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Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and very numerous fine engraved illustrations in the text; decorative cloth, brown morocco back lettered in gilt, brown top, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published in the series 'Folio Poets'.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and coloured and tinted photographs in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with folding facsimile as frontispiece, large folding facsimile, 2 double-page pedigrees and tinted folding map; original maroon buckram, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine set set. With uniform personal bookplate on front paste-downs and small relevant cutting mounted on front free endpaper of first volume. The set comprises: Vol. I: The Early Letters (1787-1805), 1935; Vol. II: The Middle Years (1806-1811), 1937; Vol. III: The Middle Years (1811-1820), 1937; Vol. IV: The Later Years (1821-1820), 1939; Vol V: The Later Years (1831-1840), 1939; Vol. VI: The Later Years (1841-1850), 1939. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE. NCBEL III, 188.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece, 11 plates and pictorial endpapers; decorative red boards, burgundy buckram back lettered in gilt, red top, a near fine copy. With wonderful photographs by John Preston-Bell. The publisher's slip-case is not present with this copy.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece, 11 plates and pictorial endpapers; decorative red boards, burgundy buckram back lettered in gilt, red top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case, the case mildly worn at extremities. With wonderful photographs by John Preston-Bell.
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured title-spread, numerous monochrome illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers; pictorial olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt and black, a near fine copy in unclipped, printed glassine dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Cover: The Drawing Room Window of Jane Austen's Cottage at Chawton, Hampshire. Features include: Our Notebook; Aftermath of War: The Greek Complaint to the Security Council (inc. map); Book Review: "Foreign Mud": by Maurice Collis; The World of Science: Ennerdale Water and Its Fauna; Notes for the Novel-Reader; and Books of the Day. Pictorial Journals include: The Birthplace of Immortal Books: Chawton Cottage - Where Jane Austen Lived and Wrote; The Princesses' Personal Setting: T.R.H. in Their Private Apartments; A Problem Confronting the United Nations: The Greek Guerilla War; "Blotmaster" But Notable Artist: The Tate Alexander Cozens Show; India at the Crossroads: Nehru's Proposal of a Republic at the First Constituent Assembly; Events of the Day: Hamburg Tribunal on Inhuman Crimes at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Manhattan Tenement Disaster; The Setting of the Christmas Story: Christendom's Birthplace; Naval Relics Exhibited in Paris; Clearing the Corfu Channel (Minesweeping); The Glow of Cape Town at Night: Floodlit Table Mountain; The March into Azerbaijan: Persian Troops on the Frontier; Life and Trade in the Deep Snows of the Canadian Arctic (Baker Lake Settlement), Where "Skins" Buy Gramophones for Thriving Eskimos; Heating Homes in England; Clay Sculptures Which Summarise the Blackfellow's Legends and Culture: An Australian Artists's (William Ricketts) Thoughts About The Aborigines; Wild Flowers that Bloom Where Christmas Falls in High Summer; and Unique Flowers of a Unique Landscape: Some of Australia's Lovely Flora. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
128 pages including index. Sections include: art nouveau clocks; bracket clocks; bee hive clocks; calendar clocks; carriage clocks; china clocks; clock sets; cottage clocks; cuckoo clocks; empire clocks etc.; frame clocks; grandfather clocks; mantal clocks; novelty clocks; ogee clocks; pequegnat clocks; schoolroom clocks; sharp gothic clocks; ships clocks; steeple clocks; vienna regulators; wall clocks; and more. Most clocks shown were offered for sale during the past seven years, but the values given are those current at the time of printing. Prior owner's rubber stamp and date handwritten upon front flyleaf, else unmarked. Average wear. Book
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Very minor crease to upper corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. With features on bridges, Gothic House, goths and vandals, Wanstead Greenhouse, Maids of Honour Row, Sealwood Cottage, Dublin Town House, Richard Leaper, William Cleeve, Thomas Archer, John Fitch. The Georgian Group has aims which include saving Georgian buildings, monuments, parks and gardens from destruction or disfigurement, and stimulating public knowledge of Georgian architecture.
