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Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R.R. in Nebraska; My Adventures in Sarawak (part III) - adventures of the Rajah's bride amongst 'the lovable little people'; Hona's "Tapu" - what happened to to men who attempted to brave the curse of a Maori chief upon a rich gold-reef; An Unlucky Ride - in New Zealand a man sets of on a perilous 120 mile journey to see his lady, only to arrive late and offend her; Our Travels in Safari-land (part I) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) travels through British East Africa; The Night-Watchman's Story - an 1885 tale from the steamer 'Bengal Tiger' shipping from Paducah, Kentucky, as told by Ernest Prentis; Penelope Visits Finland - holiday jaunts to the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes"; Parker's Lesson - a 1913 story of a young man from Cambridge who went to Nigeria with ideas of how the natives should be handled; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Editions, second volume with with maps in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Makers of the Realm (1953); Volume II: The Age of Chivalry (1963).
Pages 925 - 964. Features: Political protests in Cape Town; Photos of commemoration of "The Epic of Calais" - unveiling of the Green Jacket's War Memorial; Photos of her majesty the Queen and Princess Margaret in Northern Ireland; Neasham Belle winning photo; G. Farina wins the Ulster Trophy Race; Field Marshall Montgomery addresses units of the 16th independent Parachute Brigade Group at Aldershot; Royal visit to celebrate the centenary of Manchester University; Photos of the Festival Gardens at Battersea; General Mark Clark's Story - photo-illustrated article; Photos of the anti-communist force in Indo-China - the army and religion of "Cao Dai"; Photo of Arctic Prince winning the 1951 Derby with royalty in attendance; Centerfold illustrations deal with England's weather and the wettest February for 110 years; Soberinig photos of the National Coal Board's (NCB's) greatest mine disaster at Easington Colliery where 81 died; Samples of Victoria photos at the V.and A. Museum; Photos of Atlantic seal calves; Scenes from the Korean War including communist POWs; Photos of personalities of the week, including Presiident Truman's daughter Margaret and Captain Charles Blair after he set a new record for a flight over the North Pole; Aerial photo of the H.M.S. Theseus at sea with crew spelling out her name on the flight deck; Two Swedish warships, the cruiser Gota Lejon and the destroyer Uppland; Photos from Rome; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages: 281-320. Features: Cover photos of Adlai Stevenson's triumph in Chicago; Photo ad for Grants Stand Fast Whisky inside front cover features Alan Melville; One-page Ford car ad; Esso Petrol one-page ad features tigers; South African Airlines ad; Large photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson; Turning Point in Cyprus? - The Eoka Cease-fire Declaration - six photos including Archbishop Makarios and Dighenis; Two pages of photos of the delegations which attended the London Conference on Suez; Prince Charles and Princess Anne help sailors pull a rope; Photo portraits of Princess Margaret; Photos of the Queen in Oban, Mull, Skye, Barra and South Uist; Photo of nine heads of the Arab League; Story and eight photos of newly oil-rich Saudi Arabia; Great centerfold photo of delegates at the opening session of the Suez Conference in London (holding by one staple); 14 photos of personalities of the week, including Lake Ontario swimmer Brenda Fisher, Sir Otto Lund, Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, Baron Von Neurath and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick; Miss Pat Smythe at the Brighton horse show; Thousand-year-old trees a few inches high - the astonishing welwitschia, from the deserts of Angola; One-page aerial photo of raft L'Egare which had just finished an 87-day voyage on the Atlantic; Police raid Communist H.Q. in West Germany; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for the Illustrated London News encourages subscriptions for those flying to Australia; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features cricket theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 121-160. Features: Unconquered Everest - the story of the Gallant Swiss attempt; Karsh one-page photo portrait of celebrated composer Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M.; Heligoland stirs again - numerous photos, including bombing practice devastation; Three Atomic Spies and Their Betrayals - Fuchs, Pontecorvo and Nunn May; various photos of royals; maritime photos; the U.S. Navy's new rubber life raft; Photos of racing horse Tulyar; Dramatic photo of the U.S. Navy's jet aircraft the D 558 Skyrocket in flight; sports photos, including Bisley winner Major A.B. Kinnier-Wilson; Sandhurst Royal Military Academy; Great photos of opening ceremonies at the Helsinki Olympics, including wonderful centerfold photo of the American team entering the stadium; Secrets of the Whale; Photo of Gliding champion Mr. Philip Wills; Photos of F. Trueman, the young Yorkshire fast bowler; Rebuilding the Vienna opera house; Photos of ongoing repairs to the famous Bredon-Tithe-Barn near Tewkesbury; Five excellent photos of the nearly extinct Alpine Ibex in the Bavarian Alps; Legacy of Alexander the Great's invasion of India; Charles Keene art exhibition; Nice colour ad for Number Seven cigarettes on back cover shows sailing scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1916, in-16, cartone decorato con cartello al dorso, pp. X, 307, (1). Prima edizione.
