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184p. illus. Eight color plates Hardcover good in 3/4 leather hinges rubbed
112 pages. Features: He Works in God's Back Pastures - Young Minister Sam Varnell chose to work in the "knob country" of eastern Tennessee; The Horse That Was Hard to Believe; The Story Behind Quemoy - How this small island on the coast of China has led America to the brink of War; They Can't Wait to Grow Old - tricks used to illegally receive Social Security payments; Adventures of the Mind, 16 - The Power Holders of the American economy; Battle Against the Lake - great photo-illustrated article on how the Southern Pacific Railroad is laying a roadbed across the Great Salt Lake. Fiction: The Swindler's LIfe; Hopeless Case; Marriageable Age; Ambitious Cop; The Midtown Bomber (part 2 of 5); The case of the Greedy Grandpa (conclusion). Ads: Nice color-photo Ronson lighter ad inside front cover; Fantastic one-page photo-ad for the Philco Predicta TV (which looks like something out of the Jetson's); Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Studebaker Lark station wagon (blue); Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Gulf shows snow white Cadillac with back seat loaded with Christmas gifts in service station; Nice color one-page ad for the Ford Edsel (yellow); Whitman's Chocolates color-photo ad features Santa; One-page black and white photo ad for Motorola TVs; One-page color ad for the 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan and Dynamic 88 Holiday Scenicoupe; AC Oil Filter ad features color photo of Dale Robertson of the "Wells Fargo" TV show; Wonderful two-page color-photo ad for 1959 Lincoln cars (white) and Helen Hayes; Idyllic three-color-page wedding-themed ad for the new for Ford Galaxie; Color-photo ad inside back cover for the 1959 De Soto station wagon (yellow) filled with dalmatians has some discolorations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
8vo., with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 28 plates on 14 and endpaper maps in blue, fore-edges lightly mottled; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (AND ANNE ROPER, EDITOR) ON TITLE. One of Stagg's acclaimed monographs on the history of Norway, this is first study in English of Central Norway from the earliest times to the German invasion of 1940. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER; SIGNED COPIES ARE PARTICULARLY RARE.
Pages 1009-1048. Features. Amazing cover-page photo of 10% of South Africa's white population gathered for the inauguration of the Voortrekker Memorial at Pretoria on December 16th (plus two more photos inside); Five photos of the 30-hour Covent Gardens blaze where firefighter Station Officer Fisher lost his life; Two photos of the funeral procession of the late Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Stewart, in Singapore; Photos of Princess Elizabeth's tour of H.M. Dockyard, Malta; One-page photo of the consecration of the New Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, the Right Reverend Monsignor Cyril Cowderoy; Two-page illustrated chart showing the cost of some imported commodities and the proportion obtained from the dollar area, and the volume of British imports and exports in 1948; In the hands of the Gestapo for six years - Mr. Hugh W.A. Oloff De Wet; Six illustrations show the House of Commons new Annunciator system which keeps members informed when absent from the chamber; Six photos of construction of the new House of Commons; Six nice photos of food galore in 'Dublin's Fair City', in contrast to Britain's food shortages; Fantastic two-page spread of eight photos illustrates "One of Tokyo's Most Westernised Aspects - Shopping in the Japanese Capital's Great Department Stores"; The Russian Theatre of the Second World War - a review of 'La Guerre Germano-Sovietique, 1941-1945, by General A. Guillaume; Page with large photo and smaller photos and text entitled "Seventy Years Old - The World's Most Powerful Dictator and Least-Known Ruler - Joseph Stalin"; Five fascinating large photos illustrate the mining and production of clay which is used to make porcelain - with one-page photo of a deep Cornish China stone quarry; Two-page photo-spread illustrates Bertram Mills' Christmas Show (Circus) at Olympia, including elephants, The Seven Ashtons, the great Arturos Troop, and drinking polar bears, all under the "Big Top"; Two pages of photos of Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins and the round-up of wild horses using aircraft; Two pages of photos of fashions worn by well-dressed women and children from 1770-1927; 600th Anniversary of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; American excavations on the Athenian Agora in Greece; Photo s of personalities of the week included Mr. Albert Toft, Dr. George De Hevesy, Field Marshal Von Manstein, Mr. George H. Lloyd Jacob, Mr. Richard G. Casey, Dame Enid Lyons, Dr. J.P.S. Jamieson, Vice-Admiral R. Ivelaw-Chapman and Minister of Food, Mr. Strachey; and more. Taped repairs to outer advertising pages which are lacking back page. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Magazine
21 cm. Paperback Very good condition
90 pages. Profusely illustrated, frequently in color. Features: The Pantomime Tradition; The Plant Artists of Kew; Modern Ephemera; Love; Frost Fairs on the Thames; Mr. Bellingham's Crime; Two Centuries of Jigsaws; Getting Steamed Up - the National Traction Engine Club at Kendal; Tiles from Turkey; Pots for Keeping Things In; The Social Nuances of the first name, surname, initials and nickname from the rigidities of Victorian times to the informality of today; Six Centuries of Food; Antinori family history; Trends in art book publishing; Reviving the art of embroidery; Nice ad for the Jaguar XJS; The Runaway Christmas Pudding; During holidays our ancestors served a much wider variety of tame and game fowl with elaborate and complicated garnishings; and more. Average wear. Faint newsstand inkstamp atop back cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Unpaginated. With its sensitively written text and lovely, full-color illustrations, this volume tells an unusual and heartwarming story that perfectly embodies the spirit of the Christmas season. Book shows minimal wear, is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket in similar condition and is price-clipped. Book
The Christmas Secret is a homemade collection featuring twenty tales of Atlantic Christmases past and present, plucked from the memories and traditions of famed purveyors of local lore. This edition features a veritable buffet of Atlantic holiday celebrations and experiences, from the heartwarming holidays inside a lighthouse on Bon Portage Island to a struggling Cape Breton coal mining community, to the spirit of "old Christmas" in Island Cove, Newfoundland..170p, some pages wrinkled. Book
Delightful Christmas sound effect book for beginning readers aged 3 and up. Unmarked. Average wear. Minor warp to front board. Book
87p., illus. Subject was New Hampshire physician and medical examiner for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Hardcover Very good condition; partially unopened
unpaged, illus. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
8 p. Enkele randscheurtjes. Omslagafb. in paars/geel. Koptitel gesigneerd door componist.
