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Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
112 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Great Robin Hood-themed ad for Patty Petite fashions; Nice one-page black and white photo portrait Hohner harmonica ad features Al Hirt; Lovely Springmaid color-photo centerfold Springmaid ad features Sandy Hilton; Nice Jade East ad; Great Jane Irwill ad entitled Knitticism!; Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power" - photo-illustrated article in which King says Blacks respond to violence because they lack influence on American thought, and he advocates the use of Black economic, political, and ideological power (Fisher, page 10); What's Wrong with American Newspapers? - a newsman's critique of the press; The Ibos go it alone in Nigeria - photo-illustrated article; WWII sex education cartoon by Sgt. George Baker features Sad Sack after watching an Army sex hygiene film; Lovely two-page Faberge lipstick ad; Nice color ad for Rooster square-bottom ties; What We're Learning About Learning; Italian villa of Romano Rui designed by Gian Case; Great photo of 1920s New York newsstand; Elephants to the Rescue in Vietnam; Fantastic very colorful one-page photo ad for Pinch whisky appears to feature Benny Goodman and friends; and more. Please note: Missing pages 87-92. Above-average wear. Some pages loose but present. Covers loose but present. Faint library stamp and handwritten date upon front cover. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
3 vols., 8vo., Second Impression thus, with very numerous coloured illustrations throughout, and pictorial endpapers; pictorial cloth (red/blue/green respectively), upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, a near fine set in publisher's green board slip-case, the case blocked and lettered in gilt. The set comprises Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, and The Complete Poems of Christopher Robin. A beautiful edition of an immortal children's classic. First published by FS in 2004. SCARCE.
136 pages. Features: The Bold Jewel - just in time for Christmas - black onyx circles, the immense emerald, carved jade... gleaming crystal worn by Raquel Welch; Fashion to give or wear for Christmas - dove-grey jacket of suede and chinchilla, weather-proof pants suit, sables and heathery-beige shirtdress, dazzling knits with badger for day, star-quality sweater suit, great jacket of quilted angora with grey squirrel; Vogue Patterns - Evening Pajamas, the long sweater-dress; The Warm-Weather Look - new resort and summer fashion for day, right now... next month... next summer - the crisp softness of pale silk dresses, pale linen suits... the pale jersey coat over everything... and a soft hat... navy and white, white and navy prints for sharp little dresses, pants suits; Down to the Sea in Prints - new bathing suits, ready now; New thinking on makeup... for girls who wear glasses... for coping with lights wherever you go; The fast-moving fashion for shorter hair, worn by Robin Hambro and Mary McFadden; How to Treat Your Doctor; Good looks for warm weather - how to be ready in every way - body , mind, hair, skin, spirits; Stephen Spender - Love, Life, Work; The Perfect Christmas Gift List - a hundred and more presents and ideas... all prices... choices for everyone; More Art than Money; Baltimore Hostesses; The Country House of Conte and Contessa Brando Brandolini d'Adda in Italy; Vogue Living; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. 3" x 5" piece missing from page 121. Binding intact. Book
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His Majesty King Farouk and his new Queen, plus a photo of Queen-Mother Nazli and three of the King's sisters with his Queen, Farida, at St. Moritz; All That Goes Up (short story); The Orphan (short story); The Spiked Gunn (short story); The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men - fascinating photo-illustrated true-crime article involving the native peoples of Northern Manitoba; Fruits of Defeat (short story); The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part II); Looking Two Ways in Sport - vintage sports article talks about hockey and includes photos of figure skaters Montgomery Wilson and Miss Eleanor O'Meara, plus boxer 'Baby' Yack, Canadian Bantamweight champion; Lovely one-page 1938 Chevrolet ad shows green car; Nostalgic one-page Heinz soup ad shows 1930's gent about to take a slurp; Italian tourism half-page ad; Nice half-page Canadian National ad features photos of their Jasper destination; Hollywood news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Bobbie Breen, and many more; Parker Vacumatic ad features photo of advice-giver Dorothy Dix; Vintage half-page ad for Sun Life features photo of mom with kids; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Volhynia Kyra ("Silver") owned by Mrs. H. Randolph Casgrain of Westmount, Quebec; Nice photo-illustrated fashion article; Easter cooking article; Article about how every woman 'shall keep romance alive'; Colour half-page ad by the Government of Canada includes illustration of the Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland; World Sayings; Maxwell House coffee ad inside back cover; Congoleum flooring ad on back cover; and more. Centre page loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
