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P., Librairie nouvelle, 1855. In-12 relié plein maroquin noir (rel. d'époque), dos à nerfs, plats à la Du Seuil, dos orné, roulette intérieure, toutes tranches dorées, 69 pages-un plan dépliant en couleurs. rousseurs assez prononcées.
160 pages. Gift greetings dated 1929 upon front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear. Lettering worn from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Songs include: Story; Lazybones; Georgia on My Mind; Lazy River; Rockin' Chair; Judy; The Army of Hippocrates; Daybreak; Sing it way Down Low; Old Man Harlem; Thanksgivin'; After Twelve O'Clock; Moon Country; Down T' Uncle Bill's; Ballad in Blue; Mr. Bluebird; My Introduction to Love; New Orleans; Come Easy, Go Easy, Love; Poor Old Joe. Writing on front cover. Few markings to contents. Somewhat above-average external wear. Spine taped. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous compilation. Book
xv, 942 pages. Twenty-four colour plates. Two hundred and forty illustrations in the text. Facsimile reprint of the 1900 revised edition entitled "The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army." Armorial bookplate upon title page otherwise unmarked with average wear. Appears to have been issued without dust jacket. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
320 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "In recording the events of my life, I merely wanted to begin by describing, in my own words, pioneer life with some of its hardships and also simple pleasures experienced. I also wanted to trace the system of education from those pioneer days onward. As little has been written about Life and Service in the C.W.A.C. (Canadian Women's Army Corps) during World War II, some may enjoy reading the account which I have written." - from Preface. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this interesting biography. Book
Presented to Sidney Murray "In remembrance of your safe return after services overseas in World War II" by St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Seebach's Still, Ontario, on 19 January 1946, by Pastor Albert F. Pollex. Laid in is a handsome two-colour certificate to Mr. Murray from the Army and Navy Commission of the Lutheran Church. Church blindstamp upon front free endpaper. Book is otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A very special copy. Book
Please note: we are offering volume I only. xx, [2], 389 pages. Index. Footnotes. Fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. Colour map endpapers. Bookplate across from half-title page. Very light wear to unmarked book which bears light soiling to top edge. Light wear to dust jacket preserved in mylar. A quality copy of this very informative reference. COOKE [3e] p.137, DORNBUSCH 196. Book
333 pages. Black and white illustrations. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. "Takes the reader on the journey from the author's childhood in China and British Columbia through his military education, his brilliant and long career in the Army and on into civilian life... Provides many entertaining anecdotes and insights to the men and women around him, and finally he reflects on Canada's military state, its past, and its future." - from dust jacket. Map endpapers. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Spine leaning to right. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Book
68 pages. Features: Great war-theme ads; Briefing by Margaret Lawrence on the state of the world/war; The Last Armada, by Benge Atlee; Startling (Canadian) Army Revelations - the health of Canada's army recruits/youth; The Woman at Red House, by Erica O'Foyle; New Homes for Canada - abundantly illustrated; Ladybug, Ladybug, by Edward Stevenson; Nice colour Campbell's Soups ad; Colour ad for Woodbury soap; How to stretch your Meat Money (Home Economics); New Pastries - sweet and Savory; Colour ad for Canadian canned lobster; Fantastic 2-page, 2-colour ad for Victory (War) Bonds; H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth becomes Patroness of the Canadian Junior Red Cross (with photo of the Princess); Stars of Air and Screen; and much more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover detached but present. Address label on front cover, otherwise unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage wartime issue. Book
