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114 pages. Features: Miss Georgina undresses; Revealing Lesley Anne Down, star of "Upstairs, Downstairs"; Born Free - Our Sexiest Springbook; The Story of the Tommy Gun; The Return of Bruce and Morgan; Centrefold - Susan Nell; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece and 7 plates and facsimiles, some minor offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled, chipped without loss at head of backstrip and wanting bottom inch at tail of backstrip. Uncommon in this condition. Miller & Matthews B18.50.
Roy. 4to., First Illustrated Edition, with a mounted coloured frontispiece and 7 fine mounted coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present); original decorative cloth gilt extra, gilt back, backstrip moderately sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, clean copy. Miller & Matthews, B18.30
512 pages. Glossary. Index. Black and white illustrations in text. "Many of the wrecks of humanity which fill our public institutions owe their pitiful condition to the terrible exaggerations, the downright falsehoods, and the shameful sex thrills which pervade the so-called literature of the day. If, therefore, this book serves to wipe out some medieval bigotry, to disperse some entangling misunderstandings, and to increase to some extent, at least, the happiness of the human race, its purpose shall have been splendidly fulfilled." - Preface. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. One of the more intriguing titles we have handled. Something to please, offend or humor most folks on almost every page! Book
36 pages. Black and white illustration of Lieut-Col. Charles R. McCullough, 1865-1947. Features: Clothes and History; Family Records and Family Histories; The Land Family; The Story of Jean Baptiste Rousseau; Crown Patentees of Barton Township. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous musical notations in the text, series title and title lightly spotted, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; decorative cloth, blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, uncut, covers a little age-marked, upper hinge cracked but quite sound else a good, sound copy of a very scarce work. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society, LV.
Collana: Omnibus, settembre 1983. Traduzione di Ettore Capriolo. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Four volumes in-12. pp. (16), 184 pp; 176 pp.; (2), 182, (1) pp.; (6), 198, (2); half title in first volume, none issued in volume 2 as Gaskell notes, contemporary calf, gilt fillet and fine labels, marbled endpapers. This is the rare variant without the dagger signature marks (Gaskell Foulis, 597).
G (no dj, brown cloth with black decoration and lettering, undamaged oval tipped on colour plate front board, scattering small bleached spots fore-edges of back board and few similar spots front board but illustration not affected, prize plate front fixed endpaper, light spotting endpapers and outside edges, pages generally clean and binding firm, colour frontis is detached but present) 12mo 215pp. First edition. Boys' school story. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates by H. M. Brock.
Unpaginated. Large black and white photographs throughout. Gendarme was to be a Police Horse, but he was big and awkward and slow to learn, and it seemed he would never be a trooper's mount. His trainer called him "Ugly Duckling", but he liked Gendarme's calm, quiet nature and patiently began to train the horse. The true story of how Gendarme learned the ways of a Police Horse. Average wear. Blue boards moderately bumped. Dust jacket well-worn with three inch tear at top of front panel near spine and some smallish chunks missing. Despite this, the brightly illustrated dust jacket has the potential to be quite attractive, given some tlc and the addition of a glossy protective sleeve. Book
Pages 386-450 plus 12 pages of lovely nostalgic ads. Features: The Land of the Girl Queen (The Netherlands/Holland) - article with nice photos; The Paintings of Madame F. Bries; Moonlight - short story; The Parent and the Nervous Child; The Meloon Farm (continued); Midsummer Fashions - with great illustrations; Cut Paper Patterns; June Days in Paris; Club Life in Women's Colleges - article with photos of Miss Annie Lyndesay Wilkinson, Miss Grace Lattimer Jones, Miss Bertha Wendell Groesbeck and Miss Sarah Watson Sanderson; The 20th Century Baby, Part VII - His Amusements; Answers to Mothers; The Summer Girl's Complexion; Windows and Their Decoration; Recipes for Warm Days; News of the Women's Clubs; Nice one-page ad for Waltere Baker & Co. Cocaos and Chocolates; and more. Covers detached but present. Few library markings. Average wear. A worthy copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
Signed by author upon title page. 124 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A true saga of the north and a white man, who found the peace and contentment there that civilization had denied him." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
86 pages. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Please note: one of the three black and white plates is missing. Page 7 loose but present. Book
48 pages. Features: There's a New Chic to the Soviet Woman - the tough austerity of Stalin's era has begun to soften, and the ladies are taking the lead - article with great photos; Cowboy Charioteers - brief article and three photos of chariot racing in Idaho; How Billy Barker Won his V.C. (Victoria Cross) - It was One Against 60 so he decided to Ram! - long article with illustrations; Yukon Artist Inger Fiskaa - article with photos; Regina's Wascana Lake Bird Sanctuary - article with photos; Candles With a Twist - a profitable business for Creston, B.C. teacher Sigurd Askevold - story with photos; Princess Alexandra of Kent Becomes a Scotsman's Bride - story with great colour photos; Leo Durocher Explains Why the Spitball Ain't Nasty - photos with story; German Kurt Hill Became a Sarcee Indian in Alberta - article with photos; Nice colour photo ad for Lowney's Glosette Raisins - back when they came in the red box with the window; Colour photo ad for Angel Face Lipstick; Moderate wear. Unmarked. Please note: 4"x10" clipping from page 39 only affects recipe and cartoon; Kiddie Who Needs a Caddie - Five-Year-Old Andrew McConnell is a good golfer - short article with five photos; A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 7 plates and full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE.
