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3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (burgundy/blue/green respectively), backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written.
8vo., with title-vignette and numerous wood-engraved illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial boards, green cloth back lettered in gilt, ivory endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text, title very faintly spotted; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 12 plates on 7 and endpaper maps in red; pictorial cloth, gilt back, terracotta endpapers, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's slip-case.
56 pages. Features: Nice colour Christmas Wabasso Cottons ad inside front cover; News digest includes nervous tension in Germany, turning the tide in Egypt, and fascism's twentieth anniversary; One-page ad for Trans-Canada Telephone System includes illustration encouraging citizens to minimize long distance usage in favour of wartime needs; Nice colour-illustrated Ritz ad shows ladies in grocery store; Secret Eyes - fascinating photo-illustrated article on wartime espionage, with photos of Lieut.-General H.R. Pownall and "The Lark", Marthe Richer; Houses of Glass (short story); Low Pressure Salesman (short story); Unprofessional Services (short story); After They Bale Out - photo-illustrated article on what happens to pilots when they have to bale out of their planes; Ace High (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Nice colour one-page ad for GM of Canada says "Victory is our Business" and shows armoured vehicles in service; One-page Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) recruiting ad says "We're in another Team now"; Ford Motor Company ad shows wartime manufacturing; Woodbury Soap ad includes photos of Miss Mary Bishop of Toronto, in training as a field-to-field ferry pilot; Photo of Brenda Joyce in Woodbury Cold Cream ad; On the Kitchen Front - turkey recipe article; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Suggested gifts for women in uniform; Nice one-page Yardley ad; Fashion illustrations; Sayings from around the world; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows Santa and Christmas scenes; Nice colour back cover ad for B.C. (British Columbia) apples includes illustration of men in uniform; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
112 pages. Features: He Works in God's Back Pastures - Young Minister Sam Varnell chose to work in the "knob country" of eastern Tennessee; The Horse That Was Hard to Believe; The Story Behind Quemoy - How this small island on the coast of China has led America to the brink of War; They Can't Wait to Grow Old - tricks used to illegally receive Social Security payments; Adventures of the Mind, 16 - The Power Holders of the American economy; Battle Against the Lake - great photo-illustrated article on how the Southern Pacific Railroad is laying a roadbed across the Great Salt Lake. Fiction: The Swindler's LIfe; Hopeless Case; Marriageable Age; Ambitious Cop; The Midtown Bomber (part 2 of 5); The case of the Greedy Grandpa (conclusion). Ads: Nice color-photo Ronson lighter ad inside front cover; Fantastic one-page photo-ad for the Philco Predicta TV (which looks like something out of the Jetson's); Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Studebaker Lark station wagon (blue); Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Gulf shows snow white Cadillac with back seat loaded with Christmas gifts in service station; Nice color one-page ad for the Ford Edsel (yellow); Whitman's Chocolates color-photo ad features Santa; One-page black and white photo ad for Motorola TVs; One-page color ad for the 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan and Dynamic 88 Holiday Scenicoupe; AC Oil Filter ad features color photo of Dale Robertson of the "Wells Fargo" TV show; Wonderful two-page color-photo ad for 1959 Lincoln cars (white) and Helen Hayes; Idyllic three-color-page wedding-themed ad for the new for Ford Galaxie; Color-photo ad inside back cover for the 1959 De Soto station wagon (yellow) filled with dalmatians has some discolorations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
44 pages. Features include: Saved by a Canadian - Battle of Britain; Canada's Top Airman (L Gen Fred Sutherland) Forecasts a Bright Future for Canada's Airforce; "Noballs" - by Air Marshall C.R. Dunlap, CBE, CD; 40 SQN Memories; Joys of the Loadmaster - by D.P. Murphy; Three Retreads in the USAAF; Air Cadets; Challenging and Demanding - CF-18s; Tracker Farewell - CP-121; RWAU - Working in the Sinai; 425e Escadrille Alouette (in French); On a Wing and a Prayer - Ucluelet RCAF Station; Nostalgic Harvard 3776; Airforce Prep for Second Career - Hercules provides relief in Angola. Light wear. Clean. Few minor marks to page 7. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. Book