90 pages. Articles: The Red Plan for S-Day (Soviet Day) when American Communists will perform disrupting tactics in America - with photo of Communist leaders arrested for advocating violent overthrow of the government; I'm a Sucker for Screwballs; Chain Store in the Wilderness - The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) - article with great photos from northern Canada; I Catch Bank Embezzlers; Through Hell and High Brass (part 2 of 5) - The Story of Jimmy Doolittle; Magdealena - California's gift to Broadway - with great color dance photos; Steve Canyon and Me - Milton Caniff writes about his popular comic strip; Beatrice Pearson - color photo with write-up. Fiction: Security; Cry Deep, Cry Stilll; Riviera Renegade; Jack Pot; Passage to Panama (par 1 of 7); The Impudent Rifle (conclusion). Ad include: Bell Telephone; Elgin Watches (with Robert Montgomery); Monarch packaged foods; "Every Girl Should Be Married" movie with Cary Grant; Admiral entertainment units; Gruen Curvex watches; RCA Victor radios; 1949 Ford cars; Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page two-color ad featuring Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Arthur Godfrey and Peggy Lee; Plymouth; Nash Airflyte centerfold ad - very attractive; Bostonians shoe ad; Westinghouse electric sheet/blanket ad - color photo; GM - two-page color ad; Very colorful two-page ad for Calvert Reserve whiskey; Hedy Lamarr is featured in an Auto-Lite ad; Hamm's beer; Pepsodent ad features Jacqueline Crouse; Pennsylvania Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features bridge walker Adam Tomey. Average wear. Cover holding by one staple. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Coverage of the Royal Visit; Nice Westclox ad; The Edinburghs - eight pages on the Royal Family - text with numerous photos, including young Prince Charles; How I Photographed the Royal Couple - by Karsh - illustrated with his colour photos, including the Queen with Princess Ann; When a Queen Ruled Britain - article with photos from the Victorian era; The Runaways - story by Ware Torrey Budlong; The Butcher with a Poet's Soul - Canada Packers President James Stanley McLean - article with photos; Let's Abolish Homework, by Sidney Katz; Charlottetown Likes to Laugh - article and photos on the capital of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.); Humor by Robert Thomas Allen and William Frederick Miksch - "Shopping's a game women play but men don't know the score"; Confessions of a Big-Town (Toronto) Cabbie - by John Rowland - article with photo; Nice Kodak colour-photo ad; Vintage Massey-Harris ad shows corn cobs being harvested by a man on an implement with no cab; Cartoon by Peter Whalley; Colour centerfold for Snyder's fine furniture of Waterloo, Ontario features their Dynavista sectional designs; Full-page ad for Imperial Furniture manufacturing of Stratford, Ontario; Nice Chrysler ad; Rare full-page colour Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Recruiting Poster - very nice!; Dodge car ad; The Hargreaves Quads - Joan, Janice, Jennifer and Joyce - are featured in a nice colour ad for Aylmer strained peaches; Betty Grable is featured in a Auto-Lite battery ad; Colour Karsh Portrait of Prince Philip in full-page ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Nice vintage ad for GMC heavy trucks; Babe Didrikson Zaharias - world's greatest woman athlete - featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Several short external archival tape repairs. Bits of writing on front and back covers. Much writing on Westclox ad on page 1. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
283 pages. Index. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. "The UNITED STATES represents the fulfillment of a lifetime dream. Her design, her financing, her construction, her trials, her capturing the world's speed supremacy - all these were the crowning achievements of an amazingly successful life - the life of William Francis Gibbs... Tells the story of The Big Ship, as she was known at 21 West Street, the offices of Gibbs & Cox, where she was designed... She was drydocked in 1980 and passed with flying colours... So here's to the safest liner ever built, the fastest big ship ever and one of the world's masterpieces!" - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp inside front board else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear and some spine sunning to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name and address blacked out on front endpaper. Foxing to a few pages. Frontispiece by de Ivanowski, Sigismond. Full blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. 4 3/4"w x 7 1/2"h. By the author of The Secret Garden.
