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Ed. Atlanta 1976, In-8 relioure éditeur trés décorée. 248 pages. Trés bon état.
pp. xii, 431, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding, publisher's device on front cover in gold. Extremities very slightly worn. Hardbound. First published 1908. POPERY BOX 1
89p. + Engraved Portrait Frontis. Thin 4to. Original full olive green cloth binding, embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Binding slightly spotted. Hardbound. First edition. AMERICANA BOX 3 x2
308 p. + Frontis. 12mo. XLib. Original blue full cloth binding. George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) was an influential American lawyer, law professor, Christian activist, and Republican politician from Philadelphia, PA. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. PA 18
372p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; boards soiled
In this survey of crime films the author explains their particular significance and relates them to the public consciousness of crime at the times they were made. With numerous photographs. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) SIGNED FIRST EDITION Inscribed ' Here's to you my Friend, Salute!' illustrated. Titles continue '... Italians hijacking wine, cops, gangsters, all for the love of wine'
Some pencil marking (underlining) to about a third of the book. Full green cloth boards. 304 pages. Previous owner's name inside.
291 p. Illustrations. Damp stained. 12mo. Gilt decorated blue cloth binding, slightly worn. Temperance and intemperance in Pennsylvania. Presented by the Christian Temperance Union. The politics of this era were very closely relate d to temperance and reform causes. Scarce. PA 29
pp. xliii, 447. Numerous photo illustrations. Small folio. Original Purple cloth binding, lettered in white. Includes a yellow gold decorated cloth pin for the 59th Annual Convention, 1933. PA 10x2
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 256 pages. Previous owner's name inside. Edge wear and small tears to price-clipped dust jacket.
230 pages. Index and bibliography. "...Traces the history of the antipotlatch law, the government's attempts to enforce it and the widespread native opposition to the repressive legislation, shedding new light on a crucial chapter in the history of native peoples in Canada over the past two centuries." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings and only light wear. A sound copy. Book
33 pages. Features: Bibles and Booze - Prohibition in Chilliwack in the late 1800s. The Depression in Matsqui, 1930-1937; Willard Ernest Ireland, 1914-1979; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia: The Boston Bar Trail, 1859-1860 - Fort Hope to Boston Bar; plus 15 book reviews. Book
139 pages. Signed and inscribed by authors inside front cover. Numerous reproductions of black and white archival photos in text. Deals almost entirely with the trade from Saint Pierre. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
336 pages including index. Originally published in 1896. The most important evidence and arguments presented for prohibition by the Canadian Royal Commission on the Liquor Traffic. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
pp. viii, 124. Illustrated. Foxed. Manuscript poetry on fly leaves. 12mo. Original full gold stamped brown cloth binding. Nice copy. Very scarce temperance oriented science. MED 1
A study of white racism on the notoriously racist Middle Border between the years 1833 and 1880 and its evolution into outspoken egalitarianism. With Index. 348 pages. Dust jacket has small tears to sides at top of spine, and light shelfwear.
270 pages. "Documents the men and the ships of a little-known period in west coast history. Pays funny and fascinating tribute to the unsung heroes of an inglorious history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in Archival-quality Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
PLEASE NOTE: This copy is *not* signed, despite what you may read elswhere in this description. 551 pages including index, bibliography, references and black and white photographs. Tells us of the Prohibition years - how Sam and his brothers kept one step ahead of the law - and paints an entertaining portrait of the romantic era of bootlegging. Sam emerges himself as a larger-than-life character: irascible, authoritarian, volcanic, iron-willed - as well as a loving father and loving husband. A seductive portrayal of a Canadian legend. Wonderful unmarked copy with only faint signs of handling. Several drops of light-beige staining to top edge. Book
222 pages. "The entertaining life-history of a schooner, from her first appearance on the designing-board, through her gradual growth in the builder's yard and trials in the North Atlantic, to her cruel death indirectly at the hands of the U.S. Customs during the prohibition period." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound vintage copy. Book
Book show light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's note at front endpaper. 273 pages with b&w historical photos throughout. Chapters include: Doctor Boals, Garibaldi, Logs and lumber mill, Tales of Tillamook folks, Logging, Schools and kids, airies and cheese, Hunting, game and dogs, Prohibition. Book contains one page laid-in handwritten letter at back from author to Dr. Stevens describing the editorial process through which the book was written. Signed by author on front end paper under note from Stevens family.
218 pages. Index. Footnotes. "The first systematic examination of government control of liquor in Canada. As the first province in English Canada to choose government control, British Columbia stood out as a North American experiment in the post-prohibition world of alcohol regulation. Analyzes liquor control from a variety of viewpoints: attitudes and access to alcohol; federal-provincial relations; cartels and patronage; and social reform. Reveals much about he intricacies of the state in economic life, particularly the apparent contradiction between promotion and regulation." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings and front free endpaper removed. Dust jacket not included. Above-average wear to navy blue boards. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this 1991 first printing. Book
Features: Sanity, Prohibition, and the federal deficit; A gasser blows in - heroic measures necessary to combat flames in oil fields; Where diamonds earn their keep - interesting life of a diamond in an industrial plant - whence it comes, how it is used, and how it ends; Editorials - radium waters - Philippine Independence - Frightfulness in warfare; A Nerve center of communication - how your radio or cable message is speeded through; Eclipses and the Sund's atmosphere - solution of an outstanding solar problem; Flying as fast as sound - considerations of what the future may hold for aviation - some physiological and mechanical aspects of the question; An early Christian cemetary - the Libyan desert gives up further secrets of antiquity; Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane - conclusion of a study of two famous World War personalities; Power from pipe lines to wires - natural gas used as fuel in steam electric plant; Watching the creation of the stars - more concerning the evolution of the galaxies; Unusual fishes - they build nests, walk on land, live in dried mud, and breathe air; Forty-noners starved in the midst of plenty - survey of plants and animals in Death Valley shows that pioneers could have survived the trials of the desert; Modern alchemy - photographing the birth of an atom; What next in elevator technology?; Inter-glacial man in England - human remains and artifacts tell an interesting story of pre-glacial migrations to and from England. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
58 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
