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98 pages. Fiction: Roman Mosaic; Old Sorority Sister; Stranger Than Truth; Tiger Swamp Campaign; The Spur; Faster Than a Mule. Articles: A Republican suggests solutions for our major problems; Peace Street / Rue de la Paix - The Wall Street of Fashion in Paris - article with photos of Rambaud, Schiaparelli; Billions in the Mud - article and photos of our pacific bases - wrestled from the Japs - which are now monuments of neglect (photos of acres of equipment); Brains in the Ballet; Ted Williams - The World Series and Me; Curare may be a cure for Polio; Pictures in Stones. Ads include: Sheaffer's pens; B.F. Goodrich tires; Seiberling tires; Rensie Watches; Knox men's fashions; Borden's Instant Coffee; Hudson Cars - a very attractive color ad; Firestone tires; Columbia Records - featuring Frank Sinatra; Ford cars; General Motors - featuring image of boy at wooden school desk; Miller beer; Jeep station wagons; Remington shavers; "No Leave No Love" movie ad featuring Van Johnson; Fantastic color photo ad for Caterpillar bulldozers; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring kindly old doctor. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Photos of Vancouver's goals when Boston first visited the Canucks on February 16th; Charlie Hodge - an office between the pipes; John (Pie) McKenzie - He's the Spirit that buoys Bruins; Photos of team executives; Medicor - The Ice People; The Prize - the history of the Stanley Cup; Boston Bruins - 1969-70 Stanley Cup Champions - team photo and article; Bobby Orr - Superstar Supreme - page of photos; Slow'n Easy - That's Espo (Phil Esposito; Nice colour "Old Style" Beer ad; Bill Good Jr. - Proud and Humble - the youngest occupant of a National Hockey Leaguue Gondola - Hockey Night in Canada; Canada Dry ad with large photo of Mike Corrigan, Vancouver Canucks Star of the Month; Rosters of the Canucks and Bruins; Jerry Cheevers - he keeps the Bruins Loose - article with photo; Colour Yardley ad with Bobby Orr photo; Monkey Business in the Boston Garden; Ted Green Defies Doctors - recovering from being hit on the head with the stick of Wayne Maki; Around the Circuit, by Greg Douglas; Derek Sanderson feature on back page. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this excellent collectible from the Canucks' first season. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: The Daguerreotype; Boston's Carvers and Joiners - Part II - Post-Revolutionary; Earliest Signed Picture by T. [Thomas] Chambers; French Landmarks [Buildings] - Along the Mississippi; Flower Prints and Flower Printmakers of the Eighteenth Century; Kenmore - In Fredericksburg, VA; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 241-312. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers loosening. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
74 pages. Features: Nice 1-page photo ad features 'teen-age' fashion model Kitty Higgins and her two children; Nice 1-page color ad for Lyon Whitewall Tires; The Sweetest Town on Earth - the modest community of Grasse, in southern France has the perfume industry by the nose - article with color photos; The Bosom of My Family (fiction); The Railroads Fight Back; The Flappers Chilidren - a veteran of WWII compares the doughboys who returned from WWI with today's ex-G.I.s - article with photos; Who's Kilroy? Cocktails for One (fiction); Sleeping Beauty (fiction); Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features a K-7 parked outside a diner; 1-page color ad for Seagram's V.O.; Great color one-page ad for Borden's Hemo vitamin drink; 1-page color-photo ad for Ansco film; Grand Slam Gags - a bridge tournament champ passes along some funny stories; Two-page color ad for Old Mr. Boston Liquor; Very colorful 1-page Christmas ad for Carling Red Cap Ale; The Host (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for movie 'The Jolson Story'; 1-page color ad for Harwood's blended Canadian Whisky; Nice 1-page color ad for Gordon's Gin; The Songs Roll By (fiction); 1-page ad for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) features great photo of the first national auto show in 1900; The Bell of San Anselmo (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Christmas in the Desert - color photos of Christmas lights on cactii; Christmas Coke ad on back cover shows family gift-wrapping. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chips from cover fold. A worthy vintage copy. Book
114 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition Limited edition of 350 copies. It has been reported that many copies of this limited edition were lost. This copy inscribed by the author to a member of the Society
311 p. Bound in 3/4 calf. Howes S-337 Hardcover Very good ex lib. small tear in frontis.
