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39694TRADE CARD-SHAKESPEARE HOTEL SHAKESPEARE HOTEL. THE SHAKESPEARE HOTEL AND ITS FIVE GABLES. Stratford-on-Avon: Nineteenth century. 8vo. Stiff card stock 3 3/4 x 4 1/ inches. Scarce printed trade card for the Shakespeare Hotel in Stratford-on-Avon illustrating its street front with the modern building with the main entranc flanking the sixteenth-century half-timer five-gabled wing adjoining it. The name of the proprietor C. Justins is printed in the lower left corner. A fi period souvenir card for the visitor. Very good. unknown books
In-folio (cm. 42), tela editoriale, titolo al dorso, sovracoperta, custodia (qualche traccia d’uso), pp. 180, interamente illustrato a colori. Volume allo stato di nuovo (brand new copy).
180 pages including index. Describes how the CPR developed and promoted Canadian tourism in its quest for a profitable passenger line. Along the way it established not only an extensive network of rail, ship, and hotel services, but also the groundwork for Canada's national identity. Wonderfully and bountifully illustrated, primarily in black and white plus gorgeous colour reproductions of nostalgic promotional literature. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Giftable condition. Excellent copy. Book
19761154374Arno Press 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Illus. by Gilbert Rumbold. Octavo. Book. Arno Press Hardcover
0517526840.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19761679157929Arno Press 1976. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing with paper loss. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as bumping. Binding is sound. End pages have age-toning and smudging. Page edges have age-toning and smudging. Interior pages are age-toned. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Arno Press hardcover
19761763219861Arno Press 1976. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE INFORMATION. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. This could have light cosmetic flaws but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the Revised Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Arno Press hardcover
2007TH234444Bonhams London 2007. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER. Heavy 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers 296pp 2994 lots colour plates etc __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy laminate wrinkle to bottom corner tip of the rear cover - a minor production flaw. . __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS Bonhams, London paperback
0094518114.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
130993Constable & Co. London 1933. 8vo 287pp. Colour and black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy in orange cloth boards. Spine discoloured. Minor pen/pencil annontations throughout. Some minor foxing and spotting to some of the pages also. Previous bookseller's stamp. New and enlarged fifth printing of The Savoy Hotel's book of classic cocktail recipes. . Constable & Co., London, 1933 hardcover
110 pages. Short Stories: The Perfect Mate; Beauty is the Prize; One to Go; The Headlock. Articles: Hodding Carter says "I'll Never Leave My Town"; Housewife, You're My Boss - Leading Grocer Joseph B. Hall rings doorbells to learn the beefs housewives have against his company, Kroger; Uncle Sam's Orphan Airline - MATS; A Visit With violinist Jascha Heifetz - photo-illustrated article; The Trouble with American Tourists - who do so many of them become offensive boors abroad?; Michigan's Island Innkeeper - W. Stewart Woodfill, proprietor of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island The Plight of the HIll People - seven million mountain dwellers in 16 states still live in abject poverty - they are our most miserable citizens - article with depressing family photo. Serials: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 1 of 8); Journey into Danger (part 5 of 8). Ads: Schlitz beer (tree planting); Tareyton cigarettes; Color-photo Mercury car ad; Chevrolet 1960 Kingwood Station Wagon; 1960 Turbine Drive Buick; Keds shoes; Frigidaire centerfold shows 16 different models; Lifesavers; Budweiser "Pick a Pair"; Speed Queen appliances - featuring Virginia Habermann, Mrs. Home Laundry Queen for 1960; Norelco shavers; The Wausau Story - with photo of R.B. Wiltse, Frank Hausman and Eugene Dymek; Florida Tourism; Airstream trailers; Benjamin Moore paint. Above-average wear. Bit of masking tape on front cover. Back cover missing. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
