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Pages 487-530. Features: Cover page photo of state funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Earl Beatty; Major coverage of the funeral of Lord Beatty; Photo illustrated article entitled Flightless Birds in Three Continents; Lovely one page photo portrait of Queen Mary with three of her grandchildren; Two-page pictorial map entitled "Germany re-occupies the demilitarized Rhineland - a breach of the Versailles and Locarno treaties; Photo illustrated article entitled "A Vast Prehistoric Pompeii" revisited - further discoveries in Moravia, at Vestoice and the Pekarna cave; Two pages of photos of products of the paleolithic bone industry - weapons recalling Samson's "jawbone of an ass" and a big spoon; Page of photos and text describe mammoth hunters' cosmetics - dye-making utensils and other relics; Two pages of colour illustrations of animal art of 30,000 years ago - the earliest known sculpture; Page of seven photos document a trail of arson through Spain - the destruction of churches and convents; Photo of crowds surging to see the liner "Queen Mary" before she leaves her birthplace; Aerial photo of London Film Productions studio at Denham aflame; Photo of whales defeating Ireland in rugby championship at Cardiff, with crowds surging onto field of play; Photo of Hitler taking the salute at torch lit procession of 200,000 Nazis on the Theresienweise at Munich; Centrefold photo of the League of Nations Council meeting in London - the most vital for the peace of Europe ever held; Photos of Italian bombing of lava in Abyssinia; Photos of personalities of the week include Gen. Sir David Campell, Lord Dartmouth, Canon Nairne, Lieut. Col. R. S. Rait Kerr, Registrar A.Stiebel; the late Prof. J. S. Haldane, Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir Donald Somervell, Guila Bustabo, Ali Irfan, and the late Sir Dillon Bell; Nice one-page colour ad for the Ford V-8 car; One page Harrods ad features sports woollies for men; Nice illustrated one-page ad for the Hillman "Hawk" "Sixteen" "80" with "Evenkeel" Suspension; Classy halfpage photo ad for Bentley cars; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for Castrol oil features famed aviator Tommy Rose; and more. Coverfold holding by one staple. Archival tape repairs along coverfold. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Title page illustration of a tank stuck in Palestine; Wonderful two-page photo spread illustrates "Men's Work and Women's Work - In England, Ireland, France, and Palestine; The Reappearance of the Zeppelin (article); The Power of the Press - A Complete Journalist (article); Occupied by the Germans - The Aaland Islands (article); Page of six photos regarding Hong King's new Tai Tam Tuk dam and reservoir; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of Sir George Alexander, John Dillon, and Canon Scott Holland; Five photos of the wrecked stained glass of Rheims Cathedral, and related salvage work; Six photos entitle 'Underground on the British Front' illustrate activites in subterranean tunnels and rooms; The New Air Force and Its Future - article; Before and after aerial photos of Merckem in Flanders which was destroyed by shells; Fantastic page of illustrations and text presents some ingenius food substitutes used by 'our ill-fed foes'; Centrefold illustration of British mine-sweeper protecting a neutral cargo ship from a drifting surface mine; Four wonderful half-page photos of the terrain of the Palestine Campaign - a land of wadis, sands and foliage; Fabulous one-page photo of the Mayor of Jerusalem coming out to surrender the city to General Allenby - meeting the first British outposts; Wonderful one-page ad for Beecham's Pills features lady fortune-teller with big hair, crystal ball and playing cards; Nice two-colour back cover ad for Greys cigarettes features illustration of two mounted soldiers circa 1742 in Mitre or Grenadier cap; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
90 pages. Articles: From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's privations give rise to bitter criticism of America; Dem Bums Abroad - Brooklyn Dodgers did their spring training in Havana, Cuba; Mr. Secretary Marshall (conclusiont) - his military background can help him achieve diplomatic victories; The Happy Gentleman - Frank Crowninshield - article with photo. Fiction: The Blast (part 1 of 2); The Blond Hairpin; Promise in the earth; The Flexible Mind; The Curse of the Krebils; White Man in the White Land. Includes these ads: "The Man Out" - great full-page movie ad - starring James Mason; Canadian Pacific Vacations; Santa Fe Railroad; The National Guard (two pages); Dubonnet; Oldsmobile cars (nice); Great full-page color-photo ad for Fortune shoes for men; Schick Electric Shaver "Fits Your Face" - full-page color-photo; Packard cars (classy); Washington State Tourism (color-photos); Chevrolet; Life Savers; Timely Clothes; Red Cap Ale; Hickok Belts; Canadian National Railways - travel; Red Top Ale; Queen Anne Pecan Roll; Puritan Sportswear; United Jewish Appeal full-page ad features photo of General Eisenhower and lengthy excerpt of his speech to the U.J.A. in Washington, D.C.; Eversharp pens; Coke ad on back over features three young office ladies. Average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXVII - The Germans in Russian Poland. Fading to periphery of front and back covers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name or label inside. 382 pages. Many b&w illustrations. "Originally published in 1907, Stewart Culin's comprehensive work reveals a side of American Indian culture that is still rarely shown."
