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90 pages. Features: Christmas Fact and Fantasy; London's Christmas Choirs; Christmas on Duty; Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World; Two Words (short story); The Electric Pen - a hundred years ago a primitive version of the mimeograph provided an unlikely link between Thomas Edison and Lewis Carroll; ; The Tyranny of Things; Seasonal Greetings - tracing the history of Victorian era Christmas Cards - article with lovely colour illustrations; The Model World (fashion model article); Nice colour-photo one-page ad for the Triumph TR7; Camels in America (USA); A True Christmas Story; The Constancy of Coade stone; The Boy Who Stole the Sun (children's story); Toys for Adults; The Carthusian Liqueur; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this charming issue. Book
64 pages. Creepy cover photo of Canadian serial child-killer Clifford Olson and many of his victims; The Legacy of Jean Lesage; Cover Story - Killer Clifford Olson's Plea under section 745 of Criminal Code for early release from prison after only 15 years served; Olson's Prison World; Section 745 - Good Intentions, Mixed Results; Premier's conference - with photo of Lucien Bouchard at the microphone; Prairie farmers face crop loss; photo of Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason; India's Passage - facing weighty challenges on its 50th birthday; Police close in on suspects in the Air India tragedy; Abu Maizar and Lafi Khalil - terror suspects; KAL Flight 801 crash at Guam International Airport; Biting The Apple - Microsoft's Bill Gates bails out former Stave Jobs and Apple Computer; Body of Evidence - controversy over a corpse fuels the Bre-X scandal; British Columbia's Smelter of Success - $1.2 billion deal with Alcan at Kitimat; How First Nations self-rule can bring prosperity; Elvis reigns supreme 20 years after his death; Karen Douglas teaches English to Mexican labourers in Bowmanville; Murder in Cold Lake - Carol Meredith and Barclay MacFie; and more. Moderate wear. A clean and unmarked copy. Magazine
152 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. List of suggested further reading. "The fascinating, true story of the first frogman unit formed by the Allies in World War II, related by the Canadian naval officer who raised the commanded the Unit from its training period in California to its successful employment in Burma." - from dust jacket. Armorial bookplate atop half-tiltle page, otherwise contents clean, bright and unmarked. Binding tight. Light wear to dark green cloth-covered boards. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Enser p.173, Law 0622. Book
4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 161 half-tone plates and illustrations in the text, wanting front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, covers a little faded, corners lightly bruised else a sound, clean copy. Extremely scarce in any condition. Bennett p.134.
180 pages plus extensive appendices. Black and white illustrations. "The story of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War I and its most tragic and glorious moments - July 1st at Beaumont Hamel. In half an hour this entire regiment was cut down by German machine gun fire till only a handful of men remained. Attempts to explain to the younger generation of the present day the reasons for such sacrifices. The result of years of careful research." - from dust jacket. Discard stamp upon front free endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Light to moderate wear to dust jacket which is now in protective Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Blood Money - A Swedish Mercinary in R.F.C. Uniform and the most merciless killer on the Western Front; Murder in the Mess - A modern R.A.F. Bomber Squadron is the setting of Murder in an Officer's Mess; Smoking Prohibited - Misadventure in the Fleet Air Arm; True Story - Continuing the Personal Narrative of a Young Airman who fought in Spanish War Skies; A Spot of Snooping - A Bristol Fighter and its mission where success meant a German Gaol and failure the annihilation of fifty thousand men; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Features: International Floralies, Montreal 1980; Cabinetmaker and Weaver Friedrich K. Ploethner; 19th Century Ontario Animal Portraits; The B. Lent Pottery c. 1836-1841- Lincoln County redware; In Search of a Canadian Sampler-Maker - a fascinating story of three closely intertwined pioneer Ontario families - Robertsons, Barnharts and Smiths; the Dugald Costume Collection; The Careful Collector - Part II - International Customs and Transport. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features include: The Donkey - A humble donkey co-operates to bring about the discomfiture of sundry Arab thieves; It Pays to Advertise - The Amazing result of the nefarious activities of a rascally 'wild-cat' company promoter and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in Canada; Mr. Zaru - story from a ship; Into the Unknown - exploratino work in Tanganyika; Farm Life in South Africa - intended for aspiring British immigrants to South Africa; Through the Iron Curtain - an ambitious motor-cycle voyage through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Beyond the Barrier - Extraordinary incidents related by a famous stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne; A Matter of Boundaries - an amusing tale of a tribal land-dispute in Nigeria; The Little Gold Disc - A veteran seafarer's account of a remarkable experience on the China Coast; The Tiger That Thought; The Red Lacquer Pagoda; The Ship That Became a House; Guarding New Zealand's Forests - Illustrated in black and white. Chips from and tears to base of spine else average wear. Two inch opening at top of back cover. Magazine
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.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic script). 222, [2] p., color ills. ISBN: 582501247. Akilli kirpinen ayneci tilki. Krimtatar halk masallari. Toplagan, islegen ve tertib etgen: Ablüziz Veliev. A rare fairytale book compiled and printed by Crimean intellectuals during their exile in Uzbekistan.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In modern very aesthetic full leather bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 197, [2], [1] p. Altin isik. Ziya Gökalp, whose real name is Mehmet Ziya was born on March 23,1876 in Diyarbair. Ziya Gökalp started his education in Diyarbakir, and moved to Istanbul in 1895 to attend the school for veterinary medicine. During this stage of his life, he met important political figures of the era such as Ibrahim Temo and Ishak Sukûti. He was much influenced by the Young Turks movement and joined the political reform movement Ittihat ve Terakki (Committee of Union and Progress). He was arrested in 1898 because of his dissident activities and spent a year in prison. After his release, he was sent to exile to Diyarbakir where he worked on a minor governmental assignments. After the declaration of the second constitutional monarchy, he established a branch of Ittihat ve Terakki in Diyarbakir, and became its representative. He published the Peyman newspaper. In 1909, he attended the Ittihat ve Terakki Congress held in Thessalonica as the Diyarbakir delegate. The next year, he was elected member to the central administrative council of this organization in Thessalonica. He taught sociology courses in Ittihat Terakki's school, which he had helped establish in 1910. In the mean time, he also published the Genç Kalemler periodical. In 1912, he was elected as a representative of Ergani Maden to the Meclis-i Mebusan (Parliament), and he moved to Istanbul. He was also one of the founders of the association Türk Ocagi (The Turkish Hearth). He wrote about nationalism and Turkish nationalism in the publication of this association Turk Yurdu, and in many other publications such as Halka Dogru, Islam Mecmuasi, Milli Tetebbular Mecmuasi, Iktisadiyat Mecmuasi, Içtimaiyat Mecmuasi and Yeni Mecmua. In the mean time, he taught sociology at the Darülfünun-u Osmani (Istanbul University). During the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Ziya Gökalp sought to fashion a new national identity. In essence, his philosophy consisted of the effort of synthesizing the ethical and cultural values native to Turkish society, and certain values borrowed from the west. He summarized this approach as 'becoming Turkish, Muslim, and modern', and he took the cultural component from Turkish nationalism, and the ethical component from Islam. Gokalp defended that the constructive element of international culture were national cultures and he gave priority to folk literature over court literature. He believed in the importance of positive sciences, which had made the technological and scientific development of the West possible and considered religion as an auxiliary element on the way to reach religious and social unity. His social model was influenced by Emile Durkheim's theoretical concept of 'solidarism'. He opted for this model because unlike liberalism, which was based on the individual, and Marxism, which was based on class struggle, solidarism considered vocational organizations as the essential social unit. He wrote countless articles explaining his social and political views, and he systematized the concept of Turkish nationalism. He played an important role in the establishment and the development of Turkish national literature. In spite of the verse works and the poetry that he wrote in defense of Turkish nationalism, recent history Turkish cultural tends to acknowledge him more as a figure of political struggle. Ziya Gökalp earned great respect on the basis of his life of political activism. Leaving an indelible mark on the development of Turkish national identity, Gokalp died on October 25, 1924 as a citizen of the newly founded Republic of Turkey. Hegira: 1342 = Roumi: 1339 = Gregorian: 1923. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Özege 550.; Just five copies in OCLC: 880485512 (x3).; 163023661 (x2). Altin isik (The Golden light) includes the collection of Turkish tales in verse and prosaical which reflected Ziya Gökalp's thoughts. When he was a small child, Z
4to., First and Sole Edition, with several illustrations (one full-page) in the text and a folding map, free endpapers lightly spotted; original boards, printed coloured label incorporating battalion, divisional and army crests mounted on upper board; cloth back, boards mildly scuffed and age-marked, backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a very good, clean copy of a scarce unit history. With the printed exclusion slip ('This book is for the Somerset Light Infantry, for the men of the Seventh Battalion and for their next-of-kin. It is not for public sale') bound in facing half-title. Includes ROH, commanders and commanding officers, officers and warrant officers, and decoration and awards (with extracts from citations). The battalion formed part of 214 Infantry Brigade in Thomas's renowned 43rd Wessex Division. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps the division captured Mount Picon, the key to Normandy, forced the crossing of the Seine, took part in Operation GARDEN, were the first British troops to fight in Germany, and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. IN THIS CONDITION, A SCARCE SURVIVAL. Sutcliffe, p.96; White, p.66.
56 pages. Features: One-page colour-photo ad for the Fairwinds Golf Course development north of Nanaimo, B.C.; The heat is on Joe Clark as national unity talks enter critical phase; The agony of Martesnville, Saskatchewan - multiple charges of physical and sexual abuse against children; Two-page VW ad features embroidered images of their vehicles; Serbia becomes pariah - U.N. responds with sanctions; Danish voters reject Maastricht Treaty; Feature Article - Diana's Story - and the embattled British Crown; Australian weigh republicanism; Paul Reichmann of collapsed developer Olympia & York (O&Y) - a patriarch at bay; Westray tragedy raises troubling issues; Peter C. Newman writes on the volatile real estate scene in New York; Rio Earth Summit; Christine Lamont and David Spencer held in Sao Paulo prison; Interesting one-page B.C. Tel ad promotes their calling card; Northern Telecom ad on back cover for their Meridian 1 PBX.; Great cover photo of Lady Diana. Danish vote article on page 24 extensively marked in light pencil. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this interesting issue. Book
184 pages including index. Records the early exploration years and accomplishments of the hundreds of men and women who worked the mine for 25 years, and touches on contributions to the community of the miners and their families. Primarily a chronological history of an open pit copper mine and mill which utilized the ingenuity and skills of its people to ensure the mine's survival in the face of the challenges of a rugged environment, a low grade orebody and economic recession. But it also tells a more personal story through photographs and anecdotes from the mines's veterans, many of whom have taken the lessons learned at Island Copper to other mining operations around the world where they are known affectionately as the "Island Copper Mafia." Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
Pages 41-80. Features: The Saddest Woman in the World - Marie of Russia - article with photos; Buried Treasure - a complete story; Photo tips of what not to do with your Gramphone; Most People Have a Double - but is sometimes means trouble - article with photos; Does Marriage Mean Going ThroughThe Mill? - a story that answers the problem; Lovers or Friends? - Woodbine Willie discusses the truth about companionship between the sexes; Wit of the Week; Open That Window! - and help yourself to health; "Stop & Look" pictures include Copenhagen church in the shape of an organ; Why George Tupper wished his wife many unhappy returns (fiction); In a Floating "Hell" - horses break loose aboard a storm-tossed ship enroute to Russia from Canada; Angel Esquire (continued); The Story of the Birmingham Municipal Bank; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
