Lewis, WyndhamMareMagnum
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312 pages. Index. Black and white plates. Covers 10 years of the author's life... "what happened to me in the Great War, and then afterwards in the equally great Peace" - from Introduction. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some spine slant. A worthy reading copy. Book
398 pages. Extensive bibliography. Index. "Revisits Champlain's enormous contributions and unique role in history, offering new insights and raising new questions about the 'father of New France.' Lavishly illustrated, including the thirty-two maps attributed to Champlain as well as documents, a selection of his drawings, and illustrations of rare artifacts, this is an unsurpassed source of information for anyone wanting to understand New France and the origins of Canada." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 234 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Laing "was a long lived, widely published, notable Canadian naturalist. His love was birds but his writing and his collecting expeditions ranged further... After living around North America he settled in the bird paradise of Comox, BC. This biography explores a man and a philosophy of conservation that insisted the naturalist be a good man with a gun." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
211 pages. An interesting and uncommon rural autobiography. Gift greetings atop opening page. Undated. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Circa 1986? Book
502 pages. Index. Reference list. Glossary. Pioneer list. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
92 pages. Short Stories: The Love Potion; Above & Beyond; Nightmare Beach; Big Joe's Dilemma. Novelette - Bannigan's War. Articles: Brazil's Own Wild West - with photo of Texas-born Alex Henry who planted coffee trees in Parana; The Innocent and the Guilty - Who Killed Susan Hansen? (part 2 of 5); The Face of America - Natural Scoop; TV's Rebellious Cowboy - feature article on Richard Boone of 'Have Gun Will Travel'; Who Needs Jets? - these die-hard aeronauts restore old flying machines; They Tried to Teach Me Charm - the author joined Government secretaries and politicians' wives at charm schools to learn what secrets aid in holding a man, a conversation, or a job; Doctor of the Big U - Dr. John Edward Sheedy is chief surgeon of the S.S. United States, the world's fastest passenger liner; Adventures of the Mind - The Small World. Serial - The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 6 of 7). Ads: General Electric Frost-Free Freezers; DeBeers (featuring painting of lady by Colleen Browning; Dial Soap; Nostalgic color-photo one-page ad for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. features red-haired kid eating huge slab of watermelon; Excellent Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup ad featuires smiling young boy at the lunch table; Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features Red Owl Stores, Inc. of Hopkins, MN, with photo of President Alf L. Bergerud and employees at work; Nice two-page color-photo ad for US Steel features chef and housewife cooking lobster; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad inside back cover features party food; Color-photo Cheerios ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
176 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1973. Photo-illustrated endpapers. "McKenna tells his story simply and with refreshing candour... Backed by some of the finest football action photographs ever assembled for an Australian sporting book and some splendid full colour instruction shots which show the basic skills of an absorbing game in a manner every reader can follow with profit." - from Publisher's Note. Erasure blemish atop front board. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this precious memento. Book
Pages 195-224. Features: Hon. Samuel C. Eastman - article with full-page photo portrait and photo of Mr. Eastman's Concord home; The Congregational Church at Laconia - article with several photos of the church and its personalities; Old King Saul - Giant White Pine tree at Center Harbor - article with photos; Seventy-Five Years Ago and Now; An Unintentional Scare; Will of Deacon John Blanchard of Dunstable; Obituaries for Harrison Haley, Hon. Joseph F. Wiggin, Hon. George A Wason; Thaddeus E. Sanger; Rt. Rev. John B. Delany; Prof. George A. Wentworth, Daniel Wadsworth Coe; Poems; and more. Inside back cover is a nicely illustrated ad for the Boston and Maine Railroad / Seashore Lake and Mountain Resorts. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 31-62. Features: Hon. William H. Mitchell - article with one-page photo portrait; A Notable Celebration - The American Antiquarian Society; An Interesting Event - Celebration and Dedication at South Barnstead Congregational Church; The Old Bell; Obituaries for Hon. Joseph B. Walker, Mrs. Orlando B. Douglas, Leonard D. Brown and William E. Brooks; Poems; Back cover ad for the W.A. Thompson Shoe House of Concord; and more. Average wear. Varied evidence of moisture exposure throughout. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 67-96. Features: Col. Charles H. Greenleaf - A Leading Man in a Leading State Interest - article with photos, including one-page photo portrait of Mr. Greenleaf; Sarah M. Bailey; A Concord Industry - The Page Belting Company; What Our Grandparents Read - Sketches 9f the Windham Social Library; The Warfare Against Tuberculosis; Obituaries for Capt. Henry B. Atherton, Gen. John Eaton, John Z. Bartlett and Charles Nelson Kent; Poems; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 117-146. Features: Hon. Frank Sherwin Streeter - article with photo-portrait of General Streeter plus a photo of his home; Reminiscenses of Trinidad; Dr. Henry A. Weymouth, 14 Oct, 1820 - 21 October, 1908 - written tribute and one-page photo portrait; Other Days and Now - A Reverie; Revolutionary Soldiers' Graves; Obituaries for Colonel Carroll D. Wright, Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, William B. Smart, Mrs. William H. Hill, Prof. Joseph W. Carr, and General Daniel W. Bill; Poems; Fantastic one-page illustrated ad for the Carter Motor Car Corporation's 30 H.P. Washington Roadster; Nostalgic illustrated ad for Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof Self-Healing Tires made by the J.L. Mead Cycle Company; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
58 pages. Cover: Colour illustration of "St. Edward's Crown, made after the old pattern for Charles II in 1662, and is the 'official' crown of England." - from pg 5. Full of black/white photos and illustrations. Features include: The Queen Proclaimed (Queen Elizabeth II); Road to the Throne; The Crown of Happiness; Day of Sorrow (Death of King George VI); Days of Mourning; The Pageant of England's Queens; A Boy Prince Grows Up (Prince Philip); The World Hails the Queen It Knew as Princess; From the Commonwealth, A Special Welcome; The Budget of a Queen; Tradition in the Queen's Household and Two Other Elizabeths. Average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Magazine
1200 pages. "The only who's who in Canada in which no one has paid for inclusion." - from front board. A biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. Prior owner's name inside front board else unmarked. Binding open at page 1199 else average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
39 pages. Features: They gave me up for dead - Audrelyn Speight was driving from Dundas, Ontario to Hamilton when her back was broken in an accident - this pretty accident victim is undaunted ; Summer Stay-at-Homes - artist George Grammat provides colour illustrations of Montreal life; Miami's Problem Visitors - the city bulges with Cuban refugees who won't go elsewhere; Canada's Sunshine Island - Prince Edward Island - nice colour photos; An Unhappy Wife Gives the Gang Away - the Peugeot Kidnapping (part 2 of 2); Road Hogs - Photos of hogs pulling wagon of H.C. Hurley of Echo Bay, Ontario; Gift tip to Canada's Golf Fans - Dick Borthwick replaces 'twist' with 'slide'; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
132 pages. Feature seven-page article "Steve's Two Jobs - Apple uses art to create technology. Pixar uses technology to create art. You have to be a bit crazy to do both". This is followed by a four-page article on Pixar. Both articles wonderfully illustrated with color photos. Average wear. Unmarked. We have discreetly covered the address label on front cover. A sound copy of this wonderful Steve Jobs collectible. Book
84 pages. Features: Farewell to Sir Thomas Beecham; Colourful one-page ad for Libby's juices; Crocus got its Seaway - by W.O. Mitchell; George Hees - Ottawa's Biggest Surprise Package; The Strange and Savage World of Hollywood, by Bruce Hutchison; Sir William Macdonald - the strangest millionaire who ever drew breath; Does your face reveal your character?; Two-page colour-photo ad for Kodak movie cameras; One-page photo ad for Esther Williams swimming pools; Two-color half-page ad for film "Say One For Me"; Photo of Mickey Mantle in small Bantron ad; Canadian Club ad with colour photos features Gilbert Winfield in Sherwood Forest; What the New Pope Means for Canada; Back cover ad for Crane plumbing fixtures features designer Henry Dreyfuss; and more. Please note: missing page 7-8, 13-17, 39-40, and 69-74, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
212 pages. Signed by author upon title page. Black and white photographic plates. Recounts the author's two years in the high mountainous jungle of Irian Jaya, Indonesia, beginning in 1976. She then moved on to Australia, New Guinea, and other places in the far east. Undated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Circa 1990? Book
78 pages. Articles: We need a Vice President Now; Affairs of State; The Other Babies Who Broke the Odds - major photo-illustrated article on the Venezuelan family of Efren and Ines Prieto and their new quints; The Dollar Crisis; Broadway's Hottest Playwright - Edward Albee; Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics - "I Owe the Public Nothing"; The Silent First Lady of France - Yvonne de Gaulle is a lonely woman feared by many, known by few; Music for Machines - early article on music synthesizers with photo of pioneer Milton Babbitt; Bill Scranton - a reluctant candidate. Fiction: reuben, Reuben. Ads: Nice color photo of Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe inside front cover; G.E. home appliances; Best Foods Mayonnaise; Sweet two-page color photo ad for a (light blue) Chevelle Malibu Super Sport Coupe on the beach; Campbell's Vegetable Soup; *Beautiful* black Pontiac two-page ad features a four-door Bonneville before a formally dressed crowd; Salem cigarette ad features frolicking couple in orchard; Excellent color-photo Pepsi centerfold ad features ski scene; Pall Mall cigarettes ad with illustration of people singing around white piano; Dodge Trucks; Nice color ad for the Philadephia Electric company inside back cover features steelmaking scene; Kent cigarette ad on back cover features couple, apparently in a ski chalet near Innsbruck, Austria. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
