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56 pages. Features: The last chapter of the great E.P. Taylor Myth - the E.P. Taylor of modern Canadian folklore, reighning tycoon of a nation and master of all the hidden levers of power - he is not and never was, by Barbara Moon with many photos; Anatomy of a world-wide sensation - pilot Ralph Flores and his passenger Helen Klaben survived a 48-day ordeal in the winter wild; What the new drive for church unity means to Christians; How I was trapped by Jasper the Cartoon bear for Maclean's Magazine - the true confessions of the cartoonist who created Jasper the bear in 1948 and has been running hard to keep up with Canada's most famous bear ever since, by James Simpkins; The Tribal Customs of space-age children - an eyewitness account by Robert Thomas Allen; Our Alabama - a report by Peter Gzowski on the harsh realities setting whites against Indians near Glaslyn, Saskatchewan - article with many great black and white photos; The Montreal Stampede to Learn French; Colour photo Coke ad of a young lovely lifeguard and her many admirers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: The Glory of the Sunset - colour photos; The Dreams of Barren Garden - colour photos; The Brightening Day - colour photos; Sylvia Chang - one-page colour photo; The Li Hsing I Know; Siau Yao; Deborah Leung; Ti Lung; Article on Dana; Chen Chen and Liu Chia Chong to marry; Hu Yin Mung; King Wu Starts Working; The Blowing of White and Snowy Flowers; Oh, My Dear!; The Brightening Day; The Deadly Silver Spear; Showdown at the Equator; Ma Yung Lin's car accident; Robert Redford; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
A PRISTINE COPY OF THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH DEVOTED TO FUCHSIA. 4, 56 pp + 24 pp publisher's catalogue. 300 varieties of fuchsia exhaustively described. 12mo. Entirely uncut in publisher's beautifully lithographed wraps. A bit of faint spotting to paper, else FINE AND BRIGHT. An incredible survival. sxxi
Volume I covers 1515-1849 while Volume II spans 1850-1950. Volume I is 40 pages plus a large collection of black and white plates. Volume II is 37 pages plus another large collection of full-page black and white plates. Inclusions in this work are restricted to painters for whom, in at least one known painting the inclusion of representational flowers, fruit or still life has been of major importance. This definition allows the inclusion of many of the almost unknown illustrators who, working for scientific or horticultural publications have nevertheless served the two masters - Art and Science. Front endpaper removed from Volume I. Usual library markings to both volumes else unmarked. Average wear to blue boards. No library markings to exterior except darkened patches where library stickers were removed from spines. Bindings sound. Book
8vo., text in French; handsomely bound in Arts & Crafts style with marbled boards, blue morocco back with four raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, large third compartment inlaid with floral design in red and brown, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, yellow silk marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Features: Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle shows man selling flowers to Grey Cup lineup; Colour photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Editorial - 'Why Appease South Africa?'; Fantastic 4-page section of black and white photos of vintage toys plus descriptions - a list of Christmas toys provided by The Canadian Playthings Institute; Karsh Photographs the Face of Canada - beginning with Vancouver, 'A City Built on Timber - Water is a Secondary Theme' - the first of ten picture essays; Is the Liberal Party on the Ropes? - defeats of Liberal leaders in six provinces; They'll Keep the Pace - The New Pioneers of the Peace River Country, with colour photos; The Most Beautiful Girl on TV - Toby Robins - with 16 black and white photos; How to Bring Up an Only Child; The Spritely Czar of the CPR - William Van Horne; The City Where Dancing's A Crime - Trois Rivieres, Quebec - article with six black and white photos; Thoughts on Mackenzie King, by Bruce Hutchison; The Killer in the Snow - story by Will F. Jenkins, illustrated by Ben Turner; Granpa was a Freshman - at 52 Allan Hull enrolled at the University of British Columbia - with 3 photos; Lovely colour Kodak photo ad shows mother recording her son's height on doorframe; Great full-page colour illustrated Coke ad displays the four seasons; The Face that People Forget - Alec Guiness; *Fantastic* eight-page colour centerfold ad section for Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth 1953 models; Colour photo ad for Heinz Soups; Colour-illustrated ads for Sunbeam Coffeemaster and Mixmaster; Two-colour ad for