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Features: Howard Baker - Contender for the 1980 Presidential nomination; Nazi-Hunting is Their Life - Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have dedicated themselves to preparing dossiers on and confronting unpunished Nazi war criminals, including three now on trial in Cologne; Pilgrimage to the Country of Light - Elie Wiesel revisits Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps; Beyond the Avant-Garde - The MOMA considers Modern's function in a postmodern era - wonderfully illustrated; The New MOMA - Mixing art with real estate; Dressing Up With Ease - color photos of women's fashions; Shopping Around for Shampoos - deciding between skim milk and nucleic acid, and everything in between; The Pioneers of Streamlining - Fifty years ago Raymond Loewy launched the industrial design movement that changed the look of American life - illustrated article; Shank recipes; Article on Air Pollution and its impact hundreds of miles from source; Magnificent two-page color ad for the 1980 Cadillac; and more. 136 pages. Excellent color and black and white photo reproductions including fabulous fashion ads, and more. Above-average wear to covers which are nearly loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Shadowy Power Behind Fidel Castro - article with photo of Castro and Che Guevara; Myths About the Worker Past age 40 - an expert looks at their capabilities; Despite it all, the Parties Convene - the national political conventions; Student Shows Elder the Korean Path - the overthrow of Syngman Rhee and present efforts to remake South Korea represent an illuminating case of the young teaching the old - article with seven photos; ; The Safari Business is Booming - in East Africa, demand runs ahead of supply for white hunters, bearers, animals, shooting space, time - everything but would-be 'bwanas' with money - article; Nice full-page color ad for Ruppert beer; In England, Gambling has Status; Four Inside Views of Fashion - Pierre Cardin, Norman Norell, Norman Hartnell and Simonetta examine the fuss, feathers and philosophy of frills and furbelows - article with photos; Garden of Art - photos from Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Ballantine Beer shows couple on seashore; Black and white fashion photos of summer dresses; One-page color ad for Great Northern Railway and its vacations 'Way out West'; Nice color-photo ad for Rheingold beer aboard large sailboat; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads - our favorite being the beautiful ad for a red bandana print costume by Jonathan Logan, Inc.. Average wear. Unmarked. Some age-related yellowing . A sound vintage copy. Book
Light wear and small tears on dust jacket. Bright orange cloth boards with white line drawing of ants on the cover. 9 1/8"w x 10 7/8"h. Author's first book. A story of the queen and worker and hunter ants.
Pages 487-530. Features: Cover page photo of state funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Earl Beatty; Major coverage of the funeral of Lord Beatty; Photo illustrated article entitled Flightless Birds in Three Continents; Lovely one page photo portrait of Queen Mary with three of her grandchildren; Two-page pictorial map entitled "Germany re-occupies the demilitarized Rhineland - a breach of the Versailles and Locarno treaties; Photo illustrated article entitled "A Vast Prehistoric Pompeii" revisited - further discoveries in Moravia, at Vestoice and the Pekarna cave; Two pages of photos of products of the paleolithic bone industry - weapons recalling Samson's "jawbone of an ass" and a big spoon; Page of photos and text describe mammoth hunters' cosmetics - dye-making utensils and other relics; Two pages of colour illustrations of animal art of 30,000 years ago - the earliest known sculpture; Page of seven photos document a trail of arson through Spain - the destruction of churches and convents; Photo of crowds surging to see the liner "Queen Mary" before she leaves her birthplace; Aerial photo of London Film Productions studio at Denham aflame; Photo of whales defeating Ireland in rugby championship at Cardiff, with crowds surging onto field of play; Photo of Hitler taking the salute at torch lit procession of 200,000 Nazis on the Theresienweise at Munich; Centrefold photo of the League of Nations Council meeting in London - the most vital for the peace of Europe ever held; Photos of Italian bombing of lava in Abyssinia; Photos of personalities of the week include Gen. Sir David Campell, Lord Dartmouth, Canon Nairne, Lieut. Col. R. S. Rait Kerr, Registrar A.Stiebel; the late Prof. J. S. Haldane, Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir Donald Somervell, Guila Bustabo, Ali Irfan, and the late Sir Dillon Bell; Nice one-page colour ad for the Ford V-8 car; One page Harrods ad features sports woollies for men; Nice illustrated one-page ad for the Hillman "Hawk" "Sixteen" "80" with "Evenkeel" Suspension; Classy halfpage photo ad for Bentley cars; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for Castrol oil features famed aviator Tommy Rose; and more. Coverfold holding by one staple. Archival tape repairs along coverfold. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 443-482. Features: Cover photo and two additional pages of photos of destruction in Orleansville, Algeria caused by earthquake; Page of photos of diplomatic and political events; Dramatic photo-sequence of fatal collision between the liner Italia with the tug Fairplay 1 at Cuxhaven; Photos of Royal occasions in Scotland, Canada and the Netherlands; Four aerial photos of Formosa - a danger spot in the world today; Two pages of photos of training recruits of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa - learning how to use weapons from the U.S. to ward off Communist attack; Excellent aerial photo of aircraft carrier Philippine Sea and destroyer Erben being refueled by fleet oiler Chemung; Photos of works of art by the Aurignacian hunters of Spain; Seven photos of the Farnborough Air Show; Full-page photos of the De Havilland low-speed and high-speed wind tunnels; Photos of personalities of the week include R. Bierwirth, Charles Geddes, Sir Frank Gibbs, Anthony Eden with Dr. J.W. Beyen and M.P. Bech, M. Andre Derain, Sir Francis Evans, Chiang Ching-Kuo, Sir Alan Hartley, Channel swimmer Edward May, Paul Mason, and General De Castries and his wife; Photo of Lake Ontario swimmer Marilyn Bell, Roger Bannister; photos of balloon flyer Mr. Garrett Cashman and his wife; Classy colour-photo ad for United States Lines inside back cover; other nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Lovely photo cover of the Empress Hotel Gardens, Victoria, B.C.; Dominion ammunition ad inside front cover; Great full-page photo of old-timer in hip-waders cleaning his gun; Photo of an amazing and successful tree surgery of a majestic elm on the estate of J.A. Turner in Hamilton, Ontario; Nice full-page ad for Canadian General Electric radios - the 9-tube popular console and the 10-tube de luxe lowboy; A Saga of the Moose - intimate facts of life habits - suggestions to photographers; October in the Outdoors; Watch that Match - true story of Jack Wainrwright's missing match, by Alwin Gissing; Photo of yound doe reared by motherly cow; photo of Mrs. C.W. Gafvert of Tonasket, WI holding her 32-lb winning fish!; Junior Fire Wardens Study the Ways of the Woods; A New Conservation - That of Hunters - safe handling of firearms; North America's Game Bird Problem - by Jack Miner - a plea for consideration, justice and prevention; Indian Legends and Lore, by Grey Owl; ; Panther Hunting with "Cougar" Smith; The Cowboy's Friend; - the working of rawhide is still an art in the west; Dogs of the Labrador Indians, by Frank G. Speck - article with photos; A Boss with a Bird's-eye View - F.A. MacDougall, Superintendant of Algonquin Park, spends much time in the air over his park; What Trees are Doing for Prairie Folk; As Dry as Tinder - a forest fire experience; Park Plans in Western Canada - ambitious scheme under consideration in Alberta; ; Hunting the Lordly Woodcock; Junior Fire Wardens in Word and Deed; Forest and Outdoors in the Classroom; Many nice small ads; Western Super-X Shotgun Shell ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with cartoons throughout, some light age-soiling as usual; original pictorial boards, ivory cloth backstrip lettered in black, very neatly recased with lower board reinforced, a very good, bright, firm copy. Featuring 'Sergeant Tombs, whose Passion for Experiment led him to Destruction'. A wonderful example of sardonic 'Tommy' humour from the trenches, somewhere between Belloc's 'Cautionary Tales' and Graham's 'Ruthless Rhymes'. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Book is in excellent condition in heavy weave dark red cloth with gilt print and cover and spine with romanesque drawing on cover and gilt top page ends. Handsome book. Corners are lightly bumped, light scuffing to covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 372 pages with 112 ilustrations throughout in b&w with prints and photos. Not a cheap knock-off.