pp. 308, 11 [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stain. Early pencil manuscript ownership of Mary A. Parker. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full lime green cloth binding, soiled. Embossed boards. Spine lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Extremities worn. Hardbound. Good. First Edition. T.S. Arthur (1809-1885) was an extremely popular and prolific author in the mid-19th century. PAIMP 25
216 p. + 14 full page illustrations by David Claypole Johnston (1798-1865), a 19th-century American cartoonist, printmaker, painter and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts processes of lithography, etching, metal plate engraving, and wood engraving. His sense of humor and satire led him to be called the 'American Cruikshank' and 'one of our foremost ante-bellum humorous draughtsmen.' LACKS 2 leaves, pp. 197 to 200. Text and plates foxed. Inner hinge of page 9 repaired with loss of a few letters. 160 mm. Rebound in brown buckram. S&S/AI 5826. Hardbound. VERY SCARCE. AI BX 8
388 p. + Folding Map of North America. Offsetting from map on title page. Text browning but not brittle. Page 145 slightly torn without loss. Page 183 loss in margin and very slight loss of text. Mildly XLib. Bookplate of American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, presented by John Vaugham. 175 mm. Disbound. Signatures loose. Should be rebound. First Edition in this form. Abridged by the Author. Title continues: "To Which Is Annexed An Accurate Table Of All The Post-Offices In The United States." Hardbound. The map alone usually brings this price. AI BX 4
Features/Photos: Mr. Gaitskell in the debate at the Scarborough Labour Party Conference; Prince Andrew photos; Flooding in the east and west of England - scenes of hardship; Boston, USA - An Electra airliner crashes shortly after take-off, killing 61; Ridley College, St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
[9] p. PAMPHLET Very good condition, unopened, blue covers discolored around edges "Written down by Francis I. Maule . . . and . . . printed in a booklet of twenty-four pages ... in 1904. Reprinted for Francis P. Farquhar & Marjory B. Farquhar by the Grabhorn Press, 1939." Letter laid in indicating that this was a gift for the members of the Club of Odd Volumes, Boston.
First Edition, [iii],4-62,[2]pp., later buckram. Begun as a commercial speculation, this bridge project, like others, became the centre of an important political controversy, involving questions of governmental roles in commercial development and public protection and access. Dorchester Neck and the annexation of that peninsula to the town of Boston. The state Legislature approved a petition in 1804 to annex the Neck to Boston and authorised a toll bridge to link the two areas. The Boston South Bridge opened in 1805.
Features: Cover illustration of Christopher Columbus landing; Rare American Pewter Tea Pot; Antiques in Florida; Living With Antiques - in St. Augustine, Florida; Quality in Pewter - An Editorial Note; The Style Antique in Furniture - II - Its American Manifestations and their Prototypes; Mrs. Mifflin's Fringe Loom; The Bowne House - A Seventeenth-Century Dwelling in Flushing, Long Island; The Last Black-Powder Rifles used in the United States Service; Nineteenth-Century Cane-Seat Chairs; Glassmaking in South Boston - Part II; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 177-244. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
44 pages. Features: Students successful in conserving the Dundas Valley in Ancaster, Ontario win the "Rosie" Award; Zany horrors from the Grey Cup; Nancy Greene is featured in a colour photo Mars Bar ad; Editorial cartoonist Paul Szeb was nobody in Hamilton but they love him in Boston; Nice half-page colour photo ad for Ford's 1973 pickups; Nice two-page colour fashion photo feature; What can you say to a man who may kill you? - part II of The Doomsday Flight - Paul Joseph Cini hijacked an Air Canada DC-8 bound for Toronto from Calgary; The Wally Wagon - built by UBC Engineering students - article with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Mattel shows 15 of their toys; Have a Merry Hanukkah; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Bobby Orr article; It's Suicide to get in front of Bobby Orr's Shot; Bruins' 50th anniversary; Canucks Quiz; NHL History article - with Terry Sawchuk photo; Nice Dennis Ververgaert photo feature; Wayne Cashman featured in VanCity ad; Player of the Week - Don Tannahill; Canucks vs. Boston last year; Photos of Canuck players, staff and management; Photos of Boston Bruin players; Charisma - Bobby Orr Style; What fans should know about Phil Esposito; Great back page caricature/feature of Bobby Lalonde; plus many great vintage ads. Umarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
161 pages. Copy #817 of 1522. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Gilt-decorated front board. A quality copy. Book
26 pages. Features: Ad for the Charles Hotel of Boston Bar, B.C. inside front cover; Editorial critical of James Sinclair's statement in the House of Commons that "Canada's aim must be to cut down the excess purchasing power in the hands of the people"; The Squamen's Union; Case of the Frozen Brides - part 3; Pioneer Judge's Wife - 4th instalment - includes photo of camel being used for packing over the Cariboo Trail; Job's Comforter; Along the Trapline; Dozens of great ads for small B.C. businessses; Nice Finning ad on back cover for the Caterpillar D4-HT4 Traxcavator Team; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage British Columbia publication. Magazine
