Pengelly C A (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Clean copy. May have remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. 303 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w portraits, prints, drawings & facsimile docs. (listed). Green cloth bds. Bds. stained & shelfworn. Interior leaves are clean and tight. The story of the three decker HMS Bellerphron which saw distinguished service during the Napoleonic Wars. Includes appendix & index.…

First Edition. 1st edition, 1966. Foxing to endpapers and nearby pages; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: n No Jacket. y First Edition. London: John Baker Publishers Ltd, 1966. Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of the ship, the Bellerophon. Preface by Prof.Christopher Lloyd. 303pp with index, illustrated with 22 black and white reproductions. Spine somewhat faded and minor foxing to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Book.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Très bon.

Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley 2014. 303 pages + illustrated with plates in b/w. Orig, black boards in dust wrappers. Name to the flyleaf. Cover showing light signs of rubbing, else in near fine/near fine wrapper.

London, John Baker, 1966. 1st. Octavo. Hardbound with dustjacket. With illustrations. 303 pages. [Maritiem / Maritime History [Scheepvaartgeschiedenis] ].

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 2 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Shakedown - Political favours and liquor licences; Life with Ivan - How does the average Russian live?; Marriages Mended - Domestic Relations Judge H.S. Mott has a 90% success rate; The Mine That Shook the World - A vivid photo-illustrated report on Eldorado, the super-secret mine in the Arctic which produces the raw material for atomic bombs; King Size Tenor - Lauritz Melchior, mighty tenor of the "Met"; Russia - A Split Personality; Backstage Ottawa - the taxpayer wins a battle; Big Business Farmer - George Wesley of Wrentham, Alberta, farms 16,000 acres in Alberta and grows enough wheat to feed a small city; The Truth About Epilepsy - Robert H. Feldt, M.D., has made immense strides toward taming this dreaded brain disease; Man of Many Voices - Meet Mercer (One-Man Cast) McLeod, first radio actor to sell a Canadian-recorded program for U.S. broadcasting; If You Should Get Venison - cooking tips; and more. Short Stories: World Premiere; Uncle Alfred; For These Thy Gifts. Nice ad for: C-I-L; Imperial Oil (How an oil well works); Good Year (with color illustration of firemen and forest fire); Snyder's Furniture; G.E. Electric Blankets (& Electric Flying Suits); Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Westinghouse in the electrical age 1920-1945; Life Savers (nice one-page color ad); Chase & Sanborn - featuring Charlie McCarthy in colour; Waterman's Taperite pen; Once-page colour-illustrated ad by Carling's honouring Jack Miner of Kingsville, Ontario; T.S. Simms "Pure Badger" shaving brushes; Lovely 1946 Ford (dark red) ad inside back cover; B.C. Apples ad on back cover features charming colour illustration of young lass holding basket of fruit. 72 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. McCullagh Studio; Bush, Jack; Norgrove, T. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 1 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Nice cover illustration by R. York Wilson features brass band practicing; W.A. Irwin becomes new Editor of Maclean's - photo and brief article; Relax - It's Good for You; Bee Business - Ervin Hogarth has 150 bees near Tara, Ontario; Mars Gone Barmy - Maj.-Gen. J.F.C. Fuller argues atomic war cannot be won; Where Milk is Medicine - Europe's lack of food in the aftermath of WWII; Britian's Place in the World; Washington Memo - U.S. Strikers want to keep war wages (52 for 40 or Fight!); Backstage Ottawa - NRMA men (Zombies) were sent to the First Canadian Division on or after VE Day; Is the Union Shop Democratic? - arguments for and against; Sculptors Elizabeth Wyn Wood and Mani Hahn - Photo-illustrated article; "When the Ice-Worms Nest Again" - Brief article discussing Robert Service; Stretch the Meat; and more. Short stories include: Molly Was a Doctor; White Horse; Soft Music. Nice ads for: The Wartime Prices and Trade Board (encouraging the mending of clothes); Imperial Oil (featuring oil exploration); Frigidaire, Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese; Canadian Pacific (color illustration of driving of the last spike to celebrate 60 years of progress, 1885-1945); Pepsodent Tooth Paste; Eveready Flashlight Batteries - featuring image of Vancouver radio personality Thora Anders; Arrid deodorant - featuring photo of Gertrude Niesen; Nostalgic one-page Maclean's subscription ad; National War Finance Committee; Nice colour-photo Caterpillar Diesel ad inside back cover features two dozers preparing new rail bed through mountains. 68 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. Wilson, R. York; Dawson, Isobel; Dresser, Lawrence; (illustrator).…