Published by DA A Journal of the Printing Arts, 2010
Seller: 246 Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. DA 66 Number 66, Spring / Summer 2010 A Tribute to Jim Rimmer (1934-2010) edited by Don McLeod with contributions by him and Widen, Alex; Stanton, Ralph J.; Maloney, Brian; Swanick, Eric; Rimmer, Jim. 88 pages, paper with stiff cover. Black and white reproductions. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Very good condition.
Published by American Technical Society, 1938
Seller: ABC Books, Panama, NY, U.S.A.
Flexible Cardstock. Condition: Very Good. B&W Illustrations (illustrator). First Thus. 101 pgs. ONE-OF-A-KIND flexible SC Book has light blue cardstock covers, with dark blue font, dark blue spine, and is in VERY GOOD Shape. Two post binding, some corner bumps, mild overall shelf wear and soling, page edges yellowing, no text foxing of any kind, po number on ffep (title page). Square, tight, clean, with a mild musty odor. No DJ as issued. Packed full of arcane and outdated information. Great for the retired building engineer, job forman, or architect to recall the way things used to be! Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Language: English
Published by Mutual UFO Network, Newport Beach, CA, 2014
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine; see scans and description.Newport Beach, CA: Mutual UFO Network, Inc., 2014. The January, 2014 issue, number 559, of the MUFON UFO Journal. Quarto, staple-bound wraps, 24 pp. Near Fine; new, but with modest postal handling soil and subscriber's pre-printed label. See scans. See scans of cover and contents page for a rundown of contents, with contributions from editor Roger March; Jan C. Harzan; Ralph Howard; Stanton Friedman; Robert Hastings; Chris Munns; George Filer; Gavin A.J. MacLeod. Featured are: What's Moving Over Georgia ?; Leonard Stringfield; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Things to Come; UFO Conspiracy Review; George Filer Sighting Reports from 8 States. Also, standard departments. Lmufon.
Language: English
Published by Roy Squires, Los Angeles, 1951
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Roy Hunt, Jon Arfstrom, Ralph Rayburn Phillips (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 4, No. 6, the February, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Roy Hunt; interior art by Jon Arfstrom and Ralph Rayburn Phillips. Octavo, stapled wraps, 34 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, faint toning,else flawless. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. Mid-run issue of the thrice-titled classic sci-fi fanzine (Fantasy Advertiser, then Science Fiction Advertiser, then Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser); essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Arthur C. Clarke ("Space Travel in Fact and Fiction", the first of two installments followed by the second in April, from a paper read to the British Interplanetary Society on April 1, 1950, reprinted with permission of Clarke and the BIS), Stanton A. Coblentz ("The Older Science Fiction Magazines"), Robert (Bob) Silverberg (The Antiquarian Bookshelf"), and reviews by Arthur J. Cox (Alfred Korzybski's "Manhood of Humanity"), E. Everett Evans (E.E. Smith's "Galactic Patrol"), Dan Imbrifer (A.E. Van Vogt's "The House That Stood Still"), and Sal Montevideo (Alexander Dumas' "The Wolf Leader").and of course much else - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.
Published by American Technical Society., Chicago, Ill, 1942
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A very nice 6 volume set. Original blue cloth covers with attractive graphic designs. Bright blue illustrated end sheets. Clean, bright interiors with solid bindings. Rare. Books are over-sized and additional postage needed to ship outside the United States or via: Priority Mail. ; 8vo; Display under rare.
Published by American Technical Society Chicago 1945, 1945
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardbacks in original cloth Nice copies octavo c.2500pp., frontis.(6), b/w plates, text ills., diags., appends., index, Vol. 1: High Speed Engines; 2: Principles of Electricity / Generators & Motors; 3: Diesel Electric Plants, Locomotives- Mechanical Equipment; 4: Locomotives- Electrical Equipment; 5: Thermodynamics; 6:Diesel Engine Design.
