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Pages 129-192. Black and white illustrations. Recommended for use in the public school libraries of British Columbia. Chapters include: The Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Soldiers' Stories of Neuve Chapelle; The Dardanelles; How We Failed at "The Narrows"; The Story of Hill 60; The Poisonous Cloud. Undated but presumably printed circa 1920. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
18 page board book. On the way to Bethlehem along the dusty road, a little donkey carries a very special load. For ages 1 to 3. Delightful rendition of the Christmas story. Wear to top corner of last board. Book
Four separate Camp Editions, each 4 pages in length. Each edition features a front cover cartoon, plus an Editorial, Camp Gossip and other content such as: The Old Soldier's Story, The Sergeant's Shakespeare Mottoes, The Young Territorial. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on The Marquess of Tullibardine (John George Stewart Murray); Company Notes; The Route March in Scotland, story with photos and cartoons; Great full-page photo of Major Malcolm atop the Cumberland Stone, Culloden, explaining to all assembled how he intended fighting his way to Inverness; Impressions of the March; Chronicles of the Cookhouse - Scotland, August, 1906; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Chaps are Saying; Shooting - K Company prize meeting; Private Denis Kelly of the "Michaels" - his observations on military matters; and more. Faint pencil erasure atop front cover. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Please note: a quarter of the first page of advertisements has been removed. Book
59 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "A chronicle of Patrick Henry McCarthy and Vulcan Stamping and Manufacturing Company, the company he built." - from Preface. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
24 pages in English. Similar section on flip-side in French. The part played by currency in Canadian affairs reminds us that the story of money is interwoven with the story of mankind everywhere. Mainly concerned with the systems of metallic and paper currency on the continent which were the direct predecessors of our present monetary units and in particular with the steps leading to our present paper currency. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
Unpaginated. Moderately soiled and worn. Let the child to whom you are reading this book see the pictures and say them. You'll be amazed at how quickly children catch on and enjoy participating in the story-telling. Book
Unpaginated. Let the child to whom you are reading SEE (the pictures) and SAY them. Then, as you read the story text and come to a picture instead of a word, pause and point to the picture for your listener to SEE and SAY. You'll be amazed at how quickly children catch on and enjoy participating in the story-telling. Book
24 page colour illustrated book with 33 rpm record which, unfortunately, has a piece broken from it. See the pictures. Hear the record. Read the book. Average wear to book which is unmarked. Book
Delightful children's storybook with beautiful Frances Brundage colour illustrations throughout. Rhyming story about dolly Ann who gets into mischief by letting the animals out of Noah's Ark. Charming colour-illustrated front panel. Somewhat above-average internal wear and soiling. Some pages with colouring by crayon. Pages loose but present. Small openings fore-edges. Book
8vo., [Second Edition?], with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black and 3 coloured plates; publisher's splendid pictorial binding of ribbed green cloth blocked in gilt and colours, pictorial back gilt, bevelled boards, green endpapers, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Avery's popular tale of school life was first published in 1906. In this edition, probably the second, E.H. Shepard adds characteristic verve to the illustrations. Scarce in this condition.
As New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Swedish. 58 p. B/w ills. Türk çocuk edebiyatinda engellilik, 1969-2009.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19.5 x 13.5 cm). In Turkish. 132, [12] p. Women authors in Turkish literature. Türk edebiyatinda kadin yazarlar. (Kötücüllük - cinsellik - erotizm).
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19.5 x 13.5 cm). In Turkish. 174 p. Creativity in contemporary Turkish story and novel. Çagdas Türk öykü ve romaninda yaraticilik.
32 pages. Includes over 100 black and white photographs from Gracie's album. Circa 1950s. A primarily pictorial tribute to the life of Miss Gracie Fields, First Lady of the Music Hall. Above-average wear but still a respectable, unmarked copy. Book
As New English Paperback. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. [xii], 160 p. Laugh or lament? Selected short stories of Aziz Nesin. Translated b Masud Akhtar Shaikh. Aziz Nesin was one of the most famous modern writers of Turkey. Universally acknowledged as a master of satire, he has been adjudged by some critics as "the most forceful and prolific humour writer of this age". TURKISH LITERATURE Story. First Edition.
