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80 pages. Features: Magnificent cover illustration by William Winter depicts a quintessentially Canadian backyard skating rink; Household Finance (HFC) ad on page one features photo of Mr. J.B. Vaillancourt, manager of the Shawinigan Falls, Quebec office; Our Sham Defense Battle - Editorial; Krupp, Schacht and Rommel - Beverley Baxter reflects on what happened at the Castle Harben on October 1, 1946 in the wake of the Nuremberg Trials verdicts; William Stephenson - The Biggest Private Eye of All - he directed the most secret of all cloak-and-dagger operations of the Second World War - here, for the first time, is the story of the man who pulled the strings which spiked Hitler's guns in the western hemisphere - article with photo; Dr. Gordon M. Bell's School for Sobriety - The Shadow Brook Health Foundation for men and the Willowdale Hospital for Women, both located on the outskirts of Toronto; Karsh's Charlottetown (PEI) - The City That's One Big Farm - article with great Karsh photos, especially a large shot of Premier Walter Jones meeting voters to resolve their issue, and another of Dr. Roderick Macdonald at age 94; Maude Burbank and her Musical Moppets - she takes care of two musical bands of Moncton youngsters; Manitoulin Island - The Eden Isle of Evil Spirits - article with nice colour photos; What the Boyd Gang Fiasco Can Teach Us - the Mayor or Toronto, Allan Lamport assails conditions which helped the Boyd Gang terrorize his city; The Slide That Shook The West - A Maclean's Flashback article to the April 29, 1903 Frank Slide, in which part of Turtle Mountain crashed into Crowsnest Pass, destroying the town of Frank; The World's Most Ardent Birdwatcher - Peter Scott, the gifted son of Scott of the Antarctic will fly anywhere to gaze lovingly at rare wildfowl - article with photos; You Can't Stop a Woman Crying; Nice one-page colour ad for Stanfield's "Look-Alike" Balbriggan Pajamas with happy family scene; Gaines Meal dog food ad features illustration of Saint Bernard; Vintage Frigidaire ad includes lengthy Christmas message and suburban evening scene of appliances being delivered to happy homes; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner; Vintage colour ad for Christie's Premium Crackers; Colour centrefold ad for Ekco and their many kitchen products; Champion Spark Plug ad includes photos of 12 new members of the 100-mile-an-hour club at Indianapolis; Two-page colour ad for Revere Cookware - 'the world's finest'; Lightning Zipper ad shows irate wife fixing husband's trousers while he stands, semi-dressed, taking her abuse; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Two-inch opening to fore-edge of front cover and first two pages mended with archival tape. A sound copy of this very special issue. Book
in-8°, 269 pp,, broche, couverture illustre. Bel exemplaire. [33/XN1] Recueil de locutions et expressions québécoises, particulières au français parlé au Québec.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty rear and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on British Empire to Commonwealth 1930, Saint James in Spanish History, St John de Crevecoeur - Quebec 1759, Women and Literature - 18th Century, Felix Nadar, the Story of Parchment as a Writing Material and Gerard Ter Borch at Munster in 1648 plus book reviews and letters.
Reliure demi-toile. 251 pages. Rousseurs.
60 pages. Features: Russell Sambrook cover illustration of boy in pajamas sneaking his dog upstairs; Dominion Linoleum colour ad inside front cover features yellow and maroon interior design of a 'very lucky' young person's bedroom; AC spark plug ad features horse talking to man cleaning his shotgun; Premier Aberhart of Alberta ponders 'licensing' newspapers; Fantastic one-page photo-illustrated ad for Marconi radios includes photos of newscaster Christopher Ellis and Frances James, plus photos of the model 79 A.C., 81 A.C. and 85 A.C. radios; One-page ad for the Parker Vacumatic pen features marathon theme; The Red Boar (short story from Rajputana); Revolt in Quebec - The English-Canadian View - article with photos of C.E. Gault, Maurice Duplessis and Camillien Houde; A Matter of Business (short story); Forward-Pass Time - article explaining how the aerial attack has made a new game of Canadian football - with photo of Rosso of the Argos in 1935; Beverley Baxter shares interesting new from London, plus he explains how Hitler saw propaganda used against Germany in WWI and vowed to use that same weapon to avenge his nation; Finished Picture (short story about the marriage trap); J. Bull, Customer - article on Canadian exports to Britain; The Thin Woman (short story); Photo-illustrated article on the settlers of King Ridges, 25 miles north of Toronto, where 41 families formerly on relief are plowing, sowing and reaping to earn their own living from the land; The General Died at Dawn (short story); Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Green Giant Fine Foods of Canada features their canned vegetables; Very nice one-page colour-photo Westinghouse Air-pilot radio ad; Charming one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad features illustrations of (now) classy vintage cars; Half-page Palmolive Soap ad features two photos of the Dionne Quints, plus Dr. Dafoe who helped birth them; Stanfield's ad features illustration of man proudly strutting in his long underwear; Ponds Cold Cream ad features photo of Mrs. William Jay Iselin; One-page ad for the Singer "Make-It-Yourself" Wardrobe Plan; Fantastic colour photo/colour comic ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso soaps feature "True B.O. Experience No. 127"; Back cover colour ad by the federal Department of Fisheries encourages readers to eat fish often; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this marvelous depression-era issue. Book
91 pages. Abundant black and white photographs. Some soiling and wrinkling to two front endpapers. Some rubbing to back cover. Two indentations in front cover, 5 and 3 inches long. Album souvenir de la Societe Radio-Canada (Ottawa-Hull). An attractive book with many warm stories to tell. Book
9" x 4" map folds out to 24" x 18". Printed in two colours - the traditional Gulf blue and orange. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage road map. Map
in-8, 238 pp., illustrations hors-texte en noir Très bel exemplaire. [NV-6]
184 pages. Index. Bibliography. "A well-reasoned argument for the necessity of thinking about - and preparing for - the unthinkable." - J.L. Granatstein. "Draws upon comparisons with other regions where ethnic divisions are pronounced, including Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Switzerland. Offers thoughtful analysis on the Quebec scenario, and legislative proposals that the author suggests the federal government should introduce now to avoid violent confrontation with a post-confederation Quebec." - from back cover. Beginning to yellow at edges. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Sound copy. Book
340pp., 25cm., br., qqs.rousseurs, cachet, R73803
Fine old recipes from the Gaspe Coast going back to pioneer days including local dishes such as Braised Moose, Caribou Roast, Gaspe Cod Tongue Stew and Sea Bird Pot Pie. Most dieshes are in English but there are also some original French Canadian recipes.llustrated with woodcuts by V C Wynn-Edwards; Andre´ Bieler,Irene Tuzo. Gnaedinger Printing Co. Montreal 1948..
