Cram, Geo. F.MareMagnum
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Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Fantastic three-panel colour photo ad for Ford's 1964 models inside front cover; Peter C. Newman on Paul Hellyer; Canada's first World's Fair, by Peter Desbarats; Can we save Latin America from itself?, by Ian Sclanders; The Mafia in Canada - Part 3 - The Inner Workings of the Crime Cartel; What is behind the new wave of TV think shows, by Robert Fulford; Honest Ed Mirvish - the least likely art patron in the world; Blair Fraser reports on The Violent Realities of the New Black Nations, where tribal warfare is less than a lifetime away; Rev. Leslie K. Tarr makes the case against Christian Unity; Boy Meets Girl in Naples on the Humber - a camera crawl of Toronto after midnight; Melvin Arbuckle's first course in shock therapy - a new short story by W.O. Mitchell; Colour centerfold featuring four Chevrolet models for 1964. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
580 + 755 pages. Index and black and white photographic plates in each volume. "An unflinching and utterly frank insider's account of the triumph and tragedy of the Diefenbaker years" - from dust jacket. Fleming was Diefenbaker's "indispensable" Minister of Finance. Here, he describes in searching detail the cut and thrust of government in the forties, fifties, and sixties, illuminating the careers of King, St. Laurent, Pearson, Kennedy, and the Chief himself. Those interested in the demise of the Avro Arrow (CF-105) will be particularly interested in Fleming's recollection of what led to that fateful decision - and its aftermath. Dedication bookplate upon front free endpaper of each volume, otherwise books clean and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jackets, now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality set. Spadoni & Donnelly 3613 & 3614 Book
Contains Acts relating to: Administration of Justice; Appeals to Supreme and Exchequer Courts, Canada; Bishops of British Columbia, Caledonia, and New Westminster; Cattle - transfer of brands and marks, and more; Coroner's Inquests; Supreme and Exchequer (Canada) Courts; Dogs - damage by; Drainage, Dyking, and Irrigation; Documentary Evidence; Fences and Water Courses; Firemen; Lien; Loan; Gold Mines; Municipalities; Poisons - preventing indiscriminate use of; Public Parks; Quesnelle Lake Dame Co.; Revenue; Supply; Swine - to prohibit running at large of; School Taxes; Provincial Revenue Taxes; Trustees; Vancouver Coal Mining Co.; Victoria Official Map; Victoria Water Works; Woollen Mill. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
Includes Acts relating to: Coroners' Inquests; Supreme and Exchequer (Canada) Courts; Superior (Provincial) Courts; Drainage, Dyking and Irrigation; Fences and Water Courses; Crown Lands; Free Grants of Crown Lands; Gold and other Mines; Municipalities; Legal Professions (S.P. Mills, Charles Wilson, Andrew Leamy); The New Westminster and Port Moody Railway Company; The Vancouver Land and Railway Company; Railway Reserve (repeal of the E&N Railway Act of 1875); Public Schools; Supply. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
327 pages. "More than 600 species of insects and mites that feed on trees and shrubs in the prairie provinces are discussed in terms of their distribution, hosts, and importance, life cycle and appearance and damage. There are approximately 1100 colour photographs; the life cycle and damage of major pest species are illustrated, and for less important species, primarily the larval stage is shown. Pests attacking coniferous hosts are separated from those attacking hardwoods, and each group is subdivided according to the kind of feeding damage and type of insect involved. Includes an extensive bibliography. A taxonomic index lists the order and family of each insect or mite. A diagnostic index lists the host species, feeding site of the pest, and species of insect or mite involved." - from Abstract. Light to moderate wear. Prior owner's details neatly atop title page else unmarked. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy of this superb reference. Book
