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37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of A. Squire, showing a knight on horseback, and with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of . Squire; with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, frontis., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, a nice copy. 680 items with extensive descriptions.
cm. 17 x 24,5, viii-664 pp. Universit? di Padova - Pubblicazioni della Facolt? di lettere e filosofia 1277 gr. viii-664 p.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with frontispieces, 33 plates on 32, a facsimile in red and black, and 3 maps on japon (2 folding, 2 coloured in outline); cloth, boards lightly age-marked else a very good, clean set in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed, creased and neatly repaired at edges. Published in the same year as the first edition. The standard life; any edition is scarce in the dustwrappers. Albion p.275; Enser p.213; NMM II/1 560 (both recording the first edition).
166 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Naturalizer shoes; What Happened to Eleven? - the balance between childhood and adolescence; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Craven "A" cigarettes; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for Jell-O; Who Says Large Families are More Work? - Dorothy-Jane Goulding writes about her family of five children - with photos; Are We Burying Our Old Folks Alive? - article by Mollie Gillen with photos; The Victory, by Sheila MacKay; Chatelaine drops in on Daphne du Maurier; Canadian women belong in politics, by Charlotte Whitton; Claws of the Cat, by Florence Ford; The Fabulous Dunsmuirs - Part II; 100 Recipes to prepare in minutes; Gilt-Edged Bargains - wonderful photo-illustrated fashion article by Vivian Wilcox; I Want to Colour My Hair, But..., by Eveleen Dollery - with colour photos; What's Happening to Our Children?, by Violet Munns; Nice colour full-page photo-ad by Bell encourages readers to purchase extension phones; Artsy ad for Weldrest nylons; A Kitchen planned to the Nth Degree - Joan and Woodrow London; Super colour photo full-page ad for Sealtest Banana Nut Fudge Split ice cream; Nostalgic Pure-Pak ad encourages readers to shun bottled milk for disposable containers - we've come full circle!; Great two-panel colour ad for Swift's bacon; Many other large colourful food ads; Cute Viyella children's clothing ad; Full-page colour ad by CIBC encourages readers to borrow money to put braces on the teeth of their children; Are You Neglecting Your Child's Teeth?; Charming colour ad for Ladybird children's wear; Lovely colour ad for Angel Face cosmetics inside back cover. Upper corner of page 47 missing - text unaffected. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Hours of great reading in this sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Lovely full page black and white photographic portrait of Miss Fiona Myddelton; Birds of a Desert Island - Desnoeufs Island in the colony of the Seychelles; From scythe to mowing machine; Dogs that Cannot Bark - Basenjis of the "Of Syngefield" Strain; Some problems of tree growth - interesting photos; The Father of Shooting - Colonel Peter Hawker (1786-1853), one of the greatest wild-fowlers of all time; Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Admiral Keppel's Column; Problems of Wintering Sheep; Britain's Painted Cave - the Gower Cliffs in South Wales, where Bacon Hole is situated; Many interesting real estate advertisements. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
22 pages. Features: Nostalgic illustrated ad for Johnson outboards inside front cover; A Creed for Philosophy in Conservation; Editorial - "Comes the Revolution"; Mailbag; Illustrated ad for the B.S.A. Bantam motorcycle; Western Fishing Line Co. ad features photo of Wayne Quayle and his massive world record 148-lb California Giant Black Sea Bass; Of Nature, Deer, and Man - article by James G. Teer - article by the Texas Game and Fish Commissioner, James G. Teer; Bull Session - Weyerhauser and its CHEC (Co-operative Hunter Experimental Control) Program; Personal message from Minister of Recreation and Conservation Earle C. Westwood (former Mayor of Nanaimo), including his photo; Fish and Game Convention, Penticton, May 15-18, with photo of Chairman Frank Butler; Photo of Dr. Dave B. Turner - well-known as a famous Canadian soccer player - recently appointed acting Deputy for the Dept. of Recreation and Conservation; Report on the new Department of Recreation and Conservation; Photos of conservation workers Jim Bacon, Bob Armstrong, G.F. Abear, Mort Paige, Jim Murray, John Weldon and Bruno Reimer; Clay Chips - shooting article with photo of Cy Borne; Boat article; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
In -8°, pp. (8), XIV, (2), 333, (3); cartonato.
