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Features: The Midland Payroll Robbery - Robbers in Western Australia; The Mountain of Gold - Originally published in 1926, an Englishman accepts an invitation to British Columbia, Canada to see a 'mountain of gold'; Unprovoked Aggression - An East African tale; African Houdini - A West African Tale; The Sahara by Bus - a great travel story with several photos; They Harry the Head-Hunters - the Jivaro head-hunters and the Aucas of Upper Amazonas; Home from the Sea - a fine old windjammer, the Af Chapman; Abdul - a story from British Army days in India; Capturing an Ant-Bear in British Guiana; and more. Couple of chips from back strip. Average wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
Features: The Enchanted Islands - The Galapagos Islands; The Mountain of Gold - reprint of a 1926 story in which an Englishman accepts an inviation to travel to a 'mountain of gold' in British Columbia, Canada; The Way Back - After crashing in Iceland, 2 airmen walk 70km to civilization - author Major-General H.L. Davies; The 'Black Magic' Tiger - in India a rifle is 'charmed' to kill a tiger; Pork-Knocking - fellows who go into the wilds of British Guiana to dig for diamonds - great photos; When Awang Ruled Simporna - the story of a prisoner in British North Borneo; Our Murder Mystery in the Cook Archipelago; A Question of Feet - a wily old farmer in South-West Africa outwits the police; Sky Workers - men who work at dangerous heights (great photo); Trail of the Snake - West African Gold Prospectors follow the advice of a Witch Doctor; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: The Midland Payroll Robbery - Robbers in Western Australia; The Mountain of Gold - Originally published in 1926, an Englishman accepts an invitation to British Columbia, Canada to see a 'mountain of gold'; Unprovoked Aggression - An East African tale; African Houdini - A West African Tale; The Sahara by Bus - a great travel story with several photos; They Harry the Head-Hunters - the Jivaro head-hunters and the Aucas of Upper Amazonas; Home from the Sea - a fine old windjammer, the Af Chapman; Abdul - a story from British Army days in India; Capturing an Ant-Bear in British Guiana; and more. Respectful wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
Cover photo of the Mont Clare Theatre (in Chicago?). Contents: A Swinging Weekend in San Francisco - Oakland with George Wright and Don Baker. Restored Robert Morton given trial run in the San Diego Fox Theatre. The Austin Premier Quadruplex - the story of the revival of the ultimate system of player organ roll manufacturer; Richard (Dick) Leibert Takes L.A. "Again!". Ohio Valley Chapter presents... Gaylord Carter at the RKO Albee Theatre; Home Organ Festival Shows off Top Electronic Organs. Allegro Vigoroso, by J.S. Zamecnik, arranged by Harry J. Jenkins - sheet music plus write-up. Theatre Organ, Oriental Style - Floyd Bunt reports on organs he viewed and heard in Asia. Where the Bartons Were, Part 4 - Dan Barton shares his personally compiled list of Barton organ installations. California gains its own "Pizza Joint" - Steve and Shirley Barden. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Classified ads. Chapter news. Disc Squeals. Nice Rodgers Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Nice 1-page photo ad features 'teen-age' fashion model Kitty Higgins and her two children; Nice 1-page color ad for Lyon Whitewall Tires; The Sweetest Town on Earth - the modest community of Grasse, in southern France has the perfume industry by the nose - article with color photos; The Bosom of My Family (fiction); The Railroads Fight Back; The Flappers Chilidren - a veteran of WWII compares the doughboys who returned from WWI with today's ex-G.I.s - article with photos; Who's Kilroy? Cocktails for One (fiction); Sleeping Beauty (fiction); Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features a K-7 parked outside a diner; 1-page color ad for Seagram's V.O.; Great color one-page ad for Borden's Hemo vitamin drink; 1-page color-photo ad for Ansco film; Grand Slam Gags - a bridge tournament champ passes along some funny stories; Two-page color ad for Old Mr. Boston Liquor; Very colorful 1-page Christmas ad for Carling Red Cap Ale; The Host (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for movie 'The Jolson Story'; 1-page color ad for Harwood's blended Canadian Whisky; Nice 1-page color ad for Gordon's Gin; The Songs Roll By (fiction); 1-page ad for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) features great photo of the first national auto show in 1900; The Bell of San Anselmo (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Christmas in the Desert - color photos of Christmas lights on cactii; Christmas Coke ad on back cover shows family gift-wrapping. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chips from cover fold. