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Features: The Great Travel Explosion - Suddenly everybody's got itchy feet; The Pleasure of Failure - what famed author Morley Callaghan learned when the bottom fell out of his world; When Sickness Strikes at Night - what can you do, where can you turn for help?; The Prickly Producer - now everyone wants John Hirsch; Montreal's Vieux Quarter - how a dedicated few led the fight to save a city's historic past, with many nice photos; This Army has only begun to fight - the Salvation Army turns 100, waging war to a new jazz beat. Great colour ad for the 1965 Oldsmobile Luxury Sedan. Colour ad for the '65 Pontiac on back cover. Above-average wear and soiling with evidence of exposure to moisture. A less than pretty but sound copy. Book
Features: Walt's Small World - "My hobby... is a life-saver. When I work with these small objects, I become so absorbed that the cares of the studio fade away... at least for a time." - Walt Disney; Mimi Shurr's Tiny Canvases - Bonanza in a Bandbox; Charles and Ferbie Claudon's Kitty Kitsch; Miniature reflections of Maryland's past - an historic rowhouse; Marty Saunders' Miniature Portraits; Sailing London to Perth in Eighth Scale; Wicker Wheels are Turning - barbara Ruemeli; Linda Carmona's Little Lovelies;Teatime in an English Country Garden; Knitting and Crochet Projects in 1" scale; Joann's Fragrant Spring Bouquet; Mary Eccher's Great American Bake-Off - pies for every taste and occasion; Room of the Month - this breakfast in bad Mother's Day means a mess in the kitchen!; Miniature Prairie Bonnets; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Society Honours James Willard Schultz; They Loved Billy the Kid - to them he was 'Billito'; Venerial Diseases among Frontier Troops; The Craziest Trial in California - the first criminal trial held at Sutter's Fort; The Boy Who Turned in the Younger Gang - 17 year-old Asle Sorbel; This Texas Outlaw Had Nine Lives - Dan Bogan, alias Bill McCoy; Shootout at Poplar Grove - Gun Battle in Kennewick, Washington rivaled OK Corral Showdown; The Outlaw Trail - winding from northern Montana to Miles City, then south to Hole-in-the-Wall, Wyoming; A Sensational Holdup - More than 75 people robbed for 3 horses by the Martin Gang on the Osage Indian Reservation; Wanted - Roy Bean - Before he was the law west of anything, he was arrested in San Antonio for resisting an officer and assault; Killings in Wyoming - Otto Franc's famed Pitchfork Ranch in Big Horn County, Wyoming; Settlers Loved Berry Pies - Forgottin Frontier Food, Part III. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Nice colour Guinness ad inside front cover; Photos of enemy supply shipping under air attack, and aflame; The new "Covenanter" Tank; Super page of 14 illustrations of Russian aircraft, including a photo of the L-760 six-engined bomber; 2 pages of illustrations of the work of air crews; Photos of the Navy's latest aircraft-carriers - "Formidable" and "Victorious"; Photos of Marshal Vorshilov, Marshal Budenny, and Marshal Timoshenko; Illustrations of Nazi army and air force commanders on the Russian front; Personalities of the week include photos of Lord Gort's official call at Algeciras and Bruno Mussolini, the Duce's second son killed in an air crash; Elevin Interesting photos of action on the Russian front - including the pathetic image of dozens of Russian refugees in a ditch; Impressive centerfold illustration depicts the bravery of the first New Zealand V.C. of the war, awarded to Sergeant J.A. Ward who climbed onto his planes wing to extinguish a fire at 13,000 feet; Photos of British, Australian, and Indian forces defending Malaya against Japanese 'Chess-Moves" in the Pacific; Great photos of the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia/Java) in military and naval preparations; Photos of Boeing's "Flying Fortress" on the ground with R.A.F. members; Wonderful photos of Mrs. Washburn - the first woman to attain the summit of Mount Bertha, Alaska; Colour ad for North British Rubber inside back cover; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows grain being cut by a horse-drawn machine. Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Lovely full-page ad for Benger's Food; Front page photo of the King - Chief Mourner of the Unknown British Warrior; Article by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of notable world events in the news; Sport and Earnest - photos of notable events at home and abroad; Photos of personalities of the week; Illustrations and photos of the famous pall-bearers for the unknown warrior; Full-page photo of the H.M.S. Verdun; Gassing the Gassed - photos of Paris Doctor Arnold's apparatus for curing victims of Germany's poison gas weapons; Colour centerfold (loose but present) illustrates the burial place of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey; Excellent colour full-page ad for Treloar Carpets; Rare photo of doubl-column of fume and incandescent gas 40,000 feet high rising from the Hawaiian volcano, Mauna Loa; The Greatest Poison Trial of Modern Times - The Greenwood Case at Carmarthen - with illustrations of the dramatis personae and a view of the court in session; Full page ads for Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky, Cadillac automobiles, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and smaller ads for other auto manufacturers. Full-page Michelin ad inside back cover missing chips, as is two-colour ad for McClinton's Colleen Toilet Cream on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Faint ink stamps on front cover. External advertorial coverfold mostly open. A worthy copy. Book
Moon's Bride Came C.O.D. - After a courtship by mail between Edmonton and Hong Kong, Moon Chai Lim Noey and Chui Man Chan are married - article with photos; The Third Face of Eve - the completely authenticated account of the three entirely separate lives of a young U.S. housewife hailed by psychiatrists as perhaps the most dramatic study ever conducted of the baffling problem of multiple personality - portrayed in film by Joanne Woodward; TV show 'Gunsmoke' - a grown-up western - article with photos of Matt Dillon/Jim Arness; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Coffee Crisp and Aero Chocolate Bars - "Canada's Favourites"; Sandra Dee - brief article with three photos; Feast for Art Lovers - Art Fair arranged by the Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Art Gallery - brief article with many photos; Colour photos of the Royal visit to Ottawa including huge colour-photo centerfold image of the Queen speaking in the Senate Chamber with Prime Minister Diefenbaker to her side; To Win an NHL Title You've Got to Have a Take-Charge Guy - article with photos of Flaman, Jean Beliveau, Doug Harvey, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Dick Duff and Andy Bathgate, by Andy O'Brien; Family Up a Tree - Amazing photos of the tree house in which the Dorton family lives in Lexington, Kentucky; Fantastic colour photo and write-up for Edmonton Eskimo star Jackie Parker; The Identical Leavy Twins of Vancouver - Jack and Leo are six feet, 10 inches tall and weigh 340 pounds! - article with photos; Photo of Alfons Arndt lifting a polar bear on his shoulders; Nipper cartoon strip by Doug Wright; Gregory Clark tells about the Puff-Ball. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice copy. Book
176 pages. Features: Can a young man start farming today?; Now you can prove bulls as yearlings; Farming three to twenty feet down - Louis Bromfield's Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio has very deep fertile soil; Irrigated acres in New Mexico - The Roybal family has built prosperity in a moutain valley - article with color photos; "This is my best bet yet"; You can be wiped overnight - are you an 'insurance sinner?'; Making milk with a tractor - H.E. Babcock sets up dairy farms to be manned mainly by a ma with a tractor; Lilies for you, too; How to get a country doctor; Science saves your grain; They sing for fun - the Will County Rural Chorus; Very attractive one-page two-color Chesterfield cigarette ad prominently featuring Glenn Ford; Ford truck photo ad features Perry Browning of Winchester, Kentucky; Two-page color GM ad includes illustration of their Milford, MI proving grounds; Back cover features one of the infamous Camel cigarette ads stating "More Doctors Smoke Camels", with photo of doctor smoking; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
18 pages. Features: Trout Terrible of the Pacific - article on the Steelhead, with photos of Larry Chapman, Russ Swansen, and Bill Rose; Illustrations of Sinker Hook-Ups for Steelheading; Revised map of Vedder - Chilliwack River Guide for Steelhead Fishing; Don't Poo Poo the Poodle; Map of the Roberts Bank Game Management Reserve; Conditions at Ross Lake, 40 miles from Hope, B.C.; Clay Chips, by Jim Railton; Boats; Care of the Feet; Great one-page ad for the B.C. Department of Recreation and Conservation inside back cover entitled "Watch That Muzzle!, The 10 Commandments of Safety; Many nostalgic ads, including back cover ad for Lucky Lager featuring illustration of sea captain(?) with binoculars; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
First edition, small 8vo (165 x 100 mm), xvi, 108 + 18pp., of adverts, lithographed frontis., (with a light stain in the lower blank corner), orig. pictorial printer paper boards, printed paper spine label, spine worn, upper board holding by cords. An uncommon book, though it did run to some four editions by 1836. Ten pages are devoted to 'Curious particulars relative to the origin of the history of gloves'. The same author also published, in 1830, 'Economy of the Teeth'.
