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Cott, Anne Edmunds [Signed]
Barbwire Bill's Happy Family
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. vii, [1], 9-167 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1977. "Barbwire Bill was my father and in 1931 he moved his family from Willmar in South-eastern Saskatchewan north some 350 miles to Eldersley. Some members of my family have been anxious that I record this event for future generations, and in so doing the story has mushroomed into the following book." - Foreword. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Moderate wear to blue boards lettered in silver. Binding intact. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A sound copy of this excellent family history and genealogical reference to the author's branches of the Edmunds and Fletcher families. Book
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DeMont, John [Signed]
Citizens Irving: K.C. Irving and His Legacy - The Story of Canada's Wealthiest Family
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. ix, [2], 2-253, [1] pages. Index. Footnotes. "Sheds fresh light on this secretive 92-year-old, known simply as K.C., who has emerged victorious over small competitors, faced down multinational oil companies, and battled provincial and federal governments in his drive for weath and power." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy Book
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Roberts, Sarah Ellen
Of Us And The Oxen
[6], 260 pages. "Tells the story of an adventure in homesteading on the prairies of Alberta [near Talbot, Alberta] from 1906 to 1912. Author was the mother of a family of five. During her first winter she kept an almost daily record of events. In 1915, three years after leaving, she completed the story for her children, with no thought that it would ever by published. Offers a vivid picture of pioneer life, painted by one who actually lived through the experiences described. Tells of years of hardship and privation, years of bitter struggle, years of loneliness and frustration and disappointment, and yet, years that were rewarding." - Foreword. Prior owner's name and date atop title page, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative Canadian prairie pioneering chronicle. Strathern 3504. Book
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Turner, Jan [Signed]; Drake, Alice
A Penchant for Pioneering: Alice and the Stubbs Family (Book I)
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. viii, 124 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Describes life from 1850 to 1903 in the Crowsnest Pass. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Bischoff, Norma; et al
Shuswap Chronicles 1995 Volume 5 [Five], December [Dec.] 1995
60 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Features: Cover portrait of Henry Frederick Bischoff circa. 1930; The Bischoffs Discover the Shuswap; My Bizarre Bush Bedmates; It Wasn't a Black Bear; Big Bang at Magna Bay; Pierre Remond - A Gentle Man; Tribute to Jim and Hattie Brown; Andus Anderson - An Early Settler; The Herrings of Squilax; The Squilax Store; Charles Riley Remembers Thomas Brown Senior; For the Love of the Land; I Remember - The Scow; Arriving at Shuswap Lake; The Wheeler Family; Frank Bagshaw; Journal of Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson, Winter 1922; Billy Henstridge; Bob Bristow Talks to Chase High School Students circa 1977; Bert Austin; Crawfoot Mountain Lookout; Family Noakes; George Ekholm; The McDonald House at Magna Bay; Our First Coyote; Trapping - P.B. (Bert) Austin; Bunny (Theodor) Bischoff; When Mrs. Beguelin was Quiet!; Eleanor Nelson; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this particularly informative issue. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Pictorial Parish Directory of St. Nicholas Parish, Winnipeg
76 pages. Text primarily in English with some in Ukrainian. Circa 1970. Photos of and brief text by church officials, followed by a six-page parish chronology, 1899-1970. Includes photos and write-ups of the choirs, followed by a page of information on the Holy Family Cemetery tended by John and Doris Soroskie. The remaining fifty-eight pages consist of nice black and white photos of each family belonging to the church, and a membership list which includes addresses and phone numbers. Printed on glossy stock. A marvelous memento for family members of the church and their descendants. Bits of writing on covers. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Harrison, D. Phyllis
Saga of a Henchwoman
195 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. The result of painstaking research, this work presents the fascinating life story of Elizabeth Russell Baile, great, great, great grandmother of the author. Stroked-out library inkstamp upon title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Friesen, Helene
A Genealogy of Peter P. And Agatha Friesen 1770-1978
