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Man, John
Gobi: Tracking the Desert
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 212 pages. Topics include: Mongolia, Sandstorms, Russia, China, Communism, Herdsmen, National Parks, Mountains, Stand-Stone Canyons, Dunes, Singing Sands, Snow Leopards, Desert Bears, Wild Horses, Roy Chapman Andrews, Dinosaur Eggs, Flaming Cliffs, Michael Noacek,
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MARSEILLE.-
Montreur d'ours devant le Palace Casino.-
Marseille. L. Vers 1910. Carte postale en noir et blanc, très animée, montreur d'ours accompagné de plusieurs personnes dont une femme et un homme portant un tambourin devant un tramway et le casino. Timbre semeuse dans l'angle supérieur gauche, non gênant. Bel exemplaire. Photo sur demande.
Riferimento per il libraio : ORD-17579
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massepain ( andré )
la grotte aux ours
éditions GP 1963 in 8 cartonnage éditeur 186 pages
Riferimento per il libraio : 158
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MAYNE-REID.-
Bruin ou Les Chasseurs d'Ours.-
Traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par A. Letellier. Paris. Hachette. 1863. In-12 (115 x 180mm) dos lisse chagrin noir orné de filets et de caissons dorés, plats et gardes marbrés, 2ff., 427 pages, 8 gravures hors texte. Qq. rousseurs sinon bel exemplaire, en belle reliure ancienne. Rare édition originale de la traduction française. Voir Thiébaud page 645 qui la date de 1865.
Riferimento per il libraio : ORD-14933
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MAYNE-REID (Capitaine)
BRUIN OU LES JEUNES CHASSEURS D'OURS.
Paris, Sté Fse d'Imprimerie et de Librairie (ancienne Librairie LECENE, OUDIN & Cie), sans date, reliure pleine toile rouge d'éditeur, 18x26 cm, 158 pages. Adaptation de Lucien DEMAY. Une illustration en couleurs en frontispice, illustrations dans le texte et pleine-pages en noir et blanc et couleurs.
Riferimento per il libraio : 4967
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Mayne-Reid (Capitaine)
Les fils du chasseur d'ours
1946 éditions G. Ratier paris 1946 In12 broché 216 pages
Riferimento per il libraio : 6020
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MAYNARD Felix
UN DRAME DANS LES MERS BOREALES - Souvenirs du Kamtschtka -
P , M Levy , 1859 , in12 , 1/2 chagin bleu nuit , 307pp . Langue: Français
Riferimento per il libraio : M18082
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McDonald, Herbert L.
British Columbia: Challenge in Abundance - In Slipcase
160 pages. Written upon the 100th anniversary of the province of British Columbia. This book is "...within the range of the still camera's lense and the limit of words, enough provocation I hope, to entice you to go see for yourself. See the Abundance! See the Challenges! If you are sixty, cry a little. At any age you will be uplifed, inspired, charged with excitement. Ours is this kind of country." - author. Lovely book is unmarked and showing faintest wear. Attractive brown cloth boards protected by clear plastic sleeve. Slipcase in good condition with top seam peeling. Book
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McMullan, Jim; Gautier, Dick
Actors As Artists
164 pages. A tribute to the stars of stage and screen, past and present who are also gifted visual artists. Over seventy well-known actors and actresses have contributed their works of art - works that reveal a facet of their personalities many have never seen. Specially commissioned photographs taken inside their homes, gardens, and art studios, complement this stunning and varied collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Book very lightly worn, clean, bright and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears one inch tear with missing chunk at top of front panel else is lightly worn. Nice copy. Book
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Minarik, Else Holmelund.Maurice Sendak
Osito
New York: Harper & Row 1969 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 12mo 61pages laminated boards; edgeworn top panel of dj <br/><br/>In Harper;s Spanish I Can Read series. Minarik's loved "Little Bear" story with Sendak's illustrations. Harper & Row hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 0009082 ISBN : 8484648680 9788484648680
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MIR, Mathilde.
