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Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 111 p. First Edition. Kar yildizlari. Cover by Elif Ekiztepe.
160 pages. Dozens of amazing documentary photos plus extensive explanatory text. Above-average wear. Yellowed tape over backstrip. A worthy working copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 142 pages. Discolored, age-toned paper.
192 pages. Reproductions of many wonderful black and white archival photos. This revised edition published ten years after the first. "The district has progrressed more in those ten years, I think, than in the sixty years before." - from Introduction. Average wear. Binding intact. Top corner of title page clipped. 2"x2" area of minor discolouration to colour-illustrated front cover. A sound copy. (Hale & Barman #605) Book
175 pages. It was Canada's - in fact, North America's biggest-ever drug bust, and the man behind it was an unknown hero, an ordinary small-town Canadian who fooled the Miami Drug barons who were setting up a billion-dollar pipeline to Canada. He worked undercover for the RCMP for 19 long months. He was so successful that he eared a lifetime on the run from the mob. This is his story. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Lovely copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Finland - 13-superb pages of photos of Finland defending herself; Again - The Beggar's Opera - the history of one of the most confirmed box-office successes of all time; Farmers Hold Their Pigeon Shoot to defend their young crops, and the Ministry of Agriculture is grateful; Deep-Sea Mannequins - Twicks Kartock of Denmark takes underwater photos of swimwear in action underwater; Inside a Nazi Prize Court - Story and photos of prize law in a Hamburg courtroom where lawyers argue for deeds of violence on the high seas; Mayfair's Own Sewing-Bee - wives of foreign diplomats meet weekly to make comforts for the British Army; They Call This the One-Handed Walk-Over - young leggy figure skater does backflip! - photo sequence; Diary of the War, No. 24 - The Twenty-Second Week; No. 5 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - How I Would Organize Our Propaganda; Cartoon "Why Don't They Purge Someone, Joe?" - shows Stalin's purged Generals of 1937 mocking his losses; Wanted - An Economics Chief!; The History of Weapons, No. 7 - The Tank. Nice romantic military-themed Minor cigarette ad on back cover. Nice one-page ad for Barratt Aerial Parcel Post. Humorous one-page photo ad for "Housewife" magazine shows home scene of anarchy as husband attempts to cook. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Centenary of Diocese - the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land was created in 1849; Thelewey-Aza-Yeth - Guy H. Blanchet searches the headwaters of the Thelon River; Committee's Punch Bowl - the little lake at the top of Athabaska Pass, which Simpson named after the Company's London Board, 125 years ago; Frail American Elizabeth Taylor braves the rigours of wilderness travel 60 years ago, just to see how she can take it; Woodland table manners; New York to Nome and Back - in 1920, eight fliers of the United States Air Service flew from New York to Nome and return - photo-illustrated article; Mistassinia Calendar - a year in the life of a Mistassini Indian - photo-illustrated article; HBC and Vancouver's Island - behind the establishment of Vancouver Island as a Crown Colony lay a tense international drama, and a great story of loyalty; Letters Outward 1679-94 - a review of the 11th volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Expeditions to the Arctic - 3rd of 3 instalments listing the various expeditions to the Canadian Arctic from the year 1004 A.D., this part covering the years 1860-1918; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
188 pages. A revision of the 1957 first edition. Author "gained her 'A' license in South Africa at age 17 and arrived in England just before WWII. As a member of A.T.A. (Air Transport Auxilliary) she ferried more aircraft than any other pilot. As a pilot in the post-war R.A.F.V.R. she flew jets. As a civilian she ferried Spitfires from the Middle East to Burma, becoming involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Covers partially detached from textblock. Inkstamps and prior owner details inside front cover and on half-title page. A worthy reading copy. Book
167 pages. Few grainy black and white reproductions of black and white photos. "Provides many interesting side lights on the famous Klondike gold rush of 1898, and his personal experiences bring home to the reader the sufferings and sin, the mercenary triumphs and defeats of that god-crazed age." - from Foreword. Former library copy rebound in brown hardcover binding which remains intact. Above-average external wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
New Ladino Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 15 cm). In Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). 15, [1] p. El amor de Antonyo por su mujer (Romansos en Judeo-Espanyol 1). [Re-publikado = REPRINT of 1931 EDITION]. Prep. by Haham Rafael, Roza Uziel. A series of 16 short love stories in Judeo-Spanish that had been published in the 1930s, re-published by the Sephardic Center of Istanbul in sets of three. El amor de Antonyo por su mujer is No. 1 in Series 1.
