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152 pages. Features: DYON - the symbol of summer for four generations; Albert Strange and the Canoe Yawl SHEILA; Quick Steps for Spring Painting - Part II; Building the Belles of the Western Rivers - a rare glimpse into the world of steamboat construction; Trout Unlimited - The Compleat Fly Fisherman; PILGRIM'S Progress - Dennis Holland's new Baltimore Clipper; Bagging the GULL - Constant Camber goes Mono - Part I; The Careful Creation of MELE KAI - Part II - the completion of a lovely double-ended cruising boat. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
160 pages. Features: JENNY NORMAN comes alive - Jim Richardson builds a bugeye for himself; Pert Lowell and the Art of the Mast Hoop; VARUA - Soul of the Southern Sea - a tale of construction, reconstruction and new life; A Matter of Detail - the finer points of boatbuilding; A Story of Priorities - a realistic approach to restoration; My Brother Everett - The boatbuilder as artist, the artist as boatbuilder; Four great wooden boat regattas; A conversation with Dick Clarke - he keeps Lake Tahoe's classsics going strong; Bagging the GULL - Constant Camber goes Mono - Part II. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Photos of Vancouver's goals when Boston first visited the Canucks on February 16th; Charlie Hodge - an office between the pipes; John (Pie) McKenzie - He's the Spirit that buoys Bruins; Photos of team executives; Medicor - The Ice People; The Prize - the history of the Stanley Cup; Boston Bruins - 1969-70 Stanley Cup Champions - team photo and article; Bobby Orr - Superstar Supreme - page of photos; Slow'n Easy - That's Espo (Phil Esposito; Nice colour "Old Style" Beer ad; Bill Good Jr. - Proud and Humble - the youngest occupant of a National Hockey Leaguue Gondola - Hockey Night in Canada; Canada Dry ad with large photo of Mike Corrigan, Vancouver Canucks Star of the Month; Rosters of the Canucks and Bruins; Jerry Cheevers - he keeps the Bruins Loose - article with photo; Colour Yardley ad with Bobby Orr photo; Monkey Business in the Boston Garden; Ted Green Defies Doctors - recovering from being hit on the head with the stick of Wayne Maki; Around the Circuit, by Greg Douglas; Derek Sanderson feature on back page. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this excellent collectible from the Canucks' first season. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Tears on edge worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Light foxing to side page ends. 6 7/8"w x 9 1/8"h. 248 pages.
20 pages. Black and white illustrations. Includes these stories: Uncle Wiggily and the Red Monkey; Uncle Wiggily and the Butterfly; Uncle Wiggily and the Roast Potatoes; Uncle Wiggily and Buddy Pigg; Uncle Wiggily and the Hippity-Hop Toad; Uncle Wiggily and the Angle Worms; Uncle Wiggily and the Black Beetle; Uncle Wiggily and the Kittie Kat. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this wonderful children's collectible. Book
Prefazione - Il caso 'Lotrionte' e la perizia di un neo-apiologo - La trovata di Italo Giglioli - Le panzane di Augusto Poggi - Il Pretore e il Sindaco di Villacidro - Una dinastia di Faraoni e il Prefetto di Udine - La giurisdizione feudale del prof. Vivenza - Un enigma presidenziale - Riassunto critico 1 24,5x16,5 cm., in brossura, pp. 120 (1), prima edizione, primo migliaio, in italiano, dorso un po' lacerato, normali segni del tempo, buon esemplare. Dedica manoscritta dell'A.