Mameli. Illustré par Rej.
Bourges, editions Tardy, 1950; plaquette petit in-4° brochée, couverture illustrée en couleur; 16pp. y compris la couverture.Illustrations dans le texte ou à pleine page par Rej.
Riferimento per il libraio : cROU-727
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Mitchell-Hedges, F.A.; Hogg, J.E.; Millburn, P.; Mackenzie, D.; Fitz-Simons, F.W.; Maloney, Mercer Sherwood; Lethbridge, O.; Taylor, M.M.; Patterson, R.; Arthur, H.H.; Dickie, F.; Haigh, G.D.; Cook, O.; Trench, C.V.
The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August (Aug.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 328 - Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano / Two Years in Borneo
Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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MORLEY René (Ours actif)
Les pionniers : Tome 1 - Noeuds et passerelles (dessins d'Annette Morley, ourson timide). Tome 2 - Les ponts (illustrations de Pierre Joubert).
Couverture souple. 2 volumes brochés. 118 + 130 pages. Rousseurs.
Riferimento per il libraio : 138074
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MOREUX abbé
l’assaut du pôle nord
in 8 pleine toile verte titre doré et filets à froid au dos,faux-titre,titre,210 pages,illustrations dans et hors-texte Jouve & Cie sans date petite décoloration angle inférieur droit du premier plat
Riferimento per il libraio : 3027
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MORLEY, René (Ours Actif) - MORLEY, Annette (Illustrations)
Noeuds et passerelles. Livre I (Tome seul)
1942 Edition des Eclaireurs Unionistes de France, collection "Les Pionniers" - 1942 - Troisième édition - In-8, broché couverture illustrée - 117 pages - 271 figures dessinées par Annette Morley (Ourson Timide), en N&B in et hors texte
Riferimento per il libraio : 114627
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MORLEY Rene (Ours actif)
Les pionniers : Tome 1 - Noeuds et passerelles dessins d'Annette Morley ourson timide. Tome 2 - Les ponts illustrations de Pierre Joubert. 1942-1943.
Eclaireurs Unionistes de France 1943. Paperback. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture souple. Ecrit par une figure du scoutisme unioniste. 2 volumes brochés. 118 130 pages. Rousseurs. <i>ref. 138074</i> Eclaireurs Unionistes de France paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 138074
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Morse, George F; Don Nelson
The Follet Picture-Story of Baby Animals
Some scribbles inside front cover and spots on some pages. Black and white illustrations by Don Nelson. 5 1/4"w x 7 3/8"h.
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Air Combat Magazine - Vol. 9, No. 3 May 1981
74 pages. Features include: School for Aces - this new leadership program helps upgrade the combat readiness of NATO pilots; Air Intelligence File - Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; Sea Harrier Goes Operational - the BAe Sea Harrier has become the first S/VTOL maritime combat; New Tanker for the Navy - a most unusual new aircraft has been added to the Navy's air fleet; Jaguars meet the Eagles - RAF Jaguars in joint operations with USAF F-15 Eagles; America's Top Guns - How California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honors at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's New Helicopter - The Chinook will provide heavy duty helicopter service for the RAF; Lizard Fighting Falcon - Experimental paint scheme is tried out on the F-16; Bear Intercept! - How the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet's Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - This rugged Canadian training aircraft has given years of faithful service and shows no sighs of slowing down. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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Air Combat Magazine, Volume 9, 1981, All Issues Bound in One Volume
