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80 pages. Features: Nice Rex Woods cover art shows fashionable lady motorist emptying her purse into hands of scowling motorcycle cop as she searches for her driver's license; Colour ad for International Harvester freezers inside front cover; The Lash is the Only Answer; Nice one-page colour ad for 1953 De Soto cars (car shown is dark blue four-door with lots of chrome); Cyrus Eaton - The Boy Who Listened to Rockefeller - great photo-illustrated article on this prominent Canadian industrialist; The Most Promising Key to Cancer - Glucosamine - article with photos of scientists J.H. Quastel and Antonio Cantero in Montreal laboratory; The First Taste of Queenship - Colour-photo-illustrated article on Elizabeth's visit to Canada with Philip - part 4 of 7; Malenkov - The Machine-Man whom nobody knows; Antoinette Concello - The Girl on the Flying Trapeze - photo-illustrated article; Take Care of Uncle Harry (short story; Shakespeare Gets a New Home Town - photo-illustrated article on Stratford, Ontario; The Duck They Drool About - Stephen Morson and his Brome Lake duck, of Knowlton, Quebec - photo-illustrated article; One-page colour ad for Ford cars features the Crestline convertible, customline fordor sedan, and Mainline tudor sedan; One-page photo-illustrated recruiting ad for R.C.A.F. seeks female recruits; One-page colour Oldsmobile ad features a Super '88' 4-door sedan; Fantastic colour-photo centrefold ad for GE Roto-Cold refrigerators features housewife in kitchen; One-page Massey-Harris ad explains how they use atomic energy to test iron castings; Nice colour one-page 1953 Mercury car ad; Fantastic colour REO truck ad features glass tanker with mermaids inside!; O'Keefe's Brewing ad features colour Karsh illustration of Queen Elizabeth; Nice one-page GMC Truck ad; Gar Wood Heating ad features photo of the home of Mr. H.R. McLean of Brandon, Manitoba; Wonderful colour back cover ad for Snyder's fine modern furniture features orange multi-piece seating set; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Notch nibbled in fore-edge. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
269 pages. "The story of the bloody civil war that breaks out in the early 1970s between Canada and Separatist Quebec. Every event... is imaginary. But every event is possible, perhaps even likely." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate wear to book. Well-worn dust jacket. Book
237 pages. Author's own exciting and fast-paced story about the pressure-cooker world of ski-racing and how he beat the best in the world. Unmarked. Lightly yellowed. Moderate wear. Book
158 pages including black and white illustrations. The real story of the peppery little earth dog that is fast becoming the darling of cosmopolitan dog lovers everywhere. Includes an accurate, factual history of the breed's beginnings and its subsequent development. Price-clipped dust jacket. Very light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
88 pages. Features: Cover photo features Ontario's Deputy Minister of Game and Fish, D.J. Taylor beside a bear he shot; A Wild Goose Chase - Photo-illustrated story of Frank Piscatelli' trip to Knight Inlet for Canada Geese; Old Mission in the Rain - fishing on the 'Dog-Watch', J.(Jack) W.N. Bell's inland schooner, on Lake Temiskaming; Illustrations of 1940 Handguns; The Canadian Grizzly - photo-illustrated article on 'the most dangerous of all Canadian big game' by T.C. Young; Panapitei Watches - photo-illustrated article in Waldie County in Northern Ontario includes photos of Ontario government officials Hon. Gordon C. Conant, Hon. H.C. Nixon and D.J. Taylor; Two pages of Conservation Charts for 1939; Ted Stikeman's day of fishing speckled trout in northern Quebec; Passing of Col. J. Bruce Payne; The Setter (dog) and his food; and much more. Fantastic back cover colour-illustrated ad for O'Keefe's beer and ale features relaxing airmen in wood-panelled room. Above-average wear. Small clipping from page 21. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Tells Ella's inspiring story in the voice of Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan whose imagined narrative sings with the infectious rhythms of scat. Two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Brian Pinkney's dramatic perspectives and fantastical images offer a jazzy improvisation of their own. Clean and unmarked. Faintest wear to tips of book. Light wear to dust jacket. Best for ages 5-9. Excellent copy. Book
In order to save her sick grandmother, Truzjka embarks upon a fanciful journey to find the answer to the question of where the wild geese go. "The imagination, wonder and universality of this original tale are reflected perfectly in the intricate full-color illustrations of Jamichael Henterly. A timeless story, to be shared by all ages." - from dust jacket. Three small spots of soiling to back free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Wonderful copy. Book
858 pages including index and some black and white illustrations. Mr. Pickersgill tells his life's story with a remarkable gift for detail, a shrewd grasp of what lies below the surface and a passionalte commitment to the country in whose affairs he has been so influential a player. Light wear. Unmarked. Attractively illustrated glossy covers. Quarter inch tear along fore-edge at bottom of front cover. Book
