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- UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI PRESS, 1974
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- Note Bibliografiche: 116 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Reprint of the 1963 first edition. "Book in exceptional condition - clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear to publisher's brown cloth. Average wear and soiling to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book continua a leggere
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- CENTRE PUBLISHING, 1914
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- Note Bibliografiche: "In this book is taught the true Law of Success, which is the 'Law of Harmonious Attraction'. - Author's Statement. [8], 9-187, [1], [9] ads pp. No indication of any prior printing. Contemporary price list/order form for books by Dr. Sears affixed to back free endpaper. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Lacking front free endpaper. Above-average wear to publisher's embossed lavender cloth lettered in gilt. Splash marks upon front board. Binding intact. A rare first edition example of this self-help classic which remains in print over a century later. Book continua a leggere
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- GEORG JOSEPH MANZ, 1866
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- Note Bibliografiche: viii, 339, [1] pp. Text in German. Former library copy with relatively few associated markings. Moderate wear. Light foxing to contents. Binding intact. A well-preserved copy. Book continua a leggere
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- THE VOITLEJA RELIEF FOUNDATION BOOK COMMITTEE, 1990
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- Note Bibliografiche: xii, 323 pp. Black and white maps and reproductions of archival photos. First English edition. "Describes all the Estonian military units of the Second World War. These units fought the Soviets who invaded the independent State of Estonia in 1940, destroying its independence and freedom. The Soviets killed and deported to Siberian forced labour camps over sixty thousand Estonians in 1940/41. [This book is] a collective effort of a group of retired Canadians of Estonian heritage [which] shows what kind of people the communists are." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A m... continua a leggere
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- MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS / SEPTENTRION, 1981
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- Note Bibliografiche: xiii, 288 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white illustrations. "This blend of military and social history examines the garrison's impact on the city in the troubled years 1832-1854. Reconstructs many aspects of the life of the garrison and fully explores its peacetime role." - i Average wear with usual library markings. Binding intact. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A sound reference copy of this informative history. Book continua a leggere
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- METHUEN PUBLISHERS, 1937
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- Note Bibliografiche: 380 pp. Index. "Based on the observations of an Australian professor returning from a sixteen-month sojourn in Germany. Concludes that Hitler's policy of autarky is (1939) doomed to failure, and the ultimate consequences of the Nazi regime will be disastrous for the German nation, which he believes has been deceived by a clever Nazi propaganda campaign." - P. Madden. "Hitler's mentality and the mentality of the Germany of his creation has been unfolded with a frankness and clarity of vision unequalled in any previous volume." - Birmingham Gazette. Small bookseller sticker inside front board... continua a leggere
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- C.W.K. GLEERUP, 1951
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- Note Bibliografiche: [9], 10-179 pp. Index. Former library copy with usual markings and average wear. Rebound in black buckram. Binding intact. Few light pencil markings to contents. A sound reference copy. Book continua a leggere
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- DALE SIMS, 2013
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- Note Bibliografiche: xvi, 220 pp. Black and white photographic plates. "Following the turmoil of the Great Depression and the Second World War, and the early development of the Baha'i Faith in Canada, came a story of a man of humble beginnings who, with his own trials and testings and an indominatable spirit, emerged as one of the foremost Canadian Baha'i servants of his time." - back cover. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book continua a leggere
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99,95 €
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- CORE COMMUNICATIONS INC., 1984
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- Note Bibliografiche: Signed, without inscription, by author upon front free endpaper. 108 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The real life story of a people filled with idealism and controversy, and with age, so maligned that many who have lived the times have kept silent. Looking back, the events of the 1920s and '30s are finally put into historical context. The entire socialist element of the Finnish population in North America was in the process of a political upheaval. The Russian Revolution and the Civil War in Finland were, like sparks in wind, catalysts to a prairie f... continua a leggere
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- THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 1956
