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Features: Dieudonn M'Bala M'Bala; No way to run a recession; How to Fix Canada's Parliamentary Question Period; The Soaring cost of Asper's Dream - the Museum of Human Rights; The People of Pakistan - pawns in a fatal game; Sarkozy's U.S. Love-fest hits a few snags; China's youth swallow the 'official' account of Tiananmen Square; Why Canadians have to wait for the latest gadgets; Game Guru - Don Mattrick of Microsoft; GM dealers remain positive; Sex, Drugs and Acrobats - a new expose on the rise and times of Cirque du Soleil billionaire founder Guy Laliberte; NHL Fitness Test; Woody Allen and Larry David; Gordon Ernest Thomas - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Drought in Africa (short article); B.C.'s Bill Bennet swings his axe - spending down and taxes up; Newfoundland politics - Brian Peckford; Worst of times for the NDP; U.S. shelves a fish treaty; Manitoba bilingualism battle; Robert Bourassa seeks Quebec Liberal leadership; Two-page ad for the new Audi 5000S; Blunt talk between Helmut Kohl and Yuri Andropov; George Schultz - futile side trip to the middle east; Fallout from the Robert Falls affair; Guatemala and Rios Montt; No Expo 1989 for Mitterand; Herman Kahn Obituary; Social update on Vickie Moss and Wayne Gretzky with nice photo; Dave Steib does well in baseball all-star game; Bill Vander Zalm to work for Vancouver Sun, after suing it while in office; The recovery takes shape; The Lessons of Japan Inc., by Peter C. Newman; Washington wakes up to Acid Rain; Results of Universiade 1983 in Edmonton; Wynton Marsallis; Reunion of The Band; Poor Toronto - forced to watch as Vancouver opens domed stadium - B.C. Place. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: The RCMP's handling of a drug case is marred by mishap and tragedy - Eugene and Michele Uyeyama murdered; Special report on Canada's federal opposition - The Reform Party/Preston Manning/Keith Martin/Gilles Duceppe; Alexa McDonough - the NDP's new leader needs a seat, a profile and more MPs; Jean Charest attempts to revive federal Tories; John Savage - Time to Bow Out; Burr, Saskatchewan - striptease fever; War on biker gangs in Saint-Nicholas, Quebec; John Major's Last Stand, with photo of scumbag Tony Blair holding Sun Paper bearing Rupert Murdoch's endorsement of him; Contentious developments in the EU; Vultures close in on the Eaton's Empire; SaskTel - Canada's last public phone firm may vanish; Upsetting Chretien's electoral applecart, by Peter C. Newman; The Blue Jays and the Expos - a tale of two budgets, with photo of Roger Clemens in Jays Uniform; Elvis Stojko Reigns Again; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
80 pages. Cover art shows football star Fred Doty and his fiancee Beverly Brown. Features: The Greatest Danger is Europe - a searching analysis which shows the peril in Europe where fear is stronger than the will to fight - by Matthew Halton; Don't Call Me Baby Face - Part two of the story of Vancouver Boxer Jimmy McLarnin - article with photos, including a shot of Jimmy golfing with Fred Astaire, Joe Louis and Bob Hope; I Saw the Chinese Reds Take Over - Norman McLaren explains how the 'new order' came to the country town of Pehpei - with photos; Never a Dull Moment at the Larches - Elizabeth Armstrong relates tales from her Victoria, B.C. boarding house; A License to Murder? - driver's licenses are handed out like dog tags; Lena Horne - Glamour C.O.D. - article with photos including a large colour full-page shot; Giants of Golgotha - story by Fred Delano; How We Massacred the Passenger Pigeon - a Maclean's flashback - once these birds blotted out the sun in Eastern Canada, but the last one died in 1914; Recipe - Take One Steamboat - Tony Didier, the chef of the CPR's Algonquin Hotel at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, serves up a shore dinner - article with photo; Fantastic full-page Coke ad shows Coke Cooler, glass, and soda jerk above a thirsty city - very nice!; The People Only Death Will Touch - The Rev. Aurthur Payton and Lawrence Earl travelled to Nigeria to help Lepers -article and photo; Massey-Harris ad focuses on how their products help farmers step-up meat-making nutrients in the crops they grow; Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad; Dow Brewery ad honours Auguste Prenovost of Montreal who tacked a galloping horse to prevent disaster on a traffic-laden street; Barbara Ann Scott is featured in Prest-o-lite battery ad. Center pages loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: Nice Ford ad inside front cover features colour illustration of an old-time barn raising; Man From Missouri - A vivid close-up of Harry S. Truman, the onetime plowboy who was pitchforked into the White House; Here's a Fine Stymie! - humorous article about golf and the impact upon it by WWII; To Chuck - With