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838 pages. "Even though the geographic limitations of this work are prescribed by the boundaries of a specific Icelandic settlement, its general scope and extensive background research defy this narrow categorization. The author not only traces the history of the settlement itself, from its beginnings to recent times, he includes a great deal of material of potential interest to those who may have only tenuous links with the Icelandic cultural heritage, at the same time establishing ties between thousands of Icelandic-North Americans and their native Iceland.... The author's disciplined approach has made the writing of this book an arduous task, but at the same time his stringent demands upon himself have enhanced the scholarly merit of his work immeasurably. Virtually unaided, the author has now completed and seen through to publication a more meticulous piece of research than any previously undertaking in the field of Icelandic ethnic history." - Haraldur Bessason, Professor and Head , Department of Icelandic Language and Literature, University of Manitoba. Average wear. Binding intact. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Highlighting on five pages. A sound copy of this invaluable genealogical reference. HACKETT (2) 268. Book
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 2 folding pedigrees and folding facsimile as frontispieces; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (red/navy/dark green respectively), backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE COMPLETE 'FORSYTE CHRONICLES' IN COLLECTED FORM. THE FIRST VOLUME IS THE FIRST ISSUE WITH THE CHART OPENING TO THE RIGHT, AND MISSING FULL STOP AT p.784. These three omnibus volumes together collect all the novels and interludes comprising the Forsyte Chronicles. The sequence comprises: The Man of Property, Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery, Awakening, To Let, The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing, The Silver Spoon, Passers By, Swan Song, Maid in Waiting, Flowering Wilderness, Over the River. The texts are complete and unabridged. AN ELEGANT SET OF AN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY LANDMARK. See Marrot (1928) pp. 34-66 for first volume.
8vo., with folding pedigree; handsomely bound in full leaf-green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
14 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with pedigrees in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a few wrappers price-clipped, two or three fore-edges lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped). THE FINAL VOLUME IS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The set comprises The Plantagenet Prelude (first impression, 1976), The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977; second impression, 1979), The Heart of the Lion (first impression, 1977), The Prince of Darkness, (first impression, 1978), The Battle of the Queens (1978; second impression, 1979), The Queen from Provence (1979; second impression, 1979), Edward Longshanks (first impression, 1979), The Follies of the King (first impression, 1980), The Vow on the Heron (first impression, 1980), Passage to Pontefract (first impression, 1981), The Star of Lancaster (first impression, 1981), Epitaph for Three Women (first impression, 1981), Red Rose of Anjou (first impression, 1982), The Sun in Splendour (first impression, 1982). Dustwrapper artwork by Philip Gough. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF PLAIDY'S LONGEST HISTORICAL SEQUENCE. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
72 pages. Nice cover illustration of the H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive position; This Way, Please - wonderfully nostalgic photo-illustrated article on the Motion-Picture Theatre Usher; Oil is Where You Take It - article on the 112,000 miles of pipeline in North America; Co-ops Sell Fish and Homes - informative article on the history of the North Island Trollers' Co-operative Association (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the the Tompkinsville co-operative housing project at Reserve Mines on Cape Breton Island; To Be Blind Like This - James McDonald of Alberta explains how blindness since age 6 has not kept him from a full and happy life; Streamlined Groceries - great vintage article on food merchandising circa 1939 and how it eases the burden on housekeepers. Fiction: Graven Image of a Boy; South Sea Saga; So Nicely Put; Deep Waters (serial). Great one-page photo ad for International industrial crawlers and tractors. Excellent two-colour (orange) one-page photo ad for Chevrolet trucks. Lovely one-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge car (orange). Colour Studebaker centrefold ad. 1939 Dodge truck ad. Bromo-Seltzer ad includes photo of Bridge expert Ely Culbertson. Photo of 97-year-old twins Hettie Brenton and Rhoda Dartt, born in Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Vintage one-page ad for Chrysler vans and pickup trucks. Willys Overland photo ad. Nostalgic colour-photo ad for Canadian Pacific's Banff and Lake Louise tourism features poolside ladies in bathing caps. Nice colour back cover 1939 Plymouth ad features a red Custom four-door Streamline Sedan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue from the ominous months preceeding WWII. Book