iv, 5-85 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of photos of family members. "The focal points of this genealogy are the late Peter P. and Agatha Friesen, the trunk of the family tree. From there we trace some of the roots of the family back to 1770, and examine the branches, twigs and leaves that continue to grow. Along with two maps, the introductory chapter presents a brief history of the Mennonites. Chapters two and four clarify the relationships of ancestors and other relatives to the Manitoba Friesens, and trace the family from Prussia and Russia to Canada and Paraguay. Chapter seven gives a complete listing of all of their descendants and brief biographies of their 15 children." - Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. Yellow tape marks inside blue card covers where former book cover was mounted. A worthy copy of this excellent genealogical reference. Book
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Lamson, David; Tufts, Kingsley; Annett, R. Ross; Carse, Robert; Hauser, Ernest O.; Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L.; MacKaye, Milton; et al
The Saturday Evening Post, September 17, 1949 - What's Happening to Germany's Jews? / Digging the Japs Out of the Philippines
160 pages. Features: Lovely color-photo ad for General Electric televisions; Great 1-page color-photo ad for the Kaiser Traveler car; *Gorgeous* full-page color 7up (Seven Up) ad features huge illustration of bottle; Nice 1-page color ad for White Trucks features the new super power 3000; Very cute 1-page color ad for Monarch peas features classroom scene; *Magnificent* two-page color ad for movie 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' with large illustration of John Wayne in cavalry gear; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Chocolates; What's Happening to Germany's Jews? - photo-illustrated article reports on how Germany's Jews are trying to pick up the threads of normal everyday life; Malice Aforethought (fiction); I'll Gyp You Every Time - double-length photo-illustrated article in which a carnival sharpie explains how he clips the chumps on midway games of 'skill'; Where are we now on Polio? - photo-illustrated article on what we know, and don't know, about the most dreaded of youthful afflictions; Perfect Secretary (fiction); Nobody but the People Liked it - it's been 162 years since the American Constitution was written; Pigskin Preview; Color-photo illustrated article on Rockefeller Center; It's Never Too Late for Romance (fiction); Digging the Japanese Out of the Philippines - part 6 of 'Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo' - photo-illustrated article; Bright Inferno (fiction); Feature color-photo illustrated article on the Isle o' Pines Resort operated by the Hadley family of Minnesota; Wanted for Murder (fiction); Glorious 1-page color Cadillac ad features green 2-door convertible and Harry Winston jewels; Renegade Canyon (fiction); Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features smiling lady; 1-page color ad for Plymouth cars; 1-page color Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Nice 1-page color ad for Packard cars features a green Golden Anniversary Packard Eight, 135 HP Club Sedan; Two-page Philco television ad; Nice color half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes; 1-page 2-color Ford ad promotes their $100k car-safety contest; 1-page color-photo ad for Caterpillar illustrates a primitive form of landfilling next to a golf course; Beautiful color-photo 2-page ad for the new 1950 Studebaker features a red car with night city skyline in background; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks; 1-page photo ad for the Eaton 2-speed axle features Mr. Kevah Konner of Kevah Konner, Inc., bus operators of Pine Brook, NJ; Attractive color-illustrated 1-page ad for American Airlines features young lady and older man at airport; Nice 1-page color ad for Rice Krispies; Handsome 1-page color ad for Stetson hats features actor Dana Andrews wearing the Flagship in Cadet Blue with passenger aircraft in background; Nice 1-page Dodge Truck color ad features scene at boxing tournament; Nice 1-page color ad for Ritz Crackers; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Libbey-Owens-Ford Plate Glass shows picture window of character home being replaced; Nice 1-page color-illustrated ad for Kaywoodie pipes shows Colorado River scene in the Grand Canyon; Investors Diversified Services Inc. ad features photos of their successful salesmen Lewis Hunsaker of Utah, Arnold T. Baland of Minnesota, W.H. Walton of Georgia and Herbert G. Elsinger of New York; Nice color-photo 1-page ad for Allis-Chalmers shows corn cob harvesting scene; Nice Statler Hotel ad features cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Jeep trucks inside back cover; Wheaties 'Breakfast of Champions' ad on back cover features the Philadelphia A's Eddie Joost and members of his family. Several middle pages free from staples but present. Small clipping from page 108 affects Rice Krispies ad. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this interesting issue. Magazine
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Culhane, Phil [Editor]
Canadian Bottle & Stoneware Collector, No. 2, Fall 1992 [October / November / December]
48 pages. Features: Medicine Bottles - Canadian Electric and Magnetic Medicines; Soda Waters - The Tune Family; Canadian Jar Talk - The EGCo Imperial, Excelsior Glass Works; Canadian Clubs; Interesting finds; Canadian Brewery Advertising; Show Report and Show Listings; Canadian Stone Ginger Beers; Collecting Stoneware - The Hot Buttons; Interesting letters to the editor; Classified Ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Smith, D.C.