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Religious Censorship and the CBC; Photo of Eva Peron in Beverley Baxter's Letter from London; Nice full-page two-colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ad inside front cover features young woman in uniform and advice that limited numbers of women are now being accepted; The Warrior Who Fights From Paradise - Mahomet of the Islamic faith - article with numerous photos, including four muslim dignitaries murdered in recent years; Ten ways to save money on food; Conn Smythe - that man in the greens (part 1) - article with photos; The Land of Might-Have-Been (short story); From Paris with Penny to Pusan - Evelyn Caldwell (Vancouver's Penny Wise) - article with many photos; The McCallum family of Vancouver and their son Ricky - a "Mongolian Idiot" - who will never grow up - article with photos; The Queen's Own Rifles are featured in a colour ad for O'Keefe's Brewing; Fantastic colour-photo ad on back cover for International crawlers shows them being airlifted to work the fabulous iron ore discoveries of northern Labrador; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Pages 21-28 missing. Unmarked. A worthy, if incomplete, vintage copy. Book
58 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of lady at wheel of sailboat; The Strange Life and Death of Stalin's Wife (part 1); Hearts and Swords - a stirring novel of bold deeds and lovely women in the glamorous Venice of yesterday; Movie News, Reviews and Photos - F.P.1, Morning Glory, This Day and Age, Blind Adventure; One Man in Ten Thousand - the story of a woman who knew her own heart; Happy Days - by Anna Roosevelt Dall; The Private Life of New York Mayor, Jimmy Walker (part 4); Portrait of Southpaw Baseball Player Jake Ehrich; Pa's Rhapsody in Silver and Black; Familiar Face (short story); Pretty Sadie McKee (part 12); Vox Pop; Fascinating one-page ad for Physical Culture magazine asks "Where Can the Unhappy Woman Find Happiness?"; To the Ladies; Back cover color-illustrated Chesterfield cigarettes ad features young couple in amazing '30s fashions! Above-average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
144 pages. "The unique approach of The Mitchell Trio - those modern minstrels of dissent - has catapulted them to the top of the folk music world in just a few years." - back cover. Includes biographical information about the Trio members plus black and white illustrations. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: The John Birch Society; Alberta; Maladyozhenaya; The Banks of Sicily; Green Grow the Lilacs; You Can Tell the World; The Virgin Mary; Alma Mater; Mighty Day; Me Voy Pa Bete; I Feel So Good About It; What Did You Learn in School Today?; Tell Old Bill; Rum By Gum; The Golden Vanity; The Ides of Texas; The Hip Song; Bonny Streets of Fyve-io; The Story of Alice; Paddy West; Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos; Moscow Nights; Super Skier; The Unfortunate Man; Whup Jamboree; Rally Round the Flag (medley with In the Summer of His Years); Hello, Susan Brown; The Marvelous Toy; Queen Elinor's Confession; James James Morrison Morrison; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Johnnie; Tail Toddle; An Irish Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Binding intact. Few markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
58 pages. Featuers: Nice color cover illustration of well-dressed football fans; Kick-Off - the private life of Ernie Nevers, all-time All-American football star (part 1) - article with great photos; The Vision of father Brown - detective story by G.K. Chesterton; The Potters See a Movie - Almost; The Power of Babel - Confessions of an Auctioneer - what you are up against when trying to get something for nothing; Curious one-page ad (with photo) for Physical Culture asks "Is My Daughter Really Wild..."; She Was An Awful Nuisance - a story most women will understand; Nostalgic 2/3-page photo ad for Stanfields long underwear for men; Movie News, Photos and Reviews - I Loved a Woman, Beauty for Sale, and Shanghai Madness; Hunting Big Shots With a Camera - intimate revelations of veteran news photographer Martin J. McEvilly, including seven of his photos; Happy Days; The Locked Room - an amazing real-life tale of a modern Bluebeard and the trap of his innocent wife; To The Ladies; Hearts and Swords - part 7 of this old Venetian tale by Rafael Sabatini; Nice 2/3-page photo ad for Champion Spark Plugs features motorcycle copy on Harley-Davidson; The Policy - short story; Nice back cover two-color comic-style ads for Lifebuoy health soap and shaving cream. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
398 pages. Author's signature upon page ii. A large collection of stories based upon columns the author wrote for local newspapers. Each story is a fragment of Whitby's history. Taken together, they make truly fascinating reading. Abundant archival black and white illustrations. Examples of the many dozens of stories include: The Day the Railway Came to Whitby; The Day Brooklin was Nearly Washed Away; Gun Fight at Myrtle Station; Tom Thomson Learned his Art From Whitby's Florence McGillivray; Whitby Fared Better Than Most Communities in the 1918 'Flu Epidemic'. Mr. Winter has spent nearly 40 years studying and compiling the history of Whitby, Ontario. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 64 p. B/w ills. Gül solmadan öpücük kurumadan. Ills. by Lebriz Rona.
