Drummond-Hay, C.R.: EditorMareMagnum
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36 pages. Features: Christmas greetings from President Farrell inside front cover; Feedback on Kitimat service; Two pages of great photos of installation of cable between the Pattullo Bridge and Chilliwack features work above the Vedder Canal - Pete Meehan's gang are featured; Photos of plant men boosting sales of extension phones - Norman Bowman of Cedar is tops; First counterless office in North Vancouver; Photos of Ladner's conversion to new automatic phone system; Photos of workers in the Terrace district; Retirees; Great centerfold illustrations of radiotelephones in use on sea-going craft; Dawson Creek Cut photos; Photo of Miss Sharon Buck, Vanderhoof operator and Stampede Queen; Photo of Earl Cleland and Jim Wilson working above the Nechako River; East Kootenay personalities; In Memoriam - William D. Denholm, Percy Allen; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 256 pages, map back, age-toned paper. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. Chicago Tribune says: "Blood...violence...outrage...rough excitement." Takes place in late 1800's Southern Africa: Zululand, Swaziland, Natal, Basutoland, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Heidelberg, Pretoria, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Kinberly, etc.
186 pages, illustrated, statistics, light tanning to page edges and endpapers. eng
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall eng
48 pages. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and chords for these songs: Billy The Kid; Blue Tail Fly; Boll Weevil; Christmas Carols by the Old Corral; Cindy; Down in the Valley; From Now On; Froggy Went A-Courtin' Green Grow The Lilacs; I'm A-Brandin' My Darlin'; I'm Gonna Leave You Like I found You; Jole Blon (Pretty Blonde); Long Time Gone; Love Me Now; My Gal From Houston; Oh, My Darling Clementine; Oklahoma Hills; rye Whiskey; Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me; Skip To My Lou; Someone's In the Kitchen With Dinah; When It's Sundown in Old San Antone; When You Leave Don't Slam the Door; You Took Me for Granted; You Will Have to Pay. Unmarked with average wear. Please note: This copy is NOT signed by anyone. A sound vintage copy of this great compilation of old-time Country tunes. Book
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.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
"A celebration of Christmas - Green Gables style! Inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved classic 'Anne of Green Gables' .a fascinating selection of Christmas lore, crafts, cooking and decorating ideas, complete with easy-to-follow instructions and charmingly illustrated with step-by-. step drawings and glorious colour photographs." 194p. illus. Book
Features: Collecting myths and misnomers; First Exhibition of Irish Portraits; Dyrham Park - the Gloucestershire Home of the Blathwayt Family; Some Early Furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries - previously unrecorded examples; Picture Collecting in 1969; A Galaxy of Teapots - the Shand Kydd Collection, Part 1; The Golden Age of Claude Lorrain - first exhibition of his art comes to London from Newcastle; The London Sale-room in December; the Crowned Ladies of Innsbruck - 16th century masterpieces in Bronze that guard an Emperor's Memorial; Capodimonte Porcelain in demand; and more. Moderate external wear. Minimal markings. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Insuring the Uninsurable; The Oriental Club, Stratford House, Stratford Place; The Shrine of the Magi by Nicholas de Verdun in Cologne Cathedral; The Trial of the Pyx - The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths of the City of London - checking gold and silver content since 1238; Ancient Furniture in Modern Homes; Some Basic Notes on Ancient Glass; The London Sale-Room in December; That is 'T Clock'? - a notable Timekeeping Exhibition at Garrards; and more. Moderate external wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
146 pages. Features: A Christmas Tale; Minton Figures and Groups; Past Toys for Present Collectors; Anglo-Canadian Art; A Case for the Cigar Smoker; Antiques in Childhood; Victoria Art; Auction Room Delights; Masters Old and New; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with vintage ads. Bottom two inches of spine open, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
28p. Mimeograph transcript. 8vo. Original full paper wraps, worn and stained. Lacks ties. Original stories written by children and printed in 1921. Unique? CPHAM/W71C1
