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8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and plates, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, some mild age-spotting; original blue cloth, gilt back, case a little shaken else a good, sound copy. Hosken, p.132.
24 pages. Features: Canada at Work - These are the Workers - colour photos and brief writeups of the following workers; Beverly Frederickson of Winnipeg, Abner Napoleon of Montreal, Ed Weiterman of Edmonton, Shyanne Smith of Saint John, Wallace Wisen of Halifax, Elizabeth Wardle of Whitehorse, Eldon G. Owens of Moose Jaw, Frank McNeill of Alberton, PEI, Monika Wicha of Toronto, Peter Howard of Vancouver, Peter Cardinal of the NWT, and Theophilus Noel of Labrador. The Long, Lonely Road - article and photos of the life of long-distance truckers Bud Ferris and Marcel Clement; Labour Minister Bryce Mackasey - he's brought a new look to labor-management relations - article with photos; Tips for children's parties you will always remember; According to Doyle; Sportsman cigarette ad on back cover. Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations ands facsimiles in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the 'Daily Recco', a newspaper produced by the inmates of Stalag Luft III.
48 pages. Features: Louisbourg Sideboard - Reproducing an 18th Century Piece of Furniture; Christmas Projects; The Prop Shop; Parson's Chair; Gregory Brown - Master Craftsman; Turning in Japan - The Woodturners of Shogawa; Japanese Lacquer; Good Intentions/Bad Solutions - Trading Butternut for Brazilian Rosewood; Making the Perfect Moulding Joint on an Inside Corner; Hydrocote Equal Water-Based Lacquer; Woodworking Incunabula; Prairie Rear Prop Snow Planes are featured on back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A lovely copy of this, the final issue of this wonderful Canadian woodworking publication. Magazine
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Norah Lofts remarkable novel retells the story of the Nativity from the Annunciation to the Birth of Christ, and in it she has sought to reveal the motives and emotions of the characters as they converged on the humble stable in Bethlehem. With immense care and a superb sense of history she has re-created this most wonderful of tales with compassion, understanding, freshness and faith. .It opens in Nazareth where Mary, who has been visited by the Angel Gabriel, prepared for her forthcoming marriage to Joseph and shows with astonishing clarity the fears and joys she felt as she learned of her appointed task. Book
In-8, 113p. Six nouvelles illustrées de dessins en noir de Marcel North. Exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé de North.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
277pp., 2nd edition, 18cm., original softcover, text and interior are clean and bright, good condiiton, [Contains Christmas songs], M108010
pp. iv, 236. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's dark gray cloth binding with cover lettered in white and decorated gilt and red flower design. Cover designed by Amy Richards with her monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Gilt bright on cover and spine. Spine color rubbed some. Corners bumped. Gift inscription on inside flyleaf, 'Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. To Miss Shetter from Miss Era H. J. Harris. Pittsburgh Pa 1908.' Hardbound. Very Good. NW59
Features: The High-Octane career of Toronto Artist Joshua Jensen-Nagle; Lucy Waverman's tips for Making Merry; Interview with publisher Martine Assouline; Create Warmth in a pared-down bedroom; Artisan Heather Shaw uses a light touch to celebrate the season; Fresh Baked Cookies in a clever container - a great gift!; Decorating outdoors with classic holiday boughs and berries; All the Trimmings - Holiday Decorating; Subtle Holiday Touches by Gill Wortley; A White Christmas - a Pan-abode ski chalet in Collingwood's ski area; Luce Gayrard and her airy Montreal condo; Burlap - the season's sought-after accent; and more. 224 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
63pp. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Hardcover Very good condition
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, pale blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Paris, Gautier Langereau 1957. In-8 relié toile éditeur illustrée de 250 pages. Illustrés par PELLERIN à EPINAL. Très bon état.
80pp. 28 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
in-8, 231 pp, broché, couverture illustrée Bel exemplaire. [NV-8]
70 pages. Features: Lovely colour ad for British Consols cigarettes inside front cover; Nice Birks-sponsored ad for Challenger Watches features photo of British film star Anna Neagle; Editorial - Money and the Christmas Spirit - an argument for people to spend liberally; Should Canada Increase Her Navy? - an urgent plea for greater protection of our merchant ships; Rah, Rah, Russia! - America's communist "Commonwealth College" (near Mena, Arksnsas) - article with photos, including Dr. Lucien Koch; Nice one-page colour ad for Good Year studded tires shows car plowing through mud; When That Day Comes (short story); Peaking Under the Mat - wrestler Norton B. Jackson reveals some piquant secrets behind the groans and grimaces of a gay and goofy game; The Fourth Bride (short story); For the Ladies - with content and photo of Belinda Jelliffe; He Learned About Women (short story); Glimpses of the Canadian Scene; Music in His Feet (part 1 of 2); Nice one-page two-colour ad for Philip Morris cigarettes; Fantastic two-colour centerfold ad for the line of 1937 Chevrolet cars includes eight illustrations; Underworld Nights - new revelations from Mildred Harris and "Cokey" Flo who helped clinch the case against "Lucky" Luciano; Wise Virgin (part 2); Thank-you, Thank-you, So Much! - a chronicle of the storm-tossed way of a maid at 17; More Private Flying - article on the future of aviation with photo of Eugene L. Vidal; Fantastic one-page colour ad for Sheaffer's Lifetime Feathertouch pen; Paul H. Wendel Tells All - "My 44 days of kidnapping, torture and hell in the Lindbergh case" - article with photos (part 4); Handsome colour one-page ad for the 1937 Ford V-8; Lovely Christmas-themed colour ad for Arrow Shirts inside back cover; Classy colour ad for Community Plate cutlery on back cover. Front cover nearly detached due to nibbling along coverfold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Magazine
208 pages. Features: A Victorian Christmas; Fayzah Spanos Creates; Santa and Angel Dolls; Jim Fernando's Antique Dolls; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
grand in-8 etroit, 202 pp, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Tres bel exemplaire. [NV-2]
unp., illus. Illus. by the author. Hardcover Good condition; DJ & right edge of front board dampstained in worn d.j.
Partitur. 38 S. 4°. OKart. Geheftet.