72 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Boeing-Vertol 107; Fidel Castro's Threat to the Hemisphere - the author fought with Castro's army but left when he was convinced Castro would not stop until he was the master of all Latin America; Riot Control with Chemical Agents - when the mission is to quell, not kill; The 2d MAW's - Level Ready Pilot Training; Rogers' Rangers - Recon Company 1757 - the principles of small unit tactics they worked out over 200 years ago; Characteristics of Leaders; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Wing; 2d Mar Div - 2d MAW - The Division; Do-it-yourself Linguist; Mr. Gish, You're the New S-2; This is BUWEPS; Marine Corps Reserve; Baseplate McGurk; LAW Rocket Grenade Launcher, XM 72; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover color ad for the McDonnell Phantom II with J79-GE-8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
16 pages. Ad inside front cover suggests a printing date circa 1901. Songs include: The Maple Leaf Forever; Upon the Heights at Queenston; Rule Britannia; Red, White and Blue - The Army and the Navy For Ever; May God Preserve Thee Canada; Dear Canada, To Thee; The Beaver. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this vintage piece of Canadiana. Book
36 pages. Features: Ad for Simmonds Corsey Controls on front cover; Large ad for Leytonstone Jig & Tool; Desoutter Bros. Ltd. ad; Lacy-Hulbert ad for their portable compressor plants; Balfalloy Tools and Tips ad; Nice ad for Turner Manufacturing Companty, Limited; Illustrated R.A.F. Recruitment ad; Lyle & Scott ad for their underwear for men in service; Nice photo ad for Short Brothers and their Short Sunderland shown in flight; Nice illustrated Fairey ad; Photo of Leading Aircraftman Fuller who brought a plane down after a midair collision in Australia; War in the Air - The War in Greece - Successes in Africa; Chart of Air losses during the week ended November 23; Ad for Cheetah Engines - made by Armstrong Siddeley; A Tricycle Trainer - all-metal 'owlet' equipped for night flying and blind flying - many features of successful 'Cygnet' retained - many great photos and article; Excellent photo ad for J.R. Bramah & Co. Ltd.; Fantastic two-page ad for the Owlet Trainer manufactured by General Aircraft Ltd.; Wonderful centerfold ad for de Havilland's Hydromatic airscrew; Airspeed Oxford - for training aircraft crews - article and photos; Nice ad for Irwin parachutes; Men of the month - with inset photo of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-In-Chief, Far East; nice photo ad for Constant Speed Airscrews Ltd.; The Army Co-op Command - The Vicious Principle of "Operational Control" - article with photo of Air Marshal Sir Arthur S. Barratt; Italy as a Target - a Mussolini story by Captain Norman Macmillan; Here and There - bits of news; Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News and Announcements; Correspondence; Two-colour ad for Parnall Aircraft Ltd inside back cover; Back cover ad for Bristol Sleeve-Valve Aero Engines. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage WWII copy. Magazine
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: The Russo-Japanese War ('Little Enemies Made Short Work of the Flower of the Czar's Army'); Crowded Winnipeg cattle shed roof collapses while man wrestles bull; Mrs. Maybrick is Insane; Ill feeling in Dawson over closure of 20 saloons; Mining interests on Lorne Creek; and many more. Dozens of advertisements including: "For Sale - 50 Acres, Victoria District, 4 miles from town, 7 acres under cultivation, $40 per acre." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Small local article clipped from page 2. Book
Portrait of Mrs. R.M. Harley, Croix de Guerre, on front cover. Features: Conquest of the Wytschaete-Messines Ridge (conclusion); The Serbian Operations on the Balkan Front, June, 1916 - July 1917; Centerfold photos of Canadians loading a 15" gun, Australians feeding a large gun, and Australians studying a detailed model of the terrain of Messines Ridge; Wartime Work of Britain's Special Constabulary. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