116 pages. Features: Reports on Tropical Africa, Australia, Science and Industry; Bugles and a Tiger - Adventure on India's Frontier, by John Masters; The Way the New India Thinks, by Aubrey Menen; Christmas Eve at Chartres (a poem), by Winifred Hare; Billingsley's Bird Dog, by Dillon Anderson; The Bounds of Space and Time - How Long Will the World Last?, by Crary Moore; Hark, Hark, the Lark (a poem) by Marie De L. Welch; Creating a School, by Agnes and Ernest Hocking; The Army Invades the Wichita Mountains, by Clark C. Van Fleet; Dr. Flesch's Cure-all, by Virgil M. Rogers; The Spoiled Honeymoon, by Robert Graves; Renewals if Needed - They Shall Have Music, by John M. Conly. Color ad by the European Travel Commission inside front cover. Fantastic colour photo ad for RCA Victor Colour Televisions on page 19 features family and home in white; Color full-page ad for Old Smuggler Scotch on page 20. Columbia Records ad on page 32 features large black and white photo portrait of Winston Churchill. Very attractive colour ad for Drambuie inside back cover features Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Christmas Past - Maritime traditions with a touch of Dickens; Making fun of the hero of the Plains of Abraham; The fate of Tecumseh - learning from 'war crimes' and the lesson of 5 October 1813; Fifth Column crisis - war jitters on the home front, 1940; Canada's forgotten railway tycoon - Charles Melville Hays; Feasting with the North Westers at Old Fort William. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Christmas at Fort Pitt; Hobby for Booklovers - the Canadiana book collection of D'Alton C. Coleman; The House That Mac Built - the log buildings erected by the North West Company in the north and west originated in French Canada - interesting photo-illustrated article on early building styles; Redcoats at Fort Garry - nearly a century ago, 300 foot soldiers, with artillery and engineers, came from England to Red River, brought by the HBC to stand on guard for Canada; The Cowichan Sweater - photo-illustrated article; Mining in the North; Sled Journey - photo study; Peter Rindisbacher - Red River Artist; Chief Factor Dr. John McLoughlin's Letters, 1844-46; Arctic fur show - photos of Eskimo ladies wearing fur fashions; Atmospheric Defence - how HBC 'brass-pounders' heled guard our northern approaches during WWII - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Veteran of Two Wars - the good ship 'Nascopie'; Vintage back cover two-colour (orange and black) ad for the HBC's Imperial Mixture of tinned pipe tobacco. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Christmas Holyday; Hunters on Sea Ice - photo study; Tyrrell of Canada - Great photo-illustrated article on Joseph Burr Tyrrell, distinguished mining engineer, now in his 95th year, knew the West before the railway came, and was the first white man in many parts of the North; England on the Prairies - the people of Cannington Manor tried to bring a bit of their English life to the Saskatchewan prairies - article with photos; The Indian - today and yesterday - interesting photo-illustrated article; With Sir William Butler on the Omineca; Clarence Tillenius provides a study of animal tracks; How a Chipewyan squaw arranged a treaty between warring tribes, which led to the foundation of Churchill, Manitoba; Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper Retires; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Paperback Very good condition
91p. illus. by Katharine R. Wireman Hardcover Very good condition, lettering on spine faded Signed by the author on the flyleaf
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
192p. Hardcover Very good condition good
2nd printing. Fine pbk. ISBN 00992755503. Contributors include Stephen Fry, Louis de Bernieres, Irvine Welsh, Sue Townsend, Rolf Harris and John King. 20614. eng
A collection of three Christmas tales::-"The Wise Virgin" [ [Jo Beverley] "The Vagabond Knight" [Margaret Moore] and "The Unexpected Guest" [Deborah Simmons] -- all set in the age of chivalry and medieval romance, features knights and ladies discovering love in the Middle Ages. 411p. Book
20 pages. Features: Getting Wound Up for Christmas; New Evidence in the Case of the Crown vs. Gun-an-noot - article with photos; Not the Average Our Gang Comedy - interesting children from across Canada; Sweeping Them Off Their Feet - Lou Sendel is the best ballroom dancer in Canada; Doug Wright's Family cartoon; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Life under the Breathalyzer - how a neat little machine has changed party-giving, marriages, Christmas, New Year's, driving, dining, even our sex lives; From Oven to Entree - how a chicken becomes a dinner (includes recipe for Supreme of Chicken Albufera); Polish up my diamonds, I'm wearing my jeans tonight - fashion; Hair - The American Tribal-Love Rock Musical; Fran Huck - The Reluctant (Hockey) Pro - when Canada dropped out of international hockey, he announced he would turn pro; The Crepe - easy elegance (food feature); Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Some rubbing to front cover. 3"x3" piece missing from upper corner of back cover. Book
