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372 pages; (HOLO2-19-8)
50 pages. Features: Nice ad for Smokey Robinson's 'Big Time' album inside front cover; Great one-page ad for 'Valentino'; Full-page ad for 'Equus'; Part one of a two part examination of the film industry's involvement and responsibilities in the events which paved the way for Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-communist pursuits; 'MacArthur' - photos; Photo-illustrated Interview with Robert Wise; Interview with author Frank De Felitta; 'Julia' - photos; 'Taboo' - photos; !977 Film Festival in Taormina, Sicily; Festival '77 - Locarno; Reviews - 'Valentino', 'Silver Bears', 'Annie Hall', 'Bim', 'The Brute', 'Demon Seed', 'Crime Busters'; 'Demon Seed' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
290 pages. Index. Reference notes. Black and white illustrations. "A history of Canada's prosecution of war crimes committed during the second world war." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Heavy chipping to lower corner of front board at spine. Binding sound. Worthy reference copy. Book
160 pages. Black and white photos. "Dodging bombs and running a gauntlet of abuse, Lloyd Oppel and Sam Mattix find new courage and unexpected faith." - from front cover. "This story would not have been except for the events that began on October 28, 1972. In the early morning hours of that day, North Vietnamese soldiers moved into Kengkok and the surrounding villages. Lloyd and I were captured as we tried to escape." Sam Mattix. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. Two additional gift greetings upon title page, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Book
351 pages including notes, bibliography, index, and black and white photographic plates. The dramatic story of the rum-runners of the Great Lakes. By turns hilarious and tragic, the book details the careers of those fishermen, farmers, plumbers, and stunt pilots, whose daring brought booze across the lakes to a grateful America - for a price. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
64 pages. Features: The RCMP's handling of a drug case is marred by mishap and tragedy - Eugene and Michele Uyeyama murdered; Special report on Canada's federal opposition - The Reform Party/Preston Manning/Keith Martin/Gilles Duceppe; Alexa McDonough - the NDP's new leader needs a seat, a profile and more MPs; Jean Charest attempts to revive federal Tories; John Savage - Time to Bow Out; Burr, Saskatchewan - striptease fever; War on biker gangs in Saint-Nicholas, Quebec; John Major's Last Stand, with photo of scumbag Tony Blair holding Sun Paper bearing Rupert Murdoch's endorsement of him; Contentious developments in the EU; Vultures close in on the Eaton's Empire; SaskTel - Canada's last public phone firm may vanish; Upsetting Chretien's electoral applecart, by Peter C. Newman; The Blue Jays and the Expos - a tale of two budgets, with photo of Roger Clemens in Jays Uniform; Elvis Stojko Reigns Again; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Jimmy the Weasel's Guide to Murder; Extortion; Picking Up Girls; The Unpublished Enemies of Dick Tracy; James Watt; Earth Enemy #1; and more. Light cigarette odor. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: News photos, including diesel headliners, fresh faces and names; Phots of B&M's beautiful Baldwins; Commuters on the Go Train - Southern Ontario's commuter service - feature extensive article with multiple photos; Photo section; Bivouac for World War II Railroaders - G.I. rails took their basic training on the Crime & Punishment - 711 Railway Operating Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia - article with photos; K4 vs. J-1 in 1931 - Pacific and Hudson/New York Central; 8 Motors x 16 Drivers equals 1080 H.P. - Oregon Electric Railway's 123-mile Portland-Eugene main line. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
162 pages. Black and white illustrations in text. "Captain Lightfoot, whose real name was Michael Martin, is believevd to have been the last person in Massachusetts to be hanged for highway robbery. Shortly before his execution he dictated an account of his life and adventures" (which is reprinted here) - from Preface. Prior owner's signature atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents surprisingly clean and bright. Moderate wear to book. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
fort volume in-8, 583 pp., planches, broché, couv. Bel exemplaire. [TX-19]
fort in-8, 507 pages, broché, couv., superbe jaquette illustrée en couleurs. Tres bel exemplaire (papier jauni, quelques accrocs a la jaquette). [NV-41]
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 6 coloured illustrations; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in silver and pink, pink endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
Fine Russian Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Russian. 107, [1] p. 3000 copies were printed. 2094 / 3000. 'Geray' family with Turkish rooted of Crimean Khanate and their genealogical tree with biographies. Rare.
