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612 pages. Chronology of the Boxer Uprising. Glossary and key of Chinese terms. Black and white illustrations. "Containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; oriental splendors; superstitions; secret societies; the opium habit; idol worship; industries; great cities; natural scenery; etc.... This great work contains full accounts of recent atrocities in China... Profusely illustrated with scenes in China and all objects of interest in that wonderful country." - from title page. Above-average wear and soiling. Hinges open. Partial lean to spine. Brown staining to lower corner of first ten leaves - text unaffected. A worthy copy of this chauvinistic work. Book
280x225 mm. 202 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
IN HEBREW. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 155x230 mm. 133 pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing and worn. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Cover edges slightly worn. Spine yellowing and slightly stained. Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
29X30.5 cm. 52 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Several pages slightly torn. Else in good condition.
270x210 mm. X+191 pages. Softcover. Cover edges and corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
Contains maps. 240x170 mm. 68+52 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 63 plates, fore-edges lightly spotted; original blue cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, clean, fresh copy. Sold from an institution with its presentation bookplate on front paste-down, neat number on front free endpaper and small blind stamp on title. Cahill, 101.
français Paris, Louis Colas, 1847. In-8 de XVI-565 pp. + 1 carte dépl. h.t.; broché, couverture imprimée. Deuxième édition entièrement refondue. Avec une carte des eaux minérales, in fine. Etat moyen : usures en bordure de couverture, dos absent, intérieur propre.
285X205 mm. IX+671 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket edges worn. Cover corners and edges bumped. Few pages corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
241 pages plus advertisements. The outcome of an extensive experience in the study of human nature during many years of pastoral service in the principal cities of the Dominion of Canada. A series of chapters to men on social purity and right living. Pages yellowing at edges. Binding intact. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Traduction, par Edith OCHS, de "Manhattan architecture", album de "plus de 230 photographies en couleurs" de Richard BERENHOLTZ commentées par l'historien de l'art Donald Martin REYNOLDS, publié en 1988; introduction de la journaliste et historienne de l'architecture Ellen POSNER; index; bibliographie. Exemplaire bien complet de sa jaquette. Français
1st Edition. 8vo, 240 pages, illustrated. Hardback in near fine condition in very good condition price clipped dust jacket. 50536. eng
26.5X27.5 cm. Unpaginated. Softcover. In good condition.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears on edge worn dust jacket. 512 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations.
30x23.5 cm. 237 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
300x210mm. 64 pages. Softcover. Ex-Library copy with usual marks. Else in good condition.
RARE photographic album by the renowned Spanish photographer Paco Grau numerous colorful plates of 'Nostra Festa' (Spanish for 'our fiesta') - a celebration of San Jorge's (Saint George) divine intervention that decided the victory of Alcoyans over Muslims in the year 1276. This extremely rare album of photographs is a rare occasion to glimpse into the Christian and Moorish tradition that dates back to the 16th century. 315x290mm. Unpaginated (204 pages). 105 color photographs. Blue cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front and spine. Jacket upper part and spine tattered. Pages clean, tight and bright. [SUMMARY]: This album depicting a unique and picturesque celebration depicted in beautiful and original photographs by a famed photographer is in good condition.
96 pages. Features: Frank Tumpane's views on book censorship; Nice one-page Canadair ad; Bill Zeckendorf's Big Real Estate Development Plans for Canada - article with great photos; Nice two-page color ad for the 1957 Plymouth; William Notman's irreplacable collection of half a million portraits and views - twelve pages of sample photos with captions; Why the Conservatives are swinging to Diefenbaker; The Junior League - exclusive women's service club; How Percy Williams Swect the Olympic Sprints - fantastic photos and flashback article to Canada's 1928 track sensation; Central Canada's wild rice - the weed that gourmets go for; Cinci beer ad; Philips TV ad - one page in color; Jasper cartoon; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for the 1957 Dodge - featuring a red two-door Mayfair; Marconi TV ad; Nice one-page two-color ad for Chevrolet trucks on the Alcan Highway; Foster Hewitt's most memorable meal; Ballerina Melissa Hayden is featured in a Canadian Wine Institute ad; Attractive photo ad for Warner's Corselettes; Nice color ad for 1957 Studebaker cars; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features two ladies lunching at soda counter. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some dampstains. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Editorial - Why are We Afraid to Grow (i.e. why are we afraid of immigration); Mr. Gromyko is welcomed to London, England; The Last Days of Dr. Harry Cassidy, Canada's outstanding authority in the field of social welfare - He knew he would die within three weeks - How he tied together the loose ends of his life - with portrait by Charles Comfort, RCA; She Leads the Housewives Crusade - Dorothy Walton, once the world's best badminton player, is fast becoming our best-known housewife as she spearheads half a million women on in a campaign to make shopping easier, cheaper and better; How To Live Through an Auto Crash - this article could save your life; Father Thomas Coughlin - The Holy Terror from Hamilton - a Maclean's flashback - article with photos of the 1930s radio priest who held millions spellbound; The Hottest Spot in Canada - Point Pelee National Park - article with colour photos; The Happily Married Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario - article with photos; They'll Move Anything - George Hill and Hill the Mover, Canada's largest moving company - article with photos; Leo, the Moth-Eaten Lion - Jack May saved the life of Leo the Lion at Toronto's Riverdale Zoo; What Every Young Bridegroom Should Know - humour by Barry Mather, illustrated by James Hill; Large colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSBs); Chevrolet ad; Massey-Harris colour-photo ad displays their new Electro-Forging process for making crankshafts; Full-page RCAF Recruiting ad; Full-page ad for Household Finance "I Rent Money"; Nice colour half-page ad for Aylmer canned peas; Great vintage ad for Pres-o-lite batteries features black and white photo of Toronto Maple Leaf Captain Ted (Teeder) Kennedy; Bold colour ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario inside back cover; Colour ad for Gyproc on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Editorial - Death of a Diplomat - Dr. Hugh Keenleyside snubbed German banker Dr. Hjalmar Schacht recently; The Writing on the Kremlin Wall, by Beverley Baxter; The Grits Write Off Ontario - by Blair Fraser; Dick Powell and June Allyson are featured in a Jergen's Lotion ad; Don't Let This Happen to Your City - dramatic lessons from Toronto to other fast-growing Canadian cities - article with many photos; De Bernonville - what the convicted French nazi-sympathizer did in France and how he stayed so long in Canada - article with photos, including images of damning documentation; High Priestess of the Jazz Age - Aimee Semple McPherson studied at Ontario's Ingersoll Collegiate and went on to her fantastic Angelus Temple in Los Angeles - gaudy custimes, stunts, planned hysterics chilled and thrilled thousands of her disciples - a Maclean's flashback; Alberta Oil - the Boom that Ran Away from Home - cautious Canadians sit back cautiously while more imaginative Americans pour in millions; Montreal's Bargain Night Out - The Bellevue Casino is Canada's biggest money-maker - article with great photos; The Great Vancouver Love Affair - How Superlative can a city be? - article with many photos; The First Fuller Brush Man - Alf Fuller of Nova Scotia - article with photos; The Rebellion of Young David - story by Ernest Buckler - illustrated by Rex Woods; Hungry Enough to Eat a Horse? - Thousands of Canadiians are eating horsemeat at half the price of beefsteak; I Guarged Winston Churchill, by Ex-Detective-Inspector W.H. Thompson - Conclusion; Nice colour photo ad for Northern Electric radios; Canadian Bank of Commerce -sponsored centerfold story "Lukey's Boat" by Michael Harrington, illustrated by Ed McNally; Colour Christie's ad for Ritz crackers, Premium crackers, and Graham wafers; Peter Whalley cartoon; Sweet Caps ad; O'Keefe's Brewing Company colour ad honours the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa; Nice Chevrolet truck ad; Coke ad inside front cover shows bottles open on a feast-laden table; Back cover ad for Margene margerine. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
64 pages. Features: Great colour full-page ad for Jane Wyman and the movie The Blue Veil; Why Red Hill Did It - For a hundred years the Hills of Niagara have courted, cajoled and defied the waterfall with a strange and fatal passion - article with many superb photos; What it's Like to Be a Movie Star - Robert Ryan; The Exotic Dream of Adam Draycott - story by J. B. Morton; How to Live Without Arms - Herb Gott has no arms but has made a useful and interesting life for himself as Canada's most 'off-hand' actor - article with photos; The Saintly Figure Who Changed Canada - J.S. Woodsworth - article with photos - a Maclean's Flashback; Hockey's Greatest Scoring Machine - Maurice Richard - article with photos; I Guarded Winston Churchill, by Ex-Detective-Inspector W.H. Thompson - with photos - part 2 of 3; Maggie Ingraham's Leaving Cape Breton for Toronto - each year thousands of youngsters like her leave seashore and prairie for the magnet of the big cities - article with photos; Nice colour Buick ad; Full-page Canadian Army recruiting ad; Full-page colour ad for Champion spark plugs shows boy on sled; Black and white photo of Gordie Howe on ice as part of ad for Prest-o-lite batteries; Nice ad for Yardley English Lavender inside back cover; Bulova ad on back cover features watch bands. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A high-quality copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of the RCMP National Ride; The Cannibal Cities - how urban sprawl is eating Canada alive, by Jane Becker; The Magical RCMP Musical Ride - with colour photos; Can you trust a Chiropractor with your Health? - two million people do; Does anybody here speak Canadian? - by Barbara Moon; Nights and Days of a Ward Boss - Frank (Banjo) Hanleyand how he runs his polyglot political kingdom on the seedy side of Montreal; Ask the Name of the Lion, by Ralph Allen (conclusion); Nice colour photo centerfold displays seven models of Kodak cameras; Nice colour photo Molson Canadian ad inside back cover shows picnicking family with the bridge over the Welland Canal under construction near St. Catherines. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Cover Painting by Stuart. Features: Eveready Flashlight ad inside front cover; Editorial regarding the crisis of Canada's large quantity of unsold wheat; Waterman's Ink-Vue Pen ad; Roadhouse Blues, by Benge Atlee; Gold in Saskatchewan, by Leslie Roberts - Lake Athabaska's gold fields - article with photos; Place, by Tayler Sutton; Whale Coming Up! - Whaling in the North Pacific isn't what it used to be, but it still provides both peril and profit for the hardy - article with photos; Three cents an hour - women are working at that wage in Canada, under conditions that would be a disgrace to any civilized society; Hobby House, by Eleanor De Lamater; They Call Him Summertime Santa - J.D. O'Connell is Canada's most unique philanthropist; Arctic Doctor - Dr. James A. "Fred" Urquhart, of Aklavik, is Canada's most northerly doctor - his territory, an area of 900,000 square miles!; Canadians in England (Lord Beaverbrook, Gladstone Murray, Sir Campbell Stuart, Bonar Law, Lord Greenwood, Peter Donovan), by Beverley Baxter; Marriage Isn't a Place, by Margaret Lee Runbeck; Sahara Lighthouses - short article on the beacons which lead desert travellers; Siam falling under the domination of Japan - short article; Fire Bombs - an accurate prediction that in the next war they will be used by the thousand to destroy cities; Canadian Pacific ad featuring the Empress of Britain; Nice ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum; Those First Meals, by M. Frances Hucks at the Chatelaine Institute; Wonderfully artistic two-colour ad for Heinz Tomato Soup inside back cover; Red Indian/Marathon "Blue" colour ad on back cover for the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached but present. Address label atop front cover which bears a six inch opening to its lower corner. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book
Contents: The Politics of Pot; The federal government's six and five program stays alive; Prince Charles and Princess Diana in Canada; The NDP's quiet revolution; Quebecair for Quebecois; The Way We Are - latest national census results; The rise of a bilingual Canadian elite; Tales of five vibrant cities in transition - Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax; Walter Mondale vs. John Glenn; Pope John Paul's challenge of hope for Poland; Yasser Arafat's movement is faced with disintegration; Striking back at Pinochet in Chile; Takeover battle for Canadian Tire; Peter Newman writes about how the next Japanese export to Canada will be money; Carling Bassett's brush with tennis glory; Battle over the Health Act; The Garrison Diversion Scheme; Thomas Barton's device eats PCBs; Nice ad for Apple personal computers; Rev. Kaye McKibbon founds organization to support ministers in conflict with the church; Allan Fotheringham's humorous take on the federal Liberals sniffing the wind for a successor to Trudeau. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The New Cities - a national report on the downtown revolution - what it means to the people; For the Sake of Argument - public 'inquiries' often abuse justice - a lawyer says stop legal smears - Aubrey Golden; Our Schools are Loaded Against Boys - a school principal shows how the system is weighted unfairly in favor of girls; The Carnies on the Picture Tube - a lighthearted look at junk TV and the people who make money making it; The Kennedy Dynasty, Part IV - how the family opened the blitz that was to elect the first Catholic president; My first 50 years in medicine - Dr. Alton Goldbloom's testament to the pleasures and pains of treating the young; The Great Balloon Voyage - How the air age reached Canada in 1859, but the aeronauts ended up hoofing it; Last chance for the Deer People - as the caribou goes, so go the Eskimos - trying to save both; A report on Canada's secret John Birchers (JBS / John Birch Society), by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for Canadian Club whiskey inside back cover features B.C. "High-Riggers" race of Gordie Eve; Back cover ad for the 1963 Chevrolet Impala Convertible on a ski hill. Some age-toning to pages at edges. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book