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78 pages. Features: The Joseph Shephard House - a rural gem in Metro Toronto; Conservation Laws - fact or fiction?; Parks Canada Centennial; The Wheat Pattern; Pictures of home and family life - Parks Canada's research collection; Military Portraiture; Wildfowl Sculptor - Regina's William Hazzard; Necessitous Strangers - the Huguenots and their influence on English silver; Article on the mementos that filled the ornate parlours of the late Victorian era; Tapestries and needlework in the home; The True Spirit of Reform - Flasks. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: 50th Anniversary of EMD (GM Electro-Motive Division); EMD News Photos; The La Grange Influence - what if ground had not been broken on March 27, 1935; Two Railroads, One Locomotive - interchange is no longer synonymous with engine change - with photos; La Grange Locomotive Landmarks - Attractive color centerfold; Three that survived - mementos of Electro-Motive's pre-GM years; EMD questions even EMD couldn't answer!; Concerning a dipstick, Derby Day, Slack-Free Starts, 74 Degrees below zero, a Lonely E9, and May 18, 1942 - confessions of an EMD-watcher; 'Tunnel Motors' or 'T-2s'; An instant history of EMD; and more. Moderate wear. Faint date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
TWO VOLUME SET OF Jacques Rosanes' Memoir which was PRINTED ONLY IN 20 COPIES! THIS IS COPY No.16. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 227x145mm. 930 pages (pagination: 476/477-930). Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed and slightly dirty. Front cover fore edge slightly bumped/wrinkled. [VOL.I]: Front cover bottom corner wrinkled. [VOL.II]: Rear cover upper edge/right corner bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two-volume memoir is in good condition.
43x31cm. Unpaginated. Gilt hardcover. Cover front bottom edge slightly rubbed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
FIVE VOLUME SET. [ALL VOLUMES]: 215x145 mm. [XLI+475] + [456] + [572] + [469] + [576] pages. Hardcover. Gilt spine. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Spine edges rubbed. Sticker on front whitepage. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Else all volumes in good condition.
FIVE VOLUME SET. [ALL VOLUMES]: 220x150mm. [541]+[647]+[619]+[661]+[555] pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover rubbed. Spine rubbed and yellowing. Spine edges worn. Pen inscription on spine. Inner cover age-stained. Biding visible between cover and first whitepage. Few pages slightly age-stained - no damage to text. Pages yellowing. [VOL.I]: Cover slightly stained. Text block edges slightly stained. [VOL.II]: Cover slightly stained. Spine torn and worn. [VOL.III]: Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. [VOL.V]: Cover slightly stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: Else all volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR with dedication dated 7.9.1895 (the signature and dedicatee's last name were partly erased, the signature is still partly visible). EXTREMELY RARE account of a trip to Syria by George Morehouse Huss (1857-1947), an eminent American civil engineer who in 1894 contracted with the Syria Ottoman Railway Co. of London to build a railway from Acre and Haifa to Damascus. 190x125mm. 138 pages. Dark-green rebound Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover and spine stained and rubbed. Cover edges slightly bumped. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Spine edges slightly peeling. Twelve first pages detached from binding. Signed dedication on title page. Title page edges/corners partly missing. Some pages coming loose from binding. Edges/corners of some pages slightly chipped - NO damage to text. Pages browning. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of letters written during a trip to Ottoman Syria is overall in good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
Includes black and white plates. 16x23.5 cm. 188 pages + unnumbered plates. Gilt hardcover. In good condition.
IN ARABIC. COPY NUMBER 570. 31.5x22.5 cm. 531 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Spine edges slightly bumped. Ex-Libris on first and last white page. Binding slightly visible between few pages. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
16x23.5 cm. xvi+328 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
14.5x22 cm. 149+124 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover edge is faded. Side of spine is worn - binding is visible. Else in good condition.
RARE memoir by Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO (1867-1947), known as J. H. Patterson - an eminent British soldier, hunter, author and Christian Zionist, best known for his book 'The Man-Eaters of Tsavo' (1907), which has inspired three Hollywood films, and his two memoirs of the First World War, where was the commander of both the Zion Mule Corps and later the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (also known as the Jewish Legion). The Zion Mule Corps and Jewish Legion would eventually serve as the foundation of the Israeli Defence Force decades later. Contains a color map of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 195x130mm. VIII+316+32 pages. Dark-blue cloth Hardcover with gilt emblem of Star of David on front cover. Cover and spine faded/age-stained and stained. Cover corners rubbed and slightly peeling. Sticker on spine bottom edge. Spine cloth upper part partly torn. Spine edges peeling. Spine hinges partly cracked and peeling. Previous owner's details written in pencil on front endpaper. Binding visible sand lightly loose between pre-title and title pages, and on rear inner cover. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a WW1 memoir by "the godfather of the modern Israel Defense Forces" is in good reading condition.
RARE war memoir by Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders (1855-1929) - a German general who served as an adviser and military commander to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War and in 1918 commanded an Ottoman army during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Contains a frontispiece with von Liman's portrait in uniform and his signature in facsimile. Contains three fold-out maps laid in pocket on rear cover. 225x150mm. 408 pages. Yellow board Hardcover with blue gilt cloth spine. Cover yellowing. dirty and slightly stained. Cover edges bumped/worn. Cover corners peeling. Rear cover coming loose/partly detached from binding. Spine worn, wrinkled and detached. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine faded and rubbed-off. Spine edges peeling. Binding slightly visible and coming loose on inner cover. Previous owner's ex-libris sticker and pencil inscription on front inner cover upper part/edge. Pages 15-42 fore edge slightly torn - NO damage to text. Pages 375-408 upper corner bumped/creased. Small hole on pages 405-408 with minimal damage to several words of the text. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare war memoir, of immense interest to scholars and/or collectors of materials on the legendary Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the Great War, has sustained slight damage to three last pages, but is otherwise in good reading condition.
