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114 pages. Features: Reports on Canada's Boom, Washington, and Jordan; Other Worlds Than Ours, by Donald H. Menzel; British Cultural Fatique, by Kenneth Tynan; Hunting Moon, by William Wister Haines; The Kidnaping of Kamlon, by Agnes Newton Keith; Horizon Thong (a poem), by George Abbe; Soviet Industry, by Edward Crankshaw; Cockles, Brambles, and Fern Hill - Dylan Thomas in Wales, by John Malcolm Brinnin; Saturday Night, a Story, by Marjorie Anais Housepian; Educational Television, by Leland Hazard; The Wreath - a story, by Frank O'Connor; T.E. Lawrenc- Man or Myth?, by B.H. Liddell Hart; Charles de Gaulle, by Curtis Cate; Air Travel with Stopovers, by Mitchell Goodman (part 2). Interesting colour ad by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover; Black and white photo ad by the Bell Telephone System shows damage of Hurricane Diane. Nice black and white photo ad by Columbia Records features pianist Robert Casadesus; Colour ad for the European Travel Commission inside back cover; Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
136 pages. Includes 627 lots. Dozens of excellent colour and black and white photos. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
172 pages. Join this experienced artist and aviator on the flights of his life. Phillips' paintings of the great aircraft depicted in this book give you the experiences of an eyewitness in ways that photography never could. "The finest reproduction possible is supervised by the artist to fill these pages with more than eighty full-color pieces of art, plus sketches and drawings direct from Phillips' personal sketchbooks. In addition there are two three-page fold-outs, to communicate the sensation of flying as no other book can." - from dust jacket. Book as new. Dust jacket bears quarter inch nick to top corner of front panel, else shows negligible wear. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
62 pages. Undated - possibly circa 1930s. Color frontispiece illustration by Mallet and charming black and white illustrations in text. Includes these stories: Flower-Pot House; Boot Box Bungalow; The Three Little Nigger Boys; Peter's Day in the Country; Playing at Bears; Belinda Goes for a Ramble; The Rhyme of 50 P's; Professor Blobsky and the Man in the Moon. Nice color Mallet illustration of boy and girl on public transit on back cover. Front board and back strip missing. Binding loose. Heavy wear. A very poor copy of this uncommon title. Book
68 pages. Features: Why Bisque Heads?; Madame L. - Maker of Parisian Automata; Dolling In and Around London; Gifts I Would Like to Present; Ice Capade Dolls; Compo Corner; Preview of the Collector's History of Teddy Bears; Tammy and Dolls You Love to Dress; Dolls at Auction; Ask the Doll's Dressmaker; Sailor Suit from Captain January; An Artist's Paper Dolls from a 19th Century Scrapbook; N.A.M.E. Goes to Boston; From Elspeth's Inkpot; Colleen Moore's Enchanted Castoe - interview with Colleen Moore. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Nice full-page ad for 'Survive'; Phantoms and Fantasies - interview with Brian De Palma; 'The Savage is Loose' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on motion picture cameraman James Wong Howe; The Berlin Film Festival; 'Marathon Man' - photos; Reviews - 'The Incredible Sarah', Obsession', 'Face to Face', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'Lina Braake', 'Die Marquise Von O', 'The Bad News Bears', 'The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday', 'The Scarlet Buccaneer', 'Futureworld', 'The Message', 'The Last Woman', 'The Stepford Wives', 'The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings; 'The Sentinel' - photos; 'Seizure' - photos; 'Chi dice donna dice donna' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
152 pages. Records the development of Western Canada from 1882 to 1939 as seen through the eyes of farm journalists who wrote about what they saw and felt during that time. Records how the prairie farmer has been a vital cog in Canada's economic, political and social development. Chapters include: The Sod Busters; Farm Power and Farmer Power; Feeding a War; The Turbulent Twenties; The Dirty Thirties. Abundantly illustrated including numerous wonderful full-size colour reproductions of contemporary magazine covers. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear and slight lean to spine. Dust jacket bears several tears and shows average wear. Lovely copy. Book
