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176 pages. An anthology which tells Canada's story by means of poems, plays, official records and other documents, and which also gives a wealth of statistical information. Illustrated with an excellent selection of photographs, this is a fascinating miscellany, both a primer of basic Canadiana and a collection of less familiar writings that have not before been easily available to the general reader. Book
144 pages plus ads. Features: K-I-L-L - the complete novel; Ice - short story; Otherwise Inexplicable - short story; The Message from Garcia - short story; The Pearl of La Paz - short story; The Waterloo of Gus and Pete - short story; Fued on Furnace Creek - short story; and more. Lovely color Chesterfield cigarette ad inside front cover features pole vault competition between Yale-Harvard and Oxford-Cambridge at a Harvard Stadium track meet (artist's name illegible but is probably Myron Perley - please check with us if you wish to confirm). Color Listerine ad on back cover - "never sold in bulk". Unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Tape repairs to back strip, back cover and first page. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Printed Imagery on Clay; Working with Panels and Wall Pieces; Matthias Ostermann; International Ceramics Conference; The Human Condition - varda Yatom's Latest Work; The Politics of Exclusion; Full Circle - The Story of a Commission - Grace Nickel's work; A Vase for One Flower; The Art of Pricing Art. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers very slightly soiled. Volume Two, Number Sixteen. 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
184 pages. Features: Farmer Claude Pagles talks to General Marshall; How to choose a cow; We're inviting a foot-and-mouth disaster; A home for small flocks; Soil conservation needs a change; We're really saving soil today; Hunting our biggest cat; The Taylors of Walnut Hill - The Thomas R. Taylor family and their Walnut Hill Hereford Ranch of Barton County, KS; Greener grow their pastures; A bargain in cotton; Family story - J. Garrett Tolan Angus Cattle of Illinois; We need more meat; Plain talk; and more. Ads: Ipana ad features Frances Nalle and her kids Amanda and Bobo; Texaco ad features photo of invention at the Moore Brothers plantation near Navasota, TX; B.F. Goodrich ad features photo on the farm of Woody Doremus near Bakersfield, CA; ad for the Cessna 190 and 195; M-E rotary tillers; GE radio ad with illustration of Bea Wain; GMC trucks (color); Ford cars - with color photos in Italy, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa; International trucks; Jeep; Ford trucks; Case equipment; Futuramic Oldsmobile; New Dodge trucks; Minneapolis-Moline Universal "R" tractor - with color photos; Buick; Ford tractors (2 pages); Oliver 60 tractor; Sparton radio (color); True Temper tools; Stewart-Warner radios; Studebaker color ad inside back cover features W.K. Price Jr. of Orlando, FL; Camel cigarette color ad on back cover features Bronc rider Jerry Amber, fisher Mrs. Dorothy Allan Newstead, polo star Cecil Smith and table-tennis star Mary Reilly. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
140 pages. Features: How to keep young families on the land; Get that big crop right away; Nitrogen is a magic tool; Beef feeding goes west; Stupid villain of the fields - the groundhog / woodchuck; Tools to save your time; Birthplace of the breeds; Profits from floodwater; A plan for better teeth - what's happening in Askov, MN; ; Christmas Story (fiction); Trail East (conclusion); Christmas on a holly farm in northwestern Oregon. Ads: Lane Cedar Chests (lovely color-photo ad inside front cover); B.F. Goodrich ad features Mr. & Mrs. Ray Heitzman of Winnebago, NB; Oldsmobile Rocket '98'; Studebaker trucks (color); Ball Brand boots; McCulloch two-man chainsaw; New Holland '77' baler ad with William G. Fox of RR1 Guilford, IN; Massey-Harris Tractors - with mini-illustrations of all 6 sizes and 31 models; International Harvester McCormick Farmall (color photo); W.E. Wedemeyer of Donahue, IA in Firestone ad; John Deere Models A, M, MT and track-type tractor (color photos); Oliver OC-3 crawler tractor; Camel cigarettes (with Santa); Lee work clothing; Buick cars; Chevrolet trucks; Purina dog chow; MoorMan's ad features Jerome Rollgen of Sheboygan County, WI; Auto racer Al Rogers in Champion spark plug ad; 1952 Dodge car; Homelite chainsaws; Allis-Chalmers roto-baler (great color photo - way ahead of its time!); GMC pickups; Ben-Gay ad features 'Peter Pain' beating on the knee of a young lady!; Natural Rubber Burea ad with photos of typical Malaysian scenes; Chrysler ad features the work of photographer Jerry Cooke, including subjects Frank Foley, Bill Dougherty and W.R. Rodger; AC fuel pump ad features Eddie Rickenbacker; Gehl forage equpment; Wolverine horsehide boots; Plumb axes; Tide detergent; Aunt Jemima pancake mix; Jergens ad with Evelyn Danser of Cranbury, NJ; Toni ad features twins Eleanor and Jeanne Fulstone plus Lillian Marcusen and Skye Patrick; Noxzema ad features Marilyn Lavis of Toronto; Prize-winner Mrs. Mary Pattee of Condon, OR: Nostalgic color ad inside back cover for Morton's meat-curing products illustrates butchered hogs hanging outside barn with soaking barrel and fire-heated cauldron. Tape repair to ends of cover fold. Small clipping from birthplace of the breeds article on page 30. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
311 pages. "A book about succeeding because you are Canadian - not in spite of it. About doing all those things we're not supposed to be very good at. Things like outmaneuvering monster corporations; like standing up to the Americans; like putting regional differences aside; like blowing the whistle on polluters; like rising above linguistic differrences. The story of how we succeed in Canada when we have the courage to try it our own way." - from back cover. "This is the encyclopedia of what unions can do to help build a made-in-Canada movement for personal, social and economic independence." - Mel Hurtig. Includes many black and white archival photographs. Prior owner's name upon half-title page, else unmarked. Moderate wear. Glossy laminated covers. Book
171 pages. Includes black and white photographic plates. The extraordinary story of a young couple determined to build a new life for themselves in a huge, implacable land where miracles and mayhem, tragedy, humour, and plain old-fashioned courage were an everyday occurence. Very light wear to unclipped dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
Un volume de format in 12 de 4 ff.; 440 pp.; reliure de l'époque en demi chagrin brun; dos à 4 nerfs; décor et titre dorés; couverture conservée. Rares et pâles rousseurs. Exemplaire parfaitement relié. Voir photos. Associations ouvrières, socialisme, paupérisme, assistance...Réf. Vicaire I, 772.