92 pages. Map. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Returns the reader to an era in Canadian history when raising, training, trading and selling, and the general use of horses, were in their last decades of necessity and popularity. The Patterson herds were not animals raised in the neatly fenced paddocks of today. Range bred horses were left in the mountains until maturity, then corralled, castrated and branded. This story deals with these wild horses and the lifestyle of those men who worked with them and depended upon them." - from Introduction. Patterson's family was droughted out of Alberta and travelled by covered wagon to British Columbia to make a new start. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this adventurous depression-era history. Book
Pages 161-192. Features: Hon. Benjamin Ames Kimball - article with nice one-page photo portrait; Daniel Webster; Hannah Dustin of Haverhill - her capture and famous exploit recounted; A Doubtful Claim - to whom belongs the honor of securing the abolition of flogging in the Navy?; In the Lecture Field - Flora Kendall Edmond; The Old Bow Meetinghouse - and the Baptist Church in the Town of Bow; Obituary of Maj. Henry McFarland; Poems; Fantastic back page ad for the David E. Murphy store of North Main St. in Concord, seller of reliable merchandise at reasonable prices; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 117-172. Black and white photos. Features: What Granite State Men said of Wilson; New Hampshire Connected by Radio; An X-ray of Calvin Coolidge - a chapter from the biography by R.M. Washburn; Veterans' Adjusted Compensation Act - pros and cons; Treasurer Farrand's three favorite stories; An anthology of one poem poets; Wood and water power - article with photos of the Aziscohos Dam and Cascade Mills, Berlin, H.H.; A New England town meeting; Full-page photo of Woodrow Wilson; Delegates to National Convention; Political development of the month; The Council; Representation in the state Senate; Ruse; The Man of the Hour - National Commander John R. Quinn; College and School Notes - Austin Cate Academy, "The Twenty-Three Aggies", The Stearns School; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
xxiv, 129-190 pages. Features: Cover illustration of scene in the Macpherson Range, Queensland, Australia; The Raft - George Rea and his employer's family are driven from an isolated Queensland homestead by a flood; The Haunted Tanker - Third Officer David Kellar relates what happened; The Black Pearls of Fatu-Hiva - a South Seas ocean floor treasure cave and a vanished fortune; The Life History of bandit Bill Miner, one of the most notorious outlaws to trouble Canada and the Western States - article with photos of Lewis Colquhoun, "Shorty" Dunn and the Dominion Penitentiary at New Westminster, B.C., from which Miner made his sensational escape; Act of God - an experience in Karachi; Shooting Star - an amusing tale from the Sudan; River of the Dead - violence in Brazil's interior involving missionaries and the Chavantes people; The "Village of Ladders" - photo-illustrated article on the tiny Swiss hamlet of Albinen; The Live in Trees - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the people of Travancore State in India who live in tree houses; Living Native in the South Seas; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
719 pages. Tightly bound in sturdy red buckram library binding. Light wear. Usual library markings. A quality copy. Book
Signatures of Author and V.C. recipient George Pearkes upon title page. 388 pages including notes, index and black and white photographic plates. George R. Pearkes was decorated with the Victoria Cross in World War I, led Canada's Pacific Command in WWII, and served as Defence Minister in the Diefenbaker administration. He was deeply involved in the highly charged and hotly debated decisions of the cold war era, including Bomarc, the Avro Arrow, NATO, NORAD, and provisions for civil defense, and his views on them will be significant to those interested in Canadian political and military history. Moderate to average wear. Partial lean to spine. Usual library markings. Solid copy. Book
50 pages. Features: A Veteran Gets a Home - Photo-illustrated article by Max Braithwaite explains how the V.L.A. helped his family buy that 'small place in the country'; Hairbreadth Harold Lloyd - he's back in pictures again - article with photo; Profile of Hume Wrong; The Thropp Family comic. Fiction: The Melancholy Walker; This is My Son; Feather in the Wind; Miss Billings Makes a Sale. Book Condensation - The Pale Blonde of Sands Street (part 1). Ads: Nice colour map ad for Erven Lucas Bols inside front cover; Tangee (featuring images of Mrs. Charles Boyer and Constance Luft Huhn; Odo-Ro-No ad features fashion model Pat Ralph; Colour back cover ad for Eagle Mirado Writing Pencils. Average wear. Several minor tape mends. A sound vintage copy. Book
