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Frontier Times Magazine: January, 1973 *GHOST TOWN AND MINING SPECIAL*
Features: Vanished Spas in the Wilderness - 3 locations on Washington's Olympic Peninsula; Palomino Spirit Horse - had to be killed; Christmas was slim in Bullfrog (Rhyolite, Nevada); "If I live to be a hundred - true stories shared by old cowboys and their horses"; Ghost Town of the Indians - Doaksville, capital of the old Choctaw Nation; Terrible Jim McLaughlin - a story from Yale, British Columbia; Trementinans Hoed Their Own Row - Nevada history; King of the Yukon - Jack McQuesten; If I were young again - living in hard times; Burro Schmidt's Tunnel -perhaps an unequaled one-man mining venture; One Green Acre of the Dreary Earth - Glen, South Dakota; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy Magazine
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Mulock Miss Paton Frederick Noel Illustrations
AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY By the Author of JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN
Harper and Brothers -------------Green cloth gilt letters and cover design book is 9" x 7". 238 pages with frontispiece plus 31 other illustrations all black and white.GOOD CONDITION wear corners and cover edges- - - no dust jacket. Hard Cover. Good. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046512
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(Canadian Forces) Sentinel 1973/8, Volume 9, Number 8: Fuel Delivery to the North Magnetic Pole
Features: Adventure Training for Army Cadets - Summer Challenge; Drop-out Kings - over 35,000 pounds of JP-1 aviation fuel delivered to the North Magnetic Pole; My First Jump - photographer becomes paratrooper; Fencing; La Citadelle - changing the guard in Quebec City; Last of the Few - Battle of Britain Pilot, Col. B.E. 'Bev' Christmas retures; Rockliffe Roll-out - the national aeronautical collection; CMR at Saint-Cyr - officer cadets visit France. Quality copy. Book
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Airforce - The Magazine of Canada's Aviation Community - Winter 1993, Volume 17 No 4
60 pages. Features include: Canada's Aerobatic Teams; Russians honor Commonwealth Airmen; Two Million Hours for the Hornet; The Grinch who stole Christmas - author was an air gunner on B-25 Mitchells during WWII; 4 wing farewell; Sucan Recce; A Rescue Remembered - Hurricane TF X; Behind the scenes at Abbotsford; The Flying Granleys'; Spitfire Wreckage Sparks Old Memories; '93 Annual Convention; Fighter Group Shows Flag in Europe; The Crash of Rescue 311; Alley Cats Prowl the Adriatic; Turning Point in Bomber Offensive - Fighters Rev Up (50 years ago); Radar - Canada's Hidden History; The Mess Dinner. Address label upon back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
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Airforce - The Magazine of the Air Force Association of Canada: Volume 20 No 4 Winter 1996-97
60 pages. Features: CBC Recreates Avro Arrow Dream; A Peaceful Aerodrome in WWII; On Wings of Fire - The Pathfinder Force (PFF) of 8 Group Bomber Command; New Lease on Life - Updated T-33; Fingal 1943 - a Christmas Tale; The Key Man on D-Day - Jack Ladly; Pierre le Canadien - The Airman who Died for France; Backyard Clunk - CF-101 flight simulator; Canadian Top Guns - Tyndall AFB. Covers depict a wonderful painting of an Avro Arrow swooping over Niagara Falls. Moderate wear. Address label upon back cover. Solid copy. Book
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American Forests and Forest Life, January 1928 - The Magazine of the American Forestry Association
64 pages. Features: Spruce for Tomorrow's Paper - Can the Pulp and Paper Industry of the Northeast Survive? - with good photos; The Oldest Cultivated Trees in the World - Cypress Arches of Chapultepec Park, or the Bosque de Chapultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City - with photos; Redwood Burls - by Emanuel Fritz - article with photos; The Forest and the Great Stone Face, by Allen Hollis; The Barred Door - by W.N. Craigie; Uncle Sam's First Timber Sale - near the quaint village of Nemo, South Dakota - with nice photos; Canada and the Migratory Bird Treaty; Don's Christmas Adventure - a story by Erle Kauffman; Shapshots of European Forests - In a Fir Forest of France - article with photos by John