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Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket has small tears at edges.
Pages 629-668 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for Holland-America line; One-page ad for the Daimler 2 1/2 Litre V8 Saloon; Great one-page colour photo ad for the MG Midget, Mk II sports convertible (red); Cover photo portrait of the Queen Mother presenting badminton trophy to Capt. J. R. Templer; Photo of the international conference on the problem of sanctions against South Africa at Friends' House, London; Photo of commissioning ceremony of the new tribal class frigate 'Zulu'; Photo of the first of three new car ferries for the Western Isles, 'Hebrides", passing Oban war memorial on her way to Tarbert; Photo of "St. George of England", new ocean racing yacht being lowered into the water on April 17; Photo of famous actors attending Southwark Cathedral in commemoration of the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth; Photo of Peter Garbutt, Capt. of Crook Town, holding the Amateur Cup as he leads his victorious team on a lap of honour around Wembley; Photo of Mrs. John Logie Baird presenting award to TV announcer Miss Sylvia Peters; Photo of Jack Brabham winning the Aintree International "200" race on April 18; Article on the perplexing developments in Cyprus; Photo of Syrian Maj. Gen. Amin Hafiz speaking in Damascus after armed revolt in Hama; Photo of Brezhnev presenting Khrushchev with medal on the premier's 70th birthday; Photo of Shaikh Abdullah speaking to crowd during his tour of the Kashmir Valley for independence; Photo of Danny Nowell in San Francisco hospital after terrifying fall from balloon; Photo of floating powerstation in ice-free dock at the Thule Air Force Base, Greenland; Photo of presentation of colours at Beersheba, Israel, during 16th Independence Day celebration; Photo of Italy's smiling president Antonio Segni in Milan motorcade; Photo of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands climbing ruins at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico; photo of Pres. Nyerere of Tanganyika inspecting guard of honour of the third Battalion of the Nigerian Army; Photo of delegation of the People's Republic of Poland visiting Khrushchev on April 13; Photo of Israeli Pres. Shazar and president Grunitzky of Togo signing friendship pact in Jerusalem; Photo of Pres. Nasser and Field Marshal Hakim Amer observing naval manoeuvres off Alexandria; Photo of the Sultan of Muscat visiting the tribal class frigate 'Nubian'with rear admiral J. E. Scotland; Book review of "A Start In Freedom" by Sir Hugh Foot; Photo illustrated article on Soviet archaeology - the search for lost Dioscuria in the Eastern Black Sea; Photos and text describe finds in the Sukhumi Bay waters; Celebrations of Shakespeare; Centrefold illustration of Stratford-upon-Avon; Impressive photos and text describe the Aswan High Dam; Page of photos of the Duchess of Gloucester and Queen Mother visiting Scotland; Photos of personalities of the week include Sergei Khrushchev, Miss Rachel Carson, Col. Stewart Blacker, Harold Scott, Harold Shearman, Ian Smith (new Prime Minister for Southern Rhodesia), Winston Field, Justice Edmund Davies, Michael Foot, Mrs. M. P. Kendrick, Pres. DeGaulle, Mrs. Geraldine Mock (greeted by her husband at Oakland after completing her solo flight around the world), and Prince Souvanna Phouma; Impressive two-page illustration of the new face of the Royal Navy - carriers, frigates, submarines and auxiliaries of today's fleet; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Tiger-Hunting Adventures in India; Adventures of Newspaper-Man, Frederic Martyn (part 2); Canada's New Wonderland - new railway in the neighbourhood of the Yellowhead Pass runs from Edmonton to Prince Rupert - article with great photos; The Raid - author brings down a Gotha; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part 4 - major article of times spent in China with many fascinating photos, including a 3-year-old couple engaged to be married!; Choking An Alligator; In a Cauldron of Fire; Lost in a Limestone Cave; Treed by a Leopard - a missionary's story of a Chinese farmer's terrible predicament; Through Holland in a Canal Boat - article with lovely photos; The Winter Tragedy of the Yellowstone - Corporal Thomas M. Connery recounts the life of the Yellowstone Mounted Police and the nerve-wracking, monotonous life of the winter