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Features: Outport Tailor-Made Furniture; Billy Wheeler's furniture reflects outport life in Newfoundland's recent past; The Golden Age of Globes - Antique Globes present contemporary knowledge of the earth and heavens in a manner most pleasing to the eye; Ontario Stoneware and Redware - National Museum acquires an important Ontario pottery collection; An 18th Century Dolls' House - The dolls' house of Sara Rothe Ploos van Amstel delights visitors to the Frans Halmuseum in Haarlem; The Graphic Work of Mary Wrinch; Safeguarding your Collection; Samplers in early Upper Canada taught stitchery, the alphabet and numbers, and the religious symbolism of the community; Wintergarden Theatre to Bloom Again. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Mantelet with Hood; Black Lace Mantelet; How to Make True French Dolls; Ceasing to Grow; Sympathy with Sickness; Manners upon the road; New York Fashions - fall bonnets, materials, feathers, flowers, ribbons, the scarf veil, manner of trimming, round hats, fall wrapping; different trimmings for under clothing; Embroidered Chemise Yoke; Two Buttons for under clothing; Basket with Netted Guipure Cover; Crochet Rosettes; Rosettes for Covers; Braid and Crochet Insertions adn Edgings; The Line of Distinction; Paris Fashions; The Woman of the Future; Sayings and Doings; Amazing centerfold compilation of illustrations of dozens of clothing items including lady's drawers with shirr, lady's ttucked night-gown, peignoir with full sleeves, gentleman's under-drawers, Lady's chemise fastening on the shoulder, Pique dressing sack, and many more; Miss Maquand; Foreign proper names; Debenham's Vow - continued; Lovely large illustration of Lady Jane Grey; Woman's political rights in England; Humor; and more. Above-average wear. Book
52 pages. Features: Nice colour photo 1966 Pontiac ad; Our New City of Science - Sheridan Park Research Community; Off-Season Skiing - in Winter? - Hardy Canadians ski Alpine slopes when they are too cold for the locals; To Russia with Love, and a few pointers on patience - Fred Bodsworth and his around-the-world expedition of bird watchers; The General Who's Fighting for Peace - Tommy Burns attempts to halt the spread of nuclear arms; Agent 007 and the Great Christmas Caper - last year's war toys and brassiere-clad dolls seemed bad enough, but now along comes James Bond to flash a startling array of ingenious weapons and pose a bewildering moral dilemma for parents; Our World-Famous "unknown" master artist - Philip Aziz; and more. Above-average wear. Page 29 loose but present. Book
This unique eight-page book is made exclusivly of decorated cloth - no paper. Light beige liquid marks to several pages. A wonderful Strawberry Shortcake collectible! Book
Features: Cover illustration of American quilted bedspread (c.1750); Ship Carvers of Newburyport; Banded Creamware; Butler Tinware - from Brandy Hill, Greenville, New York; Two by Two - "Even more desirable than the unique piece is the unique pair"; Cardboard Lover - 1811 - with some general remarks on the history of paper dolls; Auctions of Happy Memory; Jerome B. Secor and his Mechanical Toys; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 57-112. Printed upon glossy stock. Chipping from backstrip. Front cover nearly loose. Textblock all but detached from covers. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
66 pages. Features: At Ringside; California Grapevine; Sound Off; Joe Bugner to fight Muhammad Ali; New Bantamweight Champ Romeo Anaya defeats Enrique Pinder; Worldwide Ratings; Carmen Basilio; Where Does New Heavyweight Champ George Foreman Go From Here? (six-page article with great photos); Q & A with Angelo Dundee; Ali's Evaluation of Joe Frazier's Performance vs. Foreman; Dick Sadler is George Foreman's Manager; Foreman's Secret Weapon - Archie Moore (The 'Ol Mongoose); Jack Kent Cooke takes financial bath after Frazier is destroyed; Where Does Joe Frazier Go From Here?; George Foreman's Career in Words and Pictures (9 grea pages); George Foreman vs. Jimmy Ellis; George Foreman vs. Jerry Quarry; George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali; George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle; International Wrapup; Hilarious one-page photo ad for inflatable Love Doll from Londons Sales - "for conversation, for companionship, for fun, for excitement!"; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
In-folio, [16]p. Très bel ouvrage comprenant un texte de Gourvil: Légende bretonne, les textes de présentation des poupées 1. de Quimper, le costume Glazik; 2. de Pont-L'Abbé, le costume Bigouden; 3. de Pont-Aven, La Kiz Fouen; 4. de Plougastel-Daoulas, Les Plougastels. Couverture et illustrations dans le texte de MERCIER, 24 poupées présentées dans leurs costumes colorés. Cet exemplaire comporte un ex-dono signé avec un petit dessin original de Jean de La Varende à un couple d'amis suisses.