Austin cars; Colour ad for Waterman's Pens with Christmas theme; Ad for the General Electric Rotary Ironer; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet; Nice colour Old Dutch ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Cover photo of diplomatic reception at the White House; Beautiful color fashion ads; Deep Analysis of the American Mind by a British psychiatrist; The Rise and Fall of the Watusi (Tutsi) - Photos and article on an earlier iteration of bloodshed between the Hutu and Tutsi people of Rwanda; More Americans own shares in U.S. Corporations than ever before; Photos of a ball at the White House - with dancing photos of LBJ, Mrs. Anatoly Dobrynin, Dr. Janet Travell, Datin Ong of Malaysia, Mrs. Antonio Carrillo Flores of Mexico, G. Mennen Williams, Ullina Koroma, Lynda Bird, Dave Lefeve, Lady Bird Johnson and USSR Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin; In Defense of Charles de Gaulle; Why the Girls Scream, Weep, Flip - photo-illustrated article; Hollywood Laughs it Up - funny photos from movies; But Where are the Chaperons?; The Call Him the Greatest on Ice - Photo-illustrated article on Gordie Howe of the Detroit Redwings; Nice color-photo centerfold for Stevens Fabrics features 19 models, including someone who looks a lot like Johnny Carson; Photos of fashionable bookshelves; United States Lines color-photo ad includes Hildegarde, Mr. Leon Cherksey and Mrs. Reed Albee; Kids and Cops - some New York kids eye New York's finest with mixed reactions. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
68 pages. Features: Nice color-photo Nash car ad inside front cover; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 5, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post features articles on the U.S. Navy and occupied Poland; Marriage of Ilona Massey to Alan Curtis; Brief obituaries for Dr. Eugene Dubois and Lawrence Hills; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features happy photo scenes of soup being served; US takes dozens of foreign ships into 'protective custody' - discovery of Axis sabotage, Nazi nationals rush home; Crackdown on former Communist leaders Earl R. Browder and Richard J.H. Krebs, alias Jan Valtin; Dr. John Romulus Brinkley - radios' goateed medicine man; White Slavery on Cow Island, MS - Mrs. Cora Lee Davis and her family were held for two years by sharecropper Joseph Walker; Yugoslav Stand Against the Nazis - Belgrade closes border and Bulgarian Army mobilizes; Grainy photo of Ribbentrop welcoming Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka; Color Good Year tire ad; Color-photo Canadian Club whiskey ad features photo of rowboat approaching iceberg to await rescue; Cine-Kodak movie camera ad; Strike tidal wave; Nice color Cadillac ad features front grill and Hydra-Matic Drive; Classy color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows lady holding flowers; Last run for 10th Avenue cowboy in New York - with photo of him leading freight train down street; Photo of bank in New Rochelle station waiting room includes partial view of classic 1941 magazine rack; Photos of boxers Lou Nova and Max Baer; John Kieran; Emiliano Zapata - Prince of the Peasants - with photo; Book review of "Chemical Warfare" by Dr. Curt Wachtel, including photo of author; Nice color ad for Grace Line Cruises on back cover shows older man lounging on deck; and much more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: New York to Paris - around the world in one hundred and seventy days - from the files of George Schuster; 1957 Glidden Tour; World's Largest Antique Auto Meet - the national fall meet at Hershey; The "One Car" Club - Road Testing a 1913 Merz Cyclecar; The Eastbourne Battle of Flowers in May, 1896; Basket Case on a Budget - or - Who Needs Money When He Has a Friend? - a three-year restoration of a Ford Town Car - article with photos; Self-Propelled Vehicles from 1400 to 1900 - today's automobile got its start in the dark ages - article with photos; 7th annual "Old Car Festival" at Ford's Greenfield Village; America's Fastest Antique Car - Thomas J. Lester's 1913 LozierIn Duster and Veil; Opel and Vauxhall celebrate anniversaries with introduction to American Market - article with photos; Memories of a DuPont Special; Sixtieth Anniversary for Olds; Ford Facts - Black Radiator Restorations; Index for November, 1945, Volume 9, No. 3-4 to Fall, 1957, Volume 21, No. 3 *39 Pages*; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Third edition, 4to, xxviii, 387, [1] pp.,4to, half-title, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 23 hand-coloured lithograph plates, with small folds at foot not affecting the samples of plants, 18 tinted wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, occasional spotting or light foxing, modern brown half morocco crimson label on spine.
