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80 pages. Features: The Credit Spy Can Ruin You; Canada, Too, Does Her Bloody Bit in Vietnam; Great one-page colour Aislin caricature of Mohn Munro contemplating the legalization of pot/marijuana; One page Volvo car ad with snowy road photo; Joe and Jarusewich have not seen each other for forty years; How Women in Power Keep Other Women Powerless; Water - The Sellout That Could Spell the End of Canada; A Glimpse of Nines to Come - photo-illustrated article on Gordie Howe and his sons; Why Settle for One World When Turkey Offers Two?; Your Guide to the Medicare Maze; Architect Ray (Raymond) Moriyama - A Designing Man with Seduction On His Mind; Snow, Saunas and Swimsuits - article with with six nice colour photos of bikini-clad young ladies in sauna and snow; Car Races That Don't Kill - cars on the ice track at Young's Point, Ontario - with photo of driver Chris Cossette; Toshiba TV ad features illustration of young lady carrying radio with strap over her shoulder - predecessor to the ghetto blaster?; Article on NFB (National Film Board) and its rumoured demise; Review of book 'The Poverty Wall' by Ian Adams; News fight between CTV and CBC; How Bureaucrats Deal With Such Rebels as Riel and David Ward. Somewhat above-average wear with five-inch opening to mid-portion of cover fold and short opening to fore-edge of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 129-192 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: The Grey Car Mystery - a Winnipeg murder case is solved - with photos of Sheriff Delos Blanchard, Harry Heipel, J.A. Kaesar (the victim), Inspector M.F. Anthony, and Chief George Smith; Premonition - an odd recollection by ship's engineer R.A. Jordan, R.N.R.; Photo of mystery stone coffin in the village of Turville; The Foundling - the tale of a temporarily adopted baboon in Nigeria; The Gold-Seekers - reprint of a Honduran adventure published in 1915 involving Charles Row, Dr. John F. Howard, Bert Dare, Edward J. Hoyt and W.W. Palmer; White Man's Magic - a Scots tugboat skipper uses his intelligence to restore order to a colony of Negroes in Columbia who were whipped to a frenzy by a self-appointed medicine-man; Photos of aftermath of cyclone which struck Townsville, Queensland, Australia in March, 1946; On the Razmak Road - a curious happening on the northwest frontier of India; Two Cot Cases - a Royal Navy rescue story involving the H.M.S. Keppel; Patrolling the Gulf of Carpentaria; Indian Pole-Trick; Vast Pools of Silver Salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska - article with photos; Hide and Seek - a tale from the coast of Dalmatia in the Adriatic where motor-gunboats of the Royal Navy harried German supply schooners; Nice Mars chocolate bar ad inside back cover. Colour ad for Wavy Navy tobacco on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Modest sticker removal blemish to front cover. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photos of sappers searching for mines amongst the flowers in southern Tunisia; Air photos of Mosquitoes Bombing Locomotive Factory at Nantes as workers leave; The Opening Stages of the Battle of the Mareth Line - Now in British Hands - Eleven photos; Interesting road sings on entering Tunisia; With the Americans in Tunisia; Demolishing a derelict enemy tank - the sapper's hazardous task; Battle for the Mareth Line - article by Cyril Falls; With a Gurkha Battalion in Tunisia - Indians of the Eighth Army - eight photos; Photos of people in the news - Brig.-General N.F. Twining; Group Captain H.I. Edwards; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with Monty; Captain D.R. MacFarlane and his wife; Photos of General Alexander with General Giraud; General De Gaulle takes the salute; Photo of the famous Brown House at Munich, H.Q. of the Nazi Party; The King is piped aboard the H.M.S. "Cumberland"; Centerfold illustrations show new types of flak over Berlin at night; Background to a Raid on Berlin - many illustrations of the ground crews who keep our heavy bombers in the air; Dismantling the R.101 mooring mast at Cardington - to salvage teh steel; Two photos of damaged aircraft which made it safely back to base; Soap from cocoa beans for the men of the Gold Coast Army units - five photos; Large illustration of Field-Marshal Smuts; and more. Unmarked. Chips/tears to lower corner of all pages, otherwise average wear. Please note: last 4 pages missing - they likely contained part some photos of aeroplanes from 25 years ago, and ads. . Magazine
Signed by researcher Eleanor A. Eastick upon colophon where she hand-numbered this copy number 897 of 1000. 264 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Large fold-out map inside back board. "A newly-found manuscropt written in the 1920's and never before published." - from title page. "The personal recollections of the very people who lived and worked in the Cariboo in the last half of the nineteenth century." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Vertical line of faint peeling midway along each fixed endpaper where tape removed. Name atop front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Birth and death dates of dedicatee hand-written beneath his name. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Hale & Barman 959. Book