46 pages. Features: Nice one-page illustrated ad for International Trucks; One-page Memeograph ad includes exquisitely detailed illustration of their machine; Follow the Swallow - fiction by Lucian Cary; It's Safe to Fly - photo illustrated article by Commander Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N.; The Private Life of novelist John Erskine; Big Business (fiction by Lawrence Perry); When They're Not Working - two pages of wonderful photos of notables recreating, including Bruce Barton, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H.C. Witwer, Charles M. Schwab, Sir Harry Lauder, Ty Cobb, H.I. Phillips, Mme. Schumann-Heink, Emil Jannings, Tony Sarg, and John Philip Sousa; The Jack Dempsey - Jack Sharkey boxing match; Homer Gets Busy (fiction by Frank Condon); My Best Girl (fiction by Kathleen Norris); Every Germ In Its Place - suggestions to reduce doctor's bills; The Hope Chest (fiction by George S. Brooks); In by the Back Door - Tenor Edward Johnson; This Immoral Age (fiction by George Weston); Robin Hood - Infamous New York businessman Jim Fisk; Wonderful one-page ad for Chambers Fireless Gas Ranges features nostalgic photo of young lady in dress in flight after a backswing playing tennis; Nicely illustrated Timken Bearing ad looks into electric furnace. Back cover General Tire and Rubber Company ad features a Paul Gerding painting of "The Flight of Lindbergh" by W.A. Byrnes. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Covers held by one staple. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
94 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Gorgeous one-page colour photo of Michelle; Eight pages of nice colour movie ads; One-page colour photo of Ling Fung; One-page colour photo of Jackie Chan, seated and giving victory symbol with each hand; Two more pages of colour photos of Jackie Chan; Nice foldout colour photo of dancing young lady in heals and teale wrap over soft red dress; The Self-Inflicted Slump of Mandarin Films; Unmarried Hsiu Ling Ling is a mother-to-be; The Sorrow of Being Beautiful; Chen Fan Kai; Hu Kam may marry her old flame; Teddy Robin produces cop film again; Article on Alfred Hitchcock; Blame the Filmmakers for Depression; Interesting back cover colour photo ad features attractive lady with mildly hairy armpit promoting a product called Grind-Sanding Cream - that sounds painful?; and much more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Boeing's Pacesetting 247 - A very detailed and profusely illustrated feature article on this historic plane; Flying Pioneers - Chriss J. Peterson and Albert Elton; 9th Air Force in the Desert; Endurance Flying - The Pilots and Planes - Charles Lindbergh, Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, and others; Bleriot Models II to XII; The Long Flying Corsair - The 17 hour 1946 flight of First Lieutenant J.J. Bibee, USMC, in a standard Navy Corsair; Bibliography Section; We Fly the Curtiss Robin - Journal Flight Test Report #1; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 239-310. Cover illustration of United Air Lines Boeing 247 transport in hangar. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Bonus: includes separate 8-page Index to Volume 9 (1964) of this publication. Book
24 pages. Features: Lester (Mike) Pearson wins Liberal Leadership - brief article with twelve photos, including one-page photo of Paul Martin Sr. celebrating with Pearson; Nice one-page colour ad for Neilson's "Nutty" chocolate bar; Fantastic brief article on nineteen-year-old Bobby Hull, the youngest player in the NHL, illlustrated with eight photos, including his new wife, Judie; Photo and brief write-up on U.S.-born entertainer Josephine Baker who has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in France - photo shows her with her nine adopted children; Wedding photo of Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence; Alberta boy Jerry Leiske crowned "King of Wheat" for third consecutiv year at Chicago's great exposition - brief article with six photos, including a large colour shot; Two pages of nice fashion photography entitled "The Chemise Makes a Comeback; Photo-illustrated brief article on young Sal Mineo; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Robin Hood cake mixes; Canadian photo album includes members of the National Ballet of Canada who are performing "The Nutcracker", Ernest Kay of Victoria; Singer Vanda King of Oshawa who already has a contract for records and a film, and wedding photo of Stuart Cruickshands and Lorna Haren; Classy one-page colour Pepsi ad shows people on spiral staircase; Photos of Vancouver's annual "Polar Bear" dip, won by Amy Brown; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up of Bing Crosby's new 24-year-old wife, Kathy Grant; Fantastic one-page colour team photo of the Detroit Red Wings, 1957-8. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous delightful illustrations in the text, half-title and last leaf verso lightly tanned, expert repair to small tear in one leaf; handsomely bound in full red crushed morocco, gilt back, red and white silk headbands, pictorial gilt illustrations from original covers mounted on blank preliminary, gilt top, uncut, a lovely copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
26 pages. Songs include: Angry; Christopher Columbus; Oh, Maria!; Prince Charming; Robin Hood; Rosetta; Sentimental Journey; Sing a Spell; What's the Matter, Marie?; William Tell. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding tender but intact. Two music shop ink stamps to illustrated front cover, otherwise unmarked. A most wonderful vintage Louis Prima collectible! Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates and numerous illustratons in the text; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backstrip lettered and tooled in gilt, pictorial gilt from original binding mounted on new and separate leaves, hand-made endpapers, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Shepard's immortal full-page illustrations appear here in colour for the first time.
8vo., First Edition thus, with title in red and black, and decorative head-pieces in the text; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first appearance of Magarshack's translation and the first new edition in English for over half a century.
A.J. Casson cover art features robin hunting for worms amongst trilliums. 80 pages. Additional features include: Nostalgic colour ad for new KB International Trucks inside front cover - ad features photo insert of Jule Chartrand and Frank Bell - Champion Canadian truck drivers; Four-photo full-page ad for Ipana toothpaste features Eileen Cochrane of Montreal and her seven-year-old son Michael; Editorial - Are the Communists entitled to Liberty?; 2-colour full-page ad for DeSoto cars; Top Man in Totem Poles - Marius Barbeau is hot on the trail of that strange beast - the Canadian; Wives Have It So Easy, by James Bannerman; Nightmare Pills - Pierre Berton on Sleeping Pills; Fiction by Arthur Gordon - Listen to Your Heart; Can we Prevent Race Suicide?, by Arnold Toynbee; Newsboy - James Joseph Murph (Murph) has been selling papers outside the Canadian National Railways Building on the northwest corner of King and Yonge, Toronto's busiest intersection, for 58 years - with photo; Fiction - Double or Nothing by Henry Norton; Are Fishing Laws Bunk? - what use are limits when we make our rivers unfit homes for fish?; Nice full-page colour ad for Old English Rubbing (Floor) Wax; What's Wrong with Work?, by Gwethalyn Graham; The Old Man - Lionel Barrymore; You, Too, Can fly, by Eva-Lis Wuorio; Fiction by Arthur Mayse - Someday You'll Thank Me; Leper Colony on Bentinck Island in BC; Black and white Fargo truck ad; Nice two-colour Plymouth car ad; Full-page black and white Austin Motor company ad; Half-page colour photos Pepsi ad shows ping pong players; Lovely full-page colour Lifesavers ad; Dawes Black Horse Brewery ad honours weathermen; Great full-page colour ad for Pontiac cars; Very attractive Gene De Nunzio-illustrated ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover shows mother and daughter and their print dresses; Carling Breweries ad on back cover illustrates the main flyways of North American waterfowl; plus many more wonderful ads. Pages yellowed with age. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful A.J. Casson collectible. Magazine
300 pages. Signature and inscription of Burt Ward, the Robin character from the 'Batman' television show, atop half-title page. A revealing look behind the scenes at all the sizzling secrets you were never supposed to hear... the explosions, the injuries, the feuds, the vendettas and 'Superhero' sex with young fans. The true story of what really went on in and out of the BatCave... vividly unmasked for the first time in the Boy Wonder's own words. "I advise all who are planning to read it to invest in a pair of asbestos gloves for page-turning duties!" - Yvonne Craig, Batgirl. Clean and bright with very light wear. Excellent copy. A wonderful gift for your special Batfriend! Book
