Davidson a et al (21 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9781568021614. …

4pp, 1 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. [9780521149310] (Fluid Dynamics, Physics) A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son, Limited, 1924. Second printing, 1924. Collected essays on use of photography for scientific applications. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 549 pages plus publisher's ads. Illustrated with black and white plates. Some rubbing to the spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Zustand: NEW.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0197300081.…

Card Covers. Zustand: Very Good. Canadian Government publication, Book I ONLY, previous owners name ffep otherwise unmarked, foldout maps, 212pp, VG. Book.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN.…

Zustand: NEW.

Zustand: NEW.

Zustand: NEW.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 90 pages. Features: Nice color Studebaker truck ad inside front cover; Photo of the NIM flying wing in flight; Nice Seabee airplane ad; There'll Come a Day (fiction); Atomic Age Navy - submarines may be the backbone of our future sea power; Escape at Noon (fiction); A Challenge to American Women - "American women are more cruel, more selfish and more material in outlook than American men"; Everything ShipShape (fiction); The Doctors Run the Show - the new Michigan plan offers veterans the best medical treatment in the world; You, Too, Can Drink Vodka (fiction); The Outraged Heart (fiction); Champagne Shower - Mitzi Green - article with many colour photos of ladies; Two of a Kind; Nice color one-page ad for the 1946 Ford Sedan Coupe; Running From Death - Charles Beaudry is America's greatest athlete; Nice one-page ad for the movid "Without Reservations" with photo of Claudette Colbert with John Wayne; Super color-photo centerfold ad for Schlitz beer shows hops being harvested; Nice one-page ad for movie "The Well Groomed Bride", starring Olivia De Havilland, Ray Milland and Sonny Tufts; The Happy Chance (fiction); Ad for movie "Her Kind of Man", starring Dane Clark, Zachary Scott and Janis Paige; Jungle Hoofer (fiction); Goodby, Berlin! - article with several color photos of war damage; Camel cigarette ad on back cover talks about how doctors enjoy their product; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Varady, Fredric; Holmgren, John; Klep, Rolf; Miller, Barse; Schwinn, Barbara; Leavitt, Bob; Gregori, Leon; Cooper, Mario; Karger-Pix, George; Withers, George; Lewis, Taylor; Sawyers, Martha (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Circle of Death - dangerous fall into the great drum of the winding-engine at a Pennsylvania coal mine; In Search of Adventure part II - the story of a chequered cruise aboard a six-ton yacht; "Kermis" Time in Belgium - an annual week-long celebration during which young and old alike compete in curious races and competitions - article with many interesting photos; Trapped in a Furnace - terrible experience for Ira MacDonell at a Lewis Run, Pennsylvania brick plant; The "Apache Kid's" Last Fight - F.S. McDonald describes his terrible death-duel in the desert with a notorious Indian outlaw; A Memorable Man-Hunt - tracking down murderers Jimmy and Joe Governor in New South Wales; "Dangerous Jobs" - bronco-busters, steeplejacks, bridge-builders, shrapnel-shell makers, underground miners, steel-makers, firemen, window cleaners, undersea divers, sewer workers - article with great photos of each of these occupations; Behind the Nailed Door - Englishman A.H. Hinde posed as an Arab traded with the Moors of the African coast while trying to locate a lost silver mine; An Ill-Starred Elopement - disaster strikes two unfortunate lovers; A Woman Alone in China - part IV - Mary Gaunt set forth in a Peking cart with an interpreter and her cart men, meeting many odd experiences; ; Petre's Island - a bit of New Zealand history, showing something of the lives of the earliest settlers among their Maori hosts. pp. 6 [ads], 387-480, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Whitaker, W.G.; Somerfield, Thomas; Wood, Stanley L.; Soper, George; Evison, G. Henry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 60 pages. Features: Ford ad inside front cover shows Canadian troop being welcomed home; On To Berlin - final days of the European war; Colour Canada Dry ad; Memorial photo of FDR; One-page GM ad features colour preproduction of rural fall leaf scene by Fred H. Brigden; They Stuck To Their Posts - article on Westerners who resisted the Japanese, including Emily Sprott of Ysabel Island and Archdeacon S.R. M. Gill of New Guinea; A Token for Tokyo (short story); Crime Behind the Front - photo-illustrated article on crime in Italy; Dog for Sale (short story); A Girl, A Bet and a Sailor (short story); Front Line Padre - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on Canada's men of the cloth who marched side-by-side with her troops - with photos of H/Major Cyril Stone of Vancouver, H/Capt. Rabbi Samuel Cass of Vancouver, H/Capt. E.C. Royle of Montreal, Captain George A. Harris (the only Canadian Jumping Padre) plus a group photo taken in Belgium of twenty-one Canadian Army Padres (too many names and ranks to list so please inquire for details); Adam Does a Job (short