Love (short story); "They're Full of Love and Mozart" - Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro tours Eisenhower's Germany; Sissy Fish? No Sir! - Charley Hartman and his Ontario Government Trout Rearing Station (fish hatchery) at Cold Water Creek take care of almost 3 million trout (with photos); 25,000 Miles to Battle - Lieut. Stuart Keate, an officer of Canada's new cruiser, the H.M.C.S. Uganda, describes why war in the Pacific is different than War in the Atlantic; Well, Good Night (short story); Charles H. Scott, Director of the Vancouver School of Art, chastises Vancouver's art patrons of not supporting Canadian artists; Stage set for an election in England; Ottawa political report; On the Corner in the Sun (short story); What About Russia? - Will the men of the Kremlin enter the family of nations or erect a Russian Great Wall?; Music By Adaskins, Canada's most musical family - Murray, Naomi, Yanova, Frances Marr, John, Frances James and Harry; Three-Way X-Ray - LeRoy J. Leishman, a Los Angeles inventor, solves the problem of bringing depth perception to the fluoroscope with his stereofluoroscope; Nice colour half-page Orange Crush ad shows girl with dog; Additional ads for Canada Dry, Kotex, Palmolive soap, Castoria, Lysol, Absorbine Jr., Vaseline hair tonic, and many more; One-page ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages readers to use sugar sparingly; Back cover Coke ad features colour painting of a happy scene in Brussels where Canadian troops imbibe with friendly locals. 50 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Faint discoloration to back cover. Please note: missing first page. Last page loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue from the tail end of WWII, printed mere days before Truman, featured in this issue, authorized atomic bombs to fall upon Japan. Book
Hardcover in-8, 703 pp., nombreuses illustrations et figures in-t., cartonnage toile grise de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée. Accrocs à la jaquette sinon tres bel exemplaire [MI-21]
82 pages. Features: Ancestral Trust - The English in the Eastern Roman Empire; Dining with Angels - Cuisine of the Eastern Roman Empire; The Anti-Empire - a brief history of Armenia; The Changing Tale of Armenian Clothing; Kingdom in the Sun II - The Other Norman Conquest; Fighting Cardinals - Henry Beaufort & Guiliano Cesarini; The Work of the Sofer - reproducing the holy texts of Jerusalem; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
82 pages. Features: A Kingdom in the Sun - The Other Norman Conquest; The Story of Henry, Eldest Son of Henry II of England; The Captive King - Richard the Lionheart; Gibraltar - a Medieval Military Base; Beware of Pretenders at Bosworth; Pilgrims at the Shrine of Saint Richard of Chichester; Table Etiquette in Medieval Society; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
46 pages. Songs include: Malaguena; Granada; Gymnopedie #1; Largo from Concerto in D; Ave Maria Op. 52 #6; Prelude #5; Laschia Ch'io Pianga; Adagio Cantabile; The River; The Singing Forest; Morning Sun Dance; Chinatown. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Writing on title page, otherwise unmarked. A worthy copy of this beautiful compilation. Book
Aveva un'unica ricchezza: il suo fascino. E divenne una delle geishe più famose del Giappone.
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Korean. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held March 6-July 29, 2012 at the Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea. Curated by Choi Yoon-Jung. Participating artists: Park Saeng Kwang, Suh Yong Sun, Kim Chong Hak, and Hwang Chang Bae. Illustrated in color and black & white. 76 color plates, some double-page, about equally divided among the four artists. Also black & white installation shots. Biographical information on each artist. 11" high X 8" wide, 250 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
Inscribed to Tom from Claude Duval on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 255pp. Claude Duval was The Sun's racing correspondent for 47 years. He tells the story of those times including inner secrets of the turf's top trainers and many hilarious moments on his world-wide travels.
6 pages. Nice cover photo of Al Jolson. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Coverfold mostly open. Additional sheet music affixed inside front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition with a little sunning to the exterior and a few small smudges on the front end paper as the only flaws. Heavy weave gray cloth HB covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Author was a columnist with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Washington Teamster, the KRAB Program Guide, Puget soundings, The North Central Outlook, the Vancouver Sun, and these essays are reprints from those publications.