11 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with pedigrees in the text, one volume with large inscription on front free endpaper; original cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. The set comprises The Princess of Celle (1967); Queen in Waiting (1967); Caroline, The Queen (1967); The Prince and the Quakeress (1967); The Third George (1969); Perdita's Prince (1969); Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill (1970); Indiscretions of the Queen (1970); The Regent's Daughter (1971); Goddess of the Green Room (1971); Victoria in the Wings (1972). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE
7 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save two volumes), with head-pieces and pedigrees in the text, signatures on front free endpapers; original cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly chafed and frayed as often. Dustwrapper artwork by Biro. In historical sequence, the set comprises: The Murder in the Tower (1964); The Wandering Prince (1956; third impression 1966); A Health Unto His Majesty (1956); Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957; fourth impression 1968); The Three Crowns (1965); The Haunted Sisters (1966); The Queen's Favourites (1966). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
790 pages. Glossary. Index. Hundreds of reproductions of archival black and white photos. Illustrated endpapers. "We have attempted to record the heroic achievements of our pioneers and those who came later. We have tried to bridge the gap until today, to set on paper all the information that was gathered and so preserve it... The land that they worked so hard to tame, has now become our own." - from Preface. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Partial lean to spine. A sound copy of this magnificent historical and genealogical reference. Book
Features: If Ho Chih Minh's Army Moves South in Force...; William F. Buckley seeks the Mayor's job in New York; The Wonder is There have been So Few Riots - American Racism; The Way it Was in the London Blitz - Londoners look back with nostalgia; Saga of Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (Garbot); TV Shows for the new season - Eagle in a Cage with Trevor Howard, The Steve Lawrence Show, I Spy with Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, Henry Moore - Man of Form, Trials of O'Brien - Peter Falk, and Jimmy Durante meets the Lively Arts; Feliciano Bejar's Special Niche in Mexico. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Limited edition neatly signed, without inscription, by Koch upon limitation page. ix, [5], 526 pages. Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with marvelous glossy archival black and white photos. Decorated endpapers. "Recounts the fascinating and colorful history of a century and a half of logging railroads in the area stretching from the Kennebec River in Maine to Puget Sound and from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska and Canada." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy of this magnificent tribute to a now-vanished era when men of mighty mettle fought and tamed the prodigious forests on their own terms. Author well-known for his earlier treatise on the Shay Locomotive. Book
100 pages. Includes sheet music for the following songs: Cantina Band (Piano Solo); Cantina Band (Sketch Score); Finale (Sketch Score); Hans Solo and the Princess (Piano Solo); (The) Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme - Piano Solo); Main Theme (Piano Solo); Main Theme (Sketch Score); May the Force Be With You (Piano Solo); Princess Leia's Theme (Piano Solo); Yoda's Theme (Piano Solo). Undated. Circa 1980. Also includes many pages of photos from the movies. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Book
157 pages. Index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. 43" x 21" fold out chart of the Great Lakes mounted inside back board. "The central role played by the Gildersleeve family in the saga of Great Lakes shipping is Miss Young's theme in this volume." - from Foreward. Light yellowing beginning at edges. Very light wear to book. Gift greetings upon front map endpaper else unmarked. Average wear to and chipping from dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy overall. Book
68 pages. Colour cover photo of Canada's triumphant 100m Olympic world-record setting gold medal sprinter Ben Johnson.. prior to being stripped of his medal and record. Features: Ottawa offers compensation to Japanese-Canadians for their wartime humiliation; Ed Broadbent's Long Quest for Power; Marshal Inquiry testimony ends; Behind the boardroom doors of the Edper Group; Feature article on Ben Johnson - King of Seoul - with great colour photos; South Korea - Emerging Giant; Colour-photo one-page ad for Saga fox fur coats; Radon gas dangers; Vintage one-page ad for Zenith laptop computers; Special Report on Margaret Atwood's Triumph - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this memorable issue. Book
