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319 pages including bibliography, index and dozens of black and white illustrations. Will attract anyone interested in regional history and the early days of Ontario and anyone whose roots lie in southern Ontario. Light wear overall. Gift greetings upon and small clip to top corner of half-title page else unmarked. Slight lean to spine. Small bookseller sticker upon front endpaper. Very nice copy. Book
40 pages. Features: The new view from space - space explorers from 13 nations meet in Riyadh to reflecton ways to solve problems on earth; Vartan Gregorian of Brown University; Islamic Art - looking beneath the surface of the RCA in London; A look at the ecological riches of the Arabian Peninsula; The Arab world's most punishing and prestigious motor rally from Giza to Sakkara; The Black Stallion returns to children's literature. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
4 pages. Sheet music for voice and piano with ukulele chords. Three-inch openings to fore-edge of both leaves, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this WWII-era tune. Book
260 pages including index and black and white plates. The death in London by hanging of one of Italy's leading bankers, Roberto Calvi, focused the world's attention upon the affairs of the Banco Ambrosiano, a bank closely involved in Vatican finance. After intensive research, including interviews with leading figures in the Italian financial world, with Calvi's family and associates in the United States and with bankers in the capitals of Europe, author has been able to unravel the complex story of Roberto Calvi and his world, and to piece together this amazing chronicle of financial malpractice in high places. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Features: Nation shall sell nation unto death; Alain Delon and Michael Caine in E.E. C. Rider; John Crosby says 'To Hell with London'; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: Bare-breasted photo of Mia Martin on title page; The Last Word - an article, which would appear to be the last written by John Grierson before his death in 1972, discusses many aspects of the movement he founded; Alexandro Jodorowsky's 'El Topo' - graphic photos; Interview of Sterling Hayden with photos; Paul Nicholas writes on one aspect of a young British actor's life - with photos; Peter Whitehead's 'Daddy' - photos; The Decade of Change - Part 4 of the changing patterns in stardom on the British Screen - major article with many great photos; Preview of the 17th London Film Festival; 'Catch My Soul' - photos; Mary Pickford - article with photos; 'Mistress Pamela' - photos; 'Tout va Bien' - photos; Pin-up photo of the past - Henri Vidal; The Love Affairs of Jesus Christ; Antonio Calenda's 'Fury' - photos; Ad for 'Paper Moon'. Unmarked with average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
89 pages. Black and white illustrations. Bright gilt lettering upon navy cloth front board and spine. Light soiling to covers. Book
Childrens book with 10 entertaining sound effects which are working loud and clear. The classic story of the 101 Dalmations comes alive with sound! You'll hear the sinister honking of Cruella's car horn, the excited barking and sniffing of the Dalmation puppies, and the twilight telegraph as it relays its message across London. The ten imaginative sounds transport the young reader into the real-life adventures of Pongo and Perdita as they rescue all the Dalmation puppies. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
90 pages. Contents: Angela Lansbury - I was a young woman of parts...; The Hired Hand - many photos; Long Shot; Fiddler on the Roof - photos and ad; Yesterday's Hollywood, Part 3 - These Women Spell Danger - great article with photos; Camille 2000; Pride Without Prejudice - Sidney Poitier's Career - article with photos; Nicholas & Alesandra - many photos; London Film Festival Preview 16mm; Blood from the Mummy's Tomb - many photos; Pin-up photo of Alan Ladd; Dorian Gray - photos; Reviews; and more. Ads include: Dr. Jekyll and Sistere Hyde; The Hired Hand (back cover); Nicholas and Alexandra. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 1285-1316. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Plucky "Penhurst" (conclusion); Man's Quest of the Depths - Development in Diving Suits over the past 100 Years; Marine Engines and Their Story - Part 10; Thames "Butterfly" Boats - the packets that maintain services between London and neighbouring holiday resorts have a long history; R.M.M.V. "Stirling Castle" - set a speed record for mail delivery from Southampton to Capetown; Fifty Years in Sail - extracts from the log of Captain J.W. Holmes graphically describe his experiences in command of some of the most famous sailing ships in the last days of the glorious era of sail. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Nice title-page photo of Farah Fawcett-Majors; 'Jaws' - photos; Interview with Director Louis Malle; London Film Festival Photo Preview; The Seven Ages of March - part 2 of an article on appreciation of the work of Fredric March; 'Barry Lyndon' - photos; Reviews; 'Permission to Kill' - photos; Intriguing Nuggets - review of biography of Elizabeth Taylor; 'Rooster Cogburn' - photos; Article on record album 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'; Record album reviews. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
"From the London musical success 'New Faces'". - front cover. Nice cover of bandleader Mart Kenney on front cover. 6 pages. Faint store stamp on front and back covers otherwise unmarked with average wear. Coverfold mostly open. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Worcester Scale Blue Decoration; Royal WorcesterTrade Marks; London Letter - Sales Sidelights; Tiffany Glass; English Clocks; The Vaughan Collection - the art of understatement; Early Magazine Drawings - Group of Seven; John Hammond, R.C.A. - 1843-1939; Gun Collecting - Thoughts and Tips. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Victorian Silver; Oriental Cloisonne Enamels - a Western Collection; 100 Years after The Great Boz (Charles Dickens); The London Market; New Form of Pattern Glass for Canadian Collectors - 20th Century Antiques; Louisbourg - the Gibraltar of Canada; Don't Just Stand There - a dummyboard figure; Button Collecting; The Simeon Perkins House in Nova Scotia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Address label clipped from back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Victorian Canada - Part 1 - The Framework; Winter Flowers; Mantelpiece Ornaments and Miniature Brass Furniture; Guidelines for Restoration of Antique Furniture - Part 2; Maritime Antiques in Early Literature; London Sales Rooms; Period Pieces. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Nova Scotia furniture; Stoke-On-Trent - city of living tradition - the Staffordshire Potteries is today the world's centre of ceramic production; Art in London; Victoria and Albert Museum; Transfer Prints on Worcester - first period porcelain; Glamour of Old English Drinking Glasses; Full page Christie's ad featuring 'Very rare wines from private cellars'; Once the cork is pulled - rare old wines; The Glass Flowers of Harvard; British Potters link with Canada; Pioneer Living - wonderful information on weeden ware, recipes and more; Samplers - article by Mary Carol Wilson. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
288 pages. Features: Review of American Gangster; Francis Ford Coppola argues that doing business in Hollywood is bad for the soul; Bengal Chad Johnson's touchdown celebrations; Loel Lovell on money; Michael Hsu on making your pad more attractive - affordably; Fernando Botero tackles Abu Ghraib; Glenn O'Brien analyzes the sartorial choices of world leaders from W. to Kim Jong Il to Joseph Kabila; John McCain once seemed a shoo-in for the Republican nomination; Landmark trends of the past 50 years; Dressing up Dave Grohl in outfits under $200; Best Watches under $500; Chiwetel Ejiofor models designer suits; Uruguay's Punta del Este - The New Rio; Ten ways to wear a tweed sports jacket; Ryan Gosling - The Loner; Elizabeth Banks - funniest tramp in the room; A guide to London - the coolest city on the planet; Jerry Seinfeld interview; Kevin Durant - newest NBA superstar; Iraqis flee to Syria. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Lady's and Child's Dresses; Home-made carpets; Drying Flowers in the Sand; Siesta; Manners Upon the Road - of Safety-Valves; New York Fashions - wraps, the dolman, the sacque with cape, yak lace, house sacques, opera cloaks, the national dress trimming; Box for ironing utensils; Cover for Flat-Iron; Alphabet for marking Linen; Breakfast Caps - many nice illustrations; London's Heart; Service; Sayings and Doings; Fantastic centerfold consists of dozens of illustrations of shirts, caps, under-drawers, chemises, collars, etc.; At Rye - by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Paris Fashions; Niss Nilsson's Last Appearance - with illustration "Christine Nilsson's Last Night at Drury Lane Theatre, London"; Subsitute for Cream; Needle-work and tatted chemise yokes; buttons and button-holes for lingerie; needle-work, point lace, and crochet borders, rosettes, insertions, and edgings for lingerie; humor. Average wear. Clipping from cover page. Large clipping from page 619. Book
