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Features: Toronto Print Gallery - Old Etchings, Engravings & Watercolours, Ltd.; Collecting Antique Dolls Today; Steamboats and the China Collector; New Brunswick Sketches; Gingerbread - The Gilded Treat; The Documentary Tradition in Photography; The Humberstone Potteries of North York. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Canadian Railway Museum twenty years ago - many great b/w photos; Manitoba 1982 - photos; Report of New Brunswick Division; The Pinafore Park Railroad - photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: They Never Left Home - "Your Happy Motoring Show"; Nelson's Mid-Summer Bonspiel; Keep your eye on the scenery; Blessing the Fleet - colorful annual event on New Brunswick coast; The Frank Slide, on Alberta's No. 3 highway toward Crow's Nest Pass; Ghosts of the Past Walk Here - an old Toronto Jail; Courtesy Keys - courtesy pays in the thriving city of Woodstock, Ontario; From the Mailbag of Eddie Torr. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: News Photos; Railroad News - Shades of Jay Gould!; Short article and photo of the world's fastest train - the S.N.C.F. CC-7121; Tales of the Century - The 20th Century Limited - article with photos; Cover Story - The Story of Speed - America's fastest trains of 1954; Photo Section - includes great centerfold photo of a Texas & New Orleans (Southern Pacific) 4-4-0; When Steam Ruled Cajon Pass - great photos; In 1953; Nobody wanted a steam locomotive for the first time in 125 years; In Search of Steam - 2 - along an obscure branch in New Brunswick is the oldest living locomotive in Canada; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
102 pages. Features: Painted Illustions - Decorative Wall Painting in Saint John, New Brunswick; The Fascinating World of Historical Costume Design; Louisbourg Gaming; Artifacts of the Saphire - a glimpse of life on board a 17th century English warship; Furnishing Louisbourg; The Orderly Gardens of 18th century Louisbourg; Fashions and Fabrics at 18th century Louisbourg; The Durell service - Chinese export porcelain with a Louisbourg connection; Art History at Beausejour; A colonial merchant's life-style in 18th century Canso; P.E.I.'s Confederation Chamber; An invitation to Fanning Bank, P.E.I.'s gracious Government House; The Temperance Wars - a chronicle of booze and temperance in Newfoundland; Part II (2) of Traditional Crafts in Nova Scotia Today; Quilts from the New Brunswick Museum; The Mystery of Robert Field; Nova Scotia's smaller museums. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
68 pages. Features: The Weldon Collection - Part II - English Pottery; Snuff Bottles; The Loyalists - Bicentennial Exhibition at the New Brunswick Museum; Silk Roads, China Ships - Inspiration for 2000 years of collecting; Furniture-Making in Harbour Grace - Part II, Albert Rogers; James Kerr-Lawson Restored; "La Haute Folie" Still Standing - The Hurtubise house has endured three turbulent centuries; Survival Transcended - Folk Art in Canada; An American in London - a report on London's Grosvenor House Antique Fair. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Meeting the Challenge of Adaptive Re-use - in the city of Kitchener, Ontario - 410 King St. W., the Kaufman footwear complex; Downsizing and Privatizing in the Good Ol' 90s; Charles B. Ross and his Sash and Door Factory in Blackville; The Victorian Factory Phenomenon - Tales of the Cotton and Candy in New Brunswick - the Ganong Chocolate factory in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Modest moisture exposure near one corner else clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A worthy copy. Book
156 pages. Features: The Truth About Bread; What can you do about oats?; The big build-up in beef; This may revolutionize the way you grow corn; Spring milk from winter pasture; The Apple - first of fruits; Electric hired hands; Blue-ribbon family - The Butterfield family of Hamilton County, Ohio; They hustle feed into profitable meet; Easier-to-grow small fruits; Gangway for Tomorrow (part 1 of 5) ; Women should be Fenced In (fiction). Ads: 1952 Buick; Noxzema ad with Barbara Ellis; National Rubber Bureau ad shows map of Malaysia and Malysian rubber-growing family; B.F. Goodrich ad features color photos of the huge Forsgate Farms south of New Brunswick, NJ; Allis-Chalmers Tractors; International Harvester McCormick Farmall Super C color ad; Lawrence O. Larson of Orion IL in Firestone tire ad; International Trucks (color photo of Farm Dale truck); Minneapolis-Moline ad with photo of Mt. Rushmore; John Deere Truss-Frame Plow; US Stell ad with photo of Homer Caron of Bloomer, WI; Chrysler car ad features car photographer George Heyer and his work, including subjects Robert Chura, Albert Bazner, H.A. Nelson, D.M. Holiday, and Paul R. Diehl; Camel cigarette ad features Henry Fonda; Lee work wear; Ferguson '30' tractor; Champion spark plug ad features Ohio orchardist Mr. Elmer Eyssen of Mapleside Farms near Brunswick, OH; Milwaukee Rotary Tiller ad; Simplicity tractor ad; Oliver 77 and 88 tractors; 1952 Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide ad shows couple riding - without helmets, of course; Gillette razor ad features Allie Reynolds of the Cleveland Indians; Massey-Harris Tractors; Willys 4WD trucks; Dodge trucks; Gehl forage harvesters; Jergens ad features Lila Ewart of Northville, SD; Tide detergent; GE Iron ad features Mrs. Ann Bennett of Pittsburgh, PA; Aunt Jemima pancake mix (in color); Maye Verquer shows off award-winning pie; Dekalb corn (color back cover ad). Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Also shows Prince Edward Island and the Magdelen Islands. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