[5], 6-144 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with maps and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The fifth and final volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Concentrates on the battles in the Rhineland during February and March 1945. A careful examination of the available documents, Canadian, British, American and German, has produced an account of this period which provides new insights. The Rhine crossing and the battles of April-May 1944 in the Netherlands and Germany are also described in some detail." - dust jacket. Average wear to book which is bound in golden boards. Binding intact. Prior owner's bookplate and tiny erasure upon front free endpaper. Fly specks [?) to right edge of front panel of dust jacket which otherwise shows average wear and is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.237. Book
[6], 168 pages. 9.5" x 6.5". Includes black and white illustrations by C.W. Jefferys from the Imperial Oil Collection. "Here we have the history of [Albion Township] , written by Esther Heyes, who is well qualified for such research and writing by her previous newspaper experience, and published by Werden Leavens of The Bolton Enterprise, well-known for his interest in historical projects. The Township lay outside the land included in the Toronto Purchase from the Indians in 1787-8 and belonged to the Mississauga Indians until 1818." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this informative Ontario local history. Bishop p.1100 Book
Features: Ste. Marie among the Hurons; The Development of Moose Factory; Simcoe Memorial Foundation; Expert Help for Museums; Ontario Heritage Foundation; Old Fort William - Hinge of a Nation; Charm of Williamstown; Niagara-on-the-Lake; Early Ontario Glass; Ontario's Pioneer Villages; The Thunder Bay Route West; On the Trail of the Nor'Westers; The Development of Ontario Painting; Collecting Furniture in Ontario; Earthen Pottery; Ontario Silversmiths; Ontario chairs; Ontario - The Textile Arts; Mennonite Traditional Arts. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
136 pages. Several pages of black and white photos of Tom T. Hall plus two pages of biographical information. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Back When We Were Young; The Bourbon Man; Canadian Woman (Canadian Clubs); Candy in the Window; Coot Marseilles Blues; Country Cabin-itis; Country Is; Forget It; God Came Through Belleville Georgia; Gone to Hell in a Basket; Grandma Whistled; I Feel Like Flying Away; I Know Who I'll Be Seeing in New Zealand; I Love; Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You; Last Hard Town; The Loneliest Girl in the Crowd; The Man Who Hated Freckles; Me and Jesus; The Monkey That Became President; More About John Henry; Never Having You; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine; One More Song for Jesus; Original Traveling Man; Pamela Brown; Pay No Attention to Alice; A Piece of the Road; Pratt Street; The Promise and the Dream; Ravishing Ruby; The Rolling Hills of Middletown; Running Wild; She Gave Her Heart to Jethro; Souvenirs; Spokane Motel Blues; St. Louis Named a Shoe After Me; The Story of Your Life is in Your Face; Subdivision Blues; That Song is Driving Me Crazy; Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On; When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore; Who Needs a Baby; Windy City Anne; You Love Everybody But You. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Tom T. Hall memento. Book
252 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon opening leaf. Recounts early Canadian legal incidents. Chapter titles include: A Norland Nemesis; When Toronto was Stirred to the Depths; The Shot Heard Round the World; When the Middle Road Knew Terror; When a Province Sympathized with a Republic; The Brawling Brood of Bribers; Who Killed the Treasurer of Ancaster?; When Three Lives Were Given for One. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Two-inch opening to base of front cover at spine. Covers partially detached from textblock. Still a worthy copy. Book
52 pages. Loaded with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos supplemented with informative text. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this informative local history. Book
48 pages. Circa early 1960s. Includes music and lyrics to: Call Me Irresponsible; (The) First Night of the Full Moon; I Get Along Without You Very Well; King of the Road; Lollipops and Roses; Love Letters; Love with the Proper Stranger; Lush Life; (The) Mood I'm In; Moonlight Becomes You; (The) Race is On; This Love of Mine; We'll Be Together Again; Where Love Has Gone; Wives and Lovers. Average wear. Binding sound. Original bookseller's ink stamp upon table of contents. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nostalgic compilation of classic hits. Book
Features: What Pearson won by losing; Why Diefenbaker lost Canada; Real Caouette's Road to Power - 26 Socreds upset Quebed and split Canada; The Long Watch; Birth of a Labor Party? - Tommy Douglas lost farmers and won union men; The Back-room Conspiracy - who does the thinking for the top party strategists; The Rosy World of Nutri-Bio - part cult, part showmanship, the 'food supplement' business is mostly profit; Spectacular last mile - the last, highest and costliest stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway - bridge-building in BC - great photos; The Glass Robin in our Coal Bin - how to haunt wrecked castles and build a dream house that scares architects. Nice colour Molson Canadian ad inside back cover. Coke ad on back cover. Closed four inch tear to top edge of front cover else average wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Frontis photo of the "Daily Telegraph" Cup Team, with names of members in photo; Company notes; Our Regimental Plate - No. IV - "The Anson Cup" - with photo and article by Ian Bhreatannaich; Shooting results; Notes by the C.O.; The Route March in Scotland; Chaps are saying; The Regimental Canteen; Smoking Concert; Intelligence and Information in War - Part III of a lecture by Col. R.N. R. Reade; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