136 pages. Several pages of black and white photos of Tom T. Hall plus two pages of biographical information. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Back When We Were Young; The Bourbon Man; Canadian Woman (Canadian Clubs); Candy in the Window; Coot Marseilles Blues; Country Cabin-itis; Country Is; Forget It; God Came Through Belleville Georgia; Gone to Hell in a Basket; Grandma Whistled; I Feel Like Flying Away; I Know Who I'll Be Seeing in New Zealand; I Love; Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You; Last Hard Town; The Loneliest Girl in the Crowd; The Man Who Hated Freckles; Me and Jesus; The Monkey That Became President; More About John Henry; Never Having You; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine; One More Song for Jesus; Original Traveling Man; Pamela Brown; Pay No Attention to Alice; A Piece of the Road; Pratt Street; The Promise and the Dream; Ravishing Ruby; The Rolling Hills of Middletown; Running Wild; She Gave Her Heart to Jethro; Souvenirs; Spokane Motel Blues; St. Louis Named a Shoe After Me; The Story of Your Life is in Your Face; Subdivision Blues; That Song is Driving Me Crazy; Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On; When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore; Who Needs a Baby; Windy City Anne; You Love Everybody But You. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Tom T. Hall memento. Book
229 pages. Contains Eric Nicol's best-loved and most popular plays - Like Father Like Fun, The Fourth Monkey and Pillar of Sand. Prior owner's inkstamp upon title page and fore-edge else unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Features: Lost from the Fleet, by George Allan England - 1; President Lincoln's Beaver Robe, by C.A. Stephens; The Epidemic at Hemingway's, by Ruth and Robert Osborne; The Adventures of William Tucker - IX, by George Halsey Gillham; Hunting with Bow and Arrow, by Edward W. Frentz; Fact and Comment; The Miscellany Page - hands of good men; This Busy World - Mussolini on Democracy, Did Civilization begin in Brazil?; Poise instead of shyness. The Bobbed Monkey - E.W. Frentz. Cleansing Delicate Garments - lovely Ivory Soap Flakes ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Features: Smoke Jumpers of Silver City - forest firefighters of the United States Forest Service; Buffalo Bull - a gripping story set in the wild Acholiland province of Uganda; Contraband Cruise - sten gun pirates terrorize Tangier's 'free-traders' on the Mediterranean; Search for the Sahara Stallion - a quest for a fabulous strain of horses; The Gold-Rush Murders - the most shocking crime the Yukon had ever seen; The Fang Men of Malaya - The Hairy Giants/Ape Men of the Malayan Jungles; I Had a Man Friday - I Know an Island, Part IX - Antigua; Struggle for Survival - a continuation of 'Manhunt in Green Hell' - adventure in the jungle of French Guiana; and more. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
Stories: Dead Man's Valley; The Old Firm; The Spoofing of Hi-Unk; Kidnapped!; Hoodoo Gold; Monkey Business; The Human Bomb; Our Temple; Deer-Culling in New Zealand; What Happened to Sam; A Sailors Bride. Above-average wear. Book
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Satan - story of a pet monkey in the Ivory Coast; Exploring in Brazil - photo-illustrated account of a sixteen-hundred mile trip up rapid-strewn rivers in a tiny launch through territory almost unknown to Europeans; The "King of the Clearwater" - a man claimed an area in Clearwater country, about sixty miles west of the North Thompson River, as his own and would go to any length to keep out intruders; The Ivory Raiders - Part II - a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the Swahili ivory-raiders and Turkana warriors of Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf; An Isle of Unrest - a chatty account of a little tramping holiday in Crete, with nice photos; Aquarium Adventures - remarkable stories of aquarium predicaments related by curators of various institutions; The Cat - Photo-illustrated tale from near Boise, Idaho; In Quest of the Unknown - Part IV - Photo-illustrated account of "Our adventures among the Chucunaque Indians (conclusion); The Second Touch - one of the queerest things that ever happened in Alaska; After a Native Murderer in Rhodesia - A B.S.A. Police trooper's story; On the "Devil's Staircase" - a New Zealand trapper's dangerous experience in a mountain blizzard; The Burmese Buddha - A stolen image of Buddha, stolen from the Shwe Dagon Pagoday, Rangoon, is returned after forty years; My Jungle Jaunts - Part II - An Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos (conclusion); A Wild Goose Chase - A sportsman's account of his first experience with a wily Canada goose; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Features include: A Matter of Magic - a battle of wits between a white man and an East African witch-doctor; Hill Section - a 115 mile section of railway linking Northern and Southern Assam; The Amateur Elephant Hunter; The Lead-Dog's Warning - Told by a Canadian trapper, illustrates the perils awaiting dwellers of the far north; The Captain's Mutiny - Captain Arnas Loivikas in 1931; The Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 3); Philo's Dream - an amazing affair in a tribal village in Papua; Monkey Business - A Moroccan Story; Spawn of Evil - A wild stallion the author endeavoured to break; Memorable Voyage - A South African Story; Pennies for Fools - The Australian Prospector; Four Shark's Teeth; Chasing Red Sea Smugglers - a breezy account of a decidedly interesting job; Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to covers. Contents good. Name atop back cover. 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. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 329 pages, contents include: Eutrophication and recovery, How aquatic communities work, Detergent, Puget Sound, Mono lake, Panama canal, Hubbard Brook, Lake Tahoe, Long Lake, Saline Lakes in the lower Grand Coulee, Experiments with whole lakes, etc.
