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Undated, 12mo, 96 pages+ publisher's catalogue, illustrations. Covers rubbed, hinges weakening. Original Green Pictorial Cloth eng
Partitur. 8 S. OU. Geheftet.
Pages 1670-1732 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Zenobia, in "The Blithedale Romance"; Hawthorne's Heroines; My Translatophone (part II of II); The Care of the Voice; The Typical Woman of the New South; Babs the Impossible (continued); Autumn's Queen of Flowers; French Fashions for Autumn; New Gowns for Evening Wear; Fashion Notes; Cut Paper Patterns - a Review; Present Fashions in Glass; News of Women's Clubs; An Autumn Morning; Chafling-Dish Recipes; The Child and its World - part VII - The Child and Money; Home-Made Christmas Gifts; A Game Dinner; and more. Many nice ads int this issue, our favurites including Redfern Corsets and a one-page color ad for Shredded Wheat which features many foods to serve it with; Fantastic back cover Proctor and Gamble ad features "Respect for the Flag" i.e. keeping it clean.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
Pages 1798-1860 plus 14 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Thackeray's Bad Heroines; The Wouldbegoods (VI) - The Tower of Mystery; Autumn Days in Central Park; Babs the Impossible (continued); Fashions at the Horse Show; The Bazar's Pattern Sheet Supplement; Cut Paper Patterns; The Decorative Possibilities of Casts; Recipes for Autumn; News of Women's Clubs - with photo of Mrs. Caroline M. Edwards of Chicago; Neckwear for Christmas Gifts - with six photos; The Child and its World - IX - The Child and Handicraft; New Patterns for Lace-Making; Nice Ivory Soap ad on back cover called "Through a Looking Glass"; and more.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
np. Printed in Weiss type. Designed by Charles R. Prilik. Text ruled in black. 16mo. Original full glossy yellow paper wraps, printed paper label on front wrap. Christmas keepsake from Charles R. Prilik. Nice copy. CPHAM/W71C1
In these pages readers can experience Christmas in the later Georgian period, as described by many of Miss Austen's contemporaries, including Robert Southey, John Clare, and Sir Walter Scott. Learn about the elaborate Christmas seasons held in Kent and Southampton and celebrated by Jane Austen and her family - their games of charades and Christmas pudding recipe! 120p. illus. bibliography Book
Paperback. Light wear on leading corners. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
Features: Letters about Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum - marvel or monstrosity?; Seeds of Revolt in Red China? - Richard Hughes writes of the chances of Chiang returning to the mainland; Close-Up of the First Earth Satellite - The U.S. will soon re-attempt to place a satellite in orbit some 225,000 miles up to study the moon; Children in a Crucible - "An account of the impact of the process of desegregation upon both white and Negro children at the high school in Clinton, TN, which was bombed after twelve Negro children were integrated with the 700 white students two years ago, as described by teacher Margaret Anderson; In Defense of the Politician - by Senator Richard L. Neuberger; 'To Learn and Teach the Truth' - Evaluating the performance of UNESCO; How to Mix a Cocktail Party ; A Painting That Tells Modern Art's Story - A Cezanne masterpiece sold last month for $616,000, exemplifying its soaring prestige; Why Russian Women Work Like Men; End of the Boffolo Texensis; Marks of Office - Photos of interesting items in Washington offices; Visitors to the U.N. headquarters in New York; Great color-photo ad for Rheingold Extra Dry beer features photo of Madelyn Darrow, Miss Rheingold 1958 in motorboat; Classy one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Noel Coward sipping tea in pounding surf; Article on Boy Scouts; Photos of women's fashions for enchanted; Photos of various fashionable home heating stoves; Four photos from the making of "A Night to Remember" about the Titanic; Six photos of the Aga Khan IV at Harvard; The New York Horse Show; and more. 92 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32p. Highly illustrated with Hummel figures. Insert of Christmas Plates. 4to. Original printed gold wraps. Nice copy. ART 6
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guards present), engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, one small hole cut in each frontispiece where small image excised, neat contemporary inscription on half-title of first volume; original terracotta cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 16pp of publisher's catalogue at front and rear of each volume, and trade ticket of Gilbert & Field of Gracechurch Street London on front paste-downs. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
4 leaves. Ruled and underlined in silver. 16mo. Original plain wraps, paper label decorated in silver. Very nice copy. Very scarce. CPHAM/W71C1?
