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Features: The Mine that Disappeared - a story related by a mining engineer about the Bocanegra Mine; Casshel's Escape - the story of Ernest Casshel, one of the few criminals to ever escape from the "North-West Mounted" (locale - Calgary, Alberta); On the trail of the Dinosaur - a recent expedition into the Colorado River section of the great American Desert, in the State of Arizona, claims to have found not only fossil tracks of the three-toed dinosaur, but a rock-carving of a dinosaur - a picture which man could not have made unless he had seen the reptile he attempted to portray - photos; Babes in a boat - a neophyte sailor and his wife set sail across the Pacific - Part II (conclusion); The Padded Room - one of the most amazing plots in the annals of the French police; Five Greenhorns in Canada - An amusing and illustrated account of the adventures of five inexperienced Englishmen who set forth to make homes for themselves in the Canadian wilderness; Lost in the heart of Peru - an explorer is abandoned by his guide in the upper reaches of the Amazon - part IV (conclusion); The Demon Lion of Bandari - Lion Hunt; At Grips in the Girders - an extraordinary battle; An Alligator-Hunter's Story in Mexico; Part IV of In Search of the Lost Oases - a desert trip from Sollum on the Mediterranean to El Obeid in the Sudan - many photos; The Phantom Reporter - a story from Canada's Pacific Coast by Charles Harrison Gibbons. Above-average wear. Faint owner's name atop front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. Nothing loose. Decent copy of this broadly interesting issue. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice color tennis-themed Coke ad inside front cover; Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina jumps from third floor of Russian Consulate in Manhattan - story with photo; One-page two-color ad for A.V. Roe Canada Limited; Coverage of the House Un-American Activities Committee with photos of Silverman, Ullman, Miller and Lee; Photo of "Negroes at the Polls" in South Carolina; Photo of massive crowd at Akron's Soap Box Derby finish line; Photo of German women building Berlin Airport using shovels; Documents on the Tito-Stalin conflict become available; Is Chiang Kai-Shek on the way out?; The Maharaja's family visits Manhattan - story and family photo; Vision of a Trans-Canada Highway; Feature article on Betty Grable includes many photos; Nice one-page two-color ad for Fargo Trucks; Horseman Harrison Hoyt and Demon Hanover; Industrial Designer/Soap wrapper designer Raymond Loewy - brief article with photo; Charming color ad for B-A products inside back cover depicts rural scenes; Back cover ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company features transportion workers in painting by Rex Woods. Moderate wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
50 pages. Interesting WWII commentary by publisher Joseph Lister Rutledge; Secret Power in the Far Pacific - Japan and Germany planned a 'perfect crime'... Here's why it failed, and why Japan cannot win (written in light of the Pearl Harbour attack); Never From Valiant Men - story by I.A.R. Wylie; Mickey Rooney - The Life and Loves of Box-Office Man No. 1 - article with photos; Photo feature of Alexis Smith; I Saw it Happen in Manilla - Annalee Whitmore describes Japanese bombing in the Philippines; Digest version of "Storm", a novel by George Stewart; The Goodwill Tour of Don Florencio De La Pampa; 40-question boxing quiz by Jack Dempsey; The Battle of Detroit - Frederick L. Collins gives a first-hand report of high-scale allied arms manufacturing; Mississippi Belle - story by Clements Ripley; Kellogg's All-Bran cereal ad; Stalin - Devil or Genius?, by Emil Ludwig with black and white photos; To the Ladies, by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin; Girl Meets Girl, by Bubbles Schinasi; Pictures You Ought to See, by Howard Barnes; Nice colour ad for Mercury Mills, Limited, Hamilton, on back cover. Cover photo of young girl nurse bandaging arm of her playmate's arm. Average wear. Address label with hand-written correction on front cover. Inked postal date stamp atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
200408344Paris, DUPUIS, 1955 ; in-4, 46 pp., br. (marquage en partie effacé d'un tampon sur la page de titre EO.
