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Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Bivouac of the 3rd King's Rifles, De Beers Diamond Mines at Kimberley during the seige, Lord Roberts's reception at the Modder River Camp (laid in), the remains of the suffolk regiment after Moedder Farm, Chieveley Camp (laid in), Major-General T. Kelly-Kenny, Photos with General French's Command near Colesberg, Canadian Mounted Police Leaving Halifax for South Africa, The Attack on Spion Kop (Centerfold), Photos with the South African Railway Pioneer Regiment, Photo of H.M.S. Viper running at record speed of 35.5 knots. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Ladysmith Bombardment Scene, Hauling Guns up Coles Kop, The Gordons Taking Cover at Ladysmith, General French Cuts off the Boer's Retreat (2 page illustration laid in), Lieutenant-General French, Colonel Thorneycroft, The East Griqualand Field Force, 7 photos of men killed in war, the 37-mm Maxim Automatic Gun - The Boers' Most Annoying Weapon, and more. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Cover photo of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now at the front. The First Battles in East Prussia. The Agony of Belgium - how her cities and towns were laid desolate; Horrors of war in the village of Cortenbergh, Brabant. Centerfold depicts the sacking of Louvain, while the Hotel de Ville is spared. Photos and Illustrations of: Officers of Scottish descent fighting for the Tsar; German outpost scenes; Pole fights Pole on the Russian frontier; Germany experiences terrors in East Prussia; Russian prisoners; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: Anzacs' Great Record During 1917 (conclusion); The Organisation of Youth in the War (by Sir Robert Baden-Powell and E.K. Nugent). Colour illustration laid in bears the caption "At a Franco-British Outpost in the Great German Advance, March, 1918". Centerfold illustrations of the Australians in the Holy Land. Average wear. Staples have disintegrated. Book
Pages 593-636. Features: Photos of U.N. and Communist negotiators who reached agreement on the repatriation of sick and wounded POWs at Panmunjom, Korea; Photos of Egyptian Cabinet Ministers receiving firearms training at the request of General Neguib; Interesting photos of Coronation preparations including some of the Gurkha contingent and the Sultan of Selangor with members of his family and retinue in London; Interesting photos from Panmunjon and Seoul; Photos of personalities of the week, including the victorious F.A. Amateur Cup-winning Pegasus team and wedding photo of Sir Alexander Fleming and Amalia Coutsouris; Photos from the Royal Wedding in Luxemburg; Amazing underwater shark photos; Photos of Kenya's strengthening hand against Mau Mau; Photos of Kenyan women being trained to shoot; Cyprus dig sheds new light on ancient siege warfare - with photos; Excellent centrefold illustration depicts how the Persians laid siege to Paphos in 498 B.C.; Photos of village of Lambourn wrecked by fuel tanker; London tube train disaster; Photos of world's largest model highway and railway track layout owned by Herr Rossmaier of Augsburg, Bavaria; Photos of 7,000 year old portrait busts discovered at Jericho; Photo of Turkish submarine Dumlupinar which sank in the Dardanelles after colliding with Swedish freighter Naboland; and more. Moderate wear. Centerfold holding by one staple. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
Presented to Sidney Murray "In remembrance of your safe return after services overseas in World War II" by St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Seebach's Still, Ontario, on 19 January 1946, by Pastor Albert F. Pollex. Laid in is a handsome two-colour certificate to Mr. Murray from the Army and Navy Commission of the Lutheran Church. Church blindstamp upon front free endpaper. Book is otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A very special copy. Book
40 page catalogue of Inuit art in black and white. Includes works by Lucy, Pitseolak, Sharni, Kananginak, Inukjuarjuk, Parr, Pannichea, and many others. Moderate wear to illustrated covers which have yellowed at spine and fore-edge. Light soiling. Unmarked. Bonus: Original four page stapled price list for items in catalogue, plus contemporary Canadian Handicrafts Guild brochure are laid inside front cover. Nice copy. Book
Features: The Terrible Progress in Battle Machinery. Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Colour illustration laid in shows the London Scottish returning to rest camp after heavy fighting. Centerfold contains many photos of contemporary tools of war. Book
