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Approx. 3/8" thick. Covers: The Law of Sales; Settlements and Adjustments. Excellent condition with minimal light pencil markings. Book
Approx 3/8" thick. Covers: Negotiable Instruments; Obtaining Legal Security. Occasional light pencil markings. Book
217 pages including index. "Accessible and even entertaining... Mr. Ormerod not only writes about capital, but also points to a way it may at last be understood." - New York Times. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
136 pages including glossary and index. Covers the origins and growth of caffeine use, the reasons for its widespread popularity, and the harmful and beneficial effects of this widely used stimulant. Illustrated in black and white. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Light wear. Clean and bright. Very nice copy. Book
Mm 235x315 Photographs by Alexander Liberman, with an essay by Joseph Brodsky. Volume cartonato, legatura editoriale in tela rossa, sovraccoperta figurata a colori, 205 pagine, ricco apparato iconografico a colori. Libro in condizioni di nuovo - brand new in original shrink-wrap. Testo in inglese - English text. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
202 pages with index.Small nicks, some corner wear and light wear/soiling to dust jacket. Contents beginning to yellow but clean. Brought to you by your friends at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Shows how Canadians feel about the growing American presence in all sectors of Canadian life. Perceptively analyzes the implications for the integrity of Canada's nationhood and for relations with the United States. Defines the US national interest in a Canada that is genuinely independent, albeit basically friendly. Book
160 pages. Preface by Yousuf Karsh. In this breathtaking photographic tribute to his adopted country, one of Canada's best-known and to-ranking photographers captures the many faces and moods of this vast land. From the Quaint fishing villages of Atlantic Canada to the quaint fishing villages of Atlantic Canada to the majesty of the Rocky Mountains, Malak offers a unique visual portrait of the people and places that make up this remarkable nation. Along with the glorious colour landscapes that span the geographic diversity of Canada from Ocean to Ocean, some of Malak's most memorable black-and-white portraits from the past focus in on the individuals who inhabit this country. And it is the interplay between people and their surroundings that forms the central theme of this volume. Book in fine unmarked condition but for water damage to lower portion of pages in last half of book. Remains a very handsome copy. Very light edgewear to attractive dust jacket. Book
160 pages including index. Taken in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, these 200 photos were in the keeping of the British library in London, and were rediscovered only recently. Selected from the only complete surviving set of pictures sent to Ottawa for protection under the Copyright Act of 1895. The other two sets in Canada were partially destroyed by fire or thrown away in 1938 by order of the Cabinet. Book in fine unmarked condition with the following exception; Original purchaser wrote gift greetings upon half-title page and affixed 4 old black and white faimly photos to half-title page and back side of front free endpaper. These photos are of similar vintage to those in the book thus, in our opinion, they add to the book. Light wear to dust jacket. Book
176 pages. Author commits to paper his befuddlement at the last bit of the century. This is his first book. Contains insight into those tiny conundrums, the sum of which make a life: the steadfast and comforting solidity of a Social Insurance Number; the sordid fate of night-school dropouts; the uncomfortable consequences of a boy's prematures exposure to condoms; the role of the sinus in free trade; and more. Also includes a number of author's poems, for which he hopes to be instantly acclaimed Canada's Poet Laureate. Unmarked. Five inch crease to top corner of front cover else very light wear. Book
