
179 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0710602596 B&w photographs, drawings. "(T)he first comprehensive account of the development of Soviet helicopters and autogiros in which can be found details of the highly publicized M i-24 'Hind' and the barely known Ka-22 'Hoop', the tiny Ka-8 'Flying Motorcycle' and the massive Mi-26 'Halo'. The book is not just a description of rotary-wing types over the last 50 years however; it also treats in depth the evolution of Soviet m ilitary helicopter tactics, the process from research to production, and Soviet design philosophy. Brief biographies are given of the men who shaped the course of rotary-wing development within the USSR. The text is supported by selected photogr ap hs and line drawings, and five appendices which give a wealth of factual data at a glance. A useful feature is the comparison betwen Soviet and contemporary Western types in the data tables at the end of each chapter." Small bump at top corner of rear board. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing, small light scratch on rear panel. Very Good/Very Good
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15.00 USD
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1906 |
Everwine, Peter. COLLECTING THE ANIMALS.
Atheneum, New York, 1972, Ist edition.
63 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" ), hard cover in dust jacket. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1972. Cover art reproduces William Blake's 'Adam Naming the Beasts'. "The voice of these poems is clear and strong, rising as it does out of the earth to 'the celebrations of the reeds,' living simply and daily among cat-tail, wren, peacock, children, women - These are poems of the real triumphs we seldom understand, the visions of dawn and dusk over the fields and cities where we live, poems that finally embrace even the emptiness 'tasting it bitten face'. The book also includes a group of superb reconstructions of Aztec poems - They are among the best we have today." Bequest bookplate on free front endpaper. Dust jacket has very light edge wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning to spine and flap-folds, small closed tear at top of rear panel. VG+/VG
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17.50 USD
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1907 |
Evslin, Bernard. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS. MONSTER OF MYTHOLOGY SERIES.
Chelsea House, New York, 1989, first edition.
100 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 155546257X Color illustrations. "....tells the story of Scylla and Charybdis - two maidens turned monster - and the deadly peril found in the watery grave between them. Scylla begins as a beautiful but lonely orphan raised by wolves. Nisus, the rightful but unlucky king of Egypt, falls in love and weds her - not realizing that it might be impossible to tame the wild ways of the wolf-girl. Betrayal leads to Scylla's transformat ion into a sea monster that is half Nereid and half wolf pack. One half lures; the other devours. Charybdis becomes accursed through her own caprice. Having spent her youth as a spoiled princess, she is transformed into a monster as greedy f o r s e awater as she had been for the objects of her desire. Twice a day she drinks the tide, and any ships sailing in it. Twice a day she spits it out again, corpses and all. This is the exciting saga of Scylla and Charybdis and the mayhem c au se d w he n they are brought together in a swirling, narrow passage through which many ships and men must pass. It tells of those who meet their death there and of the perils encountered by the hero Ulysses in that deadly strait." Dust jacket h as min or w rin kl ing at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. F/VG+
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20.00 USD
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1909 |
Ewing, Lynne. Cover photo by Suza Scalora. THE SECRET SCROLL. DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON #4.
Volo / Hyperion, New York, (2001), Ist edition.
268 pp + preview, 7 1/4" H, hard cover with pictorial boards - no dust jacket. "Vanessa, Catty, Serena, and Jimena seem like ordinary girls living in Los Angeles. But they each have a secret. Vanessa can become invisible. Catty travels back in t ime. Serena reads minds, and Jimena has premonitions. What separates them from others bands them together as 'Daughters of the Moon'." In this volume: "Catty has always wanted to find out who her birth mother was, and amazingly enough, she h a s t h e power to allow her to do just that. When Catty goes back in time, she not only manages to meet her mother, but she also inherits a secret scroll that is the key to destroying the Atrox once and for all. Catty will have to go head-to- h ea d wi t h th e most ancient evil of all time - if she can live that long." Interior - clean and tight. Exterior - very light rubbing, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, book very slightly cocked. VG+
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7.00 USD
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1910 |
Ewing, Lynne. Cover photo by Suza Scalora. THE SACRIFICE. DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON #5.
Volo / Hyperion, New York, (2001), Ist edition.
269 pp + preview, 7 1/4" H, hard cover with pictorial boards - no dust jacket. "Vanessa, Catty, Serena, and Jimena seem like ordinary girls living in Los Angeles. But they each have a secret. Vanessa can become invisible. Catty travels back in t ime. Serena reads minds, and Jimena has premonitions. What separates them from others bands them together as 'Daughters of the Moon'." In this volume: "Stanton is in love with Serena. But it is a relationship that can never be. Serena is a D a u g hter of the Moon, a force of good whose mission is to stop him and his kind. Stanton has been trying to stay away from Serena, but now their secret is out. He will have to choose between the life he has always known and a love that cou l d d es tr oy t he person he cares about most." Interior - very small crease at top corner of first 14 pages, a few small dog-ear creases, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light creases at top of spine. VG
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7.00 USD
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1911 |
Ewing, Steve. THACH WEAVE: THE LIFE OF JIMMIE THACH.
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004.
338 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1591142482 B&w photographs, maps. "....offers a memorable account of how Thach devised the plan to give his squadron of F4F Wildcats a fighting chance against Japan's formidable Zeros. Using matchsticks on his kitchen table, he determined that the Wildcats, working in pairs, should weave back and forth as they encountered a Zero, giving the wingman an opportunity to shoot at the enemy on his partner's tail. The use of the w e a v e against the Zero at Midway cemented its practical application. But, as this colorful portrait of the famous pilot clearly shows, Thach's innovative tactic was far from his sole contribution to the Navy. Throughout a forty-year career, T ha ch p ro vi ded answers to multiple challenges facing the Navy, and his ideas were implemented servicewide. A native of Arkansas and 1927 graduate of the Naval Academy, Thach earned his wings at Pensacola in 1930 and became a highly decorated ac e. He wa s a n e arly test pilot, a creative task force operations officer in the last year of Wordl War II, and an outstanding carrier commander in the Korean War. During the cold war, he helped advance antisubmarine warfare. Contributing to hi s s ucce ss w as t he f act that Thach was a charismatic leader, interested in everyone around him regardless of rank or status. His dry sense of humor and constant smile attracted people from all walks of life, and he was a popular figure in H olly wood . To day, Thach rema ins a hero among naval aviators, his most famous combat tactic still in use by modern jets." Small bump to top corner of rear board, light wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top of rear f lap-f old a nd top of s pine. Very Good/Very Good+
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32.50 USD
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1912 |
Eyres, Harry. CABERNET SAUVIGNON. GUIDES TO GRAPE VARIETIES SERIES.
Viking, (London, 1991), first edition.
275 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w maps in text. ISBN 067082481X "This unique series looks at each of the major grape varieties and assesses the wines made all over the world from that variety...Each volume inc ludes background information on the grape variety and advice on the best way to buy, store and serve the wines. An extensive gazetteer lists the main wines made from the variety in Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. A s p e c ial feature of this series is the individual ratings given for quality, price and best recent vintages...Cabernet Sauvignon is best known as the most important red grape variety in Bordeaux, the region that produces the world's most gener al l y ad mi re d red wines. It has also been widely exported and now flourishes in countries as diverse as Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, the USA and Australia...This volume not only looks at wines suitable for early drinking but includes advice on the p ote nt ia l o f b oth the top Bordeaux Chateaux traditionally favoured by investors and the many excellent Cabernet Sauvignon now being made beyond the borders of France." Minor rubbing to top edge of front board. Dust jacket has very light edg e wrin kli ng, min or r ubbi ng. NF/VG+
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12.50 USD
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1913 |
Fabb, John and Cassin-Scott, Jack. THE UNIFORMS OF TRAFALGAR.
Hippocrene, New York, 1977, first American edition.
96 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0882544322 B&w photographs, reproductions, color and b&w uniform studies. "(This is) a survey of the uniforms worn by officers and men in the three combatant navies - Britain, France and S pain. John Fabb and Jack Cassin-Scott first set the uniforms in the context of life aboard a fighting ship during the Napoleonic wars - a severely disciplined, often brutal existence punctuated by battles, like Trafalgar, of terrifying bloodine s s . They go on to describe the uniforms, rank by rank and nation by nation, from the splendour of the admiral in full dress, through each rank in full dress and undress versions until, at the bottom of the scale we find the starkly functional cl ot hi ng of the ordinary seaman. Particular care has been taken to present uniforms from original sources and Dress Regulations and, where appropriate, to show back views - so often neglected yet of much interest to, for example, modellers. In ad dit ion th e re is information on swords and decorations. In all cases the illustrations have been taken from contemporary sources." Bump at top corner of boards, slight bump at top/bottom of spine and at one bottom corner. Dust jacket has been pric e cl ippe d, has wrinkling/wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, one small edge tear. Very Good-/Very Good-
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17.50 USD
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1914 |
Fabre, J. Henri. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. THE MASON-WASPS.
McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, c1919.
318 pp, small 8vo (7 9/16" H), hard cover (brick-colored cloth with blind stamped pattern of winged insects on front board, gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. Contents: Translator's Note; The Eumenes; The Odyneri; The Pelopa eus; The Ageniae - The Pelopaeus' Victuals; Aberrations of Instinct; The Swallow and the Sparrow; Instinct and Discernment; The Nest-Building Odynerus; Insect Geometry; The Common Wasp; The Common Wasp (continued); The Volucella. Very light b r o w n i n g to pages and endpapers, browning and very light soiling to edges of textblock, watermarks on top of textblock, dampstain at bottom of spine and hinges/covers, light soiling, slight corner bumps, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine , li gh t ed ge w ear. Good+
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25.00 USD
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1915 |
Fabre, Michel. (Richard Wright.) RICHARD WRIGHT: BOOKS & WRITERS.
University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, (1990), Ist edition.
299 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "Richard Wright, born in Mississippi in 1908, was largely self-taught...In this valuable work Michel Fabre, Wright's biographer and foremost among Wright scholars, details the volumes in Wright's librar y, and the facts of Wright's reading habits. This listing of books that formed and influenced him includes second-hand books he bought while living in extreme poverty in Chicago, some borrowed books never returned, books purchased in New Yo r k a n d i n Paris, books Wright deemed required reading for a growing novelist, gift books, and others in a wide and comprehensive list on such subjects as contemporary American literature, classic European works, Afro-American studies, psycholo gy , p sy ch ia t ry , criminology, and social sciences...details information about when and where the volumes were acquired. In compiling this listing Fabre goes beyond the actual contents of Wright's library, for he includes also titles drawn fro m r ef er enc es in Wr igh t's works and from the testimonies of people who knew him and his reading habits. Included also is an appendix that collects for the first time reviews written by Wright, his prefaces, forewords, and blurbs...In them one sees Wr igh t as an au tho r re ady to help younger writers, black and white, American and French." This is an unread book, just removed from publisher's shrinkwrap for cataloguing. Fine/Fine
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1916 |
Fairclough, Steve, ed. (Bill Goldsmith, Richard West, Deborah Lee, Manfred Bergman, Phil Attlee, Dickon Pollard.) STAMP MAGAZINE. SEPTEMBER 2004. VOLUME 70, NO. 09.
IPC Country & Leisrure Media Focus Network, London, 2004.
130 pp, 11 5/8" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, reproductions, advertisements. Contents: Big issues (Deborah Lee's report on the best new issues); Cinderella Corner (Another look at dealer publicity labels); Bahrain, E. Arabia & Kuwait (Dickon Pollard examines KGVI varieties); GB Stamp Art Exclusive! (Richard West conducts an extensive interview with the Royal Mail's design team); Auction Facts Auction Special! (The A to Z of f a b u l o u s auction facts); Best Sellers Auction Special! (Bill Goldsmith examines the top 10 highest prices ever achieved at philatelic auctions); British Library Gems (The fabulous Zurich 4 rappen strip of five); Focus on Estonia (The postal his to ry a nd s ta mps of Estonia); GB landmark issues (The 1939-48 George VI high-value definitives); Olympic Collection Exclusive! (The IOC's Director of Philately, Manfred Bergman writes exclusively about Olympic philately); The Pocket Chancellor (Au str ia' s C han cel lor Dolfuss commemoratives) + monthy departments. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear. Very Good+
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10.00 USD
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1917 |
Fairclough, Steve, ed. (David Stanford, Allan Daniell, Don Staddon, Francis Kiddle, Charles Kiddle, Ken Forster, Christine Earle, Ross Burden, Dickon Pollard, James Mackay, Anatoly Karpov.) STAMP MAGAZINE. JUNE 2001. VOLUME 67, NO. 06.