210 pages. Features: Budget Cords - the Graham Hollywood and Hupmobile Skylark; The 'Shark' - the new generation of Corvette in 1968; Big Studebakers - the Lark; Cover Car - 1933 Chevrolet Eagle Coupe; Mr. Mustang - the rags-to-riches story of Carroll Shelby; Olds F-28; Pierce-Arrow - Crowning a new champion; Using high-build primers; Ferrari - the short-wheelbase 250GT makes its mark; Ford Courier - the first one appeared in 1955; 1929 Packard Phaeton 645 with Dietrich body; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
162 pages. Features: Packard Darrin - H. William Kranz has owned his 1942 Packard 180 Darrin Victoria convertible for over 25 years; Buick Phaeton - the 1930 Buick Model 69 Phaeton; Ford Parklane - Ford's answer to the Chevy Nomad - a 1956 Ford Parklane Station wagon is shown; 1954 Willys Lark; Teague's Toys; Duesenberg - the story of an American legend; Dodge - the Victory Six debuts with unique body construction; Oldsmobile - riding high in a 1914 Model 54 Touring Car; Harrah's Auto Collection; Memories - 1910 - quick takes of the Hudson plant; Auto Safety - they don't test them like this any more; Windshield Repair for under $10; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Pat McGeer offers a lifeline for the sinking Canadian economic ship; TRS-80 computer ad; Q&A with Peter Lougheed; World Assembly of First Nations in Regina; Jean Drapeau suffers stroke; Problems at Matsqui Prison; IRA bomb blast in Hyde Park; Baby Doc Duvalier of Haiti; Poland - trickle of prisoners released; Philippine Minister of Foreign Affairs Emmanuel Pelaez gunned down - Horacio (Boy) Morales jailed; Re-examining nuclear test bans; America's infrastructure falling to pieces; Cover Story - the 1920s roar back into style - colour fashion photos with article; World trade system running amok; Harry Steele and Eastern Provincial Airways; Article on Decathalete Dave Steen - with colour photo; Nelson Skalbania's Montreal Alouette debacle hangs over the CFL; The return of farmers' markets - article with photos; Left-handers are not all gauche - article on left-handed people with photos; MPs flocking to cable tv to reach constituents; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
98 pages. Features: Bucker Jungmann; The Christen Husky; Restoration of a Twin Tailed Tiger; The Freedom of the Fly - Myth Vs. Reality; The Meadow Lark; The Critique of the BD-5 Concept, Part 1; Gee Bee Model Y Senior Sportster; Constructing better leading edges and wings tips. Sound copy. Magazine
24 pages. Features: The interesting summer vacations of several interesting Canadians - Jim Calladine, Mary Marcantonio, Glen Thomas Landers, Gerry Hall, Ian Jackson, Allan McHarg, Keith McCreary, Rodina Miller, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Rogers; Superstar Montreal Alouette running back Johnny Rogers - article with photos; Peter Mahovlich is featured in a full-page colour-photo ad for Gillette products; Singer Wilf Carter - nice colour photo and article; Rabbit Recipes; Survey of 101 Canadian salaries for various occupations; Great colour photo ad for the 1974 Ford Torino inside back cover; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Great cover photo of Monreal Alouette Johnny Rodgers; Interview with Germaine Greer; Balking at Trudeau's wage and price controls; J.R. Superstar - feature article on Johnny Rodgers with *fantastic* colour photos; Superb full-page Timex colour photo ad beautifully displays 18 of their watches; Ron Basford feature article with photos; The Royal Canadian Legion - article with great photo; Dave Barrett at the Premier's Desk; Sports Journalists Dick Beddoes and Christie Blatchford; Will France bring back Film Censorship?; Murray Chercover and CTV's 'Woes'; Lorne Michaels leaves the CBC for NBC; Rene Simard - short article with photo; Roy Payne - short orticle with photo; Moderate wear. Three inch opening to top of back cover is neatly taped. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this superlative issue - a magnificent shapshot of Canada in the mid-70s. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Alfred D. Crimi Paints a Fresco; Introducing the Winters; The Art of Ceramic Sculpture - first of two instructive articles; Wood Engraving - part II of III; Paper Sculpture; The Lead Pencil and Charcoal; How Ervine Metzl uses the camera; Winners and Runners-up in the MOMA poster competition; Observations on a poster competition; The Lay-in - or dead colouring as underpainting in the glazing method; An experimental fresco panel; A Graphic Lark; A Morning with a Master; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