The Seigneury of Longueuil [Ginn Studies in Canadian History]
24 pages. Glossary. Oblong 20 x 26cm. Abundantly illustrated, primarily in colour. Nice learning tool for students. Two school stamps otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Drummond, Don; Drinnan, Gregg; Chynoweth, Jeff
Junior Hockey Magazine, September - October 1980, Volume 3, No. 1: Cover Photos of 1980 NHL First Round Picks From the WHL
102 pages. Cover photos of first round NHL draft selections from the WHL include: Barry Pederson, Steve Patrick, Brad Palmer, Mike Blaisdell, Doug Wickenheiser, Darren Veitch and Dave Babych. Features: WHL Predictions - article with photos of Rod Buskas, Peter Steblyk, Kelly Hrudey, Don Dietrick, Sheldon Currie, Darren Bobyck, Pat Rabbitt, Andy Moog, Jeff Zilkie, Marcel Frere, Brent Sutter, Cleo Rowein, Simon Learmouth, Ron Flockhart, Tim Hack, Brad Palmer, Warren Skorodenski, Mark Morrison, Lenny Dawes, Glen Ostir, Randy Turnbull, Gary Haight and Craig Channel; Faberge Brut Player of Game Awards; WHL All Star Team - with photos of Wayne Babych, Darren Veitch, Greg Adams, Florent Robidoux, Grant Fuhr, Doug Wickenheiser and Jim Dobson; ; Keith Brown - Photo-illustrated article on the youngest WHL player ever (age 13!); Full-page colour-photo ad for the ill-fated Chevy Chevette; Chrysler Air Canada Cup Award; Nice colour-photo 7-up ad features Wayne Gretzky, Michel (Bunny) Laroque and Morris Lukowich; Cornwall Royals - Cinderella in a hockey uniform? - article with colour photo of Dan Daoust accepting Memorial Cup, plus colour photos of Dave Ezard, Dale Hawerchuk and Rick LaFerriere receiving trophies; Nice colour-photo Panasonic ad features Reggie Jackson in pinstripes; Air Canada Cup Halifax 1980 - article with colour photos; CCM/Labatt Player of the Year Award - Doug Wickenheiser; Photo of Mike Foligno, Brian Propp and Pierre LaCroix accepting award; WHL 80-81 League Schedule; How the WHL Won the Stanley Cup - article with photos of Islander players Bob Nystrom, Brian Trottier, Butch Goring and Bob Bourne; Page of colour photos of Philadelphia Flyer players who competed for the Stanley Cup against the Islanders; Is there a formula for WHL franchise success? - article includes photo of Barry Trotz playing for Regina in the Memorial Cup; One-page ad for Jofa helmets features Wayne Gretzky; WHL teams pick their player of the decade; The Sutter family taking root in the NHL; Planters Peanuts ad features colour photo of Bobby Orr skating in red track suit; Mr. Big chocolate bar one-page ad features colour photo of Wayne Gretzky; Ed Staniowski - Profile; Ed Chynoweth returns to lead the WHL as President; Awesome one-page colour-photo ad for Titan hockey sticks features sniper Mike Bossy; 1980 Top draft picks of NHL from the WHL; Ad for Polaroid's Slow Motion / Stop Action Polavision Movie System; The Warriors Return - major junior hockey returns to Winnipeg - article with photos; The Flyers a tradition in Spokane; Bobby Orr endorses TUUK skate blades; Superb one-page colour-photo Koho ad features Brian Trottier, 1980 NHL playoff scoring champion; The 1980 International Ice Hockey Guide; Junior Hockey Action Pictorial. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this exceptionally informative WHL memento. Book
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Wells, Paul; et al
Maclean's Magazine, October 24, 2011 - Steve Jobs Tribute Issue
82 pages. Cover Story: The Life and Legacy of Steve Jobs 1955-2011 - extensive coverage; Why Ontario is poised to become Canada's Greece; Stephen Mitchell in Conversation; Federal NDP leadership race; Premier flip-flop in Quebec?; General Fusion, Inc. of B.C. and nuclear fusion; Vladimir Putin's Unhappy Country - many Russians are leaving; The Computer as Modern Art - illustrating the evolution of Apple products; The Dill Family Farm - Giant Pumpkins; Obituary of Obdulio Mateo Manalon Mineque; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint cup ring on front cover. Unmarked. Address label on front cover has beendiscreetly covered with blank white sticker. A sound copy of this special issue. Magazine
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Carmichael, David; Rimstead, Paul; et al
Canadian Star Weekly [Magazine], March 25 - April 1, 1967: Doug Hepburn / RCMP Crime Labs
36 pages. Many colour and black and white photos. Features: The RCMP's four crime detection labs and Identification Branch - they make inanimate objects tell stories; Hon. James C. McRuer, former chief justice of the Ontario Supreme Court spent forty years studying the trial of Jesus Christ; Colour spring nature photos; William Coutts of the Coutts Hallmark greeting card company; Colour photos of cowboy-style women's fashions; LSD and a Diet - The Reshaping of [former weightlifter and wrestler] Big Doug Hepburn; The Real Georgy Girl - Lynn Redgrave; Doug Wright's Family; Nice colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Polara inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Harrison, Rev. Ernest; Benoit, Jehane; et al
Canadian SW [Star Weekly Magazine], April 1-8, 1967: Bush Pilot Berna Studer / Sponge Dealer Alexander Gerolimatos
