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84463Imprimerie de Cosson, Paris, 1848, brochure de 90 p., in-8, dos manquant, plats insolés et légèrement salis, page de titre annotée au feutre.
182 pages. Index. Maps. Black and white illustrations. Inside front cover is the interesting handwritten pertinent biographical information of Margaret Barwis (nee Matthews), who states she was "the first public health nurse to work in the Landeau Valley - from Kaslo to Nelson." In this book I have endeavoured to relate the memories and adventures of living and growing up in the Lardeau-Duncan Valleys from the day I was born (in 1914) until the present time." - from Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Very nice copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Passing of Miss Stella I. Tague; Passing of Hugh H. Goodhart; Raymond H. Dietrich, 1894-1980; My Memories of My Father's Air Cooled Corbin Automobile, by Louis S. Stone; A Childhood Dream Materializes at Last, by Frank H. Gardner; Franklin "Airman" Has Larger Engine - reprint of 1927 article in Automotive Industries; Franklin Announces Airman Limited with Body Refinements - reprint of 1928 Automotive Industries article; Le Bete Noir - tour log by Henry and Alice Gray; Dynamometer Tests on a Series 9B-X Franklin Engine; John Burns Column on maintenance and restoration - side draft to side draft; Finding a Franklin or Loosing My Sanity, by Jim Wood; Photo of Cannonball Baker with Franklin Williams Motor Company staff of Kansas City, MO. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
150 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for Easton metal hockey sticks features Tim Kerr; New Initiatives a Positive Force in Minor Hockey; Canada's Olympic Hockey Challenge - with photo of Zarley Zalapski in action and partial (?) team photo including Joe Nieuwendyk, Sean Burke, Cliff Ronning, and many others; Some '84 Olympic Memories - with photo of Russ Courtnall (in Leaf gear); Nice color team photo of Canada's 1984 Olympic hockey team; Vintage one-page colour Pepsi ad features their classic "The Choice of a New Generation" tagline; Officiating in the 1990's; Great one-page color-photo ad for Koho sticks features Larry Robinson and Jari Kurri; Prescription for healthier, happier hockey; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for McCormicks Crackers features Jean Beliveau; Mario Lemieux Has Arrived! - inspired by the Great Gretzky, and challenged by the Supreme Soviets, Mario turned Canada Cup '87 into his coming out party! - with photos; *Classic* one-page photo ad for Titan/Jofa sticks features Mike Bossy standing beside suit of armour holding stick; Ray Bourque colour photo in Micron skates ad; New CAHA Chairman, Clair Sudsbury, Speaks Out; Nice one-page colour-illustrated ad for Sher-Wood sticks; Minor Hockey Week; Dave Chambers will coach the Canadian Junior team in Moscow at Christmas; Nice group photo of attendees of the 1987 National uner 18 Selection camp in Calgary; Colour photo of award-winner Rob Brown in Transamarica Life ad; Photo of Allan Cup winners, Brantford Mott's Clamatos; Colour photos of 1987 CAHA Champions the Miramichi Packers, the Stoney Plains Eagles, the Memorial Cup winning Medicine Hat Tigers, the Centennial Cup winning Richmond Sockeyes, the Air Canada Cup winning Richelieu Riverains, the Purolator Challenge Cup winning Pictou County Scotsburn Dairy, Toronto Red Wings and Winnipeg Saints, and the Abby Hoffman Cup winning Hamilton Golden Hawks; CIBC colour-photo one-page ad features Patrick Roy; Women's Hockey on World Sport Map - article with colour photo of the Hamilton Golden Hawks; Vintage Bee Hive Corn Syrup ad features colour photo of Frank Mahovlich; The International Hockey Centre of Excellence; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor bit of moisture exposure near back. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
A compilation of some the finest songs to come from the early 1970s. 64 pages. Includes many black and white photos of Jim plus sheet music for piano and voice plus guitar chords for: Photographs and Memories; Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown; Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy); Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels); New York's Not My Home; These Dreams; Workin' At the Car Wash Blues; I Got a Name; Lover's Cross; Roller Derby Queen; One Less Set of Footsteps; You Don't Mess Around With Jim; I'll Have To Say I Love You In a Song; Time in a Bottle. Store stamp on title page, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this true American classic. Book