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- Note Bibliografiche: xxxvii, 502 pp. Third printing of the 1949 first edition. Originally prepared for use by American officers moving to Iceland during WWII. "Designed to give a fair proportion of the common everyday language which foreigners would need in their contacts with the Icelandic people in town and in the country, as well as some selections from newspapers." - Preface. Front hinge open. Few markings. No dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book continua a leggere
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- NORTH AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., 1931
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- Note Bibliografiche: This work takes its title, in part, from Mr. Ford's "Dearborn Independent" magazine which declared itself the "Chronicler of the Neglected Truth". Mr. Cuningham spent five years in the employ of the Ford Motor Company in several departments, including Advertising and Publicity, which "Provided excellent opportunity to study the Ford system". - p.9. "[This] volume is an honest effort to chronicle in simple, every day language the neglected truth about Mr. Ford and his organization". - p.5. "Mr. Ford has been quoted extensively. Excerpts from especially prepared Ford publicity, and from the r... continua a leggere
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- CARL STROVER, 1922
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- Note Bibliografiche: "The so-called civilized world is once more in the throes of monetary convulsions - convulsions more violent and widespread than any others recorded in history. Even in the United States, financial stress prevails. The author is convinced that his monetary system presented here is very much superior to the gold standard system and all other monetary systems presently in vogue or being advocated. Adoption of this system will mean the saving of immense wealth, the avoidance of well-nigh inconceivable suffering and injustice, and the stabilization of business to an extent heretofore deemed pos... continua a leggere
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- FRY-CADBURY LTD., 1955
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- Note Bibliografiche: 38 pages. Illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. "Independently panel-tested and found to be 100% practical under all everyday, normal conditions - by a group of average Canadian housewives." - title page. Undated but appears to be circa 1950s. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy of this charming Canadian chocolate/cocoa cookbook. Book continua a leggere
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- MILITARY SERVICE PUBLISHING CO., 1943
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- Note Bibliografiche: "I have tried to outline in this book a system of training in methods to fit the realities of [WWII], including instruction in unarmed combat, disarming, knife fighting, and methods of fighting with unconventional weapons. Throughout the book I have tried to make the instruction simple, specific, and practical. Indoctrination in the offensive is the basic idea on which all effective combat methods are built, and I have kept this requirement steadily in mind. Enemy [German] uniforms in many of the pictures were used for the sake of realism." - Preface. "This book is the result of study and p... continua a leggere
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- RAILWAY & MARINE NEWS, 1912
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- Note Bibliografiche: Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean T... continua a leggere
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- RAILWAY & MARINE NEWS, 1912
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- Note Bibliografiche: Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the... continua a leggere
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- RAILWAY & MARINE NEWS, 1912
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- Note Bibliografiche: Features: Puget Sound Branch a Good Investment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's; Rumors of Graft in Puget Sound Extension; New Station at Kelso Opened; Robert Dollar's Views; What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port - by R.F. Ayers, President Pacific Terminals Company (with photo of Mr. Ayers); Ten Reasons Why There Should Be Free Tolls (through the Panama Canal); The Panama Canal and the West Indies; Coaling Light Vessels at Sea Hazardous Work - article with photo of light vessel stationed on Swiftsure Bank; Anti-Rolling Tanks Death to Seasickness - article with two diagrams illust... continua a leggere
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- RAILWAY & MARINE NEWS, 1912
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- Note Bibliografiche: Features: Nice half-page photo-illustrated ad for the Alaska Steamship Company; Recent Railroad Rumors Given Flat Denial; Florida East Coast Railway open for Traffic; Edwin Hawley, Railway Wizard, Dead; Editorial - Seattle Must Have Terminals; The Successful Gas-Driven Vessel, Holzapfel I - major article with illustration of the vessel; Harbor Island [Port of Seattle] Terminals and What They Mean; Eight Prominent Shipping Men Endorse Terminals; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 5) - major article with map of proposed Civic Center and adjacent district; Diagram of outboard profil... continua a leggere
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- RAILWAY & MARINE NEWS, 1912
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- Note Bibliografiche: Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Pro... continua a leggere
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- RAILWAY & MARINE NEWS, 1912
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- Note Bibliografiche: Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navi... continua a leggere
