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50 pages. Cover photo of Lee Gore. Short Stories: The Prettiest Girls Live in Plum Grove; The Tattooing of Mrs. Joshua Worthington. Articles: Baseball Wakes Up - Now that Jackie Robinson has shown the way, other Negro stars hopefully eye baseball's big time - with photo of Don Newcombe after he became the first Negro pitcher to win a game in organized baseball, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Monty Irvin, Satchel Paige, and Little Leon Day; Blame the Girl - Jerry Geisler became Hollywood's most famous lawyer by convincing juries that a lady's past must be held against her - article with photos of famous female accusers; Atkinson is an Honest Jock - photo-illustrated article on horse jockey Theodore (Teddy) F. Atkinson; How to be a Successful Father - does the American family have too much momma and not enough pop?; I Fought with the Greek Guerillas - photo-illustrated article by Costa Couvaras; Truman's Bright Young Men - Clark Clifford and Gael Sullivan; Low Budget Vacations; America's Heroes Sound Off - with photos of heroes Paul Wiedorder, T.J. Kelley and Arthur Wermuth - what they think of peace two years after victory; Hope for the Hairless - Slav J. Youcheff announces the latest hair-restoring process; Mean Man - Actor James Mason is famous for slapping, caning and throttling women on the screen; Follow My Husband - photo feature on how private detectives are benefitting from California's rigid divorce laws; How to Buy a Suit; Can You Fix a Dog Race?; Photos from the movie "Copacabana"; Salutes to: Senator George D. Aiken, author Howard Armbruster, radio host Jack Barry, and tennis player Jackie Kramer; Salute's National Beauty Contest; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, text in gold and black, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, illustrations in the text and printed endpapers; pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and colours, gilt backs, black tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration. Fifth instalment of the splendid FS edition of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. The set comprises Vol. I: Dreams and Dust; Vol. II: After the Feast.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 464, 24 [publisher's catalogue] pp, fine color lithographed (chromolithograph) frontis, tissue guard, 8 plates from drwgs and photo with tissue guards (one with letterpress key), other engraved illus, complete. original brown pictorial cloth with gilt mountain sheep in decorative border, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped & worn, corner wear, internal hinges repaired, faint blindstamp on title margin & cancelled libr bookplate on verso, good, copy. A Yakushi, M23: 'The author traveled from Srina -gar to Leh, and then to Chang Chenmo, Lingzi-tang in 1871'. Interesting descriptions of the peoples, their customs, cities, religion, and of nature including tiger, bear, mahseer, pheasant, partridge, jurrow, leopard, hog, musk-deer, ibex, swamp-deer, elephant, surrow, stag, yak, ovis ammon, goa, burrell, hunting and fishing, Goorkas, etc. Extensive travels including Cashmere (Kashmir), Sind, Ladak, Tibet, parts of China, India, Himalaya foothills, etc, over a 30 year period beginning in 1853. The author was an officer with the Gurkhas and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Later printings did not have the frontis in color.
Madrid, Miguel Guijarro, 1876, 18 x 12 cm., tela de época, 329 págs. + 1 hoja.
PARIS, 21, rue de Clichy - Revue in-4, 31 x 24 cm - 20 pages environ - Nombreuses photographies et reproductions héliotypées en N&B in et hors texte - Couverture illustrée - Globalement propre Années : 1932 - 1933, sauf 03 - 1934 - 1935, sauf 07 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938, sauf 01 - 1939, 01, 02, 03 & 04, soit 4 années complètes - TOTAL : 87 Numéros
2 vols., 8vo., and Cased Map, Second Impression thus, text in gold and black, with colour plates (a number double-page), pedigrees in the text and endpaper charts, pictorial cloth, gilt backs, black tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration.
Paris, Augustin Challamel, 1894, 18 x 12 cm., hol. piel, VIII - 357 págs.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original lithograph map partly colored in brown tones. 82x56 cm. (Map print size: 50x46 cm). This map including four different map blocks on the paper. Three small ones include completely Asia, Baycal Lake, and North Russia. The big one includes a very detailed view of Japan, the Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, Korean Peninsula, Korean Bay, Yellow Sea, Shangai, Mongolia, Manchuria, and East Russian lands. No info about the cartographer. "The Cartographer Plotting School was opened to train the cartographers, especially when they were needed on military issues in the Ottoman State. Since there are differences between land maps and sea maps (in terms of measurements), the institution of surveyors emerged. When surveyors were needed also in the Navy, students at the Naval School were trained on this issue, and the gap for surveyors was covered in this way." (SCHOOL OF MAP DRAWING IN THE OTTOMAN STATE, Derya Geçili). Minor splits on foldings. Map in good condition generally.