66 pages. Features: Saga of the Deadly Cook Gang; When the United States Had Mad Emperor; Black Man's West - The Story of Negro Pioneers; Belle Starr - Queen Bandit; The Man Who Ate Indian Livers; Gov. Charles Bent's Murder and Scalping; Abigail Scott - Fighting Northwest Suffragette; The Unluckiest Scout in the West; Friendship - the Price of Death; Loot the Village - Kill the Males. Magazine
37p. + Plus frontis and full page plates by Will Crawford illustrated in yellow and black. Inked ownership. 12mo. Original full brown cloth binding, decorated front cover very worn and faded. Third Impression. HUMOR 6
Features: The Plymouth Story - major article with great photos and chronological succession; 1900 Hurtu; 1922 - The First Air-Cooled Chevrolet; The World Renowned Panhard; The Isotta Fraschini Owner's Association; Great 8-page Firestone catalogue of Tires, Tubes and Rims for Antique Cars; 1919 Hispano-Suiza; Model 6-70 Flyabout 1910 thomas Flyer; - national prize winner owned by Thomas J. Lester; Packard photos; Locomobile photos; Cadillac and Pierce Arrow photos; Chrysler and 1922 White Truck photos; Man of the Year - James Cogdell; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
191 pages including index. Archival black and white illustrations. A lively, informative, and fascinating history of how the automobile and its component parts were developed. Intended for younger readers but very interesting for adults as well. Usual library markings. Firm library binding. Nice sound working copy. Ex-Library
60 pages. Features: Beautiful Faces; A Doll Tour of Great Britain; "Made in England" - the Dolls of the Staffordshire Potteries - Part 2; New Jersey Keepsake Luncheon; Photo Essay - "Decorated China Heads"; Dolls from the Museum of Ruhamah von Hof; The Winthrop Collection of Dolls; Nancy Ann Story book Dolls - Part 1; Compo Corner; Max & Maurice; Will the Real Madame Alexander Doll Please Stand Up?; Cecilia Rothman; Ask the Doll's Dressmaker; 11-1/2in. (29.1cm) Dionne Quint Todder Clothes; Miniatures at Auction; From Elspeth's Inkpot; A Fashion Doll Fantasy - Part 1; A Doll Buyer's Guide to London. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Wonderful two-page colour ad for Chrysler's "Motion-Design" automobile styling; The Struggle for the Border, by Bruce Hutchison - Part 1; Does Worry Cause Cancer?; We Just Had to Be Alone - story by Morley Callaghan; Jim Flynn's Private Army - The Cowichan Commandos - they serve as enemy for the Duncan Reserves - article with great photos; The Best Ten-cent Ride in the World - the 12-minute Vancouver Ferry - article with photos; I Grew Up With Saskatchewan - Marjorie Wilkins Campbell looks back fondly on her prairie childhood - article with photos; The Tourist Who'll Never Go Home - Harold Metcalf will never come home from London; Vintage colour Chevrolet ad; Nice 1955 Dodge ad. Three-inch opening to bottom edge of front cover. Center page holding by one staple. Moderate overall wear. A quality copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Colour-photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover shows writing on mousetrap; Editorial on the Penticton Vs who have just won the world hockey championship; Fascinating Canadair one-page photo ad entitled "Do We Really Know Where to Face Communism?" shows sparsely-attended church and encourages Canadians to re-affirm their Christian faith to battle Communism; Two-page Rexall ad lists lots of products and their microscopic prices; Nice one-page colour-photo Weston's ad shows stone mason eating lunch; The Man With the Coat - complete story by Morley Callaghan, profusely illustrated by Oscar Cahen; The Bitter, Tragic Battle Over Fluoridation; Marilyn Monroe look-alike Jackie MacDonald of Toronto wants to be the world's strongest woman - great photo-illustrated article on Jacqueline Donalda MacDonald, with coach Lloyd Percival appearing in one photo; How Brock Founded the Canadian Myth; The Canadian Guards - can we transplant that British spit and polish to Canada? (photo-illustrated article); Gordon Tamblyn - his gaslit store was turned into the biggest drugstore chain in the country - article with large photo of Kate Aitken with Tamblyn president Browne and store manager E.N. Thopmson in his store; Nice one-page colour-phot ad for 1955 Chrysler cars; Two-page colour ad for Deepfreeze fridges; Colour ad for Clover Leaf sockeye salmon; One-page colour ad for 1955 Dodge cars (Regent and Mayfair); Nice colour-photo CNR (Canadian National Railways) ad features scenes on trains; One-page recruiting ad for RMC and Royal Roads; Colour ad for the Canadian Wine Institute features endorsements by illuminaries in France; Interesting one-page colour ad for Massey-Harris-Ferguson looks over tractor steering wheel over field, with caption "How Steering Wheel Farming Took the Ache Out of Acres"; McCulloch chainsaw ad; Labatt's IPA ad features photo of Wexford, Ontario labourer Frederick Gilbert; Nice colour-photo ad for 1955 Studebaker cars inside back cover; Back cover Coke colour-photo ad shows formally-dressed adults seated in shag carpet listening to records; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Several discrete archival-tape mends along coverfold. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
221 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Progress over the past four decades has altered and improved living and working conditions throughout our northern frontier and this book gives a true and interesting look at one man's participation. Any reader with an adventurous spirit will appreciate the problems and excitement of growing with and being part of development in the northwest during this time. Whether he was running dogs, a river boat, aircraft or helicopter, Pat always completed his task, many times under adverse conditions." - Gordon Cameron. Above-average wear. Bit of writing upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Binding fragile but intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
293 pages. "Evanshen is a Canadian Footbal League Hall of Famer. In 1988 he was struck by a driver running a red light. When he came out of a coma, he did not know who his wife was.... all of his memories - and his ability to retain new memories - were gone... A story not only of how the brain works, but of how the human spirit can survive even the loss of identity" - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Stop Pitying the Underworked Housewife; How Good is the Birth-Control Pill?; How Wayne and Shuster Took New York - article with black and white photos; The Hectic Story of Canada's Subway - article with photos; Calgary's Eighth Avenue - article with great colour photos; Let's Stop Dropping In - a humourous tale by Robert Thomas Allen; My World, The Race Track - Johnny Longden's Story (conclusion); and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. This engaging story for children starts near the pulp mill at Powel River, B.C., the unlikely spot where two mother Canada geese make their nests and lay their eggs. Some of the goslings are hatched in an incubator, then end up at a stump ranch where they decide that Crocus the Chinese weed-eating gander is their mother. Unmarked but for gift greetings upon front flyleaf. Light wear to attractively illustrated glossy covers. Book
98 pages including index.. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy Book
Pages 449-512. Features: In Peril Among the Riffs - How Sir Malcolm Campbell and Flight-Lieut. Don nearly lost their lives in North Africa - article with photos; With the Seal Hunters - photo-illustrated article on the heroic and arduous labours of the gallant fishermen for seals amongst the ice-floes of the coast of Labrador; Famous Figures in Football - G. (Geoffrey) N. Foster and Dr. R. Cove-Smith - article with photo; Sixty Years of Soccer - article with photos of William McCracken, Fanny Walden, G.O. Smith, Victor Watson, and Clifford Bastin; The Secret of Druid's Cross (mystery story); Why Keep a Log Book?; Field Hockey Tactics - article with photos; Making Morris Motors - photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of Morris cars; The Poacher's Wirelss (fiction); The Reversed Watermark (fiction); The Hooghly River - the World's Worst (article); The Story of Stamp Collecting. No table of contents. Covers loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Premiere issue of this publication. 32 pages. Features: Haida Masks; The Trumpeter Swan; The Recovery of the Chameau Treasure - the story of a French flute lost off Cape Breton in 1725, and the recovery of the hoard of gold and silver coins she carried; The Legend Makers - three colour plates of early Canadians; The Similkameen Velley - The Red Paint Country. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy of this, the premiere issue of this informative publication. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/2"w x 10 7/8"h. 160 pages. Black and white photos.