30p. Printed Christmas Wish from George & Helen Macy inserted. Sm 4to. Original marbled grain title circled in silver on wood grain stiff paper boards. Extremities rubbed. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 4
56 pages. Features: Lovely cover art of impish Christmas characters by S.E. Park; Beautiful colour Christmas ad inside front cover presents La Palina cigars, Sweet Caporal cigarettes, and Wilson's bachelor cigars; Fleischmann's Yeast one-page ad includes photo of Dr. R.E. Lee; Editorial mentions Mr. McGeer and the Canadian money system, chemical and germ warfare, Henry Ford and soybeans, and Christmas 1934; The Position and Prospects of Canada, by the Right Honourable R.B. Bennett; King Lear in a Straw Hat (short story); Paid on Delivery (short story); Charlie Chaplin in the land of the World's Most Beautiful Women, Bali - photo-illustrated article; Changed Identity (short story); Pinch-Hitting for Sir Galahad (short story); The Reprieve - short story by Nellie L. McClung; How I Bought the Priceless Collection of Romanoff Treasures - photo-illlustrated article by Norman Weisz; Ransom (short story); Parker Pen one-page Christmas ad; Movie news includes photos of Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, Bill Gargan, Mickey Rooney, Anna Sten, Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, and more; Nice half-page ad for Turnbull's Ceetee Full Fashioned Underwear; Woodbury's soap ad features photo of Lady Cecil Douglas; V.I.P. Food Beverage ad includes photos of Mr. J.E. Wood of Toronto, and Chief Dietician Margaret Paton; Christmas cookery article; Great one-page illustrated Crown Brand Corn Syrup ad features boys playing football; Fashion illustrations; and more. Back cover missing. Front cover loose but present. Average wear. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
30p. Illus. by Eileen Taber. PAMPHLET Very good condition Of this first edition 360 copies have been set aside by the publisher as Monograph no. 54 for distribution by the Typophiles. Seasons greetng from Merle Montgomery laid in.
40 pages. Circa 1940s. 72 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Excellent illustrated article on Mine Warfare by Professor A.M. Low; Nazi reconnaissance photo of British Contraband Control Station; French Contraband Control at Work; French catapult-launch flying boats join in the U-Boat hunt; In the French lines at the front; The Ark Royal calls at Cape Town - a warship the Nazis claimed to have sunk; Tommies spend Christmas at the front; Text of The King's 1939 Christmas Day message; How the R.A.F. forecasts the weather; Newfoundland fishermen train for the navy; Britain gets ready her big guns - 9.2 howitzers in southern England; Centerfold illustration/map of mine-layer bases which the R.A.F. continually patrol; The Finns continue to resist Soviet agression - counter-attack in the Karelian Isthmus plus 8 other photos; Patrolling the Empire's trade routes - full-page photo; South African forces in training; Illustrated article entitled "How Australia Plans to Help" - the second A.I.F. in training; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) prepares for war effort - eight great photos; Mortar gun crew in training; A commentary on the war this week; General von Brauchitsch on the Siegfried Line - six related photos; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
23p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed orange decorated wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 15
71 p. Full page illustrations by Lloyd Eastwood-Seibold. Thin 12mo. Original cloth binding, slightly rubbed. Original priced dust jacket, slightly foxed and with a small tear on rear top edge. Signed by the author. PA 29 x2
112 pages. Features: Marvelous cover art by John Little illustrates fall leaves being burned just north of Lafontaine Park in Montreal's east end; Nice colour-photo ad for GWG features beige fashions for him and her; Eddie Shack top NHL rookie, say coaches; Funky colour-photo GE ad for Coloramic Light Bulbs; Fantastic two-page colour ad for Moirs Pot of Gold Chocolates; Lin Yutang says "Let's stop being polite to the Russians"; Marconi TV ad; Matinee cigarette ad features one-page colour photo of formal couple; Beverley Baxter's article discusses Lady Rhondda and how taxes wrecked her estate; Nice one-page colour-illustrated ad for Canadian Stemsphip Lines (CLS) features the vessels T.R. McLagan, Georgian Bay, James Dunn, and others; The Cloak-and-Dagger struggle to keep new cars secret - photo-illustrated article; A.Y. Jackson - The Memories of a Great Canadian Painter - article