36 Pages plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Mining in Nova Scotia; The British on San Juan Island; Pictures of the Provinces - XIX; Industry Comes Back to New Brunswick; England's Old Timbered Buildings; RCAF recruiting ad; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. ix, [2], 2-253, [1] pages. Index. Footnotes. "Sheds fresh light on this secretive 92-year-old, known simply as K.C., who has emerged victorious over small competitors, faced down multinational oil companies, and battled provincial and federal governments in his drive for weath and power." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy Book
197 pages. "A thoroughly stimulating true tale of one of the most successful entrepreneurs Canada has ever known. A tale that predicts the eventual doom of the one-man dynasty, the lone financier, in today's world of the organization man. But at the peak of the dinosaur's reign, his might and influence in eastern canada are immense and incalculable. If there was ever a company town covering 28,000 square miles, with a population of 600,000, New Brunswick is it; and the company is K.C. Irving Limited." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is sunned along spine and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Binding tight. A sound copy. Includes 1992 obituary news clipping of Mr. Irving which includes a 1959 photo of him in his office. [Spadoni & Donnelly 2443] Book
62 pages. Features: A Salute to the Settlement of Ontario; Shelburne's Ross-Thomson House... The Largest Loyalist artifact in the Nova Scotia Museum's Collection; Toronto a la carte - Exhibition mapping Toronto's First Century marks the city's Sesquicentennial; Return to Glengarry - Retired Northwest Company partners of Eastern Ontario; The Canadian Connection - Parisian Art Nouveau Designer Edward Colonna spent much of his life in North America; From Shore to Shore - Print-derived drawing from Victorian New Brunswick depicts man's passage through life; A Quiet Wealth - Textile Arts of Coastal Native Women; Collecting Playing Cards; The Weldon Collection - Part IV - Chinese Export Porcelain; George Brown's Lambton Lodge - 'The Best House in Toronto'. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Dealer profile of R.G. Perkins and Son - Robert Gordon Perkins and his son Sheldon; The Stained Glass of William Morris - a Vancouver collector profile; Ron McLean of Waddingtons; Creatures and spirits coalesce in the art of Bill Reid, by Doris Shadbolt; Preserving our Paper Heritage - evaluation and disposal of treasures, part 2, by Katherine McIntyre; Is it a Constable? - the mystery of 'Scene of Woods and Water', by Paul A. Hachey; Outport Furniture - Newfoundland heritage in a Hamilton home, by Leslie Fink; Caring for Works on Paper - Part IV - Care of Watercolours, by Thea Jirat-Wasiutynski; Depression Glass, by Linda Parker; Harlan House - Ceramist, by Gloria Hickey; Silken Velvets - a Venetian collection of antique fabrics, by Ileana Chiappini Di Sorio; Mysterious "Girl-in-a-Swing', by Simon Jones; Farewell auction of Lukannon 's Antiques of Saint John, New Brunswick - dispersal of the fine stock of Mrs. Rupert Wainman-Wood; At the Shows. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Bits of clear tape on front cover. Book
55 pages. Features: Two Halifax Cabinetmakers - Thomas Cook Holder and Henry Arthur Holder; Nelson Cook in Canada; Tracing the Source of the "Thomas Views"; Early Canadian Sewing Machines; Some Furniture from Prince Edward Island; The Ahrens Pottery, Paris, Ontario; Collecting Asian Silver; An Edwardian House in Saint John, New Brunswick; Scottish Snuff Containers; and more. Binding sound. Moderate wear. Address label atop back cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Dealer Profile of Lorenz Biricz of Lorenz Antiques in Toronto; Sotheby's and Joyner's Spring Auctions; Collector Profile of Clair Stewart of Caledon - lithographic stones; Christopher Hartop of Christie's, New York; Stone for the Emperor - Song to Qing jades in the Royal Ontario Museum; Carving Nephrite and Jadeite in the Qing Dynasty; Miniature Delights - dollhouses; Caring for Works on Paper - Part 3 - Matting, Framing and Storage; Price Trends in English Pottery - interest surges in ironstone, Delftware, slipware and majolica; The Prints of Carl Schaefer Fellman; Mrs. Thrale Returns, by Paul A. Hachey; Cabinetmaker Thomas Nisbet of Saint John, New Brunswick; Travels from the hearth to the table in Montreal; Rural Quebec Table Setting; 18th Century French Table Setting; Victorian Table Setting; Seen at the shows; What's New. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
56 pages. Features: The next world problem - Who Owns Space?; Barry Morse - The Barrymore of Canadian TV; Louis Archambault's Wonderful Wall; Diefenbaker's Home Town - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Nice Colour Ads: Matinee Cigarettes; Canadian Car Company; Caterpillar - New Brunswick Theme; Red Cap Ale; 1958 Plymouth Automobile; Dow Beer; O'Keefe Ales; Coke (back cover). Average wear. Please note! Pages 31 through 34 missing Book
