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8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 116 monochrome plates on 64, 5 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Heritage' series.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 170 pages with a great many b&w photos, charts, tables.
64 pages. Inside of fold-out front cover features colour photo of the cast onstage. Colour photo of Debbie Reynolds and handsome fellow inside back cover. Many great black and white photos. Includes sheet music, guitar chords and lyrics for the following songs: Alice Blue Gown; The Family Tree; The Great Lover Tango; I'm Always Chasing Rainbows; Irene; An Irish Girl; The Last Part of Ev'ry Party; Mother, Angel, Darling; Riviera Rage; They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me; What do you Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?; The World Must be Bigger Than an Avenue; You Made Me Love You. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and 13 illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its neat stamps on endpapers and title verso. Scarce.
134 pages. Cover photo of funnels of the SS "United States", queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding photos of the Earl of Dalkeith to Jane McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stanley Briggin and James Wadsworth Syminton with the former Sylvia Caroline Schlapp; Color-photo ad for the 1953 Ford Lincoln features dark teale two-door on city street; Nice Packard car ad features red two-door; Photos of 'Blaze Tapering" (hair singeing) as performed by D.J. Brown who owns a salon on New York's East Side; Amazing one-page color photo of General Motors' 'dream car' Le Sabre two-door convertible (silver) accompanies a great photo-illustrated article on futuristic North American car designs; Illustrated article on highway design by Robert Moses; Great color photo of Mrs. Edward C. Bridgman , Jr. fashionably dressed in yellow with yellow locomotive speeding behind her; Photo feature on the Wayzata, Minnesota home of Mr. and Mrs. George Halpin; Article on tourists taking their cars to Europe for driving trips; Many gorgeous pages of photo fashion ads in color and black and white; The Annual Tour of the Metropolitan Opera; Fashion photos upon a cruise ship; Two pages of photos from the Inauguration Ball for President Dwight Eisenhower; Beautiful fashion photos of Mrs. Bruce Thayer Benepe (the former Ruth Fillebrown of Boston and Newport), Mrs. John Livingston Beers (former Jane Gilbert of New York and Westport), Mrs. John H. Scott-Paine of Greenwich, Ann Reinicke, Bettina Thayer, Mrs. Hubert Faure, and Barbara Cavanagh; Beautiful fur fashion photos modelled by Catherine Manning Hannon, Mrs. Clayton Winship Johnson, and Mrs. Dino Yannopoulos; United States Lines ad includes photos of Sir Colin and Lady Anderson, Mrs. Casimir de Rham, Sir Shane Leslie, Mrs. Vincent Astor, and Mr. and Mrs. Staunton Williams; Six photos of the Las Madrinas Debutante Ball in Los Angeles include Charles Getchell and Alan Jordon with escorts, Adrienne Hepburn, Dorothy Lucile Donath, Judith Noyes Roach, Sally Ann Smith with Geroald Saltonstall Silsbee, Gretchen Helene Dockweiler, Richard Dockweiler Brady, David V. Homme, Barbara von Briesen, Dr. Hans van briesen, Marie Casey, Thomas Ingersoll, William Duffy Keller and Palmer Casey; Color Nash car ad (red) features photo of etiquette author Amy Vanderbilt; Mens fashion photo includes John Cameron Swayze and William Raiser; several page of high-end real estate ads; Color-photo Mary Grey hosiery ad inside back cover features sexy Seniorita in red dress with fan. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Listen, Mr. Landon (Governor Landon of Kansas) - Pilgrims to Topeka (Walter Davenport); Little Giant - Short-wave mix-up (Frank Condon); Bread into Roses, Part III - Second romance (Kathleen Norris); Coming and Going - Drama in the jury room (David Hoadley Munroe); Racers in Harness - the running of the Hambletonian (Quentin Reynolds); Perfect Hostess - Explorer afoot in a department store (Edward Shenton); Trouble Shooter, Part IX - Nan gets ready to go (Ernext Haycox); Singing for a Living - personal appearances that babbled Hollywood - Mr. Nelson Eddy (Kyle Crichton); A Change of Face - Beauty's crowning appanage, or what to do about your hair (Ruth Seinfel); Double Play - John Paine; Track and Field Marshal - Bill Bingham of Harvard (Bill Cunningham); Dames are Funny - love rides the China Sea (Jacland Marmur); Keep up with the world - what do you think of this?(Freling Foster); Pirate Patrol - Submarines on the last pirate main, from Hong Kong to Amoy (Jim Marshall). Nice colour ad for RCA Victor Radios inside front cover. Colour Camel cigarette ad. Fantastic colour Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The last stretch - in which a man squares himself with a horse (Max Brand); The Natural Thing - the happy consequences of bringing strangers home for dinner (Petere Paul O'Mara); Manila (Philippines) Merry-go-round - Mr. and Mrs. Ramirez at home (Jim Marshall); Little Red Rooster - a girl to crow about (Blake Cabot); Hand in Glove - Tony Canzoneri - a good little man (Quentin Reynolds); Meals a la Cart - Streamlined Eating (Ruth Carson); The Prodigal Nurse, Part IX - Mrs. Daklin takes a hand (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Fog on the Bay - Modern piracy in New York Harbour (Paul Deresco Augsburg); Comedy - Six days a week - Edward Everett Horton, funny fellow (Kyle Chrichton); Three in a Row, by James Aswell; Trouble Shooter, Part V - a wedding is scheduled (Ernest Haycox); Cancellation comes home - why pay your debts? (George Creel); Keep up with the world - Things you never expected (Freling Foster). Colour ad for Camel cigarettes reads "For Digestion's Sake... Smoke Camels!" Great colour GM centerfold. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
136 pages. Features: The Muz Tagh Ata Expedition - Formidable Mountains and Little-Known Peoples; A Robert Bateman Wildlife Portfolio; Petit Forte - Newfoundland returns from official oblivion; Birthright of the Barren Ground - Ten Years Among the Great Caribou Herds; Primal Deeds - Battles and Rituals of the Autumn Rut; Cumberland - a profile of Canada's high Victorian architect and his Toronto landmarks; Artful Arthropods - Evolutionary dazzle and deception in the insect world; Deep Tech - Small but sophisticated submersibles sweep the waters of industry and science. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
48 pages. Text in English. Features: Hans Siwik - the puppet theatre Obraszow; Fee Schlapper - portraits in the course of time; Photography - 150 years old; Jurgen Winkler - mountain landscapes; Kaiser's Toptable; Hansjurgen Zobel - in the zoo; Leica Focometer 2 - special applications; Ruth & Heinz Kloss - Andalusia; Obraszow's Puppets - Marina Saslawskaja; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: In Defense of (the possibly drunk) Fergie - Prince Andrew's ex-wife; Andrew Coyne on Rand Paul; Samantha Bee in conversation; Why is Stephen Harper in no rush to call an election?; Guy Giorno - national man of mystery; Senator Nancy Ruth; Fly-by-night immigration consultants; Grassroots revolt against the HST in British Columbia; Is that an IED in your backpack?; Mahmoud Yadegari - accused of supplying Iran with equipment to aid their nuclear program; Conflict in Thailand; Containing coastal oil damage in Louisiana; Say goodbye to the recovery - fear returns as a growing debt crisis threatens to tip the world back into recession; Why Apple's iPad spells trouble for Nintendo and the video game industry; The Can-Am Spyder; Dr. Anthony Galea - embattled A-list doctor; Breakthrough MS surgery not available in Canada; Docile dogs live longer; The death of John Connelly; How Air Conditioning changes the world; William still hesitating on Kate Middleton; Calgary's Rush - the ultimate restaurant kitchen; Mark Steyn argues that Europe's hedonistic benefits and low birth rates mean it needs protection from itself; In Memoriam - Kenneth Roy McAllister. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Joy Winch appears in cover photo beside a maple sap bucket on the farm of Frank Rumble at Maple, Ontario; Are We a Godless People? - by Hugh MacLennan; Seven Wise Men - Canada's Supreme Court - article with photos; No Hunting Allowed - story by William R. Scott; Sir Stafford Cripps - Labor's Unloved Genius - article with photo; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - an illustrated discussion of car designs; Three Thousand Nights on Wheels - Curtis M. Ruffin is a porter on the Toronto-Vancouver run of the Canadian National Railways - article with nice photos; Green Gables and Red Roads - Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) is a little chunk of the old world; A Kind Word for a Cannibal - an interesting look at the spider; Mrs. Tibbett's Glacier - story by Corey Ford illustrated by Mel Crawford; Jing-a-Low for all That Dough! - gambling at ace-ways in Whitehorse; Meteor car ad; Nice ad for REO 1.5 Ton trucks and buses; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Nice colour ad for Stafford's chocolate syrup; Noxema ad features photos of Pat Heselton, Marilyn Ruth, Louise Prestlien, and Margaret Eustace; Joan Fontaine is featured in an Auto-Lite spark plug ad; Ad for the Thor Automatic Sink; Coke ad on back cover shows woman in story picking up a 6-pack. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A nice copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Editorial - We Can't Afford not to listen to Stalin; Did Stalin Make Hitler's Blunder? - a question from London; The Man Who's Going to Make Our TV - When TV arrives in Canada, probably this summer, much of what comes out on the screen will come out of the head of a 33-year-old prodigy named Mavor Moore - article with photos; What it's Like to by Forty - humour by Robert Thomas Allen - illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; The Nightmare Convoy of the Atlantic - A Maclean's Flashback - the blow-by-blow story of ONS 154, the hardest-hit convoy ever escorted by the Canadian Navy at the close of 1942, by Jack McNaught; Our Four Lads on a Little White Cloud - the quartet of Toronto choirboys - Jimmy Arnold, Connie Codarini, Frankie Busseri, and Bernie Toorish - nice colour photo, article, and black and white photos; The Ordeal of Seretse and his White Queen Ruth - Seretse Khama guessed that his 100,000 African subjects would not object to his marriage to a white English girl, Ruth Williams - article with photos; Lady in the Celeste - story by Pat E. O'Neill - illustrated by James Hill; The Acid-Minded Professor - the University of Alberta's Dr. William Rowan - article with photos; How to Save Your Child's Life - the modern home is almost as dangerous as a battlefield; The All Want to See the Folies - The Folies Bergere of Paris - article with photos; Why Won't Canadians Eat Fish?; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Excellent full-page colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Crawler Tractors - Steel Production/Slag Moving Theme; Very attractive colour full-page ad for the 1952 Pontiac; Centerfold ad for the 1952 Meteor; Uncommon colour ad for Tooke brand clothing; 1952 Monarch car ad; O'Keefe's Brewing Company ad honours the 48th Highlanders of Canada; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows 'Gone for a Coke' painted on wall by painter on break. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
