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48 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile cars inside front cover; Fargo truck ad; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 2 - The New Army - particle with photos; Interesting comments on the war from London by Beverley Baxter; Road's End (fiction); The Pertinacious Pole - a short story about hockey involving a Polish fellow; White Gold - The grand business success skiiing has brought to the Laurentians - article with photos; The Stowaway (fiction); Moving Quebec to Idaho - article and photos of movie "Northwest Passage"; Frank Cyril James - new Principal at McGill University - photo and article; Wings of Hazard (fiction) part 2 of 5); Dodge car ad; Plymouth car ad; Ontario Premier M.F. Hepburn is pictured in a war solidarity ad sponsored by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Red Horner, Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon are featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad; Dodge Truck ad; Army Grub, New Style - interesting article and photos on cooking for the Canadian Army; colour ad inside back cover by the Department of Fisheries encourages Canadians to eat fish. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Please note: page 6/7 missing - It appears to have been an ad. A worthy vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Canadians are the worst loudmouths; Nice colour ad for Matinee cigarettes; Fantastic colour ad for the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door Hardtop (black on red); Blair Fraser Reports from Moscow - article with photos; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for the General Electric Stratoliner Range (teal in colour); She sells glamour with a growl - Lillian Farrar; What happened when we threw out our TV set - The Kimber Family - Vivien, Carol, Ruth, Ann, June, Earl, and David gave up TV for a month - family photo with article; Is smog the real culprit in lung cancer?; The wonderland of Louis B. Mayer - this Canadian started as a junk dealer and wound up bossing M-G-M, Hollywood's biggest, richest, gaudiest studio - here's the never-before-told story of his incredible career and the tinsel world he ruled - article with many wonderful photos; "Lionel Could Do Anything" - Part 3 of The Story of the Conachers keys on Lionel Conacher - Canada's athlete of the half-century - article with manyy great photos of Conacher engaged in numerous sports; We can't fight without a merchant navy; Uncommon photo ad for Maxwell Limited of St. Mary's, Ontario - yard equipment, white goods, etc.; Awesome colour photo centrefold ad for Caterpillar features a Cat D9 ata work with other pieces working in the background; Very attractive colour ad for Oldsmobile shows at teal coupe on a ski hill; Marconi TV ad; Beautiiful colour 1957 DeSoto ad inside back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Minor moisture signs to lower edge of back pages. A sound vintage copy. Book
250 pages. Index. Selected Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "During its brief existence the Kettle Valley Railway was the lifeline of southern British Columbia, forging the prosperity so much taken for granted today. In so doing, the Kettle Valley Railway became a part of history and bestowed upon the Canadian heritage a legacy as rich as any railway in this country." - from dust jacket. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Author's signature and inscription upon front free endpaper which also bears gift greetings to prior owner. Otherwise, book clean and unmarked with very light wear. A nice signed copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 218 pages. Contents include: Voegelin and politics, Voegelin's new science of history, Voegelin and the story of the clerks, Voegelin: philosopher of divine pressence, etc.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 218 pages. Contents include: Voegelin and politics, Voegelin's new science of history, Voegelin and the story of the clerks, Voegelin: philosopher of divine pressence, etc.
76 pages. Features: Photo of illustrator Herb Tauss; A Shoulder To Cry On (short story); Colour photos illustrate before and after colour fashion photos of Jennifer Palmer and Barbara Macnee for work; Romance on the Safari - colour-photo-illustrated article on the life of Pat and Glen Cottar in Kenya; Design for Murder (part 1 of this serial); How Lucky You Are to be a Stay-At Home Wife!; Headache; Backache; Feetache; Illustratef Fashion Article - "Go For Glamour With A Plus"; The Boy Across the Street (short story); Photo of Aristotle Onassis dining with Maria Callas; Song With a Heart (serial); Photos of The Duchess of Bedford in Vitapointe ad; One-page colour ad for John West's salmon; Unusual one-page milk ad entitled "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" shows couple embracing in train station; Classy colour-photo ad for Goya's Entice Cologne on back cover features couple on formal dance floor; Many other nice ads; and more. Page 45/46 missing. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
64 pages. Copiously illustrated with incredible black and white photographs. The inside story of the disastrous British Columbia floods of 1948 which inundated thousands of acres of fertile farmland, left hundreds of persons homeless, and wrought ruin and devastation throughout the province. Compiled from the works of newspapermen who spent almost three weeks in the Fraser, Columbia, Kootenay and Okanagan Valleys to bring first-hand accounts of the disaster to the public. "Most of the pictures, the climax to a hundred dangers traversed by each photographer, are self-explanatory. They show NATURE'S FURY from every angle." - from Foreward. Sections are devoted to the following locales: Barnston Island; Agassiz; Nicomen Island; Chilliwack; Hatzic; The Haztic Break; Matsqui; The Lower Mainland; Queensborough; Pitt Meadows; Kootenays; The Mission Gauge; Mission; Fort Langley and Glen Valley; Trail; Sumas; and Hope. Above average wear. Bit of ink writing upon page 50 else unmarked. A rare and scarcely believable account. Book
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [v], 55 p. B/w ills. Kel güvercinci. Translated by Ildeniz Kurtulan.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [v], 54 p. B/w ills. Sevgi masali. Translated by Ildeniz Kurtulan.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 115 p. B/w ills. Turkish Edition of Behrangi's 'Oldooz and the crows'. Ulduz ve kargalar. Translated by Ildeniz Kurtulan.
