Poland, MargueriteMareMagnum
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64 pages. Colour illustrations. Includes stories drawn upon the rich and varied folk traditions of four southern African peoples: San, Xhosa, Tsonga, and Zulu. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
160 pages. Many black and white photos. "The radio stories of Jack Payne, Henry Hall, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley, Syd Walker, Jack Train, Vera Lynn, Vic Oliver, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Charlie Chester, Kenneth Horne, Jack Warner, Wilfred Pickles, Ted Ray, Noel Johnson, Donald Peers, Peter Brough, Frankie Howerd, Max Bygraves, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Harry Secombe, Petter Sellers, Tony Hancock and many more." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
47 pages. Features: I Like Hollywood Children - so says Montreal artist Eva Prager, who has painted portraits of leading stars' youngsters; I became a spy for the man I loved - Ethel Gee, Harry Houghton and the Lonsdale Spy Ring; Lovely full-page colour ad for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles; The Royal Commission on Publications; Salute to the Salmon - mosaic depicting salmon swimming upstream is part of a fountain in Nanaimo, B.C. which was a belated centennial gift from the city's Italo-Canadian community - two nice colour photos with text - great Nanaimo history; Man O' War's farewell drama - $80,000 thrill for Windsor, Ontario; 10 Photos of Canadian MPs exercising; Terry the tricky dog - drives tractors, water skis, and more; Toronto taxis set up their own theatre; They got what they wanted - Gerry and Elspeth Burnett of Matane Air Services, Matane, Quebec; Muscle men rented out for photo shoots; Sunnyview Outdoor Science School on Toronto Island; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
55 pages. Features: Archbishop Howard H. Clark, Anglican Primate of All Canada; Miami - City of Intrigue in the Sun - plotters, counter-plotters, gun-runners and exiles from a half-dozen Latin-American lands keep U.S. lawmen busy; How to Improve Your Luck; Colour photos of sweater fashions; Under the Knife - comic; Dog with a Soft Spot for Orphans - a motherly French Bulldog; These Men Are Almost Dead of Thirst - French Hunters Die of Thirst in Sahara; Quebec Novelist Marie-Claire Blais Takes New York in her Stride; Stars on Ice - Stars turn out for the 25th anniversary of the Ice Follies in Hollywood; Patron Saint of the Hot-Rod Set - Gordon Taylor, Transportation Minister of Alberta; Dean Griffing and Frankie Filchock say it is time for Canadian football to go American; A boy's best friend is his duck; Nipper by Doug Wright. Colour ads for: Sun-Up; Crown Royal Syrup; Lady Galt Towels; Heinz Spaghetti; Robin Hood Cake Mix; Philishave Speed-Flex; Salada Tea; Five Roses Flour; Canadian General Electric Appliances; Lux Soaps; Coffee; Birds-Eye frozen dinners; Pepsi-Cola; Christie's Premium Crackers; Maple Leaf Sausages; Aylmer Soups; Cadbury's Choco; Betty Crocker; Simon's Cigars; Electrohome Stereos; SOS pads; Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
63 pages. Features: Roz (Rosalind) Russel; The Day a U-2 Crash-Landed in Canada - it lay on frozen Wapawekka Lake in Northern Manitoba 46 days before the Powers incident - two colour photos with text; Bridge's Take-Charge Champion - Eric Murray of Toronto readily admits that he is the best player in the world; How a Bursting Star could change our world - British scientist C.M. Cade is an expert on exploding stars called supernovae; Canada helps Nigeria to learn - John G. Egnatoff of the Saskatchewan Teacher's College; Aping their betters - funny chimp photos; 4 in 1 hat; Three Clowns make a movie - Ten Girls Ago; Interesting centerfold entitled 'Seventh Grade Hop'; Le Hibou - hideout for highbrows - Ottawa's wackiest private club; What do your Dreams Mean?; His vision of peace came true - Pastor of Temple Pastures Mission, Dr. Frank Uhlir envisioned a retreat in the Gatineau Hills; Great colour photo of the H.M.C.S. Oriole at sail; Doug Wright photos of the Indianapolis 500; Ann Corio Brings Back Burlesque - a famous stripper's revue evokes nostalgia; Wives of R.C.A.F.-personnel find home-making in foreign lands takes some getting used to; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
39 pages. Features: Adolph Eichmann - his life's work was death; "I'm really too young for mink" - Sandra Dee at 18 (colour photos); Magic Power that is Battling Hunger - MPF - Multi-purpose food is made of wastes which were once thought suitable only for fertilizer and animal feed; Noda, Japan - where everyone loves herons; Colour photos of flowers in the Rockies; Booing fans and the stars they heckle (Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Ab McDonald); The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Book in unread as new condition. 242pp. The story of the Universe from beginning to end.