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His Majesty King Farouk and his new Queen, plus a photo of Queen-Mother Nazli and three of the King's sisters with his Queen, Farida, at St. Moritz; All That Goes Up (short story); The Orphan (short story); The Spiked Gunn (short story); The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men - fascinating photo-illustrated true-crime article involving the native peoples of Northern Manitoba; Fruits of Defeat (short story); The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part II); Looking Two Ways in Sport - vintage sports article talks about hockey and includes photos of figure skaters Montgomery Wilson and Miss Eleanor O'Meara, plus boxer 'Baby' Yack, Canadian Bantamweight champion; Lovely one-page 1938 Chevrolet ad shows green car; Nostalgic one-page Heinz soup ad shows 1930's gent about to take a slurp; Italian tourism half-page ad; Nice half-page Canadian National ad features photos of their Jasper destination; Hollywood news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Bobbie Breen, and many more; Parker Vacumatic ad features photo of advice-giver Dorothy Dix; Vintage half-page ad for Sun Life features photo of mom with kids; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Volhynia Kyra ("Silver") owned by Mrs. H. Randolph Casgrain of Westmount, Quebec; Nice photo-illustrated fashion article; Easter cooking article; Article about how every woman 'shall keep romance alive'; Colour half-page ad by the Government of Canada includes illustration of the Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland; World Sayings; Maxwell House coffee ad inside back cover; Congoleum flooring ad on back cover; and more. Centre page loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
44 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of clown by Russell Sambrook; News briefs include - the Roosevelt telegram and its sequel, the 'Halt-Hitler' bloc, Enigmatic Russia, the Perplexities of Poland, French 'Rightists', and British Conscription; Davis Cup Review - Tennis article with photos of Adrian Quist, Jack Bromwich, Gene Mako, and Bobby Riggs; I Visit Those Other Canada's - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Scandinavia; Did I Remember to Tell You I Adore You? (short story); Vrechan, a Man's Dog (short story); Girl Alone (short story); The Eyes of the Navy - photo-illustrated article on Britain's Naval Air Arm; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Palmolive Soap ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news and photo of Richard Carlson; Lux soap ad includes photos of Barbara Stanwyck; Five photos from film "The Wizard of Oz"; Get Ready for the Tennis Season; Your Place in the Sun - the sun and your skin; The Bride, The Food and the Man - cooking advice; Photo of Fanny Brice in Maxwell House coffee ad; Pond's Cold Cream ad features two photos of the Lady Ursula Stewart and the Lady Betty Bourke; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Slightly cocked text block. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Black and white photos, illustrations, tables. 172 pages. "Hassan Fathy draws on his extensive research on climate control, particularly in the Middle East, to demonstrate the advantages of many locally available building materials and traditional building methods."
128 pages. Dozens of black and white illustrations and line drawings. "All 30 of these toys have been built and tested by the authors, who have provided complete easy-to-follow instructions plans, diagrams, and photographs." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
8" x 9" stiff beige card folded in half to form four-panel booklet. "Gives a close approximation of figures used in actual problems, sufficient for proof of correct application of formulas; and eliminates the necessity of remembering rules for obtaining the various quantities." - from second panel. Third panel contains rotating map and three independently rotating arrows representing the sun, vernal equinox, and stars, which may be positioned to make the appropriate calculation. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. A sound example of this intriguing tool. Book
PARIS, Armand COLIN 1 Cie - 192 pages. Grand In-4.- Cartonnage éditeur, leinepercaline rouge avec décor polychrome or, tranche dorée. 102 figures en couleur, 320 figures en noir. Bel exemplaire, malgré quelques décollés comme sou_vent dans ce genre d'ouvrage. Cette etude des "terrains" relate la substance dui sol de la France
Araba Fenice, ottobre 1999.Testi di Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Washington Irving, Ralph Waaldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Francis Parkman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Henry Adams, William James, Simon Bolivar, Sun Yat-sen, Natsume Soseki, Rabindranath Tagore. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Piccole fioriture al taglio superiore. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Features: Tough Warriors; A Fortune in Chinese Porcelain; Iowa's Terrible Gun Battle; The Sun Comes Up - The Sun Goes Down; The Great Onley; The Fresh Air Cure; Booby Trap; Good to the Last Ounce; Runnin' Wild; Hot-Headed Tom James; The Guy Who Stole His Own Sheep; Old West Scrapbook; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
24 pages. Contents: Nobel Prize is Yours If You Can Solve This Distribution Problem; Political Lesson #1 - It's Fun to Be Fooled; Illustration of Senator Robert Wagner, Democrat of New York; Illustration of Hermann Goering, new dictator of the economic and financial policies of the Third Reich; Illustration of Austria's Vice Chancellor Prince Ernst von Starhemberg; League of Nations Delays Clear Way for Complete Conquest of Ethiopia; Illustrations of Francis B. Sayre and Gov. George Earle of Pennsylvania; Congress; Photo of Senator Frederick C. Steiwer of Oregon; Control of firearms needed; Marketing; Photo of Rep. Sol Bloom of New York; Science News; Aviation - illustration of German dirigible, Hindenberg, bearing Swastika; Vintage ads; and much more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
In-4 (cm. 29.70), brossura semirigida illustrata, pp. 303, (1), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero ed a colori nel testo. Text in English. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
403p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, minimal marginalia chipped d.j. fair Illus. by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