np. Orange wood cuts designed and printed by Kam Young Wong. Wide margins. Uncut. Square 8vo. Original cloth backed patterned paper boards. Original paper label. Hardbound. Printed in a very small edition by Kam Young Wong. Short story about a man of modest means who comes into a small inheritance that "impelled him towards some seemingly harmless extravagances. In particular it led him to patronize local art as represented by the tattoo-needles of Signor Andreas Pincini. Signor Pincini was, perhaps, the most brilliant master of tattoo craft that Italy had ever known, but his circumstances were decidedly impoverished, and for the sum of six hundred francs he gladly undertook to cover his client's back, from collar-bone down to waist-line, with a glowing representation of the Fall of Icarus." Nice copy. PRESS/W32 x 2c.
Very Good French Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In French. 330 p. First French Edition translated by Sabri Esat Siyavusgil, (1907-1968), was a Turkish writer, translator and encyclopedist, who is famous with his 'Cyrano de Bergerac' translation into Turkish. Sait Faik was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. This book includes his selected stories. First French Edition.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. 12mo. (17 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 110 p. Signed and inscribed by Sait Faik Abasiyanik. Extremely rare signed and inscribed first edition. Sait Faik was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor. His stories focused on the urban lifestyle and he portrayed the denizens of the darker places in Istanbul. He also explored the "...torments of the human soul and the agony of love and betrayal...". (Source: Wikipedia).
254 pages. The powerful true story of a man who was a twentieth-century plantation slave. Beatings and burnings of black Americans a half century after the Emancipation Proclomation! "The book vibrates with action... an exceptional reading experience." - Christian Bookseller. Includes several pages of black and white photographs. Prior owner's details atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Book
New English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 108, [4] p. Ayan beyan. Yasamin görünür yanlarinin gerisinde yatan ayan'i beyan sadetinde öyküler. Rilki'ye ugrayan, Karasu'yla yürüyen, sonra kendi yolunda solukkesici bir iç geziyle taçlanan anlatilar. TURKISH LITERATURE.
252 pages. Index. "A riveting account of the appalling events that accompanied the end of World War II... Tells the story of what drove people who had been through unimaginable suffering to turn around and inflict the same on others." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Very Good English In modern aesthetic cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 206 p. A study on Karagöz, Turkish shadow theater. Rare. First Edition. Karagöz. Psiko- sosyolojik bir deneme.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 206 p. A study on Karagöz, Turkish shadow theater. Rare. First Edition. Karagöz. Psiko- sosyolojik bir deneme.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Pbo. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 110 p. First edition. Gazoz agaci.
Very Good Turkish In decorative modern full leather bdg. 12mo. (17 x 12 m). In Turkish. 223 p. Ex-library stamp on frontispiece. Degirmen. Hikâyeler. This is the first story book of Sabahattin Ali. The name of the book comes from the story of the same name which is inside the book. The book consists of 3 chapters and a total of 16 stories. It includes the stories of the author which were written between 1927 and 1934. First Edition. Extremely rare.
Very Good Turkish Modern ccloth bdg. with original covers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 136, [2] p. Yeni dünya. Hikâyeler. First Edition. Rare.
New English Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In Russian. 360 p., b/w ills. Tuvinskaya literatura. Slovar. Contemporary and modern poets and authors from Tuvan Republic.