52 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Interesting instructions on what *not* to ship soldiers overseas (so fires won't be started in the holds of ships); Full page ad for Sal Hepatica; Argentine Goose Step - "Hitler's Imitators have scuppered democracy right in our own hemisphere" - article with photos; The Great Fridolin (M. Gratien Gelinas of Montreal) - article with photos; Spark Plug - hockey fiction; What do the federal Liberals stand for? - Mackenzie King answers questions; That Roarin' Game - Curling is sweeping the nation; Why Rundstedt Attacked - after its Ardennes gamble the dice are now in Allied hands; The Disunited Nations; They Also Serve (fiction); Unfinished Anthem - a Canadian by choice tells why he made his choice; Our Pilots Don't "Black-Out" - Wing Commander W.R. Franks O.B.E. and his research to aid Allied pilots - article with photos; Nice half-page two-colour Aunt Jemima pancake mix ad "sho' hits the spot"; Nice colour half-page Pepsi ad; Nice half-page colour Canada Dry ad; Tarts for Dessert. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A high quality copy. Magazine
305 pages plus 319 pages. This work is "a result of an extraordinary conference that took place in Toronto, Canada in November 1979. The Multicultural History Society of Ontario drew Finnish scholars from throughout the world to present papers on Finnish migration and about the life of the ethnic group, especially in North America, but everywhere it had dispersed throughout the world." - from Preface. Usual library markings. Average wear. Bindings somewhat fragile. Worthy reference copy. Book
347 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada - the culmination of 20 years of research." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A splendid copy of this rare and important work. Book
118 pages. Includes indeces of: given names; names other than McIntosh; places and localities. Volume IV of McIntosh ancestries in the United States, Canada, and Scotland. Topics include: McIntosh Genealogy - Family Records; Some McIntosh Marriages in Scotland; Who were the Jacobites?; List of Exiled Jacobites; and Some McIntosh Town Name Origins. Author, who passed away in 2002, was a genealogist for Clan Mackintosh of North America. "His contributions to his Scottish heritage and to Clan Mackintosh of North America were highly significant." - Larry Young, FSA Scot Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
342 pages. "This story of Canadian victories in the great struggle, with an entertaining analysis of what lay behind them, makes up a book which will not only be immediately interesting, but will also be a strong feature in your library in years to come. Look, for instance, at the story of our boys' capture of Vimy Ridge, and think with what avidity your children will read this ten years from now." - from dust jacket. Book unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. Dust jacket bears several peripheral tears and is missing several chips but is handsome in new archival-grade brodart cover. Rare in jacket. WALLACE P.64. Book
130 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Thirty-nine reproductions of black and white photos. Fifteen maps, four of which fold out. Heavily worn. Prior owner's lavishly handwritten details upon first blank leaf. Covers almost loose. Taped repairs to spine. Contains summaries of the work done, 1882-1928, by various expeditions, Church of England missions, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Dept. of the Interior and Geological Survey of Canada, in opening up the country, and providing new maps and information. [AB 2751] Book
Feature articles include: The Pressures Against Air Safety; My Other Books, by James Michener; The Baffled Young Men of Japan, by Peter Drucker; Senator Dodd vs. Kenneth Tynan; New Start in Foreign Policy; The Dangerous Road Before Martin Luther King - James Baldwin; Can de Gaulle Avoid Civil War?; Hoodlum Priest and Respectable Convicts; Mr. Justice Black, the Supreme Court, and the Bill of Rights; Surgery for Strokes; The Tyranny of Multiple-Choice Tests; Writing the "Inside" Books; How to Talk to People, If Any, on Other Planets; California's $2 Billion Thirst; "Anti-Americanism" in Canada; Trial by Combat in American Courts; Adenaurer and McCloy; The Good Slum Schools; The Happiest Creatures on Earth?; John Gunther; Adam Yarmolinsky; Special Supplement - the mood of the Russian People; Secret Angola; Portrait of Bevin; Up-to-date Texas; Nobel Prizes; Apocalypse; A cure for bewitchment; The Pitchman; America's Wandering Scholars; The Coming Bust in the Real Estate Boom; The American Negro's New Comedy Act; William Carlos Williams; A Small Atomic Accident; Riesman and his Readers; and more. Light wear. Tightly bound. Usual library markings. Book