32 pages. Features: Amazing one-page photo of Fred Einarson working 100 feet above Fisherman's Cove as he repars a cable to Eagle Island; Nice Aerial photo of downtown Vancouver looking from the south-southwest; Six photos of Kamloops staff at work; Photos of installation of New Westminster automatic equipment; Photos of company services being used inside Vancouver's new Public Safety Building; Photos of Cranbrook Staff - at work and at their public ball!; Photos relating to the installation of new automatic equipment for Cloverdale; Photos of dancing and skating employees; Photo of Fred (Mickey) Sharp who helped police capture bank robbers; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Short article on pay phones; Retirees; In Memoriam - Frank C. Paterson and Robert B. Smith; social news; and much more. Lower corner of covers and pages bumped/worn, otherwise average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: A Man Called Shep; The Kiowa Raiders of Rainy Mountain - great photos; Bill Hickok's Friends; There's still Gold in Oregon; The Mystery of Pranty Wash - Gila County, Arizona; Charley Smith (1856-1882) Still Wears his Six-Gun - a ranger and the outlaw who killed him; Bloodshed in Kansas - Hugoton and Woodsdale were at war ninety years ago; Amanda Alberta, aka 'Cowboy Joe'; A Matter of Survival - 150 feet and four days of hell; The Wild West that Flickered - not all the action in a movie house was on the silver screen!; Trail Tragedy - and to Caleb Magill it was a private affair; 95-year-old fishin' hole - the Gunnison River and the Hillside Resort. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Binding intact. Pages yellowed with age. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Comrades of the Catapult - Fleet Air Arm goes into action against a sinister Brotherhood of the Malayan Coast; The Flash Point - Above the North Sea disaster transforms a Flying Boat into a Blazing Victim; Altitude Flight - Eight Miles above the Earth; True Story - The conclusion of a stirring year-by-year account of the Achievements of Britain's Air Services during the Great War; A Few Feet From the Kerb - a story of 2 Air Fighters of France; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Features: The Mummified Bulls of Saqqara; Exploratory Mountaineering - the Arctic Islands of Canada; Alexander Selkirk - The Real Robinson Crusoe; Fifty Feet of Rain (Island of Borneo); Young Explorers - Nicholas Moore Wiedmann, SM '92; Geographers as Literary Explorers; Dreadnoughts of the Mara; Rio Revisited - Exploring the '92 Global Forum; Zhoukoudian International Paleoanthropological Research Center Established in Beijing. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Loner - Walt Coburn meets a mysterious stranger in Del Mar, California; Navajo Traders for Many Moons - Smith, McAdams, Richardson; Windies - pure and simple - liars; Branded Logs and Timber Rustlers - by Reno 'Dad' Ingles; Zane Grey - he made the west famous; The Oil Game - It takes the measure of a man; A Mountain's Strange Music - the Grand Caverns near Manitou, Colorado; Death Comes to Oregon's Cattle King - Peter French; Wild Old Days; Peter Filscov's Promised Land - farmers plowed for riches; There WAS a Dearborn - Treasure Sequel; Schoolhouse Lynching - Anthony, Kansas. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Features: Fabulous Horse Steel Dust - the true account of Texas' most celebrated stallion; Gunsight on Target! - the Death Valley Jayhawkers; Skid Roads - great logging story by Reno 'Dad' Ingles; The Cherokee Remember Their Badmen; Ruckus at Old Fort Musselshell; Ancient Salt Trails - the ancient Walpi pueble dispatched salt trains annually to Zuni; 1874 - Year of the Grasshopper; True West Scrapbook; Tragedy at Pig Pen, Hidalgo, New Mexico; Wild Old Days; The Prowler with the Big Foot - a Texas story; Hell at 1200 feet! - The Daly-West Mine explosion of 1902; Trailin' Down to Nebraska. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Features: The Cow Business and Joe Kirley; Riding the Rails with Hood River Blackie - Old Joe Bennett; The First Colorado Mountain Man - Jim Pursley; The Baking Soda Book - Luisa and Henry Benedict; Rice, Dice and Lichee Nuts - America was not the promised land for those who crossed the wrong ocean to get here - Chinese immigrants; Graveyard of Violence - the W.S. Ranch, just north of Alma, New Mexico; Idaho Volunteers and the Nez Perce - an uncovered report reveals how professional some local militia units could be; Licensed Murder - Captain William Byrnes; Deputy Marshal Joe Morgan of New Mexico; A Girl and Her Horse - Chief Plenty Coups invited young women to race, but they weren't supposed to win!; Battle of the Deschutes - sabotage prevailed in the railroaders' war for the key route to San Francisco - with fantastic photo of workers 'walking the plank' to get to work building a bridge 348 feet above the Crooked River Gorge!; Wild Old Days!. Somewhat above-average wear as staples have almost torn free from covers, else a sound copy. Book
352 pages including index and numerous black and photographic reproductions as well as some in colour. From primitive beginnings Canadian natural gas processing has grown into a massive industry capable of processing billions of cubic feet of gas per day, and capturing a high percentage of the valuable hydrocarbon liquids and sulfur found in the gas. Relates the tale of an industry growing up from an uncertain infancy to confident maturity; tells of the businessmen, scientists, engineers, operators and manufacturers who found the means, both competitive and cooperative, to turn Canada's raw gas into safe and reliable fuel and by-products. Prior owner's small ink stamp upon title page and top edge of textblock. Opening to lower corner of front board (with corresponding loss to dust jacket) otherwise, clean, bright and tight with very light wear. A quality copy. Book
36 pages. Features: Photos of the memorial services for the "Thetis" victims; Photos of Axis Activities - "Volunteers" return from Spain - Italy's Navy Day - Kondor Legion goose-steps past Hitler; Maps of the strenuous Royal Tour; Cross-section illustration and photos of their Majesties' "Royal Yacht" for their return to England in the "Empress of Britain"; Great photos of unusulally-placed bird nests; Amazing illustrations of the feet of various Australian animals; Colour photos of pageantry at the Aldershot Tattoo; Photos of the Royal Tour through the Rockies from Banff to the Pacific; Five photos of the Royals in British Columbia; Photos of the Royals returning eastward across Canada to Niagara; The King and Queen in Washington - photos; The Royals in New York City; Classy two-color ad for Wills's Gold Flake cigarettes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. First three pages loose but present. Pages 1127-28 and 1131-32 and any pages after 1134 are not included. Despite its deficiencies, still a worthy copy. Magazine
16 pages. Contents: Lady's visiting toilette; The Feet; The Other Baby - Gail Hamilton; Manners Upon the Road - of sanded sugar; New York Fashions - postilion-basque wrapper, pointed cape walking suit, new colors, Dolly Varden novelties; riding habits; Personal; tidy in Genoese embroidery; tatted collars; embroidered silk emery bag; lady's crochet sleeping net; knotted and bead scissors case; crochet night-cap for girl from 6 to 8 years old; design for cover of bed-quilt - Venetian embroidery; All or Nothing; Paris Gossip; Sayings and Doings; Coiffures for young and elderly ladies; suits for young ladies; black gros grain fichu; ladies' and children's dresses; To the Bitter End - continued; Married Bachelors; "Knocking down the Elephant - illustration; "Catching the Lion" - illustration; Illustration "The Jews' Infant-School Ball at Willis's Rooms, London"; Preparation of Fruit Juices; humor. Average wear. Book