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: Simon Sez 'Sex" - advice; Some Guys Got It - fiction; Fifty Miles a Day for J.F.K. - satire; The First Daze of Vacation - humor; Mirror, Mirror... - photos of Lupe Lopez; "Dear John's" First Date - fiction; The Car of Kings - "La Royale" built by Ettore Bugatti; Beyond Words - humor; He Plays With Dolls - photo essay on French cartoonist Peynet who had a love affair with a doll named Damour (of which he sold two million copies!); The Most Passionate Professions - Survey; Pooling Her Resources - photo essay of Paula Angelo; The Man Who Felt Persecuted - fiction; Festival Girls - The Movie That Out-Dolces "Vita" - pictorial essay; George Q. Lewis's Comedy Workshop in New York, a College for Comics - article with photos; Going Up - pictorial essay on Angela Jones; In Training For What? - fiction; Ah! La France! - pictorial essay on Lena France of Boston; Hue and Cry - correspondence; Sound On - records; Checkmate - shopping; Back cover color-photo ad for Mr H. Esq. features young man in black sweater with red and grey trim. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Toys of Ancient London; Living With Antiques - The Connecticut Home of Mary Allis; Blown-Three-Mold Glass - A Condensation from 'Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass' by Helen and George S. McKearin; Coppersmithing in Early America; Good, Better, Best - In American Furniture; Dolls - From the Collection of Mrs. George H. Savage; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 397-484. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
16 pages. Features: Great color cover photo of Marine Sergeant Franz E. Silas, Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida; Which Service to Choose?; At Home with Career Soldier Sergeant Vinson N. Rose, of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Recipe for Napoleon's Battlefield Stew; Two-page of information about educational opportunities through the military; "The First Day My Father is Home" - fiction; Fantastic color retro ad on back cover for "Dolls of the World". Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
64 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart, red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet, one of 2,500 insects, butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys, Jan Campbell, Marilyn Macdonnell, Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; (Toy) Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
39 pages. Features: U.S. Crime Syndicates are Moving in on Canada (first of two articles); Belles of the Ball - Canadian gals take to bowling in rapidly-increasing numbers; World of Colour the Eye Can't See - crystals viewed under the microscope; Brain Waves Comic; Canadians in a Great Adventure - The Undercover War Pays Off - Men of the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) risked their lives in a task that helped to free war-torn France; Northern Dolls are a hit down south - Eskimo/Inuit art; Shirley Calling Tokyo - Shirley MacLaine talks to husband Steve Parker; Nice colour photo and write-up of Boston Bruin star Don McKenney; Story about the NHL players with the highest goal/shot ratio; Nipper by Doug Wright. Many great colour ads including super Eaton's centerfold. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
103 pages. Index. Abundant colour photography. "This informative book contains several years of intensive research into the history of the Bru company and the doll models they made. The information and photographs in this book will be indispensable to both collectors and dealers." - from dust jacket. Dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Library stamp at base of title page else unmarked. A quality copy. Book
[viii] + 381pp. illustré de 8 planches en couleurs et de 148 planches ou figures en noir d'après les documents originaux, 29cm., reliure cart (plats marbrés, dos en toile, titre doré au dos, peu usé), texte et intérieur en très bon état, rare, V91726
339 pages. "The ceramics from Lower Fort Garry were retreived from 31 operations, most of which represent individual structures. The variety of ceramic objects includes tableware, commercial containers, storage vessels, kitchen ware, flowerpots, decorative objects, dolls and toy dishes.... All the pottery discussed in this report is believed to have been associated with the fort during its Hudson's Bay Company occupation." - from Abstract. Appendices include: Copeland Trademarks; Designs and Patterns; Distribution; Pattern Occurrence at Hudson's Bay Company Sites; Foot-Ring Typology. Also includes Glossary and list of references cited. Illustrated by almost one-hundred pages of black and white illustrations and line drawings. Average wear externally. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Reading creases along spine. A sound working copy of this excellent reference. Book