40 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Prohibition and the Runners of Rum (Alberta); Phantom (Growler) of the Unuk River Country; Murder at the Mount Sicker Hotel - miner Fred Beach goes on a rampage with his Winchester; The Silk Connection - the silk train roared from Vancouver to New York with her valuable cargo of silk from the Orient; West Kootenay Memories - the village of Procter; Wild Old Days; Billy Newcombe - son of Dr. C.F. Newcombe; Victoria's First Mayor Was a Character - Thomas Harris; The Great Fire at Miramichi, October 7, 1825; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Features: Arthur H. "Red" Amick, Jr., 1893-1980; Some Fond Recollections on "Red"; My Memories of "Red"; The Wit and Wisdom of "Red" Amick; Excerpts from Letters of Appreciation to "Red"; 27th Trek - August 12-17, 1980; List of Trekkers attending 27th Annual Trek; List of Franklins at the 1980 Trek; Five pages of photos; "Westrek 80", Santa Cruz, CA; Mini-Franklin Meet, Bennington VT; Facsimile of Frankline share certificate on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
106 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Capital Boilers inside front cover; One-page De Soto Six ad featuring the Cupe De Luzo; Nice one-page Nash 400 car ad; Poem - 'Pansies are for thoughts, but lilacs are for memories'; One-page ad for ATT features art deco illustration of woman with phone; Diary of a Plain Dirt Gardener; Nice one-page color ad for Armstrong's Linoleum Floors; One-page color ad for Chipso dish soap; The nature trail and its makers; Making cutflowers last longer; The magic of summer bouquets; Organization of the Junior Garden Clubs of America; We furnish the 'January' house; Cartoonist J.N. (Ding) Darling in his garden - article with photos; a house adapted to varying conditions; Summer bloom from bulbs; Five methods of house financing; Avoiding vacancies in rose beds; Comfortable closets displace old ones; smart summer things of oilcloth; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Maytag aluminum washer; Brides and budgets; Very nice one-page two-color ad for General Electric refrigerators; Delcious muffins and popovers; Jelly for your bread; Nice color one-page ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles; Two-page color ad for Sherwin-Williams house paint (with small clipping removed); The aroma from the trailside frying pan; One-page Simmons bed products ad features photos of Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt; aids to better housekeeping; Nice one-page two-color ad for Weyerhauser's 4 Square Lumber; interesting one-page ad for The Iron Fireman - automatic coal burner; Music takes off its high hat; Nice one-page two-color ad for Lowe Brothers paints and varnishes; The lure of other countries; The Lure of Other Countries - now the writing of travel books has become a fine art; nice one-page color ad for Cannon towels; Nice one-page color ad for Weatherbest stained shingles; The true value of tillage; Swings for children's play hours; The children's pleasure chest; The Hummingbird; Nice color ad for Mohawk rugs and carpets inside back cover; color ad for Old Dutch cleanser on back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Circa 2000. "Personal memories of Kemanoites (or Kemanoquois) from its early days until its closingl" - from foreward. Includes list of residents 1950-2000. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. CD in pocket inside back cover. A worthy reference copy. Ex-Library
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Great colour cover photo of scene inside trading post; Delta Marsh Revisited - waterfowl research station on the shores of Lake Manitoba; Eskimo Sleds - photo-illustrated article; Trading at Padlei, N.W.T. - ; Northern Portraits - photos taken along the Alaska Highway; Conflict on Puget Sound - friction between the Company men at Nisqually and the incoming American settlers, a century ago; First Short-Wave in the Arctic (part II); Filming the Northland - the making of the NFB film 'Indian Canoeman'; Klondike Memories - adventures of young Englishmen who struck it rich in the Klondike; There Go Flukes! - giant sperm whale fights for its life against killer ship ("Nahmint") and killer whales - photo-illustrated article; La Perouse on Hudson Bay - hitherto