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The Magazine Antiques, March [Mar.] 1942, Vol. XLI, No. 3: John Mix Stanley, Pioneer Painter

A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: John Mix Stanley, Pioneer Painter; Music Sheets for Stamp Collectors; Furniture of the Boston Tories; Antiques in Domestic Settings - Ante-Bellum Homes in Natchez; Cogdell and Mills, Charleston Sculptors; Here Lyes Buried - Taste and Trade in Charleston Tombstones; The Hornbook for Collectors - The ABC's of Early American Furniture; English Silver of American Interest; A Note on Nankin, Colonial Calico; Check List of the Works of Cogdell and Mills; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 161-220. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book

THE JAMES O'BYRNE. COLLECTION OF COINS. PART VI. SAXONY. 15/11/1966. (374 grams)

The Individual and the Environment - Some Aspects of the Theory of Education as Adjustment

378 pages including index. Establishes the view that in the conception of the adjustment of the individual and environment we have a fundamental principle about which a rational theory of education can be developed. Prior owner's details and blind stamp upon front free endpaper. Occasional light pencil markings to contents. Hinges going. Above-average wear. Remains a useable copy. Book

The Illustrated London News, Saturday, December [Dec.] 4,1937 - Ramsay MacDonald Memorial

58, [8 ads] pages. Features: Cover photo of memorial service for Ramsay MacDonald; Seven photos illustrated Ramsay MacDonald's last homecoming - Bermuda to Lossiemouth; Nice photo of M. Chautemps and M. Delbos of France outside French embassy in London; Two-pages of photos entitle "An Australian Problem - The Primitive 'Black Fellow' [Aborigine] of the Bush, Threatened with Extinction - 'Living Human Fossils' of Australia; One-page illustration of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret inspecting the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum; One-page illustration of construction of the New Waterloo Bridge; Fifteen photos of the Quetzal - the Aztec symbol bird - first speciments ever kept alive in captivity or photographed; Article on ships includes cross section illustration of boat with flash steam propulstion; Wonderful three-page article 'English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century' includes five beautiful colour photos of clothing samples; Five-photos illustrate airplane de-icing techniques; Photo of the 'Ayro' wheel being demonstrated to air apprentices; Photo of wreckage after German plane crashed into Croydon hangar; Photo of Prince Bernhard's car after it crashed with a truck; Article and colour photos of jewels found at Tsarskoye Selo; Colour centrefold illustration of the Cango Caves in South Africa; Nice one-page colour Dunlop tire ad with red background; Photos of personalities of the week include: J.D. Low, J.A. Brett, Nahas Pasha with Sir Miles Lampson, E.O.W. Hunt, D.E. A. Pettit, the Maharaja of Kapur-Thala; General Iwane Matsui and his wife, Miss Lilian Baylis, Dr. C. Tate regan, Clive Forster Cooper, H.L. Murphy, Maurice Hely-Hutchinson, Herr Walther Funk, Laurence D. Holt, Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, M. Janson of Belgium; Ten photos of Japanese military recruits being honoured with ceremonies, scrolls, money and 'senin-baris'; Three interior photos of Hitler's mountain home near Berchtesgaden where he recently spoke with Lord Halifax for five hours; Three photos from Goering's estate where he too met Lord Halifax; Nice colour Peek Frean's ad; Colour ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes; Nice Martell ad shows butler bowing mid-table between two imbibing gentlemen; Harrod's Christmas gift ideas; Classy Bentley car photo ad; and more. Unmarked with above-average external wear. A worthy vintage reference copy. Book

The Illustrated London News, 7 October 1944

Features: Photos of British troops and supplies at Arnhem, plus battle photos; Photos of damage to Channel ports; photos of sea forts protecting London; and more. Average wear. Prior owner's name and stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Page 397 loose but present (because page 415 has been removed and is not included). Centerfold (loose but present) provides a large and fascinating cut-away diagram of 'the secrets of the flying bomb' - how the robot's flight and dive are automatically controlled. Book

The Illustrated London News, 1979 Christmas Number

130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book

THE HOFFER-BRANDENBURG SALE. FEATURING THE COINS OF HADRIAN AND COINS OF GERMANY. ALSO INCLUDING SHOOTING TALERS AND MEDALS AND A SPECIAL OFFERING OF GOLD JEWERLY AND OBJETS D'ART. ETC.. 12/12/1986-13/12/1986. (364 grams)

