Dr h c king (16 resultados)

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean. Good DJ with some edge wear and toning.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Dark grey cloth hardcovers in V Good condition. Pages are clean and tight, includes some excellent B&W plates on the subject. A small amount of foxing to endpapers and book is a little musty. DG is good with a little shelfwear.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. Crease to back cover, spine faded. Peter Green (ilustrador).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. Inventory # D517-2 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 7, No. 9, Issue 54, September 1954 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Special: Egypts Magical Book Of The Dead Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) (1) Grandfathers Clock by Joan C. Holly (2) Murders Solved By A Dream by G. H. R. Taylor (3) The Miracle of Mrs. Brennans Rosary by G. A. Cevasco (4) I Dreamt The Winning Dogs by Harold G. Hemming (5) When Spirits Guided Me by King Hamilton Grayson (6) Moccasin Telegraph by Jean W. Goodwill;** ARTICLES = (1) Egypts Ancient Magical Book Of The Dead by Mary Stiehm Fuller (2) Amazing New Discoveries Of Ancient Egypt by Chester S. Geier (3) Maxwell Bodenheim Predicted His Own Death by Jack Sheridan (4) The Silent Minute For Healing by Harry Edwards (5) Heal Yourself By Zone Therapy by Dr. W. D. Chesney (6) Bewitches Apartment In Cincinnati by Guy Archette (7) He "Sees" Through Solid Earth by Roger Russell CONDITION; VG/ Fine; minor inner creasing on pages 67-98 PRICE = $32 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (ilustrador). Book. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Ex-Library. Dr. H. C. King's Book of Astronomy by Dr. Henry C. King is an authoritative and accessible introduction to the science of astronomy, written by one of Britain's most respected astronomers and science educators. Covering the solar system, stars, galaxies, telescopes, and the exploration of space, the book explains complex astronomical concepts in a clear and engaging manner for the general reader. Illustrated throughout, it reflects the excitement of the Space Age and the rapid advances in astronomical knowledge during the 1960s. Combining scientific accuracy with a sense of wonder, it serves as an excellent guide to understanding the universe and mankind's place within it. …

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. Inventory # D517-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 7, No. 9, Issue 54, September 1954 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Special: Egypts Magical Book Of The Dead Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) (1) Grandfathers Clock by Joan C. Holly (2) Murders Solved By A Dream by G. H. R. Taylor (3) The Miracle of Mrs. Brennans Rosary by G. A. Cevasco (4) I Dreamt The Winning Dogs by Harold G. Hemming (5) When Spirits Guided Me by King Hamilton Grayson (6) Moccasin Telegraph by Jean W. Goodwill;** ARTICLES = (1) Egypts Ancient Magical Book Of The Dead by Mary Stiehm Fuller (2) Amazing New Discoveries Of Ancient Egypt by Chester S. Geier (3) Maxwell Bodenheim Predicted His Own Death by Jack Sheridan (4) The Silent Minute For Healing by Harry Edwards (5) Heal Yourself By Zone Therapy by Dr. W. D. Chesney (6) Bewitches Apartment In Cincinnati by Guy Archette (7) He "Sees" Through Solid Earth by Roger Russell CONDITION Near;Fine; minor spine tear PRICE = $36 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (ilustrador). Book.…

Cloth. With Jacket. First Edition. Book is very good ++.Dustwrapper has a small tear to top front and is chipped and rubbed to ends, A book on Astronomy for young people, with photo ills. Drawings & diagrams by Eric Edan Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, white title and author lettering to the navy spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 96 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Prize bookplate to the front free end paper dated 1963. Fine clean unopened condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs, chips, creases and closed tears, not price clipped 12/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ASTRONAUTICS.…

Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Written by the curator of the Planetarium. White soft cover with beautiful square photo of the heavens on the left hand side. Black lettering. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and diagrams: both black and white and colour. Text is very clean. Cover is also quite clean, but as it is white, the years have given it a bit of a darker cast here and there. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at a time.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. ISSN: 0361-0128 ; LCCN: 87-658053 ; yellow paper wrappers ; "Jubilee volume" ; Contents: Te outlook for the future: nonrenewable resources -- Geologic structure surrounding the Santa Rita intrusive -- Vacuum differential thermal analysis of coal -- A review of the Falconbridge Ore Deposit -- The Geochemistry and origin of the Gold bearing Quartz veins and lenses of the Yellowknife Greenstone Belt -- The genesis of asbestos in ultrabasic rocks -- Origin of the Roan Antelope Copper Deposit of Northern Rhodesia -- Reviews: Geology of Australian ore deposits (A B Edwards) -- Geoogie der Schweizeralpen (Cadisch and Niggli) -- Second Conference on the Origin and Constitution of Coal -- Coal (Wilfrid Francis) -- The use of stereographic projection in structural geology ( F C Phillips) -- La geologie et les problems de l'eau en Algerie (Geol. Cong. Algiers) -- Books received -- Abstracts of papers to be presented at the Chicago Meeting, February 14-17, 1955 -- Scientific notes and news. ; published semiquarterly ; VG. Book.…