New Ladino Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 15 cm). In Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). 15, [1] p. El amor de Matilda kon dos jovenes (Romansos en Judeo-Espanyol 3). [Re-publikado = REPRINT of 1931 EDITION]. Prep. by Sami Herman. A series of 16 short love stories in Judeo-Spanish that had been published in the 1930s, re-published by the Sephardic Center of Istanbul in sets of three. El Amor de Matilda kon dos Jovenes is No. 3 in Series 1.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). 16 p. La Ija del Bankiero. Popular novel in Judeo-Spanish. First edition 1933.
La Domenica del Corriere del 28 / 05 / 1944 completa di due tav. a col.
La Domenica del Corriere completa del 27 / 08 / 1944 con due tav. a col.
La Domenica del Corriere del 28 / 05 / 1944 completa di due tav. a col.
252 pages including index. Author and Chief Federal Negotiator Tom Molloy offers an insider's view into the history, processes, and significance of this ground-breaking treaty. Analyzes characters, political intrigue, and opposition to the deal, and provides an essential foundation for understanding the rights and responsibilities conferred by the treaty. A fascinating account of a monumental step forward in aboriginal and government negotiations. "There are lessons in this story not just for the continuing process of getting us back on track, but for the way in which all Canadians see themselves living together." - John Ralston Saul. Unread. Very light signs of handling to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
261 pages including index. Told for the first time, here are the stories of twelve of Canada's outstanding labour leaders and organizers. Their accounts tell the behind-the-scenes story of some of the key events in twentieth-century Canadian history from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek of the unemployed which played a major role in the defeat of Tory prime minister R.B. Bennett and the 1945 Ford strike in Windsor which consolidated the rights of big industrial unions through to the 1972 Common Front of Quebec's public sector workers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. Book
Pages 273-360, plus 24 pages of great ads. Features: The Black Hand - a curious story of the abortive Egyptian revolution; The Land of Model Husbands - In the Marshall Islands women are the queen of all they survey - fascinating article with many wonderful photos; "Blue Mary's" Last Run; Photo of petrified forest in Arizona; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 2; The Smallest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated article on San Marino; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 4 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea; The Ship That Sought Adventure - The skipper of the "Zodiac" was a glutton for excitement during the anxious days of the submarine campaign during WWI; Cave-Dwellers of Today - article with wonderful photos of cave-homes around the world; Blue Bandits - Part 2 - criminals who operated near the Italian/French border murder the Abbe Rossignol of La Bessee; On Foot Through South America - Part 3 - the wilds of northern Peru; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 2 - the adventures and daring escape of airman Capt. T.W. White; A Human Tiger - a man in British Baluchistan declares war on the government; Photo of airplane caught high in a tree near Coshocton, Ohio. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
218 pages including bibliography and index. 200 years after the migration, award-winning author Christopher Moore tells the very human story of the loyalists - the societies that shaped them, the various attitudes that motivated them, and the circumstances that determined their future and influenced the future of Canada. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Very light wear to book. Gift greetings upon half title page else contents bright and unmarked. Minor bit of prior owner's address label remains upon decorated front endpaper. Crack along back hinge which remains closed. Light wear to attractive dust jacket which bears several small tears to top edge. Lovely copy. Book
Limited edition #720/1280; signed by George Moore. Light wear and smudges to cover. Age-toned pages and foxing.
142 pages. The extraordinary story of a Native mother of twelve and member of the Carrier Indian Band living on the Stony Creek Reserve in northern British Columbia. Recounts the hardships endured by her people - racism, sickness, poverty - and her personal struggle to rise above them. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Black and white illustrations. Book
90 pages. Articles: Crazy Like a Box Top - the golden age dawns for folk who enter guessing contests; How America will Defend Herself - the technique of modern warfare; Silver Scrapper - Florida Tarpon put up a savage fight; Doodles International - a study of the subconscious scribblings of men who make history; Behind the Palestine Reversal - The case for partition - by a member of the U.N. Special Committee; For Young Adults Only - in Madison, WI ex-G.I.s and others form a club to replace USO; Jaunt with Janie - author claims he went to Chile for this story on Jane Greer. Ads include: Nash cars; Bell telephone; Zenith radios adn phonographs; GMC Trucks; B.V.D. sportswear; RCA Victor phonographs; Pabst beer featuring colour photo of artist James Montgomery Flagg; Dodge cars; Plymouth cars; Good Year tires; New York Central railway; Ballantine's Ale; Hudson cars; Goebel beer; Santa Fe Railroad; Budweiser beer (medieval golf illustration); Miller beer; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring roller skater Raven Malone. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Photo essay on the Grumman F9F Panther; Do You Believe These Guys? - A Story from the Gulf War; The Great Cubi Shootout; When the Naval Air Defense Force was on the ropes; In Memoriam - Capt. Harry Jenkins - Dies Doing What He Dearly Loved; The Leader of the Blues; USS Franklin 50 Years Later; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
pp. xii, 350p. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very worn and torn. HUMOR 3
