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142 pages. Index. Many black and white photos. Maps. Oblong 12.5" x 9.5". "Third volume in the Maple Leaf Route series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe 1944-45. Works from primary sources to present a new account of German and Allied strategy and the particular role played by the Canadians." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Some cigarette odour. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
264 pages. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. All twenty-nine full-page black and white plates present. Lacking both maps. "The purpose of this book is chiefly to tell of the country along the Hudson Bay Railway now under construction, of Hudson Bay, the Mediterranean Sea of North America, and of the resources to be found in Manitoba's new territory, including the great inland sea on which it border." - from Preface. Heavy wear to reddish-brown cloth library binding. Former library copy with usual markings. No dust jacket. A worthy reading copy. Book
Features: Dead Man's Double - the strange story of a landsman who, anxious to get home to Australia, shipped aboard a foreign tramp to work his passage; Baptism of Fire - the story of a young Forest Ranger employed by the British Columbia Forest Service in 1927, and how a fire trapped over 100 people in a logging camp; A Case of Contraband - An amusing story of how, between revolutions, men had ways of their own of getting around difficulties; The Golden Ingot - the diverting story of an ingenious Gold Coast version of the time-honoured "confidence trick"; Down Mexico Way - The exciting adventure of two young seafarers who light-heartedly set out to explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker; Pioneer Pilot - Mr. Peter Strong flew over the Drakensberg Mountains between Basutoland and Natal; One Thing After Another - Recalls the narator's fall and subsequent rise in the depression days of Australia; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-Servicemen; South Sea Burial Customs - Visiting the outlying islands of the remote Cook Group, in the South-East Pacific, the authoress came upon many curious death-customs; Olsen's Secret - A grim story from the American coalfields; Front cover was attached with tape but is now detached. Back cover missing. Contents unmarked and in decent condition. Magazine
68 pages plus advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Features: 'Twixt Sea and Sand - Drama is the daily diet of those who man the lightships that keep the world's shipping off the dreaded Goodwins; Build or Die! - Describes Canadian Arctic Igloo Building Schools for airmen; Diamonds are Dangerous - Following upon secret investigations by Sir Percy Sillitoe, former head of M.I.5, the De Beers Corporation is said to be establishing a special staff to deal with the menace of the international traffic in stolen stones. Relates remarkable stories concerning diamond smugglers and the 'big men' behind them; Danger, Loco Adrift - A 65-ton locomotive slips its lashings upon the stormbound Norwegian s.s. Belpareil, causing terror aboard; Destination Unknown - Second Instalment of the remarkable post-war Asian adventures of Military Medal recipient Peter Pinney; The Rain Stoppers - In some parts of the world, natives are employed to stop the rain descending; Search for Living Gold - Author ventures to the Andes to acquire chinchilla; Ghost of the White Chief - South African farmer John Roberts and his marble life-sized statue to be opened upon his death; The Very Mysterious Eel- What strange impulse sends the eel thousands of miles out into the ocean to spawn - and die?; A Thousand Miles to Railhead - Motor Transport in North Australia, including photo of a 'road train' carrying 70 head of cattle; Horses on Snowshoes - How snowshoes have been adapted for use by horses, thereby easing the difficult transportation problems of the British Columbia wilderness; Jungle Hideout - Running from the Japanese, eating dog for dinner, teaching guerillas to sing - these are but a few of the adventures of Nona Baker who spent nearly four years in jungle hideouts in Asia; Paddy's Lapse - A Merchant Navy officer's account of a terrifying experience when his ten-thousand ton ship was heading straight for Lundy Island at ten knots; Between Ourselves - notes by the editor, including a prediction of helicopter logging in the future. Top third of back cover missing. Chips missing from spine. Somewhat above average wear. Fascinating tales. Magazine