pp. xviii, (2) [Portraits], 2, 14-498, (1) [Illustrated publisher's ad]. Illustrated with portraits from life and numerous engravings, made expressly for this book. Lacks rear fly leaf. Small insect hole on first signature. Age stained. Inner hinges cracked. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full brown cloth binding, very worn and rubbed. Hardbound. Fair. Scarce. Adams SIX-GUNS; Howes D6. W9 RT Rear STK x2
Slight fraying to spine ends. Slight wear to extremites. DJ spine gone; front & rear only; a recital of the freedoms all too often abrogated; 8vo; 341 pages
Signed by Author Trade paperback, good condition, w. ltly rubbed wraps, sme lt marks. a few lt stains on fr, sme lt tanning on r. Lt sp crease, v. ltly bumped corners. Ltly tanned p. edges, sme lt soil. Ltly tanned ins wraps, pp. 2 tears on 1st p. Signed
Very Good Turkish Black cloth. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 90 p. A duplicated copy. Istanbul Türk Karaim Cemaati gelenegine göre cenaze, defin, zeher ve matem ritüeli ve tercümesi. Funeral, burial, lament rituals according to the Karaite tradition. This book is distributed to the congregation by the Karaite community.
pp. xix, 280 + Frontis and full page photographs. Margin drawings. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, slightly worn. Inked Presentation to Leo Considine from the authors, Gordon Hines and E. D. Nix. Hardbound. Very good. E.D. Nix served as a U.S. Marshal in the Old Oklahoma Territory and the Cherokee Strip.This story follows Nix & his men as he exterminated dozens of notorious outlaws, and arrested tens of thousands of lessor criminals. "Written entirely about the outlaws of Oklahoma and the peace officers who chased them. It has chapters on the Daltons, the Doolin gang, the Jennings gang, Henry Starr, and others, but there are many mistakes." Adams. Six-guns #1611. Nix waited so long to dictate these memoirs that his memory was not accurate. Burs #285. Adams One-Fifty #109, Campbell pg 69, Radar #2486. W5
Very Good Russian Original bdg. HC. Cr. 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Russian. 401, [1] p., b/w plates, plans. Istoria i arkheologia Iugo-Zapadnogo Krima. Sbornik nauchnykh trudov. History and archeology of the South-Western Crimea. Collection of scientific papers.
Biography of the noted attorney. SIGNED "Arthur + Lila Weinberg" on front free endpaper ; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 462 pages
Small open tears to DJ, which is inexpertly tape repaired ; INSCRIBED by Hiss, For Sam with best wishes Alger Hiss Oct 1 1985. This 'analysis' undertaken by practicing psychiatrist and author Zeligs of Hiss and Chambers is psychological in nature, examining the lives of the two adversaries. Hiss was accused by Chambers of being a Communist spy. Even freshman congressman Richard Nixon got into the act ; Large 8vo; 476 pages
12mo, 20pp., woodcut frontispiece, text leaves cut-down from the 'Nottingham Review' and mounted, new boards, printed paper label on upper cover.
First edition, 8vo (205 x 130 mm), 32pp., disbound. The committee was under the chairmanship of Samuel Hoare junior, and the report advocated improvements to the prison regime - more employment, better food and clothing, more space, greater cleanliness etc. The juvenile crime rate had increased greatly and much of the report deals with the treatment of young offenders.
First edition, folio, [2], 40pp., disbound. Wing, C2250A.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, top lightly mottled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled at fold-ins and (predominantly white) rear panel. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A splendid presentation copy of the first Simon Drake novel. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.