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200153180Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2001. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.73. Small quarto 26cm; orange cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 182pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
1334160457.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
200153180Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2001. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.73. Small quarto 26cm; orange cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 182pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown
6313Racine: Whitman Publishing Company 1939. First This edition. Folio linen-like finish 12pp including the covers stiff illustrated paper covers color illustrations by Leason -- Front cover light to moderately dusty & dulled light evidence of damp stain about 1/3 of the way down the front cover along the edge of the spine and along the top edge of the front cover fairly light to wear and rubbing to the outer extremities Internally bright and clean -- Overall good condition XBG14-603-BS Quantity Available: 1 Category: Juvenile; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006313. Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. [First This edition] unknown
1968461611Roger Schlesinger 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Numbered volume from the Megan and Michael Dawson collection of pop-up books. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Panel edges discoloured. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Subjects; Printing history. Moveable books. Pop-up books. Specimens 20th century. Roger Schlesinger hardcover
55 pages. Features: The Dutchess of Kent Story - Princess Marina, child of destiny - and tragedy (part 1 of 3); Window on Jazz Street - Photographer Dennis Stock explores the music-maker's world to produce a book of memorable images; Math's a game to these kids - St. Mary's High School students match wits with a computer in Halifax; Irish-bred horses have a winning way; Debbie Reynolds on her day off; Conscription Crisis of 1944 - The Revolt of the Generals - Part 5 of 5; 69 hours of hell - Nova Scotia skipper Alden Locke of Jordan Bay survives the sinking of the 37 foot Caroline and Eric; A widow who was never a wife - france amends its civil code so Irene Jodart can marry her fiancee, killed in a flood; Coal miners in Doncaster, England visit the beauty parlour for facials; Colour photos of Jack-o'-lanterns; The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
39 pages. Features: Why I Fled Russia - Scientist Dr. Mikhail Klochko's own story of his defection to Canada (part 1 of 4); Mitzi Gaynor's $40,000/week comeback; A Dam to make the Prairie Bloom - The South Saskatchewan River Dam slowly takes shape - great colour photos; Cultivate a new skill or interest and start developing it into an avocation for later years (part 3 of 3); Has Success Spoiled Rudy Pilous - He won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks; Colour Birks Jewelry centerfold; Neil Harnish and his war with the Canadian Army at Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick; Maud Watt - angel of the north brought beaver back to the Quebec wilderness; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
71 pages. Features: Bob (Robert) Goulet - he finds there is room at the top for hard work; Sweat Equity helps pay for their house - Joe Hodgen and Jeannette MacDonald prepare their new home in Chippawa, Ontario; Fidel Castro - Liberator or Slave-Maker? - a Canadian journalist visits Havana; Tragedy strikes the young duchess - The Duchess of Kent Story, Part 3 of 3; Ventriloquist Carolyn Blythe of the Blue Sky Revue in Verdun, Quebec; Porpoise with a purpose - Even blindfolded, Kathy can find her goal; Tachibana Ballet Institute in Tokyo - bathing helps their ballet; Sober piety and sturdy self-reliance mark the old-world ways of Canada's Mennonites; The Man the Sharks would't eat - Captain Haliburton (Bertie) Himmelman explains what happened to the Giant King 38 years ago; Workshop for Equality - Core, the Congress of Racial Equality, uses non-violence/sit-in strikes; School at Concrete, Washington, has a road beneath it; Charles Mohr, Jr., a University of Wisconsin senior, dies as a result of his first and last boxing knockout; Sid Caesar says "I conquered Shyness"; A new generation of bookworms is invading our libraries - children; The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
39 pages. Features: My holiday ended in a red jail - Milorad Cop went to see his son in Prague and was accused of spying; Marie St. Laurent at the Florida Message Centre helps Canadians down south; Skiing for Eight - On a Budget: Fun-filled weekends are a way of life for the Moore Family (son Tim went on to great success with AMJ Campbell Van Lines); Arlene Phillips Braves the Heights - goes atop buildings with her high-steel worker father Joey Phillips, one of the hereditary chiefs of the Caughnawaga Indian reservation near Montreal; I live for work and love says Melina Mercouri - the star of Never on Sunday; Seat of Trouble - comic; Great colour photos with story about NHL goalies Gump Worsely and Jacques Plante; The Rockefellers Change with the Times - the fourth generation of the family has a different approach to wealth - inclues 8 interesting black and white photos; The Fleet Nobody Wanted - British Columbia's government-owned ferry service (B.C. Ferries); Nipper by Doug Wright. Many great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