174 pages including black and white photographic plates. Author spent four years talking with Gerry, before his death in 1988, and with many of the people who were profoundly influenced by him. This is the story, largely in his own words, of an original and unique British Columbian who established the Yellow Point Lodge on Vancouver Island just south of Nanaimo. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding sound. A worthy reading copy. Book
Contains, bound as one, seven issues of London's Daily Mirror for the week beginning May 25, 1959 and ending Sunday May 31st, 1959. Contents include: Russian Cars (and Brandy) for Britain; photo of Monica Zetterlund; John Foster Dulles dies - article with photo; Mr. Clore Wants Watneys; Photos of Eddie Fisher with Elizabeth Taylor plus photo of Liz with her two children; Soviet Envoy's Wife in Hiding - Mrs. Nina Dmitriev; Soccer riot as Scots Brawl; Space Monkeys - Animal lovers protest; Gaoled Widow; 'Stupid Insult' - American cartoon of young Prince Charles raises ire; "I Was Hitler's Lover - First part/2 pages - Maria Reiter tells her story; Spotlight on 'Crisis City' Berlin, by Malcolm Muggeridge; America's Bongo Craze; B.E.A. Pilot Francis Hatchard is jailed in Sweden. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Some age-yellowing. A sound copy. Sure to fascinate and inform anyone curious about events during this week in history. Book
80 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Colour illustration upon front board shows two young girls and a boy making daisy chains. Colour plate frontis (by D.C.S.?) shows girl on park bench reading to three youngsters and a dog seated around her, with the caption "There sits fair-haired Effie." Stories include: Playing Horses; The Concert at the Zoo; The Holiday Coach; The Bravest Deed; Going to See the Queen; A Visit to the Country; Elsie's Team; Eric's Holiday; Mrs. Lion's Infant School; A visit to the West Indies; Five Peas in a Pod; Proud Mr. Drake; The Whistling Pig; The Stray Lamb; The Boy and the Monkey; A Merry Game; How do you Do?; Mrs. Otter and Her Young Ones; Morning Song; The Wonderful Doll's House; Tired of Waiting; Poor Mrs. Duck!; The Grand Duchess; The Clever Cat; Eddy's Accident; My Portrait; Father's Birthday Present; Will's Wondrous Story; Katie's Present; and Topsy and the Gypsies. Contemporary pencil gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Erased pencil writing inside front board nearly invisible. Hinges intact. Binding sound. Original maroon cloth backstrip intact. Average wear and soiling to boards. Moderate yellowing to contents. A sound copy of this charming work. Book
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 63 p. B/w ills. Damlacik. Ills. by Saadet Ceylan.
71 pages. Illustrated children's adventure store. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
270 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Darryl Sittler's signature and inscription upon half-title page. Details in exciting play-by-play accounts, such highs as his record-setting ten-point game against the Boston Bruins and his overtime goal against Czechoslovakia that won the 1976 Canada Cup. Also recounts his lows, particularly toward the end of his career. "Sittler tells his story the way he played - bluntly and bravely." - Jim Proudfoot, Toronto Star. Book as new. Dust jacket price-clipped with very light wear. Beautiful copy. An excellent gift for your special Maple Leaf fan. Book
255p. (8)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus frontis. Inner hinges cracked. Bookseller's label. Penciled ownership of George Simon. 8vo. Original full pictorial cloth binding. A Dave Darrin Series. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! WWI 5
246 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Businessman, philantropist, former lieutenant governor, distinguished citizen and devoted gardener, David Lam is one of the most respected and best-loved figures in British Columbia public life. This biography tells his remarkable story. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers slightly soiled. Volume Two, Number Twenty-Four. 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
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers slightly soiled. Slight chipping on front margin. Volume Two, Number Twenty-Three. 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
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps, showing an outlaw accosting a black minstrel. Covers very slightly soiled. Volume Two, Number Seventeen. 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
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Major loss at bottom corner of front cover and six pages. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps, loss at bottom corner. Volume Two, Number Twenty-One. 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
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers slightly soiled and chipped. Volume Three, Number Thirty. 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
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers slightly soiled. Volume One, Number Twelve. Very good. W8RtRear
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 One. 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. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W8RtRear
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.