32 pages. Many colour and black and white photos. Features: Cover photo of bush pilot Berna Studer; Rev. Ernest Harrison of the Anglican church wrote "A Church Without God" and became a priest without a pulpit; Nice one-page colour-photo Rexall ad features Millerd Kelly of the Detroit Lions encouraging three of his players to take their vitamins; Photo-illustrated article on the Cleaning Staff of the Prime Minister's Office [PMO] - Mrs. Anne-Marie Graveline, Jeanette Richard, Lucille Garneau, and Berthe Miller; Berna Studer Flies the Frigid Barrens - she is the only girl bush pilot north of the 55th parallel; Buyer's Guide to Blue-chip [Women's] Fashion - colour photo feature; American Tourists flock to Canadian National's annual rail excursion from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay; How to Kill a Sponge - Alexander Gerolimatos is Canada's largest and longest-established sponge dealer; Colour-photo one-page ad for Expo '67 features youthful dancers; The First Taste of Power and Profit - Junior Achievement; Sir Francis Chichester describes what it's like to be alon in the vast sea; Jehane Benoit tells how to make an omelette; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bruce, Harry; Benoit, Jehane; et al
Canadian Magazine, February [Feb.] 18, 1967: Claude Bissell - President of the U.of T. / The Fashions of Mintja deJong and Coosea McDermott / Curler Pappy Wood
32 pages. Many colour and black and white photos. Features: Cover photo of QEII and Prince Philip; University of Toronto President Claude Bissell - Zealous Prophet of a Tidal Wave of Higher Learning; One-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Plymouth Valiant; Lucille Ball - feature article with photos; Denis Love of Toronto owns the Ring Andersen, a charter yacht in the West Indies - article with colour photos; The Queen is Doing Us a Favour - Charles Lynch argues that she and her husband suffer invasions of their privacy which many [including the Queen's grandson Harry] would not endure; Should the Queen Come to Expo? - one in four Canadians say no!; Colour-photo fashion article introduces Mintja deJong and Coosea McDermott, two Dutchwomen from Rosemere, Quebec, who have created a new, one-of-a-kind fashion cult in Montreal with their striking, home-made primitive prints; Curler Pappy Wood - twice Canadian and Manitoba Champion - article with photos; Kidney Recipes from Jehane Benoit; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Above and Beyond: The J.R. Shaw Family History in Life and Business
494 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Documents the genealogy and illustrious business history of Mr. Shaw's family since 1819. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Facsimile signature and inscription of Mr. Shaw upon second leaf. Includes slipcase. A superb copy of this important and substantive work. Book
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Macfadden, Bernarr; Roth, Charles B.; Faulkner, James N.D.; Et al
New Physical Culture [Magazine], July 1945, Vol. 89, No. 10 - Jinx Falkenburg Cover Photo
Features: Color cover photo of lovely Jinx Falkenburg; Full-page black and white photos of Elaine Shepard of MGM's Ziegfeld Follies, Dolores Moran, Arthur M. Danchuk, Evelyn Keyes, Ted Keppler of Beverly NJ, Mrs. Ted Kepper, Maria Montez, Adele Mara, Louise Allbritton, Ava Gardner, Three men of 15th Air Force (Hugh Bayless, James R. Barry and Earl L. Ballinger), The large Bernarr Macfadden family in 1924 at the White House, Helen Hayden, and Dorothy Van Nuys; Back cover photo of 'young Hercules' Jack Thruman of Elgin, IL; Half-page black and white photos of Robert E. Hitchcock of Jackson MI, Capt. Douglas S. Schnell, Major James Edward Monroe of Jacksonville Beach, and John L. Bogert of New York City. Feature articles include: Greatest Crime of This Horrible War - White Flour Curse; Simple Appendicitis Remedy; Warning! - Sulfa Drugs Dangerous; At Age 87 John L. Bogert is Active and Ambitious!; Do Your Eyes Need Crutches?; Cancer Controversy - X-Ray Experience - by Stanford Burney; 57-Day Fast Overcame Ten Ailments!; Nervous Wreck Passes Flying Tests; Douglas S. Schnell Wins Battle Against Varicose Veins; Cripple Dancer Maxine Wolfe Tries Exercise - Now She's a WAC; Eugene Bock lost his bulges and high blood pressure; Win Beauty - Nature's Way; Joseph Martini - Journey to Health; Marcelline E. Sylvester Improved Her Hearing; Alcohol and Tobacco - 9th instalment of the Superb Womanhood Series; Mermaid Finds Success - Helen Hayden Howard; Confessions of a Prize Fight Champion - part 3; Astonishing Benefits of [Wartime] Food Rationing; Fasting and Fruit Juices Kill Tapeworm; William Clinton's Defective Heart Now Powerful; Barbara E. Andrus was Anemic and Fat - Tried Country Life; Marguerite Walsh Overcomes Arthritis of the Spine; Can Prunes Prevent Infantile Paralysis?; Robert E. Hitchcock Gained 40lb and Lost Respiratory Ills; Skin Cancer - A Diet Cure; Mae Sampson lost 35lb and Married Her Boss!; Major James Edward Monroe of Jacksonville Beach turns 130 this Month!; College Athlete Improves His Fallen Arches; Paralyzed Liver Causes Death; Finger Massage for Bleeding Gums; Spindle-Legs Made Lovely; The Physical Culture [P.C.] Creed; The Appalling Waste of Manhood - Too Much Comfort Invites Loss of Virility. 112 pages. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage wartime issue. Book
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Meyrick, M.E.; Ross, W.A.: Editors; Tipple, Bob
Tracer Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, November (Nov.), 1944 - Monthly Publication of No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery (B & G) School , R.C.A.F.