Features: Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; HMS Invincible; Re-Engined 135 - Re-engining of the existing KC-135 tanker fleet may mean operation into the next century; HiMAT - this flying test bed is used to develop combat aircraft of the future; New York's Finest - visiting with the Voodoos of the 107th Fighter Interceptor Group; MiG Killer - an interview with a Marine fighter pilot; Greeks over Britain - the first ever visit by Royal Hellenic A-7s to Britain; Corsair II Markings; Lone Eagles - Hungarian Ju 88s battle the Russians during WWII; Turbo Trojan - flying the North American YAT-28E Turbo Trojan; Lightning Deployment - Royal Air Force Lightnings deploy for combat practice; Farnborough military report; Flugtag at Ramstein; Vought's Rugged Corsair II - part II of a markings feature on the Corsair II; "The Face of God" - the life and times of North Vietnam's leading ace; School for Aces - leadership program for NATO pilots; Sea Harrier goes operational; New tanker for the Navy - Modified Convair 8E80; Jaguars meet the Eagles - how California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honours at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's new helicopter - the Chinook; Lizard fighting Falcon - experimental paint scheme for the F-16; Bear Intercept! - how the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - the rugged Canadian training aircraft shows no signs of slowing down; Salute to the Skyraider; Navy accepts first operational Hornet; These two pilots have recorded over 1,000 flying hours each in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; Falcons of Georgia - History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; Igloo White - how we listened to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; Angel of another color - a new paint scheme for the Blue Angels aircraft; Fighting Falcon for Export - re-engined F-16 planned for sale to smaller countries; Marines fighting helicopters - how the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment; Stratojet - looking back at the USAF's Boeing B-47 bomber; Scratch five MiGs - the story behind the only enemy aircraft ever destroyed by the Boeing B-52; Mirages over Spain - an exclusive look at a rarely illustrated fighter operated by the Spanish Air Force; Down by not out - last flight or new future for the B-1?; An old-fashioned dogfight - aerial combat during the early days of the Vietnam war were not unlike some of the free-wheeling fights of WWII; A time for change - the changing look in USN aircraft camouflage; New Sea Harrier Squadron - Fleet Arm Air takes on another Sea Harrier unit; The Aggressors - these specially tasked units are some of the most unique in the USAF; Tigershark - Detailed portrait of Northrop's new fighter; Mirage IIIE in Spanish Service; Strike Command - can the RAF's Strike Command stop Soviet air strikes in Britain and Europe?; Fists of the Fleet - a close look at the markings of USN Phantoms and Tomcats; Blowtorch built for two - the life and times of the two TF-86 training Sabres. Privately bound in blue hard cover. Book
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Air Stories - Aerial Adventure in Fact and Fiction: April 1939, Vol. 8, No. 4
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
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Another Lost Whole Moose Catalogue: A Yukon Way of Knowledge II
156 pages. Covers: bush life; wilderness; adventure; love; stories; growing; things; dogs; recipes; cabin fever; rivers; hot saunas; languages; cloth; diapers; bears; potlatch; wood; horizontal life; storytelling; northern lights; Yukon sounds; stargazing. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful resource. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1951 Through November/December1952
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: "Our Ladies of Ladysmith" - 4 photos and text re: operators in this Vancouver Island town; Photos of equipment upgrade in Victoria; New Haney office; Emerald central office in Vancouver; W.S. Pipes Appointed General Manager; Company seeks permission to increase capital; R.S. Argue; Penny Wise; Statement of Development - # of phones operating per exchange; Company fails to earn full dividends; Two fires; Forty years in company trucks; Port Moody-Ioco cable photos; Victoria's largest phone cable; C.C.F. Hall fire; New Union Bay office; rate increase sought; new pole-setting technique with crane - photo; 4 pages of photos and captions from Courtenay; Exchange comes to Fruitvale; Post-war development program continues; Border line pole; H.W. Stevens; Kerrisdale reunion; Haney Conversion; Mission may join B.C. Tel.; Royal Visit; Prize-winning float; North, West and Richmond endorse extended service; G.L. Frost; Company seeks new rates at hearing; Earl Squire; Memoriam for E.P. LaBelle, "Recognized as one of the outstanding men in telephony". Mr. LaBelle retired in 1947 after spending 27 years as General Plant Manager of the company. An impressive concise bio is presented. (This book bears the ink-stamped