guard, which led to a terrible tragedy; Photo of the smallest boot in the world; The Catching of "Black Abyss" - involves Australian horseman Harry Pitt; The Fatal Curve - rail coach goes down an embankment; A Fateful Night - adventures in the west - where revolvers settled disputes and vigilance committees made quick work of trials; My Experiences in the "Black Republic' - wild tales from Haiti (Hayti) "where complete savagery has been permitted until even recent years; My Adventures with African Wild Dogs - savage and cunning creatures of which little is known; The Bushranger - adventures involving a crook in the Australian goldfields; The "Water Trees" of the Soudan - the amazing Tebeldi tree - article with photos; Photo of large fruit tree being gassed beneath a large canvas to kill pests; Interesting back cover ad for Haywood's Tire Surgery features illustrations of Richard A. Oldham of Illinois and E.T. Buchmann of Chicago. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 17 plates on 8, a full-page portrait, full-page illustration and 7 full-page maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's service included Palestine, SE Asia, Malaya, Singapore, Tunisia, Cyprus, Jamaica and Aden and covers pre-WWII regimental soldiering to the modern TA. Already uncommon in this condition.
Pages 201-240. Features: Tales of the Flying Squad - Crook Catching on Wheels - photo illustrated article; The Quest - another fine story of the Foreign Legion; Jealousy Between Lovers - a necessity, otherwise, a curse; The Gramophone - an appealing short story; The Struggle of the Giants - a wonderful (Football Association Challenge) cup season - article with photos; The Otter's Inn - a popular nature story; When Parliament Gasped! - great illustrated article of drama on the floor of the House; How to get your garden going; Shadowed Love - a man's love for two women; Illustrated Amami Shampoos ad; The Real Swanee - photo-illustrated article about the film 'Uncle Tim's Cabin"; The Uninvited Guest - short story; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 670 pages. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Dust jacket blurb pasted on rear board. 110 b&w illustrations.
Pages 281-320. Features: Bad Luck or Fate? - photo-illustrated article about the ill-fated east-to-west Atlantic flight of Hon. Elsie Mackay and Captain Hinchliffe - with photos of female flyers ; Lady Carbery, Ruth Elder, Princess Loewenstein-Wertheim and Mrs. Grayson; The Dead Hand - a Foreign Legion story; London's Lonely Girls - photo illustrated article by Mrs. Stanley Baldwin explains how they are saved from being 'stranded'; Singing 210 "Hits" a Week - Photo illustrated article on entertainers Layton Turner and Clarence Johnstone (Layton and Johnstone); Shop'uns - a tale of eggs at Easter; Banning Our Beauty Spots - photo-illustrated article on how people are being denied access to the sea, seashore and cliffs; The Rolling Penny - a case of X. Crook, Detective; Getting the World's Goat - an article about how to get on people's nerves; Shadowed Love (continued); and more. Staples disintegrated. Writing on covers. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: The Cost of Living Mystery - Why the index figure today is unfair Perilous Island - a story of the eternal triangle in the tropics; Keeping the Zoo Fit - the latest medical aids for aiding birds and beasts; Under Cover - a new adventure of Detective X. Crook; "Stop and Look" Interesting pictures, including a 'mobile home' carved from a huge tree trunk; Spook Ships of Britain - ghostly vessels that haunt our shores; British Boys in Slavery! - no greater scandal exists today than the practice of sending British orphan boys and 'first offenders' to Canada and Ireland to be 'apprenticed to farm work, for which they are wretchedly paid and poorly looked after; Love is Blind; Air Wonders of Today - article with great photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); All About Old Age Pensions; Unmarked. Coverfold half open. Several middle pages loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
A keepsake issued by the Bookbuilder's Workship in 1950. Includes a silkscreen by Hicken on the cover, a brief essay by Heintzelman, and three original prints loosely inserted: a silkscreen by Bartlett and woodcuts by Crook and Potter. Printed on various kinds of good paper. Large 8vo, original wraps. Slight discoloration to cover, else fine and bright. Rare.
