White, JerryMareMagnum
James, HenryMareMagnum
What Maisie Knew
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 280 pages. Anchor book #A 43. Cover art by Edward Gorey.
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202 pages. Provides easy-to-follow plans for saving, investing and preserving your hard-earned money. You'll discover how you can minimize the impact of job loss, divorce and other difficult times. You'll also find out how you can fully enjoy the good times. You'll also see how you can help your children plan for their futures. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked. Clean. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 280 pages. Anchor book #A 43. Cover art by Edward Gorey.
A clean, unmarked book. 280 pages. Anchor book #A 43. Cover art by Edward Gorey. Date of publication not shown, but 95 cent price on cover, indicates early 1950's. More than fifty years old, the glued binding is likely fragile.
190p. Hardcover Very good condition, in pictorial boards
165p. Self-perception--Fiction Hardcover Very good condition good
112 pages. Features: Pitney-Bowes ad features Mike Lawlor; Kodak M18 Movie Camera ad; Map of Canadian Pacific's holdings; Artist Claude Goulet; X-15 Crashes in Mojave Desert, taking the life of Air Force Major Michael J. Adams; Vietnam war coverage; Ferdinand Marcos electoral victory in the Philippines; Fantastic two-page photo ad for Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited features large black and white archival photo of loggers with color inset photo of the lovely Mrs. Tom Radford of (our hometown) Ladysmith, BC; Dressing up the Masai in Tanzania; South Yemen - Yoke of Independence; Photo of Miss World, Madeleine Hartog-Bel who passed out when she was named the winner; Photo of Oregon State's Haggard kicking field goal vs. U.S.C.; Passing of racehorse Dark Star; German Publisher Axel Springer; Stella's Radial Rainbows; Nice color photo of John D. Garnet in Schaefer Pen ad; Passing of Major General Bruno A. Hochmuth, Bernard Kilgore, Joan Lowell, Serafino Romualdi, Clementine Paddleford, Ida Cox, Sir Archibald Nye and Dr. Elmer V. McCollum; Divorce of Ralph Schoenman and J.D. Salinger; San Antonio's fast-rising Hilton Palacio Del Rio Hotel; Jeep Wagoneer ad; Photo of band "The Doors" at the Fillmore; Canadian Club ad inside back cover features Dick Honey tree-chipping in New Zealand. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
288 pages, glossary, index. eng
Features: Must we woo Red China? - by Arnold J. Toynbee; A time of trouble (Affairs of the State); Should Women give Men the Vote?; America's new big rich - despite high taxes, a small number of little-known men have made huge postwar fortunes - John D. MacArthur, Dr. Edwin Land, Howard Ahmanson, John Mecom, W. Clement Stone, Henry Crown - with photos; The Great wild-bee safari - bee-tree hunting; Last of the Divorce Rances - Donner Trail Ranch; Adak - "A woman behind Every Tree" - a return to the Aleutian/Alaskan Island manned by 80,000 Americans during World War II; Discovery that helps prevent miscarriages - 'Skin Patch'; The big (James) Bond bonanza - great photos of the 'Thunderball' shoot and more. Colour Chevrolet Truck 'Workpower' centerfold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: The Real Scandal of Divorce - unjust and archaic laws, varying from state to state, force copules to commit fraud and perjury - by Vivian F. Gentleman; An Army of Gentle Warriors - the Salvation Army spreads its good works worldwide; Silent Night - the story of a marvelous misfortune which inspired two young Austrians to write the immortal hymm of joy; My Morning in America - Dean Acheson recalls what he learned from a boyhood that ended too quickly; Alfred Hitchcock Resents - 'the television set now is like a toaster, you press a button and the same thing always pops up; Big Labor's Big Worry (Conclusion) - will Governmental intervention spell the end of collective bargaining?; Reluctant All-American - one of college basketball's hottest players, Rod Thorn of West Virginia, tells why he's fed up with the game; High School Where the Sky's the Limit - students at Melbourne High in Florida tackle college-level courses in a unique system which advances them as fast as they could go. Page 39/40 missing. Pages 41-50 loose but present. Average wear. Book
120 pages. Features: Nice 1-page color ad for Cutler-Hammer motor controls; 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; color ad for Pitney-Bowes Postage Meters; Zippo Lighter color ad; My Wonderful Uncle, Levi Coombs Gould - article with photos; Challenge the Tempest (fiction); My Three Years in Moscow, Part 3 - Why the Russian People Don't Rebel - with photos; The Camouflaged Crime (fiction); Robert Jones of Ohio Refused to be Smeared by Drew Pearson - article with photos; The Rape of Albania - how this former paradise between Tito and the men in the Kremlin is being slowly bled to death - article with photos; One Divorce is Enough (fiction); Charley Callahan is the shrewd press agent for Notre Dame football - article with photos; The Odds on Murder (fiction); Training New