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, and endpaper maps on blue stock; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON DEDICATION with newspaper obituary mounted on title verso. SOLD WITH A SMALL ARCHIVE OF STEPHENSON MEMORABILIA, INCLUDING 3 A.L.s, ASSOCIATED LETTERS AND COPY-LETTERS, Report & Accounts of the London Flotilla for 1972, Obituary number of the London Flotilla Bulletin (No. 2 July 1972) with cover photograph and extended obituary, and Order of Service of Thanksgiving at St. Martin-in-the-Fields 22 June 1972. Published a month after the first edition. Fascinating account and character sketch of the man who did more than any other to train the Royal Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Well-known BBC presenter and journalist Richard Baker, like many thousands of others, trained at Tobermory on Mull for the longest-running and hardest-fought campaign of WWII. A RARE AND RELEVANT ARCHIVAL COPY RELATING DIRECTLY TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INSPIRATIONAL COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
24 pages. Charming color illustrations on each page. Appears to be a first edition as no mention of any prior printings. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this happy animal tale. Book
pp. vii, 108. Ruled decorated title page. Penciled underlinings. Small 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, decorated and embossed in green. Original dust jacket, spine darkened with small loss. Nice copy. First Edition. Coldwar/Economics 10
[6], 168 pages. 9.5" x 6.5". Includes black and white illustrations by C.W. Jefferys from the Imperial Oil Collection. "Here we have the history of [Albion Township] , written by Esther Heyes, who is well qualified for such research and writing by her previous newspaper experience, and published by Werden Leavens of The Bolton Enterprise, well-known for his interest in historical projects. The Township lay outside the land included in the Toronto Purchase from the Indians in 1787-8 and belonged to the Mississauga Indians until 1818." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings and above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this informative Ontario local history. Bishop p.1100 Book
124 pages. Short Stories: What Husbands Don't Know; Secret in Her Past; Love-Struck; Terror in the Town. Articles: The Men Who Chase Missiles - our 'down-range" island outposts follow our missiles after takeoff - article with great photos; The Day Nothing Happened; I Lost My Wife to Tokyo TV - Linda Beech becomes the sensation of Japanese TV - article with great photos; The Secrets of the Souffle; Medicine's Legal Nightmare - Conclusion - The Source of the Trouble; Hustling Hubert Humphrey Makes His Bid; The Block I Lived On - Great New York article by Ralph Schoenstein relives his childhood days - with photo of Joe DiMaggio. Serials: The Dark Road (part 3 of 6); Comanche Captives (conclusion). Ads: Nice photo ad for a (red) 1959 Rambler station wagon inside front cover; GE kitchen appliances; Nice color Bulova Sea King ad; Robt. Burns Cigarillos; Caterpillar; Ipana Plus; Gem Push-Button Razors; Nice two-page color-photo Chevrolet ad features a blue Impala Sport Sedan; Marlboro cigarette ad entitled "Better 'makin's", features man with tatto on his smoking hand; Frigidaire fridge ad; Campbell's Cream of Potato Soup; Lucky Struke ad features photo of fire spotter at work; very nice two-page color ad for the line fo International trucks; Pep O Mint Lifesavers; Dristan; Johnson outboard motors; Dial Soap; Whirlpool appliances (2 color