unpublished eye-witness account of the French capture of Prince of Wales's Fort and York Factory in 1782; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay shirts for men and women on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Resurrection of a Series 14, 145 four door sedan; In Memoriam - Kenneth "Dutch" Kern; Passing of members Chester A. Copley and Robert W. Webb; The Short, Sad History of the Yarian Air Cooled Car of 1925 - informative article with reproductions of ads; Reproductions of portions of vintage ads discussing the Deauville Sedan on Franklin Chassis, the Sport Sedan de Capotable on Franklin Chassis, and Motor Car Bodies by designer Raymond Dietrich 1929-30; Early Morning Memories - memoirs from an automobile log of Dr. Fred Uhle of Norwalk, Connecticut, who owned a Cadillac and a new 1907 Franklin; The British Connection, or Franklin in the U.K.; Reproductions of three British Franklin ads; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration discusses lead in gasoline and valves and valve guides; Coast to Coast in a Franklin Pirate - photo-illustrated article by Al and Ellen Finseth who drove a 1931 Franklin. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
256 pages. Index. Awarded the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year in 1991. Full of recipes and reminiscences from author's grandparents' farmhouse kitchen in rural Gascony. An intimate account of his Gascon upbringing, and the traditional cooking of his grandmother which has always been Koffmann's true inspiration. Beautiful photography by Anthony Blake. Remainder mark to top edge else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
160 pages. Features: Why build the atom-powered bomber?; My memories of Pius XII; What's wrong with boxing?; Patriotic young Americans; The Edacious Spider; The dubious origin of the fourteenth amendment; Americana; Subversion by the Communist underground remains the strongest weapon against U.S.A.; This we face; Jimmy Hoffa's plan for conquest; The Job Walter Reuther wants; Clear it with COPE - is a labor government in 1960 invevitable?; Racketeer & Communist dominated unions; The Republican debacle in California; The ways of big daddy - the Southern textile industry; Wit's End; Spotlight on performance; You can't kill an umpire; African agriculture; How to be a successful hypochondriac; Bible prophecy V; He solved the mystery of the eel - Johannes Schmidt; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
93 pages. "A labour of love and pride, dedicated to our students and staff, past, present and future, the contents of this volume have been gathered to commenorate the 75th Anniversary Homecoming of MacDonald High School, held on October 8, 9. 10, 1982." - title page. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos printed upon glossy stock. Written recollections by numerous contributors. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Dead Man's Double - working aboard a tramp steamer to return to Australia, John Winters meets his double... except the double is already dead; A Baptism of fire - the experience of a young forest ranger with the British Columbia Forest Service when over 100 people are trapped in a logging camp, by J.L. Henslowe; The Trek - story from a pioneer in East Africa; A Case of Contraband - an amusing tale from Central America by Capt. Frank H. Shaw; The Golden Ingot - a confidence trick by a West African criminal; Down Mexico Way - 2 Jacks ashore get themselves in trouble in the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker - a story from Ceylon; Mr. Peter Strong, Pioneer Pilot, by D.N.E. Kain; One Thing After Another - down on his luck during depression days in Australia a man's luck finally turns; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-servicemen - great photos; South Sea Burial-Customs - how they do things on the remote Cook Island Group; Olsen's Secret - a grim story from the American coal fields; The Octopus - a young man's nighmare underwater battle with a gigantic octopus brings happiness to a remote South Sea Island; and more. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Features: Wise old man - tales from the Amazon remote jungle vastness; A Sailor on Horseback - the adventures of a young British Seaman who tries his luck ashore in the U.S. with a logging outfit in Arkansas... but must hitch-hike 1,200 miles to get there; A Grim Story of Dope-Running on the Egyptian Border; Lunch-time Tiger at a Pathan Village; The Castaways of the Dundonald - one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - great photos; Three firemen, tired of the food and work on their tramp steamer, jump ship in South America; Ghost Town Memories of the Western States of America; Across the Kalahari Desert in motorcar by the dried-up bed of the Kuruman River - nice photos; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Autobiography of Algernon Bertram Mitford, 1837-1916. Total of 816 pages including index and black and white plates. No date. Appears to be circa early 1900s. Unmarked. Average wear. Volume I has prior owner's name inside front board, minor foxing to text edges, and a quarter inch opening at top of front hinge. Volume II has open front hinge and fragile back hinge. Front free endpaper and tissue-protected frontis loose as a single unit. A nice pair. Book
62 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of dog pulling curtain from lady; Editorial on 'The Lost Art of Living'; Nice one-page photo ad for the New Plymouth Six; Every Other Inch a Gentleman - part one of an anonymous Hollywood saga; Ad for Fleischmann's Yeast includes photos of Dr. Jules Monges and Dahlia Upchurch of Richmond, VA; Palmolive Shave Cream ad features photo of George Earl, trainer of "Torchy" Peden, bicycle racing champion; Will Japan Seize Alaska? - an arresting warning by Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana; Excitement at Kamp Kumfort - a nice girl seeking adventure finds it; Nice two-color (red and black) ad for Libby's Catchup; Rendezvous (part 2) - Amazing true adventures of American fighter Edgar Bouligny (with photos); No More Belindas - a wistful tale of elfin memories; Movie News and Photos - Catherine the Great, The Big Shakedown, Palooka, and Search for Beauty; Tamer of Lions - true story of La Goulue, a cancan dancer of the Moulin Rouge in Paris; Destroyer - a novel of a love deeper than the sea (part 4); The Eye of Fate (short story); Vox Pop; To the Ladies; Color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on back cover features scene at tobacco auction. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Librairie Internationale A. Lacroix & Cie. 1869. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Plats abîmés. Dos abîmé. Quelques rousseurs. 337 pages pour le tome I et 390 pages pour le tome II. Manques sur les dos. 1er plat du tome II se détachant. Signatures d'époque sur les 1ers plats. 1re partie: 1826-1839. 2e partie: 1840-1847. Mon origine. Le collège Henri IV en 1822. La Marseillaise. Alfred de Musset. La Charte de 1830...
PLON, NOURRIT ET CIE. 1891. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 390 + 495 + 446 pages - Frontispice en noir et blanc sous serpente pour chacun des volumes - des rousseurs naturelles - Etiquette collée en coiffe en pied - 2e EDITION - COMPLET.
GRASSET. 1970. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 169 pages - Couverture contrepliée -
FAYARD.. Non daté.. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos frotté. Intérieur acceptable. Environ 30 pages par fascicule. 1ère de couverture illustrée en noir et blanc. Quelques illustrations en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Les pardaillans, Paulot-Paulotte, La fille de l'usurier, la belle marinière, le scalpeur, le notaire de st germain, le cocher de fiacre, la petite martyre, orphelins d'alsace, le masque de fer, l'ange du faubourg, les millions de la juive, la mendiante d'amour, l'espionne du bourget.
LIBRAIRIE CATHOLIQUE DE PERISSE FRERES. 1866. In-8 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 456 pages . Frontispice en noir et blanc. Signet conservé
Librairie Académique Didier et Cie, Paris. 1869. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Plats abîmés. Dos abîmé. Mouillures. 582 pages pour le tome I et 564 pages pour le tome II. Papier muet encollé sur le dos du tome I, le consolidant. Etiquettes de code sur les couvertures. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque. Couverture du tome I tachée. Dos du tome II fendu, son 2e plat étant détaché. Quelques rousseurs. Publiés par sa famille et précédés d'une Etude biographique et littéraire par M. SAINTE-BEUVE, de l'A.F. Tome I, Lettres. Tome II, Souvenirs d'enseignement, Poussin, Homère.
GALLIMARD. 14-04-1971. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 620 pages- ex dono en page de garde- 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES COLLECTION TEMOINS