8vo., with illustrations; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
106 pages. Short Stories: Space Secret; Phantom Millions; Detective Sister Mary; The Lady and the Killer. Articles: This is the Life I Love - Alicia Patterson of the famous Amercan newspaper family; My Husband, Arthur Murray (part 2); Patients Should Tell the Truth; The Reds Booted Me out of China - British Reporter Jack Gee spent 9 uncomfortable months inside the Chinese People's Republic; Defense Decides the Big Ones - Henry P. Iba of Oklahoma State explains his basketball tactics; Adventures of the Mind, 21 - When Time Began. Serials: Riviera Prelude (part 1 of 2); The Cardiff Giant Affair (part 4 of 8). Ads: GE (yellow) appliances; Johnson & Johnson clear tape; Very nice two-page color-photo American Airlines ad shows passengers disembarking "the new jet-powered Electra flagship"; Great color-photo Plymouth ad shows white 1959 Fury convertible; Evinrude outboard motors; Lowry organs; Canada Tourism; Very nice two-page color-photo ad for the new Chevrolet Nomad wagon - shown at Universal-International Studios in Hollywood; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup; Frigidaire Fridges; Mytinger & Casselberry; Colgate Dental Cream; 1959 Ford Cars (showing teal Fairlane 500); Port St. Lucie, Florida real estate; Pall Mall cigarettes; Northern toilet paper; Chesterfield cigarettes - snow-scene photos; Foremost cottage cheese; Olympic TV/Phono/Stereo; Pream coffee whitener; National Steel (auto mural photo); Sears vitamins; Speed Queen appliances; Ipana plus tooth paste; Back cover color ad for Betty Crocker Chiffon Cake Mixes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
16mo., Second Edition, text in French, with an engraved frontispiece, and engraved and printed titles, mid-nineteenth century inscription on front free endpaper; attractively bound in contemporary brown patterned cloth, very neatly rebacked, old backstrip laid down, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Collects the four pieces 'La Chaumiere Indienne', 'Le Café de Surate', 'Voyage en Silisie', and 'Immensite de la Nature'. The engraved title bears a fine portrait of the author engraved by Scriven after Girodet. The two early London editions are extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
68 pages. Features: Early morning photos of nostalgic scenes in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.; Weston's / George Weston Limited one-page ad features the Canadian share owner; Very colourful one-page colour ad for the 1948 Ford Meteor (green); Reconstrukzija (Reconstruction) - excellent photo-illustrated report from Moscow describes daily life for her citizens; I'm a Hermit (short story); Morley Callaghan explains why he prefers town life to the joys of a summer cottage; Article on 1920's Jazz - songs the author would like to see stay; "Poor Little Fellers" (short story); Lawrence Skey, M.P., Criticizes Canada's "Paper Air Force"; Encounter with Cinderella (short story); What is at Stake in Palestine (Israel)? - article by Dr. H.L. Stewart; Remembrance of Things Past - a poem by E.J. Pratt accompanies photos of Old Niagara which are part of an Art Gallery of Toronto exhibit; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features their vessel the "White Empress"; Quarter-page ad for Thistle brand baby carriages; Photos of summer fair scenes; Gerhard Kennedy looks at women's fashions - with photos; Women - The All-time Flop in Politics! - article with photos of Mrs. Iva Fallis, Miss Agnes Macphail, Mrs. Martha Black, Mrs. Gladys Strum, Mrs. Dorise Nielsen, Mrs. Cora Casselman and Mrs. Cairine Wilson; Lovely one-page colour ad for Frigidaire fridges show mom and son standing in front of loaded fridge; Recipes for preserves; One-page Chevrolet ad features green car; Battle of the Hair-doos - shops hope to regain business lost to home perms; Nice colour Coke ad on back cover includes tennis racquet and ball; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
From the tumultuous year of 1968 with articles on antiques, Penshurst Place, architecture, gardening, food and wine, etc. Shelfwear to covers.
Features: What we can do about fallout - how to protect yourself from the hottest year for nuclear fallout since testing began - Canada is the hottest country in the world; What is a Screen Gem? - the tv show machine that turns out the lion's share of the canned entertainment on our screens - a profile of the factory and the shrewd men who run it in the United States and Canada; Mordecai Richler reports from the world hockey tournament in Sweden; The cottage industry of Timmins, Ontario - Stealing Gold; Moral Re-Armament/MRA - a private citizen's security check on this 'mysterious organization that claims to be fighting communism'; Mackenzie Porter among the Bunnies - what these lovely young women are like on their own time; Pierre Berton spends election night with the Pearsons. Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows young lady in red gown and young man in clown suite. Some chipping and sunning to edges of front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 97 pages with b&w photos throughout, map. A personal history of Orcas Island: the dock, the landing, the Orcas Hotel, the Store & the fire, boats and boating, Cottage industry and small businesses, persons such as the Londholms, Rich Exton, Dora Cadden, Mr. Burick, Marie Thomas, Nulty Curry, of Curry's cove, Lew & Tibb Dodd, at Grindstne Harbor, Esther Sheehan, nancy North, Jonny Jones, Faith Fowler Deeds, etc.
