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32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 59 black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Super full-page photo of an enemy tanker ablaze in the English Channel while an RAF plane flies by; Great photo of British battleship gunner blinded by Italian navy smokescreen; 2 photos of Italy's naval flight of fancy - and reality; Illustrated text of broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "War of the Unknown Warriors"; Photos of French national holiday celebrated in London; 4 Excellent photos of downed Nazi raiders in England; 9 head-shot photos of men honoured by the King for bravery - D.H. Grice, S.F. Coutts-Wood; J.L. Fletcher, G. Stanning, H.F.H. Layman, J.H. Mugridge, R.H.A. Lee, G.A. Craig, J.L. Allen; Excellent full-page photo of fruitless air attack on a British convoy in the English Channel; interesting photos of assorted barriers to hold back the enemy in England; Centerfold illustration of a fierce German attack on a British convoy in the 14 July as broadcast by Mr. Charles Gardner, the B.B.C. news observer; Photos of the navy's ceaseless patrol; Photo of the King being piped aboard a vessel of the "Mosquito Navy"; Photos of sons of the motherland rallying; Illustrated article entitled 'Our Colonial Air Armada'; Full-page aerial photo of Rotterdam after it was levelled by the Germans on May 14th, 1940; Photos of aluminum pots donated for aircraft construction; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of Britain's preparations for the defence of Hong Kong; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 47 black and white quality photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of British tanks practising at home; Super full-page photo of a Dornier 17 burning in an English field, plus two related photos; Bomb damage on Scottish tenements; twin-engined German bomber downed on the east coast - crew of 4 captured; Illustrated article entitled "Till Freedom Is Secure" - text of a broadcast by Lord Halifax; Photo of ruins at the corner of Senaturska St. and Miodowa St. in Warsaw; Photos of Britain's home defenders and their ceaseless vigil; Map of British naval minefields and ground defence zones; Full-page photo portrait of Sir Alan Brooke; 4 photos of a Nazi pilot parachuting down near a vessel he had been trying to sink; H.M.A.S. Sydney sinks Italy's fastest cruiser, the Bartolomeo Colleoni - photos of each vessel plus centerfold illustration by S. Drigin which shows the Italian Vessel about to submerge; 4 aerial photos of bomb damage to German targets - the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Eschwege aerodrome; Photo of 9" gun atop Gibraltar; Photo of the H.M.S. Ramillies; S. Drigin illustration of R.A.F. bombers performing a twillight raid over a south-west German industrial centre; Photos of Newfoundland men who have responded to Britain's call; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Sir Philip Joubert entitled "Wings Over Africa"; Nice full-page photo of a Fairey Swordfish flying over the H.M.S. Ark Royal; Full-page photo of Polish General Sikorski honouring the Podhale Mountain Brigade for their service at Narvik; A commentary on the war for this week; The Navy's North Sea watch; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 55 black and white quality photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of the ill-fated British troopship Lancastria, plus photo of hundreds of survivors loading onto a French trawler; Air ampulance purchased by the Girl Guides; Poland's government meets in England; Illustrated text of speech broadcast by Lord Beaverbrook entitled "Builders of Britain's Aircraft" with interesting relevant photos; Photo of Arabs and Jews preparing to battle together against their common enemy; Jersey militiamen train to settle their score with the Nazis; Pilots of the Fleet Air Arm stand at attention before the King; Interesting photo of naval smokescreen in the Mediterranean; Photo of dozens of British armoured cars and their crews; British pilots relax after success against the Nazis who attacked Dover on July 29th; S. Drigin centerfold illustration of the aerial battle over Dover Harbour on the morning of July 29th; Photos of downed German aircraft and damaged English homes; South Staffordshires in Egypt; Photo of the merchant ship Meknes and some of its survivors after it was sunk in the Channel on 24th July; Illustrated text of speech broadcast by Dorothy Thompson (Mrs. Sinclair Lewis) entitled "Master of the Dike"; Photos of regimentl badges of teh British Army; U.S. Planes on the way - photos of a B.17 Flying Fortress and three PBY patrol flying boats in flight; A commentary on the war for this week; Eire's President Mr. De Valera detonates an electrically controlled mine; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Excellent full-page aerial photo looking down on three Messerschmitt's raiding an English town; Great full-page night photo of a 4.5" anti-aircraft battery of the Western Command at work; Pill box vigil; Inside a watch post; photos of how shell-burst data is recorded; Problems of the Royal Navy - photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield; Dramatic illustration by Montague B. Black shows a Hurricane pilot ramming a Dornier; Greece also answers the call to arms - five photos and full-page map indicating where Greece and Italy are at Grips; Article on the air war on Britain - Official report on Germany's losses over a period of twelve weeks; photos of famous London buildings bombed; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Blackshows night attack on Naples with Vesuvius smoking in the background; Four dramatic photos of an Italian submarine under attack, going down, and having its crew picked up by a British destroyer; Photos of H.M. the King with the Eastern Command; Progress of the War - Commons Statement by Winston Churchill; Empire troops in the desert war; A commentary on the war this week; Exellent photos of Naples' Maritime Railway Station, The Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia and Essen - Germany's City of Steel with its Krupp works; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover holding loosely. Contents tight. Book
24 pages. Includes piano music, lyrics and chords. Songs include: Free From the Curse of the Law; Garment of Praise; He's More Than Enough; I Want to Stroll Over Heaven; I will Arise and Go Home; In Jesus' Name; It is Written; Mightily in Me; Peculiar; That's What I Have, That's Who I Am; The Key; Wonderful, Excellent, Mighty. Average wear. Few markings to contents. A sound copy. Book
111 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. Black and white photographic plates. "This 'green' English immigrant built his first house in Muskoka in 1880... In time he brought up a family and helped a town to grow, leaving his mark in Muskoka, at Proton Station near Dundalk and in the town of Grimsby, Ontario." - from back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
157 pages. Undated. Circa 1900? A tale of English life in India in the eighties. Colour frontis plus 4 illustrations. Prior owner's pencil details and award plate upon front endpaper. Above-average wear and soiling to dark blue boards with several notches in spine and front board. Book
281 pages. Index, footnotes and bibliography. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
289 pages. Bibliography, glossary and index. Footnotes. Charts, maps and diagrams. Topics include: English Migration; Folk Architecture in Trinity Bay; Peopling of Central Bonavista Bay; Sealing and the spread of settlement in Northeastern Newfoundland; Initial permanent settlement in the Strait of Belle Isle; Ethnic diversity and settler location on the Eastern Lower North Shore of Quebec; Highlands Scots Migration to Southwestern Newfoundland; Settlers and Traders in Western Newfoundland. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Caribou in the Yukon; Editorial - How to Disarm Citizens; Who's Got the Gat? - J. Warcup Morrison objects to being disarmed by Legislation; A New Look at Archery; Our Battle for Old Man Mose; The Windage Adjustable Rear Sights; The Bloodlust Hunters; How About a Houseboat?; The English Pointer; Rainbow Trout Answers; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: The Flaming Fighters - The Pilots of a Pup Squadron fall victim to a strange Hoodoo; The Mammoth and the Midge - Flt. Lt. Kinly goes to 'P.A.Q.', no ordinary restricted area; By Order of the Khan - Mischief in the Frontier Territory of Abdullah, The Khan; Hornets of the Skies - The story of the single-seater fighter from its birth in the early days of the Great War to its Near-Perfection in the Six-Miles-A Minute Projectiles of Today; Red Wings - A Red Ruse to trap the White Russians of Denikin's Army was betrayed to the Sharp Eyes of an English Airman; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