250 pages. Alan Fry's signature upon title page. In this irreverent look at backwoods life and politics Wilf Taylor recounts his dealings with zesty bears, inept supervisors, and overzealous hunters. Reveals the human side of a rugged and unforgiving land. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket protected by clear glossy protective cover. Excellent copy. Book
324 pages including index and numerous interesting black and white photographic plates. Inscribed to "Number 32 Deepsea" by Author upon half-title page which bears many additional signatures including those of: David Forsyth, Bob MacLaurier, A.J. (Jack) Douglas, Bob Kennedy, Tom McGrath, A. McKeown, Gerry McCullough, Bill Wilson, and Lloyd Robinson. McCullough is mentioned in the book as a Lake seaman who went deepsea during the war and was, at time of publication, a full-time organizer for the International Transport Workers Federation and responsible for tracking down ships violating basic conditions and bringing them into line. His predecessor was Tom McGrath. Shotguns, Mounties, American gangsters, the courts and government - all were used by the shipowners to destroy the Canadian Seaman's Union. What was this union that provoked such an unprecedented attack? Combining rigorous research with the stirring recollections of the people who lived the events, Jim Green weaves a gripping story from the union's birth on the Great Lakes in the mid-1930s through the 1949 world-wide strike to save the Canadian merchant fleet. Some creasing to covers. Average wear overall to this special copy. Book
60pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Passage of House Joint Resolution 205 marks new era for Alaska; Her Name is Salty - first of six chapters of "Trolling Poles"; The Stikine River; Caribou Hunt - grizzlies were around but hard to find on this northern British Columbia trip; Nine Polar Bears - for Eskimos to see a herd of polar bears is a rare event; Hunt Wolves in September; Log Cabin Home; and more. Covers loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1955. Wonderful black and white photos throughout. Features: British Columbia's Centennial Celebrations; Canada's Boy's Town in Malaya; Colombo Plan Steel Technicians in Britain; Ghana's Goodwill and Trade Mission; Designs of the Year - annual U.K. awards; Ceylon's Buddhists in London; H.M. the Queen Mother's World Tour; Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Child Welfare in Pakistan; Modern New Airport in Nairobi, Kenya; New Zealand's expanding forests; The Craft of the Nigerian Potter; Spare-Time Studies in Britain; Uganda's New Agrucultural School. Bonus: includes 8-page Canadian supplement which bears a lovely colour portrait of H.R.H. the Princess Margaret. Second Bonus: 13" x 9" photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, suitable for framing. Covers detached from textblock but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: Beavers - intimate glimpses of a colony in the wilds; Bad Boy - the story of an interesting hawk pet; The Sand Dunes of Indiana; Giants of Hornet Land; The Cruel Vine our Grandmothers Loved - the Cruel Vine or flycatcher; Conservation - solving the bureaucratic jig-saw puzzle; Salmon or Kilowatts - Columbia River Dams threaten great natural resource; Carving the Mountains; Do Natural Enemies destroy more game than hunters?; Admiralty Island's bears; Mr. Darling and Leadership; Shall ducks follow the Dodo?; Meteors as a Hobby. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Lew Brady's Partner, by Samuel Merwin; Ingram & Co., by J.W. Marshall; Jack Farrington's Beanstalk - VIII, by David Loraine and Arthur Floyd Henderson; The Lost Legacy, by C.A. Stephens; Greenland Ho! (with black and white photos), by David Binney Putnam; Model Airplanes - V, by F. Alexander Magoun; The Wonder Story of Steinmetz - VII - photo of Steinmetz with Edison, by John Winthrop HAmmond; How Nancy Ann's Grandfather Scared Three Bears, by Frances Margaret Fox. Nice ad for the "Hawaiian Banjo-Uke" on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Sheila Wallace - artist in wax; The Marque Doll; The Door of Hope Reopened; Mid-Victorian China-Headed Infant Dolls; Comic Strip "Pillow" Dolls from the 1920's period; Compo Corner; Preview of Collectors History of Teddy Bears, Part II; The New Baby; The Dolls with the Contagious Smile - a photographic essay; A House Full of Dolls; Ask the Doll's Dressmaker; Dressing an 11.5" China Head Doll; Eugenia, A Lady of Quality; What is Restoring a Doll?; Schoenhut Restoration; Supplement to Advertising Paper Dolls, Part III; A Miniature Round-up Down Texas Way; From Elspeth's Inkpot. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