DISPONIBILITÀ GARANTITA AL 99%; SPEDIZIONE ENTRO 12 ORE DALL'ORDINE. LIEVI SEGNI DEL TEMPO, LIEVE BRUNITURA. INTEGRO. SENZA SOVRACCOPERTA. Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Philo Vance. Ritorna un eroe degli anni '30 Autore: S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright) (1887-1939) Traduzione di: Enrico Piceni Copertina di: Ferenc Pintér Introduzione di: Oreste del Buono Editore: Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1968 Collana: Volume 2 di Omnibus Edizione: Seconda, 2 ISBN: 8804336196, 9788804336198 Note: Contiene 5 romanzi. Con 4 tavole in b/n su carta verde, ripiegate all'interno Lunghezza: 874 pagine; ill., tav. ; 22 cm Soggetti: Letteratura, Narrativa Americana in inglese, Romanzi Gialli, Delitti, Raccolte, Antologie, Racconti, Mistero, Spy story, Novecento, psicologia, Superuomo, gioco intellettuale, Venti regole per scrivere romanzi polizieschi, The World's Great Detective Stories, Giorgio Albertazzi, complete novels, Fiction, Private investigators, New York, Detective and mystery stories, American Indice La strana morte del signor Benson; The Benson Murder Case, 1926 La fine dei Greene; The Greene Murder Case, 1928 L'enigma dell'alfiere; The Bishop Murder Case, 1928 La dea della vendetta; The Scarab Murder Case, 1929 La canarina assassinata; The Canary Murder Case, 1927 La strana morte del signor Benson Questo romanzo si apre con la morte di playboy agente di cambio, Alvin Benson, che si trova nel suo elegante edificio con una pallottola in testa. Philo Vance, detective amatoriale, che è sulla scena è incuriosito dalla mancanza del parrucchino e della dentiera di Alvin Vance decide di aiutare gli inquirenti nelle indagini perché trova aspetti psicologici del reato che sarebbero al di là delle capacità della polizia e del suo amico procuratore distrettuale Markham. Vance indaga le circostanze in cui è stato trovato il corpo e ricostruisce il delitto sufficientemente per stabilire che l'assassino è di cinque piedi, dieci pollici e mezzo di altezza. Insieme, Vance e Markham indagano soci in affari di Benson. Vance riesce a perforare alibi dell'assassino al momento dell'omicidio e forzare una confessione. La fine dei Greene In una nevosa notte d'inverno, uno sconosciuto si introduce nell'abitazione della ricca famiglia Greene. In apparenza si tratta di un ladro, che uccide a colpi di pistola la figlia maggiore della vecchia signora Greene, Julia, e ferisce un'altra figlia, Ada, prima di scomparire lasciando una serie di orme sulla neve del viale d'ingresso. Ma quando Chester Greene, il figlio maggiore, chiede l'intervento del procuratore distrettuale, dichiarandosi scettico sulla teoria del furto, l'eclettico investigatore Philo Vance, dopo avere interrogato i membri della casa, concorda con lui. La teoria di uno scassinatore casuale non quadra con i fatti: si tratta certamente di omicidio premeditato. Il procuratore Markham non è convinto, ma pochi giorni dopo un secondo omicidio ha luogo nella vecchia casa Greene; questa volta è proprio Chester a venire ucciso, sempre con una rivoltella. Non c'è più nessun dubbio sulla natura deliberata degli omicidi. La soluzione dell'enigma, secondo Vance, è da ricercarsi nella peculiare atmosfera familiare dei Greene, costretti dal testamento del defunto capofamiglia Tobias a vivere insieme nella stessa casa per 25 anni, pena la perdita dell'eredità, e dal clima di odio reciproco che ne deriva. Altri delitti, in apparenza dettati da un fato inesorabile, insanguineranno la vecchia dimora, prima che Vance riesca a porre fine alla catena di sangue risolvendo l'enigma grazie anche all'applicazione delle sue teorie sui paralleli tra arte e crimine. La canarina assassinata La bella Margaret Odell, famosa bellezza Broadway ed ex-Follies ragazza conosciuta come "The Canary", viene trovata assassinata nel suo appartamento. Ha un certo numero di uomini della sua vita, che vanno dall'alta società a gangster, e più di un uomo ha visitato il suo appartamento nella notte fatidica E 'un intuizione caratteristica di Philo Vance che lo porta a un indizio chiave e gli permette di scoprire un alibi molto intelligente e rivelare l'assassino. La stranezza, l'audacia, l'impenetrabilità apparente del delitto è uno dei casi più singolari e sorprendenti. L'enigma dell'alfiere Esso si concentra su un assassino che uccide le sue vittime con un modo basato su un tema: in questo caso, filastrocche per bambini. In primo luogo un uomo di nome Robin viene trovato morto con una freccia nel petto ('? Chi ha ucciso Cock Robin /' Io ', disse il passero /' Con il mio arco e freccia); poi un altro nome Sprigg è trovato con una pallottola in testa ('Ha sparato Johnny Rametto / Nel mezzo della sua parrucca'), poi un altro cade da un muro (Humpty Dumpty ...) e così via. Dopo ogni omicidio la mente criminale schernisce la stampa e la polizia con note sottolineando i collegamenti con le rime, lasciando nel luogo del delitto un alfiere nero. Tutto ciò avviene entro i confini delle grandi case adiacenti New York di proprietà di tre matematici, creando un universo bizzarro e la storia si svolge nel corso di una nebbiosa aprile.