Colwill, James R.MareMagnum
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New in shrinkwrap. 304 pages. Profusely illustrated with glorious colour photography throughout. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Printed upon glossy stock. Will not be reprinted. A wonderful addition to the library of any automotive mascot afficionado. Paperback. 11" x 8.5" x 0.8". 3.2lb Book
144 pages. Gorgeous color photography throughout. Presents 91 mascots, most in life size, tracing a chronology of design from 1900 to 1923. Many of these mascots appear in no other reference works. Includes 33 US design patent drawings with their respective mascots. New in shrinkwrap. From print run of only 300. Will not be reprinted. A must-have for any serious automotive mascot enthusiast. Book
144 pages. Gorgeous color photography throughout. Presents 100 mascots, most in life size, tracing a chronology of design from 1920 to 1939. Many of these mascots appear in no other reference works. Includes 30 US design patent drawings with their respective mascots. New in shrinkwrap. From print run of only 300. Will not be reprinted. A must-have for any serious automotive mascot enthusiast. Book
Lavishly produced sequel to "The Automotive Mascot Worldwide - Un Objet d'Art". Chronologically presents 112 classic mascots in stunning color photography. 176 pages including footnotes, bibliography, and index. Oblong 9" x 11.5". From limited printing of only 300 copies. Will not be reprinted. A must-have for the serious automotive mascot enthusiast. An unread copy with negligible wear. Beautiful. Book
Pages 121-160. This issue deals with the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916. Cover illustration of the end of the "Shark". Photos and illustrations include Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, map of the battle area, Photo of ther German dreadnought battleship "Kaiser", Vice-Admiral Scheer, Vice-Admiral Hipper, Sir David Beatty, O. De B. Brock, W.C. Pakenham, Horace L.A. Hood, E.M. Phillpotts, F.C. Dreyer, Arthur L. Cay, Charles J. Wintour, Sir C.R. Blaine, German battle-cruiser "Seydlitz", Sir Charles Madden, Lionel Halsey, German light cruiser "Rostock", German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship "Pommern", Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Cecil Burney, Arthur C. Leveson, Ernest F.A. Gaunt, Sir Thomas Jerram, Alexander L. Duff, Hugh Evan-Thomas, T.D.W. Napier, Herbert L. Heath, Charles E. Le Mesurier, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, E.S. Alexander-Sinclair, William E. Goodenough, E.G.S. Bingham, photo of brave lad John Travers Cornwell who bravely died in action. Covers pulling from staples. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
408 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon verso of front free endpaper. Written by an historian and journalist of wide experience; after many years of diligent research into Oshawa's colorful past, this book is a noteworthy contribution to Canadiana which was produced to give literary significance to the celebrations of Canada's Centennial Year. Includes many archival black and white photographic plates. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear to book which remains tight and square. Light wear and several nicks to dust jacket which features a colour photograph of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin at the wheel of a vintage automobile which most likely bears his name as manufacturer. Bonus: includes two historic Oshawa bookmarks dated 1974 and 1964 respectively. This lovely copy will make an excellent gift. Book
164 pages. Text in French. First published in 1947, this copy is a 1953 reprint of the 1950 revised edition. Printed upon glossy stock. Many colour and black and white photos. Above-average wear. Prior owner's details in pencil atop title page. Coupons removed. A worthy vintage copy of this pleasing French-Canadian cookbook. DRIVER Q306.2. Book
240 pages. Special Features: "Get Out the Vote" - Reform in Richmond; What Price Painless Childbirth?; Who Should Go to College?; Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 (inc. full page colour print of "A Girl With a Watering Can"); This Is the Way the World Washes; Your America (Mt. Hood, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Rainier, Crater Lake); How America Lives: Meet a TVA (Electric) Family - Ed and Amaline Hodges. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc. recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Chevrolet, Plymouth, General Motors Frigidaire, Seven-Up (7-Up), Canada Dry Ginger Ale, and Campbell Soup w/ Campbell Soup Kid. Full page black/white ad with Maureen O'Hara promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Full page colour print ad with movie star Alan Ladd promoting Chesterfield Cigarettes. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: How William Zeckendorf changed Canada's skyline and found trouble; The good woman and the convict - how Frances McKearney's devotion led a vicious criminal (Joe Flaherty) 'back to the human race'; The Peaceniks go to La Macaza, Quebec - the U.S. civil rights technique - non-violent civil disobedience - comes to Canada (many photos); How I became a solitary noisemaker - Sheila Burnford admits that her secret vice is talking with birds; The highway that's changing Ontario - portrait of 401, the monster that makes and breaks businesses, towns and drivers; How the Scotch out-talked the family compact - Scotch Grits vs. 'Rotten Tories' in Ontario's classic battle of wit and lung power (by John Kenneth Galbraith); Report on Two World's Fairs - New York is fun, but Expo 67 might just change the world; The Man who made it all the way back - excerpt from first novel of Hugh Hood; George Wallace - the educated bigot; a band called The Beavers - Canada's answer to the Beatles; United Appeal hurts our best charities - Dr. Gordon Bates. Average wear. Small piece missing from back cover. Unmarked. Book