116 pages. Features: Editorial - "Why Should Illiterates Crowd the Colleges?"; The Hanging of Ruth Ellis; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Weston's bread and biscuits; Strange Forces Behind The Richard Hockey Riot - article with dramatic photos; The Magic Life, prize-winning short story by Ann Maude Henry - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; What One Song Can Do - Priscilla Wright and Warwick Webster combine for success with "Man in a Raincoat"; What its Like to Kiss a Tiger, by Alfred Court - the greatest animal trainer of all time - article with photos; How a "Progressive" Teacher Works - how Edmonton teacher Jean Dey handles her Grade One class; The Most Exotic Meal I Ever Ate - with the Pasha of Marrakesh, by John Gunther; The Maddest Three Days in Fishing - the 3-day International Tuna Tournament at Wedgeport, Nova Scotia - article with colour photos; So You Think You Can Drive? - article with photos; How John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown became the first men to fly nonstop across the Atlantic - a Maclean's flashback to 1919 - article with photos; Take Me Home Again Irene, by Fred Sloman; Anybody Eats Here Free - Toronto's Scott Mission - article with photos; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows young man and two young ladies standing at their table. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. A quality copy of this historic issue. Book
Features: A variety of man's best friends; Janice Bennett - how her garden grew; Lawrence Walter Smith - Cabinetmaker Extraordinaire; Ruth McChesney - Artist and Collector; Dorothy Witherspoon's Labor of Love; America's First Ladies - 1845-1857; Marjorie Meyer is Springtime Forever; Mary's Mouthwatering Treats; Margot Conte and her collection with a human touch; The Magic of Charles Beaudry; Louise Hedrick - Fairy Godmother; Forrest Ake - Master Craftsman; Joann's Books, Albums and Bookkends; Mary's Foods with a Heritage; French Country Cottage - part 1 of 2; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Mount Vernon's Miniature Treasures; Ruth Stephens' Optical Illusions; Cheryl Warder's Celebrations; William and Frances Bowen; Sandy Pynn and her reproduction dolls in antique laces and fabrics; Tom Poitras' formula for elegance; Circus Bedroom; Old Fashioned Luxury - miniature sachets and potpourris; Making twining, vining houseplants; Mary Eccher's Valentine Foods; Making a Snaffle Bridle - Saddlery; Sport Clothes for men; Joann's cowboy clothes and accessories; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Choosing a Floor Plan; Ruth McChesney's replica of an 18th century room in a real French chateau; Carolyn Sunstein offers you a chair - in any size!; Splendid China - Florida's newest attraction; Show Scene; Ellie's Toy Emporium; R.S.V.P., by Anne Day Smith; Mini Cutouts - Game Boxes; Apple Motifs; The Victorian Recamier; The Bride of the 80's; Dream Room XII - The Adventurer's Study; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: complete reprint of rare book "Tales of the West" by Frank W. Calkins; Elkhorn - Montana's amazing ghost town; Stolen Bullion of Indian Ridge - taken from 'Golden Treasures of the San Juan' by John B. Marshall and Temple H. Cornelius; Arizona's Toughest Ranger - Jeff Kidder; The Barker Family looks at the old days - a family moves west/'call-cattle' of the mountains; Utah's Unknown - the Newfoundland Mountains in Utah; The Goldrush follies; Battle at Ball's Ranch, Texas; The Big Old Red Ants of Cow Country - Bert Judia; Where the Gold Turned from Yellow to Green - Idaho's Clearwater country got a second chance; Wells Fargo and the Concord; Lore of Lynx Creek - stray bullet kills a community; 'Cash up' Davis' love affair - his hotel south of Spokane; Garry Owen - the pride of Fort Bliss; Cottonwood Tales of central Kansas; Thirty Days in a Rut - early motor journeys; A Raft of Trouble for the Wrong Train - the Percy train robbers of Wyoming; Lost Fort of the Cimarron; Mrs. Burton's macabre ordeal courtesy of Peter A. Vallat, French Creole born in New Orleans. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
100 pages. Features: Reports from Washington and London; Report on Science and Industry; Ship of Fools (an episode), by Katherine Anne Porter; Catholic Temper in Poland, by Graham Greene; Hunter-Killers in the Atlantic, by Samuel Eliot Morison; Why do we Teach Poetry?, by Archibald MacLeish; After Four Years - a poem, by May Sarton; Uprooting the Indians, by Ruth Mulvey Harmer; How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank - story by John Steinbeck; A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing, by Anna Mary Wells; Management in Search of Men, by David A. Shepard; John Gunther's Africa, by Richard E. Danielson; Messenger - a poem by Hortense Flexner; Nice colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