58 pages. Features: Civil War Prices of Arms, Parts and Appendages; The Dickson-Nelson Co. Rifle; Colt Navy Conversions; The Chasseurs Carbine; Civil War Carbines. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: The DeGress "Tiffany" Grips; The Breechloaders of James Durell Greene, Part III; An American Confederate Bowie Knife Pistol; The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio; America's Fighting Men. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert C.O. Plumer, K.C.B. The fighting around the Persian Gulf. Centerfold shows two wide photos of first the British Cyclist Section, then the Regiment of chasseurs Alpins, marching past General Joffre and others. Botha's Victorious Campaign in German South-West Africa. Photos and illustrations: The first territorial V.C. - Second-Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley, of the Queen Victoria Rifles; Three Highlanders who defeated fifty Huns; Poison gas; Camera pictures of the campaign in the Persian Gulf; Full-page photo of General Joffre with Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig at the front; Indian Cavalry; 10th Mule Corps; Map of German South-West Africa; Map of Mesopotamia; General Smuts; and much more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Peter I., King of Serbia. Centerfold photo montage entitled "With the Men of the First Canadian Contingent on Salisbury Plain.' Contains best accounts of Battles of the Aisne. Battles and bombardments of the Aisne and Suippes. Photos and illustrations include: under and above ground along the Aisne; French Alpine Chasseurs; President Poincare's Bombarded Villa at Sampigny; Fugitives at Senlis Station; Desolation in Senlis; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Valspar ad inside front cover; Taxes, Taxes, Taxes! - they are always with us but often we do not know it; Cashing in on the 'Blue Sky' - a study of the methods used by Wily 'Aviation' and real estate promoters in separating the sucker from his dollar; The Principles that guided George W. Hays in Exercising the Pardoning Power; The Genesis of the Constitution - reflections on what Washington and 38 of his countrymen did one summer; Bringing the Human Boat to Port Under Its Own Steam - advice on healthy living; What Would Izaak Walton Have Said? - the author of 'The Compleat Angler' in his wildest dreams could naver have visualized a 1,500-pound mackerel; Henry Ford's Page - struggle between industry and finance for control of business; Editorials - shaming the U.S. into canceling war debts, anti-prohibition propaganda, The County Fair, Dictators and the dictated; The Gold Hunters - being the story of a party of young men from Michigan in their search for fortune in California in 1850-1851; Bathing, Begging and Buring in Benares - strange scenes on the banks of the Ganges, India's sacred stream - article with photos; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 11)- Death of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers - ; Can You Tell Me?; I Read in the Papers - Japan turns from rice as sole diet; The Village Blacksmith. Moderate moisture exposure. Center pages holding by one staple. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 7-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Interesting stories about Honours for Victoria man F. A. Lindsay, B.C. Amateur Golf Championship, Mussolini talking war, Canada-US Fishery treaties, B.C. commences hunt for natural gas, Saanich arsonist, hunters attacked by eagles at Bull Harbour, Smuggling of tools suspected for use in construction of stills, and many more; Photo of Royal Oak Burial Park being developed; editorial page; Social pages; Hudson's Bay Company ad; Fred L. Foster comes to B.C.; photo ad for Dodge trucks sold by Begg Motor Co., Limited; Entertainment page; large ad for Daily Colonist amateur Snapshot Competition; David Spencer Limited ads; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. Bit of writing atop page one. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
Pages 449-512. Features: In Peril Among the Riffs - How Sir Malcolm Campbell and Flight-Lieut. Don nearly lost their lives in North Africa - article with photos; With the Seal Hunters - photo-illustrated article on the heroic and arduous labours of the gallant fishermen for seals amongst the ice-floes of the coast of Labrador; Famous Figures in Football - G. (Geoffrey) N. Foster and Dr. R. Cove-Smith - article with photo; Sixty Years of Soccer - article with photos of William McCracken, Fanny Walden, G.O. Smith, Victor Watson, and Clifford Bastin; The Secret of Druid's Cross (mystery story); Why Keep a Log Book?; Field Hockey Tactics - article with photos; Making Morris Motors - photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of Morris cars; The Poacher's Wirelss (fiction); The Reversed Watermark (fiction); The Hooghly River - the World's Worst (article); The Story of Stamp Collecting. No table of contents. Covers loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