626 pages. Glossary. "Highlights from the State of Competition in the Canadian Petroleum Industry - the government report that alleges monopoly practices by Canada's big oil companies." - from front cover. "Compiled from the more than 135,000 secret oil company documents that were seized by government investigators in raids between 1973 and 1978.... Shows that the oil companies purposely restricted competition, worked together to keep prices and profits up, and sacrificed Canadian interests when they were told to do so by their foreign parents." - from back cover. Considering that Esso sounds eerily like an acronym for the Rockefeller's Standard Oil (S.O.) readers of this work will also surely be interested in the early writings of Ida Tarbell and her revelations about the methods of that company and its founder, J.D. Rockefeller. Has anything changed? Book
52 pages. Features: How Canada helped Communist China gain a foothold in Africa; Why New Brunswick's bid for one big maritime province never got off the ground; The Warren Report - new boost for the Kennedy memorabilia industry; Merv McKenzie and the Toronto-based campaign to unseat Cassius Clay; Roy Peterson cartoon of Bob Thompson/Real Caouette (Social Credit); Let's stop kidding ourselves about civil defense; Can Canada win the U.S. Election? - should Canada hope for a win by Goldwater or Johnson?; The Cranky conclusions of un-American Canadian Ian Sclanders; The Egg and Donald Shaver - this iron-willed Canadian peddles millions of chickens in 44 countries - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Happiest Canadians - Newfoundlanders; Norman Philipps and his life and hard times as a Royal Baby-Sitter; Dr. Benge Atlee - the two things wrong with our schools is what they teach and how they teach it;Comeback of the Six-Day Grind - the six-day bicycle race is making a comeback in Canada (in Montreal) - great article with photos; The vanishing Sons of Freedom (Doukhobors) and the tough reporter, Simma Holt, who's finally told their story; Canadian Club ad features photos of Simon Khoury flying on kite behind boat; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
96 pages. The lovely and uncommon story "... of an Indian baby and his early childhood days. Told in in such a way as to be read by first-grade children... Readers will acquire a knowledge of Indian traditions, religion, and culture, and a better understanding of the people whom the European explorers found in North America." - from Introduction. Wonderful bright colour illustrations upon each page. Above-average wear. Former school library copy with usual markings inside but none to exterior. Although well-worn, this remains a decent copy of this delightful work. (Incidentally, this book would probably be banned from today's politically-correct schools as its external artwork includes what later became better-know as swastikas at each end of spine and in lower right corner of front board.) Book
Pages 201-240. Features: Tales of the Flying Squad - Crook Catching on Wheels - photo illustrated article; The Quest - another fine story of the Foreign Legion; Jealousy Between Lovers - a necessity, otherwise, a curse; The Gramophone - an appealing short story; The Struggle of the Giants - a wonderful (Football Association Challenge) cup season - article with photos; The Otter's Inn - a popular nature story; When Parliament Gasped! - great illustrated article of drama on the floor of the House; How to get your garden going; Shadowed Love - a man's love for two women; Illustrated Amami Shampoos ad; The Real Swanee - photo-illustrated article about the film 'Uncle Tim's Cabin"; The Uninvited Guest - short story; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
35 pages. Text in English and Inuit. Line Drawings. Includes: The Story of Inaloosiak and the Grizzly Bear; The Birds and Their Contest; The Man Who Became Many Things; Naraye; Anarktee; The Mouse and the Fox; Young Polar Bear; Ookpik and the Polar Bear; Medicine Song; Song of the Fox; Eratak; The Little Boy and His Grandmother; Polar Bear Family and the People; The Evil Woman. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