Features: NA-73X - first of a famous breed; RAF's Mustang 1; A-36 - Dive-Bombing Mustang; P-51 & P-51A - Early Development; P-51B & P-51C - The Razorbacks; ACQR Mustang Color Portfolio; P-51D - a sword in the heart of Germany; TP-51D - Mustang built for two; P-51H - last of the Mustangs; XP-51F/G/J - the Lightweights; Mustangs for the Air National Guard; Mustang People; The Early Days - developments that led to the birth of the mightiest sea-going weapon; The first carrier - the USS Langley; The New Breed - the Lexington and Saratoga and aircraft like the F4B and Helldiver controlled the seas in the 1930s; Carriers in Combat; The Post-War Carriers - they were kept busy with Korea, Vietnam and more; New Wings for the Fleet - upgrading carriers and their planes toward the year 2000; Listing of USN Carriers - a complete list of all USN carriers; The Stirrings of War; WWII - the Island War against the Japanese; ACQR Color Portfolio - 16 color pages; Leathernecks over Korea - MSMC vets meet again over Korea; Into the Jet Age - the Marines equip with jet aircraft; Master of Vertical Envelopment - USMC refines the methods of helicopter warfare; USMC in the 1970s - new aircraft boost its strength. Special issue devoted to the US Air Force Museum features articles on: how it was moved from Patterson Field to Wright Field; Color Portfolios; How the USAF made a Sopwith Camel; Saga of 33-324, a rare Douglas biplane; Restoring the last B-10; The last P-35; WWII; Royal Frey remembers; Shoo-Shoo Baby - the history of a B-17; Aircraft of the jet age; inventory listing; and more. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
182 pages. Black and white illustrations. Records from Baptismal Register 1753-1826. Average wear. Hand-dated atop title page else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
114 pages. Fiction: The Vultures; That Time, That Sorrow; The Wooing of Cruller McCabe; Off the Reservation; Storm Before Daybreak; The Star Lake Murder; Divide & Conquer. Articles: Motherhood without Misery - painless childbirth technique from England; Old Man River's Children - the poor who live along the Mississippi near Memphis; The Handwriting on the Ice - blitzkrieg by air from the arctic; Racket on Wheels - black market used cars; Ringtail on the Run - coon-hunting by moonlight; Preacher in Song - Joshua (Josh) White; Quarterback Glenn Dobbs of the Dodgers; Blondie's Gold Mine - the saga of the cartoon Bumstead family. Ads include: Studebaker (color photo ad inside front cover); Clicquot Club; Philco radio-phonographs - featuring photo of Bing Crosby; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Nice color two-page Firestone ad features dozens of gifts; Camel cigarettes (More doctors smoke Camels...); Hudson cars; Gillette ad features caricature of footballer Dewitt "Tex" Coulter; Hudson cars (beautiful color ad); Movie ad for "The Best Years of Our Lives"; Good Year (centerfold); Samson card tables; Garod Radios; Champ Hats; Mercury cars; Budweiser beer; Fortune shoes; Waterman's pens; Waltham watches; Mallory Hats; Parker pens; Timely clothes; Old Spice; Manhattan sport shirts; Three Feathers Whiskey (inside back cover); Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked. Moderate wear. Cover holding by one staple. A nice vintage copy. Book
Features: 1955 Glidden Tour; The Saga of the Sears High Wheelers - a long and wonderfully illustrated article; The Best Car This Country's Seen - Abner Devilbiss has been driving his Stanley Steamer for 34 years; The Late S.F. Edge ( of Gordon-Bennett Fame); Let's Do It Again; Anglo-American Vintage Car Rally; In Duster and Veil; Mr. Stanley Steamer - Jack Brause; Model T Topics - worn transmission linings; Minden, Nebraska's Pioneer Tribute; Steam Automobiles - Will They Stage a Comeback?; and more. Average wear and external soiling. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Savannah and the Vanderbilt - it took 10 races and 3 years to get this famous race south of the Mason-Dixon Line - major article with great photos; Joseph S. Coates - Perfectionist; No. 1 Dupont Owner - Stanley B. Smith of State College, PA; Twice Burned - Twice Restored - A Steam Saga of true devotion - Bob Bohaty has restored his Locomobile steamer twice; A Rare Six Cylinder Sixty Horsepower White; Automatic Transmission 1905 - Gas Au Lec - the Corwin Manufacturing Company of Peabody, Ma; Roving Reporter's Page; In Duster and Veil; National Winners; Prize-Winning 1924 Model T Station Wagon; Covered Bridge Tour; Tire conversion table for car and motorcycle tire and standard beaded edge car tires; Ford Facts - The Ruckstell Axel; Tips on Restorying; Reworking an EMF Rear End; Who was Victor Page?; Making Patent Leather Fenders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