IPC Country & Leisrure Media Focus Network, London, 2001.
130 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, reproductions, advertisements. Contents: King George VI varieties (South African 'named' flaws - Part 2 of 5); Stamp Exchange (Swap with n ew contacts from around the world); 100 Greatest Stamps Ever! (Revealed! - the 100 best stamps ever produced); Exclusive! - Anatoly Karpov (The former chess champ and his superb collection); Death of a Navy (The German navy suffers in World Wa r I ) + monthy departments (including articles on cycle poster stamps and millinery postmarks). Interior - small bump/creases at top corner of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, smal l c re as e s at topcorner of covers. Very Good-
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10.00 USD
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1918 |
Fairclough, Steve, ed. (David Stanford, Allan Daniell, Don Staddon, Ken Forster, Christine Earle, Dickon Pollard, James Mackay, Richard West, Bill Goldsmith, Otto Hornung, Dave Garfield.) STAMP MAGAZINE. JULY 2001. VOLUME 67, NO. 07.
IPC Country & Leisrure Media Focus Network, London, 2001.
130 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, reproductions, advertisements. Contents: King George VI - South Africa Pt. 3 (Unearthing plate flaws in the commemoratives); Reviews - Boo kshelf (A selection of top new philatelic books reviewed); Thematics - Wimbledon tennis (Postal slogans, postmarks and stamps); Classic GB postmarks (The top marks from around Britain since 1661); The top 10 US rarities (Rare bits from Postmas t e r s t o inverted centres); Election special - use your vote! (The role of philately in persuading voters); 2d Blue cover mystery (A puzzle over an 1840 parliamentary cover); Inside GB Island Issues (The story of Channel Isles and Isle of Man is su es ); S t at es of independence (Postal turmoil for an independent Belgian Congo) + monthy departments (including article on Royal Cyphers from 1701 onwards). Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor e dge we ar, mi no r s oft crease at top corner of front cover - migrates into pages, small faint sticker mark on fron cover. Very Good
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1919 |
Fairclough, Steve, ed. (David Stanford, Allan Daniell, Uty Rohrs, Don Staddon, Charles Kiddle, Francis Kiddle, Ken Forster, Christine Earle, Ross Burden, Dickon Pollard, Jeff Dugdale, James Van der Linden, Richard West, Rich Warren, Tom Wilson>0 STAMP MAGAZINE. SEPTEMBER 2001. VOLUME 67, NO. 09.
IPC Country & Leisrure Media Focus Network, London, 2001.
130 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, reproductions, advertisements. Contents: Belgica 2001 - show review; King George VI varieties (South Africa's KGVI postage dues and offici als); Walking on the Moon (Issues for the 12 men to set foot on the Moon); The Thurn & Taxis legend (The family behind Europe's 500-year-old postal system); Self-adhesives - Part One (Richard West on the rocky history of sticky stamps); Diary o f a n auction (The inside track on organising philatelic auctions); Exclusive! - A printing feat (How Enschede printed the new GB Nobel issues); The Nobel Prize winners (Tom Wilson highlights Nobel prize commemoratives); The Boxer rebellion (The p os t al i t ems from a fierce Chinese conflict) + monthy departments (including article on the 1896 Russian state visit to France). Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, small soft bump t o b ott om of fr on t cover - migrates into pages. Very Good
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10.00 USD
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1920 |
Fairfax, John, selected. (George Barker, Thomas Blackburn, Maurice Carpenter, Robert Conquest, Ronald Duncan, Ben Dunk, John Fairfax, Peter Godwin, John Heath-Stubbs, James Kirkup, Paul Lazard, Edward Lucie-Smith, John Moat, Edwin Morgan, et al.) FRONTIER OF GOING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SPACE POETRY.
Panther, (St. Albans, Herts., 1973), reprint.
124 pp, PB. An anthology of "the best space age poetry by new and established poets..." Short author biographies at rear. Interior - pages browning, a few small dog-ears, two page with tiny tears to fore edge - otherwise clean and tight with no p revious ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear, tiny dint to bottom of textblock, soft creasing to front cover, spine flat and uncreased. G+
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15.00 USD
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1921 |
Fairley, Gordon. THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SMALL CRAFT.
Frederick Warne, London, 1976.
192 pp, 5 3/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0723215596 Profusely illustrated with over 260 photographs, drawings, diagrams in b&w and 8 pages of color plates. Observer's Book No. 64. "Although this book cannot pretend to be comprehensive i t contains a fund of information for both 'novices' and experienced sailors. 'Tall ships' of today and of the past, the evolution of watersport, modern design and construction, and the whole organization of 'seafaring' are discussed in the e a r l y c h apters. The main part of the book is devoted to the identification of a representative selection of sailing cruisers, offshore racers, dinghies, keelboats and powerboats....To assist the observer, the appendices include a glossary of s ai li ng t e rm s, lists of the craft described in the identification sections, and illustrated sail insignia of a large number of small sailing craft." Book lightly cracked at two places, very light edge wear, tiny dint on bottom edge of front b oar d. Du st ja cke t i s price-clipped, has old price sticker on front flap, very light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top of spine and flap-folds, very light browning to spine and top edge. VG/VG
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10.00 USD
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1923 |
Falconer, Jonathan and Burney, Allan. CONCORDE.
Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1992, first edition.
64 pp, oblong (6 3/4" H x 9 3/16" D) soft cover. ISBN 071102054X Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one tiny soft corner crease. Very Good+
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10.00 USD
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1924 |
Falconer, Jonathan and Gandy, Wal. UK MILITARY AIRFIELDS.
Ian Allan, (Shepperton, 1992).
96 pp, 7 1/4" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs and airfield layouts. Contents: Introduction; How to Use This Book; Airfield Infrastructure; The RAF's Role in NATO; Why USAF Units are Based in the UK; Power in the Balanc e; (Alphabetical Listing of UK Military Airfields); Airfields Guide. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. NF
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1925 |
Falconer, Jonathan. Foreword by Murray Peden. STIRLING AT WAR.
Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1991, first edition.
128 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0711020221 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings. "Weaving his narrative around the detailed eyewitness accounts of aircrews, groundcrews and those who built the Stirling, (t he author) reveals the troubled life story of the Shorts' big bomber. Through the eyes of a factory worker at Queen's Island, Belfast, we witness the birth of one of the RAF's first four-engined 'heavies'. We climb the crew ladder, follow the s k i p per up the long dark fuselage to the cockpit and fly with him and his crew on one of the first Stirling raids over Germany. Lie on your belly in the bomb aimer's position as the skipper dodges flak and fighters at low level: 'We crossed the e ne my c oast at Wilhelmshaven and were soon flying at low level between two of the Friesian Islands - the guns on each island appeared to be firing horizontally or down at us.' Sit in on a top secret briefing for an SD Stirling crew at Tempsford, and fl y w ith them to a DZ 'somewhere in Occupied Europe' to deliver their 'Joe'. Freeze in the biting East Anglian wind with the groundcrews on dispersals as they try to change an exhaust manifold: 'The Bristol Hercules engines were superb - the re w as v irtu ally nothing to leak from them. But it was a long way down to the ground if you slipped on the wings.' Fly in the greatest aerial armadas ever seen as you carry crack paratroops to Normandy on the eve of D-Day, or tow a lumbering Ho rsa g lider thro ugh flak-peppered skies to Arnhem." Very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny dint on bottom edge of rear board. Dust jacket has bee price-clipped, has very light wrinkling and minor wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-f olds. Very Good/V ery Good
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1926 |
Fallaci, Oriana. Translated by Pamela Swinglehurst. THE USELESS SEX.
Four Square / New English Library, London, 1967.
191 pp, mass market paperback. " 'God, how I wish I'd been born in one of those countries where women count for nothing. Ours is a useless sex anyway.' This remark by a beautiful and very successful young Italian so troubled Oriana Fallaci that s he set out on a journey around the world, to meet and talk with women and to learn the truth. She spoke with women in purdah. With the matriarchs of Kuala Lumpur. With Hong Kong taxi-girls. With the emancipated American, twice-divorced and d e s p e rate. Her report is a fascinating record of modern woman's thoughts and feelings. An honest and provocative view of the 'useless sex'." Interior - moderate browning to pages, a few pages with tiny corner crease or edge crease/tear, oth e rw is e cl ea n and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - old price sticker on front cover, light rubbing, faint crease on spine, browning to edges of textblock. Very Good-
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1927 |
Falls, Cyril. THE GREAT WAR.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1959.
447 pp, 8vo (8 9/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "(D)iscusses the military side of World War I in the light of its battles, tactics and weapons; its problems with supply and transport; its armies and their co mmanders. The engagements in the many theaters of war in Europe, Asia and Africa are described in vivid detail, but particular attention is focused on the Western Front, where the principal and decisive battles were fought and, as it happened, whe r e the English-speaking peoples played a major role --- the place of seapower and of the new type of warfare waged in the air is not ignored. The role played by civilian politics is covered as well, particularly in situations where it had direct b ea ring on the fighting - such as in Sarajevo in 1914 where a spark touched off the Central European powder keg and signalled the beginning of the war; the political considerations which caused the United States as well as Rumania, Bulgaria, and Ita ly to enter the war late; and the revolution which caused Russia to leave it early." Previous owner's small embossed stamp on free front endpaper, light browning to edges of text block, minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, soft cre ase down spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, has small chips and tears - some with creases, light edge wear, browning on spine and flap-folds, several light water stains on spine and along top front edge, light rubbing, now in a mylar sleeve. Ver y Good/Good-
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1928 |
Falls, Cyril. Maps by B.G. Lewis. A HUNDRED YEARS OF WAR.
Gerald Duckworth, London, (1953).
419 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 20 b&w battle maps. "...provides a sketch of the past century (1850-1950) of warfare by land, sea and air, with a commentary in interpretation of it. The emphasis is always on the military aspect s of war - strategy, tactics, weapons, administration, transport and new scientific developments - rather than on political and moral issues...Five chapters each are devoted to World War I and II; single chapters to the American Civil War, th e F r a n c o-Prussian War, the Boer and the Russo-Japanese Wars taken together, the Far Eastern campaigns from 1910 onwards, and the present-day Communist offensive in Asia; subsidiary chapters deal with the many minor campaigns of the last centur y, wi th t he e mergence of modern air power, with administration in the field, and with the special problems of guerilla and partisan warfare." Area of light browning to pages 84 & 85 at gutter due to previously laid in newspaper clipping, smal l a r ea of del ami nat ion to cloth on front board, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very light edge wear. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light edge wrinkling, several small closed tears and chips, fading to spine color, slight fading on rear p ane l, seve ral smal l watermarks on spine, minor soiling. VG-/G
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1930 |
Fancy, Peter. TEMISKAMING TREASURE TRAILS. VOL. 1. THE EARLIEST YEARS.
Highway Book Shop, Cobalt, Ontario, (1992), first edition.
