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102 pages. Features: Color ad for Alexander Smith Floor-Plan Rugs inside front cover; Nice ad for the 1938 Chevrolet; G.E. radio ad with black and white photos; Color ad for Pittsburgh Paints; Nice color ad for Crisco vegetable shortening; One Big-Little Garden; How to Grow Bush Fruits; The Painted Room Picks its Color Scheme; Shall We Use Concrete?; Your 1938 Wall-Coverings; Great color ad for Baker's Chocolate; Dishpan Do's; Gadgets that pay their way; Color ad for Diamond Walnuts; Super color ad for Westinghouse Ranges; House plan for a family of four; Devoe Paints ad; Magic Chef stove ad; Nice color ad for Bigelow Weavers; How David C. Stanford rehabilitated an abandoned house; Olson Broadloom Rug ad; Plant New Life in Your Garden; A Modern Home turns to the Classic; Sales Manuals for Parents - how to sell yourself; Color ad for Ice Industries refrigerators inside back cover; Nice color ad for Chesterfields cigarettes on back cover shows young couple on fancy toboggan. Faint prior owner's name upon front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
212 pages. Index, bibliography and index. Monotone diagrams and colour photos. This guide and cookbook includes 35 species for wild-food gourmets. "Each section contains a botanical description, notes on general habitat and distribution, a drawing or colour photograph, and information on the folklore of each plant, with notes on its historical, medicinal, or cosmetic uses. Also included are a large selection of recipes for jams, jellies, beverages, wines, pies, desserts, main dishes and snacks. Some of these are based on recipes that were used by the Indians and the Inuit, or by early pioneers." - back cover. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this wonderful guide. Book
Undated but appears to be circa early 1900s. 24 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this charming and diminutive vintage canning guide. Book
P. C. Hebener, 1935. In-4, cartonné avec uneillustration en couleurs sur la couverture, 42 pp.-7 illustrations couleur pleine page.
Book is in excellent condition, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 431 pages. Contents include: Political opportunists in action: the dream of a people's empire, the accommodating dictatorship, Subjugation and exploitation: with unwavering efficiency, profits for the people, the mainstay: western Europe, room for expansion: eastern Europe, Dispossession of the Jews: larceny as a state principle, laundering money for the Wehrmacht, Crimes for the benefit of the people: fruits of evil, Nazi socialism, etc. with six appendices.
8vo., First Edition, with fine frontispiece COLOURED BY HAND (original tissue guard present), endpapers faded at margins; publisher's green pebble-grain cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
16 pages. Contents: Promenade Toilettes; Summer Fruits; Proper Exercise; New York Fashions - Lace Garments, Carriage Wraps, Sea-Side and Yachting Jackets, Traveling Wraps; Personal; illustrations of table cover, crochet tidy, canvas tidy, etc.; Feminine Respectability; Gentlemen's Summer Fashions; Taken by Storm; London Correspondence; The Women of the Day; Nice full-page illustration of Gentlemen's Paris Summer Fashions; French Etiquette of Courtship and Marriage; Three Hours to a Dilemma; Sayings and Doings; Wonderful full-page illustration by Winslow Homer entitled "The Fourth of July in Tompkins Square, New York; Small clipping from page 589; The Household Angel, by Fitz Hugh Ludlow - continued; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
41 pages. In 1971 these recipes using local foods were collected from fourteen native communities in B.C. Because most of the communities were coastal or near salmon streams, the majority of the foods are from the sea, but there are also recipes for wild meats, bannock and tea. By popular demand, the list was compiled into this book. Topics include: Smoked Salmon; Barbecued Salmon; Canning Salmon; Eulachons; Steelhead; Halibut; Shellfish and Sea Animals; Octopus; Sea Animals; Sea Lion; Game Animals; Wild Birds; Wild Plants; Fruits and Berries; Bannock; Fats and Oils; Teas; Seaweed; Pit Cooking; Barnacles; Deer and Moose; Tree Bark; and much more. Oblong 11"x8.5". Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this amazing reference. Book
