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Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, C.B. The Russian Stand on the Five Rivers and the Battle of the Carpathians; Photos and illlustrations include: Germany's Christmas Day Air Raid on London; Bird's-eye view of Cuxhaven Harbour, at the mouth of the River Elbe; Full-page photographic portrait of Lieut.-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Third Army Corps; Austrian General Steger Steiner and staff in Galicia; 28-ton Austrian seige gun which fires a thousand pound projectile; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
In-16 (cm. 17.80), brossura illustrata, con alette (tracce d’uso), pp. 156, (2), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Prima edizione italiana. Peraltro, volume in buono stato (good copy).
Sheet music for this wonderful song. Average wear. Few light pencil markings. A quality copy. Book
140p. +Plus 6 plates. 8vo. 220mm. Lovely original publisher's full red cloth pictorial binding, lettered in white and with green leafy sprays. in red. Cover designed by Thomas Maitland Cleland and with his 'C' monogram. Spine in white and green. Early glassine dust jacket intact but brittle. The title page mentions Eight Illustrations by Willia Hatherell, but this is quite complete with six. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
90 pages. Features: Christmas Fact and Fantasy; London's Christmas Choirs; Christmas on Duty; Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World; Two Words (short story); The Electric Pen - a hundred years ago a primitive version of the mimeograph provided an unlikely link between Thomas Edison and Lewis Carroll; ; The Tyranny of Things; Seasonal Greetings - tracing the history of Victorian era Christmas Cards - article with lovely colour illustrations; The Model World (fashion model article); Nice colour-photo one-page ad for the Triumph TR7; Camels in America (USA); A True Christmas Story; The Constancy of Coade stone; The Boy Who Stole the Sun (children's story); Toys for Adults; The Carthusian Liqueur; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this charming issue. Book
Vg (no dj, clean blue cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine, black ruled border and lettering on front board, boards in very good condition, only very lightly rubbed head and tail of spine and tips of bottom corners, pages very crisp and tight with no marks or inscriptions, there is scattered light foxing throughout the text and scattered brown foxing outside edges) large octavo unpaginated. Second edition. Six excellent clean bright colour plates and 2 line drawings in the text.
22 pages. Features: How "The Godfather" transformed the careers of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Rober De Niro, Robert Duvall and Talia Shire - article with photos; The Franzese Papers - What is the Mafia Really Like?; Loto Mania - What lies behind Canada's favourite obsession?; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the all-new 1978 Ford Bronco; Christmas Vocation - Five department store Santas reveal what their job is like; The Legacy of War - Photos of Canadian Wounded War Veterans - with haunting brief write-ups - Leslie Miller, William Caswell, George Skilton, Jack Lyons, Neil Buchanan, William Dodd, Gertrude Beere, John Birse, George Burleigh, John Logan, Aubrey Winch; Michel Vaillancourt - one of Canada's few equestrians of international stature; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: The Affair At the Inn; The Little Lincoln Girl That Never Came; Would You Have it Christmas? - or just the 25th of December; Henry Ford's Writes About Goodwill; Editorials - The Simplicity of Christ, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Straw-Balloting the Bible; Plums from a Christmas Pudding - a Play for Marionettes; The Holly-Tree; The Boy Who Didn't Like Christmas - a story for those who do; Chats with Office Callers - The Girl Who Saw Santa Claus; 2/3-page ad for The Canal Bank and Trust Co. of New Orleans. Average wear. Some soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 1734-1796 plus 14 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flower Pieces (III); Ten Singing Lessons; Among the Leaves; Babs the Impossible (continued); My Experiments with the Kymograph; November Flower Talk; Let Me Not Be Too Sure; French Fashions for Autumn; Fashions in Furs for Midwinter; Opera and Carriage Cloaks; Cut Paper Patterns; News of Women's Clubs - with photo of Mrs. E.L. Campbell of Pennsylvania; Neckwear for Christmas Gifts - with great photos; Talks on Friendship - I - Of Woman and Woman; A Writer's Fancy; Autumn Days in Paris; November; The Gentle Art of Dinner Giving - II - The Dinner Table; Great back cover Cream of Wheat ad shows football players at table; and more.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
