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80 pages. Features: Time for Michael Ignatieff to Take a Chance; Peter Pocklington in Conversation; The Fall of a Would-Be Bomber - Zakaria Amara of Mississauga; Cutbacks at Canwest; Suzanne Legault - new interim information commissioner; Wrongful convictions tied to George Dangerfield in Manitoba; The Perimeter Institute in Waterloo; Did Obama deserve his Nobel prize?; The Taliban's reign of terror; Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno Caned for drinking; Suicide spree hits France Telecom; How Microsoft got Hip - the software giant is making a comeback; Is there a future for Canadian TV after Canwest's fall?; Cover Story - Swine Flu Fiasco - few Canadians plan to get the H1N1 vaccine; Eckhart Tolle vs. God; Why Theoren Fleury stayed quiet about his abuse for so long; Caryl Clark uncovers the real Haydn; Farmers' Markets for Seed Savers; Sarah Palin writes a book; Alexander 'Sandy' Collie Shaw, 1944-2009. Average wear. Mailing address covered with blank label. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Colour photo ad for the 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle inside front cover; The Great Kiti-Wat Name Game - only in Kitchener-Waterloo could two universities get almost identical names; The paradox of your car insurance - Everybody loses, by Jack Batten; Harold Wilson's daily gamble with defeat; The case of the Tortured Tunesmith (or Quick, Watson - the music!), by Richard Gehman; How to fix Canada - according to a new generation of intellectuals; What Quebec's 'primitives' don't know about art is making them rich!; When the Saints Came Marching North - the vanguard of Mormon emmigration to Canada crossed into Alberta from the United States 78 years ago, ending a gruelling 800-mile trek - with photos; Robert Thomas Allen's sentimental journeys, #2, Paris. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Great cover art of a confused Lineman atop a utility pole; Jergens Lotion ad featuring photos of Esther Williams and Barry Sullivan; The Greatest Three-Cent Show on Earth - The Toronto Star got to be one of the loudest, craziest and most successful papers in the world by unleashing an army of reporters on stories and stunts carefully calculated to please - as well as infurate - some of the people all of the time - article with photos of many famous personalities, by Pierre Berton (part 1 of 2); How Racketeers Sold Entry into Canada - Corrupt Canadian Government Officials and Unscrupulous Travel Agents Have Extorted Thousands of Dollars to Smuggle Italian Immigrants into Canada; The Princess and the Wild One - story by W.O. Mitchell, illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; The Lord Will Take Care of Us - The Hutterites of Alberta - article with photos, including colour photo of Ann Wurtz and her sister Susie Waldner posing with Anne's twins; The Beard - Feature photo-illustrated article on Robertson Davies; Qu'Appelle - The Saskatchewan Valley That Calls; Marie Dressler - Queen of the Movie Queens - a Maclean's Flashback to the Cobourg-born 1931 winner of the best actress Oscar; Chase for Killer Stanley Buckowski - How Detective A.J. (Trigger) Payne tracked the murderer of Alfred Layng, Robert and Gloria McKay, and Helen Edmunds - interesting article with photos; A Secret Manual for Week-End Guests - humour by Eric Nicol, illustrated by Harold Town; Royal Roads Military College ad; Nice colour photo Kodak camera ad; Li'l Abner-themed Cream of Wheat ad; Nice Sweet Caps ad; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Peter Whalley Cartoon; Virginia Mayo is featured in an Auto-Lite spark plug ad; The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (Motor) is honoured in a colour ad sponsored by O'Keefe's Brewing Company; Murrell Belanger and his Belanger 99 Special and pit crew are featured in a two-colour Champion spark plug ad; Great Coke ad on back cover features attractive young nurse. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Why are We Afraid to Grow (i.e. why are we afraid of immigration); Mr. Gromyko is welcomed to London, England; The Last Days of Dr. Harry Cassidy, Canada's outstanding authority in the field of social welfare - He knew he would die within three weeks - How he tied together the loose ends of his life - with portrait by Charles Comfort, RCA; She Leads the Housewives Crusade - Dorothy Walton, once the world's best badminton player, is fast becoming our best-known housewife as she spearheads half a million women on in a campaign to make shopping easier, cheaper and better; How To Live Through an Auto Crash - this article could save your life; Father Thomas Coughlin - The Holy Terror from Hamilton - a Maclean's flashback - article with photos of the 1930s radio priest who held millions spellbound; The Hottest Spot in Canada - Point Pelee National Park - article with colour photos; The Happily Married Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario - article with photos; They'll Move Anything - George Hill and Hill the Mover, Canada's largest moving company - article with photos; Leo, the Moth-Eaten Lion - Jack May saved the life of Leo the Lion at Toronto's Riverdale Zoo; What Every Young Bridegroom Should Know - humour by Barry Mather, illustrated by James Hill; Large colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSBs); Chevrolet ad; Massey-Harris colour-photo ad displays their new Electro-Forging process for making crankshafts; Full-page RCAF Recruiting ad; Full-page ad for Household Finance "I Rent Money"; Nice colour half-page ad for Aylmer canned peas; Great vintage ad for Pres-o-lite batteries features black and white photo of Toronto Maple Leaf Captain Ted (Teeder) Kennedy; Bold colour ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario inside back cover; Colour ad for Gyproc on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
Features: Editorial Consultant's Notes; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; A Look into Naturopathy - the Complimentary Way; The 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Vignettes of Early British North American Postal History; Postmarked Ottawa; Varia - Batavius; Fellow of the Royal Society - Henry D. Hicks, C.C., Q.C.; Precancelled Admirals Die 1 and Die 2 on the 1 cent Yellow and 3 cent Carmine. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: Two Men and a Donkey - Part I - two young artists walk from the South of France to Spain; With a Pack-Train in Jasper National Park, Canada; Dead Men's Tracks - Part II - a Western Australia Story about a lost mine; My Adventures in Mexico - Part I, by John Edwin Hogg; Obtaining an identity card in France; The Harpist of Alexandria; My First Panther - The Fur Trail - a trappers tale from the southern end of Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part III (Conclusion) - how a white woman succeeded, for the first time in history, in entering Lhasa, the Forbidden City of Tibet; The King of the Dedangs - how an obsure adventurer became a short-term king of certain savage tribes; Checkmate - how a murderous gang of dacoits in India met their Waterloo; a special home in Parksville, British Columbia (photos); A Night with Crocodiles - an eventful African river journey. Covers loose but present. Light pencil signature atop front cover. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy. Book
58 pages. Features: Built by American Car & Foundry (A.C.F.) - a photo story; Official Guide - presents hundreds of pages of timetables; The Diesel's Big Year - in 1950 steam was on the way out, but the gas turbine was a new opponent to diesel; Photo Section - includes centerfold photo of a Santa Fe eastbound freight near Kingman, Az; Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern - uncommon interurban in Iowa - article, photos and map of the "Crandic Route"; Astra Domes in the Northwest - article with photos; The Stewart Special - awesome article and photos of rail action in the Korean War; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous pages of facsimile and illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Commentaries to the original French edition (1969) by Jean-Pierre Babelon and Suzanne D'Huart.
Pochette contenente : Schizzo d'insieme del teatro d'operazioni con la situazione delle truppe al giorno14 giugno. cm 80 x 80 scala 1 a 320.000 Campo di battaglia di Ligny cm 60 x 60 scala 1 a 25000 Campo di battaglia di Quatre bras cm 40 x 40 scala 1 a 25000 Schizzo per l'intelligenza delle manovre del Maresciallo Grouchy e dell'esercito prussiano nei giorni 17,18,19,20 giugno. cm. 50 x 50 c. scala 1 a 100000 4 carte geografiche con la disposizione delle truppe delle battaglie sopra menzionate. Grandezze diverse, pagine bianche,stato perfetto. cartellina facente parte del libro scritto dal Generale Pollio nel 1906, solo le 4 carte contenute nella cartellina.
184pp., signé avec dédicace autographe par l'auteur, 25cm., brochure originale (dos peu restaurée au bout inférieur), bon état, peu commun, G104272
v + 94pp. + 2 cartes dépliantes hors-texte, 1e édition, 24cm., reliure moderne en demi-toile brune, plats marbrés, dans la série "Les champs de bataille de la Belgique", avec deux cachets ("Bibliothèque de garnison Spa" & "1er régiment de ligne, Mess des soldats, Bibliothèque"), bon état, peu commun, B104314
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, 31 plates (one double-page) on 22, 4 illustrations (one full-page) and full-page plan, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly worn and rubbed at backstrip. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series. Issued three years after the first edition. Sandler 2508 (recording the first edition).
iv + 336pp.+ des tableaux (dont 4 dépliants) & 1 carte dépliante in fine, 20cm., reliure cart. (plats marbrés, dos en cuir), quelques rousseurs et une vague tache dans le marge en bas du texte, G86860
4to., with coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, tiny signature on half-title; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
Mm 220x280 Volume di pp. 383 con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e alcune tavole a colori fuori testo. Legatura in tela rossa con impressioni in oro e nero al piatto e al dorso, sovraccoperta editoriale con piccoli strappi, leggere fioriture ai tagli. Opera in buone condizioni.
16 pages. Features: Harvie Ward Repeats; Chuck Kocsis Runner-Up; Art Wall wins at Fort Wayne; Marlene Hagge Wins; Photo of PGA President Harry Moffitt with Heather Downs and JoAnne Gunderson; Ten photos from the Knollwood Club include Will Grimsley, Wayne Fuson, Bob Goethals, Harvie Ward, Ken Venturi, Hugh Fullerton, Jr., Gerald J. Magee, Mrs. Joe Campbell, Mrs. Edward Harvie Ward, Jr. (Suzanne); Joe Campbell, Larry Robinson, Ted Gleichman, Johnny Dawson, Ronnie Wenzler, Chuck Kocsis, Hugh Fullerton, Lincoln A. Werden, Ward Wettlaufer and Rex Baxter; Two group photos from Eglin AFB include Larry Parker, Don Albert, Ray Terry, Don Saunders, Rand Carroll, and Ming Rose; Photo of Bob Davis; Photo of Lou Chiapetta with Dr. Norman G. Mathieson, and Marty Cromb; Photo of Jack Rule, of Waterloo, IA; Photo of attendees of Etonic sales meeting - their shoes have been selected by the PGA; Photo of three guests of the Pentagon - Charles Bassler, Shelley Mayfield and Max Elbin; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
DISPONIBILITÀ GARANTITA AL 99%; SPEDIZIONE ENTRO 12 ORE DALL'ORDINE. PERFETTO, LIEVISSIMI SEGNI DEL TEMPO; GRAFFIETTI AL DORSO DELLA SOVRACCOPERTA. PESO DEL VOLUME: 2 KG. Octave Aubry (Parigi, 1881/1946), storico francese allievo di Albert Sorel, Albert Vandal e di Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, compose anche romanzi a soggetto storico. Eletto all'Académie Française nel febbraio 1946, si spense il mese seguente alla vigilia del suo discorso di accoglimento in essa. Fra le sue opere, ispirate in prevalenza al periodo napoleonico e al Secondo Impero: Napoléon III, L’Impératrice Eugénie, Une histoire du Second Empire, Le Roi de Rome, La Vie privée de Napoléon, La Révolution française e Le Voyage à Sainte-Hélène, per la cui redazione compì personalmente un soggiorno nell'isola africana. Les grandes études historiques. Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Napoleone Titolo originale dell'opera: Napoleon Collana: La grande storia illustrata Autore: Octave Aubry Editore: Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche, 1965 Lunghezza: 379 pagine; [12! c. di tav.: ill.; 28 cm. Peso: 2 Kg Soggetti: Biografie, Storia moderna, Napoleone Bonaparte, Biografia, Vita, Imprese, Battaglie, Rivoluzione francese, Ottocento, Codice napoleonico, Italia, Francia, Primo, Secondo Impero, Austerlitz, Waterloo, 100 giorni, Direttorio, The Private Life, Soldier and Emperor, Revolution, Talleyrand, Paris, Josephine, Giuseppina, Corsica, Fontainebleau, Roma, Tuileries, Murat, Napoli, Russia, Metternich, Sant'Elena, Histoire de France, Révolution française, Le roi de Rome, Egitto, Campagne militari, Brumaio, Piramidi, Consolato, Fouché, Amiens, Trafalgar, Austria, Prussia, Nobiltà, Cultura, Errori strategici, Blocco continentale, Papa, Carlo V, Grande Armée, Aquile, Moreau, Maria Walewska, Libri rari, illustrati, vintage, Storiografia, Biographies, Modern History, Napoleon Bonaparte, Biography, Life, Businesses, Battles, French Revolution, Nineteenth Century, Napoleonic Code, Italy, France, First, Second Empire, Austerlitz, Waterloo, 100 days, Directory, Rome, Naples, Russia, Metternich, Saint Helena, Egypt, Military Campaigns, Brumaire, Pyramids, Consulate, Austria, Prussia, Nobility, Culture, Strategic Errors, Continental Block, Pope, Charles V, Grande Armée, Eagles, Moreau, Maria Walewska, Rare Books, Illustrated, Vintage , Historiography
76pp., gesigneerd met korte handgeschreven opdracht door auteur, 1e uitgave, 16cm., gecart., wat gebruiksslijtage, goed, zeldzaam, T101543
In-8° (cm. 21,2x13,6), pp. (4), IV, 297, (1) + 6 TAVOLE, di cui 4 ripieg. (panorama de la bataille de WATERLOO, cm. 61x21,2; idem, continuaz. del panorama, cm. 61x21,2; plan de l'ensemble des opérations, con la dispos. d. truppe colorate in rosso o blu, o giallo o verde, cm. 38,5x23,5; strappetto senza perdite; plan de l'invasion de la Belgique par Buonaparte en juin 1815, cm. 21,2x15,5 posiz. truppe a colori; plan de la bataille 18 Juin 1815, con la dispos. d. truppe colorate in rosso o blu, o giallo o verde, cm. 38,4x24,4; idem 16 juin 1815, cm. 21,2x15,5. Br. muta coeva, tit. ms. al ds., mende esterne, ma ottimo l'interno nelle sue barbe, poche fior., tracce di polvere a qc. marg. Contro NAPOLEONE, "le plus téméraire des soldats parvenus qui ont dévasté le monde". L'Autore potrebbe essere Ernst Otto Innocenz ODELEBEN "attaché" immaginiamo diplomatico) allo Stato Maggiore di NAPOLEONE, che probabilm. lo scrisse in tedesco; inizia la relaz. dal ritorno di Napoleone dall'Elba a Cannes; non manca di riconoscere "cette valeur française qui ne s'est jamais démentie" in una "campagne où elle a plus que jamais brillé", benché "on n' a point dissimulé l'indiscipline des troupes et les excès auxquels se sont livrées". Rarissimo, censito da ICCU alla sola Sagarriga di Bari.
44 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
un vol in 8 cm. 25x16,5 pp.VIII- 640 legatura moderna in mz. tela con angoli rinf. tassello con scritte al dorso piatti marezzati contropiatti e sguardie moderne in carta riso azzurra ritratto di Napoleone in antiporta fogli intonsi ultima carta restaurata ma buon esemplare.
Cm. 27; pp. (2), V, (3), 569, (3). Legatura editoriale in tela rossa, titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso. Ritratto di Napoleone in antiporta, una cartina nel testo a piena pagina, 10 tavole fuori testo, 5 carte ripiegate custodite in tasca al fine volume. Ottimo esemplare, qualche lieve traccia d'uso 729/P
Cm. 27; pp. (2), V, (3), 569, (3). Legatura editoriale in tela rossa, titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso. Ritratto di Napoleone in antiporta, una cartina nel testo a piena pagina, 10 tavole fuori testo, 5 carte ripiegate custodite in tasca al fine volume. Ottimo esemplare, qualche lieve traccia d'uso. (729/P) 958/32
92 pages. Features: Promo for Movie of the Month, "Du Barry Was a Lady" with photo of Red Skelton, Lucille Ball and Gene Kelly; Fantastic one-page photo ad for the Carbine Rifle made by the Underwood Elliott Fisher Company; Lana Turner's marriage annuled; Brief obituaries for Getulio Vargas, Jr., Frank Burke, Frank Calder, Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, and Woodbridge S. Van Dyke II; Nostalgic one-page photo ad for Bell Telephone shows Operator with clunky voicepiece hung around her neck; Axis armies take it in Europe; Japs punch back in Pacific - with photo of dead Japanese soldiers in New Guinea; Considerable war coverage, including Tunisia; Photo of Paulus surrendering to Rokossovsky and Voronoff; US manpower crisis looms; Outstanding one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features Curtiss dive-bomber test pilot "Red" Hulse; War Dog Fund; Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa and their five sons (the fighting Sullivans) who were all lost after the sinking of the cruiser Juneau at Guadalcanal; Nice one-page color-photo ad for the Union Pacific Railroad showssome of their workers preparing bandages for the Red Cross; Errol Flynn is found not guilty of raping Betty Hansen, 17 and Peggy Satterrlee, 16 - article with photos; Finland puts out feelers for Red Peace; Depressing Michigan Smelting ad shows horse-drawn wagon collecting scrap; Germany defeated at Stalingrad; Nice one-page color Ballantine's Ale ad shows young couple inspecting house plans; Photos of glass fishing floats made in Seattle; Interesting two-page ad for Pan American Clippers shows young boy and girl and talks of curing disease; The Fight Against Runaway Inflation; Article about working the the mammoth Pentagon; Nice one-page color ad for Kimberly-Clark shows Pacific soldiers waiting in line for a meaty meal; Mrs. Beatrice Houdini quits trying to contact her husband's (Harry) spirit (article with photo); Boxing photo of Jacob La Motta snapping Ray (Sugar) Robinson's victory string; Artist Maxim Kopf - article with photos; Elmer Davis back on the air; and much more. Middle six pages loose but present. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