96 pages. Features: Long Complete Air-War Adventure - to Sergeant Ryan there was One Square Mile of Enemy Territory that Must Remain Inviolate - yet Fate made it the Objective of the Most Daring Raid of that Crazy Band of Bombers, the Coffin Crew; Air Mystery Story - An R.A.F. Flying-Boat Vanishes on its Trial Flight and a Retired Fishmonger in Finland finds his Greenhouse Roof Broken by an English Schoolboy's Satchel; Air Mystory Story - The All-Seeing Eye of a Silent Witness supplied the Clue to a sinister secret that gave the German Raiders Supremacy of the Air by night; Thrilling Air War History - The full and authentic story of the rise and fall of the imperial German Air Service during the Great War; Real Life Story - I Flew for Bolivia - The Amazing story of the only Englishman who Fought and Flew for Bolivia in the Recent War of the Gran Chaco; Great Modern Air Story - The Peaslake Crash - the Dramatic story of a first and last flight; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: Puppets Old and New; The Evolution of the Windsor - English, American, Canadian; The Cameo - For the Collector of Antique Jewelry; Small Collectibles - Card Holders and Stevengraphs; Colourful Tile Pictures; Clocks in Canada - Arthur Pequegnat Clock Co.. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Botanical Plates; The Doctor's Home - Toronto's Black Creek Pioneer Village; Medicines out of the Earth; Mrs. Traill's Books for Collectors; Feeding the 19th Century Baby; Preconfederation Medical Instruments; Colours from Nature; Flowers on English Pottery and Porcelain; Packing the Panacea - Medicine Bottles in Upper Canada. Sound copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the national congress of Chambers of Commerce in Montreal, August 1903 - with article by Ernest H. Cooper; The Threshing of the Grain - article by W.H. Belford with wonderful photos; Canadian Celebrity - Hon. Clifford Sifton; Two Lost British Columbia Towns - Douglas and Seymour; Roman, Greek, English and American Conceptions of Liberty; The British Embassy at Washington - article with photo; The War of 1812 - tenth instalment; The Pensionnaires, by Albert R. Carman - continued; Beneath the Dog's Fang - a Story of the Jacobites; Kingdom's "Break-in-Two", by J.W. Fuller; Current Events Abroad, by John A. Ewan; Woman's Sphere - edited by M. MacLean Helliwell; People and Affairs; Wonderful reproduction of a curling photo taken in 1872 on the Don River; List of contents of Volume XXI of this publication, May through October 1903. Many pages of amazing nostalgic Canadian ads, including photos ads for several private schools. Average wear. Unmarked. Front cover and backstrip missing. Back hinge taped in place. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 217-291. Features: Should Missionaries Teach English?; The English Teacher's "Mission" - A Round-Table Discussion; Chancellor-Evangelist-English Teacher - An interview with Tomio Muto; Anyone Interested in a Language Revolution?; Notes on An English Core Curriculum; Problems Facing Japanese Christianity Today; Japanese Values and Christian Mission; Dr. William Axling - The War Years; The Theology of "The Secular City"; "Here We Stand" in F.C.M.; The Book Shelf; The Listening Post. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 73-143. Features: Christians and Christian Nations; Japanese Churches and World War II; War and I; Policies for Peace in the Pacific; Vietnam- Dilemma for Missionaries; Reflections on the Students at Sasebo; Bainton Sketches Japan - an 8-page special feature of verse and pictures by Roland H. Bainton; Missionary Service in "Secular" Schools; Towards a Christian University in Japan; English and Indigenization; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
71 Pages. Features: Guest Editorial from Kanzo Uchimura's English Journal; A New Year Garland - a collection of verses on Japan; The Meiji Centennial; Cigarette Brands and Japanese History; William Axling and the War Years (part 2); Thoughts on the Missionary and the Japanese Church; Hither, Whither the F.C.M.; Studying Luther in Japan; The Church and the World; Japanese Views on T.S. Eliot; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
Stories: The Convict Who Captured a Prison; Adventures in Manchuria; The Big Redwood; Ocean Tramps; The Personal Touch; Ripple Rock; The Man from Cork; The Reluctant Tiger; Blood Money; Breach of Contract; Nigger Goes Shark Fishing; Passage to Bahia; Gold Coast English; The Sea-Cook's Day Out; What Happened at Hossainpur; The Wide World and the P.O.W. Above-average wear. Covers present but detached from textblock. Book