1878R31721Essen, Fredebeul & Koenen 1878 2 works bound together: 1.(Da Capo): [iv +] 132pp. & II.(Der Teufel): [viii +] 148pp., cart.cover with back in cloth, few foxing in text, VG, rare, R31721
2 works bound together: 1.(Da Capo…): [iv +] 132pp. & II.(Der Teufel…): [viii +] 148pp., cart.cover with back in cloth, few foxing in text, VG, rare, R31721
19678283Eric Losfeld, 1967. In-folio, cartonnage façon toile sous jaquette couleurs. Cette dernière un peu défraîchie (dos passé et petits accrocs).
197141352Oakland California: The Rather Press 1971. 1st printing. Limited to 80 cc. Steel blue cloth spine over "special colored papers of various origin specially selected to appeal to those recipients who have special interests." This particular copy sports a color-printed Playboy cartoon or so we think the rear cartoon signed "Dink Siegel". Printed buff paper dust jacket. A bit cocked. DJ offset to eps. Mull shows between a couple gatherings. A VG copy in a VG jacket which shows some staining at the spine panel base & a chip from front panel lower edge. 47 1 blank pp. Printed with Cloister Bold type on "expensive left-overs from past projects." Doggie ornaments courtesy of Dan Solo. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/>Ruminations on all matter of subjects including printing & Vietnam by a rather prolific small press from Oakland California. NB. Dawson's acted as sales agent for their previous production "Women as Printers". PS. Thank Herb Caen for the title; read the book to find out why. Rare in the trade. The Rather Press hardcover books
Fine English Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English and Turkish. 303, [1] p., color ills. I, Mehmed Siyah Kalem, master of humans and demons.= Ben Mehmed Siyah Kalem, insanlar ve cinlerin ustasi.
1740Edité au bénéfice du service social de USRA , broché dans un bel état , planches couleurs trés fraiches , 1945 environ , 96 p , 32 x 24 cm , illustrations couleurs de Badert , Devil , Dratz, Moreau max , Wel
18301869Paris, Bachelier, 1830 ; in-16, broché, une illustration en frontispice, XII pages (avertissement), 296 pages, couverture grise imprimée (Caillet-2985).
1861Q106662Paris, Parent-Desbarres 1861 506pp., Edition originale de 1861, 23cm., brochure originale usée et dos renforcé (bien protégée par une couv. suppl. en papier cristal), cachet sur la p.d.t., qqs. rousseurs (texte toujours bien lisible), Cfr. Caillet II-6332 : "Ce livre fut retiré du commerce et en partie détruit. Les documents y sont précis et exacts", bien rare, dans l'état, Q106662
506pp., Edition originale de 1861, 23cm., brochure originale usée et dos renforcé (bien protégée par une couv. suppl. en papier cristal), cachet sur la p.d.t., qqs. rousseurs (texte toujours bien lisible), Cfr. Caillet II-6332 : "Ce livre fut retiré du commerce et en partie détruit. Les documents y sont précis et exacts", bien rare, dans l'état, Q106662
BN315381Jeunes Editions. Softcover. Vivre et étudier en Espagne <br/><br/>Vivre et étudier en Espagne Valérie Demon Jeunes Editions paperback
82 pages. Features: Nice RKO photo ad advertises 'I Remember Mama', 'Tycoon', 'If You Knew Susie' and 'Magic Town'; 1-page ad for Philco entertainment products; Brother Jazz - The Story of Eddie Condon - with color photos; Affair's End (fiction); How to Have Ancestors; They're Still Expendable - article and photos explain how unemployment, small-business failures and layoffs are hitting veterans harder than the rest of the nation; Fever (fiction); He Clicked for 30 Years - Highlights of the career of photographer George William Harris - article with photos; The Five Dresden Angels (fiction); Man Running (fiction); Demon from the Doldrums - Nature's most destructive force is the West Indian hurricane; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for International Harvester Industrial Power features photo of a large diesel crawler in a Florida limestone quarry; Nice 1-page color ad for Ford cars; Nice vintage 1-page color ad for Kraft Cheeses; Western Electric 1-page color ad shows telephone repairman talking housewife and children at front door; Ballantine Ale 1-page color ad; Half-page 2-color ad for Fruehauf Trailers; Pennsylvania Railroad nice 1-page color ad shows comforable scene on-board; Fall Guise - article with six color photos of men's fall college fashions; Nice 1-page DeSoto car ad; A Good Whipping (fiction); Fantastic 1-page 2-color ad for the movie 'Body and Soul' starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer and Hazel Brooks; Nice 1-page color Budweiser ad displays several illustrated plates; Goldwyn ad features colour photo of Danny Kaye; Rislone and Karbout ad features cute color photo of cigarette girl; 1-page ad for Gillette one-piece razors; Smiling Girl (fiction); Nice color 1-page ad for Hamm's Beer; One-page ad for American Overseas Airlines; Luckky Strike ad on back cover includes nice color illustration entitled 'Bright Tobacco' by Fletcher Martin. Couple of chips from top of front cover. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
17209Londres, C.T. Lipshytz, 1893. In-12, 60 pp., cartonnage à la bradel de demi-toile à coins rouge, dos lisse, pièce de titre noire, couverture conservée (petite insolation, rousseurs).
