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Anthology of seasonal stories by by L.M.Montgomery originally published in various books and magazines and now collected and edited by Rea Wilmshurst. A delightful gift book for Christmas . Donor inscription, else fine. Book
Anthology of seasonal stories by by L.M.Montgomery originally published in various books and magazines and now collected and edited by Rea Wilmshurst. A delightful gift book for Christmas . Donor inscription, else fine. Book
Partitur. 118 S. Gr. 8°. OKart. Namenszug auf Umschlag.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates on 4, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Admiral Sir Dudley North was the official scapegoat for the debacle at Dakar; this is the first full account of the scandal. Enser, p.189; Law, 0188.
20 p. Limited edition of 1100 copies. Printed by the Broadside Press. Hardcover good conditon
Book is in excellent condition with light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 76 pages with b&w photos, ads, illustrations throughout. Chapters include: Genuine English people, Stumps and mud, Christmas is for kids, Christmas in the country, Yuletides in uniform, Candles on the Christmas tree, "Lady, could I put my wood in?" et al.
18 pages. Christmas contest form laid in. Contents include: Christmas recipes; The Romance of Spice; The First Christmas Card; A Short Course on The Art of Pie Making. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Magazine
pp. vii, 18. Title page decorated with large red initial. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Uncut. Inked ownership of J. F. Oller, 1924. Square 12mo. Original full marbled paper binding. Original spine and front cover paper labels. The original slip case lacks spine. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Very nice copy. Scarce. PRESS/W39
12p. Musical scores. Age stained. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Scarce. CPHAM/W71C1
15p. Musical scores. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Rear cover has publisher's advertisements. Wraps torn. Scarce. CPHAM/W71C1
Features: Piebiter Creek - a personal reminiscence of Delina C. Noel; The War Work of Women in Rural B.C.; Sunday School Vans and Their Drivers; The Marine Building Revisited; The Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation; Helen Gregory MacGill - First Woman Judge in B.C.; Adelaide Bailey - Exemplary Teacher 1857-1949; the Sutton Lumber and Trading Co. token; The stolen Church - Windermere; A WCAC in Victoria 1942-45; Pioneer Postmistress; B.C. Women's Institute - a brief history; Music of the Titanic; David Douglas - Botanist and Explorer. Crease to covers. Cigarette smoke odour Book
Lizzie McKettrick is homeward bound with her fiance, Whitley Carson, when their train is derailed, leaving passengers stranded on Christmas Eve. While Whitley is concerned only with himself, a handsome doctor enlists Lizzie's help treating injured passengers. Soon Lizzie realizes that Christmas truly is a season of miracles--and love. 280p. Book
pp. vi, 98 + Color and black and white illustrations by Katherine Milhous. Pictorial endpapers. Original full cloth binding, soiled. A beautiful American Christmas story. W68
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to top of spine. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Christmas 1914 and after, Vesuvius - the Giant's Revenge, A Riot at Hoddesdon 1534, Philip II - a Reappraisal, Robert the Bruce 1329-1979, the Abyssinian Boy, I K Brunel - Engineer 1859, Philip Guedalla defends the Duke plus book reviews and letters.
26 S. 4°. OU. Zweifarbiger Umschlag in modernem Stil.
Folio unp., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
29pp. Hardcover Very good condition
200 pages. Features: Cover painting of Gertrude Stein and some members of her salon; Great Jade East ad; Lovely fashion ads; Nice two-page color-photo Christmas ad for Longines watches; Nice two-page color photo ad for Omega watches; Gorgeous black and white photos Shiseido ad; Nice Van Cleef & Aprels ad features Piaget watches; Classic Rhodes shirt ad features boy working on his soap box racer; The (Gertrude) Stein Salon was the First Museum of Modern Art - photo-illustrated article; To a Name-Dropper, the Stein Salon was Heaven - photos and brief write-ups of Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald; Jean Cocteau, Ernest Hemingway, Edith Sitwell, Guillaume Apollinaire, T.S. Eliot, Thornton Wilder, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Alice B. Toklas and James Joyce; A Berlin Commune is a Big Happy Family (Sometimes) - hundreds of young leftist Berliners are experimenting with communal living at Linkeck - photo-illustrated article; A New Factory Product - 'Instant Education'; A westerner residing in Peking writes about the bitter struggle between Mao and Liu Shao-chi forces; A Ride Along the Suez Canal - photo-illustrated article; The Hudson Institute's Herman Kahn - "One-Man Think Tank"; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for the Hat Corporation of America features 18 hats being modelled; Lovely Lancome ad for their Fidji product; Wonderful color-photo centerfold of Miss Springmaid, Dawn Gemay; Two-page color ad for eight models of Kodak Instamatic cameras; Centerfold Kodak ad for their movie cameras and projectors; Two more pages of Kodak ads for their flash cameras, slide projector, and more; What? Americans Hate Kids?; Many more pages of Christmas gift ads; Save the Children Federation ad features photo of Mary Carnwath; Nice Thom McAn ad features three ladies at shoeshine stand; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Songs include: The Carols of Christmas; A We Traveled Through Vermont; Spend This Holiday With Me; A Hand to Hold at Christmas; So My Sheep May Safely Graze; Simple Gifts; The Lovers of December; Here He Comes Again; The Day After Christmas; When Winter Comes; Thank You For Christmas; And To Each Season. Several pages of nice color and black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
52p. Title page printed in red and black. Inked inscription. Small 8vo. Original full purple paper binding, lettered in white. Binding bumped at extremities. Original dust jacket. First printing. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
47p., illus. Hardbound Very good condition
113p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition, partly unopened
Harlequin romance - Syllogi series # 2924 Book
pp. [10], 78 + Colored frontispiece. Woodcut style illustrations on pp. 11, 30, 61 and 73. Tall thin 8vo, 230 x 11 mm. Green stiff paper wraps, decorated in yellow & black; yapp fore-edges. Light pen inscription on the verso of the frontis: "To Grace Erma Van Rifer, From Grandmother Ida, on her 12th birthday." A very clean and handsome example of this curious little childrens' tale. KANSAS + COLLEGE FOOTBALL + CHRISTMAS + MOTHER'S LOVE + A BABY - what more could you want? W32 L
