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252 pages. "Since 1883, The Herald has kept its readers at the leading edge of history... This book reproduces some of the more striking news and comment that Calgary's first newspaper has published over the years. A short introduction tells the paper's own story, but the rest of the book is devoted to highlights of the news as it unfolded day by day in the pages of The Herald." - from Foreward. Moderate wear. Unmarked, aside from inadvertant 2" pen stroke to fore-edge. Sound copy of this excellent compilation of Calgary history. Book
32 pages. Features: Westward Ho! - Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W.M. "Dutch" Kern and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Eisey share the long distance awards at 1979 Westrek; Franklin photo spurs search for Origin - Herbert H. Franklin's personal Torpedo; Harry T. Gardner Feature - he rose from company mechanic to travelling Service Engineer; The 8HP Rover Car 1922 - 8-page reproduction of sales brochure; An Improved 8 HP Rover (reprint of article from The Autocar, Feb. 18, 1922; 1910 Franklin completes Can-Am transcontinental reliability tour from Key West to Halifax - Dale and Nancy Westermeyer; Frankline Motor Home circa 1909; Progressive Assembly Reduces Costs in Franklin Trim Shop - reprint of 3-page article from Automotive Industries in 1923; John Burns Column on restoration and repair; Through the Deserts and Mountains of South Africa - letter by General Electric executive J.W. Kirkland in 1915; Back cover features reprint of 1930 Franklin ad which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, tiny edge tears only. Very large book: 14" H x 9/12 " wide, 300 pages not including index with full page b&w illustrations on each page: elevations, floor plans, interior views, composite views, full exteriors, sections, details of capitals, niches, spires, doorways, entrances, in fine line and/or scaled drawings. Book comprises a selection of buildings actually erected in Britain during the years of Queen Victoria's reign and illustrated in comtemporary architectural journals: The Builder, The Building News, The Architect and the British Architect, with designs by the likes of Orlando Jewitt, T. Heaviside, J.C. Laing, H.B. Brewer, in styles such as Gothic Revival, High Victorian , Arts and Crafts, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo-Grec; (from the intro).
Signed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 95pp. News, humour, events, cartoons, politics from South Africa's newspapers in 1987.
80 pages. Features: Interesting letters to the editor; J. Winer & Co. - Wholesale Druggists Famous on Both Sides of the Border; Our Heritage in Stoneware; The Better Drug Store Bottles of Saint John, N.B.; Mail-Order Prescriptions; The Avalon Dairy of Vancouver; The Montreal Telegraph Company [insulators]; Decorated Stoneware [article with many photos]; Canada's Stubby [beer bottles]; Canadian Jar Talk; Bottle Collecting in Holland; Digging Report from Nanaimo - Rummings Bottles; Diggers Beware! - the lethal dangers of digging for bottles [news clipping of Michael Starvecich who died when his tunnel collapsed]; West Coast News; Classifieds; Black and white illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this particularly informative issue. Book
In-8, 240p. Edition numérotée sur vélin (tirage non précisé). Avec des illustrations en couleurs de A.-E. Marty. Très bel exemplaire.
38 pages. Features: News; Theft reports; Ernest Biddle; Francoise Boucher (1703-1770); Silver Spoons - silver regains prestige; Painting exhibition "Michael D'Aguilar and Artists of Today and Tomorrow"; Bell strikers on public clocks; English buyers in Italy - about 150 years too late; Bath - the perfect place for antiques; Nice colour-photo back cover ad for Allen's Antiques of Gunmakers Lane, London; Auction news; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Nice full-page ad for 'Survive'; Phantoms and Fantasies - interview with Brian De Palma; 'The Savage is Loose' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on motion picture cameraman James Wong Howe; The Berlin Film Festival; 'Marathon Man' - photos; Reviews - 'The Incredible Sarah', Obsession', 'Face to Face', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'Lina Braake', 'Die Marquise Von O', 'The Bad News Bears', 'The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday', 'The Scarlet Buccaneer', 'Futureworld', 'The Message', 'The Last Woman', 'The Stepford Wives', 'The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings; 'The Sentinel' - photos; 'Seizure' - photos; 'Chi dice donna dice donna' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
In-4, 239p. Première édition illustrée au tirage limité à 446 exemplaires. Celui-ci un des 400 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches. Illustré d'un frontispice en noir et de 18 lithographies en couleurs de Louis Touchagues tirées par Mourlot. Bel exemplaire.