203 pages including index and several black and white photographic plates. Gives an up-to-date approach to an ancient art, in which hypnosis is regarded as a potent and multi-faceted tool which can be used to modify patient-reactions resulting from surgery and complex treatments, such as coronary care and renal dialysis. Obstetrics and dentistry excepted, its use to replace normal anaesthetic methods is nearly obsolete today. The hospital doctor who realizes the reciprocal effects of severe illness on his patient's psyche yet deprecates the routine use of tranquilizers, will find this book invaluable. Book in excellent condition; clean, lightly worn and unmarked. Dust jacket bears a variety of smallish tears at edges and has chips missing. Book
68 pages plus advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Features: 'Twixt Sea and Sand - Drama is the daily diet of those who man the lightships that keep the world's shipping off the dreaded Goodwins; Build or Die! - Describes Canadian Arctic Igloo Building Schools for airmen; Diamonds are Dangerous - Following upon secret investigations by Sir Percy Sillitoe, former head of M.I.5, the De Beers Corporation is said to be establishing a special staff to deal with the menace of the international traffic in stolen stones. Relates remarkable stories concerning diamond smugglers and the 'big men' behind them; Danger, Loco Adrift - A 65-ton locomotive slips its lashings upon the stormbound Norwegian s.s. Belpareil, causing terror aboard; Destination Unknown - Second Instalment of the remarkable post-war Asian adventures of Military Medal recipient Peter Pinney; The Rain Stoppers - In some parts of the world, natives are employed to stop the rain descending; Search for Living Gold - Author ventures to the Andes to acquire chinchilla; Ghost of the White Chief - South African farmer John Roberts and his marble life-sized statue to be opened upon his death; The Very Mysterious Eel- What strange impulse sends the eel thousands of miles out into the ocean to spawn - and die?; A Thousand Miles to Railhead - Motor Transport in North Australia, including photo of a 'road train' carrying 70 head of cattle; Horses on Snowshoes - How snowshoes have been adapted for use by horses, thereby easing the difficult transportation problems of the British Columbia wilderness; Jungle Hideout - Running from the Japanese, eating dog for dinner, teaching guerillas to sing - these are but a few of the adventures of Nona Baker who spent nearly four years in jungle hideouts in Asia; Paddy's Lapse - A Merchant Navy officer's account of a terrifying experience when his ten-thousand ton ship was heading straight for Lundy Island at ten knots; Between Ourselves - notes by the editor, including a prediction of helicopter logging in the future. Top third of back cover missing. Chips missing from spine. Somewhat above average wear. Fascinating tales. Magazine
50 pages. Features: Ad for 'A Murder is Announced' inside front cover; 'In Camera' column discusses 'Star Wars' with photos; 4-pages pictorial appreciation of the career of Charlie Chaplin; Photo-illustrated interview with Fred Zinnemann; 'The Last Wave' - photos; Tehran 1977 -article on this film festival; 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on the myth and magic of Jean Cocteau (conclusion); Survey of the 21st London Film Festival; 'The Choirboys' - photos; Reviews - 'The Amsterdam Kill', 'Assault on Precinct 13', 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training', 'Canal Zone', 'Eight Hundred Heroes', 'The Gauntlet', 'The Last Remake of Beau Geste', 'Mustang', 'Roller Coaster'; Photos on location of 'The Big Sleep'; 'Let's Get Laid' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The ninth Inspector Morse novel
Grenoble, Dardelet 1925. Grand in-8 carré relié demi-basane bleue à coins. Dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons et titre doré. Dos insolé. Faux titre, frontispice, titre, XI + 306 pages. Préface d'Henry Bordeaux, illustrations d'Emile Guigues. Bon état
138 pages. Signed by photographer upon half-title page. "A photographic record of time spent in one of the last surviving tracts of temperate rain forest on earth... A celebration of the grizzly bear, taking you on a journey into one of the hidden corners of our fragile planet." - from dust jacket. Oblong 13" x 10". Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Book