Features: L'Existence du Canada est Menacee, mais... cette constatation de la commission Laurendeau-Dunton est minimisee par les journaux anglophones; Huit Semains a l'ile de Paques, parle Dr. Armand Boudreault; Apres l'explosion de Ville La Salle - (a natural gas explosion?); Sur un air des Beatles ou de Charles Aznavour - les discotheques montrealaises; La Maison Leclerc a plu de 200 ans - nice photos; Des Heros Costaudes - Au debut du siecle, les idoles des foules s'appelaient - Louis Cyr, le geant Beaupre, Barre, Hector Decarie, Michaud, Victor DeLamarre, Jos. Montferrand... - with photos. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Admiral Landymore mistimed his attack; Charlais - a vintage kine for our tables; The Great Beer Scare - the inside story which caused Dow to tump $600,000 of beer after 50 people were suddenly stricken with a strange illness - article with photos; Suddenly Canadian kids turn to "The Look" in their desire to appear foppish - article with great colour photos plus a black and white photo of the highest-paid model in the world, Jean Shrimpton, as seen by photographer David Bailey; Are they going to throw this town away? - Happy Valley in Labrador may be lost if the local U.S. Air Force Base leaves; A nondescript little man named Richard J. Needham is the expert nonpareil; Pope John XXIII started the thaw - and the Roman Catholic Church hasn't been the same since, by June Callwood; Is John McMaster the happiest man in the world? - he's a "clear", one of the saints of a new cult called Scientology; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; The Polish Don Quixote who came charging into Canada - Nils Szoltevcky von Schoultz; Barbara Amiel argues for the return of Debtor' Prisons; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: What about the Comics? - are they good or bad for your children?; Daredevils of Mercy - RCAF rescue crewsfly the most dangerous job in peacetime aviation; Princess Margaret Gets Her Own Way - precocious, giddy and a little spoiled, she intends to enjoy life and be England's best-dressed woman; Bright Angel by Charles Bonner; Maclean's All-Canadian Football Team; The Red Tide Has Turned - has Karl Marx lost the hundred years' war? (short piece); At Summerhill School, the Kids are the Boss; Soldier of the Lord - The Salvation Army's Edith McLean; Ungava strikes it rich - enough iron to keep Canada going for 150 years, and that's just a start; Rhyme nor Reason - by Phyllis Lee Peterson; He was a lonely slave - stories gush from the mind of Thomas P. Kelley; Don't be cruel to your steak - Robert Elliott; Half-page colour Pepsi ad on page 36. Nice colour Lifesavers ad on page 38. Above-average wear. Chunks missing from pages 1-4 - content unaffected. Some water stains. Book
Features: nice colour photo ad for the 1965 Beaumont inside front cover; Can we succeed in NATO without really trying?; How to survive in the CBC jungle - and other TV Tribal secrets - Percy Saltzman interviews Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman; Madman on the Bridge, by Kenneth Walker, MD; Churchman Reverend A.C. Forrest talks back to critic Pierre Berton, author of "The Comfortable Pew"; Toronto - Canada's high-rising, high-living, heady new sophistocate, by Ian Sclanders; When little Tommy Burns outslugged the biggest brutes in boxing - a Maclean's flashback to the stridently Canadian boxer who barnstormed around the world in 1908 - with photos; How Canada Lives - the winter Samaritan of Ile-aux-grues - Albert Vezina wrestles a freight-laden boat over Canada's toughest delivery route to keep a St. Lawrence island alive; Now we know why C.D. Howe had Churchill screaming 'sellout' regarding uranium in the second world war. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Will the NDP shake up Parliament?; Canadian Peter Jennings moves to ABC News in New York; Halifax's Negro slum of Africville is afraid of integration; The Gaspe - holiday trails; Backwater War - the US sends 30,000 troops to the Dominican Republic; Live like a millionaire - on a boat; Canada's Instant Language - James Evans brought Inuktitut to the native peoples of Canada; Dig those crazy Skurfers/Skateboarders; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Features: John L. Lewis vs. the People - the man who ran the coal mines in wartime says the U.S. must break the power monopoly of John L. Lewis; Look Out when you Eat Out; What to do in a Fire; Hundred-Year Harvest - Farmers in 72 lands use Massy-Harris equipment; Elizabeth and Philip - Close-up of a Royal Romance; Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh; The Nahanni Valley. Nice colour ads for: The Banff Springs Hotel; Campbell's Vegetable Soup; Stetson Hats; Canada Dry; SOS Pads; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Maxwell House Coffee; Kellogg's Corn Flakes; Good Year Tires; Carling Breweries; Studebaker automobiles. Average wear. Covers partially detached. A worthy copy of this very nostalgic issue. Book
Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: Beirut Hostages; American Protectionism; Sting; Closing the Levesque Era; Air India Flight 182 is blown up; Peter Loughheed's Legacy; Office Politics; Jenilee Harrison; Judy Chicago; Paul Desmarais (?) stalks Southam Inc.; Forty Years after Hiroshima; Nagasaki then and now; Fighting the fires of Summer; Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; Tina Turner; Reagan's surgery; Tears are not enough - starvation in Africa - Live Aid; Prairie Drought; Moves to buy Gulf Canada; South Africa Under Seige - the world debates sanctions; Bryan Adams - Superstar; Rock Hudson and AIDS; Toyota announces plans for Canadian plant; Debating Star Wars; Whale Watching; New Terror of AIDS; Paul Reichmann and his brothers buy Gulf Canada; Recovery in Tibet; The Race to Dominate the Arctic - the Polar Sea in Canada's north; Pierre Marc Johnson; Maple Leaf coins gain in popularity vs. the Krugerrand; Apartheid inferno in South Africa; Two-day Major League Baseball Strike; The Crisis of Canada's Water; Mulroney's first visit to B.C.; Year of the Dragon - Movie by Michael Cimino; The Takeover Frenzy; Botha's defiant stand; Cover photo of The Boss - Bruce Springsteen; Mulroney Cabinet Shuffle; War in Afghanistan; Pressure on Canada's wheat industry; Hard days for Canada's Navy; Special Report on Mulroney's Second Year; Pia Zadora; South Africa - a nation on the brink; Beer Battle; Quebec's garish crime press; Free Trade - climax to a historic debate; Swedes prepare to elect a new government; Canada's rapidly vanishing wilderness; Agnes of God - film; Joshua - Canada's costliest movie; Travels of Joseph Savimbi in Angola; Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank; Marcel Masse; Cover Photo - The Blue Jays race to the World Series; Mexico's week of death; The Tainted Tuna Scandal; TV Shows; Fishing Treasures of the Bow River. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
35 pages. Features: Why Lorne Greene will stop playing Ben Cartwright (of the Bonanaza TV show) - a singularly fascinating article by Paul Grescoe which peaks on page 4 when Mr. Greene recounts a personal 1939 experience in which not only America's involvement in the coming WWII was predicted, but also how America would come to be the stronghold of Fascism some years later; Coaltown, Canada - Michel, B.C.; They Paddled Across the Prairies - Karl and Alan Friesen paddled from Calgary to Winnipeg; Heart Attack Survivors Take Heart - now heart specialists believe you can and should get out of bed as soon as possible and resume a normal life; General Andrew McNaughton - Part Two - The Happy Time; Ladies of the Cloth - in all of Canada there are about 75 women clerics and sometimes the younger ones feel isolated; Doug Wright's Family cartoon. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: The Mob - Part 4 of a Series - Gambler Sammy Klein was killed by loansharks for being late with his payments; If you can't speak Canadian, don't worry - Nobody Can; Maggie Grant; Centerfold advertisement for Esso Power Players NHL card promotion; What makes Jack Chambers Canada's top-priced painter? - four page article with nice colour illustrations; Canada has a great chance in the North American tiddlywinks championships!; Prominent Canadian Ladies suggest what a man should smell like; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
Cover illustration of a distraught Kaiser. 'Cease-fire!' 11am, November 11th, 1918. 'Twilight of the German Gods' - article by Hamilton Fyfe. London's Delirious Joy at the Coming of Peace - photos. Star of Mons in the Ascendant - the closing battles of Britain's victorious armies - article. Sweeping the Sea of the Hun - photos. Canada Conqueror of Vimy takes Valenciennes - photos. Victory Leaders' 'Great Week' at Versailles - deciding the terms of Germany's Surrender - illustrations. Typical Hun Theft and Treachery - photos. Our adaptable army - photos. How the Army will be Demobilised - article by Basil Clarke. The Historic Armistice - article with illustration and map. The Empire's Roll of Honour. A Kaiserless Germany - article by Frederic William Wile. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound copy. Book
314 pages including index. Signed and dated by author upon half-title page. Signed and inscribed by Rod Stamler, former Assistant Commissioner of the R.C.M.P., upon title page. "The shocking story of corporate crime and political corruption in Canada." - from dust jacket. "Chronicles the seedy world of crime in very high places. It makes great reading - particularly for those who don't mind having their illusions about our political leaders destroyed." - Linda McQuaig. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
