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203 pages plus 20 pages of glorious vintage ads. Gilt lettering and decoration upon light blue front board. "Popular legends collected during pleasant yatch excursions on the lower St. Lawrence... Embraces glimpses of Canadian history, scenery, archaeology and sport, previously given to the public, under the title of Maple Leaves... A leading feature in the majority of these simple narratives, relates to the agency of the Prince of Darkness in the sublunary affairs of this planet." - from Introduction. Contents age-toned. Front hinge open. Small bookseller stamp iinside front board. Ink stains to back cover. A worthy vintage reference copy. Book
in-16, 235 pages, nombreuses ill. en noir, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [MB]
215 pages. Index. "Dr. Mary Percy came from England to northern Alberta in 1929 when the country was still a wilderness. She intended to stay a year but got too involved to leave. She fell in love with the Peace River Country, and with Frank Jackson who matched her in spirited resourcefulness." - from back cover. Includes many interesting old-time black and white photographs. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear to covers only, creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 203 pages, contents include: The Goetterdaemmerung, Infernal inflation, Humbolt school, Heidelberg and beyond, Enchanting Perugia, From Barsinghausen to Ballard (Seattle, WA) , A taste of the London blitz, From Normandy to the Rhine river, etc.
Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
8vo., Second Impression thus, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present) and facsimiles; in splendid Winchester College prize binding of full tan calf BY RIVIERE, boards framed in gilt, upper board blocked in gilt with College arms, back with raised bands, second compartment with green leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, gilt top, gilt doublures, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut, fore-edge very lightly spotted, some light and generally inoffensive spotting (mainly marginal) to text else a remarkably bright, fresh copy in well-known and much sought-after prize binding.. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER RECTO. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO CHARLES OMAN BY WINCHESTER COLLEGE IN 1920 AND BEARS THE PRIZE BOOKPLATE COMPLETED IN MS ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Loosely inserted is a printed invitation card to Oman from the Corporation of London to a formal dinner in 1954. Lee's life of Shakespeare was first published in 1898 and reached its sixth edition in 1908. His new edition, rewiritten and greatly enlarged, appeared first in in 1915 with the present Second Impression issued in 1916.
<p>18 cm, brossura editoriale con piatti cartonati e dorso in tela, titolo al piatto e dorso, p. 259. Allegato foglietto editoriale con biografia di Edgar Lee Mastes. Minime tracce del tempo alla copertina, interno molto ben conservato.</p>
159 pages. Bilingual French/English. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour. An art book on the House of France in Ottawa. Oblong 8.3" x 11.8". Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this attractive work. Book
74 pages. Articles: Crack-up of an American Communist Family - the incredible story of a woman's revolt against 20 years of entanglement with The Party Line - Moscow decided her friends, her books, even her baby's birth; We Need Carriers and the B-36 - article with colour photo of a B-36 and awesome full-page black and white photo of an aircraft carrier at dock; Have No feah, "Big Joe" is Heah - Joe Rosenfield, Jr. is a disk jockey on New York's WOR - article with nice color photo; To the County Home to Die - 29 deaths in five weeks at the County Home near Fort Wayne, IN; The Marvelous Mounties (RCMP) - As They Really Are (part 1 of 2); The Christian Science Monitor - Gentlemen of the Press (conclusion) - includes great full-page color photo of the famed Monitor Mapparium; Lighter and Brighter; How Stalin Got That Way - editorial. Fiction: The Barber Who Played in the Series; Bride of the Week; Other Woman; Sky Line Red; The Case of the Negligent Nymph; Big Adventure - Small World. Includes these nice vintage ads: Blatz Beer - featuring nice colour photos of actor Fred MacMurray; Packard cars; Mercury cars; Zenith radios and TVs; Elgin watches; Porto-Ped shoes; Plymouth cars; Hamilton watches; *Wonderful* color centerfold for Chesterfield cigarettes features Arthur Godfrey, Bing Crosby and Perry Como; The 1950 Harley-Davidson 125 motorcycle; "Bride For Sale" one-page movie ad; Mallory hats; Dan River men's fashions; Union Pacific Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features endorsement by doctors. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
211 pages. Fold-out map. Bibliography. Index. British Columbia Provincial Museum Special Publication No. 5. Contents divided into four sections: Habits and Habitat; The Waterfowl; Places and Projects; Waterfowl Problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
CANNES, Imprimerie de l'Ecole "Bibliothèque de Travail" N° 98 - 1950 - In-8 - Broché - couverture illustrére - Illustrations Nb en texte -24 pages - Propre
30 pages. Black and white photos, illustrations. "Fieldwork within that part of Fraser River Valley between Chimney Creek (south of Williams Lake) and Cottonwood Canyon (north of Quesnel)." - from page 1. Table of Contents include summary of the findings, topography, glacial geology, bedrock geology, Fraser River formation, and mining operations (Canyon Mine, Tertiary Mine) concerned with the Fraser River Tertiary Drainage-system. Usual library markings. Binding sound. A worthy working copy. Book
243 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. Maps. Author arrived at Fort Vermilion, Alberta in 1898 and lived there for nearly nine years. This account of her life there describes interactions between the settlers, missionaries, and traders with the resident Metis, Cree, and Beaver peoples. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, slight forward lean else a near fine copy.