227 pages including index. Lengthy author's inscription and signature upon half-title page. This copy presented to author's good friend Harry M. Graham. "It is a curious fact that most Canadians know almost nothing about one-third of their country, and what little information they pick up is at least partly incorrect." - from Chapter 1. This book was an attempt to correct this situation. Chapters include: Geography; Exploration; Furt Trade; Missions; Administration; Transportation and Communication; Oil, Gold and Radium; Yellowknife; Farming and Stock Raising; Tourist Traffic; Civilization; Literature and the Arts. Above average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Light yellowing to contents. Includes a good number of interesting black and white photographic plates. Book
106 pages. Author has used "traditional landscape" photography to portray the variation, emptiness and beauty of the land, but the vision is a personal one: the land is seen through one man's eyes and his magically evocative lens. Lovely clean unmarked copy with very light wear to dust jacket. Book
359 pages including index. A world of exhilarating experiences lies in store for the traveler within these pages. Stunning colour photography reveals silent blue lakes, the majestic white peaks of the Rockies towering over green forests, the rugged coastline of Nova Scotia, the cafe life of Montreal, and much more. Includes hundreds of full-colour photos, accurate maps, trip-planning details, and fascinating text. Unmarked. Light wear. A nice copy of this attractive volume. Book
27.4" x 18.5" Vintage Canadian Airlines International advertising poster for their service to Montreal. Colour illustration by G. Juhasz shows relaxing street scene with horse-drawn carriage parked outside streetside bistro. Illustration measures 17.6" x 17.8". Average wear. Two pin holes in each corner. A lovely memento of Canadian Airlines and its Montreal service. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Similar posters for other Canadian Airlines destinations available. Poster
27.4" x 18.5" Vintage Canadian Airlines International advertising poster for their service to Toronto. Colour illustration by Robert Genn shows person in small sailboat in Lake Ontario with downtown Toronto in background. Illustration measures 17.6" x 17.8". Average wear. Pin hole in each corner. A lovely memento of Canadian Airlines and its Toronto service. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Similar posters for other Canadian Airlines destinations available. Book
27.4" x 18.5" Vintage Canadian Airlines International advertising poster for their service to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Colour illustration by Stewart Sherwood depicts charming (tango?) dance scene in park with capital building in background. Illustration measures 17.6" x 17.8". Average wear. Bits of clear tape at each top corner. Several short openings to periphery, the longest being 1.75" to left side of bottom edge. Possible faint doodling on female dancer's white dress and elsewhere - or perhaps it is the work of the artist? (additional photos available.) A lovely memento of Canadian Airlines and its Buenos Aires service. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Similar posters for other Canadian Airlines destinations available. Poster
Features: A Short History of English Papier Mache; A New Light on Ranvoyze; Burlington Glass Site; His and Hers; Collecting Chessmen; Some Welsh Antiques; William Pope Paintings; 200 Years of Canadian Painting. Address label on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Santa's Workshop; World Famed Miniatures - The Thorne Rooms; Puerto Rican Santos; Unusual Collection - Light on Lithophanes; A Dealer's Viewpoint, by Margaret Philip; A Gift For Christmas, 1865 - the earliest known Canadian picture-book for little children - 'An Illustrated Comic Alphabet'. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
104 pages. Features: Frank Gehry - Master Builder; Ambitious light show in underground Montreal shopping mall; Regina artist Jerry Didur; Collector Alan Schwartz; Photography of Michel Lambeth; and more. Address label removed from front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of an Aeronca Chief piloted by Johnny Jones on his non-stop transcontinental flight; Photos taken at the Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of teh Canadian Flying Clubs Association, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, January 30, 1939; Nice one-page Gold Flake cigarette ad; Flying beyond sixty - article and photos (part 1); Flight tests of the Boeing Stratoliner - article and great photos; Pilots of the Northern Sky use Up-to-date Radios; De Havilland Expands - photos of addition to Willowdale plant; Excellent one-page photo ad for De Havilland features the Dragon Rapide, Tiger Moth and Moth Minor; Intava Aviation Products; One-page photo