48 pages. Includes: Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay; The Dandy Coloured Coon; Where did you get that Hat?; For Old Time's Sake; Looking for a Coon Like Me; The Midnight Sun; The Idler; A little Bit off the Top; Bid me Good-bye for ever; Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny; If It Wasn't for the 'ouses in Between; In the Twi-Twi-Twilight; Glorious Beer; If Those Lips Could Only Speak; We all go the same way home; Down the Road. Average wear. Pages yellowed. A sound working copy. Circa 1930? Book
28 pages. Features: Lovely full-page color ad for Rover fine cars inside front cover; Photo of King and Queen being greeted by Churchill and Mr. Attlee at the saluting-base; Two-page compilation of the "Heraldic" badges of British and Allied formations made famous in the late war; Many photos of famous war leaders and service chiefs celebrating victory; Aftermath of the War - Victory - Consequences and Disappointments - article by Cyril Falls; Nice full-page photo of the King and Queen in horse-drawn carriage amongst cheering crowds; Photos of Montgomery, Churchill, Lord Tedder, Sir Claude Auchinleck, Field Marshal Lord Alexander, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, Lord Portal, Marie-Pierre Loenig, Brig.-Gen. Hartt, Admiral Hewitt, and General McNarney in their parade vehicles; Wonderful photos of V-Day Marchers - the Royal Marines, Royal Navy and R.A.F.; Photos of Overseas Troops in Victory Parade - in the Mall and en route; Photos of overseas troops in Victory Parade - Canadians and Kiwis; Amazing centerfold photo of The King saluting Field Marshal Montgomery as his car passes the saluting station - also visible are Churchill, Mackenzie King, and many other notable personalities; More great photos of V-Day Marchers - Merchant Navy, Women's Forces and C.D. Services - of particular note is the full-page photo of the A.T.S. contingent in a "V" formation as the procession divides at the foot of Constitution Hill; Photos of Units of the Mechanised Column in the parade; Amazing full-page photo from the Admiralty Arch along the beflagged mall with the Indian contingent in the foreground and marching troops as far as you can see into the distance; Photos of troops from Greece, France, U.S.A., China, and Egypt in the parade; The History of Final Victory in Drawings by Bryan De Grineau - 15 images; Back cover photo ad for the New Lancaster 'Ten' car. Somewhat above-average wear. Chip from lower corner of front cover. Some peeling from front cover. A worthy reference copy. Book
26 pages. Features: Diluted Bubbles - a fishing tale; Keep Out! - Does This Mean You? - Farmer/Sportsman relations become more important as hunters increase and land available drops; Nice illustrated at for Bushmaster leather boots by Sisman; A Moose for Harry - Old John Broadhurst turns his attention to Moose; Spinning With a Fly; Senses of Fish - can they smell, taste, touch or feel pain?; Hunting Dogs - you can trust that nose; Clean and Polish your Tackle before Storage; We'll pay tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway A Kind Word for Crows; Trapshooting since 1750; Handling Game Meat; Cartridge Collecting; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
in-8°, 80-535 pp., reliure pleine basane d'epoque, plats originaux colles sur les plats de la reliure, dos lisse. Bon etat. [NV-11]
Twenty volumes. 2524 p. Highly illustrated in color and monochrome. 4to. Color illustrated boards binding. Excellent reference guide to all sorts of antiques, arts, crafts, and collectables from America, Europe, England, France, Turkey, Persia, Russia, Etc. - arranged alphabetically, by country. Written by some of the most distinguished experts and scholars in the antiques field. Devotees of the Antiques Road shows will find here a wealth of information and enjoyment. The set would make a great gift. Please EMail to arrange shipping. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE3-6.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 28 fine plates (all original tissue guards present) and numerous illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; original red pictorial cloth, upper boards ruled, blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean set. With the trade ticket of Mawson Swan & Morgan of Newcastle-on-Tyne on front paste-down. Delightfully illustrated companion and guide compiled in Hewlett's best leisurely style. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Muir 14.
Paris; S.N.E.P. Illustration.- 1951 - Grand In-4 Gd jésus - Demi reliure basane marron - Planches couleurs contrecollées - Illustrations, croquis dans et hors texte - 422 pages - Très propre .La marine par H. le Masson - L'aviation par C. Rougeron - Les chemins de fer par R. Barjot - La route par J. Thomas et l'automobile, le cycle par H. Tinard.