133 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Centuries after the earliest Algonquin people moved into Lake Temiskaming lands and mingled with their Montagnais, Cree and Salteaux neighbours, European fu r traders came to canoe their trails. Then lumbermen, missionaries and settlers followed in struggling search of separate treasures. So Temiskaming grew. Chronicling four hundred year Canadian years (this series) finally narrows to a Tri-T o w n p o i nt. For along the 1903 railroad tracks reaching New Ontario at the head of Lake Temiskaming came the growth of Cobalt, which with Haileybury and New Liskeard excited the burst of northern development. The daring character and mistakes o f th e se e ne rgetic days set the sage for future trails..." This, the first volume in the series, covers the period of approx. 1680s to the early 1880s, a time of exploration, missionaries, fur traders, lumber men and settlers. Dust jacket h as ve ry li ght wr ink ling along top edge. F/NF
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1931 |
Fancy, Peter. Signed. SILVER CENTRE (THE STORY OF AN ONTARIO MINING CAMP).
Highway Book Shop, Cobalt, Ontario, 1985.
145 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0889543062 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, diagrams. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. "Silver Centre was one of Canada's celebrated mining camps. It discovered millions of dollars in silver ore (when silver's price averaged 50 cents an ounce) and probably has as much mineral wealth today in its unexamined Keewatin ground for some future economic development. But most importantly, in terms of Ontario's social hi s t o r y , this Silver Centre story represents the way of life for many of the people living in northern Ontario during the early years of (the twenieth) century. The story follows in detail the mining prospectors of 1907 - their silver discoverie s; t he e ar ly mines - their success and failures; the depressing World War I years; then rebirth with the mother lode discovery in 1920 and its climactic decade of phenomenal silver treasure; finally, the inevitable exhaustion of known deposits. F all ing me tal prices discourage continued searches. Mines close - sudden abandonment. This particular drama of prospectors and developers struggling with the Precambrian rocks is a constant, unifying theme. (This) is the story of a mining comm unit y an d it s pe ople, of fellowship and stubborn pleasure." Very light edge wear, previous owner's name/date in ink on free front endpaper. Dust jacket has a few small tears (archivally taped) and chips, moderate wrinkling along top edge, ligh t bro wning , lig ht so iling and rubbing, small light stain partial cup mark and small area of tiny perforations on forn panel - now in a mylar sleeve. Very Good/Good
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1932 |
Fanelli, Giovanni. LA LINEA VIENNESE: GRAFICA ART NOUVEAU.
Cantini, (Firenze, 1989).
338 pp, 4to (11 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ITALIAN TEXT. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. 400 illustrazioni a colori e 300 in bianco e nero. Sommario: Una rivoluzione artistica - la grafica applicata momento della Gesamtkunstwerk viennes; Disegnare a piu mani - la grafica applicata come prodotto di collaborazione; Giovani illustratori viennesi e il settimanale "Meggendorfer Blatter"; "Allegorien. Neue Folge"; La Secessione viennese e la grafica; Koloman Moser - l'inf i n i t o o rnamento; Lo Hagenbund e la grafica; Le fonti del gusto grafico viennese e la Kunstgewerbeschule; La Wiener Werkstatte e la grafica; Carl Otto Czeschka - la linea come suprema eleganza; Julius Klinger - la perfezione grafica come pulsio ne e ro ti ca su blimata; Berthold Loffler - la stilizzazione gioiosa; La stampa d'artista; La grafica della rivista e del libro; I calendari; Gli ex libris; La grafica pubblicitaria; La grafica applicata ai mezzi della comunicazione postale; La c art a m one ta; Te n den ze autoctone e influenze viennesi nelle regioni dell'impero asburgico. Small bump on top edge of front board, tiny bump at top front corner, small light stain at top front of textblock. Dust jacket has one small closed ed ge t ear, ver y li ght ru bbin g. VG/VG
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1933 |
Fanthorpe, Lionel and Fanthorpe, Patricia. Foreword by Canon Stanley Mogford. MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF VOODOO, SANTERIA, AND OBEAH.
Dundurn, Toronto, 2008, first edition.
253 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 9781550027846 B&w illustrations. 'The secrets of Voodoo, Santeria, and Obeah are among the oldest enigmas in the world. Their roots go back to prehistoric Africa - perhaps even beyond that. From the sixteent h century onwards, the slave trade brough these ancient mysteries to the West, where they blended strangely with traditional Christianity: the ancient African gods became identified with legendary saints. This integration of the two faiths slowly e volved to form the many varieties of Voodoo, Santeria, and Obeah that are widely practised throughout the world today. Contemporary Voodoo priests, priestesses, magicians, and enchanters use rare herbs and spices as well as charms, dolls, and tal is mans to control the natural world in many ways science cannot always explain. Accounts of their inexplicable successes are examined in depth. Sinister accounts of zombiism - reports of the living dead - are also inseparably interwoven throughou t V oodoo history. What powers do these old religions still possess?" Inside - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. Fine
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1934 |
Farjeon, Eleanor. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. THE CHILDREN'S BELLS: A SELECTION OF POEMS.
Oxford University Press, London, 1957, first edition.
277 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations throughout. "Eleanor Farjeon's poetry needs no introduction. She is one of the few real poets for children. The springtime world of her verse, the entrancing jingles and gay humour, the flights of fancy, capture at once the heart and the imagination. Here are verses of places and people, of saints and heroes, play songs and songs for all seasons of the year. The dancing rhythms and rhymes, the charm and music of t he words, provide an immediate entry into the world of truth and beauty." Tiny tear and wrinkling at top of spine, small areas of paper offset from dust jacket on edges of boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light to moderate edge wea r , l i g h t rubbing to rear panel, several tiny to small tears - two taped on inside, one very small chip. VG-/G
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1935 |
Farmer, Penelope, ed. SISTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY.
Allen Lane / Penguin Press, (London, 1999), first edition.
454 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0713993022 "As one of three sisters herself, Penelope Farmer sets her exploration of sisterhood in an autobiographical framework, describing loving and not so loving sisters in the past and present generations on all sides of her family. With the help of writers in many fields and over many centuries, she guides us through the peaks and troughs of sistery love, both between sisters and between sisters and brothers - from c h i l d h o o d, separation, love, marriage and parenthood, to old age and death itself. Famous literary sisters appear: the Brontes; Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell; the Mitfords; Mary Lamb and brother Charles; Vera Brittain. Alongside them the t he at ri ca l an d musical ones: Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland; Maria Callas and her sister; Jacqueline du Pre and hers; Mozart and his sister. Then there are the well-known fictional sisters: the March sisters; Dorothea and Celia Brooke; t he Sch leg el si ste rs ; Ursula and Gudrun from 'Women in Love'. And many not so well-known sisters, both fictional and non-fictional besides. We observe the sisterly bonds of bees, lions, elephants, gorillas and chimpanzees. We are guided by Ri cha rd D awki ns thr ough th e genetics of ant colonies. And, throughout, we are asked to reflect on the nature of sisterhood itself. Is a sister born not made? What is the essence of the sisterly bond? What relationship does that bond have to the myth of si ste rhoo d con stru cted around it? - a myth leading to all those symbolic sisterhoods, of nurses, nuns, feminists and so forth, a section on whom concludes the book....Through poetry, prose, autobiography, memoir, science and anthrop logy , Pen elope Farm er pi eces t ogeth er the world of sisters and sisterhood, creating a rich tapestry of evocative and often moving writing that will find echoes in the experience of all who have or are sisters, or even just those who would like to h ave ha d them ." S light bump to top/b ottom of spine. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing. VG+/VG+
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1936 |
Farrar, Frederic W. Introduction by John Rowe Townsend. ERIC, OR, LITTLE BY LITTLE: A TALE OF ROSLYN SCHOOL.
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1971, new edition. (First published 1858)
288 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. A story of school life in Victorian England, in which the hero, who starts out well, is drawn into a life of cheating, bullying, swearing, smoking, and drinking to the dismay of his friends. "Des pite - or perhaps even because of? - its high moral fervour, the book remains surprisingly readable, and in his Introduction to the present edition John Rowe Townsend argues most pesuasively that it still has much to offer present-day readers. I t i s, he says, 'a moral cliff hanger in which the hero slips perilously from ledge to ledge, in ever greater danger of being dashed to eternal ruin on the rocks below'. It is also a book of enormous vitality, undeniably preposterous, but never du ll ; a period piece which can be laughed at for its excesses but nonetheless deserves its place as a significant milestone of children's literature." Large Christmas inscription on front free endpaper, two tiny corner bumps. Dust jacket has sli ght f adi ng to color on spine and parts of front panel, light wrinkling at top/bottom of flap-folds and hinges, slight rubbing, soft crease on front panel. Very Good/Very Good-
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1937 |
Farrar, Janet and Farrar, Stewart. Line illustrations by Stewart Farrar. THE WITCHES' GODDESS: THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINITY.
Phoenix, Custer, Washington, 1987.
319 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" H), soft cover. B&w illustrations. Contents: Discovering the Goddess - The Goddess in History; The Earth Mother; The Bright and Dark Mother; The Menstruating Goddess; The Triple Goddess; The Moon Goddess; Blessed Among Women; Psyche and Goddess; Woman and Goddesss; Some Goddess Recipes; The Goddess Today; The Grail. Invoking the Goddess - Demeter and Persephone; Brighid; Ishtar; Aphrodite; Hecate; Lilith and Eve; Epona; Ma'at; Arianrhod; Aradia; Isis. Goddesses o f t h e World. Appendix - Casting and Banishing the Circle. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing, flat uncreased spine. VG+
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1938 |
Farrar, Martin J. NEWS FROM THE FRONT: WAR CORRESPONDENTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-18.
Sutton, (Stroud, 1999).
238 pp, large 8vo (9 9/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0750923261 B&w photos. "The reality of what actually happened on the First World War killing fields at Ypres, the Somme and Passchendaele was not widely known in Britain until long after the war had ended. But when at last the public learned the full story of how, over four bloody years, swathes of British soldiers had been mown down and blasted to oblivion to gain just a few yards of ground on the Western Front, there was a popular outcr y . . . The sanitized image of war soon turned from one of noble sacrifice to a vision of mindless slaughter as the British public reacted to the lies created by the wartime propaganda process...At first branded as outlaws by Lord Kitchener and liab le f or a rrest if found anywhere near the frontline, by 1918 the war correspondents had become fully integrated into the military system as mouthpieces for the 'official' version of events. Using a wide range of contemporary newspaper extracts t o c omp lem ent his narrative , Martin Farrar relates their troubled story and focuses in particular on the work of five men who became accredited to the British General Headquarters...Their actions not only affected the mass media's credibility at the tim e, b ut a lso raised the possibility that, had the truth been told in the first place, the war could have been over long before 1918." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, two soft crea ses o n fro nt co ver. one small corner crease, a series of creases in laminate on rear cover, faint crease on spine. Very Good-
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1939 |
Farrar-Hockley, Anthony, General Sir. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. THE ARMY IN THE AIR: THE HISTORY OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS.
Alan Sutton / Army Air Corps, Stroud, 1994, first edition.
268 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0750906170 Pictorial endpapers, b&w photographs, maps. "From military ballooning in the Sudan in the nineteenth century to helicopter assignments in the Gulf in the late twentieth, Arm y aviation has been at the forefront of Britain's military operations. Here, for the first time, the remarkable story of the Army Air Corps is compellingly told....The British Army was first involved in airborne operations as early as the 18 8 0 s , w h en it established a Balloon Section in the Corps of Royal Engineers. Subsequently, it was among the first armies in the world to recognize the military implications of the invention of the aeroplane and, following the success of the Ai r Ba tt al i on , which replaced the Balloon Section in 1911, a handful of enthusiasts emerged to form the Royal Flying Corps. The Army returned to the air once more with the outbreak of the Second World War, making a unique contribution to ground op era tio ns th rou gh aerial observation for artillery and by providing glider pilots for British airborne forces. Soldier pilots were retained after the war for target spotting and liaison work, and when helicopters arrived, the Army insisted o n o pera ting th ose eng age d in the warp and weft of land battle, reviving its own Army Air Corps to this end. 'The Army in the Air' tells the fascinating story of those spirited and skilled individuals who lie behind the distinguished history of t he Ar my Ai r Co rps, from the early military balloonists of the Victorian age to the efficient fighting force of today - and tomorrow." Very light cigarette odor, three tiny corner bumps, minor rubbing on botom edge of boards. Dust jacket has very l ight w rinkl ing a t top/ botto m of spine and flsp-folds, very light rubbing, minor wear at bottom of spine. Very Good/Very Good
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1940 |
Farrar-Hockley, Anthony. DEATH OF AN ARMY.