D. Guthrie; A Plea for the Forests - by Hon. John Q. Tilson; Planting Woodland Gardens - by J. Farnworth Anderson; A Man and a Mountain - Lije Coalman and Mount Hood, by Ethel Romig Fuller; Wasting Fortunes fo Make Fortunes - Guy Elliott Mitchell explains how vast quantities of Natural Gas are wasted in the search for oil - great photos including an an amazing shot of a forest of derricks in California; A Tale of a Bunny the Woodchuck - by C.H. McDonald; Nice two-color ad for the Pacific Pumper manufactured by Pacific Marine Supply Company of Seattle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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BMI Album of Radio Proven Songs, Volume 3 (Three) - Songbook
21 pages. Complete songs with words and music for piano with banjo and guitar chords and symbols. Songs include: Accidentally on Purpose; An Old Fashioned Christmas; Friendly Tavern Polka; G'Bye Now; It All Comes Back To Me Now; Keep an Eye on Your Heart; Let's Dream This One Out; Little Sleepy Head; Walkin' By the River; You Walk By. Name stroked out upon front cover, otherwise unmarked with somewhat aboved-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A worth copy of this great vintage compilation. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues December 1932 - January 1933 Through December 1934
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1931 Through December 1931
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1930 Through December 1930
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - December 1970, Vol. 5, No. 11
Features: Pioneer Christmas; Introduction to English Clock Making; The American Windsor Chair; The Court Martial of an Admiral - Admiral Keppel (1725-1786); Gifts to the Gallery; Decorating with Antiques; Period Pieces; Marks and silver - and what they mean; Collections of the Jesuit Relations of France. Average wear. Sound reference copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, December 1968 - Samuel Hawksett Feature Article
Features: 100 Years of Canadian Architecture; Christmas Toys of Yesteryear; Samuel Hawksett - Forgotten Artist; 500 Years of Wine in the Arts; Rocking Chairs; The Seven Wonders of London; The Wassail Bowl. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, December 1969 *F.N. Loveroff - Neglected Artist*
Features: French Furniture in the Huntington Collection; Belleek - Irish Porcelain Establishment; F.N. Loveroff - Neglected Artist; Decorating with Antiques; The Merry Reign of the Christmas Card; Sheepshead Banknotes; Period Pieces - Sunderland Lustre Ware. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November 1966, Volume 1, Number 7
30 pages. Features: Santa's Workshop; World Famed Miniatures - The Thorne Rooms; Puerto Rican Santos; Unusual Collection - Light on Lithophanes; A Dealer's Viewpoint, by Margaret Philip; A Gift For Christmas, 1865 - the earliest known Canadian picture-book for little children - 'An Illustrated Comic Alphabet'. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November-December 1976 - Fraktur Artist Joseph Bauman
62 pages. Features: Collectors and Dealers - Antours; Collecting Ironstone; Christmas in Canada; Fraktur Artist Jospeh Bauman, 1815-1890; Letters from Beatrix Potter; English Silversmiths in the Family Business; Blanket Chests from Prince Edward Island; The Potters of Paris, Ontario; Watches for the Collector. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November/December 1974, Vol. 9 No. 6
Features: High Victorian Design; The John A. Macdonald Album; The Jacques and Hay Style? - Canadian Cabinet makers and Victorian Style; A Rare Canadiana Discovery - St. Johns Porcelain Bust; Victoria Hall - Preservation in Cobourgh; Hair Receivers - Those little jars with a hole in the top; The International Silver Company - Silverplate in Canada; Bringing Home Britain - for the collector abroad; Canada's Victorian Christmas Cards; Beadwork Whimsies; Papier Mache. Nice clean copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine - November/December 1982, Vol. 17 No. 6