100 pages. Features: Nice snow angel cover illustration by John Falter; I Ride Nightmare Highway - James P. O'Donnell drives from Helmstedt to Berlin in 1952 and must deal with surly, unpredictable Russians at checkpoints; Debonair Dan - Dan London and his St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, The Magnificent Innkeeper; Baseball's Biggest Winner - Robin Roberts of the Phillies; Who Elected Eisenhower?; Why Pay for Advice?; The Tiger at Red China's Heels - Color-photo-illustrated interview with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa (Taiwan); We Made the Impossible Voyage (2nd of 3 articles) - Dr. Thomas Davis and family pilot their boat, the Miru, through 4500 miles of open sea. Fiction: A Catch for Any Woman; Forbidden Affair; Killer Bronc; The Witness Who Couldn't Talk; The Big Heat; (part 3 of 7); The Secret of the Purple Reefs (part 6 of 8). Ads: Florida Tangerines; Nice half-page color-photo ad for Stereo Realist features the Ice Follies of 1953, 17th Annual Edition; Nice two-page color ad for 1953 Ford cars; Two-page black and white ad for 1953 Plymouth cars; Sensational one-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Sampler Chocolates features large photo of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in costume for the film "Road to Bali"; Nice Campbell's Soup ad; four-page color ad for General Electric presents their many achievements over 75 years; Good Year centerfold ad shows car models for every year from 1915 to 1952; Nice two-page ad for 1953 Hudson cars, the Hornet and the Wasp; Nice color-photo ad for Pan-American Airlines features their South American service with photo of couples in swimwear on Rio's Ipanema Beach; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner cartoon; Interesting one-page color-photo ad for Dell Comics shows boy in red chair, surrounded by comic characters; Nice patriotic ad by Bell Telephone features large photo of Sergeant Donald McIntyre of Chicago, who recently returned from Korea; Soiled back cover Camel ad features great photos of actor Alan Ladd. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
144 pages. Features: Best-Mannered Children in the World - Eskimo children - nice color-photo-illustrated article; The Army's Tower of Babel - the new language-intelligence school at the Presidio in Monterey, California; They Came to See Him Clobbered - Boxer Art Aragon was the boxer fans loved to hate; The Truth About the "Sonic Boom" - photo-illustrated article how it's 'less dangerous than you might think"; I would Not Murder for the Soviets (part 3 of 4) - Ex-Captain Nikolai E. Khokhlov discloses the exact circumstances surrounding the downfall of his boss, Lavrenti Beria, after Stalin's death; The Wilderness Cure for Delinquents - Twin Pines Ranch in California; Cold Can Save Your Life - fascinating medical article describes how ordinary ice water can be used in a process called hypothermia for better patient outcomes; Daintiest Beaneries in Town - great photo-illustrated article on Schrafft's restaurants; He'll Eat Anything That Swims - Food Scientist Edward Harvey manages Oregon's Seafoods Laboratory at Astoria. Fiction: Haunted Hotel; Salesman's Homecoming; Inexperienced Male; The Lady's Bodyguard; Hollywood Calling! (part 2 of 8); The Avenging Texans (conclusion). Ads: Sensational two-page color 1955 Mercury car ad; Nice one-page color ad for Chevrolet Trucks shows tanker in refinery; Fantastic two-page color-photo ad for Rambler cars; Nice two-page color ad for 1955 Ford cars; Dennis the Menace cartoon is featured in a Cream of Wheat ad; Great two-page color-photo ad for 1955 Plymouth cars; Back cover color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features St. Bernard dog. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
140 pages. Short Stories: Hard-Luck Girl; The Words of Love; Dangerous Bluff; His Sister's Keeper. Articles: Why do they Hate us in Panama? - photo-illustrated article about anti-American riots; The Birds' Last Stand - 6,000 exotic birds may be evicted from their Stone Harbor, New Jersey haven; Pilots Aren't Obsolete Yet - the recently-cancelled B-70 Valkyrie bomber may be necessary for our survival; Los Angeles' Cure for Drunks - California desert rehabilitation farm; The Movies' Modern Marco Polo - Stanley Goldsmith is Twentieth Century Fox's chief trouble shooter for pictures filmed overseas; They Call Me Madam (part 2 of 4) - Washington's legendary hostess Perle Mesta; Fabulous Mine in the Sea - The Grand Isle Sulphur Mine in the Gulf of Mexico; Touring Russia Made Easy. Serials: If Hitler Had Invaded England (part 2 of 3); The Tewksbury Feud. Ads: Dogde Trucks (inside front cover); Employers Mutuals of Wausau - with photos of John M. Fox of the Minute Maid Corporation