72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of schoolyard scene at Peesane, Saskatchewan; Nice colour ad for GWG menswear inside front cover; Farley Mowat says "Let's apply for admission as the 51st state; Is "Car Craziness" a Menace to our Teenagers?; An Artist Comes Home - Roloff Beny; Ernest Thompson Seton - The Backwoods Genius with the Magic Pen; Will the whole Continent Go Hollywood?; Joan Callwood calls on the Russian Ambassador, Dr. and Mrs. Amasasp Aroutunian; Why Sylvia Murphy turns her back on the big-time; A Mechanic Responds (to people who call him a crook); Colour-photo one-page ad for Red Cap ale; Ed Sullivan inset photo in Kodak colour centrefold movie camera ad; RCAF recruiting ad; Mercedes-Benz ad (220 S Sedan); Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features icy glass; and more. Please note: missing page 47-48 (last part of Russian ambassador article) and page 55-56 (last part of Mowat article), otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
in-8, 467 pp., broché sous jaquette illustrée. Bel exemplaire. [MI-30]
in-8°, 309 pp, illustrations, broche, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [DV-18]
Features: Your Health and the almighty Pill - overmedication (part 1); Will the Killers Come Here? - a report on the pieds noirs of Algeria, who may soon look to French-speaking Canada for refuge; Canada's role in attempting to discover how David took Jerusalem and where Christ rose again; Paul Anka - a new look at our besn-known export - a 21-year-old singer, composer, and tycoon - with photos; Your passport is suspect - any red spy, international crook or alien smuggler can get one by mail; Indian - a new TV play to read and see - CBC's half-hour George Ryga play; Ton Smits cartoons; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for International Trucks. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: When Bob Dalton Hit the Longview Bank; Montana - the last frontier to be branded; Geronimo's Wives; Gold Beneath Toadstool Rock; The Tragic Punishment of James Black; Mademoiselle Nevada; Dodging Death along the Smoky Hill River; Bulkeley Wells - polite and lethal; The Crest and Crumble of Crook City; The Difference between Oregon and California Miners; Off to Indiana!; The Monarchs; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Destination Unknown - one of the most remarkable narratives of one-man pilgrimage ever - the adventures of Peter Pinney; Ocean Feud - the dramatic story of a bitter feud between two Norsemen, and of a "Yank" - great photos; The Terror at 16 Fathoms - Divers rate the groper, 800lb, as the deadliest fish in the seas; Horned Heroine of the Himilayas - the black goat; Nitchie's Grizzly - a Canadian Parks Officer describes an experience with a Grizzly Bear; The Ju-Ju Tree - an African story; A Ship with a Secret - an unsolved sea mystery - the Carrol A. Deering; The Kidnapped Crook - Part II - the concluding instalment of the amazing adventure of Clement Passal - alias the Marquis de Champaubert; The Wettest Place on Earth - Cherrapunji, a village in Assam; and more. Chips from back strip. Back cover loose but present. Average wear. Book
Features: The Kidnapped Crook - The unvarnished facts of the culminating adventure of Clement Passal, alias the 'Marquis de Champaubert"; Unknown waters - a voyage of the Royal Research Ship Discovery II to the unmapped areas of Australian Antarctica; The White Cockerel - A remarkable story of ju-ju from Africa; Monk's Field - a curious story from North Wales; South Sea Fire-Walkers; A Woman Scorned - a story from Tabora; This bone means death - Australian aborigines 'point the bone' to allegedly kill, even at great distances; The Two Sisters - Two Italian Girls play a big part in helping the pro-British Partisans to seize Northern Italy from the Fascists - Else and Nina Gariglio, with photos; and more. Covers loosely attached. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Features: Peraltas Ghost Walk; Miracle at Martinsville - the Martin Brothers of Hall County, Nebraska; Walt Coburn's Tally Book; Elks Lodge Badges; The Flume Riders; Hardluck General - George Crook; Mining - the game with no rules; Fair Trial at Encinoso - Charley Siringo; I Saw the Whitman Massacre - The Ghost Town of Goldstone; When a man and a horse square off - Marion McGinty; Miramount - Francolon's Castle of Mystery; The Capture of 'Jesse James' (a Stallion); Wild Old Days!; Circle City - the end of the road. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