name 'E.P. LaBelle' on the top edge of the text. Presumably, this book belonged to Eugene LaBelle Jr.); Vancouver City Hall joins Automatic Systems; Vancouver dial service completes move to new quarters; Haney cut to automatic; Automatic service for Yarrow; Charlie Davis (helped publish every issue of Telephone Talk from inception in 1911 to the end of 1951; George McCartney - memoriam with photo; Elgin installation; New Cable for West Van; J.D. Johnston ends long service; Mission's new building; North Central Office Expansion; Square Dancing; Surrey program pushes ahead - photos; Chilliwack equipment added; Elgin automatic unit now in service; Photo of men working above Rock Creek Canyon at Bridesville; Hastings Reunion; Vancouver Toll Expansion; Powell River Photos; New automatic system for Aldergrove; New outdoor pay stations (pay phones); photos of construction of B.C.'s portion of the trans-Canada telephone line; Hammond Photos; Victoria Expansion - photos and text; Abbottsford-Mission cutover; Chilliwack telephone personalities - photos; Nelson-Penticton Toll Line construction photos; our biggest cable goes underground in Vancouver - photos; J.E. Carlile retires; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Book
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Commonwealth Today - No. 59
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
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Doll Design Magazine, January 1989
Special Features: Dotty Lee's Soap Dolls; The Wright Bears; New dress for your Raggedy Ann!; Winter Wendy - coat and dress pattern for your 14" doll; and more. Light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Doll Designs Magazine, Winter 1987
Build a better Bru - step-by-step instructions; Harold Payne's Handcarved Dolls; 11 Full-Sized Patterns; Treetop Teddy; Jointed Bears; Mexican Angel; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: December 1994 - Canada's Cajun Cousins
Features: The New Nature - welcome to the world of digital media; Polar Energy - the annual gathering of Polar Bears near Churchill, Manitoba has brought tourism to the tundra; Swampbillies no longer - Canada's Cajun cousins are reborn on the bayou, leading a French revival in the Deep South; Spirit of the Land - a pilgrim's tribute to soul power in native North America; The Sorry Saga of Superjuice - Premarin is a popular menopause drug... Few users know the side effects of its creation - horses as urine machines and a fouled prairie river. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: January/February 1991 - Rafting the Tatsenshini
Features: Journey to the Ice Age - Rafting the Tatshenshini, North America's wildest and most endangered river; Cryptic Clues - Combing Peru's remote coast for traces of its ancient headhunting artists; The Kings of Riding Mountain - Manitoba's Black Bears are the biggest in the world... Preserving a place for them takes more than simple biological research; Small Wonders - Flea-sized machines fit for Alice in Wonderland may be the fixers of the future. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1979
Features: The First Men on the moon - the ultimate assignment, by John H. Faber; Caucasus Mountain Expedition - a naturlist returns to Central Asia; Sea Bears of the Pribilofs - will they survive human predation?; Saturation Diving - a new frontier of nautical archeology; Exploring Nepal's Rivers - the Talu Beri, Beri and the Karnali; Australia's Lake Eyre - when the rains came; East African Field Trips - students sample ethnic lifeways; Solar Energy - a return to basics; Sea Snakes of Gato Island - an exotic resource of the Philippines. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 1 April 1938: Hockey's All-Stars
68 pages. Fantastic colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover bears the heading '104 International Trucks Prove Their Stamina Off The Highway for Dowell, Incorporated. Handsome Colour Ford ad on back cover features the 1938 De Luxe and the Standard. Full-page two-colour Pontiac ad on page 5 shows a woman shifting gears on the steering column. Features: Voice off Scene, by Herbert Dalmas and Maurice Geraghty; Why (Anthony) Eden Quit, by Beverley Baxter - with photos of Mussolini and Hitler; Mr. Hepburn's Treasure Hunt - a candid review of the administration of the Ontario Succession Duty Act, by Frederick Edwards; James C. Hendy nominates Hockey's All-Stars 1937-38, with head photos of Eddie Shore, C. Thompson, A.C. Siebert, Syl Apps, P. Thompson