214 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "... Deals with the history of the Alaska Boundary from its definition in the Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825 up to 1920 when the main surveys were completed... Balances an account of the purely political issues involved with the stirring first-hand reports of surveyors in the field." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's small name inkstamp upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, bears moderate wear with small chip from and short opening to upper corner of front panel. A quality copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Christmas Holyday; Hunters on Sea Ice - photo study; Tyrrell of Canada - Great photo-illustrated article on Joseph Burr Tyrrell, distinguished mining engineer, now in his 95th year, knew the West before the railway came, and was the first white man in many parts of the North; England on the Prairies - the people of Cannington Manor tried to bring a bit of their English life to the Saskatchewan prairies - article with photos; The Indian - today and yesterday - interesting photo-illustrated article; With Sir William Butler on the Omineca; Clarence Tillenius provides a study of animal tracks; How a Chipewyan squaw arranged a treaty between warring tribes, which led to the foundation of Churchill, Manitoba; Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper Retires; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Vintage illustrated ad for Peters shotgun shells on front cover; Publich Shooting Grounds; The American Jack Snipe Society; Advocating Game as a Replacement Crop; Canada Orders Buffalo Hunts; U.S. Sleuthing for Data to Aid "Duck Come-Back"; The Southwestern Club's Trials - article with photos of President Carl E. Duffield, Secretary Dr. Felix M. Adams and several dogs; Virginia Amateur Field Trials - article with photos of President Ernest C. Mead and Secretary J. Wiley King; Illustrated ad for Western Xpert shotgun shells; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; Nostalgic photo ad for Purina Dog Chow shows truckload of sacks of dog chow being manually loaded onto ship the Jacob Ruppert, Admiral Byrd's ship, before it set off for the Arctic in 1933 with 50 tons of food, enough for 153 huskies for two years; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Tinkering with our Game Laws; A New Deal for America's Wild Water-Fowl; New Hampshire Field Trials; Vitamin A Deficiency in Dogs; Dog breeding information; Veterinary Q & A; Dog ads; Classy one-page photo ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) shows hunters and dog at work; Half-page illustrated ad for Lewis' Lye on front cover (keeps dogs free from disease); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Back cover loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
34 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Editorial on those who support elimination of the brown bear; Seldovia - the fascinating history of this little town on the Kenai Peninsula, from prehistoric times down through the Russian occupation and the Gold-rush; Two Moose - a settler's wife reports on the work required to harvest moose meat; Fly-By-Nighters - a successful experiment in night fly-fishing; The Lost Hunters - Hans Lindberg recalls the trapping of a mink, an exciting deer hunt, and his experiments with new vegetables and flowers for Alaskan settlers; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
26 pages. Features: Diluted Bubbles - a fishing tale; Keep Out! - Does This Mean You? - Farmer/Sportsman relations become more important as hunters increase and land available drops; Nice illustrated at for Bushmaster leather boots by Sisman; A Moose for Harry - Old John Broadhurst turns his attention to Moose; Spinning With a Fly; Senses of Fish - can they smell, taste, touch or feel pain?; Hunting Dogs - you can trust that nose; Clean and Polish your Tackle before Storage; We'll pay tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway A Kind Word for Crows; Trapshooting since 1750; Handling Game Meat; Cartridge Collecting; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Hunters' Tales; A Report to Canadians on Wolves in Quebec - amazing photos; An Old Lady's Stories; Fisherman's Quiz; 1967 Fishing Contest Winners; The Winners' Pictures; Canadian Champion Fish; A New Dog; A Permanent Expo; Canadian Sportsmen's Corner; On Directness of Statement in the Bush; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Taking Mule Deer Along the Peace River; Reloading is Easy; Winter and the Angler; Make Your Own Line Drier; Western Salmon Come East; The Value of a Good Hunting Dog; Today's Wild Hunters; Smell to Success; South Paw Rifle; Camera Hobby Popularity Expands; and more. Average wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Caribou in the Yukon; Editorial - How to Disarm Citizens; Who's Got the Gat? - J. Warcup Morrison objects to being disarmed by Legislation; A New Look at Archery; Our Battle for Old Man Mose; The Windage Adjustable Rear Sights; The Bloodlust Hunters; How About a Houseboat?; The English Pointer; Rainbow Trout Answers; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features; Fisherman's Quiz; The Red Fox; The Wheeled Hunters (on motorcycles) Take to the Bush; Crossword Puzzle (completed); Christmas Cougar - article with photos - Edgewater, B.C.; Elk are where you find them - Havelock, Ontario; How I Got a Black Bear - or How it Got Me; The Story of Ontario Moose License; Coonhounds; Great colour photo ad for Polaris snowmobiles on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