192 pages. Cover photo of Jacqueline Kennedy and kids on horseback. Features: Lucille Ball - How I Got to Be President; More Wives Ask - Who Am I and What Should I Do With My Life?; Louis Nizer - How to Tell the Truth in Court; Gary Cooper - A Final Act of Courage; Perle Mesta - Seven First Ladies I Have Known; Nice full-page colour photo Coke ad featuring Clown and lady in dress; Many pages of great vintage colour photo ads; Child Care in Russia Better Than Ours?; Great colour ad for Carter's "French Doll" Clothes; The Fraud of Femininity, by Betty Friedan; The Girl Who Said No, by Mel Heimer; Donovan's Retreat, by James Robbins MIller; A Friend of a Friend, by Margaret Cousins; The Moonflower Vine, Jetta Carleton; Captain Kangaroo Play-Together Page; Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy. Book
222 pages including index and bibliography. A revision of the author's thesis, Princeton University, 1974. Using data from the 1897 Imperial Russian Census, the author examines two types of migration: that to an already settled, relatively modern area, such as the major cities; and that to a sparsely populated, relatively traditional area, such as the agricultural frontier. Concludes that migration within European Russia and from European Russia to Asiatic Russia supports the model. Book clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket bears closed half-inch tear to top of spine, else moderate wear. Very nice copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Great action cover photo shows Gerry Cheevers - with no mask - with arms and legs flailing; Vintage ad for CCM Tackaberry (Tacks) skates; Cooper-Weeks photo-hockey equipment ad features their white three-piece helmets; Bauer Bobby Hull Skates ad features photo of Bobby; Photo-illustrated article in Alan Eagleson - the man who pushes salaries up and up; Photo-illustrated article on Gerry Cheevers; Photo-illustrated article on Wayne Hillman; Photo-illustrated article on Yvan Cournoyer, "Yvan the Terrible"; Great six-page off-ice photo feature of the Red Wings visiting Chicago for a game; Dazzling Denis Dejordy - photo-illustrated article; The Big Train - Lionel Conacher excelled at every sport he tried - photo-illustrated article; Article on Brian Conacher - who comes from a great hockey family; Early Philadelphia Flyers article with photos of Bud Poile, Keith Allen, and their arena under construction; Long Island Arena - The Ebbets Field of Hockey; Article on the Hershey Bears with photos of Gil Gilbert, Wayne Rivers and Gene Ubriaco; Columbus Checkers article on their playing coach Edward (Moe) Bartoli; Murray Davison puts the blaze in the Oklahoma City Blazers; San Diego Gulls article with photos of Fred Hilts, Warren Hynes and Larry McNabb; Small ad for Northland sticks; Great half-page vintage ad for Eagle Toys tabletop hockey game; Modest moisture marks to covers and contents near each end of spine. Two-inch opening at bottom of coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
320 pages including bibliography. An authoritative and readable illustrated record of now completed chapters in U.S. Military arms history - the Service use of the "Springfield" rifle and of the .30-'06 cartridge. Based upon 20 years of study by a former arms Research and Development Engineer. For arms collectors there are over 175 pages of text and exact scale drawings. Covered are 5 prototypes and 21 standard rifles, with additional variations as to sights, 'scopes, and attachments. Also covered are the Pederson Device, Garand firing pin and Woody set trigger. For cartridge collectors there are some 60 pages with drawings devoted to every significant standard .30-'03 and .30-'06 cartridge, to past Match ammunition, and to Cal. .22 ammunition in the Service. For shooters, a third of the book is devoted to adjustment and maintenance, rational approach to Sporter rifle design, modern methods of modifying the '03 for target use, and informed selection of hunting loads. Includes over 100 illustrations. Unquestionably the most complete and useful work ever produced on a specific subject, and merits the attention of all arms men. Small bookseller's sticker upon each endpaper else clean and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears average wear with some tears and is protected by clear plastic cover. Remains a nice copy of this magnificent work. Book
96 pages. Features: Palestine Party - The Air Fleet Arm is sent into action to meet the Greatest Menace of the Arab Rebellion; Masquerade Murder - the Squire's 'Ghost Plane'; Raiders Ride High - A Hybrid Monster bears a load of venomous purpose; True Narrative - The Conclusion of a British 'Ace' who served in the War in the Air from First to Last; The Bloke in the Bowler - When certain Brain Guys from the U.S.A decided to go into aviation, Flt.-Lt. Kinley of the Secret Service was bound for adventure; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Upper right corner of front cover obscured. Book