and Gordon (Gordie) Drillon; Springs of Courage, by Garnett Radcliffe - a story of the South Seas, 'the girl back home' and a magnificent gesture; Chundra the Elephant, by Paul Annixter; Little Corporals of Finance - Banker humour by C.W. McGannon; Zeballos Gold Rush, by Charles Lugrin Shaw - with black and white photos; The Seventh (7th) Day, by Max Brand; Wheat to Flour - photo page; Full-page black and white ad for General Electric Refrigerators; The Dotted Line - Braille, by Harris Turner; Page 26 cartoon of a smiling Hitler repapering an Austria wall with Swastika wallpaper; Ethiopian Chaos - a brief report on how the Italians have failed to consolidate their conquest; Bold centerfold Dodge ad featuring skater Sonja Henie; Sir Frederick Haultain - Pioneer Statesman; Full-page black and white Plymouth ad; Lovely full-page colour photo ad for the 1938 Studebaker; Full-page black and white ad for the Nash car company; Crossword completed in pencil on page 46; Full-page black and white ad for the McLaughlin-Buick; Movie News by Ann Ross; Nice full-page black and white DeSoto car ad. Above-average wear to covers which are detached from textblock but present. Page 9 loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 15 September, 1956 *ROBERT FOWLER AND HIS T.V. ROYAL COMMISSION*
Features: What will Robert Fowler say about TV? - a report on the head of the Royal Commission on Broadcasting and what he's likely to suggest; Karsh visits Hollywood; How Harry Orchard murdered twenty men - a Maclean's flashback in two parts; Why we're getting more disastrous hurricanes; The secret war of Charles Goodeve (conclusion - The weapons of tomorrow) - the Panjandrum, the Alligator, and Lily the floating airport... these revolutionary inventions created under the guidance of a little-known Canadian have yet to be tested in combat; The life and death mystery of our liver; Frank Merrill's winning way with horses; She didn't care what people thought - fiction by Ronald R. Smith; Does more money than brains go to collete? - Dr. Sidney Smith; Ross Thatcher's glum conversion; My most memorable meal - Maj.-Gen. J.M. Rockingham. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chunk missing from front cover which bears two closed tears ***PLEASE NOTE*** pages 15-20 are missing. They contained the Karsh story plus the first page of the Harry Orchard story. Two-page Chysler ad for PowerFlite pushbutton automatic transmission (missing 3"x 2" chunk from upper left corner. Cartoon clipped from page 82 has removed part of the Harry Orchard story. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, 8 November 2010 - Europe Protests Welfare State Cutbacks
126 pages. Features:Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue in conversation; Russell Williams - where it all began; Randy Quaid - Asylum in Canada?; How Rob Ford became Mayor of Toronto; Saskatchewan opposes Potash takeover; Europe loses its cool - rollbacks in the pampered continent - feature article; Refugees from Iran; Bears in Japanese towns; Canada's best employers; Siamese Twins Tatiana and Krista - joined at the head at age 4; Anne-Marie Losique and Quebec's all-porn TV channel; Benjamin Theodore Pearson in memoriam; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, August 15, 1937 *Rabbit Maranville - Manager of the Montreal Royals*
48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey, Saskatchewan, 4 June, 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt, Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies, story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast, by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q., by R.E. Knowles, Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville, Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles, by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes, by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools, including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake, by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. Book
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McCall's Magazine, March 1963
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
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Nature Canada Magazine: Summer 1986
Features: How Polar Bears Keep Their Cool; The Great Bird that Beat the Odds - the Great Blue Heron; Out of Kiusta - young people discover inner resources they didn't know they had; Classroom in a Virgin Rainforest; Free Trade - The Environmental Dilemmas; Cross-Country Caravan to save South Moresby Island from logging. Minimal library markings. Moderate wear. Sound reference copy. Book
