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Features: Dave Walker - Long on Nerve - the Dave Walker Ranch in the east part of Poncha Park on Cottonwood Creek, Colorado; Roaming the Back Country with Hood River Blackie - Strange Animals - Bigfoot, Sasquatch; Clara Baasch lived next door to the infamous Vicente Silva; The Peculiarities of Sam Smith - An Old Man's Three Treasures - A. C. Lucas and his Chinatown discoveries; The 'Cutter' - his profession was devilment!; Addison P. Day - Rodeo Great; Cyclone Cave - Natural Bridge Park, Arkansas; J.K. Carper - Mountain Man; Towns Without Whistles in Oklahoma Territory; An Artist's Two Years Alone in the Desert - Frederick Melville DuMond lived in a cave to reproduce 'the West's insanity of color'; Cromwell Dixon's Fatal Ride - biplane pilot, Blossburg, Montana. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
4to., with illustrated and printed titles, and 8 coloured plates, small neat personal name stamp on front free endpaper; original green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in black with mounted coloured illustrations (repeated from text), gilt back, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of an edition first published in 1921.
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
30 pages. Index. Colour photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1950s. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
200 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
168 pages. Features: Why are farmers joining labor unions?; How we feed our champion carlots - Karl Hoffman north of Ida Grove, IA; 4-H is our best salesman abroad - large Austrian presence; Surface drainage can double yields - Ashtabula, OH; Peas and wheat and politics - Elvon Hampton of Idaho's Palouse; Farmer recipes for home-cured ham; Titan of trees - the redwood; Brooder pens for calves at the Intermountain Institute Farm, Weiser, ID; 75 million acres get a new lease on life - killing mesquite in the southwest range country; It pays to know your soil; How to start a dairy herd; Mrs. Ruth S. Wedgworth farms on a large scale in the Florida Everglaes; and more. Bit of writing on ad on page 3, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Poetry and prose expressing the magnificence, dignity, pathos and humour of the teeming life which in two thousand years the river Thames has gathered to its banks and upon its waters. 272pp. Dust jacket has edgewear and chips. Inscription by previous owner, Diana Menuhin, on front free endpaper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Good account of the career of a well-loved ship. Law 0985; not recorded by Enser.
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
pp. xv, 192 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Slightly foxed. Sm. 4to. Original full purple cloth binding. Hardbound. Second impression. ENGLAND 2
238 pages. Index. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author and her daughter. "The story of Dora Hood's experiences as owner and proprietor of Dora Hood's Book Room in Toronto from 1928 to 1954. Mrs. Hood writes glowingly about book collectors for she was convinced that, by and large, they are among the most delightful people one can meet." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Tape marks on endpapers from former dust jacket cover. A sound copy of this precious account of used book selling in Canada prior to the internet. Bibliographic reference: Amtmann H-1081. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photograpgs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
Romanzo. Traduzione Marco Guarnaschelli
pp. 323. 8vo. 190 mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding decorated in yellow, red, black and white. Binding with the monogram of the artist/designer George H. Wood on cover. Hardbound. Very good. The binding is extremely well-preserved and bright. NW65
pp. 103-218. Black and white illustrations. Features: Photo of the IMPERATOR NICOLAI I, a 111-gun steam-sail battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy; Very informative article on the H.M.S. Hood, including fantastic two-sided four-panel foldout photo feature of No. 1 in the fitting out basin; Japan's Torpedo Cruisers - article with three-panel foldout diagrams of the Torpedo Cruiser Kitakami (1941); CVA - 41 - The Conversion of the U.S.S. Midway; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
VHS video tape 28 minutes in length. "An epic ski mountaineering journey to the sleeping volcanic giants of the Pacific Northwest: Mounts Shasta, South Sister, Bachelor, Hood, Adams, St. Helens, and Garabaldi Park, British Columbia." - from cover. Average wear. Usual library markings. 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 . 132 pages in very large format. Heavily illustrated with b&w photos throughout, an impressive chronology of the history of Washington and the Northwest, Seattle.
COLLANA L'AQUILONE N.6
192 pages. Features: The perils of prosperity; A system that makes hog sense; Don't underrate brother rat; Are sheep on the way out?; Push-button chores; Prepackaging moves toward the farm; The Wunder Wagon; They're farming by plane; To beat weeds in grain; Ohio Bride and Groom - Gerald and Beulah Parpster of Ashland County, Ohio - nice photo-illustrated article; Community-service bank - Bendersville National Bank of Adams County, PA; Triumph of the trees; Forecasts to help you fight plant diseases; Irrigated pastures; Photo of Martin Burkholder of Lancaster County, PA who recently sold his land for possibly a record price of $995/acre; and more. Ads: Texaco ad features photos of the England Brothers' farm at Brookshire, TX, including their dehydrator; B.F. Goodrich ad includes photo of Edwin R. Kent of Juniata, Nebraska; Lee jeans; Oldsmobile; Jeep; GM; New Idea equipment; 1949 Frazer Manhattan car; Gorgeous color-photo ad for John Deere tractors; Photo of S.C. Cracraft of Jackson, MO in Hood boot ad; Dodge trucks; Life insurance ad features photos of the Walter Melott family of San Jose, CA; Blue Bell denim; Admiral phonograph; Ford tractors (2 pages); Gibson tractors; Norge fridges; Modess (nice color illustration of lady reclining in chair); Lux ad with Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison; Satina ad with photo of Mrs. P.F. McEwan of Chicago; and more. Heavy external wear with loss to front cover and back cover missing. Bit of writing on front cover. Contents intact. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 147pp. This issue includes Dorothy L Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey, collecting Robin Hood books, Jan Morris, Max Brand, poet John Clare, publisher Charles Lahr, Mae West.
No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes GA Henty auction report, Colin Dexter - Inspector Morse books, Rumer Godden, Thomas Hood - Victorian poet, AL Rowse, Simon Raven, Dandy Diamond Jubilee, index and letters and classified..
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
164 pages. Features: Are we selling the livestock business short?; Bob Lazear and his herefords - Wyoming Hereford Ranch of Cheyenne - article with photos; Weatherproof haymaking; Better livestock in the making; Dairy farmers cut time and costs; Deans of the Delta - nice color-photo-illustrated article on the Homer and Ethel Dean family farm in the Mississippi delta; Seven barns in one; photo of mobile telephone being used by V.P. Shufflebarger of the John Jacobs Farms in the Salt River Valley of Arizona; and more. Ads: Oldsmobile; Hood boot ad with photo of Myron J. Laker of Wayland, MI; Texaco ad with photos of the Waller-Franklin Seed Company in Guadalupe, CA, with manager E.D. Martin; G.E. Radio with photo of vocalist Jane Wilson; B.F. Goodrich ad includes large photo of Mr. Casey Abbott of Salt River Valley of Arizona; Ford trucks (color); Kaiser-Frazer cars (2 pages); One-page color ad for Disney film Melody Time; N.A.M. ad features photo of Andy Anderson of West Millington, NJ; Westinghouse radio; Arvin radio; Disston one-man chain saw; Jeep; Admiral radio; Ford tractors (2 pages); Blue Bell denim with photo of George Bechtold; New Dodge trucks; Lux ad features Ava Gardner and Robert Walker in film One Touch of Venus; Color Studebaker car ad inside back cover features George H. Nesemeier Jr. of North Dakota; and more. Small clipping from ads on pages 39 and 54. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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