Stapled Wraps. First Edition, First Printing. Exceedingly rare ephemeral programme issued on the occasion of a gathering commemorating the death of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. pp. 7. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers bearing a likeness of the King in lilac ink to the centre of the front cover. Comprises of a complete order of events including details of hymns, text of remembrances, lessons, psalms, prayers, sermon by the Rev. Canon Howitt, etc. Two light horizontal creases to the front cover, one very faint spot to the rear page, else, remarkably well-preserved in consideration of its age. Contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, stapled binding. Unrecorded in commerce. OCLC indicates no institutional holdings of this title at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Perinni; Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Peddie, T.H. (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration blonde beauty clutching her list of suitors; Lovely one-page colour-photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick features green car and flower saleslady; News digest includes 'President Roosevelt intervenes', 'The Washington Proposal', The 'Halt-Hitler' movement; 'Parallel Perfidies', and 'Albania and Poland'; If I Die Before I Wake (part I); Thank-you Too Much (short story); Wings Over Britain - photo-illustrated article on the balloon barrages and fighter squadrons defending against hostile bombers; The Sweet Shot (short story); Behind the Goose Step - photo-illustrated article examines whether the people of Italy and Germany desire war or peace; Not in Our Stars (short story); Golf article includes photo of Henry Cotton, Sam Snead, Mrs. P.J. Mulqueen, Canadian Ladies' Open Champion, and Ralph Guldahl; One-page Palmolive soap ad includes photo inset of Dorothy Phelan of 24 Prince Arthur St., St. Lambert, Quebec; Automotive Industries of Canada-sponsored one-page feature on the province of Manitoba, with map and text; Cecille Has a Birthday (short story); Personal finance article; Movie News - with photos of Jeffrey Lynn, Paul Lucas, Victory Jory, Shirley Temple, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexander Hall, Zazu Pitts, and George Raft; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Gloria Armstrong of New York; Fashion illustrations; Vintage Craven "A" cigarette ad includes small photo of couple smoking up; Classy one-page colour ad for Crane kitchen and bath plumbing fixtures; Interesting Hair-Dos - article with photos; Pond's ad includes photos of The Lady Rosemary Gresham, Mrs. Robert Armstrong, of Toronto, and The Hon. Ann Shaughnessy; Photo of The Lady Patricia French in skin-vitamin ad; Article on the health impact of sugar; Nice half-page colour ad for Sisman's Scampers shoes; Canaries (half-page article); Cooking article with Bridge Luncheon suggestions; Frigidaire one-page fridge ad; Weed control in lawns; Quotes from around the world; Very nice colour back cover Coke ad features young man with tie blowing in breeze, and inset photo of Coke machine at gas station; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Heier (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Holmgren, John; Clymer, John F.; Garland, C. George; (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. 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. Davis, Clara O.; Clymer, John F.; Maltman, W.; Garland, George; Smith, Ralph C.; Lowthian, Louis R. (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Cover illustration of boy peeking through hole in fence; Nice one-page ad for Willys cars for 1940; News Digest touches on congress of revolt in Washington, counting our blessings, a lesson from France, why French Cabinets are so short-lived, Japan's "New Order", and denouncing a new treaty; Lovely one-page colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; The Yearling (part 1); The Little Mystery; Cave Men of the Kalahari - great photo-illustrated article; One of the Family (short story); Science to the Rescue - National dividends from new experiments in many fields of empire industry; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Anyone Can Shoot - photo-illustrated article on target shooting, with photos of Lieutenant Desmond Burke and members of the Calgary Rifle Club, including Lieutenant S. Johnson, a member of Canada's 1939 Bisley Team; Ponds ad includes photos of Mrs. John Roosevelt (the former Anne Clark), and Muriel Wright; Wonderful colour two-page ad for the 1940 Dodge Kingsway (orange); Nice half-page ad for Stewart-Warner radios shows the models 4565, 4471 and 4541; Great colour centrefold ad for the new 1940 Plymouth (blue); Movie news and photos; Brief write-up and photo of Linda Darnell; Hollywood Juveniles - article with photos of Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Jackie Cooper, and Mickey Rooney; Fashion illustrations; Kellog's All-Bran cereal ad includes half-page Mutt and Jeff comic; Nice two-colour half-page RCA Victor radio ad shows their models A-6, A-1 and Victrola attachment; Let's Turn Back the Clock and See the Girl Your Husband Married; Walking on Air - shoe article; Are You a Blind Shopper? - article on how housewives make buying decisions; Quotes of the World; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows lady in yellow dress reclining in chair after vacuuming; Colour Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Thorne, Diana; Clymer, John F.; Garland, C. George; Holmgren, John; Smith, Ralph C. (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. 44 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of clown by Russell Sambrook; News briefs include - the Roosevelt telegram and its sequel, the 'Halt-Hitler' bloc, Enigmatic Russia, the Perplexities of Poland, French 'Rightists', and British Conscription; Davis Cup Review - Tennis article with photos of Adrian Quist, Jack Bromwich, Gene Mako, and Bobby Riggs; I Visit Those Other Canada's - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Scandinavia; Did I Remember to Tell You I Adore You? (short story); Vrechan, a Man's Dog (short story); Girl Alone (short story); The Eyes of the Navy - photo-illustrated article on Britain's Naval Air Arm; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Palmolive Soap ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news and photo of Richard Carlson; Lux soap ad includes photos of Barbara Stanwyck; Five photos from film "The Wizard of Oz"; Get Ready for the Tennis Season; Your Place in the Sun - the sun and your skin; The Bride, The Food and the Man - cooking advice; Photo of Fanny Brice in Maxwell House coffee ad; Pond's Cold Cream ad features two photos of the Lady Ursula Stewart and the Lady Betty Bourke; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Sambrook, Russell (cover); Garland, C. George; Thorne, Diane; Clymer, John F.; Smith, Ralph C. (ilustrador).…