39 pages. Features: U.S. Crime Syndicates are Moving in on Canada (first of two articles); Belles of the Ball - Canadian gals take to bowling in rapidly-increasing numbers; World of Colour the Eye Can't See - crystals viewed under the microscope; Brain Waves Comic; Canadians in a Great Adventure - The Undercover War Pays Off - Men of the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) risked their lives in a task that helped to free war-torn France; Northern Dolls are a hit down south - Eskimo/Inuit art; Shirley Calling Tokyo - Shirley MacLaine talks to husband Steve Parker; Nice colour photo and write-up of Boston Bruin star Don McKenney; Story about the NHL players with the highest goal/shot ratio; Nipper by Doug Wright. Many great colour ads including super Eaton's centerfold. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
39 pages. Features: Dieppe - the full story - part 1 of 5; Twins with twin tastes - Martine and Celine Letendre; Barrie's Big Brass Band - music is fun, membership an honor for high school kids in this Ontario town - Barrie Collegiate Band; Russians take their clowns seriously - the Moscow Circus comes to Canada; Her Heart is in Hawaii - Mernie Purvis of Kelowna, B.C. markets Hawaiin clothing from six tropical-style grass shacks; Sonny (Liston) Won't See Round Six - with Floyd Patterson feeling as he does; Paintings by John Walsh of scenes at "The Ex" (the CNE); Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
714 pages. Contents include: How Mrs. S.E. Waller's Pictures Have Been Painted; The Money Kings of the New World, by W.T. Stead; Dr. Niels Finsen and his remarkable discovery of healing rays - with wonderful photos; The Making of a Flume - with great photos; The Tame Fish of Logan; The New Khartoum - with many photos; The Floor of the Pacific, by The Hon. W.E. Meehan, Fish Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World II - The Rothschilds, by W.T. Stead - with several photos and illustrations; The Momentous Motor - great vintage technology article with photos; "Skin O' My Tooth" - Edited and Compiled by Baroness Orczy; Bird Babies; Strong Mac; The Making of a Mandolin - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Part III - Mr. J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan; Municipal Ambulance Work - with fantastic photos of horse-drawn ambulances; Baron Shibusawa of Japan - with great photos; The Game of Sticke - its evolution and progress; The Fiscal Policy of The Empire, by John Holt Schooling; Coalport Porcelain - the story of an ancient and famous industry; The Most Wonderful Map in the World - France, in Jasper, Set with Jems; Hints on Sea-Swimming - Mr. Montagu A. Holbein give advice, and suits the action to the world for photographic illustration; The Nelson Room at Trafalgar House; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Some European Potentates - M. Witte, Baron Hirsch, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Beit, Herr Krupp, M. Jean de Bloch; The Fiscal Policy of the Empire - Part II; A Painter of the Sea-Coast - Mr. Elmer Keene and his Art; Sir James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak; Pictures in Postage Stamps - using old postage stamps to create art; Capturing A Sperm Whale - with awesome photos; plus many fictional stories. Backstrip all but detached. Front free endpaper and first several pages loose but present. Several other pages loose. Hinges open. Above-average wear. Reading copy only, but remains a very informative and enjoyable reference. Book
1971kb798.961GB: Allison & Busby 1971. Book is in very good plus or better condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Clean entire dw. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/VG DW. Allison & Busby Hardcover
331 pages including index. "Tells the story of NASCAR's remarkable rise under the auspices of Big Bill Francis from rogue outfit to corporate darling - equal parts southern grit and Madison Avenue spectacle - whose television rights recently sold for an astronomical price. Profiles many superstar drivers who have dominated the sport." - from dust jacket. Average wear overall. 10 pages of black and white photographic plates loose but present. Still a decent copy. Book
151 pages. Black and white illustrations. "This volume is the first authentic true story ever written and published completely by local (Quesnel B.C.) talent... Written during the author's years in the Cariboo Country northeast of Barkerville." - from insert. Illustrated endpaper. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Very nice copy. Book
