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31 pages. Features: Escape from East Germany - Part 1 - by Gary Hart, as told to Paul Grescoe; "A Better Bet Than Pierre" - Liberal M.P. David Anderson may be the most eligible bachelor in Ottawa; The Quiet Resentment of Joe Zuger, Hamilton Tiger Cat (Ti-Cat) Quarterback; We Finally have a National Arts Centre; Your Name Can Date You; Trapped in the Ghetto - Canada's largest Indian slum in Winnipeg; Doug Wright's Family. Laid in is a 12-page Star Weekly novel entitled "The Short Night" plus a 16 page supplement entitled Star Weekly - Canadian Panorama. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
A wonderful livre d'artiste featuring sonnets by Ronsard, Du Bellay, Louise LabÈ, Jodelle, Agrippa d'AubignÈ, Malherbe, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sainte-Beuve, Nerval, Musset, Leconte de Lisle, Baudelaire, and others, illustrated with ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY Camille Berg, Jean Bersier, Jacques Boullaire, Yves Brayer, Michel Ciry, DaragnËs, Hermine David, Dignimont, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Jean FrÈlaut, Galanis, Edouard Goerg, AndrÈ Jacquemin, Marie Laurencin, Luc-Albert Moreau, Maurice Savin, VergÈ Sarrat, Henri de Waroquier, and Roger Wild, and two small in-texte etchings by Bonfils. From a total edition of 326 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 26 COPIES ON FINE ARCHES WOVE PAPER, WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS ON FINE BERZELIUS PAPER. Large 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. With the suite in a separate envelope. Wraps lightly worn, else FINE AND BRIGHT.
24 Page exhibition catalogue. "Mangold is an artist who appreciates the elegance and tact of using limited means. That minority which enjoys dispassion and a sly wit will continue to admire his work... The quirkiness in his 'minimalism' links him to many Post Modernists. His careful intelligence, however, can teach some of the faster brushes a lesson in subtlety and restraint." - Mark Stevens. Prior owner's large distinctive signature inside front cover. (she obviously missed the point! :-) Includes a pleasing selection of plates in colour in black and white, as well as a six-page insert re: artist laid in by prior owner. Light wear. Moderate rubbing and soiling to covers. 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
209 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. This is a very special copy for two reasons: i. it is signed by the author upon the title page and ii. it bears the presentation bookplate (dated 1960) of the City of Prince Ruppert to Mr. Carl Halverson, "a pioneer of the City". In addition, laid in is a "Pioneers Jubilee Banquet" programme, dated Sept. 7, 1960, which includes the printed name of Mr. Halverson. Binding sound. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Several smallish tears to and chips from dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new Brodart. A wonderful Prince Ruppert momento. 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.
520 pages. Black and white illustrations. Text in French, English, German and a fourth language which is presumably Yugoslavian. Some Russian may also be mixed in. The language used seems to depend upon that of the contributor. Contains a wealth of technical content, the bulk of which appears to be in German and French. Includes reprint of an 1892 Electrical Engineer article on "The Tesla Multiphase Motors" plus "Nikola Tesla: The Problem of increasing human energy" reprinted from The Century Magazine, June 1900, 'The Tesla Patents' from Electrical Review, September 19, 1900 and much more. Index card laid in states this copy was presented by Comite yougoslave de l'URSI to Professor Charles. R. Burrows, whose signature appears atop front flyleaf. Printed on poor quality paper which has become embrittled, chipped and yellowed, particularly at extremities. Binding extremely fragile. Please Note: pages 6 through 10 missing. This may not be too dramatic a loss as the Table of Contents omits pages 1-8 and first lists page 9 which may have contained the Preface in Russian. Some pages uncut. Front cover and all pages prior to page 17 loose but present aside from pages listed above. Page 519-150 and back cover loose but present. Although strictly a Reading Copy, this remains a rare and substantial Tesla reference. Book
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
169 pages including index, fold-out map and numerous black and white photographic plates. Traces a broad spectrum of the social history of Nanaimo's first hundred years. s include: The Foundations are Laid; A Community in Embryo (1854-1862); The Isolated Port (1862-1886); Into the Twentieth Century (1886-1950); Moderate to average wear. Unmarked. Remains a nice copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle shows ducks being defeathered after hunt; One-page Bank of Montreal ad features the Kemano power house; Editorial discusses TV censorship; Lovely one-page vintage colour-photo ad for Ganong's chocolates; Mackenzie King and the "Revolt" of the Army - was the Canadian Army on the verge of an uprising in 1944 over conscription?; How They Saved the Worst Kid in Town - after four years of patient care an adopted brat becomes a happy, healthy kid (Children's Aid Society / CAS story from Toronto in 1947); It's a Sin What They Do To The Sandwich! - humorous article with comedian Mickey Lester; All the Fun of the Fair (short story); When Sears Joins Up with