Arthur Barker, London, (1967), 1st. edition.
195 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "The first battle of Ypres, 1914, in which the British regular Army was destroyed." "This first Battle of Ypres is sometimes considered to have ended as a costly stalemate, but, in fact, the British Army's act of suicide in this battle resulted in victory; the Germans, in failing a breakthrough to Calais, lost forever any prospects of the outright victory they had expected to win in France. Brigadier Farrar-Hockely' s s k i l lful account of this decisive encounter, which includes a brilliant use of contemporary sources, not least among them the dramatic diaries of British soldiers..." Book slightly cocked, areas of light browning to fore-edge and bottom of t ex t bl oc k, v ery light edge wear, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/wrinkling - heavy at top of spine, light to moderate rubbing, browning and soiling at edges, delamination on front hinge, very lig ht so ili ng and br owning on rear panel. Good+/Fair
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1941 |
Farrar-Hockley, Anthony. Introduction by Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart. AIRBORNE CARPET: OPERATION MARKET GARDEN. BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II. BATTLE BOOK NO. 9.
Ballantine, New York, 1969, first printing.
160 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, maps/battle plans, drawings. "In the Autumn of 1944 Germany's back is against the wall, but she is still fighting with a bitter courage when 'Market Garden' is launched. The success of this crucial operation seems likely to be jeopardised by conflict within the Allied Command, and certainly there were many who doubted that 'Arnhem....was a decided victory'." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, minor rubbing, one small corner crease, book slightly cocked, light fading to spine color. Very Good
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1942 |
Farrell, James T. A WORLD I NEVER MADE. SIGNET DOUBLE VOLUME D926.
Signet / New American Library, New York, 1952.
512 pp, mass market paperback. "Terror, poverty and tempestuous, unpredictable adults were the guardians of Danny O'Neill's South Side Chicago world. By the time he was ten, he was intimately acquainted with the worst side of men and women - their drunken, maudlin quarrels, brutal excesses and sordid bouts with sex. And only occasionally did he glimpse the tenderness and love that his world could not afford...." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - m o d e r ate browning to pages, one page with tiny edge tear archivally taped, light edge wear, heavy browning to edges of textblock, a few small line indentations on front cover, small scuff on rear cover, light wrinkles on spine. Good
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1943 |
Farrington, Arthur C. THE LEATHERNECK BOYS: A PFC AT THE BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL.
Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, Kansas, 1995.
183 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0897451805 B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. The personal reminiscences of a young Marine who "served with the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Britain, and Peleliu." Interior - clean a nd tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - book lightly cocked, laminate and slight surface paper loss on rear cover due to sticker removal. Very Good
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1944 |
Farwell, Byron. MR. KIPLING'S ARMY.
W.W. Norton, New York, 1981, book club edition.
256 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idios yncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. This book explores the lives of officers and men, their foibles, follies, and gallantry, their diversions, food a n d drink, and women, their discipline and their rewards. Brave, glorious, and outrageous, they took their fun where they found it. Full of 'beef, beer, and lust', the common soldier inhabitated a separate world from his upper-class officers. Ba rr ac ks and officers' mess were united only by their common loyalty to their regiments, and their regiments were as quirky as their men. Each regiment prided itself on its uniqueness; each was different in character and uniform from any other. So me eve n had their own marching pace. The author....spent fifteen years gathering material for this work, and he writes with appreciation and affection for this peculiar army and its soldiers." Book lightly cocked, a few very small areas of gl ue r esi due on boards, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds with a few tiny tears at top of spine, minor soiling and rubbing. Very Good/Very Good
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12.50 USD
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1945 |
Farwell, Byron. THE GURKHAS.
W.W. Norton, New York, 1990.
317 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 039330714X B&w photographs, reproductions, map. "The Gurkha regiments in the British Army are, quite simply, the finest infantrymen in the world. Recruited in the kingdom of Nepal since the early ninetee nth century, these short, wiry hillmen have served the kings and queens of Britain with such loyalty, tenacity, and incredible bravery that often the sound of their battle cry 'Ayo Gurkhali!' (roughly translated as 'Here come the Gurkhas!') has c a u s ed enemy soldiers to flee. The Gurkhas fought beside the British in the Indian Mutiny, in France and Mesopotamia during World War I, and in every theater during World War II. They have fought as well in countless small wars - 'the savage w ar s of p eace' - including the Northwestern Frontier of India, Malaya, Borneo, and most recently the Falkland Islands. Their courage is legendary. Since 1911, when they first became eligible, thirteen Gurkhas have been awarded the Victoria Cross , a n unm atc hed record. This book will tell who the Gurkhas are and where they come from. It will describe their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers, with special attention to their unique skills and remarkable valor." In te rior - c lean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - Very minor rubbing. Near Fine
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1946 |
Faust, Joe Clifford. Cover art by David B. Mattingly. ANGEL'S LUCK TRILOGY. BOOK ONE. DESPERATE MEASURES. BOOK TWO. PRECIOUS CARGO. BOOK THREE. THE ESSENCE OF EVIL. 3 VOLUME SET.
Ballantine, New York, (1989, 1990, 1990), Ist printings.
245 pp, 293 pp, 281 pp, - mass market paperbacks - 3 volumes. "...When 'Angel's Luck' was blown to space junk, trader James May and his crew could not collect their reward for retrieving the stolen Essence Phials, which held the extracted minds of humanity's greatest geniuses. So they were grateful to be rescued by the luxury liner 'Hergest Ridge', even if the commander was May's ex-wife, who had made it plain she never wanted to see him again..." Interiors - clean and tight with no previou s ownership marks. Exteriors - slight curling to books, light edge wear - a little more on spines, light rubbing, spines have very light creases. VG-
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1947 |
Fay, Peter Ward. THE FORGOTTEN ARMY: INDIA'S ARMED STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE 1942-1945.
University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1995.
573 pp, large 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0472083422 B&w photographs, maps. "The last days of the Raj bring to mind Gandhi's nonviolence and Nehru's diplomacy. These associations obscure another reality: that an army of Indian men and women tri ed to throw the British off the subcontinent. (This book) brings to life for the first time the story of how Subhas Chandra Bose, a charismatic Bengali, attempted to liberate India with an army of former British Indian soldiers - the Indian Nati o n a l Army (INA). The story begins with the British Indian Army fighting a heroic rearguard action against the invading Japanese down the Malaysian peninsula and ends with many of these same soldiers defeated in their effort to invade India as al li es o f Japan. (The author) intertwines powerful descriptions of military action with a unique knowledge of how the INA was formed and its role in the broader struggel for Indian independence. Fay incorporates the personal reminiscences of Prem Sa gha l, a senior officer in the INA, and Lakshmi Swaminadhan, leader of its women's sections, to help the reader understand the motivations of those who took part. Their experiences offer an engaging personal counterpoint to the political milita ry h isto ry. " Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one very soft corner bump on front cover, small light soiling mark on fore-edge of text block, three faint creases on spine. Very Good
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1948 |
Featherstone, Don. General editor, David G. Chandler. KHARTOUM 1885: GENERAL GORDON'S LAST STAND. OSPREY MILITARY CAMPAIGN SERIES 23.
(Osprey, London, 1996), reprint.
96 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, maps, battle plans, reproductions, uniform studies. "The fall of Khartoum and the death of General Gordon at the hand of the Mahdi's army constituted one of the most colourful and controversial episodes of Britain's military history - a seemingly unfeeling Imperial government had 'let down' one of the nation's heroes. Here, Donald Featherstone, well known for his many books on military subjects and wargaming in particular, focuses especially on the battles fought by the relief columns." "The Osprey Campaign Series presents concise, authoritative accounts of the great conflicts of history. Each volume begins with an assessment of each command er's campaign stragegy, then recounts the progress of the fighting, blow-by-blow. More than 90 illustrations, including maps, charts and colour plates accompany the text, and a series of three-dimensional battle maps mark the critical stages o f t h e campaign. Each volume concludes with a brief guide to the battlefield today, and detailed notes for wargamers." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor soiling on bottom of textblock, otherwise c l ea n a nd b ri ght, flat uncreased spine. VG+
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1949 |
Featherstone, Donald. FEATHERSTONE'S COMPLETE WARGAMING.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1988.
208 pp, small 4to (10 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 071539262X Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "The whole wonderful world of wargaming is vividly brought to life in this ultim ate of books by the doyen of the subject's authors. Full of passion, inspiration, practicality, it suggests ideas, improvements, and anecdotes that jump from the pages of the substantial and beautifully illustrated work. There are entertaini n g a n d practical main chapters, shorter features, and scores of snippets, with tips and anecdotes....Details, new methods, and general stimulation come across in a variety of enterprising ways. All the obvious ingredients are here (and) each p er io d a nd b attle is described as a significant example of the art of warfare and development of tactics through the ages..." Subjects covered include: Eben Emael 10 May 1940; Tanks in the Western Desert 1940-42; Wargaming the Thirty Years War ; C omm an do Rai ds; The Chariots of the Ancients; Wellington in the Peninsular 1808-1814; The Macedonian Phalanx; The Incomparable English Archer; The War of the American Revolution 1775-83; etc. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has very minor edge wri nkli ng, mi nor rubb ing, minor edge browning. Very Good+/Very Good+
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1950 |
Featherstone, Donald. SOLO-WARGAMING.
Frederick Warne, New York, 1973, first U.S. edition.
192 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 60 b&w illustrations. "Many wargamers, particularly during the early stages of their interest in the hobby, are unable to find live opponents to fight on their table-top battlefields. Their effor ts at wearing two different hats, as they manipulate both armies, and with the full knowledge of what each intends to do, soon palls. Their interest in wargaming retreats. Then there are those wargamers whose enthusiasm is so great that figh t i n g o ne, or even two, battles a week is not sufficient, and who are led to seek a means of carrying on their table-top battles when a live opponent is not available. (This book) caters to both, describing innumerable methods of manoeuvring tw o wa rg am e s armies, under such conditions of secrecy and surprise that the result of the battle is in the balance until the last cannon is fired. It opens many doors to ingenious and practical methods of doing battle with model soldiers, raising t he pas tim e in some sense almost to the level of chess. It enables the 'lonely wargamer' to find pleasure rather than boredom in his solitary state." Contents: Why solo-wargaming?; 'Intant' solo-wargaming; Domestic wargaming; The press-gang; Re ali sm t hrou gh co ntinuous combat; Concealment in solo-wargaming; Personalized wargaming; Solo-wargaming in the New World; Solo musket wargame (by John Schuster, USA); Solo-wargames campaigns; The matchbox system of solo-wargaming; The import ance of War D iarie s; Chan ce cards; Tactical cards; Regimental cards; A small spark of courage; More books for solo-wargamers; Battles by mail; Weather in wargames; Wargaming in bed; A Prince of solo-wargamers; Retasol; Setting up a realistic bat tlefi eld; Appen dices: Mo del S oldiers - Sources of Supply; Books and Magazines; Rules for Use in Solo-Wargames; Sources of Inspiration and Instruction for the Solo-Wargamer. Very light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has light bro wning on in side, o n the s pine and o n flap-folds, very light rubbing, very light edge wrinkling. Very Good+/Very Good-
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1951 |
Featherstone, Donald. THE BATTLEFIELD WALKER'S HANDBOOK.
Airlife, (Shrewsbury, 1998).