2091202133400816Sairyusha A5 version 1200. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: Upper and lower two books Sairyusha A5 version paperback
8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.
16593Paris, Lib. Archéologique de Didron/POITIERS, Henri Oudin - 1872-1875 - Grand In-4 - 5 Volumes sur 6 brochés - Manque T. II - Frontispices dans chaque volume - importante iconographie en texte & Planches PP HT - T. I) XVI, 390 pages + Table des gravures & errata - .T. III) 542 + errata - T. IV) 521 + errata - T. V) 572 - T. VI) 428 pages + Table & errata
Paris, Lib. Archéologique de Didron/POITIERS, Henri Oudin - 1872-1875 - Grand In-4 - 5 Volumes sur 6 brochés - Manque T. II - Frontispices dans chaque volume - importante iconographie en texte & Planches PP HT - T. I) XVI, 390 pages + Table des gravures & errata - .T. III) 542 + errata - T. IV) 521 + errata - T. V) 572 - T. VI) 428 pages + Table & errata Le T VI contient les tables des Saints "dont il est parlé dans l'ouvrage", des Artistes "dont il est parlé dans l'ouvrage", des Auteurs & des écrits "dont il est parlé dans l'ouvrage", ainsi que la table générale , l'explication sommaire des planches de tous les volumes, ainsi que des notes complémentaires.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
1968160549天津.Tianjin.: No publication details. Circa1968. A Chinese Cultural Revolution poster featuring 19 photographic illustrations printed in blue ink with captions under each image text upper margin in traditional Chinese in red ink. Some variation in the printing of the images in some cases the light being rather light. Good copy. Sheet measures 78.9 x 53.4cm. "'Monsters and Demons' 牛鬼蛇神 niugui sheshen was the term used to vilify specialists scholars authorities and 'people who entrenched themselves in ideological and cultural positions' during the Cultural Revolution. Following the rebroadcasting and reprinting of the editorial <br>"Sweep Away All Monsters and Demons" first published in the People's Daily on 1 June 1966 the Red Guards started a huge purge which swept the country 'dragging out' and prosecuting all those ostensibly fitting the description. The editorial was written by order of Mao Zedong's his political secretary Chen Boda one of the members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group which was headed by Jiang Qing." see Stefan Landsberger's excellent site Chinese Posters. <br> <br>The "demons" featured in this poster were government officials from the sports departments within Hebei Province. In the pictures they have all been forced to kneel down hands handcuffed at their back with a big large piece of cardboard listing their anti-revolutionary offences hung around their necks as part of their public shaming. <br>The "demons" were all accused of the crimes of anti-revolution revisionism under the political campaign led by Mao Zedong which started at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. . No publication details. unknown
80 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Dominion Inlaid Linoleum inside front cover; Editorial topics include - Advertising our country, Typical problems in the western provinces, The Return of Employment, and The Cost of Sickness; The Smooth Silence (short story); The Carpenter (short story); Peiping (Beijing/Peking) Under Martial Law - photo-illustrated article of events in troubled China; Not a Case for the Jury (short story); The Girl Who Wouldn't Get Up (short story); The Spongers (short story); First Easter Among the Godless - photo-illustrated article told by Alexander Welikotny describes his experiences in Russia; Heil Summer, Heil Sport, All Heil! - article looks forward to the Olympics, with photos of Canadian Crew Champions, The Leanders "Eight" of Hamilton, broad jumper "Sammy" Richardson, and walker "Hank" Cieman of Toronto; Nice one-page Plymouth ad