63 pages. French lyrics - chord names included, 22 internationally famous selections in their original French versions. Songs include: A L'Enseigne de la Fille Sans Coeur; Comme Moi; Cri Du Coeur; Dans Leur Baiser; Des Histoires; Il Fait Bon T'Aimer; Je M'Imagine; La Belle Histoire D'Amour; L'Accordeoniste; La Ville Inconnue; Le Ballet Des Coeirs; Les Amants De Paris; Les Mots D'Amour; Les Trois Cloches; Mon Dieu; Mon Manege a Moi; Mon Vieux Lucien; Salle D'Attente; T'es L'Homme Qu'il Me Faut; Toi, Tu L'Entends Pas; Toujours Aimer; Un Etranger. Also includes biography in English and French. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
62 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of young lady on bicycle; Editorial - What Price Modern Education?; The World Goes Smash - novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams; Why the Russians Want the North Pole - by famous explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Call Me Jim - the private life of James A. Farley - new, surprising facts concerning the jovial wheel-horse of the New Deal (part 1); The Talking Horse (humour); Casanova's Women - Henriette, and things the great lover left out of his memoirs; What it Takes to Make World Champs - article by Joe McCarthy, Manager of the World Champion New York Yankees (with small photo of author); Blackrock Landing (short story); Bright Danger (fiction); A New York Doctor Changes His Life - the anonymous but true story of a famous physician's who learned that money was not so important after all; Design for Dying (short story); 2/3-page illustrated Williams Luxury Shaving Cream ad shows tennis player "Big" Bill Tilden in action; Crossword completed in pencil on page 50; Horror Outside the Wall - a Chinese Mystery; Ventriloquist Peggy Hudson; The Glass Bracelet (short story); Nice illustrated ad for Iver Johnson Shotguns, manufactured at Cobourg, Ontario; Bits of nibbling to periphery of front cover and upper corner of textblock. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Who Killed Cardinal Bellarmine? - these bottles were standard vessels for the serving of liquor until the late 17th century and were rumoured to have connections with witchcraft; Oak that Travelled - sale of English oak collection formed by Stuart and Sandy Moss; The Story of Doulton; William Mein Smith - talented painter and watercolourist of the 19th century; A Sleeper From Shrewsbury - untouched early clocks are very desirable for the collector; Market Report - English Glass; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Buying Silver Candlesticks; Ornately decorated furniture from the mide-to-late 19th century in Britain and on the Continent; Neglected Pottery - the 19th century Staffordshire firm of Samuel Alcock & Company; Seeing the Light - personal story of a "Liverpool" coffee cup and the fun, excitement and knowledge that its impulsive acquisition resulted in; Edward Frederick Brewtnall (1846-1902) - a London painter, in oil and watercolour, of genre, landscape and figure subjects; Market Report - Lighting and Mirrors; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Glamorous colour photo of woman wearing arctic fox evening cloak inside front cover; The Mad Giant and the Mountie - a huge Swede who worked on a section gang makes a sudden divorce from sanity; Frank Oliver - Spokesman for the West; Cold War on the Fraser River - the Yucultas near Fort Langley were dreaded by all the tribes along the river - until the day when the cold war became a hot war; The Simple Men; First Lady of the Rails - "The Countess of Dufferin"; On Board the M.V. Fort Hearne - great photo study; Robert (Bob) Chambers Edwards (Eye-Opener Bob); Trapping the Big Horn - there was lots of action when some California Bighorn sheep were corralled in the Chilcotin country for shipment to Oregon; The Formative Years - II - part 2 of an article on the early settlement of the area which, 50 years ago, became Saskatchewan and Alberta; The Story of The Sault - on the centenary of the first American locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Dr. Clever Bald sketches the history of the two towns - Canadian and American - beside the rapids; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: HBC and the Smithsonian; River of Deadmen's Valley - R.M. Patterson spent three years in the fabled Nahanni Valley; Prisoners of the Indians - continuing the story of the McLean family's adventures in 1885; By God's River to the Bay - God's River in Northern Manitoba; Pullen in Search of Franklin - part II; Tweedsmuir Park - article with photos and map; Voyageur's Artist - Frances Ann (Beechey) Hopkins; Boy Hero - Donald Ayalik; Founding Fort Yukon - the company's most westerly fort was established by Alexander Hunter Murray 100 years ago; Pageantry at York Fort - an eye-witness account of the trading ceremony which was staged at York Factory in the 1770's; ad for HBC prairie farmlands for sale on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience... "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Book
44 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Colour photo Black Label ad inside front cover; Organized Crime's Grip on Ontario - between 1958 and 1962 the Mafia took a stranglehold on major crime (Part 2 of the Mafia series) - includes 25 mug shots, 8 of which are crossed out (killed); Bill Freedman has a very nice problem - his wife, Toby Robins, is also on her way to try New York; Where the Boys and Girls Go - 20,000 young people throng to Orillia, Ontario for the third annual Mariposa Festival - many super photos - a must for anyone who attended this huge bash!; What we can learn from the story of a sex criminal - Leopold Dion was released after 20 years, only to kill four boys; The many loves of J.B. McGeachy; Why Brazil Hasn't Gone Communist - Yet; A Maclean's flashback to the Lardeau gold strikes in B.C. around 1900 - with great photos. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. several openings at periphery. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