71 pages. Features: Conception Bay Furniture Maker - Henry William Winter; China for Children - Christmas gifts of other days were often replicas of adult tableware; Silver by any other name - Sheffield Plate, Electroplate, Paktong, German Silver, Britannia or britannia?; Chinese Pictorial Tapestries - Fine examples of k'o-ssu, a silk-weaving technique, in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Collecting Glass Target Balls; Game Equipment - the games people play have a long and intriquing history; Restoration and Renovation IV - Reflections on Past Interior Decor; Appraising Your Heirlooms; Nutmeg Graters; The Macdonell House - Nor-Wester's Georgian House on the Ottawa contains elaborate decorative plaster. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine - November/December 1981, Vol. 16 No. 6 - Waterloo County Christmas Traditions
Features: Green Santas, Plum Pudding and Spritzen - Swiss, German, British and Ukrainian Christmas traditions are all current in Waterloo County, Ontario; Historic Houses re-create the Victorian Christmas; Signposts for Collectors VI - Canadian Presentation Pieces and Awards of Merit; Appraisals - how much is it worth? to whom? for what purpose?; Saints and Angels, Kings and Prophets - stained glass in Trinity College, University of Toronto; Railway Tickets - a new source of collectibles. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, May/June 1983, Volume 18, No. 3
62 pages. Features: Made in America - Nineteenth century furniture makers Herter and Hunzinger; The Maxwell House - Montreal Architect's home is now a Baha'i shrine; The Peers Family China - Indiamen brought home Chinese export Porcelain; The Piano in Your Parlour; Canadian-American Postal Relations II - Bringing the Two Systems Together; Artist Albert H. Robinson - Rescued from Christmas Card Land; Nineteenth Century Pressed Glass; Wedgwood's Connections - great men and fine artists drew out Josiah Wedgwood's talents; Collecting Old Whisky Jugs. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, November/December, 1986, Vol. 21 No. 6 - Christopher Bashford Profile
76 pages. Features: Profile of Christopher Bashford - Calgary antique dealer; Profile of Christina Orobetz of Sotheby's International; Profile of Helen Frances Gregor - Fabric Artist; Paul Peel (1860-1892) - Canada's best known unknown artist, by Heather Haas Barclay; Crystal, Hand-Engraved - Profile of Mark Roberts of Raynes & Glasbey; Canadian Military Postcards produced during World War I, by Jennifer Bunting; The Christmas Card in Canada, by Kenneth Rowe; Magical mini-12-room Victorian mansion built by Pat Merrick; A Taste of Elegance - 18th Century English porcelain from private collections in Ontario; Museum of Fashion opens in the Louvre; Appraising Appraisers - Evaluation and disposal of treasures - Part 1, by Jean Cochrane; Art Deco Jewellery (1920-1935) is back in fashion, by Ron Dupuis; What's New?; Re-opened Musee d'art de Joliette marks second year. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Forces Sentinel, November-December 1969, Volume 5, Number 10
Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian West Magazine - Fall 1988
Features: Ginger Goodwin - Hero or Martyr?; Historic Newcastle Island; The Christmas Day Murders - in the Klondike; The Lost Lemon Mine; Captain Ainsworth. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
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Chip Chats Magazine, November/December 1989
80 pages. Features: Many CNE photos; Carved Floral Reliefs - part 3; Archie Phillips; Chester Sewell; Let's Carve - a Cat; Three thin-wood nativities; Carve a classic acanthus curl; Carve a Hockey Player; Tangents - Norse Horses; Buring Techniques; Christmas Tree Ornaments Group Effort; Don Rowland opens Miniature Gallery; Topeka restores antique merry-go-round; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - November/December 1986
Features: Interview with Kathy Holman & Carolyn Walker; Counted Thread Embroidery Series - Lesson V; Special Looks for the Holidays; The Art of Embellishing - using lace, eyelet, ribbon, pearls, beads and buttons on the smocked bishop; A Battenburg Christmas - patterns & instructions for lace ornaments; A Host of Angels - eyelet and crewel patterns & instructions; Ayrshire Embroidery - Part V of Fancy Hems and Edges; Smocked Alphabet Sampler - a sampler by Gwen Milner; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - September/October 1988