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Nature Magazine, August 1935
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
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniatures Hobbyist, April 1987 - Beckoning Angel Children / Bunny Burrow
Features: Kathryn Besarany - Miniaturist of the Month; Dee Price Boquist and her Theatrical Flair; Dolores Kott's Can-Do Bears; Martin Silber built this mansion for his mom Rhea; Leslie Pinkston's Mission in Needlepoint; Susan B. Sirkis and her delightful greenhouse; The Stansbury-Burris House; Ethel Hicks' Angel Children; Myra Stell and her Arrow Head Trading Post; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniatures Hobbyist, July 1987 - Bouquets, Baskets, Bows & Bears
Features: Victorian Interiors; Treasuring Tiggy Winkles - Kathryn Franze's little bears; Q&A with Jan Wolf - Miniatures Architect; David and Jill Shepherd - delicate porcelain designs; Christine Casey's Romantic Bouquets; Edwin Baker - architect turned Miniaturist; Barbara Fagan's Wreaths and Baskets; Evelyn Lenz on how to make dolls with character; Carolyn Condon's original dollhouse; Mary Koshuta's Knitted Warmth - little sweater sets for doll children; Joann' Attic; A Jelly Cupboard; Clifton House - Part VI; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine - For the Complete Miniature Hobbyist, March 1983 - Teddies - America's Hottest Collectable
Features: Bears & Bearophobia - How Rare is Your Bear?; Teddy Bears - America's Huggable Sweethearts; Tiggywinlkes Bears by Kathryn Franze and Susan Johnson; Mr. "T" Bear; The Drexel University Museum - a tucked-away treasure; Norma Slominsky -a very special touch; Carter's Grove keeps growing; Barbara Bunce - a multi-faceted jewel; Clifford Yerks - Simply Shaker; Erik Hansen - the Kitbash Kid; Jeanne Knoop - The Playful Imagination; DIY Instant Antiques; Room of the Month - Feminine Fancy; Building with Bob - Wiring and Masonry; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, December 1993 - 'Tis the Season
Features: Merry Makings; Flooring - the beautiful basis; Gretchen Deans; Angela Trotta Thomas; Sixteen Centuries of Santa; Karen Markland; The Guild School c/o Cloud Nine; Artisan Showcase; Old Friends; Build Your Dollhouse - Part III; A Sampler of Santas; The Bride of the 90s; An Inspired Hepplewhite; Christmas Bears; Nebraska Sod House - Part III; Dream Room VI - Log Cabin Retreat; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, July 1994 - Betty Martin's Magnificent Museum in Miniature
Features: From Tukwila to Kitsap - so much to see in Seattle; Museum in Miniature - Betty Martin's "California Institute of Art"; Laurie Sisson; Meet Ray Whitledge; Beach house gets indoor plumbing; San Jose's Good Samaritan Show; A Colonial Keeping Room; Paper Ware for your Picnic Fare; Ready Teddies - three bears; A 1/4" scale pool table; A Curved Back Sofa; A Cozy Corner - an elaborately draped and pillowed bay was a must have in the late Victorian home; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Old West Magazine - Summer 1966
Features: 'History and Reminiscences of J.W. Cooper, California Sheep Baron - reprinted in its entirety; Hell and Hight Water - early loggers; Colter's Boone - John Colter; Rattlesnakes I have known; The Murder of Simeon Turley; W. T. 'Slick' Clements - dead shot; Black Rock Swindle - Humboldt County, Nevada; The Harvey Houses - food and accommodation for travellers; Bitter Sunset - Gokliya, famed Apache war chief; They didn't stay for dinner - early Coloradan 'Zan' Hicklin got rid of bores; Old West Scrapbook; Bears are bigger in the dark; Sandon, British Columbia - Misfortune's Playground; White Man's revenge - what happened when a young Indian refused to submit; The Denton-Twiggs Feud - Jesse Roper; We ran the Jim - the James River, South Dakota in the 1880s; Bert Casey and the Hughes Ranch, Oklahoma; Longest stage route in the world; The meanest Cayuse; Cry of the Death Bird; Early Day Cow Hosses. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
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Teddy Bear and His Friends: December 1986