Includes concluding portion of "Voluntary Motor Transport in the War", with photos. Chapter CCXCVI - America's Share in the Victory - map and photos. Full-page photographic portrait of Admiral William Sowden Sims in chief command of the American Fleet in Europe. Four centerfold photos of Americans in Germany. Full page photo of the 27th Division, U.S. Army, in New York, March 25th, 1919. Many great photos. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Includes final portion of the chapter "The Triumph of the Army of Mesopotamia", which includes many interesting photos. Centerfold displays four photos of the British on the Tigris, at Kirkuk, and near Narin Kupri Bridge. Also contains first portion of chapter CCXCIX - The Rumanian Blunder - First Full Account of the Worst Error of the War, with photos. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Please note: Coloured map of Central European Nationalities not included. Cover photo portrait of Lieut.-General Sir C.H. Burtchaell, K.C.B., C.M.G., Director-General Medical Services, British Armies in France. Includes final portion of the chapter "The Rumanian Blunder". Chapter CCC - The Wonderful Work of the Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.) and the Marvels of Preventative Medicine. Interesting centerfold medical-related photos. Water damage to pages at top corner of spine. Text unaffected. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Founding of the League of Nations", with photos. Wonderful centerfold photos of returning soldiers. Chapter CCCVII - The Demobilisation of the British Army, with many photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Cover portrait of Sir Robert S. Horne, K.C., M.P., Minister of Labour. Please note: does not include colur map. Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Demobilisation of the British Army", with photos. Centerfold photos of captured German booty, including a large cache of gas shells at Luttre, Belgium. Chapter CCCVIII - The Demobilisation and Resettlement of the War Workers, with photos. Chapter CCCIX - The Wonders of Wireless in the War, with photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
Dozens of great black and white photos. Features: Cover portrait of General Sir Bruce M. Hamilton, K.C.B., Commanding the Sixth Army; Conclusion of Chapter LVII; Chapter LVIII - Complete and graphic description of 'The Storming of Neuve Chapelle and the Battle for the Ridge'; Chapter LIX - Organising the Defence of the Realm - a retrospect; Portrait of General Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Judge Peter M. Horn of New York - We Don't Call Them Criminals; Colorado's Mountain Paradise - Rocky Mountain National Park; Seething Singapore - John Masters reports from the troubled melting pot that serves as seaport and warehouse for Southeast Asia; The Lessons of the Cuban Disaster, by Stewart Alsop; Untold Stories of the Civil War - The Miraculous Steamboat - The U.S.S. Chattanooga got through to the 40,000-man Union army trapped and starving in Chattanooga, Tennesee; Burt Lancaster Feature. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Operation Sikh - An incident connected with the strange hide-and-seek war now being waged in the steamy jungles of Malaya; A Sailor on Horseback - Jack ashore takes to riding at his peril; Two Miracles - An Army officer's experience in the Western Desert during World War II; Phantom Fortune - the fascinating history of sundry vanished gold-mines in the wilds of British Columbia; Tasmania's Wild West; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy's weird experience in the Badlands of Wyoming; The Figurehead - a story involving the windjammer L'Avenir; Gold Coast Ju-Ju; Box of Tricks - an isolated Army camp in Palestine is cursed with cunning Arab thieves; Personal-Column Crusoes - advice for prospective adventurers; Leturc's Island - Jacques Leturc took over an uninhabited South Sea Island and turned it into a profitable enterprise, only to encounter disaster; Desert Hitch-Hike - 1,200 miles across Northern Africa to catch a steamer; and more. Three inch opening at bottom of cover fold; Somewhat above-average wear. Small opening at top of backstrip. Sound copy. Book
Features: Outlaw Stronghold - the hectic history of a rugged wilderness area in Oklahoma and Arkansas often used as a sanctuary by fugitives; Climbing the Sutherland Falls in New Zealand; Frensham's Bungalow - a strange story related by a former officer of the Indian Army; A Bid for Fortune - a young newcomer to Darwin, Australia joins a veteran skipper in a trip to a secret pearl-oyster bed; A Pygmy Net-Hunt - a graphic description of a most ingenious method of capturing wild animals, with photos; The Lost Mine (Part I) - Somewhere in Panama lies Tisingal, reputed to be one of the richest gold-mines ever worked by the Spanish; The New Cook; Diggers - Australian gold-hunters, with photos; Velnagel's Gold - while salvaging old machinery from an abandoned Australian gold mine the narrator (Robert Stevens) stumbled into an extrordinary experience; The Arrow Mystery - a curious affair from the early days of the Nigerian Tin-Field; and more. Covers taped in place. Above-average wear. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