Features: The fabrics of Jewish life; Fine Machine Sewing; Embroidered tablecloth - full-size pattern and stitch instructions; Gifts for Baby; Unisex Knickers - pattern and instructions on pull-out; Stepping in high cotton; Christmas Ornaments by Martha Parker; Fancy Stitch Faux Lace - Lesson 5; Sewing Before Smocking; Interview with Ellen McCarn; Smock Plate; and more. Small name stamps on front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Other Needle Arts - September/October 1990
Features: Designer Christmas - Twenty-nine of the top needlework designers with their best Holiday Ideas created especially for this issue; Holiday Section - 72 pages of full-size patterns, graphs, instructions, hints and how-to's to create the ideas shown in Designer Christmas - includes two pull-out sections; Suppliers Directory; Creative Applique - "Little Lambs and Holly"; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Creative Needle Magazine - Smocking, Handsewing, Embroidery, Machine Arts - November/December 1992
Features: Cutwork investment - machine cutwork on wool by Janet Hierl; A "Duck-ensian Christmas - duplicate stitch sweater design by Delbra W. Moore; A Collar for All Seasons - pattern and embroidery design by Trudy Horne; The Old-Fashioned Baby - featherstitching; Pull-out Pattern - infant's long cloak and cape, snowbunnies stocking, vest cutwork design, pram cover, collar design, baby's first Christmas stocking, baby dove bib, Christening dress protector; Babies - from head to toe - beautiful sewing for new arrivals; Cosmetic/Jewelry Bags - a great gift in ninety minutes; Sewing on Lightweight Fabrics - professional tips from Londa Rohlfing; Snowbunnies - Shadow Work Stocking by Paris Bottman & Tina Lewis; Details that make a difference - close-ups and instructions from the baby feature; Smock plate - by Cheryl Lohmann; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Doll World, December 1987
Features: Alice in Wonderland - an early Madame Alexander Cloth Doll; Sweet Sue and Teen Tressy; Collecting Paper Dolls; Memories of Dorothy Churchill; A Year Around Collection of Christmas Fun; Pincushion Doll; Pattern for a 1910 21" dress, underwaist and drawers; Tips on making porcelain repros; and more. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, Fall 1991
20 pages. Features: Lace - a speech by Didi Vanden Brink; Christmas Gift Bags; Ukrainian Pattern Darning; Mini-Lesson - Creative Stitchery; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, Summer1992
16 pages. Features: My Last Will and Testament; Using Waste Canvas; Group Correspondence Courses; Needlwork Samplers - Part II; Mini-Lesson - Slovak Folk Embroidery on Aido Cloth; Under Prairie Skies - Seminar '92; 3rd Annual Mini Competition; Christmas Trees - Opus I & III; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Magazine
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 2
32 pages. Features: The Cape of Many Hands - Viewpoint of Needleworker Jan Kjargaard; Blue Flag Iris - by Janet Brown; History of Homecrafted Christmas Tree Ornaments - by Angeline Doucet; A Victorian Christmas Ornament - by Barbara Gilbert; My Dearest Alfy - by Anna Dones; Connie's Sampler - by Connie Wilks; Murphy's Law for Needleworkers - by Mary-Dick Digges; Smocking - Yesterday and Today - by Sue Ann Bly; Needle-Mania - word search ; and more. Undated but from 1994 or 1995. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Circa 1995? Magazine
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Esquire Magazine, December 1970 - Ari Onassis Cover
296 pages. Features: Massive 5-panel colour photo ad for Ronson products inside front cover; Polaroid 360 colour two-page ad; Simca car ad; Panasonic colour photo ad for their 8-track player; Two-page Helbros watch colour ad; Colour photo Lucien Piccard watch ad featuring ball of Swiss cheese; Nice two-page ad for Henry McKenna bourbon whiskey; Nostalgic ad for two-colour Winthrop leather boots - Vintage '30; Colour photo ad for the Leicina - a new Leitz movie camera; Two-page colour ad for Dr. Grabo Pipes; Two-page illustrated ad for Oleg Cassini shirts; List of 190 things to avoid; Happy moments for General Mark Clark, Jerry Lewisk Jack Benny, B.B. King and Allen Funt; Interview with Hugh M. Hefner; The Perfect Mother, by Tiny Tim; Nine Happy Places; The Decade of the Great Liberal Death Wish, by Malcolm Muggeridge; Who Hates Whom - Religions/Ethnic Groups vs. Socioeconomic Status; The Sex Maniac, by Hilma Wolitzer; The Mechanics of Bliss - colour art photos; The Perfect Toy - Wesley Pavalon and the Milwaukee Bucks; James Michener and the Running of the Bulls in Pamploma - with many photos; Das Hip Kapital, by Craig Karpel - a critique of the youth economy; Weird Harold and the first national Swinger's Convention; The Sears Catalog - 1652 pages of the American Dream; The Motherhood, by Robert Ullian; Exotic Christmas gift vehicles and other gifts; John Rennon's Exlusive Groupie (John Lennon and Yoko), by Charles McCarry; Portugal - a blue heaven for greenbacks; The Sweeter Options of John D. MacArthur and Truman Capote, by Tom Burke; The Great Speckled Post; Out of Uniform - photo of six members of the Santos, Brazil soccer club, with ladies; Several ad for brown leather shoes - apparently trendy at that time; Far too many additional advertisements to list. This issue is a great throwback to the 1970s with hours of great reading. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Winter Edition, Number 5
Features: Flower arranger's greenhouse; Christmas at the manor; Proteas; design with Proteas; Singapore Orchids; The Big Day; The flora Calendar 1976; Chrysanthemum glory; Wintergreen; Gardening and flower arranging in Jamaica; Why I collect flower stamps; pink frost for Christmas; Coconuts for food and flowers; Flowers at Beaulieu; Men who arrange flowers; pot et fleur; winter in the garden; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: November-December 1978
Features: Making a Christmas scene; New Year's Eve; Ideas for Christmas; What would you like for Christmas; In Your Garden; Why not try a Residential Course; Christmas fantasies; Christmas Show; Sterling Value; Colour it silver; flowers through the ages; spring flower holidays; sensible shrub planting; flowers in the far east; collecting books; abstract arrangement; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Winter 1977
Features: Beginner's please!; winter garden; gardening indoors; growing unusual plants indoors; making a Christmas cone; the romance of Christmas greenery; Candle light; flowers through the ages; berried Treasure; Beech nut flowers; new flower seeds for 1978; colour it red; a flower arranger visits Japan; A Desert Beauty; Shell Magic; Flower Arranging and Gardening in Peru; Flowers for a Royal occasion; Personal colours of flowers of the Zodiac; Chinese Brush Painting; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Autumn 1976
Features: Autumn work in the Garden; create a modern arrangement; join a flower arrangement class; Skeleton leaves; Daffodils and Narcissi for autumn planting; Using cane; Cyclamen; Citrus Fruits - for food and flowers; Shrubs for Autumn colour; Fruit and Vegetable Decorations; Dried flowers in churches; Consider the lilies; Wilton; Flowers in metal; Flower arranging in Natal; the pleasure of teaching flower arranging; The Red Rose of Cares and the Opium Lady; Choose your new greenhouse now!; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: Winter 1976
Features: Floraclubs; amongst the flowers; adventures with annuals; floralore; photographing flower arrangements; Victorian Posy Holders; The Christmas Holidays; Presenting presents; Housewife's choice; a flower arranger's garden; florafood; a standing mobile; ideas for Christmas; Arranging from a small garden; Dominica - land of mountains and rivers; flowers of history; relationships; Mechanical aids to reduce time and effort; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Flora Magazine - For Flower Arrangers and Gardeners: November-December 1979
Features: Christmas gifts for flower lovers; Christmas at home; Flower holidays for 1980; In Your Garden; Forgotten Flowers; Making an unusual Christmas Tree; Make Your own exotic flowers; flowers at Fishmonger's Hall; Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg; Bulb Flowers with Candles; The Edwardian Era; Flowers on Greeting Cards; Holly; Florabooks; Dickensian Flowers; To Heat or not to Heat; How a floral arranger in New Zealand responds to challenges of titles; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Fortune Magazine, 6 December 1999 *Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal - Prince of Tech Investors*