170 pages including index. A study of the development and use of money in Wales from its early origins - through the cattle drovers and the first private banks. Discusses counterfeiting, tokens, private notes, the truck system, and more. Black and white illustrations. Bookplate inside front board else clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear to book. Light wear to dust jacket. Lovely copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Hard-to-believe colour photo ad for an International Delivery truck inside front cover looks like a cross between a banana and a toaster; Net Results (short story); The Truth About the Bren Gun Article - feedback after the storm of controversey which resulted when Maclean's printed an article by Lieut.-Col. George Drew describing "the most abominable contract that could possibly have been imagined" - includes photos of many of the main players; Overload (short story); Britain Accepts Conscription - part of Beverley Baxter's update from London; Sea Room (short story); Edward Johnson of Guelph (part 2) - with indomitable will he conquered music, strange tongues and life's tragedy in his determined invasion of the operatic world - article with photos; Ribuck! (short story); Hot Dogs - how to help your pet during a heat wave; Nice Coke ad on back cover features young couple heading to a soda fountain, with photo of soda jerk inserted. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 148, [4] p. Alçakligin evrensel tarihi. Translated by Zeynep Çaglayan. [= Historia universal de la infamia]. First Turkish Edition of Borges' 'Historia universal de la infamia'.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 95 p. Brodie raporu. Translated by Münir H. Göle. [= El informe de Brodie: Relatos]. First Turkish Edition of Borges' 'El informe de Brodie: Relatos'.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 373 p. Gölgeye övgü. Translated by Münir H. Göle. [= Elogio de la sombra]. First Turkish edition of Borges' 'Elogio de la sombra'.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 158 p. Sonsuzlugun tarihi. Translated by Ayse Atalay. [= Historia de la eternidad]. First Turkish Edition of Borges' 'Historia de la eternidad'.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 104 p. Ölüm ve pusula. Translated by Tomris Uyar. First Turkish Edition of Borges' 'Death and compass'.
232 pages. Winner of the 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts. The story of the illegitimate son of Antonio Samson, the major protagonist in Sionil Jose's novel, The Pretenders. Now grown-up, Pepe Samson escapes from his village of Cabugawan to live in Manila's sprawling slum - Tondo. The story of his journey from one swampland to another; also the story of thousands of young Filipinos who have finally found meaning in their lives. An affirmation of faith in the future as envisioned by the dedicated Filipino youth today. The last, in terms of chronology, of the author's five Rosales novels. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Bobby Orr faces crucial decision about the W.H.A.; Can Abdul-Jabbar become a winner?; Top NFL running back is Ron Johnson; Ted Kwalick and his rags to riches story; Guy LaFleur and his battle to escape oblivion; Can Billy Martin Escape Baseball's Siberia?; Green Bay's John Brockington; David Thompson or Bill Walton?; Gail Goodrich; Bernie Parent; Great Hercules ad on back page includes classic comic showing runt (Saul) muscle up and punch out brute to keep his girl; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Date stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 129 p., b/w ills. Ünlü Türkbilimci Dr. Ignac Kunos'un özgeçmisi ve eserleri. Biography of Turcologist Ignaz Kunos, (1860-1945), and comprehensive bibliography of Kunos' works.