40 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Features: Editorial; Winter Comes to No. 3 B.& G. Nov. 2nd, 1944; The Padre's Page; A Tour of Ops; The "Gen" on Rehabilitation - article with photo of F/L E.L. Rose, Personnel Counsellor; Love in a Kitchen; Station Personalities - photos and brief write-ups of Sgt. "Norm" Milne, Cpl. "Hannah" Halverson, Cpl. "Ralph" Brhelle, and W/C C.C. Taylor; 3-A-2 Trainer; Armament Section; Tid Bits from Turrets; Nice group photo of 8 members of the post office staff; Gunnery II; Turret Armourers - H.V. Dodds, W. MacCallum, J.H. Arnett, N. Copley, B.S. Fry, W.N. Haslam, A.G. Schultz, J. Mathews, G.E. Glenn, and A.W. HAncock; Drogue's Drivel - with photo of 12 unnamed airmen; M.T. Mumblings; Gossip, Introductions, Stories; Article on dental clinic staff with group photo of its six members; Kuthbert's Korner; Sports news; "Male Call" comic. Binding intact. Above-average soiling and wear. Child's scribbling erased from back cover. A worthy vintage copy of this nostalgic WWII periodical. Book
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King, Eric
The Collector's Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, Postcards and Handbills 1965-1973, Volume I
"The basic purposes of this book are simple: to distinguish between the various original printings and reprints of the four series [Family Dog, Bill Graham, Russ Gibb/Grande Ballroom, Neon Rose], to locate prints listing specific performers and to give credit to the correct artists and photographers who created this material." - Introduction. This vastly improved and expanded 642 page edition contains 185 pages more than the 1996 first edition. Hundreds of small grainy black and white illustrations. Appendices list Family Dog and Bill Graham numbered posters by artist and by performer. Index of Gibb/Grande artists/posters. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An exceptional copy of this indispensable reference. Book
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Michie, Charles A.; Frayne, Trent; Jeffries, Hugh; Shapiro, L.S.R.; Mayse, Arthur; Keate, Stuart; Mergendahl, Charles; Barlow, Jordan; King-Hall, Stephen; LeBourdais, D.M.; Wirsig, Woodrow;
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, 15 July 1945, Vol. 58, No. 14: Vivid Close-Up of Harry Truman
Features: Nice Ford ad inside front cover features colour illustration of an old-time barn raising; Man From Missouri - A vivid close-up of Harry S. Truman, the onetime plowboy who was pitchforked into the White House; Here's a Fine Stymie! - humorous article about golf and the impact upon it by WWII; To Chuck - With Love (short story); "They're Full of Love and Mozart" - Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro tours Eisenhower's Germany; Sissy Fish? No Sir! - Charley Hartman and his Ontario Government Trout Rearing Station (fish hatchery) at Cold Water Creek take care of almost 3 million trout (with photos); 25,000 Miles to Battle - Lieut. Stuart Keate, an officer of Canada's new cruiser, the H.M.C.S. Uganda, describes why war in the Pacific is different than War in the Atlantic; Well, Good Night (short story); Charles H. Scott, Director of the Vancouver School of Art, chastises Vancouver's art patrons of not supporting Canadian artists; Stage set for an election in England; Ottawa political report; On the Corner in the Sun (short story); What About Russia? - Will the men of the Kremlin enter the family of nations or erect a Russian Great Wall?; Music By Adaskins, Canada's most musical family - Murray, Naomi, Yanova, Frances Marr, John, Frances James and Harry; Three-Way X-Ray - LeRoy J. Leishman, a Los Angeles inventor, solves the problem of bringing depth perception to the fluoroscope with his stereofluoroscope; Nice colour half-page Orange Crush ad shows girl with dog; Additional ads for Canada Dry, Kotex, Palmolive soap, Castoria, Lysol, Absorbine Jr., Vaseline hair tonic, and many more; One-page ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board encourages readers to use sugar sparingly; Back cover Coke ad features colour painting of a happy scene in Brussels where Canadian troops imbibe with friendly locals. 50 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Faint discoloration to back cover. Please note: missing first page. Last page loose but present. A worthy copy of this vintage issue from the tail end of WWII, printed mere days before Truman, featured in this issue, authorized atomic bombs to fall upon Japan. Book
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Wees, Frances Shelley; Gillen, Mollie; Frum, Barbara; Ferron, Madeleine; Laurence, Margaret; Collett, Elaine; beattie, Gwen; Taylor, Carol; Abrahamson, Una; Wilcox, Vivian; Dollery, Eveleen; Nelles, Wanda; Bentzon, Dr. Johanne
Chatelaine Magazine - Souvenir Canadian Centennial Issue, July 1967, Vol. 40, No. 7
112 pages. Features: How to Trace Your Family Tree; 50 Experts Predict Your Future; Image of Canada; Women on the Go - Past; Women on the Go - Present; 200 Years of Canadian Art. Fiction: Napika; Horses of the Night. Food/Homes: A Centennial Feast; The Way We Lived; The Way We Ate; Shopping with Chatelaine; Meals of the Month; Homemaker's Diary. Other Articles: The Way We Looked; Centennial Sampler to Cross-Stitch; When Your Baby is Premature. Nice colour-photo ads for: Avon, Miss Clairol, World Book Encyclopedia, Wabasso, Nivea, St. Moritz cigarettes, Kraft salad dressings, Miracle Whip, Dole Boutique Desserts, Tampax, Northern Electric phones, Red Rose tea, McVitie's Biscuits, Smirnov Vodka (feature Phil Silvers), Clover Leaf tinned fish, Chun King foods, E.D. Smith Ketchup, Canada Dry ginger ale, Modess. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fun and informative memento of Canada's Centennial in 1967. Book
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Strassberg, Phil; King, Charles H.; Miron, Charles; deFord, Miriam Allen; brock, Paul; Jacobs, Paul; Cornyn, Stan; McKay, Robert; Elliott, Robert G.; Schell, Earle; Bayer, Martin; Gerberg, Mort
The Dude - The Magazine Devoted to Pleasure, November [Nov.] 1961, Volume 6, Number 2: Jackie Kannon
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: Status is a Very Prolix Thing - sature by Charles H. King; The Cash Syndrome - humor by Charles Miron; "A Death in the Family" - fiction by Miriam Allen deFord; Ebon - Photo essay of raven-haired Lorna Lane; Stegopholy Anyone? - article on Masonry Mountaineers/Roof Climbers by Paul Brock; The Cure - fiction by Paul Jacobs; Photo essay on the Tri-State (Sky) Divers; The Vamp - or what happened to the bad old days in Babylon-on-the-Pacific - satire by Stan Cornyn; Chaste, Chasing, Chastened - satire by Robert G. Elliott - a modern discussion of a medieval custom; Ulysses in Beat Town - humor by Earle Schell; Profile of comedian Jackie Kannon; Fashion photos of men's rainwear; Baby Doll! - photo feature of Marie Barry; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Coburn, Walt; Carter, Jack; Kildare, Maurice; Dufur, Lee; Peltier, George N.; Yantis, Gary W.; Myers, Olevia E.; Sharp, Patricia Maxwell; Sellers, Grace; ryan, Tom K.