382 pages. Features: Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed may be the wealthest investor outside the U.S.; The Fortune e-50 index; Dell's big new act; Excite@Home merges content and cable; DoubleClick - The Heart of Internet Advertising; USWeb/CKS grows up; The Clubby world of venture capitalists has become more aggressive and cutthroat; Japans R&D - get ready for robot dogs, video cell phones, electronic wall paper, and more; How to most effectively buy influence in Washington; The NRA is Under the Gun; What Would Machiavelli Do?; Dot Com time bomb on Madison Avenue - net brand promotion will stop after Christmas; Fast Ferries - radical new shapes are breaking speed records - it's a whole new breed of catamaran; Challengers Move in on ERP. Light wear. A nice clean copy. Magazine
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar) Magazine, December 11, 1886 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
20 pages. Contents: Winter Toilettes; Princesses at a Watering-Place; The Household Herald; Women and Men - every one that thirsteth; New York Fashions; Tapestry band for reclining chairs, etc.; background stitches for tapestry cushions ; fans and flowers for evening dress; Mrs. Burkes Pudding; The Woodlanders - continued; Family Living on $500 a Year - par XLVII; Some Christmas Suggestions; Sketches in Constantinople - text with illustrations; The Cocaine Habit - The Worst Slavery Known - New Revelations of Power; Nice centerfold illustration "Going to the Market in the Tropics" whows black man and woman on horseback; full-page illustration of "The Young Scion of the House of Alvarado on a Fiery Half-Broken Mustang; A Millionaire of Rough and Ready - continued; Knitted Chenille cape; Seal-skin wrap with beaver trimming; fur-trimmed mantle; Plain and plaid wool dress; India cashmere dress; A New Phase of Darwinism; humor. Above-average wear. Pattern included. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar), April 23, 1870 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Ball and Evening Coiffures - cover illustrations; Shabby Gentility; Blot-Ting Papers - No. VIII; New York Fashions - style of making, ball dress materials, trimmings; coiffures; Personal; Infant's bib with crochet edging; trimmings for ball and evening dresses; Pelerine with hood; Britta's Christmas Gift; Sayings and Doings; Centerfold illustrations of Ball and Evening Dresses as well as seven gorgeous opera wrappings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Paris Fashions; Lovely full-page image of birds eating grain from "The Christmas Sheaf"; Two coiffures of ribbon and flowers; Low Blouse waist with peplum; blouse waist with sqauare neck; Management of plants in rooms; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar), December 25, 1869 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Jacket tripped with gold braid; Blot-Ting Papers - Culinary Grievances; Holiday Gifts; Cashmere Scarf with Netted Guipure Trimming; Beret for Child under one year old; Cashmere scarf with crochet and tatted fringe; fishu with revers for girl from 4 to 6 years old; Satin Ribbon and Lace Cravat; Flanel Blouse; Close-fitting jacket with Revers; The Evergreen Message - a Christmas Story; Gossip on Crests and Monograpms; Mrs. Burton's Mince-Meat; Centerfold illustrations present twenty-one girls and ladies wearing a lovely variety of dresses and casaques; Debenham's Vow - continued; Design for bell pull satin stitch; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Holly Leaves Magazine, Christmas 1965
56 pages. Many lovely colour and black and white photographic ads and illustrations. Features: The Doll - from funeral effigy to child's plaything; Witches of the North, by Sydney Moorhouse; America Without Cowboys, by Dennis Tomlinson; Disasters at Sea, by Geoffrey P. West; The White Ones (Swans), by Jeffery Harrison; The Quiet Men - gamekeepers' methods have changed but their task remains much the same as in the last century, or even before; Working Terriers, by Ralph Greaves; The Splendour of Pheasants; Signs of the Zodiac; The Manchester Telegraphs; Flight from Fantasy - ballooning; The Origins and Development of Glass, by Rosemary Crommelin; Peter Morley - Thatcher of East Anglia - with great black white photos; One Man's Weather, by Anthony Clarkson; Suffolk Porches; A Poacher's Revenge; Stocks Market; What is it? - curious black and white photos. Average wear. Some writing atop page 42. Several short openings to covers. Binding restapled. Magazine
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Ikebana International, Issue No. 53, October 1978