The History and Development of Advertising

ix, [3], 642 pages. Index. Over three-hundred illustrations, including many wonderful black and white plates at back. "The culmination of many years of work in the gathering of material and weaving the story of one of the world's most potent instruments for the development of manufacture, trade and industry." - Foreword. Former library copy rebound in gray buckram with usual markings. No dust jacket. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this fascinating history. Book

The Guinness Book of Stamps Facts & Feats

8vo, 225 pages, illustrated, jacket is price clipped. eng

The foundations of philately; with an introduction by Cornelius W. Wickersham. Published in collaboration with the Philatelic Foundation

196 p. illus. 23 cm Hardcover Very good condition good

The First Philatelist?

32 pages. Limited Edition. Author's signature inside front cover of this, number 4203 of the first printing. The story of the first stamp album and perhaps the only one now remaining, assembled by Samuel Lord Jr., first at the age of 15. He was born in 1823, entered the ministry in 1848, retired in 1889, and at the age of 70 went to California in 1893 where he passed away in 1912. Book

The Explorer's Journal, September 1988

Features: Which is the Highest Mountain in the World; The National Geographic Society Looks to the Future; Lowell Thomas and the Youth Activities Fund; What is Adventure?; In Search of Pharaoh's Ship; Long Vistas and Stone Arches; Our Arctic Heritage; Matthew henson, Polar Explorer; Quest for the Coelacanth; The Ethics of Exploration; The Polar Explorers Stamp Series. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book

The Explorer's Journal, March 1989

Features: First across the Kra; The Explorers Club in space; Tassili - the Sahara's secret; Exploring Spanish Galleons on the Pedro Shoals; My Career and Zaire - by Philip R. Dormitzer; Coronado's Chickens; The Explorers in London; The Antarctic Explorers Stamp Series; Anatomy of an Explorer, by John D. Bruno. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book

The Economic Review: Complete in Twenty-Four (24) Volumes, 1891-1914

The complete works of this early British learned economic journal which was published quarterly between 1881 and 1914 for the Oxford University Branch of The Christian Social Union. Includes writings by many names familiar to the modern historian of economic thought including: W.J. Ashley; W.H. Beveridge; J. Bonar; A.L. Bowley; Edwin Cannan; S.J. Chapman; A.W. Flux; L.L. Price; J.C. Stamp; R.H. Tawney; Sidney Webb; Beatrice Webb. Usual library markings. Most volumes bound in three-quarter leather with raised bands. Many later volumes bound in black buckram. Buckram volumes in good condition although all volumes bear varying degrees of external dustiness due to the partial disintegration of the leather on the leather-bound volumes which has produced considerable residue. Some leather backstrips partially loose. Gilt lettering upon all backstrips bears varying degrees of wear. Bindings generally sound. Leather volumes bear heavy external wear. Aside from the external soiling/dust, a worthy working compilation of this rare and interesting journal. Total weight approximately 90 pounds. Book

The Curse of an Aching Heart; or Trapped in The Spider's Web!

116 pages. Here's a modern treatment of an old "ten-twen-thirt" meller drayma that will have the folds out front hissing, booing and applauding like mad and loving every minute of it. Bookseller's rubber stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Book

The CTR Anthology: Fifteen Plays from Canadian Theatre Review

683 pages. Brings together fifteen of the most significant plays published in Canadian Theatre Review between 1974 and 1991. Most have been out of print since their appearance in the journal. Includes lost classics such as Ten Lost Years and This is For You, Anna. Moderate wear. Average quantity of markings to contents. Rubber stamp upon half-title page. Solid copy in bright red covers. Book

The Complete Guide to Stamp Collecting

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards with gilt magnifying glass, stamp tongs, and stamp decoration. 208 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on heavy paperstock.

The Cihangir Collection (Part III): Postal cancellations and seals of the Ottoman Empire. Stamp Auction 124. 25-26 October, 2000.