<br />Gli abitanti sono professor Dillard, uno scienziato famoso, che vive con la figlia adottiva Belle e la sua protetta Sigurd; poi dall'altra parte della strada c'è la signora Drucker e suo figlio Adolph, un quasi-genio che lavora sulla teoria quantistica; e infine c'è Pardee, che è un mago degli scacchi e che, come Robin, è innamorato di Belle. Mentre i corpi iniziano ad accumularsi e l'aria di follia aleggia... La dea della vendetta L'archeologo Donald Scarlett si presenta trafelato di prima mattina in casa di Philo Vance per riferirgli una tragica notizia. Entrando nel museo privato attiguo alla casa del noto egittologo Mindrum W.C. Bliss ha scoperto il cadavere di Benjamin F. Kyle, finanziatore delle spedizioni archeologiche guidate dal dottor Bliss, per il quale Scarlett lavora. Il filantropo è stato ucciso da un violento colpo alla testa sferrato con una pesante statua in pietra raffigurante Sakhmet, la dea egizia della vendetta. Vance avverte immediatamente il suo amico John F.X. Markham, il procuratore distrettuale di New York, e insieme si recano sulla scena del crimine. Subito balzano agli occhi diversi elementi che puntano verso la colpevolezza del dottor Bliss: impronte nel sangue lasciate da una scarpa da tennis del dottore, un antico scarabeo montato in una spilla da cravatta appartenente a Bliss si trova vicino al cadavere, e, come tocco finale, le impronte digitali del dottore sono le sole ritrovate sulla statua. Markham e il sergente Heath sono pronti ad arrestare il famoso archeologo, ma Vance fa di tutto per dissuaderli. Se Bliss è colpevole, perché nel suo caffè ci sono tracce di oppio? E perché nel suo studio viene ritrovata la scarpa insanguinata ma non c'è traccia dell'altra? Qualcuno sta forse cercando di incolparlo? Solo dopo lunghi interrogatori di tutti i membri della casa, tra cui spiccano Meryt-Amen, la giovane moglie egiziana di Bliss, Salveter, il nipote di Kyle, e Hani, un servitore molto particolare, Vance sarà in grado di svelare il complesso piano dell'assassino, facendo anche appello alle sue estese conoscenze di arte ed egittologia.
Pages 442-528 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: A Man's Luck - Hjalmar Rutzebeck's story of life and love in the far north (Part I); Where Men Live Without Water - photo-illustrated article of life in the Kalihari Desert; Photo of the World's Biggest Saws in British Columbia - 9' in diameter with 190 detachable teeth; The Truth About Louis De Rougemont - photo-illustrated article; A Woman Doctor in the Bush - Margaret Lamont in New Zealand; Buried Cities of Asia Minor - IV - adventures of archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley and Colonel T.E. Lawrence investigate the towns of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; A Tug-of-War with an Alligator - extraordinary affair on the coast of Northern Queensland; Photo of a Pergola made of tombstones at Galt, Ontario; Through Central American on Horseback - Part III - Eugene Cunningham and a friend ride through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - article with photos; After Wild Boar in Anatolia - story with photos; Our Man-Eater - story of a tiger on a tea plantation; A Night Hunt in the Sahara - hunting jackals and gazelles on horseback by night; The Rendezvous of Death - how two tribes of Bedouin Arabs of Palestine finally settled a blood-feud that had cost many lives on both sides; A Fight with a Sea-Tiger (Orca) - Southern California encounter ends badly for veteran fisherman; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - Part VIII (last instalment) of G.O'Hara's adventures; Ah Kim the Astute - a simple Chinaman allows an employer to 'put one over' on him; A Museum of Odds and Ends - photo-illustrated short write-up of the home of Mr. W.W. Beach on the summit of Mount Parnassus; and more. Back cover missing. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
50 pages. Articles: Why Hitler Declared War on Russia - how Rudolph Hess and his flight figured into it; Why I Publish the Fritz Thyssen Manuscript - the dramatic story behind a remarkable Liberty series; My Life in the Army - by Jimmy Stewart; Problem Horse - the surprising story of Whirlaway; Tournament Golf - It's Tough!; Short Stories: A Very Blind Date; Johnny Allenby and the Beautiful Rebel; Diagnosis; The Indian Sign. Serials: Murder with Southern Hospitality - Part 5; Footsteps Behind Her - Part 9. Ads: Great photo ad inside the front cover features's Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel; Fantastic colour centerfold by GM advocates "A Good Life Work for Any Man"; Castoria children's laxative; Post's Bran Flakes; Palmolive Soap; Sal Hepatica; Cameo Menthal Cigarettes; Dettol; The 1941 CNE; Kotex; Lux Soap - featuring Madeleine Carroll; Tampax; Great WWII ad on back cover photo-illustrates the marine lifeline to Britain and promotes lending to support the war effort. Crossword completed. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book