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16 pages. Contents: The Return of Autumn; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - the vest-basque costume, bonnets, round hats; Ladies' Fall Toilettes; Personal; Tatted, needle-work, and point lace rosettes; tatted barbe; corner of border for table-covers, cashmere scarfs, etc.; crochet work-basket; corner of border in guipure embroidery; Poplin walking suit; How Marriages are managed in Germany; The Sentence of Pontius Pilate; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Indian Summer; Ladies' and children's fall dresses; Bruised Reeds; Bridal Toilette; Paris Fashions; Down at Salt; ; humor. Average wear. Large clipping from page 651. Large clipping from page 653. Book
16 pages. Contents: general directions for knitting and crocheting, etc.; knitted and crochet white zephyr worsted jacket; A New Use for skeleton leaves; The Kitchen; Manners Upon the Road - of putting the best foot forward; New York Fashions - bronze and blue costumes, the princess polonaise, dinner dresses, black silk suits, the dolman polonaise, evening dresses, wedding dresses, bound hats; knitted Alsacian bow; lady's knitted under-vest; crochet petticoat; knitted under-shirt for girl from 4 to 6 years old; Paris Fashions; That Switch; English Gossip; Sayings and Doings; crochet cap for boy from 2 to 4 years old; knitted hood, also warn as a fichu; directions for cutting and making night-shirt for boy from 6 to 8 years old; Blue; London's Heart - continued; Illustration "Steaming and punting on the Thames, England; knitted and netted fanchon; trimming and fringe for hoods, jackets, sontags, etc.; crochet stitches for jackets, capes, sontags, etc.; humor. Average wear. Small clipping from page 653. Book
144 pages. Index. Dozens of black and white photos and diagrams. Features: How Fast Should it Go? - 110 road test results for Detroit cars, 1950 through 1955; Making it Go Faster - latest info. on what you can buy to hot rod your family car; Stealing the V8's Thunder - the complete story on OHV V8 engines; Overhead V8 Prices and Sizes; Engine Swaps - What Fits and Why; Adapter Plates - Where to Use 'em; Proper Transmission Alignment; Choosing the Right Transmission; Hot Rodding Detroit Mills. Above-average wear. Moisture stains along fore-edge of all pages. Binding intact. Unmarked. An entertaining look back to the early days of hot rodding. Book
64 pages. Features: New poll finds Canadians are envied - happy; Too Many Tears - News about abused kids just keep getting worse - Patricia Johnson and her daughter Shanay; Letter from Beauce, Quebec; The Pearson Airport case may soon be resolved; Road to nowhere - Palestinians see home dimming for a real peace; Rise of Racism in Australia; Busang Mystery - Bre-X investors demand answers - geologist Mike de Guzman turns up dead; Misery on the markets - higher interest rates spell trouble for stocks and home buyers - Canadian dollar falling; Bre-X and the dark side of capitalism, by Peter C. Newman; The New Outlaws - Defiant smokers tell the government to butt out; Garfield Mahood makes no apologies for his aggressive tactics against Big Tobacco; Cigarette industry on defensive as pressure builds; Tiger Woods - ready to roar at the Masters in Augusta; Who should pay for ESL?; Breast cancer and the fat connection; Nova Scotia pays tribute to artist Maud Lewis; Lionizing athletes is a disservice to Blacks - so says Allan Fotheringham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Scenic Highway Policy - too little thought given to Road Programs; Big and Little Storms - the how, where and why of sundry dusty doings in the air; Burro Language; Irises from Bulbs - there is a wider range than most gardeners seem to realize; Andy's last chapter - a Florida sandhill crane - how he helped to dissolve the barriers between his own kind and man; The carriers of Death - the microscope reveals how insects transport disease; The Giant Water Bug - a picture story of a strange insect; The Story of the Red Giants; A Unique Nature Club - The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences celebrates its fiftieth anniversary; Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: 'History and Reminiscences of J.W. Cooper, California Sheep Baron - reprinted in its entirety; Hell and Hight Water - early loggers; Colter's Boone - John Colter; Rattlesnakes I have known; The Murder of Simeon Turley; W. T. 'Slick' Clements - dead shot; Black Rock Swindle - Humboldt County, Nevada; The Harvey Houses - food and accommodation for travellers; Bitter Sunset - Gokliya, famed Apache war chief; They didn't stay for dinner - early Coloradan 'Zan' Hicklin got rid of bores; Old West Scrapbook; Bears are bigger in the dark; Sandon, British Columbia - Misfortune's Playground; White Man's revenge - what happened when a young Indian refused to submit; The Denton-Twiggs Feud - Jesse Roper; We ran the Jim - the James River, South Dakota in the 1880s; Bert Casey and the Hughes Ranch, Oklahoma; Longest stage route in the world; The meanest Cayuse; Cry of the Death Bird; Early Day Cow Hosses. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: The Nine Lives of Captain Frank Jones; "I am no Coward" - Caspar Collins, young Lieutenant in Wyoming; When the Law hit the Strip (the Territory of Oklahoma); Hanging Bill Coons was such fun!; When President Harding Honored the Pioneers - a great day in Oregon, with photos; The Fort Mims Massacre, August 30, 1813 in Alabama; Sam Peppard's Folly - his wind-powered windwagon sailed on a sea of grass; Wagontrain Bride - Nathan Olney's scouts had a strange assignment, kidnap a girl, find a preacher, then hold the line against an irate father; Chuckhole Chuckles - no holds were barred in the old days of journalism and conversation; The Southwest's Greatest Tracker - John Johnson, veteran Negro cowhand; A Ranger of Commerce, or 52 years on the road, by Howard W. Peak; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Back there in the time of the French - a tale of lost treasure, hope, love, international doublecross, and finally death - Emperor Maxmillian; Indian Raid on the Union Pacific - the work crew was grading a longer road than they knew; Freighting in to Deadwood, Black Hills; I Knew Quanah Parker; Curly Bill Brocius - Arizona Outlaw; Nellie Cashman - 'Angel of the Mining Camps'; Ball of Fire - Nebraska homesteaders had an unwritten law that no man dared break - prairie fires; A Mountain Man 'Writes a Book' - Jim Beckworth; Rekindling Camp Fires - The Exploits of Ben Arnold (Connor) - Conclusion; and more. Average wear. Few markings on pages 54-55. Sound copy. Magazine
96 pages. Features: Reports on Wasthington, North Africa, and Israel - David Ben-Gurion becomes Minister of Defense; Owen Wister's Journals - the unpublished journals; Russia's Calamity, by Edward Crankshaw; The Grand Trunk Road to Agra, by Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens; Streams (poem), by W.H. Auden; A Patron of the Arts, story by Donald Heiney; Have we Conquered the Business Cycle?, by Sumner H. Slichter; The Diamond Cutters (poem), by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Oedipus Myth, by Robert Graves; The Under-Educated, by Robert C. Wilson; What Happened to the Girl Scouts?, by Ben H. Bagdikian; Twenty Years of Writing, by William Saroyan; Teaching Creative Writing, by Roy Cowden; Styrian Festivities, by Merloyd Lawrence. Color ad for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover. Color ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Who Fired the First Shot - article by Lovat Fraser on the beginning of the war; Happy Heirs to the Future of Fair France; With Poilu and Chasseur on the Flanders Front; By Flooded Road and Ditch and Ruined Farm; H.M. Landships (tanks) in commission east and west; Concrete Barricades carried by the Canadians; Spy-Mania in Amiens - encounter with a suspicious town councillor, by Hamilton Fyfe; Woman Defenders of the Honour of the Slav; Scenes in the Third Battle of Ypres; How Italy Guards herself against prisoner spies; A day in a prisoner's cage at the front - article by Basil Clarke; Captured Huns in the British and French lines; Entertainment near the trenches; Getting physically fit for war; Teutonising of Turkish Boys in Berlin; New Zealand chaplain at work in the field; Who's who in the Great War; Empire Soldiers in Mimic Warfare at Aldershot; Insignia of rank in the U.S. Army. Staples disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
The truth about Tannenberg, article by Lovat Fraser; 'Billets' in Belgium - Barely better than none; Fighting the mud on the Flanders front; Heroes of Hill 70 who are closing in on Lens; Victors and Victims of the war in the air; Italy's road to victory through the mountains; Sea Men and Sea Dogs of the Swift and Broke; Wanted - a Naval Offensive! - by H.W. Wilson; Fact and fiction from Flanders and France; German super-works won by Allied Super-Men; British Strategy at Sea - a defense of present naval strategy by Percival A. Hislam; Indian Prince's Red Cross Gift for the Tigris - a floating hospital; Glimpses of life behind the French front line; Proud Moments in the progress of the French Army; The Buring of Albert - last terrible hours in a Bombarded Town; Woman War Workers in France and England; Who's Who in the Great War; Centres of Social Life in Salonika and London. Sailors and Soldiers Decorated for Heroism; The Dorset Yeomanry - one page article with photo. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Is Belgium's Deliverance Near? - events likely to follow on the capture of the Ridges - article by Lovat Fraser; Views on the road of victory over Vimy Ridge - 2 photos; Italian Boats that went by mountain ways; Under German fire in Aisne and Champagne; Canadians utilizing the 'tump line' for carrying heavy materials to the front line; Photos of enemy ingenuity i.e. a phony hollow-tree observation post; The Victory of the Flanders Ridges - how British troops won their first sight of Bruges - article; Seven 'Somersets' capture Forty-Two Huns; Rise and Fall of the U-Boat - how Germany's blockade of Britain is rendered ineffective; Prowess and pity in Mesopotamia and Palestine; Splendid work of the gunboats on the Tigris; Humour and courage of the 'jocks' - memories and episodes of the fighting on the Western Front; French air messages and hun air murders; Realistic tests of efficiency at Aldershot. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
134 pages. Features: The Mighty Midget an affectionate look back at the T-series MG and its impact at the time; The Classic Tycoons - Part 5 - Sir William Lyons and Colin Chapman; On the Road with - Midas mini-wonder and Datsun 280 ZX; What to look for if you are considering buying a T series MG; A Tribute to Stirling Moss - article and great photos; Burlen Services; Austin/Morris A Series Engine Overhaul How-To; Vanden Plas Coach Builders - article with photos - the takeover of the company, its new status as a motor car manufacturer and the recent axeing by BL Cars Ltd., in the final part of this look at a famous coachbuilder; Miles Thomas - a personal assessment; Rallys in the 1950s; Laguna Seca; and more. Moisture stainingto top edge and lower corner at spine. Average wear. A worthy reading copy. Magazine
120 pages. Features: V-12 Auto Union - article and photos and sensational centerfold photo; On the Road - Citroen 2400 Prestige; The Fiat "OTTO VU" - 1952-1955 - the mystery car from Turin - article with photos; A look at electrical problems; Dutch Treat - travelogue for an engineer by Michael Bowler; 1979 Classic Car Show; Sheffield Simplex - part 2 of the fascinating story of this "also-ran" company - article with photos; 50 Years of MG - in photos; Hart Racing - specialist in Triumph Stags; Triumph Vitesse - a look at this potent small saloon and convertible; The Story of the Jowett R4 - final part of the Jowett Story - development of the CD range of models, the company's collapse, and why the R4 sports car was created; Renault Celta - article with great colour photo; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
120 pages. Features: Buyer's Guide - some good buys; Sir Alec Issigonis and the Making of the Mini, Britain's most revolutionary car; The Story of the Jowett R4; - the attempt to produce a hundred mile an hour glass fibre sports car; The Real Talbot - a look at the change of name from Chrysler Europe to Talbot, with recollections of the great days of the original company and the tortuous path taken by its successors; The Wheeldon Process for reproducing parts of classic cars; On the road with - Renault 5 Gordini, Alfasud Spring 1.5; 427 GT - AC Ghia Willment Cobra; Fabrication of replacement panels with Glass Fibre - part 2; Donington '79 - classic car week; Automobiles Lambert Cars, 1926-1954; Awesome colour centerfold; 60 Years of Bentley; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
128 pages. Features: Triumph TR Supplement; Development of the Breed - TR2 through TR6 - a wealth of information over many pages of text, diagrams and reproductions of photos; Rolls-Royce - How they are making the best cars in the world even batter - article with photos; HWM - a look at the men who created HWM8s - John Heath and George Abecassis; On the Road with - Daimler Double Six; Sunbeam Talbot - article with photos; 1980 T&CC Concours; Classic Sport - Donington Park International July 19/20; Classic Climb - Shelsley Walsh revisited for the 75th anniversary year; Paris-Nice classic and vintage car rally; XK Engine Re-Build - this, part 1, covers cylinder head overhaul; and more. Moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Contents: U.S. Riots - 1967 Toll and before - detailed coverage; Reagan leaves hospital; Successful Minuteman II Launch; William Dale Archerd - charged as insulin murderer; Wilcox Expedition on Mount McKinley; Israel's new territories; Vietnam war update; Photo of Wuhan's double-decked road & rail bridge over the Yangtze; Photo of Stalin and daughter in 1934; Mercenaries in the Congo; Photo of Rees-Mogg; Photo of Mick Jagger; Uncommon full-page colour RCA ad shows their computer being used in a school - years before Apple!; Photo of Roger Maris with Orlando Cepeda; OGO-4 Satellite; LSD & the Unborn; Shirley Polykoff and advertising; Alfried Krupp; Shell Oil Refinery at Rotterdam; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Contents: Photo of LBJ and his Vietnamese election observers; Photos from the DMZ; Photo of Westmoreland greeting Romney and other Governors