Frontier Times Magazine: July, 1972: Badman - Lawman Special!
72 pages. Features: Law rides the Larb Hills; Some facts about Wayne Brazel; Gallina Mountain's Murder Mine; "Boston Cowards" of Fort Hay; A Boxcar, A Siding, A Water Tank - the time when all a man needed for adventure was to hop a train west; Isolated Log Schoolhouses - Death Traps! (vulnerable to Indian attack); Scourge of the Cherokee Nation - Bob Rogers; The Maxwells of Arizona - trackers and lawmen; Revenge by Fire! - Henry Timmerman was the only person ever hung (legally) in Klickitat County, Washington; and more. Average wear. Underlining and a few markings to six pages. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Hughes, Jennifer; et al
Canadian House & Home, Canada's Magazine of Home & Style, October 2009 - David Rocco at Home / Quebec Sugar Pie
Features: Celebrity chef David Rocco taps into his heritage to create memorable evenings; Heidi Leverty - a Toronto photographer breathes new life into consumer castoffs; Wendy Dennis learns the true spirit of the holiday; Modern Rustic - get farmhouse comfort with an industrial edge in a laid-back eat-in kitchen; Dynamic Den - Suzanne Dimma turns a lacklustre den into a colourful cosy library and home office; Teatro Verde's stunning new location is a must-stop shop for design aficionados; Fall Fresh - dress your home in a sophisticated fall palette of moody hues and natural textures; Fall garden advice; Gracious family home of Guido Doria; 70 Top Toronto designers give historic McLean House a head-to-toe makeover; Rosanne Daykin infuses modern style into a traditional Vancouver family home; The New White Kitchen - Designer Viki Mansell outfits the 14' x 15' kitchen of a Toronto townhouse; White plus Rustic Pine - a rustic waterfront home in Hudson, Quebec; White plus Dark Maple - a west-end Toronto home; Three Quebec Artisanal Food Producers - Gourgane Beans, Charlevoix Lamb, and L'Hercule Cheese; and more. 224 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Cardinale Lluìs Martìnez Sistach
La Sagrada Famìlia, un dialogo tra fede e cultura Un' icona per la Chiesa del XXI secolo
Brossura in cartoncino flessibile lucido, dalla copertina illustrata, con bandelle. Ritratto fotografico dell' Autore alla bandella anteriore. Buonissimo lo stato di conservazione, pagine perfettamente tenute, velate da tonalità avorio, come i tagli, con alcune fotografie a colori, fuori testo. Prefazione del Cardinale Tarcisio Bertone. Prologo del Cardinale Gianfranco Ravasi. Epilogo dell' Arcivescovo Rino Fisichella. Numero pagine 210. USATO
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Bill Adler; Peggy Robin
Outwitting Toddlers
Paperback Medium wear on cover of trade paperback with fodl/scruff/dog ear marks due to age. Overall in good reading condition with no writi ngs and no tear on pages. A foreign agents series.
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Harvard Medical School; Editor - Anthony L. Komaroff
Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
Paperback Like New. Shipped directly from publishers. Pls. allow a minimum of 20 - 25 business days delivery time. If not on stock will be bac kordered.
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Adair Lara
Hold Me Close, Let Me Go: A Mother, A Daughter and an Adolescence Survived
Paperback Light to medium wear with fold/scruff marks on cover. Pages clean with no writings, no tear and no highlights.
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Armin A. Brott; Jennifer Ash
The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be
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LAURIE GRAHAM
IL MATRIMONIO. GUIDA ALLA SOPRAVVIVENZA
MOLTO BUONO
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Fo, Jacopo
Mamme zen
Guida umoristica per cresceri i figli da 0 a 18 anni. Poi se la caveranni per gli affari loro.
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Pozza, Neri
Commedia familiare
Gli episodi narrati vengono colocati in una precicsa cornice storica e diventano materia viva.