Features: What's new in railroading?; The trains that cost too much - Western Maryland; I rode the 'big blow' (gas turbine 54 of Union Pacific); Erie's mighty Kinzua - a steel viaduct over 2000 feet long and 300 feet high erected in only four months!; Hiawatha 4-6-4s; The Western Pacific Story - 1 - a railroad through the Feather River Canyon; Famous steam locomotive - 17; and more. One inch opening at base of cover-fold. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' Riding Habits and Walking Suit; The Nursery; Manners Upon the Road - of pinching the feet; New York Fashions - evening dresses, riding habits, fans and chatelaines, neck-ties and scarfs, gentlemen's hats, summer suits for gentlemen; Personal; Gray Linen and Cane Basket for Dust-cloths; Clothes-pin Apron; collars in Genoese embroidery; clothes-lilne for fine washing; knitted dish screen; tapestry design for chairs, door hangings, etc.; design for round cushion - satin and half-polka stitch embroidery; London's Heart - continued; Paris Gossip; Ecru Foulard Dress; Eryphina's Child, by Mrs. Mulock-Craik; Lottie's Summer Trip; English Gossip; Sayings and Doings; Useful Recipes; Lady's Visiting Toilette; Picnics; White Pique Walking Suit with Batiste Flounces; Bag for clothes-pins and fine clothes-line; Shakespeare's Handwriting; humor. Average wear. Clipping from cover page. Book
16 pages. Contents: Wonderful cover illustrations of bathing caps and bathing wear; Article entitled "Summer Pies"; Science Scientifically Treated - article by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - bathing costumes, bathing shoes, caps, and hats, summer hats for gentlemen; Personal; Two-pages of illustrations of lovely Fichu, Paletots, and more; Our House-Warming - story by Harriet Prescott Spofford; From New York to Niagara; More attractive illustrations of fichu; Frocks for young boys; Illustrations of fancy aprons; Paris Fashions; Manufacture of Carmine; The Cryptogram - Chapter XXXVII; Illustrations of ironing bag, starch bag, Clothes-pin bag, etc.; Humor; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Four-inch by three-inch clipping from bottom corner of page 487. Eight-inch by six-inch clipping from page 491 affecting Cryptogram story and illustration "Going to the Fair" which is now missing. Magazine
Cover illustration of Leonard Rosenberg. Contents: Volvo car ad; California dispute over graveyards for old nuclear subs; John Hinckley's Legacy; How Economics lost its credibility, by Dian Cohen; The Tories Make Their Choice - preparing for the leadership convention in Ottawa - photos of each candidate and a summary of their policy positions; Air Canada DC-9 burns at 31,000 feet. Abortion war in Winnipeg; Canadian bullets in Nicaragua; Williamsburg summit; Is Arafat losing control?; Cover Story - The Fall of a Financial Empire - Leonard Rosenberg vs. Jack Biddell - Greymac Trust, Seaway Trust, Crown Trust; The price of medication - generic drugs - Apotex; Peter C. Newman on Japan - Assembly lines with a heart; Octopussy review and promo photo; Fotherinham discusses Jack Webster's receipt of an honourary degree from S.F.U.; Commodore 64 computer ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Always look back - a portfolio of steam today - smoke over the prairies; 15,806 feet up... switchbacks to the sky! - Central Railway of Peru; Railroad news photos; Miss 2,000,000 miles - after over 800 trips between New York and Miami Seaboard's favorite blonde stille finds trains an adventure; The Power of Pickering - high in the Sierra Nevada hurried exhaust tells of a logging operation which has not exchanged the rubber tire for steam and gears; Steam rules the New York & Long Branch; Toledo, Peoria & Western adds a booster unit; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