352 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, reproductions, maps/battle plans/walking tours. "The author has selected eleven wars that took place in six different countries as examples. These include the battles of Crecy and Waterloo, The Peninsular War, Rorke's Drift and the Zulu War, Saratoga and the American War of Independence and Gettysburg in the American Civil War. He has chosen to concentrate on specific battles notable for their colour, interest and histor ic value. He gives extensive details on the background of each battle and adds his own memories and anecdotes, illustrating them with maps and photographs. The author explains the sequences of each battle, utilising maps of the areas as the y w e r e at the time of the war and as they are today..." Covers: Crecy 26 August 1346; Waterloo 18 June 1815; Salamanca 22 July 1812; Rorke's Drift 22/23 January 1879; Majuba Hill 27 February 1881; Spion Kop 23/24 January 1900; Saratoga 19 Sept em b er a nd 7 October 1777; Queenston Heights 13 October 1812; Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863. Light wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling. NF/NF
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1952 |
Featherstone, Donald. VICTORIAN COLONIAL WARFARE: INDIA, FROM THE CONQUEST OF SIND TO THE INDIAN MUTINY.
Cassell, 1st. edition, (1992).
158 pp, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 030434172X B&w maps, reproductions of 100 contemporary engravings. "From the conquest of Sind in 1843, when Sir Charles Napier defeated the Baluchi army and annexed the kingdom, to the Indian M utiny of 1857-58 that out raged world opinion, Donald Featherstone has constructed a revealing account of the British Empire's most complex and fascinating period." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge wea r , l i g ht wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. Very Good+/Very Good+
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1953 |
Featherstone, Donald. COLONIAL SMALL WARS, 1837-1901.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973.
223 pp, large 8vo (9 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0715357115 "45 Victorian campaigns described and illustrated with 79 maps." "From 1837 to 1901 in Canada, Afghanistan, India, Africa, and elsewhere, military expeditions were underta ken to protect British interests, extend a frontier or repel an unprovoked attack. It became in the Victorian era an accepted way of life. In this lively and useful study Donald Featherstone, after defining 'small wars' and describing the V i c t o r i a n soldier and his weapons, covers all the minor actions in detail. Most of the accounts are complemented by specially drawn maps and plans which have never before been collected together in a single volume." Previous owner's small st am p on e ac h of the front endpapers, soft crease down free rear endpaper, small bump at top rear corner, tiny bump at top/bottom corner of front board, very light rubbing. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very small chip and creases a t t op of re ar fl ap- fold, very light rubbing. Very Good/Very Good
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1954 |
Featherstone, Donald. VICTORIAN COLONIAL WARFARE: INDIA, FROM THE CONQUEST OF SIND TO THE INDIAN MUTINY.
Blandford, (London, 1993).
158 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover. ISBN 071372255X B&w maps, reproductions of 100 contemporary engravings. "From the conquest of Sind in 1843, when Sir Charles Napier defeated the Baluchi army and annexed the kingdom, to the Indian Mutiny of 1857-5 8 that outraged world opinion, Donald Featherstone has constructed a revealing account of the British Empire's most complex and fascinating period." Interior - very light cigarette odor, small soft bump to top corner of approx. first sixty-fi v e p a g es, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small bump to top corner of front cover, very light rubbing, very small bump to top of rear hinge, light soiling to bottom of textblock. Very Good-
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14.95 USD
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1955 |
Featherstone, Donald. BRIDGES OF BATTLE: FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD ACTIONS AT BRIDGES AND RIVER CROSSINGS.
Arms and Armour, London, 1998, first edition.
256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1854094491 B&w plates. "From more than 2,000 years of military history, (the author) has selected some one hundred examples of battles centred on river crossings. They range in size f rom small-scale actions such as the battle for Powick Bridge in the early months of the English Civil War to massive, army-scale operations including the final crossing of the Rhine at Remagen during the Second World War. One of the biggest bat t l e s during the Napoleonic Wars - indeed, the biggest battle to that date with more than 300,000 men in combat - was fought across the Danube in 1809, culminating in the battle of Wagram. Later, as Napoleon's fortunes began to ebb, there took p la ce t he desperate and tragic crossing of the Berezina in 1812 when Napoleon's depleted army, retreating from Moscow, fought to cross the freezing river to escape the pursuing and encirling Russians and the hell of a Russian winter. The America n C ivi l W ar also provides many examples of battles for river crossings, such as First Bull Run, the opening engagement of the war, the fight for Burnside's Bridge at Antietam and the Battle of the Big Black River during the riverine campaign for Vick sbur g. Oth er, often lesser-known, actions are also to be found in this book, including tales of desperate courage from the Indian Mutiny and other British colonial wars. The range of contributions, including expert anayses and eyewitness acc ounts ofte n e nabl es the reader to see both sides of the story - those of the defender and the attacker - and to compare battles fought in similar circumstances, but with very different weapons, across the centuries." Fine/Near Fine
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1956 |
Featherstone, Donald. Line illustrations by W.R.F. Jenkinson. BATTLES WITH MODEL SOLDIERS.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972, second impression.
215 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0715349252 B&w illustrations. "Once aptly described as 'chess with a thousand pieces', wargaming can be made as complicated and elaborate as desired, or so simple that even young children can take part. This book - the ideal introduction to the hobby - explains what wargaming is all about, how armies can be assembled and how, on any reasonably-sized table, realistic engagements can be fought by tactical manoeuvring. The basic rules by which forces are moved and casualties assessed are explained, there is practical advice on making one's own soldiers and on conversions, and guidance on how to prepare and lay out realistic battlefield scenes. Another great attraction of th e w a rgaming hobby is the research it invites into famous campaigns of the past, and not the least valuable part of this book is its brief survey of warfare from earliest times to the present day. Here the military tactics of each period are cons id e re d, together with the role of the different types of soldiers and their weapons, and there is an extensive bibliography to facilitate research into specific periods of military history." Very small bump at top edge of front board, light wri nkl in g a t t op/bottom of spine, tiny light stain on fore-edge of text block. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few tiny chips, one small tear archivally taped, light browning at inside edges. Very Good/Very Go od-
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1957 |
Feist, Uwe in cooperation with Heinz J. Nowarra. THE GERMAN PANZERS FROM MARK I TO MARK VI "PANTHER'. ARMOR SERIES VOL. 2.
Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, California, 1966.
Unpaginated (approx. 52 pp.), small 4to (10 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, technical drawings, color plates. Technical data. Interior - previous owners small stamp on inside of front cover and at top of first pag e, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, minor rubbing/soiling on rear cover, minor browning along top edge of rear cover. VG+
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1958 |
Feist, Uwe. SOVIET PANZERS IN ACTION. SQUADRON/SIGNAL ARMOR NUMBER 6.
Squadron/Signal, Warren, Michigan, 1973.
50 pp, oblong (8 1/4" H x 11" D) soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings/diagrams, two pages of color profiles. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing and soiling on covers, very light browning on spine, very small corner creases, small sticker mark on front cover. Very Good-
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10.00 USD
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1959 |
Feldkamp, Phyllis and Feldkamp, Fred. THE GOOD LIFE, OR WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.
Harpers Magazine Press, New York, (1972), Ist ed.
231 pp, lg 8vo, HC. "Being a recounting of the pleasures of the senses that contribute to the enjoyment of life in France", based on the authors' observations on more than 12 years of close living with the people of France. Illus. with photos. Wa termarks on back board at fore edge. Dj has scuffs/rubbing at top/bottom of spine and corners. Small hole on back panel near rear flap fold. Slight watermarks on inside of dj at rear flap fold. Price clipped. VG/VG
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1960 |
Fell, Alfred. A FURNESS MILITARY CHRONICLE.
Kitchin, Ulverston, 1937, one of a limited edition of 120 copies.
282 pp + list of subscribers, small 4to (10 5/16" H), hard cover (green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. Tissue-covered frontispiece: Ulverston Volunteer Light Infantry, 1803-6 - Roll of Members. Contents: The Middle Ages; Scottish Raiders; The Reign of the Tudors; The Civil War; The Eighteenth Century; The Nineteenth Century; The Ulverston Vol. Light Infantry; The Furness Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry; The Volunteer Movement, I; ditto, II; ditto, III; A p p e n dices: Ulverston Volunteer Light Infantry - Taken from the Annual Pay-List and Return from 25th December 1804 to 24th December 1805; The Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry; The Ulverston Rifle Volunteers, 1860; 4th Batta l io n Th e Ki ng's Own Royal Regt., formerly 1st Volunteer Battalion Lancashire Regt., Late Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 1st Volunteer Battalion The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment; The Furness Rifle Volunteers - Lines written in 1860; Obs er vat io ns on So me Ancient Pieces of Ordnance and Other Relics, Discovered in the Island of Walney, in Lancashire by C.D. Archibald, Esq.; List of Articles in The King's Own Regimental Museum, Lancaster, Relating to Furness and Cartmel; The Grea t W ar - Th e F urn ess and Cartmel Roll of Honour; Index. Previous owner's - bookplate on front pastedown, tiny very light foxing marks on preliminaries and on free rear endpaper, slightly cracked at two places, very light browning to edges of te xtbl ock, ligh t wr inkl ing at top/bottom of spine, 2" very shallow indentation line on front board, light edge rubbing, areas of light color loss on rear board and rear hinge, slight fading to spine color, a few small areas of very light discolora tion/ soili ng on fron t boa rd. Good+
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1961 |
Fenichell, Stephen S. and Andrews, Phillip. THE VATICAN AND HOLY YEAR.
Halcyon House, Garden City, New York, 1950, first edition.
115 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "....the history and glories of the Vatican and the highlights of the pilgrim's visit to Rome are dramatically presented. Since the proc lamation of the first Jubilee in 1300, Holy Years have called thousands of faithful to the Eternal City; the pilgrims of 1950 follow an ancient religious tradition. Vatican City, the smallest independent state in the world, is fully describe d - i t s wealth of art treasures, its colorful guards' corps, and its architectural masterpieces. The ancient and modern glories of the Basilica of St. Peter are inspiring examples of faith and religious veneration. In the historical account o f t he Po pe s, nearly two thousand years of Papal sovereignty unfolds, with strands intimately affecting the nations and peoples of the world. This volume contains photographs of the 1950 Holy Year ceremonies and the opening of the Holy Door of St . Pet e r's by Po pe Pius XII on Christmas Eve, 1949. It is a book for all those who are interested in Holy Year - for those who participate in the ceremonies at home as well as for those who are making the pilgrimage to Rome." A few tiny fox ing m arks o n ed ges of b oards, book is cocked. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, very light browning to edges, fading to spine and light fading on parts of front panel, a few tiny scuffs on spine. Very Good/Good+
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1962 |
Fennelly, Catherine. SOMETHING BLUE: SOME AMERICAN VIEWS ON STAFFORDSHIRE.
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, 1967, second edition.
36 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). A pictorial work, showing examples of the blue & white Staffordshire wares with American views/themes that were extremely popular in the young United States. Interior - gift inscription on inside of front cover, pages and covers browning lightly, small light liquid mark at bottom corner of first few pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate browning to covers, scattered light liquid marks and small foxing mark on front cover, samll soft crease at top edge of covers. Good+
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1964 |
Fergus, C. Leonard and Fergus, Charles. COMMON EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF THE NORTHEAST.
Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2003.
90 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 081172641X Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Important Parts of Mushrooms; Some Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast (United States): Identification Key; Gille d Fungi; Boletes; Polypores; Toothed Fungi; Coral Fungi; Club and Funnel Fungi; Sponge and Saddle Fungi; Puffballs; Destroying Angel; Mushrooms by Month of First Appearance; References; Acknowledgements. Interior - clean and tight with no pre v i o u s ownership marks. Exterior - very light rubbing. Very Good+
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1965 |
Fergus, Charles. Illustrated by Amelia Hansen. TREES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHEAST.
Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2002.
272 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0811720926 B&w drawings. "Natural history narratives and identification information for some sixty species of trees found throughout the state and the northeast - natives and some common introduced species. A highly readable handbook and ready reference complemented by wonderful line drawings." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. Fine
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1966 |
Ferguson, John Norman and Ferguson, Malcolm S. DUNCAN FERGUSON OF YARMOUTH: HIS TIMES AND DESCENDANTS.