In-8, demi-basane bleue nuit de l'époque, dos lisse orné d'un décor de filets d'encadrement et fleurons dorés, plats estampés d'une grande plaque à froid, tranches dorées (accrocs aux coiffes, un mors fendu), xv, 416 p.
Paris, Edition Fourbis, 21 juin 1989. In-8, broché, couverture rose à rabat, auteur et titre en noir dans une vignette contrecollée blanche, non coupé, 59 pp. Edition originale. Un des 30 exemplaires du tirage de tête numérotés sur Vélin d'Arches, n° 13. Bel exemplaire.
Mm 300x350 Nuovo - new - neuf. Volume in copertina rigida con custodia, 503 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori lungo l'intero testo redatto in lingua francese - french text. Copia in condizioni di nuovo, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Cover portrait of Captain Humphrey Wykeham Bowring - has acted most ably as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Bacon, commanding the Dover patrol. Feature: Neutral Commerce and the Naval Blockade. Franco-British Conquest of German Cameroon (conclusion). Photos from Cameroon. Isolating the enemy - how the central empires were blockaded. Photos of the German submarine mine-layer UC5 - London's unique trophy. 7 photos of the results of a German naval raid at Lowestoft. Covers almost loose. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
Folding engraved map printed on fine ivory linen, size: 21 x 28 ins (approx. 53.0 x 71.0 cms) folding in 36 panels to 6 x 3 ins (approx. 15.o x 7.5 cms), printed surface very lightly browned (rather more heavily so along central fold), a few locations marked with red ink ; original green cloth slip-case framed in blind and lettered in black 'Flexible Map of London' with deckled thumb-hole, a very good, bright copy. Covers the area from Islington (north) to Oval (south); Notting Hill (west) to Stepney (east). IN THIS CONDITION A RARE SURVIVAL. Hyde, 'Printed Maps of Victorian London', no. 201.
58 pages. A wonderful vintage copy of this popular and long-running Canadian farming publication. Great cover illustration of cowby at work. Super back cover colour photo ad for the Minneapolis-Moline Power Equipment company includes 8 photos of their products at work. Features of contents include: Nice tribute to the Royal Canadian Navy by Crucible Steel Company of America; Activities of co-operatives in British Columbia; War News Updates, including cartoon of Stalin and Allied Soldier cracking swastika in nutcracker; Photo-illustrated article on the Coyote "The Yapping Yodler" - the crafty animal which thrives with settlement and is increasing in number; Peace River Co-operative Seed Growers are outgrowing their facilities and are ripe for Expansion; Research boosts Bacon Quality; Square All Round - a trapper story by Paul Annixter; Dairy Farmers of Canad Meet at Regina to Discuss the Postwar Situation - result is increased subsidies; The Farm Goes to the University - farm week at the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon; Overnight Guest, a story by Ben Ames Williams; A Dutchman in the Red River Valley - A. A. Verheul - with photos; Great full-page ad by International Harvester with image of farmer and tractor in the background; John Deere tractor photo ad; Monthly Commentary by United Grain Growers Limited; The Countrywoman - the U.F.W.A. Meeting; Royal Bank of Canada Annual Meeting; Planning the farm house - article; plus much more. Address label on front cover, otherwise unmarked. Modest external wear. Binding tight. Book