12 pages. Features: Ewart Miller celebrates 25 years with Eaton's; Ronald Gilmour marks his 40th anniversary with the company; Lila Brigham reaches 30 year milestone with Eaton's; Wedding news; Bert Cossey - 30th milestone in Eaton career; 30 year milestone for Mr. C. Ross Dargavel; Miss Tillie McVeigh is promoted; Miss Ruth Holden honoured by associates; Miss Canada visits Eaton's - Miss Danica d'Hondt - story and photos. Additional employee news. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Lost from the Fleet, by George Allan England - 1; President Lincoln's Beaver Robe, by C.A. Stephens; The Epidemic at Hemingway's, by Ruth and Robert Osborne; The Adventures of William Tucker - IX, by George Halsey Gillham; Hunting with Bow and Arrow, by Edward W. Frentz; Fact and Comment; The Miscellany Page - hands of good men; This Busy World - Mussolini on Democracy, Did Civilization begin in Brazil?; Poise instead of shyness. The Bobbed Monkey - E.W. Frentz. Cleansing Delicate Garments - lovely Ivory Soap Flakes ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: News Photos; Songs Sung by Rail Crews; Canada's best trains - a pair of new streamliners have made two world records; Oasis in Dieseldom - Smoke over the Prairies - 8 - A Chicago & Illinois Midland 2-10-2 declares war on a Petersburg Hill - photos, captions and more; Chalk up another for RDC (Rail Diesel Car); Photo Section includes an awesome photo of the copper pit at Ruth, Nevada; Wonderful centerfold photo of Baltimore & Ohio's BR&P Pacific 5235 high above the Allegheny River at East Mosgrove, Pa; Air photos of the Hook & Dye Division of Louisville & Nashville's 8,000-foot Hiwassee Loop around Tate Mountain between Farner and Apalachia, Tenn; British Signals - and why they look that way - a detailed and interesting report; and more. Faint date stamp atop back cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: 18 wonderfully illustrated pages of the North Coast Limited with substantial text (including photo of Babe Ruth)!; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Locomotives you didn't expect to meet on the Santa Fe Trail - big, new AT&SF engine book includes surprises; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Arthur Dodge and His X-U Horses; The Lowest Form of Murder - a drunk and an unarmed kid, Pleasanton, New Mexico; Elk are back in the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming!; Roaming the Back Country - Lady Loboes; Bizhozhi, Defiant Navajo, and the Beautiful Mountain Rebellion; Wild Old Days!; Circuit Rider - John Wesley Devilbiss of Texas; Scouting for General Howard - Colonel George Hunter; Take Long Steps, Isaac - Robert and Ruth Gidley Benedict Comfort. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: The 'Crazy One' - Mariana, La Loca progressed from silver camp dancehall to High Priestess of Joaquin Rocks - a frightening woman!; The West's Best Hidden Horror - Jim Gilliland; Smithwick's Bowie Knife; Tramp Miners - the Old Ruth Mine near Trona, California; "I'll Kill 'til I Die" - Wesley Barnett; South Dakota Gold Streams; 'Struck Oil" - a theatrical gusher of the '70s!; Terror to the Rustlers - Chief Field Inspector John R. Banister in Oklahoma; A Very Special Strongbox; Old Cripple Creek and Ralph Carr; Sourdough Gold - Charles Goff in Alaska; Wild Old Days! Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear to cover. 8 7/8"w x 10 1/4"h. Includes Kathryn Abbe, Arlene Alda, Nancy Brown, Sonja Bullaty, Helen Buttfield, Jill Freedman, Tana Hoban, Marcia Keegan, Frances McLaughlin-Gill, Barbara Morgan, Lida Moser, Dianora Niccolini, Suzanne Opton, Lilo Raymond, Eva Rubinstein, Maggie Sherwood, Erika Stone, Suzanne Szasz, Ruth Orkin, and Via Wynroth.