120 pages. Covers feature large glossy colour photos of Fuhr in action and holding the Stanley Cup. Topics include: The Fuhr Story; The Basics of Goaltending; Game Action Photos; The Game; Scouting; and more. "Grant Fuhr is widely recognized as the world's best goalie. A winner of the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender, Fuhr is a perennial all-star who has backstopped the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup wins in five years. He holds records for most points in a season by a goalie and most games played." - from pages 7. Average wear. Unmarked. A solid copy of this great goalkeeping collectible. Book
Pages 441-480. Features: Science - Super Detective - why not use universities to detect crime? - article with photo of Sir Bernard Spilsbury and Commissioner Enright, late of the New York Police; Lost & Found - short story; My Trip to a Whaler off the Shetlands, where 200 whales are killed every season - with six photos; The Looker On - a love story; Bizarre photo of golfing from the head of someone doing a handstand atop a 27-storey building; The Truth About Nerves - some simple causes of a mysterious malady by a Harley Street Doctor; Nursing Big Clocks - First Aid for the timepieces which "Tell the World"; - article with Big Ben photos; How Our Weather Forecasts are Obtained; Hidden Fires - a love story; More Zoo Secrets - article with animal photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); A Railwaymen's Triumph - photo-illustrated article on the splendid orphanage of the Railway Benevolent Institution at Derby; and more. Openings along coverfold. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 401-440. Features: The Truth About Those "Undress" Shows - where is the modern stage fashion leading us? - argues for stricter censorship over stage 'fashions' - with reproductions of scandalous photos; The Man Who Hadn't a Chance (story); What Did Christ Mean? - who are the meek and how can they inherit the earth?; Mother Love - an appealing little story; How the Cup is Won - secrets of the great vitory final by the Captain of Cardiff's winning team last season - article with photo; A Stranger in the Wild - a January nature story; Making the "Stars" Twinkle - some facts about filmland's unseen army, the people who do the behind-the-scenes work - article with photos, including "Our Gang" kids and an aerial photo of the MGM lot; Photo of 'land yacht' (early RV); Photo of world champion unicyclist Walter Nilsson riding on top of the Cheops pyramid; Adventure - a short story; Wit of the Week; Fishing With a Kite! - Photo-illustrated article about queer ways of catching the ocean's finny monsters, including photo of Rex Ingram with a huge fish he caught off Florida; Angel Esquire (continued); The World's Largest Building Society - The Halifax Building Society - started in a coffee house and now has capital of 40 million pounds. Openings along coverfold. Clean six-inch opening to central portion of front cover and following several pages, apparently by an errant knife cut. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 281-320. Features: Bad Luck or Fate? - photo-illustrated article about the ill-fated east-to-west Atlantic flight of Hon. Elsie Mackay and Captain Hinchliffe - with photos of female flyers ; Lady Carbery, Ruth Elder, Princess Loewenstein-Wertheim and Mrs. Grayson; The Dead Hand - a Foreign Legion story; London's Lonely Girls - photo illustrated article by Mrs. Stanley Baldwin explains how they are saved from being 'stranded'; Singing 210 "Hits" a Week - Photo illustrated article on entertainers Layton Turner and Clarence Johnstone (Layton and Johnstone); Shop'uns - a tale of eggs at Easter; Banning Our Beauty Spots - photo-illustrated article on how people are being denied access to the sea, seashore and cliffs; The Rolling Penny - a case of X. Crook, Detective; Getting the World's Goat - an article about how to get on people's nerves; Shadowed Love (continued); and more. Staples disintegrated. Writing on covers. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: The Cost of Living Mystery - Why the index figure today is unfair Perilous Island - a story of the eternal triangle in the tropics; Keeping the Zoo Fit - the latest medical aids for aiding birds and beasts; Under Cover - a new adventure of Detective X. Crook; "Stop and Look" Interesting pictures, including a 'mobile home' carved from a huge tree trunk; Spook Ships of Britain - ghostly vessels that haunt our shores; British Boys in Slavery! - no greater scandal exists today than the practice of sending British orphan boys and 'first offenders' to Canada and Ireland to be 'apprenticed to farm work, for which they are wretchedly paid and poorly looked after; Love is Blind; Air Wonders of Today - article with great photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); All About Old Age Pensions; Unmarked. Coverfold half open. Several middle pages loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