Monte-Carlo, Editions du Cap, 2ème volume de la collection des Fermiers Généraux, 1955-1956. In-8, pleine toile parme satinée de l'éditeur, 209 pp. Gravures sur bois du XVè siècle dans le texte. Edition numérotée. Bel ex.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The author's post-war service and exploits with the Rifle Brigade in Hanover, Mons OCTU, and subsequently with Royal Signals. Scarce.
72 pages. Features: Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap ale inside front cover; Nostalgic full-page Aunt Jemima pancake ad; Great full-page colour photo ad for the 1959 line of Rambler automobiles; Is Diefenbaker running a one-man government?; My dad was king of the medicine men - Doc Tom Kelley and his Medicine Show; The Woman who can do anything - Malvina Labine is Reeve of Rayside Township near Sudbury - and she has given birth to 20 children! - article with great photos; Holiday Weekend in Ottawa - Trent Frayne and June Callwood take their family for a trip; The delicate art of giving the sack - some techniques; How I Beat My Middle-Aged Spread - Lloyd Percival describes how he shaped up - article with photos; Attractive colour ad for the 1959 Plymouth Fury; Caterpillar colour photo ad features large shot of Highway 401 passing through Toronto - all four lanes of it - my how things have changed!; Nice Oldsmobile colour ad for the Dynamic 88 Holiday Sportsedan; Now totally politically incorrect, the colour photo ad for O'Keefe beer inside back cover shows a couple watching a scantilly clad woman on tv while drinking beer and smoking!; Back cover Coke ad shows a couple preparing pop and sandwiches for a party; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition, a tiny bit of shelf wear only, one faded 1/8th" spot on front cover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 304 pages, appears unread.
Paris, Firmin Didot, 1850 - 9 ème Livraison - In-4 - 4 pages de texte, 1 très belle gravure - Très propre
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates; black cloth, black rexine back lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a near fine copy.
In 16o, pp. 148, t. tela, qualche gora di umidità, con timbro e etichetta di estinta proprietà, ottimo (9656/ GORRA - LINGUE NEOLATINE - LINGUISTICA)
In-8 (cm. 23.50), brossura, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 187, (3). In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
BERNE, Kümmerly & Frey Ed. Géographiques - 1971 - In-4 - Reliure éditeur illustrée sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - Gardes illustrées - Cartes, nombreuses illustrations NB et en couleurs HT PP - Bel exemplaire
Trade paperback Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light Wear on cover with som e scruff marks. Pages all intact, clean, no tear and no writings. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 373 p. Frank Elder Mysterie s (Paperback). Audience: General/trade.
Features: James Melton - In Memoriam; The Model A Ford - from 21 October, 1927 to 30 April, 1932; The Model A's Famous Quail Radiator Cap - How it all Began; Acres of Model A's - Wayne Steinmetz of Pottstown, PA stockpiled Model A's for the day against the day people needed their parts; Eighteen Years of Model T's; Ford Didn't Make Yearly Models; Museums Around the World - including research libraries; 1932 Boat-Tailed Stutz - photos; 1915 Monroe - photos; 1935 Stanley Gentleman's Roadster - photos; Antique Automobile Magazine Index for 1960; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Book shows very light scuffing to blue cloth covers; gilt lettering on covers and spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, woodgrain endpapers, a great many b&w photos, eight fold-out pages, all in excellent condition. Covers are heavy, library-style dark blue cloth, very strong and solid, nearly new. Very clean book. 968 pages. Rare in this edition. First Edition / First Printing of facsimile reprint, limited to 500 copies.
Monte-Carlo, Editions du Cap, 3ème volume de la collection des Fermiers Généraux, 1956. In-8, pleine toile rose pâle satinée de l'éditeur, 159 pp. Illustraions en noir hors-texte. Edition numérotée, bel exemplaire.