356 pages. Features: The Shape Issue; Angelina Jolie - Rebel With a Cause; The Biggest Sex News Since the Pill; Extreme Measures - How to Change Your Shape from Head to Toe; What to Wear When You're Tall, Short, Thin, Curvy, Athletic, Pregnant; and much more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
32 pages. Features: 15th Westrek at Everett, Washington - major coverage, including lists of cars and attendees; Southern California Mini Meet; Re-Living the 31st Trek; Reproduction of aged Series 12A showroom poster; Impressions of first-time Trekker Bobbie'dine Rodda; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
In-4, 91p. Edition limitée à 301 exemplaires illustrés de 10 eaux-fortes hors texte tirées en bistre de Gierolewski. Ornementations (culs-de-lampe et encadrement) en 2 couleurs. Traduction française d'Ostroya et G. Masson. Un des 275 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches. En excellente condition.
62 pages. Features: B.C.'s Natural History; Waterfowl Sanctuary on the Fraser Delta - The George C. Reifal Waterfowl Refuge; Outdoorsman's Observations; Around B.C.-Yukon with Rod and Gun; Pollution in Canada Conference; Naturalist's Notebook - Steve Cannings; B.C.'s Log Fences; Coastal Crusing - Will Dawson; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Pioneers of British Columbia - Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie; Canadian Forestry Association News; Upper Fraser Sternwheel Days - Part 4; and more. Advertisements: B.C. Tel; Nice full-page photo ad for CJOR 600 featuring Phil Gaglardi; Bowell McLean Motor Ltd.; Lucky Lager Beer (on back cover; and many more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bridal Lake; B.C.'s Natural History; To Pack River for Grayling - Harry Lomax; Outdoorsman's Observations - W.P. Keller; B.C. Wildlife Park; Don't Fear the Tick - J.D. Gregson; Around B.C. - Yukon with Rod and Gun; C.F.A. News and Views; Landmarks of HIstory - Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine; Coastal Cruising; Frank Rothenfluh - Pioneer of the Foothills; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Upper Fraser Sternwheel Days - Part Six; and more. Interesting ads include: Lucky Lager Beer (inside front cover); McCulloch boat motors; Dueck Truck Sales; C-I-L Ammunition; Pil'Can Brewing Ltd. of Prince George; Psychadelic full-page ad for CJOR 600 radio; Vanguard Trailers of Richmond, B.C.; Fogg Motors Ltd.; Brno Guns; Lindquist Bros. Bait Co.; International Pickup Trucks (inside back cover); Colour ad for Carling Black Label beer on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
58 pages. Features: Candy Worthington dresses her clientele - and business - for success; Articles on sewing and handicapped people; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
8 volumes gr. In-8, environ 1700p. au total. Edition de luxe au tirage limité et numéroté sur Arches. Illustré de 173 aquarelles reproduites en pleine page de Dubout coloriées à la main par Maurice Beaufumé. Collection complète à l'état de neuf.
98 pages. Articles: Out of This World - the great telescope on Palomar; Fashion High Command - how experts choose clothes to suit most American women; Can We Guarantee a Free Europe?; Two-Party Gal - Mrs. Perle Mesta; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 3) - The Common-law Marriage - his visit to Churchill in 1941; Saint-Lo Fights another Battle - much of the town still in rubble after Normandy invasion; Block that Toothache! - good news for those who don't like the dentist's drill. Fiction: The Bramble Bush (part 1 of 5); Dear Miss Phillips; Once to Every Woman; Shadow of Fu Manchu (conclusion); Important to a Man; It All Came Out. Ads include: Nash cars; Vitalis (with photo of Bobby Riggs); Borden's products - featuring Elsie the Cow; 'Jeep' Station Wagon; International School buses - rare ad!; Fisher Body; Douglas Shoes; Mercury cars (lovely 2-pages); DeSoto cars; Columbia bikes; Cory coffee-maker; Kodak; Santa Fe Railroad; Schlitz; Chrysler centerfold (puppy theme); Hamiliton watches; Jayson shirts; GM Electro-motive division; Kaiser Frazer; Fruit of the Loom; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) - featuring Alan Ladd. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
Circa 1930s as horses are photographed pullling farm implements. Dozens of vintage prairie agricultural informational sheets, each with its own topic, stored in an original gilt-lettered black Eaton's two-ring binder. Topics are too many to list but include: Seed Grain Testing; The value of registered seed; Reward Wheat; Fall Rye; Growing Corn on the Prairies; Root crops; Ensilage crops; Sunflowers as Ensilage; Crop Rotations; Summerfallow Substitutes; Sweet Clover; Winter Egg Production; Hogs - Goitre and Iodine; The Farm Garden; Asparagus for Every Garden; Growing Fruit on the Prairies; Weeds and Their Control; Clean up! Paint up! Plant up!; Suggested books for the home library; Swat the Fly; Practical Cookery; The School Lunch; Beekeeping Advice; Fire Prevention on the Farm; and much, much more. Pages yellowed with age. Some pages all or partially free of binding. Some contemporary handwritten notes on blank pages at back of binder. A wonderful Canadian prairie collectible packed with timeless practical advice for how to survive on the land. Book