Features: What happened to Common Sense? - Calvin D. Linton says not only do we live in the best-educated age in history, it may well also be the most gullible; Doomsday Merchant of the Far Right - Billy James Hargis leads a witch-hunt in pursuit of Communists; People on the Way Up - Comic Dick Shawn, Ross Pritchard, Charlene Curry, Janet Ades, Rochelle Hood; Czar of the Bunny Empire - Hugh Hefner, with color photos; The Bridge of Hope - Topeka's effort to help mental patients return to regular life; Me and my mixed up trees - Frank J. Taylor and 'the confessions of a compulsive grafter who tells backyard (Luther) Burbanks how to turn the tables on nature; Irrepressible Egoist - Dick Stuart, the Pittsburgh Pirates cocky slugger; Hot Weapon in the Cold War - at President Kennedy's urging, the Army is beefing up its Special Forces, who are trained to combat Red guerillas around the globe. Nice color Pepsi ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
46 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for International Trucks; One-page Memeograph ad includes exquisitely detailed illustration of their machine; Follow the Swallow - fiction by Lucian Cary; It's Safe to Fly - photo illustrated article by Commander Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N.; The Private Life of novelist John Erskine; Big Business (fiction by Lawrence Perry); When They're Not Working - two pages of wonderful photos of notables recreating, including Bruce Barton, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H.C. Witwer, Charles M. Schwab, Sir Harry Lauder, Ty Cobb, H.I. Phillips, Mme. Schumann-Heink, Emil Jannings, Tony Sarg, and John Philip Sousa; The Jack Dempsey - Jack Sharkey boxing match; Homer Gets Busy (fiction by Frank Condon); My Best Girl (fiction by Kathleen Norris); Every Germ In Its Place - suggestions to reduce doctor's bills; The Hope Chest (fiction by George S. Brooks); In by the Back Door - Tenor Edward Johnson; This Immoral Age (fiction by George Weston); Robin Hood - Infamous New York businessman Jim Fisk; Wonderful one-page ad for Chambers Fireless Gas Ranges features nostalgic photo of young lady in dress in flight after a backswing playing tennis; Nicely illustrated Timken Bearing ad looks into electric furnace. Back cover General Tire and Rubber Company ad features a Paul Gerding painting of "The Flight of Lindbergh" by W.A. Byrnes. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Covers held by one staple. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
80 pages. Features:; Great Jamaica tourism ad; Safire on Sneer Words; Little Red Riding Hood Revisited; Love and Sex in China - The wall of puritanism the Communists built around China's sexual mores shows signs of crumbling, but a traditional Chinese reticence still remains - color-photo illustrated article; Past Master of Posters - A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron) - with beautiful colour examples of his work; Two-page color-photo ad for Jordache Jeans features topless gents with lady; Pianist Peter Serkin; Kirin Beer ad with Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games theme; With the Afghan Rebels - article with photos; The Dark Roots of Violence; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model at Walt Disney World; Six pages of *Gorgeous* color photos of 'Bathing Beauties of 1980';Amarone; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Lester (Mike) Pearson wins Liberal Leadership - brief article with twelve photos, including one-page photo of Paul Martin Sr. celebrating with Pearson; Nice one-page colour ad for Neilson's "Nutty" chocolate bar; Fantastic brief article on nineteen-year-old Bobby Hull, the youngest player in the NHL, illlustrated with eight photos, including his new wife, Judie; Photo and brief write-up on U.S.-born entertainer Josephine Baker who has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in France - photo shows her with her nine adopted children; Wedding photo of Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence; Alberta boy Jerry Leiske crowned "King of Wheat" for third consecutiv year at Chicago's great exposition - brief article with six photos, including a large colour shot; Two pages of nice fashion photography entitled "The Chemise Makes a Comeback; Photo-illustrated brief article on young Sal Mineo; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Robin Hood cake mixes; Canadian photo album includes members of the National Ballet of Canada who are performing "The Nutcracker", Ernest Kay of Victoria; Singer Vanda King of Oshawa who already has a contract for records and a film, and wedding photo of Stuart Cruickshands and Lorna Haren; Classy one-page colour Pepsi ad shows people on spiral staircase; Photos of Vancouver's annual "Polar Bear" dip, won by Amy Brown; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up of Bing Crosby's new 24-year-old wife, Kathy Grant; Fantastic one-page colour team photo of the Detroit Red Wings, 1957-8. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Profusely and exquisitely illustrated in black and white. Undated but probably circa 1935. Presumed first edition as no indication of reprinting present. Includes information about the Trix Permag Motor (4-8 Volt) and Dynamo. Projects include such marvelously authentic contraptions as a railway crane, motorcycle, aeroplane roundabout, racing car, locomotive and tender, tip lorry, mechanical navvy, H.M.S. Hood, and more. The Permag motor is used to power a number of these projects. Unmarked. Toning of paper and amount of wear are consistent with that of a respectully used vintage copy. Pagination begins at page 1. If this item was originally issued with covers they are no longer present. A great Trix collectible. Book
Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
26 pages. Songs include: Angry; Christopher Columbus; Oh, Maria!; Prince Charming; Robin Hood; Rosetta; Sentimental Journey; Sing a Spell; What's the Matter, Marie?; William Tell. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding tender but intact. Two music shop ink stamps to illustrated front cover, otherwise unmarked. A most wonderful vintage Louis Prima collectible! Book