features a four-Door Touring Sedan and photo of A.B. Ellis, Radio Engineer of station CKLW; Parker pen one-page ad features photo of Princess Rostislav; Nice one-page Dodge care ad includes photo of a Model "D2" four-door Touring Sedan, and photo of Mr. F. Lyle Kelly, of Windsor, Ontario; First report of the Bank of Canada; Great two-page Easter Chevrolet ad features a green two-door; Movie news includes photos of Warner Baxter, Charlie Chaplin, Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Billy Lee, and Shirley Temple; Great one-page Lux soap ad features photo of Grace Moore; Pond's ad includes photo of Eleanor Roosevelt, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt of Washington, D.C.; Blue Jay Corn Plaster ad entitled "Corn Demon Killed"; Half-page Canadian National Railways ad features Jasper National Park; Cooking article; Nice one-page ad for Magic Baking Powder; features Miss Lillian Loughton; Spring Cleaning article; Nice one-page Heinz ad features photo of Josephine Gibson; Canadian Pacific half-page ad features photo of the Empress of Britain; Uncommon half-page ad for Ingram's Milkweed Cream; Beauty article; Tangee ad features photo of Lyle Talbot who picked the most appealing lips in an interesting test; World Sayings; Ad inside back cover protests preferential treatment of foreign periodicals in Canada; Wonderful colour back-cover ad for Tea features a Ripley's Believe it or Not theme and says "Drink More Tea for Vitality!"; and more. Average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Oldsmobile ad inside front cover features yellow and blue models from 1940; Nice colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; News digest includes the Graf von Spee Affair, a new moral arithmetic, Nazi view of suicide, and United States of Europe?; Loafers' Loops (short story, part 1); The Perfect Crime (short story); Between the Devil and the Zuider Zee - photo-illustrated article - dispatch from the Dutch bordertown of Kerkrade; Lovers' Meeting (short story); In the Mother of Parliaments - photo-illustrated article on the pageantry of the people's rule in Britain for a thousand years; The Yearling (conclusion of story about a deer); Ice Age - nice article on figure skating which includes photo of Ralph McCreath and Norah McCarthy, king and queen of Canadian skaters; Great half-page blue and white Alka-Seltzer ad includes photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players Sweeney Schriner, "Turk" Broda, and Red Horner; Movie news and photos; Photos of Priscilla Lane in Lux soap ad; Photo of Miss Madeleine Hill in Woodbury soap ad; Corn Flakes ad includes photo of W.B. Cross, Tea Taster and Blender for Mellocup Tea; The House That Fancy Builds - interesting colour-photo-illustrated interior/home design article; Fashion illustrations; (Female) Figures Don't Lie; Excellent one-page photo-illustrated Pond's ad includes photos of Mrs. Robert L. Simpson of Unionville, and Air Hostess Miss June Rothe; Article on vitamins; Quotes from around the world; Gorgeous colour Coke ad inside back cover features server girl holding lunch tray; Back cover colour-illustrated ad for Graded Canadian Beef; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
108 pages. Twelve pages of fantastic colour photos of the boys. Includes sheet music for songs from Van Halen's first two albums: Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love; Atomic Punk; Feel Your Love Tonight; Ice Cream Man; I'm The One; Jamie's Cryin'; Little Dreamer; On Fire; Runnin' With the Devil; You Really Got Me; Beautiful Girls; Bottoms Up!; Dance The Night Away; D.O.A.; Light Up the Sky; Outta Love Again; Somebody Get Me a Doctor; Spanish Fly; Women in Love; Your're No Good. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this sensational Van Halen memento from the days when they took the rock world by storm. Book