120 pages. Short Stories: Doomsday and Mr. Lincoln; Forbidden Zone; The Imaginary Heir; Marry the Boss' Daughter. Articles: Bright Young Boss of Princeton - Bob Goheen; Adventures of the Mind - 25 - How War began; Color-photo feature on the North Atlantic island of St. Pierre; Hectic Home of the Los Angeles (L.A.) Dodgers - Los Angeles Coliseum; Medicine's Legal Nightmare, Part 2, Doctors in Court; Making a Man Out of Charlie - great photo-illustrated article on 10-year-old Prince Charles; D Day, conclusion, Beachhead Established. Serials: The Dark Road (part 2 of 6); Comanche Captives (part 6 of 7). Ads: GE and Philco fridges; Bufferin; GE Appliances; Northern tissue; Lark Play Wagon (baby blue) by Studebaker; NAPA parts; Coffeematic by Universal; Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup; Pontiac (orange); Betty Crocker / Sunkist "Mystery Lemon Pie Contest"; Western Auto; Arrow Shirts; Ford Cars - featuring a blue Country Sedan station wagon in fishing/camping scene; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Ravioli; Benny Goodman is prominently featured in a Texaco ad; Centerfold Texaco color-photo ad; Karo Syrup; Band-Aid; Packard Bell TVs; Gulf - super color night photo of Corvette (?) filling up; Admiral fridges; Foremost 'Big Dip' Ice Milk; Canada Tourism; Cushman 780 Truckster; Hammond organs; Betty Crocker Devils Food Cake ad on back cover; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Bella cromolitografia del 1843 tratta dalla celebre opera di botanica "Flora der Schweiz" di Heinrich Romer sulla flora della Svizzera. In buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. Segni di colla al verso. TECNICA: Cromolitografia DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 17,5x11 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15x9,5 EPOCA: 1843 CONDIZIONI: Buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. Piccoli strappi al margine inferiore. Resto di colla al verso. Beautiful chromolythography of 1843 taken form the famous work of botany "Flora der Schweiz" by Heinrich Romer about flowers of Switzerland. In good conditions, some foxings. Glue signs in the verso of page. TECHNIQUE: Chromoytography PAGE SIZE: cm 17,5x1 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9,5 PERIOD: 1843 CONDITION: good conditions with some foxings. Little tears in the lower edge. Glue signs in the verso of page.<BR>
116 pages. Features: Reports on Tropical Africa, Australia, Science and Industry; Bugles and a Tiger - Adventure on India's Frontier, by John Masters; The Way the New India Thinks, by Aubrey Menen; Christmas Eve at Chartres (a poem), by Winifred Hare; Billingsley's Bird Dog, by Dillon Anderson; The Bounds of Space and Time - How Long Will the World Last?, by Crary Moore; Hark, Hark, the Lark (a poem) by Marie De L. Welch; Creating a School, by Agnes and Ernest Hocking; The Army Invades the Wichita Mountains, by Clark C. Van Fleet; Dr. Flesch's Cure-all, by Virgil M. Rogers; The Spoiled Honeymoon, by Robert Graves; Renewals if Needed - They Shall Have Music, by John M. Conly. Color ad by the European Travel Commission inside front cover. Fantastic colour photo ad for RCA Victor Colour Televisions on page 19 features family and home in white; Color full-page ad for Old Smuggler Scotch on page 20. Columbia Records ad on page 32 features large black and white photo portrait of Winston Churchill. Very attractive colour ad for Drambuie inside back cover features Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: What We Know About the Star of Bethlehem - article by Fred Bodsworth features two colour illustrations by renowned space artist Chesley Bonestell (this article not listed in Schuetz); Bank of Montreal (BMO) colour photo Christmas ad inside front cover; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1959 Meteor car - with illustration of grey Country Sedan with hockey team inside!; Full-page colour-photo ad for Bulova watches; Crawford Gordon, President and General Manager of A.V. Roe - Builder of the Avro Arrow - contends "We Should and Will Gon On Building Arrows"; Nice full-page colour ad for Ganong chocolates; Give Christmas Back to the Kids, by Robert Thomas Allen; How Jacques Plante brought brinksmanship to the NHL - photo-illustrated article; Watch the Birdie! - 7 pages of wonderful vintage black and white photo portraits by Montreal's William Notman from the 1870s and 1880s; Why Christmas Drives Toy Buyers Crazy; Sir Albert Holt - The Richest Canadian Who Ever Lived; Lovely 2-page colour ad for Moirs Pot of Gold chocolates; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1959 Buick Models - Electra, LeSabre and Invicta; Nice multi-photo black and white Studebaker Lark ad; Lovely full-page colour ad for Smiles'n Chuckles chocolates; Full-page colour ad for the Chevrolet 1959 Impala Sport-Coupe and 4-door Bel Air sedan; Wonderful Coke (Coca Cola) ad on back cover features Santa kicking his boots off while seated, with reindeer asleep beneath his chair. and more. Unmarked with only moderate wear. One-inch opening to bottom of cover fold and first four pages. An above-average copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Magazine
