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Pages 421-452. Many nice black and white photos. Features: Continuation of article on Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition; Marine Engines and Their Story - Part 3 - the oscillating paddle engines of the last century and the introduction of the surface condenser; A Gallery of Native Craft - article with amazing photos; The Belships - specially designed for taking on board extra heavy/bulky cargo; Training in Sail Today; Ship Surgery - The Suevic was salvaged and fitted with a new bow. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 264, [16] p., b/w ills. Folk tales from Çankiri City's local regions. Çankiri masallari.
186 pages. Index. References. Abundant beautiful colour photos supplemented with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "A Mangificently illustrated, authoritative and lively tour of the dynamic ebb and flow between the water, the surrounding land and, above all, the people who strove and dreamed along the waterfront." - from dust jacket. Chapters include: The Northwest Coast; Skid Road Logging Port 1858-1886; Rails Meet the Sea 1887-1913; Dreams and Development 1914-1939; The Boom Years 1940-1959; Rise of the Ports 1960-present. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this handsome and informative work. Book
212 pages including index. Describes a forward-looking approach to financial decision-making that is based on the unfolding of a number of different future scenarios. Introduces the concepts of upside, downside, and regret. "...a powerhouse in the understanding of risk.... the authors have created an authoritative and innovative book of risk management that is essential for both practitioners and theoreticians." - Peter L. Bernstein, Author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. Pages bright and unmarked. Minor depression midway up front hinge of front board. Book
50 pages. Features: Gibson Guitar ad features photo of Hank Garland; One-page Fender ad features the Jaguar guitar (lying on a Fender amp); Zildjian ad features photo of Max Roach; Monterey Jazz Festival Report; Jazz in Latin America; Vamp Till Ready - Terry Gibb's Big Band; Rolf Ericson - still waiting, still hoping; The Real Story of Bossa Nova; Gretsch trumpet ad features photo of Kenny Dorham; Two-page photo-ad for Ludwig drums features Joe Morello; Blindfold Test - Don Ellis, Part 1; Pianist Luis Carl Russell; Singerland drum ad features photo of Don MacLean of the Billy Maxted Band; Why Jazz Clubs Come and Go; Gretsch drum ad inside back cover features Chico Hamilton; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Some moisture exposure. 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
253 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Sheds fresh light on this secretive 92-year-old, known simply as K.C., who has emerged victorious over small competitors, faced down multinational oil companies, and battled provincial and federal governments in his drive for weath and power." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Prior owners's details upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. A quality copy. Book
335 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "For 200 years coal has been vital to the industrial world and controlled the destinies of millions. Nowhere has its influence gone deeper than in Canada. Coal Black Heart is world history told through Canadian stories." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Great photo ad for International Trucks on page 1; Junior Boxing Champion of Quebec - Laurier DesRochers is featured in full-page Cream of Wheat ad; Judgement (short story); Taming the Seven Sisters - gigantic hydro-electric development in Manitoba - article with photos; Dusty Courage (short story); Maker of Champions - Captain J.R. Cornelius trains the Hamilton Central Collegiate track team to success - article with photos; A Salute for the Constitution - a plea for veneration of the document that makes us what we are; Dancing Partners (short story); How I Do Love Water-Lilies!; The Kincade Mystery - Who Killed Ethel Kincake of Hamilton? - article with photos; The Beggar of Ur (shorted story); The Queen of the "Turks" - Turkey farmer Mrs. W.A. Freeman of Ardenode, Alberta - article with photos; Premier of Nova Scotia - Hon. Gordon Sydney Harrington - article with photo; Mr. Gobbins Falls In (short story); The Silver Scale (part I); Political article by Sir Austen Chamberlain, with his photo; Canada's pioneer steam engine, long lost, returned to Nova Scotia - the 'Samson'; full-page Dodge car ad; full-page ad for the new Reo Flying Cloud car; Nice full-page photo ad for Hoover vacuums features cute chilid on vintage phone; Nice full-page ad for Auburn cars features the 5-passenger 2-door Brougham $1445; De Soto Six ad; The School Lunch - article with photos; crossword; Transforming the Cellar - article and photos with ideas of how to transform waste cellar space for an extra games and play room; Nice full-page Studebaker ad; Nice colour Calay soap ad inside back cover; Colour Old Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage issue. Book
Fine English Paperback., 28 x 20 cm, 80 p. "Afyonkarahisar masallari, Derleyen ve Yazanlar: MEHMET S. AYGEN - SÜLEYMAN BOZOK - HÜSEYIN GENÇ, Türkeli Yayinlari, Afyon, 1983"
84 pages. Features: Fantastic three-panel colour photo ad for Ford's 1964 models inside front cover; Peter C. Newman on Paul Hellyer; Canada's first World's Fair, by Peter Desbarats; Can we save Latin America from itself?, by Ian Sclanders; The Mafia in Canada - Part 3 - The Inner Workings of the Crime Cartel; What is behind the new wave of TV think shows, by Robert Fulford; Honest Ed Mirvish - the least likely art patron in the world; Blair Fraser reports on The Violent Realities of the New Black Nations, where tribal warfare is less than a lifetime away; Rev. Leslie K. Tarr makes the case against Christian Unity; Boy Meets Girl in Naples on the Humber - a camera crawl of Toronto after midnight; Melvin Arbuckle's first course in shock therapy - a new short story by W.O. Mitchell; Colour centerfold featuring four Chevrolet models for 1964. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 208 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Describes the experiences of two young Australians, Kenneth Linford and the author. Linford was captured by the Japanese in Timor, the author in Java. This work describes the ordeal of these two men and and absorbing account of how Linford and two others escaped from a camp in Thailand - a very rare occurence." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book