in-8°, 429 pages : carte, couverture illustree en coul. ; 24 cm. Bon etat (couverture leg. us.) [DV-18] Précédemment paru sous le titre : "70 années à travers le monde"
485pp.+ frontispice (portrait), 24cm., reliure cart., caceht, qqs.rousseurs, cachet, sinon en bon état, R69700
485pp.+ frontispice (portrait), 24cm., reliure d'éditeur en toile rouge (qqs.traces d'usage), toutes tranches dorées, peu de rousseurs
209 pages. A new updated edition of the best-selling history of Quebec. Offers an interpretation of the dramatic events of the seventies and the victory of the Parti Quebecois. Author is an advocate of Quebec independence. Presents the best introduction available for English-language readers to the intellectual foundations of the independence movement. "The most impressive analysis to appear by a separatist since the mid-1960s." - La Presse. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Yellowing at edges. Book
Où l'historien Jean-Claude ROBERT, spécialiste de Montréal, voulait "relater les péripéties [d'une] longue aspiration à l'indépendance nationale qui débute dès le lendemain de la conquête anglaise" (l'auteur): de la formation du Canada français (1760-1840) à 1973; cartes; bibliographie. Dans la collection dirigée par Denis Richet. Français
Book shows light wear to covers only. Book has sharp corners, a little edge wear at spine, solid spine and binding, text/interior clean and free of marking of any kind. Paste-down illustration on black cloth cover. Cute endpaper with images of artist peeking from book edge, reversed in black on the back endpaper. Signed by Lemieux on half-title page with previous owner's inscription below. Lots of full page b&w prints a smattering in color. 135 pages, text in French. Prize-winning artist Jean Paul Lemieux was one of the foremost painters of twentieth century Quebec.
Papers presented at a Conference held at the Jewish Public Library, Montreal in March 1988.[1] "Yiddish in Montreal: The Utopian Experiment" by David G. Roskies [2]"Montreal of Yesterday: A Snapshot of Jewish Life in Montreal During the Era of Mass Immigration" by Zachary M. Baker [3]"The Journal of Yaacov Zipper 1925-1926" by Ode Garfinkle and Mervin Butovsky [4] "HM Caiserman: Yiddish as a Passion" by Pierre Anctil [5]"'A Letter from the Sabbath Queen': Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg Addresses Montreal Jewry" by Ira Robinson [6] "Between Two Worlds: The Works of JI Segal" by Shari Cooper Friedman[7] "Public Lives in Private: Ida Maze and the Montreal Yiddish Renaissance" by Irving Massey. Also a glossary of terms from Aggadah to Zohar. 169p. index. Book
viii + pages 224-325. Contents: Reactions to the Hart Election; In the Legislature; Petitions; Hart is Questioned; The Debate of Feb. 20, 1808; More Petitions and the Governor; Elected Again; Political Motivation. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
141 pages. Index. Errata. "A narrative and documented chapter out of the annals of Canadian Jewry. Outlines the story documented in the papers described in "Canadian Jewish Archives", new series, no. 2." - from Foreword. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture staining to fore-edge. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
x +105 pages. Opens with a ten-page memorial of Saul Hayes, O.C., Q.C., LL.D., F.R.S.A. (including a 1.5 page partial bibliography of his publications) who passed away in the year this work was published. "We center our attention upon the pioneer of Trois-Rivieres, a formidable man, of almost mythic proportions." - from page 1. Unmarked with Moderate wear. Biege moisture marks visible to fore-edge of first few leaves, generally quite faint for remainder of textblock. Book
iv + 126 pages. Index. Sections include: On Sunday Observance Legislation; The Quebec Problem; Quebec Feels Under Attack; Lord's Day Alliance; Jews in a Christian Country?; The Community and the Select Committee; A Select Committee of the Commons; In the House of Commons; In Quebec. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture marks to fore-edge. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
Hardcover petit in-4° 119 pp., nombresues illustrations, cartonnage illustre. Tres bel exemplaire. [P-35]
Editions Naaman, 1981, 356 pp., broché, légères traces dusage, bon état général.
Milano, 1952, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 143/154 con fotografie, tavole fotografiche ed una cartina. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
