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64 pages. Features: Spruce for Tomorrow's Paper - Can the Pulp and Paper Industry of the Northeast Survive? - with good photos; The Oldest Cultivated Trees in the World - Cypress Arches of Chapultepec Park, or the Bosque de Chapultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City - with photos; Redwood Burls - by Emanuel Fritz - article with photos; The Forest and the Great Stone Face, by Allen Hollis; The Barred Door - by W.N. Craigie; Uncle Sam's First Timber Sale - near the quaint village of Nemo, South Dakota - with nice photos; Canada and the Migratory Bird Treaty; Don's Christmas Adventure - a story by Erle Kauffman; Shapshots of European Forests - In a Fir Forest of France - article with photos by John D. Guthrie; A Plea for the Forests - by Hon. John Q. Tilson; Planting Woodland Gardens - by J. Farnworth Anderson; A Man and a Mountain - Lije Coalman and Mount Hood, by Ethel Romig Fuller; Wasting Fortunes fo Make Fortunes - Guy Elliott Mitchell explains how vast quantities of Natural Gas are wasted in the search for oil - great photos including an an amazing shot of a forest of derricks in California; A Tale of a Bunny the Woodchuck - by C.H. McDonald; Nice two-color ad for the Pacific Pumper manufactured by Pacific Marine Supply Company of Seattle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
21 pages. Complete songs with words and music for piano with banjo and guitar chords and symbols. Songs include: Accidentally on Purpose; An Old Fashioned Christmas; Friendly Tavern Polka; G'Bye Now; It All Comes Back To Me Now; Keep an Eye on Your Heart; Let's Dream This One Out; Little Sleepy Head; Walkin' By the River; You Walk By. Name stroked out upon front cover, otherwise unmarked with somewhat aboved-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A worth copy of this great vintage compilation. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
Features: Pioneer Christmas; Introduction to English Clock Making; The American Windsor Chair; The Court Martial of an Admiral - Admiral Keppel (1725-1786); Gifts to the Gallery; Decorating with Antiques; Period Pieces; Marks and silver - and what they mean; Collections of the Jesuit Relations of France. Average wear. Sound reference copy. Book
Features: 100 Years of Canadian Architecture; Christmas Toys of Yesteryear; Samuel Hawksett - Forgotten Artist; 500 Years of Wine in the Arts; Rocking Chairs; The Seven Wonders of London; The Wassail Bowl. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: French Furniture in the Huntington Collection; Belleek - Irish Porcelain Establishment; F.N. Loveroff - Neglected Artist; Decorating with Antiques; The Merry Reign of the Christmas Card; Sheepshead Banknotes; Period Pieces - Sunderland Lustre Ware. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Santa's Workshop; World Famed Miniatures - The Thorne Rooms; Puerto Rican Santos; Unusual Collection - Light on Lithophanes; A Dealer's Viewpoint, by Margaret Philip; A Gift For Christmas, 1865 - the earliest known Canadian picture-book for little children - 'An Illustrated Comic Alphabet'. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
62 pages. Features: Collectors and Dealers - Antours; Collecting Ironstone; Christmas in Canada; Fraktur Artist Jospeh Bauman, 1815-1890; Letters from Beatrix Potter; English Silversmiths in the Family Business; Blanket Chests from Prince Edward Island; The Potters of Paris, Ontario; Watches for the Collector. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: High Victorian Design; The John A. Macdonald Album; The Jacques and Hay Style? - Canadian Cabinet makers and Victorian Style; A Rare Canadiana Discovery - St. Johns Porcelain Bust; Victoria Hall - Preservation in Cobourgh; Hair Receivers - Those little jars with a hole in the top; The International Silver Company - Silverplate in Canada; Bringing Home Britain - for the collector abroad; Canada's Victorian Christmas Cards; Beadwork Whimsies; Papier Mache. Nice clean copy. Magazine
71 pages. Features: Conception Bay Furniture Maker - Henry William Winter; China for Children - Christmas gifts of other days were often replicas of adult tableware; Silver by any other name - Sheffield Plate, Electroplate, Paktong, German Silver, Britannia or britannia?; Chinese Pictorial Tapestries - Fine examples of k'o-ssu, a silk-weaving technique, in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Collecting Glass Target Balls; Game Equipment - the games people play have a long and intriquing history; Restoration and Renovation IV - Reflections on Past Interior Decor; Appraising Your Heirlooms; Nutmeg Graters; The Macdonell House - Nor-Wester's Georgian House on the Ottawa contains elaborate decorative plaster. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Green Santas, Plum Pudding and Spritzen - Swiss, German, British and Ukrainian Christmas traditions are all current in Waterloo County, Ontario; Historic Houses re-create the Victorian Christmas; Signposts for Collectors VI - Canadian Presentation Pieces and Awards of Merit; Appraisals - how much is it worth? to whom? for what purpose?; Saints and Angels, Kings and Prophets - stained glass in Trinity College, University of Toronto; Railway Tickets - a new source of collectibles. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
