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160 pages. A personal chronicle of the struggling early years of effort and achievement. Others will write the story with greater skill and objectivity, but no one will do the job with greater love and gratitude. Author was Founder and First President of the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Loaded with wonderful black and white photographs. Book
54 pages. Features: Attractive cover illustration of lady in swimwear; Let's Have Direct Relief for Our Real Forgotten Man - Editorial against high real estate taxes; Death Looks for Cinderella (part 1); Is Father Coughlin Anti-Semitic? - His Own Answer - article with photo; Country Club Scandal (short story); I Was a Showman Too - Volatile Ex-New York Mayor James J. Walker talks of brass bands and ballyhoo; Hearts in Danger (fiction); How to Win Sick Friends and Influence Them - flowers are lovely but show a little originality!; The Good Earth Answers (pioneer family fiction); Purge in Hot Springs (conclusion); Matinee Today (short story); To the Ladies; Hell's Bargainers - Traitors to the Law - Sam Leibowitz exposes the method of lawyer-criminals; Rancher-Artist Augustus (Gus) Kenderdine - candidate for the Canadian Hall of Fame (article with photo); Tennis is a Dub's Game - words of cheer from champion Helen Hull Jacobs; Toronto's Royal York Hotel is featured prominently inside back cover; Colour back cover ad for the Physical Culture Hotel, Dansville, New York. Somewhat above-average external wear. Light pencil doodling to cartoon on page 46 and art contest blank on page 51. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
8vo., with coloured and monmochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications 23.
331 pages. Topics include: They Who Mine the Ground; Richfield Miner; Lee Cheung; Cass Kilkot, Consulting Miner; Incident at the Dollar a Day Cabin; Long Bar; The Love Story of the Blue Danube and Yosephine; Rafe Oswik's Mine Shaft; The Lost Blue Grouse Gold Mine; The Bear Claim Cabin; Usual library markings. Modest wear. Tight and square. A sound copy. Book
206 pages including index. An operational and geographical study of the Canadian National and its equipment from its formation in 1919 through 1975. Told with knowledgeable text and over 400 fine black and white photos, maps and equipment rosters, enough to thrill and delight the hearts of al railroaders and railroad fans. Light wear to clean unmarked book. Dust jacket is price-clipped, moderately worn and bears several small tears each under one quarter inch in length. Very nice copy. Book
541 pages including index. Copyright 1949. Tells the story of Canada's development in a way that will permit every Canadian reader to *feel* the high adventure that is experienced by all who further and strengthen their country's nationhood. Because citizenship is essentially the practical application of our democratic principles, it should be studied as an integral part of our history, and is so presented here. For this reason too, a constant effort has been made to weave into the story of our nation an understanding of British political institutions which have served as the greatest single unifying force in our history. Former owner's details upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to text. Blue boards well but respectfully worn. Contents in excellent condition. A comprehensive work. Book
192 pages. The autobiography of one of the rugged individuals who built the Vancouver Island sawmill industry with their blood, sweat and tears. Tells all - his sawmilling, his wives and kids, his hunting and fishing expeditions throughout the West. The hard-loving, hard brawling, hard-working story of one of the BC coast's true originals. Glossy and attractive illustrated boards. Book
36 pages. Bilingual French/English. Illustrated in colour. Presents the "deceptively appealing, faux-vernacular paintings of this Acadian artist." - from Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
186 pages. "The true story of how one Canadian, tired of exorbitant taxes, withdrew his money and RRSP's, left Canada, and now lives tax-free happily ever after... legally." - from cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for Green Giant / Fine Foods ad inside front cover features Essex County of Ontario; Nice one-page Easter ad for Parker Pens; Fascinating editorial about Russia/Stalin/Trotsky; Nice colour one-page ad for Chateau Cheeses; The Crowing of our King-Emperor George the Sixth (IV) - photo-illustrated article; Big Business (short story); Account Balanced (short story); Tam McWhirker's Elephant (short story); Bustin' Open Patricia - excellent photo-illustrated article on the opening of the vast Patricia District of Northwestern Ontario by commercial aviation; The Evil Eye (short story); The Man with the Purple Claw (short story); Sport Pot Pourri - nice sports article with photos of tennis player Ellsworth Vines, Golver Tony Manero, and tennis player Herr von Cramm; Fantastic one page ad for Colgate toothpaste features large photo of the Dionne Quints with their doctor; Nice one-page ad for the Dodge Custom Six, four-door Touring Sedan; Nice one-page ad says you can play a period of hockey on 2 slices of bread, and includes photo of hockey players skating on a large slice of bread; Nice one-page Plymouth car ad; Palmolive ad includes photo of Montreal Society girl Peggy Oliver; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog 'Squeaks' owned by Mrs. W. Allan Black, Jr. of Montreal; Movie news includes photos of Deanna Durbin, Miriam Hopkins, Claudette Colbert, Lily Pons, and others; Great LifeSavers ad includes photo of small boy wearing huge boxing gloves; Richard Hudnut cosmetics ad includes photos of Gergrude Lawrence and Jane Pickens; Before and After - house renovation article with before and after photos; Great one-page colour ad for Westinghouse fridges; Beauty ad; Cooking article; Great One-page Carnation milk ad includes small photos of the Dionne Quints; One-page Heinz soup ad features formal dinner scene; World Sayings; Colour ads for Rinso and Lifebuoy inside back cover; Classy back cover colour ad for the 1937 Ford V-8 (maroon) shows evening scene with man bringing coffees to ladies in car; and more. Center page loose but present. Spine rolled. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