110 pages. Features: Cover photos of political leaders; One page ad for film "The Bellboy" starring Jerry Lewis; Two-page color Schlitz beer ad; Coke ad with color photo of huge dog (Great Dane?) in red convertible with lady at gas station; The Man Who May Break Chessman's Deach-Cell Record - Edgar Labat has been on death row for seven years; Water - the problem that needen't be; Israeli scientist Alexander Zarchin says he can make saltwater sweet; Nice ad for Campbell's chicken noodle soup; Photos of 2.5 year-old Gigi (Georgia); The Kennedys - a Family Political Machine - photo-illustrated article; 1960 Political Convention Guide; *Gorgeous* color-photo ad for a black Cadillac four-door shown picking up couple from elegant building; Photos of Ed Sullivan and his family in color Kodak ad; Budding military brass from Texas - Charles Otstott and Alton Thompson; Color ad for the 1960 Ford Comet; Photo Quiz; Color circus photos; The ideas that earned Albert Lasker $45 million; Photo of MIss Mantan; Triplet graduates - Alice, Loraine and Patricia De Courcey graduate from Douglass College, New Brunswick NJ.; One-page color-photo of a pale green 1960 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan; Linda Cristal - the girl who travels alone; 7up ad inside back cover shows cowboy scene; Nice color-photo Camel cigarette ad on back cover features Orin Murray, Field Survey Engineer at the Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona; and more. Unmarked with bit of loss to upper corner of front cover, otherwise average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
9" x 4" map folds out to 24" x 18". Printed in two colours - the traditional Gulf blue and orange. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage road map. Map
Hand-numbered 123 of 250. x, xiii, 159 pages. Reprint of the 1816 first edition. Fold-out map inside back board. "Author was a Prussian officer who, as a colonel, served as Blucher's Subchief of Staff during the Waterloo Campaign. He was Prussian liaison officer joined to Wellington's staff over the critical days, and was instrumental in bringing in General Thielmann's corps to reinforce the Allied left wing at the last crisis of the battle of Waterloo." - copyright page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
A PARIS, chez Moutard, Imprimeur de la Reine, 1788 - 3 volumes in-8, Tomes CXI (71), CXII (72) & CXIII (73) - Reliure plein veau de l'époque - Dos à nerfs à fleurons dorés - Ecoinçons dorés sur les plats - Toutes tranches jaspées - épidermures - XI-518, XI-512 & XI-594 pages - frais intérieurement Complet de l'histoire de la Bohème, de la Saxe, du Brandebourg, de l'Archiducé d'Autriche, de la Bavière, du Palatinat du Rhin, de la Maison de Brunswick & de l'Electorat d'Hanovre, ainsi que celle de Mecklenbourg
Pages: x,[2],189,[3]p. Ink stamp "Bibliothèque du Roi - Palais Royal" on base corner of title page. With a half-title and 3 final advertisement pages. A few ff. loss to extreme fore edge, faint browning and soiling, contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt device to spine foot, joints split, a little worn, loss at head of spine.
This issue focuses on the Province of New Brunswick. 182 pages. Dozens of pages of ads for Canadian businesses provide an excellent overview of Canada's broad and highly-developed post-war manufacturing base. Articles: The Province of New Brunswick; New Brunswick's Beautiful Capital; Industrial New Brunswick; Canadian Achievements in Aviation - by Hon. Lionel Chevrier; Labour Management Relations - address by Hon. Dr. John L. Robinson; The Human Machine in Industry - by Dr. Victor G. Heiser; Research and Development in Aviation - address by Air Vice-Marshal A.L. James; Immigration to Canada in 1948 - statement by Hon. James A. MacKinnon; New Vitamin regulations Issued; The Foremen's Part in Accident Prevention; The Industrial Doctor; and much more association news. Unmarked with above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author to a Canadian Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans upon title page. 279 pages. Bibliography. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Argues that "governments must transfer management of our rivers and watersheds to private owners, conservation trusts and river communities." - dust jacket. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
48 pages. Contents include: How Red Refugees get asylum in Halifax; Joe Blasko helps inventors; Terence Robertson - the man who exposed the Suez Plot; Donald C. Rowat - A professor's career as Mr. Ombudsman; Why northern Quebec's Eskimos may have to learn French - even under protest; Feature Article - The Promise of Estrogen for Women; How Canada is building the greatest show on earth - Expo 67 (with photos); How to eat the scenery - painter Jack Humphrey of New Brunswick; Montreal's Windsor Hotel, Last of the Grand Hotels; Feature article on Gordon Sinclair - "Some People are Beginning to Like Him"; Algeria - where freedom rules with fear; Midsummer skiiing on New Hampshire's Mount Washington - colour pictures; How three hard-boiled eggs nearly caused a naval mutiny in World War II; Ralph Hedlin proposes to pay farmers to get off the land. Average wear. Unmarked. Five inch tear to lower corner of colour Coke ad on back cover. A quality copy of this entertaining and informative issue. Book