ad for Lockheed shows their parts being anodized; Know your pilots - article and photo of C.M.G. "Con" Farrell of Canadian Airways, Edmonton; Full-page photo ad for Brewster Aircraft parts shows their four-storey plant; Flamingo Flight Test Observations; Nice Rotax ad; Light Planes and Races Feature Miami Show - interesting photos and article; Full-page ad for Kollsman Instrument Co.; Progress in Light Planes Illustrated by 1939 Aeroncas; Ads for Berry Brothers floats and MacDonald Bros. floats; DC-5 - The Fifth of the Douglas DC Series - article with diagrams and rendering; Colour full-page ad for Player's cigarettes shows the Fortress of Gibraltar from behind the guns on the deck of the H.M.S. Nelson; Magnificent photo centerfold shows the Flamingo Airliner, De Havilland's latest product, above the clouds; Hamilton, Ontario - "The City of Opportunity" - article with photos of the Mayor and Industrial Comissioner; Nice full-page ad for Cub Aircraft features photo of G.L. Culver and his sister from Simcoe, Ontario; Many Improvements feature 1939 Fairchild "24's"; Nice photo-illustrated photo ad for the Fairchild "24" for 1939; Radiotelephone links Newfoundland with Canada; Amazing one-page photo ad for Imperial Airways features photo of their huge Ensign, the biggest air liner in Europe; The Airman's Hymm; Know Your Pilots - Con Farrell; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; News from the flying clubs; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; Nice photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful vintage Red Cap Ale full-page ad with illustration of farmer who grows their malting barley and a group photo of some of their employees, with details about their generous employee benefits; Nice Junker photo ad inside back cover features their parts being inspected with spectral analysis; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
44 pages. Features: Cover illustration shows dog team in the north being overflown by a T.C.A. Lockheed 14 Airliner; A Message from the Minister of Transport, C.D. Howe, regarding airway development; Full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features an unusual photo from Durban, Natal; Transport Department Heads Prominent in Airway Direction; Canada's Airway System shows results of two years' of intensive development - interesting article with photos and diagrams; Two-Page Map of the Airway System of Canada; Scheduled Air Services Throughout Canada; Weather Services for Canada's Airways; Radio Aids to Air Navigation; Attractive full-page illustrated ad for Fleet Aircraft; Beechcraft "18" Centerfold ad; Fantastic 3-panel fold-out Aircraft Radio Map of Canada; Portable Field Lighting Equipment; Old Country Gossip - with photo of a Short Sunderland in flight; Fast Montreal-New York Schedules - Canadian Colonial Airways Eastern Canada's Chief Link with United States and South American Air Services - article with photo of H.O. Young; Nice half-page illustrated ad for the Avro Anson; Nice photo ad for Northern Electric shows "Norseman", the RCMP's plane; Demonstrating Light Plane Practicability; Wright Preparing for Era of Engines up to 3,000 H.P.; Know Your Pilots - Archie McMullen of the Mackenzie Air Service - article with photo; Very nice full-page photo ad for the "Bristol" Blenheim bomber; Cup Aircraft ad; Nice ad inside back cover by A.-G. Dessau shows castings being X-rayed to test for quality; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows a T.C.A. ship being fueled; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of a T.C.A. Lockheed approaching Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa; Full-page Lockheed ad on page one features Two T.C.A. photos and one illustration - full T.C.A. theme - excellent!; Just Twenty Years Ago - Captain Stuart Graham's memoirs of Canada's first post-war flying; Full-page Lycoming ad; Awesome full-page illustrated ad for the Pioneer Instrument Company shows a 74-passenger transatlantic Boeing Clipper skipping across the water; Airport and Airway Lighting - article with illustrations; Nice full-page Beechcraft ad promotes their Model 18; 1917 Combatants - 1939 Correspondents - Ernst W. Steinitz and Capt. A.C. Burt; Igor I. Sikorsky speaks to Toronto gathering about engineering developments in aviation; Hudson's Bay Company selects Beechcraft 18D for air operation - brief article with great photo; Nice Rotax ad; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for Player's cigarettes looking back from the deck of H.M.S. "Royal