Kinds of Methodist Pastors in Denver at the Iliff School of Theology - article with photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction - conclustion); Colour photos of the Arseneau family's home and birds on Great Bird Rock; Nice 1-page color Lucky Strike ad features Raymond W. Crutchfield of Reidsville, NC; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); RCA Victor TV ad; Nice half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes features Mrs. Ralph Ellis of Chicago, Mrs. Mary C. Wurdeman of Los Angeles, Mr. James S. Winterhalter of Detroit, and Miss Pamel Hendricks Bookman of New York; Nice two-color Shelby bicycle ad features Donald Duck; Nice color centerfold ad features General Electric (GE) Christmas lights; Color ad for Winchester's glowing flashlight; Honeywell thermistat ad features black and white photos of Linda Darnell; La Choy Chinese Food color ad features interesting drawing of Chinese man in pigtail; Nice 1-page 2-color ad for Fruehauf Trailers features Frank Benitz of Dugan Brothers Baked Goods; Nice color ad for Sunkist oranges on back cover. Average external wear. Moderate external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: We may win the (Vietnam) war but Lose the People, by James Reston; The Pope is not Pontifical, by John Cogley; The President's 'Just-a-Minute' Man - Dean Rusk; After Courreges, What Future for the Haute Couture?; Winds of Change in the Senate; The Draft Boards Escalate - who should be drafted? Who Should be Exempt?; This Cat Needs no Pulitzer Prize - Duke Ellington; To Juarez on the Divorce Run - quick divorces in Mexico; When Black Death Stalked in London. Crossword completed else unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads, our favorite being the Stardust slip modelled on page 35; Castro Tries to Export 'Fidelismo' - article with great photos; Which is the Best Road to the White House?; As They See Things in the Holy Loch - article (with photo) on reaction in Holy Loch, Scotland, where it has been announced that a U.S. nuclear sub base will be located; Integration - The Third Critical Phase as it begins in the core states - article with dramatic photos; In Pakistan, "Maybe President Mohammed Ayub Khan Can Help Us" - article with photo of the President confering with Prime Minister Nehru of India; 'Welfare State' a Debate That Isn't - the real question is, to what extent should government intervene in the economy?; Tyrants of the Podium - Famous Musical conductors speak loudly and carry a small stick; Les Halles Must Move - Maybe - article and photos of the ancient Paris market which is to be modernized; Powerful two-page color ad for Accutron watches by Bulova; Top Denizens of the Myth Zoo - mythical animals; A Niagara of Power - construction photos and sketch of the new Niagara Power Project; The Vision of Spanish artist Velasquez - the 300th anniversary of his death; When Royalty Marries Commonality - photos of famous 'mixed' royal couples; Vintage full-page color ad for Parker Bros. game Kimbo; Nice color photo one-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Interior design photos with a medieval taste; Nice one-page color ad for nine of Milton Bradley's board games; The Child of 'Emotional Divorce' - the rift that can exist between parents who stay together 'for the sake of the kids'; Nice women's swimwear and hat fashion photos; Photos of raising a 60'x90' US flag on the George Washington Bridge; Wonderful one-page color ad for Cobbs Christmas gift baskets (yes, back then ads could mention Christmas). Unmarked. Average wear. Paper tender with peripheral age-toning. A worthy vintage copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Cover photo of fires raging in Cyprus; Nice color-photo Fortrel ad features auto racer Dan Gurney; The Men LBJ has added to his team - article with photos of LBJ, Bill Moyers, George Reedy, Horace Busby, Jack Valenti and Walter Jenkins; Two pages of photos of LBJ with the public; Must We Be the World's Policeman? - an argument that our responsibilities should be discharged through the U.N.; Portrait of Nkrumah as Dictator - photo-illustrated article on the man who led Ghana to freedom seven years ago, but has now declared that dissent is a crime against the state; The Ambiguous American; Eight Myths About Divorce - and the Facts; World's Fair Photos; Case Against a 'West Point' for diplomats; Dienbienphu - Battle to Remember - article with photos; Beautiful color-photo fashion ads; The Sickness called Apathy; Wild one-page color photo of gold/yellow-dressed lady in American Bemberg ad; Beautiful Lily of France ad features "Filly Lily" modeling foundation; Suddenly opposition to Britain's establishment is growing; 3/4-page Capital Records ad promotes Barbra Streisand's "Funny Girl" album; Lovely Maggie Lin is featured in a one-page color-photo ad for Springmaid; Uncommon one-page ad for the Tensor fold-a-Way Lamp (Tensor-lite); One-page Heritage Upholstery ad; Very cute one-page color-photo ad for Perma lift panties features mom and daughter in undergarments in window sun; Photos of Richard Bender's budget beach house on Long Island; An Now a Word From the Youngsters; Fashion photos of ladies' playsuits; Half-page color ad for Orgeon Tourism; One-page ad by State Mutual (Insurance) of American (SMA) promotes the fact that they are the First Major Insurance Company to offer lower rates for non-smokers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