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Cremona, Raul
Giusto? Giusto!
Cosa hanno in comune Biancaneve, Cenerentola e tua moglie brava in cucina? Tutti e tre sono personaggi di fantasia!
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Palazzeschi, Aldo
Sorelle Materassi
Dodicesima edizione del giugno 1943 di questo classico umoristico della letteratura italiana.
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Roberto Bonistalli
Mamme: istruzioni per l'uso
Cambiare il carattere di una mamma è una impresa difficile. Ma un figlio o una figlia hanno il dovere di provarci.
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ANTONIO STEFANI
ACQUA FRITTA
999 scontri con la lingua italiana (e non solo) Made in Nord-Est. Prefazione di Virgilio Scapin. Disegni di Toni Vedù.
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Celi, Lia
Piccole donne rompono
Diario di una mamma imperfetta. L'esilarante e magnifico diario di vita familiare, scritto da una delle migliori firme della satira italiana.
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Pease, Barbara; Pease, Allan
Perché le donne non sanno leggere le cartine e gli uomini non si fermano mai a chiedere? (BUR BUR Big)
Davvero non avete mai desiderato un libretto di istruzioni per capire come funziona il vostro partner? Un libro di coaching relazionale.
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GEPPI CUCCIARI
MEGLIO DONNA CHE MALE ACCOMPAGNATA
Opera prima della nota cabarettista di Zelig.
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Amurri, Antonio
Come ammazzare la moglie, e perchè
Un manuale di "legittima difesa" contro la naturale nemica del marito.
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ROBERT BOYERS, ROBERT ORRILL
LAING AND ANTI-PSYCHIATRY. (INCLUDING ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS, A SYMPOSIUM)
DISPONIBILITÀ GARANTITA AL 99%; SPEDIZIONE ENTRO 12 ORE DALL'ORDINE. BUONE/OTTIME CONDIZIONI GENERALI, LIEVE BRUNITURA E SEGNI DEL TEMPO. FIRMA DI APPARTENENZA IN ANTIPORTA. RARO. Indice Contributions by Berke [and others] including essays, interviews, a symposium Robert Bouers; Preface Peter Sedgwick, P.R.D.; Laing: self, symptom and society. Jan B. Gordon; The meta-journey of R.D. Laing. Leslie H. Farber; Schizophrenia and the mad psychotherapist. Miriam Siegler, Humphry Osmond, Harriet Mann; Laing's models of madness. Theodore Lidz; Schizophrenia, R.D. Laing and the contemporary treatment of psychosis. Robert Coles, Leslie H. Farber, Edgar Z. Friedenberg; R.D. Laing and anti-psychiatry: a symposium. Morton Schatzman; M. Madness and morals. Joseph Berke; J. "Anti-psychiatry". Mary Barnes; M. Flection. Mary Barnes; M. Reflection. Benjamin Nelson; Afterword: a medium with a message: R.D. Laing. Descrizione bibliografica Titolo: Laing and anti-psychiatry Titolo originale: R.D. Laing and anti-psychiatry Autore: AA.VV. (Autori Vari) Curatore: Robert Boyers, Robert Orrill Copertina di: (Cover design): Derek Birdsall Editore: Harmondsworth (London): Penguin Books, 1972 Lunghezza: 227 pagine; 19 cm ISBN: 0140806822, 9780140806823 Collana: Salmagundi specials Language: English Lingua: Inglese Soggetti: Psychology, Counseling, Psychiatry, History, Antipsychiatrie, Psychiatrie, Ronald David Laing, Sanity, Madness, Family, Education, Studio di psichiatria esistenziale, L'io diviso, Antipsichiatria, Classici, Studi, Medicina, Psicologia, Saggistica, Libri Vintage, Fuori catalogo, Malattia mentale, Terapia, Cultura, Schizofrenia, Teorie, Psicosi, Trattamenti psichiatrici, Società, Diagnostica, Sintomi, Clinica, Interviste, Scritti, Convegni, Saggi critici, Disordini mentali, Comportamento, Civiltà moderna, Filosofia, Esistenzialismo, Emozionalità, Pazienti, Movimento anti-psichiatrico, Insicurezza ontologica, Nesso familiare, Doppio legame, Psicoterapia, Farmaci, Antipsicotici, Marxismo, Fenomenologia, Jean-Paul Sartre, David Cooper, Félix Guattari, Alienazione, Franco Basaglia, Ospedali psichiatrici, Manicomio, Michel Foucault, Karl Jaspers, Ludwig Binswanger, Personalità schizoide, Paul Watzlawick, Donald Jackson, Jay Haley, The Wing of Madness, Follia, Philosophy, Psychotherapy, Eugène Minkowski, Terapia esistenziale, Psicoanalisti britannici, Anni Sessanta, Anni Settanta, 1960s and 1970s, Phenomenology, Existentialism, American family interaction research, Therapeutic community, Comunità terapeutica Parole e frasi comuni analysis Anti-Psychiatry Artaud Asylum behaviour BERKE clinical countertransference course culture David Cooper diagnosis disturbed doctor double bind Aaron Esterson existential fact FARBER feel Freud girl happen human individual inner insane Joseph Berke kind Kingsley Hall label LIDZ live Kingsley Mary Barnes mental hospital mental illness mind mother mystical never normal Osmond parents patterns perceptions person Politics of Experience problems psychedelic psychedelic drugs psychedelic experience psychiatric psychiatrist psychoanalytic psychosis psychotic question R. D. Laing reality relation relationship role sanity Sartre schizoid schizophrenic patients sense sick Siegler situation social society studies Samuel Beckett Sullivan symptoms theory therapeutic therapist therapy thought traditional treating treatment understand voyage Tavistock Clinic David Cooper Ontological insecurity criticism critique commentary ideology institution
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ANQUETIL GEORGES.
