Bennett, CarolMareMagnum
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244 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Describes Welsh immigration and settlements, discusses the survival of the Welsh language and cultural institutions in Canada, and tells the story of a number of famous Canadians of Welsh extraction." - from back cover. Prior owner's ink stamp partially stroked out inside front cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Backstrip chipped. Worthy reference copy. Book
Please note that the first and last pages (1-2 and 91-92) are missing. 88 pages remain. Features: Charming cover illustration of two young boys wearing towels; Russia Today - What Can We Learn From It?; P&G one-page colour ad for Naptha Soap features inset photo of Mrs. H.F. Edens; Two Beauties and a Bandit (short story); Sequel (short story); Why the Prince of Wales is "Air Minded" - photo-illustrated article explains how H.R.H. has solved the problem of his public engagements via aviation; Trail's End (short story); After I Was Killed (short story); The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); "Frock Spotting" in Society Crowds - interesting photo-illustrated article; I'm Crazy Over English; Nice Pond's ad features photo of lovely Miss Anne Gould; One page ad for the 1934 Pontiac Straight - 8; Page of photos of Hollywood stars; One-page Lux soap ad features photo of Loretta Young; Wonderful two-page photo ad for the 1934 New Plymouth Six features family and car in front of stately home; One-page photo ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera - in 1934!; Movie reviews; Two-page photo-ad for Dodge cars features car flying over cliff and 'Bonnie and Clyde' types standing near car; Radioland - news and photos of radio stars of the day; The Invisible Science - wonderful 16-page illustrated C-I-L feature devoted to chemistry; Illustrated fashion article; Oldsmobile ad inside back cover features a 1934 Six; Ceylong Tea Bureau colour ad on back cover features reproduction of painting 'The Ice Breaker at Levis' by Robert Pilot; and more. Small to medium-sized clippings from pages 28, 47, 63, 65, 68, 76, 79, 85, 88, and 89; Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy despite its numerous defects. Book
50 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for 'Won Ton Ton'; Photo-illustrated interview with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; 'Outlaw - Josey Wales' - photos; Photo-illustrated Julian Fox article about some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy film from 1930 to 1936; 'The Omen' - photos; Reviews - 'Taxi Driver', 'Bugsy Malone', 'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea', 'Buffalo Bill and the Indians', 'Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood', 'The Last Hard Men', 'Wives', 'Lipstick', 'Let's Do It Again', 'The Fall of the House of Usher Lot in Sodom'; 'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea' - photos; 'Stay Hungry' - photos; 'Per Le Antiche Scale' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the USS Independence; Large photo of the President Wilson inside front cover; Full-page photo of the paddle steamer Medway Queen; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; UnderSail; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Salute to the Steam Collier - Part 2 - the war years; Kippers, Grease and Cattle! - memories of West Highland journeys and voyages at the turn of the century; Shipping of the South Wales Ports - part 2; US Warships at Portsmouth - photos; Lloyd's Publishing History; 'Algerine' Class Minesweepers - part 3; Sunderland Venture and SD14 Checklist - giving changes of name and ownership since completion; Nice photo of the Autotransporter inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Rave Reviews for Ed Koch; Quebecois Flock to the beaches of the south coast of Maine; Fairy-Tale Wedding of Charles, the Prince of Wales, to Diana Spencer - nice photos; Abolhassan Bani-Sadr; VIA Rail drops 15 Runs; World Record Swim for Alex Baumann; Strikes at Algoma Steel and Stelco; Straight-speaking Laura Sabia; B.C. Hatchery Accident results in many blind fish; Saskatoon aims to become a prairie Tivoli Gardens; Shorts - Fashion; Stopping the Suicide Cycle; Rock Music - with picture of Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Loverboy. Unmarked. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Railroad news photos; Easy Does It - great photo of a wrecker and its crew at work; The Colorado Midland Story - 1 - 4'8.5" to the Narrow Gauge Country - informative article with photos; Big as B&O but not as busy - the New South Wales Government Railways - great article with photos; Fantastic 2-page photo in Philadelphia, August 4, 1933 showing two locomotives of the Reading Philadelphia to New York service; Photo Section; The Passenger - keep him happy! - article about the passenger service industry; Would You Believe it?; Tripmaster - details of a rail trip along California; Steam in Indian Summer - Steam still at work in Quebec - article with photos; Beware the Wrath of the Editor - a photo test - identify the railroad and wheel arrangement; When a Man Wishes he'd never left the farm - large super 1951 photo of a Southern Pacific (T&NO) local freight crossing the intracoastal Waterway at Houma, La.; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening along bottom of coverfold, otherwise a sound copy. Book
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
167 pages. Topics include: the government's role in N.W.T. recreation; Slavey Quill Bands; A frozen glimpse of British exploration in the Canadian Arctic; Eleonor McNeil of Fort Smith; The Mounted Police and Canadian Sovereignty in the Western Arctic, 1903-1924; Archaeology at Great Bear Lake; Inuit youth and secondary education in the Northwest Territories; Reflections, shades and shadows. Average wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. A sound copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the Pope's Coronation; Photos of Representatives of Great Britain and other powers at the Papal Coronation; Full-page photo of the Pope's Open-Air Coronation on the Balcony of St. Peter's; Papal Coronation seen by a vaster crowd than ever before; The "Scapa Flow" of the Spanish Republican Fleet!; A Bronze Age Potter's Workshop - The First Found in Palestine - photos; Lachish - Traces of Nebuchadnezzar's Invasions - and Art Relics - photos; Two photos of the first white giraffe seen in Kenya - an adult "Albino" Bull; Among the "Red Men" of Ecuador - article with photos; How the Colorados Dye Themselves Scarlet and Trim their Hair - photos; Two dramatic photos of the sinking of the S.S. "Lillian" after a collission with the German freighter "Wiegand"; Royal Events and Activities of the Week - photos; Sultan of Perak Installed; The Japanese bomb Shumchun Market near Hong Kong - photo; Strange photo of gas mask for babies; Incredible colour photo of literally a "Red Indian" - a Colorado of Ecuador with skin and hair dyed scarlet from seeds of the blood tree and wearing a silver nose pin; Colour centerfold illustration of the only town established by the Romans in Wales - Venta Silurum; Photos of personalities of the week including Mahatma Gandhi, Field-Marshal Goering (in civilian clothes) and his wife, Colonel Rodriguez Lister, Dona Dolores Ibarruri; The Crisis in Slovakia - photos of leading personalities and turbulent scenes - Hlinka Guards; King of the late King George V. in St. George's Chapel; and more; Average wear. Centerfold and pages 411-416 loose but present. Pages 445-450 and any pages beyond page 452 missing. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 12, a folding facsimile and a large folding map; original maroon buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut and largely unopened, covers lightly damp-marked (not affecting text), else a very good, bright, clean copy. The definitive study, published under the auspices of the Cymmrodorian Society. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and plans (a number folding) and illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, case a little shaken else a very good, clean copy. SCARCE
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, titles in red and black, title-vignettes, and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, free endpapers mildly browned; original pictorial ribbed blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in black, uncut, a very good, bright, fresh copy. With the trade ticket of Hugh Rees of Pall Mall on front paste-downs. The set comprises Vol. I: London to Gloucester; Vol. II: Gloucester to Milford Haven. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 9 plates and a plan in the text, endpapers lightly browned; maroon buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, and partially unopened, a near fine copy. THE FOUR ADDITIONAL PLATES (ON 2) BY DR. D.L. THOMAS, NOT CALLED FOR IN THE LIST OF PLATES, ARE PRESENT WITH THIS COPY. VERY SCARCE.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a plate, some minor foxing to endpapers preliminaries and title only; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. The first publicly available avifauna of the county, representing a substantially revised and enlarged edition of the author's first, privately printed, list of 1882. Not recorded by Tate.