152 pages. Features: LBJ cover photos; The Qualities That Make a President; 100 Years of History in the White House in two pages of photos; LBJ - Master of the Art of the Possible; The Legacy of the 1,000 Days - JFK declared that his task would only be begun in his first 1,000 days; Twelve Great Problems for a New President; The American Tradition - Four Symbols; The Negro Child Asks "Why?" - why the violence and hate?; Are Machines More important than People?; Observations of a Freshman in Congress - Clarence D. Long; To Divorce Art from Money-Making; Six Million Woman Volunteered in the 1960 Election; The Most Expensive Family Album - Paintings of Britain's Royal Children; Thirty Years Ago - Prohibition Died; The Noise Problems of Apartment Living; Times Change in Antarctica - photos; Three photos of Las Vegas; Swimwear fashion photos; Toys are for Playing; Photos of the Modern Art of Stenciling; Ballet for Children; Britons Succumb to "Beatlemania' - article with photos; and more. Ads: Lovely fashion ads; The new Caron Derringer; Helen Harper ad features Seal Cove, Maine lobstermen; Rolex ad features photo of Maurice Chevalier; Fantastic color-photo centerfold features 12 young girls in their "Style Undies"; Color Accutron ad features photo of admiring men; Super one-page color photo ad for Indian Head's new fabrics features native man in suit with woman; Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Partait Cake; Ronson home appliances; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Shakespeare cigars features "Mr. Havana Cigar", Ralph Schuyler Williams; Boca Raton Hotel and Club; Horsman Dolls. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Colour New Year Photos of nine starlets; A Dead Rivalry; Colour fashion photos; One-page ad for The Yellow Panther (appears to be a Pink Panther rip-off); Time for Wine and Roses; Colour foldout photo of ____ Feng; Love Stories of Chung Leen and King Wu; Yang Chuan Tells the Fact of a Divorce; Tien Nu is Mature and So Unhappy; Wang Lan cuts her hair to portray a nun; Ti Lung; Shih Sze and her Big Car; Tang Pau Yun tells the true facts of divorce; Why Liu Chia Chang attracts women; Lin Tsui; Chang Len; Richard Ng has a humorous life; At the Side of Sky-line; Chiang Nam; Deep Deep Love; De De's Daily; If the Wind Season; The Yellow Panther; Snack and Mouse Are Collect in the Fifth Mountain; The Dragon Lives Again; Robert Redford - photos and article; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
46 pages. Includes music, guitar chords and lyrics for the following songs: Aja; Bad Sneakers; Bodhisattva; The Boston Rag; Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More; Haitian Divorce; Josie; Peg; Reelin' In the Years; Rikki Don't Lose That Number; Turn That Heartbeat Over Again; Your Gold Teeth. Undated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Steely Dan were "the most influential recording artists to emerge from the U.S.A in the seventies. Included are songs that trace their career from the earliest album 'Can't Buy a Thrill' through 'Countdown to Ecstasy', 'Pretzel Logic' and up to 'Aja'. All songs arranged for piano/vocal with guitar and full lyrics." - from back cover. Book
148p. Hardcover Very good condition good
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Glamorous colour photo of woman wearing arctic fox evening cloak inside front cover; The Mad Giant and the Mountie - a huge Swede who worked on a section gang makes a sudden divorce from sanity; Frank Oliver - Spokesman for the West; Cold War on the Fraser River - the Yucultas near Fort Langley were dreaded by all the tribes along the river - until the day when the cold war became a hot war; The Simple Men; First Lady of the Rails - "The Countess of Dufferin"; On Board the M.V. Fort Hearne - great photo study; Robert (Bob) Chambers Edwards (Eye-Opener Bob); Trapping the Big Horn - there was lots of action when some California Bighorn sheep were corralled in the Chilcotin country for shipment to Oregon; The Formative Years - II - part 2 of an article on the early settlement of the area which, 50 years ago, became Saskatchewan and Alberta; The Story of The Sault - on the centenary of the first American locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Dr. Clever Bald sketches the history of the two towns - Canadian and American - beside the rapids; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1,230 pages . Clean and bright with minimal wear. Minimal library markings. A high quality copy. Book