104 pages. Features: Great color photo Studebaker ad inside front cover features military insert; Plymouth ad; Great colour photo ad for Armstrong's Asphalt Tile; The First American Crusade - Herbert Hoover's personal memoirs of World War I, originally intended for release after his death but printed here in view of the imminent entrance of the US into World War II - with photos; Go Fly a Kite, story by Eddy Orcutt; Hearts of Oak, by Walter Havighurst; Cellini to Hearst to Klotz - the sale of fine art and objects by Gimbel Brothers; Stanford Football Coach Clark Shaughnessy behind the Eight Ball - article with photos; The Liar That Laid an Egg, by William Hazlett Upson; First Baby, by Dorothy Thomas; Botany Bay, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; Morale in a Test Tube - Research at the Merck plant in Rahway, NJ; Great color photo ad for Campbell's Soup; The Phantom Filly, by George Agnew Chamberlain; Nice color ad for Oldsmobile cars, featureing a red two-door model; Great color ad for GM locomotives; Nice two-page Buick ad; Chrysler ad; Color Cadillac ad; Dodge Fluid-Drive car ad; Wonderful full-page two-color cartoon strip-style ad for Hotpoint appliances; Wonderful two-page color ad for Del Monte canned foods and their 3rd annual Round-Up; Nice two-color full-page ad for Champion spark plugs shows lady in top-had being hit by snowball; Fantastic Timken bearing ad shows all the military applications of its products; Wonderful color ad for the 1942 Packard Clipper, featuring a blue Clipper Club Sedan; Large color ad for RCA Victor Radios; Great color ad for Old Gold Cigarettes shows smooching young couple; Underwood typewriter ad; Dramatic illustrated Eveready Battery ad depicts the attack on the Egyptian liner ZamZam as experienced by C.A. McCarthy; Nice two-color ads for Nunn-Bush shoes and Aunt Jemima Pancakes; Lovely full-page color ad for Roblee shoes for men; Luden's cough drop ad illustrates 'Clothespin Nose"; Nice color ad inside back cover for Van Camp's pork and beans features Mrs. Lou Little; Ivory Soap ad on back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Giant relief map of Messines Ridge; Photo of General Sir Henry Wilson; Photo of Signor Caproni - Italian Aeroplane inventor; On the western front in Flanders - a railway laid by the Canadian Royal Engineers; Super two-page photo of a Baghdad street crowd watching British gunners hauling a heavy gun; General Allenby's advance towards Jerusalem; Romances of the Regiments - the 10th and the 37th; The "Friedrich der Grosse" brings U.S. troops across the sea; Two-page photo of a British Battery under attack near Passchendaele; Bad weather road traps on the Flanders front; using x-rays on the Western front; Devastation on the Flanders front; Admiral Mayo visits Sir David Beatty; Picking the brain of a captured Zeppelin; Women operating tractors; With General Allenby's Army in Palestine; Average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
Unpaginated. "The story of Ontario's Barge Boards, also called Verge Boards and by the unversed, Gingerbread. A treasury of a fascinating aspect in our rich architectural heritage. Combines the best of scholarship, photography and delightful popular appeal to provide one of the most original books ever produced on a subject that is truly one of Canada's indigenous art forms." - from dust jacket and title page. Book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Modest wear to illustrated dust jacket. An indispensable work for those interested in Ontario's rural architectural heritage. Book
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Passengers for the Graham County; In Canada in '67 - Trains vs. Cars and jets - Turbotrain/Go Train; These 567's speak any language - a passport for dieseldom's most famous power plant - in gauges from 36" to 5'6" - EMD; Can Mr. Barriger Save Miss Katy? - one man's fight to save the sickest railroad west of the Mississippi; G.I. in Civvies - locomotives have been subject to the draft since the time of Lincoln; The most uncommon Garratts of all - in Europe - nice photos; Rio Grande laid rails to Wet Mountain Valley Twice - long article, photos and table; The Pennsy 6100; and more. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Verge Watch Movements in Wood Cases; A Tompion Watch dug up on the South Downs in 1977; The Suspended Foliot and New Light on early Pendulum Clocks; Mudge Milestones, Watch Dates; A.H.S. Tour - 1980 - Holland; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Circa 1940. 22 pages Victory Guide contains advice for: Emergencies; Alarms; Blackouts; Air Raids; Bombs; Fires; Gas Attacks; First Aid; Nine Vital Points; Morale; Insignia of Civilian Defenders; Safety First; Car Conservation. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Laid in is an 8.5"x11" sheet announcing "Proclamation of Rules and Regulations for TEST BLACKOUT NIGHT March 7, 1941 at 10:40 P.M in Seattle, WA. Sheet contains detailed instructions which conclude with the name (not signature) of Mayor John E. Carroll. Second sheet is 8.5" x 14" and bears the title "City of Seattle - Department of Lighting: Time Table relative to enforcement of public proclamation #12 - effective from sunrise to sunset", dated 10-27-42. Balance of sheet contains sunrise and sunset times for every day of the year. Book
50 pages. Features: Ad for 'A Murder is Announced' inside front cover; 'In Camera' column discusses 'Star Wars' with photos; 4-pages pictorial appreciation of the career of Charlie Chaplin; Photo-illustrated interview with Fred Zinnemann; 'The Last Wave' - photos; Tehran 1977 -article on this film festival; 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on the myth and magic of Jean Cocteau (conclusion); Survey of the 21st London Film Festival; 'The Choirboys' - photos; Reviews - 'The Amsterdam Kill', 'Assault on Precinct 13', 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training', 'Canal Zone', 'Eight Hundred Heroes', 'The Gauntlet', 'The Last Remake of Beau Geste', 'Mustang', 'Roller Coaster'; Photos on location of 'The Big Sleep'; 'Let's Get Laid' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