Fine Tatar Original illustrated bdg. HC. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic script) and Russian. 638, [1] p., b/w ills. Kirimtatar edebiyati kütüphanesi halk icadi. Masallar, efsaneler, destanlar.= Biblioteka Krimskotatarskoy literaturi. Narodna tvorchist. Kazki, legendi, eposi. Qirim-Tatar folk and fairy tales, legends and epicas. First and Only Edition.
26 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Canada's Century - Maybe; A Native Indian's Version of The Story of Simon Peter Gun-a-Noot; Case of the Frozen Brides - Part one; Pioneer Judge's Wife - part 2; The Awakening; Along the Trapline; Finning ad for "Caterpillar" Diesel Sawmill Power on back cover; Dozens of ads for small local businesses; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage British Columbia publication. Magazine
Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
136 pages. Several pages of black and white photos of Tom T. Hall plus two pages of biographical information. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Back When We Were Young; The Bourbon Man; Canadian Woman (Canadian Clubs); Candy in the Window; Coot Marseilles Blues; Country Cabin-itis; Country Is; Forget It; God Came Through Belleville Georgia; Gone to Hell in a Basket; Grandma Whistled; I Feel Like Flying Away; I Know Who I'll Be Seeing in New Zealand; I Love; Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You; Last Hard Town; The Loneliest Girl in the Crowd; The Man Who Hated Freckles; Me and Jesus; The Monkey That Became President; More About John Henry; Never Having You; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine; One More Song for Jesus; Original Traveling Man; Pamela Brown; Pay No Attention to Alice; A Piece of the Road; Pratt Street; The Promise and the Dream; Ravishing Ruby; The Rolling Hills of Middletown; Running Wild; She Gave Her Heart to Jethro; Souvenirs; Spokane Motel Blues; St. Louis Named a Shoe After Me; The Story of Your Life is in Your Face; Subdivision Blues; That Song is Driving Me Crazy; Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On; When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore; Who Needs a Baby; Windy City Anne; You Love Everybody But You. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Tom T. Hall memento. Book
222 pages. Index. 12 black and white plates. Decorated endpapers. "A Canadian art movement was started, not by professional painters, but by amateurs who fell in love with the spirit of our Ontario Northland. They went there unequipped with the mental paraphernalia of academics and without any sense of the solemnity and importance of rules or methods, in pure holiday spirit; the business of art was subordinate to the joy of the adventures." - from Introduction. Unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy of this early Group of Seven reference. Book
Features: Report from William Pollock, President, AACA; How to Find Antiques Under Water; Honorary Member - Perry Okey - article with photos; Napier 150th Anniversary - the first British car race and its great story; Cars in Miniature - story of the International Ass'n of Automotive Modelers; A Woman Speaks - antiques will change your way of living; The Man Who Sold Duryea the Buggy That Gave America its First Automobile; Racing Memories - Targa Florio 1907; Jennis - The Only One in the World; Early Tour to Promote Roads - recalled by Leroy Eschner; You Can Still Find Them - hidden gems continue to be discovered; Duster and Veil; Curved Dash Olds Reunion; The Elmore; Monument to Karl Benz; The H.H. Franklin Club; 1958 Trek Cars; Guest Artist - Terry Lee Fergerson; Genesee Valley Meet; Tips on Restoration; Understanding Brass Plating; Restoration and Maintenance Feature - The Steering Gear - a detailed and illustrated article; Origin of the Round Grille; The Cadillac Coat of Arms; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: The Caustic Genius of Sir Thomas Beecham; Christianity - Revival or Decline?; The Polish Art Treasures - colour Karsh photos of ancient and priceless heirlooms rushed from Poland at the outbreak of WWII; A Gift from the Princess - story by Mary E. Grannan - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; A Winter Vacation on a Summer-Cottage Budget - a cheap holiday for a family of four in hot Florida; Two-page colour-illustrated "Christmas Shopping Game" by Peter Whalley; An Excursion into Canada by Charles Dickens - a Maclean's flashback; The Alien - story by W.O. Mitchell - chapter 7. Average wear. External soiling. Coverfold partly open. Center page holding by one staple. Fore-edge opening to back cover which is missing 7"x2" chunk from bottom edge. Book