and company driver Eddie Mew plus Ed Waters; GE Appliances; Spring cigarettes; Fantastic two-page color-photo (red) Corvair ad features gents in black suits and hats checking out the car; Old Crow Whisky, with one-page color illustration of James Crow with his neighbors; Two-pages of the Ford Galaxie; Lowry organs; Quaker State Oil; The BMC 850 (Mini) (2 pages in color); Canadian Pacific Dome Cars (1 color page); Nice color photo ad for the (red) Chrysler Imperial in a horse-racing setting; Hotpoint fridges; Cadillac Guide-Matic; Scott Paper; ScottTowel multi-color towels; Schlitz beer - flying a kite; Kem-Tone and Kem-Glo Paint; Johnson V-75 outboard motor; Toro lawn and garden products; Admiral TVs; Cracker Barrel Cheese; Caterpillar; Smith-Corona typewriters; Hertz rental cars; Boeing 720; Samsonite luggge with Queen's guards in background; The Denver Hilton Hotel; Karpen furniture (very funky); Nabisco Veri-Thin Pretzels; American Seating Company; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
190940142N.P.: Privately printed 1909. 1909. 7" x 8" folded in half in pictorial wrapper. No pagination. 16 pp. double column centerfold and 16 other views from photographs small map. Printed throughout in sepia ink. Numerous photographs showing the beautiful architectural design of the exterior of The SamOset. Exterior and interior views include: Bay Front Approach Drive; Rotunda; golf and croquet; Reading and Writing Room; Breakwater Promenade; Golf Course and Putting Course; The Caddies; Bathing; etc. "It is impossible to describe adequately the complete revolution that took place in the original house in every room every department and upon the grounds throughout the entire property which has resulted in converting The SamOset into the most modern of summer resorts in sanitation equipment and general service." Careful plumbing installed throughout every room has large closets new furniture the dining room is completely surrounded by windows for spectacular views the scenery and cuisine are unparalleled the drinking water is brought from Mirror Lake a natural reservoir etc. Reprinted 1903 original brochure reproducing even the chipped covers of the original. Light soiling. Very good. Privately printed, 1909. unknown
22 pages. Features: Nice Simpson's fashion ad inside front cover; List of entertainment events in Toronto this week; Many vintage ads for Toronto businesses; List of local places of interest for guests of the hotel; Full-page ad for the Imperial Room featuring the romantic rhythms of Johnny Lindon and his Orchestra, with Betty Jean Ferguson; List of amenities offered by the hotel; Phone numbers for various Toronto services of use to travellers; Centrefold map of Toronto with list of places of interest plus location key for advertisers; Two-page promotion for shipping on Canada's "Fifth Avenue" - the Yonge, Bloor, Bay district; Holt Renfrew and Bank of Nova Scotia (with photo) ads inside back cover; Nice Eaton's ad on back cover features illustrations of their Main and College St. stores with written details for each. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A wonderful vintage piece of Toronto ephemera. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece toned in sepia, title in red and black, and 31 plates, some very light and occasional spotting; original red cloth, gilt back, red top, uncut, backstrip lightly frayed at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
40 pages. Undated, possibly circa 1960. Oblong 8.5" x 11". Presents 18 colour-photo-like illustrations of scenes including: The Three Sisters; Mount Rundle and Vermillion Lake; Town of Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Valley; Cascade of Time; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Eisenhower; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Mount Lefroy and Victoria Glacier; Lake in the Clouds; Chateau Lake Louise; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley; The Great Divide; Spiral Tunnels at Kicking Horse Pass; Emerald Lake and Mount President. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage item intended for tourists of a prior generation. Book
Folio 216p., illus. Hardcover Very good condtion in good d.j. good
9814068586.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1994G9813018151I4N10Raffles Hotel Singapore 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Raffles Hotel, Singapore hardcover
1994Q-9813018151Raffles Hotel Singapore 1994-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Raffles Hotel, Singapore hardcover
9813018151.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1021138037.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