70 pages. Index. Dozens of helpful and informative black and white photos and diagrams. "Discusses from the farm-home standpoint the canning of fruits, vegetables and meats canned by the processed-in-the-can method in open-top sealed-without-solder tin cans and the more common types of glass jars cooked in home-devised hot water outfits and home types of pressure kettles." - from page 2. A wonderful heritage canning published over 80 years ago. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Would make a lovely and practical gift. Book
Index. Bibliography. Approximately 200 pages. An excellent and uncommon overview of the life and accomplishments of prolific plant breeder Luther Burbank, one of the greatest Americans in history. This copy is in such lovely condition that it appears to be a current reprint, but we can find no evidence to support this. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
156 pages. Features: The Truth About Bread; What can you do about oats?; The big build-up in beef; This may revolutionize the way you grow corn; Spring milk from winter pasture; The Apple - first of fruits; Electric hired hands; Blue-ribbon family - The Butterfield family of Hamilton County, Ohio; They hustle feed into profitable meet; Easier-to-grow small fruits; Gangway for Tomorrow (part 1 of 5) ; Women should be Fenced In (fiction). Ads: 1952 Buick; Noxzema ad with Barbara Ellis; National Rubber Bureau ad shows map of Malaysia and Malysian rubber-growing family; B.F. Goodrich ad features color photos of the huge Forsgate Farms south of New Brunswick, NJ; Allis-Chalmers Tractors; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C color ad; Lawrence O. Larson of Orion IL in Firestone tire ad; International Trucks (color photo of Farm Dale truck); Minneapolis-Moline ad with photo of Mt. Rushmore; John Deere Truss-Frame Plow; US Stell ad with photo of Homer Caron of Bloomer, WI; Chrysler car ad features car photographer George Heyer and his work, including subjects Robert Chura, Albert Bazner, H.A. Nelson, D.M. Holiday, and Paul R. Diehl; Camel cigarette ad features Henry Fonda; Lee work wear; Ferguson '30' tractor; Champion spark plug ad features Ohio orchardist Mr. Elmer Eyssen of Mapleside Farms near Brunswick, OH; Milwaukee Rotary Tiller ad; Simplicity tractor ad; Oliver 77 and 88 tractors; 1952 Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide ad shows couple riding - without helmets, of course; Gillette razor ad features Allie Reynolds of the Cleveland Indians; Massey-Harris Tractors; Willys 4WD trucks; Dodge trucks; Gehl forage harvesters; Jergens ad features Lila Ewart of Northville, SD; Tide detergent; GE Iron ad features Mrs. Ann Bennett of Pittsburgh, PA; Aunt Jemima pancake mix (in color); Maye Verquer shows off award-winning pie; Dekalb corn (color back cover ad). Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
499 pages. Index. Average wear. Chapter titles include: The Background of our Present Trade; Effects of Industrial Expansion and City Growth; Artificial Ice Brings Revolution; Hazards of the New Industry; How the Handler Became Banker; History, Extent, and Future of Canning; The Status of the Industry in 1913; and much more. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Binding intact. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Sound copy of this fascinating contribution to the history of the North American produce merchandising industry. Book
42 pages. Features: Behind the Scenes of the Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - article with great colour photos; Ben Hogan Battles His Toughest Foe - article with colour photos; 60's Fashion - Lick-and Stick Tattoos called Put-Ons - colour photos; The Fruits of July - recipes; Wonderful colour photo centerfold shows huge crowd on Parliament Hill with the Queen; "I Had a Legal Abortion" - a Canadian woman discovers how minor a major operation can be in London's Harley St. 'Circus'; A Memory of Darkness (Part 1 of this novel by Margaret Summerton). Average wear. Unmarked. Sunning to lower left corner of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Gorgeous Revlon lipstick ad; Like Father, Like Daughter - Princess Anne; Could you live in Kitchener-Waterloo? - article with photos; The Girls Who Leave Home; Day of Storm (story); Former nun Leona A. Brady talks about leaving the convent, her marriage and motherhood; Communes - a new 'family' way of life - with photo of Jim and Pat Wilson and their baby in the Yellow Ford Truck on Toronto's Baldwin St.; Late Summer Fruits; Sew 18 Fashions for Half the Ready to Wear Cost. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
