Marschall, Laurence A.MareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, no bumping to corners and minor signs of handling. 320pp. The history of supernovae and their connections with pulsars and black holes - science, astronomy and astrophysics.
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
164 pages. A tribute to the stars of stage and screen, past and present who are also gifted visual artists. Over seventy well-known actors and actresses have contributed their works of art - works that reveal a facet of their personalities many have never seen. Specially commissioned photographs taken inside their homes, gardens, and art studios, complement this stunning and varied collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Book very lightly worn, clean, bright and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears one inch tear with missing chunk at top of front panel else is lightly worn. Nice copy. Book
141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
Over 100 pages. Features: 21 Stars of Tomorrow; The Return of the Pin-Up; The Real World of Celebrity Assistants; and much more. Average wear. A worthy reading copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. A clean tight copy with slightly sunned boards and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped but incomplete and very creased.
117p. Drawings by the author. 8vo. Paperback. Nice copy. SPACE/5
Pages 116-164. Features: Great cover illustration of men boating their load through whitewater; Bold red and whiite ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover; Nice full-page photo of an outdoorsy couple snapping a photo; Who Will Repay? - a plea for better understanding by Grey Owl - article with photos; Prizes Offered for Humane Traps; The Land of the "Fighting Rainbow" (Trout), by W.B. Gray; ; The Romance of Maple Sugar, by H. Lamontagne; ; Trees in Myth and Legend - part 1 by James Kay; Corvus - Black Sleuth of Big Timber - the despised 'croaking raven'; New Canadians with Old World Ways - some intimate details of the pioneering efforts of new comers to "Bush Country" in the North Prairies - with interesting photos, including Ukrainian mud construction; Sunday - A day of Observance or Desecration - Which?, by Jack Miner; When Forest and Farm Met; All Seals Don't Come from the Sea - some fur bearers starting out under other names wind up as seal coats; Quality of Wood Improves with Age - how knots are formed, why some wood warps more than others, meaning of heartwood and sapwood; Raising Game Fish by the Billion - restocking of Ontario's Lakes and Streams is being accomplished in a big way; Barnjum Forest - Big Trees saved for public monument on Vancouver Island between Duncan and Lake Cowichan by Frank J.D. Barnjum; Putting up a "Star Boarder" - keeping a Grebe at home; Telling time by the Stars; How the English Sparrow Came; Death of Robert Henry Grier of Nanaimo - photo and article; "Pee-Wee" Dog Derby Made a Hit; Training Covert-Shooting Dogs; Spring Time is Tree Planting Time; Nice Canadian National ad on back cover promotes their Alaskan service. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
190 pages. Includes 12 pages of colour photos by Mitchell, designed by Anthony Hudson. Contains music, lyrics and chords for the following songs: A Case of You; All I Want; Blue; California; Carey; Little Green; My Old Man; River; The Last Time I Saw Richard; This Flight Tonight; Banquet; Barangrill; Blonde in the Bleachers; Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire; Electricity; For the Roses; Judgement of the Moon and Stars; Lesson in Survival; Let the Wind Carry Me; See You Sometime; Woman of Heart and Mind; You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio; Car On A Hill; Court and Spark; Down to You; Free Man in Paris; Help Me; Just Like This Train; People's Party; Raised on Robbery; The Same Situation; Trouble Child. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this timeless compilation. Book
218pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Flat signed by Patrick Moore to title page. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, nicks to fore-edge of first two pages, bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 256pp. A review of the world of astronomy over the twenty-five years from when the BBC's Sky at Night' was launched in 1957, which Patrick Moore describes as the most exciting quarter century in the whole history of science. Very well illustrated.
