Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1945
Da: Hidden History of Books, Forest city, NC, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1945. Beige cloth boards with black line art illustration on front cover. Heavy soiling, staining, and surface wear to boards; no dust jacket. Binding solid. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with 137 plates, including the iconic "The Man Without a Gun" by Lawrence Beall Smith. Text by DeWitt Mackenzie, with descriptive captions by Major Clarence Worden and a foreword by Major General Norman T. Kirk, Surgeon General of the United States Army. A striking and poignant tribute to the World War II medical corps and non-combat personnel.
EUR 28,18
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Editore: Webster Publishing Company, St Louis MO, 1932
Da: Indian Hills Books, Blountville, TN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Mosby Margaret (illustratore). First Edition. Small stapled pamphlet laid in the front of the book from the publisher with an order form on the back. Book appears unread, no writing, no marks, book is tight and square. "The stories within the first thirty-six pages were written especially for this book by Nathalie Moulton Worden, author of the Brownies' Health and Adventures in Health. The poem, what is tommy running for? is from Under the Windows by Kate Greenaway is is included by courtsey of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. What Was in White Hen's Nest? ib by Gail Calmerton." Very colorful picture illustrations.Blue cloth covered boards with orange lettering. Small amount of rubbing against other books keep this book from fine. (167 pages).
EUR 26,25
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EUR 37,71
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Editore: The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1945
Da: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. First printing (regular issue). Quarto (33cm). Tan cloth hardcover, with gilt spine title and stamped cover decoration in green; xii,47 numbered pages of text followed by 52 unnumbered leaves of color plates (reproducing 137 artworks). Mild dusting to covers, else a tight, clean, Very Good copy; lacking the presumed dustwrapper (no jacketed example has been seen by us). WW2-era collection of American artworks depicting non-combatant medical forces in wartime service. Features work by John Steuart Curry, Fred Shane, Manuel Tolegian, Ernest Fiene, Franklin Boggs, Robert Benney, Joseph Hirsch, Lawrence Beall-Smith, Howard Baer, Francis Criss, Peter Blume, and Marion Greenwood.
Editore: The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: good, fair to poor. First Edition. 34 cm, approx. 100, profusely illus. (some in color), maps, bd edges worn, DJ quite worn, soiled, torn, & pcs missing, fr DJ flap price clipped. Foreword by Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk. Illustrations by John Stuart Curry, Manuel Tolegian, Ernest Fiene, Franklin Boggs, Robert Benney, JosephHirsch, Lawrence Smith, Howard Baer, Francis Criss, Peter Blume, and MarionGreenwood.
Editore: The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: very good. Abbbott Labs. Edition. 34 cm, 47, profusely illus. (some in color), maps. Abbott Laboratories Special Edition. Foreword by Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk. Illustrations by John Stuart Curry, Manuel Tolegian, Ernest Fiene, Franklin Boggs, Robert Benney, Joseph Hirsch, Lawrence Smith, Howard Baer, Francis Criss, Peter Blume, and Marion Greenwood.
Editore: Curtis Publishing Company, USA, 1950
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
EUR 259,79
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Alajalov; Hughes, George; Pott, Rudy; Briggs, Austin; Englert, George; Sewell, Amos; Lidov, Arthur (illustratore). First Edition. 76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.