283 p. + Wonderful plates, including a magnificent color printed frontis and fine mezzotint-like portraits. Folio. Three-quarter red leather binding, over marbled boards. Rubbed. First edition. Limited to 1250 numbered examples. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150
Third edition of First Series, first edition of Second Series, second edition of Third Series, viii, 160; viii, 153, [3]; viii, 192pp., errata leaf at end of Second Series, all in original limp cloth, slightly worn, spines faded. Provenance: Ownership signature of B. Johnes, 1870, on front flyleaf.
4to, 92pp., of typescript, with numerous additions added in the author's hand (either in the text or on inserted leaves), frontispiece and 1 plate, orig. cloth. As far as we can ascertain this has never been published.
New edition, 12mo (158 x 100 mm), 180pp., with half-title, with large folding engraved frontispiece plan of Swansea, with closed tear to blank area, title a little browned, cont. half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, vellum tips.
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
Features: The Buildings of Moose Factory - Preserving historic Hudson's Bay Co. Buildings at James Bay; Signposts for Collectors Part IV - Collecting Canadian Furniture; An Apprenticeship Piece - a pillar and block table made in Halifax in 1848; Hooked and Poked - the hand-crafted mats of Newfoundland and Labrador; The John R. Park Homestead - a monument to a Massachusetts Yankee in Upper Canada; The Glorious Red Ensign; Royal Visit to Montreal, 1860 - Memorabilia of the Prince of Wales' visit to Canada East; Four Centuries of Embroidery - needlework by Stuart gentlewoman highlights a collection. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. [Dustwrapper not shown in image.]
56 pages. Features: One-page colour-photo ad for the Fairwinds Golf Course development north of Nanaimo, B.C.; The heat is on Joe Clark as national unity talks enter critical phase; The agony of Martesnville, Saskatchewan - multiple charges of physical and sexual abuse against children; Two-page VW ad features embroidered images of their vehicles; Serbia becomes pariah - U.N. responds with sanctions; Danish voters reject Maastricht Treaty; Feature Article - Diana's Story - and the embattled British Crown; Australian weigh republicanism; Paul Reichmann of collapsed developer Olympia & York (O&Y) - a patriarch at bay; Westray tragedy raises troubling issues; Peter C. Newman writes on the volatile real estate scene in New York; Rio Earth Summit; Christine Lamont and David Spencer held in Sao Paulo prison; Interesting one-page B.C. Tel ad promotes their calling card; Northern Telecom ad on back cover for their Meridian 1 PBX.; Great cover photo of Lady Diana. Danish vote article on page 24 extensively marked in light pencil. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this interesting issue. Book
170 pages including index. A study of the development and use of money in Wales from its early origins - through the cattle drovers and the first private banks. Discusses counterfeiting, tokens, private notes, the truck system, and more. Black and white illustrations. Bookplate inside front board else clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear to book. Light wear to dust jacket. Lovely copy. Book
Features: Big news for coach passengers; Nice color Fairbanks-Morse ad inside front cover; Railroad News Photos; Half page article on Southern Pacific's 13-mile solid fill across Great Salt Lake; Overshadowed by the Hoosac - illustrated article on other rail tunnels; The Railroad that Parliament Forgot - the Talyllyn in Wales; Super photo section including a shot inside the Paducah, KY steam locomotive shop; Four Aerotrain Photos; Washout - the monthly treatment of a steam locomotive; What Price Sleep? - the domes and diesels, decor and dining of Burlington's latest are de luxe indeed, but the big news lies in a bed just 24 inches wide; RDC (Rail Diesel Car) Breakthrough - Baltimore & Ohio takes the Budd (car) by the horns and shows what can be done; Missourie Pacific (Mopac) - maps; Steam in Indian Summer 8 - by David P. Morgan; Very nice color ad for the Northern Pacific Railway on back cover; and more. Unmarked. A sound copy., Magazine
First edition, 8vo (215 x 130mm), v, [3], 527, [5]pp., title soiled, lacks front endpaper, some spotting and staining (mostly on the blank margins), contemporary calf, hinges partly cracked. Provenance: Ownership signature of David James, 1832, to title.
