Swinton g (10 Ergebnisse)

18 pages, photographs of 77 Dorset objects.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + DJ. 1st Edition. Viii, 294 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Printing. Book Is Fine, No Wear. Dj With Light Wear At Corners. No Names Or Marks. Photographs And Drawings Throughout (illustrator).

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

256 pages, 771 b/w and 37 color illustrations.

256 pages, 771 b/w and 37 color illustrations. Cloth cover.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Nostalgic Goodrich Tire photo ad inside front cover shows grieving family and their car after a blowout; Nice full-page photo ad for International Harvester heavy duty industrial equipment; Nice full-page photo ad for Canada Dry beverages; Horse Doctor (fiction); Our Olympic Chances - article with photos of athletes Hank Ciemen, Sammy Richardson and Phil Edwards; Honors Easy - fictional story of what happened aboard an Atlantic liner when two card sharps picked a 'sucker'; Revolt in Quebec - second in a series of articles presenting a French-Canadian's interpretation of Quebec's reform movement and the viewpoint of French Canada toward Confederation; Nemesis in Hind - a story of glamorous India, the India where death strikes mysteriously and superstition holds sway; Treasure Under the Arctic's Rim - the mineral wealth of Great Bear Lake; A Man and a Hundred Maids - a story of how too many girls may be worse than none at all; Gun-A-Noot - the strange case of the Indian who defied police for thirteen years and emerged from his trial as a hero; Beautiful full-page black and white photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes featuring horse "Margo C", owned by Miss Faith Lyman of Montreal; and more. Back cover missing. Front cover holding loosely by one staple. Hallam, J.S. (cover art); Eldridge, H.; Mathieu, Hubert; Clymer, John F.; Michael (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: We're fumbling victory - Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chisholm, M.D.; Romance in the Dark; Disease Killer from the Soil - Dr. Selman A. Waksman and streptomycin; CCF Show Window - after 18 months of socialist government, Saskatchewan is a small-scale display of what the CCF Party would like to do with the rest of Canada - article with photo of Saskatchewan's CCF Cabinet at work; Fish 'n' Ships (fiction); Prodigy at Sixty - author Tom Costain - article with photo; House that Sun Built - article (with photos) on passive solar construction; They Make Money - The Canadian Mint - article with photos; Keep 'Em Happy (fiction); fantastic full-page colour ad for White trucks shows a highway full of their products; 3/4 centerfold ad for Firestone Champion tires; Nice Carling's beer ad inside back cover shows winter horse-logging scene; Coke ad on back cover shows friends at a soda fountain; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Moisture staining to top edge of most pages. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, January 15, 1946 Tommy Douglas Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chishol. Illustrated by Lambert, Harold M.; Parkhouse, Stan; Jousset, Albert;Eldridge, Harold (illustrator).…

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1955-1959. Four volumes in four. 8vo. 327 [70, 74, 79, 103] pp. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Four subsequent volumes, covering the years 1953-1956, and including some items from earlier years not listed previously. This is the start of the Amphibia section as separate from the Reptilia section, and given an additional "A" number in the Zoological Record series. The Recent taxa were covered by Grandison, the fossils by Swinton. Two volumes with small stains from the staples, otherwise a good clean set.…

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1955-1959. Four volumes in four. 8vo. 327 [70, 74, 79, 103] pp. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Four subsequent volumes, covering the years 1953-1956, and including some items from earlier years not listed previously. This is the start of the Amphibia section as separate from the Reptilia section, and given an additional "A" number in the Zoological Record series. The Recent taxa were covered by Grandison, the fossils by Swinton. A very good, clean set.…

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1944-1956. 14 volumes in one. Thick 8vo (20.2 x 13.5 cm). 1,148 [31; 27; 47; 44; 88; 88; 117; 115; 138; 139; 70; 88; 74; 85] pp. Contemporary black half calf over yellow marbled boards. Spine with gilt print (the years covered). Original printed wrappers bound in. = Covers the 11-year period of 1943-1954, but includes some earlier publications not previously recorded. Up to volume 89 the Reptilia and Amphibia were combined into a single volume; from volume 90 onwards both had a separate volume (sections XVIA and XVIB). Smith was responsible for the first three years, the last together with Swinton who did the fossils of all the other volumes. The recent herpetology was done by Battersby until the split, at which point Grandison took over the Recent Amphibia. All wrappers with the small stamp of Dr. Mario Guerra. A good, complete run in an attractive binding.…