pp. xvi, 99. Mosher device printed in red on title and limitation pages. Printed on Van Gelder Hand-made paper. Lavender endpapers. Uncut. Inked ownership and presentation to Anne B. Oller, 1925. Small 8vo. Original full lavender paper binding. Spine and front cover with the original printed paper labels. Original slip case. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 900 copies. Third edition. Nice copy. Daniel Henry Holmes, Jr. (1851-1908) was born in New York City, and later lived with his family in New Orleans. In 1852 his father bought a summer home near Covington, Kentucky which they called Holmesdale. The young Holmes spent his summers in Kentucky and his winters in New Orleans. As a young man Holmes moved to Holmesdale and took up the practice of law, in what William S. Ward called, "a desultory fashion." As a poet he took "old tags of nursery rhymes and fashioned out of them some of the tenderest lyrics ever written" - Mosher. Bishop 422.2 PRESS/W39
72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of schoolyard scene at Peesane, Saskatchewan; Nice colour ad for GWG menswear inside front cover; Farley Mowat says "Let's apply for admission as the 51st state; Is "Car Craziness" a Menace to our Teenagers?; An Artist Comes Home - Roloff Beny; Ernest Thompson Seton - The Backwoods Genius with the Magic Pen; Will the whole Continent Go Hollywood?; Joan Callwood calls on the Russian Ambassador, Dr. and Mrs. Amasasp Aroutunian; Why Sylvia Murphy turns her back on the big-time; A Mechanic Responds (to people who call him a crook); Colour-photo one-page ad for Red Cap ale; Ed Sullivan inset photo in Kodak colour centrefold movie camera ad; RCAF recruiting ad; Mercedes-Benz ad (220 S Sedan); Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features icy glass; and more. Please note: missing page 47-48 (last part of Russian ambassador article) and page 55-56 (last part of Mowat article), otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Film-Maker Robert Altman; Two-page color-photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit features Mr. Leslie T. Cho-Chu and family of Agincourt, Ontario; Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP Foundation) ad; Norman Bethune - Not Yet Ready for Prime Time; Two-page color-photo ad for the Honda Accords (2- and 4-door); The Sheik of Massawippi - Saad Gabr of North Hatley, Qubec; Election coverage of Joe Clark vs. Pierre Trudeau; Federal election race in Atlantic Canada, where bread and butter count; Lie Detectors used in employment screening; Bone marrow transplant between twin brothers Barry and Gary Armstrong of Chipman, New Brunswick; Ed Broadbent - The Third Man; NDP - the party that rose from the dust - with nice photo of CCFers in 1933; Idi Amin looses power in Uganda; Violence in Nicaragua; Warfare inside the Teamsters union; Actor John Voight; Jake Moore of Brascan attempts to buy F.W. Woolworth Co.; Guitar Manufacturer Normand Boucher of La Patrie, Quebec; Archaeology article re: Old Crow; Overuse and Abuse stalk Lake Louise - "The Coney Island of the Rockies"; Childhood Leukemia - stalemate in a long war - article with photo of Carol and Becki Scott; Musician Murray McLauchlan; Michael Ondaatje - "Home is Where the Hurt Is"; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
In-4 cc(6) pp.426 cc (5)- Marca tipografica nel Frontespizio, capilettara, testatine e diagrammi nel testo incisi su legno. presenza di fori di tarli e alcune pagine brunite.Primo capitolo dedicato alla storia della fondazione dell’accademia Regia Francesce di cui lui stesso era membro e alle loro attvitità
26 pages. Songs include: Bond Stugan (The Farm House); Bond-Vals; Domare-Dansen; Finska Valsen; Hammarby Polka; Hoga Berg Och Djupa Dalar; Jubibeums Schottis; Klapp-Dans; Klarinett Polka; Livet I Finnskogen; Min Egen Lilla Sommar Visa; Nordkap-Hambo; Sjomans Valsen; Vava Vadmal; A Janta A Ja; Fran Frisco Till Cap; Spelman's Valsen. May have originally been printed in 1937. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: The front cover illustration of this issue will bring a smile to any red-blooded Canadian! The night scene depicts an extended family happily drinking beer while watching hockey on TV by their woodstove in a snug ice fishing hut - pure Canadian magic!; Why pass a useless Bill of Rights?; Going Steady - Is it ruining our teen-agers?; Holiday Weekend in Toronto - Jim and Ruth Dugan return to discover an exploding metropolis; Bedford's three-ring dukedom - The thirteenth Duke of Bedford - article with photos; Famous Families at Home - The Dr. William Blatzes - article with family photos; Is it really possible to see your own ghost? - the answer seems to be yes; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1958; How Ernest Rutherford launched the atomic age - article with photos; John S.T. Gibson and his family have been fishing the B.C. coast for 10 years - photos with article; Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap Ale; Uncommon colour ad for the Renault Dauphine on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Cover painting of preparations for the Banff Winter Carnival; Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap Ale inside front cover; Outstanding full-page colour photo ad displays the 1959 Rambler automobile models; Eight ways to cut traffic deaths; The living mystery of the Rockies; The day I saw the Rockies' secret; Famous families at home - The Franklin Arbuckle family - nice article with several family photos; Pauze's - Famous Montreal seafood restaurant - article with photos; How I found the man who killed my son - Laurette Perrault's son Jean-Claude was killed by Hector Poirier; Mike Wardell's tempestuous love affair with the Maritimes; gorgeous full-page colour photo ad for Pontiac; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