Mm 250x285 Nuovo - Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 240 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e a colori lungo l'intero testo. Condizioni del libro: nuovo-new. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
32p. Two text woodcut engravings. Age stained. Double column. 8vo. Removed. No wraps, (if there were any ever present). Very scarce. CPHAM/W71C1
Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
460 pages. Index. Lovely colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Intended for 11-year old readers. Rather than a formal history of Canada, this book "Provides a few pictures of life and action that may pave the way for historical study in the later grades." - from Foreward. Very light wear and soiling. Unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Excellent copy of this lovely work. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of sledding scene; Classy two-page 1934 Chevrolet ad with prominent illustration of handsome grille; One-page yeast ad features photos of Dr. Edouard Antoine of Paris; Australia's Central Bank - interesting article on contemporary developments in central banking; One-page color Crisco ad; Mean People (short story); The Beginning (short story); Taking Children to Sea - interestin photo-illustrated article on attractions offered for children aboard ocean liners; The Trimming of Paul Lumiere (short story); The Girl in Green (short story); White Cargo (part 2 of short story); Tomorrow's Transportation - interesting photo-illustrated article; The Impregnable "Mountain" - photo-illustrated article on Stony Mountain Penitentiary and its escapee California Bill; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Henry Field of Chicago; Two-page Dodge photo ad features crowd gathered around car and another photo of car flying over cliff; Photos of Hollywood stars; Interesting Lux ad includes photo of Barbara Rainforth; Movie News and photos; Nice two-page photo ad for the New Plymouth Six includes photo of Walter P. Chrysler; Radio Stars - news and photos; Movie Reviews; Beauty article; Cooking article about Tea; One-page ad for Magic Baking Powder features photo of Madame R. Lacroix; Interesting Bovril ad includes photos of their product being loaded onto ship, the "Bear of Oakland", of Antarctic explorer Admiral Byrd; Fashion illustrations; One-page Kodak ad entitled "Snapshots at Night!"; Magnificent colour ad for Heinz ketchup inside back cover entitled "Wonderful Wedding" depicts 'blue-blood' female tomatoes being paired with Asian spicy males!; Colour Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Two-page photo ad for the Lockheed GV-1 refueling a fighter; Small Unit Operations - Conterguerrilla War - Part 3 of a series; Great illustrated two-page ad for the M113 troop carrier by FMC illustrates seven of their fascinating military vehicles; "Red Mide" Edson and his story from Tulagi Island in 1942 - photo-illustrated article; Paper Tigers Cost Money; Tips on how an LPH delivers machines, men and gear - with photos; Pacific Strategy 1792-1945 - Part 1 - major article by Samuel Eliot MOrison, Rear Admiral USNR (Ret.); Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerrilla War - Tactics, Soldiers and People - Part 5 of 5; Keep Strong - Keep Fighting; SOPAC Revisited - nostalgic photos from the South Pacific where action took place in WWII; Transfers and Promotions; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
New New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 169 p. Medieval versus nineteenth century art and ideology: Tristan.
Features include: Some Objectives in Breeding Cymbidiums; Growing Cattleya from Seed to Flower in 2 1/2 years; Processing Osmunda; Mythology and Orchids; An Introduction to Hybrid Cymbidiums (III. Rosanna var. Pinkie, F.C.C., RHS); The Longshore Story - Frank Longshore; Modern Cypripedium Hybrids (II. Cypripedium insigne); and Book Review: "The Reh Method of Greenhouse Culture under Plastic Fibre Glass" by Frederick and Winifred Reh. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
Features include: Orchid Classics: Story of Oncidium splendidum; Notes on Orchid Cultivation for Trinidad Conditions; New Trends in Cymbidium Breeding; Plant Quarantine Regulations Governing the Importation of Orchid Plants; Orchids Growing in Hawaii; Collectors' Item: Batemannia yauaperiensis; Orchids Growing in Florida; Book Review "Orchids for Everyone" by O. Eigeldinger; Oncidium serratum and Orchids in England: An Amateur's Collection (Pt II). Light wear. Some pages with writing on them. Back cover with writing and discoloration. A sound copy. 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
50 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
160 pages. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Title on half-title page has been crayoned in. Title on title page partially inked-in. Occasional child's markings to contents and back endpaper. Half of page 11 missing. Book
506 pages including notes and index. The story of the Canadian men and women who, during the period from 1865 to 1924, struggled against the corruption of political patronage, abysmal working conditions and poverty-level salaries in the federal civil service. This is an account of the history of some of the organizations formed to overcome these adverse conditions, and the story of the dedicated men and women who guided them, often at great personal risk. Documents their few victories and many defeats, and the significant impact that their dogged perseverance has had on the Canadian federal service of today. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy of this exhaustive work. Book