Flat signed by Patrick Moore to title page. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, nicks to fore-edge of first two pages, bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 256pp. A review of the world of astronomy over the twenty-five years from when the BBC's Sky at Night' was launched in 1957, which Patrick Moore describes as the most exciting quarter century in the whole history of science. Very well illustrated.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, no bumping to corners and minor signs of handling. 320pp. The history of supernovae and their connections with pulsars and black holes - science, astronomy and astrophysics.
54 pages. Contents: Four-page colour photo-illustrated tourism ad for Lebanon; Feature article on country music with many great colour photos, including Webb Pierce and wife at their guitar-shaped pool; Nashville Cats - photos of American cowboys, hobos, howlers, growlers, yodellers - and one dark stranger (country music stars); Motoring and the Law - automobiles produce more ways of breaking the law than any other aspect of modern life; Colour photo ad for Long Beach, British Columbia, Canada; Traps of the Trade - buying and selling a car is an area beset with pitfalls; Attractive full-page colour photo ad for Tonik; The Parking Jungle - a guide to the mystery of parking your car; When you Have an Accident; Colour photo ad for the Triumph 2.5 P.I. Chunk torn from fore-edge of page 12 affecting Hank Snow photo and part of the text of the country music article. Clipping from page 47 affecting text of article on 'when you have an accident'. Last page loose but present. Book
Hbk reprint in dustwrapper. VG/G. Previous owner's inscription on the inside front cover. 11805. eng
88p. Presentation copy to Rev. D. Baldwin. Sm. 12mo. 153 mm. Original cloth over paper boards, heavily embossed in blind. Gilt lettered title on front cover. Front cover very fragile. Very good copy. SPACE BOX 7
Folio, 287p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
153 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. "The species in this handbook are found in the marine waters of British Columbia, from Juan de-Fuca Strait in the south, to Dixon Entrance in the north and from the intertidal zone to a depth of 200m." - from preface. Designed for both the amateur and the expert. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
56 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
108 pages. Features: Libertarian color cover photo; Beautiful color fashion ads; A short 'educational dictionary'; Wildly colorful two-page photo fashion ad for Fire Islander; Lady Manhattan two-page ad reads 'A little girl's shirt is sexy whan a big girl wears it'; Sony/Superscope radio/cassette ad features Mrs. Claus in rocking chair; Women's Consciousness; The New Right Credo - Libertarianism - article with photos of Baruch Spinoza, Robert Heinlein, Ayn Rand, Karl Hess, Murray Rothbard and Jerome Tuccille; East Pakistan - The Wave - aftermath of a terrible cyclone; Alan and Margaret McSurely vs. the State - photo-illustrated article on these radical anti-poverty workers; Football Talent Scout Red Hickey - photo illustrated article on this man who helped bring six stars to the Dallas Cowboys; Beautiful Rose Marie Reid fashion ad; features ladies on seaside rocks; Beautiful color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model in white and red reclining on red pillows; Nice chiffon fashion photos; Two-page ad for The New Miami Beach; Photos of row houses in Columbia MD designed by Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Cute Twelvetrees cover illustration of turkey chasing toddler butcher; wonderful Aylmer Soups ad inside front cover features elegant photo of Canada's Governor-General and the Countess of Bessborough; One-page Fleischmann's ad features large photo of Prof. Dr. Franz Muller; Kid Angel (fiction); Luxury Lady (fiction); Where Does the Tax-Dollar Go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada (part 5); The Criminal (fiction); How to Hold a Husband (fiction); Thou Art Peter (fiction); Racketeering in the Seventies (i.e. the 1870s); Quant two-page photo ad for Pond's cold cream; Little Rambles in Hollywood; One-page Ovaltine ad shows doctor and nurse weighing boys; Radioland - great photo-illustrated article on famous radio shows and stars; Nice one-page