Very Good Condition; Small 8vo; 409 pages. (HOLO2-111-5)
Features: Breakthrough - in 1906 the Imperial Valley suffered one of the worst man-made disasters of all time; A Story That Never Got Written - Timberline, the old Wyoming cowboy; The Little Green Tents - Walt Mason, "Poet Laureate of Ameica"; The Last Powwow and the Nicholson Family; Wolf-Kill Treasure - making life tough for prospectors; Who was George Matics?; General Ranald S. Mackenzie - his insanity and death; Mementos of Notriety - imfamous weapons; Grass-grown streets in Sierra Nevada - Part V - Columbia, Chinese Camp, Coulterville, Bagby and Bear Valley; Remember 'Chip of the Flying U"? - the B.M. Bower Books are in demand again; Wild Old Days; Travelin' Lilght - Tom Lipps; Tall Wolf's Macabre Necklace. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
145 pages including index. A collection of historic curiosities that are, or may be, associated with North American postage stamps. For the stories presented in this work, numerous dusty history books and reference works have been researched for those little "gems" of information that present the "other side" to generally accepted beliefs and conceptions. Very often, historic information is based on what others wish us to believe rather than the truth. It is only through the passage of time that the shroud of deception wears thin and mouths silenced in death "speak from their graves" in tattered letters and faded diaries. Adds a new dimension to topical stamp collecting by introducting "Philatelic Curiosities" - strange, unusual and bizarre facts associated with postage stamps. Illustrated in black and white. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
204 pages. Index. References. Printed upon glossy stock. "Features a charming collection of ephemera, reproduced in full colour and accompanied by a detailed and informative text together with succinct captions and price guides." - from dust jacket. Chapters include: Advertising Cards and Magazine Inserts; Almanacs, Calendars and Diaries; Children's Pastimes; Comics; Commercial Ephemera; The Dinner Table; Entertainment at Home; An Evening Out; Greeting Cards; Novelties and Giveaways; Periodicals; Photographic Collectibles; Postcards; reading and Writing; Retailing; Sports and Special Events; Transport and Travel; War and Political Ephemera; and Maintaining a Collection. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page. Clean with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this attractive and informative work. Book
187 pages. Black and white illustrations. "In the unedited 1921/22 diaries of two teenage brothers, Roy and John Stevenson, there is an illustration of family life in Bootle on Merseyside after the First World War." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Evening Dress - front and back illustrations; Luck; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - evening dresses, wedding dresses, bride-maids' dresses, bridegroom's suit, wedding cards, dresses of the trousseau; Personal; knitted and crochet bib; crochet bib; crochet waist for child from 1 to 2 years old; crochet tobacco pouch; cover for hot-water bottle; rice-powder box; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Sayings and Doings; Carriage-leather mat; knotted and crochet fringe for curtains, etc.; Edging for Lingerie; Design for Lamp Mat - point russe and button-hole stitch embroidery; crepe de chine cravat with jabot; Modern Costume; Kitty's Two Thanksgivings; Laura Silver Bell; low-necked evening dress, with adjustable court train and round skirt; Crochet Purse; embroidered chair cushion; footstool with hot-water bottle and cover; Diaries; humor. Average wear. Please note - cartoon clipped from central portion of back page. Book
RARE FIRST EDITION of a collection of literary essays on Vienna and its surroundings by Willibald Alexis (the pseudonym of Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring, 1798-1871) - an eminent German writer and member of the Young Germany movement, considered the founder of the realistic historical novel in German literature. 175x115mm. 453 pages. Green cloth embossed Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Front cover upper corner and spine upper edge worn/peeling. Pages yellowing. wavy and age-stained. Binding slightly visible on front inner cover upper edge. Dedication written in pen on front whitepage. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in good condition..
RARE publication of an open letter IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION to the renowned British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, FRS (1784-1885) on the occasion of his visit in the Holy Land, together with an account IN ENGLISH of his visit by Montefiore himself. 250x160mm. 148+40 pages. Blue cloth embossed gilt Hardcover. Gilt text block edges. Cover stained and rubbed. Cover edges and spine rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine partly tattered, hinges rubbed. Text block edges stained/dirty. Ex-libris sticker on inner cover. Inner cover, whitepages, title pages and several extreme pages slightly stained/dirty - NO damage to text. Binding slightly visible between several pages. Binding visible between pages 80-97. Pages 81-96 partly detached from binding. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book has sustained some wear, but is still in good reading condition.
TWO VOLUME SET. Contains plates in color. 29x24 cm. LV+662+711 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. One volume in cardboard box. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
12x19 cm. 273 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Spine slightly stained. Outer part of pages slightly dusty. Binding slightly visible between pages. Else in good condition.
TWO VOLUME SET. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 220x135 mm. 440+518 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Cover edges and corners slightly rubbed. Spine yellowing and rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Some pages slightly age-stained/water stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOL.1]: Pen inscription on front whitepage. Else both volumes in good condition.