152 pages. Features: LBJ cover photos; The Qualities That Make a President; 100 Years of History in the White House in two pages of photos; LBJ - Master of the Art of the Possible; The Legacy of the 1,000 Days - JFK declared that his task would only be begun in his first 1,000 days; Twelve Great Problems for a New President; The American Tradition - Four Symbols; The Negro Child Asks "Why?" - why the violence and hate?; Are Machines More important than People?; Observations of a Freshman in Congress - Clarence D. Long; To Divorce Art from Money-Making; Six Million Woman Volunteered in the 1960 Election; The Most Expensive Family Album - Paintings of Britain's Royal Children; Thirty Years Ago - Prohibition Died; The Noise Problems of Apartment Living; Times Change in Antarctica - photos; Three photos of Las Vegas; Swimwear fashion photos; Toys are for Playing; Photos of the Modern Art of Stenciling; Ballet for Children; Britons Succumb to "Beatlemania' - article with photos; and more. Ads: Lovely fashion ads; The new Caron Derringer; Helen Harper ad features Seal Cove, Maine lobstermen; Rolex ad features photo of Maurice Chevalier; Fantastic color-photo centerfold features 12 young girls in their "Style Undies"; Color Accutron ad features photo of admiring men; Super one-page color photo ad for Indian Head's new fabrics features native man in suit with woman; Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Partait Cake; Ronson home appliances; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Shakespeare cigars features "Mr. Havana Cigar", Ralph Schuyler Williams; Boca Raton Hotel and Club; Horsman Dolls. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
132 pages. Features: Tribute to a 'Great American Lady' - Eleanor Roosevelt; Angola - Arena of Struggle - excellent photos, most with guns; Approach to Automation in the Steel Industry - The Kaiser Plan ; Mideast Paradox - The 'Beggar Rich' - interesting article from Teheran, Iran; Again Nationalism Threatens - Arnold Toynbee complains that French nationalism obstructs political unification of the Western peoples; Texas - Two-fisted, Three-Party State - a political report on the Lone Star state; Marriage Counselors - Helpers and Hurters - the risk of seeking the advice of incompetents or dangerous quacks; Earth Problems For Space Men - preparations for manned space flight; Bertolt Brecht is Global, Except Here - a critic looks at 'the most important playwright of our time'; Portraits in Wood - samples of woodcuts by Uruguayan-born American artist Antonio Frasconi; 40 Years Ago - Adolf Hitler went into a beer hall and came out a national hero; Off-Track Betting - should it be legalized in New York?; Paddington Bows to Westminster - London reduces its number of boroughs from 90 to 32, allowing time-hallowed place names to be swallowed up; Leisure-Time Living - photos of stylish Italian fisherman's hut on shores of Lake Como; Encore for Music Lessons - new teaching approaches make them more popular; Renaissance of Lace - lovely fashion photos; Half-page color-photo ad for Horsman Dolls; Verbal Cartoons' - photo-illustrated article on Woody Allen; Many large gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; and more. Crossword completed in pencil, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
78 pages. Articles: Kingfish of the Dixiecrats (part 1 of 2) - Leander H. Perez; Danger - Office Party; Nobody's Safe in Philadelphia (another "Terror in our Cities" report); They Whistle While They Work - article on NBA referees with great photos of Jimmy Enright, Bud Lowell, Phil Fox, Pat Kennedy and Joe Serafin; Benjamine (Ben) Franklin Michtom Loves Little Dolls - his Ideal Novelty & Toy Company makes two million dolls per year - article with great color photos; "Please Rush the Gal in the Pink Corset" (continuing the life and times of Sears, Roebuck); Mama has Glamour; Sailor in the Rain; An Icicle Built for Two; The Rise of Carthage; Wolf!; Cinderella Rides Again (part 3 of 5); Write Finis. Includes nice ads for: General Electric; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring color image of Miss Mary Damon; Ford cars; Pontiac color centerfold; Botany clothing; Mercury cars; Kaywoodie Briar Pipes (full-color page with boxing theme); GM Electro-Motive division. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
306 pages. "A haunting story that explores with frank and honest words the dark legacy of the residential school system and its impact on individuals, families and communities." - dust jacket. Author was a member of the Gwich'in tribe. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade cover. A nice copy. Book
12 pages including covers. Undated but appears to be circa 1920. Charming illustrated covers show front and back views of cute dolly. Balance of book includes text and illustration(s) on each page, with five of the illustrations in beautiful color. Features young girls and their dolls in Holland, Japan, Scotland, and Russia. Author not explicitly stated but is most likely also the illustrator whose initials, F.L.N., appear on the page three illustration. Above-average wear. Faint gift greetings upon lower right corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked. Covers loose but present. A worthy vintage copy of this utterly adorable doll collectible. Book
Published in 1972 through 1976. Signed and dated by author upon title page of Volume 1. Light wear. Tight and square. Unmarked but for prior owner's name and details stroked out in black marker atop first page of each volume, and a faint bit of writing atop front cover of Volume 4. Great references for the antique doll. