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32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Valspar ad inside front cover; Taxes, Taxes, Taxes! - they are always with us but often we do not know it; Cashing in on the 'Blue Sky' - a study of the methods used by Wily 'Aviation' and real estate promoters in separating the sucker from his dollar; The Principles that guided George W. Hays in Exercising the Pardoning Power; The Genesis of the Constitution - reflections on what Washington and 38 of his countrymen did one summer; Bringing the Human Boat to Port Under Its Own Steam - advice on healthy living; What Would Izaak Walton Have Said? - the author of 'The Compleat Angler' in his wildest dreams could naver have visualized a 1,500-pound mackerel; Henry Ford's Page - struggle between industry and finance for control of business; Editorials - shaming the U.S. into canceling war debts, anti-prohibition propaganda, The County Fair, Dictators and the dictated; The Gold Hunters - being the story of a party of young men from Michigan in their search for fortune in California in 1850-1851; Bathing, Begging and Buring in Benares - strange scenes on the banks of the Ganges, India's sacred stream - article with photos; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 11)- Death of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers - ; Can You Tell Me?; I Read in the Papers - Japan turns from rice as sole diet; The Village Blacksmith. Moderate moisture exposure. Center pages holding by one staple. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Woodrow Wilson Was Best and Worst Copy - his passion for accuracy conflicted with newspapermen who ignored serious things to ask him 'what he ate for breakfast' - part 3; Housekeeping in Our Paris Flat - how two Americans fared in the French Capital and "Got to Love Passy"; ; Never Separated a Single Family - open-door immigration specialists slander the United States Government - Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, urges passage of the most liberal of all the liberalizing measures - the Perlman bill; Life and Death on the Screen - A.C. Pillsbury films bacteria and pollen in action - motion pictures of flower fertilization; What's the Matter With Jim? - the story of a boy who would only work when he thought it play; Mr. Ford's Page - interesting thoughts on the forces involved with prohibition; Editorials - major criticism of the World Court and claim that in Michigan a list of Americans targetted for assassination by communists has been found; Golf - Can You Pick the Champions? - Americans will attempt to capture leading British honors - article with photos of Glenna Collett, Francis Ouimet, Macdonald Smith, Walter Hagen, Watts Gunn, Long Jim Barnes, Bobby Jones and Robert Gardner; Lincoln's Murder - Amazing Man Hunt - John Surratt and Papal Zouave accused of the crime, who leaped for liberty over a hundred-foot precipice - article with photos of John Surratt, John Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Mary Surratt; What it Costs the Chinese to Worship Their Ancestors - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Is America a Nation of Coffee-Bibbers? - Its people drink upward of forty billions of cups of this seductive beverage each year, consuming more than half of World's Production; Union of Irish and Jews in recent 'propaganda' plays - Abie's Irish Rose, Kosher Kitty Kelly; Great Writers Who Have Failed as Novelists; Seeking to Know What the Earth is Made of - the work of Professor Stjepan Mohorovicic and others; When the Broker Breaks the Law; A Dance a Week - The Lancers, a graceful square dance - first two figures, with piano sheet music (to be continued); Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis, Oregon offers course in the guardianship of a real baby; The Jolly Old Pedagogue; Back cover features illustration of and quotation by Henry Thoreau. Small chip from fore-edge of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Merry Richmond, Virginia - Rich in Romance/The Rare Old Traditions are still Undimmed; Letting in the Alien (Immigration) Flood - Why? - Relatives have relatives and the Perlman Bill would admit them all; Two Dozen Ways to Keep Sane - ways of thinking and living cause mental breakdowns; Woodrow Wilson - Taker of Chances (part 4); The Drama of Our Youth - village theatricals when father and mother were characters in the play; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - he talks about the mirage of the 'saturation point' of a service; Editorials - foreigners involved in crime, prohibition, controversial reporting about Russia, the Mexican/US border, Mr. Trotsky (Braunstein) takes another fling at the U.S., Winston Churchill and the cancellation of war debt; Literary Fakers and Their Fakes - Wherein the delightful 'Spectra' Hoax is told and the Eulogists of Modern and Ultra-Modern Verse are engulfed in sorrow; A Dinosaur Breaks into History - if man drew a pictograph from life, it upsets many theories; What to do to make life worthwhile - many people consider that a college education and 'success' are synonymous, but here are some people who are of the opposite opinion; Paul Revere tells his own story - family archives furnish new light on Patriot's Famous Ride into Lexington; Chats with Office Callers;There is nothing new under the sea - how Robert Fulton Demonstrated Submarines Over a Hundred Years Ago; When Cliff House Went Really Dry - the once famous San Francisco Resort Sees Changed Days; How to Steal Apples - loopholes of law which enable fruit marauders to defy mantraps, spring guns and the farmer's bulldog; Co-operation Saves Workers From Death - employees of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company at Los Angeles fight Tuberculosis, the Great White Plague, at the Lone Wolf Colony; How the Indians Made Sugar; Beating the Grain of Mustard Seed - nurseryman George Klehm can grow a 35' elm tree in six years; A Dance a Week - The Lancers ("Oriental) with first violin sheet music (continued); Back cover quote from Benjamin Harrison about national expansion. Average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