78 pages. Features: Helena Guergis in conversation with Peter C. Newman; Why Stephen Harper thinks he's smarter than the experts on everything; Why our highest court seems afraid to take on the Harper government; Canada's first army reserve unit north of 60 gets its boots wet; Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert spent 24 days in custody after the G20 protests; What to do about Kim Jong-il and North Korea?; Mohamed El Baradei causes headaches for Hosni Mubarak; Hossein Derakhshan; Obama promised to tackle climate change but...; America turns on Alberta oil; Netflix plans to shake up Canadian TV; Embattled Mel Gibson; Outraged Moms, Trashy Daughters - how did those steeped in the women's lib movement produce girls who think being a sex object is powerful?; Angelina Jolie biographer has much to teach her about her past; Trailer Hitch Guru of London, Ontario - Andy Thomson Jr.; Tips from a professional lie spotter; Launa May Lunn 1944-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label covered with white label. A sound copy. Book
Features: China - a showcase of consumer emancipation; Essay - Pondering the B.C. Condition - Hard Times in Canada's Lotus Land; Peter C. Newman on B.C.'s high-flying acquisitors - Nelson Skalbania, Jack Poole, Neil B. Cook, Herb Doman, Bob Carter, Peter Thomas, The Doumet Brothers, Jimmy Pattison, Peter Brown, Joe Segal, The Belzbergs, Edgar Kaiser Jr.; Bob Lee; Conservative M.P. Bill Kempling; Teaching hate in Alberta schools? - Jim Keegstra of Eckville, Alberta; Socialism in a tailspin in France; The Politics behind Soviet Spy Charges in France; Kampuchea - Vietnam's latest offensive; Nice multi-panel colour photo B.C. tourism promotional centerfold; Persian Gulf Oil Slick in the War Zone; Security Express robbed in London; James Kay and Dylex; Peter Pocklington's empire unravels; Canada takes on the curling world - LaRocque and Werenich; A close call - a happy end - Space Shuttle Challenger completes its maiden mission; Le Devoir joins the newspaper war; Worst flooding in 25 years in New Orleans - colour photos and article; Krugerrand ad; Canadian foresters and computer firefighting. Average wear. Book
Features: Exchanging prisoners in East Germany for West German money; Dian Cohen implores the Prime Minister to 'lead us or leave us' - two million Canadians are unemployed; Coverage of Trudeau's Asian junket; Cat and mouse - the RCMP and Soviet spies in Ottawa; Dollard Menard takes on the Generals; Cover Story - Donald MacDonald's royal commission on the economy; The 1930s nightmare revisited, by Anthony Sampson; Reagan fights for control; Leonard Rosenberg - Trust quagmire deepens; US-Canada lumber showdown looms; Checking in at Lloyd's of London; Big Oil extends its reach - Suny's gas stations secret connection with Imperial Oil; David Leighton leaves Calgary's Olympic planning team - replaced by Frank King; Ski industry in downhill slide; Russian satellite roulette - Canada threatened by Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402; Stress in the Recession - Behavior; Legal aid squeeze; Side effects of Depo-Provera; This year's version of the flu - the A Bangkok strain; Two-page colour photo ad for CP Air's Royal Canadian (First) Class. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
62 pages. Features: London Toy and Model Museum; Neustadt - an HO scale German layout by Stephen Rabone; Building a Layout - 17; Merry-Go-Round Hoppers; Performance of Locomotive Mechanisms -3; Plans Page - GNR Twin articulated suburban coaches; Lineside Lorries in the '80s; Wallsea - Barrie C. Walls with headlamp codes on his 0 gauge layout. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The "Queen of Scots" - Half-a-century of Train Travel, No. 28; Modern Czechoslovakian Steam Locomotives - Part I; The M.& G.N. Route to Cromer; London Midland Steam - Locomotive Causerie; Memories of the Bristol-Birmingham mainline 60 years ago; A Swiss Tank Takes a Bathe; The County Down Railway and The Tourist Trophy Race; and more. Moderate wear. Price stamped atop front cover else unmarked. Sound 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
Articles: Adventures in the Sack Trade - London Merchants in the Canada and Newfoundland Trades, 1627-1648; The Battle for Convoy UC-1, 23-27 February 1943; Not More Ports, Better Ports - The Development of British Ports since 1945; Keeping the Local Economy Afloat - Canadian Pacific Navigation and Shipowning in Victoria, 1883-1901; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book