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady with horse; One-page Parker Pen ad with military theme; Colour Marboleum ad inside front cover shows vintage kitchen; One-page Singer sewing machine ad includes three photos of their ornate furniture; Wonderful one-page ad for the RCA Victor Globe Trotter Model A-31 radio includes airman; The General's Big Bull (short story); Known to Nobody (short story); Secrets of the German (Nazi) Air-Armadas - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Ghost of Captain Renny (short story); Where the War Dollar Goes; Canada'a Forgotten Back Door - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada through Hudson Bay?; Beyond the Circle (short story); Carry On - football article includes photo of Squadron Leader Dave Harding at the Malton Airport with new military recruits asking him questions about his days with the Ottawa Rough Riders; Movie news and photos; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast features great photos of man cleaning massive locomotive and horse-drawn wagon being loaded with sheaves; Woodbury ad features photo of Annabella; Anothe Woodbury ad features photo of Miss Nancy Weir of Toronto; Small ad for the Chesley Chair Company of Chesley, Ontario; The Ten Bob Note (short story); Homes of Tomorrow - photos of interior design ideas; Saturday Night Bath - tips on how to have a good bath; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Lux soap features three photos of Carole Lombard; Illustrated instruction how to knit soldier and sailor dolls; Win the War in Your Kitchen - cooking article; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad entitled "As Sure as the Sun Rises"; World Sayings; Magnificent red and black Canadian Red Cross ad inside back cover shows nurse with arms outstretched over servicemen and refugees; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover shows lovely young lady holding six-pack; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Wonderfully illustrated front cover by Rex Woods depicts two medieval musicians performing a Christmas tune. 96 pages. Features: Charming colour ad for Green Giant canned tomatoes inside front cover includes map of Essex County, Ontario, where "the swankiest tomatoes in Canada' are grown; Nice one-page ad for the 1937 Chevrolet; Christmas 1936-2000 - a thoughtful article on the the future of the church and those born in 1936; Gorgeous one-page colour ad for the new 1937 V-8 Ford cars, featuring a maroon sedan; Lucky Keyes - short story by A.D. Divine; Silver Legs - short story by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Christmas poems; I Was A Stranger - a true Canadian story as told to Janet Erskine Scott; Santa Claus for a Quarter - short story by Emma-Lindsay Squier; The Transit of Venus - short story by Gertrude Macaulay Sutton; Fog Over Fundy - short story by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Marvelous one-page colour-illustrated Campbell's Soup ad features grocer talking to well-heeled lady; Teens and Twenties; Fulfill Wishes - by Eva Nagel Wolf; Nice one-page ad for Jane Seymour Beauty Preparations; Movie reviews of "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Gorgeous Hussy", "Craig's Wife", and "Seven Sinners"; A Peek at the Books - Margaret Lawrence reports on the Toronto Book Fair; One-page Carnation Milk ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Lovely one-page colour ad for Five Roses flour features Christmas baking; Eight delicious-looking recipes by Mona Parr for Christmas puddings and sauces - Rich Plum, Plum, Simple Dark Fruit, Carrot, Fluffy Mocha, Chilled Moulded Plum, Hard Sauce, Brown Sugar Sauce; One-page Libby's baby food ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Fashion ideas - 'Dresses for Dates'; Delightful page of illustrations to be cut out entitled "Mary Lou and Bobby's Christmas" by Lydia Fraser; and more. A quality copy of this heartwarming depression-era piece of Christmas Canadiana Book
An early issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 226-336. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part V; The Votaries of Eternal Silence - the Monastery of La Trappe; E.G. Henham is Saved by a Horse - an 1891 adventure in North-West Canada; A River of Red Lava - photo-illustrated Hawaiian story by Overend G. Rose; Abandoned - Morgan Andrews was left on a desolate island in Lake Winnipeg for 8 days; (Fantastic) Klondike Pictures supplemented by text; The Voyages of the "Mole Hill"; Curious Birds' Beaks; Pirate Hunting in China - Admiral J. Morseby describes the chasing of pirate junks, the queer incidents that happened, and the extraordinary method by which the pirates were smashed (includes photo of Moresby and illustration of the H.M.S. "Snake"); The Indian Child and His Toys - Ute child Capitano and photos of him, his complete outfit of toys, implements and dolls; Christmas in an African Desert - illustrated article by big-game hunter F.C. Selous; How the "Maid of the Mist" Shot the Niagara Rapids (with illustration of Joel R. Robinson); Parachuting adventure of Captain Bidmead (with photos); and more. Front cover loose but present. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Signed by author atop front free endpaper. Affixed to front free endpaper is a signed letter from author to the prior owner of this copy. viii, 421 pages printed upon glossy stock. Glossary. Bibliography. Figure Index. General Index. Profusely illustrated with over one thousand photos, most in black and white plus some in colour. Covers Inuit, Indian, Settlers, Ethnic, Celebrity, Eaton's Beauty, the Working doll, Artist's dolls and dolls made by the commercial doll industry in Canada in the twentieth century. The comprehensive chapter on the Eaton's Beauty is by Judy Tomlinson Ross. With this book you will be able to accurately name, date and dress your dolls. Book clean, bright and unmarked with only a trace of wear. Light wear to colour-photo-illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy of this, the bible of Canadian dolls. Book