12 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Port Arthur's Days Numbered (lead story); Governor for Yukon; Guessing Schemes barred from mails; Germans warned against trusts - US evidence held up as fearful example; Fruit Growing at Kamloops; Northwest Mounted Police prepare for the most extensive system of patrols for the Yukon Territory the coming winter that have ever been maintained in the north; Many towns for men only; Road opens from Dawson to Tanana; Wooden piping now being used in Vancouver, Spokane and other cities; Marine News; Yorkshire Post writer compares Victoria and Vancouver - Victoria Polite and easy going while her mainland rival full of business; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: an attractive piece from Weiler Bros. which features Brass Kerbs and Coal Scoops. Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. Book
Stories: Scraps of Paper; Through India with a Camera; The Road to Fortune; The Curse of Kali; Country Beat; My First Boar-Hunt; A Birth of a Volcano; One African Night; The Wide World in War-Time; Pilot Adrift; The Imposter; Mr. Williams; Lucky Break; The Second Escape. Above-average wear. Book
Features/Photos: in colour - the new Forth Road bridge, and other subjects; Queen Mary seamen and crew strike; The first U.N. troops in Katanga - a peaceful entry; The Royal visit to Orkney and Shetland Islands - a British monarch's first visit to the Shetlands for 700 years; teaching the Australian aboriginals to live in a modern world; American military inventions - up-to-date equipment in the United States Army; Karabel in Lycia; An American space triumph - the 13th Discoverer satellite; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: The Queen before the Taj Mahal; the royal visit to India; Deterioration in the Congo; the Queen speaks before half a million people; large photo of the U.S. Navy's 'Mothball Fleet' at San Diego; After the fire which left 8,000 homeless - a helicopter view of the Valley Road area of Kowloon; The standard Vanguard Luxury Six Estate Car; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
63 pages. Includes two-page black and white illustration of Janis. Songs include: All is Loneliness; By, Bye Baby; Down on Me; Ego Rock; Flower in the Sun; Half Moon (Seven Song); Kozmic Blues; Move Over; Road Block; Summertime; Try (Just a Little Bit Harder). Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage compilation. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Paperback Like New. Ships from publishers directly. Pls. allow a minimum of 4 - 6 weeks delivery time as this is a new book.
Features: Frontis portrait and write-up about Captain Walter Edward Webb; Company Notes; Presentation to the late Q.M.S. Mr. R.S. Darling; Regimental Athletic Supports; The Route March in Scotland (continued from a prior issue); Shooting results; Notes by the C.O.; Editorial, including photo of inspection day at the saluting base; The late Major David Laing, V.D.; Whitsuntide Signalling; Company Lectures - concentrated notes which must be diluted when used; Blair Castle; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on Captain Francis Howard Lindsay; Company Notes; The Bisley Meeting, with photo of the King's Prize Winner; The Route March in Scotland - continued from prior issue); The Clan Chattan; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: Frontis photo portrait and writeup on The Marquess of Tullibardine (John George Stewart Murray); Company Notes; The Route March in Scotland, story with photos and cartoons; Great full-page photo of Major Malcolm atop the Cumberland Stone, Culloden, explaining to all assembled how he intended fighting his way to Inverness; Impressions of the March; Chronicles of the Cookhouse - Scotland, August, 1906; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Chaps are Saying; Shooting - K Company prize meeting; Private Denis Kelly of the "Michaels" - his observations on military matters; and more. Faint pencil erasure atop front cover. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Please note: a quarter of the first page of advertisements has been removed. Book
598 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Born on a farm in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, the author spent much of his childhood and adult years in the Duncan area of British Columbia. He demonstrated all the attributes for which Canadians have become known; independence, innovation, imagination, perserverance and compassion. His life involved flying, logging, land development, road construction, and helping his fellow man. Light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
Pages 549-592. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group shows young boy above caption "How Much is a Little Boy Worth?"; Title page photo of Governor-General Sir Robert Howe addressing Khartoum crowds at great holiday parade; North Sudan welcomes the Anglo-Egyptian agreement; Photos of life in southern Sudan; Designs for the decoration of the Coronation route; Two-page illustration of multiple aircraft forms; People in the public eye; The Queen visits Wiltshire, goes racing and attends church; inventions of the day; Dramatic centrefold photo of fire aboard the carrier H.M.S. Indomitable; Trespass in Antarctica; Photos of Ruth Draper - the woman who single-handedly fills an empty stage with scenery and a vivid host of characters; Discovery of the oldest known Greek house; Official residences Sir William Slim will occupy in Australia; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