62 pages. Features: Made in America - Nineteenth century furniture makers Herter and Hunzinger; The Maxwell House - Montreal Architect's home is now a Baha'i shrine; The Peers Family China - Indiamen brought home Chinese export Porcelain; The Piano in Your Parlour; Canadian-American Postal Relations II - Bringing the Two Systems Together; Artist Albert H. Robinson - Rescued from Christmas Card Land; Nineteenth Century Pressed Glass; Wedgwood's Connections - great men and fine artists drew out Josiah Wedgwood's talents; Collecting Old Whisky Jugs. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Profile of Christopher Bashford - Calgary antique dealer; Profile of Christina Orobetz of Sotheby's International; Profile of Helen Frances Gregor - Fabric Artist; Paul Peel (1860-1892) - Canada's best known unknown artist, by Heather Haas Barclay; Crystal, Hand-Engraved - Profile of Mark Roberts of Raynes & Glasbey; Canadian Military Postcards produced during World War I, by Jennifer Bunting; The Christmas Card in Canada, by Kenneth Rowe; Magical mini-12-room Victorian mansion built by Pat Merrick; A Taste of Elegance - 18th Century English porcelain from private collections in Ontario; Museum of Fashion opens in the Louvre; Appraising Appraisers - Evaluation and disposal of treasures - Part 1, by Jean Cochrane; Art Deco Jewellery (1920-1935) is back in fashion, by Ron Dupuis; What's New?; Re-opened Musee d'art de Joliette marks second year. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Ginger Goodwin - Hero or Martyr?; Historic Newcastle Island; The Christmas Day Murders - in the Klondike; The Lost Lemon Mine; Captain Ainsworth. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
80 pages. Features: Many CNE photos; Carved Floral Reliefs - part 3; Archie Phillips; Chester Sewell; Let's Carve - a Cat; Three thin-wood nativities; Carve a classic acanthus curl; Carve a Hockey Player; Tangents - Norse Horses; Buring Techniques; Christmas Tree Ornaments Group Effort; Don Rowland opens Miniature Gallery; Topeka restores antique merry-go-round; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Interview with Kathy Holman & Carolyn Walker; Counted Thread Embroidery Series - Lesson V; Special Looks for the Holidays; The Art of Embellishing - using lace, eyelet, ribbon, pearls, beads and buttons on the smocked bishop; A Battenburg Christmas - patterns & instructions for lace ornaments; A Host of Angels - eyelet and crewel patterns & instructions; Ayrshire Embroidery - Part V of Fancy Hems and Edges; Smocked Alphabet Sampler - a sampler by Gwen Milner; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The fabrics of Jewish life; Fine Machine Sewing; Embroidered tablecloth - full-size pattern and stitch instructions; Gifts for Baby; Unisex Knickers - pattern and instructions on pull-out; Stepping in high cotton; Christmas Ornaments by Martha Parker; Fancy Stitch Faux Lace - Lesson 5; Sewing Before Smocking; Interview with Ellen McCarn; Smock Plate; and more. Small name stamps on front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Designer Christmas - Twenty-nine of the top needlework designers with their best Holiday Ideas created especially for this issue; Holiday Section - 72 pages of full-size patterns, graphs, instructions, hints and how-to's to create the ideas shown in Designer Christmas - includes two pull-out sections; Suppliers Directory; Creative Applique - "Little Lambs and Holly"; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cutwork investment - machine cutwork on wool by Janet Hierl; A "Duck-ensian Christmas - duplicate stitch sweater design by Delbra W. Moore; A Collar for All Seasons - pattern and embroidery design by Trudy Horne; The Old-Fashioned Baby - featherstitching; Pull-out Pattern - infant's long cloak and cape, snowbunnies stocking, vest cutwork design, pram cover, collar design, baby's first Christmas stocking, baby dove bib, Christening dress protector; Babies - from head to toe - beautiful sewing for new arrivals; Cosmetic/Jewelry Bags - a great gift in ninety minutes; Sewing on Lightweight Fabrics - professional tips from Londa Rohlfing; Snowbunnies - Shadow Work Stocking by Paris Bottman & Tina Lewis; Details that make a difference - close-ups and instructions from the baby feature; Smock plate - by Cheryl Lohmann; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Alice in Wonderland - an early Madame Alexander Cloth Doll; Sweet Sue and Teen Tressy; Collecting Paper Dolls; Memories of Dorothy Churchill; A Year Around Collection of Christmas Fun; Pincushion Doll; Pattern for a 1910 21" dress, underwaist and drawers; Tips on making porcelain repros; and more. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
20 pages. Features: Lace - a speech by Didi Vanden Brink; Christmas Gift Bags; Ukrainian Pattern Darning; Mini-Lesson - Creative Stitchery; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
16 pages. Features: My Last Will and Testament; Using Waste Canvas; Group Correspondence Courses; Needlwork Samplers - Part II; Mini-Lesson - Slovak Folk Embroidery on Aido Cloth; Under Prairie Skies - Seminar '92; 3rd Annual Mini Competition; Christmas Trees - Opus I & III; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Magazine
