Wilson, James E. "Ted"; Heal, S.C.MareMagnum
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168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson, written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria, at the early age of 14, in 1933. His colourful career saw him working his way through the ranks in British Columbia coast towboats from deckhand to mate and eventually as a licensed master. Includes black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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. Black and white diagrams throughout, charts, graphs, many fold-out pages, mathematical formulae. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contents include: Detailing and fabricating structural steel ( Erection plans, Typical details, job standards, layouts and calculation sheets, Lists of bolts, Calculation of weights, ) The fabrication of structural steel, Fundaments of structural engineering, Connections -- bolted, Connections -- welded, ( welding processes, Weld types, Joint prequalification, Welding positions, Welding symbols, ) Columns, Framing for industruial buildings, (trusses, bracing systems, Roof and wall framing, Crane runway girders.) Approx. 200 pages with four appendices.
12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada June, 1943. Contents: The Job of the Records Office; Thee Four Divisions of the Record Office; The Horse's Mouth (cont'd) - the second of two articles compiled by questioning a number of officers and men evaculated as casualties from North Africa about how their training could have been better. Back page advice for how to avoid harming agricultural production in this time when the most important munition is food. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Nice colour photo Yardley ad inside front cover features Bobby Orr; Great full-page ad for CKNW/98 features photo of Jim Robson photo; Bill White and Pat Stapleton are the Pride of Chicagp; Stan Mikita Deserves More Recognition; Vic Stasiuk's Practices are Never Dull; The NHL Will Soon Shop in Europe for Players; Canuck photos; Top Stars of the Game; Canucks' Young Defence in Action; Tony Esposito Flopped his way to Stardom; Canucks' Schedule; Great full-page CJOR/60 ad featuring photo of Jack Webster; Centerfold loose but present; Tony Esposito is featured in a full-page ad for Butler Tire Ltd; Photo of J. Paul McConnell in CKWX/1130 ad; The Job of an NHL Scout; Dunc Wilson - Royal Bank Player of the Week; Nice Dennis Hull Feature on back page; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Full-page ad for CKNW featuring photo of Jim Robson; Photos of Canuck management; Great full-page ad for CJOR featuring Jack Webster photo; Nice colour photo of Bobby Orr inside front cover as part of Yardley ad; Phil Goyette Has a Big Job in Front of Him; Meet the Rugged Larry Bolonchuk; The Islanders have paid a price to play in the NHL; Photos of Canuck Players; History - How the NHL Grew; Islanders - player photos; Orland Kurtenbach - the rookie - the player; What's New in Seattle?; Brian Spencer Has Guts - article plus full-page ad for Butler Tire featuring Spencer; Remember the New York Americans?; More Players Using Helmets; Royal Bank Player of the Week - Barry Wilkins; Nice feature on Greg Boddy; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold loose but present. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
128 pages. Index. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with excellent color photography. "Witness the raw power and technical precision of large-scale implosion as you enter the world of constructive destruction" - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative work. Will be of particular interest to the increasing number of people suspicious about the precision implosion of WTC Building Number 7 on September 11th, 2001. Book
Features: Auto Issue; 1962 Car Specifications; Drive - comparing the Ford 6, Chevy II and slim Plymouth; Flying model car - complete plans!; Will automation take your job?; Test your quick-wit quotient; the way-out world of solid state; those new metallic brake linings; how to outwit an ouzel; is your television a radiation hazzard?; and more. Few scribbles and address label on front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Florence & Cripple Creek - famous narrow-gauge line of an earlier day hauled rich ores through a scenic empire; The Ma & Pa - two narrow-gauge lines were the ancestors of this successful and picturesque standard gauge railroad; 18 Selected Railroad Photographs; Railroad Photography; The Railroad Treasurer - Handling a railroad's money is as big a job as handling its cars and locomotives; Milwaukee Road S-2; Tintic, Utah; A Locomitive is Born - the engineering department strives for a design that will meet all operating needs; Wow! - Two-page photo of Union Pacific No. 4002 - the world's biggest. Average soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: The Unbeatable Class H - C&NW Northern-type locomotive; Railroads at the Front - portable railroads do a better job of military supply with less manpower; Forgotten Railroad - Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway was typical of the more pretentious mining roads of the West; The Twentieth Century - 40-year-old first-class extra-fare train has earned 150 million dollars for New York Central; Nation's Crossroads - 18 trunk railroads serve St. Louis, the second most important rail center in North America; Train maps of St. Louis and Vicinity; The Maine Two-Footers - five separate railroads made a 214-mile empire of two-foot gauge only a few years ago; Monon Metabolism. Average wear and soiling. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Photo of Frank Ifield with female admirers; Alice in Bachelor Land (fiction); Holiday Separates -#2 in fashion series, with nice colour photo; The Sultan's Daughter (serial); Careers - Choosing the Job That's Right for You; Photos of Cliff Richard, Rupert (Maigret) Davies and Brian (Z-Cars) Blessed; One-page colour-photo ad for Danish bacon features Nottingham Canteen Manager Arthur Cox; Monica Dickens with a strange story from the Riviera; SOS Radio Doctors - real life casebooks of London's emergency medical service; 4-page baby week special; Edge of Darkness (fiction); Diana Day and the search for teenage beauty; One-page colour ad for Crosse & Blackwell baked beans features sexy lady in swimsuit; Many lovely ads; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
12 + iv pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada, October, 1942. Contents: Talking of Reconstruction - does it take our mind off the job of winning the war?; Shall We Rebuild Without a Plan?; How Town Planning Would Affect You if You Live in a Large Industrial City - illustrated article. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
50 pages. Features: 'Brass Targets' - photo preview'; Photo-illustrated article with James Coburn; Woody Allen's 'Interiors' - photos; The Taormina Festival Graduates as a Trendy Event - article with photos; 'King of the Gypsies' - photos; Reviews - 'Blue Collar', 'The Silent Flute', 'The Fury', 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', 'Driver', 'The Legacy', 'The Big Sleep', 'The Odd Job'; Photo preview of London's 22nd Film Festival; 'Short Eyes' - photos; 'The Domino Killings' - photos; Bob Dylan's 'Renaldo and Clara' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Zephyr gears for Fords and Mercs; Brian Burnou and his '53 Chev Bel Air; Make yourself a tire cover; Engine Swap - OHV for '49-'53 Fords; How to Prepare Your Car for a Paint Job; Vann's Auto Body Restyles the T-Bird; Augie Ozolin and his '52 Ford Tudor; Customizing the Chev - Part IV; Chev V-8 headers; Tony Frenn and his '47 Ford; Special Grilles - Part II: Charlie Mann and his '34 Ford coupe; Eugene Cargill and his '48 Dodge; '49 Ford club coupe of Bill Helm; and more. Above-average external wear. Prior owner's name on front cover and title page. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Carol Vadnais Has a Job To Do; Meet Dallas Smith; Canucks on the Road - candid photos; Photos of Canuck management, staff and players; Nice CJOR ad features Jack Webster; Who is the Greatest? - Bobby Orr or Eddie Shore?; The Leaders are Most Important; Nice full-page CKNW ad features Jim Robson; Don Awrey - The Bruiser; Photos of Dunc Wilson at Work; Royal Bank Player of the Week - Bryan McSheffrey; Great full-page caricature feature on John Bucyk; Wayne Cashman Works the Corners; Photos of Bruin players; Center page loose but present; Great colour photo ad for "Old Style" beer features blacksmith; Full-page ad for Butler Tire features Don Awrey; J.Paul McConnell in CKWX ad; Article on the Knee/Bobby Orr; plus many great vintage ads. Short tape repair to page 21. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
144 pages. Features: A Defence of Sacred Measures; Governor Brown at the Mental Hospitals; Cops Without Guns; Language, Thought, & Disease; Earl Butz Versus Wendell Berry; Botanic Architecture; Solar Water Heaters in Florida 1923-1978; Job Sharing is Good; I Was Armand Hammer; Strange True Roach Story; How to Use Road Kills; Clunker Bikes; On Story Telling; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Runners of the Woods, by Samuel Merwin; How the Colleges Pursue the Stars, by Ben Friedman; The Scratches on the Glass - IX, by Gladys Blake; Catherine Blows the Horn, by C.A. Stephens; Chrysler '70' ad on page 397; How to Make Real Bows and Arrows - II; A Summer Job That Pays, by William Bang; Attention Eight! - what the Captain of teh Senior Crew at Wellesley thinks girls whould like to know about Rowing. Nice Grape Nuts ad on back cover. Average wear. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Lake St. Tower - focal point of the entire Chicago & North Western Railway is the six-track terminal throat; Off the Beaten Track - Round Trip Tickets are Honoured over this interesting mountain branch of the Northern Pacific; Passenger Agent - Making friends by satisfying passengers is his job - satisfied passengers ship freight too; Mother Hubbard Locomotives - Wide fire boxes of anthracite-burning locos crowded the cab forward; Keeping the Line Open - The railroads, more than any other private enterprise, strive to maintain service and give relief in major disasters; Now and Then - Cripple Creek Short Line in Colorado; Cross Roads of the North - Rouses Point, New York, first served by Champlain & Ogdensburg Raiway, now part of Rutland system; A Streamliner is Born - Dixie Flagler is one of three new high speed trains, pioneers in fast Chicago-Miami service; Wabash Railway at Chicago - best time of year for photographing Wabash locomotives is now - best place is Landers Yard - many locomotive photos; Illinois Central 4-6-0. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Would you die for your country?; Dancer Ann Ditchburn - article with colour photo; Colour ad for the Eddie Bauer Snap-Jac; Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau - article with photos; Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at age 30; The story of Hollywood - article with colour photos; A day in the life of Pierre Cardin; Mud and Blood - Passchendaele in WWI; Fighting for Peace - Canadian Peacekeepers (The Princess Pats) in Cyprus; Job Description of Windsor Mayor Bert Weeks - short article with photo; A Wonderful Time - A wonderful sampling of the collection of over 35,000 Canadian postcards owned by Allan Anderson and Betty Tomlinson; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
22 pages. Features: How "The Godfather" transformed the careers of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Rober De Niro, Robert Duvall and Talia Shire - article with photos; The Franzese Papers - What is the Mafia Really Like?; Loto Mania - What lies behind Canada's favourite obsession?; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the all-new 1978 Ford Bronco; Christmas Vocation - Five department store Santas reveal what their job is like; The Legacy of War - Photos of Canadian Wounded War Veterans - with haunting brief write-ups - Leslie Miller, William Caswell, George Skilton, Jack Lyons, Neil Buchanan, William Dodd, Gertrude Beere, John Birse, George Burleigh, John Logan, Aubrey Winch; Michel Vaillancourt - one of Canada's few equestrians of international stature; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1932. In-4 reliure éditeur toile verte éditeur décorée de motifs impériaux, 318 pp., tranches dorées, avec de belles illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte (parfois à pleine page) de JOB. Dos éclairci.
Leg. edit. tutta tela verde cm. 36x29; splendido il piatto ant. con ill.ne policroma: cornice floreale con corone di alloro agli angoli e, all'interno, gli argomenti trattati impr. in oro, al centro bella immagine con coccarda tricolore, aquile in oro, nastri e serti d'alloro tutti dorati, al centro tit. in oro; impressione a secco al piatto poster., pp. 80 n.n., frontesp. a due colori (nero e rosso) con incis. al centro, praticam. ogni pag. è illustrata e quasi sempre a piena pag., alcune a doppia pagina con splendidi disegni di Job. Ottima copia, solo una scritta a matita blu all'occh.
Features include: A Matter of Magic - a battle of wits between a white man and an East African witch-doctor; Hill Section - a 115 mile section of railway linking Northern and Southern Assam; The Amateur Elephant Hunter; The Lead-Dog's Warning - Told by a Canadian trapper, illustrates the perils awaiting dwellers of the far north; The Captain's Mutiny - Captain Arnas Loivikas in 1931; The Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 3); Philo's Dream - an amazing affair in a tribal village in Papua; Monkey Business - A Moroccan Story; Spawn of Evil - A wild stallion the author endeavoured to break; Memorable Voyage - A South African Story; Pennies for Fools - The Australian Prospector; Four Shark's Teeth; Chasing Red Sea Smugglers - a breezy account of a decidedly interesting job; Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to covers. Contents good. Name atop back cover. Magazine
176 pages. Features: Here's Your Job; Chickens thrive on built-up litter; Getting fire fighters to the farm; Quality beef from grass - Bill Darbyshire and Jake Sells; Hope for two lamb crops a year - Armour and Company; home-grown fruit for the corn belt; green is their Virginia Valley - John L. Turner and family; What are Russians really like?; Protect your stored grain; Safe storage of high-moisture corn; Light control brings fall lambs; back cover color photo ad for Camel cigarettes features Ezio Pinza, former star of "South Pacific"; and more. Opening to back cover mended with archival tape. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
238 pages including black and white plates. "I found out for the first time, while reading this book, that I almost didn't get the Bruins' coaching job. that was a shocker... This is one of those super books you won't want to put down." - Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Yellow boards show moderate wear and soiling. Solid copy. Book
365 pages. A public health inspector spends twenty-five frustrating years trying to be of service to his community (Victoria, British Columbia). At fifty he resigns and goes in search of a more satisfying life. He finds it in tropical Northern Queensland. This is his story. It is a novel and an anthology. Essays, verses, short fiction, travel, observations, character sketches. It is the compellingly written, informative, enlightening, thought-provoking, always entertaining experience of a man with intelligence, wit, and humour. The reader will find that she/he is seeing himself and his own community, because this book is not just about a small Canadian city or one corner of the sunny South Pacific. Nor is it just about one man's escape from a frustrating job. It is a forthright assessment of a society in trouble by a man who has a wider view because he deliberately stepped outside. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