Simpson's; Where Even Women Stop Talking - retreats across the country are finding that a weekend of silence, prayer and meditation opens the door to a more personal peace; The Rollicking Republic That Doesn't Exist - nice photo-illustrated article on the parts of Maine, Quebec and New Brunswick which constitute 'The Republic of Madawaska'; Sailor A.G. Malan Fights His Greatest Battle - a legendary RAF hero spearheads a peaceful veteran's revolt against D.F. Malan in South Africa; Will Shakespeare Slept Here; Nice one-page Kodak ad features colour-photo of lady in Kodak-yellow dress; Very attractive one-page colour Coke ad features young lady pulling bottles from cooler at BBQ; Weston's one-page colour ad show's Grandma training grandchildren to pray at her knee; One-page illustrated ad for Elizabeth Arden with caption "She Holds Beauty in her Fingertips"; Sweet Caps (Caporals) cigarette ad shows puffing majorette; Awesome Pontiac centrefold ad with huge photo of two-door Catalina; One-page Noxzema photo ad features lovely Lally Pepler of Toronto, Florence Wood of Montreal, and Jeanette Horpestad of Vancouver; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner comic; Half-page Stanfield's ad features man smoking pipe standing in long underwear; One-page two-colour ad for Austin cars; Back cover colour ad for Old Dutch cleanser features pretty girl; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
92 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. George's Island Park dinosaur in Calgary; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover shows great scene of neon lights at night in Montreal; Great one-page colour Oldsmobile ad features a Super 88 Holiday Coupe and Deluxe Station Wagon, both red; Fantastic two-page colour-photo ad for Zenith radios, including their new shirtpocket radio (red); Classy one-page colour ad for Black Magic chocolates by Rowntree features scene in Venice; The Invisible Unemployed - an intimate report on the real distress of the unemployment that looks like prosperity - featuring the Vancouver family of John LaFleche, who was laid off from a plywood mill; The Rich are Coming out of Hiding - wealth is being flaunted; It's Telepathy That Brings Lassie Home; HMCS St. Laurent's race to rescue the enemy - it picked up 861 enemy survivors when the Arandora Star was sunk in July 1940 - article with photos; We Adopted a Negro - Hank and Joy Huycke adopt Ricky - photo-illustrated article; Weekend on Baffin Island - Telek is the only luxury resort under the midnight sun - photo-illustrated article; The Fatal Fascination of Car Racing - photo-illustrated article includes photos of the fatal wreck of Ted Pope, and Peter Ryan and Roger Penske winning the Sundown Grand Prix at Harewood Acres, Ontario; John Fienberg is the biggest little man in low-cost housing - photo-illustrated article on the chairman of Consolidated Building Corporation Ltd. of Toronto - fascinating article on how the baby-boom was housed in what is now the GTA; Medical diagnosis links alcohol and sex - a doctor examines increasing female alcohol use and how alcohols sometimes plays a constructive role in relations between the sexes; In Wrestling All the Indians are Chiefs - article by Mordecai Richler with great photo of Killer Kowalski wrestling Edouard Carpentier at the Montreal Forum; One-page colour-photo ad for FTD flowers; Half-page ad for Electrohome portable record players; Interesting one-page colour ad for Northern Electric features the province of Alberta; Colour centrefold Firestone ad features snow and snow tires; RCA Victor colour-photo one-page ad for their stereos features ballerina in forest; Philips Hi-Fi one-page colour-photo ad shows their draughtsman at work; 2/3-page colour ad for Ken-L dog food features bloodhound; 2/3-page colour ad for Puss'n Boots cat food features kitty leaning on can; One-page colour Pontiac ad features white 1961 Parisienne Sport Sedan driving through autumn leaves; Fleetwood TV and Hi-Fi ad; "Abraham Lincoln's" Indian Tombstone at Port Simpson; Back cover colour Coke photo ad features round loaf of bread used to make nice round sandwich; and more. Nibbling to top of spine. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
In-16 (cm. 18.50), brossura, pp. 128. Texte en français. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience... "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. 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
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
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
138 pages including references. Author's signature and warm inscription to his friend, Harry Walker, upon title page. Signed letter, dated 1976, from author to Harry Walker, laid in. Presents hitherto unknown material and personalities in B.C.'s 19th century period from 1859 to 1900. Presents a broader picture than the distorted view many have of the Movement's place in our history. Review stapled to table of contents. Moisure exposure has produced some waviness to pages and covers. Average wear. Some markings. Author was one of the main founders of The Greater Victoria Association on Alcoholism in 1966. A special copy. 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
Catalogue for sale held at Bonhams Wednesday 8th July 1998. Quality illustrations. 55 pages. Some creases on covers, small tear to edge of back cover.
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
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: 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