Features: Bears do the Darndest Things; Reflections of Teddy Contest - how Teddy makes life more bearable; Grand Prize Winner; Mr. Chuzzelwit Remembers Christmas Past; Decorationg with Teddy Bears - Thanksgiving and Christmas; Advertising Bears; Celebearities; Teddy Bear Artist Rebecca White; Show Santa Bear Got his Fame; Santa Bear and Miss Mouse; A Teddie from Eddie; Personality Dogs - Part Two; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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The Atlantic Magazine, November 1955 *Other Worlds Than Ours*
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
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The Great War - The Standard History of the World-Wide Conflict, Part 201: June 22nd, 1918 - War Scenes in Coloured Photography- No. 3
Features: Anzacs' Great Record During 1917 (conclusion); The Organisation of Youth in the War (by Sir Robert Baden-Powell and E.K. Nugent). Colour illustration laid in bears the caption "At a Franco-British Outpost in the Great German Advance, March, 1918". Centerfold illustrations of the Australians in the Holy Land. Average wear. Staples have disintegrated. Book
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The Illustrated Canadian Forest and Outdoors Magazine, August 1931
Pages 385-424. Features: This Tourist Business of Ours - is it a billion dollar ballyhoo? - photo at Radium Hot Springs; Painted Mountains - Cameron Lake of Waterton National Park; Camper - Respect the Weather!; White Water - photo-illustrated canoeing article by Grey Owl; Memories of Flashing Streams - the trout run big in Cape Breton; "A Big Bee" Brings Pipe of Peace - wonderfully photo-illustrated article describes how treaty money is paid, land is dealt, etc. with Ontario's Native peoples; Blackbird Blizzards; When You're Lost in the Woods - using your watch as a compass; Birds for the Prairie Shelter Belt; With Our Junior Fire Wardens; Trailing the Clouds on Horseback - the life of Rocky Mountain Guide Old Man Logan; Jack Miner's Mail Bag; A Bird Sanctuary in Nova Scotia - by John W. Piggott; Forest Business in British Columbia, by Hon. N.S. Lougheed - includes amazing half-page photo of fallers, their long saws and massive fallen timber; ; Black Bass Furnish Hot Weather Sport, by Ozark Ripley. Nice two-colour ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover. Canadian National ad inside back cover promotes big game hunting in Canada. Nice ad for Western Super-X shotgun shells on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
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The Saturday Evening Post, December 24 - December 31, 1960 *IS EUROPEAN EDUCATION BETTER THAN OURS?*
Features: The Franciscans - they possess an inner peace that modern people seek, but rarely find; Pursuit of a Painkiller - the development of Phenazocine, a synthetic narcotic to replace the useful but addictive drug morphine; Adventures of the Mind - Life's Mysterious Clocks, by Frank A. Brown Jr.; A Christmas Letter; How to Speak French without saying a word - humor by Stewart Alsop; Winter's wildest sport - iceboating; Is European Education better than ours? - a five-nation survey of 4142 school children provides an astonishing report - long and detailed article with many photos. Great color Schlitz ad inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
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The Sphere Magazine - The Empire's Illustrated Weekly: April 7, 1945
Features: Horrific opening photo of the ruins of Wesel bears the caption 'German cities are being pulverised to dust; photos of the British jet plane, the Gloster-Whittle; photos of the crossing of the River Rhine; Photos and details of Hitler's Berhof at Berchtesgaden; Photos of the capture of Mandalay; photos from Iwo Jima; The capture of Wesel; New equipment for use against Germans and 'Japs'; Pictures from Russia; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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The Three Bears and Other Stories: 0511 - Red Riding Hood Series
Unpaginated. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Nice colour illustration on front board. Many black and white illustrations in text. Cracks along each hinge. Two-inch piece missing from bottom corner of one page - text unaffected. Somewhat above-average wear. Still a pleasing copy of this lovely vintage title. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, December 1954
Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine, January 1955 - Australian Edition
Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Few chips from backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
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