story); A Children's Charter - photo-illustrated article on Canada's new family allowance payments; Victory Bond ad; Victory Bond centrefold ad contrasts pastoral home scene with war-torn European scene; Health for Children - an ounce of prevention; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of newlyweds Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer and Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; 1/3 Canadian Ice Foundation ad shows man carrying large block of ice; Colour Gold Seal Salmon ad features Walt Disney illustrations; Chase & Sanborn ad is colour Charlie McCarthy comic; Nice photo of Diana Barrymore in Arrid ad; Illustrations of Hollywood patterns; Should Women Return to the Home?; Nice colour illustration of Gloria De Haven in Woodbury Powder ad; Portrait of Mrs. Charles Boyer in Tangee ad; World Sayings; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, May 1945 - Emily Sprott of Ysabel Island / Crime Behind the Front in Italy / Front Line Padre Ford ad inside front cover shows Canadian troop being welcomed home; On To Berlin - final days of the European war; Colour Canad. Illustrated by Engstead, John (cover photo); Brigden, Fred H.; Iligan,Ralph; Blaisdell, Elinore; Leake, Gerald; Lousset, Albert; (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, Tom; Pape, Frank C.; Burton, Harry M.; Wright, Frank; Reynolds, Warwick; Gill, A.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby; Buchanan, F.; Wright, Frank; Gordon, Alexandre (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate' rages down through the mountains; "Washing-Day" All Over the World - article with many fantastic photos of (mainly) woman washing their clothes in outdoor waters in many countries around the world; In Search of Adventure - Part 1 - the story of a chequered cruise to the South Sea Islands by "The Firm", "Freckles", and "The Spinster"; A Woman Alone in China - Part 3 - photo-illustrated travels of Mary Gaunt and her Peking cart travels in China - with photos; Adrift on a Raft - the crew of the sinking Liverpool barque "Cordillera" built a raft to survive; The Native Festivals of Java - article with many great photos; The Story of My Chinese God - how a collector finally got his God curio in China; The Forest Hermit - a Moose- Hunting Story - they camped on the shore of Lady Evelyn Lake in Canada - article with interesting photos; The Man Who Understood Natives - a story of the rinderpest epidemic in Pondoland in 1897; The "Wide World" (this publication) being read in unusual places; Amazing photo of men handling the minute hand of "Big Ben", the largest clock in the world; Emblem Motorcycle ad; Nice Red Cross Line ad inside back cover; Back cover features interesting B.V.D. men's underwear ad with illustration of scene in what appears to be the New York Yankee's dressing room. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, Vol. XXXV - No. 208, August (Aug.) 1915 - A Woman Alone in China / The Story of My Chinese God When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Jackson, A.E.; Wigfull, W.E.; Evison,G. Henry; Wood, Stanley L.; Pape, Frank C. (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Original printed wraps 16 x 25cm. 68pp + 5 unindexed colour maps (4 folding, 1 full-page). Dated 12/46, with a print run of 2,500. This is an ex-US Department of State Reference Division copy, with stamps and number to front (including "Withdrawn" stamp), and minimal markings inside. Covers fair only, hard creased, chipped to spine, with closed tears. Interiors very good except for small perforations and marks to first few leaves. Maps neatly folded. This high level mission was sent by Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, to promote British exports to Iraq, "return via Syria and Lebanon", and offer support to Cyprus. It was led by Viscount Davidson, and included Brigadier General Sir Godfrey Rhodes (Deputy Chair, Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours), and Brigadier General Sir A.M. Gibb (Partner in his own firm Alexander Gibb and Partners) among others. They travelled by BOAC, Iraqi State Railways, Iraqi Airways, Middle East Airlines, and by car. The Preface lists mission members, terms of reference, and a detailed itinerary). The country reports cover economy, labour and social conditions, communications, irrigation, power, agriculture, industry, commerce, consumer goods, marketing agencies, future development, with appendices on Cyprus. The mission avoided Palestine, which had descended into chaos. Maps: Countries visited; Itinerary; Iraq; Syria and Lebanon; Cyprus.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Features: The Inside Story of the "Komagata Maru"; The Oolachan Fishery; Relations of the Hudson's Bay Company with the Russian American Company on the Northwest Coast, 1829-1867; James Douglas and the Russian American Company, 1840; A Further Note on the Annexation Petition of 1869; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's blindstamp to contents page. Pencil marginal lines partially erased from Komagata Maru article. A worthy reference example of this special issue. ; 8vo.…

Zustand: Good. Used - Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre.' Ex-library, but has been well cared for. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.