Near Fine English Original wrappers. 4to. (26,5 x 20,5 cm). In English. [10], xxi, [1], 125, [1], 74 p., color and b/w plates. This auction catalogue consisting of 1646 lots (between 5000-6646) of the whole Cihangir Collection's third and the last part including the postal cancellations and rare seals of the Imperial Ottoman; fine philatelic material like stamps, envelopes, seals. This is one of the best references of the subject. "The Cihangir Collection part III is the most comprehensive collection of its kind, ever formed and offered at a public auction. Represented are all the areas of the lost territories - Europe, Asia and Africa as well as Turkey - mostly on covers and cards, and including many unrecorded seals and cancels. The selection also includes an extensive showing of Quarantine Station selas which are of particular interest to specialists of disinfected mail."

The Cat Stretches... We Should Too! - Second Edition

234 pages including index. Brings together the author's over 30 years of experience in all aspects of accident prevention to help the reader better recognize and understand unacceptable risks thereby permitting the development of improved hazard recognition, its evaluation and control including avoidance where appropriate. "Such understanding should help us to better appreciate all things to which we are exposed in our lifetime, thereby improving its quality and hopefully a longer time to enjoy it." - from Foreward. Author is a specialist in Human Factors with qualifications in both Civil and Industrial Engineering. Chapters include: the nature of man; the mechanical man; the emotional man; the composite man; problems of communication; inanimate material; structures; animal failure; learning from history; Dynacopics; manual activities; tools and electricity; vehicles manually propelled; vehicles machine powered; chemicals; conclusion. Book store rubber stamp at foot of title page else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy. Book

The Canadian Philatelist - Volume 41, No. 6, Whole No. 241, November-December, 1990

Features: Editorial Consultant's Notes; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; A Look into Naturopathy - the Complimentary Way; The 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Vignettes of Early British North American Postal History; Postmarked Ottawa; Varia - Batavius; Fellow of the Royal Society - Henry D. Hicks, C.C., Q.C.; Precancelled Admirals Die 1 and Die 2 on the 1 cent Yellow and 3 cent Carmine. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book

The Canadian Philatelist - Volume 41, No. 4, Whole No. 239, July-August, 1990: Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday

87 pages. Features: Orapex '90 - Ottawa's Second National Stamp Show and Bourse; Netherlands - Indies - In Quest of Correct Franking; Prairie Pathfinders - Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday; Postmarked Ottawa; George Mackinley Geldert, M.C. 1886-1967; Decoys, Spears and Skates; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; Vignettes of early British North American Postal History - Part XIII - The Wilderness Route from Quebec to Halifax; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book

The Canadian Philatelist - Volume 28, No. 5, Whole No. 162, Sept. - Oct., 1977

72 pages. Features: The De Pinedo Inheritance - Fortune or Fraud? - a reply; Canadian Painters in Philately - Part 2 of 2; "Corrected" airmail special delivery stamp - first day of use; Unique from the Yukon - publicity cover for the Yukon Exposition of 1912; Postmarked Ottawa; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book

The Canadian Home Hobby-Craft (HobbyCraft) Magazine, August 1949, Vol. 4, No. 1 - National Hobby Exhibition Issue

66 pages. Features: Design for leather; Junior craftsman project; Woodcarving caricaturist - Alfred Perry of Cedar Grove, Ontario - article with photos; Painting in oils is easy; Felt Spectacle case; Food casting; The Sculptured Shillalagh; Stamp collecting; Hobby cures a soldier - Private Jerome Biegel of the U.S. Army carves matches; How to Make Crepe-Paper Flowers (part 2); Home Weaving Service; Message from the Hon. Paul Martin; 1949 National Hobby Exhibition; List of hobby exhibitors; Feature exhibits, Phil. S. Quelch's operating miniature sawmill; Profitable little animals; Mosaic pictures from human hair; Neville C. Seymour and his silk strand etchings; The Narcissus; Garden Glimpses; Fine Wood Inlay; Model Railroads; Shell Craft; Spiral Coil Applique; Camera Kinks; Your Photography; Weaving with Reeds; A Hall Lantern; Birch Bark Art; Hobby-Craft Patterns; Model Plane Contest; What's New; and more. Interesting full-page ad for Canadian government annuities shows regretful elder woman holding broom outside boarding house. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this very uncommon vintage Canadian hobby publication. Book

THE BRAND COLLECTION, PART 10 - THE FINAL PORTION. CLASSICAL AND MODERN COINS AND MEDALS. 24/10/1985. (384 grams)