40 pages. Features: Cover photo of the upper Fraser sternwheeler "Quesnel" arriving at South Fort George in 1910; 1950 in Review and Forecast for 1951; Somebody Loves Them (Tourists) - But Why?; Photos of placer miners working on ice with diver near Lillooet in 1926; Historic Pavilion Mountain; Yukon Dog Tales - article with photos, including three photos of recoving a 3-ton truck which had sunk into 400' of water in Atlin Lake; $20,000 Reward - a true story about one of the northwest's most notorious bandits - Bill Miner and his accomplices; Saga of the Upper Fraser Sternwheelers - feature article with many great photos; Back cover photo Finning ad for Caterpillar diesel engines which power sawmills; Dozens of nostalgic local ads, many with photos. Name and faint date stamp upon front cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
240 pages including glossary. Author reveals the story of his life as an infantry lieutenant on the ground in Vietnam. If some soldiers, barely out of high school, might die there, others might find hidden steel in themselves and grow. Author was one who grew, also one who fought, one who killed, and one for whom the helicopter finally came to take away a shattered body. A book of truth and power which stands proudly with the best books written about men in combat. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Light wear to clean book. Several tiny tears to dust jacket which shows light wear. Very nice copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice color/photo ad for Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat features baby; Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War Makers - "This Frankenstein monster must be smashed or it will smash civilization", by Lieut.-Col. George A. Drew - article with photos of Dr. William B. Shearer and Sir Basil Zaharoff; Backstage at Ottawa; Air-Minded - short story; The Empress of Britain - article with great photos of/in this Canadian-owned vessel which holds the record as the fastest liner plying between Europe and North America; The Fourth Bridesmaid - short story; What's Wrong with our Lacrosse? - writer mourns Canada's first defeat at the hands of the United States; The Strange Case of Dr. King - short story; The New Partner - short story; Sciene Aids the Airman - J.H. Parkin and aeronautical research at the National Research Laboratories in Ottawa - article with photos; Don't Let Her Worry - short story; Back of the Hump - a vivid pen picture of Canada's newest national park - the Riding Mountain Reserve in Manitoba - with photos; The Silver Scale - short story; Stalin's Rule is Autocratic - the world's most powerful ruler according to many; Photo and bried story of the world's richest man, The Nizam of Hyderabad; Communism and the Ukrainians - a fascinating long letter by Arthur O. Rose of Hafford, Saskatchewan; Brickbats and Bouquets; Wonderful Canadian Nationa (CN) full-page black and white photo ad promotes their Montreal to Toronto service - 334 miles in 360 minutes; The Secret of Successful Salad Dressings - article with recipes; Crossword; Consider the Lily; Bankers adopt more hopeful attitude toward foregin bonds; Colour ad for Kodak Verichrome film on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound, informative and pleasing vintage issue. Book
Please note: This copy lacking its covers. First and last pages loose but present. Features: Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated article; The Crushing Horde - fiction from the north; Doctor to the Poor Fish - a free clinic for ailing aquarium pets; Canadian Sprinter Percy Williams (Peerless Percy) - Winner of the 100 and 200 metre Olympic sprints; Down Three Steps (short story); She Lika da Jazz (short story); Did They 'Get' Bulldog Kelly? - a tale of the North West Mounted; Prosperity's Leap From the Bush - The successful Canadian pulp and paper industry - photo-illustrated article; The Winking Satyr (short story); Our Population Problem (Part 4) - a suggestion that our need for people be solved by transplanting British industries; A Little Way Ahead (part 6); Beautiful one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features waterfall and rainbow; Daily Newspapers Under Fire; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated ad for Quaker Puffed Rice features boy and girl at table; Nice one-page colour ad for Canadian National Steamships features their cruises to the Caribbean; Lovely one-page colour ad for Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal Pens; Teaching Etiquette to Children; Crossword on page 78 has been completed; Jacobean Embroidery. A worthy reference copy. Book
264 pages including index. The first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a skeptical secular reporter who became part of the story. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
28 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
258 pages including index. "The blend of anecdote, humour and hard information brings to life the history of men and ships along the British Columbia coast. Every turn of the story is accompanied by superb photographs - over 150 from a wide range of private and public sources." - from dust jacket. Remnant of prior owner's address label atop decorated front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. Light wear overall. Binding solid. Very nice copy. Book
Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque des Histoires, 1977. In-8, broché, couverture glacée imprimée en rouge et noir, 379 pp. Bon exemplaire. 35 planches hors-texte.