La Maitresse Legitime. Essai sur le mariage polygamique de demain. Preface de Victor Margueritte.
In 8° ,br. edit., pp. 480; buon es., lieve usura del dorso, pagine brunite, intonso. (LU014) (La spedizione standard è SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata - piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
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Len Deighton
La Famiglia Winter
Collana: La Scala, aprile 1989. Traduzione di Andrea Terzi. Titolo originale: Winter: A Berlin Family 1899-1945. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Ordinarie tracce d'uso. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
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Souchal, Francois
Les Slodtz Sculpteurs et Decorateurs du Roi (1685-1764)
Souchal, Francois: Les Slodtz Sculpteurs et Decorateurs du Roi (1685-1764). Paris: 1967. 764 pages, 92 monochrome plates, including a family tree. Cloth. 28 x 23cms. Comprehensive history of the Slodtz family of decorators with a complete catalogue of works, including their designs for Versailles, the château de Marly, the abbey of Saint- Denis and the sacristy of Notre Dame. Text in French. Comprehensive history of the Slodtz family of decorators with a complete catalogue of works, including their designs for Versailles, the château de Marly, the abbey of Saint- Denis and the sacristy of Notre Dame. Text in French
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Orey, Leonor d'
The Silver Service of Portuguese Crown
Orey, Leonor d': The Silver Service of Portuguese Crown. Lisbon: INAPA, 1991. 224pp with 16 double-page colour plates and 125 colour plates. Cloth. 32.5x25.5cms. Study of 18th century French domestic silver in Portugal, notably that of the Germain workshop. With an historical introduction, section on French 18th century silver hallmarking, biographies of the French goldsmiths, chronology of the silver dinner service in the kingdoms of Portugal and Brazil. Index of names, bibliography. Study of 18th century French domestic silver in Portugal, notably that of the Germain workshop. With an historical introduction, section on French 18th century silver hallmarking, biographies of the French goldsmiths, chronology of the silver dinner service in the kingdoms of Portugal and Brazil. Index of names, bibliography
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Paviere, Sydney H
The Devis Family of Painters
Paviere, Sydney H: The Devis Family of Painters. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1950. 148pp plus 4 colour and 48 monochrome plates. Cloth, 26x21cms. From an edition limited to 500 copies. Discusses and illustrates the works of the five portrait and landscape painters: Arthur (1711-87), Anthony (1729-1816), Thomas Anthony (1757-1810), Arthur William (1762-1822) and Robert Marris (1750-1827). From an edition limited to 500 copies. Discusses and illustrates the works of the five portrait and landscape painters: Arthur (1711-87), Anthony (1729-1816), Thomas Anthony (1757-1810), Arthur William (1762-1822) and Robert Marris (1750-1827). Text in English
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Falkner, Frank
The Wood Family of Burslem. A brief biography of those of its members who were sculptors, modellers and potters
Falkner, Frank: The Wood Family of Burslem. A brief biography of those of its members who were sculptors, modellers and potters. London: Chapman & Hall, 1912. xx, 118pp with 1 colour plate and 7 line-drawings within the text, plus 113pp unpaginated, with 163 monochrome illustrations including 25 of marks. Cloth. 29.5x23cms. A fair copy of the first edition. A fair copy of the first edition
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Bayer, Günther
Die Malerfamilie Sichelbein 1580-1758: Lebensbilder und Werke
Bayer, Günther: Die Malerfamilie Sichelbein 1580-1758: Lebensbilder und Werke. Lindenberg: 2003. 224pp with 91 colour plates and 22 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, 26.4x22.5cms. Family of largely ecclesiastical painters from Memmingen. Text in German. Family of largely ecclesiastical painters from Memmingen. Text in German
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Campbell, Caroline and Alan Chong
Bellini and the East
Campbell, Caroline and Alan Chong: Bellini and the East. Exhibition: Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2005. 144pp with 21 colour plates, 68 colour and 7 monochrome illustrations. Paperback. 27.5x22cms. As one of the essays suggests 'Venice, the Bazaar of Europe', this exhibition reveals how Islamic and Byzantine objects came to be shown in Venetian painting, and discusses Gentile Bellini's visit to the court of Mehmet II (1432-1481). As one of the essays suggests 'Venice, the Bazaar of Europe', this exhibition reveals how Islamic and Byzantine objects came to be shown in Venetian painting, and discusses Gentile Bellini's visit to the court of Mehmet II (1432-1481). Text in English
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