Privately published, St. Thomas, Ontario, 1980.
425 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H), hard cover (brown covers with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, maps, reproductions, family trees. Contents: Argyll Heritage; Fergusons o f Leckuary; Scotland (1780-1830); Exodus of Leckuary Fergusons; The Talbot Settlement; Pioneers in the Wilderness; The Later Pioneer Years (1860-1900); Into This Century; Their Churches; Their Schools; Their Neighbours; They Stayed; The Founders o f Our Line; John Ferguson; Donald Ferguson; Isabel Ferguson; Catherine Ferguson; Colin Ferguson; Duncan Ferguson; Flora Ferguson; James Ferguson; Mary Ferguson; Iver (Edward) Ferguson; Family Gatherings (1918 to 1980); The Scottish Tradition Per s is ts ; Who Are They?; Appendices: Duncan's letters to brother; Leckuary Today; Archibald McLachlin, Educator, Publisher, Citizen; Donald H. Ferguson retires; Macfarlane Family notes by D.T. Drummond; Macfarlane Property Documents, 1831; Reminisc en ces by J ohnThomson; Supplement to "Daniel" Macpherson by Donald M. Martyn; The Will of Donald Macpherson; James and Edward Ferguson fence dispute; The Story of a Farm; References; Index. A few tiny dints on bottom edge of both boards, scatter ed fain t ti ny foxing marks on top of textblock, minor soiling on fore-edge of textblock, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Very Good
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115.00 USD
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1967 |
Ferguson, John. AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYSTICISM AND THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS.
Continuum / Seabury Press, New York, 1977.
228 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0816493103 Over 125 b&w illustrations. "If no single work could explore every aspect of man's mystical experience, this Encyclopedia can clain to be unprecedented in its fullness of co verage. It will serve as a comprehensive work of reference for many years to come. Disillusionment with institutionalized Christianity and the consequent decline in churchgoing in recent years have been manifested in an increased interest in E a s t e rn thinking, meditation, the occult and extrasensory perception. Ranging from Christian mystical theology to Sufism; from the ancient philosophers to the Cambridge Platonists; from visionaries such as William Blake and classics such as ' T he C lo ud o f Unknowing' to the role played by drugs, yoga, music and dance, this Encyclopedia provides essential information on the manifold aspects of mysticism. Wherever possible, Professor Ferguson allows the mystics to speak for themselve s and , i n a ddi tio n, he frequently draws on the work of their interpreters. The entries....number over 1,000 (and) include both self-contained definitions and interlocking summaries." Slight wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has l ig ht e dge wear /wri nkli ng at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning on spine and flap-folds, one small closed tear archivally taped, slight fading on spine and at bottom of front panel, light scratch and a few tiny scuffs on front pa nel . Ve ry G ood/V ery G ood-
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1968 |
Ferguson, Julie H. THROUGH A CANADIAN PERISCOPE: THE STORY OF THE CANADIAN SUBMARINE SERVICE.
Dundurn Press, Toronto, (1995).
364 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1550022172 B&w photos, maps. "...offers a colourful and thoroughly researched account of Canada's silent service, from its unexpected inauguration in British Columbia on the first day of the Great War to its uncertain future today. After describing the activities of the submarine service during and after World War I, (the author) details the careers of the Canadians who served with distinction in British submarines in all theatr es of World War II. She goes on to examine the modern era, from the rebirth of the service in the 1960s to the present, and provides little-known information about the controversial Conservative initiative for nuclear-powered submarines in 19 8 7 . A bove all, this vivid account celebrates the individuals who dedicated and in some instances gave their lives to Canada's submarine service." Small water stain and waviness from dampness at bottom corner of textblock, very light browning t o pa ge s , browning to fore-edge and top of textblock, faint watermark along bottom edge of front board, tiny bump at top/bottom of rear hinge, wavy faint water mark down rear board, very small light stain on front board, small faint water stain o n top of t e xt block. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds, very light rubbing, wavy dye/water stain done inside surface of rear panel. Good/Very Good-
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1969 |
Ferguson, Niall. THE PITY OF WAR. EXPLAINING WORLD WAR I.
Basic Books, New York, 1999, book club edition.
563 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, tables, graphs. "More than four million Americans were mobilized in 1917-18, of whom more than 100,000 were killed - double the number who died in Vietnam. This was the fir st, bloody step on the road to globalism which would characterize our foreign policy for the rest of the twentieth century. Even American literature was transformed by the impact of the war on writers like Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Internation a l l y , more than any other event, the First World War made the twentieth century what it was: It toppled the four great empires of the Old World and left a fifth - the British - mortgaged to the hilt. More than nine million men lost their lives, y et n on e of its stated objectives were met. Rather, it spawned seven decades of Communist rule in Russia, the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, and the horror of the Holocaust. Now, as the century draws to a close, the time is right for a r adi cal re ass essment of the 'Great War'. In (this book, the author) explodes the myths of 1914-18. He argues that the fatal conflict between Britain and Germany was far from inevitable. It was Britain's declaration of war that needlessly turne d a cont inen tal conflict into a world war, and it was Britain's economic mismanagement and military inferiority that necessitated American involvement, forever altering the global balance of power. Ferguson vividly brings back to life one of the semi nal c atast roph es of the century, not through a dry citation of chronological chapter and verse, but through a series of brilliant chapters that answer the key questions: Why did the war start? Why did it continue? And why did it stop? How d id th e Germ ans ma nage to kill more soldiers than they lost but still end up defeated in November 1918? Above all, why did men fight?" Minor rubbing, tiny bump at top of front hinge. Dust jacket has one tiny edge tear and minor browning on spin e. Ve ry Good +/Very Good+
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1970 |
Fergusson, Bernard. THE BLACK WATCH: A SHORT HISTORY. REVISED EDITION.
Collins, Glasgow, 1968, revised edition.
134 pp, 5 5/16" H, blue card covers with black lettering, black cloth tape spine. 21 b&w plates including frontispiece - collated. "This book is intended as a short summary of the long and stirring history of The Black Watch. It has been impossib le to include more than a few of the many brave deeds which have been performed all over the world by individual Black Watch soldiers on many fields of war; but here a least will be found some account of most of the Regiment's battles and cam p a i g n s , and it is for the honour of the Regiment that the individual fights...." Interior - previous owner's small stamp on each of the front endpapers, vert tiny dint on first twenty pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership ma rk s. Ex te ri or - very minor edge wear. Very Good+
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1971 |
Fergusson, Bruce. JOSEPH HOWE OF NOVA SCOTIA.
Lancelot Press, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1973.
132 pp, 8vo (8 1/16" H), card covers. "....the remarkable story of Joseph Howe (1804-1873), one of the greatest men (Nova Scotia) has ever produced." Contents: The Young Journalist; Mild Tory Turned Reformer; Lips Touched With Fire; The Path to E minence; The Question of Questions. Interior - a few pages with tiny corner creases, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small sticker mark on rear cover, minor edge wear, slight fading to spine color. Very G o o d
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1972 |
Fergusson, Charles Bruce, editor. THE DIARY OF SIMEON PERKINS, 1804-1812. PUBLICATIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY L.
Champlain Society, Toronto, (1978), limited edition of 1400 copies, this one unnumbered.
liii, 520 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover (bright red cloth with gold lettering, emblem on spine) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. "This is the fifth volume of the diary of Simeon Perkins. It begins on January 1, 1804, and ends on April 13, 1812. Unfortunately, however, the diary for March 5, 1806 to November 30, 1809, has been lost..." "Simeon Perkins the diarist, was the patriarch of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, during this period of his life. Although he reduced his responsibilities i n some measure with advancing years, he was still active in business and prominent in public affairs until a short time before his death. Throughout the whole period he was Justice of the Peace, Proprietors' Clerk, and Town Clerk of Liverpoo l . F o r part of it he was also County Treasurer, Custos Rotulorum, First Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Queens County, Judge of Probate, and Colonel Commandant of the Militia of Queens County. In those offices, as an appointee o f t he t ow nship or the county or the provincial government at Halifax, Perkins rendered meritorious service, often to the detriment of his own private interests...." Majority of pages are unopened at fore-edge, light wrinkling at top/bottom of sp in e , l ine sc uff across bottom of textblock, light soiling line across fore-edge of textblock. VG
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1973 |
Fergusson, Erna. DANCING GODS: INDIAN CEREMONIALS OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.
U. of New Mexico, Albuquereque, (1957).
286 pp, 8vo, HC. The dances and ceremonials of the Indians of the Southwest are described and explained in this informal, authentic guidebook. The principal religious ceremonies of the Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande, as well as those of the Zuni s and Hopis are presented with an understanding of their background and significance. Navajo and Apache ceremonials are also covered at length. In addition, lesser-known principal dances are covered. Illus. with sixteen full-page painti n g s . V e r y light foxing to edges of text block. Two small dark spots on fore edge. Dj is price clipped, has light browning to spine and edges, several small chips and small closed tear, minor soiling, two small foxing marks. VG/VG-
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1974 |
Ferman, Edward L. and Mills, Robert P. eds. (Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Larry Niven, Philip MacDonald, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Will Stanton, Charles Runyon, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Frtiz Leiber, Gahan Wilson, Richard Matheson, et al TWENTY YEARS OF THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1970).
264 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "...twenty stories which appeared in the magazine during its first two decades - stories with a wide range of mood and technique, but all meeting a consistent standard of excellence. The stars of SF are here - Ray B radbury, Isaac Asimov...Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick - along with memorably individual stories by writers less famous. Carefully avoiding the overanthologized story, the editors have made a f r e s h s e l e ction which will be a delight to all readers of imaginative fiction." Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edgewear/wrinkling/soiling, a few tiny scuffs to spine. VG/VG
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1975 |
Ferman, Edward L./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Christopher Anvil, Avram Davidson, Gerald Jonas, Thomas M. Disch, Victor Contoski, Miriam Allen Deford, Judith Merril, Gahan Wilson, Ted Thomas, L. Sprague de Camp, Isaac Asimov.) Cover art by Howard Purcell. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 31, NO.6, WHOLE NO. 187. DECEMBER 1966.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1966.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Sabotage by Christopher Anvil; Bumberboom by Avram Davidson; The Mystery of the Purloined Grenouilles by Gerald Jonas; Doubting Thomas by Thomas M. Disch; Von Goom's Gambit by Victor Contoski; The Green Snow by Miriam Allen Deford; Books (department) by Judith Merril; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; The Martian Atmosphere by Ted Thomas; The Gods (verse) by L. Sprague de Camp; Science: The Symbol-Minded Chemist by Isaac Asimov; F&SF Marketplace; Index to V olume XXXI. Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and cover edges, very light edge wear, very light rubbing, spine flat with small crease at top. V G
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1976 |
Ferman, Edward L./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, Gahan Wilson, Arthur Porges, Vic Chapman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jon DeCles, Brian W. Aldiss, Sally Daniell.) Cover art by Ed Emsh. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 31, NO. 4, WHOLE NO. 185. OCTOBER 1966. (SPECIAL ISAAC ASIMOV ISSUE.)
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1966.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: The Key by Isaac Asimov; You Can't Beat Brains by L. Sprague de Camp; Isaac Asimov: A Bibliography; Science: Portrait of the Writer as a Boy by Isaac Asimov; The Prime of Life (verse) by Isaac Asimov; Ca rtoon by Gahan Wilson; The Mirror by Arthur Porges; Come Back Elena by Vic Chapman; Something In It by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Picture Window by Jon DeCles; Burning Question by Brian W. Aldiss; An Extraordinary Child by Sally Daniells, F & S F M a r k etplace.