pages); Stanley Tools; Lowe Brothers Paints; Plumb Hammers; Tecumseh engines; Black & Decker Appliances; Gene Sarazen is pictured in a W.D. Allen sprinkler ad; Chore-master mowers; REO mowers; Portland Cement Association ad features color photo of Bob Hope; Instant Simoniz car wax; Royal Crown Cola; Nice color photo Buick ad features 1959 orangish convertible at sunset; Nice Chrysler ad inside back cover features a pale-green 4-Door Hardtop; L&M cigarette ad on back cover features organ grinder's monkey; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Printed in Bavaria. Prior owner's name inside front board. Hinges cracked but holding. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy with attractive colour-illustrated front board. Book
Scenes of fighting in Natal. The seige of Ladysmith. Scenes at the front. Scenes near Estcourt, Natal. New South Wales Contingent departs for action aboard the 'Aberdeen' (photo). The "Medic" departs Fort Melbourne Pier for the Cape with Victorian and Tasmanian Contingents (photo). Bringing Boer Prisoners into Ladysmith (illustration). 16 Photos of Casualties at the front. Photo of the Canadian contingent passing up Adderly St., Cape Town. Photo of the Bluejackets of H.M.S. "Terrible" with 4.7" gun. Centerfold illustration entitled "The Transvaal War: The Loss of Our Guns at the Tugela River". The Khalifa's last stand at Umdebereikat, in Kordofan. The Battle of Abu Aada. Full-page Monkey Brand Soap advertisement. Photo of four officers of the Dublin Fusiliers. A jubilee group of colonials - photo. Quaker Oats ad upon back cover. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Book
Pages: 37-76. Features: Nice one-page Daimler Regency ad; Cover photo of the 'World Peace' which struck the El Ferdan swing bridge and blocked the Suez Canal; Professor Edgar Douglas Adrian; Mau Mau Terrorism in Kenya - home of Mrs. Anne Carnelley is burned; Fastest Man on Earth - photo of J.P. Stapp being strapped into rocket sled at Alamorgordo; Danish freighter 'Lexa Maersk' burns in Singapore; France approves German rearmament; Photos of 17 personalities of the week include Viscount Hambleden and his fiancee Donna Maria Carmela Attolico de Adelfia, Colonel Jose Antonio Remon of Panama, Roger G. Bannister, Captain Sir Robert Irving, and record glider Philip Wills; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral William Morrow Fechteler, U.S.N.; Two pages of interesting photos of life in Baghdad/Iraq; Two-pages of illustrations present the decline and fall of the Battleship - silhouettes of the world's capital ships, which have decreased in numbers and importance ever since the Battle of Jutland in 1916; Christmas Day Crash at Prestwick - wrecked B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; Demolishing the London Zoo's Monkey Hill; Wonderful centerfold illustration of the view looking north over Central Park in Manhattan from the Observation Tower of the R.C.A. Building; Two pages of photos from Britain's first national Boat Show; Photos of 16 people who received awards, including Sir Arnold Gridley who was created a Baron; Sultan of Zanzibar opens new power station; King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia visits King Phumiphol Aduldej of Siam; Two wonderful photos of London bidding a gay welcome to 1955 - scenes at the Chelsea Arts Ball, and in Piccadilly Circus; Photo of mink farm in Cary, Illinois where 50,000 mink are being raised; Photo of large wind generator at St. Albans which may supply up to 100 kW; Article on the Mangrove. Average wear. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