A very rare and wonderful find! Take a trip down memory lane with this complete issue of the (Toronto) Star Weekly from March of 1947. Includes five separate components. Magazine Section Number One (16 pages) includes: Harvest in Springtime, by Mary Brinker Post; Tall Tales of the Rattler, by J. Frank Dobie; article entitled 'Arctic Becomes Frontier in New U.S. Strategy'; Trouble in the Desert, by Chester Chatfield; Article - Swing to Nationallization - in which Emil Lengyel describes how various European countries are nationalizing their industries; Article - England's Under Ground - in which Harold A. Albert writes of English Archaeology; Article by Benjamin Waife describes Einstein's contention that two-thirds of people might be killed in nuclear war; Go-Getting Granby, Quebec - nice article with photos; Article - Argentina's 'Little Eva' Bids for More Power; 'Mart, I Know Women!', by Sven Skaar; King of the Clarinet - Barry Ulanov writes of Benny Goodman - includes photos; Moshin Ali writes about 'Opening Up a Forbidden Land' in Nepal; 'Jap Children Learn a New Way', in which Richard Hughes writes about children in the 'bomb-blackened' suburbs of Tokyo; Boxing's 'Uncle' Mike Jacobs; Article on scientific study of the sun by Charles Greeley Abbot; Article - Bombay to Cut Booze by States; Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma has invented a Global Alphabet - article by Mario A. Pei; Claws and Effect, by Clifford L. Walters; plus various black and white ads. Magazine Section Number Two (12 pages) contains: Superior Moustrap, by Travis Ingham; The Sobbing Wind, by Keith Edgar; Monkey-Shines in Zooland, by William M. Mann; News article with the headline "German Divorce a Bargain at $40 - Free if Poor; Britain's Land Revolution, in which Matthew Halton of the CBC describes progress with Britain's Town and Country Planning Bill; Plant Sleuth, by Leigh Henry; Lost Lode - Third Instalment; Your Easter Bonnet, with photos; Variety in the Lenten Menu; The 'Cheesecake' Industry - How Hollywood celebrities spend much of their time posing for publicity photos - includes colour photos of Patricia White and Frances Gifford; Colour half-page cartoon entitled 'Right Around Home' by Dudley Fisher on the theme of 'We Do Our Banking - Such as it is'. The third section is 'Rimrock Red' - a Star Weekly Complete Novel (15 pages) by Lytle Shannon. Page 16 of this section is a cartoon called Vignettes of Life on the theme "Spring is Near". Next we have a twenty-page colour cartoon section - "Canada's Best" - including offerings of: Jane Arden; Thimble Theatre - Starring Popeye; Winnie Winkle; The Lone Ranger; Steve Canyon; Ella Cinders; Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Dick Tracy;Tarzan; Blondie; Little Orphan Annie; Superman; Napoleon; Flash Gordon; Moon Mullins; Pepsi and Pete (Pepsi cartoon/ad); Mandrake the Magician; Bringing Up Father; Li'l Abner; Terry and the Pirates; Little Lulu; Abbie and Slats. Please note there are fore-edge tears to some of these cartoon pages. Finally we have the 26-page Star Weekly magazine which features a colour cover illustration by Anderson of a boy preparing cough medicine for his sick pooch in front of the pot-bellied stove. The magazine contains dozens of black and white photos on themes including: The Far East's Colorful Highways and Byways (including a most primitive scene scene of stilt fishing huts in the Kalang River near Singapore's civil airport); The Transit Twins and Trolley Triplets - the children of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Macatee of Philadelphiago through 420 diapers weekly!; Life with the world's largest fishing fleet of Norway; Nice full-page colour Campbell's Soup ad; British Folk Dances; Rebirth of Monte Cassino; Colour Bovril ad. Barbara Ann Scott; Lois Maxwell; Gale Robbins; Colour centerfold ad for Rogers Bros. Silverplate; Nice colour Kellogg's All-Bran ad (with beige stain in upper corner; Michele and Mikey Morgan; Stewart Granger with son James; Grandson of Rin Tin Tin; Colour ad for Lipt Book
294 pages including index. Are you facing separation or involved in legal proceedings? Wondering about child custody and support? Do you want to know how to hire a good lawyer? Are you concerned about the financial and tax consequences of splitting up? Looking for alternatives to a lengthy and messy court battle? A highly readable guide that explains the legal issues and options available to married or common-law couples going through divorce or separation. Includes samples of key legal and financial documents, and a glossary of terms. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
138p. Hardcover Very good condition good
in-8°, 231 pp., broche, couv. illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [LA-7]
vii, [3], 393 pages. "In choosing his subjects, the author has suffered from an embarrassment of riches, and he has fancied that he was about to imitate the child who tried to clear away the ocean with a spoon." - vi. The twenty-one topics addressed includie such fascinating topics as: The Divorce of Napoleon and Josephine; Columbus and His Alleged Crimes; The Last Word on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day; Galileo; and many more. Attractive embossed periphery of purplish-brown cloth-covered front board. Narrow opening along back hinge. Small address label atop front cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy of this intriguing work. Book