1954150196N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Mary Murphy Bruno VeSota Will Wright and others looking on as Robert Keith and Robert Osterloh restrain a wounded Marlon Brando. <br/><br/>Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town disrupting local racing events stealing and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. <br/><br/>Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville California and shot on location in Calabasas Thousand Oaks and Hollister California. <br/><br/>9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1954150196N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Mary Murphy Bruno VeSota Will Wright and others looking on as Robert Keith and Robert Osterloh restrain a wounded Marlon Brando. <br /> <br /> Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town disrupting local racing events stealing and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. <br /> <br /> Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville California and shot on location in Calabasas Thousand Oaks and Hollister California. <br /> <br /> 9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1954158263Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Marlon Brando and Mary Murphy. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town disrupting local racing events stealing and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. <br /> <br /> Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville California and shot on location in Calabasas Thousand Oaks and Hollister California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
032320006Script Format reprint. Like New. / 1968 REVISED DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES / THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS /SHIPS WITHIN 24HRS!! unknown
19481317879n.p.: Capitol Publishing Co. Inc 1948. Other. Thin Octavo; G/stiff cardboard; red/yellow spine with white and red text; 3 volumes; volumes contained in red blue and yellow box; some rubbing wear to box edges; light soiling to box exterior; covers have slight shelf wear; some wear to edges; cut-out clown duck and horse affixed to front covers; text blocks show light toning to exterior edges; interiors light toned; profusely illustrated; good condition;. 1317879. FP New Rockville Stock. Capitol Publishing Co., Inc unknown books
xxiv, 64 pages. Features: The Hunting of Harry Tracy - the 1902 account of one of the most remarkable manhunts to ever take place in America; Pete the Pelican; Between Ourselves; Sahara Safari - photo-illustrated account; Remote Control - a strange story from the Northwest frontier of India; Awachomo Natural Bridge, Utah, USA (cover illustration); Land of Blood-Feuds - photo illustrated article about the mountain people of Crete; The Death-Divers - a former Swedish deep-sea diver recounts how in 1937 he and Chief Diver Matsson were detailed to assist in the raising of a wreck off Italian Somaliland; The Throw-Back - strange story from a South American gold mine; The Night Alarm - ; Wealth on the "Skeleton Coast"; Bush Interlude; The Vanished Waggons - a remarkable story from the Northern Territory of Australia where three laden vans mysteriously disappeared from a train running south from Darwin; many nostalgic ads; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
88 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chinese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
Features: The House in the Woods - the author made a 1908 car journey along a large portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Through the Wilds of Persia - by Major P.M. Sykes; A Game of Chess - a remarkable story from South Dakota about how a young chess enthusiast was compelled to play a game, with his own life for the stakes; Among the Gaddis - Nomad shepherds of the Central Himalayans; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part II of a story by Mrs. Fred Maturin; A Holiday in Japan - by Mrs. Ellen Beadnell (lovely photos); Across Unknown Labrador, The Land Where Hubbard Died - H. Hesketh Prichard relates how he attempted to do what no white man had ever done before, to cross this desolate wilderness from the Atlantic to the George River - great photos (part I); The Bandits of the Argentine - the 'Nort Americanos'; The Mysterious Senoussiland - part II of a Saharan adventure; The King of the Sticks - how Connie Chambers of Boston, a solitary white prospector, constituted himself as monarch of a tribe of Alaskan Indians, cleverly turning the tables on a policeman who was sent to arrest him; Lost in an underground lake - the appalling adventure which befell three prominent citizens of Joplin, Missouri at the Hero zinc mine in the spring of 1908; "Baching"; A Mexican Elopement; and more. Fascinating two-page illustrated stock offering by the American Automobile Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice Vose Piano advertisement on back cover. Great vintage Budweiser advertisement inside back cover. Lower two inches of front cover open at spine. Average wear. Magazine
