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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn the ins and outs of the percussion rifle with this comprehensive guide by George B. Roe. This book covers everything from basic rifle movements to advanced techniques, making it the perfect resource for novice and experienced riflemen alike. Whether you're looking to improve your skills or just learn the basics, this book is a must-have.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn the ins and outs of the percussion rifle with this comprehensive guide by George B. Roe. This book covers everything from basic rifle movements to advanced techniques, making it the perfect resource for novice and experienced riflemen alike. Whether you're looking to improve your skills or just learn the basics, this book is a must-have.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A nice-looking lot of different editions of the Sufi poet's best-loved, classic epic poem. The individual volumes are illustrated beautifully by a range of different artists and in multiple formats. The poet, Omar Khayyam (or Khayyami) was born, likely at Nishapur, in the Persian northeast, somewhere between about 1025 and 1050 A.D. His surname "Khayyam" means "tent-maker" in Persian, which might, like St. Paul/Saul, have denoted his father's vocation and major income-source. The lot is comprised of the following: 1) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., but likely early 1900s, a stated reprint of the Second Edition of Macmillan & Co., and illustrated by the incomparable French-English artist Edmund Dulac's 20 tipped-in full-color plates, quite fine, including at frontis. Bound in a quarto hardcover format, brown cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt-stamped lettering to spine and front cover and elaborate designs at the latter. Previous owner's signature and date at half-title, chip to spine head glue-repaired, light scuffing to spine foot, else quite fine outside and inside. Unpaginated, but roughly 120 pp. Printed at the Edinburgh University Press by T. and A. Constable, printers to His Majesty; 2) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., but likely early 1900s, and illustrated by the incomparable French-English artist Edmund Dulac's 20 tipped-in full-color plates, quite fine, including at frontis. Hardcover format, bound in blue cloth over boards, lightly rubbed gilt-stamped lettering to spine and front cover and elaborate gilt design at front cover of two elephants under a canopy. Scuffing to tips, spine head and foot, but decorated endpapers front and rear and lovely illustrations and with tissue guards. Gift-inscription in pencil at frontis. Also likely a reprint of the Second Edition of Macmillan & Co. ; s at the latter. Previous owner's signature and date at half-title, chip to spine head glue-repaired, light scuffing to spine foot, else quite fine outside and inside. Unpaginated, but roughly 120 pp.; 3) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, n.d., but likely nineteen oughts and teens. Blue cloth over boards, lovely gilt illustrations to front cover, lettering to spine and front cover, protected by stiff Mylar jacket. Lovely full-color illustrations by Willy Pogany, pasted onto pages surrounded by quattrain text. Unpaginated, but roughly 60 pp.; 4) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, multi-variorum edition, translated by Edward FitzGerald, edited by Nathan Haskell Dole, and illustrated sumptuously by E.H. Garrett and Gilbert James, Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1898. An easily Very Good condition exemplar, creamy white cloth over boards, a bit of scuffing to tips, bumping to spine head and foot, but protected by stiff Mylar jacket. Stellar gilt-stamped designs to front cover and spine, gilt and red-stamped lettering to both, quite fine. Top edges gilt, fore- and bottom-edges rough-cut. Augmented with the notes, edits, and musings by the translator, Edward FitzGerald. Fine plate at frontis, tissue-guarded, and another eight, quite fine. 665 pp.; 5) Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam, a new metrical version, published in Chicago and New York by the Laidlaw Brothers, 1931. Bound in a slender, pebbly burgundy, flexible hardcover format, scuffed a bit, all page edges gilt, and still sharp and distinct gilt lettering and design to front cover. 126 pp. and with plentiful full color illustrations and an added "In the Potter's House" at frontis; 6) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Library of Classics Edition, Near Fine condition bound in black flexible covers in a pocketsized format, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, and with top edges gilt. Uber-bright interior, and housed in cloth-covered, worn little cardboard slipcase. 255 pp. 7) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, from the metrical translations of Edward FitzGerald, but with the new augmentations o.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of kids roller skating by Russell Sambrook; News bits include - The Basic Need is Goodwill, Life Goes On, The Right of Free (Speech) Utterance, Arguing That Gets Nowhere, The Taks of Re-Confederation, Austria and Tariffs, A Poet's Obituary - Gabriele d'Annunzio; Very nice one-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad for their St. Lawrence Seaway service; Black Gold in Our Empire's Defence - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the world's oil industry; The Shot at Dusk (short story); The Fatted Calf (short story); Love is a Winged Thing (short story); Salvage at Scapa Flow - photo-illlustrated article on German battleships - sunk by their own officers in 1919 - which end their days in British Dry-Dock; Sunrunner's Madness; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part III of this short story); Putt-Putting - photo-illustrated article on power boating, with photo of Doug Fonda, U.S. High-point outboard champion; Nice one-page Colgate toothpage ad features the Dionne Quints; Land of Wish-it-Were (verse); Classy one-page photo ad for the 1938 Chevrolet; Nice one-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Mrs. Clarence Beairsto of Winnipeg; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of author Kenneth Roberts; Investment news; Movie news with photos of Ann Gillis, Rita Cansino, Dixie Dunbar, Phyllis Brooks, Donald Barry, Tony Martin, John Hall and Gordon Jones; Lux soap ad features photos of Loretta Young and Irene Dunne; Nostalgic half-page ad by the Canadian Association of Ice Industries, Inc. includes photo of man placing block of ice into icebox; (fridge); Exhibit 'A' - Your husband; Article on raising a son; Cooking article; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad includes photo of man holding their new silent 'meter-miser'; World Sayings; Handsome colour ad for the De Luxe Ford V-8 for 1938 shows maroon car in driveway with car jockey speaking to woman of the house; Nostalgic back cover colour ad for the Simmons Slumber King bed spring; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Sambrook, Russell (cover); Clymer, John F.; Malvern, Corinne; Garland, C. George; Maltman, William; Smith, Ralph C. (illustrator). …