128 pages. Includes the following songs: All I Wanna Do; Anything But Down; C'mon C'mon; Can't Cry Anymore; A Change Would Do Good; Everyday is a Winding Road; Hard To Make A Stand; If It Makes You Happy; Leaving Las Vegas; Love is a Good Thing; Maybe Angels; My Favorite Mistake; The Na-Na Song; Riverwide; Run Baby Run; Soak up the Sun; Steve McQueen; Strong Enough; There Goes the Neighborhood. Usual library markings, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A solid copy. Book
56 pages. Undated - appears to be pre-1950. Contents: Poems of British Columbia; Indian Poems; Various Ballads and Ditties. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. This issue was printed on the occasion of the Smythe Division Semi-Final between Vancouver and the Calgary Flames. Prior owner's name written in large letters at bottom of front cover. Colour photo Mark's Work Wearhouse ad inside front cover appears to feature Stan Smyl playing road hockey with kids. Darcy Rota article; Lanny McDonald profile; Guy Chouinard profile; Colour photo of Harold Snepsts in Cougar shoe ad; Curt Fraser and Darcy Rota colour photo in Hudson's Bay Company clothing ad; Interesting Tony Gallagher article on John Wensink complaining about European players getting off lightly while he is condemned for defending them; John Garrett photo and stats; Wordfind puzzle has been completed in pencil. Front cover appears to feature Mel Bridgman and Lars Lindgren. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this great Canucks momento. Book
Features: Brakeman on the Great Northern - W.S. Dulmage - long article with great photos; Lost Arch Nuggets; The West's Most Competent Mercenary - Emilio Kosterlitzsky; Dodging the Road Agents - an Oregon tale; Sixty Years ago on the Kootenai; You don't chase the wild bunch on a bycycle - bank robbery at Montpelier, Idaho; Old-time storekeeper - Civilization's advance scout - Thomas McGuill; Cheyenne girl and white man's ways - Amache Ochinee Prowers; Under the wing of the Raven - Temple Houston, youngest son of Sam Houston; All the news that's fit to laugh at! - Colonel Robert Lowery, famous newspaper editor of the Kootenays during the mining days; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
Features: Elora Gorge on the Grand River; Sunny Okanagan; Crafts on the River Route - the shore road along the St. Lawrence River; Newfoundlanders' harvest of the sea - with photos of the good old fishing days; From Orchids to Horned Toads in the Cypress Hills of Alberta; Something different in Nova Scotia - changes to Citadel Hill and 'The Ovens". Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
14 pages. Contents: Cover Illustration "Child's Gabrielle Dress and Walking Coat and Ladies' Summer Dresses"; Politeness at Home; Manners Upon the Road - of summer friends; New York Fashions; Nice illustration "The Peddler"; Births in Holland; Hugh Damer's Last Leger - continued; Handkerchief with tatted border; fringe for trimming coverlets, curtains, etc.; crochet rosette for covers, lingerie; Medallions for cigar-cases, etc.; cover for prayer-books, bibles; Hair Dressing - with illustrations; A Very Natural Flower; Chat from the Capital; Useful Recipes; The Empress Augusta - full-page illustration; Invalidism; Notable Sleepers; humor. Average wear. Page 420 loose but present. Book
16 pages. Contents: Boy's knee-breeches, vest, and jacket; "Our Extravagant Girls!"; Activity of Children; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - hats and hints for gentlemen, varieties for ladies; Personal; crochet and other suspenders; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Point lace and white needle-work edging for lingerie; netted guipure insertion for covers, pillow-slips; Medallion for porte-monnaaies, cigar-cases, etc., colored embroidery; design for sofa-pillow, etc., application, point russe, and satin stitch embroidery; tapestry designs for covers of pincushions, emery cushions, etc.; embroidery design for cigar-cases, card-cases, etc.; Swiss muslin chemise russe; tatted rosettes; Shirts versus Wives; Vassar College; Living in Germany - high schools and colleges; Sea Weeds; Useful Recipes; Nice full-page illustration "The Fourth of July"; A Lover's Device; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Lace Veils; Evening Coiffure for Young Lady; Impromptu Furniture; The Garden; Manners Upon the Road - of desertion; New York Fashions - Parisian dresses, Easter toilettes, parasols, lace veils, carpets, curtains and upholstery, paper-hangings; Personal; Embroidery designs for wrappings, dresses, etc., in soutache, point russe, chain stitch, and satin stitch; Cambric needle-work insertion, and point lace handkerchief; Case for thread, silk and sewing utensils; case for pocket-comb, button-hook, etc.; silver canvas needle-book; cord and crochet fringe for coverlets; Widow Henderson's Happenings; English Gossip; George Eliot's Sayings; Sayings and Doings; The