Please note that the first and last pages (1-2 and 91-92) are missing. 88 pages remain. Features: Charming cover illustration of two young boys wearing towels; Russia Today - What Can We Learn From It?; P&G one-page colour ad for Naptha Soap features inset photo of Mrs. H.F. Edens; Two Beauties and a Bandit (short story); Sequel (short story); Why the Prince of Wales is "Air Minded" - photo-illustrated article explains how H.R.H. has solved the problem of his public engagements via aviation; Trail's End (short story); After I Was Killed (short story); The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); "Frock Spotting" in Society Crowds - interesting photo-illustrated article; I'm Crazy Over English; Nice Pond's ad features photo of lovely Miss Anne Gould; One page ad for the 1934 Pontiac Straight - 8; Page of photos of Hollywood stars; One-page Lux soap ad features photo of Loretta Young; Wonderful two-page photo ad for the 1934 New Plymouth Six features family and car in front of stately home; One-page photo ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera - in 1934!; Movie reviews; Two-page photo-ad for Dodge cars features car flying over cliff and 'Bonnie and Clyde' types standing near car; Radioland - news and photos of radio stars of the day; The Invisible Science - wonderful 16-page illustrated C-I-L feature devoted to chemistry; Illustrated fashion article; Oldsmobile ad inside back cover features a 1934 Six; Ceylong Tea Bureau colour ad on back cover features reproduction of painting 'The Ice Breaker at Levis' by Robert Pilot; and more. Small to medium-sized clippings from pages 28, 47, 63, 65, 68, 76, 79, 85, 88, and 89; Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy despite its numerous defects. Book
144 pages. Features: The Real News From Three Mile Island; Skidding - horses in the woods; Plant a Tree for England; The Butterflies of Jasper Ridge; The I Cash Clothes Man; Going Underground in Arctic Norway; Turning into WARC; Personal Computer Networks; Dungeons & Dragons; The Brief Against "Voluntary Metric Conversion"; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
53 pages. Student publication with these features: Lucky Freddie; On Card-Indexing One's Friends; Royal Weddings; Two Days in the Woods; Principal's Page; Students' Duties to Chaperons; Staff Page; Editorial Page; The Last Lap; The Recent Lecture Course; The Service of Our Exchanges; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Alumni Notes; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes; Many great local ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad salutes Northwest Airways; Racon Electric Co. photo ad inside front cover says their Racon 9 unit airplane horn was used to direct landing of the "Akron"; Highlights at Paris; Balanced Elevators; Metal Monocoque Construction; Inspection gauges Used on Radial Engine Crankcases; Servicing the Autogiro; New Planes and Engines - the Hornet Tic, the Heinkel Sportplane; Review of Foreign Press; Airports and Transportation Engineering; Airplane Reception of Television from Ground Station; Edo Automatic Water Rudders; Electric Welding in Aircraft Construction; The History of the Scintilla Magneto; Books; News of the Industry; nostalgic ads; One-page photo portrait of "The Sky Chief", Frank Hawks' new Northrop monoplane; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Valuable selection of well-chosen 'before and after' photographs of buildings destroyed or badly damaged in the German air attacks of 1940-1944.
52 pages. Features: Classy Stan Smith cover illustration of fashionable lady in white hat; Heroine of an Anecdote (fiction); Tale of the Cats - Anecdotes of sunken Caterpillars of Cat Trains in Canada's north which were amazingly salvaged; The House of Mystery (fiction); The Old Head (sports fiction); The Boy Who Rode Lightning (horseracing fiction); Return Engagement (fiction); Truce for the Beavers - photo-illustrated article by Grey Owl; Nice photo-illustrated Plymouth car ad; Classy two-page illustrated Oldsmobile ad; Colour-photo ad for Swift's Premium ham features illustration of Mrs. Robert E. Marsh; Marybelle and the Wishing Stone (juvenile fiction); Beauty article; Fashion Forecasts from Fifth Avenue - with illustrations; Dodge car photo ad features the "Airglide Ride"; Movie news and photos; Easter Recipes; Letters to the Editor; Interesting colour-illustrated Cellophane ad inside back cover features "Poor Johnny Microbe" whose food supply has been reduced by this product; Back cover Old Dutch Cleanser ad features colour illustration of elegant ladies in luxurious green bathroom. Unmarked with average wear. Complete and intact. A fascinating and charming vintage issue. Book
in-8, 283 p., broché, couv. Très bel exemplaire. [GA-3]