126 pages. Special Features: Behind the Plot to Assassinate Robert Kennedy and What De Gaulle Really Wants - Charles De Gaulle. Other features include: Teacher of the Year - Lawana Trout; The New Carol Channing; Dick Radatz: Monster Who Puts Out Fires; Fabulous, Feudal Portugal: New Advances in Female Fertility; As I See Our First Lady - Claudia Taylor Johnson; and Pierre: The Salty Senate Candidate - Pierre Salinger. Full page colour vintage print advertising includiing 1964 Rambler 440 Convertible, 1964 Oldsmobile Jetstar I and Weyerhaeuser Company. Above-average wear. Front/Back cover loosely attached. Some water stains. Binding sound. Magazine
Features: Pakistan - from a smuggler's paradise comes hell; William Shatner in ad for Kero-Sun heaters; Nice Schenley Awards ad; War Machines do not bring Peace, by John F. Godfrey; Cover Story - Marc Lalonde's New Deal; Unsuspecting victims of a collapsed economy; Marc Lalonde's Board of Economic advisors; Ocean Ranger disaster inquest begins; Manitoba doctors' strike; Painting 'The Tribute Money' - not a Rembrandt?; The Socialists conquer Spain; $25 Billion MX missile decsion; Shake-up in the espionage trade - death of Kevin Mulcahy; Guatemalan terror; Canada confronts the Robotis age; K-Tel enters the publishing business; Dan Colussy to take over CP Air; Peter C. Newman on Dome Petroleum; NFL players association; Normand Leveille of the Boston Bruins almost dies of bleeding in his brain during game in Vancouver; Canada's leaking immigration lifeboat - our 'remarkable openness' may come to an end; The amazing recovery of Lise Gauthier; Education - the return of the strap - corporal punishment; Halley's comet returns to earth; Fallibility in the computer; Cash register kickbacks; Challenges to WCB in Ontario; Too few organs available to be transplanted; Nice ad for the 1983 Ford Mustang GT; Rough Trade - Carole Pope and Kevan Staples - article with colour photo; Movie reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
12 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Major coverage of the Russo-Japanese War - General Kuropatkin's World Famed Advance has probably ended in complete disaster; Interior Booze factories to be amalgamated under one management; Cartoon on a railway theme; Scenes from Episcopal Convention in Boston, with photo of J.P. Morgan in top hat ; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "Solid Oak Tables - $1.90" Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
Features: Land of Nightmare - grim events in the conflict between French Troops and the Viet Minh rebels in the jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave'; Roles Reversed - a female climber aids her male guide to safety from a 9,000 foot peak; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with photos; The "Devil-Leopard"; Jumbies - a tale from Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a westerner has his eyes opened; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases involving the Boston police; Shore Gang - nerve-trying experiences for the author; A couple of Fools - demonstrates how easy it is to become bushed in Western Australia; What Happened at Makene - a very curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Book
Features: Land of Nightmare - savage war between French troops and Viet Minh rebels in the "Green Hell" jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave' creates problems for an Australian bushman; Roles Reversed - a female climber saves the life of her male guide in New Zealand, by Elsie Morton, with photos; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with many photos; The "Devil-Leopart"; Jumbies - an interesting experience in Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a foreigner gets a few surprises; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases in the history of the Boston police; Shore Gang; A couple of Fools - a story showing how easy it is to become 'bushed' in Western Australia; What happened at Makene - a curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
64p. A few margins torn with slight loss. 16mo. Original printed wraps, also with very slight loss. Don't be mis-led by "Re-print" in the title. This is the original first edition of this rare little piece. OCLC records only the copy at the Massachusetts Historical Society. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SCARCE. AMERICANA BOX 5
505 p. + Color Frontis. Illustrated with musical scores. Irregular pagination. Foxed. Early ownership stamp of Edwin R. Prendergast on title page and elsewhere. Manuscript ownership of Edwin R. Prendergast on title page. XLib bookplate of St. Bernard's Seminary Library (Pittsford, near Rochester, NY) on front paste down. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Cloth faded and slightly worn. A curious work, which attempts to draw direct parallels between pleasant musical melodies and the "music" of animal sounds. He analyzes the voices of contemporary vocal performers with his special point of view in mind. Importantly, he tries to transcribe animal sounds into musical notation. S&S/AI 50462. Hardbound. Good. AI BX 8
