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Book shows very light shelf wear only, with some scuffing and fading to back cover. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 56 page book filled with b&w photos of the era: horse drawn carts, first horseless carriage in Vancouver, the first car crashes, lots more: 50 plates.
645 pages. Index. Frontis portrait of Thomas Wildey, the Founder of the American Odd Fellowship. Author presents his thoughts about the principles of the Odd Fellowship, and the history and practices of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. Chapters include: Immortality, Friendship, Love, Truth, The Besetting Sin, Rebekah, Service, Loyalty, Faith, Hope, Charity, Universal Justice, A Machine, Home, A Challenge, The Jericho Road. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
Color 9.75 x 4 inch road map (folds out to 36 x 19.5 inches). Includes index to cities and towns. Map on front. Tourist/state information on back. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Includes piano music, lyrics, chords and illustrations for the following songs: Ars Brevis; The Eternal Twins; Consolation Grook; T.T.T.; Simply Assisting God; Hint and Suggestion; Dream Interpretation; Prayer - to the sun above the clouds; Lilac Time; The Double-Door Effect; Losing Face; The Cure for Exhaustion; Making Sense; What Love is Like; The Central Point; Here It Is; The Road to Wisdom; Do Remember. Gift greetings inside front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. "23 songs from the repertory of the world's best-loved folk singer, with historical musical annotations. Provides piano music, lyrics and chords for the following songs: Banks of the Ohio; Black is the Color; Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens; Copper Kettle; East Virginia; Fare Thee Well; House of the Rising Sun; I Will Never Marry; I Once Loved A Boy; Lady Mary; Lonesome Road; Long Black Veil; Man of Constant Sorrow; Old Blue; Once I Had a Sweetheart; Pretty Boy Floyd; Queen of Hearts; Railroad Bill; Rambler Gambler; Ranger's Command Wagoner's Lad; The Water is Wide; Wildwood Flower. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
9" x 4" - folds out to 24" x 18". Colour map on one side shows B.C. Ferry routes. Reverse side provides details of tourist destinations with colour photos, reservation details for the sailing to Prince Rupert, corporate contact details, and a brief statement by W.A.C. Bennett. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
122 pages. Index. "The first volume in a series on the Canadian campaign in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. This volume contains the story of the planning of Overlord and the details of Canadian operations during the first month of the campaign." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
104 pages. The thirty-nine songs in this book include: A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall; Blowin' In The Wind; Mr. Tambourine Man; On the Road Again; The Times They Are-A-Changin'; and many more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Name and inkstamp upon title page, otherwise unmarked. A worthy copy of this great Dylan memento. Book
80 pages. Features: The Duryea - American Quandary - major article with great photos/illustrations; The Silent Sentinel of the American Road (Part 1) - fantastic article on vintage American gas pumps with super illustrations; Ormond Beach Meet; The A.R. Cheek Collection; The 1931 Franklin Salon - magnificent illustrations; The 1907 American Tourist; Glidden or Bust!; Restoring Wood Wheels; 1910 Straker Squire; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
72 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "From the great fire of 1916 to the freighters of the BX Company, from the Chinese community to the annals of the historic Ashcroft Journal, Pat Foster demonstrates that the people of Ashcroft have shared a unique history." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
35 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Doomed Ships and Sunken Treasure; Elixir Jim's Magic Formula - Jim Dixon; Pancho Villa's Columbus Road; Out of the Wilds - A Medical Genius - Dr. Carlos Montezuma; Caballero - Prince of the Mountaineers - Jedediah Strong Smith; Who Lassed that Crazy Steer?; The Last California Ranger - William James Howard; The Big Nothing Roundup; Trail that Led to Gay Santa Fe; The Ram's Horn Tree; Secret of the Mission Treasure - Father Eusebio Francisco Kino Above-average wear. Back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: The Evergreen Bentleys; The Blower Bentley; Our Man in Germany - Ernst H.E. Richartz; The Silent Sentinel of the American Road (Part 2) - Gas Pumps - fantastic article with great photos; Road test of the Supercharged 4.5 Litre Bentley which appeared in Autocar magazine in September, 1930; Climb to the Clouds - Mount Washington, July 1904; Start of a Love Affair - The American and His Car; Mercer Pioneer Passes - Finley Robertson Porter, 1872-1964; The Knights at Indy; Antique Automobile Index - 1963; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
159 pages. Index. Glossary. Bibliography. Many black and white archival illustrations. Chapters include: Migration West; The West Coast; Skid Road; Axe and Haywire; Deep Timber Camp; Man Bites Bear; The Spar; Million Dollar Trestle; Log Rustlers; Booze, Brawls, Bawds; Shanghia; The I.W.W.; The Aberdeen Wobblies; The Everett Massacre; Criminal Syndicalism; Centralia Incident; Seattle General Strike; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Pages have yellowed with age. A quality copy. Book
Features: The Mines and the Miners; Life in Old Barkerville; The Barkerville Fire; The Law; Chinatown; The Road In; The Barkerville Cemetery; The Last Mile. Clean and unmarked. Book