Very Good Turkish Original autograph letter sent to Arslan Kaynardag, (1923-2008) who was a Turkish rare book dealer and philosopher. 26x14 cm. In Turkish (Modern). 1 p. Erhat requests several books in behalf of Güzin Dino, (1910-2013) was in Paris. Typescript letter with autograph note and signature.
266 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "The Exciting Behind-The-Scenes Story of the Role of Photo Intelligence in the Winning of World War II" - from dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
32 pages. "A series of true events in the discovery of coal, gold, lead, silver and copper. Intended as a basic introduction to the story of mining." - from Foreward. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
219 pages. With trap and goldpan - here are pages out of pioneer living, a true, human interest story of Depression years in the woods. Walk the lonely trap lines in the cold, stillness of winter when only the sound of snowshoes breaks the silence, count the pelts that mean the difference between food and no food, a happy Christmas of a bleak one; look over Earl Baity's shoulder as he pans out a prospective site for placering. The simply told account of a man and a woman and two small children who took their living day by day from Nature in the storied Cariboo country. Usual library markings. Well-worn. Binding intact. Book
192 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of over 300 archival black and white photos. "Traces this history of electric transportation in Winnipeg from the predecessor horsecar system to the final run of the streetcar in 1955 and the trolley coach in 1970... Will be invaluable to the urban historian and the electric railway enthusiast... Shows how Winnipeg and its transportation system developed together, each influencing the other." - from dust jacket. Includes maps and images of tickets and transfers plus an all-time roster of cars and trolley coaches. The author has spent twenty years researching this subject. Moderate overall wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
112 pages. Features: The Hodding Carters - Working for decades in the intransigent heartland of the South, they dedicated themselves and their newspaper to exposing the cruelties and injustice around them and reaffirming the basic goodness of the South they loved - article with photos (including cover); New Battles Over School Budgets - landmark California decisioin affecting John Serrano; Ten Days That Shook Me Up in Russia - the tormented world of Soviet dissidents; "Dewar's Profiles" features David O. Hill, Wildlife Conservationist of New York City; Swept Away - people continue to build along coastal areas despite terrible storms and the damage they cause; Poirot's First Case - Agatha Christie describes how she created her first detective story, and her grandest sleuth, while surrounded by poisons; Fantastic two-page centerfold ad for Jovan fragrances; Photos of Nubby Knits; Throwing a Curve - John Saladino designed this curved apartment; Sexy color-photo ad for luxurious silk bikini panties by Macy's; A Mess of Mopeds; Toyota Celica ad on back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
94 pages Features: My Friend Ethel Barrymore; Trouble is My Middle Name - Rocky Graziano Story (part 3 of 3); Why You Haven't got a House; Thrill Pills Can Ruin You - Barbituates; The Strange Case of the Dionne Quints - article with great photos of the 15-year-old girls; Fox of the Indies - Matthew Fox on the prowl in Indonesia. Fiction: The Lollipop Tree; Arabella and the Susquehanna; A Wife Walks Out; For Every Man There's a Woman; The Rain Maker; Pride's Castle (part 6 of 8). Includes these ads: a great colour one-page ad for Zenith radios, Packard cars, RCA Victor radios, Ford cars, Oldsmobile cars, Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page color photo ad featuring Lou Boudreau, Ben Hogan, Joe Di Maggio, Jack Kramer and Frankie Albert, Hudson cars, Santa Fe Railroad, The Douglas Super DC-3, Monarch Coffee, and a back cover colour photo ad for Camel cigarettes featuring pool players Willie Mosconi and Willie Hoppe. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Reading copy only. Front endpaper removed. Ends at page 98 with the letter x. Subsequent pages missing. Very heavily worn. Binding coming undone. Unmarked. Book