in Saigon; Time Essay - The Pleasures and Pain of the Single Life; The Vietnam election; Photo of the Thieu Family at their Saigon home; Photo of Ky with wife Mai and family at Nha Trang; Photo of Viet Cong dead and a salvaged marine copter; Death of Joe Orton; Nice color photo ad for the Chrysler Imperial; Henry Miller and his fifth wife Hoki Tokuda; Decorating the derricks off Long Beach; *Stunning* Chrysler colour-photo centerfold shows the '68 300 2-door hardtop; Photo of Billie Jean King; Photo of Richard Petty - Winner at Darlington; Terrible forest fires in northwest; Full-page color-photo ad for the Wilson Companies features Gale Sayers; Photo of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation attempt to save lineman Charles Whited at top of pole who touched high-voltage line; Photos of new car models including the Buick Skylark, the Dodge Charger and the Plymouth Road Runner; Photo of John Diebold in his Manhattan office; Dl & H. Cohen Ltd. (Denis Bonchy Cohen) - the world's largest maker of kilts; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Features: Is there a freight car shortage? - No! - The Rolling Stock Riddle - 4; 100 mph plus on the MILW (Milwaukee Road) - a quarter-century ago steam made time that would make a diesel blush; Parlor Car East - the Long Island caters to the carriage trade (LIRR); Photo Section; The Crow and the Kettle - Canadian Pacific's unremarked crossing of the Continental Divide - article and photos; The Demi-Empire of Georgia-Pacific; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Locomotives - Data on Cotton Belt L-1, Southern Pacific P-13; The Man in the Tower; Baltimore Belt Line - tunnel route replaced time-consuming ferry transfer across Baltimore Harbor - is electrified in tunnels; Yosemite Valley Railroad - Gateway to Yosemite National Park; Pennsylvania Special - 3 miles in 85 seconds! - a speed record that stands today, 38 years after it was made; Helper Engines - used where mountains must be crossed; By Rail to Guatemala - U.S. and Mexican freight cars roll into Central America with the completion of the Suchiate Bridge; The Bear and the Semaphore - bear forces young signalman up a signal pole; Locomotives of the Wisconsin Central, including No. 96. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
80 pages. Includes 4-pages of colour photos from the movie plus sheet music for the following great songs: Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground; Bloody Mary Morning; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain; Comin' Back to Texas; Fiddlin' Around; Heaven and Hell; I Don't Do Windows; I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes; If You Can Touch Her at All; If You Want Me To Love You, I Will; It's Not Supposed to Be That Way; Jumpin' Cotton-Eyed Joe; Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again); Make the World Go Away; On the Road Again; Pick Up the Tempo; So You Think You're a Cowboy; A Song for You; Two Sides to Every Story; Uncloudy Day; Whiskey River; Workin' Man Blues; You Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine). Heavily-used with usual library markings. A worthy working copy. Book
25 pages. Features: Super Ferry Takes Shape - Construction of the first S-class vessel for BC Ferries, which will use a Cat 3606 - article with great photos of the vessel under construction; Graham Brothers Road Show - one of the most impressive private collections of antique equipment in the country; Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre, Swan Hills, Alberta; Used equipment; Cold Weather Operating; Cat FB200B Purpose-built Buncher; Keyano College in Fort McMurray builds on success; Construction of the Langdale Creek Bypass, near Gibsons, presents a challenge for TNL Construction; Bortnick Contracting of Campbell River, BC uses Cat ground tools to reduce costs; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
Unpaginated. Approximately 3/4" thick. Lovely vivid color illustrations throughout, including endpapers. Small child's name atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Above-average wear to red boards with portions missing from each end of spine. Moderate evidence of moisture exposure along fore-edge. Still an appealing copy of this wonderful work. Book
22 pages. Provides piano music and lyrics for the following songs: Lions and Crocodiles; In Koojoo Marzipan; Antelopes and Snails; The Road to Marzipan; When Granpa was a Little Girl Like Me; Whiskers; Chewing Gum; Cousin Hughie; I Shouldn't, Should I?; Bedtime. Please note: this appears to be a recent reprint or photocopy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photos of airliners. Features: British Airways World Images Farewell; Bonanza Air Lines - Route of the Gold Strikers; McCarran International Airport; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