This issue devoted to motoring. Features: Title page photo of the sport of winter motoring; One-page cartoon by E.W. Kemple represents the G.O.P. as a car tilting in the 'stand pat' direction; Improvement to be offered auto purchasers in 1911; Photo comparison of Fifth Ave. traffic between 1901 and today (many more cars in use and no horses to be seen now); How to Sell a Car; The Anatomy of the Motor; Joy-Riding of the Real Kind - new car models are brutally tested; Motoring in Winter; Boggs Sees Naples and its Environs; Two photos of new fire truck for the Bradford, England fire brigade; First Aid to Broken Cars - article with great vintage photos; Laocoon (snake fiction by Herman Scheffauer); Article on Superstitions; Witherup's Cyclopaedia of the Months; Romances of the Recruiting Offices (for the United States Army); Home Song for Montana (poem by Leonard Bacon); Blanche Bates (article with photo); The Well-Kept Car "At Home" - article with photo of home grease pit in use, small home machine shop, and large storage building with several cars parked in front; The Horse and the Motor Car - article by Henry Harrison; One-page Goodyear tire ad; Automobile Horns - article by Steven D. Thatton; Sensational one-page illustrated ad for the Phipps-Grinnell Electric Car, featuring the Model "C" 1911! (yes, electric cars were in production well over 100 years ago!); Bond Markets Renewal - article by Franklin Escher; Nice one-page ad for the Carhartt Thirty-Five automobile; Nice half-page photo ad for the Speedwell Motor Car Co. of Dayton, OH features the 4-passenger Torpedo; Quarter page ads for the Premier Motor Mfg. Company and the Atlas Motor car Company; Motoring on European Highways; Nice illustrated ad for the Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Co. of Detroit; Full-page ad for the White Company of Cleveland features illustration of a Western canada Flour Mills Co. truck. Middle leaf loose but present. Please note: front cover is numbered page 3. Presumably this issue originally included an illustrated outer wrap which is no longer present. Otherwise, it appears complete and unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy, notable for its wonderful coverage of a formative time in the history of motoring - both gas and electric. Book
2 volumes in-8, plein veau granité, dos ornés d'un riche décor romantique de compartiments garnis d’un fer spécial répété, grecque et palette dorés, pièces de titre de tomaison de veau noir, plats encadrés d'une roulette dorée, tranches jaspées (rel ca 1830), (1), 424 p. et (1) f., (2) f., 428 p. Seconde édition qui contient, outre l'"Analyse", "La Vie de François Bacon" (tome I, p. 1-199), adaptation par Pouillot de "The Life of Francis Bacon" de David Mallet ; "Essai sur la reine Elisabeth" traduction de "Felix memoria Elizabethae" dû à Francis Bacon et "Eloges du chancelier François Bacon". Collaborateur à l'Encyclopédie, lié à Diderot, Rousseau, Condillac, proche de Montesquieu, Deleyre fut élu député montagnard à la Convention. Cette minutieuse étude sur la philosophie de Bacon contribua, dès la première édition (1755), à propager les doctrines du philosophe anglais et à asseoir sa notoriété auprès des hommes des Lumières. Naigeon inséra cette étude à l'article "Bacon" du "Dictionnaire de la Philosophie" de l'Encyclopédie méthodique Panckoucke. Quelques infimes accrocs à la reliure. Très bon exemplaire, frais, bien relié.
In -16°, pp. 287; pergamena con tassello e titolo al dorso. E’ la terza edizione.