249 p. SOFTCOVER. Paperback Very good condition
John o Hans Holbein, Deuchar, The Dance of Death, 1803 Danza della Morte<BR> <BR>DANCES OF DEATH THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE<BR>The Capriciousness of that Tyrant is exhibited; IN forty-six copper plates; DONE FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS, WHICH WERE CUT IN WOOD, AND AFTERWARDS PAINTED, BY JOHN HOLBEIN... ETCHED BY D. DEUCHAR LONDON Printed by S. Gosnell 1803<BR> <BR>Edizione del 1803 della Danza della Morte di Hans (o John) Holbein con 47 tavole incise in rame e accompagnate da testi sia in inglese che in francese. Misura cm.22x17, carta vergellata, in alcuni fogli filigrana con data 1801.<BR>Legatura in mezza pelle con titoli dorati al dorso. Minimi strappi ai margini di qualche pagina di testo, per il resto condizioni eccellenti.<BR>
This listing consists of pages 1-4, 7-8, 13-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Interesting stories about tax on gold, Ottawa will make loans to province if deficit is cut, unified management of railway systems urged by C.P.R. head, and many more; Charge that Lincoln's death engineered by bankers; photo of fireless Heisler locomotive; editorial page; social pages; large ad selling shares of the Hudson-Patricia Gold Mines Limited, Company; nostalgic Travel page; Cartoons; two pages of Classifed ads; Large fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
This listing consists of pages 1-12 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Hitler smashes revolt; Death of mountaineer Alex H. Dalgleish; Pioneer and Bralorne mines in B.C. may rival famous South African workings; Bones of Cougar Ike found near Nitnat?; White fishermen push seven Japanese fish boats out of Bull Harbor and warn them not to return; Merrit Indians sentenced to hang for Murder of Indian department constable F.H. Gisborne - with photos of Richardson George, Eneas George and Alex George; Editorial page; City and District News page; Social pages; Entertainment page; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
3 vols., 8vo., Third Edition; strongly bound in mind-nineteenth century half morocco, straight-grain red cloth boards, backs with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, green floral endpapers, a very good, bright, firm set.
2 vols., 8vo., Fourth Edition, neat signature on front free endpapers; contemporary full calf, boards with double Oxford frame in gilt, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartments with black leather labels lettered in gilt (one label effectively a fragment), third compartments with red leather labels numbered and tooled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt dentelles, red sprinkled edges, green silk markers, joints mildly rubbed, hinges starting (but binding entirely sound), else a very good, fresh, clean copy.
First English edition, [4], xvi, 126pp., two engraved plates (lightly offset), recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco label to spine. First published, 1786, in Latin, as inaugural dissertation under title: Dissertatio medica de morte submersorum. "An expansion of his dissertation of 1786 for which he received the gold medal of the Humane Society. A pioneering, very important work, emphasizing the importance of ventilation in resuscitation."?American Society of Anesthesiologists exhibition, 50. Wellcome III, p. 136; Garrison & Morton, 2028.53.
315 pages including index. More than 50 million people have trouble sleeping. If you're one of them, here's a book that will help you sleep better tonight. Read about 42 major sleep problems and how to overcome them, including: bad sleep habits, conditioned insomnia, breathing disorders, narcolepsy, jet lag, Sudden Infant Death, sleep-walking, rhythm changes during aging, stress and anxiety, snoring. Learn crucial information about sleeping pills. Find out about the latest sleep treatments. Learn about intriguing research. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding solid. Book
pp. x, 266. LACKS frontis and another plate. Evans calls for 2 plates. OCLC calls for just frontis. This example no plates. Age stain. Browned. Pages 233 & 234 worn with loss of a few letters. Penciled manuscript ownership of Francenia Ely (Eby)? on title page. Probably a Mennonite ownership. 12mo. 170 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Front board detached. Hardbound. Poor. Evans 35067. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PALIB 6
Edward Young muses for 'nine nights' on death, the loss of his wife and friends and human frailty, in blank verse. [2], 294 pages. Old repair to loss in middle of title page. Covers with wear and edge fraying to boards. Loss to bottom margin of first page. Browning and foxing to pages throughout.