Oak" tothe H.M.S. Revenge; Centrefold ad for the Cygnet; Kenyon Field at Lethbridge is officially opened - article with photo and map; Great full-page illustrated ad for Blackburn Aircraft shows fighters diving; Taylorcraft Aviation Corp full-page ad features three photos of Miss Mary Spearing and her plane; McKee Trophy awarded to Operating Personnel of T.C.A.; New Variable Pitch Propeller for Light Aircraft; Grand Old Lady Retires; R.C.A.F. assigned important duties during Royal visit; The candid camera goes to Birmingham, Alabama; News from the West Coast; Wing Tips from Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Know Your Pilots - J.H. Lymburner of Canadian Airways, Montreal; Nice full-page photo ad for McLaughlin-Buick; News from Flying Clubs; M.A.L.C. News; Cub Aircraft ad for their Trainer; Nice full-page ad for Rec Cap Ale with illustration of Hops being harvested and a photo of company employees with a caption listing their generous company benefits; *Fantastic* full-page Junkers photo ad inside back boasts of their new international speed record - the Junkers-Bomber with JUMO 211 engines achieved 517 mph; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Cover photo onboard a new Douglas Sleeper shows mother, son and stewardess; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Reproduction of an amazing 1883 circust poster drawn by Emil Roe which shows Prof. Harriman's Steam Air Ship; The Turn of the Tide - a review of tremendous aviation progress in 1936; News and Views of the Month; Fantastic full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features Antoinette Cellier and Richard Arlen who star in the film "The Great Barrier"; The Trans-Canada Airway - Progress Report - major article with photos and interesting graphic; Full-page ad for Richards-Wilcox with photo of their doors installed on the seaplane hangar at R.C.A.F. station Trenton; List of notable flights made during 1936; Monospar ad with photo; Early Aeronautical Research in Canada - Part III - the work of W.R. Turnbull - article with photos - airscrew research; Review of Air Mail Services; Fantastic photo Douglas ad shows comfortable passengers in flight; Great photo full-page ad for the Fairchild "Sekani"; Technical Achievements in Review; Great photo full-page ad for the Tiger Moth universal trainer; A.M. "Matt" Berry awarded McKee trophy for 1936 - brief article with photo; Vintage photo Learadio ad by Lear Developments, Inc. of New York; Stats on light aeroplane clubs from 1928 through 1936; Sensational Noorduyn Aircraft Limited four-page centrefold ad features photos of R.B.C. Noorduyn, D.M. Martin, Leigh Capreol, and "Pete" Vachon, as well as photos of the "Norseman" as a skiplane, seaplane, and landplane; Great half-page ad with map from Edmonton north to Cameron Bay for Mackenzie Air Service of Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Photo of the Bristol Blenheim Bomber; Nice full-page photo ad for the Siddeley Cheetah; Commercial Air Services in Review; Canadian Vickers ad features photo of a Northrop Delta Mark I built for the R.C.A.F.; M.A.L.C. News; Photos and details of new Beechcraft Model 18; Photo of Amelia Earhart with W.C. Tinus of Bell Labs as he installs remote control for a plane's Western Electric radio equipment at Newark Airport shortly before her takeoff; Nice ad for Northern Electric Aircraft Radio; The Students' Forum; Condensed news from clubs; Nice Cub Aircraft ad; Nice Canadian Airways ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil Stanavo ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
36 pages. Features: Cover photos of the Fleet Advanced Trainer; Eastern T.C.A. Air Express Inaugurated Completing Transcontinental Service - article with photos; Commercial Operators form Traffic Control Company; Measuring Propeller Stresses; One-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features photo of houseboating on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, capital of Kashmir; Unique Aerial Camera Being Tested by the R.C.A.F.