with large wonderful colour photo of Mr. Jackson and an assortment of Group of Seven paintings; Holiday Weekend in Halifax - nice tourism-related photo-illustrated article; Where Did Rafe Madison Go? (RCAF novelette); The Short Violent Reign of Soapy Smith - photo-illustrated article by Pierre Berton on Jefferson Randolph Smith, one-time uncrowned king of Skagway, Alaska during the Klondike gold rush; The Land that Time Forgot - Long Point, Ontario; Why Canadians Can't Leave Pickles Alone - how we became among the world's champion pickle-snatchers - article with photo of pickle judges at the CNE; Herman Geiger-Torel - photo-illustrated article on Opera's happy rebel; Great vintage one-page colour-photo Massey-Ferguson ad features their Work Bull backhoe and multi-purpose tractor loader at work; One-page Hammond Organ ad with Christmas theme; Excellent colour two-page ad for the 1959 Buick features a white Electra 225 4-door hardtop; Cinci beer colour-photo ad features couples singing at piano; Before and after photos of Catherine Ann Johnson who lost 39 pounds with the Knox Gelatine diet plan; Nice colour centrefold ad for RCA Victor Hi-Fi products features orchestra (loose but present); Interesting Royal Bank ad shows middle-aged man hankering for a Hi-Fi so he can listen to classical music - the point is that he is encouraged to *save* for his purchase, rather than take out a loan!; Nice one-page colour ad for Labatt's 50 ale - when it came in a tall green bottle; Hertz ad features multiple colour photos of two-tone gold Chevrolet; Excellent colour-photo O'Keefe beer ad inside back cover shows two gents clinking glasses; Back cover Aquascutum men's fashion ad features three gents in 'Britain's finest woollens'; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice cover art shows older sister being taken on big date while younger sister looks on wistfully from the staircase; Colour-photo ad for Frigidaire ranges inside front cover; Vintage ad for Allis-Chalmers excavating equipment; Editorial - What is the Right to Strike?; My Christmas in Sing Sing - Beverley Baxter writes from New York; Jane Russell is featured in Jergen's Lotion ad; B.C. Coalition Commits Suicide - report on B.C. politics by Blair Fraser; The Atom Bomb that saves lives - Dr. Harold Johns designed a cobalt-bomb machine to treat cancer patients (radiation treatment) - article with photos; A Butcher Talks Back - Len Edwards explains why meat prices are so high; The Riddle of Louis Riel, by W.O. Mitchell - part 2 of 2 - illustrated; Philippe Takes the Count - story by Ronald R. Smith, illustrated by Barling Ville; What Kind of Canadians are we Getting? - our most adaptable settler, the British family man, finds it hardest to get in - article with photos; Wild Animals I Have Known... Slightly - humour by Rober Thomas Allen, illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; Fredericton - The Aristocrat under the Elms - feature article with photos of this New Brunswick city; How to Miss the Mobs - article cartoon illustrated by Peter Whalley; Full-page army recruiting ad; 1952 Dodge Coronet ad; Lovely full-page colour Coke ad shows mom taking tray of bottles to kids watching TV; 1952 Plymouth ad; Colour LaZboy ad; The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) are honoured in a colour ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company. Please note: missing pages 29-30 (we believe these contained ads) and pages 45-46 which appear to have contained the end of the Riel article. Clipping from ad on page 47. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Slight wear and stains to cover. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 5 1/4"w x 8 1/8"h. 28 pages.
1st NEL edition. Good pbk. Front cover creased. 14312. eng
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo .(24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 63 p., numerous b/w plts. Noel agaci. Mahiyeti, yetistirilmesi, bakimi, hasadi, muhafazasi ve Türkiye'de noel agaci problemi. A comprehensive study on christmas tree and especially cultural problems about it.
Paperback in good condition. 1993 reprint. Covers are lightly scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn, slightly affecting pages within. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), coloured illustrated title and 22 fine coloured plates, endpapers and blank preliminaries very lightly browned; handsomely bound in contemporary green half calf BY RIVIERE, sides tooled in blind, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. A lovely copy. Kelly, p.161.
165pp. Hardcover Very good condition good