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1977 |
Ferman, Edward L./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (John Brunner, Zenna Henderson, Gilbert Thomas, Joanna Russ, Max Gunther, R.A. Lafferty; Gahan Wilson, Isaac Asimov.) Cover art by Jack Gaughan. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 31, NO. 3, WHOLE NO. 184. SEPTEMBER 1966.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1966.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: The Productions of Time (2nd of 2 parts) by John Brunner; Troubling the Water by Zenna Henderson; Luana by Gilbert Thomas; Mr. Wilde's Second Chance by Joanna Russ; Municipal Dump by Max Gunther; Narrow Valley by R.A. Lafferty; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Books (department) by Judith Merril; Science; I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover by Isaac Asimov; F&SF Marketplace. Interior - light to moderate browning to pages - heavier on inside of covers with some spotting, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and cover edges, very light edge wear - a little more on spine, very light rubbing, spine flat and uncreased. VG-
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1978 |
Ferman, Edward L./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Thomas Burnett Swann, Bryce Walton, Ed M. Clinton, Norman Spinrad, Brian Cleeve, James Thurber, Judith Merril, Gahan Wilson, Ted Thomas, Isaac Asimov.) Cover art by Bert Tanner. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 31, NO. 5, WHOLE NO. 186. NOVEMBER 1966.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1966.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: The Manor of Roses by Thomas Burnett Swann; The Best Is Yet To Be by Bryce Walton; Heir Apparent by Ed M. Clinton; Neutral Ground by Norman Spinrad; The Devil and Democracy by Brian Cleeve; A Friend to A lexander by James Thurber; Books (department) by Judith Merril; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Earth Tremor Detection by Ted Thomas; Science: Old Man River by Isaac Asimov; F&SF Marketplace. Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and t i g h t w ith no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and cover edges, light edge wear, very light rubbing to rear panel, tiny crease to top of textblock, spine flat and uncreased. VG
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1979 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Brian W. Aldiss, Gahan Wilson, Ron Goulart, Judith Merril, Ray Nelson, Theodore L. Thomas, R.A. Lafferty, Arthur Porges, Isaac Asimov, Hal R. Moore.) Cover art by Bert Tanner. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 29, NO. 3, WHOLE NO. 172. SEPTEMBER 1965.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1965.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: The Salvia Tree by Brian W. Aldiss; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Kearny's Last Case by Ron Goulart; Books (a department) by Judith Merril; The Great Cosmic Donut of Life by Ray Nelson; Lunar Landing by Theod ore L. Thomas; Hog-Belly Honey by R.A. Lafferty; Turning Point by Arthur Porges; Science: Death in the Laboratory by Isaac Asimov; Sea Bright by Hal R. Moore; F & SF Marketplace. Interior - pages browning lightly, tiny closed puncture /dint t o t o p margin of approx page 20-35, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear - a little more on spines, corner crease and larger soft crease on front cover which migrate into approx. first 20 pages, l ig ht br ow ni n g to spine and edges of covers, spine flat and uncreased. VG-
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1980 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Edward Wellen, R.A. Lafferty, Theodore L. Thomas, Doris Pitkin Buck, Kit Reed, Joanna Russ, Walter H. Kerr, Isaac Asimov, Bryce Walton, Richard O. Lewis, Ron Goulart, Mikhail Bulgakov.) Cover art by Jack Gaug THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 27, NO. 6, WHOLE NO. 163. DECEMBER 1964.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1964.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Buffoon by Edward Wellen; The Man With the Speckled Eyes by R.A. Lafferty; Plant Galls by Theodore L. Thomas; From Two Universes (verse) by Doris Pitkin Buck; On the Orphan's Colony by Kit Reed; Wilderne ss Year by Joanna Russ; Somo These Days (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; Science: A Galaxy At A Time by Isaac Asimov; Final Exam by Bryce Walton; The Docs by Richard O. Lewis; Books (department) by Ron Goulart; The Fatal Eggs by Mikhail Bulgakov; F & S F M a r ketplace; Index to Volume XXVII. Interior - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear - a little more on spine, minor edge wrinkling, tiny closed tear on fore-edge o f fr on t c ov er , soft corner crease on rear cover, light browning to spine and edges of covers, spine flat and uncreased. VG
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1981 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Poul Anderson, Fredric Brown, Carl Onspaugh, Gahan Wilson, Judith Merril, Ron Goulart, Theodore Thomas, Herb Lehrman, Greg Benford, Doris Pitkin Buck, L. Sprague de Camp, Isaac Asimov, Roger Zelazny, Robert A THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 29, NO. 1, WHOLE NO. 169. JUNE 1965.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1965.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Cover art by James Roth. Contents: Admiralty by Poul Anderson; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Fredric Brown and Carl Onspaugh; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Books (a department) by Judith Merril; Rake by Ron Goulart; Phoen ix by Theodore L. Thomas; The Ancient Last by Herb Lehrman; Stand-In by Greg Benford; Story of a Curse by Doris Pitkin Buck; Nabonidus (verse) by L. Sprague de Camp; Science: Future? Tense! by Isaac Asimov; Of Time and the Yan by Roger Zelazn y ; J a b e z O'Brien and Davy Jones' Locker by Robert Arthur; F & SF Marketplace; Index to Volume XXVIII. Interior - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear - a little m or e o n sp in e, two tiny closed tears (archivally taped) with soft creases at fore-edge of front cover, very small scuff on front cover title-block, top corner of book light bumped, light browning to spine and edges of covers, spine flat and u ncr eas ed - sm all wr inkle at top. VG
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1982 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Poul Anderson, Gahan Wilson, Robert Rohrer, Gerald Jonas, Judith Merril, TP Caravan, Theodore L. Thomas, Roderic C. Hodgins, Jane Beauclerk, Isaac Asimov, Len Guttridge.) Cover art by Bert Tanner. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 28, NO. 4, WHOLE NO. 167. APRIL 1965.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1965.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Arsenal Port by Poul Anderson; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Keep Them Happy by Robert Rohrer; Imaginary Numbers in a Real Garden (verse) by Gerald Jonas; Books (a department) by Judith Merril; Blind Date by TP Caravan; The Ice Ages by Theodore L. Thomas; The History of Doctor Frost by Roderic C. Hodgins; Lord Moon by Jane Beauclerk; Science: The Certainty of Uncertainty by Isaac Asimov; Eyes Do More Than See by Isaac Asimov; Aunt Millicent at the Races by Len Guttridge; F & SF Marketplace. Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and cover edges, light edge wear, very light rubbing, two tiny closed t e a r s a t top of rear cover and last few pages, spine flat and uncreased. VG
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1983 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Poul Anderson, Willard Marsh, Sue Sanford, Leah Bodine Drake, Isaac Asimov, Calvin Demmon, Karen Anderson, Miriam Allen deFord, Theodore L. Thomas, Robert M. Green, Jr., Robert F. Young.) Cover art by Jack Ga THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 28, NO. 2, WHOLE NO. 165. FEBRUARY 1965.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1965.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Marque and Reprisal by Poul Anderson; The Sin of Edna Schuster by Willard Marsh; Mrs. Pribley's Underdog by Sue Sanford; Time and the Sphinx by Leah Bodine Drake; Science: Harmony in Heaven by Isaac Asim ov; The Switch by Calvin Demmon; Look Up (verse) by Karen Anderson; The Absolutely Perfect Murder by Miriam Allen deFord; The Placebo Effect by Tehodore L. Thomas; The Deadeye Dick Syndrome by Robert M. Green, Jr.; Dialogue in a Twenty-first C e n t u r y Dining Room by Robert F. Young; F & SF Marketplace. Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and cover edges, very light edge wear, very ligh t r ub bi ng , sp in e flat and uncreased. VG
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1984 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (Thomas M. Disch, Judith Merril, Larry McCombs, Ted White, Gahan Wilson, Theodore L. Thomas, Roger Zelazny, Sasha Gilien, Isaac Asimov, John Christopher.) Cover art by Gray Morrow. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 29, NO. 5, WHOLE NO. 174. NOVEMBER 1965.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1965.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Come to Venus Melancholy by Thomas M. Disch; Books (a department) by Judith Merril; The Peacock King by Larry McCombs and Ted White; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Insect Attendant by Theodore L. Thomas; ...An d Call Me Conrad (2nd of 2 parts) by Roger Zelazny; El Numero Uno by Sasha Gilien; Science: Squ-u-u-ush! by Isaac Asimov; A Few Kindred Spirits by John Christopher; F & SF Marketplace. Interior - light browning to pages, scattered light fox i n g t o i nside of covers and first/last few pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - browning/foxing to spine and cover edges, very light edge wear - a little more on spine, tiny light foxing marks on edge s of t e xt bl o ck , very light rubbing, spine cocked. Good
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1985 |
Ferman, Joseph W./Asimov, Isaac, eds. (William Tenn, Gahan Wilson, Robert Rohrer, Theodore L. Thomas, Willard Marsh, Jody Scott, Judith Merril, Laurence M. Janifer, S.J. Treibich, Isaac Asimov, Chad Oliver, Gordon R. Dickson.) Cover art by Bert Ta THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 29, NO. 2, WHOLE NO. 171. AUGUST 1965.
Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1965.
130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: The Masculinist Revot by William Tenn; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Explosion by Robert Rohrer; Crystal Surfaces by Theodore L. Thomas; Everyone's Hometown is Guernica by Willard Marsh; The 2-D Problem by Jo dy Scott; Books (a department) by Judith Merril; First Context by Laurence M. Janifer and S.J. Treibich; Science: Behind the Teacher's Back by Isaac Asimov; A Stick for Harry Eddington by Chad Oliver; The Immortal by Gordon R. Dickson; F & S F M a r k e t place. Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and cover edges, light edge wear, very light rubbing, book slightly cocked, spine flat and unc re a se d. VG
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1986 |
Ferne, Doris. PASCHAL LAMB AND OTHER POEMS.
Macmillan Company of Canada, Toronto, 1946, first edition.
39 pp, 7 3/8" H, hard cover in dust jacket. A collection of poems by a Canadian author from Victoria, British Columbia, arranged in three parts. The first, devoted to the Second World War includes the title poem as well as Four Horsemen Ride; Jew Baiting; Scorched Earth; Victory; etc., while the second, entitled 'Forest Music Lyrics' includes Winter, Autumn, Forest Fire; etc. The book concludes with a longer poem - Reindeer Saga. Light browning to endpapers, very light wrinkling at top/bot tom of spine. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/wrinkling, a few edge tears, light soiling and rubbing, two tiny closed tears on front hinge. Very Good/Good
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1987 |
Fernett, Gene. A THOUSAND GOLDEN HORNS: THE EXCITING AGE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST DANCE BANDS.
Pendell, Midland, Michigan, 1966.
175 pp, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "The years 1935 to 1945 might well be called 'The decade of a thousand golden horns'. There never was a time, before or since, when so many Americans danc ed. They were times when, no matter where you lived, there was a vast, cavernous ballroom nearby, its ubiquitous ceiling fixture a gigantic rotating sphere whose fragments of mirror splashed the ballroom with shifting, moving splinters of so f t l y - c o lored lights. And those great bands! Who can forget them? Glenn Miller...Tommy Dorsey...Benny Goodman...Chick Webb...Jimmy Lunceford...Jan Savitt...Artie Shaw...and all the others! It's all here, inside these covers: The true stori es o f th os e gr eat bands, with real photos of the men who shaped the sounds, who blazed the trails for all the big bands of today...assembled and recorded so they may not be lost to posterity. Nowhere, up until now, could the American reader fi nd, in o ne vol um e, the warm, wonderful, exciting stories of the big dance bands...told by a musician-scholar. Open this book and you are with the men who were part of 'the golden age of the bands' - at a time when ALL America danced!" Very sl ight bum p t o b otto m o f s pine, very light browning to edges, light soiling to bottom edge of boards. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, very small tear at top/bottom of spine and on rear panel, light rubbing, small scuff on front flap -fold , lig ht b rown ing o n in side surface. VG/VG-
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1988 |
Ferns, H.S. (Signed) (Foreword by Malcolm Muggeridge.) READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ONE MAN'S POLITICAL HISTORY.