307p. + Photographs. Stamped ownership of Karl Wm. Hallden. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn and torn. Hardbound. First American edition. SPACE/4
Features: Long Journey of a Mormon Girl - Ann Willden Johnson; Lost Singer Sewing Machine Treasure - one of the true treasure tales of Padre Island; Tiger of the Wild Bunch - Knoxville Jail Break by Harvey Logan; Ponca City's Arcade - Homeof Instant Millionaires; Games and Schemes of Deception; Princess Angeline of Seattle - pawn of two worlds; The got back with the gold - in spite of six-toed Pete; Silver Stars - the Baseball Champions of Nevada. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
Features: Last rig to Battle Mountain - the last family to take the Humboldt Trail by covered wagon, led by Sherman Wilhelm, makes one of Nevada's richest gold strikes; Motion Picture Vignettes - Neal Hart; Clues to Frontier Treasure; Over-kill in Apache land - Camp Grant Massacre; Last rails across North America - Building the Grand Trunk; A hundred miles of lonely river - the Missouri River; Toughest school in the county - Oklahoma; Stars over Chloride, New Mexico; "My God, My Hero, My Ideal" - Joaquin Miller; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
111 pages. An awesome collection of blues songs including: All Your Love, Back Door Man, Blues Get Off My Shoulder, Boom Boom, Bring it on Home, Call Me, Can't Hold On Much Longer, Carol, Checkin' Up on my Baby, Close to You, Don't Start Me Talkin', Every Day I Have the Blues, Evil is Going On, Fattening Frogs for Snakes, Goin' Down Slow, Good Morning Little School Girl, Here Tis', I Can't Quit You Baby, I Love the Life I Live, I'd Rather Go Blind, It do me so Good, Killing Floor, Little Queenie, Mellow Down Easy, Mother Earth, Reconsider Baby, The Seventh Son, Sitting on Top of the World, Smokestack Lightnin', So Many Roads, Spoonful, Steppin' Out, The Sun is Shining, Susie-Q, Tell Me, That's All Right, Walking by Myself, Wang Dang Doodle, Who Do You Love, Who's Been Talking, You Shook Me. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening to front cover at base of spine. A worthy copy of this superlative compilation. Book
Features: J. Crew designer Olympia Bermann's Manhattan walk-up; Designer-retailer Deb Nelson carves out a cosy, modern niche over her shop; Margot and Kevin Austin put their eclectic stamp on a city bungalow; Layers of art and antiques bring life to Stephen Fillmore's downtown home (cover photo); Surfing and subtle glamour influence Kate Horsman's beachy Vancouver condo; Neon accents inject high-voltage style; Transforming a dining nook into a boho-inspired bistro; Brad Goreski - Canada's stylist to the stars is Tinseltown's hotteset import; Eight attic spaces conquer their sloped ceilings and tricky layouts to become first-rate destination rooms; Dappled Toronto garden designed by Terry Ryan comes to life with architectural details and understated plantings; Neon accents inject high-voltage style throughout the house; Seoul food; and more. 136 pages. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Some moisture exposure to top edge. Binding weak at second leaf. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
98 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: Nice one-page colour photos of Niu Niu, Lin Ching Shia, Sylvia Chang, Ou-Yang Ling Lung, Lin Fong Chiao, Shao Yin Yin, Pan Yin Tze, Kao Chiang, and Eva Lin; Excellent foldout colour photo of topless and sweaty Bruce Lee; Gigi falls in love again; Top Ten Voted Stars of 1980; and much more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Includes the following issues from 1992: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Holiday Diving on Fiji's Matagi Island; Skookumchuck Narrows; Heron Island, Australia; Slides from Prints; Bahamas - 500 years since Columbus; Bella Bella - in Remote B.C.; Red Sea; Fate of the Falconer; The sprightly Seasprint; Floriday Keys; Bonaire; RCMP's Regina; Whidbey Island; Sea Stars; Diving the Capilano; Shoot Like a Pro; The Straits of Mackinac; MCD Strobes; Raratonga; Sherkston Quarry; Georgian Bay Wreck Dive; Luxury Diving abour Truk Agressor; Sipadan Island; Lost Cities of Micronesia; Artificial Reefs of Porteau Cove, B.C.; The Manatee; Fraser River Wreck Dive; Guanaja; Cabo San Lucas; Lake Dive; Underwater Video; The Green Sea Urchin; Scotia Cape; Cayman Connection; 'City of Vienna' in Halifax; Alaska - an exotic dive; The Cunner; Queen Charlotte Islands; Gulf Islands - B.C.'s Playground; Calabogie; Cozumel; Behind the Dolphin Smile; Ucluelet, Vancouver Island; Nova Scotia Wreck Challenge; Canada's Ice Diving; Belize Resort; Alberta's Project Habakuk; Dodd Narrows - current-swept passage in B.C.; Bristleworm. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