160 pages. Features: The Nunes Brothers' Boat and Ways Company; Chainsaw Lumbermaking - Natural Knees - Will Malloff explains how to cut your own crook timber; The Shipsmith's Art - Turning your hand to forge work; A New ERA - Vic Carpenter's idea of a perfect runabout; Reviewing TARNE's Keel, Part II - the final steps in fitting, fastening, and fairing it in; Inside the Wood Block - a maintenance guide; Jack Tyrrell - a fourth generation boatbuilder; Irish Hookers; The Galway Bay Pucan - a new 'little hooker'; Ancient Curraghs - they may never become extinct!; Improving the classic dinghy - eliminating some common problems; Hardtack's Running Moor - practical sailorizing from times past; Lashmanship - keeping things in their proper place; Boatbuilding in Grenada - a last bastion of wooden boat building with hand tools alone. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
viii, 867 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival family photos. Second printing of the 1974 first edition. "Devoted primarily to biographies arranged in alphabetical order according to district, concentrating on settlers who arrived prior to WWI. Includes the following districts: Ashvale, Beauvais, Beaver Mines, Burmis, Chipman Creek, Cowley, Crook, Cyr, Drywood, Fir Grove, Fishburn, Gadshill, Gladstone Valley, Halifax, Heath Creek, Hillsboro, Lee School District, Lundbreck, Marr, Maycroft, Mountain Hill, North Fork, Olin Creek, Robert Kerr, Spread Eagle, Spring Ridge, Summerview, Tanner, Tennessee, Todd Creek, Twin Butee, Utopia, Waldron, and Yarrow. Two words highlighted on page vii otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Short opening to top of backstrip. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Krotki [2] 827, Strathern 3197. Book
Pages 81-120. Features: How Britain Prepares For Her Royal Guests - article with photos (King Amanullah of Afghanistan will soon visit Buckingham Palace) - includes photo of King Fuad of Egypt inspecting troops, and King Alfonso at Oxford; Destiny - a complete story; Photo of African woman with huge plates in her lips; Article on Dreams - what do they mean?; Two photos of the Rove Tunnel; Pity the Poor M.P.; Chang! - a film masterpiece and how two men made it - article with photos; Wit of the Week; Circunstantial Evidence - Science and Detective X. Crook Solve Another Mystery; One-page ad for Germolene to treat septic ankle; John Bull's Breakfast - photo-illustrated article on everyday heroes of the fishing fleet; Angel Esquire (continued); The History of The Civil Services Supply Association (C.S.S.A.) - article with photos; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 11 coloured plates (several of flies and hackles; all with original tissue guards present), 3 plates in monochrome with original tissue guards, and a double-page plate and 9 illustrations in the text, contemporary signature and address on front free endpaper; original pictorial ivory buckram, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers moderately age-stained as usual, corners lightly bruised else a firm, clean copy. A second edition of this angling classic appeared in 1894; both editions are scarce in any condition. Westwood & Satchell (Supp), p. 252.
pp. xi, 466 + illustrations. Edges foxed. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, tail of spine rubbed. Original dust jacket, rubbed and chipped. Hardbound. Very good. W7