64 pages. Features: Fantastic 2-page colour-photo ad for CP Rail features winter coal train; Canada's North - Articulating the Native Voice; Quackser (movie); Canadian English; Man of the Year - Willy Brandt - major article with photos; Four Pages of Famous photos from 1970; Issue of the Year - The Environment; Angela Davis Trial; Integrated by Unequal in Coosa County, Alabana; Welfare Hotels in New York; Seattle Under Siege - the troubles of a company town; D.P. Moynihan; Poland's New Regime - Gierek; Israel's new border after the 1967 war; Cambodia - battle in a forgotten war; Map illustrating Russian bases in the Indian Ocean; Dewi Sukarno; Constance (Connie) Cornell Stuart; Methadone programs; Passing of Mimi Benzell, Arnold Heeney, Max Lincoln Schuster and Charles Ruggles; Controversial Glenn Seaborg; Chile Starts Chasing the Capitalists - article with photo of Salvadore Allende; Bank Security; The Athlete as Peacock - article with one-page color photo of Jockey Eddie Belmonte, plus nice color photos of Derek Sanderson (with Judy Martin), Walt Frazier, Ken Harrelson, and Kick Gordon with Kitty Jones; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: The Injuns called him Medicine Man - Charles M. Russell, Painter; How Great Falls, Montana Began; Belle Starr's Killer Revealed; Roll Up and Roll Out - a logging story by Reno 'Dad' Ingles; John Jennings' Diamond; Long Remember - Thomas H. Graham, murdered husband of Anne Melton Graham; The Adventure of a Buffalo Hunter - Seth Hathaway; The Mighty McClure - Jake McClure revolutionized calf roping; Elusive loot of Shell Canyon; Wild Old Days; Jail Break - farmer style; The Trap Didn't Spring on Butch Cassidy?. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
24 pages. Contents: Uncle Same is Partner in All Industry - Labor to Get Rights and Consumer to Gain; Australian Representatives Now in Washington; No 'Overproduction' if masses get theirs, says Rexfor Tugwell, Your Friend at Court; War Debt Payments From Europe are Slim; Changes in Veteran Aids Softened by Compromise; Record-Breaking Congress Adjourns Leaving the President a Free Hand; Foreign News; Stabilization Snag at World Monetary and Economic Conference at London; Current Events - with illustrations of Bernard M. Baruch, Speaker Rainey, Sec. Perkins and Col. Howe; Was the Declaration of Independence Signed on July 4, 1776; Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers; Mrs. Daniel C. Roper; Glass-Steagall Banking Bill Solidifies Banking; Marketing; Great photo of feminine employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing counting and sorting new greenbacks; How did money come to take barter's place?; Capital Chat; Science News; Aviation - discussion of the Akron disaster; English Ancestry of the Liberty Bell; "Sunken Dollars" - a real old-time thriller story of the sea - with a guaranteed love interest (to be continued); and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
60 pages including bibliography. Through the over eight thousand prints he produced in his lifetime, most of them landscapes, Hiroshige not only altered the Japanese conception of nature and influenced the art of the West, but he created for himself a place among the great artists of the world. Contains numerous gorgeous colour full-page illustrations. Text in English, French, Italian and German. Light wear overall. Prior owner's details and one inch square beige discolouration upon front endpaper. Bit of writing at bottom of page 41. No other markings. No tears to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
280 pages. Index. Reference notes. "An engaging and endlessly fascinating study - the major work of an author of startling originality often described as an iconoclast who drew on the English Marxist school, the theories of Harold Innis and his own western Canadian background in a remarkable exploration of the roots of labour and capitalism in Canada." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Book
Features: Disputes Between Masters and Their Workmen; The Use of the Ultra-Violet Lamp in Painted Dial Restoration; Visit to a Clerkenwell Clock Factory; The Froxfield Clock; The Rise and Fall of Chronometer Manufacturing; The 13th Century 'King Hezekiah' Water Clock - Addenda; A New Look at the Dating of Early English Clocks; Sundials at Hever Castle; Eclipses and the St. Alban's Clock; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book