72 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules shows its airlift capacity; Marine Corps Reserves; Sikorsky ad shows the HSS-1N at sea; Republic ad shows their Lark helicopter at work; Single Concept - Road to Disaster; Force Artillery - a quick look at the hardware of today and tomorrow; Force Motor Transport - article with truck photos; Seabeas 1961- what they do and how they do it; Force Troops, FMFLant - Mission, Organization, Readiness, Programs to Improve Readiness; Force Troops, FMFPac - Mission, Orgainzation, Readiness; Force Troops FMF Pac Report - Missiles; Aimed Fire - third of three articles on West European fire arms and tactics; Commando Course, RM - Capt Alfred J. Croft recounts his attendance at this rugged British school; Royal Marines, UK; FMF 1965 - proposed organization and major equipment; Nice photo Jeep ad illustrates the M-170 front line ambulance, M-274 mechanical mule and FC-170 12-passenger personnel carrier; Transfers and Promotions; Back cover photo ad for the Kaman Huskie search and rescue helicopter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book presents a collection of Aesop's fables as a dramatic vehicle for presentation. 66 "playlets" written expressly for elementary school classrooms, grades two to five. Plays include: Mouse and the bull, Grasshopper and the owl, Two frogs, Wolf and the lamb, Boy and the nuts, Flea and the ox, Mother lark and her babies, Peacock and juno, Hare and the tortoise, Wind and the sun, Serpent and the eagle, The heron, etc.
No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 147p. This issue includes WE Johns adult novels and stories, Algernon Swinburne poet, E Charles Vivian, collecting election ephemera, William Mayne's children's books, collecting WC Fields books, Flora Thompson and 'Lark Rise to Candleford', index and letters and classified..
Pages 389-428. Includes the chapter "Sea Power and Neutrality". Photos and illustrations include the transport 'Southlands' which was torpedoed, great photo of a British cruiser being manually loaded with coal, photo of seaman shovelling coal into the boiler of a British battleship, great photo of a bale of cotton being x-rayed for contraband, photo of German officers arriving at London law courts, H.M.S. 'Lark' escorting a channel steamer, Survivors of the 'Indian City' and 'Headlands' being returned to St. Mary's, 15 March 1915, Lord Devonport, Photo of the torpedoed Norwegian ship 'Belridge', four photos related to the torpedoing of the 'Falaba', Admiral R.D.S. De Chair, Lord Beresford, Lord Sydenham, photos related to the capture of the British liner 'Appam' by the Germans, Sir Henry Crofton Lowther, Sir Esme W. Howard, and Lord Robert Cecil. Above-average external wear. Three-hole punched. Covers free of staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
44 pages. Features: Nice one-page two-colour ad inside front cover for Capernwray Harbour National Headquarters on Thetis Island; Joy MacPhail makes a good minister of disinformation; Gun owners advised to not incriminate themselves; Why do we have no right to life, but a right to sodomy?; Recall campaigns against Helmut Giesbrecht and Paul Ramsey; Yellowknife has become the cocaine hub of the Northwest Territories; Leaky Condos; Ad feature on the Lark Group; Delwin Vriend; William Bennest Fired; Pat Quinn is fired; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Brief piece on North Vancouver sprinter Harry Jerome; Non-Profits should pay taxes; Bruce Bairnsfather and his friend, Old Bill; Studebaker Lark car ad; The Scandal of our lost art treasures - while our museums were buying Chinese and Greek antiquities foreign collectors practically swept this country bare of irreplaceable native relics and pioneer art - article with colour photos of impressive U.S. collections of northwest coast native art; John Diefenbaker shows his souvenirs of John A. MacDonald; The Day Canada Was Born - interesting photo-illustrated article about July 1, 1867; The Unknown Years of Stephen Leacock - photo-illustrated article; The Languid and Lovely St. John River; Canada House in London - Everybody's Home Away From Home; How I Came to Burn Sir John A. - Bruce Hutchison convesses to a youthful sin; CNR passenger train ad; Canadian Army recruiting ad features their work in the Gaza Strip; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows kids under sprinkler; and more. Scratching/tearing to upper corner of front cover and first few pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