388pp.avec 63 figures dans le texte + 11 planches hors-texte coloriées & 3 planches n/bl., reliure cart. (plats marbrés, dos en cuir noir avec titre et fleurons dorés), 23cm., bon exemplaire, W61961
504 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Pristine copy. Book
Pages 203-243 plus nineteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Toronto's 150 Years; Metal Crafts in Canada - many photos of beautiful creations; Western Mountain Flowers; Britain's Storied Stones and Crosses; Interiors of Pioneer Houses in New Brunswick; and more. Some of the best ads include:.Ford Motor company (military theme); Magnificent two-page two-color Victory Bonds ad features soldier on battlefield; CIBC (features photo of heavy navy guns); Gold Flake cigarettes (features photo of male and female military personnel); Canadian Women's Army Corps - nice colour ad on back cover Moderate wear. Bit of sticker remnant and peel mark on front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of calf kicking up its legs in the spring flowers; One-page Chipso photo ad features the Williams family - Thomas Vance, Calvin Edward, Mrs. Calvin C., Stephen, Charles Judson and Henry Kerr; One-page yeast ad features large photo of Dr. Gudzent of the University of Berlin; Nice one-page Pontiac ad features yellow Economy Straight 8; Order to View (short story); Green Mantle (short story); Restoration Work in France - photo-illustrated article on work done to preserve Versailles and Fontainbleau for posterity; Small Talk (short story); Beating the Star (short story); At the Edge of the Great Unsurveyed (short story); Wedding Bells Around the World - photo-illustrated article on world wedding traditions; The Man Who Taught London to Dance - photo-illustrated article on Santos Casani; A Gabled House; Pond's cold cream one-page ad features photos of Lady Diana Manners; The British Way; Nicely illustrated one-page Maxwell House coffee ad; Laboratory in the Snow - Dr. H.R. Wolf of General Motors tests cars in the winter conditions of Saskatchewan; Lovely one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams; Great one-page Chevrolet truck ad includes diagrams of 10 interesting vehicles; Three pages of photos of movie stars; Radioland - article on radio stars; Movie reviews; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Champion spark plug ad includes photo of Mr. S.G. Baits, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex of Canada, Ltd.; Easter cookery ad; One-page illustrated ad for the Northern Electric Model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Fashion article with illustrations; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features elegant lady in long maroon gown; Crisco colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
Pages 1670-1732 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Zenobia, in "The Blithedale Romance"; Hawthorne's Heroines; My Translatophone (part II of II); The Care of the Voice; The Typical Woman of the New South; Babs the Impossible (continued); Autumn's Queen of Flowers; French Fashions for Autumn; New Gowns for Evening Wear; Fashion Notes; Cut Paper Patterns - a Review; Present Fashions in Glass; News of Women's Clubs; An Autumn Morning; Chafling-Dish Recipes; The Child and its World - part VII - The Child and Money; Home-Made Christmas Gifts; A Game Dinner; and more. Many nice ads int this issue, our favurites including Redfern Corsets and a one-page color ad for Shredded Wheat which features many foods to serve it with; Fantastic back cover Proctor and Gamble ad features "Respect for the Flag" i.e. keeping it clean.. Few library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this charmming vintage issue. Book
160 pages. Features: Leo Heaps scores a coup for the Public Archives of Canada; Lorna and Walter McIntyre revive the lost art of overshot weaving; Tony Aspler surveys the nine Canadian member hotels of Relais et Chateaux; A week at Germany's legendary Baden-Baden; Salute to Stratford, Ontario; The heritage farmhouse of Clayton Shields; At home with Douglas Chamberlain, Pat Galloway, berthold Carrier and Iris MacGregor Bannerman; Forty centuries of emeralds; The Kleinburg cottage of Kayo O'Young and Diane Nasr; Kay Kritzwiser's portfolio of paintings of flowers by Canadian artists; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Book
304 pages. Cover: Painting "Vase of Flowers" by Paul Cezanne. Special Features: A Housewife Looks at Soap Opera; Why Religion Helps Mess Up the World; American Art: George Inness 1825-1894 (inc. full page "The Lackawanna Valley" painting); I Wanted a Baby Now!; We Don't Want a Baby Now!; Salem, Massachusetts; How to Think a Thought!; Let's Make It "The People's Red Cross"; The Red Cross: Memphis, Tennessee; In Youth Prepare for Old Age; Reading that Made History; How America Lives: "Growing Pains" Meet Lois Sutton; Don't Call Them Silly; and Immunizations in Childhood. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc recipes), short stories and poetry. Ilustrators include: Al Parker, Jon Whitcomb and Haddon Sundblom. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Plymouth, Welch's Grape Juice, Florida Orange Juice and Seven-Up. Full page black/white ad with Rita Hayworth promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Average wear. Few small openings front/back panel at spine. A clean copy. Magazine
