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A children's board book. Text in German. The story of a mother panda who has lost her baby. Each page/board has a window giving a clue to the next page. Book
In 8° br. fig. pp. 135, ben tenuto
Copyright date 1988. "...a remarkable account of a very unusual upbringing and should be read by all who call themselves Christians." - Malcolm Muggeridge. "A totally gripping story! Her years as an elected alderwoman in Vancouver, her open line radio broadcast, her chaplaincies at two major universities and her years of evangelism make Bernice, without a doubt, one of the most interesting ministers in the history of the Nation." - David Mainse, 100 Huntley Street. Book
122 pages. Features: Purina Chick Chow color ad inside front cover; Poppies for your garden; Screening casement windows; My Wild Flower Corner; Gardening on a steep hillside; Arbor Lodge - Home of J. Sterling Morton, Founder of Arbor Day; Plant a tree for the baby this year; Prairie Wild Flowers; The heart of the house - the kitchen; Year-round beauty from evergreens; Make the architect a partner when you build; Where our readers live - photos of homes of Ralph Garrison of Kalamazoo, E.L. Venning of Glen Ellyn, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beat of Portland and Mrs. H.E. Roth of Sheboygan; What to do with the walls and floors; Unit House No 20 is designed for comfort - house plan; Nature lore for youthful readers; Nice one-page ad for Holland Furnaces; Good books for girls; Nice one-page photo-llustrated ad for Simmons mattresses features photo of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman; Have you a room with an inferiority complex?; Is your porch comfortable?; Ponderosa pine ad; The Soup and Salad Garden; Lovely one-page color ad for Sun-Maid raisins; Nice one-page color ad for Dutch Boy White-Lead paint; Tips from Garden Notebooks; A talk on hearts - fourth in a series of articles on present-day health problems; How to cook the tender cuts of meat; For dinner on your afternoon out; Aids to better housekeeping; One-page ad for Hoosier kitchen working centers; Simple bird baths and how to make them; We grow vegetables, by Professor J.A. Huffman of Marion, Indiana; Montgomery Ward catalog ad; Standard plumbing fixture ad; Spray calendar for the home garden; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Maytag aluminum clothes wasther; Clifford Bloom - Musical Missionary - with piano and voice sheet music for his 'A Slight Mistake'; Screening casement windows; The story of the piano - concerning the choice, location and care of this instrument; ad for Yale door hardware; ad for American Face Brick; Vintage 2/3-page ad for Stanley Tools shows man and boy with wooden bench; Great one-page color ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles; Recipes; Illustrated needlework article; Nice color Valspar varnish ad inside back cover; Color Congoleum ad on back cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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
141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
pp. xxii, 48. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut and unopened. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Slight age stain. Penciled notation in gutter "The Rosenbach Co." Small 8vo. Original blue floral pattern paper binding. Original spine label. Limited Edition of only 950 copies. Nice copy. PRESS/W39
273 pages. Black and white frontisplate of author. Three black and white plates in appendices. New preface to this edition discusses events which transpired in the fifteen months since the first French edition was published. "Surveys the political situation in Yugoslavia between the two World Wars, and shows how the Yugoslav state was created for the simple purpose of implementing Serbian domination over the non-Serb nations within Yugoslavia." - Croation Information Centre. Unmarked. Hinges and binding intact. Moderate wear and soiling to red cloth-covered boards. Light foxing near endpapers. A sound copy. Book
Unpaginated. Lovely colour plates including frontis. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Tiny bookseller stamp inside front board. Child's relatively benign markings to approximately 1/3 of pages. Binding intact. Average wear. Still a pleasing copy. Book
158 pages. "The story of the men and women of St. Dunstan's and of their remarkable achievements. Profusely illustrated by photographs from St. Dunstan's archives, most of which have never been previously published." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers very slightly soiled. Volume One, Number Nine. Very good. Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854-1885) was a professional 'Sensational Novelist' whose "Deadwood Dick" was the most popular hero of the dime novel era at the end of the 19th century. Through 'Dick' he greatly influenced boys (and men) to view the West as eternally exciting and heroic. W8RtRear
No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes collecting Thomas Hardy, books about Yorkshire, Arthur Rackham's late works, Patrick O'Brian's 'Jack Aubrey' books, Nigel Balchin, 'Commando' picture library, the Bonnie and Clyde Story, index and letters and classified..
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked, slightly scratched boards and no bumping to corners. 147p. This issue includes HG Wells and 'The Time Machine', The Penguin story, Cicely Mary Barker and the 'Flower Fairy' books, Bodley Head'd Classic Giftbooks, Douglas Reeman/Alexander Kent, the search for the real King Arthur, Kingsley Amis, index and letters and classified..
A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes 'Girls' Crystal' story papers and annuals, travel books of Arminius Vambery, boxing books and magazines, detective stories of Nicholas Blake, HG Wells life and works part 2 1914-46 and Virginia Woolf part 1 1882-1925.