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1983), Ist edition.
374 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. "Henry Stanley Ferns was born in Calgary in 1913. His autobiography retells the intellectual and political odyssey of a concerned and active twentieth-century man - a man who has com e to conclude that Marxism does not fit the facts, that bureaucracies are now a problem, that government is theft, that universities should be removed from the control of the government, and that religion is essential for freedom." Minor e d g e w e a r t o boards, light browning to textblock edges. Dust jacket has light edgewear, light wrinkling at top edge, one 1/2" tear at top of rear flap fold, edges browned. VG+/G+
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1989 |
Ferreira, Douglas. RATTY'S 100: THE STORY OF 100 YEARS OF THE RAVENGLASS & ESKDALE RAILWAY IN OVER 100 PICTURES.
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Co. Ltd., Ravenglass, Cumbria, 1976.
71 pp, 11 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. A pictorial history of the railway from 1874, showing the trains, stations, staff, passengers, scenery, accidents, etc. that made up the Ravenglass & Esk dale Railway. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor wear on spine. Very Good+
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1990 |
Fetherling, George. RUNNING AWAY TO SEA: ROUND THE WORLD ON A TRAMP FREIGHTER.
Dundurn, Toronto, 2009, first edition.
236 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover. ISBN 9781550028539 "At a turning point in his life, George Fetherling embarked on an adventure to sail round the wrold on one of the last of the tramp freighters. The four-month voyage carried him 30,000 nautical mil es from Europe via the Panama Canal to the South Pacific and back by way of Singapore, Indonesia, the Indian Ocean, and Suez. Written with dash, colour, and droll humour, (his) narrative is peopled by a rich cast of characters, from the Foreign L e g ionnaires of French Polnesia to the 'raskol' gangs of Papua New Guinea. The author captures the reality of life aboard a working cargo ship - the boredom, the seclusion, the differences of nationality and culture that isolation and cramped qu ar te rs seem to exaggerate. But the routine of loneliness or tranquility is punctuated by moments of near-panic - shipboard fires, furniture-smashing storms, even a brush with pirates in the Straits of Malacca." Interior - clean and tight with n o p rev iou s ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. Fine
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1991 |
Fetherstonhaugh, R.C. THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT, 1883-1933.
(Royal Canadian Regiment, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1981), reprint.
467 pp, large 8vo, hard cover (blue buckram with gold lettering/decoration), in dust jacket. ISBN 0969085303 Map endpapers, b&w photographs, maps (fold-out), color plates. Contents: The Infantry School Corps; The North West Rebellion, 1885; The Corps Becomes a Regiment; Colonel Otter's Command; The Yukon Field Force; The South African War; From Cape Town to Belmont; The Battle of Paardenberg; From Paardenberg to Bloemfontein; With Ian Hamilton's Column; Pretoria and the Voyage Home; After South Africa; Colonel Wadmore's Command; The Pre-War Years; Garrison Duty in Bermuda; From Halifax to the Kemmel Front; The Ypres Salient, 1916; The Somme, 1916; The Vimy Front; The Capture of Vimy Ridge; The summer of 1917; Passchendaele; The Crisi s of 1918; The Battle of Amiens; Arras, 1918; Cambrai, 1918; The End of the War; The Post-War Reorganization; The Regiment Attains Its Fiftieth Year; Appendix A - Roll of Officers; Appendix B - Honour Roll; Appendix C - Honours and Awards to O t h e r R anks. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very light soiling on rear panel. Fine/VG+
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1992 |
Fezandie, Hector. Illustrated by Victor Perard. FELICIA AND THE SANDMAN.
Thomas F. Kyle, New York, 1936, second edition.
158 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "At the first snowfall of the winter Felicia, instad of playing with her new sled, is in bed with a cold. The unusual prescription of the sympathetic Doctor enables her to su mmon the Sandman whom she accompanies on a round of queer adventures. They make a 'big 'normous' snowball and a funny snow man who comes to life. The trio calls on many new old friends including Miss Muffet whom Felicia reconciles with her s p i d e r ; Humpty, whom she saves from the dire consequences of his rash acrobatics; Simon, who explains why he objects to being callled Simple, and the Old Woman who lives in Atchoo and who, with the aid of up-to-the-minute appliances, knows exa ct ly w ha t to do with a large family. The frolic ends in Mother Goose's Lunch Room when, after many strange incidents, it is suddenly time to go home. And then....Well, when next the Doctor sees Felicia, she is allowed to go out. In the vacan t l ot opp osi te sh e finds a 'big 'normous' snowball and a snow man. Sandy alone is missing." Light browning to pages, browning to endpapers, small faint erased pencil marks on front endpapers, small light liquid stain on free front endpaper, t iny sta in o n fr ont pas tedown, one page with small corner crease, light browning/staining/foxing to edges of textblock, two tiny dints on front panel, small bump and small tear/scuff to bottom corner of front board, slight bump to bottom of spin e, l ight disc olora tion on t he rear board, light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor soiling. Dust jacket has chips and tears - some with creases, heavy fading to spine color - lettering still very legible, light fading to part s of front panel, ligh t to m oderate edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing, minor soiling, 1 1/2" irregular shaped hole on rear panel at flap-fold. Good/Fair
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40.00 USD
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1993 |
Fido, Martin. BODYSNATCHERS: A HISTORY OF THE RESURRECTIONISTS 1742-1832.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1988.
184 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0297793934 B&w illustrations. "From 1740 to 1832, freshly buried corpses were dug up and surreptitiously hawked to surgeons and anatomists in London and Edinburgh to dissect for research and teaching purposes. The resurrection trade brought together Fellows of the Royal Society and slum-dwelling criminals in an unholy alliance. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the illicit trade had become one of London's most efficien t l y o rganized departments of crime, with gang-leader Ben Crouch securing a virtual monopoly of delivery to half the teaching hospitals. In Scotland, several surgeons of great eminence loved the adventure of association with desperadoes and willi ng ly a c co mpanied them on their nocturnal excavations. Not surprisingly, there was great public consternation about the activities of the bodysnatchers, but it was only when Burke and Hare introduced murder as a means of acquiring 'subjects' th at the au th ori ties acted to eradicate the ghoulish practice. Martin Fido's book is an enthralling study of a strange byway of criminal low life. It provides the first full and accurate accounts of murderers Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie, Bish op and Head an d El iza Ross. With sketches of the great surgeons who encouraged and sought to control the trade, 'Bodysnatchers' will interest many in the medical profession and social historians as well as devotees of the true crime genre." Pev iou s ow ner's nam e/dat e on free front endpaper and embossed stamp on half-title page. Dust jacket has one tiny edge tear archivally taped. Very Good/Very Good
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27.50 USD
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1994 |
Field, Rachel. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. HITTY: HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, (New York, 1957), 52nd printing.
207 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. Lovely b&w illus by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Winner of the John Newbery Medal in 1930. "Hitty is a doll of great charm and real character. It is indeed a privilege to be able to publish her memoirs which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal a personality which is delightful and forceful..." Large crease across bottom corner of ffep - otherwise interior is clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Du s t j a c k e t has light edgewear/creasing and four small closed tears (archivally taped). VG+/VG-
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10.00 USD
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1995 |
Field, Stephen, translator. Calligraphy by T.C. Ma. TIAN WEN: A CHINESE BOOK OF ORIGINS.
New Directions, New York, 1986, first edition.
123 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0811210103 "Relatively unknown in the West, (this book) is a fascinating, though often baffling, archaic collection of 186 'questions' about the origins of life and the meaning of a wide vari ety of happenings startling and mundane, earthly and celestial. Because the poem has no single narrative thread, the most informed speculation posits group authorship by a number of roving Taoist scholars, each contributing riddles about the h i s t o r y and legends of his own province as well as ironically posed inquiries into the nature of the universe. The enigmatic and sometimes Sphinxlike conundrums may have been originally intended for debate - to give the popular and prominent di al ec ti ci an s of over 2,300 years ago a tool for honing their convoluted responses. But however the poem took on its present shape and content, it remains the single most comprehensive catalogue of ancient Chinese mythology and pre-Imperial l ege nd in exi ste nce . This translation....combines sound scholarship with an artful grace to produce the 186 questions in couplets that both tease and enchant. In addition to a historical introduction that clearly explains what is known and not know n a bou t th e po em, Field provides extensive notes to help the English-speaking reader understand the basic Chinese myths alluded to in the questions." The poem is presented in Chinese 'li-shi' script opposite the English text. Previous own er's chop (st amp p n hal f-ti tle page, tiny bump to top edge of both boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good
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20.00 USD
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1996 |
Fieldhouse, Ben and Dunn, Jackie. "AND THEY WORK US TO DEATH" CASUALTIES OF THE MINES, WHO THEY WERE, HOW AND WHERE THEY DIED. 2 VOLUME SET. (VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2.)
Gwent Family History Society, Gwent, 1994, 2nd editions.
82 pp, 83 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft covers (stapled in wraps) - 2 volume set. ISBN 0951937103 and 0951937111 "....record more than 100 incidences of multiple deaths in the coalfield of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan. They list the names of those who suffer ed in them, and add other biographical data to help to identify them. The original sources are to be found in contemporary newspaper reports, in Quarter Sessions records, in parish registers, and in private memorabilia of friends." Interiors - l i g ht cigarette odor, very light browning in margins of pages, a few pages with tiny corner crease, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exteriors - very light browning to edges of textblock and covers, minor edge wrinkl i ng . Ve ry Good
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50.00 USD
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1997 |
Filey, Mike and Russell, Victor. FROM HORSE POWER TO HORSEPOWER. TORONTO: 1890-1930.
Dundurn, Toronto, 1993.
112 pp, oblong (8 1/2" H x 11" D) soft cover. ISBN 1550022008 B&w photographs, reproductions. "From the early 1890s through the 1920s, Toronto was caught up in a dizzying transportation revolution. As horse gave way to machine, the look of Toron to and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were altered irrevocably. First there was the electric streetcar, then the automobile, and soon all manner of 'working' vehicles. Street railway tracks were laid, service outlets and dealerships sprang up a cross the city, and the 'auto show' was born, an exciting new feature at the Canadian National Exhibition. (This) is a largely pictorial history of the city as it geared up for the 20th century, featuring vivid photos from the City of Toronto Arc hi ves, many previously unpublished, as well as newspaper ads from the era. Images of fire engines, garbage trucks, automobiles, early aircraft, harbour tugs, and streetcars bring the reader back to a time when all this meant extraordinary change. Th e century was on the move and Toronto was moving with it. The photographers showcased in the book (William James, John H. Boyd, Arthur S. Goss, and Frank W. Micklethwaite) were also breaking new ground, turning away from the formality of the st udio to capture the city in transition, thereby establishing a permanent record - one that we can enjoy today." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor corner wear, two small soft corner creases. Very Good+
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20.00 USD
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1999 |
Filey, Mike. MORE TORONTO SKETCHES: "THE WAY WE WERE".
Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1993.
191 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 1550022016 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "....a second collection of popular Mike Filey stories, written between 1975 and 1993, covering all aspects of Toronto's history. From tra nsportation to hobbies and architecture to people, these stories give a fascinating glimpse of what Toronto was like in the past." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. Near Fine
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13.95 USD
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2000 |
Filey, Mike. TORONTO SKETCHES 6. "THE WAY WE WERE" COLUMNS FROM THE TORONTO SUNDAY SUN.
Dundurn, Toronto, 2000.
294 pp, 9" H, soft cover. ISBN 155002339X B&w photographs, reproductions. "This time around, Mike takes us to a performance at the Royal Alexandra Theatre by Al Jolson, the opening of Sunnybrook Hospital, a game between the baseball Leafs and the Havana Sugar Kings - with Fidel Castro throwing out the first pitch - and many more famous, notorious, and entertaining episodes in the history of this great city." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - Minor r u b bing. Near Fine
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17.50 USD
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