612 p. + Frontis. Foxed. Browned but not brittle. Early manuscript ownership of Jacob Arndt and Ed Frantz. Large 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Spine ruled in gold gilt. Title continues: "With Seasonable Directions How To Prepare Ourselves To Die Well. Written Originally In French By Charles Drelincourt, To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author And His Behaviour In His Last Moments." From the Fifth American Edition. Very good. S&S/AI 16003. Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 6
Brown boards with gilt titles to spine/gilt top edge. Small tears to spine ends. Corners are slightly bumped. Edgewear to extremities. Very light foxing to plates; 41 pages of Illustrations; 202 pages
32 pages. Features: Air Canada Across our Native Land - Six new versions of our national anthem by Jo Ouellet, Tam Deachman, Martin Myers, Hart Pomerantz, John Nichol and Maggie Grant; The Life of a Team Canada Hockey Wife - interviews with Marie Mahovlich (wife of Frank), Sandra Clarke (wife of Bobby), Nancy Ratelle (wife of Jean), Jan Ellis (wife of Ron), Ginette Cournoyer (wife of Yvan), Gail White (wife of Bill), Margaret Parise (wife of Jean-Paul), Eleanor Henderson (wife of Paul) and Joy Berenson (wife of Red); Nice full-page colour ad for the Chevrolet Chevelle; Herb Brigham's Brigham Pipes produces about 80% of the smoking pipes made in Canada - article with colour photos; Study in Studes - colour photo fashion pages; Doug Wright's Family; David Andrews Loves Small Witt Streetcars; Ernie Davison's fictional Death Ray; Nice colour photo ad for the Volkswagen Campmobile inside back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Story with many colour photos in the wake of the FLQ crisis; What it means to Canada?; What it means to separatism?; The FLQ - what it is, who it is, how it works, and what makes it so hard to stop; Six basic skills of hockey - Ed Giacomin on goaltending, Bobby Orr on Balance, Gordie Howe on Passing, Norm Ullman on stickhandling, Bobby Hull on Shooting, Keith Magnuson on hitting; The widow of the man they called God - Father Divine, the famed Depression preacher, died in 1965 but his followers refused to believe it - now Mother Divine keeps five banquet tables waiting for him; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
Features: Top Dogs - the long, the short and the tall - plus 12 others that make Canadian dog owners sit up and pant; The Facts of Death; Nobody Gives a Listen - George Cook has written 5,501 songs - more than anybody else in the world; Revving through the streets of Trois-Rivieres at 140 mph; What's really what in Ottawa?; Moveable Feasts - food feature: How Montreal cracked down on its port thieves. Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note: half of page 27 missing; most of page 29 missing; half of back cover missing. Book
249 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Footnotes. "Award-winning financial writer Larry Gurwin conducted more than a hundred interviews in the course of his research. His sources have included nearly every major figure in the story, including members of the Calvi family and Vatican financiers. It is a mark of his achievement that he has welded all the disparate elements into a brilliant and compelling narrative." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page coloured illustrations throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
A clean, unmarked book. Full brown cloth boards. Loose rear hinge. Light wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's name inside.
pp.33-104, 24cm., in the series "Horae Soederblomianae (travaux publiés par la Société Nathan Söderblom)" vol.1, signed with dedication by the author to professor J.N. Bakhuizen van den Brink, softcover, good condition, X76791
184 pages. Index. Bibliography. "The first full account of James of Douglas' eventful and dangerous career up to his celebrated death carrying Robert Bruce's heart into battle against the Moors." - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. Book
319 p. Softbound. Harper Torchbooks paperback. MEDICINE BX 5
203 pages. Index. Notes. Blibliographic essay. "The Black Death was a combination of bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic strains. It devastated the Western world from 1347 to 1351, killing 25%-50% of Europe's population and causing or accelerating marked policial, economic, social and cultural changes." - from Introduction. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Blind stamp to dedication page. No other markings. Clean with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