Features: Mongolia's Mysterious Reindeer People - the last remaining Tsaatan nomads carry on a centuries-old caribou culture; Spineless Wonders - Jellyfish may hold the key to life's deep mysteries; Heavenly Harmonies - Blending spruce, sweat, and sawdust, Linda Manzer builds guitars that dazzle music's top stars; Bones of Contention - Did crewman on the most famous arctic disaster choose the 'last resource' of cannibalism?; Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
80 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: Beautiful one-page colour photo of Fanny; Colour ad for The Condemned inside front cover; Yueh Hua and Tanny visit the Hong Kong Oceanarium - colour photos; Lovely one-page colour photo of Shih Szu; Colour photo ad for Learned Bride Thrice Fools Bride-Groom; Challenge of the Masters - colour foldout photos; Colour photos of Chen Ni and Fu Sheng; Shaolin Avengers - two pages of colour photos; Beautiful colour photos of Yen Nan-Hsi, Shih Ping-Ping, Chen Szu-Chia, and Ching Li; Nice black and white photos of Ti Lung, Betty Ting Pei, Hsi Hua Chiang, Lily Li, Li Hsiu Hsien, Hu Chih, Fanny, and Fu Sheng; Shaw stars visit Ocean park - article and photos; Black Magic - part II; Mother's Day; They Came From Within (It's Deadley); Scenes from The Web of Death; Colour ad for The Dragon Missile; Colour photo ad for Rado watches on back cover shows man in kayak; and much more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Floral Focus - Japanese Apricot - Prunus Mume; The Wearable Art of Isey Miyake - Japan's Premier Fashion Designer; Window Dressing - Flowers, Fashion and drawing a fickle crowd - Kazutoshi Kuromasa, of Tokyo's boutique Nicole, is one of the most highly regarded floral display artists in the city; Dateline Japan; On Exhibition - Hanaishi - Ohara School - Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, May 23-28, 1991; Rising Stars - a revealing discussion between two future iemoto - Yuki Ikenobo and Akane Teshigahara; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - Ikebana photography. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Many beautiful colour photos. A nice copy. Book
88 pages. Features: In conversation with Brian Davidson; Jean-Marc Harari reassesses the career of Germaine Thyssens-Valentin; Louis Demetrius Alvanis; Ferruccio Busoni; Alicia de Larrocha has given her final concerts; Charting the history of Italian piano manufacturer Cristofori; Portuguese virtuoso Joao Carlos Martins; Mikhail Petukhov describes his various encounters with Dmitri Shostakovich, Sviatoslav Richter, and his mentor, Tatiana Nikolayeva; Steven Osborne - on of the U.K.'s brightest piano stars; Murray McLachlan discusses ornaments; Dong-Hyek Lim; the recorded history of Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
100 pages. Features: nice color photo ad for the 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme; The Rage of Women - Half our population underpaid, barred from major jobs and often mocked; Vietnamese boy Pham Van Quan is flown to Philadelphia for heart surgery; Wonderful color Campbell's soup ad; My Brother Lyndon Johnson - Part II by Sam Houston Johnson; Great color photo centerfold featuring the line of Polaroid cameras; Colour photo ad for General Electric flash cubes; Barbara Streisand - article with photos; A Killing Shame - U.S. gas and germ weapons violate treaties; Great colour photo ad for the 1970 Buick; Grambling College - where football stars are made - article with photos; The Look All America 1969 College Football selections; A Bill to Kill Foundations; The One Sensible Way to Diet, by Roland H. Berg; Who is the Man in the House? - Russell Baker writes about Richard Nixon; Princess Grace turns 40 - article with photos; Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Please note: pages 35-36 missing. They appear to have contained ads. Still a worthy copy. Magazine
Features: Interview with Michael Wilson; Bernie Madoff and his boring mistress; Ignatieff's Double Dare; Disaffection with Ed Stelmach; The G8 Go to Muskoka in 2010; The last of the Kennedys - the passing of Ted Kennedy; The Torture Debate; Google Voice - a huge threat to the wireless industry; 'Pleasure' is the latest buzzword in school sex education, and not all are pleased; Why surviving cardiac arrest in Canada is so difficult; Stars reveal how they spent their summer vacations; Shaquille O'Neal prepares for life after the NBA; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Harper must act now to protect free speech; A conversation with Richard Dawkins; Stephen Harper's Majority or Bust Strategy; Canadian Democracy is Broken; Mike Danton's Unlikely Story; War in Pakistan; Cindy Gomez's Cinderella Story; Taking on Vancouver's Panhandlers - downtown ambassadors; The Fluoride debate rises again; Rene Levesque embodied our bedrock values; Foodball greats on 'Dancing with the Stars'; Another facelift for the CBC; Is it racist to dislike Obama?; Ernie Duff - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