290 pages. Features: Special Section on Hotels Around the World - Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge in Nabibia, The Milestone in London, Pansukian on the island of Siargao, Alvear Palace in Buenos Aires, UXU Ranch in Wyoming, Hotel de Russie in Rome, The Carenage Bay on Canouan Island, Spring Cottage by the Thames, andLa Posada de Santa Fe in New Mexico; Robert Redford's Manhattan penthouse; Lakeside in Palm Beach; Modern oceanfront home on Maui; European mood in Mexico City; An 1853 spring house in Texas updated for today; French modernism in L.A.; Winfield House - the American Ambassador's residence in London. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
258 pages. Features: American Country Houses; Colorado Craftsmen; American Pastoral; A Rural Michigan Property Extended with a Modernist Eye; On Martha's Vineyard; Into the Woods - an art-filled guesthouse on Long Island; Mississippi with a Twist - putting a contemporary spin on a Greek revival planters' cottage near Natchez; Aspen Stone Work. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
Features: Marilyn Denis turns to those she trusts to tailor-make her new downtown sanctuary; Natural Habitat - Indigenous stone and wood form the foundation of Monica and Michael Belcourt's Dominican home-away-from-home; Design - A generous layout, traditional detailing and a four-season sunroom let a Quebec cottage designed by Alyson Wood play host to family and friends year-round; Home of the Month - English cottage charm and bursts of lush and colourful blooms designed by Sophie Burke and John Hollifield lend a relaxed attitude to a Vancouver home; Three bathrooms with diverse design personalities merge fashion with function; Weekend Decorating - Weave the textural appeal and natural beauty of rope into any room; Asian seafood dishes; Opulent materials and antique pieces define this regal principal bath; What's Your Dream Garden?; Urban Terrace - Celebrated Toronto landscape architect Ron Holbrook unleashes his sky-high style on his own outdoor space; Meredyth Hilton of Artistic Gardens transforms an overrun English garden in Toronto into a lawn-free space with kids in mind; Osheen Harruthoonyan - This introspective photographer pieces together dreamy moments in time; Modern by Nature - The Vancouver family of pop songstress Mary Zilba unwinds in a bold weekend home nestled in the woods; and more. 192 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
184 pages. Features: Lovely contemporary farmhouse; Neighbouring properties feature different classic garden styles; Vancouver home and its rugged cliffside surroundings; Syle is an individual thing; Suzanne Dimma transforms her barren city yard; Elegant 1930's style Vancouver home is recast for the 21st century; Catalogues and on-line shopping bring stylish garden furnishings to your back door; Bay Window - island cottage; Building a garden shed from used cedar decking; Find your gastronomic profile; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
176 pages. Features: East coast style comes to B.C.'s Bowen Island; Airy Georgian Bay cottage; Florist Gilles Lord's Montreal home; Six Mud Rooms; Classic looks for front and back yards; Four front yard gardens; PEI's colourful cottage attitude; Latticework garden trellis; Summer greens; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Autumn in the flower garden; indoor plants for autumn; ground floor and basement; the show scene; Honeysuckle; Autumn Flowers; Introducing Unusual Plants; Autumn Hostess - The Countess of Rosse; Flowers of Colonial Williamsburg; Drying plant material with colour; men who arrange flowers; flowers at Syon House; Devon Cottage Craft; Tulips for arrangement; interesting bulbs; Under the spell of Bonsai; Flowers in Araby; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Julia Clements Writes for you; Winter in the Flower Garden; Planted Bowls; The Spirit of Ikebana; Christmas Decorations; Flowers at Cliveden; Flower Arranging in South Africa; Nina de Yarburgh-Bateson - an interview; Painting with Flowers; Winter Leaves; Seven Grasses for the New Year; St. Paul's Crib; Annuals for flower arrangers; The Economy of Dramatic Effect; False Flowers; Miniature Roses; A Diplomat takes to flowers; Winter Hostess; St. Andrew's Eve; Are you a flower club member?; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Great colour ad for the new International Scout, by International Harvester, inside front cover; Brief article on Toronto's fluoridation war; Ask the Name of the Lion - part 1 of Ralph Allen's novel of pride, fear and lust in the new Congo; How to tell the Grits from the Tories, by Peter C. Newman; Case history of a drug addict - 35 wasted years; More laughs to the square revue - Spring Thaw's fiftieth season; Alberta's Affair with a Rainmaker - for six years farmers near Knee Hill have been taxing themselves to buy the services of Irving P. Krick, who says he can prevent drought and destroy hail; Political struggles in Cottage Country; Colour Molson Canadian ad shows photo of bridge under construction over the Welland Canal near St. Catherines; Fantastic colour full-page ad for the GM Acadian. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. "Our goal in undertaking this project was to encourage our members to share their personal experiences with others and in doing so enjoy the fulfillment of creative writing." - from Foreward. A delightful collection of reminiscences with titles such as: The Ocean Plunger, Seven Fishermen and One Human; The Driver's Test, An English Cottage, First Mayor of Colwood Corners, and many more. Average wear. Faint bit of writing in top corner of front cover else unmarked. Book