270 pages including index. Frontis is black and white plate of author with Luther Burbank, John Burroughs and Edith Simonds. Unmarked. "There are plenty of garden books giving all the facts - for reference... This book is for consecutive reading. The important facts are here, too, but sugar-coated with wise and witty remarks and spiced with anecdotes and other things that suggest the perfuned atmosphere of the gardedn and appeal to the garden maniac... The world's most famous gardener, Luther Burbank, wrote to the author of this book that its chapters are, in his opinion, "The best that have so far been written on garden subjects. You get the facts in such a pleasing, human way that they are irresistible." - from page xiii. Chapters include: Educated Strawberries and Burbank Plums; Commercial Value of Burbank's Creations; Japanese Burbanks and Morning-Glories; Must We Raise Our Own Fruits Too?; Do Apples Keep the Doctor Away?; Why Not Grow Papaws, America's Most Delicious Fruit?; The Retired Rich Need Not Die; The Joys of Creative Gardening. Above-average wear to exterior with lettering nearly gone from spine. Binding intact. Book
Lyon, Imp. B. Arnaud, 1947-1948. 2 vol. grand in-8 brochés, 561-576 pp. Très nombreuses illustrations en noir. Couvertures défraichies, dos insolés mais bon état des ouvrages.
Pages 977-1032.. Features: Nice colour-illustrated Rolex ad inside front cover features illustration of divers; Royal Airforce recruiting ad; Nice half-page Hooper car ad for the 7-seater Limo., design No. 8400; Royal photos of the Queen Mother's return from the U.S. at Waterloo; Great two-page series of illustrations of "Tridac" - the biggeset calculating machine in England - used to assist in the design of guided missiles and high-speed aircraft; Photo of the two vessels of the Onassis whaling fleet seized by Peru; 80th birthday ceremony for Winston Churchill in Westminster Hall; Photos of Royal occasions; Passing of Mr. A. Vyshinsky; Unearthing the world's oldest funerary boat - the start of the Gize excavations; Lightshipi South Goodwin wrecked on the Goodwin sands by a mighty gale; Centerfold photo of this vessel on her side on the Goodwin Sands; Liberian tanker "World Concord" breaks in half; Photos of 17 personalities in the news, including Sir Edward Keeling, Professor Enrico Fermi, Alger Hiss, Sir George Robey, and Mr. Ronald Murton, the only survivor of the wrecked South Goodwin lightship; Magnificent Greco-Etruscan remains of 2400 years ago recovered from the mud of Lake Comacchio; the making of fine Britihs glass; Burbery's fashion ad; Colour-photo ad for Gilbey's Royal Whisky inside back cover with horse racing theme; back cover colour ad for Meltis New Berry Fruits; and more. Advertorial cover loose but present, otherwise moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 273-312. Features: Nice colour-illustrated ad for Arthur Guinness, Son & Co.Ltd. features Pelicans; Five pages of photos of horrific flood damage to North Devon, West Somerset and Lymouth; The marriage of Mr. Anthony Eden to Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill; Six photos of Chinese occupation in Tibet; Two-page photo montage of 22 performers at the Edinburgh Festibal of Music and Drama; Six photos from Fiji where homage was paid to the memory of the late King George VI by local people; The Tragedy of the Gouffre Lepineux, the world's deepest cave - four photos and an illustration related to the death of spelunker M. Marcel Loubens; Aerial centerfold photo of Lynmouth flood devastation; Important discoveries at Nimrud, including the great frieze of Assur-Nassir-Pal; Cyril Falls writes of his experience aboard the S.S. United States; Interesting article on stoats; Six photos of the opening ceremonies of the Sixth Edinburgh Festival; Photos of personalities of the week, includingMr. Anthony Eden and his bride, formerly Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill; Photos of Eva Peron's funeral processions; Channel swimmers Victor Birkett and Kathleen Mayo; *Beautiful* colour-illustrated ad for New Berry Fruits by Meltis Ltd. inside back cover; Classy colour ad on back cover for the Hooper four-door sports saloon, design No. 8294, on Bentley; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 969-1012. Features: Great colour ad for Standard Triumph (cars) features Christmas church bell-ringers; Cover photo of the Queen with the leaders of the Commonwealth; Nice one-page Rolex ad features woodcut illustration of a gardener by Eric Fraser; Photo of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; Nice one-page photo of the summit of Everest 8,000 feet above the recent Swiss expedition, plus four other great half-page photos of the expedition; Interesting photos of the home fleet's arctic cruise - testing protective clothing in the far north; Two pages of photos of miniature Queens from the Lilian Lunn doll collection; National Service Under review; First stamps of Elizabeth's reign; The Duchess of Kent's return; Colour centerfold illustration of the historic gems now in the regalia of British sovereigns; Three colour-photos of the people and homes of the North Cameroons - the Fali, a mountain people who believe humans were first taught knowledge by a toad; Nice one-page series of illustrations show how diamonds are processed at a large Amsterdam works; Malayan Navy photos; photo of a German WWII two-man submarine with torpedoe still attached - found near Alkmaar, 20 miles from Amsterdam; Fresh masterpieces discovered in the palace of the Byzantine Emperors; Food, Bacteria and Farming; Two half-page photos illustrate the siege of Na-Sam, the fortified airstrip in northwest indo-china in which 10,000 to 15,000 French Union troops faced three communist divisions; Photos of personalities of the week, including figure skater Miss V. Osborn and Cicely Hamilton who passed away on December 6th; Photo of the Shah of Iran and Queen Soraya touring the Abadan refinery; Photo of Jomo Kenyatta at Kapenguria in handcuffs; Photo of the recent Swiss Everest team; Photo of the remains of the native township of Albertynsville, near Johannesburg; Photo of a huge underground nazi WWII petrol storage tank; Charming full-colour ad for Meltis' New Berry Fruits candies inside back cover; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features Christmas/New Year theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
34 pages. Loaded with great black and white photos. Features: The Morning After the Blitz; Hitler's Spring Offensive - the diary of the war No. 84; Convoy - the Channel Convey is the most highly-organized convey afloat; That Admiral Darlan (of France) - the man who has tried to deceive and injure Britain; Open Air Camp - American girls train at Sergeant Camp in New Hampshire; Foundling Hospital - One of England's most famous schools; Does Backyard Farming Pay? - the Jones family shares their experience. Nice full-page two-colour ad for Batchelor's canned fruits and vegetables on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His Majesty King Farouk and his new Queen, plus a photo of Queen-Mother Nazli and three of the King's sisters with his Queen, Farida, at St. Moritz; All That Goes Up (short story); The Orphan (short story); The Spiked Gunn (short story); The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men - fascinating photo-illustrated true-crime article involving the native peoples of Northern Manitoba; Fruits of Defeat (short story); The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part II); Looking Two Ways in Sport - vintage sports article talks about hockey and includes photos of figure skaters Montgomery Wilson and Miss Eleanor O'Meara, plus boxer 'Baby' Yack, Canadian Bantamweight champion; Lovely one-page 1938 Chevrolet ad shows green car; Nostalgic one-page Heinz soup ad shows 1930's gent about to take a slurp; Italian tourism half-page ad; Nice half-page Canadian National ad features photos of their Jasper destination; Hollywood news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Bobbie Breen, and many more; Parker Vacumatic ad features photo of advice-giver Dorothy Dix; Vintage half-page ad for Sun Life features photo of mom with kids; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Volhynia Kyra ("Silver") owned by Mrs. H. Randolph Casgrain of Westmount, Quebec; Nice photo-illustrated fashion article; Easter cooking article; Article about how every woman 'shall keep romance alive'; Colour half-page ad by the Government of Canada includes illustration of the Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland; World Sayings; Maxwell House coffee ad inside back cover; Congoleum flooring ad on back cover; and more. Centre page loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
124 pages. Features: Vogue's Point of View - be a natural; Pants - naturally; The new easy tailoring - wider legs; wider waistbands; cuffs and trouser pleats; pants with chopped jackets; Sweaters - naturally; The Piano Sweater; The sweater as a shirt, a muffler, the new sweater sets; sweater-dressing at night; Super Naturals - the chopped suede wrapper; the blouson - new jacket in the separates life; this year's trenchcoat - flannel plaid; the easiest jumpsuit; the sweater set you never saw before; sweater-dressing; tops for pants - the knit shirt-jacket; the suede wrap coat; Berry Berenson - a natural girl; The Sweatery Suits - the Sweatery Dresses; A Natural in Naturals - Pilar Crespi in jackets and pants; Rash words - remember poison ivy; Biking - a natural way of life; the miracle of skin; What's playing at the hairdresser's?; Every body wants to be a blonde now; News about protein, herbs, fruits and vegetables for skin and hair; Natural Beauties - Miranda Barry, Berry Berenson, Sarah Cubitt, Loulou de la Falaise; Marchesa de Montezemolo's 7-day natural food plan; Your Hair and Henna - the natural way to change color; Can the I.U.D. rival the pill?; People are Talking About - Elvis Presley; Four Young Artists living the loft life - Sylvia Stone, Rosemarie Castoro, Nancy Graves, Susan Crile; False Energy - what it is, how to avoid it and build new power; 13 powerhouses - real people with real energy; What Women Know About "Love" that Men Don't Know About "Loving" - an interview with Juliet Mitchell; Mega-Vitamins; Surprise - the young really like their parents now; A Guide to Ireland; Natural Style - Mr. & Mrs. Michael Santangelo's house on Centre Island; Horoscope of Peter O'Toole; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Clear tape along spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
345 + 76 pages plus several pages of advertisements. Undated but appears to be circa late 1800s. Front hinge open. Front board holding by backstrip only. Above-average wear. Reading copy only. Despite these defects, what a wonderful inspiration this vintage book this will be for someone looking for a new career, closer to home, and to nature. Book
Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of C.P. Searle, Esq., at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hand-Made Rugs, the Revival of an Old Handicraft; Three Types of Gambrell Roof Houses - the home of Mr. Walter C. Sampson, at Summit, New Jersey, the home of Arthur E. Thayer at Dedham, Massachusetts, the home of Mr. Farnham, and the home of Mr. James Purdon, of Boston; Plant Breeding; The Dino Collection of Historic Armor - collected by the late Duc de Dino, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord; The Use of Anesthetics for Plants; A Few Neglected Fruits; A Seventeenth Century Homestead near Boston; A Wood Garden - at the country seat of Mr. H.H. Battles at Newton Square, PA; Nature's Traps; The Country Seat of Charles S. Brown, Esq., Mount Kisco, New York; A New Method of Housekeeping; The New Seed testing Station in Paris at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, then the Agronomic Institute in the Rue Cervantes; Great color back cover ad for Pierce Arrow cars (The George N. Pierce Company) features illustration of chauffeur holding door for woman in orange coat on city street; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
First edition, folio (330 x 210 mm), 3 parts in one, [2], 36; [4], 70; [4], 87, [5]pp., three separate title-pages within border of type ornaments, 39 engraved folding plates of fruits, all with bright contemporary hand-colouring, several related notes in ink to front free-endpaper, cont. half calf, paper covered boards (peeled away from upper cover), uncut. Johann Hermann Knoop (1700-1769), carried out much of his botanical research whilst curator of the gardens of Princess Maria Louisa in Leeuwarden. He broke new ground in the study of fruit varieties and he is regarded as the father of pomology. The first two part are devoted to the kitchen garden, the first part is illustrated with 20 splendid full-page engraved plates with hand-colouring, 12 are apples, 8 of pears, all showing several varieties, each labelled with its time of ripening, many for species now lost. The second has 19 engraved plates with contemporary hand-colouring showing peaches, plums, cherries, berries, etc. Part three is devoted to the cultivation of the garden and was issued un-illustrated. The fruit monographs are among the earliest books on the subject to be illustrated with coloured plates. Knoop himself made the original drawings, which were engraved by Jan C. Philips (1700-1773) or Jacob Folkema (1692-1767). Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates, 88 (I) & 92 (II); Nissen, 1078 (I) & 1077 (II); Pritzel, 4754-4755.