Madrid, Ramona Velasco, 1928, 25 x 16,5 cm., cartulina editorial, XIX + portada facsímil de la edición de Madrid en 1634 + 225 págs. + 11 hojas + 7 láminas facsímiles plegadas. (Ejemplar intonso. Tirada de 400 ejemplares nominados y numerados en papel de hilo).
56 pages. Features: The Population Explosion; Christine Pattinson Holds the Canadian women's record for straight-distance gliding - article with photos; Electrohome ad shows fan at football game watching the game on his 'portable' TV; Photos of Inuit merriment at Coral Harbour in the central Canadian Arctic; The Viet Cong Soldiers are Hard to Track Down - and Harder to Kill - article with colour photos - a look at the Vietnam ground war; Beautiful colour photo ad for Heinz baby food, complete with tear-out coupon for one free bottle; Nice colour photo ad for Timex watches; Learning German; Ski Fashion Photo Feature; Two-page colour photo ad for Ronson products; E.P. Taylor's Horse Sale at Windfields Farm in Oshawa - article with photos; Jeweller with a Gem of a Car - Roger Lucas of Montreal owns 'the most beautiful Jaguar-D in the world; Rookie Gilles Marotte Dreams of playing in the N.H.L. for the Boston Bruins - colour photos and article; Nureyev and Fonteyn in Romeo and Juliet - article with three photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
158 pages. Features: The "Lady Chatterley's Lover" Case - a legal left-wing softening of public morality; S.M.U. Pampers Leftism; Franco and Spain 1939-1959 - Spain may yet become our most effective ally; 1313's Mail Order Laws - we are letting collectivists take over our government through planted legislation; One-page photo of Ukrainian protesters against Khrushchev outside the UN building in New York; Front Men Ike and Khrushchev - fascinating article on why both may have been working for the Zionists; Subversion and the Warren Court - shattering legal victories for communists; Mercury Warned You; UN's Socialist Plan for Latin America; Termites of the Cross, Part V - "Communists and their co-conspirators, the World Zionists, concentrate their greatest efforts on destroying the religious beliefs which are the strength and hope of those who oppose the forces of evil - includes an expose of the ADL; Night Train to Bucharest; Bible Truths, Part IV; Charge Accounts Anonymous; Los Angeles' Smog Pot; Salk-Serum-Saddled Americans Still Get Polio - In Epidemics!; Putting Sound to Work; Bura! - Brutal New Game of Russian Youth; Armed Forces Manpower Wastage; Reprint of statement by William Zukerman in the Jewish Newsletter contesting the equation of criticism of Zionism with anti-Semitism, and defending former Senator Ralph E. Flanders who is presently being 'smeared every week' for questioning the philanthropic character of some activities of the United Jewish Appeal; Arnold Bennett's 24 Hour Day; Try Soil Feed-Back Mr. Benson!; Old Glory vs. Fairless Hills - battle to fly American flag over the local post office; More About Earthquakes, Part II; A Requiem for Reading; Americans, Speak Out! - excerpts of a speech by Dr. Revilo P. Oliver to the Illinois Daughters of the Revolution Convention; The Twenty-Second Amendment in Danger; The Old Wild West - Gone Forever?; Coloring Language Red - Let's Start a Propaganda Revolution and Call the Soviets by Their True Names; The Red-Headedest Mule Ever; The Age of 40; The Midget Car Neurosis; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. Bottom half of page 57 missing, affecting Warren Court article. Lacking back cover and, possibly, back advertising page. A worthy vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Coverage of the Royal Visit; Nice Westclox ad; The Edinburghs - eight pages on the Royal Family - text with numerous photos, including young Prince Charles; How I Photographed the Royal Couple - by Karsh - illustrated with his colour photos, including the Queen with Princess Ann; When a Queen Ruled Britain - article with photos from the Victorian era; The Runaways - story by Ware Torrey Budlong; The Butcher with a Poet's Soul - Canada Packers President James Stanley McLean - article with photos; Let's Abolish Homework, by Sidney Katz; Charlottetown Likes to Laugh - article and photos on the capital of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.); Humor by Robert Thomas Allen and William Frederick Miksch - "Shopping's a game women play but men don't know the score"; Confessions of a Big-Town (Toronto) Cabbie - by John Rowland - article with photo; Nice Kodak colour-photo ad; Vintage Massey-Harris ad shows corn cobs being harvested by a man on an implement with no cab; Cartoon by Peter Whalley; Colour centerfold for Snyder's fine furniture of Waterloo, Ontario features their Dynavista sectional designs; Full-page ad for Imperial Furniture manufacturing of Stratford, Ontario; Nice Chrysler ad; Rare full-page colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Recruiting Poster - very nice!; Dodge car ad; The Hargreaves Quads - Joan, Janice, Jennifer and Joyce - are featured in a nice colour ad for Aylmer strained peaches; Betty Grable is featured in a Auto-Lite battery ad; Colour Karsh Portrait of Prince Philip in full-page ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Nice vintage ad for GMC heavy trucks; Babe Didrikson Zaharias - world's greatest woman athlete - featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Several short external archival tape repairs. Bits of writing on front and back covers. Much writing on Westclox ad on page 1. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Goa Street Scene" by Manohara Joshi; Full-page ad for Gemini's movie "Chandra Lekha"; Coverage of President Harry Truman's Inauguration; Durban Riots - photos and text; Photos of Pakistani dignitaries involved with Inter-Dominion Rapprochement; Nice two-page article on the Chor Bazar; Saurashtra Assembly Meets - photos; Photos of people in the news, including Sheikh Mohammed Abdullay, Prime Minister of Kashmir; Bathing the Beauty - fiction about a python; Animal Albinos; One-page colour photo of Jaipur Milkmaid with two brass pots of milk on her head and Hawai Mahal in the background; War unlikely in Europe for a decade?; Changing of the Guard in Delhi; Last of the (Moulmein) Moguls - article with photo of 36 of the 47 members of the family of Mirza Tymoor Shay; Shakespeare in Japan; Nice article on artist Manohara Joshi with three of his paintings in colour; Don Show at London's Seymour Hall; Photo of Pushpa Hans in "Apna Desh"; Photos of beautiful beadwork of Saurashtra; Photo of Inter-School Cricket Champions Anjuman-I-Islam High School; Photo of field hockey game involving Eve Edwards, Audrey rodrigues, Louise Lynn and Joy Hibbert; Nice colour back cover ad for Madorina watches. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
96 pages. Includes several pages of photos in color and black and white. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Hope You Feel Good; Passing Thing; Do Wah Diddy; Learning the Game; Angel Woman; Must Be Crazy; Lonely Boy; Firefly; Stay; Go Back Home Again; One of Them is Me; That's Why I Love You; Heartaches in Heartaches; Love Hurts; A Note From You; Resting in Your Arms; I'm a Gambler; Endless Flight; Hang My Picture Straight; Ten Years Behind Me; I'm Coming Home. Unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
10-1/4 by 7-1/2 by 1-1/4 inches. Topics include: Domestic Animals, Stock Brands, Maintenance of Children of Unmarried Parents; Coroners; Deserted Wives' Maintenance; Evidence; Prevention of Minors Carrying Firearms; Fires and Fire-escapes; Game; Highways; Industrial Home for Girls; Industrial Home for Boys; Infants; Trade Licences; Liquor Control; Magistrates; Mental Hospitals; Parents' Maintenance; Provincial Police and Prisons; Pool-rooms; Sheep Protection; Summary Convictions; Trespass; Noxious Weeds; Women's and Girls' Protection. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Age-toning to contents. Laid-in are chapters 50, 31, 11, and 5, plus Amendments to Statutes compiled for the use of Magistrates, Police, etc. passed by the Legislative Assembly, 1930 and 1931 sessions. A fascinating shapshot of these B.C. laws early last century. Times have definitely changed. Book
353 pages. Index. Many wonderful black and white photographic plates. Gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip still legible. Lacking frontispiece and its tissue guard. Illustration from front board either missing or entirely faded. Writing inside front board. Hinges open. Moisture stains near spine to prelims and first 17 pages. Heavily worn but still a worthy reading copy of this great vintage hunting work. Book
Pages 1670-1732 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Zenobia, in "The Blithedale Romance"; Hawthorne's Heroines; My Translatophone (part II of II); The Care of the Voice; The Typical Woman of the New South; Babs the Impossible (continued); Autumn's Queen of Flowers; French Fashions for Autumn; New Gowns for Evening Wear; Fashion Notes; Cut Paper Patterns - a Review; Present Fashions in Glass; News of Women's Clubs; An Autumn Morning; Chafling-Dish Recipes; The Child and its World - part VII - The Child and Money; Home-Made Christmas Gifts; A Game Dinner; and more. Many nice ads int this issue, our favurites including Redfern Corsets and a one-page color ad for Shredded Wheat which features many foods to serve it with; Fantastic back cover Proctor and Gamble ad features "Respect for the Flag" i.e. keeping it clean.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