black and orange Chevrolet ad features the Master Six Touring Coupe at a country fair; Gorgeous one-page colour Palmolive Soap ad features illustration of beautiful young lady; Photo of Laurel and Hardy in handwriting analysis ad; Better Cookery; Rare half-page photo ad for the new Dual Harmony radio by Stewart-Warner Alemite of Belleville, Ontario; Fall fashion illustrations and article; Right Habits (for children); Excellent colour-photo ad for Winchester cigarettes inside back cover features young lady wearing purple fashion designed by Maison Mainbocher of Paris; Charming back cover P and G (Procter and Gamble) ad on back cover features Polly and George and Spot, plus girls building mud castle; Dozens of other great ads. Above-average external wear and soiling. 4"x3" clipping from page 3. 3"x3" clipping from Criticisms article on page 26. Small clippings from pages 51, 53 and 67. All pages and covers free from staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of calf kicking up its legs in the spring flowers; One-page Chipso photo ad features the Williams family - Thomas Vance, Calvin Edward, Mrs. Calvin C., Stephen, Charles Judson and Henry Kerr; One-page yeast ad features large photo of Dr. Gudzent of the University of Berlin; Nice one-page Pontiac ad features yellow Economy Straight 8; Order to View (short story); Green Mantle (short story); Restoration Work in France - photo-illustrated article on work done to preserve Versailles and Fontainbleau for posterity; Small Talk (short story); Beating the Star (short story); At the Edge of the Great Unsurveyed (short story); Wedding Bells Around the World - photo-illustrated article on world wedding traditions; The Man Who Taught London to Dance - photo-illustrated article on Santos Casani; A Gabled House; Pond's cold cream one-page ad features photos of Lady Diana Manners; The British Way; Nicely illustrated one-page Maxwell House coffee ad; Laboratory in the Snow - Dr. H.R. Wolf of General Motors tests cars in the winter conditions of Saskatchewan; Lovely one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams; Great one-page Chevrolet truck ad includes diagrams of 10 interesting vehicles; Three pages of photos of movie stars; Radioland - article on radio stars; Movie reviews; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Champion spark plug ad includes photo of Mr. S.G. Baits, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex of Canada, Ltd.; Easter cookery ad; One-page illustrated ad for the Northern Electric Model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Fashion article with illustrations; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features elegant lady in long maroon gown; Crisco colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. 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
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Lin Fung Chew -gorgeous colour one-page photo; Two pages of Bang Bang colour-photo fashion ad; Alan Tang; Foldout colour photo of Sylvia Chang; Liu Chia Chong and Chen Chen - their romantic house; Movie Stars travel to Manila for benefit performance for Miss China City - photos and article; Siau Yau and Mr. Lua; Wong Yu; Hsia Ling Ling; Deborah - she refuses to undress and be 'Hong Kong Emmanuelle": Yau Feng Pun; Wong Yu; The Sunset of Peking; Summer Lover; Yesterday is Over Soon; Theft, Prostitute, Money; Wife, Lover, Girlfriend; Rogue and Gentleman; Warning for the Young; Iron Robe, starring Liu Chung Leang; The Duel; James [Jimmy) Stewart - article and photos; Fantastic one-page colour photo fashion ad for The Apple Jeans features white couple accented by green, blue and yellow graphic; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Includes color photos of: Chelsia; Chin Han; Hsu Feng and Hsu Chi Chang; and much more. Trifle of writing upon front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
429 pages. Index. "This, the first full-length biography of E.E. Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century... Barnard scoured the heavens endlessly, leaving an astonishing legacy of observations - of planets, satellites, comets, double stars, bright and dark nebulae, and globular clusters - that make him one of the greatest observers of all time." - from preliminary page. Usual library markings. Average wear. Some lean to spine. A sound working copy. Book