52 pages. Features: Cecil B. De Mille is featured in a Union Pacific Railroad ad; Interesting Comptometer one-page photo ad explains how Macy's used 325 of these business machines to boost office efficiency; Great ad for the Olds '60' 2-door sedan; FDR's plea to dictators hastens showdown in Congress; Hobboes of America - 31st convention; Photo of William B. Bankhead and family; Nice color ad for the La Salle car (maroon 5-passenger 4dr touring sedan featured); Europe's armies match size of forces mobilized in 1914 - diplomats struggle to stave off outbreak; Photo of Goering with Mussolini in Rome; Netherlands ready to release flood if Hitler invades; Father-in-law scorned by Zog now Premier of puppet Albania; Trotsky leaves the Mexican home of Diego Rivera; Palestine Conference resumes on Egyptian soil - Arab leader, Abdul Rahim Haj Mohammed killed by British two weeks prior; Guerrillas harass Japanese after trickling through lines; Tenth year of the Curtis String Quartet - write-up with photo; Photo of Elektro, the cigarette-smoking robot who will star at the NY World's Fair; Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs to win Stanley Cup - story with great team photo; Nice one-page ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera; Nice one-page photo ad for Ford V-8 Trucks for 1939 featuring a dump truck owned by S.H. Bacon of Los Angeles; Photo of Ida Tarbell and review of her autobiography; Charles Lindbergh returns to US; Otelia Augspurger Compton is chosen as "The American Mother" for 1939; Obituary for mystery writer Willard Huntington Wright (S.S. Van Dine); Barter plan for war supplies to be pressed by Washington; Pepsi-Cola ownership lawsuit is settled in favor of Charles G. Guth; Edward J. Noble; Morris Anolik arrested for dealing in gold; The Menasco "Uni-Twin" airplane engine; Hudson car ad inside back cover; Great color-photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover features tobacco auctioneer F.E. McLaughlin in action; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
120 pages. Features: 10 Downing St. Cover Photo; What Bearing does Trade Have on the Cold War and the Chance of Peace?; Britain's Politics - and Britain's Future - photos and brief article; Passport Barrier - The State Department insists on deciding which countries Americans may Visit; The Draft - Many Threatened, Few Chosen; Article and photos of an 'uneventful day at the Berlin Wall; Senator George B. Russell of Georgia - symbol of civil-rights opposition; How JFK gets the answers; Photos of U Thant at the U.N. - 10am to 8pm; Photo-illustrated article on British Painter Francis Bacon; The A-B-C of Director Alan Schneider; Several Lovely fashion ads; Nice Indian Head's new fabrics ad; Photos of 'Folk Song Frenzy'; Nice color ad for Knorr soups; Photos from Spanish Harlem; Lovely fashion photos feature 'The New Decolletage'; Super one-page color Froot Loops breakfast cereal; Photos of the home of architect-designer Alexander H. Girard. Average wear. Crossword completed. Nibbling along spine. Openings along coverfold. Back cover in rough shape. A worthy vintage copy Book
68 pages. Patriotic cover painting by Eilleen Wedd. Contents: Nice full-page ad for Moffats Electric Ranges; One-Way Ticket, by Jefferson Cralle; Mr. Sise, by R.T.L.; Fakes and Fakers, by James Young; Girl + Man + Boat, by Dale Collins; Circumstantial Evidence, by G.R. Malloch; Australia Sees it Coming - The Japanese Menace; How to Make Money Grow - Key #4, by Herbert N. Casson; Hidy Has a Memory, by Joseph Dwyer; An Inside History of Canada, Part V, by R.K. Hall; Dusky Diamond Limited, by Hugh Grant Rowell (with photos); The Bay of the Big Killing, by Bertrand W. Sinclair; Shots and Angles, by Candida (movie news); Westinghouse Refrigerator Ad; Should the N.W.T. (Northwest Territories) Shut the Door? - Canadian government issues no more permits for trading or trapping to people going to the N.W.T.; Dodge Truck Ad; Fantastic two-page black and white ad for the new Plymouth Six; Lovely Ceylon Tea Bureau colour ad prominently features the painting "Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks", by Richard Jack, R.C.A.; Ad for the Cine-Kodak movie camera; Great full-page two-colour ad for the T-14, T-16, T-18, T-23, T-33, T-43, T-51 and T-61 General Motors Trucks; Nice ad for the new Studebakers of 1934; Article on Cheese Dishes; Colour ad for Swift's Premium Bacon inside back cover; Chipso laundry soap colour photo ad on back cover. Address label atop front cover. Assorted chips and tears. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., with 2 portrait frontispieces, titles in red and black, 78 plates, 16 illustrations and plans in the text and 2 large folding maps coloured in outline, endpapers and edges lightly browned; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a remarkably bright, clean copy. The standard history of the legendary naval force, charged with safeguarding the Channel throughout WWI. Written by the commander who led it during most of the critical period of the war, but who was superseded for political reasons before the great operations he had planned (the mine-barrage and the attack on Zeebrugge) could come to fruition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Taffrail ' The Endless Story', pp. 241 et seq. Enser, p.109
52 pages. Cute cover illustration of black and white dog crying due to onions. Features: Me - Athlete? - a doctor argues in support of sports; Have We a Canadian Dreyfus? - former Ontario Premier E.C. Drury recalls the 1924 conspiracy charge against Aemilius Jarvis; The War Problem? - debating international munitions traffic; Cattle Kings - Photo-illustrated article by Guy Weadick, founder of the Calgary Stampede in 1912; Solid for Saint John; House of Hate - tales from a prison librarian. Fiction: Mate of the Wild Goose; The Equivalent; Pour L'Amour; An Affair of Horses; Single to Sicily (serial). One-page photo-illustrated Swift's bacon ad features Chef Maurice Vane of the Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg; Chipso ad features charming colour photo of Mrs. George J. O'Brien and her three girls; Nice one-page illustrated Waterman's pens ad; Very nostalgic illustrated Dentyne gum ad; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated Palmolive soap ad features lady with beautiful 'Schoolgirl Complexion'. Please note: pages 3-4 missing. It appears to have contained ads. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
This copy bearing the ink stamp of F.R. Swanton of Davis Point, Manitoba. Frederick Swanton served in the 200th (Winnipeg) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during WWI. Illustrated red card covers measure 8.25" x 5.5". Map folds out to 40" by 31". Undated but appears to be circa 1918. Issued as a supplement to Montreal publications The Family Herald and Weekly Star by permission G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., 127 Strand, London. Detailed black and white map of Europe presents the setting of World War I, presumably as a reference for Canadians following the progress of the war. Average wear. Several unobtrusive clear tape repairs. A sound vintage copy of this Canadian WWI memento with special noted provenance. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady on red background; Nice colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium bacon inside front cover; Brief news items include The Ledger of Life, A Good Resolution, The Glow of True Happiness, We are Mostly All Strangers, and Improved Seeing and Knowing; Nice one-page ad for two new Ford V-8 cars for 1938, the Standard Ford V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe Ford V-8 Fordor; Editorials touch on - The Farmer and the Income Tax, Fascist Influence in the New World, Sources of Wealth, and World Trade; Attractively illustrated one-page McLaughlin Buick ad features a blue Series 46-19, Five-Passenger Sedan with Trunk; London's Famous Underground - photo-illustrated article; The Batley Inheritance (short story); Liberal Reward (short story); The Vagabonds (short story); Junior G-Men - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver Police Constable Ronald Eveleigh and his initiative to reduce juvenile delinquency; Strange Achievement - Charles E. Jones is founder of the world bird sanctuary at Collingwood East, a suburb of Vancouver, B.C.; The Murder on the Links (part III/3 of this Agatha Christie story); Mystery Man of Golf - Laverne Moore, alias Johnny Montague - article with photos; Sweet Caporals ad features photo of dog 'Rathlin Roundalay', owned by Miss Katherine Savage of Montreal West, Quebec; Hollywood news with photos of Andrea Leeds, Nita NAldi, Lily Pons, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Douglass Montgomery, Jean Parker, and more; Photo of Alice Faye in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; Scott's Emulsion ad includes Old Scottie comic; Article on Curling; Beauty article; Cooking article; Recipes; How to make a dinner mat; World Sayings; Nice colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy (lady in tub), and Rinso (lady on cliff); Canadian fish ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book