Features: Surprising island of the Northern Sea - Iceland; The Flowers Known as Birds - the Bird of Paradise from South Africa; What Maestros Look like to me - Sol Nemkov tells his adventures in the concert world while playing for such temperamental geniuses as Toscanini and Stokowski; You can't live in New York - untold miseries plague those who set up housekeeping in Manhattan, says long-time resident Horace Sutton; My Next 60 Movies - James Stewart (conclusion); Maybe I'll Pitch Forever - Satchel Paige, the American League's first Negro pitcher; The Coyote - World's Champion People Taunter - some claim he is one of man's best friends. Above-average wear. Covers almost detached. Small clipping from ad on page 55 - text unaffected. 1/6 page photo of coyote clipped from page 42. Top 2/3 of page 81 clipped out - this seems to have removed part of a novel. Nice color Coke ad on back cover. Book
39 pages. Features: Adolph Eichmann - his life's work was death; "I'm really too young for mink" - Sandra Dee at 18 (colour photos); Magic Power that is Battling Hunger - MPF - Multi-purpose food is made of wastes which were once thought suitable only for fertilizer and animal feed; Noda, Japan - where everyone loves herons; Colour photos of flowers in the Rockies; Booing fans and the stars they heckle (Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Ab McDonald); The Nipper by Doug Wright; Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Design for leather; Junior craftsman project; Woodcarving caricaturist - Alfred Perry of Cedar Grove, Ontario - article with photos; Painting in oils is easy; Felt Spectacle case; Food casting; The Sculptured Shillalagh; Stamp collecting; Hobby cures a soldier - Private Jerome Biegel of the U.S. Army carves matches; How to Make Crepe-Paper Flowers (part 2); Home Weaving Service; Message from the Hon. Paul Martin; 1949 National Hobby Exhibition; List of hobby exhibitors; Feature exhibits, Phil. S. Quelch's operating miniature sawmill; Profitable little animals; Mosaic pictures from human hair; Neville C. Seymour and his silk strand etchings; The Narcissus; Garden Glimpses; Fine Wood Inlay; Model Railroads; Shell Craft; Spiral Coil Applique; Camera Kinks; Your Photography; Weaving with Reeds; A Hall Lantern; Birch Bark Art; Hobby-Craft Patterns; Model Plane Contest; What's New; and more. Interesting full-page ad for Canadian government annuities shows regretful elder woman holding broom outside boarding house. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this very uncommon vintage Canadian hobby publication. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photos of sappers searching for mines amongst the flowers in southern Tunisia; Air photos of Mosquitoes Bombing Locomotive Factory at Nantes as workers leave; The Opening Stages of the Battle of the Mareth Line - Now in British Hands - Eleven photos; Interesting road sings on entering Tunisia; With the Americans in Tunisia; Demolishing a derelict enemy tank - the sapper's hazardous task; Battle for the Mareth Line - article by Cyril Falls; With a Gurkha Battalion in Tunisia - Indians of the Eighth Army - eight photos; Photos of people in the news - Brig.-General N.F. Twining; Group Captain H.I. Edwards; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with Monty; Captain D.R. MacFarlane and his wife; Photos of General Alexander with General Giraud; General De Gaulle takes the salute; Photo of the famous Brown House at Munich, H.Q. of the Nazi Party; The King is piped aboard the H.M.S. "Cumberland"; Centerfold illustrations show new types of flak over Berlin at night; Background to a Raid on Berlin - many illustrations of the ground crews who keep our heavy bombers in the air; Dismantling the R.101 mooring mast at Cardington - to salvage teh steel; Two photos of damaged aircraft which made it safely back to base; Soap from cocoa beans for the men of the Gold Coast Army units - five photos; Large illustration of Field-Marshal Smuts; and more. Unmarked. Chips/tears to lower corner of all pages, otherwise average wear. Please note: last 4 pages missing - they likely contained part some photos of aeroplanes from 25 years ago, and ads. . Magazine
Pages 197-256. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; A Tip-top experience on Mooshilauke - article with great photos; The birth of the White Mountains (poem); Mr. Unlukikus has Rheumatism; The Beginning of Methodist Theological Education in New Hampshire; The Lord Escutcheon; The winter is past (poem); The wild flowers of spring; The Shadow of a coming event; The Eames Family in Coos County; Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count of Rumford; The Dear Old Homestead Farm; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
pp. 23-47, iii-vii. Illustrated. Many local advertisements, some illustrated. Double column. Paper beginning to slightly brown but not brittle. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps decorated and lettered in green. Scarce local floriculture periodical. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA PAMPH 19_10 BX1
n.p. Ruled text. 4to. Disbound. Manuscript "Musings on the Rose" by J. Henderson, 1832. Text bound with plain color leaves for notes, sentiments, poetry and musings. Soiled and foxed. AI 17123. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NH 1
First edition, 8vo (210 x 130 mm), [16], 259, [1], [12], 120, [2, 'Books on Gardening, Agriculture, and Botany. Written by Richard Weston.']pp., without the Latin title page for the main work, but present for the supplement, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, without spine label. "This in its time was a standard handbook, used by botanists, gardeners, nurseries, seedsmen. It lists trees and shrubs, herbaceous plates, greenhouse plants, stove plants, and seeds according to their Linnaean binomial and English names."?Hunt. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Johannes Georgius Home Drummond de Abbots Grange. Hunt, 647; Henrey, 1483; Pritzel, 10205.