Published by Stovel / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1939
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Cucchi, Anthony (cover); Holmgren, John; Garland, C.George; Smith, Ralph C.; Clymer, John F.; Lowthian, Louis R.; Diamond,Samuel (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Anthony Cucchi cover illustration of horses pulling sleigh to Christmas church service; Midnight Sailing (part 1); Blood Out of a Stone (short story); Gorgeous Courts of the Malayan Sultans - wonderful photo-illustrated article on royal romance in the middle east where nine moslem rulers stand on guard for their King and Emperor George VI; Joy of Man's Desiring (short story); In the Beginning (Christmas tale); The Yearling (part 3); Smart Fighters (Boxers) - Old Tom Sharkey; Personal finance article; Movie news and photos; Photo of Miss Carlotta Lagorio in Woodbury soap ad; Fashion illustrations; Never Late on a Date (short story); Article on Christmas Parties for Kids; Quotes of the World; Nice colour subscription ad for this magazine inside back cover; Vintage colour-photo Canadian apple ad on back cover; and more. 56 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound example of this great vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, December (Dec.) 1939 - Courts of the Malayan Sultans Malaysia Sultan of Johore Royal Palace Kuala Lumpur Kelatan; Cover illustration of horses pulling sleigh to Christmas church service; Midnight Sailing (part 1); Blood.
Published by National Home Monthly / Stovel, Winnipeg, 1938
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Gauthier, Joachim (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Clymer, John F.; Holmgren, John; Burke, May C.; Clymer, John F.; Phillips, John; Rubin, Zig (illustrator). First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Cute colour cover illustration by Joachim Gauthier; Dignified colour ad inside front cover presents the new 1939 Ford cars, showing a dark green De Luxe V-8 Fordor Sedan and a blue V-8 Tudor Sedan; News digest includes these headings - For a Cool Head, What Happened at Munich, Two Different Problems, The Belgian Parallel, Keep the Home Fires Burning, and Books of the Season; One-page ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; "The Bells of Bethlehem" - Photo-illustrated Christmas article on the Holy Land; Before St. Mihiel and All That (short story); Mrs. Scodger's Husband (short story); Letters to a Former Husband (short story); Britain's Army Road Scouts - great photo-illustrated article on the British Automobile Association (A.A.); The Man Who Was Lucky (short story); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (part 2 of 5) by Agatha Christie; Salute to Winter Sport - article with photos of ski jumper, bob-sledders and the honourable rite of 'bouncing' (in front of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec); Nice Kodak one-page ad; Hollywood news includes photos of Shirley Temple, Loretta Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mickey Rooney, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Jane Withers, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Edward G. Robertson with his wife; Scott's Emulsion ad features Uncle Dan comic; Personal Finance article; Christmas dinner suggestions and recipes; Gorgeous colour ad inside back cover for this magazine features formal couple and many front cover images on jet black background; Handsome colour Nash car ad on back cover features an orange 1939 four-door; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by Stovel / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1939
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Davis, Clara O.; Clymer, John F.; Maltman, W.; Garland, George; Smith, Ralph C.; Lowthian, Louis R. (illustrator). First Edition. 60 pages. Features: News digest includes 'a British ministry of propaganda', America's altered mood, free speech in Canada, Moscow bargaining, and from Poland to Rumania; Canada's Prison Shame - intersting article by J. Alex. Edmison includes photos of - the B.C. Penitentiary at New Westminster, youn ladies in the Borstal Institute at Aylesbury, England, Montreal Gaol (Bordeaux Gaol), and members of the Archambault Commission - R.W. Craig, J.L. KKent, Mr. Justice Archambault, J.C. McRuer, and Allan Fraser; Uncle Romeo and the White Pendennings (short story); The Missing Passenger (short story); A Letter to Anne (short story); Samaritan on Wheels - the story of the Empire's greatest philanthropist and leading industrialist William Richard Morris, now Viscount Nuffield - article with photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); If I Die Before I Wake (part 4); Nice one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada features the province of Alberta with map and text; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quints; Palmolive soap ad features illustration of the faces of the Dionne Quintuplets and (faux) signed photo of Gladys Cooper of 1973 Robson St. in Vancouver; Stewart-Warner radio ad features photos of the 4575, 4351 and 4511 models; When Contagious Diseases Stay Home; Movie news and photos, with brief write-up and photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald, plus additional photos of King Vidor, Alexander Hall, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Sam Wood, Jack Conway, Clarence Brown, Frank Borzage, Tod Browning, George Cukor, Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog; Fashion illustrations; Nice half-page two-colour ad for RCA Victor radios shows the A-2, A-1 and A-4; Scales of Fortune (short story); Half-page tourism ad for Italy (unfortunately, many young Canadians would soon be fighting there!); Beauty article; Charis foundations ad features nostalgic photo; Autumn fashion preview; Pickling Made Easier; Quotes of the World; Nice Heinz ketchup ad inside front cover includes photo of restaurant scene; Vintage colour back cover ad for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.