Cover Illustration - King Albert Enters Into His Own. From Mourning to Rejoicing - The Strasbourg Statue (Illustration). Exit Mediaevalism - editorial. A Surrender Without Parallel - The Great Naval Drama in the North Sea, by Percival A. Hislam. Ending the Vain Dream of German Sea-Dominion - photos. France on the Rhine - Alcase restored at last to the Alsatians - article by Hamilton Fyfe. 1870 - End of Alsace-Lorraine's Martyrdom - 1981 - Photos. Great Britain's Misused Island Gift to Germany, Heligoland (photos). Photo of General Currie taking the salute in the Grand Parade in Mons. Photo of Canadians marching through Mons. Royal welcome home for prisoners of war - photos. "The King is Coming" - story by Sydney A. Moseley. Photos of Lille during and after occupation. The Secret City of Arras - article. Tragedy of the Sea Revealed after Four Years - The H.M.S. Audacious, lost off the Irish coast - 3 photos. Pan-German Republicanism? - article by Frederic William Wile. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Enchanted Islands - The Galapagos Islands; The Mountain of Gold - reprint of a 1926 story in which an Englishman accepts an inviation to travel to a 'mountain of gold' in British Columbia, Canada; The Way Back - After crashing in Iceland, 2 airmen walk 70km to civilization - author Major-General H.L. Davies; The 'Black Magic' Tiger - in India a rifle is 'charmed' to kill a tiger; Pork-Knocking - fellows who go into the wilds of British Guiana to dig for diamonds - great photos; When Awang Ruled Simporna - the story of a prisoner in British North Borneo; Our Murder Mystery in the Cook Archipelago; A Question of Feet - a wily old farmer in South-West Africa outwits the police; Sky Workers - men who work at dangerous heights (great photo); Trail of the Snake - West African Gold Prospectors follow the advice of a Witch Doctor; and more. Front cover loose but present. Backstrip missing. Faint signature atop front cover. Binding intact. Book
Features: Killer Whale in the Net - Alaskan Diver Virgil Burford tells his tale; Take off to Trouble - Blizzard forces a crash landing in Greenland for Gerald Abrahams; Night Duel with a Bear - Young men out for fun on the Queen Charlotte Islands have a near-tragic experience; How I became a White Fulani Warrior; Toopua - I Know An Island - Part I; Soldiers of the Sky - Paratrooper John Seymour Townsend; Hekla - Gateway to Hell (the worst volcano in the world); The Night it Rained - a Northern Quebec Adventure by Ronald H. More; The Belles of Mbowe; Ask the Man Who Owns One - a story about dogs by Lt.-Col. T.A. Lowe; Little Sir Echo - Bats; Ham-Handed Hero - Harry Higgs; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
Features: The Envelope - The author worked in the wilds of British Columbia on a ranch where he was involved with a mix-up involving illegal whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Tough and Go - a boundary dispute in the former Italian Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - an account of an experience in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown clear up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt - photos; The Strangest House in Iceland; Timber Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech - a story from Ceylon; Australia's Black Trackers; Tough Prospector Breaks Curse of Lost Creek Mine, British Columbia (facsimile of news clipping); Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip though Southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota, by Austin H. Phelps; Mahoney's Folly - a wierd story from Ireland related by a doctor; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Features: The Envelope - the author worked on a British Columbia ranch where he became involved in a mixup with illicit whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Touch and Go - a story from Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - a tale from the days of the South African Police in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown succeeded in clearing up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt, with several photos; Timber-Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech; Australia's Black Trackers; Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip through southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota; Mahoney's Folly - A weird little story from Ireland; and more. Each cover partially loose. Openings to backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Features: A Tigress for Escort - an amazing story of Indian big-game hunting; Football Crazy - An amazing story of the merchant navy in South Africa; Seeking Sunken Gold - may be regarded as a long-delayed 'sequel' to "The Wreck of the General Grant", originally published as far back as 1899; Garcia - by Kerry Wood of Red Deer, Alberta; Saskatchewan "Snowplanes" - includes photo of the winner of the 1938 'Derby Cup' race; The Land of Wonders - a visit to a little-known region in the heart of Turkish Anatolia; Diamonds Cut Diamonds - a quaint story from Queensland involving beachcombers collecting loot from a wrecked steamer; Search and Rescue - stirring stories of rescues by the Royal Canadian Air Force; Alpine Killer - an unusual story from the Austrian Tyrol by a chamois hunter - involves a savage ibex; The Death-Track - a white man seeks to develop land considered sacred. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