Features; Fisherman's Quiz; The Red Fox; The Wheeled Hunters (on motorcycles) Take to the Bush; Crossword Puzzle (completed); Christmas Cougar - article with photos - Edgewater, B.C.; Elk are where you find them - Havelock, Ontario; How I Got a Black Bear - or How it Got Me; The Story of Ontario Moose License; Coonhounds; Great colour photo ad for Polaris snowmobiles on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of breakfast in a kitchen being repainted; We Met Death on K2 (part 1 of 2) - color-photo illustrated article about the American expedition which met tragic defeat; I Flew With the Stratojets - great photo-illustrated article about life aboard a nuclear bomber, B-47 jet flying from Tampa to England, including mid-air refueling; It's Never Too Late to Go to College - each year 12,000 inquisitive adults attend New York University; The Dog That Trained Me - Sally Carrighar and her Husky dog Bobo; Professor in a Hot Spot - amateur diplomat James B. Conant, ex-president of Harvard, is the new U.S. High Commissioner to Germany; The AEC - The Life History of an Atomic (A-bomb) (part 2 of 2) - the ore-to-stockpile story of the most expensive and complex industrial operation the world has evern known; His Time is Worth $10,000 a Day - great photo-illustrated article on Boston millionaire Johnny Fox; Things You Never Knew About Pencils; Editorial - Red Rule Detested by Russion Millions. Nile Kinnick, Jr. - the best player I ever coached. Fiction: The Beautiful Hitchhiker; First Holdup; Botts and the Impossible Mountain; The Babe in Toyland; The Coward; They Double Agent (conclusion); Cry Murder (part 4 of 7). Ads: Interesting color ad for Howard Zink seat covers; Color Frigidaire ad with Christmas theme; Color Estabrook pen ad; Nice color two-page ad for Chevrolet trucks shows a range of models; Great color-photo ad for Van Heusen features Jeff Chandler and Anthony Quinn; Attractive color-photo ad for the 1954 DeSoto Automatic cars; Lowell Thomas is featured in a Kaiser car ad; Champion spark plug ad features photos of car racers Bill Blair, Dick Rathman, Fonty Flock, and Buck Baker; Nostalgic two-page color American Airlines ad features Christmas theme; Northwest Pacific ad features photo of horse named "Nig" which pulled a rail car 750 miles; Color ad for Webcor turntables; Great vintage color-photo ad for Stromberg-Carlson TVs. Somewhat above-average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
106 pages. Short Stories: Love Isn't Logical; The Flying Jeep; Escape Artist; The Man Who Invented a Girl. Articles: I Can't Stop Singing - Mahalia Jackson - nice photo-illustrated article; If an Attack Comes - the SAGE electronic warning system; We Dived for the Mystery Treasure - penetrating an unidentified ship off the Yucatan; The Jerry Giesler Story - Part 4 - The Lana Turner Case; Comeback of a Shabby City - Philadelphia - article with many great color photos; Adventures of the Mind #41 - The Final Answer. Serials: Violence on the Plains (part 3 of 8); Too Many Ghosts (part 6 of 7). Ads: Old Spice (inside front cover); Fisher Body ad features beautiful black Buick Electra 225 4-door Riviera sedan; GE Washer and Dryer; Chanel No. 5; Stanley Tools; Hammond Organs; American Tourister luggage; Tyrex; Black and Decker tooks; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Campbell's Soup - Tomato Rice and Cream of Vegetable; Anacin; Pontiac Bonneville Convertible for 1960; Renault Dauphine; Argus photo equipment; GE TVs; Kodak projectors; Toastmaster appliances; Singer Sewing Machines; Motorola TVs; Bulova; Arvin sound products; Coffeematic coffee makers; Morris cars; Kaywoodie pipes; Hoover cleaning products; Camel cigarettes (back cover ski scene). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy.
474 pages including index. Morgentaler's story is an intriguing and unique one, and, until now , a story that has never been completely told. Traces the life of a man forced to face death at an early age, a man who has chosen to live as a perpetual and deliberate outsider and a man who may not himself understand why he feels he must go to battle for an issue that few Canadians are entirely comfortable with. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Probably unread. Excellent copy. Book
Pages 256-314 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Nice reproductions of black and white photos. Features: Hooksett and its Leadinng Men; Birds in Their Economic Relations - II; The Story of Hannah Dustin; The Bow of the Riven Oak; Bird Songs in August; Rockingham County Towns; Poems; Nice illustrated ad for Prescott pianos inside front cover; Nice one-page photo ad for The First National Bank, of Concord, N.H. Unmarked. Average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine