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76 pages. Features: Cover illustration of an evening scene on Montreal's Des Erables St. shows residents watching baseball game in distant Delorimier Stadium; One-page ad for Sparton TVs; Vintage one-page Bank of Montreal (BMO) ad features family finances; Wedding photos of Meribah Baxter and her husband-to-be, Lieutenant Brian Stark; One-page Holland-America Line ad features photo of their new flagship, the Rotterdam; One-page colour-photo Royal Trust ad features wealthy grandmother with grandson; The Day Canada Went to War - September 10, 1939 - excellent photo-illustrated article; My strange encounter with the world's most mysterious assassin - Terence Robertson's photo-illustrated article on the anonymous killer ('Jacson-Mornard-Mercadcer') of Leon Trotsky, who has been imprisoned in Mexico for 19 years; How TV Writers Get That Way - article on Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth with photos including Julie London and Andy Williams; Portrait of a High School - wonderful photo-illustrated article on Vancouver's King Edward High School; Are the British Better Off Than We Are? - photo-illustrated article; The Tragic Failure of Organized Medicine, by Harry Paikin, M.D.; "My Week In and Out of Modeling Schools' - R.T. Allen's great photo-illustrated article; Attractive colour one-page Black Label beear ad features golden prairie scene looking to the horizon; Northern Electric one-page colour ad features Saskatchewan theme; Canadian National (CN) passenger rail ad features photo of traveler and black porter; One-page Electrohome features their TVs, stereos and furniture; Waterloo County's Great Tombstone Mystery - tombstone of the two young wives of Dr. S. Bean; One-page Caterpillar ad features large aerial colour photo of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting's Flin Flon, Manitoba operation; Colour-photo ad for La Renault Dauphine car; GE Ultravision TV one-page photo ad features a young Robert (Bob) Goulet; Nice Hammond organ ad; Hertz ad on back cover features four photos of a ghastly pink 1959 Chevrolet; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
111 pages. Numerous black and white photographs. "This book is a statement... of wonderment... of the child-like fascination some us experience when we are confronted by the fact that a people, an entire people such as we might expect only to dream about, lives here among us, is here at all." - from Foreward. Unmarked. Light wear overall. Minor damage near spine is primarily cosmetic and relatively discrete. Quality copy. Book
5 parti in 2 spessi volumi in-8° grande (cm. 23,4x16,4), complessive pp. 1616 con frontespizio illustrato e 202 TAVOLE ILLUSTRATE in bianco e nero dal grande Carlo CHIOSTRI e impresse solo recto a piena pagina nel testo. Belle legature in mezza tela verde primo '900 zigrinata a fitte ondulazioni, titoli in oro con filetti a secco ai dorsi, carta decorata ben coordinata ai piatti. RUBETTI, giornalista, scrisse saggi e discorsi (tenuti a Domodossola e a Milano) sul Risorgimento e la Grande Guerra e D'Annunzio; e poesie; tradusse grandi opere di Victor Hugo e Zola. Non comune integro e in così buone condizioni.
pp. viii, 239 + Plus decorated half title. Illustrated with numerous paintings and maps, some in color. Paste downs and endpapers decorated with battlefield map. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Book Club Edition. FRENG 1
Roy. 8vo., with coloured and monochrome photographs (a number double-page) in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
Hardcover petit in-4° (26x23), 237 pp., illustrations en noir et en couleurs, cartes, reliure skyvertex ornee de l'editeur, complet de sa jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire (defauts a la jaquette). [QU-3]
In-8 (cm. 25.30), tela editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 237, (1), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Text in English. Prima edizione. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
Book is in excellent condition with very slight edge wear and a bump to the lower back edge. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear and small tears.49 pages with color and b&w illustrations. Contents include: the Gun Wharf, Tower of london, Chiswick reach, wharves, Brewery below Waterloo bridge, Italian bridge, Richmond House, etc.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and reproductions in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Articles include the Naval General Service 1793-1840; Retreat to Corunna; The Storming of Badajoz; Laswarree; Waterloo - then and now; together with items for sale. Loosely inserted in a copy of 'Jack of all Trades'. Naval Operations and Rewards 1793-1973, published in celebration of the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and small bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 192pp. Detailed description and evolution of the British Army and its Allied foreign contingents, from the earliest campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars until the final triumph at Waterloo. Well illustrated.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Distinguishing those who have served in the peninsula, who were at Waterloo, who have received medals and other distinctions, and who have been wounded, and in what actions; with the period of service both on full and half pay, giving also the dates of every officer's commissions, and distinguishing those obtained by purchase 189 pages. Heavy wear to joints of spine and cover surfaces. Some loss at base of spine. Cover corners worn. Front free endpaper and title page loose together, likewise last page and rear free endpaper loose.