- article with photo; Modified Blenheim's Performance a revelation; The 1939 Cessna Airmaster; Article and two photos of the very unusual Abrams "Explorer"; The Bellanca Aircruiser; The Curtiss-Wright "20" Transport; Full-page ad for the Barkley-Grow T8P-1; The Aviation Trade; The "Ensign" Makes Its Inaugural Passenger Flight - fantastic centerfold spread; Photo of the opening of a Sea Island runway at Vancouver; One-page ad for the 1939 Cub Coupe - "the finest light plane ever built"; The Sperry-RCA Automatic Direction Finder; The Lear ARC-6 Automatic Radio Direction Finder; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; News from the West Coast; Nice photo ad for Intava lubricants on back cover features American Airlines' flagship "District of Columbia", the first plane to land at the new Malton Airport near Toronto; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: Cover photo of a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide on Lake of Bays, Ontario; Nice full-page photo ad for the Junkers JUMO 210 aero engine; Nice full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes showing the terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, Egypt; The Boeing Stratoliner - fantastic illustrated article on the Boeing 307-type transport; Commendable Winter Operation by City of Toronto Squadron; Full-page ad for the 1938 Stinson Reliant; A Day at Fort Nelson - great travel article with photos by O. Nordling; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft; The Martin Ocean Transport - article with nice photo; Flying North of Edmonton; One Thousand Hours Between Overhauls - The Gipsy Major 130 H,P. engine; Photo of new hangar under construction at Edmonton; Photo of the world's largest aeroplane tire made by Dunlop; Nice full-page ad for McLaughlin-Buick; The Continental Powered Aeronca KC; Lear ARC-5 Radio Compass; Nice one-page photo ad for Taylorcraft planes; Dr. Klemin Predicts Era of Revolutionary Light Planes; McKee Trophy to Romeo Vachon - article with photo; Great photo of wings being added to a Douglas DC-4; Photo of a Fokker T.5; Photo ad for the Gray Rocks Inn of St. Jovite Station, Quebec; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; More About Instruments; Candid Camera Corner - photo and article on Sooren Topalian - Iraq's #1 Transport Pilot; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Sport by Cub Aircraft; Blenheim Bomber featured in Bristol engine ad inside back cover; Intava products two-colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Full-page illustration of Miss Sweet Caporal II in flight; Flying Training - Ancient and Modern; New service inaugurated by Canadian Colonial Airways - article and photo of Douglas DC3 used on new Montreal-New York service; Full-page ad for Golf Flake cigarettes; The Light Aeroplane Business - includes brief write-ups of the many manufacturers plus many photos of their products; Nice full-page Fleet Aircraft ad features photo of the trainer model 7; Full-page ad by De Havilland features their Dragon Rapied; Nice Full-page Fairchild ad features their "Sekani"; Cessna ad; Transportation for the Department of Transport - with photo of dignitaries and their new Lockheed 12A; England's Ultra-Light Aeroplanes - article with photos of the Pou du Ciel, the Hillson Praga, and the Tipsy S-2, the Luton Minor, the Gordon Dove, the Luton Buzzard and the Kronfeld Ground Trainer; The Link Aviation Trainer - article with photo (forerunner of today's aircraft simulators); Know Your Instructors - brief write-ups and photos for trainers across Canada including R Goodwin of Toronto, W.T. Wrathall of Montreal, A.C. Finlayson of Kitchener, A.H. Brown of Bordercities, F. Hawthorne of Fort William, C.T. Kaake of Winnipeg, J.C. Charleson of Ottawa, H.B. Free of Kingston, J.G. Hames of Regina, A.H. Wilson of Vancouver, E.Taylor of Hamilton, C.E. Lloyd of Toronto, T.S. Senior of Brant-Norfolk, A.J. Smith of London, F. Gillies of St. Catherines, G.T. Steeves of Halifax, L.B. Stevenson of Cape Breton, M. Burbidge of Edmonton, A.F. Madore of Saskatoon, R.W. Ryan of Moose Jaw, F.H. Hartwick of St. John and J.H. Sandgathe of Calgary; Super illustrated Chevrolet centerfold ad; Flying Club Promenade - articles and brief write-ups of Canadian flying clubs; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article with photos of the handsome new De Havilland Albatross; Explanation and illustrations of Primary and Advanced Training; The Students' Forum; Great full-page photo ad for the J.W.W. Corporation of Gananoque, Ontario which produces the Link Trainer; M.A.L.C. News; The Howard DGA-8 - article with photo; Cub Aircraft Limited ad; Fantastic "Bristol" Blenheim Bomber ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil ad on back cover features their Stanavo products and photo at the Toronto Flying Club of the plane which took Dick Merrill and John Lambie across the Atlantic to attend the Coronation; and more. Average wear. Covers partially loose from staples. Book