Signed and inscribed by author inside front cover. 73 pages. Contains 35 of Alberta Slim's favourite songs including A True Story of my Pony and Me, Baby's First Christmas, My Nova Scotian Home, The Laura Secord Story, Vancouver by the Sea, and dozens more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
252 pages. Prized for its wide range of traditional songs, stay-open spiral binding, and the fact that so many songs can be played without turning pages. Reprint. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Separate lyric book not included. A lovely copy of this beloved compilation. Book
PLEASE NOTE: CD NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS COPY. 256 pages. Includes separate lyric booklet. Average wear. Few markings to contents. A sound copy of this perennial Christmas favorite. Book
pp. 288 +Plus 10 plates from engravings including vignette title page. 16mo. 180mm. Some tissue inserts missing and one leaf loose and creased along margin. Original publisher's full red cloth binding decorated with a gilt design of a flowers in a vase. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Boards rubbed and moderately soiled with wear around the edges. Spine gilt is rubbed and spine darkened and brittle with some wear to head and base. Corners bumped. Contents moderately foxed. Hardbound. Very Good. Manuscript ownership of 'Joseph Mount Philadelphia' NW51
116 p. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Decorated paper covers. Nice example of the first edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
256pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
256p. Hardcover Very good condition good
144 pages. "The unique approach of The Mitchell Trio - those modern minstrels of dissent - has catapulted them to the top of the folk music world in just a few years." - back cover. Includes biographical information about the Trio members plus black and white illustrations. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: The John Birch Society; Alberta; Maladyozhenaya; The Banks of Sicily; Green Grow the Lilacs; You Can Tell the World; The Virgin Mary; Alma Mater; Mighty Day; Me Voy Pa Bete; I Feel So Good About It; What Did You Learn in School Today?; Tell Old Bill; Rum By Gum; The Golden Vanity; The Ides of Texas; The Hip Song; Bonny Streets of Fyve-io; The Story of Alice; Paddy West; Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos; Moscow Nights; Super Skier; The Unfortunate Man; Whup Jamboree; Rally Round the Flag (medley with In the Summer of His Years); Hello, Susan Brown; The Marvelous Toy; Queen Elinor's Confession; James James Morrison Morrison; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Johnnie; Tail Toddle; An Irish Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Binding intact. Few markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
158 pages. Features: Why Sadat and Faisal Chose Arafat - an Arab watcher perceives a grand design keyed to a peace settlement with Israel; Jerome Robbins - Back, Again, to Ballet - photo-illustrated article; Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Accurate?; Forward Day By Day - First Lady Betty Ford; What's in the Water We Drink? - strange as it may seem, the best drinking water is in New York City; Funky Quasar and Croton LED watch ads; Eddie Bauer ad features Greenwood "Down-Proof Duo" jackets; Photo of Guy Lombardo in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ad; Birth Without Violence - a French Pediatrician eases the Birth Trauma; Four illustrated pages of Christmas presents $15 and under; 2/3-page black and white Roots shoe ad; One-page ad for David Ben-Gurion Silver Commemorative Coin; Flagship Cruises, Inc. ad features photo of their President, Oivind Lorentzen, Jr.; Nice color Ronson and Colibri lighter ads; Many more wonderful ads. Bonus: Laid-in with its corresponding centerfold ad is an oval "Seagram's Greetings" five-panel (10 page) fold-out color-photo illustrated liquor ad. Average wear. Small faint library stamp on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Young Narwhal; Mississauga COPS; They Got Their... Ghost?; A Crude Mace in Surrey, B.C.; "Ursus Horribilis"; Rogue Sheep Killer: A Story of K Troop 1959; Poetic Justice; Derek Thomas Ivany; The "Pierce" Touch; Barrage of Bullets in Nanaimo; Barbados Drug Seminars; A Page From the Old West; "Thank-You" Christmas Card - Jasper National Park; Ingenuity Pays Off; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details blacked out upon title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
29 S. OKart. Geheftet.
xvii, 203 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Members of an English country family experience the excitement and beauty of an old-fashioned Christmas season, in events leading from the early days of decoration and preparation through New Year’s Day and up to Twelfth Night.