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Portland, Oregon: High Voltage Press. New. 2000. Reprint: First Printing. Stapled Wraps. 36 pages: 7 x 8.5 in.: 0.6: KB#018642: BRAND NEW, In Unread Condition. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp ornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. This booklet, originally published in 1951, is from MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS: A RISING STAR IN NAVAL ELECTRONICS, Prepared by Electronic Design and Development Division, Bureau of Ships, Dept. of the U. S. Navy. It contains a Bibliography of Magnetic Amplifiers and Saturable Reactors; writings from the year 624 BC, through 1887, and throughout the 1900s up to 1951. At the end is also a "List of Manufacturers (as of 1951) manufacturing magnetic amplifiers or components thereof". "A supplement to Magnetic Amplifiers. By the U.S. Navy (1951).The zealous authors of Magnetic Amplifiers appended this exhaustive 500-entry compendium, which lends itself to separate publication. Most of the citations are of patents… Read More

Portland, Oregon: High Voltage Press. Fine. 2000. First Edition: First Printing. Stapled Wraps. 36 pages: 7 x 8.5 in.: 0.6: KB#018641: BRAND NEW, In Unread Condition. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. This booklet, originally published in 1951, is from MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS: A RISING STAR IN NAVAL ELECTRONICS, Prepared by Electronic Design and Development Division, Bureau of Ships, Dept. of the U. S. Navy. It contains a Bibliography of Magnetic Amplifiers and Saturable Reactors; writings from the year 624 BC, through 1887, and throughout the 1900s up to 1951. At the end is also a "List of Manufacturers (as of 1951) manufacturing magnetic amplifiers or components thereof". "A supplement to Magnetic Amplifiers. By the U.S. Navy (1951).The zealous authors of Magnetic Amplifiers appended this exhaustive 500-entry compendium, which lends itself to separate publication. Most of the citations are of… Read More

Portland, Oregon: High Voltage Press. Fine. 2000. First Edition: First Printing. Stapled Wraps. 20 pages: 7 x 8.5 in.: 0.6: KB#018640: BRAND NEW, In Unread Condition. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This booklet contains the text and illustrations of MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS: A RISING STAR IN NAVAL ELECTRONICS, Prepared by Electronic Design and Development Division, Bureau of Ships, Dept. of the U. S. Navy 1951. The BIBLIOGRAPHY is published separately by High Voltage Press." "First came the vacuum tube, then the transistor, right? Not really. In between there is another "lost" entity. Electronics engineers of the 1950's believed the rugged little magnetic amplifier was going to replace the less reliable vacuum tube in all its functions up to a megacycle. Originating in the USA but adopted and developed by the Nazis for the V2 missile, the mag amp after WWII found a clique of… Read More

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1986. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 515 pages: 8 x 8.5 in.: 3.4: KB#015014: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "The fifteen eyewitness commentaries on U.S. naval operations in Vietnam that form the core of this essay collection represent the first serious attempts to describe the naval side of the war. Editor Frank Uhlig commissioned each essay after traveling to Vietnam during the war years to determine for himself what was happening and who was most qualified to describe it. The individuals he selected are chiefly the men who did what they wrote about." Content Chapters include: The Choice Taken: The Aerial Bombardment of North Vietnam * Half an Amphibious Force at War: The Marines in I Corps * A Novel Role: The Logistic Support of a Major Campaign Ashore *… Read More

Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House. Very Good. 1990. Third Printing. Spiral Bound. 234 pages: 6.5 x 9 in.: 1.4: KB#001437: Wire Spiral Bound. "Diet Control Made Easy With New Exchange Lists, Calorie Counts, and Cholesterol Counts. " Upper comer of front cover is creased and original owner's name is blacked out on inside of cover. Pages, binding and covers are clean, bright, and tight. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

New York, New York: Broadway Books - Random House. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hard Cover. 405 pages: 8.25 x 10.25 in.: 3: KB#005668: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Here are easy homemade classics such as old-fashioned Devil's Food Cake and Buttermilk Chocolate Cake as well as more challenging pastry-shop fare such as Sacher Torte, Hungarian Dobos Torte, and a festive Double Chocolate Christmas Log. There are heirloom cake recipes that date to the beginning of the last century and desserts as up-to-the-minute as individual warm chocolate cakes. " .