Features: Ikenobo School; Sogetsu School; Soami School; Ichiyo School; Ryusei-ha School; Sumie and Poetry; Ikebana for Christmas; Chiko School; Shoho School; Seifu Enshu School; Koryu Shohtoh-kai School; Ohara School; Impressions of South Africa. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Jewelry Making Gems and Minerals Magazine- December 1977 - No. 482
Features: The Beauty of Gemstone Intarsia (cover art); A Two-Finger Ring; The Spirit of The Southwest in Intarsia; Cold Dopping; A Rockhound's Christmas; Polishing Jade; The Handbook of Flat Lapping, Part 2; A Design Problem and Solution; Easy-to-do Cocktail Forks; Designing Jewelry - Part 11; Faceting for Beginners - Part 7; A Start Cut for Christmas; The Chivor Emerald Mines; La Turmalina De senor Dominguez; California is Quicksilver Country - Prospecting for Mercury. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Date stamp upon front cover. Book
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LAIFS - Bulletin of the Los Angeles International Fern Society Volume 7, Number 12, December 1980
Features: Creating Christmas Decorations; The Conservatory Collection at New York Botanical Garden - a guided tour; and more Book
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Le Magazine Maclean, Decembre 1965 *LES CARNETS SECRETS DE JEAN-MARIE NADEAU*
Features: Colour ad for the Oldsmobile F-85 inside front cover; Beautiful full colour photo 2-page ad for the 1966 Buick Riviera and 1966 Buicks; Les carnets secrets de Jean-Marie Nadeau - precurseur de la 'revolution tranquille'; Very Rare full-page colour ad for the Honda S600 car!; La Bande a Charlot; Malraux, retour de Chine; Un Hiver Fou - fashion colour photos; Ils ont invente le cowboy Quebecois - Wellie Lamothe, Paul Brunelle et Marcel Martel; Pour Noel - James Bond, G.I. Joe, Barbie...; On nous change la Messe; L'ouest a-t-il compris Lesage?; Colour photo centerfold ad for the 1966 Chevrolet Caprice; Full-page colour photo ad for the OMC Snow Cruiser snowmobile; L'Expo de 9 a 5. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Lectures Pour Tous, Janvier 1939
Vintage French-language magazine. Contents: Mademoiselle Vert-Vert (II); Une Star Dans La Stratosphere; Les Deux Visites; Comment ils Revent la Vie Des Autres; La Pape et la Croix Gammee; Le Noel de Bidon V; Rudolph Valentino, Prince Charmant de L'Ecran (1); De Qui?; Echos du Passe; Espionnes D'Aujourd'hui; La Legende De Calinot; La Passage Des Nations; Au Fil De L'Actualite; Trois Minutes avec Le Fou Chantant ; Le Mariage de Napolean (III/fin); Les Sept Dictateurs; Ski de Week-end et ski de sejour; La Revolution et la mode. Photos of S.S. Pie XI parlant devant le micro. Several photos of Rudolph Valentino. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Chips from backstrip and covers. Magazine
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Little Things Magazine - The First Canadian Miniaturist Digest, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 1981 *First Issue*
46 pages. Colour photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Marj Franklin's little people; Home is where you find it; Pert clown for under the tree - project; White Plains - haven of the renowned; Paris - a Day in the Country; Observer's View; Cover Story; Chenille Christmas Tree - Project; Dolls of All Ages; M.E.T.'s Children of the World; A Child's Toy Piano - Project; 'Meet Me At The Fair'; Creating in Canada; Trade Talk; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Little Things Magazine - The First Canadian Miniaturist Digest, Volume 1, Number 5, October 1982 - A Season for Family Gatherings
46 pages. Black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Music Minia; Cover Story - a Season for Family Gatherings; Project - Christmas Centrepiece - Holiday greenery; Prolific Pewter - a Pewterer's story; Cullen Gardens - a Miniature Village; Crocheted Delicacies - one woman's success in scale; Project - Log Cabin - a house for the Dollhouse; Pierre Ramet - L'Artisanat - Part 2; Bucket Bench - a French-Canadian Period Piece; Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum - a visual biography; Project - a room box - part 2; Hollywood - the golden years; Phelan City - the little city that could; Canadian National Doll Convention; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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