114 pages. Features: Gorgeous two-page colour photo ad for Pontiac cars; Nice colour photo ad for 1968 Polaris snowmobiles; Bruce Hutchison's Unknown in Canada; How Laurier Lapierre Stays Famous; Can the Lapierre Generation Make the NDP Win?; Relic Steam-Age Tractors are now the pride of collectors - article with great colour illustration and photos; Clare Graves - the U.S. College Professor and his theory which explains why China is belligerent, why hippies act so cool, and why you're not getting along with your boss or your mate; Fur fashion article with great black and white photos; A Priest and a Psychiatrist reveal how they explore and cope with agonizing depression, self-doubt and disappointment - their own and that of the people they are trying to help; Recipes for Ontario's fall festivals - fruit, game and cheese; Nostalgic black and white photo ad for Sony's portable 7" TVs; Does it Pay to Go Bandrupt?; Great two-page colour photo ad for four models of the Ford Torino; The Salmon are back in the Great Lakes! - transplanted Kokanee; There's a New Way to Have A Baby - Psychoprophylaxia; Nice two-page photo ad for Ontario Hydro shows the Pickering Nuclear Generation Station and the Mountain Chute dam under construction, plus a crew loading collant assemblies into the reactor at Douglas Point; Nice full-page photo ad for CKEY/590 features traffic man Bob Carter; Nice colour-photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo; Nice 3/4 page colour photo ad for International small trucks/Travelall; Half-page beautiful colour photo ad for the Chrysler 300 2-door hardtop; Nice two-page colour Chevrolet ad featuring the Camaro, Corvette, Chevy II Nova, Chevelle, and Chevrolet; Beautiful two-page colour photo GM ad features the Cutlass "S" Holiday Coupe, Cutlass Supreme Town Sedan, Delta Custom Holiday Coupe and the Ninety-Eight Luxury Sedan; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
108 pages. Fiction: Engagement Party; The Nervous Thief; One Night of Trouble; The Improbably Blonde; Rendezvous in Tokyo (part 4 of 8); The Secret of Shining Brook (conclusion). Articles: New War on Hit-And-Run Killers; The Face of America - Frozen Sunrise; Personal - from Budapest - Noel Barber's personal account of the Hungarians resisting the Russians; Pro Football Comes Down to Earth - photo-illustrated article on how the game is moving from passing to old-fashioned body-crushing tactics; The Truant Officer Learns to Smile - viewing truancy as a sign of disturbance rather than a crime; I'm Glad I Bought a Toupee - Fred Sparks explains how his life changed; My Dad, Walt Disney - Part V - Suddenly He Was A Genius - article with *AMAZING* color photos; Deadliest Fighter in the Air - the delta-winged, needle-nosed F-102A. Ads: Zippo lighters; Listerine; Philco televisions; Sheaffer's White Dot Snorkel Pen; Channel Master TV antennas (two pages); Imperial cars - beautiful color photo of a 2-door Southampton; Santagram ad features photo of Herb and Pixie Shriner and family; Fantastic two-page color ad for the new 1957 Oldsmobile 'Fiesta'; Whitman's Chocolates; Pontiac; Awesome two-page color photo ad for 1957 Mercury cars - 'Big M Announcement No. 3"; Great one-page color-photo ad for Plymouth features man with hose over his shoulder; Lady Borden ice cream; Nice two-page color ad for Studebaker cars; Nice one-page photo ad for Boeing features the new KC-135 transport tanker; *Sensational* two-page color-photo ad for the Buick Roadmaster features a red two-door model at night; A&P coffee; Page & Shaw chocolates. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
120 pages. Contains lyrics, guitar chords, and piano music for the following songs: Cactus Tree; The Dawntreader; I Had a King; Marcie; Michael from Mountains; Nathan La Franeer; Night in the City; The Pirate of Penance; Sisotowbell Lane; Song to a Seagull; Both Sides Now; Chelsea Morning; The Fiddle and the Drum; The Gallery; I Don't Know Where I Stand; I Think I Understand; Roses Blue; Songs to Aging Children Come; That Song About the Midway; Tin Angel; The Arrangement; Big Yellow Taxi; Blue Boy; The Circle Game; He Comes For Conversation; He Played Real Good for Free; Ladies of the Canyon; Morning Morgantown; The Priest Song; Rainy White House; Willie; and, last but certainly not least, Woodstock! Includes several pages of Joni's artwork. Minimal marginal jottings. Above-average external wear. Binding sound. Sticker residue on front cover. Still a worthy copy of this timeless compilation. Book