38 pages. Features: Writing-on-Stone; The All Red Route Through the Kootenays; Camels in the Cariboo; A Sea Monster Guarded Islander's Goad; Charcoal's Reign of Terror. Clean, bright copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Road Test - Iso Lele Automatic; Evolution of the Sting Ray - article with great colour photos; New Cams for Old; MG Anniversary Meeting at Silverstone; Vintage and Thoroughbred Rileys; Full Bore in Austin 7s - article with great colour photos; XJ13 - behind the web of secrecy that surrounded Jaguar's mid-engined Le Mans contender; Austin-Healey Hundred; Mini-Manual Austin-Healey 100 1953/54, No 12; Bristol 401 Saloon/1952; Nuvolari-campionissimo?; 1939 Daimler - restoration of a rare Straight-8 Daimler limousine; The Birmingham Science Museum; Classic of the month - M45 1934 Lagonda; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Where Waters Run Brown - Once the 'pearl of the Caribbean', Haiti hovers at the edge of ecological collapse... a cautionary tale; Audubon's Wake - retracing the route of John James Audubon along Quebec's rugged lower North Shore; The Hounds of Summer - Sans tracks, touts and hustlers, the sleek sport of greyhound racing is catching on in southern Saskatchewan; Bound for Glory - with leather and gold, virtuoso bookbinder Michael Wilcox turns tomes into tiaras; The Great Fire - Early European explorers brought more than fresh ideas to North America - how a simple virus (smallpox) depopulated two continents, destroyed their cultures and helped create, among other things, slavery, the fur trade and capitalism. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Future of Exploration - a scientist forecasts space colonies; Classification of Volcanoes - type of eruption used as guide; Jeanne Gurnee - Dedicated Caver - a productive underground career; Migrating White Storks in Peril - south Sinai wetlands on route destroyed; The Darien of Panama - the twilight of a unique environment; Domestic Dogs from the Neolithic of China - new finds documented in scientific collaboration; Proclomations and Messages observe 75th anniversary; How Dr. Bush retrieved the Time Capsule of 1928 from the cornerstone of our former clubhouse; Nordenskiold and the Northeast Passage - a centennial tribute; Enhydros - how they occur and what we can learn from them; Exploration and Energy - a driving force through the ages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Daniel Denison Streeter, FN 1913; Amos Burg, FN 1931; U.S. Caving Team Attains Record Depth; Searching for Aloe plants in Africa; Kansas City Museum - Osage culture exhibits; The Dog that helped win the West - Scannon, the Newfoundland dog who accompanied Lewis and Clark; Bimini Marine-Archeology Expedition - underwater formations considered artificial; Rowing across the Atlantic - Curtis and Kathleen Saville in their Excalibur; Exploration under the Arctic Ice - submarine surveyors of the polar region; First U.S. Atlantic Route Flight - William M. Masland was the navigator on the Pan American Sikorsky S-42 that made the first route survey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1937. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
15 pages. Features: The Wonders of the Champlain Trail; New Tourist Wonderland in Alberta, thanks to the completion of the last section of the Bow River-Nordegg Forestry Road; The Glamour of St. Andrews by-the-Sea; Roll back the years with a Roadmap; International Opera House of Rock Island, Quebec. Happy Motoring (on a budget) with the Little Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Summer Hood with Cape - front and back views; Manners Upon the Road; A "New Departure"; New York Fashions - summer mantles, fans, gloves, summer shoes; Personal; knitted and crochet insertion for linterie; medallions for album covers, port-folions, etc.; curtain bands; alphabet for marking lingerie; coffee-warmer; netted cover for circular stand; An African Harem; Gold-Fish; Sayings and Doings; Cambric Garden Hat; Swiss muslin fichu-collar with frills; Swiss muslin fichu-collar with ribbon trimming; Rest; Fischer's Method of Bleaching Straw; Dutch Marriages; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Ladies' straw hats; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Suits for lady, girl, child; A Glass of Wine; Cure for Husband's Vices; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - ball dresses, net over dresses, silk dresses; Personal; crochet lambrequin for work-tables, corner brackets, etc.; edgings for trimming under-clothing; foundation figure in satin and knotted stitch for caps, lingerie, etc.; rosette for lingerie, etc.; My Hugo, by Annie Thomas; Sayings and Doings; New-Year's Day in Different Countries; Mr. Lumpkin's Modern Fairy Story; Glimpses of Life in Paris Before the War; Whate Agora Muff; black astrakhan and white fur muff; muff for girl from 10 to 12 years old; knitted polishing glove; silk postillion basques; evening dress for elderly lady; From a Distance; humor. Average wear. Note: large clipping from page 91. Book
16 pages. Contents: Suit for young lady; general remarks on knitting and crochet work; A Woman in State Street; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - knitted garments, embroidery, braiding; Personal; Child's frame-work cravat; Child's knitted and crochet cravat; Child's knitted boot; On Chairs; The Price of Hitty's Wedding Gown; Chat from the Capital; Sayings and Doings; Historical Rings; Mystery Mimes; Hannah - continued; Home Again - nice full-page illustration; trimmings for worsted hoods, capes, etc.; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' evening dresses; the lunch table; A serious social evil; What women like; manners upon the road; New York Fashions - millinery, coiffures, varieties; Personal; case for knitted guipure; cravat ends; emery cushion in a walnut shell; stand with pin-cushion; netted guipure square for covers, pillows, etc.; embroidered foot muff; embroidered spectable case; mouchoir case; embroidered medallions for porte-monnaies card cases; corners of borders in guipure embroidery for handkerchiefs; Souls in Mufti; Chat from the Capital; Sayings and Doings; ball and evening head-dresses; embroidered glove case; crochet purse; netted skate bag; cravat bows; winter hats and bonnets with frames; The Greek Girl of the Period; Oak's Long Ride; "Taming of the Shrew"; Vegetables; Odd People; Working to Advantage; Dry-Cleaning and Scouring; The Sewing-Girl; Full-page illustration "Taming of the Shrew"; Chinese Bank; humor. Average wear. Book