Raffigurazione planimetrica del porto accompagnata da descrizione statistica riguardante: condizioni nautiche e commerciali, movimento commerciale, opere esistenti e opere eseguite tra il 1861 ed il 1870, dopo la costituzione del Regno d'Italia. Il tutto racchiuso in decorativa cornice
48 pages. Fold-out two-sided colour map at back. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Contents include: Accommodation; All-Expense Package Tours; Big Game and Camera Hunting; Canadian National Equipment; Canadian National Representatives; Columbia Icefield; Fishing; Golfing; Hiking Trips; Jasper Park Lodge - general information and rates; Maligne Lake; Maligne River Anglers' Club; Miette Hot Springs; Mount Robson Park; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this charming and informative vintage Jasper item. Book
78 pages. Articles: Kansas Staggers to the Polls - bootleggers will be out of luck if the state votes wet this fall; Why Ike Said No - a close friend explains Ike's refusal of the nomination; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 14) - Three Titans Spin the Globe - revealing the conversations of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin at Teheran; Carelessness - The Child Killer; Air Transport - the answer to air power - in global warfare, cargo planes are as vital as fighting planes; Suited for the Campus - autumn style notes for college men from Maine to California. Fiction: Second Man on the Ticket; Someone to Watch Over Katie; Boy's Best Friend; It Wouldn't Be Fair; Rain in August; An Affair of State (conclusion). Ads include: Fortune shoes for men; DeSoto car; Bell Telephone; Seiberling tires; 1949 cars; Plymouth; RCA Victor radio-phonographs; Pendleton shirts; Hickok belts; Admiral portable radios; U.S. Rubber (centerfold); Dodge Trucks; Oldsmobile cars; Jantzen sweaters; Evelyn Neblett in Pepsodent ad; Rand shoes; Loretta Young in Auto-Lite ad; Springs Mills; Indian motorcycles; Dan River; TTD; Kodak; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring diving star "Jim" Fairbrother. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
35 pages. "The feature article of this issue is about Steveston, a Japanese-Canadian fishing community on the Fraser River" - from page 1. Hard cover library binding with usual markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Was it Coincidence? - a Zulu witch doctor and his magic; The Man Who Hesitated - a dramatic story from West Africa; Comacchio on the Adriatic - the Venice of the Eels - article with photos; The Brophy Will Case - an unusual American detective case; The Wily Coyote - interesting stories of these hated coyotes and their ways in the Western States; McNeill's Lapse - a good man falls victim to temptation; Climbing the White Elephant near the Tom Reed Mine at Oatman, Arizona - article with nice photos; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone (part II) - tales from two young naval officers who set off to see the world with five dollars between them; Lion Hunting in Somaliland - article with many photos; The Cruise of the Dream Ship - part IV of Ralph Stock's sailing through the enchanted South Sea Islands - article with nice photos; Trapped by a Flash-flood in a canyon; Down the River - two youngsters seek fortune and adventure running a little launch on a New Zealand river; Robert Tipp's terrible ordeal at the top of a lofty flagstaff; My Visit to Mexico - why the author didn't want to go and now likes Mexico less than ever; Our Adventures Among the Berbers - the author's experiences with the Shawia Berbers of Algeria - article with great photos; That Donkey! - the pathetic story of a journalist and the donkey he bought; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and endpaper charts; green cloth, upper board board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed, heartfelt and well-illustrated tribute to British service personnel who died in Malaya, Singapore and as POWs of the Japanese. Graham & Cole R3.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and large folding map; red cloth, gilt back, a near finje copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
203p., illus. American financier's childhood memoirs of the Hudson River Valley and Phillips Exeter Academy Hardcover Good condition; Jacket sections laid-in.
328 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Conveys the rich history of the Sunshine Coast. From Saltery Bay to Lund, this work evokes the struggles and triumphs of those who once lived in this place the author calls 'paradise'." Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
A bit of spine slant. No marking of any kind to text/interior. Maps, b&w photos, technical drawings. 274 pages.
181 pages. Index. Maps. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Firsthand accounts of pioneering in the area which, in 1879, became the Municipality of Delta, British Columbia." - subtitle. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