64 pages. Features: A Glimpse into the Colorful Past of the Ontario-Minnesota Border Lakes - by Ernest C. Oberholtzer - article with wonderful photos; The Search for 11-year-old Jimmy Blake in Arizona's Blue Range - article with photos; The Huge Tulip Trees of North Carolina - photo-illustrated article by Orpheus Moyer Schantz; The Murmer of the Forest - by John L. Coontz; The Chippewa National Forest - photo-illustrated article by H.H. Chapman; The Farmer and Game Conservation - photo-illustrated article by James F. Hoge; The First Year of the Association's Southern Forestry Educational Project; "Old Yolla Bolly" the Bear - photo-illustrated article by Allen H. Hodgson; Two-pages of photos of bizarre trees; George P. Brett (President of Macmillan Publishing) and his foremost private Pinetum in the country - photos and article by Erle Kauffman; Water-Cress - article by Rachel M. Hutchinson; The Hall of Fame for Trees - photos and captions; The Care of Young Forests - photo-illustrated article by G.H. Collingwood; Full-page ad for 4 Square Lumber; White-Pine Blister-Rust Quarantine, by R.A. Sheals; Nice ad for Pacific Pumpers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Articles: Pauline Jewett - a department of peace?; William F. Buckley offers a cure for U.S. Disorder; Tenat Power - the high-rise people of Canada's cities complain they are harried by their landlords under antiquated laws; Canadian recreational nautical feature; In Praise of Older Horses - Ian Tyson tells why saddle sores can be fun - his account of a 130-mile prairie trail ride, with photos; The Ann Spiller Case - the bank manager responds; Hands off my Door Knobs - Robert Thomas Allen complains about things that are 'new and improved'; The Great Nutrition Game; The All Canadian Fabrication - fashion feature with colour photos; Robert Weaver - CBC Radio's top literary scout and buyer, an editor, critic, anthologist and best friend Canadian writers ever had; Robert Freedman has brought the ultimate in discotheques to Canada - The Electric Circus. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Short article on the Freedomites and the death of hunger striker Paul Podmorrow in B.C. - includes small sketch of Big Fanny Storgoff; Editorial - What English Canada - and Jean Lesage - can learn from Maclean's survey of separatism; Nice fulll-page colour ad for the 1964 Acadian; Major article on Separatism by Peter Gzowski - includes many results of related public opinion polls; How Gwethalyn Graham and Solange Chaput Rolland feel about separatism; Malcolm Muggeridge describes the cult of Lord Beaverbrook; Blair Fraser reports from Africa that "The Blacks' New Enemies Are Black"; The Football Game The Fans Don't See - 1962 all-star John McMurtry describes the sixty-minute war of attrition that is the professional football player's real work; Wabush, Labrador - Bustling Construction camp - article with photos; A Moliere Play About Canada - see it on TV - in French; Why Gean Gascon is our first man of the Theatre; Lovely colour centerfold ad for the 1964 Buicks; Nice colour photo ad for Peter Jackson cigarettes; Entertainment Reviews; Laid-in is a news clipping from 19 December 1963 which includes a very graphic photo of Sgt.-Maj. Walter Leja seconds after he was maimed while attempting to disarm an FLQ bomb in a Montreal mailbox. Considerable writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: Colour photo ad for the 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle inside front cover; The Great Kiti-Wat Name Game - only in Kitchener-Waterloo could two universities get almost identical names; The paradox of your car insurance - Everybody loses, by Jack Batten; Harold Wilson's daily gamble with defeat; The case of the Tortured Tunesmith (or Quick, Watson - the music!), by Richard Gehman; How to fix Canada - according to a new generation of intellectuals; What Quebec's 'primitives' don't know about art is making them rich!; When the Saints Came Marching North - the vanguard of Mormon emmigration to Canada crossed into Alberta from the United States 78 years ago, ending a gruelling 800-mile trek - with photos; Robert Thomas Allen's sentimental journeys, #2, Paris. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Teenager and the Car - experts show how a worrisome, dangerous, status symbol can be controlled; What ever happened to old-fashioned winters? - recalling the days snow was snow and long johns and porridge were necessities; Our Lovable Friend, the Rat - he's wrongly hated and smarter than a dog; Falling out of the sky is their idea of fun - sky diving, a new sport; The Unsquelchable Rosa Brown - she was a ragged illiterate but outfoxed a city and made royalty her confidant; The Unhidden Persuader - For Bob Gray, the wacky is routine in the world of public relations; Quebec City Aftermath - Confederation Crisis - a look at the real problems left by demonstrations during the Queen's visit; How to make REAL dough on the Grey Cup game - the payoff comes in the kitchen; Rev. R.C. Plant says Protestant churches should ignore a wicked law and grant their own divorces. Colour ad for 1965 Ford Fairlane inside front cover. Water-stained. Not pretty but a sound copy. Book