182 p. A few penciled margin marks. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Slightly soiled and chipped. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. "The American frontier was always a lusty, uninhibited place, where the free-wheeling nature of the people showed itself in every area of living - even in religion!" W8RtFront
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: They Came Before Cook - Explorers who visited British Columbia before Captain James Cook; Church at Yale, B.C. Has Roots - it has seen over a century of service; The Haunted Man - An 1861 Victoria Detective Story; The Unknown Land - times have changed since American fisheries officer James Swan visited the Queen Charlotte Islands almost a century ago; Poundmaker - Son of Crowfoot; British Columbia's Hedley Camp and the Nickel Plate Mine; Reminiscences of hundred-year-old mining man John 'Jake' Turnbull; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
121 pages. Chapters include: Geology; Aborigines; 'Discovery' by Europeans; Early Settlements; Development of the Settlement; Future Trends; and more. Gift greetings upon verso of front free endpaper. Very light wear. Slight yellowing to contents. Nice clean copy. Book
Pages 194-288 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: A Millionaire's Adventure - Milan millionaire Signor Luigi Beretta becomes the victim of an infamous plot; War-Time Wanderings in the Italian Alps - a merry trio of climbers have some fun; A Fight for Life in Mid-Air - a workman dismantling a great chimney at the Whitehall Road electric power works experiences a terrible industrial accident; The Adventures of Howard Blackburn - Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris, P.C., Prime Minister of Newfoundland, describes nautical adventures of Howard Blackburn; "Grubb of Gran Chaco"- The adventures of pioneer W. Barbrooke Grubb in the Paraguayan Chaco; Six Weeks in Lahoul - a hunting trip for ibex and red bear; Allen's Well - how a man was buried at the bottom of a deep well and was rescued; The Lion's Cub - a striking story from the Coast Mountains of Southern Oregon involving 'Yellow Tail' the mountain lion, Jud Bucklin, and Dick Wimer of the U.S. Forest Service; Aunt Barbara Visits Mustypore - an amusing story from an Indian coffee-planting district; A Woman Alone in China (part II) - Mary Gaunt met with many odd experiences and saw many strange sights, which are here described in most entertaining fashion, with photos; A Tragic Ocean Race - Five clipper ships started on a race from Australia to China, but strange and terrible things happened aboard the "Island Bay"; After Gold in the "Land of Fire" - an unfortunate prospecting expedition in Tierra del Fuego; The Haunted Tomb - a tale from the Southern Punjab; and more. Covers nearly detached as one. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. with aesthetic embossing. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 11 cm). In Turkish. 432, [4] p., b/w plates. Az gittik uz gittik.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers are lightly bumped at lower corners as the only flaw to the book, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 311 pages, each with a line of b&w photo across the bottom of either an airplane in manufacture or a female body, mostly airplanes.
387 pages including black and white photographic plates and index. How Trudeau captured power in Canada. Clean and unmarked. average wear. Tight and square. Solid working copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Nice 1-page photo ad features 'teen-age' fashion model Kitty Higgins and her two children; Nice 1-page color ad for Lyon Whitewall Tires; The Sweetest Town on Earth - the modest community of Grasse, in southern France has the perfume industry by the nose - article with color photos; The Bosom of My Family (fiction); The Railroads Fight Back; The Flappers Chilidren - a veteran of WWII compares the doughboys who returned from WWI with today's ex-G.I.s - article with photos; Who's Kilroy? Cocktails for One (fiction); Sleeping Beauty (fiction); Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features a K-7 parked outside a diner; 1-page color ad for Seagram's V.O.; Great color one-page ad for Borden's Hemo vitamin drink; 1-page color-photo ad for Ansco film; Grand Slam Gags - a bridge tournament champ passes along some funny stories; Two-page color ad for Old Mr. Boston Liquor; Very colorful 1-page Christmas ad for Carling Red Cap Ale; The Host (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for movie 'The Jolson Story'; 1-page color ad for Harwood's blended Canadian Whisky; Nice 1-page color ad for Gordon's Gin; The Songs Roll By (fiction); 1-page ad for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) features great photo of the first national auto show in 1900; The Bell of San Anselmo (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Christmas in the Desert - color photos of Christmas lights on cactii; Christmas Coke ad on back cover shows family gift-wrapping. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chips from cover fold. A worthy vintage copy. Book