271 pages including index. Includes black and white photographic plates. Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion stands among the 20th century's most galvanic athletes. And its most magnetic personalities. Geoffrion invented the slapshot, was one of the first players in the post-World War II era to produce 50 goals a season, had teammate Doug Harvey saw off his leg cast against doctor's orders so that he could skate in the 1961 playoffs, and much more. A candid, entertaining and at times controversial story of this great Hall of Famer. Prior owner's details upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
351 pages including notes, bibliography, index, and black and white photographic plates. The dramatic story of the rum-runners of the Great Lakes. By turns hilarious and tragic, the book details the careers of those fishermen, farmers, plumbers, and stunt pilots, whose daring brought booze across the lakes to a grateful America - for a price. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
Inscription on front end paper. Fingermarks to some pages. No creasing to covers or to spine. Mainly clean pages with lightly marked boards, pictorial cover, very dusty page edges and bumping/rubbing to edges and corners. 253pp. Girls story. Undated ca 1910.
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers very slightly soiled. Volume Three, Number Twenty-Nine. Very good. Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854-1885) was a professional 'Sensational Novelist' whose "Deadwood Dick" was the most popular hero of the dime novel era at the end of the 19th century. Through 'Dick' he greatly influenced boys (and men) to view the West as eternally exciting and heroic. W8RtRear
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Palmer Story - Palmer Perfumer, the First American Perfumer; Trade Cards - article with reprints of amazing vintage cards; Jar Talk - fruit jar wrenches and more canning information; Bottle-Dose - The Heckler - Skinner - Keene Show; British Bottle Bits - What was in those tooth pastes? - a fascinating article!; Extra Special Deliveries; Northwestern Show; Up-Dates; Messages; Auction Directory; Miniature Bottle Show - San Francisco Bay area; Chinese Gold Mining Camp - an account of our find during the drought of '76-'77, by Seth Simpson. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Photos and details of glass powder horns; The Magic of Metamorphic Trade Cards - Part II - Beyond Patent Medicines - fantastic vintage ads; Hair Raising Stories - Circassian Hair Oil and Restorative - A.L. Scoville & Co.; Bryan's Top Shelf - his tall and short bottles; Embalming Bottles - informative and wonderfully illustrated article by Adrienne S. Escoe; Jar Talk in Fredericksburg, Texas; Dr. Pepper's Mountain Herbs; "Dr. Pepper's Phos-Ferrates"; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits; Auction Directory; The Label Space - The Bunker Hill Monument is popular on labels - Bunker Hill Pickles; Up-Dates; "Nyal" - a Poison Bottle story by Ben and Mirriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
52 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Great Diehl & Lord cover photo. Features: The Eye Catcher - The Diehl and Lord Story; Holy Water Bottles - article by Al Logan Smith; Jar Talk - Lots of great home food canning content; British Bottle Bits - Doan's Backache Kidney Pills, Warner's Safe Cure, Veno's Seaweed Tonic; Munyon's Liver Cure, Munyon's Kidney Cure; The Medford (Siskiyou) Bottle Show Report; Ninety Years Ago - a digging story - author unknown; Extra Special Deliveries; Messages; A Few Pictures; Up-Dates; Reprints of items from The Pontil, February, 1965; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
60 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Akro Agate Co. made Marbles - article with photos; The Grand Old Hotel Del Monte - informative article with photos; Jar Talk - great vintage canning ads and more; British Bottle Bits - internal screw threads, the crown cap, the "Beehive" top, the "Chisel Stopper"; Ninety Years Ago - story continued from last month; Auction Directory; Extra Special Deliveries; 1990 Southeastern Show and Sale -article with nice photos; Up-Dates; Messages; "The Pontil" February, 1965. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
114 pages. Features: Richie Kotzen; Japanese Black and Gray wunderkind Krazy Kay; The Enigma and Serana Rose Story; Fanny Maurer aka Lady Diamond; Big Sleeps; Ryan 'Sullen' Smith and Jeremy Hanna; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this colorful issue. Magazine
416 pages including bibliography and index. Acknowledges that the province on the far left of the map has always been a pretty strange place, but it also tells a serious story of touchy race relations, heroic men and women, and the kind of romance that makes sensible people want to write books. It's a new kind of history - intensely personal, impeccably researched, intentionally provocative, unexpectedly spiritual, and laugh-out-loud funny - that encourages us to question received wisdom and ponder the elusiveness of history. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear and slight lean to spine. Dust jacket with closed tear to top of back panel and moderate edgewear with one or two chips missing. Solid copy. Book
300 pages. Signature and inscription of Burt Ward, the Robin character from the 'Batman' television show, atop half-title page. A revealing look behind the scenes at all the sizzling secrets you were never supposed to hear... the explosions, the injuries, the feuds, the vendettas and 'Superhero' sex with young fans. The true story of what really went on in and out of the BatCave... vividly unmasked for the first time in the Boy Wonder's own words. "I advise all who are planning to read it to invest in a pair of asbestos gloves for page-turning duties!" - Yvonne Craig, Batgirl. Clean and bright with very light wear. Excellent copy. A wonderful gift for your special Batfriend! Book