Distinguishing those who have served in the peninsula, who were at Waterloo, who have received medals and other distinctions, and who have been wounded, and in what actions; with the period of service both on full and half pay, giving also the dates of every officer's commissions, and distinguishing those obtained by purchase 248 pages followed by publisher's lists. Red covers. Spine bumped top/tail. Page edges greyed. Slight browning to edges of pages, occasional foxing.
Pages 1-40. Features: Thunder Bay - The Lakehead City; The Mennonites of Waterloo County; Chinese Written Language and geographical Names; Himalayan Highway; Sea-Floor Spreading and Continental Drift; Nice colour-photo back page ad for the 1970 Hardtop Cadillac Sedan de Ville. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
In-16, tela editoriale, pp. 513, con tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo. In buono stato (good copy).
In-8 p. (mm. 216x143), brossura orig., pp. 26. Lettera datata “le 20 novembre 1829, a’ la Ferrière, depart. du Calvados”. Buon esemplare con barbe.
In-8 p. (mm. 216x138), brossura orig., pp. (8),66. Alla replica del Generale Grouchy (in data 20 dicembre 1829) fanno seguito numerose pezze giustificative e documenti diversi, apparsi negli anni 1815-1819. Con fiorit. ma discreto esemplare con barbe.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; brown half calf, green boards, gilt lettering panels from original green cloth mounted on upper board and backstrip, red sprinkled edges, brown endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With a small number of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. Published in the 'Navy and Army Illustrated' Library. An attractive copy of a profusely illustrated account. Sandler 1529.
248 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. "Through a study of the ventures of Devon merchants in the colony of Prince Edward Island in the half century after Waterloo this book shows how these developments were interrelated. Explains how a major industry building ships for sale in Britain grew up in the Island, largely inspired from the west of England." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. A decent working copy with binding intact. Book
8vo., with portrait frontispiece, 3 plates and folding map, title lightly browned, wanting blank preliminary; strongly bound in burgundy full calf, sides framed in blind, upper board with arms of Magdalen College surmounting initials 'S.F'., all in gilt, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with black leather label framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in blind, doublures framed in blind, marbled endpapers, upper joint mildly rubbed with short split (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, crisp copy. Bright copy of a much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1847. Arguably the best of the mid-Victorian accounts of the battle. VERY SCARCE. Sandler 1451.
In-8 p. (mm. 221x141), brossura orig. (picc. manc. al dorso), pp. 4,(4),63, con una carta geografica, più volte ripieg., “pour servir à l’intelligence des mouvemens de l’aile droite de l’armée commandée par le Marquis de Grouchy, pendant la Campagne de 1815”. Con arross. ma discreto esemplare con barbe.
In-8 p. (mm. 215x135), brossura orig., pp. (4),59. Documenti pubblicati in novembre 1829. Buon esemplare con barbe.
52 pages. Features: Great New Year cover art by Harold Eldridge; Fantastic International Harvester ad inside front cover shows large crawler dragging a massive log through the woods; Interesting full-page ad for Canadian General Electric's fluorescent lighting; Strike Town - A Close-up of Windsor, Ontario when 20,000 auto workers went on strike; Photos of prize-winning writers - Kay Webster (Mrs. Paul Belanger) of Vancouver, Jean Howarth of Vancouver and Anka Stewart of Sarnia; Money in Mushrooms - Charles Slack of Waterloo, Quebec is the British Empire's top mushroom grower - article with photos; Wilfred and the Two-Ton Romeo (fiction); They Sleep to Survive - article on animal hibernation; Field Marshal Alex (Major-General the Honorable Harold R.L.G.Alexander) - article with photo; When You Win You Lose - short story; How Fast Can We Fly? - Aviation article by Wolfgang Langewiesche; Hot-Heads (people with bad tempers); Laurentian Playground - article with photos; Nice half-page 2-colour ad for Aunt Jemima Buckwheats; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar Diesel inside back cover shows equiment moving a mountain near Charleston, West Virginia; Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., with plates; original decorative cloth blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, fore-edges lightly spotted, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sandler 1325.
100 pages. Forward by Kenneth Stokes. This book is written for people who are wondering about their faith and have doubts. It is based upon the author's own experiences with the faith journey. The author had developed her own model to demonstrate faith development at every stage in our physical, mental, and spiritual growth. Rev. Ford was a minister of Waterloo North Prespyterian Church. Book