66p. + Frontis. Text illustrated with drawings. Title page decorated with small drawing of a little girl. Inked ownership of Susan H. Throne, Christmas, 1899. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in green. Green pictorial front cover vignette of a little girl sitting on her chair with her crutches leaning nearby. Binding slightly soiled. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
pp. 69, (2)[Books by Mrs. Wiggin] + frontis. Text illustrated with drawings. Title page decorated with small drawing of a little girl. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered in black. Black pictorial front cover vignette of a little girl sitting on her chair with her crutches leaning nearby. Original dust jacket, small chip rear wrap. Very nice copy which includes the rare dust jacket. "This edition, dramatized edition, arranged for school, home or amateur dramatic club". Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70
91p. illus. by Katharine R. Wireman Hardcover Very good condition, lettering on spine faded Signed by the author on the flyleaf
44 pages. Features: Cover art by Ken Samuelson entitled 'Christmas Card'; Artistically Speaking - The Electronic Palette; The Christmas Exchange; Maxwell Bates (1906 - 1980) - Modernist Alberta Painter; Saskatchewan - Juried Exhibition; William Parker - Allusive Realism; George Norris; Nineteenth Century Glass; Ted Harrison; Doris McCarthy; William Kurelek; Benjamin Chee Chee; John McKee; and more. Colour ads include works by: John Little, M.A. Fortin, Donald Curley, Franz Johnston, Grant Leier, Francine Gravel, Theo Tobiasse, Mannie Gonsalves, Daphne Odjig, Paul Caton, William Duma, Bruan Chubb, Con Boland, Joe Haire, Robert Lougheed, Zbigniew Stanley Kupczynski, Norman Kelly, and Ted Raftery (back cover). Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
107p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
150p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
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Spielpartitur. 6 S. 4°. Gering stockfleckig.
Book shows light wear to covers only with some edge wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 100 page fanzine with lots of b&w pics, many large format and great, several two-page layouts: Hendrix in bed, with heart painted around navel, with two topless blondes, smoking, shaving, with lots of gear on; good show.
9p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
50 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration by John Drew of Santa buying hot water bottlle; Ad for Beeman's Pepsin Gum inside front cover features photo of policeman and caption "That ugly cop... grinning!"; Glowing editorial about Canada's people and potential; How to Keep Peace on Earth, by Lieut.-General Robert Lee Bullard argues preparedness is the only way to end war; Dark of the Moon - part 2; Hell Hounds! - ex-legionnaire 1384 describes the lost garrison (part 3); Hollywood Goes Spanish with an epidemic of bull-fighting pictures; The Call of Christmas - s astory of divine justice in the wilderness; Certain Romantic Possibilities - the story of a forgotten prisoner and a girl who fell into a trap; One on the House - short story; Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus; Germany's Official Reply to Sgt. Halyburton; To the Ladies; and more. Back cover color-photo Camel cigarette ad features lady backgammon player, cigarette in hand; Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
80 pages. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photos of breweries, bottles, labels, etc. Provides an impressive alphabetical list of breweries and whatever additional details the authors were able to glean about them. Also included are bottle details and contemporary pricing information. Pages mildly age-toned at periphery. Large hand-written gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear to book. Binding sound. Average wear and two short closed openings to handsomely illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
Premiere issue. 30 pages. Features include: Second annual Victoria and Nanaimo Antique Bottle Show; Letters; We Dig Bottles, by "Bob & George"; Blowing Off Foam! - The Karbonated Korner, by Bob & Donna Skrill; What on Earth Is It?; George Coletti & Son of Nelson, B.C.; Jewels of Talking Wire - insulators; Cecil and Joan Harris of Vernon, B.C.; Books in Review; Relics, by Jim Heidt; License Plate Collecting by Allan Gadsen; Old Ads from Victoria Colonis, Christmas 1874; Photos of Free blown bottle; Pottery Jugs; Ads; Club News. Printed on glossy stock. Covers and first few pages wavy from moisture exposure, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy collectible copy of this interesting British Columbia bottle collecting periodical. Book
2nd printing. Fine pbk. ISBN 00992755503. Contributors include Stephen Fry, Louis de Bernieres, Irvine Welsh, Sue Townsend, Rolf Harris and John King. 20614. eng