Duke of Edinburgh's Museum; An American Costume Ball in Rome; London's Heart - continued; Seed-Sowing; "Fashion Repeats Herself"; Paris Fashions; Lighting and Furnishing; Lady's Carriage dress - nice illustration; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: How Shall We Furnish the Parlor?; Barbaric Behavior; Manners upon the Road - of little poems; New York Fashions - black costumes, white suits, simple buff linens, elaborate batiste suits, dolly varden suits, summer silks, sicilienne mantles, French polonaises, mantles; Personal; Irish guipure crochet collar; Embroidered tablets; case for sewing silk, thread, etc.; case for visiting cards, postage stamps, etc.; The Young Professor; Paris Fashions; Sayings and Doings; Collar and sleeve of linen with raised squares; embroidered card press; ribbon and cane knitting-work case; gray linen scrap-bag; English Gossip; London's Heart - continued; Evening Toilette; Tatted Rosette for Lingerie; crochet rosette for tidies, etc.; borders for table-covers, curtains, etc.; Keeping Flowers Fresh; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Silk and cashmere walking suit; poplin walking suit; Poonah-Work; Domestic Life; MAnners upon the Road; New York Fashions - ladies' cloth, cloakings, twilled woolen goods, lingerie, laces, hints about costumes; Personal; Lace and Point Lace Collar; Waste-paper basket with embroidered lambrequins; waste-paper basket run with colored braid; point lace tidy; crochet insertion for lingerie; point lace and crochet insertion for lingerie; tatted edging; tatted rosettes for lingerie; tatted square for lingerie; Hannah - continued; sayings and doings; netted guipure insertion and edging; point lace and crochet edging; lady's point lace and crochet gimp chemise yoke; knitted and crochet insertion; needle-work edging for lingerie; crochet edging worked crosswise; crochet insertion worked crosswise; point lace and crochet insertion; cashmere over-skirt; ecru crepe de Chine over-skirt; Algerienne over-skirt; How Nationalities Grow Old; My Prophet; The Lunch-Table-Coffee; Useful Recipes; carriage leather wall tidy to hang over wash-stand; embroidery designs for a foundation for toilette cushions, etc.; Blood-sucking Bats; humor. Average wear. Clipping from page 603. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and children's suits; Fire-proof dresses; The Parlor; Manners Upon the Road - of Mountain air; New York Fashions - fall goods, faille, fancy silks, woolen goods, ecru woolens, Jacquard goods, about plaids and stripes, French calicoes, trimming laces, varieties; Personal; Toy harness and whip; bat of steel springs, carriage leather, and cord; netted and crochet ball net; black figured tulle jacket; black figured tulle Bedouin mantilla; crochet and flannel garters; skipping-rope with braid and cord cover; embroidered Panama convas work-box; knitted square for coverlets; Pollys' Victory; Paris Fashions; Sayings and Doings; Lovely full-page illustration for the month of August; Two half-page illustrations of watering-place toilettes; To the Bitter End - continued; English gossip; Sketches at Naples; Illustration "Naples - consulting the oracle of the cumaean sibyl; Nice large illustration "The English Laborer's Home - Evenings"; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Youth's English Walking Coat, Vest, and Pantaloons; Woman's Work; Manners upon the Road - of Card-Playing; New York Fashions - hints to ladies, black silk suits, black alpaca and cashmere; Personal; Point lace and white needle-work border for window hangings, etc.; Flannel and satin cradle quilt; Wall pocket with Lambrequin; Medallions for card-cases, cigar-cases, etc.; Work-bag to be worn on the belt; A Railway Adventure; tapestry design for cushions, chairs, foot-stools, etc.; Pompey's Pillar and Cleopatra's Needles; Ladies' and children's bathing costumes - nice illustration; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Wonderful full-page illustration "Home-Coming" shows seaman with child; humor. Some staining. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Full-dress toilette; Cleaning kid gloves; Family cooking, by Pierre Blot - part III; Manners upon the Road - of the bachelor family; New York Fashions - full-dress toilette, black silks, the chatelaine bodick; coiffures and combs, cloth boots, fans; Personal; Black silk cord and bead fringes and border; embroidered calendar frame; tapestry design for border; Burial Vagaries; The Mystery of Viscount Bowldout, by George Augustus Sala; To the Bitter End - continued; Sayings and Doings; Winter Hats and Bonnets; Old Matches; Saving books from the Escurial library - text will dramatic illustration showing children carrying stacks of books from a burning library; London's Heart - continued; The Count and Countess de Chambord; North London Synagogue - the Feast of Tabernacles - with illustration; humor. Average wear. Yellowing to first page. Book