44 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Gold! - Part 1 - Gold throughout the ages; Massacre at Seven Oaks - the battle became a massacre when a Metis shot the governor; The Black Donald Mines - John Moore slipped on a rock and made the largest and richest graphite discovery in Canadian history; On the Klondike Trail - some struck it rich but many more experienced only hardship; A Brief History of Matches; The Saga of the Steam Threshing Machine on the Canadian Prairies; Writing-On-Stone in the Milk River Valley - a replica of the NWMP fort recalls the border patrols of the past; British Columbia's First Visitors from Outer Space; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
148 pages. Features: They take care of their own - Mormons supporting each other; Big litters are not accident; Crates will save your pigs; Fresh grass for your winter feed; Double check on the hens; Turkey every day; The Saga of Oak Orchard Creek - Four generations of the Brown family made Orchard Dale Fruit Farm one of New York's finest, near Waterport in Orleans County - article with great color photos (small clipping from one of the photos); Bringing back abandoned land; Better fire protection is up to you; The men behind your market news; Corncobs to to fatten beef; Photo of violin-making farmer Oscar Nash of Minnesota; Photo of Clarence Lustfeld of Buckley, IL and his remote controls for his tractor; and more. Ads: Ipana ad with radio team Tex and Jinx; Texaco ad with photo of Emil Johnson of Longmont, CO; Buick; Studebaker trucks; Arthur Godfrey in Chesterfield cigarette ad; 1949 Kaiser cars (color); Oliver tractors - 66, 77, 88; Dodge; Jergens ad with Mrs. Bertha Robb and her family of Brattleboro, Vermont; Chrysler (nice 2-pages in color); Gibson tractors; Cone denim; Life insurance ad features Vermont apple growers Brower and Helen Hall of Grand Isle; Plumb axes; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Prehistoric Plainsmen; Fort Chipewyan; Saint Albert; Writing on Stone - Milk River Valley; The Ranching Saga of Southern Alberta; Home, House and Temple Among the Plains Indians; Oil City, Alberta; Some Early Travellers' Accounts of Alberta; The Mountains in Maps; The Frontier Art of R.B. Nevitt; Gerald Tailfeathers; Carl Rungius - An Artist's View of Nature; Architectural Heritage; Heritage Park; Ukrainian Vernacular Architecture; Medalta Pottery; Saddles; Hutterites - The Peaceful People; Cattle Brands; From an Alberta Kitchen; Beadwork by Alberta Native Peoples; The Doukhobors; Museums in Alberta; and more. Average wear. Date hand-written atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: England's place in the sun - Selwyn Lloyd; Birmingham, Alabama - a City in fear as racial violence smolders in this Deep South inderbox - with black and white photos; The new pulse of Australia - Jolly swagmen, kangaroos and tough outback cowboys are waltzing, like Matilda, toward a new destiny; Buck$ Benny Rides Again - the world's best-paid comedian, Jack Benny, still 39, returns to Broadway after a 32-year absence; Why I Didn't Quit the Ministry - by Norman Vincent Peale; Funny Side of the Bunny Business - a new Playboy Club whirls in a tangle of corn, beefs and cabbage; Dishrags to Riches - The Saga of Heloise Cruse; The Convict Volunteers - when scientists need human guinea pigs to submit to cancer shots or to test drugs, thousands of prisoners step forward, for surprising reasons; Atomic Bombs for Everyone - the exclusive 'nuclear club' may become crowded with new members including Egypt, Indonesia, the Congo. Absolutely *fantastic* colour full-page ad for 12 huge Cadillac models of varying colours. Book
Features: Collision on the High Seas; The Co-ed or the Townie; By Boats Possessed; The Sheriff Who Never Gave Up; Fire at the Cocoanut Grove - the Boston nightclub became a furnace, trapping 1,000 revelers in one of the worst disasters in America's history; Three Brides, a Bathtub, and Murder; Saga's Photo Contest; Mel Ott - The Boy Wonder; The Marine in the Halloween Mask; The Big Build-up; The Most Versatile Shotgun Sport; Von Richtofen - The Last Knight of Battle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
102 pages. Features: Revenge of the average man under Mario Angelo Procaccino in NYC; Ella Jean Scott murdered by a Saikin; Election in West Germany; Classy color-photo ad for the 1970 Ford Marquis; China's two decades of communism; Golda Meir visits Nixon; Nice color ad for the 1970 Nova; Coupe; India's Riot-ravaged Ahmedabad; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for the 1970 Oldsmobile (Olds) Cutlas S; Photo of ecstatic fans flooding on to the Shea Stadium field after Mets win the NL East; IBM ad features color photo of Marsden Emig, inventor of the Braille typewriter; Beatles release their Abbey Road album; Black paintings; CAS (Collision Avoidance System) for aircraft The Forsyte Saga comes to TV; The Boeing SST; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
162 pages. Features: Churchill Centenary; The Sargassum Saga; The Turner Mystery; Before Columbus; Treasures of the Medici; Jungle City Gone to Seed; New Building in Bath; The Victorian Seaside. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Book