Features: From the Pages of History; Understanding the Verge Fusee Watch; Seth Thomas/Eli Terry Inside-Outside Escapement, Offset Pendulum Pillar and Scroll Clock; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: "Willard & Nolen" Ornamental Painters; The Verge Fusee Watch - Part II; The Chronoscope; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Gros Grain Dress with High Waist; Bliss of Ignorance; New York Fashions - Velveteens, Trimming Velvets, Cashmere, Crinoline and Balmorals, Sashes and Cravat Bows, Laces Frills and Linen Collars, Jewelry, Gloves; Embroidered Silk Tobacco Pouch; Embroidered Silk Work or Key Basket; Embroidered Cover for Bible, Prayer-book, etc.; Fall Bonnets; Gros Grain Dress with High Waist; How to Talk; Bound to John Company - continued; Paris Fashions; Walking Dresses; Muslin Blouse; Muslin Blouse Waist; Sayings and Doings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Full-page humorous illustration of family scene called "Laid up in Ordinary"; Humor; and more. Beige staining to all pages. Average wear. Book
212 pages. Essays on the economics of housing in Canada and on the effects of rent control in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, France and Sweden. "If this account seems to boil down to a catalogue of iniquities to be laid at the door of rent control, that is no mere coincidence, but inevitable..." - Professor F.A. Hayek, Nobel Laureate. Minor lean to spine. Average wear. Few markings to contents. Binding aging but remains intact. Book
232 pages. Features: Reviving Vivendi; Calling WorldCom's Woes; American Steel on the Verge of Extinction; Most Powerful Black Executives in America; WorldCom's Fall is Hardly the End of the Telecom debacle; Jamie Dimon and Bank One; Infotech vs. homeland insecurity; Can EMC restore its glory?; Big Gap at FDA; The Inside Story of Level 3; Honda Goes its Own Way; It Takes Seven Years to Build an Aircraft Carrier, the world' most complicated manufactured product. Address label clipped from front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
170 pages. Black and white photos. "Author was assigned to the Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit during the Korean war. It was his responsibility to move huge vans and personnel to locations near the Front where there was some form of running water, so he could provide weary troops with the luxury of a shower and clean clothing. The process of locating these sites was in itself an adventure." - from back cover. Bookmark custom-made for this book and bearing author's hand-printed name is laid inside front cover. In his retirement, Mr. Ringma served as a highly popular Reform Party MP and Opposition Whip in the Canadian House of Commons. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
256 pages including selected bibliography. Inscribed and signed by author. Includes laid in copy of newsclipping re: this book and hand-written humourous comment by author. The fascinating story of a people alienated by unique historical experience from the main stream of North American development; the story of a people dispersed by harsh geography and economic necessity to hundreds of isolated communities along thousands of miles of inhospitiable coasts; the story of the horrendous problems associated with the planning and development of even minimal social services in the face of such harsh demographic realities; the story of hardship and suffering, of deprivation and of exploitation, of endurance and of survivial; but , withal, the story of steady advance towards the shimmering goal of social justice that so often seemed, except to the hardiest optimist, to be a will-o'-the-wisp that could never be grasped. Unmarked. Light wear. A special copy. Book
Fine Portuguese Original imitation brown leather bdg. Gilded titles in Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese on the front board. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, and modern and old (Ottoman) Turkish (with Arabic letters). 238, 192, [2] p. pp. 192 facsimile in Ottoman script, and Arabic translation; pp. 1-238 translations into Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish with Latin alphabet. The first Ottoman travel account and ocean voyage into Brazil. This book has Spanish and Portuguese translations of this voyage as well as modern Turkish with facsimile of original text printed in 1871 [AH 1288] in Ottoman script. Ottoman qadi (judge) Abdurrahman Effendy's voyage to Brazil. First Edition, thus in this edition including multiple translations.
Features: Paul Ditisheim - After Fifty Years; Merci Monsieur LePaute; The Verge Escapement; The Rockford Watch Company Ltd. Advertising Program; November 1909-November 1910; Modern Precision Pendulum Clocks; Nathan Fellowes Dupuis; John Joseph Merlin's Skeleton Clock; The Ansonia Rubber Company; The Frugal Clocksmith Part IV; Explaining Formula II; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
